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Item #: SCP-nnnn
Object Class: Keter (Thaumiel?)
Disruption Class: Dark
Threat Level: White
Special Containment Procedures: Special Containment Procedures: SCP nnnn is to be kept in a 40 x 40 x20cm passcode safe. The passcode is to be changed bi-daily and will only be given to those with Level 3 clearance. Scp-nnnn’s safe may be opened up to conduct tests with scp-nnnn-1 instances.
All instances of SCP-nnnn-1 are to be contained in 5mx5mx2.5m cells, and are allowed to leave cells for nutrition and human contact. SCP-nnnn-1 are free to enter each other’s cells at any time in the instance they wish to discuss SCP-nnnn. Upon request, SCP-nnnn-1 are allowed to have what they need to maintain mental health, this does not include SCP-nnnn itself. (See addendum 1-2-A)
Quoting and/or paraphrasing the contents inside SCP-nnnn is restriced. (See addendum 1)
SCP-nnnn’s safe has been moved to a collector’s book store, Time █████████ Rationers 400 kilometers away from Site-43. And is available to all personnel managing the book store front or with a level-3 security clearance. At least two or more personnel must be instances of SCP-nnnn-1.
Personnel are forbidden from examining its contents beyond the front and back cover, unless already an instance of SCP-nnnn-1, or has special clearance to become an instance of SCP-nnnn-1. (See Addendum 38-A)
Instances of SCP-nnnn-1 who ask of SCP-nnnn’s whereabouts or request to read it are required by personnel to allow SCP-nnnn-1 to read SCP-nnnn at their leisure. Afterwards, instances of SCP-nnnn-1(excluding personnel) are to be administered Class-A Class B Class H (See Addendum 2-3) Class E amnestics.
Upon the completion of Class C mobile amnestic clinics, one is to be deployed to the store front immediately for use on non-staffed instances of SCP-nnnn-1.
If any copies of SCP-nnnn are discovered, they are to be stored in a separate 40 x 40 x 20cm safe and transported to the store front. Any additional copies may all be stored in the same safe once delivered. The safe will be replaced if copies ever exceed the safe volume.
Description: SCP-nnnn is a hard cover children’s book measuring dimensions of about 28 x 21 x 0.6 cm.
The book cover is titled “A Gender in my Pender”, authored by the stage name of Theodor Seuss Geisel: “Dr. Seuss." The cover contains a young child character with an anthropomorphic non-binary gender symbol standing in their bag. The bag is drawn to look fuzzy and resemble a satchel. The strap of the bag splits halfway up the child’s torso into two straps that sit on their shoulders like a backpack.
The back cover appropriately contains a single label in the center with the text “BRIGHT and EARLY Books for BEGINNING Beginners”, with The Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat holding the label up like a sign. The only notable difference from this label and the label of official Dr. Seuss publications is that the “K” in “Books” looks of equal size to the “o” or “s” neighboring it. This has led many staff to speculate the book is likely an imitation and not an authentic Dr. Seuss creation. This still does not confirm whether or not there are multiple copies of SPC-nnnn.
The following is a transcript of SCP-nnnn’s pages:
[Data Expunged] (See addendum 1-AB)
(See below for non-anomalous summary, written by Richard Abbot)
“So, from what I do gather, Gender in My Pender is a book about the importance of gender expression and acceptance, topped with that Dr. Seuss layer of nonsensicality. Through its fun rhymes and shenanigans, it expresses why we should just be okay with non-binary genders and stuff like that, and makes them out to be much simpler than we think. The book has pictures of the main character on the cover meeting all the different genders and learning about their “penders” as he goes along. The genders are drawn as fuzzy anthropomorphic gender symbols, and each one lives an identical looking “pender” like the one on the cover. Inside each “pender” is a different color, which I believe is supposed to correlate to difference on the inside, which is what the whole gender expression thing is probably. I’d know if I’d read it, probably.”
~Richard Butt
Also within the book, confirmed by multiple instances of SCP-nnnn-1: is a [Redacted] publication date (04/███/1977), [Redacted] ([Redacted]), and a front page saying “Dedicated to Lok” though there is no other data present aside from the book’s contents.
The year of publication presents further circumstantial evidence that the book’s author is false, though [Redacted] publication implies there are more copies of SCP-nnnn to be found.
