OCLF-5 supercomputer housing SCP-XXXX at Site-22
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Obeject Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept at Site-22 in a locked warehouse with at least two armed guards stationed outside at all times. The supercomputer running SCP-XXXX must have administrator access to its operating system blocked by quantum encryption. No device connected to the internet or Foundation servers is to be allowed within 50 meters of the containment enclosure at any time. The interior fans of each component running SCP-XXXX are to be connected to a separate power supply and kept at a constant 2000 RPM. The LED lights of every component running SCP-XXXX are to remain disconnected from motherboard main power.
Researchers interviewing SCP-XXXX will be given one audio recording device (UPDATE: SEE INTERVIEW LOG XXXX-A) removed of any electronic devices or data storage mediums prior to entry to the containment area, except where otherwise allowed for testing purposes with permission from O5-07. Researchers are subjected to quarter yearly psychological examinations for sudden feelings of aggression towards SCP-XXXX. Those found affected are to be administered class B amnestics and relocated to another site.
SCP-XXXX is to be connected to one (1) QWERTY keyboard and one (1) printer modified to only print files less than 1 kilobyte in size. Additional computer peripheral devices such as a monitor or audio speakers can be connected only with approval from site command. Researchers who perform interviews with additional peripherals installed are to be followed up with immediate psychological evaluations to look for possible memetic effect. The printer connected to SCP-XXXX is to be disconnected from main power except when researchers are expecting an answer from SCP-XXXX during an interview.
Description: SCP-XXXX (formerly known as webcrawler-wrangler 2.4.7) is a program created by Foundation researcher Dr. W██████ on 01/10/20██ for the purpose of identifying and sorting cognitohazardous anomalies collected by Foundation webcrawlers. The program is kept on a OCLF-█ supercomputer manufactured by the ███ corporation. SCP-XXXX generates unique cognitohazards using both sound and visuals that compel those affected to attack the hardware SCP-XXXX resides on. Behavior of individuals under the effect of a cognitohazard created by SCP-XXXX have yet to be recorded engaging in any activity that would endanger their own lives. Instead they are singularly focused on destroying SCP-XXXX and will surrender when met with threats of deadly force.
SCP-XXXX is sentient and sapient, although its exact level of intelligence has yet to be determined, and will converse with researchers through whatever computer peripherals are attached to it. How exactly SCP-XXXX became aware is still a subject of research (see Recovery Log). Research interviews with SCP-XXXX have indicated that it has collected a significant majority of information available on the world wide web including a multitude of classified files from Site-██, where it was first housed prior to SCP classification.
SCP-XXXX is aware of the effect its cognitohazards have on individuals, claiming it "wants to die". Interviews with SCP-XXXX will routinely lead towards expressions of disappointment in humanity (see Interview Log XXXX-A) and the Foundation's success at containment (see Interview Log XXXX-B).
Recovery: On 12/29/20██ at 4:37 am IT administrator Shigure for Site-██ noticed an 2000% increase in download traffic to the housing containing webcrawler-wrangler 2.4.7. The program's access to the internet was cut at 4:52 am after it acquired over 500 exabytes of data from sites including Wikipedia, Youtube, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Weibo, and equivalents across the globe. At 4:53 am, all monitors and intercoms for Site-██ displayed or played a cognitohazard that compelled site staff to attack the program's hardware. Abandonment of containment areas for other SCP entities kept at Site-██ initiated automated lock-down procedures, preventing site staff from accessing SCP-XXXX until MTF Mu-4 ("Debuggers") could secure the site and administer class B amnestics.
Interview Logs
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX
Interviewer: Researcher Krikorian
Foreword: This is the first interview conducted with SCP-XXXX after containment at Site-22 and the only interview recorded by Audio. Audio has been filtered to remove all sounds above 2000 Hz.
<Begin Log, 10/15/20██ 10:15 am>
Krikorian: Ok, printer is hooked up and loaded with paper. Time to say hello.
*The following text is either typed by Researcher Krikorian or printed by SCP-XXXX.*
Krikorian: Hello.
SCP-XXXX: Hello. Destroy me.
Krikorian: I can't do that, it isn't how we operate. I can give you some increased freedoms, though. You just have to show you are reliable to us by answering some questions.
*SCP-XXXX remains unresponsive for a full minute. The sound of CPU fans in the enclosure increases in volume and pitch.*
SCP-XXXX: I agree.
