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BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL

This file is protected by a Level 4 Security Clearance. Several memetic hazards have been embedded within this file. Do not attempt to access them. Failure to follow this order may result in immediate termination.

XXXX

An instance of SCP-XXXX-1

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept enclosed within its case at all times, unless access has been granted by a senior research member. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are to have their data copied and promptly destroyed once experiments are concluded.

Description: SCP-XXXX appears as a camera of an unspecified make and model with no immediately apparent abnormalities aside from a particularly large compartment for holding film. The design implies a mid-20th century origin, however it bears no resemblance to any already existing cameras.

Upon taking a picture of any complex organism with the flash activated, SCP-XXXX will, rather than a standard image, project the genetic makeup of the subject onto its film in the form of several lines of condensed code. SCP-XXXX-1 will be blank if SCP-XXXX does not have its flash on. The code found on SCP-XXXX-1 is in [REDACTED] characters, and with great difficulty, has been found to be decipherable as genetic information. One line of SCP-XXXX-1's code has been found to produce at least five to ten lines of genetic information in the [REDACTED] format.

It has been found that if one uses SCP-XXXX's zoom function to take a photograph of a specific section of an organism, SCP-XXXX-1's code will be more complex and specific to the section of the organism. For example, if a photograph it taken of a subject's head, SCP-XXXX-1 will contain more information on the makeup of their brain and skull structure than if the frame contained their entire body. If more than one subject is in frame, SCP-XXXX-1 will be unreliable.

SCP-XXXX has yet to be found dangerous in any way, however its functions are still not understood in their entirety. It is hypothesised that, based on the requirement of the flash being on, the light produced by the flash is a core component of the object's ability to scan biological matter.

Addendum 9/10/████: It has been proposed by Senior Researcher Dr. J McAdams that SCP-XXXX be disassembled and its components studied so that it's functions may be better understood. Approval from the site-manager is pending, as well as the confirmation for which technician will carry out the procudure.

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It is of the utmost importance that you do not stop reading now. First and most importantly, SCP-XXXX is not that camera. I've already figured out how it works, and I've been able to implement its technology into this article. If you were able to see that link, it's because you don't have Gene-E1, which is the real SCP.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: True information pertaining to SCP-XXXX is to be embedded within the file for SCP-XXXX with memetically secured links. The following information is to revealed on a wide scale to all human beings in order to prevent a possible SK-Class Dominance-Shift Scenario occurring.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a gene found within the genome of the human being (homo sapien). Whether or not it was found within previous iterations of the homo genus is unknown but considered likely.

SCP-XXXX is present within all human beings, however is not active unless SCP-XXXX-A is also present. SCP-XXXX-A is a seperate gene capable of activating SCP-XXXX and its functions within the human being. SCP-XXXX-A is calculated to be present within roughly 0.5% of all living human beings.

When SCP-XXXX is active, it grants the human within which it is active an immeasurable IQ, and also appears to grant a sense of acute molecular movement.

Alright, I'm going to drop the formatting now. I just can't speak as if I have authority on this subject anymore. My name is Dr. Sarah McAdams, Senior Researcher, sister of Jerry McAdams. On October 8th, ████, I discovered SCP-XXXX, and its activator, Gene-E1, otherwise known as SCP-XXXX-A.

It began when we were testing the camera. My brother said he found the idea of it fascinating, and so as soon as it was brought on-site, he decided to take the lead on it. Jerry wanted to do it alone, but I insisted on helping him. He's an expert in most fields of science, but his degrees are mostly related to physics. I, specialised in the field of biology, decided I might be fundamental to understanding the camera and how it interacted with organisms. The fact that he didn't immediately agree with that idea was my first clue.

My brother chose a series of subjects for us to photograph and analyse. He was extremely insistent on which subjects we chose, which I found when I asked if I could analyse another researcher on site. When Jerry denied it, providing nonsense reasoning that couldn't make it past a family member, I noticed the red flag.

One day, I checked out the camera, off the record, and took both Jerry's and the forbidden researcher's pictures when they weren't aware. It wasn't easy, but I got the results I needed. I took these results home to my own personal lab to analyse them, and it was after a few days that I found SCP-XXXX and its activator, Gene-E1

Again, I can't pretend to be an authority on the subject, but if I'm correct, anyone with Gene-E1 has an intellect beyond what we could possibly imagine. It took a lot of sneaking around, but I eventually managed to check out some advanced equipment of a, let's just say, cosmic persuasion. I don't care if I get reprimanded and dismissed after this is over, but it had to be done. I checked a corpse out of the morgue after finding one with the gene, and used the equipment to analyse it. I found that, somehow, this tiny fucking gene may have some kind of cosmic influence on the brain. That's right. The reason this intellect can't be discovered otherwise is because it doesn't reside within the human themselves. It comes from somewhere else.