When a person observes inside the covers of SCP-nnnn at any time, nothing can stop them from reading the book front-to-end for the duration of their reading session (See addendum 1-2-A).
This duration varies depending on reading ability, but it has never exceeded approximately 16 minutes. Subjects who’d been confirmed to be bad at reading English were able to learn the words and complete the book around the 16-minute mark. Once a person has read SPC-nnnn, they will demonstrate a sense of nostalgia upon the book’s mentioning, and will acquire the habit of addressing any strangers as “they” in the third person until their true pronoun is implied or spoken.
People who’ve read SCP-nnnn tend to show more moderate levels of sympathy and/or empathy if they hadn’t before, also becoming advocators of gender rights and/or expression. Several readers of SCP-nnnn even came out as transgender up to 20 days after reading SCP-nnnn.
Anyone who reads SCP-nnnn’s contents will become an instance of SPC-nnnn-1.
Anyone who has seen a transcript or summary of SCP-nnnn written by an instance of SCP-nnnn-1 undergoes a very similar phenomenon, and are designated SCP-nnnn-2.
Any instances of SCP-nnnn-1 will inevitably read SCP-nnnn again (or for SCP-nnnn-2 instances, the first time. In which afterwards become SCP-nnnn-1 instances) regardless of procedures or precautions taken to stop them. (See addendum 1-2) The difference between these designations is that SCP-nnnn-2 instances have yet to read SCP-nnnn and thus may produce a non-anomalous summary.
All instances of SCP-nnnn-1 have shown an inability to be terminated (See addendum 1-2), unless through old age. (See addendum 38-A) While all SCP-nnnn-1 are immune to unnatural death, they are not immune to tragedy. Statistically however, they tend to be out of harm's way more than an entity that has not read SCP-nnnn.
Rare instances of SCP-nnnn-1 have noted incorrect information among the store front, such as the store front’s world map, and information in non-fiction later confirmed to be correct. Upon further inquiry, it has been discovered that SCP-nnnn’s allure stretches across multiple realities. Based on this information, it is theorized that if SCP-nnnn were to be destroyed, all instances of SCP-nnnn-1 and SCP-nnnn-2 will eventually hop realities in order for the book to be read once again. If this is true, it would also prove there is only one copy. (See Interviews 13-124; 2-23 and 16-131;)
Addendum:
Addendum 1-A:
Incident Report:
D-Class personnel and instance of SCP-nnnn-1 Lars Cheng was requested to quote the contents of the entire book on paper.
Dr. Ellis Elv and Dr. Preston Alwar, upon reading this transcript, began demonstrating an appreciation for the writing and theme of the book, they now have a desire to “definitely” read the book for themselves “sometime”, though at their leisure. They have been designated as SCP-nnnn-2.
Testing will be run in order to determine if any distillation of the book’s contents can be deemed safe to read.
Addendum 1-Ab:
Cheng was asked to summarize the book’s content in a later test, rather than copy it word for word.
When given to D-Class personnel Richard Abbot to read, he would later bring it up with a nostalgic tone. He stated he would “love to see the full book for real some day.”
Prior to reading the summary, Abbot showed particular distaste towards the book, even claiming it was “terrible something like that would be made for children.”
Abbot is also now another instance of SCP-nnnn-2.
Addendum 1-Ac:
Abbot was requested to summarize Cheng’s paraphrase. After having six D-Class personnel read over the summary, only one of them demonstrated any sense of interest, although when asked if they cared whether they’d ever read it or not, they replied with a no.
This level of information distillation has been proved non-anomalous and is safe to read.
Addendum 1-2:
Incident log: During the containment breach on 05/██/20██ at Site-81, 67 personnel were killed and 14 injured. All subjects and staff who were instances of SCP-nnnn-1 survived, either injured or unharmed despite the overall damage. Additionally, two unrecorded instances of SCP-nnnn-1 and SCP-nnnn-2 (now designated SCP-nnnn-1-34 and SCP-nnnn-2-35) were able to enter Site-119 amidst the breach. Data retrieved contains security footage of one of SCP-nnnn-1-34 acquiring SCP-nnnn and soon after taking refuge to an empty cell, where the other had hid for their own safety. The two read the book together during the breach in a cell, and both emitted sighs of relief, appearing moderately destressed. After finishing, the two waited and became anxious again, but did not bother to open SCP-nnnn again to re-achieve this destress.
