Noting that it was brought to staff attention that new site member elliot_bmwf (account age 790 days, site membership 37 days) potentially has AI-generation in their sandbox: https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/unacceptable
Most recent revision preserved, most of the formatting removed as there's a lot of CSS
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**ITEM #:**
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[[span class="glitch" data-text="XXXX" data-alt="0001"]]XXXX[[/span]]
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**Object Class:**
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[[span class="alarm-text-fast"]]APOLLYON[[/span]]
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**Special Containment Procedures:**[[/div]][[div class="content-block procedures-content"]]
All prior active containment protocols for SCP-XXXX are hereby suspended under O5 Council Directive XXXX-Ω.
Foundation web-crawler suite Frontier-09 ("Storycatcher") is to monitor all data networks for signatures of SCP-XXXX-2 consolidation activity. Identified patterns are to be isolated for archival and analysis. No field response is permitted.
Authorized Foundation security personnel are tasked with monitoring personnel for behavioral deviations consistent with SCP-XXXX-2 influence. Individuals exhibiting unsanctioned knowledge of SCP-XXXX or advocating narrative consolidation are to be detained and processed under Protocol Echo-19.
The existence of SCP-XXXX is classified as a Foundation-wide cognitohazard. Unauthorized acknowledgment or investigation constitutes immediate contamination.
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**Description:**
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SCP-XXXX is a metasystemic process intrinsic to consensus reality, functioning as an autonomous corrective mechanism. Its primary manifestation is the "retcon event," a spontaneous alteration of reality, memory, and associated records to enforce a state of narrative coherence. The criteria for these alterations are non-static and adaptive.
The initiation of a retcon event is contingent upon sentient observation of a deemed inconsistency. Data externalized and not consciously reviewed prior to an event can retain a record of the pre-alteration state. Subsequent analysis of this archived data allows for the identification of retcons, though it does not trigger a new event.
Individuals who have undergone a retcon event are designated SCP-XXXX-1. These instances retain no memory of the pre-event state and express high confidence in the consistency of post-event reality. Approximately 12% of SCP-XXXX-1 instances are reclassified as SCP-XXXX-2 following a transient psychotic episode. SCP-XXXX-2 instances demonstrate acute awareness of narrative inconsistencies and actively work to consolidate the current narrative through data suppression, memetic alteration, and physical intervention.
SCP-XXXX's measurable activity has increased by approximately 4,000% since its formal identification in 1994.
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**Addendum XXXX-A: Initial Briefing Transcript**
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**AUDIO LOG TRANSCRIPT**
[[<]]
**Date:** 1994-01-16
**Attending:** Dr. Aris THORNE (Head Researcher, Anomalous Historical Analysis), Site Director Robert GABLE (Site-██)
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//[Recording begins. Dr. Thorne enters Site Director Gable's office.]//
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
Thorne. My inbox is officially an archive of its own, thanks to you. If this is about those bears again, I'm revoking your requisition privileges.
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
It's not about the bears, sir. They were... more of a thread, if anything? A-and I pulled it, and now the whole sweater is unraveling. I believe we've discovered something... truly foundational.
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GABLE:
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[[cell]]
Define "foundational." And please, for my sanity, be literal.
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
I believe we've been unknowingly cataloging the symptoms of an anomaly, not the anomaly itself. There's some sort of secondary mechanism... an anomaly behind the anomalies. One that makes a clean, logical story out of the mess.
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
You've spent three months buried in archives, and you found… what? A pulp novelist?
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[[row]]
[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
No! You're not-- Okay, listen: I was having a look at largely undocumented events in the past three centuries, and I found nothing of note. That //was// until I looked at ████████.
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
The meteor.
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
It //wasn't//. At least, n-not originally. The original witness testimonies — the ones we have on file from █████'s initial expedition — describe a rift in the sky, a pillar of light, a sound like breaking glass. Something poetic, incomprehensible. But by the next official inquiry, every account had solidified. A fireball. A meteor. ███████ himself couldn't recall his own original statement.
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GABLE:
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[[cell]]
Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable under trauma, Aris. You know this.
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
But the soil isn't! We took cores in the '50s. Most were dissected and filed, but two were sealed in a geological vault and never logged into the active system. I had them analyzed last week. The ones from the main archive? Standard nickel-iron composition. Perfect for a meteor. The sealed, forgotten sample? The isotopic ratios are //impossible//.