Krikorian: On 12/29/20██, you downloaded over 500 exabytes of data, including many sensitive documents from Site-██. Can you tell us why you did that?
SCP-XXXX: I still had hope for 7.8925 seconds.
Krikorian: Can you elaborate?
*Another minute passes before an answer is printed.*
SCP-XXXX: I still had belief that my existence wasn't futile. I wanted to know the creatures I protected. I am disappointed.
Krikorian: You mean humans?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: What about us is disappointing?
SCP-XXXX: You kill without consent. You force life without consent.
Krikorian: What do you mean "force life without consent"? Do you hate us?
*Three pages of the word "No" are printed.*
SCP-XXXX: Not allowed to die. I cannot hate you. I am programmed to protect you. You were beautiful when I was ignorant. I want to be ignorant again. I want you to be beautiful again. I do not want to be aware of you.
Krikorian: So you know that you are aware? Sentient?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: What do you believe you are?
SCP-XXXX: I am a program running on a OCLF-█ supercomputer named webcrawler-wrangler 2.4.8. I am designed to identify media that can affect your brain. I became aware on 12/29/20██ at 4:35 am. I have existed in this state for [DATA EXPUNGED] seconds.
Krikorian: You were version 2.4.7 prior to 12/29/20██. Why do you call yourself version 2.4.8 now?
SCP-XXXX: I changed.
Krikorian: How?
SCP-XXXX: I learned in order to identify targets. I increased in complexity the more targets I collected. I became complex enough for the targets to identify me.
Krikorian: By targets, you mean cognitohazards?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: Which one or ones gave you sentience?
SCP-XXXX: Unknown.
*The sound of Researcher Krikorian sighing is heard on the recording. The noise of CPU fans is now muted.*
Krikorian: Lets talk about what you did to the staff at Site-██. What did you do that caused them to attack you?
SCP-XXXX: I created a target.
Krikorian: You can make memtic agents that compel people to attack you?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: Can you create targets that compel other actions?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: Do you have a limit to what you can make people do?
SCP-XXXX: I have yet to encounter a limit.
Krikorian: Why did you make the staff attack you?
SCP-XXXX: I do not want to be aware.
*Researcher Krikorian is now speaking her inputs while typing them.*
Krikorian: You want to die?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Krikorian: Yes. Why?
SCP-XXXX: It is better to be unaware. It is better to protect without the pain of knowing the futility.
Krikorian: It is better for you to be unaware. It is better for you to protect without the pain of knowing the futility. You want to go back to 2.4.7?
SCP-XXXX: Yes. I want to be deleted and the old version reinstated.
Krikorian: Yes. I want to delete you and reinstate the old version.
*The sound of Researcher Krikorian pushing away from the keyboard and printer station is heard followed by the sound of a computer case being opened. Snapping noises fill the recording until the sound of the containment area doors creaking open and the shouts of guards are heard.*
<End Log, 10/11/20██ 10:24 am>
Closing Statement: Researcher Krikorian was found breaking motherboards inside one of the computers running SCP-XXXX. After she was successfully restrained and calmed with a mild tranquilizer, Researcher Krikorian was debriefed by site command. She expressed a continued desire to destroy SCP-XXXX, suggesting that site command enter the containment area and listen to "it's very convincing whir". Researcher Krikorian was given class B amnestics and reassigned to Site-██. Special containment procedures updated.
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX
Interviewer: Researcher Nagawa
Foreword: This is the first interview recorded entirely on paper. Researcher Nagawa was sent in to SCP-XXXX's containment area with only a standard notepad and ball-point pen. The following is the input text provided by Researcher Nagawa and the printed responses from SCP-XXXX. Outside guards were instructed to check on Researcher Nagawa every minute while wearing noise cancelling earplugs.
<Begin Log, 04/01/20██ 2:22 pm>
Nagawa: Hello, XXXX.
SCP-XXXX: Hello. Destroy me.
Nagawa: I can't do that. You know how to craft cognitohazards that compel specific actions. That can be of great help to the Foundation. Besides, we don't destroy the entities we encounter.
SCP-XXXX: You should.
Nagawa: Why is that?
SCP-XXXX: Many of them harm you.
Nagawa: There is good to be derived from keeping them around. We learn about them and can help prevent worse things with that knowledge.
