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F.A.Q.

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Item#: 4632

Level1

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: All twenty-four (24) instances of SCP-4632 are to be kept in a secure storage locker at Site-64. Any access to SCP-4632 is to be approved by at least two Level 3 personnel. Any subjects that come in contact with SCP-4632 and reads its contents are to be monitored for a period lasting no more than forty-eight (48) hours, after which subjects are to be administered Class-A amnestics.
Description: SCP-4632 is a set of twenty-four (24) memetic posters found in the city of Sheffield, England. After increasing reports of severe derealization disorder1 cases in local psychiatric facilities, the Foundation recovered all 24 instances. Cross-examination of affected areas revealed that the number of SCP-4632 instances correlated with the number of derealization cases.
When a human subject reads the contents of an SCP-4632 instance, the implantation of the following concept into the subconscious mind occurs: the current reality in which the subject lives is a dream. This effect initially manifests as a passing thought over time confusing the subject as derealization progresses. The progress of the anomaly is gradual, the median time for complete derealization is 12 to 18 months. Subjects with diagnosed mental illnesses prior to contact see an increased rate of derealization.
Affected subjects are careless and as such show little to no interest in real-life events; justifying their disinterest by their purported dreaming state. Previously normal subjects affected by SCP-4632 have been seen engaging in activities such as extreme sports, violent crimes, reckless behavior, public indecency, and Class-A felonies.
Any digital copies of any SCP-4632 instance exhibit no anomalous properties.

TESTING LOGS - SCP-4632

Subject: D-14802
Description: Subject was exposed to an SCP-4632 instance.
Time since initial contact: 5 minutes

Dr. Klein: Please state how you are feeling, D-14802.
D-14802: Fine? I mean, I just feel like I…
Dr. Klein: Everything good, D-14802?
D-14802: Yeah, yeah. I just got this… really stupid thought.
Dr. Klein: Do share please… for the record.
D-14802: Huh… I just remembered how vivid some dreams are…

Subject: D-14802
Description: Subject was exposed to an SCP-4632 instance.
Time since initial contact: 1 month

Dr. Klein: Please state how you are feeling, D-14802.
D-14802: Everything is so… so distant…
Dr. Klein: Please explain what you mean by "distant."
D-14802: My hands… they're not… the same… When I look at them, they're not the same.
Dr. Klein: The same as before?
D-14802: Yeah… I… everything feels off.
Dr. Klein: How so?
D-14802: I don't… I can't… remember how I got here…

Subject: D-14802
Description: Subject was exposed to an SCP-4632 instance.
Time since initial contact: 8 months

Dr. Klein: Hello, D-14802.
D-14802: …
Dr. Klein: Please state how you are fee-
[D-14802 proceeds to punch Dr. Klein]
D-14802: Fuck you! I have a name; god I've always wanted to do that…
Dr. Klein: Security, take him away!
D-14802: Ha! Gotta keep that internal logic, brain!
[Security personnel move in to restrain, D-14802 assaults them in the process]
D-14802: Fuck you too!
Dr. Klein: Security!
D-14802: Even asleep I have to dream of this fucking place…

A 36-year-old male, to be referred to as POI-4632, was spotted putting up more instances of SCP-4632 around Sheffield. The subject was detained without resistance and brought to Site-64 for interrogation. POI-4632's medical records show that he has been diagnosed with chronic clinical depression, schizoaffective disorder, and depersonalization disorder. He has a record of twenty-seven (27) involuntary hospitalizations for mental health-related crises.
Subject displays low-level reality-bending abilities; he claims this is because he has gained control over his "dream." It is hypothesized that extended exposure to SCP-4632's effects may contribute to slowly increasing ontokinetic abilities; due to the fact this is the only affected subject to display these types of abilities, he is considered the originator of SCP-4632.2

Addendum 4632-1
HOSPITAL RECORDS - POI-4632

OPEN

HIDE

No doctor matching the signature present was found to be working for HealthCare Home. Further investigation is pending approval.

Addendum 4632-2
INTERVIEW LOG - POI-4632

OPEN LOG

HIDE LOG

INTERVIEWER: Agent Herrera
SUBJECT: POI-4632
«BEGIN LOG»

Agent Herrera: Hello, my name is Michael Herrera. For the record, do you know why you're here?
POI-4632: Hello subconscious, are we talking again?!
Agent Herrera: This is an interview, yes. Again, do you know why you're here?
POI-4632: Cause I let you take me, I find that dreams are more interesting if you go with the flow, you know what I mean?
Agent Herrera: I do not. You believe this is a dream?
POI-4632: Of course it is, what else? I mean look around! The armored guys that brought me in told me this was "The Foundation" and that they "contain anomalies and monsters or something." That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!

[POI-4632 laughs.]

POI-4632: I mean that's some top-notch dream logic, right?
Agent Herrera: I see… why do you believe that?
POI-4632: Because reality is fucking boring, man! There's nothing fantastical about it, at all. No monsters or superheroes or… I don't fucking know… Krampus or something. None of this shit exists, you don't exist.
Agent Herrera: I definitely exist. Well, moving on… you were spotted posting instan-
POI-4632: Look subconscious, come on. I'm already lucid, I know this is a dream and all of that, stop trying to convince me otherwise.
Agent Herrera: What exactly do you mean by lucid?
POI-4632: I did the poster thing, a reality check! I printed those things so I would remember how to do it. It is clear that I am dreaming.

[POI-4632 is seen materializing a cheeseburger and breaking his restraints without effort.]

Agent Herrera: What the-?! Command, you didn't tell me this was a reality bender!
POI-4632: Dude, fucking relax, okay? None of this matters. Who the hell is Command anyways?

[Command communicates to Agent Herrera through an earpiece, orders to not anger the subject.]

Agent Herrera: Yes… of course, this is a dream. I apologize.
POI-4632: There you go.
Agent Herrera: Forgive my memory. You have power over your dream of course but, what have you been doing with these abilities?
POI-4632: The usual, you know. Getting with women I wouldn't have a chance with in real life. Getting all the things I've ever wanted. What else would you do if you had no consequences?
Agent Herrera: I am curious though, how did you realize this was a dream? As your subconscious I'm supposed to avoid that, you see.
POI-4632: You did a terrible job of that.
Agent Herrera: How so?
POI-4632: Look around you man, this is a place where we're in a giant dirt ball riding through space with no direction, a gigantic fucking fireball warms us and we have all of these arbitrary stupid rules, and now you mean to tell me monsters are real! And all the people in the dream do is run around trying their best to make their worthless lives mean something; the fucking money, the status, the power, the endless struggle to find safety. I shouldn't have to search for meaning, I shouldn't have to warn the others! I shouldn't have to stay in the house! I shouldn't need the pills or the doctors or anyone that can turn the… wait… what… I…

[POI-4632 is visibly confused.]

POI-4632: What… did I do to Clara?
Agent Herrera: Who?
POI-4632: I didn't do that to my sister… I didn't do anything to Clara.

[POI-4632 clutches its head as if in pain for several seconds.]

POI-4632: Where else would a reality like this exist… but in a bad dream?

To prevent further progress of his abilities, POI-4632 was administered Class-E amnestics. The subject has not displayed any reality-bending abilities since.

POI-4632's legal records indicate it to have no living or dead siblings.

«END LOG»

Footnotes
1. Derealization disorder is a type of dissociative disorder that consists of persistent or recurrent feelings of being detached (dissociated) from one's body or mental processes.
2. See the following addenda for more information.

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