Anaccountforfurrythings

Item#: XXX

Level3

Containment Class:

esoteric

Secondary Class:

Keter/Binah

Disruption Class:

Keneq

Risk Class:

Danger

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter/Binah¹
Special Containment Procedures: Implanted Foundation operatives at fossil dig sites and Universities are to observe newly uncovered fossil specimens for potential instances of SCP-XXXX-1 in the fossil record. Foundation web-crawlers are to monitor the internet for references to instances of SCP-XXXX-1. Communities and individuals at high risk for SCP-XXXX-1 are to be placed under surveillance to enable rapid containment of SCP-XXXX-1-1 instances. Due to their potential relationship with SCP-XXXX, amnesics are to be used as a last resort in cover-up operations.

Additionally, several operations have been undertaken to reduce the number of SCP-XXXX related events with a minimal impact on human society. A partial list can be seen below.

Operation title	Summary of Operation	Effects	Notes
Skinslip	A large volume of pornographic materials involving a liquid or semisolid organism were altered to depict said organism as inorganic	Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 decreased by ≈2%	N/A
L-ichen	Several common forms of lichen were genetically altered to produce minor skin irritant and introduced into strategic locations	No statistically significant change in the number of SCP-XXXX-1 instances	Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 decreased by ≈0% Modified organisms appear to have largely outcompeted modified counterparts despite measures to promote the modified strains. Operation halted due to potential undesirable effects on ecosystems by a more aggressive attempt.
Iron Will	Increased available funding for organizations treating mental disorders	Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 decreased by ≈2%	Operation was related to containment of multiple SCPs
Crawford Boil	Several high profile individuals determined by large scale AIC assisted data analysis to be increasing SCP-XXXX-1 instance rates were delegitimized with manufactured scandals and crimes in addition to actual scandals and crimes uncovered through surveillance and investigation.	instances of SCP-XXXX-1 decreased by ≈1%

Description: SCP-XXXX is a phenomenon where two or more organisms merge into a single gestalt organism, referred to collectively as SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1 instances vary greatly in form and composition, beyond considerations of the originating species. Instances have displayed:

• Enhanced durability
• Extreme frailty²
• Fusion at a single point
• Partial Topological Hybridization of the originating organism's forms
• Complete Topological Hybridization of the originating organism's forms
• Partial Anatomical Hybridization of the originating organism's forms
• Complete Anatomical Hybridization of the originating organism's forms
• All combinations of merged or unmerged organs, tissues, cells, and DNA
• Shared senses
• Shared consciousness

Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are significantly more likely to undergo SCP-XXXX, increasing with the number of times an instance has undergone SCP-XXXX. Additionally, the more times an SCP-XXXX-1 instance has undergone SCP-XXXX, the lower the chance SCP-XXXX will result in fatal anatomical defects, including the spontaneous development of adaptations to the resulting increase in body mass. Although no instances to date have successfully undergone SCP-XXXX more than 100 times and exceeded 50 metric tonnes, data suggests if an instance exceeded 150 SCP-XXXX events, potential anatomical problems would cease to impact its viability above 50 metric tonnes.

SCP-XXXX appears to occur somewhat randomly, although several factors have been identified that affect the likelihood of occurrence. SCP-XXXX frequency positively correlates to:

• Proximity to instances of SCP-XXXX
• Use of amnesics
• Presence and severity of mental illness
• Presence and severity of neurodegenerative illness
• Level of intelligence
• Heightened emotional states
• Presence of medical conditions caused by zygote or fetus fusion such as chimerism and vanishing, conjoined, and parasitic twins³
• Presence of implanted tissues, such as plant grafting, organ transplants and burn victims treated with fish skin
• Number of pregnancies an organism has had
• Number of miscarriages an organism has had
• Mass
• Complexity

SCP-XXXX frequency negatively correlates to:

• The number of offspring an organism has
• Horizontal gene transfer.

Additionally, while the amount of social behavior an organism engages in is strongly correlated to increased SCP-XXXX events, reducing the amount or quality of socialization strongly correlated to increases in the number of SCP-XXXX events within a population.

Addendum: Speculation

SCP-XXXX is believed to have occurred throughout the history of earth's biosphere, due to a significant number of previously unexplained fossils match traits of

suggesting that socialization provides a defense against SCP-XXXX, as opposed to being a risk factor.

Footnotes

1. From the Foundation Classification Committee Handbook on Esoteric Containment Classes, Rev. 20, 2020, "In contrast to the Safe, Euclid, and Keter classes (as well as various esoteric classes), wherein the effects and the limitations of said effects of an anomaly are understood and containment procedures have been created and documented for an anomalous entity or artifact, the Binah-class exists to signify the full effects or non-effects of the anomaly are not understood/are debated, and as such cannot be properly contained or verified as contained. Potential and/or precautionary containment procedures may exist for Binah-class anomalies and may be documented, but have not been implemented, due to their potential for being unnecessary, resource-intensive, and/or highly disruptive. Although exceptions exist, Binah-Class anomalies tend to be anomalies where the boundaries between the anomaly and consensus reality cannot be reliably determined. Binah classification occurs as a hybrid or sub-classification. "

2. Roughly 20% of instances die due to anatomical defects within 30 minutes, growing to 50% within the first 24 hours.

3. These conditions may themselves represent a form of SCP-XXXX