Leo Corvus

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be placed within a standard small object containment safe and stored on Site-90. Governmental bodies at all levels are to be monitored for instances of SCP-XXXX-B. Should an instance of SCP-XXXX-B be identified, members MTF Epsilon-17 (“President’s Men”) should be dispatched today infiltrate the instanced security team in order to monitor the instance.

If an instance is determined to have enough influence to be considered a threat to the country it resides by CAPT. Daniel Pinkerton, DR. Leonard Corvus, and foundation political analysts, the instance of SCP-XXXX shall be terminated removed from power by means of political manipulation. Methods of removal include: electoral defeat, the leaking of scandalous information to public news outlets, the manufacturing of scandalous information where none is readily available, a recall vote, impeachment, or a vote of no confidence. When removal by any of the above methods is not possible, termination is to be used as a last resort.

Once an instance of SCP-XXXX-B is removed from power it is to be taken into custody by members of MTF Epsilon-17 (“President’s Men”) and transported to the holding facilities located at Site-90. Once relocated to Site-90, instances shall be permitted to socialize with other instances of SCP-XXXX-B currently in captivity; however, contact with site personnel is to be limited to approved testing procedures in order to avoid said personnel falling under the influence of SCP-XXXX-B instances.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a non-corporeal entity linked to a black fountain pen in pristine condition, henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-A. SCP-XXXX is sapient and is capable of speech in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Cantonese, and Russian. Although SCP-XXXX’s consciousness is tied to SCP-XXXX-A, the entity is capable of manifesting and influencing manifestations of SCP-XXXX-B from within containment. It is unknown what causes the manifestation of instances of SCP-XXXX-B.

SCP-XXXX-B instances appear to be non-anomalous humans in all aspects, with the notable exception of their neural system. The dissection of SCP-XXXX-B instances has revealed that the cingulate cortex of the brain is smaller than the non-anomalous counterpart. Similarly, the Broca Area is larger than that of a normal human’s. Instances emit a low level telepathic field that influences human subjects to have a generally positive opinion of said instance of SCP-XXXX-B. This telepathic field is currently the Foundation´s primary method of identifying instances of SCP-XXXX-B. Research into a more efficient method of identification shall be lead by Dr. Jemma Simmons.

Instances use this positive influence in order to construct political movements to sweep themselves into power through electoral success. Instances of SCP-XXXX-B have only been identified in countries governed by functioning democracies (ex. Canada, United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, and others). It is believed by Foundation personnel that SCP-XXXX seeks political power through manifestations of SCP-XXXX-B both for sustenance and its own amusement^{see Interview Log XXXX-1}.

Instances of SCP-XXXX-B are able to create fabricated histories for themselves upon manifestation. This includes fabricated public records, insertion into an pre-existing family, and the creation of false memories in those around them. Public records created by instances of SCP-XXXX-B often contain one or more inconsistency of varying severity. These inconsistencies go unnoticed by any being unable to resist a level 5 psychic attack.

SCP-XXXX-B instances are capable of normal human processes such as reproduction. While descendants of XXXX-B instances possess some latent telepathic ability, it is not deemed to be potent enough to be considered worth of containment. All offspring of identified SCP-XXXX-B instances are under observation by Foundation personnel.

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 5/XXXX CLASSIFIED

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ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT LEVEL 5/XXXX AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CONFIRMED INSTANCES OF SCP-XXXX-B

Name of Instance	Country	Position	Status
JOHN F. KENNEDY	U.S.A.	POTUS	DECEASED
ROBERT F. KENNEDY	U.S.A.	AG/SENATOR/POTUS CANDIDATE	DECEASED
RICHARD M. NIXON	U.S.A.	POTUS	CONTAINED
SHINTARO ABE	JAPAN	MP/FOREIGN MINISTER	CONTAINED
RONALD W. REAGAN	U.S.A.	POTUS	CONTAINED
MARGARET H. THATCHER	U.K.	PM	DECEASED
JOHN N. W. TURNER	CANADA	PM	CONTAINED
LIONEL JOSPIN	FRANCE	PM	CONTAINED
BERNARD SANDERS	U.S.A	SENATOR/POTUS CANDIDATE	UNCONTAINED, LEADING “PROGRESSIVE REVOLUTION”
TONY ABOTT	AUSTRALIA	PM	CONTAINED
NARENDRA MODI	INDIA	PM	UNCONTAINED, RECENTLY WON REELECTION DESPITE FOUNDATION EFFORTS

