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Current partially censored sample of SCP-XXXX-1 used by field Agents for ████████████ identification purposes
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, SCP-XXXX is not terminable, but can be contained. Only Class 3 personnel and above (see Addendum 5) should make field contact and testing with SCP-XXXX and it's instances. The Foundation is working with several online service providers in order to exterminate SCP-XXXX-1 and contain SCP-XXXX-2 instances. All recovered hardware containing any SCP-XXXX-1 instance is to be incinerated and any individuals infected by SCP-XXXX are to be isolated and terminated as required.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a phenomenon occurring when any sentient humanoid individual sees SCP-XXXX-1, a 16 (sixteen) by 16 (sixteen) pixels PNG image file, in specific conditions. SCP-XXXX and it's instances origin source is yet unknown.
SCP-XXXX-1 was discovered in the year 2000 (two thousand; see Addendum 1) by Field Agent ████████ in ██████████████. The Agent, then infiltrated in the local police force, received an anonymous ██████████████ report from unknown source in the nearby ███████████ street. Upon quickly arriving at the address, Agent ████████ saw the body of ████████████, single, ██ years old, in clear view by the second floor window on his house (hence the anonymous report) and then isolated the location. Lying in the keyboard of his desktop computer, the man had multiple self-made perforations on his neck, executed with a common pen. The man also had 21 (twenty one) holes, 5 (five) millimeters in diameter and approximately 12 (twelve) deep distributed around the Glabella bone (forehead), with no correspondent harm tool found on the location (other events haven't shown the same occurrence). On the screen of the computer there was an opened e-mail system and a SCP-XXXX-1 file opened. By chance, Agent ████████ was wearing a pair of polarized sunglasses, which is one of the means to negate the effects of SCP-XXXX-1, and did not removed them during investigation.
Field Agent ████████ suspected the image to be the source of a phenomenon due to unusual circumstances, and contacted Tactical Response Officer ██████████████ for further isolation and research of the house. The case brought the attention to the existence of the SCP-XXXX phenomenon after said Officer was affected by the phenomenon, after [DATA EXPUNGED].
SCP-XXXX-1 was then designated as any instance (of the image file) currently existing. It triggers a SCP-XXXX event when seen by any sentient humanoid being (e.g. humans, apes, other SCPs, etc), therefore urging to send the file to at least 10 random other contacts via e-mail (see Addendum 3), using any capable computer.
In less than █ days after above event, efforts to exterminate SCP-XXXX-1 began.
Testing and Research Results:
ATTENTION: Bellow is a list of notable strict features from SCP-XXXX and it's instances. For security measures, all and only Class 3 and above personnel managing and handling this SCP can have knowledge of the following (see Addendum 5):
- Testing in a safe closed network system proved that affected humanoids having access to a working computer with keyboard, ██████████████, a working e-mail service with at least 10 contacts saved and a way to ██████ ██████ to ███████████████, are able to forward the image file, even if they had no previous understanding of how a computer works.
- SCP-XXXX-1 seems to self resize, scaling to be be shown in a correct scale for then trigger the start of an event when seen by a subject.
- After the cycle ends, subject tries suicide in any way, as fast as possible. If unable to, it waits until perishes by starvation or natural cause.
- All testing subjects emit no vocalization during events, keeping a neutral stare and facial expression. They don't react to harm or attempts of interference that won't stop the procedure.
- Subjects are able to use non-mobile and mobile computers, phones or any devices capable to input and output SCP-XXXX-1. Affected individuals are capable of inserting correct passwords for unlocking said devices, even if not having prior knowledge of them.
- When personnel attempts to stop affected individuals from reaching the end of the event, they react with violent behavior, attacking if necessary.
- If sending SCP-XXXX-1 is impossible by any means (e.g. not having an e-mail, contacts, being an animal, being handicapped, having a power surge, being constrained, etc), the individual will stay in position until able to forward the image, or dying of starvation. Some subjects have died of cardiac arrest, as [DATA EXPUNGED].
- If a subject is exposed to SCP-XXXX-1 in a separated screen, and then has access to any computer variant in the same room, able to complete the event (having the image file, and ways to forward it), it will attempt to complete so even if there is no working screen on the apparatus. Not having a capable computer variant in the same room results in subject inactivity.
- Field findings proved that all pixel-based monitors, TV's or screens that can exhibit the image in at least 78% of the sRGB color space are means for SCP XXXX-1 to manifest it's effects. Less than this, and it will not manifest (e.g. worse sRGB range, black and white screens, etc).
- Blind and partially blind individuals are not affected by SCP-XXXX. Subjects need least 2 (two) working eyes and a distance of ██ to ██ centimeters from the screen in order to trigger an event. Reasons unknown.
