Item#: 5451

Level2

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
{$secondary-class}

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

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SCP-5451-2B
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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5451-2A instances are to be stored in a standard containment locker. No animals of the family Spheniscidae are allowed to make contact with the advertisements. SCP-5451-2B instances found to have memetic effects are to be blocked by Foundation Web Crawler Πουλί . All materials released by SCP-5451 is to be disseminated as Foundation Cover R621 ("Online Roleplay"). In addition, a Foundation web crawler is to track the posts and conversations of SCP-5451-1 instances to detect any anomalous activity.
Description: SCP-5451 is a virtual school primarily attended by animals in the family Spheniscidae, more commonly known as penguins. Hosted on the site penguinschool.aq, students interact with teachers through voice chat along with assignments sent through messaging programs.
SCP-5451-1 are a group of sentient, English-speaking penguins that can access the internet through anomalous means. Communication with other SCP-5451-1 instances are done through a forum on the site forum.penguinschool.aq. Non-anomalous penguins turn into SCP-5451-1 instances when they come into contact with advertisements made by previous SCP-5451-1 instances. These memetically enhanced advertisements (henceforth referred to as SCP-5451-2) come in two forms, flyers or banner ads, SCP-5451-2A and SCP-5451-2B respectively.
SCP-5451-2A instances are flyers composed of feathers that are covered in urea. They are found in penguin mating spots after mating season. Penguins that come into contact with SCP-5451-2A turn into an SCP-5451-1 instance. After one academic year, they are enrolled in SCP-5451.
SCP-5451-2B instances are banner ads found on the Internet. They take the format of a penguin on the foreground along with the text "(common name of a penguin) Penguin School, the best University in the country!", or some variation of the text. Subjects that come into contact with an SCP-5451-2B instance have a 25% chance of contributing to penguin conservation efforts using the forums.

The forum used by SCP-5451-1 instances to communicate
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Addendum 1.1: Attempted Interview with SCP-5451-1 instances
On 2021/02/01, Junior Researcher Cook was assigned to arrange an interview on the SCP-5451-1 instances to gather general information about SCP-5451 and SCP-5451-2

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Topic: what's this school about?

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Hello, I'm a new student here, and I really really want to learn more about your school, the history behind it, how's the culture here, what are the great stuff to be found here and other stuff.

Cody
4th Year

Ugh, newbies like you cluttering up the forums with "what's this school about? what's the food like?" and on and on and on
Why not do your homework and read the FAQ and lurk more around the forums before posting?

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Hey, you don't need to be aggressive to me
I'm just asking questions, man

Cody
4th Year

Ah, yes the classic excuse
"iM jUsT aSkInG qUeStIoNs"
Hey dummy, most of the questions you have will be answered if you lurk more
@Forster, please close this thread. It's just clogging up the forums.

Pingu-Bot
Bot

Thread closed for the following reasons:

Read the FAQ before posting questions like this
- Forster | Staff

Addendum 1.2: Establishing Relations Among SCP-5451-1 instances
Due to negative reception of SCP-5451-1 instances to their inquiries, Junior Researcher Cook first establishes their reputation among the SCP-5451-1 instances

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Introduction Thread: beep beep lettuce

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

I'm sorry about my conduct last time

Cody
4th Year

prolly was too harsh there
Newbs not respecting our culture and all that
That being said, welcome!

BS Sport Science | "Always here to wreck shop and party"

BlueKorora
3rd Year

it's okay mate, sometimes we forget the rules 'ere

BS Fishing | "am smol bean uwu"

noot-noot
Newbie

welcome
hey, ur also a newb too! :D

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

To noot-noot: Oh hello fellow newbie!
Speaking of which, does anyone of you have a map of the campus? I'm not yet at campus, but I would like to not get lost when I get to the campus

BlueKorora
3rd Year

sure, here's a copy of my map. it has everything, including the… good spots, if u kno what i mean ;) ;) ;)

File uploaded: map.png1

BS Fishing | "am smol bean uwu"

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Thank you for the map, BlueKorora. I might've been lost in the campus without this.
This is a new experience for me; I've never left my house for the campus

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Thank you for the map, BlueKorora. I might've been lost in the campus without this.
This is a new experience for me; I've never left my house for the campus

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Oops, sorry for double-posting. Internet sucks here

Cody
4th Year

Man, you really need to relax. Don't worry, all of us has that first-time experience

MsGrapeBoi
2nd Year

Hey, welcome to our humble school! Hope you have fun staying here!
To beep beep lettuce: so, what's your course here? Mine is BS in Human Society

BS Human Society | "Always be friendly; you'll never know when it will help"

DC143C
4th Year

Hey, welcome to the school beep beep lettuce!
Don't worry, you become used to it

BS Aviation | "We shall fly once more; either with magic or determination"

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Thanks for the greetings everyone. I hope that we all become good friends here
To MsGrapeBoi: I'm currently enrolled in BS Marketing.

Adelle
Staff

Welcome to our online school and our forums, beep beep lettuce. I hope you find your stay here comfortable and you get to learn all about the world.
If you have any questions about our school, our forums, or anything about people in general, the Staff is always open to be messaged
Just make sure they are online <3

STAFF | "Loving my job since the 2000's" | Contact Staff Here!

