Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter (I think? It seems complicated enough…?)
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawlers are to monitor all popular social media and news outlets for mentions of ‘dancing plagues’, ‘weird dances’ or any other term that may imply SCP-XXXX infection. A visual recording of a D-Class personnel member performing the first five minutes of SCP-XXXX is to be kept on a secure Foundation server.
Update ██/██/20██: A copy of SCP-XXXX-2 is to be kept on a secure Foundation server.
Foundation agents are to periodically discourage civilians from performing the individual steps of SCP-XXXX by demeaning the quality of the moves at dance clubs and on social media.
In the case an SCP-XXXX infection is determined, MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") is to be deployed to humanely terminate any instances of SCP-XXXX-1.
Under no circumstances is an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 to be allowed to continue dancing for more than 168 hours (1 week), for fear of causing local reality failure.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a set of motions superficially resembling a dance that are separately generally non-anomalous begin non-anomalous, but rapidly become anomalous.
Any human being who views another human being perform any part of SCP-XXXX for at least 10 consecutive seconds (hereafter designated as SCP-XXXX-1) is infected by SCP-XXXX. Newly formed instances of SCP-XXXX-1 will observe the SCP-XXXX-1 instance that infected them for an additional ten seconds before also performing SCP-XXXX from the start, regardless of which part of SCP-XXXX the observed SCP-XXXX-1 instance was performing. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 appear to know the entirety of SCP-XXXX and are generally able to perform it, despite lack of former interaction. SCP-XXXX is always identical, regardless of the SCP-XXXX-1 instance that performs it.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 have increased flexibility, and their joints appear to be able to bend at least twice as far as compared to their ‘base angle’ when compared to the SCP-XXXX-1 instance’s former state. Some SCP-XXXX-1 instances gain more flexibility than others, seemingly at random. It is currently unknown how SCP-XXXX grants this increased flexibility to SCP-XXXX-1.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are unresponsive to external stimuli, and do not require nutrition or liquid intake; Adequate nutrients and water appear to spontaneously manifest inside instances of SCP-XXXX-1. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. In addition, SCP-XXXX-1 instances do not require rest, and no SCP-XXXX-1 instances so far have attempted to stop performing SCP-XXXX for any reason.
If an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 fails to perform any part of SCP-XXXX, whether by external physical manipulation or because their limbs are not adequately flexible, the SCP-XXXX-1 instance will suffer from abrupt heart failure approximately 1 second after the ‘failure’, universally leading to death. Application of amnestics replicates this effect; The SCP-XXXX-1 instance will stop performing SCP-XXXX for approximately 1 second before expiring. Autopsy has revealed SCP-XXXX-1 corpses to be non-anomalous, although the increased joint flexibility remains. Additionally, large amounts of endorphin are present in the brains of SCP-XXXX-1 corpses.
Observation of SCP-XXXX-1 instances without being infected by SCP-XXXX is possible by viewing photographs or videos less than 10 seconds in length taken of SCP-XXXX-1. Personnel universally describe SCP-XXXX-1 instances as appearing non-anomalous, and their expression to look ‘blissful’ or ‘relaxed’.
SCP-XXXX appears to have no end, as it has been recorded to continue for at least 2██ hours.
Addendum XXXX-01: On ██/██/20██, Foundation webcrawlers detected a user account on the popular video sharing website ‘YouTube’ of which the access history did not trace back to a valid IP address, called ‘CHH’. The user account contained only a single video 14 minutes and 37 seconds in length, later classified as SCP-XXXX-2, called ‘The CHH presents: The Dance of Glee!’. Due to safety concerns, the video was initially viewed only in 5-second intervals by a D-Class personnel member. After it was determined the video contained SCP-XXXX, the video was transcribed by viewing it in separate, non-chronological 5-second intervals.
A full transcript of the video has been placed below.
An individual wearing a flat mask that covers the individual’s entire face and wearing a white military uniform that does not correspond to any known country is visible, designated as PoI-XXXX. PoI-XXXX’s sex cannot be discerned during any point of the video.
PoI-XXXX: Hello, ladies and gentlesirs! I’m [unintelligible] from the CHH, and if you’re feeling down, then boy have I got something for you!
