Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
As of 201X, identification of instances of SCP-X has been handed over to MTF-801 ("Game Freaks"). The taskforce is required to data mine all English-language retail and auction sites on the internet, and identify potential instances of SCP-XXXX with the assistance of machine learning algorithms. Assigned personnel should be vigilant for bulk-sales of new console hardware at erroneously low prices, or for the sale of video game paraphernalia that is not commercially available.
Potential instances of SCP-XXXX accounts must be deleted immediately, either by triggering scripts embedded in the website's code written or through Foundation assets placed within the site’s administration for that purpose, or in the case of smaller retail websites, via database infiltration software and/or Distributed Denial of Service attacks. In the rare event that this procedure fails, remote operatives may be deployed to locations where the web site in question is hosted in order to connect to the database directly - or, if necessary, destroy the servers and/or facility.
Description:
SCP-X-A is an individual associated with the procurement and trade of instances of SCP-X-B, typically operating under the business, organisation or entity known as ‘GameTime’. SCP-X-B is the designation of all articles of video game-affiliated paraphernalia procured from SCP-X-A. Although no instances of X-B have demonstrated anomalous properties to date, the means by which X-B instances have been procured predicates X-A’s anomalous nature.
While it is known to rarely act as a supplier of local vendors, X-A will typically generate accounts on retail and auction websites posing as a retro and used video game vendor. Following incident X, all attempts to arrange a face-to-face collection from X-A have been met with refusal or failure to arrive at the agreed meeting point, with X-A reporting an unexpected delay or otherwise claiming to be indisposed. Attempts to track SCP-X through e-payment methods have met with failure due to its usage of proxy accounts.
All return addresses provided by X-A vendor accounts have so far proven to be non-existent, defunct (due to historic demolition or closure of the location) or public mail offices, where postal staff have cited identification of a Tyler ██████, DOB 20/04/199█, █████ of which there is no record of having been born - see PoI ███ for more information.
All instances of SCP-X-B have to date been identified as either being implausible to procure due to having never historically existed, or having yet to be produced. Articles acquired through a purchase of SCP-XXXX include:
- 12 PlayStation 2 consoles, sale dated 29/10/2000. Inspection has determined each console has a serial, manufacturer and BIOS ID correlating to a 2004 production run.
- A Dreamcast copy of ‘Push to Tehran 05’ - a first-person shooter depicting a US-led coalition invasion of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Cover art citing ‘real audio and footage’ indicates this is inspired by historic events which did not take place. CONTENTS EXPUNGED.
- A Nintendo PlayStation console and selection of SNES-CD Historically, this was never released commercially.
A full list of SCP-X-B instances in Foundation custody can be found below.
| Designation |
Date of sale |
Description |
Notes |
| SCP-X-B-1 - SCP-X-B-12 |
29-11-2000 |
12 PlayStation 2 consoles. Inspection has determined each console has a serial, manufacturer and BIOS ID correlating to a 2004 production run. |
| SCP-X-B-13 |
13-12-2002 |
A PlayStation 2 'Slimline' console. Serial, manufacturer and BIOS ID all correlate to a 2008 production run. |
The 'Slimline' model of PlayStation 2 was not available until 2004. |
| SCP-X-B-14 |
13-14-2003 |
A Sega Dreamcast with an 'updated' controller scheme, including a smaller VMU unit and dual analog sticks as opposed to the original controller’s single stick. Serial and manufacturer ID do not correlate to historic production runs. |
Such a model was never released to the market and the Dreamcast was discontinued in March 2001 |
| SCP-X-B-15 |
14-04-2006 |
A Dreamcast copy of ‘Push to Tehran 05’ - a first-person shooter depicting a US-led coalition invasion of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Cover art citing ‘real audio and footage’ indicates this is inspired by historic events which did not take place. |
X |
| SCP-X-B-16 |
13-09-2010 |
A Nintendo PlayStation console and selection of games - inspection indicates that it is a commercial release of the SNES-CD prototype designed by Sony, a Super Nintendo Entertainment System with a built-in CD player. SNES-CD games include Super Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Secret of Mana, Donkey Kong Country and Chrono Trigger |
The SNES-CD never entered the commercial market. Each SNES-CD title contains substantial deviation from its historic release - improved graphical fidelity, sound, voice acting and additional content which would have exceeded the capacity of contemporary SNES cartridges. |
| SCP-X-B-17 |
04-08-2013 |
A copy of Resident Evil 2 for the Sega Saturn |
| SCP-X-B-18 |
04-08-201█ |
A copy of 'Pursuit of ██████' for the Sega Nova |
Neither this game nor its platform exist in historic record. Data-mining and cover art make reference to a containment breach at Site ██ on 03-02-200█, which correlates to Incident-██ at Site ██ which was successfully contained before SCP-████ could █████. Cover art features a cognitohazard symbol which only personnel at Site ██ have been immunised against. |
Foundation personnel may request permission for designated SCP-X-B articles to be removed from storage for recreational use in Site XX's break room.
