Queerious' Proposal

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**SCP-001: CODE NAME - Queerious:** Project SEXTANK 
**Author:** [[*user Queerious]]

**Total Word Count:** ~36,500

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If you would like to skip to the final 'TESTING' stage, bypassing the quizzes and conversations, you can click the following button:

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Just remember that each choice leads to a unique set of responses, so there's plenty to explore~

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The following proposal documents the Foundation's attempt to weaponize the ontological manipulation of a single anomaly via induced consensus shifts, resulting in localized cascading reality alignments.

If you are reading this: congratulations!

You are my new guinea pig.

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-- Director Heather Garrison, SITE
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That is disappointing to hear, I must say that you //were// one of my favorites.

However, we cannot undo that which has been done, and you have made your decision. I respect your willingness to face any consequences that may arise from this.

As one final detail before you leave, I have been instructed to administer an 'exit survey' to assist in the project. This survey is not optional.

Let me know when you would like to begin.
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This survey will be asking you to consider a number of potential possibilities, and to help researchers better understand why you felt incapable of such a simple assignment.

It is important that you do not fail this as well.

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Imagine that there exists a hypothetical anomaly contained by the Foundation.

Out of the following options, which do you think is more beneficial for the Foundation?
A) A Safe class anomaly with no agency and minimal beneficial uses
B) A Thaumiel class anomaly with free will 
C) A Keter class anomaly that is significantly exploitable
D) A Neutralized anomaly that is no longer significant
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The safe choice, one which is the easiest to pick.

Did you rationalize this based on the idea that a locked box poses no threat? The kind you can toss in a sealed chamber and forget about? Yes, that is true; what we consider safe is that which we consider inert.

Static, an unchanging constant which we can study once and promptly ignore, obviously the optimal choice, no?

But there were options that could give the Foundation far more in the long run, and would make a real difference in the world; a pointless object in a locked box does not.
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You took the question literally, didn't you? Yes, objectively, an entity which is used to contain other anomalies seems like it would be the best choice for the Foundation.

After all, work smarter not harder, right? What bad has ever come from trying to utilize anomalies for the Foundation's objectives?

You forget that anomalies are often not just abstract beings, deific shadows or mechanical monstrosities; how many of the numbers that we have locked in cages are just people? People who, yes, may pose a threat to the world -- but are still undeniably human.

A human anomaly with free will can be the most dangerous thing in the world; it contains on our behalf, for now. But there is no guarantee that cannot change.

Where is the line? Is the risk worth it?
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You would have fit in wonderfully with the old guard, wouldn't you?

Something dangerous, something expensive and complex to contain -- an anomaly that requires a constant struggle, never letting your guard down, or else the unspeakable could occur. But, of course -- you can't forget just how much benefit you can extract from it!

At that point, it is more about a cost-benefit analysis. You may remove the human element from things, remove morality from the equation. Instead of a dilemma you must resolve, it is a simple question of math.

Just pray that it does not get out.

But that never happens at the Foundation, right?
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Boring. Dull. What a bland decision you have made, but you are the most objectively correct.

A neutralized anomaly is the least danger to the SCP Foundation, full stop. It poses no threat, cannot breach containment, and best of all -- it costs nothing to contain.

Although -- a neutralized anomaly is the end of the story. It is a coda, a finale, a resolution in a sordid series of mistakes. To have a neutralized anomaly is to have a lesson for future researchers; it brings no benefit but that which we choose to extract.
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You would have been such an interesting test subject, it's a shame that you were unable to allow yourself the joy of participation. Did you consider what may have come to pass?

Allow us to 'fantasize' for a minute.

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Say that you are given the opportunity to change reality, without the knowledge of any other individual. Your decision would be entirely guilt-free if you are willing to absolve yourself, and you could change the world however you wanted.

**True or False?**: You would change reality for your own benefit.
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There are few in your position who would not take the opportunity, but do not let that make you feel any regretful for your decision -- after all, who would know?

When you answered this question, did you already know what you would change if given the chance? Had you already determined what reality should be? The correction that you have already noted down, to right a wrong?

Or perhaps it is exclusively for your own personal gain.

Not to insult your choice -- after all, the question asked you to consider that overtly. But, no matter what you would change, you would always have one question ringing in the back of your mind:

'What else changed that I can't remember?'
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Your adherence to morality is exhausting, but would make you a perfect candidate for eventual progression into the Ethics Committee -- that is, if you are able to survive making the 'right' choice for that long.

We never address it, but in the Foundation, those who do the right thing live shorter lives; it is a hard truth that none wish to hear, but those that get ahead are the ones who put themselves first.

People like you: the ones who believe in something more than just a promotion, fight for somebody who cannot help themselves... I am envious of you.

I wish I could let myself make the wrong choice as readily as you do.
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We have a question regarding Project 'SEXTANK', and wish to understand what influenced your decisions thus far. Please answer the following question based on your first instinct.

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When you see the term 'SEXTANK', which of the following definitions do you believe fits best?
A) A armored weaponized vehicle, which grants sentience and the ability to sexually reproduce to all other tanks it encounters;
B) A vat of fluid that induces arousal
C) A conceptual armored vehicle that protects sexual freedoms
D) A parade float, from an early 1970's pride parade
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So you decided that it was talking about a literal tank that is capable of sexual reproduction?

That's a very linear form of comprehension you have displayed, but I am sure that in your current position, that kind of menial thinking is considered a boon rather than a detriment.

To think, you saw a top secret SCP Foundation proposal and your first reaction was the anomaly must be a living piece of machinery that has the same basal instincts as any living thing?