PoI-XXXX gestures to the camera with their hands.
PoI-XXXX: Starting today, you won’t need to worry about anything anymore! Pesky student loans? Annoying grandchildren who just won’t shut up? A spouse who keeps nagging you to do the laundry? Anything! Just dance your worries away!
The camera zooms out, revealing 6 more individuals standing in a line approximately 1 metre behind PoI-XXXX. The individuals wear a mask identical to PoI-XXXX’s mask and uniforms in a similar style, but noticeably less decorated. As a result of the video’s later footage, these individuals have been designated SCP-XXXX-1-A through SCP-XXXX-1-F, rather than receiving PoI designation. Music resembling electronic dance music, in rhythm with SCP-XXXX, starts playing. The music has not been matched to any in the Foundation’s database, nor to any music available on the internet.
PoI-XXXX: With the CHH’s Dance of Glee, happiness is guaranteed, or you get your money back! laughter Ah, right, you didn’t pay at all, that’s the best part! It’s free!
02:01
PoI-XXXX and the other individuals begin performing SCP-XXXX; For brevity, only relevant sections have been transcribed.
The first several minutes of SCP-XXXX are non-anomalous, featuring motions such as kicking out with one leg at a time, bobbing the body in place and jumping up into the air.
06:33
The first anomalous action occurs at this point, as the instances bend their right arm behind their body in a way prevented by conventional human anatomy and grasp their right hand with their left. SCP-XXXX-1-C fails to perform the motion correctly and collapses.
07:25
All remaining instances attempt to place their left hand on their head and rotate their head 90 degrees to the left; SCP-XXXX-1-B does not have the required flexibility, and collapses.
09:54
The five remaining instances bend their left leg behind their back in a manner often done by contortionists; However, upon completion of this motion, all five instances attempt to bend the base of their leg to the left, such that the sole of their foot is aimed towards their face. All instances except SCP-XXXX-1-E are successful; SCP-XXXX-1-E collapses.
11:36
The four remaining instances remain still for approximately 2 seconds before attempting to rotate their upper body away from the camera without moving their legs. PoI-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1-F are successful; SCP-XXXX-1-A and SCP-XXXX-1-D are not, and collapse.
12:01
The two remaining instances attempt to rotate their head 180 degrees, back towards the camera, while maintaining the position of their torso; Only PoI-XXXX is successful. SCP-XXXX-1-F collapses. The music stops.
PoI-XXXX rotates their body back to its original position without the difficulty that would be expected from the action.
PoI-XXXX: Well, let’s stop there for now! I’m sure you can figure it out on your own from here. You’ve got a feel for it, right?
PoI-XXXX gives the camera a ‘thumbs-up’ gesture.
PoI-XXXX: If you can’t figure it out, or you think it’s great, or you think it sucks, or you just want to tell us something, just send us a letter at [unintelligible], or an email at [unintelligible]! We love receiving feedback, and we’d love to hear how we can make you even happier!
Text appears on-screen. From the format and context, these are presumed to be an address and an email account; However, the text includes several characters that are not part of any known language, as well as characters of scripts that are not used in any modern languages, and were thus never made useable with most computer programs.
PoI-XXXX: I think that’s about all I’ve got for you for now! This is [unintelligible] from the CHH, signing off!
An unknown symbol appears on the screen, resembling a heavily stylised group of people sitting around a circular table. Under the symbol, the characters ‘CHH’ are present. Laughter is heard from seven distinct voices. One matches PoI-XXXX’s voice; The rest do not match any entries in the Foundation’s database.
PoI-XXXX: Remember to stay happy!
PoI-XXXX’s voice, as well as the physical profiles of PoI-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1-A through SCP-XXXX-1-F, do not match with any profiles in the Foundation’s database.
The video was copied to a secure Foundation server and deleted without issue. The user account associated was not able to be deleted, as it is not present in YouTube’s user database.
Notably, SCP-XXXX-2 displays the only known occurrence of an individual starting SCP-XXXX and stopping without expiring. Careful reproduction of the video’s circumstances using D-Class Personnel did not succeed in reproducing this occurrence.