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Addendum 1.3: Information about SCP-54512
Under the guise of a school project, Junior Researcher Cook interviews an SCP-5451-1 instance about the nature of SCP-5451-2 instances

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beep beep lettuce
2nd Year

You're part of the group who makes the advertisements, right?

Yep! I'm from Marketing, that's what we do :D

BS Marketing | "Do the things that you love"

Chiffon
3rd Year

beep beep lettuce
2nd Year

I'm always amazed on how you can manage to convince others to join this school. How do you do it?

Ehhh, it's nothing, really. We just spread through word of mouth along with some… magic we sprinkle in

BS Marketing | "Do the things that you love" - anonymous

Chiffon
3rd Year

beep beep lettuce
2nd Year

Oh wow, you actually use magic?

jk, jk. We just pour in our love of the school in everything we do.
I mean, without the school, we will just be living our lives without a purpose, and who really wants that?

BS Marketing | "Do the things that you love" - anonymous

Chiffon
3rd Year

Analysis of various SCP-5451-2A instances reveal no thaumaturgic alterations

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Addendum 1.4: Culture of SCP-5451-1 Instances
To learn more about the culture of SCP-5451-1 instances, Junior Researcher Cook, under the username "beep beep lettuce", interviews multiple SCP-5451-1 instances under the guise of a school project over multiple months. After 10 months, Junior Researcher Cook publishes a paper entitled The Culture of SCP-5451: A VIew Into the Life of Anomalous Penguins Through an Online School. An excerpt of the paper is available below along with an excerpt of the interviews done by Junior Researcher Cook on SCP-5451-1 instances.
A copy of the full paper and interview log can be received from either Junior Researcher Cook or Senior Researcher Drake.

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1. Family Life
SCP-5451-1 instances have a close-knit relationship with their family, not unlike non-anomalous penguins, despite having the mannerisms of non-anomalous humans. In a sense, their relationship with their family is like a fusion between non-anomalous humans and penguins.
SCP-5451-1 instances have a noticeably close relationship with even their cousins thrice removed, as most of them live together in packs, like non-anomalous penguins. However, when it comes time for SCP-5451-1 to leave their house to start their own lineage, they are given a copy of a recipe that both their mother and father made.
In fact, it is a rite of passage for an SCP-5451-1 instances to cook their first meal without the assistance of their parents.
A marriage proposal between two SCP-5451-1 instances consists of cooking a traditional recipe from their families and presenting their meal to the bride/groom.
Due to their food recipes being passed down from generation to generation, SCP-5451-1 instances take great pride in their lineage.
Being a cook is considered to be the highest honor among SCP-5451-1 instances, and recreating their families' dishes while adding their own touch is considered to be one of the important things parent SCP-5451-1 instances must teach to their children.
2. Cuisine
Although mainly inspired by American cuisine, the recipes made by SCP-5451-1 instances noticeably have fish in them, with some seaweed mixed in for umami.
Most of the dishes SCP-54511 instances call "traditional" are Inuit recipes, suggesting a link between Inuit culture and SCP-5451-1 instances. In addition, most traditional SCP-5451-1 dishes involve some sort of food preservation technique, whether that be fermentation or drying food.
Due to globalization, other methods of cooking food has reached the SCP-5451-1 instances. This has developed their cuisine so much, younger SCP-5451-1 instances are having a hard time developing their own recipes due to the amount of methods possible.
Some notable food preparation methods that SCP-5451-1 traditionally use are:

Fermentation of fishes
Freezing of fishes to be eaten raw
Drying of seaweed under the sun for consumption
Smoking

+ Excerpt of Junior Researcher Cook's Interview with SCP-5451-1 instances Regarding Their Cuisine

- Excerpt of Junior Researcher Cook's Interview with SCP-5451-1 instances Regarding Their Cuisine

Daily Topic Thread: Favorite Food? (page 5/7)

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

You really eat frozen fish? No cooking?

BlueKorora
3rd Year

Yep! It's true man, I swear!
Don't you eat your fish frozen and raw?

BS Fishing | "am smol bean uwu"

Cody
4th Year

Don't mind them - they're a traditionalist
Personally I prefer mine marinated in beer then deep-fried. You should try it, it's delicious.

BS Sport Science | "Always here to wreck shop and party"

Arctique
4th Year

With how your "food recommendations" turn out, no thank you

Cody
4th Year

cmon, it aint that bad

BS Sport Science | "Always here to wreck shop and party"

noot-noot
Newbie

my favorite dish is the one my mom makes for me
she says its from her great-grandmother

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Hey, noot-noot, can you send me a copy of that recipe? I would like to try it out

noot-noot
Newbie

sure wait a minute

File uploaded: fish.txt2

beep beep lettuce
Newbie

Thank you for the recipe, noot-noot. I hope it is delicious

Cody
4th Year

Oh, are we posting recipes? Here's mine

File uploaded: recipe.txt3

- Excerpt of Junior Researcher Cook's Interview with SCP-5451-1 instances Regarding Their Cuisine

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Footnotes
1. Although the uploaded file was in the PNG file format, no image displaying software was able to properly show the map, either resulting in a crash or a notification indicating that the file is corrupted
2. The file describes procedures on how to hunt, prepare, and cook Arctic char in the traditional Inuit method.
3. The file describes procedures on how to marinate, bread, and deep-fry Arctic cod using beer as marinade.

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