--Self-Replicating Stuffed Cat-- --Memetic Cat Concept-- --Antimemetic Cat Concept-- --Infohazardous Plush-- SCP-XXXX

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid safe keter Juggernaut not dangerous, Malaysia yes? not even a physical item

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept within a standard storage locker within Storage Site-312. At no point should SCP-XXXX come in contact with anything resembling a plush toy.

SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 instances are to be kept within Bio-Site-39, Green Room 14. SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 instances are to be placed in various plants within Green Room 14. Plants in Green Room 14 are to be tended to on a daily basis, and replaced upon death. No personnel with a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) lower than 27.9 are to be assigned to SCP-XXXX. No personnel are to enter Bio Site-39.

As of current, there are no means to suppressing SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard anomalous item storage locker in site 559.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a plush toy depicting a pink cat (Felis catus) of an undetermined breed. SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties manifest when it comes in contact with anything resembling a plush toy any inorganic material, which will become an exact copy of SCP-XXXX (designated SCP-XXXX-1 instances) upon contact. Instances of SCP-XXXX have been documented to retain SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties.

SCP-XXXX is the shared delusion between personnel of Site-559 that an "SCP-CAT" exists within the database. Personnel of Site-559 have explained SCP-CAT to be "a plush pink cat toy which turns any inorganic material it touches into an exact copy of itself that retains the properties of the original." There is no evidence to an "SCP-CAT" or similar item document file; no personnel besides those of Site-559 recall such an anomaly.

As of current, 234 24 1391 instances of SCP-XXXX-1 have been discovered and contained.











































Director Atticus Charleston sighs, staring face to face with a hardly comprehensible document. It's just a self-replicating plush cat, he had previously thought. Clearly, not everyone agrees on that.









































VIDEO LOG


Foreword: The following is a discussion held by Site-559 Director Atticus Charleston regarding SCP-XXXX's containment file.


<Begin Log>


Director Charleston: So folks, the four of you in-front of me have each been assigned to SCP-XXXX. And, we have a problem regarding what to put in its documentation file.

Dr. Benjamin Black: The only problem is the fact that thing still has SCP status. It's hardly anomalous.

Dr. Malaysia Walker: [scoffs while rolling eyes] You're crazy. That thing is capable of ending the world.

Director Charleston: If I may have—

Researcher Emma Jay: How? The bloody thing doesn't even exist outside of conceptualization!

Dr. Walker: Then how come we have over a thousand of em?

Director Charleston: Folks, please stop—

Dr. Black: Please, we hardly have twenty.

Dr. Walker: Just like your IQ.

[Director Charleston slams his hands against the table.]

Director Charleston: STOP IT! Arguing isn't, and hasn't gotten us anywhere. We need to discuss the very likely possibility of SCP-XXXX being infohazardous, memetic, cognitohazardous, mind-affecting, or a combination of the like.

Researcher Allen Chocolate: Examples?

Director Charleston: Well, I'm not entirely sure. We all see it differently, and refuse to believe any other theories have merit. That's pretty telling.

Dr. Walker: You're saying none of us are right? Is there a way to maybe test our theories?

Director Charleston: You could all be right. It might present itself differently per person. There's also the chance that none of you are right, and it doesn't even exist.

Researcher Jay: How come you're the only one who thought of this?

Director Charleston: Perhaps that's just how I see it. Now, we theoretically could test the theories of it physically existing. Walker, Black, Chocolate, you all listed different containment procedures. Let's put this meeting on hold, and you'll all go to where SCP-XXXX is stored, and bring it back tomorrow. Deal?

All three: Deal.


<End Log>



VIDEO LOG


Foreword: The following is the continuation of the previous SCP-XXXX discussion.


<Begin Log>


Director Charleston: Afternoon everyone.

Researcher Jay and Dr. Walker: Afternoon.

Dr. Black: Hello.

Researcher Chocolate: [Nods.]

Director Charleston: I presume the three I asked have obtained SCP-XXXX?

[The three in question nod.]

Director Charleston: Walker, show me SCP-XXXX.

[Dr. Walker nods, reaching into her bag. She presents a pink sticky-note, which has a drawing of a cat on it.]