Addendum XXXX-2
On ██/██/20██, approximately 24 hours after deletion of SCP-XXXX-2, a letter was received at Site-██. A transcript of the letter is available below.
Dear ladies and gentlemen of this non-mundane organisation,
We’ve noticed one of you has recently deleted our newest video!
If this wasn’t you, there’s nothing you need to do! We’ve sent a letter like this to every non-mundane organisation we were able to find, since we’re not sure who didn’t like it. If you’d like, you can burn this letter, or even eat it! Whatever makes you happy.
If this was you, then there’s still nothing you need to do!
We understand that some people just don’t like dancing, and we’ll respect that! That said, we’d have liked some feedback, at least…
Regardless, we’ll make sure to keep your preferences about dancing in mind in the future, and try to make people happy in a different way.
If you want, you can totally send us suggestions! Just send a letter to the following address:
[The same address as shown in SCP-XXXX-2.]
Of course, it’s completely fine if you don’t do that, too! Just know that we can’t adapt to your preferences if we don’t know them!
(Of course, this one applies to you too, other non-mundane organisations!)
With love,
[unintelligible scribbles], PR manager of the Committee of Human Happiness!
Correspondence with and espionage of several GoIs has revealed that all known GoIs with a centralised command structure have received an identical letter.
Since the address given in the letter does not appear to exist, no attempt to respond has been made.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawlers are to monitor all popular social media and news outlets for mentions of ‘dancing plagues’, ‘weird dances’ or any other term that may imply SCP-XXXX infection. A visual recording of a D-Class personnel member performing the first five minutes of SCP-XXXX is to be kept on a secure Foundation server.
Update ██/██/20██: A copy of SCP-XXXX-2 is to be kept on a secure Foundation server.
Foundation agents are to periodically discourage civilians from performing the individual steps of SCP-XXXX by demeaning the quality of the moves at dance clubs. Videos of any individual performing the steps and discussions on the steps uploaded to social media are to be softbanned.
In the case an SCP-XXXX infection is determined, MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") is to be deployed to humanely terminate any instances of SCP-XXXX-1.
Under no circumstances is an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 to be allowed to continue dancing for more than 168 hours (1 week), for fear of causing local reality failure.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a set of motions superficially resembling a dance that are separately generally non-anomalous begin non-anomalous, but rapidly become anomalous.
Any human being who views another human being perform any part of SCP-XXXX for at least 10 consecutive seconds (hereafter designated as SCP-XXXX-1) is infected by SCP-XXXX. Newly formed instances of SCP-XXXX-1 will observe the SCP-XXXX-1 instance that infected them for an additional ten seconds before also performing SCP-XXXX from the start, regardless of which part of SCP-XXXX the observed SCP-XXXX-1 instance was performing. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 appear to know the entirety of SCP-XXXX and are generally able to perform it, despite lack of former interaction. SCP-XXXX is always identical, regardless of the SCP-XXXX-1 instance that performs it.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 have increased flexibility, and their joints appear to be able to bend at least twice as far as compared to their ‘base angle’ when compared to the SCP-XXXX-1 instance’s former state. Some SCP-XXXX-1 instances gain more flexibility than others, seemingly at random. It is currently unknown how SCP-XXXX grants this increased flexibility to SCP-XXXX-1.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are unresponsive to external stimuli, and do not require nutrition or liquid intake; Adequate nutrients and water appear to spontaneously manifest inside instances of SCP-XXXX-1. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. In addition, SCP-XXXX-1 instances do not require rest, and no SCP-XXXX-1 instances so far have attempted to stop performing SCP-XXXX for any reason.
If an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 fails to perform any part of SCP-XXXX, whether by external physical manipulation or because their limbs are not adequately flexible, the SCP-XXXX-1 instance will suffer from abrupt heart failure approximately 1 second after the ‘failure’, universally leading to death. Application of amnestics replicates this effect; The SCP-XXXX-1 instance will stop performing SCP-XXXX for approximately 1 second before expiring. Autopsy has revealed SCP-XXXX-1 corpses to be non-anomalous, although the increased joint flexibility remains. Additionally, large amounts of endorphin are present in the brains of SCP-XXXX-1 corpses.
