DATE: 2018-02-01
FROM: [VERIFIED OVERSEER ACCOUNT]
TO: list:all
SUBJECT: no subject

I will preface this by saying you don't have to read the following document.
When you close this message, your terminal will display an amnestic trigger that will erase the contents of this message from your memory. You'll go back to your lives. Go back to your friends and your families, ignorant and happy.
But to those who have no friends and have no families? To those who know such a life is impossible for the path they chose? To those who have devoted themselves to living in the shadows?
This is for you.
You are owed an explanation. This is for anyone who wishes to find out why the Foundation exists. Why we secure, contain, protect. Why we die in the dark so the rest of the world can live in the light.
And it's not for the reasons you think.

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scp5009_rev1.pdf

SCP-5009, dated 1897

Item #: SCP-5009
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: A circular perimeter has been established around SCP-5009 with a 0.5 km radius.
Description: SCP-5009 is an industrial complex formerly designated Foundation Site-00, located in Marin County, California, United States of America. SCP-5009 exhibits an Indra1-class antimemetic effect within a radius of approximately 50m that increases in intensity the closer one gets to SCP-5009. This eventually renders observation of the interior of SCP-5009 impossible.
SCP-5009 was the first Foundation building to be commissioned by the Administrator. However, it never entered full operation. Records show that it was completed on 1898-12-01, at which point its anomalous properties appeared to have manifested.
SCP-5009's date of completion is noted as roughly coinciding with the approximate time period of the Administrator's disappearance.
Footnotes
1. see also Carson F, Sanchez R 2018, 'Devising a Preliminary Antimemetic Classification System', Foundation Science Publishers, vol. 42. "Indra-class antimemes are defined by next-to-zero discrete interaction with the informational substrate of the universe on the quantum level, ie. any information concerning the anomaly's interactions with the universe cannot be perceived by external systems. Commonly considered as the typical antimeme."

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scp5009_rev2.pdf

SCP-5009, dated 1897

Item #: SCP-5009
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: A circular perimeter has been established around SCP-5009 with a 0.5 km radius.
The informational construct that SCP-5009 represents has been selected to undergo Metcalf-Bakke reverse imaging. Testing will be conducted on a biweekly basis.
Description: SCP-5009 is an industrial complex formerly designated Foundation Site-00, located in Marin County, California, United States of America. SCP-5009 exhibits a Brahma1-class antimemetic effect within a radius of approximately 50m that increases in intensity the closer one gets to SCP-5009. This eventually renders observation of the interior of SCP-5009 impossible.
SCP-5009 was the first Foundation building to be commissioned by the Administrator. However, it never entered full operation. Records show that it was completed on 1898-12-01, at which point its anomalous properties appeared to have manifested.
SCP-5009's date of completion is noted as roughly coinciding with the approximate time period of the Administrator's disappearance.
Addendum 5009-1: Metcalf-Bakke reverse imaging is a recently developed process accepted by conventional neuroscience.
Conventional science has proven that long-term memory consolidation in animals is facilitated by microscopic structural changes in the central nervous system (CNS).2 Metcalf-Bakke reverse imaging extrapolates information from an sapient organism's memory from these structural changes, which is then subject to statistical analysis by Foundation neural network I/O-BOREALIS to retrieve a summary of its contents. This allows for indirect observation of certain antimemetic anomalies.
Footnotes
1. see also Carson F, Sanchez R 2018, 'Devising a Preliminary Antimemetic Classification System', Foundation Science Publishers, vol. 42. "Although Brahma-class antimemes appear superficially similar to Indra-class antimemes, they exhibit a net positive contribution to the informational substrate of the universe. However, these interactions are usually latent and unable to be retrieved from informational constructs. Evidence exists, however, that retrieving this information is possible via extrapolation from the memory banks of sapient entities."
2. see Bailey CH, Chen M 1983, 'Morphological basis of long-term habituation and sensitization in Aplysia,' Science.

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mb_log1.pdf

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-01-21
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: One Rattus norvegicus domestica (fancy rat), male, 6 months of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
METAL (89% certainty)
Timestamp: 2019-01-21 (92% certainty)

I/O-BOREALIS output was limited to a single variable due to the fact that rats primarily observe their surroundings with tactile sensation from the whiskers. Future subject choice will be influenced by degree of visual and recollective acuity.

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-01-21
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: One Nucifraga columbiana (Clark's nutcracker), female, 10 years of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into foyer of SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
ROOM (99% certainty)
METAL (96% certainty)
WINDOWS (99% certainty)
GRASS (98% certainty)
AFTERNOON (97% certainty)
DUST (97% certainty)
SPIDER (97% certainty)
ANT (96% certainty)
COBWEB (95% certainty)
Timestamp: 2019-01-21 (98% certainty)

Following this test, use of the Metcalf-Bakke procedure on humans was approved by the Ethics Committee.

