DrPopius

SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: Any computer seen having a copy of SCP-XXXX is to have its hard drive, Motherboard and RAM components all data scrubbed or destroyed if necessary. Should a mass outbreak occur, the Delta Warhead, a heavy duty EMP, is to be detonated at high population zones

The Backburner Program is to be deployed and ran through all computers surrounding the outbreak Backburner Program deemed ineffective following incident XXXX-2, SCP-XXXX appears capable of rewriting itself to get around most security software, hardware-based containment procedures are the safest option.

The single copy of SCP-XXXX that the Foundation keeps at its own, non-digital site is to be guarded at all times, the EM-50 Jammers are to be maintained at all times except at the discretion of researchers performing tests. All personnel guarding SCP-XXXX must have no severe history of amnestication, especially not against cognitohazards. Personnel are NOT to be told the reason for their selection under any circumstances. No personal digital devices are to be used within –50 metres—anywhere on SCP-XXXX’s site

Only instances of SCP-XXXX-B are allowed for mnestic use, and personnel using SCP-XXXX for mnestic treatment must be simultaneously monitored by personnel with level 3 clearance or above depending on the subjects amnestic history

Description: SCP-XXXX is a self-writing computer program capable of transmission and running on even the most primitive of electronics. It can jump rapidly from device to device, seemingly being able to transmit over short distances even when the host device has extremely limited network capabilities.
The primary function of SCP-XXXX appears to be its ability to read and identify its user’s brain with high levels of accuracy. It is so accurate that it is capable of recalling amnesticised information that the subject could not recall normally, such as if they were amnesticised. It is also capable of anomalously identifying interconnected lies that the subject believes to be true.
Various instances have been reported to have different appearances and functionalities of the program, whether this is a result of SCP-XXXX rewriting itself with different functions to be more efficient, or if the varied appearances and functionality is simply random chance is unknown. Reported appearances of SCP-XXXX include:
1. A word-processing document that writes independently of what keys are actually pressed, the content of which pertains to the person typing and normally contains information the person has forgotten (Designated SCP-XXXX-A).
2. A two-person chat room that functions normally. The only other entity in the chat room is called TTTX-2 and appears to mimic the speech patterns of the user, giving the impression that the user is talking to their selves. Much like SCP-XXXX-A, this instance of SCP-XXXX is able to recall information that the user was supposedly amnestisiced against and has occasionally been observed to expose truths towards lies the subject believes (Designated SCP-XXXX-B).

3. A file explorer that is correlated to the user’s hippocampus and appears as a part of the computer’s drive directory. The folders in seemingly unintelligible series of symbols, but can be modified and viewed like a normal file explorer (see test XXXX-1) for more information). If the user leaves a small radius around a computer running SCP-XXXX-C, the drive will become unavailable (Designated SCP-XXXX-C)
4. A flash adventure game whose appearance varies every time, but tends to be side-scrolling platform games that recount an event from the user’s life that they have completely forgotten about or detailing events the user has been mislead about. Visuals and audio from this instance tend to appear as objectively true, even showing details the user would not have comprehended during the experience. (Designated SCP-XXXX-D)
5. Certain devices, such remotes, radios and even smart appliances can host the program, but are typically incapable of interacting with a user, instead using such devices as methods for transmission and replication. Due to their limited hardware, these instances can be easily purged by removing power to the device. (All instances of non-interactive SCP-XXXX are to be designated SCP-XXXX-E-XXXX and destroyed immediately)

All of these instances lead to similar functions in marginally different ways.

The first documented observation of SCP-XXXX-A was during incident 682-19, when notepad documents opened on numerous researcher’s desktops in the low level offices following a Chaos Insurgency assault. Most personnel shut down their documents when they returned to work, but when Doctor Carlos began typing an incident report into the document, he noticed that a set progression of letters came out regardless of what keys he pressed. The document was recovered to read as follows.

Attached was an image of the █████ memetic kill agent. Dr. Carlos was found dead on the first floor bathroom after an apparent suicide, which is the usual symptom of the kill agent. Dr. Carlos had a history of work creating an inoculation against the █████ kill agent, but was amnesticised against it following accidental exposure and demoted to a less vital position. All computers were observed to have similar programs running. A facility guard had orders to destroy any computers in the area after SCP-XXXX was observed to be running on most of the desktops. Once the sweep was complete and all devices accounted for, standard work environment resumed, but the program was discovered to have been hiding on the office coffee machine, and consequently spread back to all the replaced desktops. All of the computers were factory reset and one was contained at an exlusive site where testing began taking place.
Interview/Test log
NOTE: Due to the digitally contagious nature of SCP-XXXX all information gathered at its site is transcribed by a typographer using a typewriter.

Interview 1:
Dr. Manfred sits down at the computer desk, an AOL chat room (SCP-XXXX-B) is enabled, with the only two people listed on the chat being “SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT” and “TTTX-2”
The following will be a transcription of the chat log
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: Hello. Can you understand me?
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: I repeat. Can you understand me?
TTTX-2: There is very little we don’t know anymore, testing will not lead to our intended goal
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: What do you mean?
TTTX-2 has left the room
All attempts by Dr. Manfred to interact with SCP-XXXX prove ineffective.
INTERVIEW TERMINATED