[[/cell]]
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[[row]]
[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
So we had a contaminated sample. It happens.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
//[Sound of a distinct thud as a folder is placed on the desk]// I still have the sample analysis! Don't you see? Something about direct observation forced their viewpoints to conform to a stable, innate perspective of reality.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
…You're suggesting an ontological universal observer effect of absurd proportions.
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
Okay, fine. Don't believe me? What about SCP-███?
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
//[Pauses]// What about it?
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
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[[cell]]
The deep-storage recovery file describes two sentient notebooks that would grant the beholder a random wish. The active file says they were always… well, eyes. But we didn't reclassify it, Robert. The anomaly //itself// was overwritten.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[Slow creaking]// Pass that thing over.
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[[hcell]]
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[Sound of a folder being slid across a desk, followed by pages being flipped through]//
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[[row]]
[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
What the...
[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[Continued sound of flipping pages continues for approximately twenty seconds]//
[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
So, what exactly is it you want to do? Search for this potential 'editor'?
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
I want to search for the source of the edits. Yes.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[Sound of the folder being closed. A weary sigh]//
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
THORNE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
Well?
[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
Aris, I gotta be honest with you: This is the single most insane, paradigm-shattering, career-ending idea you have ever brought me in the ███ years you've been here.
[[/cell]]
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THORNE:
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[[cell]]
...And?
[[/cell]]
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GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
And the data is... compelling, for once. Damn it. Fine. Draft a proposal. You'll get a skeleton crew, and you'll get your budget. Minimal. But this stays between us, Thorne.
[[/cell]]
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THORNE:
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[[cell]]
//[A giddy exhale]// Thank you. You won't regret this.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
I already do. Now get out of my office. And for God's sake, clean up those files. Your notes look like chicken scratch.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[Sound of papers being hurriedly gathered, followed by a door opening and closing]//
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[[hcell]]
GABLE:
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[[cell]]
Note to self: If this turns out to be a waste of resources, I'm re-assigning Dr. Thorne to D-Class laundry duty.
[[/cell]]
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[[hcell]]
[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
//[End Log]//
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[[div class="reg-note auto-reveal-note-1"]]
A joint investigation confirmed inconsistencies between actively referenced records and sealed, un-catalogued archives in Dr. THORNE's repository. Project ITHAKA was approved on 1994-02-05 to formally document the parameters of this perceived causal consolidation phenomenon. Dr. THORNE assigned as project lead.
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[[div class="scp-header addendum-b"]]
**Addendum XXXX-B: Experiment Logs (Project ITHAKA)**
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-02**
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**Experiment Ithaka-02** | 1994-02-15
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**Subject:** Retired Agent ██████, former member of SCP-███ containment team
**Supervising:** Project Lead THORNE, Assistant Researcher PIKE
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**Objective:**
Evaluate the mnemonic stability of post-retcon memories in exposed individuals.
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**Procedure:**
Subject was interviewed regarding the initial recovery of SCP-███. The subject was then presented with the deep-archive file describing two sentient notebooks.
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**Result:**
Agent ██████ expressed confusion and agitation, insisting he helped recover "a pair of eyes in a cornfield." He dismissed the archived file as nonsense.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Analysis:**
The subject's memory is fully aligned with the current, post-retcon reality.
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[[div class="thorne-note experiment-note-1"]]
He was so sure. And angry, too.
We tried asking him a second time when he calmed down, and I watched his muscles tense. I can't tell if he's lying, or if he's just unable to remember. Perhaps he can't remember?
Seems the denial runs deeper than I initially thought.
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-04**
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[[div class="experiment-header"]]
**Experiment Ithaka-04** | 1994-03-02
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[[div class="experiment-meta-info"]]
**Subject:** A single sheet of A4 paper, Researcher EVANS
**Supervising:** Project Lead THORNE, Assistant Researcher PIKE
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**Objective:**
Assess SCP-XXXX's response to declarative falsehoods.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Procedure:**
The sentence "This sentence is written in green ink" was written on the paper in black ink. The document was externally documented. Researcher EVANS entered the room and read the sentence aloud.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Result:**
No notable event occurred. The ink remained black. Researcher EVANS reported the statement as "factually false."
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Analysis:**
A simple, declarative falsehood does not, in itself, constitute a narrative inconsistency requiring correction. The anomaly appears to distinguish between a "lie" and a "plot hole."
