Jonathan Ball's Proposal

> **Jonathan Ball's Proposal**, Code-named **Sheaf of Papers** and classified as **SCP-001** is a small stack of stapled papers that display information about an SCP which can either cause the discovery of or create an SCP moments after reading the respective SCP's page.
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> ### Item #:
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> SCP-001
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> Sheaf of Papers
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> Keter
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> ### Original SCP Page Writer
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> Jonathan Ball
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## **Special Containment Procedures:**

Currently, no security measurement has been permanently settled on how to contain SCP-001. The primary cause is the constant debate over whether the Item really needs to be contained as protected as it is. Despite the several cases of paranoia regarding this SCP's containment, the current administration has currently labeled the SCP as "Keter". Although, they have made several requests for a higher level to be made specifically for SCP-001. The reason for its classification will be specified within the description and the additional notes.

For now, SCP-001 is locked in a combo-locked, reinforced briefcase with cameras guarding the room at all times. The briefcase is not permitted to be unlocked unless all O5 Officers agree to the proposed experiment. The briefcase is locked off-site in a building with one room that is constantly lit up. Class-D Personnel are positioned around the perimeter, but are not allowed to enter without the aforementioned clearance from all members of the O5 Council unless they want to be terminated on the spot. This building has no other purpose other than containing SCP-001 and has a self-destruct button set up in the case of an emergency.

The current administration believes that SCP-001 represents the biggest threat to global and national security after an incident that occurred when SCP-001 was under minimal conditions. It is because of this that what was once encouraged is now disallowed to have any testing done to it.

## **Description:**

SCP-001 is a simple sheaf of papers that has been stapled together in the top-left corner. The front cover simply reads *"Confidential Report on Special Items—Classified."* The specific number of pages stapled together fluctuates, ranging from 3-30 pages at once.

SCP-001 was first discovered on ███████ █, ████ by the now deceased ████████ █████ after appearing mysteriously on his desk. The first page read a report about a large, round creature labelled as "The 'Living' Room" (SCP-002 "The 'Living' Room). Shortly after the page was read, ████████ █████ received a phone call describing exactly what they had just read. Unfortunately, the report of SCP-002 couldn't be found, but was rather replaced by a report about SCP-003 "Biological Motherboard" instead. The same happened with SCP-004 "The 12 Rusty Keys and the Door" and SCP-005 "Skeleton Key". The following events are undocumented, although the following items were discovered at varying times shortly after their respective pages were read.

As a cause of insufficient research not much information is known about the relation between SCP-001 and all other SCP items. Nevertheless, every event regarding the discovery of an SCP has followed a report of the anomaly under SCP-001's pages. The current administration regards the link between SCPs and SCP-001's pages as too coincidental to be a coincidence.

## **Additional Notes:**

Whether SCP-001 causes the creation or the discovery of SCPs is unknown. Either way, the distinction between both options is remarked as being unimportant by the administrator. Regardless, the fact remains that there has yet to be an event where an SCP has been discovered without SCP-001 being read prior. It is for this reason that the administrator has announced that they will not repeat the mistakes of the Foundation's early stages. Mistakes that have lead to the discovery of over 1000 SCPs.

Foundation Staff that argue about the containment procedures of SCP-001 being too guarded for an item that can only cause harm with purposeful human interaction, its usefulness as a warning system or as a useful inventor of helpful biological weapons or products have been shrugged off by the administrator. Neither has any form of criticism regarding SCP-001's containment procedures. The administrator has made it clear that the extreme security is not exactly to protect SCP-001, but to keep humans away from SCP-001 and prevent any further SCPs from coming into existence.

Regardless of the fact that the past administrators had experimented with SCP-001 daily, the containment procedures aren't changing. Whatever happens to SCP-001 won't change until the future generation of administrators take control where they can deal with SCP-001 themselves.