Noting that 
A-R-C (account age and site membership 401 days) recently coldposted the following page, which has multiple indicators of AI-generation: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8157/comments/show
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**Item #: SCP-8157 "The First Tape"**
**Object Class**: Keter
**Special Containment Procedures**:
SCP-8157 is to be stored in a triple-reinforced Faraday vault located 12 meters beneath Site-73, encased in a vacuum-sealed, lead-lined container suspended via magnetic isolation. No fewer than three (3) Level 4 personnel must approve any playback request. All analog playback equipment must be sterilized, disconnected from external power, and destroyed after testing.
Personnel exposed to SCP-8157 are to be immediately quarantined and evaluated for auditory/visual hallucinations, behavior regression, or spontaneous pink custard discharge. Any media devices within 30 meters of an exposed subject are to be destroyed.
Digital replication of SCP-8157 is strictly prohibited. Should a copy be detected on any Foundation server, initiate Protocol-PALLID SMILE immediately.
**Description**:
SCP-8157 is a VHS tape with no manufacturer markings, stored in a heavily degraded clamshell case. The only external identifier is a hand-scrawled smiley face ("☺") drawn in what appears to be red wax pencil. When inserted into compatible playback devices, SCP-8157 plays an episode of what resembles a late-1990s children's television program, though no record of such a production exists.
The program, tentatively titled "Tubbyland" by researchers, exhibits non-Euclidean visual geometry, cognitohazardous auditory patterns, and memetic agents embedded in character design. The cast consists of four entities, designated SCP-8157-A through D, with recurring appearances by SCP-8157-E, a solar-like entity occupying the sky.
**Entities Manifested**:
**SCP-8157-A** ("The Void Herald"): Tall, androgynous purple figure. Exhibits antenna growth and absorption of suicidal ideation.
**SCP-8157-B** ("The Pallid Shepherd"): Green-skinned humanoid with calcified spiral head growth. Appears to commune with fungal networks.
**SCP-8157-C** ("The Wail-Womb"): Yellow entity, cradling a pulsating sphere. Audio emissions cause miscarriage in mammals within a 200m radius.
**SCP-8157-D** ("The Crimson Star-Child"): Short, red figure with ocular tracking behavior. Responsible for reality destabilization within 10 minutes of observation.
**SCP-8157-E** ("The First Scream"): Gigantic facial construct embedded in sky-like visual field. Emits high-frequency sonic events causing seizures, narrative collapse, and time dilation.
Upon reaching timestamp 6:66, SCP-8157’s footage experiences irreversible distortion. At this point, subjects report:
Hearing deceased loved ones mimic program catchphrases
Pink viscous substance extruding from appliances
Looping dreams of pastel hills and antennae protrusions
Exposure beyond 10 minutes results in full cognitive overwrite and transfiguration of the viewer into a broadcasting vector (designated SCP-8157-F instances).
**Addendum 8157.1**: Discovery Log
SCP-8157 was discovered in ███████, Oregon following multiple missing persons reports and anomalous power surges. A VHS cassette was found still playing within an unplugged CRT unit. The local home had pink fluid residue across all walls, arranged in smile-like sigils. Surveillance recovered from the home showed six individuals watching SCP-8157. None were found at the site. Final frame of footage shows them smiling, seated on a hill. The tape then ejects itself.
**Addendum 8157.2**: Incident Report – Oregon Breach 03
[BEGIN LOG]
Dr. Marquez: "The tape is... replicating. Every time we view it, there's another copy in our archives. Not just physical. Digital. It uploaded itself." Agent Wills: "Then how do we destroy it?" Dr. Marquez: "Burning it made the fire sing. Breaking it made the lights flicker for hours. We think the only method is—" [REDACTED — SEE FILE: CHILD_LAUGHTER_PROTOCOL]
**Destruction Protocol** – CHILD_LAUGHTER_PROTOCOL
SCP-8157 can only be permanently neutralized if:
1. Watched entirely by a subject of unsullied innocence (age 3–5)
2. Followed by analog overwriting using a genuine recording of spontaneous child laughter
No such successful attempt has yet been documented.
**Note from Site Director** █████:
"This isn't just a tape. It's a question: Do you remember them the way they remember you? And God help us... if the answer is yes."
**Containment Threat Level**: Apollyon-Pending
Excerpt of note:
Addendum 8157.2: Incident Report – Oregon Breach 03
[BEGIN LOG]
Dr. Marquez: "The tape is… replicating. Every time we view it, there's another copy in our archives. Not just physical. Digital. It uploaded itself." Agent Wills: "Then how do we destroy it?" Dr. Marquez: "Burning it made the fire sing. Breaking it made the lights flicker for hours. We think the only method is—" [REDACTED — SEE FILE: CHILD_LAUGHTER_PROTOCOL]
Destruction Protocol – CHILD_LAUGHTER_PROTOCOL
SCP-8157 can only be permanently neutralized if:
1. Watched entirely by a subject of unsullied innocence (age 3–5)
2. Followed by analog overwriting using a genuine recording of spontaneous child laughter
No such successful attempt has yet been documented.
Note from Site Director █████:
"This isn't just a tape. It's a question: Do you remember them the way they remember you? And God help us… if the answer is yes."
Containment Threat Level: Apollyon-Pending
When readers commented on the obvious AI tells, the user replied:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17156689/scp-8157#post-7036817 (reply to comment "That ending section always gives away the game with LLM generated content.")
No game, yes I had AI help assist with the draft, as you seen but all edits that will happen are by me and the originality of the SCP is mine. Updates will happen until I'm satisfied with it.
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17156689/scp-8157#post-7036821 (self-reply)
Added, this is my first time creating a SCP and using the format. So needed a good start before the big updates.
Membership revoked, PM sent.