Dr. Black: That's a fucking kitten.

Dr. Walker: What? It's SCP-XXXX, like asked.

Researcher Chocolate: I see a cat coloring book.

Dr. Black: Am I the only one who heard it meow?

Researcher Jay: That's a book on cat breeds.

Dr. Walker: Atticus? What do you see?

Director Charleston: A cat plush, but it's blue. Black, get SCP-XXXX.

[Dr. Black pulls SCP-XXXX from his lap, and sets it on the table.]

[Dr. Walker gasps, picking up SCP-XXXX.]

Dr. Walker: Don’t set it on the table, are you crazy? It could’ve turned the table into another copy!

Researcher Jay: Would you relax? There's nothing there.

Researcher Chocolate: I still see a coloring book. What do you see it as, Malaysia?

Dr. Walker: A whole taxidermies cat.

Researcher Chocolate: Director Charleston?

Director Charleston: I don't see anything. Okay, this isn't getting us anywhere.

Dr. Walker: Well what do you say we do now?

Director Charleston: We contain it.

Researcher Jay: How? This bugger looks different for each of us, as you said we don’t even know if it exists.

Director Charleston: We’ve contained stuff without a definite form before, and we’ll do it again. First order of business is agreeing on what to do.

Dr. Walker: If it doesn't exist, then how were any of us able to bring in versions of it?

Director Charleston: It could just be tricking us into thinking that we're even handling anything. But my point stands. We need a solid plan.

Dr. Black: We could start with making it so no one else learns of it’s existence.

Dr. Walker: [Snaps fingers] That’s right! Only those exposed to the containment file have been “affected” so to say.

Researcher Chocolate: So lets raise the clearance level to level 4 access.

Researcher Jay: I’m only level 2, Walker and Black are 3.

Director Charleston: We’ll label it’s file as limited access, we’ll password lock it.

Dr. Walker: Good idea. Now that that’s decided, how are we gonna document it? Like, what are we gonna describe it as?

Researcher Chocolate: Concept?

Researcher Jay: I wouldn't say it's a concept.

Director Charleston: More of an infohazard.

Dr. Walker: A physical item that's the source of the properties could exist. It could be a visual cognitohazard as well.

Researcher Jay: But we don't have any proof of that.

Dr. Walker: Maybe we should bring a memetic specialist here.

Dr. Black: And expose another person to SCP-XXXX's affects? That's a bad idea.

Researcher Jay: Could be helpful. I mean, what if this anomaly is just bound to the site? We could bring an instance of it to another site.

Director Charleston: My husband works in memetics. I could ask for his opinion. But it might be hard to do that without accidentally revealing infohazardous information.

Researcher Chocolate: We definitely wouldn't want that.

Researcher Jay: I mean, I've talked to Jesse about the SCP and she didn't appear to be affected.

Director Charleston: So that would rule this being an infohazard out of the question, then. That's helpful.

Dr. Black: Site-559 is not a site that deals with memetics. We deal with artifacts and toys and all that fun stuff. I second that memetic specialist thing, now knowing that we can talk about it without exposing someone to the affects.

Dr. Walker: You just thought it was a bad idea. What changed in three minutes?

Director Charleston: I'm making the decision that we're not doing that. We really should just get this profile written as quickly as possible. I'll ask Julian for his opinion if I deem it necessary. Whether we should risk bringing instances to another site, or exposing others to the anomaly on the off chance that it's just affecting us. I'm fairly certain this is a memetic hazard, or at least a mind-affecting cognitohazard.

Researcher Jay: What about the objects that we think are SCP-XXXX, and all perceive differently? Do we put those in memetic storage?

Director Charleston: I mean, yeah.

Dr. Black: Walker's was a kitten to me. It feels weird putting it in a locker.

Dr. Walker: It's not actually a kitten, Ben.

Dr. Black: Well I know th—

Director Charleston: Stop, I'm getting a headache. I'm putting it as a cognitohazardous concept. I'll work on the containment file, you all take a break.


<End Log>











































The cursor on Atticus' screen blinks for what seemed like the millionth time, the bright computer screen becoming any eyesore against his dark office.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX cannot be contained as of current.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the antimemetic concept of a


Description: SCP-XXXX is a plush cat which holds memetic properties.