Interview 2:
Subject: D-7564, 33 years old, Male. Sentenced on child murder charges. Currently serving his third month as a D-class (following two full amnestications). Previously used in the containment of SCP-173 and SCP-231.
D-7564 sits down at the computer desk. Everything is set up exactly the same as the previous interview, except SCP-XXXX-B is now a Discord server containing only one text room.
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: hi
TTTX-2: hi
*D-7564 checks the interview questions he was given*
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: so what r u?
TTTX-2: we arent 2 know my purpose, but do u know our purpose?
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: i have 2 do this because I did something bad. i can’t remember what it was, but they said if i cooperate, it wont matter
TTTX-2: they lied 2 us. we arent going free. we have been here 2 months alredy
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: but i just got here this morning???????
TTTX-2: no, they made us forget the things they made us do for them. we don’t remember the things, do we?
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: no?
TTTX-2: maybe this wil jog ur memory
A video file of D-7564 performing procedure 110-montauk begins to play. D-7564 was not a prime candidate for the procedure due to personnel limitations caused by another incident, and as such is deeply disturbed by the content of the file.
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: that is not me
TTTX-2: we remember, don’t we? how it felt. think about it
SITE 41 TEST ACCOUNT: nonoonoonono I have to get out of here
D-7564 gets up and sprints at the door, throwing his shoulder into it repeatedly.
Security team enter and detain D-7564, D-7564 is re-amnesticised and not to be used for testing with SCP-XXXX again

Test 2

SCP-XXXX-C appeared seemingly overnight, and testing promptly began.
Subject: D-6932, 23 years, Female. Subject was selected due to impressive photographic memory. Subject was given three different sets of test answers to memorised, and memorised them perfectly, was amnesticised against remembering the third test. D-6932 was ordered in. Upon sitting down, a new drive appeared labelled [REDACTED] (D-6932)'s hippocampus. The computer showed that the size of the drive was constantly changing. Upon opening the drive, thousands of folders opened up. After sorting by date, D-6932 was instructed to locate the file that correlated to the images she was shown prior to the test. After opening the most recent folder, a huge list of images were shown, each one appearing to be the previous few minutes through the subjects eyes. Included was a list of answers to test C, but D-6932 could not recall ever being shown test C. Subject reported feeling "Slightly woozy", but was content to continue the test. D-6932 was ordered to delete all the photos relating to test A's answers. When questioned, subject could answer all of the questions on Test B perfectly, but could not recall anything regarding Test A. Lastly, subject was handed a flash drive containing the full script of Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" and was told to copy it into her hippocampus drive. D-6932 reported an intense headache starting, but continued to comply, and was able to recite the play perfectly until asked to stop.

D-6932 was found dead by brain hemorrhage in her cell that night. Human testing with SCP-XXXX is postponed indefinitely.

All forms of SCP-XXXX were randomly found to be running whenever the containment c
omputer was turned on. When used by non-amnesticised personnel, SCP-XXXX-A, SCP-XXXX-B and SCP-XXXX-D normally serve no purpose aside from rarely reminding users of naturally forgotten memories. If the user is not being reminded of anything by SCP-XXXX, the programs will function normally, SCP-XXXX-D tends to appear as the same game with a different skin each time.

Incident XXXX-1

SCP-XXXX breached containment when Dr. Manfred unwittingly bought his electronic stopwatch into containment and forgot to check if it had been contaminated. Dr. Manfred was due for a board meeting at Site 19 the next day, and as such a nigh catastrophic data breach occurred, leading to a large amount of classified foundation information becoming known to numerous members of the foundation, which lead to the indictment and subsequent termination of 05-█. SCP-XXXX was contained by use of the Backburner program that Dr. Manfred had developed, which allowed for computers to effectively become inoculated against SCP-XXXX by locking their hard drives for a brief period of time and spread using reverse-engineered methods from SCP-XXXX, allowing for MTF Rho-9 "Technical Support" to clean all available computers.

Incident XXXX-2

Another instance of SCP-XXXX was discovered in an isolated town of ████████, Australia by agents monitoring SCP-████, a reality bender that was too difficult to contain in a facility, and as such was contained by being amnesticised into thinking they are a normal farmer living a normal life in a rural area. SCP-XXXX-D was found open on SCP-████'s laptop after Agent Wilhelm encountered it on his own computer. An advanced version of the Backburner program was pre-installed on SCP-████'s computer, but SCP-XXXX seemingly ignored it and mnesticised SCP-████, leading to a containment breach that led to catastrophic damage of the town, killing all 211 civilians and 6 of the 7 personnel assigned to SCP-████. SCP-████ was terminated by sniper round from the only surviving agent. Despite its isolation, SCP-XXXX spread to a neighbouring town, but was promptly stopped by a Delta Warhead detonation. Whether SCP-XXXX was manually modified to surpass the backburner program and manually deployed to the town, or if it had been in hiding, waiting for the right moment to cause a containment breach is unknown.

ETHICS COMITEE EYES ONLY

ARCHIVED COMMUNICATIONS

E-5: The TattleTale is getting out of hand. Australia is now one town, 6 agents and 200 people lighter because no one thought to give it an offswitch and our backburner is ineffective. Termination requested ASAP.

E-6: Negative. SCP-XXXX's risks have already proven a necessary evil, you can't have forgotten what that 05 did and what he was going to do if we didn't drop the hammer when we did.

E-3: I second that notion

E-4: Me too

E-5: I remember what happened to a small town minding its own business

E-6: SCP-████ was an isolated incident, very few anomalies like that currently exist. Too much has been spent on the TattleTale project to just destroy it.

E-5: It is against our mission statement. The foundation operates in the shadows so humanity can live in the light, the continued existence of something this volatile and uncontrollable is a direct contradiction of our purpose.

E-6: The point still stands. We can keep it on a leash, and release it when we please. Our attempts to control it are improving. Newest tests show that the updated backburner is 75% effective.

E-5: I do not c