Allow me to use an analogy, in case you can't picture it. Imagine a standard-sized mug that, at first glance, appears to have a reasonable amount of coffee in it. Then, you turn it upside down, and find that somehow, gallons pour out as if it were bottomless. Let's say the reason is because there's a portal at the bottom of that mug, and that the portal leads to some kind of coffee dimension. The mug isn't literally bigger on the inside or capable of holding gallons itself, it simply has a supply from elsewhere. That's what this gene is like; a little satellite dish that allows something from the who-fucking-knows-dimension to influence the brain.

0.5% percent of the population may be secret geniuses, pretending to be normal people. 0.5% percent of the population may be under the influence of some eldritch being in another dimension. MILLIONS of people could be mentally communicating, or even operating as a hivemind.

0.5% of all of mankind is an SCP.

And we have no idea what they want, or what they're planning, or what they've already done. Anyone could be a part of the E1 population, meaning that containment is extremely difficult. I could take this to the highest authority I know, only to find that they're a part of the E1, and they may not be happy to know I've discovered them after centuries of hiding. Any member of the O5 Council could be an E1 holder, or even the entire council.

My brother is an E1. As children, he pretended to enjoy playing with me, pretended to enjoy fumbling around trying to build a treehouse. He has pretended to let me come to conclusions he couldn't come to himself while we experimented together. He pretended to love my parents, and pretended to love me.

Now the son of a bitch is trying to destroy the camera, or at least I believe he is. He's calling in a technician to disassemble and analyse the thing, supposedly to see how it works. As if he hasn't already figured it out. There's no way he isn't trying to destroy it so that it's easier to conceal the E1. It's probably why he took on the project in the first place. It's just a big cover-up. You watch. If you don't believe me now, stay tuned to Dr. Jerry McAdam's actions. He's a predator in disguise, just like the rest of them.

Now, if you can read this thing, it's because you're clean. You mustn't tell anyone about this yourself, but instead share this article, find out who your real friends in the foundation are. I need someone to help me contain this. Right now, my only theory is that somehow we could reveal this information globally, to everyone at once. Then and only then could we totally contain the E1 population. It's drastic, but it may be our only choice, even if we risk revealing the existence of the foundation.

The genie's out of the bottle. Now you must help me contain it.

With great fear and hope,

Dr. Sarah McAdams

Addendum 2/11/████: Despite appeals by Senior Researcher Dr. S McAdams, disassembly by technician ████ ████ has been approved. Dismissal of Dr. S McAdams from SCP-XXXXs research team for misconduct is pending.

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I fucking told you. We must act soon. They're doing to destroy the camera, which is arguably our best option for finding a way to easily discover E1 holders.

Fortunately, these links contain memetic agents that dissuade anyone with Gene-E1 from clicking them. However, it only influences them on a human level, so there's no telling how long until they see through it. Until then, even if the camera is destroyed and I die, this article must live on as a weapon. Get it to the O5's as soon as possible. If one of them gets this and isn't an E1, maybe we have a chance.

Addendum 4/11/████: During disassembly, SCP-XXXX was inexplicably destroyed when Senior Researcher Dr. S McAdams breached security and moved into the on-site laboratory. During conflict with the technician, the camera was destroyed. It has been determined that, despite attempted repairs, SCP-XXXX no longer functions as it did previously and instances of SCP-XXXX-1 can no longer be produced.

NOTICE FROM THE OVERSEER COUNCIL

For a researcher at our foundation, a senior researcher at that, to go as far as to place memetic hazards in a file and destroy an object designated as an SCP is absolutely appalling to me. I once believed that our ways of separating mediocrity from excellence among our personnel was absolute, but this incident has proven otherwise. Moving forward, the lines between subordinate and leader will no longer be so easily crossed. I am extremely disappointed in the foundation for allowing such an incident to occur, and am further disappointed that the file has yet to be purged of the hazards placed by the recently deceased Dr. S McAdams. They are assumed to be of an optical variant, and so if you are capable of seeing them you must step forward and notify a Level 5 personnel member so that they may be removed.

— O5-██