Observation of SCP-XXXX-1 instances without being infected by SCP-XXXX is possible by viewing photographs or videos less than 10 seconds in length taken of SCP-XXXX-1. Personnel universally describe SCP-XXXX-1 instances as appearing non-anomalous, and their expression to look ‘blissful’ or ‘relaxed’.
SCP-XXXX appears to have no end, as it has been recorded to continue for at least 2██ hours.
Addendum XXXX-01: On ██/██/20██, Foundation webcrawlers detected a user account on the popular video sharing website ‘YouTube’ of which the access history did not trace back to a valid IP address, called ‘CHH’. The user account contained only a single video 14 minutes and 37 seconds in length, later classified as SCP-XXXX-2, called ‘The CHH presents: The Dance of Glee!’. Due to safety concerns, the video was initially viewed only in 5-second intervals by a D-Class personnel member. After it was determined the video contained SCP-XXXX, the video was transcribed by viewing it in separate, non-chronological 5-second intervals.
A full transcript of the video has been placed below.
An individual wearing a flat mask that covers the individual’s entire face and wearing a white military uniform that does not correspond to any known country is visible, designated as PoI-XXXX. PoI-XXXX’s sex cannot be discerned during any point of the video. The mask is presumed anomalous, as the facial features painted on the mask, a crescent-shaped mouth and two crescent-shaped eyes, animate at several points during the video and no traces of video editing have been found.
PoI-XXXX: Hello, ladies and gentlesirs! I’m [unintelligible] from the CHH, and if you’re feeling down, then boy have I got something for you! Specially created, just for you, by our best developers!
PoI-XXXX gestures to the camera with their hands. The mask’s ‘mouth’ widens.
PoI-XXXX: Starting today, you won’t need to worry about anything anymore! Pesky student loans? Annoying grandchildren who just won’t shut up? A spouse who keeps nagging you to do the laundry? Anything! Just dance your worries away!
The camera zooms out, revealing 6 more individuals standing in a line approximately 1 metre behind PoI-XXXX. The individuals wear a mask similar to PoI-XXXX’s mask, but lacking the facial features, and uniforms in a similar style, but noticeably less decorated. As a result of the video’s later footage, these individuals have been designated SCP-XXXX-1-A through SCP-XXXX-1-F, rather than receiving PoI designation. Music resembling electronic dance music, in rhythm with SCP-XXXX, starts playing. The music has not been matched to any in the Foundation’s database, nor to any music available on the internet.
PoI-XXXX: With the CHH’s Dance of Glee, happiness is guaranteed, or you get your money back! laughter Ah, right, you didn’t pay at all, that’s the best part! It’s free!
02:01
PoI-XXXX and the other individuals begin performing SCP-XXXX; For brevity, only relevant sections have been transcribed.
The first several minutes of SCP-XXXX are non-anomalous, featuring motions such as kicking out with one leg at a time, bobbing the body in place and jumping up into the air.
06:33
The first anomalous action occurs at this point, as the instances bend their right arm behind their body in a way prevented by conventional human anatomy and grasp their right hand with their left. SCP-XXXX-1-C fails to perform the motion correctly and collapses. The mouth on the mask of PoI-XXXX changes shape into a circle for approximately 2 seconds before returning to its ‘default’ state.
07:25
All remaining instances attempt to place their left hand on their head and rotate their head 90 degrees to the left; SCP-XXXX-1-B does not have the required flexibility, and collapses. The mouth on PoI-XXXX’s mask again changes shape into a circle, although it is smaller than the last. After approximately 1 second, it returns to its ‘default’ state.
09:54
The five remaining instances bend their left leg behind their back in a manner often done by contortionists; However, upon completion of this motion, all five instances attempt to bend the base of their leg to the left, such that the sole of their foot is aimed towards their face. All instances except SCP-XXXX-1-E are successful; SCP-XXXX-1-E collapses. The mouth on PoI-XXXX’s mask widens slightly for approximately 7 seconds and returns to its ‘default’ state.