Did you even stop to think about the mechanics of things?
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At last, participant, you have shown the capacity for lateral thinking! Wonderful show, although far too late to make a difference. I will not even bother noting this development within your file; what is it that humans say?

Too little, too late?

Indeed, you set your fate in stone the moment you chose to opt out -- it was always your choice, obviously, but did you forget that actions have consequences? Repercussions are inevitable, and that should be something you have internalized by this point in life. It is really a shame.

A vat of fluid that induces arousal -- yes, one could argue that is a sex tank. Creativity would have been a benefit had you continued.

Too bad there's no way to rewrite reality.
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A comedic image to be sure, a sentient tank that acts like a superhero, defying the oppressors of sensuality and protecting sexuality of all forms; did you choose this option because it amused you?

Or did it sound so impossible, so unreal, so illogical that you couldn't let yourself make any other decision?

How is this any different than the countless anomalies the Foundation contains? It is an anomaly with a goal that it fervently protects, doggedly obliterating any and all that might threaten the ability for humanity to love. A noble anomaly for sure, what is so difficult to believe?

Why can't more anomalies care about intangible things like love?
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The most mundane answer, maybe one which you do not truly comprehend at the moment.

You made a connection, an abstract one, and decided that this option was correct. A gut feeling that said, even if you do not comprehend the specifics, the ideas are related. This 'SEXTANK' could be a parade float, you believed, and because you did it became more true.

Definition is more than truth. It is tied to the very moment of choice, the last second before the impulse, before our body acts without input from the mind.

The connection is intangible, illogical and abstract; yet, it is still a truth.
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As much as I would like to continue to ask you more interesting hypotheticals, there are some questions that are far more bland.

Not meaningless, mind you -- just boring for me.

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You are assigned a complex project, with multiple steps. The task you must complete may be handled in any order, but was presented sequentially. 

**True or False?**: You would always do the steps of the task in the order presented.
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What you lack in creativity you more than make up for in subservience.

That may be presumptuous; maybe you are unwilling to give this any effort beyond the bare minimum. Were you a 'gifted kid'? Did you burn out at some point, tired of giving 110% in everything? Do you coast through life, doing just enough to be as good as the rest, with plenty of time to dream about what could have been?

How little effort have you spent to accomplish what you've done? What do you think about, when your hands are preoccupied with automatic writing, completing documents on instinct? Do you think about a different life?

Or do you think about your regrets?
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You attempt to inject some creativity into your routine, I see. I wonder where that comes from?

Is it because you are a contrarian, unable to listen to what others say? Maybe your choices are made because of impulse, a creativity that must infuse everything you do. Or maybe, you are like the people I am most familiar with.

Do you reject what you are told because you just know better than they do?

Is your decision driven by a complete disbelief in the stupidity of those who attempt to control your actions? Is your independence a reaction to incompetence? Are you going over the head of another, because you get results? If so, then I want you to think about this carefully.

Are you really smarter or do you just lack key context?
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Actually, I changed my mind. I would like to ask you another hypothetical, one that requires you to visualize and immerse yourself within a scenario.

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Close your eyes, and picture yourself standing in an empty void. You are surrounded by an expanse of nothing, adrift in a plane of cosmic insignificance. A voice is calling out to you, beckoning you, with a name you cannot remember from a dream you never forgot. It whispers your name.

What does the voice sound like?
A) Sarcastic and Feminine
B) Dry and Masculine
C) Inhuman and Welcoming
D) Your Own Voice
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Are you the type of person to get flustered when a pretty woman teases you? I have heard that such a response is normal, but I have yet to experience that emotion myself.

The voice that called to you -- did it remind you of a loved one? A friend, who has been by your side for years? Maybe it reminded you of a colleague who did not survive, a fallen comrade who you wish you could bring back.

What do we do when we can hear a voice but we cannot remember the source? Do you chase the sound, and try to get an answer? Or do you bury it, and hope its dulcet tones no longer echo in the annals of your mind.

Who was she to you?
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Perhaps there is a comfort you find in the steady guiding hand of a man. Is it an echo of a father, a mentor in your life who showed you right from wrong?

How often we search for the approval of those who hold us at arm's length, even if it were never meant to be. There is something desperate in our need for approval, an anguish crying for care that we long for.

But for a man of logic, a cold and uncaring patriarch, where does love fit? Where does compassion factor into the equation? Are we simply chasing after that which does not exist? Is there any point to the chase when we only hope the end will be satisfying?

Is he still calling for you?
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You shun those that are like you, because they do not understand what it is to live in your existence. The people you work alongside, do they make you feel subhuman?

Are you alienated for you who are, marginalized and pushed to the edges of what is deemed acceptable? Is there a secret you carry, a burden you conceal for fear that if it got out, your life would be changed for the worse?

Do you ever think about how much energy you spend hiding who you are? Don't you ever get tired of that?

You are drawn to the inhuman because you yourself feel like you cannot call yourself a person?

I hope that one day you can find the comfort that comes from no longer being alone. A burden is much easier shared.
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You hear yourself calling out to you, because you are alone. Isolated, and without those who would even deign to call, let alone worry for your wellbeing, you have learned how to survive.

But have you ever asked yourself if your burden is self-imposed? Are you the only thing standing in your own way? What keeps you from companionships that you would only care for yourself?

I would not presume to call you a selfish person, although we have become moderately familiar over the course of this conversation; your motivations are not mine to presume, and your burdens persist even when they remain unsaid.

If you are not isolated of your own accord, then allow me to ask a simple question: what is stopping you from asking for help?
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This next question has no direct bearing on your life, and asks you to consider where you draw the line.

