SCP- 5258 - Minnesota Nice
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CAPTION-GOES-HERE

Item #: SCP-5258

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Efforts to contain SCP-5258 are ongoing and require Special Taskforce: "We Happy Few" (WHF) to counter it. Due to the nature of the SCP, taskforce members must be inoculated to at a minimum level 2 info-hazards and level 3 visual memetic hazards. Special Taskforce WHF must monitor all public broadcast channels for the activation material and strategically sabotage, erase, or replace it in its entirety. If personnel are infected with SCP-5258, if caught early, must be subjected to class A amnestics. Advanced cases may be subject to Class B, C, or D amnestics. Efforts are underway to scim through the internet and censor, delete, or obscure the trigger phrase from reaching public eyes, as simply viewing it can trigger the infection.

Description: SCP-5258 is a EXTREMLY contagious cognito hazard that, once triggered, forces the victim to be exceedingly cordial to everyone around them, even if the victim has no intent on being nice. This can escalate over a period of one month to extreme levels, such as going out of their way to be chivalrous, help old ladies cross streets, and give generous amounts of money to homeless people on the side of the road. This can lead to the in-ability to provide food to themselves, not being able to drive without incident and in some cases, can lead to suicide of the victim. SCP-5258 spreads through a television ad from the home improvement company [REDACTED] published in 20██. Researchers have isolated the memetic trigger down to a simple phrase in commercial, and can be replicated, see addendum.

Testing of SCP-5258 must be only used on D-Class personnel only. If this rule is broken, the perpetrator will be subjected to amnestics, transfer to another facility, or have their clearance degraded to level D.

Addendum:
At first, the cognito hazard started off in [REDACTED], Minnesota. It came to the attention of the foundation shortly after the third week of infection, with reports coming in with heightened homeless levels and excessive reports of car crashes involving old ladies. The Infected individuals hard to be rounded up and given amnestics. Efforts are on going to treat infected individuals found out around the rest of Minnesota, as the commercial and trigger words are extremely common in the Midwest. Researchers were able to narrow down the trigger phrase to [DATA EXPUNGED]. Initially, the infection could only spread via viewing the commercial through a television, but it has thus evolved to hearing the trigger phrase over the radio.