by Dr Lerche

Item#: 6661

Containment Class: euclid

Secondary Class: esoteric

Disruption Class: keneq

Risk Class: danger

Special Containment Procedures: A designated think tank is to observe trends and the popularity of SCP-6661-2. If popularity declines, the think tank is to evaluate the best course of action. SCP-6661-2 based memetic agents are to be spread throughout the internet and social media sites as well as Foundation intranet.

Foundation web crawlers are to scan the internet for SCP-6661-1 instances and look out for any active SCP-6661-1 events. The final instructions of the SCP-6661-1 are to be redacted whenever possible.

Personnel directly dealing with SCP-6661-1 are to be memetically inoculated prior to being assigned to the object.

Description: SCP-6661 is a phenomenon surrounding a particular internet meme1. SCP-6661-1 is an internet meme commonly known as Trollge. This meme spawned as a variant of the Trollface meme.

The meme starts out similarly to how a Trollface comic plays out, with the main character, Trollface2, providing instructions to carry out a prank. What distinguishes SCP-6661-1 from a regular Trollface meme is that the prank instructions begin devolving into more macabre instructions with each panel. These steps culminate in an atrocity or sinister event occurring.

The final step of each comic seems to be a cognitohazardous switch that makes a reader carry out the act displayed in the comic. It is estimated that 0.25% of those exposed to SCP-6661-1 are susceptible to its anomalous effects. It is currently unknown on what basis readers are chosen to carry out the skits.

NOTABLE INCIDENTS

+ December 2020 "Pretty Girl" Incident

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Want to get back your girlfriend?

Step 1: Find out her favourite facial cream.

Step 2: Procure the facial cream.

Step 3: Obtain urticant plant (Use gloves)

Step 4: Blend the leaves with the cream, then repack it,

Step 5: Give girlfriend the gift.

Step 6: [DATA EXPUNGED]

24/12/2020,

Melbourne, Australia:

College student, Leah Miller was hospitalised after applying a facial cream spiked with gympie-gympie (Dendrocnide moroides). The victim had crudely enucleated herself and had attempted to remove her face before being restrained by paramedics. Her ex-boyfriend and fellow college mate, Peter Witkins, were arrested at the scene.

+ December 2020 "Sleepy time" Incident

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Want to help little kids?

Step 1: Get a job at a children's hospital.

Step 2: Make friends with the children.

Step 3: Enter oxygen tank room.

Step 4: Replace tanks with carbon monoxide.

Step 5: Release them from their defective vessels.

Step 6: [DATA EXPUNGED]

28/12/2020,

Banda Aceh, Indonesia:

15 terminally ill children were killed via carbon monoxide poisoning. Hospital orderly Aziz Hidayat was identified as the perpetrator after he was caught replacing oxygen tanks with carbon monoxide tanks. During the interrogation, he was recorded calmly stating that he was "delivering them". He has not stated who the recipient was.

+ January 2021 "Harvester Valley" Incident

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Want to have a good holiday?

Step 1: Pack necessary equipment and items

Step 2: Say goodbye to family.

Step 3: Drive to the valley campgrounds.

Step 4: Find local shepherd and his flock.

Step 5: Steal a little lamb.

Step 6: Relish upon its flesh for it will be your last meal.

Step 7: [DATA EXPUNGED]

20/1/2021,

Alberta, Canada:

Oliver Desjardins entered a local tourist campground and opened fire upon the campers, killing 10 and injuring 14. He was subsequently shot dead by an Emergency Response Team (RCMP) sniper. He had illegally obtained the semiautomatic rifle and handgun.

+ February 2021 "Ascension" Incident

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Oil is lighter than water.

Step 1: Cover yourself in oil

Step 2: Feels good.

Step 3: Cover others in oil.

Step 4: [DATA EXPUNGED]

16/2/2021,

Bratislava, Slovakia:

At 0200, Jozef Procházka began spraying kerosene onto nearby buildings in his neighbourhood with his water truck. When emergency services were called to the scene, Procházka stood in front of the active nozzle and ignited a road flare. 26 people including Procházka were killed, and property damage was in the hundreds of thousands.

Reports of floating corpses and objects occurred when it began raining at the site.

+ February 2021 "Red Master" Incident

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[REDACTED]

23/2/2021,

Bray, Ireland:

Brother Brendan O'Brien is still at large.

MTF Chi-13 "Choir Boys" were deployed to the site. Defensive perimeter has been set up. Amnesticisation of the population is underway.

Addendum 1: Foundation webcrawlers detected an SCP-6661-1 instance with the final step being heavily distorted. Before carrying out the necessary expungement, Junior Researcher Michael Ramirez edited out the distortion and scanned the image through a spectrogram generator without authorisation. The following phrase was recorded:

Audio generated by the spectogram:

TRANSCRIPT:

You…see…me?

Despite the breach of protocol, Junior Researcher Ramirez's actions provided valuable insight into the anomaly. With permission from the O5, a spectrogram was constructed with a reply to the question and spread through the internet. Within 24 hours, another SCP-6661-1 instance with the distortion was detected and isolated.

The following is a record of the messages:

Foundation made spectrogram:

SCP-6661 response:

TRANSCRIPT

5/3/2021: Yes, we see you. Who are you? And why are you doing this?

6/3/2021: People…make…me…People…bored…People…forget…You…mad?… I…am…mad…I…be…weaker…People…now…like…darkness…Adaptation…Embrace…shadow…Chaos…reigns…I…exist…People…see me…I…thrive.

It is theorised that the collective popularity of the Trollface meme created a thoughtform which manifests via the meme. SCP-6661-1 came into existence due to the decline in popularity of the Trollface meme. The irrelevance caused the thoughtform to latch onto the darker SCP-6661-1 to garner back attention.

Therefore, it has been hypothesised that if Trollface became popular again, then the effects of SCP-6661-1 would subside.

Addendum 2: The percentage of susceptible individuals has been steadily increasing.

The order has been given to carry out the experiment.

Addendum 3: A think tank of researchers, sociologists, and statisticians is to be assembled to design visual images and media involving Trollface, now designated SCP-6661-2. SCP-6661-2 is then to be disseminated across and within the Foundation intranet as a test. The aim is to saturate media with the memetic agent to the point it achieves popularity due to its overuse.3

The think tank has been designated Task Force Hexa-9 "Meme Machine".

Addendum 4: Incidents involving SCP-6661-1 have slightly reduced. Authorisation by the O5 council to disseminate SCP-6661-2 across the internet has been given.

Addendum 5: Due to the increased popularity of SCP-6661-2 memes, SCP-6661-1 instances have decreased to more controllable numbers to allow for standard containment procedures.4

Addendum 6: 19/9/2021 An unknown SCP-6661-2 instance was detected in Hexa-9's database. The instance is currently being scanned for possible cognitohazards and is currently omitted until deemed safe.

+ SHOW SCP-6661-2-919

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Footnotes

1. An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.

2. A character wearing a mischievous smile, used to symbolize internet trolls and internet trolling.

3. When a memetic agent has reached this point, it is colloquially dubbed in mundane circles as "Dank".

4. Amnesticisation, information suppression, etc.