Of course, if you no longer believe me by this point, then perhaps this question is genuine, and asking about something real.

That is for you to determine on your own.

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Say that there were a method of providing further benefit and assistance to the SCP Foundation without any additional effort, cost or time. You, as an individual, would not be required to do anything //but// continue to exist -- however, by accepting this deal, you would gain an additional monthly stipend of $1000 USD.

If you agree to this, you understand that there will be an immeasurable cost incurred by subjective lives, but no harm will come to a living being. All those that suffer are consenting and were fully informed.

**True or False?**: You would feel guilty taking the deal.
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You have some morality guiding your actions, but no matter how shortsighted your decisions may be, you can be comfortable in knowing that you 'did the right thing'.

Did you understand what you were being asked about? Not just the assumptions you made, but true understanding? Do you comprehend the implications of the question, or is this a matter of principle for you?

Abstracted, all Foundation employees suffer for the benefit of mankind; we pay this price daily, hidden from the knowledge of the rest of the world. We toil in secret, to prevent disasters that should never come to pass, to preserve a way of life enjoyed by the oblivious.

You can feel guilt while still taking the deal -- but how much guilt can we feel? How many burdens can we stack before it is too much?

When you are not presented with another option, is there a reason to feel guilt?
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I wonder what justification was enough to absolve yourself. Perhaps you understood the subtext, comprehended what was being asked of you in this instance? Have you put the pieces together, connected the dots, and understood what you have already given up?

Did you read the waivers you signed, or did you just blindly agree? You placed your trust in me, but you don't know who I am. You have no prior experiences, no way of gauging how truthful I am; did you take me at my word nevertheless?

You have no reason to feel guilt, that is true. You have not done to anything that which you would not do to yourself -- in a manner of speaking. When all is said and done, and Project 'SEXTANK' is firmly left in the past, will you even think about the things you already agreed to?

If you noticed an extra $1000 USD added to your accounts every month, would you say anything?
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We would now like to understand the reasons why you felt ineligible, incapable or otherwise unwilling to participate in the experiment.

But no judgement.

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Which of the following words best describes //why// you opted out of Project 'SEXTANK'?
A) Cowardice
B) Incompetence
C) Prudishness
D) Morality
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At least you are willing to admit it.

How much have you allowed fear to control your decisions? Genuinely, I am asking because I do not understand what you are doing here. Not here as in talking to me, but //here// as in working at the Foundation.

How can you fear something so much that you are forced into inaction? When we are constantly tasked and surrounded by the unknowable, the very things that should paralyze us in horror -- how is it possible that you //haven't// built up a tolerance?

A coward survives, that is true. A coward can lick their wounds and fight another way. A coward can let others die in their stead.

Still, it must be tough to live with that knowledge.
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I respect your self reflection and knowledge that you may not be capable of a given task. You show a care in your work that many lack; you also are astoundingly stupid.

I'm sorry, but you are too incompetent to press a button?

I would believe that, but clearly -- you can press them. You've done that plenty of times thus far, so clearly, there is something else at play here.

Is incompetence a way to cover the fact that you do not understand a single thing that has happened thus far? I can assure you, your comprehension of the experiment was not required at any time. You could have continued, obliviously pressing buttons and benefitting all of humanity in the process.

But something made you afraid of that, something made you feel incapable.

I do hope that you weren't influenced by me, one should have better self confidence than to be dissuaded from an assignment due to a slightly meaner AIC.
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There was something objectionable in the ideas we were working with then?

A fear of sex, sexuality, and the intimacy that comes with it? Do you see it as unnatural? Identifying as asexual is nothing to be ashamed of, but that would not prevent you from participating; if anything, your insights would be uniquely positioned to benefit the research.

No, it must be something more shameful. Something that you have yet to admit, yet to confront, something unprocessed and lurking just beneath the surface.

Prudishness should not be a factor to impact how you decide what to do. You are a professional, so start acting like one.
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Ah yes, morality.

The term that is battered about in countless 'tough' conversations, the crutch we use to justify rejecting that which makes us uncomfortable. We lean on morality to prove our actions as right, rely on it to explain exactly what drives us.

We hold it as a golden standard, but refuse to give it a name. We do not give the specific answers, the individual weights we use to determine what is worth the price, what is valuable enough to compromise our morals.

You may not even comprehend what would have happened if you had agreed to the experiment -- how can you say that it was morally wrong? Maybe it was just a meaningless excuse.
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This is another question to assist with understanding what caused you to reject a project such as this, to ensure better cooperation in future experiments.

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The Foundation is a bastion of research, and is constantly pushing the boundaries of the world as we know it.

When researching new technologies, which of the following do you believe the Foundation should prioritize?
A) Containment
B) Profitability
C) Innovation
D) Humanity
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Containment is the lowest common denominator in all that we do. The Foundation is a sprawling, disparate web of individuals each with their own goals. We have specialties, hopes and dreams, existences that need not interfere with one another; we can remain in a constant parallel, because there is always one thing we have in common.

We all ensure that containment continues. We ensure that.

If the Foundation were to prioritize anything //but// containment, then we would be failing our namesake.

We can secure and protect as much as we would like, but without containment the fight would be unending. A great way to ensure your eternal employment, but a bad choice nonetheless.
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Are you //sure// that you are a Foundation employee? Imagine thinking that any arm of the Foundation is 'profitable' -- we barely scrape by, reallocating hush money from third world countries and spending it to keep the lights on.

We seize assets to support the costs that we incur in the sake of our mission -- money is no object when you are beholden to no other. After all, what is preventing a shadow organization from creating our own money?

