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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter (pending reassignment)

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the memetic properties of SCP-XXXX, containment is currently unobtainable and impossible for the foreseeable future. MTF Eta-10 (“See No Evil”) and MTF Gamma-5 (“Red Herrings”) are assigned to SCP-XXXX to prevent any widespread manifestation events (see Initial Discovery Log for further details) and supress the public’s knowledge of SCP-XXXX.

Any individual showing signs consistent with that of SCP-XXXX exposure are to be dubbed SCP-XXXX-1 instances and quarantined under standard procedure U-96K until a termination order is given.

Any physical or written form of media that SCP-XXXX has manifested in is to be securely locked in Site 25’s Euclid-Class containment vault 34. As of 2/10/18, there are a total of 1520 texts in Foundation possession and 257 VHS tapes, though the actual number of SCP-XXXX infected texts are unknown.

Any cyber or visual form of media that SCP-XXXX has manifested in are to be located by Foundation Webcrawlers XXXX-90 ‘NEWBURG’ and XXXX-93 ‘RISINGROAD’ and encrypted into Site-25’s anomalous data server 6 before being destroyed. Any reported instance of SCP-XXXX appearing in a news broadcast is to be given α-clearance and dealt with immediately. To date, SCP-XXXX has only affected a civilian populous once in 2001 (see Description).

Description: SCP-XXXX is a visual memetic agent believed to be created by GoI-#toc2 (“Are We Cool Yet?”) as a personal project that was seemingly never finished for reasons unknown, though Junior Researcher Atross put forward a claim that it was never finished due to the nature of SCP-XXXX itself. No further evidence has been gathered to prove or disprove this claim.

SCP-XXXX is most commonly the phrase ‘Hell Yea!’ written crudely on pages of books or in place of lines of dialogue in stories, though different iterations have been shown to exist, despite their rarity. These have included ‘Oh Yea!’ and ‘God Yea!’, though no difference in effect has been shown between the different iterations.

SCP-XXXX is incapable of being spread without being written or implemented by an instance of SCP-XXXX-1, suggesting that SCP-XXXX may be controllable through the creator of the phrase, though no PoI has ever been linked to the phenomena. AWCY? interviews have turned out inconclusive.

To date, only one major civillian outbreak has ever occurred in ████, India. The incident was covered up by MTF Gamma-5 ("Red Herrings") as mass hysteria following a chemical spill into the city's water reserve.

+ Open Initial Discovery Log - 3/XXXX

The following is an excerpt from a Foundation Agent’s logbook from 1986. Log was found buried under rubble in the middle of a forest in █████, █████. No evidence of a parent building was found near the discovery location - rubble remains unidentified.

Dr. Martins killed himself. I knew something was wrong. This whole Site’s fucking lost it. I think I’m losing it too. I keep seeing that damn stupid phrase everywhere. Taunting me.

I tried to read his note, you know? I was a close friend of his. I wanted to see if the reason he died so early, so young, was the reason I thought. But I couldn’t make anything out. It was all just that same phrase, over and over. Over and over. “[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!” “[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!”. There’s nothing to be fucking happy about but it’s there. Everywhere. Even now, I’m looking back at my own writing and I don’t even know if the words coming out of my pen are the words that I put down. Site-4’s going down in a blaze of confusion and horror. I should have stopped it. I should have done something. Told a Site Manager when I noticed it scattered throughout a news bulletin. But it’s too fucking late. I’m going to detonate the onsite warheads. Nobody else is going to suffer because of my own stupid mistake.

At least I died with a bang. Dr. Martins would have appreciated that one.

Goodbye.
- Agent Campbell

No records of onsite warhead detonation was recorded by the Foundation around the time of the entry. Site 4 does not exist. Something similar to this entry was found in Junior Researcher Atross' room at the time of his death - see Behavior Log 4.

+ Open Behavior Log 1-4 - 3/XXXX

The following entries were from the diary of Junior Researcher "K" Atross, recovered an hour after he died. The text has been cleaned up so that memetic infection should not be possible. If you believe yourself to be infected with SCP-XXXX after reading this document, speak to your department head immediately.

Entry One - █/██/17 - 11:32 AM

My name is Junior Researcher Atross. I work for the Foundation examining anomalous objects that just come in from containment and work with others to decide if they are Safe, Euclid or Keter. I was recently told to keep a behavior log - since "adapting to the Foundation" can be "difficult". I call bullshit - I've worked here for a good 8 months. Let me explain.

I was on a case with Dr. ███ to identify if a copy of 'Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories using Facts and Respect' was anomalous or not. It had been sent to us with no paperwork, no note, not even any precautions. I thought it was a joke or something until I noticed its site code. 'S4-4867'. It had been cataloged before, whatever it was, and was then lost to the wind. And I'm fairly sure Site 4 doesn't exist, though I'll check with ███.

The only issue I'm seeing here is, if it was cataloged before, why isn't it already in containment? And why ask me to keep a behavior log now? Could just be correlation vs causation, but it's still messing with my mind a little. We're going to skim read it tomorrow, should prove to be amusing.
- Atross

Entry Two - █/██/17 - 14:47 PM

I was right.
It was a joke.

The asshole that wrote "[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!" is going to get a little more than a strongly worded letter when I find out who it was. ███ got bored around 10 pages in and went to do something important. I can almost bet that she was in on it too. I flicked right to the back and saw "[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!" scribbled across the page in red highlighter several times.
Was this a massive set up? A hazing? Something like that?

Someone's responsible for this and I'm going to keep searching until I find them.
- Atross

Entry Three - █/██/17 - 13:46 PM

I'm starting to think that it wasn't a joke.
I woke up this morning and went down to get some tea from the break room when I noticed that in place of "Break Room 8", someone had replaced the panel to say "[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED] 8!" I thought it was rather elaborate, if it was a joke, and asked another researcher inside the room if she could see the same thing I could. She said that I was probably just tired, saying it just looked like the regular to her.
I took her word for it and went about with my work. It's the middle of the day now and I keep seeing that phrase repeated over and over again. It's minor, but it's there. I'm not hallucinating, I know I'm not. I even asked ███, but she just looked at me like I was nuts.
Was it memetic? Did someone send it to us with the purpose of confusing us? What's the ending of this effect? Does it end?

I need answers.
- Atross

Additional note to Entry Three - 18:45 PM

did i write it in place of the date today?

Entry Four - ██/██/17 - 10:00 AM

A suicide note? Maybe.
A letter of resignation? Definitely.

Nobody can see what I see. It's everywhere. It's in my own writing, it's in my head, the clock doesn't move anymore. If it does, I can't see it. People look at me like I'm insane. Maybe I am? I can't tell anymore. I tried to request for the book that was sent to us to be destroyed, but the email just came back reading that same goddamn phrase.
"[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!"
Is it so hard to just leave me alone? If this is a prank, it's gone too far. I can't sleep, I can't think straight. Sometimes, I swear I can see it on my skin, in that same red ink. Perhaps it's blood? Who knows. I don't.

A suicide note… not what I intended this to be, but if it makes this feeling stop, then perhaps it's the only way. I don't want to die. I don't want this to be happening to me. Why is it happening to me? Why me?!

[COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED]!
- Atross