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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Threat Level: Red
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell, and afforded any creature comforts available, within reason.
Due to the nature of SCP-XXXX's abilities, simultaneous audio and video monitoring is forbidden.
While SCP-XXXX is generally cooperative, due to the high level of military training SCP-XXXX has undergone,
any physical interaction with SCP-XXXX requires the presence of no less than two armed security personnel, equipped with cognito-hazard filtering headsets.
Any personnel interacting with SCP-XXXX in person should be equipped with similar headsets.
SCP-XXXX should be blindfolded prior to personnel removing their headgear, which renders SCP-XXXX's abilities inert,
and allows safe interaction and conversation.
While unblindfolded, SCP-XXXX should not be allowed to speak to any Foundation personnel not equipped with appropriate cognito-hazard-filtering equipment.
If SCP-XXXX attempts to communicate its desires to any personnel not equipped with appropriate cognito-hazard-filtering equipment,
SCP-XXXX should be rendered unconscious immediately, via the most expedient, and preferably physically harmful means available.
SCP-XXXX is unaware of its anomolous abilities, and should remain unaware of them. To facilitate this,
Class D amnestics should be administered to SCP-XXXX following any testing session. SCP-XXXX should be kept in Foundation custody
under the cover story that it has been infected with and is a carrier for an incurable disease.
SCP-XXXX is to be kept separate from the general population and under no circumstances should it be allowed to interact with any
reality-bending SCPs.
Description:
SCP-XXXX is a human male of caucasian descent, 28 years of age at time of recovery, 1.93m in height and weighing 105kg, given name Roger Franklin Corcoran.
SCP-XXXX was, until containment by the SCP Foundation, a highly decorated member of the United States Marine Corps, having attained the rank of E-6 (Staff-Sergeant).
At the time of his apprehension by the SCP Foundation, SCP-XXXX was assigned to recruitment duty in the SHarpstown Mall recruitment station in Houston, TX.
SCP-XXXX posesses the ability to persuade anyone to do whatever he requests, so long as SCP-XXXX is able to maintain
eye-contact, and phrase the request in such a way as to make the subject of the request feel it was their idea.
Testing indicates intent is required for SCP-XXXX to exert its abilities, and that merely asking someone to do something is not enough, if SCP-XXXX does not truly wish them to do so.
Individuals that have been subjected to persuasion attempts from SCP-XXXX feel an uncontrollable compulsion to succesfully accomplish whatever they have been persuaded to do.
In the event the subject fails in this attempt, the subject will continue to make repeated attempts, if able.
This often results in the subject attempting to do whatever it takes to increase their chances of success;
While these efforts may at first be beneficial, should the subject continue to be unsuccesful in repeated attempts,
their obession with complying with SCP-XXXX will grow to such an extent that their efforts to self-improve will become more and more extreme,
often to the detriment of the subject's health, interpersonal relationships, and social standing.
If unable to continue, or barred from repeating the attempt, subjects will begin to exhibit erratic and irrational behavior.
Examples of such behavior include but are not limited to increased irritability, expressions of frustration and loss of self-worth,
inappropriate emotional reactions to stimuli (such as fits of uncontrollable laughter or sobbing when said stimulus would not normally
be considered funny or sad), voluntary isolation, reckless endangerment of themselves and those around them, and nervous tics.
Said behavior increases in severity in correlation with the amount of time that has passed between their ultimate failure to comply with SCP-XXXX's persuasion attempt,
and, if left untreated, invariably culminates in acts of violence towards themselves and/or others. The exact nature of each individual's symptoms varies
from subject to subject, with the only known common factor being increasingly violent, out of character behavior, if ultimately unable o comply.
SCP-XXXX generally posesses a calm, collected demeanor, and is generally receptive to researcher requests.
SCP-XXXX is currently unaware of its abilities, believing itself to merely be an exceptionally persuasive and charismatic individual, who is exceedingly good at his job.
Addendum-A: History
SCP-XXXX was discovered during a routine investigation on 22-July-2018, concerning recent Gamers Against Weed activities in the
Sharpstown Area of Houston, TX. Known GAW members had been sighted pulling pranks within Sharpstown Mall, and three undercover Foundation
agents were dispatched to interview mall employees. SCP-XXXX was employed at the Armed Forces Recruitment Center of Sharpstown Mall,
and two of the agents had interviewed SCP-XXXX, seemingly without incident. Investigation into GAW activity proved fruitful, as SCP-XXXX had
spoken with at least two known members, and had convinced them to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Whereabouts of the two GAW members,
at the time, were unknown; with no evidence at the time indicating current anomolous activity in the area, the agents were called to Site <site needed>,
until the GAW members could be located.
The day after interviewing SCP-XXXX, the two agents who had done so (Agents Smith and Anderson) began to exhibit erratic behavior, and both expressed desire to resign from the Foundation.
When questioned about their intentions, both expressed desire to enlist in the Marines. This was considered especially odd,
as one of the agents, Anderson, had been recruited into the SCP foundation directly from the Marine Corps, and had been a Captain at the time of his recruitement.
Upon examination, the agents were discovered to have been exposed to a highly effective cognito-hazard during the course of their interview with SCP-XXXX,
and both reported having discussed the possibility of enlisting in the Marines with SCP-XXXX.
Agents were administered Class C amnestics, which removed their desire to enlist, and returned to active duty.
Of the two GAW members who had interacted with SCP-XXXX and had applied to enlist in the Marine Corps, one was rejected right away,
due to dropping out of high school, the individual (henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-A1, lacked a high-school diploma, which barred him from entry.
