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| Brain scan of a victim of SCP-XXXX, showing no significant structural anomalies other than mild areas of drug intoxication. Despite the onset of the illness, the effects of drug use prior to progression were too minimal to have a positive correlation with such extreme behavioral changes in a very rapid amount of time. |
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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures:
The containment procedures of SCP-XXXX are unique due to its unusual nature in the way that it is not the SCP itself that can be actually contained but rather its hosts only, and can only be detected through changes in a host’s behavior. It is currently unknown of how the entity itself actually resembles or if some other SCPs can act as detectors, Thaumiels or influence the hosts.
According to the current official procedures, any staff suspected to be contracting the illness is to be seized and quarantined into the nearest humanoid containment site by three or more Level O5 security agents, with any vehicle that is not open (such as a car, a helicopter or an ambulance) if it is outside of the infrastructures of the main site; remain under camera surveillance 24/7 in any unoccupied enclosed padded room, with one light source and no external windows; mandatorily required to undergo routine psychological examinations each six hours and be limited or forbidden access to the Internet and outside bounds until the symptoms subside. In all ethical obviousness, basic needs are to be fulfilled to avoid waste and death.
The evaluation is to be executed in an adjacent surveillance room closed off by a mildly opaque plexiglass window of any size to be both wide enough to allow observation and small enough to not be filling at least half of the wall. The thickness of the surveillance window must be more than 1 inch and be highly resistant to human agression. The surveillance room is kept closed with a padlock at all times except for entering and exiting. Not more than one infected subject must be present in the same unit. A microphone located inside one of the walls allows the agent to interact with the subject, and is accessed via activating a pre-installed audio recording program. Any items and meals are given through a "meal window" via a locked door that gives way to the confinement room.
All saved copies of the audio recordings are to be encrypted to avoid potential “curses” and must only be opened and played by personnel with Level 4 clearance and higher for evaluation of events and the course of the illness, for a period of time no longer than ten minutes. All files are to be kept secured in a password-secured USB drive and multi-encrypted before ejection with the use of an encryption software no other than the tool provided by the Foundation. The USB drive must not be changed or brought outside of the surveillance room except for its post-treatment discard. No files are allowed to be shared via means other than direct, physical sharing of the flash drive itself to trustworthy personnel above Level 3, and the drive must be kept into an empty safe when disconnected.
Evangelical music, or prayers, must be played through a speaker until the patient is declared no longer under the influence of SPC-XXXX. The speaker must not be within the reach of the patient.
Backwards music of any kind, or simply the presence of any evangelical object or source, can be used as a way to confirm a diagnosis of SCP-XXXX.
After the host subject is declared safe and treated, discharged and allowed back into normal responsibilities and procedures, any USB drive used for saving files is to be ejected and permanently thrown away into a sterile sharps disposal container provided by the Foundation which will be contained into a secured stockroom securing anomalous and potentially hazardous objects that may have interacted with SCPs, including all objects that may have been used to write down information about the evaluations. All personnel who had interacted with the patient or the data must be evaluated immediately after each session or evaluation and be given an evangelical music CD, and keep their sacred items. To further avoid cognitohazards, they should use ways to reverse probable exposure to the SCP; such as avoiding EVP and Ouija sessions, haunted locations, cursed dolls or other items, Dybbuk boxes, and satanic music and pop culture. They should also avoid becoming involved into political affairs, cults and drama.
Any personnel interacting with the subject is required to be proven mentally strong, trustworthy and resilient and bear protective religious items, as to avoid being directly exposed to the disease since its nature is transmitted via spiritual means. Since the majority of patients are ordinary individuals living anywhere in society, exempted from the Foundation personnel, attempts for total management and control of the entity is not a valid option.
All involved personnel should keep in mind that it is not the patient itself that is talking and acting out, but rather SCP-XXXX.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a volatile spiritual “virus” that seems to have been increasingly problematic in recent years and cause strange collective illnesses in some adolescents and adults that are believed to originate from exposal to certain socioenvironmental triggers that consume psychic energy, and are easily infectious through digital media, cursed objects and witchcraft practices. It cannot be helped through regular psychiatric treatment and requires more 'alternative' cures.
Due to the epidemic, invisible and extremely transmittable and unpredictable nature of SCP-XXXX, it is therefore classified as Keter. It may tend to infect people, or staff, with no forerunning signs before they show a sudden outburst of the illness, or alternatively, the prodromal stage could be almost unnoticeable apart from strange dreams and interests, isolation, elevated angst and abnormal sympathies. There may be complaints about poor well-being or incomprehensible topics.
Infected personnel will usually at some point become tremendously agitated and hostile, become withdrawn, think solely in black-and-white terms, be humorless and disinhibitedly perverted, neglect their duties and appear under total mind control of a "higher-dimensional monster", although they will still be conscious. They might give prophetic or aphoristic figures of speech, and be spontaneously discriminative towards people with nonstop, circular rambling and blasphemy; as well as becoming extremely irritable and easily provocated.