//Following an incident on ██, I am considering the revocation of this privilege. Let me remind you that we do not have the means to accurately repair or replace SCP-XXXX-B-16 if it is damaged. We have a finite number of units available for study and cannot afford to lose one because of a loss-induced temper tantrum! Agent █████ has been reprimanded, accordingly. //
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is to be retained in a storage unit at site XX and should not be removed for testing without L3 approval. Personal who fail to gain approval prior to testing will be reprimanded.
Following Incident XX, SCP-X is to be affixed on a mannequin in a storage closet at site XX and is not to be removed from containment for testing without L2 approval. Personnel who disobey this will be made to walk the plank, YAR
Description: SCP-X is a leather eyepatch, purported to have been worn by a 16th-17th century pirate, though carbon dating has identified it as having been created in the mid-late 19th century. When unworn, individuals within a 5m radius will feel a passive curiosity and interest in retrieving and wearing. This effect is nullified by when line-of-sight with SCP-X is broken, or when the subject is worn by a humanoid shape.
When worn, individuals (hereafter referred to as SCP-X-A) immediately gain a broad knowledge on 17th-18th century nautical navigation, naval warfare, piracy, rough housing, marksmanship, swordplay and speak in a manner considered by recent culture to be the standard for the 'Golden Age of Piracy' - analysis of the vocabulary used by instances of X-A has has demonstrated instance anachronistic phrases that did not exist, or were otherwise unused by sailors of the period.
SCP-X's effects remain the same, regardless of the wearer's eyesight or lack of. When questioned, instances of X-A will claim to have lost their eyesight at sea, with excuses ranging from splinters and shrapnel scattered by cannonfire to being gouged by "man-eating" seagulls. Instances will retain memories and information from their non-anomalous personas, as demonstrated by the ability to operate machinery and firearms, albeit with an anachronistic understanding of them, but identify as a unique persona matching their physical characteristics.
Individuals have claimed to be
James "The Dread Pirate" Millington
Mary Tanner
Richard Redbeard
Henry Kidd
"The Blind Bastard" Jacob Crew
No historical record indicates these individuals to have ever existed.
Instances of SCP-X-A will generally resist attempts to remove SCP-X from their person, though upon doing so subjects will revert to their previous personas with only a vague memory of their time spent as X-A, comparing it to a fever dream or a drunken stupour. Any injuries sustained as X-A will remain present. If SCP-X is worn again, subjects will reacquire their X-A persona and all memories of it.
History:
SCP was recovered on August 4th 1998 from Officer XXXX of the Orlando Police Department by agents following Incident XX.
It had been confiscated from XX XX, a student of [INSERT UNI HERE] whom had been arrested following a public binge and rampage. Though initially perceived as inert, its anomalous properties were discovered when Officer XXXX of the Orlando Police Department wore SCP-X as a joke, subsequently becoming an instance of SCP-X-A and participating in a rampage that led to the injury of 13 people, 2 fatalities and $XXX,XXX,XXX of damages.
When questioned as to how he had obtained the eyepatch, XX XX claimed to have stolen it from an animatronic on the Pirates of the Carribean ride as a souvenir - further investigation has not demonstrated any anomalous presence however. All witnesses were administered amnestics and a cover story issued blaming the incident on hallucinogenics slipped into drinking water as a college prank. Officer XXXX posthumously awarded [INSERT POLICE HONOUR] for valiance in the line of duty.
Addendum:
Instances of SCP-X-A have made repeated requests to Foundation personnel that they be allowed to retrieve their treasure.
SCP-X-A23, formerly D-982, led Foundation Handlers to [REDACTED], a small islet 7 miles off the coast of Trinidad. A23 requested a shovel and proceeded to dig for approximately seventy-four minutes before reaching a wooden chest containing [REDACTED] and gold bullion
When questioned, A23 claimed to have procured the treasure from a raid on [REDACTED], a Dutch merchant vessel reported as having been lost at sea in 1712. When questioned further, A23 expressed dismay, noting "What use does a man hath for gold when his fellows died afore the medicine wanted for was attained with that prize."
SCP-X-A29, formerly D283, led their Foundation Handlers to [REDACTED], Barbados, a cave where the entrance to Site XXX is situated. A29 claimed the cave harboured [REDACTED] and requested they be allowed to continue. When denied, A29 grew belligerent and proceeded to continue against the orders of Dr. Kingston and both testing and subject were terminated.
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