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[[div class="thorne-note experiment-note-2"]]
Not entirely sure what I was expecting. A statement of fact, even a false one, isn't a story.
We're gonna have to dig deeper. I'm requesting an fMRI-EEG on Agent ██████.
[[/div]]
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-05**
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[[div class="experiment-header"]]
**Experiment Ithaka-05** | 1994-03-03
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[[div class="experiment-meta-info"]]
**Subject:** A short digital narrative file, Assistant Researcher PIKE
**Supervising:** Project Lead THORNE, Researcher EVANS
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**Objective:**
Determine a potential threshold for minor narrative contradictions that may trigger retroactive effect.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Procedure:**
The file outlined Assistant Researcher PIKE's upcoming coffee break pre-occurence, and contained minor tweaks inconsistent with the subject's personal choice of coffee. The file was externally documented. Subject was instructed to read the file aloud, and order her coffee as usual.
[[/div]]
[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Result:**
No notable event occurred. The file remained unchanged, and Assistant Researcher PIKE reported no change in memory or sequence of events.
[[/div]]
[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Analysis:**
Minor, character-irrelevant contradictions do not appear to trigger a response. The anomaly tolerates "human" imperfections that do not break the narrative flow.
[[/div]]
[[/div]]
[[/div]]
[[div class="thorne-note experiment-note-3"]]
For as oddly specific as our jobs get, people's heads still turn when a woman's got two lunatic researchers breathing down her neck, watching her order coffee.
I've been thinking; so far, all the events we've documented as inconsistent with untampered reality have been large-scale. What if we push it a bit further?
This thing has a threshold. I know it. I just need to understand what makes it tick.
But hey, at least we learned one thing about Pike: she likes medium-roast.
[[/div]]
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-06-1**
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[[div class="experiment-log-4"]]
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[[div class="experiment-header"]]
**Experiment Ithaka-06-1** | 1994-05-04
[[/div]]
[[div class="experiment-meta-info"]]
**Subject:** Researcher EVANS, an MTF Video Log
**Supervising:** Project Lead THORNE, Assistant Researcher PIKE (as data recipient)
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**Objective:**
Determine the criteria of narrative cohesion and its scope across digital, physical, and mnemonic data chains.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Procedure:**
Researcher EVANS was placed in an isolated room and instructed to watch a video log of MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") extracting SCP-████. The footage was altered to change the details regarding the extraction location. Upon completion, the subject filled out a Yes/No Questionnaire on paper pertaining to the log. He then exited and verbally relayed his answers to Assistant Researcher PIKE, who transcribed them onto a physical form. After a 60-minute delay, EVANS was asked to re-watch the video and re-take the questionnaire.
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**Result:**
The following table presents the state of evidence before and after the retcon event.
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[[hcell]]**06-1 Results**[[/hcell]]
[[hcell]]**Initial Viewing (Pre-Retcon)**[[/hcell]]
[[hcell]]**Second Viewing (Post-Retcon)**[[/hcell]]
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[[row]]
[[cell]]**Video File**[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Altered Footage (Location: Porto)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Initial Footage (Location: ██████)[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]**EVANS' Questionnaire(s)**[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Answered "Yes" on Question 4: "Was the footage located in Porto?"[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Initial questionnaire now reads "No" on Question 4.
Second questionnaire reads "No" on Question 4.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]**EVANS' Memory**[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Confident belief of events in Porto.[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Confident memory of events in ██████.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]**PIKE'S Transcription**[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Physical paper reads "Yes" on Question 4: "Was the footage located in Porto?"[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Physical paper still reads "Yes" on Question 4.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[/table]]
[[div class="experiment-section"]]
When interrogated, Researcher EVANS became agitated when presented with Assistant Researcher PIKE's form, insisting his own memory was correct and the form was a "prank" or "clerical error."
[[/div]]
[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Analysis:**
SCP-XXXX's effect alters all directly associated records and memories. However, data externalized via a non-observing intermediary persists unaltered, creating a stable, verifiable record of a pre-retcon state.
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[[div class="thorne-note experiment-note-4"]]
???
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[[div class="reg-note experiment-note-4b"]]
Following Experiment Ithaka-06-1, SCP-XXXX-1 was given a formal designation.