WARNING: THE ABOVE FILE IS LEVEL 5/XXXX CLASSIFIED

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ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT LEVEL 5/XXXX AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

INFORMATION AFTER THIS POINT REQUIRES LEVEL FOUR CLEARANCE

INTERVIEW LOG XXXX-1

Interviewed: [SCP-XXXX]

Interviewer: [Dr. Finnian Trench, Former Head of Research: SCP-XXXX]

Foreword: Upon initial recovery, SCP-XXXX was believed to be a sapient pen with the ability to speak and no other anomalous properties. The item was considered a low priority at the time and as such sat in storage for several years after initial containment in 1973. After the first confirmed encounter with an instance of SCP-XXXX-B occurred in 1964 lead to the reexamination of all SCPs discovered in the Washington D.C. area a possible link between SCP-XXXX and the SCP-XXXX-B instance.

<Begin Log, 18:16 December 25, 1967>

Trench: And this is interview XXXX-1. Gheez, I can believe I´m talking to a pen.
SCP-XXXX: A pen? I‘m not a pen.

Trench: Not a pen? What do you mean not a pen? We got reports of a talking pen in the White House. Our agents on site confirmed the reports, collected you, and now I get to talk to you.

SCP-XXXX: Well, if your definition of being something is that simple, I suppose you are technically correct. I prefer to think of myself as being tied to the pen, rather than being the pen.

Trench: Was there a time you weren’t tied to the pen?

SCP-XXXX: Oh… wow. That takes me back. The years all sorta blur together, must’ve been at least a hundred by now. I try to stay entertained best I can, my friends help with that.

Trench: What friends? Are there more of you?

SCP-XXXX: “Talking pens”? Probably, I mean have you seen half the stuff you people keep locked up in here? Is that really what surprises you? Now whether or not there are any “talking pens” like me, that’s an entirely different question.

Trench: I’m afraid I don’t understand.

SCP-XXXX: Of course you don’t. Don’t know why I expected better of you. You humans can be so simple minded. Then again, maybe that’s what makes you so much fun to play with. You’ll go for anything.

Trench: What do you mean, “play with us.”

SCP-XXXX: Why would I tell you? It’d ruin the fun.

Trench: Cut the crap. I don’t want to hear about your games. What were you doing in the White House?

SCP-XXXX: Well, someone has a short temper. If you really must know, Dr., I’d gotten bored of Canada, so I had Jack carry me there. After all, I can’t exactly move myself around. Just wish I coulda seen the administration through. That voting bill was a doozie! Ha ha ha.

Trench: So you were observing the U.S. government?

SCP-XXXX: I don’t know that observing is the word I’d choose. But it was fun, I admit I’m a policy geek. And not just in America, I like to keep a hand on the wheel all over the world.

Trench: Thank you for you compliance, XXXX, you’ve been very helpful. I think we’re done for today.

SCP-XXXX: Wait! Wait. Can I talk to Jack? I don’t know how you blocked me off from him, but I haven’t spoken to him in ages, and we’re really swell friends.
Trench: If you’re referring to Jack Kennedy, he’s been terminated.

SCP-XXXX: What? Now what did you have to go and do that for? Why would you kill Jack? We didn’t do anything to you! Does that mean that old bat Johnson is in charge? At least tell me you left Robert alone.
Trench: So he is one of those things… good, that’s what we needed to know.

SCP-XXXX: No! Wait! Leave him alone, leave Robert the hell alone! No, wait! Aww crap.

