Joy

### Siblings

A'tivik, A'ghor, A'distat, A'zieb, A'nuht, A'tellif, A'habbat, Epon, Atanti-ql-Paneu

### Offspring

E-999-A (clone)

**Joy** is the embodiment of positive vibes and seventh child of Zalgo.

## Overview

Joy has been shown on many occasions to jump happily towards anyone it can see. Once in the direct presence of someone else, they will begin to hug the individual with it's arm-like appendages and nuzzling their face, all whilst it produces high pitched noises similar to gurgling and cooing.

The slime of Joy smells incredibly pleasant, although the smell differs from person to person. They have variably been described as smelling like chocolate, fresh laundry, bacon, roses, and Play-Doh.

## Appearance

Joy is a somewhat spherical orange gelatinous mass with two arm-like nubs as appendages. They possess two dotted eyes and a curved slit-like mouth.

## Personality

Joy has an immense interest in making sure every one and every thing around them stays happy and safe. Joy loves all creatures and acts like a playful child around ever single one of them. They are willing to save someone else even at the cost of they're own life.

The only time Joy became hostile was when confronting its clone E-999-A who was created when the Foundation personnel put some of Joy's biomass inside the Mainspring on the very fine setting and surprisingly was hostile to everyone. Much to their surprise, Joy itself became hostile and attacked its doppelganger, engulfing it inside itself like it did with its food, essentially eating E-999-A. Afterwards Joy returned to its usual behavior, however it ignored anyone who brought up its clone, often by wandering off to play with a nearby object or person.

## Powers and Abilities

Joy has the innate power to make anyone in its company cheerful and happy. They're able to cure even the worst of PTSD and depression and can even stop serial killers from having any murderous intent. Even Atanti-ql-Paneu, an omnicidal lizard, wasn't immune to the effects that Joy gave off, constantly laughing and rolling over when Joy touched it. This gave the Foundation hope that this power would grow to even affect someone like Zalgo.

It's important to note however that Atanti wasn't stopped from killing people, it was just feeling happy while doing killing instead of its usual malevolence and anger. Thus, Abby remains the only one who can truly soothe Atanti's anger, though it is unknown what the effect on Atanti would be if both were to be in its presence at the same time.

## History

The Foundation originally did all it could to make sure that Grace never gave birth. They had just saved her from the Children of the Scarlet King, and while every other victim of the cult had died while giving birth to Zalgo's child, Grace has yet to. Procedure 110-Montauk was developed as procedure to stop this birth from ever happening. The other offspring had already been produced, and it is said that if the seventh child of Zalgo was born, he would be freed from his prison and allowed to bring the multiverse to its destruction. At least, that's what the cult wanted the Foundation to think.

After an excavation mission into an ancient Daevite temple, the agents found a text titled "Dust and Blood". The text stated that the seventh bride of Zalgo was destined to give birth to mighty heroes. This text was evidence enough to allow the Foundation to terminate any further usage of 110-Montauk and allow the seventh child to be born. This seventh child was Joy.

Joy was planned to be used as a weapon by the Foundation if Zalgo were to ever be freed. The idea is that since Joy is a being who can cure even the worse versions of depression and PTSD, that the Foundation will be able to cure Zalgo of any murderous intentions. Dr. Collingwood was assigned as head researcher and secret guard of Joy, with all of the previous information being given to them.

At one point Joy was given a caffeinated drink, which made Joy faster speed and the ability to bounce off walls similar to the green slime character from the movie *Flubber*. All of this came with the caveat that after it wore off the next day, Joy became sick and was uncomfortable for the rest of the day. This made the Foundation to create a rule against giving Joy caffeinated beverages.

## Myths and Legends

SCP-999 is a fictional character created by ProfSnider for the *SCP wiki* and is therefore licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. The name "Joy" comes from SCP-6166 by Ethan Grebler.

## Trivia

* Joy's favorite types of candies are Necco Wafers and M&Ms.
	+ Joy's least favorite candies are those heart-shaped candies with messages on them.
* Their morality can be classified as **Lawful Good** or **Pure Good**.