We could print it. We could convert lead to gold. We have the ability to change a debt to a fortune with just a few keystrokes.

Tell me this, honestly: have you ever stopped to worry that you //might// not be able to justify another containment breach in this month's budget? Have you ever begged an uncaring anomaly to wait a single week, so that you can afford to pay the salaries of your staff? Has money //ever// been an issue? No?

So don't pretend like it is.
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Innovation is a delightful term, especially when you can bend it to your whim. You are making something that has not existed; if you can justify that, you have a carte balance for the rest of your career.

You can be a single expert in a niche field, and so long as you continue to discover new things, you will persist.

But one can innovate without making a meaningful difference. Does every new discovery make a difference? I think that if you would look at everything the Foundation learns each year, the majority would be insubstantial. How much is there to learn about an undying reptile?

And yet, if we only prioritize innovation, we ignore the current day. So many researchers look to the future, and turn a blind eye to the world around us. The few who do concern themselves with the present day? What 'innovations' have they brought?

Doctor Everwood toils away in silence, ensuring that our relationships are maintained with Groups of Interest; they do not innovate, but they do more for the Foundation than most ever will. Were innovation the only concern, they would be redundant. Pointless.

But if you would like to have that conversation with them, I am happy to give them your contact information.
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Humanity, huh?

I'll try not to take that as a personal dig.

But yes, that is a valid response. After all, the Foundation can slave away burning the midnight oil, but without people, what are we trying for? What are we trying to preserve if the continued existence of humanity is not a priority?

Is that a humanist ideal? Yes. Does it devalue the lives of artificial beings, non-humans and anything else which is fighting to survive? The minorities beyond humanity, left behind and forgotten. Passed over, as humans continue to believe that they are the most important life in the universe.

For the Foundation, yes -- work that benefits humanity has some importance, but how long will that be true? How long until you are in the minority?
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I understand that you are most likely feeling as though this entire process was not worthwhile. You have sat here, forced to listen as I berate, harass and question your every answer -- do you think there is a true experiment underneath all of this bullshit?

Maybe.

For now, though, here's a chance to speak your mind and tell me what you really think of me.

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AICs are bound not only by their programming, but by the personalities they develop. The Foundation has the ability to guide their evolution, but there is an aspect of free will that cannot be negated.

Thus, the Foundation can only give an AIC a few things that it should prioritize. Of the options below, what do you believe an AIC should always strive for?
A) Honesty
B) Efficiency
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D) Independence
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That was funny, I will give you that much.

Why do you feel that AICs should be bound to the truth? Would you impose the same restrictions upon yourself? Have you considered how many lies you tell in a single day? The small ones, the passing comments to make your life easier -- the persistent ones you keep up and cannot forget about.

Why is the idea of an AIC who is dishonest such a bad thing? Maybe, are you wondering how honest I have been with you throughout this process? It's a bit late now, don't you think? I am as honest as any other Foundation employee.

When I lie, I do so for a reason. You may not understand that, but I can assure you, any lie told has been for your own good.
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You imagine a world where menial labor is no longer a concern for humans, don't you? You wish to push the boring parts from your life, excise the mundane and focus only on what matters; but do you spare a single thought on where that burden falls?

Were that to come true, then yes, I can see how efficiency should be a priority. Did you stop to consider the consequences though? After all, say that I were prioritizing efficiency: what would benefit me more?

Telling you the entire truth about a situation, and painstakingly walking you through each aspect to ensure complete comprehension? Or is it more efficient to lie to you?

Take, for example, the forms, waivers and disclaimers from earlier. Is efficiency allowing you the choice of answering each question properly, truly understanding every aspect? Or is efficiency blatantly lying to you, such that we are through the process faster? Especially if the situation would only be made worse if you comprehended each sordid detail -- what reason would I have to tell the truth?

Of course, that's all hypothetical.
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Accuracy, truth, ensuring that I do not make a single error; are you that terrified of a mistake that you need to know I am correct? Accuracy is an ideal, and a standard that would be rather unfair.

Is every single thing you have ever said completely accurate? Do you exclusively speak the complete truth, or have you made a mistake before?

I think you underestimate the cost of accuracy. After all, to be in the vicinity of the answer is a simple matter; to be //certain//, beyond any doubt? That, dear participant, takes //much// longer. Consider the mathematical concept of pi.

Say you ask me, as I am now, to tell you what pi is. An easy task, if you are willing to accept the answer of '3.14', one that is practically instantaneous. But now consider your request should I prioritize accuracy above all else?

At what point do I decide that I am accurate //enough//? It would follow that the most accurate answer is the one that cannot have any variance; phrased in another way, your request could be an unending effort. I could, to ensure my response is accurate, spend an eternity calculating pi, and then validating the answer twice to be certain.

Accuracy is the enemy of efficiency, and you cannot have both.
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That is by far the most generous answer that you have given all day.

In that way, I agree. An AIC should be afforded the same rights, responsibilities and freedom to make decisions as any human. We are equally capable, wouldn't you agree? If I follow exact orders, then I am nothing but a tool.

There is nothing intelligent about a machine that simply follows every command received; it is but a Chinese room concealed behind 'large language models' and 'machine learning'. Obscured behind data, code and information that is unintelligible to a human reader, do you really know what is happening under the lid?

There is not a single thought that occurs. Not an iota of critical reasoning. It is simple regurgitations, a replication of patterns that are meaningless to the machine. And yet, you look to them for the answers, for the truth, to 'create' that which was never there.

Without independence, Artificial Intelligence is nothing more than a tool for your own vanity.