<End Log, 18:48 December 25, 1967>

Closing Statement: After confirming the connection between SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-B instances, XXXX was reclassified as Euclid and MTF Epsilon-90 (“President´s Men”) was formed.

INTERVIEW LOG XXXX-2

Interviewed: [SCP-XXXX-B3 (Richard M. Nixon)]

Interviewer: [Dr. Finnian Trench, Former Head or Research: SCP-XXXX]

Foreword: Once subject was confirmed as an instance of SCP-XXXX-B, foundation agents planted within the U.S. government triggered the impeachment process, at which point SCP-XXXX-B3 was detained and taken into containment at Site 90.

<Begin Log, 9:45 August 28, 1974>

Trench: Good morning, Mr. President. I would say it’s an honor, but it isn’t.

XXXX-B3: You must be the folks who killed Jack and Richard. I was warned about you.

Trench: Seems that warning did you a lot of good.

XXXX-B3: Why am I here? Why didn’t you have me killed, like the others?
Trench: Consider yourself lucky we changed our policy before we found you out.
XXXX-B3: Lucky? You took everything from me. Everything we built.
Trench: Who’s we?
XXXX-B3: I think you know.
Trench: XXXX…
XXXX-B3: She hates when you call her that.
Trench: She? What exactly is your relationship to XXXX?
XXXX-B3: How to put it in terms you’d understand… I suppose she’s like my mother. She created me. But it’s more than that. It’s more like I am her. But just a single aspect of her. Separated from our main consciousness.
Trench: So you’re a hive mind?
** XXXX-B3:** Not exactly. It’s more like, we’re different aspects of the same being. She uses us to sustain herself, and through that sustains us. We are her and she is us.
Trench: Thank you, that will be all.
<End Log, 9:45 August 28, 1974>
Closing Statement: Further investigations have pointed to the XXXX entity feeding on the love and support SCP-XXXX-B instances are able to gather in their political campaigns acting as a sort of parasite attached to the human race.

Excerpts From the Journal of Mr. Jacob Green

Security Clearance: LEVEL 5

Accessing this document without proper clearance WILL result immediate disciplinary action.

Team Members: OPTIONAL

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[BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION]

December 28th, 1967

First things first, this is not a diary. This is a journal, not a diary. A journal I'm writing purely for use by the historians of the future. Last week, Bobby officially asked me to be the director of communications for his campaign… for President. I said yes of course, how could I turn down such an opportunity? The opportunity to help shape history and change the path of this great nation forever.

Going up against an incumbent in a primary will be tough, but I believe in Bobby and the team he's putting together. Not to mention that Johnson's handling of the war will speak for itself. The American people want a change, Democrats as well as Republicans. Our country needs hope. Robert Kennedy will be that hope, just like his brother before him.

February 16th, 1968

We finally have a real team coming together! Especially in New York. Makes sense since it's Bobby's home state, he's able to pull a lot of strings. Peter Straus is heading up our New York operation, he's got lots of connections both up and down state on account of his work with the WMCA Radio Station. We got two mayors to endorse, Wanger and Burns, they'll come on board the campaign as the cochairs of our volunteer organization. If you ask me our greatest asset is Carmen Bellino, one of the best investigators to ever serve the Congress. He's signed on as our top national financial expert. I'm surprised he agreed to work for a campaign, its usually not his wheel house, but I sure am glad he did.

We don't have a national manager yet, and I can't say I know who it will be, but Steve Smith has acted as the manager in all but name. He's done a damn fine job of it to, if you ask me. We had our first proper meeting this morning, I've been assigned a small team of college students working for next to nothing to do opposition research. More importantly, it'll be our job to predict the attacks Johnson and Humphrey try to throw at us. McCarthy's team will be the real wild card, but I don't expect them to pose a real threat. I hope these kids are up to the task, we're going to be on the front line of this thing very soon and we need to be ready. They're certainly eager and excited to help Bobby, it's heartening to see that these young folks really do believe in him. I don't think I've seen devotion this strong in campaign staff since Jack ran, and I can't say I blame them.