- Phenomenon can be replicated even if SCP-XXXX-1 is drawn in an empty digital 16 by 16 canvas, though replicas made not compliant with the exactly same sRGB colors for each pixel, not compliant with the file type or not being a digital file, will not start an event.
- Using polarized glasses or lenses that inhibit the multi directional spread of the screen photons have proved effective in neutralizing SCP-XXXX-1 anomalous effect. Future planned research involve finding the hard to prove nature of the events as being organic response to photosensitive stimulus or another kind of phenomenon.
- Constrained affected individuals that have not finished the event, and then are nourished by ████ ████████, tend to exhibit ██████████ and then ████████ after ███ days.
- Latest findings pointed that a very small percentage of affected individuals not having enough contacts will attempt to upload SCP-XXXX-1 to the internet. Even if SCP-XXXX-1 is shown in any website at a 1:1 (one to one) pixel scale, it will trigger an event at spectators. Therefore, read Incident Report █████████-███.
End of major test results.
├'D incident_ report. They're all DEAD and its our fault, we couldnt saved them on time! everyone saw it right in the front page… he was a site admin■æ how could we have predicted¶0?
Final declarations:
SCP-XXXX-1 was close to extermination in 20██, when Foundation efforts managed to wipe out all instances from all known sources and affected computers. However, Foundation Agents found a new instance of SCP-XXXX, designated as the first found iteration of SCP-XXXX-2. Said iteration is a 3½" (three and a half inch) floppy disk, branded as MakeMove® (Registered) and containing 6 copies of SCP-XXXX-1. It was found in the computer of then deceased Clayton █████████, and it's origin is unknown. Mere 6 (six) days after this occurrence, deaths related to SCP-XXXX-1 returned to the average of ███ per day. It currently maintains a lower deceased level of approximately ██ individuals per day.
Censored samples of SCP-XXXX-1 were given to most Foundation Field Agents under ███████ division order, as a faster mean of containing SCP-XXXX-1.
Efforts to contain the next iteration of SCP-XXXX-2 are at maximum priority. What happens when it's contained is yet not known by the SCP Foundation.
Under order of O5-██, further testing with SCP-XXXX is denied (read Addendum 4).
Addendum 1: As no previous events have been found, it is believed that SCP-XXXX's initial phenomenons dates around the year 2000 (two thousand).
Addendum 2.1: During multiple studies on SCP-XXXX, Dr. █████████████ wrote a requirement letter to O5-██ in 200█, as follows:
"████████, I must inform you that the third attempt to secure the latest SCP-XXXX-2 instance wasn't in vain.
We learned that future iterations of it are always more "technological". The acquired sample this time was a 1998 CD-ROM disk. But I'll be talking about that later, we should have contained the ██████████ anyways.
I'm regarding SCP-XXXX today, for there are 16.777.216 individual color possibilities for every pixel in the RGB space color, and stamping a 2 pixel tall black bar in the middle of the original image only works as 1,5525180923007089351489794884625e+231 different ways for recreating the original image. We've already discussed it.
A better security form for the sample image file that agents use in field operations might be needed… I have no doubt that a leak could happen, if other organization acquires or creates a sample of SCP-XXXX-1. We should start using a 4 pixel tall black bar to censorship more of the sample image for decreasing chances of a leak[…]"
Addendum 2.2: O5-██'s response to Dr. █████████████, as follows:
"[…]given that, I'll ask my team to renew the security measures. Don't worry, we will NOT let this happen again."
SO MUCH LIES I HATE THEM SO MUCH I JUST WANT THEM TO ROT IN HELL ALREADY
Addendum 3: One event taking place in the ███████ Company triggered ██████████, into sending the image file to over 20000 (twenty thousand) contacts in ███ mail blocks from the company's contact list. The individual was missing for two days, and was found still typing with the remains of his fingers by Foundation personnel. After taking note of the event, Dr. █████████████ said "This proves that unprotected mail systems are still a flaw keeping us from completely eradicating SCP-XXXX. When I asked for more funds last ██████████, I wasn't joking. Every day we fail, over ███ people die. We should prepare the search for the next iteration of SCP-XXXX-2, and put an end to all of this."
Addendum 4: O5-██ ordered the following: "[DATA EXPUNGED][…]". All of the properties exhibited by SCP-XXXX for now are currently known, and further cross testing with other SCPs has been denied by order of O5-██ due to unknown dangers involved. The Foundation now targets the containment of ██ ██████████ iterations of SCP-XXXX-2, after failed operations in cross testing.
Addendum 5: O5-██ ordered the following: "No personnel working on SCP-XXXX was allowed to retrieve anything from containment and testing areas. That includes even me and other ████████. Level 4 ██████ managed to get a copy of SCP-XXXX-1 on his hands. Now he's dead at his desk and we don't know exactly why. Keep that in mind.[…]"
ohh nonono they can't hide it from you//255c/c you will have your colors back c:
