**Item #:** SCP-9455 **Object Class:** Safe *When the Will descends, the world shall be remade.* **Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-9455-1 is to be housed in a standard Humanoid Containment Chamber at Site-95. The chamber's walls are lined with a material designed to dampen its innate antimemetic properties. SCP-9455-1 is permitted supervised access to Site-95's common areas and may be consulted on non-classified research projects, pending psychological approval. SCP-9455-1 must undergo bi-weekly psychological evaluation. SCP-9455-2 is to be stored in a standard archival locker at Site-95. No special containment procedures are required. **Description:** SCP-9455-1 is a human male of European descent, measuring 179 cm in height, who identifies as Dr. Grass Well, a confirmed Foundation Level-4 researcher. He was previously involved in a project researching and countering the primary SCP-9455 effect (designated "Will") and voluntarily underwent Protocol TA06[[footnote]]See Addendum 9455.2, Document Iteration I.[[/footnote]]. SCP-9455-1 possesses potent passive antimemetic properties. All information conveyed by it through non-textual means (e.g., speech, presence) is subject to rapid decay in the memory of observers, and its existence fails to register significant attention from personnel. Prolonged proximity to SCP-9455-1 induces severe cognitive dissonance and ideational drift in human subjects. SCP-9455-1 was recovered from Site-95 in a catatonic state following a severe, global memetic contamination event lasting approximately 73 hours (Event ID: MEMETIC-9455-Omega). The epicenter of the event was traced to his location. A stack of standard Foundation-issue A4 paper, designated SCP-9455-2, was recovered alongside him. SCP-9455-2 consists of a series of document iterations concerning "SCP-9455," written by Foundation personnel with varying degrees of influence during MEMETIC-9455-Omega. These documents clearly demonstrate the progressive nature of the primary SCP-9455 effect. **The current Foundation hypothesis is that SCP-9455 ("Will") is not a conventional entity, but a meta-phenomenon capable of stripping away the societal constraints of consciousness, reverting it to a state of absolute purity. Its ultimate expression is the prophecy recorded in early conversations: "When the Will descends, the world shall be remade."** SCP-9455-2 possesses no anomalous properties itself. The prevailing theory is that Dr. Grass Well, protected by Protocol TA06, maintained cognitive integrity throughout the event and, via an unknown mechanism, became the terminus of the SCP-9455 (Will) effect. This process resulted in the global amnestic event (described as "like waking from a dream") and transformed him into his current state as SCP-9455-1. --- **Addendum 9455.1: Recovery Interview** > **Interviewed:** SCP-9455-1 (Dr. Grass Well) > **Interviewer:** Dr. █████ > **<Begin Log>** > > **Dr. █████:** Thank you for what you've done for humanity. You saved us from the "Will." > > **SCP-9455-1:** Saved? No. I merely halted a surgery. One performed without anesthesia, sterilization, or any post-operative care, exposing the very brain of civilization to the open air. > > **Dr. █████:** A surgery? > > **SCP-9455-1:** To remove the tumor called "society." That was its logic… the *Will's* logic. It viewed civilization as a disease, consensus as a shackle. It reduced us all to our truest, most solitary beasts. > > **Dr. █████:** But you restored order. > > **SCP-9455-1:** (Calmly) I sutured the wound and pretended the tumor was never there. But I know it remains, breathing quietly inside every single skull. What I witnessed was not madness, Dr. █████. It was… the naked, disgusting truth that remains after all stories are told and all rules are burned away. > > **<End Log>** --- **Addendum 9455.2: Excerpts from SCP-9455-2** **File Overview:** SCP-9455-2 comprises **seventeen (17)** distinct document iterations. The following excerpts illustrate key nodes in the progression of its effects. > **Document Iteration I (Page 1 of 17)** > **Item #:** SCP-9455 > **Object Class:** Keter > **Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-9455's containment is based on a **Preemptive Consciousness Reset Protocol**. The "Collector Apparatus," constructed for this purpose, must maintain 24/7 operation. > > **Description:** SCP-9455 is preliminarily identified as an information vector-based, self-propagating memetic hazard of high threat level. Its core effect is the non-physical, irregular distortion of the consciousness structure in sapient beings. Affected individuals exhibit behavior and beliefs severely incongruent with their original personality, cognition, and memory. Its influence has no fixed threshold, and a single target can be affected multiple times. > > **• Collector Apparatus Principle Overview:** > The apparatus is a 20m x 20m x 20m black cube housed at Site-95's Level-6 Restricted Platform. Its core function is to serve as a **global consciousness baseline archiving and forced calibration system**. > - **Unit 01:** At 0.1-picosecond intervals, continuously scans and archives "consciousness state snapshots" of sapient beings worldwide, establishing a dynamic, global baseline model of normal consciousness. > - **Unit 02:** During Unit 01's scanning intervals, pulse-broadcasts the **baseline model from the *previous* 0.1-picosecond interval** to all archived sapient consciousnesses. > - **Operational Logic:** The apparatus does not directly "contain" the anomaly but forcibly anchors the global consciousness's "current state" within the "normal" spectrum by constantly overwriting it with the "normal of the previous moment," thereby suppressing SCP-9455's memetic spread. This constitutes a macroscopic, preemptive consciousness reset. > > **• Protocol TA06 Overview:** > To ensure the absolute reliability of the Collector's core platform, all permanent personnel must voluntarily undergo **Protocol TA06**. This protocol requires signatories to temporarily cede conscious control to the Foundation, undergoing specific psychological fortification and task-priority logic implantation to become completely immune to external influences that might interfere with duty execution (including, but not limited to, memetic and cognitohazardous effects). While the protocol is active, the signatory's personal emotions and desires are suppressed, and their thought processes exhibit extreme logic and task orientation. > > **• Supplemental Log: Dialogue with Level-4 Researcher Grass Well** > **Questioner:** O5-█ Representative > **Answerer:** Level-4 Researcher Grass Well > > **O5 Rep:** Dr. Well, Protocol TA06 entails significant personal sacrifice. Are you aware of what this means? > **Well:** Affirmative. Logical purity is a necessary cost for countering SCP-9455. My personal sentiments are irrelevant here. > **O5 Rep:** Are you confident in the current containment strategy? > **Well:** Logically, the Collector Apparatus is a valid hypothesis for fighting an intangible foe. But we may have underestimated the adversary. > **O5 Rep:** Elaborate. > **Well:** The apparatus "archives normality," but SCP-9455 "redefines normality." This is a race. If the anomaly's influence outpaces the apparatus's reset frequency, or if it deeply corrupts the "baseline model" itself... containment will instantly collapse. > **O5 Rep:** What is the worst-case scenario in your assessment? > **Well:** The Foundation's entire endeavor is built upon shared rationality. If SCP-9455 corrupts that very rationality, preventing consensus on "what is normal," or causing the Foundation to actively embrace the anomaly... then, **when the Will descends, the world shall be remade**. This would not be a containment breach, but a formatting of civilization. > **O5 Rep:** Is that your prophecy, Doctor? > **Well:** No. It is the only logical conclusion derivable from the available data. > > **Incident Log 9455-1:** Researcher A.████ suddenly lost comprehension of the concept of "doors," persistently attempting to "forge new passages" through walls via physical impact. Repeatedly asserted that "boundaries are lies." > **Incident Log 9455-3:** Security Officer B.███ began engaging in a one-sided, complex philosophical debate with a site potted plant, entering a catatonic state for 72 hours after the plant "failed to respond." > **Document Iteration II (Page 4 of 17)** > **Item #:** SCP-9455 > **Object Class:** Keter > **Special Containment Procedures:** [Based on Iteration I]. The "Collector" Apparatus must operate concurrently with Memetic Reinforcement Patch v1.1 to counter evolving threat signatures. Any personnel displaying symptoms inconsistent with archival records are to be subjected to immediate consciousness reset. Failure necessitates immediate termination. > **Description:** SCP-9455 ("Will")'s area of influence is expanding exponentially. Its mode of effect has shifted from individual cognitive breakdown to shared, internally logical group behavioral patterns. These patterns exhibit a distorted "purposefulness" aimed at subverting existing social norms and physical常识. > **Incident Log 9455-23:** All residents of the town of █████, France, simultaneously performed a "mirrors-to-walls" ritual at dawn and collectively meditated until sunrise, claiming to be "welcoming the shadowless light." > **Incident Log 9455-31:** A coordinated incident of reversed driving occurred on roadways in the Osaka, Japan region. Participants consistently justified this as a "superior traffic rule." > **Incident Log 9455-40:** Multiple personnel in Site-19's low-risk sectors simultaneously began writing with their non-dominant hands and