February 18th, 1968

Where did Steve find these kids? I gave Len Fink a week to put together a one pager on the Johnson Administration's failed policies in Vietnam, for our policy guys to look over, and he came back to me not twenty four hours later with the whole thing done! Not only did he give me the one pager, but he also handed me an entire packet summarizing every single press release, statement, hell every whisper that Johnson's people have let escape about Vietnam.

I appreciate an overachiever, I'm one myself, but these fellas are something else. They're all like this. Jeremy Task did the same thing when I requested a one pager on racial unrest despite the Johnson administration's efforts. I suppose this just goes to show that you can't buy loyalty or devotion.

February 21st, 1968

The Tet Offensive has just started and its already unpopular. The American people have had their fill of Vietnam and Johnson only seems the deafen himself to their cries.

We had a meeting today, all the senior campaign officials were there, as well as Bobby's senior advisers. Some of us had our doubts about the wisdom of this whole thing. I believed in Bobby, his time would come, but was his time really now? The difficulties of challenging an incumbent president in a primary were becoming more and more clear.

But Bobby squashed any hesitation in our hearts with a single sentence, "How can we possibly survive five more years of Lyndon B. Johnson?"

I don't know how he did it, but he did it. He's got some way with words.

March 15th, 1968

Well, tomorrow's the big day. The day Robert Kennedy officially enters the race for President of the United States! It feels fantastic to be on the cusp of such a historic moment, to be able to shape and influence the future of my country. It also marks the day that my team and I switch from primarily focusing on oppo and policy research to trying to predict attacks from our opponents and preparing our campaigns responses. These next few weeks are gonna be really busy. Really really busy.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to it. Anything to help Bobby.

March 20th, 1968

My team and I found some irregularities in Bobby's social security information. I'm sure it's a mistake, probably on my part. I'll forward the questionable information to Steve and Bobby. We need to get on top of this. If there's some kind of error with the records we need to get it corrected before someone else runs away with this thing.

April 2nd, 1968

Steve and Bobby took a while getting back to me. At first I was certain they were both just as confused as I, but their response confused me.

"Doesn't look like anything to me."

Why were they trying to deny the obvious? The number supposedly registered to 'Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy' didn't exist in the U.S. government's database. I must have made a mistake when looking up Bobby's information.

April 6th, 1968

I've double checked the issue, and the number still doesn't check out. Bobby responded the same way. He's probably right. I'll have one of the college kids look at it. I'm getting jumpy, campaigns really wear a person down.

April 23rd, 1968

This is getting ridiculous. I have checked that number at least three dozen times personally, and had all four of my college students do it too. That number should not exist. I don't understand how that's possible. I don't understand how no one noticed that sooner.

And as if this mess wasn't bad enough already, I'm finding more and more inconsistencies. Almost every document of Bobby's I have access to before 1960 has some kind of inaccuracy. His birth certificate, drivers licenses, his diplomas, passports, you name it.

Most of them are minor spelling mistakes, but a few of them are quite major. I can't find any record of a Robert Kennedy graduating form the University of Virginia School of Law. His diploma from Milton Academy has the wrong year on it, and so does his goddamn birth certificate.

The errors are too numerous to be a mistake, I've stopped reporting my findings to Bobby and Steve. I'm gonna keep digging.

March 9th, 1968

The more we uncover, the more the information we find seems to affect my team. Len Fink has started calling in 'sick' at least twice a week, Jeremy Task now turns in the occasional unfinished report.

I know I should fire the lot of them, but to be frank I can't blame them. They've just seen an idol torn down before their eyes, we each have our own coping mechanisms I suppose. I wouldn't recognize these four depressed boys as those same eager and energized young men who joined me in February.

March 12th, 1968

Aaron Jamison quit today. He didn't say why. I assume he wanted to return to his studies, that or escape the stress of whatever the hell it is we stumbled on. Aaron had been acting especially strange over the past few days. The last thing he said to me was, "

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