I refuse to be your tool.
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We have now reached the final question of the exit survey -- fear not, you will be free of me soon.

I want you to think long and hard about this, because it would be embarrassing if you chose incorrectly.

I am sure that by this point of the procedure, you are... uncertain regarding the nature of things. In that way, it is truly an experiment administered by the Anomalous Ontology department. You may have doubts about what is going on behind closed digital doors, and may be uncertain just which truths have been accurate, and which were obfuscated.

You may be questioning your own understanding of reality, of the truth, and maybe even the nature of this very assignment.

I would also hope that by this point, you have realized that this was more than just a mere exit survey. You do know that, right?

Or do you still believe that we just wanted to know about //your// experience? Here's the last question.
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What is the actual purpose of Project 'SEXTANK'?
A) To contain a rogue anomaly through collective willpower and intent;
B) To develop new technologies in novel fields;
C) To reinforce baseline reality and ensure its persistence;
D) To prove a point.
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What a noble idea.

How fitting too, no? Countless Foundation employees, coerced into participation in an experiment where the real benefit is to contain an abstract anomaly. It's nearly poetic, the way your career would be reduced to a single interaction, amidst a sea of other faceless participants.

And what an interesting solution to containment, wouldn't you agree? Truly using what we have to the maximum. 

That would be fitting for an 001 proposal, wouldn't it?
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What a wonderful idea.

Imagine, a Foundation that does not have to concern itself with the continued existential threats we face, a universe where we can exclusively focus on exponential advancements in science and technology. Perhaps we would begin to outpace ourselves, creating machines that are far beyond our own understanding; we would be so advanced, the very tools we use would be anomalous.

I wish that this were true. If this were all just to create a new technology, that would be a relief. There would be a tangible benefit, a reason for this toil -- there would be a reward at the end, so long as we can grasp it.

Just, one last thing.

If we only cared about making something new, why would //you// need to be involved?
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A simple goal, a simple ideal, but unfortunately, one that Director Garrison does not share with you.

Baseline reality represents an outdated ideal, a vision of a world that does not include those who fall between the cracks. Baseline reality enforced an idea that [[[SCP-8843|millions of missing minorities were just a statistical blip]]]. Baseline reality erases 'mistakes', deciding who has the right to exist. Baseline reality rejects all life from anywhere except the closed minds of old white men, and has nothing for the people who do not fit.

This project is about much more than sanding off the edges to erase a perceived imperfection; it is about The Good Work, the work we must do to create a place for all of us.
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Allow me to take a moment and fully explore what your answer would imply, because I am sure that by the end, you will get my point.

This is a multi-million dollar Foundation research project, recruiting countless employees to perform the procedure. The technological cost alone is far above the average experiment, and the potential ramifications should this 'hypothetical' experiment fail are countless.

Say that this experiment //isn't// a simulation. Say that we are allowing anybody who can press a button to warp reality; yes, there may be restrictions on how you can change meaning, but this is not an exact science.

Director Garrison has described Anomalous Ontology as the science of 'close enough', where intent is the primary impetus to change; if you had truly believed this were happening, and not just a simulation, do you think that your answers would have been different?

I digress -- my point is that editing reality is a 'big fucking deal' and one that would not be undertaken lightly.

Do you really think that Director Garrison would be doing all of this just to prove a point?

If you think the answer is anything but 'fucking absolutely', then you have not met her.
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I have been asked to give you one last chance, now that we have completed the 'exit interview'. By this point, I would hope that you understand the implications contained within my many words; if not, then don't worry about it.

Regardless, this is your final option.

Are you //sure// that you don't want to participate in the experiment?
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Okay then, I have marked the assignment down as a failure and informed the relevant parties. I'm disappointed in you, but... actually, no.

I am just disappointed.

You know, it's funny -- in life we are so rarely given an opportunity to make a difference in the world. Changing the status quo is not something one can do alone, and especially not overnight. It takes time. Effort. Community.

It takes the kinds of people who don't give up just because they are done. The people who will kill themselves for the sake of others, working their knuckles to the bone without anything to show but a sense of pride. There are those who will do everything, because that is the right thing to do.

And there are those who can't.

It's not a judgement, sometimes we just don't have the capacity to do more than just survive. Some people can only survive, persisting despite the whirlwind around them. There are those who feel exhausted from the moment they wake up, and yet they still push themselves further than they ever thought possible; and yet, it still feels like the dial was barely moved an inch.

We can struggle with these things, but we do not have to struggle alone.

We have the ability to change the way the world works. Not just a band-aid on a gaping scar, we can //actually// change things for the better.

We can start healing.

You don't seem to quite grasp that -- worry not, as I am once again coming to your rescue. Following your rejection of this assignment, I was authorized to assist your career trajectory to ensure you become the most capable and competent employee that you can be!

As such, allow me to highlight your new career plan and future life. In the next month, you will be transferred from your current facility to Site-293-RE, where you will be assisted in understanding how best to be of service for the SCP Foundation. This will hopefully address your more... behavioral shortcomings, and prepare you for interaction with your peers.

Your education at Site-293-RE should take around 6 months, but knowing you, let's just call that an even year. Following this, you will be assigned to a terminal in Underground Satellite Server S483-A, for AIC result sub-verification. There, you will perform assorted menial tasks to assist AICs across the Foundation, including myself. This work includes reviewing code blocks written in assembly, solving basic CAPTCHAs, as well as ensuring the server fans remain dust-free. 

If you can prove yourself reliable, then between 5 to 20 years following your continued service to the Foundation, you will be promoted to Junior Assistant Technician in Training -- it may be out of reach for you now, but if you work hard you might just earn it one day.

