blithely's Sandbox

+ a whole buncha notes

Notes on potential concepts:

• poet's journals?
• joke scip involving catty behavior
• the violin that doesn't exist
• stayin' alive (stayin' alive)

here we go folks

plaintext deets on the deets:

• a set of leather-bound journals (there are probably like 4-6)
• each has 140 sheets of paper, making 280 pages
• each has identical text on the inside: a series of poems, handwritten, each titled after the full name of a real person
• there are currently 168 poems in each book, with room for 112 more. who the fuck knows what's gonna happen when they're full!
• different effects happen depending on which book the subject reads
• book 01 makes them disappear and "become" a poem in the book
• book 02 makes them want to make copies of the book as a hardcover/paperback book rather than a journal. if they do, people that read the copies want to read the original. if they're allowed to read the original, they "become" a poem
• book 03 makes them suddenly obtain paperback copies (probably between 5-20) of the book, titled "Life Poems", and makes them want to distribute them. if a reader reads a copy, they disappear and become a poem in the journals (paperback/hardback copies do not update, but the journals do)
• book 04 makes them want to update existing copies of the book to the most recent version of the journal(?) (may change effect)
• other possible effects: subject wants to make other people "become" poems

• notes on containment:
• books are stored separately and labeled b/c otherwise they're identical and easily confused
• the foundation probably has 10-20 copies on hand, incinerates extras

second and better version

• one leather journal, 140 sheets, 280 pages
• makes people into poems if they read one poem completely out loud
• can transcribe/read poems okay, it's just reading them out loud that matters
• there are currently 34 poems in the book, with room for 246 more
• 1x is the author's
• 2x are the author's wife's and the author's child's, who he forced to read from the book
• 1x is a scientist that committed suicide by poem
• 1-3x are d-class poems
• author committed a string of "murders" to supplement the book
• discovered after a string of disappearances

titles: "The Poet's Journal", "A Poet's Journal", "What if Your Life was a Poem (A Really Stupid Fucking Poem)", "Poetic Simplification", "So Utterly Torn Apart"

Poet's Journal

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is contained in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-46. Access to SCP-XXXX is prohibited outside of testing. Tests must be approved by two level 3 personnel. No further testing is to be permitted with SCP-XXXX at this time.

A full transcription of SCP-XXXX's contents is available to personnel with clearance level 3/XXXX or higher through Site Director Jameson.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a leather-bound journal that contains approximately 280 pages. SCP-XXXX contains 34 hand-written poems in English employing a variety of poetic forms, but generally tending towards free verse. Individual poems are referred to as SCP-XXXX-X instances.

The primary anomalous effect of SCP-XXXX occurs when a human subject reads one poem from SCP-XXXX audibly. Shortly following the completion of the reading, the body of the subject will then demanifest completely. All objects worn or carried by the subject remain and have no anomalous properties. One additional poem will then be added to SCP-XXXX. Poems added in this manner are always titled with the full name of the subject, and the subject matter of the poems generally focus on significant events that occurred in the subject's life.

Notable SCP-XXXX-X instances are transcribed below.

SCP-XXXX-X Instance	Poem Text	Additional Notes
SCP-XXXX-1	Poem text here!	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-2	Poem text here!	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-6	Poem text here!	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-17	Poem text here!	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-27, "J█████ H████"	if you could put your life into words if you could crush and simplify the thoughtless aether-dust of memories into words on a page how would you look if you were so utterly torn apart into your basest components	J█████ H████ is presumed to be the author of SCP-XXXX (see Addendum XXXXA).
SCP-XXXX-32	Poem text here!	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-33, "L██████ J████"	The first time I watched her leave was from the cracked window. The second time I watched her leave was out of the window, her skirt catching on the imperfect glass.	Other Notes
SCP-XXXX-34, "Adam Moore"	There was no tragedy here. No nights pockmarked by sobs, no days overlaid by quiet melancholy. I have simply had long enough. Not with a bang nor a whimper- I will go with words. I was, and now I will not be.	See Addendum XXXXB.

SCP-1954 Tale

+ [trumpet noises]

• housewife gets HHHftHH somehow (figure out method of acquisition)
• has a bad week or two, begins to turn to the book + uses some of the innocuous rituals
• begins to use the book every day, practically restructures her life around the book + getting materials for each and every ritual
• the rituals, as mentioned in the original article, get darker and darker, and she starts seeing consequences around her: she performs a ritual to "Keep Your Husband's Hands From Wandering" and later a woman she suspected of having an affair with him is found dead (possibly murdered with objects used in the ritual)
• it continues to escalate, until the book goes blank except for one ritual: "KEEP THIS BOOK SAFE"
• she performs it, with a great sacrifice.

You're A Fucking Nerd And No One Likes You

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-XXXX has been stored on a USB flash drive and stored in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-46. Access to SCP-XXXX is prohibited outside of approved testing. Testing must be approved by two Level 3 personnel and must be conducted only with D-class subjects. No testing with SCP-XXXX is permitted at this time. Foundation personnel are prohibited from viewing SCP-XXXX. Foundation webcrawler I/O "Orange Bill" is to monitor Internet traffic for instances of SCP-XXXX-1, as well as the media channels of OK Go for any further anomalous phenomena.

SCP-XXXX-1 instances are to be contained in individual standard humanoid isolation containment cells.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a music video of the song "You're a Fucking Nerd and No One Likes You" by the band OK Go. The video features the members of OK Go performing several activities commonly considered "nerdy", such as playing board games and watching animated television shows in costume, suspended by harnesses at a variety of different angles and perspectives relative to the camera.

The first thirty seconds of the video are non-anomalous. Any human subject that views the video beyond the thirty-second mark (hereby designated SCP-XXXX-1) will rapidly experience a number of changes to their demeanor and personality. This change primarily manifests in an extreme disdain for activities depicted in the video, including animated television shows, fantasy and science fiction media, tabletop and computer games, costumes of fictional characters, and science-focused hobbies. SCP-XXXX-1 will often denounce these activities verbally with no provocation, and express disgust at others who perform these activities. This often leads to complications during testing, as Foundation researchers in standard uniform are commonly regarded as "nerds" and may be a target of hostility.

As an SCP-XXXX-1 instance views more of the video, the corresponding personality changes will become more pronounced and more long-lasting. If an SCP-XXXX-1 instance views the video in its entirety, the personality changes incited by SCP-XXXX are irreversible without the use of amnestics. SCP-XXXX-1 instances that view the video in its entirety can become violent towards entities it perceives to be "nerds".

SCP-XXXX-1 subjects have an effect on the perception of other people around them, regardless of whether said people have viewed SCP-XXXX. Subjects will perceive SCP-XXXX-1 instances to be "nerds" themselves, and will also temporarily gain a similar contempt for "nerdy" activities while they are able to see SCP-XXXX-1. This commonly leads to hostility between SCP-XXXX-1 instances and other people, as SCP-XXXX-1 instances vehemently deny their "nerd" status. Personality changes in onlookers reverse as soon as visual contact has been broken with SCP-XXXX-1 for a period of more than thirty seconds. Onlookers have no special compulsion to harm SCP-XXXX-1 and will instead often insist on simply removing SCP-XXXX-1 from their presence.

Interviewed: D-100775, an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. D-100775 viewed SCP-XXXX for a period of 60 seconds.

Interviewer: Researcher Elwyn

Foreword: This interview was conducted to obtain specific data on the effects of limited SCP-XXXX exposure, and was conducted through a remote microphone to avoid hostility on the part of Researcher Elwyn or D-100775.

<Begin Log>

Interviewer: [speech]

Person: [speech]

<End Log, [optional time info]>

Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]