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[[div class="article"]] ++ **Addendum SCP-9254-6:** Rev. Memorandum Regarding Research Protocols ---- Meaning is irrelevant to obligation. Previous assessments prioritized explanatory yield. This criterion is no longer considered sufficient grounds for the termination of SCP-9254 research, as the absence of meaning does not negate anomalous relevance. The persistence of SCP-9254 instantiation in the absence of explanatory variables constitutes a consistent, repeatable outcome, in which the failure to explain SCP-9254 is, in itself, an anomaly. As no evidence was presented that continued observation of SCP-9254 produces harm, and because SCP-9254 has not demonstrated escalation, propagation, or hostile intent, research must carry on. SCP-9254 has not demonstrated a resolution. However, the Foundation's mandate does not require resolution, only record. Continued observation is mandatory because cessation is unjustifiable. I have mulled this over for some time, and in the absence of a terminating condition, I have concluded that further study is inevitable. — Dr. Irrera Flemming [[/div]] @@ @@ ---- @@ @@ [[div class="article"]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:acs-animation]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:anomaly-class-bar-source |item-number=SCP-9254 |clearance=5 |container-class=keter |secondary-class= |secondary-icon= |disruption-class=dark |risk-class=notice ]] +++ Special Containment Procedures: ---- All personnel exposed to SCP-9254 documentation are to be administered Class-C amnestics and are subject to weekly psychological evaluations for at least four weeks following exposure to SCP-9254. Direct observation of SCP-9254 is to be explicitly executed via automated systems. No personnel are to approach SCP-9254-1 instances without prior O5-level authorization. +++ Description: ---- The anomalous effect formerly confined to Adélie penguins has now demonstrated a cognitive, memetic propagation pattern, in which any continued engagement with SCP-9254-related materials can facilitate infection. In humans, SCP-9254 manifests as an uncontrollable, compulsive drive to study and understand the anomaly. As in penguins, SCP-9254 infection is idiopathic and irreversible. The affected individual, henceforth referred to as SCP-9254-2, will exhibit progressive cognitive obsession, prioritizing SCP-9254 research over all other responsibilities and duties, resulting in exhaustion, malnutrition, psychotic degradation, and, ultimately, death of the subject. SCP-9254-1 instances maintain their previously documented behaviors, though the operational hazard has since shifted primarily to human researchers. [[/div]]