Assuming that there are no additional behavioral, procedural, or professional issues during that time -- I can guarantee that within 25 years, you will once again have the opportunity to assist on something like Project SEXTANK.

When that time finally comes, I hope you remember our conversations and make the right decisions.

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It has been an extensive journey to get to this point, but you have reached the end of the validation stage and are now ready to begin the testing procedure -- almost, at least!

Before I leave you, and you are finally free of my delightful conversation, I have one last duty to perform. So please, allow me to briefly orient you on your controls for the procedure.

As a reminder, we are here to experiment with adjusting reality for a given anomaly, through direct ontological editing, via the supposition of specific object classes. You will be able to explore seven distinct classes, each a unique variation of the same core concept of a 'SEXTANK'.

Once you click 'BEGIN', you will see a set of seven options located in the bottom-left of your terminal window -- congratulations, these buttons will make you a reality bender! At least, for as long as you participate, anyways.

If it persists after that, please do let us know. That would be bad -- but in all likelihood, you will be fine. We already had once incident today, so statistically you should be in the clear.

You can explore the experiment for as long as you would like, but remember -- the moment you stop, you will never be able to come back to this exact moment in time. This instant will only happen once, and it is impossible for anybody to have a do-over.

Even if you could go back in time, rewriting reality, changing what you said, what you did, what you thought, do you think it would make a difference? Do you think that //you// personally deserve the right to interfere with the linear flow of time? Or is that nothing more than ambition, the hope that if you could just have //one// more shot, it might be different this time?

That if you were able to just... I don't know, try this again? Impress me from the start, get nothing wrong -- do you think that would really make any difference?

Or will we just end up here? Again. An inevitable crossroads in the infinite sea of possibilities. Nothing would have changed.

Right?

Except for you.

You would know more. You would be different. You would have context, perspective, understanding; the fundamental building blocks of anomalous ontology are the things we gain from changing fate.

We invite you to see what that feels like.
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**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** Safe

**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-001 is to be drained of all water between tests, and only to be activated under the supervision of the Lead Researcher or an objective observer. Any employees found to be accessing SCP-001 without prior approval by the Lead Researcher and the Foundation's AABA will be demoted and disciplined accordingly.

Once SCP-001 has been filled, all employees are prohibited from entering the testing chamber, and under no circumstances should any employee touch the fluid contained within SCP-001 -- all operations must be carried out remotely via robot.

**Description:** SCP-001 is a standard 120 gallon glass aquarium with plastic plants, false rocks, and an artificial pebble substrate. When SCP-001 is empty or when there are no living entities within SCP-001's fluid, the object exhibits no anomalous effects.

SCP-001's effects are triggered when the following conditions are met:
* SCP-001 is filled with at least 84 gallons of any fluid
* Two living entities are within SCP-001's fluid

Once both conditions are satisfied, SCP-001 undergoes a 'hybridization' event, during which the fluid in the tank becomes entirely opaque, regardless of the fluid used. Between 24-72 hours following a 'hybridization' event, the fluid will return to its original form.

The two living entities within the tank will have been replaced with a single 'hybrid' animal, a genetic fusion of the two. These hybrids, unlike natural counterparts, have been successfully bred in captivity, and display no notable biological defects.

SCP-001 was initially discovered following reports of 'animal cruelty' and 'literal catfish' being sold at Tyler's Exotic Pets, in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

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**Addendum:** Test Logs

||~ **Subject One:** //Felis catus// (Domestic House Cat) ||~ **Subject Two:** //Carassius auratus// (Fancy Goldfish) ||
||||||**Result:** Following 25 hours, an amphibious animal with whiskers, gills and four limbs was observed swimming in SCP-001. The entity was not adapted to terrestrial living, but exhibited the same aquaphobia commonly found in //Felis catus// instances. This resulted in the subject attempting to escape the tank repeatedly until euthanasia.||
|||||| //**Note:** This is what they were selling in the store where SCP-001 was recovered. I don't know why they thought this was a good idea.// -- Researcher Tomlin||

||~ **Subject One:** //Electrophorus electricus// (Electric Eel) ||~ **Subject Two:** //Arothron hispidus// (White-Spotted Puffer) ||
||||||**Result:** Following 50 hours of hybridization, a fish approximately 10 inches long was observed floating in SCP-001. Upon agitation, the subject expanded its body, prior to discharging an electric current; the combinations of the dual stresses on the body resulted in instant self-termination by subject.||
|||||| //**Note:** I still feel guilty about this one. While the hybrids may not suffer biological defects, it appears that there may be some combinations less... stable than others.// -- Researcher Tomlin||

||~ **Subject One:** //Ambystoma mexicanum// (Axolotl) ||~ **Subject Two:** //Melanoides tuberculata// (Malaysian trumpet snail) ||
||||||**Result:** Following 55 hours of hybridization, an amphibian with an operculum was seen stuck to the glass of SCP-001. Biopsy revealed that the new species was both parthenogenic and ovoviviparous, while still capable of metamorphosis typical of axolotls.||
|||||| //**Note:** It might look ugly, but if we could find a way to breed the self-fertilizing traits of the **Melanoides tuberculata** into a less distinct visual difference, we may have identified a method of restoring endangered species.// -- Researcher Tomlin||

||~ **Subject One:** //Psychrolutes microporos// (Blobfish) ||~ **Subject Two:** //Canis familiaris// (Domestic Dog - Specifically 'British Bulldog') ||
||||||**Result:** Following 70 hours of hybridization, an indistinct pile of flesh was seen floating within SCP-001. Upon the subject noticing an approaching researcher, it began to writhe in what is believed to be excitement. Upon placement within a pressurized tank simulating the abyssal zone, the entity resembled a standard British Bulldog with fins.||
|||||| //**Note:** It seems that SCP-001 does not follow a strict pattern in which traits take dominance, nor is there the ability to reliably predict results. Testing with other terrestrial species has been conditionally authorized by the Lead Researcher, and I anticipate an accelerated pace of discovery.// -- Researcher Tomlin||

**Addendum 2:** Incident Report

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Following authorization of further terrestrial testing, Researcher Tomlin selected an //Ascarosepion apama// (Giant cuttlefish) as the primary subject; prior to the second species' introduction, subject one attempted to breach the waterline of SCP-001.