11:36
The four remaining instances remain still for approximately 2 seconds before attempting to rotate their upper body away from the camera without moving their legs. PoI-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1-F are successful; SCP-XXXX-1-A and SCP-XXXX-1-D are not, and collapse.
PoI-XXXX: As you can see, all but one of my backup dancers have found happiness already! It works so fast, doesn’t it?
12:01
The two remaining instances attempt to rotate their head 180 degrees, back towards the camera, while maintaining the position of their torso; Only PoI-XXXX is successful. SCP-XXXX-1-F collapses. The music stops. It is revealed that the eyes on PoI-XXXX’s mask have narrowed.
PoI-XXXX rotates their body back to its original position without the difficulty that would be expected from the action. The eyes on PoI-XXXX’s mask return to the state they were in at the start of the video.
PoI-XXXX: Well, let’s stop there for now! I’m sure you can figure it out on your own from here. You’ve got a feel for it, right? laughter
PoI-XXXX gives the camera a ‘thumbs-up’ gesture. The mouth on PoI-XXXX’s mask animates briefly as PoI-XXXX laughs.
PoI-XXXX: If you can’t figure it out, or you think it’s great, or you think it sucks, or you just want to tell us something, just send us a letter at [unintelligible], or an email at [unintelligible]! We love receiving feedback, and we’d love to hear how we can make you even happier!
Text appears on-screen. From the format and context, these are presumed to be an address and an email account; However, the text includes several characters that are not part of any known language, as well as characters of scripts that are not used in any modern languages, and were thus never made useable with most computer programs.
PoI-XXXX: I think that’s about all I’ve got for you for now! This is [unintelligible] from the CHH, signing off! I hope I was able to make you happy!
An unknown symbol appears on the screen, resembling a heavily stylised group of people sitting around a circular table. Under the symbol, the characters ‘CHH’ are present. Laughter is heard from seven distinct sources. One matches PoI-XXXX’s voice; The rest do not match any entries in the Foundation’s database.
PoI-XXXX: Remember to stay happy!
PoI-XXXX’s voice, as well as the physical profiles of PoI-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1-A through SCP-XXXX-1-F, do not match with any profiles in the Foundation’s database.
The video was copied to a secure Foundation server and deleted without issue. The user account associated was not able to be deleted, as it is not present in YouTube’s user database.
Notably, SCP-XXXX-2 displays the only known occurrence of an individual starting SCP-XXXX and stopping without expiring, as well as the only known occurrence of an individual talking while performing SCP-XXXX. Careful reproduction of the video’s circumstances using D-Class Personnel did not succeed in reproducing these occurrences.
Addendum XXXX-2
On ██/██/20██, approximately 24 hours after deletion of SCP-XXXX-2, a letter was received at Site-██. A transcript of the letter is available below.
Dear ladies and gentlemen of this non-mundane organisation,
We’ve noticed one of you has recently deleted our newest video!
If this wasn’t you, there’s nothing you need to do! We’ve sent a letter like this to every non-mundane organisation we were able to find, since we’re not sure who didn’t like it. If you’d like, you can burn this letter, or even eat it! Whatever makes you happy.
If this was you, then there’s still nothing you need to do!
We understand that some people just don’t like dancing, and we’ll respect that! That said, we’d have liked some feedback, at least…
We also understand there might be some concerns as to the effects the dance has, but rest assured: it’s pure, unadulterated bliss, just the way humans like it!
Regardless, we’ll make sure to keep your preferences about dancing in mind in the future, and try to make people happy in a different way.
If you want, you can totally send us suggestions! Just send a letter to the following address:
[The same address as shown in SCP-XXXX-2.]
Of course, it’s completely fine if you don’t do that, too! Just know that we can’t adapt to your preferences if we don’t know them!
(Of course, this one applies to you too, other non-mundane organisations!)
With love,
[unintelligible scribbles], PR manager of the Committee of Human Happiness!
Correspondence with and espionage of several GoIs has revealed that all known GoIs with a centralised command structure have received an identical letter.
Since the address given in the letter does not appear to exist, no attempt to respond has been made.
I'm still keeping an empty tab, as memory support for myself.
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