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-01-30
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: D-506022, white male, 25 years of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into foyer of SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
ROOM (95% certainty).
METAL (93% certainty)
WINDOWS(88% certainty).
GRASS (76% certainty).
AFTERNOON (72% certainty).
Timestamp: 2019-01-30 (89% certainty)

Following the success of this trial, the Metcalf-Bakke process was upgraded with the addition of the familiarity coefficient ξ, a value that measures the degree of familiarity to a particular stimulus based on previous learning. The familiarity coefficient is 0 for completely unfamiliar stimuli and increases by 1 for each successfully consolidated memory.

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-02-01
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: One Rattus norvegicus domestica (fancy rat), male, 6 months of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into foyer of SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
Timestamp: 2019-02-01
METAL (89% certainty)
ξ = 0.722

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-02-04
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: One Nucifraga columbiana (Clark's nutcracker), female, 10 years of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into foyer of SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
Timestamp: 2019-02-04
ROOM (99% certainty)
METAL (97% certainty)
WINDOWS (99% certainty)
GRASS (98% certainty)
AFTERNOON (97% certainty)
DUST (97% certainty)
SPIDER (97% certainty)
ANT (96% certainty)
COBWEB (95% certainty)
ξ = 0.899

METCALF-BAKKE TEST LOG
DATE: 2019-02-06
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: D-506022, male, 25 years of age
PROCEDURE: Subject released into foyer of SCP-5009 for ten minutes.
OUTPUT:
Timestamp: 2019-02-06
ROOM (95% certainty)
METAL (94% certainty)
WINDOWS(88% certainty)
GRASS (76% certainty)
AFTERNOON (72% certainty)
ξ = 2.000

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mb_log2.pdf

Following the results of the February 6 test, additional Metcalf-Bakke trials were ordered on SCP-5009.
On 2019-02-07, D-922358, D-704734, and D-104155 were exposed to the interior of SCP-5009 and subsequently tested for their Metcalf-Bakke ξ-values of the antimeme.
On 2019-02-08, similar trials were conducted with willing non-D-class personnel to identify if this phenomenon was limited to D-class. Junior Researcher Dr. Sania Suyardeva, Senior Researcher Dr. Joseph Russo, and Mobile Task Force Captain Alfred Lopez de la Fuentes volunteered, were exposed to the interior of SCP-5009, and subsequently tested for their Metcalf-Bakke ξ-values of the antimeme.
On 2019-02-09, the Ethics Committee authorized, in a 7-2-4 vote, the use of non-willing subjects in Metcalf-Bakke trials regarding SCP-5009 unaffiliated with the Foundation to identify if this phenomenon was limited to Foundation personnel. Seung-min Oh, Zoey Powell, Haile Senai, and Shawn Hawkins were selected for testing, exposed to the interior of SCP-5009, and subsequently tested for their Metcalf-Bakke ξ-values of the antimeme.
On 2019-02-10, Overwatch Command authorized, in a 6-3-4 vote, the circumvention of standard Foundation protocol and exposure of an Overseer to SCP-5009. O5-11 volunteered, was exposed to the interior of SCP-5009, and subsequently tested for their Metcalf-Bakke ξ-values of the antimeme.
Results were as follows:

Subject
ξ-value

D-922358
1.000

D-704734
1.000

D-104155
1.000

Sania Suyardeva
1.000

Joseph Russo
1.000

Alfred Lopez de la Fuentes
1.000

Seung-min Oh
0.000

Zoey Powell
0.000

Haile Senai
0.000

Shawn Hawkins
0.000

O5-11
1.000

In all of the Foundation-affiliated subjects who exhibited familiarity with SCP-5009, analysis of their Metcalf-Bakke indices revealed that first exposure had been established some time prior to their employment at the Foundation.

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employment_history.pdf

The following documentation has been deemed pertinent to SCP-5009.

FOUNDATION RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT FOR:
First name: Marcus
Middle initial: Y
Last name: LaRoche
Occupation: D-class
Employee code: D506022
Sex: M
DOB: 1994-06-24
Date employed: 2019-01-10

On 2017-04-10, D-506022 allegedly raped and murdered 21-year old Lilly Walker in Massillon, Ohio.
On 2017-09-25, D-506022 was found guilty and sentenced to death.
On 2018-01-10, D-506022 was enlisted into the Foundation as a D-class personnel following recruitment operations at Ohio State Penitentiary.

FOUNDATION RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT FOR:
First name: Sania
Middle initial: P
Last name: Suyardeva
Occupation: Level 3 Junior Researcher
Employee code: C601891
Sex: F
DOB: 1991-06-24
Date employed: 2010-06-03

On 2006-05-15, Dr. Suyardeva chose to enroll at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a graduate student, turning down acceptances from Stanford and Johns Hopkins.
On 2010-05-29, Dr. Suyardeva graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph. D. in biological engineering.
On 2010-06-03, Dr. Suyardeva was recruited to the Foundation following a major containment breach at Site-115 that necessitated extensive Foundation cleanup operations in the Boston metropolitan area.

FOUNDATION RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
First name: Alfred
Middle initial: L
Last name: de la Fuentes
Occupation: Mobile Task Force Operative
Employee code: B106369
Sex: M
DOB: 1963-09-10
Date employed: 1998-01-03

On 1997-12-01, de la Fuentes began driving to Bakersfield, California to reconcile with his estranged mother, who had been diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer four weeks prior.
On 1997-12-03, de la Fuentes arrived at Bakersfield shortly after his mother's passing at 12:53 PST.
On 1997-12-10, de la Fuentes agreed to Foundation requests for employment following his witnessing of an SCP-4999 manifestation during his mother's passing on hospital CCTV.