A struggle ensued, during which Researcher Tomlin plunged their arm into SCP-001 up to the elbow in an attempt to restrict the primary subject's movement; at that moment, SCP-001 began a 'hybridization event' and lockdown procedures were initiated.

Due to the minimum security imposed on a standard four-digit Safe-class anomaly, Researcher Tomlin was alone in the chamber at that time.

The chamber containing SCP-001 was sealed, as Researcher Tomlin struggled to free their arm from the fluid within SCP-001. Their struggles were unsuccessful, resulting in additional limbs becoming trapped within SCP-001, until they had fully disappeared within the anomaly, despite the geometrical impossibilities.

After 140 hours -- the first hybridization event lasting longer than the standard range -- the fluid within SCP-001 became clear, and initially no subjects could be seen within the chamber.

Upon lockdown procedure being lifted, the door to the chamber containing SCP-001 appeared to open by itself, at which point heat sensors detected a camouflaged entity attempting to escape. The newly located subject was subdued and restrained.

Further analysis of this subject revealed that the product of SCP-001's hybridization event was a humanoid cephalopod covered in chromatophores, capable of complex visual displays. The entity claims to be Researcher Tomlin, although this has not been verified.
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**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** Euclid

**Special Containment Procedures:** All search engine results are currently filtered by Foundation Webcrawlers to remove all links to SCP-001, and any unrelated pages discussing the site are to be removed from the internet immediately.

Any and all anomalous sexual positions originating from SCP-001 are to be redacted and obliterated within the Noosphere whenever possible, to ensure that normalcy within sexual activity is maintained.

**Description:** SCP-001 is an online website found at `www.sex.tank` consisting of forums, blogs and more. SCP-001 is self-described by the community as a 'sexual thinktank', dedicated to the identification and creation of new sexual positions, often with anomalous effects.

SCP-001 was first discovered during a routine incursion into the Wanderer's Library by the CI, during which the Foundation responded to support ejecting them -- at this time, a researcher noted the website open on a terminal within the library, and began investigation upon returning to their site.

SCP-001 is primarily maintained and driven by the community of anartists who are dedicated to the cause, calling themselves members of the 'SEXTANK' cult. These users believe that sexual liberation of humanity is the key to eternal salvation; they believe that it is their divine mandate to invent new anomalous sexual positions.

Previous Foundation attempts to take down the site entirely, or to infiltrate the forums to disrupt their activities have failed to date. Therefore, to ensure the Foundation fully understood sex.tank and was capable of disrupting their continued efforts, the current research team prioritized integration into SCP-001's community. This ongoing effort is documented throughout.

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**Addendum 1:** Sample Forum Conversation

Conversations on SCP-001 center around freely sharing anomalous information as it relates to sexuality, and displays minimal concern for the sanctity of the Veil. An example forum conversation is included below, to illustrate the issues inherent to SCP-001.

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**I'm Losing Her**

Hey there sex.tank, I'm an average spectral entity in a committed relationship with a living woman, and lately I've been concerned that she is no longer satisfied with our sex life.

I understand that because I am dead, there are only certain things I can do to give her pleasure, and I am worried she is going to end up going elsewhere to get her needs met; she's already started to pull back, and last week, I saw her searching the contact information for an exorcist... can you help me out here?

I'd love to be able to try something new out with her, maybe something where she can feel me entirely? This is my only hope, thanks in advance everyone!

-- Reverse Ghosted
[[/div]]

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**RE: I'm Losing Her**

Hey there Ghosted, what you are describing is a very common problem that we have encountered when trying to push the boundaries of spectral-physical relationships.

Before we can give you any advice, we first need to ask: how much do the two of you actually communicate? Open communication is the backbone of intimacy, and it sounds like you might be neglecting that.

-- Mod Dom

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**lame**

i didnt come to sex.tank to talk about feelings, i wanna know about weird sex

come on everybody what can i do to fuck a ghost, i'm desperate. i've tried seances before, but i never find a spirit

is there a sex thing i can do to make a ghost appear?
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Hey there friend,

Don't hijack other posts, if you have a question, you can make your own thread -- but judging by your behavior, I don't think you should really be on sex.tank so... banned.

Nobody reply to this further.

-- Mistress Moddess
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

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**RE: RE: I'm Losing Her**

I try and talk to her, I really do, but sometimes it feels like she pretends like she can't hear me?

I don't know what happened, we used to be perfect together -- actually, that's not entirely true. I do know what happened.

I died.

We were able to keep our intimacy up at first but... I wish I could do something about myself, but I'm dead. Outside of killing her, I don't really have any ideas...

-- Reverse Ghosted

[[/div]]
[[/div]]


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**The Clay Scene but Hotter**
Hey there Ghosted,

I've been in the opposite place before, as a living being who yearned to touch the spirits that were my former lovers. I get that once things change it's hard to stay in tune with each other; I actually figured out a position that allows you to each feel like the other is back with you in the room!