SCP-XXXX-A1 subsequently redoubled his efforts to join, was found to have enrolled in night school, and
has since been described by both parents and fellow students as currently being a determined and particularly
hard-working student.
Interview Log SCP-XXXX-IL1
Subject: SCP-XXXX-A1
Interviewer: Agent Stanley
Stanley: Please state your name.
SCP-XXXX-A1: [REDACTED], but most of the guys just called me Moses
Stanley: The guys?
SCP-XXXX-A1: Gamers Against Weed… I know who you are, I mean, not you personally, but who you're with. Those guys they call the janitors.
Stanley: That's correct, son. How do you know about us?
SCP-XXXX-A1: Everyone in Gamers Against Weed knows about you… mainly to stay away from you. Am I in trouble?
Stanley: That really depends on how cooperative you are with us… are you currently affiliated with Gamers Against Weed?
SCP-XXXX-A1: I was, but not anymore, sir.
Stanley: Why'd the guys call you Moses?
SCP-XXXX-A1: I had a magic cane that let me make it rain frogs sometimes. I couldn't always get it to work, had trouble pronouncing the words.
Stanley: How'd you come by this "magic cane"?
SCP-XXXX-A1: It belonged to my grandad, he'd been heavy into Kaballah, back when he lived in the old country. Died a long time ago, it was in his study when everybody divvied up his stuff after he passed. I don't think my folks ever knew what it could do, but he showed me one time, when I went out to stay at his place up in Huntsville. He got a kick out of me knowing 'grandad was magic'. You gonna take it away from me? I don't intend to use it anymore, but I'd like to hang on to it… sentimental reasons.
Stanley: I'll need to take it in for study. If there's a way to remove the cane's anomolous effects, I don't see the harm in returning it to you,
if you're willing to cooperate with us. Fair enough?
(SCP-XXXX-A1 nods)
Stanley: What made you leave GAW?
SCP-XXXX-A1: I want to join the Marine Corps sir. Serve my country.
Stanley: Why the sudden change of disposition?
SCP-XXXX-A1: Pardon?
Stanley: Why'd you decide to join?
SCP-XXXX-A1: My buddy Brown Note and I
Stanley: Brown Note?
SCP-XXXX-A1: Ah, I mean [REDACTED], we called him Brown Note because…
Stanley: Because…
SCP-XXXX-A1: I'm afraid you'll lock him up if I tell you.
Stanley: Your friend could be in serious danger. You're familiar with us, right? You ever heard of the Global Occult Coalitiion?
SCP-XXXX-A1: No, sir.
Stanley: They're a bit like us, except they don't play so nice. Not so much into containement and study, and more into making sure people like you and your friend stay off the public radar, permanently, if you get my meaning. If we twigged to what you boys were up to, it's a sure bet they weren't far behind… those guys have UN funding, and a sanction to take down so-called 'threat-entities' by any means necessary, capice? Now please…
SCP-XXXX-A1: Whoa, uh.. Ok, yeah. Brow- I mean [REDACTED] could make people shit their pants. Anyone. Didn't matter if they'd eaten recently or not. It was kind of hilarious, but man, what a shitty power. So to speak. The two of us had been up at Sharpstown Mall, causing a little trouble, having some laughs, when we passed by the recruiting station. [REDACTED] was this close to doing his thing on the Army recruiter while he was talking to this girl at his desk, when the Marine guy came up to us, big-assed grin on his face, and asked us if be interested in learning how to kill people for money. Kind of a lame joke, right, we were about to tell him to get lost, but then he invited us in, and there was just somethin' about this guy that made us start to like him… He starts giving us this spiel about intangible values like honor, courage and commitment, telling us how proud he was to serve his country, and put on that uniform every day…. I tell ya, mister, I've been a lifelong pacifist, but damned if he didn't make it sound like the greatest thing on Earth, and we we both hooked. I tried to sign up that day, but I got told that without a diploma, I was a no-go… that just made me want it more, like who were they to tell me I wasn't good enough… I'll show them. That's why I enrolled in night school. I'll have my diploma in a few months, and then there'll be no stopping me.
Stanley: And what about your friend?
SCP-XXXX-A1: Well, that's a bit sad. [REDACTED]'s always been a bit puny, and has trouble breathing sometimes, they let him take the ASVAB and he scored pretty high, but he had an asthma attack while he was trying to take the fitness test, and they told him that someone in his physical condition wouldn't make it. He didn't let that get him down though, started hitting the gym every night, sometimes in the mornings too. Worked himself into such a stupor he ended up landing himself in the hospital. That was two days ago. He's still there, doing better. I went to see him last night. He says he's gonna whip himself into shape, even if it kills him. I'm a bit worried it might.
End of Interview
SCP-XXXX-A1's "magic cane" was confiscated by Agent Stanley, and turned over to Dr C. Fleyck for examination and possible containment. Aforementioned cane's abilities were determined to be entirely reliant on a gemstone carved with a Kabbalistic inscription, set in the handle. The gemstone was removed and classified as SCP-YYYY, and the cane itself was determined to posess no anomolous properties after removal of the gemstone, and was returned to SCP-XXXX-A1. SCP-XXXX-A1 is to remain under Foundation surveillance, as further unsuccesful attempts to join the Marines may prove detrimental to his health.
SCP-XXXX-A1's GAW associate, henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-A2, was located at Ben Taub hospital, restrained to a bed and under sedation.