SCP-XXXX has been shown to have a potential for severe cognitohazardous effects on staff with low psychic resilience if exposed for a prolongated amount of time when directly nearby an infected host.
Subjects who have contracted the illness seem to be driven mad from an external collective force, but keep most of their self-awareness and conscience. The symptoms are unique from any other psychological disorder, and subjects tend to be random, everyday citizens rather than personnel, who have some hint of excentricity or serious moral ruminations. Surprising findings have been found when comparing records, such as that most subjects are between 14 and 25 years of age, and many are socially unstable. More than half are male or have some form of drug addiction or family dysfunction. Thus, it is concludable that it tends to be more attracted to male and vulnerable adolescent brains.
Approximatively [REDACTED] of cases recorded from [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] were previously mentally relatively healthy prior to the onset, the other part suffered from syndromes such as chronic depression, antisociality, severe delinquency and anxiety. All had a form of "possession” and were examined to have higher than average 'Dark Triad' personality traits according to information given about pre-onset stages.
Other observed symptoms included disorganized behavior, cryptic interpretations of reality, addictivity and a fascination with "evil".
There were noticeable widespread similarities in certain elements of the antecedent history of subjects, such as [DATA EXPUNGED] or [DATA EXPUNGED].
The scarce collection of brain scans with certain subjects seem to show very few noticeable changes in the organic cerebral matter, to none at all, except for dramatic changes of cerebral activity. EEGs seem to reflect this crucial information. Blood tests do not bring any significant data except for drug use. The changes in neural activity were especially involved with [REDACTED].
Addendum: Commentary regarding a recording of an incident where SCP-XXXX has been consuming a host.
We report here the case of a 18-year-old female patient under the name of [REDACTED] Hoss (nicknamed C for the sake of anonimity), of Dutch-American origin, who was received by [REDACTED] Hospital at 3 AM on November 5, [REDACTED] for an episode of what seems to be acute psychosis, or in a more pseudoscientific concept, demonic possession. Her relatives claimed that she was "no longer herself" since approximatively a week, and as if an external, invisible force had taken control of her psyche, which she later revealed as an entity under various names, for example: [DATA EXPUNGED].
The original document was charitably transmitted to our appartenance from Dr. [REDACTED] Hoss, former Level 4 employee who had shortly retired from the Foundation in [REDACTED] due to personal motives. The patient mentioned in the file is claimed to be a blood relative of his.
Among the presented symptoms were a state of masochistic excitement during quarantine, spirit visions, psychedelic hallucinations, terror and hidden knowledge.
Here is a transcript of the recorded episode provided by the family with permission. The following content must be read with caution. All person names have been abbreviated.
Transcript:
C: I KNOW, SISTER! IM AN INDEPENDENT, FREE SOUL!! WHATS THE █████ MATTER, LITTLE ████? YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING, GOLDEN CHILD! (inaudible rambling)
C's 6-year-old sister: (crying helplessly)
C's mother: What the hell do you think you're doing??
C is obviously naked, agitated, and in a chaotic state; she is making an aggressive circling motion with a gun in hand, and making ruckus in the basement.
C: LOOK AT HOW I'VE BECOME NOW!! THE TRUTH IS, [DATA EXPUNGED]
Emergency man 1: Please put down the gun, ma'am!
C: WELL IM AN INDEPENDENT AND FREE CHILD OF [DATA EXPUNGED], YOU MORON. GO HOME.
Staff starts seizing C, making her paroxysmally agitated and amused.
C: SHUT UP!! WERE ALL UNDER THE [DATA EXPUNGED]!! ITS SIMPLE!! WE ARE IN AN APOCALYPSE!! (desperate psychotic laughter) YOU’RE JUST ENFORCING IT!! BECAUSE THE BIG DRAGON, [DATA EXPUNGED], KNOWS!!
Ambulance ambience, even more psychotic ruckus.
The rest of the recording was hidden due to [REDACTED].
Regarding C's case, bizarre explicit content was subsequentially found on her personal computer; such as gore, ideological propaganda and [REDACTED]. It was discovered that she used to [REDACTED] and other activities related to [REDACTED].
Several types of paraphernalia were abundant in her bedroom, which were all confiscated along with the hard drive and brought to Site [REDACTED]. C was retransfered to Site [REDACTED] for further evaluation of SCP-XXXX. Any information from events after her transfer has been either hidden, lost or destroyed, and remains currently unknown.
A recent claim may suggest an alarm about the true nature of the illness. According to this claim, the patient from the transcript may have been giving eerily accurate predictions about modern political events and issues, despite showing no apparent interest to politics prior to developping the illness. Given that her case was reported shortly before the re-election of Barack Obama, it is not impossible.
According to a recent erratum, some data about the SCP may be inaccurate or flawed; obvious flaws and large error margins were found in the study samples.
