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Item #: SCP-5XXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, SCP-5XXX cannot be conventionally contained, and so a disinformation campaign is to be carried out asserting that it is a vestigial organ from humanity's evolutionary past.

In accordance with procedure 5XXX-alpha, any SCP-5XXX-1 instance with extended knowledge of the Foundation or the anomalous must be either brought into the Foundation as an employee, or terminated. Extended knowledge constitutes evidence that these things exist, and a willingness to find out more.

Description: SCP-5XXX is a brain structure found in approximately 0.013% of people - referred to as SCP-5XXX-1 instances - that is capable of producing strong mnestic chemicals in response to as yet unknown stimuli. As such, any person in possession of the SCP-5XXX structure will have limited response to amnestics and antimemetic objects, and a greatly improved conventional long-term memory.¹ SCP-5XXX-1 instances also show an anomalous draw to antimemetic objects and ideas, and a certain level of shielding from their effects.

Of note is that around 2% of Foundation employees are SCP-5XXX-1 instances, over 150 times the expected number. This is partially due to the use of procedure 5XXX-alpha, and also likely due to the Foundation's use of antimemetics not completely wiping the memories of unknown SCP-5XXX-1 instances, making them more likely to remember and attempt to join the Foundation.

Footnotes

1. Note: As of ██/01/200█, this effect has been determined to be non-anomalous.