SCP-1954-B

The original recovered instance of SCP-1954-B.

The second recovered instance of SCP-1954-B.

## **`DESCRIPTION`**

SCP-1954-B is a 333 page hardcover book bearing the title 'Helen Homemaker's Hints For The Harried Housewife' stamped on front. The design appears different on each of the two versions recovered by Foundation staff. The original is blue in color and decorated with a floral design, with the words written with flaking gold ink. While 'Volume 2' is primarily pink in color, with a diamond patterned background and written in purple ink. No marks appear elsewhere on the covers, including the spine. The Copyright page indicates book was copyrighted in 1954 by the publishing group Harper, now HarperCollins. Summary research into Harper archives indicates no such publication on record. According to the author's foreword on page one, the name of the book's author is 'Helen Homemaker', although this has yet to be verified as an actual person. The anomalous traits and activation requirements of each version of SCP-1954-B differ greatly and are listed below:

**VOLUME 1:**

When read by males, Volume 1 of SCP-1954-B shows no unusual properties, appearing to be a compendium of household management ideas, recipes, decorating ideas, arts and crafts instructions, party planning help, and other general homemaking tips. Stylized illustrations of food, cleaning supplies and housewives decorate some pages, and some pages feature color or black and white photos of completed recipes, party scenes, or decorating ideas. When read by a female, SCP-1954-B will begin to show its anomalous traits. The first attempt at following the instructions, provided the instructions are followed exactly, no matter how counter-intuitive they may sound, will always result in a successful product. Even if the instructions include something as bizarre as including hair in a recipe. Any attempt to stray from instructions will result in absolute failure.

Upon subsequent uses of book, instructions are reported to become more out of the ordinary, such as the use of blood for cleaning, or the addition of poison to recipes. Even with such alterations to commonly accepted homemaking functions, results are always successful.

After no less than twenty successful attempts at homemaking tasks, the instructions turn into detailed rituals, most of which involve murder, cannibalization, sexual encounters, self mutilation, and canned vegetables.

The instructions begin to stray from typical homemaking activities, such as cooking, cleaning or throwing gatherings; but instead offers instructions on ensuring a spouse's promotion, the death of a rival housewife, a child's placement in little league, acceptance into a country club, and other similar events.

Despite the increasingly atypical instructions, subjects universally insist upon trying them out, usually stating their success at other seemingly impossible tasks as reasons to move forward with instruction. This seems to be a compulsion caused by continued use of SCP-1954-B.

Worth noting is that Volume 1 of SCP-1954-B affects individuals based on their gender identity and not born sex, influencing transgender females, even pre gender affirmation surgery.

**VOLUME 2:**

Like the previous volume, the first attempt at following any of the instructions exactly will always result in a successful product. The difference ends there, with the instructions at completing these products being considerably more mundane, albeit often still counter-intuitive. Such as the use of gummy bears in meatballs, or the removal of stains from any surface or material via the application of glass cleaner.

Similarly to the previous edition, SCP-1954-B Volume 2's additional effects begin to display themselves after approximately twenty tasks successfully completed using SCP-1954-B Volume 2.

The subject will be compelled to continue trying more and more tasks using SCP-1954-B. However, each task will cause the subject to alter the way they interact with others, their mannerisms and, if at all possible, the way they dress. The subject will begin behaving as the stereotypical depiction of a 1950's American housewife. They will also begin displaying stereotypically shy or submissive behavior, often deferring any opinions they might have to members of the sex and/or gender(s) to whom they are romantically attracted. The subject seems entirely aware of this and can express themselves to some degree, when not prevented from doing so by their compulsions. If this new set of behaviors is contrary to the subject's personality, it can and will cause a great deal of emotional distress.

It is worth noting that these effects influence members of any sex or gender identity, except those who are both aromantic and asexual.