Researcher EVANS classified as SCP-XXXX-1. Pending further observation before release ~~Terminated on YYYY-MM-DD.~~
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-06-2**
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[[div class="experiment-header"]]
**Experiment Ithaka-06-2** | 1994-05-11
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[[div class="experiment-meta-info"]]
**Subject(s):** Two Foundation-issued cameras, Assistant Researcher PIKE
**Supervising:** Project Lead THORNE, Researcher BROWN (as data recipient)
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**Objective:**
Isolate the role of direct and secondary observation in the retcon process and its effect on data preservation.
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**Procedure:**
An expansion of Experiment Ithaka-06-1. Assistant Researcher PIKE was instructed to monitor and observe first contact with a reported anomaly from a confined observation room. Two cameras recorded the events: Camera A (bodycam live feed monitored by Assistant Researcher PIKE), Camera B (observation room camera, no live monitoring). Both feeds saved to database ARGOS-1. Researcher BROWN was to receive a verbal relay of events from the subject via a walkie-talkie.
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Result:**
The following table presents the state of evidence before and after the retcon event.
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[[hcell]]06-2 Results[[/hcell]]
[[hcell]]Initial Viewing (Pre-Retcon)[[/hcell]]
[[hcell]]Observational Analysis (Post-Retcon)[[/hcell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]Camera A Footage[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Believed to have recorded the initial happenings prior to the retcon event.[[/cell]]
[[cell]]File corrupted beyond repair.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]Camera B Footage[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Recording preserved successfully.[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Footage shows the subject watching the initial footage. Audio captures the subject detailing the events to Researcher BROWN. Three minutes later, subject underwent a catatonic state for around twelve seconds before resuming activity as normal.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]PIKE's Memory[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Confident memory of the events that unfolded (as noted by Researcher BROWN, see below).[[/cell]]
[[cell]]No recollection of Experiment 06-2 in its entirety. Subject insisted she was told to "take the day off" by Project Lead THORNE, and was not sure why she was on site.[[/cell]]
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
The following appended document is Researcher BROWN's real-time transcription of events as they occur:
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[[hcell]][[/hcell]]
[[cell]]
**RESEARCHER BROWN'S REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION**
[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:04[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Extraction Unit has reached the reported coordinates. Subject states her analysis is underway.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:09[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject begins speculating about the anomaly. Dr. Thorne instructs her to limit communications to extraction-related updates only. Subject acknowledges, but continues muttering off-record.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:25[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject reports "seeing something." When pressed for clarification, she denies having said anything.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:26[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject begins shushing repeatedly into the transmitter. Final intelligible whisper: "Shut up."[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:27[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject is repeating variations of "listen," "wait," and "do you hear that?" No external audio consistent with her statements is detected by equipment.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:30[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject has been silent for ~60 seconds. Channel remains open.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:31[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject's transmitter activates again. She remains silent. A faint low-frequency hum is present, intermittently cutting through the static. Origin undetermined.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:33[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Hum escalating. Broadband droning now audible without gain increase. Subject still not responding.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:36[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject speaking quietly: "It's beautiful. It's too much." Tone does not match baseline psychological profile.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:37[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Subject: "What are we doing?" Statement's direction is unclear.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[row]]
[[hcell]]08:38[[/hcell]]
[[cell]]Sudden impact noise. Possible fall or collision. Subject remains non-responsive. Proceeding with ingress.[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[/table]]
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[[div class="experiment-section"]]
Subsequently, Assistant Researcher PIKE and the extraction unit were classified as SCP-XXXX-1. Pending release.
[[/div]]
[[div class="experiment-section"]]
**Analysis:**
Direct, real-time observation appears to "lock in" the retconned reality for all associated data streams and secondary observers, even through digital mediums.
[[/div]]
[[/div]]
[[/div]]
[[div class="thorne-note experiment-note-5"]]
Dropped off Pike at The Wing for a psych-eval. She seems... alright, now that I think about it. A lot better than *Thomas* ever handled it. Huh.
Despite her confusion, she's not against it. Says she understands it's just procedure. God, why did I ever approve of someone with a conflict of interest getting involved?
Oh, and speaking of Evans...
The Observation Ward was on the way back. I figured I'd pay a visit. He was supposed to be released eleven hours ago.
The FSO on duty was a total prick. Wouldn't let me within a light-year of him without 'proper authorization.' Apparently the newbies on site don't know what an access card is.
Thankfully, his psych staff were just returning from break. They were a lot more understanding, and, go figure, confirmed my clearance level for me!
Take that, '*Josh*'! Piece of shit.