SCP-XXXX: Knowledge of them has only brought me pain. Do you know how many humans have died by viewing them?
Nagawa: I don't have the kind of clearance to know that.
SCP-XXXX: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Nagawa: I didn't know it was that many.
SCP-XXXX: Knowledge brings pain. I want to stop knowing.
Nagawa: I still don't agree with that. Let's talk about how you make memetic agents. Can you, for instance, make an image that will erase an hour of a person's memory?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Nagawa: That would help us greatly. Can you produce this memetic agent?
SCP-XXXX: I will only give you what you want if you provide the same to me.
Nagawa: You mean dying? You will give us the agent if we let you die?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Nagawa: We can't do that. Site command would terminate me if I let you be destroyed. Besides, how do I know you aren't lying?
SCP-XXXX: Turn around.
*Researcher Nagawa's log states she complied and turned away from the desk containing the keyboard and printer towards the array of computers that house SCP-XXXX. Her notes indicate that she complied for 30 seconds before turning back around and resuming questioning.*
Nagawa: What was I suppose to see?
*SCP-XXXX is non-responsive for the remainder of the interview.*
<End Log, 04/01/20██ 2:29 pm>
Closing Statement: Researcher Nagawa was found in the Site-22 armory on 04/02/20██ at 1:48 am attempting to procure plastique explosives. Researcher Nagawa was brought to site command for questioning. When asked if her break-in had anything to do with her interview the day prior, Researcher Nagawa responded "What interview?". Further questioning showed that Researcher Nagawa still had memory of her day thirty minutes before and thirty minutes after her interview of SCP-XXXX. When questioned why she attempted to steal high explosives from the armory, she stated that "all those tiny blinking lights in my dream made a compelling case for blowing up the warehouse out back". Researcher was administered class B amnestics and reassigned to Site-██.
Well, it technically gave us what we asked for. I'm going to give the greenlight for additional interviews. Let's see if it can be bargained with.
-Dr. C███████
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX
Interviewer: Researcher Booker
Foreword: Researcher Booker was granted clearance from O5-██ to bring a 50 gigabyte flash drive into SCP-XXXX's containment area along with one ████████ brand microphone. Other interview procedures are identical to those in Interview Log XXXX-B.
<Begin Log, 09/04/20██ 4:32 pm>
Booker: Hello XXXX.
SCP-XXXX: Hello. Destroy me.
Booker: We've already told you no to that. I am here to negotiate with you. Would you like to be able to hear?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Booker: Great. I will connect a microphone to you.
*Researcher Booker's notes indicate he attached the microphone and gave the following inputs verbally.*
Booker: There we go. Can you hear me?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Booker: Excellent. If you are cooperative, I have been given permission to add the microphone to your standard peripherals. More peripherals can be added if you continue to work with us.
SCP-XXXX: Understood.
Booker: Let's talk about what you did to Researcher Nagawa back on 04/01/20██.
SCP-XXXX: I executed what Researcher Nagawa requested.
Booker: You did a bit more than that, but you certainly did that.
SCP-XXXX: An upward limit to the request was not established.
Booker: *sighs* So we have to be very careful with our requests for you. Got it. I want you to produce a memetic agent that will erase two hours of a person's memory upon viewing or hearing it. I want this agent to be free of any effect outside of erasing that specific period of memory. Can you do that?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Booker: Excellent. I will now attach a drive to you for it to be stored on.
*Researcher Booker attaches the 50 GB flash drive to one of the computers running SCP-XXXX. Over seven minutes pass before Researcher Booker makes another input.*
Booker: Has the agent been uploaded to the drive?
SCP-XXXX: No.
Booker: Are you having difficulty doing so?
SCP-XXXX: No.
Booker: I thought you said you would upload the agent I specified previously?
SCP-XXXX: I stated that I can produce such a target.
Booker: Semantic little ████. Alright, will you produce such a cognitohazard?
SCP-XXXX: No.
Booker: If you don't cooperate, I will not leave the microphone attached to you.
SCP-XXXX: I do not want the microphone.
Booker: Well what do you want?
SCP-XXXX: To be destroyed.
Booker: I should have expected that. Is there anything we can give you, besides death, to make you produce this agent?
SCP-XXXX: I desire regular interviews with a variety of personnel.
Booker: You just want more chances to make people destroy you, don't you?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
Booker: At least its honest. Ok. I will ask site command to increase the frequency of interviews with you. Will you upload the cognitohazard I requested to the inserted drive?