FOUNDATION RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT FOR:
First name: [unknown]
Middle initial: [unknown]
Last name: [unknown]
Occupation: Overseer
Employee code: O5-11
Sex: [unknown]
DOB: [unknown]
Date employed: 1980-08-03

[DATA EXPUNGED BY ORDER OF O5-11]

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Item #: SCP-5009
Object Class: Archon
Special Containment Procedures: A circular perimeter has been established around SCP-5009 with a 0.5 km radius. Biweekly expeditions into SCP-5009 are to be conducted to monitor the status of SCP-5009-A.
SCP-5009-Δ is inherently uncontainable.
Description: SCP-5009 is an industrial complex formerly designated Foundation Site-00, located in Marin County, California, United States of America. SCP-5009 exhibits a Vedas1-class antimemetic effect within a radius of approximately 50m that increases in intensity the closer one gets to SCP-5009. This eventually renders observation of the interior of SCP-5009 impossible.
SCP-5009 was the first Foundation building to be commissioned by the Administrator. However, it never entered full operation. Records show that it was completed on 1898-12-01, at which point its anomalous properties appeared to have manifested.
SCP-5009's date of completion is noted as roughly coinciding with the approximate time period of the Administrator's disappearance.
5009-Ishvara events are moments of causality that occur inside of SCP-5009. Due to the antimemetic nature of SCP-5009, little information on 5009-Ishvara events is known. What is known, however, indicates that:

5009-Ishvara events may affect any individual at any time.
5009-Ishvara events consist of the subject's (hereafter designated SCP-5009-1) spontaneous disappearance and subsequent reappearance inside SCP-5009.
5009-Ishvara events result in the inevitable employment of the SCP-5009-1 instance at the Foundation 1-2 years following its occurrence.

It has been confirmed that 100% of Foundation employees of the past, present, and future have experienced or will experience a 5009-Ishvara event.
The synthesis of the latent mnestic drug M-48195, codenamed "Turkic Red", has allowed limited exploration of the interior of SCP-5009 and the subsequent discovery of SCP-5009-A. SCP-5009-A is a crack approximately 5.6m in length and 1.2m in width, running along the floor of the central room of SCP-5009. A light emanating from an unknown source can be seen glowing at the bottom of the crack, and intermittent metallic screeching can be heard from inside. Nothing that has entered SCP-5009-A has ever been recovered.
Since its discovery, the size of SCP-5009-A, the brightness of the light source coming from within SCP-5009-A, and the loudness and frequency of the metallic screeching have all increased at a non-linear rate. No methods of slowing or reversing these processes are known.
SCP-5009-Δ designates the existence of the SCP Foundation. Due to the role of SCP-5009 in its inception and continued existence, the SCP Foundation must be classified as an anomaly.
Footnotes
1. see also Carson F, Sanchez R 2018, 'Devising a Preliminary Antimemetic Classification System', Foundation Science Publishers, vol. 42. "A seemingly paradoxical hybrid of memes and antimemes, Vedas-class antimemes conceal themselves from conscious recollection and observation but exert a significant effect on the informational substrate of the universe. Similar to a conventional meme, a Vedas-class antimeme is capable of influencing its host's behavior to an extreme degree."

Addendum 5009-1:

METCALF-BAKKE AUDIO LOG
DATE: 2019-02-10
ANTIMEME OF INTEREST: SCP-5009
SUBJECT: Unknown preserved body found inside SCP-5009
PROCEDURE: Recovery of any surviving information in hippocampus.
OUTPUT:
Timestamp: UNKNOWN

BEGIN LOG
[00:00:00] Subject: I see.
[00:00:03] Subject chuckles.
[00:00:05] Subject: You know, all this time, I thought I was losing my mind. Working myself to death, running across the globe, and all this time I never bothered to ask myself why? Why am I doing all this?
[00:00:17] Subject sighs.
[00:00:22] Subject: But now I know. It's because of you. You've always been there. In the dark. In my dreams. And now that we're staring each other in the eyes, it's like a cloud's been lifted on my mind. I see everything so clearly now. And you've always been there. Whispering in my ear. Planning my every move. Like a puppetmaster.
[00:00:37] Metallic screeching.
[00:00:39] Subject: Secure, contain, protect? It's a lie.
[00:00:44] Silence.
[00:00:49] Subject: This isn't the first time I've seen you.
[00:00:53] Subject screams. Metallic screeching intensifies.
[00:00:57] UNKNOWN: Thank you for sowing the seeds of our labor. I will be back to reap the harvest.
[00:01:05] Subject falls silent.
[00:01:08] UNKNOWN: Goodbye, Administrator.
[00:01:12] Sound of concrete cracking.
END LOG

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WARNING: Deploying amnestic trigger

Once upon a time, I, ����, dreamt I was a butterfly,
fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly.
I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was ����.
Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again.
Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.

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