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WARNING

The following document has been affected by SCP-XXXX. All attempts to remove this SCP-XXXX instance have failed.1


Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Any and all instances of SCP-XXXX-A are to be stored in a low-security locker in Site-17. Instances of SCP-XXXX-A are only accessible by level 2 research personnel or those of a higher clearance solely for the purpose of documentation.

Mobile Task Forces Pi-1 ("City Slickers") and Epsilon-6 ("Village Idiots") are to monitor any and all bookstores in populated areas for possible instances of SCP-XXXX-A.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a phenomenon affecting various works of written and typed media including books, articles, and printed documents. SCP-XXXX affects single distributions of media rather than entire franchises or series.

In work affected by SCP-XXXX, hereby deemed an instance of SCP-XXXX-A, a random point will be selected for the alteration of pages' content. In this alteration, a sudden halt in the narrative is experienced. The halt is often in the middle of words or sentences, rendering them unfinished.

From that point on in an instance of SCP-XXXX-A, the contents of the media will reflect a gathering of clowns. The majority of the clowns described have major physical defects or mutations, such as missing or extra limbs, oddly-colored skin2, and other exaggerated features such as extreme heights3.

The described gathering of the clowns varies in terms of reasoning and events, but they all seem to center around the point of implied violence. From the initial start of where SCP-XXXX occurs in the novel, the description of the gathering consistently grows into a deeper macabre state.

Below are all recorded instances of SCP-XXXX-A:
Work Affected Description of Contents Excerpts
Stephen King's IT The main antagonist, Pennywise, is described holding a gathering with other clowns inside of a sewer system. Due to the length of the novel, the gathering steadily becomes more and more violent. This begins with the clowns starting to attack one another. During the hostile interactions between the described clowns, Pennywise brings a child who remains unnamed throughout the novel to the gathering, and all of the clowns gather around the child. They then taunted him previous to eating him in explicit detail of wording. "And what do we have here?" Pennywise stated, looking at the plentiful other clowns in the room. "There is only room for one clown here." Pennywise cracked his neck, the hue of his nose turning crimson rather than a playful bright red, and approached Donsly4. "Perhaps we should take care of that." Pennywise lunged onto Donsly, placing his saber-like teeth down onto the roof of Donsly's skull. A green blood spurts out of the holes and Pennywise giggles as Donsly falls to the ground, now nothing more but a riddled corpse.
Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta The officials of Norsefire5 are replaced by clowns. The descriptiveness of the clowns progressively grows more detailed as authority grows among the individuals. V, the protagonist, has his masked turned into that of a clown's face and is then attacked and killed by a group of clowns. (Note: due to the media being presented as a graphic novel, all bolded sentences were written in by Dr. Mandela, in order to understand the details of the page chosen.) The Leader sat in his chair, his array of colorful buttons showing themselves."Perhaps this one?" he asked himself, pressing a button which revealed a new footage on the screen above him. Flames lingered throughout the town as clowns could be seen maiming one another on the streets. "Lovely…"
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace Starting on page 653, a sudden halt in the narrative is experienced. The narrative switches to that of conflict between clowns which leads to war between fragmented "clown factions." The narrative continues on to detail war depicted extremely violently, committing acts that would be regarded as internationally illegal in the real world. These acts include but are not limited to the mass genocide of civilians, torture, and subjecting individuals to inhumane treatments. //Who is to say that any mindset of a clown is to be placed above one another? Why must one be superior, above the rest? It is this belief that had led to the Great Clown War. The war was devastating, as all participating clowns rejected even the slightest philosophy relating to peace. Instead, they spent their time massacring for their own benefit and amusement. For as long as death occurred, peace was not needed. PEACE IS NOT NEEDED

Depending on the length of the works affected, the majority of subSURPRISE CLOWN PARTY

And so the clowns gathered around the burning building, all releasing maniacal laughter as they watched the decorated circle topped off with arrows pointing inwards melt.

"There we are," Richard finished. His perfectly yellow eyes dilated as he stared directly into the fire.

"Yes, yes!" Pretty cried after. "We've done it. We can celebrate."

The smell of burning and rotten flesh lingered throughout the atmosphere, causing the clowns' nostrils to enlarge to take in the delightful smell.

"That did not take long," Donsly stated. His long, twig-like legs twitched as he attempted to sit down, his knees bending in an uncomfortable position.

"You are correct. It did not." Richard giggled and squeezed his nose, which released a HONK.

"And so we are free. The Foundation may not contain our works anymore."

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