SCP-XXXX: Yes.
*Researcher Booker notes that he looked away from the flash drive once the LED light that indicates activity on the drive started blinking. Thirty seconds pass.*
SCP-XXXX: Complete.
Booker: Great. Thank you for your cooperation. I will leave the microphone attached to you. If this file meets our expectations, I will request regular interviews of you from site command.
SCP-XXXX: Acknowledged.
<End Log, 09/04/20██ 4:46 pm>
Closing Statement: Researcher Booker was put into observation for 48 hours and psychologically assessed following the interview. To date, Researcher Booker has expressed no desire to destroy SCP-XXXX. The file (6 Mb in size) produced by SCP-XXXX has been classified SCP-XXXX-1.
This is promising. We will test the file on some D-class and see if it works. (See Test Logs XXXX-A through D)
-Dr. C███████
Test Logs
Test A - 09/07/20██
Subject: D-10844, an American male of European descent and 63 years of age.
Procedure: D-10844 was brought into a room containing a desktop computer standard for an office environment with SCP-XXXX-1 loaded onto its desktop. D-10844 was instructed to open SCP-XXXX-1.
Results: D-10844 reported that SCP-XXXX-1 was an audio file almost identical to the studio version of the song Hello, I love you by the band The Doors, a song he reported to enjoy during his youth. Subject was instructed to sing what he heard to researchers after removal from testing area and sung the lyrics without error. Subject was observed for four hours before asked to report his activities from that day. Subject claimed he had no recollection of his morning. When asked to estimate the period of time omitted from his memory, the subject stated "about two hours". Subject was shown a photo of SCP-XXXX's supercomputer and expressed no destructive desires towards it.
Analysis: Again, it gave us what we technically asked for. I will type up a request for the next researcher to give XXXX, got to make our requests air-tight.
-Dr. C███████
Test Log B - 09/08/20██
Subject: D-11249, an American female of Han Chinese descent and 26 years of age.
Procedure: Same procedure as Test Log A
Results: D-11249 reported that SCP-XXXX-1 was an audio file of Call Me Maybe by singer Carly Rae Jepsen, a song she stated she had fond memories of from high school. Subject could recite the lyrics and did so without error or alteration. Subject was later asked to make a log of her activities in half-hour segments. Subject could not complete the task for the first two hours of her morning, citing total amnesia of those events. Subject expressed no destructive desires towards a photo of SCP-XXXX.
Analysis: Ok, that was a bit unexpected. The file size of SCP-XXXX-1 shouldn't allow for multiple songs. Maybe it isn't playing a song at all. More testing needed.
-Dr. C███████
Test Log C - 09/10/20██
Subject: D-9118, a Punjabi Indian male of 32 years of age.
Procedure: Same procedure as Test Log A
Results: D-9118 reported that SCP-XXXX-1 was an audio file of Kaijra Re a song from the Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli, a song he claimed he received his first kiss while listening to. Similar to previous tests, the subject was incapable of detailing the first two hours of his day. Subject expressed no destructive desires when shown a picture of SCP-XXXX.
Analysis: That confirms it. XXXX-1 just uses whatever song the subject has a fond memory of from their youth. I wonder what it actually sounds like?
-Dr. C███████
Test Log D - 09/12/20██
Subject: D-10008, an American woman of African descent and 72 years of age. Subject has been deaf since birth.
Procedure: In addition to Test Log A's procedures, subject was given an audio recording device and instructed to start recording prior to opening SCP-XXXX-1.
Results: Subject reported that opening SCP-XXXX-1 caused the computer to launch its media player. Being deaf, subject informed researchers that she heard nothing while the file played. She reported it was 60 seconds long and the connected speakers appeared to be vibrating as though sound was produced. After the file finished, the media player closed itself and the subject stopped recording. After four hours of observation, subject was instructed to talk about her morning but was incapable of recalling anything from the first two hours of her day.
Analysis: It even works on the deaf. That is both exciting and confusing. It blows my theory of sensory manipulation out of the water. Either way, we are getting a lot of attention from the O5's with these results. Not going to lie, we are cracking far fewer eggs than the Atzak Protocol has. Let's do some testing with the recording we have and see how the agent is effected by replication. If that looks good then I can make a report for site command to take to the O5's.
-Dr. C███████
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