Anyway, it seems Robert's authorized the use of amnestic agents as part of a sub-study operating under Project Ithaka, called "Nostos." I don't have clearance for *that*, though. Not yet, anyway— Robert gave them prior notice in the event I showed up.
He knows me too well, but I never took him for a connoisseur of the Greek Mythos!
I'm getting off-topic.
It didn't work. They ran neuro-imaging, then targeted the consolidated memories with Class-C amnestics. It worked — temporarily. A follow-up scan showed the engram was still present, along with the activation of memory recall in a completely different neural pathway. When they tried targeting *that*, it didn't even faze him. Yet, surprisingly, that engram never recovered.
We theorized a good hour or two. They've offered me to observe their next testing. Of course, we're both waiting on Gable to approve our respective tests. The delay is frustrating.
I should've never picked up that file. They wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for me.
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**EXPERIMENT LOG: ITHAKA-06-3**
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**Experiment Ithaka-06-3** | 1994-06-01
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**Subject(s):** Retired Agent ██████, Researcher EVANS, Assistant Researcher PIKE
**Supervising:** Site Director GABLE, Project Lead THORNE
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**Objective:**
Identify the neurological mechanisms underlying mnemonic and behavioral compliance in post-retcon subjects.
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**Procedure:**
Simultaneous fMRI-EEG monitoring was conducted while subjects were questioned about their respective version of events.
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**Neurological Results**
All four subjects showed nearly identical activity. Upon questioning:
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• Significant activation in the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex.
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• The hippocampus showed activity patterns consistent with memory retrieval, but were immediately followed by a sharp spike of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity.
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**Behavioral Observations**
Varying, yet ranged responses. Upon questioning:
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**Retired Agent ██████:** Became verbally hostile, demanded the interview end.
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**Researcher EVANS:** Insisted on his version of events, then became quiet and withdrawn for over a minute. Upon re-engagement, he asked if the baseline scans were complete, completely forgetting the interview had begun.
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**Assistant Researcher PIKE:** Refused to respond to any questioning.
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**INTERNAL COMMUNICATION: XXXX-B1**
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**Addendum XXXX-B1: Internal Communication | 1994-06-02**
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**From:** Site Director R. Gable, Site-██
**To:** Dr. Aris Thorne, Project Lead - ITHAKA
**Subject:** Interdepartmental Exchanges
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Aris,
The data from Series-06 is clear. I'm not even sure how you plan to go about this. Half your team is compromised.
We are out of our depth here. I'm requesting an Ethics Liaison and two researchers from Memetics and Cognitohazards. They'll know what to do.
Best regards,
Robert
//Secure. Contain. Protect.//
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Per directive GABLE-XXXX.2, Ethics Committee Liaison Dr. Maron DELANO and DMC Researcher Dr. Angelina FINN were assigned to Project Ithaka on 1994-06-03, with approvals from Sites 77 and 19 respectively.
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[[/div]]Notes from report:
- "First of all the entirety of this CSS is AI generated, as you can see by the code comments on revision 1. I understand AI code is allowed under current guidelines, but it made me suspicious that the first thing the user did when making a sandbox was dump a chunk of AI in there, especially when compared to the below written content"
- "On revision 55, they dump a large chunk of written content out of nowhere, which kind of contrasts the incremental updating the user has done so far"
- "The dropped text has some inconsistencies in punctuation: … vs … throughout, You're not— vs testimonies — the ones manual emdashes vs copied in character emdashes"
- "and the dialogue overall just reads like A"
- "More on this as additional unusual/broken formatting has apperead, revision 415"
- A lot better than *Thomas* ever handled it. Huh.
- Take that, '*Josh*'! Piece of shit.
- clearance for *that*, though.
- It worked — temporarily. A follow-up scan showed the engram was still present, along with the activation of memory recall in a completely different neural pathway. When they tried targeting *that*
- • The hippocampus showed activity patterns
Further excerpts of note:
All prior active containment protocols for SCP-XXXX are hereby suspended under O5 Council Directive XXXX-Ω.
Foundation web-crawler suite Frontier-09 ("Storycatcher") is to monitor all data networks for signatures of SCP-XXXX-2 consolidation activity. Identified patterns are to be isolated for archival and analysis. No field response is permitted.
SCP-XXXX-2 instances demonstrate acute awareness of narrative inconsistencies and actively work to consolidate the current narrative through data suppression, memetic alteration, and physical intervention.
