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An instance of SCP-XXXX-1.
Special Containment Procedures: Given the historical nature of SCP-XXXX, no containment beyond standard monitoring for reality-benders is necessary.
Online sellers, auctions, and private sales are to be monitored for instances of SCP-XXXX-1. These are to be acquired by normal means. Excess instances may be destroyed as necessary.
Description: SCP-XXXX was a series of minor reality alteration events occurring at block parties1 in the New York City area in the mid-to-late 1970's. These events were conducted by low-level reality benders alongside performances by DJs, MCs, and other precursors to hip-hop culture. The exact nature of the alterations differed based on the ability of the reality bender.
These alteration events occurred relatively rarely at these gatherings and declined in frequency over time. The last known SCP-XXXX event occurred in 1981.
SCP-XXXX-1 are portable electronic consoles commonly used for SCP-XXXX events. These devices contained an early beryllium-bronze microprocessor produced by Prometheus Labs and could slightly modify or amplify a person's existing reality-bending capabilities. However, SCP-XXXX-1 can not grant reality-bending abilities to a non-anomalous individual.
Research Documents: The following documents are excerpts from an oral history of SCP-XXXX conducted by members of the Department of Anthropology.
XXXX.001 The Prometheus Labs 509 Console (SCP-XXXX-1)
Ah, the PL-509, that was a slick piece of gear. P-Labs developed the thing in the late 60's during the synthesizer boom, only applied to things like flow and ARAD. It was real cutting-edge stuff, but they never found a market for the thing. Natural reality-benders are pretty thin on the ground and the price tag was strictly astronomical. Plus, the functions and amplification were actually pretty limited. By '72 they'd pulled the plug and put the production run in storage.
That was it until the blackout of '77. Plenty of people boosted audio and electrical equipment, but just by chance some folks hit a P-Labs warehouse and got away with one, two dozen of the things. Once they hit the street they found their way to the baby benders, and the rest is history.
XXXX.002 SCP-XXXX Before and After the PL-509
Now, the bending shows were pretty rare. The benders didn't come to every block party, and most of them didn't really leave their own territory. It just wasn't a safe world for them. In my part of the Bronx, we had Reggie DiMarco and Deion Williams.
Reggie was a big-time empath, always had this natural feel for the crowd. He wasn't much good with changing individuals' emotions, but get a crowd pumped or raunchy enough and you'd see him just glowing. He couldn't do much more than send out positive vibes on his own, but he was a master with the 509.
One of his favorite features was "Gated Non-Linear Amplification." If you've ever been to a block party, you'll know that there's one track or sample they'll play and the mood just hits, and suddenly everyone's on the dance floor, just feeling it. A good DJ can build up to that for 10, 15 minutes, get the people ready, and bam, lay it on them.
Well, with the 509 in non-linear, Reggie could sample that whole build-up and compress it to seconds: high-speed build-up to the crescendo and then cutoff like a light. If he was on his board, he could give the whole crowd the peak experience, sharp, over and over. Sure, the he'd let the DJ and MC do the hyping, but once that sample plays, it's just Bam, Bam, Bam Bam Bam to the beat, hitting that peak over and over. It was a hell of a trip.
Deion, on the other hand, was a real gentleman. He just wanted everyone to be comfortable. These block parties were usually crowded, but when Deion was there the neighborhood always seemed to have space for them. Bigger inside than outside, right?
When he got a 509, he didn't just make the neighborhood feel roomier, things started getting strange. Streets that looped around on themselves, stars in the wrong constellations shining clear through the light pollution, that kind of thing. And it wasn't just locals cramming in to Deion's parties, we started getting people from elsewhere. People dressed like royalty or the Parliament Funkadelic, just intermingling, sharing drinks, dancing with our girls. People with features and skin tones I'd never seen and haven't since. Could've sworn I saw a little green man or two. That said, they never caused trouble: Everyone was there for a good time.
XXXX.003 The Decline of SCP-XXXX
I think there were a lot of reasons the baby benders didn't become part of the culture. For one, like I said, the world wasn't safe for them. They were pretty small fish, and there were much more powerful, much darker figures always lurking around the edges. You get a real bender, someone who can shape the world to the will, and they'd see the baby benders as a threat. The more people that know about bending, the less safe it is for any bender to operate. Quite a few of them had criminal connections, and they weren't above taking a popular baby bender out.
That's also why the baby benders tended to keep their shows pretty tame, everything just close enough to reality to be believable. You do something too incredible, and bam, you were gone. Plus, the 509 was pretty limited in function and intensity, more of a proof-of-concept than anything spectacular. It was rarely the best part of the party, and most people came for the music or the company.
Add to that the fact that the shows just weren't… shareable. If you were an MC or DJ, you could find a producer, get some time in a studio, and put a record out. If you were into street art or breakdancing, you could take that out of the neighborhood. But the PL-509 depended entirely on the bender, with the abilities and effects unique to each one. No "record" function on the 509, and no repeats or loops without the bender present. These were not repeatable events. You could try to take video, I suppose, but it just wasn't the same.
Eventually, the baby benders were just pushed out. Their shows at the block parties were rare enough anyway, and with nobody further developing the 509 and the danger, it just wasn't big enough to majorly impact the culture. The block parties gave us hip-hop, but bending stayed underground.