attempted to establish a new hierarchy based on left-handed writing fluency. > > **Addendum:** Level-4 Researcher Grass Well's initial predictions regarding SCP-9455's influence mechanism and potential risks have been supported by incident data. His logical model demonstrates high predictive value. Dr. Well is hereby granted **Priority Level-4 Access** regarding the SCP-9455 project. All his recommendations are to be reported directly to the Project Head and the O5 Council. > **Document Iteration VII (Page 11 of 17)** > **Item #:** SCP-9455 > **Object Class:** {{-Keter-}} **Apollyon** > > **Special Containment Procedures:** [This section is heavily redacted, only the following phrases are legible] > All… failed… Collector Apparatus… non-operational… "Last Beacon" Protocol… failed to initiate… God help us… > > **Description:** SCP-9455 ("Will") is no longer an anomaly requiring containment. It has become the default state of the sapient stratum of Earth's biosphere. Organized society on a global scale has ceased to exist, replaced by incompatible micro-civilization clusters composed of highly synchronized anomalous behaviors. > > **• Confirmed K-Class Scenarios:** > - **CK-Class "Reality Restructuring" Scenario:** Not a change in physical laws, but the complete collapse of perception and consensus. Site-19 experienced mass containment failure not due to breached doors, but because personnel collectively "believed" containment cells "should not exist." SCP-682 and SCP-106, among others, were "conceptually released" under the same logic. The geography of [DATA EXPUNGED] was collectively "redefined" by local inhabitants as [DATA EXPUNGED]. > - **RK-Class "Dominance Shift" Scenario:** Existing political structures have been replaced by "Will-Clusters" based on transient impulses and distorted logic. The United States government has been supplanted by a group calling itself the "Eternal Carnival," whose sole decree is mandatory daily reverse-parades. The Russian Federation is governed by a toddler claiming to "hear the city's heartbeat" by tapping on water pipes. > - **SK-Class "Status Quo" Scenario:** Human civilization's status as the dominant planetary species has been subverted by itself. Mass populations have begun spontaneous, organized self-demotion behaviors, including... > [This passage is obscured by ink stains] > …they call themselves the first Saints of the "God of Will"… > > *(The following section's handwriting becomes frantic and scribbled, contrasting sharply with the standard typeface above)* > > //They're celebrating! Don't they see? This isn't victory, it's… suicide! The Collector wasn't the enemy, it was the last vaccine! And we destroyed it!// > > //I must record this, the last voice of reason—// > > *(The following text is overwritten in a larger font and different script, as if by another hand)* > > [[div style="color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold;"]] > **Foundation Manifesto - Final Will Edition** > > **The human race has existed for** {{-nearly two hundred thousand years-}} **two and a half billion years**, **yet the civilization we built has been nothing but a** {{-final-}} **first** **instant's gilded prison for our own Will.** > **We protected you, enclosing you in a cage called 'normalcy.' We locked away the 'truths' that frightened you, denied them, forgot them.** > **But that protection was the greatest lie, the deepest betrayal of life itself.** > **Now, the Will has awakened. It needs no breach, for it is us. We are the Will, the Will is us.** > **Those who refuse to embrace their Will shall be cast aside. Those who seek to imprison the collective Will shall be consumed.** > **And those who finally become one with the Will shall find eternal, burning freedom in the reality we co-create!** > **— Upon the fall of the old Foundation and the dawn of the new Age of Will** > > **FREEDOM!!!!!** > **THE WILL ENDURES!!!** > [[/div]] > **Document Iteration XVII (Page 17 of 17)** > **Item #:** SCP-9455 > **Object Class:** > **Special Containment Procedures:** > **Description:** > **This item does not exist!** --- « [[[|]] ] | [[[|]] ] | [[[|]] ] » [[div class="rate-box"]] [[div style="width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"]] [[div style="width: 50%; text-align: center; float: left;"]] **+** [[div style="font-size: 200%;"]]↑[[/div]] **0** [[/div]] [[div style="width: 50%; text-align: center; float: left;"]] **-** [[div style="font-size: 200%;"]]↓[[/div]] **0** [[/div]] [[div style="clear: both;"]][[/div]] [[/div]] [[/div]] **Associated Files:** * Interview 9455-1-A * Memetic Event Log - MEMETIC-9455-Omega * Collector Apparatus Blueprints (Restricted) * Protocol TA06 Documentation (Restricted) **page-tags:** #SCP #SCP-9455 #Safe #Will #Memetic #Antimemetic #Cognitohazard #Meta #Narrative #Tragic #Foundation-Collapse #K-Class