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| Item #: SCP-XXXX | Level 2/XXXX |
| Object Class: Safe | Classified |
WARNING: A-CLASS COGNITO-SYNTACTIC HAZARD
ANOMALOUS EFFECTS ON THOUGHT STRUCTURE. REQUIREMENT: ALL REPORTING OF PERSISTENT OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT SCP-XXXX TO MEDICAL STAFF.
Containment Procedures: Site 19. Storage locker 348. Airtight seals. Climate sensors. Blindfolds for personnel. A preparation of Class A amnestics in the case of an occurrence of a viewing of SCP-XXXX.
Description: A daguerreotype plate. Silver surface. Copper back. Moderate degree of tarnish. Several depictions. Recursive depiction of a daguerreotype. Depiction of a male figure with unusual proportions. Possible corpse. Depiction of a vase of flowers. Depiction of a knight in armor on the surface of the vase. The depiction of the knight in a violent encounter with an unknown entity on the vase. On back, an engraving: “My Inaction.” A second engraving: “Hippolyte Lefebvre, 1843.” An absence of records of this person.
SCP-XXXX with a preventative blurring of SCP-XXXX’s cognitohazardous properties.
Antimeme. The absence of verbs. Involuntary effect. An effect on both speech and writing. An effect only on SCP-XXXX information. Other possible syntactic effects. The need for additional analysis of writing samples under the influence of SCP-XXXX.
Cognito-syntactic hazard. Line of sight of depiction upon SCP-XXXX. A sudden awareness of SCP-XXXX’s antiemetic properties. The feeling of a futile desire for verb utterance about SCP-XXXX. A continued focus on this desire: a result of headaches. An additional prolongment of this focus: a result of muscle contractions, compulsory cognitive fixation, and an eventual cessation of most life processes with the exception of brain activity. A reversal of this effect with Class A amnestics.
Recovery Log: 1993. ███████, Ohio. Flea market with anomalous activity. Newspaper report of numerous individuals with unusual speech patterns. 2 recovery agents on-site: Agent Roland and Agent Carlyle. A discovery by Agent Carlyle. Line of sight of object. An utterance: “An inability. Odd speech.” An understanding of the condition of the daguerreotype as anomalous. A recovery of the object. A transferal of the object to site 19. The classification of the object as SCP-XXXX.
The persistence of the desire for verb utterances about SCP-XXXX in the minds of Agents Carlyle and Roland. Agent Carlyle: a repetition of “a wanting to speak” for 24 hours. A catatonic absence of speech from Agent Roland. A cognito-diagnostic failure by Foundation medical staff. The death of Agent Roland in ███ of 1993, one month after SCP-XXXX's retrieval. The administration of amnestics to Agent Roland. Agent Roland’s recovery as a result of this administration of amnestics.