No, no. That isn't right. It's a concept. So why were all of the iterations sitting in his office?

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Nescio… Nesico… nihil.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX cannot be contained as of current.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the collective designation for multiple cognitohazards involving a plush cat.


Atticus slams his fist against his desk with a groan.

"Why can't I decide what to put?" He exclaims. "I broke down the anomaly the best I could… yet nothing feels right…." He mutters to himself. The first iteration he attempted a few weeks ago, after three hours of typing and deleting he decided that he couldn't document it. Maybe the others could do it and be satisfied. That… backfired in unforeseeable ways. After the meetings, at last, he thought he understood how to document it.

It is no fault of his own that all documentation attempts have failed. After all, you cannot count to infinity.



















































































TEST LOG


Test Administrator: Director Atticus Charleston

Purpose: To see if SCP-XXXX's affects spread if what appears to be a physical version of SCP-XXXX is brought to another location, and whether it just effects Site-559, it's employees, or both. If the effects do not spread, then ask the D-Class what they see the anomaly as.

Test Conditions: Five D-Class will be transported to a small secluded site which is currently unoccupied. One D-Class is to enter with Director Atticus. Director Atticus will reveal multiple iterations of SCP-XXXX and ask what they see. Dependent on the outcome, one of the following will occur next:

  • If the D-Class is not affected, the test will be repeated with another D-Class. If they are not affected, it shall be concluded that SCP-XXXX is exclusive to Site-559 and it's currently employed Personnel. In this situation, it could possibly be concluded what SCP-XXXX truly is.
  • If the D-Class is affected, the test will also be repeated with another D-Class to solidify to ensure that the affect truly spreads no matter the location. The remainder of the D-Class will also be exposed to SCP-XXXX to record what they view it as.

Results: Each tested D-Class was affected by SCP-XXXX. The following notes what each iteration appeared as to each person.

Iteration #: 1
Director Atticus Observation: A blue plush cat
D-78988 Observation: A sticker sheet of cat stickers
D-65321 Observation: Nothing, but felt as if there was a cat somewhere else in the building
D-89134 Observation: A plastic cat figurine
D-09982 Observation: A ceramic cat figurine
D-24681 Observation: A pink plush cat

Iteration #: 2
Director Atticus Observation: A mug with a cat printed on it
D-78988 Observation: A pink cat plush; noted that she believed if it touched anything organic, it would begin to replicate
D-65321 Observation: A poem about a cat
D-89134 Observation: A figurine of a human woman with cat features
D-09982 Observation: Nothing; felt as if SCP-XXXX was just "acting as if it was real"
D-24681 Observation: A siamese cat

Iteration #: 3
Director Atticus Observation: A small Pusheen brand cat plush
D-78988 Observation: A small felt cat figurine
D-65321 Observation: A pillowcase printed with a pattern of cat paws
D-89134 Observation: A small plastic cup shaped like a cat paw
D-09982 Observation: An orange cat plush
D-24681 Observation: A headband with cat ears attached










































Atticus stares at the completed report on his screen.

"What are you? Am I ever going to know?" Atticus ponders. "Think, Atticus. What do I know about it so far?"

  • Dr. Black hardly sees it as anomalous
  • Dr. Walker thinks that it can self replicate if it touches inorganic material
  • Researcher Chocolate thinks it can self replicate if it touches any sort of plush toy
  • Researcher Jay thinks that it is merely a concept, but did see the instances the others presented
  • Some people don't see anything when they're presented with an instance, but do see something if presented with a separate instance
  • Everyone sees each instance differently, although a few overlaps with a pink cat plush have been observed
  • Items are always themed after a cat
  • It does not self replicate as a few thought, but we still have a lot of instances in containment
  • The D-Class believed at least one of the items they viewed would self replicate


Atticus scans over the notes.

"Why do some of them think that it can self replicate? There's no proof of that. They've seen the instances not replicate, yet still believed they could." Atticus ponders. He stares at the notes. Why would they think… "Unless it can self replicate."

SCP-XXXX appears to replicate, but not physically. Psychologically. It simply makes us believe that there are so many of it.

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