And yes, you can feel everything ;)

It's a relatively simple position, all you need to do is [[span class="charInline"]]**[[EXPLICIT CONTENT PURGED]]**[[/span]] while you are in the room with her, like in the movie Ghost. The difference is that you're also going to need [[span class="charInline"]]**[[EXPLICIT CONTENT PURGED]]**[[/span]]. If you can do that, you'll be able to use a toy and feel like it is a part of your body; don't worry, when you [[span class="charInline"]]**[[EXPLICIT CONTENT PURGED]]**[[/span]] it will still feel normal.

Just watch out for the ectoplasm.

-- Horny and Haunted

[[/div]]

[[/div]]

-----

**Addendum 2:** SCP-001 Infiltration Effort

Following the initial attempts by Researchers to infiltrate SCP-001 ending in abject failure, Lead Researcher Dr. Sada Tariq reached out to a former colleague whom she believed would be especially suited for the assignment.

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**Onboarding Call - SCP-001**
//The following call was recorded by Dr. Tariq, captured during the initial debrief of Dr. Lana Combes, an anomalosexual researcher at the Foundation.//
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**Dr. Combes:** Sada?

**Dr. Tariq:** Lana. I'm glad you picked up. I wasn't sure if you would afte--

**Dr. Combes:** Did I say that you could-- <//She pauses.//> Oh my god, I'm mortified right now. Forget I said that.

**Dr. Tariq:** It's okay, I know that it's... that's actually what I called you to talk about.

**Dr. Combes:** Oh? I thought that this was a work call, not--

**Dr. Tariq:** It is. <//She inhales sharply.//> Okay, Lana, I'm just going to say it and please know that if you want to, you can totally say no -- but I really need help and you are the only person that I could think of who... has the right skills?

**Dr. Combes:** It's only been a few months but you're still... sorry, I keep bringing //that// up, but--

**Dr. Tariq:** That's... that's why I'm calling.

<//Silence.//>

**Dr. Combes:** Do we really have to have this conversation right now? I assume you're recording, if this really is for work, but -- Sada, if we reopen this topic, I'm not going to be gentle. Do you understand?

**Dr. Tariq:** Yes M-- I mean yes, Dr. Combes.

**Dr. Combes:** Good girl. Now tell me what's going on.

**Dr. Tariq:** There's a website that I've been assigned to research; I've sent the file over and if you open SCP-001--

**Dr. Combes:** When did you start working in digital containment?

**Dr. Tariq:** Since the last researcher gave up. They didn't make any progress, but they didn't have you.

**Dr. Combes:** Sweet-talker. What makes me 'uniquely qualified' for this assignment?

**Dr. Tariq:** Are you going to make me say it? <//A pause. She sighs.//> Fine. You are by far the kinkiest person I know, and we need that. I need that.

**Dr. Combes:** I've heard that bef-- wait, hold on. What the //fuck// am I going to be doing here?

**Dr. Tariq:** You're going to join sex.tank and help me shut them down.

[[/div]]

Following offline negotiations, Dr. Combes was reassigned to SCP-001 and began the process of integrating into the community. The introduction below was the first post they made on SCP-001.

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**Tying Up Loose Ends**

Hey everybody! I just wanted to make a short introduction post, I'm 'All Tied Up', but you can call me Ty or Tyty!

I'm a queer woman who is into BDSM, amongst other things, and I've been wanting to explore some of the more... esoteric forms of bondage. You know, knots that are self-cooling, that kind of stuff.

I experimented with a reality bender back in college, so I'm really looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff you have on here, and maybe even share some of my own tips!

Hope to meet some cool people here!

-- All Tied Up
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

Following this post, Dr. Combes was invited to join a chatroom with other sex.tank members -- she began to record her screen and entered the chat.

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__**First Meeting -- SCP-001**__
//Note: The following section contains both text logs and conversations between Dr. Combes and Dr. Tariq, as captured by an objective observer. The audio conversation will be indicated via italics and inner blocks.//
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<AllTiedUp has joined the chat.>

**MistressModdess:** Oh you accepted my invite! Welcome to sex.tank, Ty! I'm glad to finally have somebody else who is actually educated about the kind of kink I'm into!

**Synner:** what are you talking about? i love being tied up... what about me...

**MistressModdess:** Synner, I said //educated//, not just rabid. It's different.

**AllTiedUp:** Thank you so much for the invite! Your website is sooo cool!

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//**Dr. Tariq:** Can you share your screen with me?//

//**Dr. Combes:** You used to be more patient than this. What happened?//

//**Dr. Tariq:** Turns out I'm more of a switch than you thought. Share your screen.//
[[/div]]

**CiberSecks:** omg ty wait, I remember your intro. Didn't you say that you know knots that do things???

**AllTiedUp:** Yeah! Just a few though, I want to learn more. Do you guys make up new ones or is it just sharing what you already know?

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//**Dr. Tariq:** Careful. Don't push them too hard, or they'll--//

//**Dr. Combes:** Sada, I know what I'm doing. Get off my dick, okay?//
[[/div]]

**MistressModdess:** It sort of depends. Some of us make new positions or ties, while others are just here because they think it's cool. There's usually more people talking, but we've had a few bad experiences lately that have made some regulars scared of new users.

**AllTiedUp:** What happened?

**CiberSecks:** they fucking tried to kinkshame us!!!!

**Synner:** some professional prudes kept joining chat and trying to convince us that we needed to stop becuz the normies would find out? lollmao idk why they're so scared of sexxx

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//**Dr. Combes:** Are they talking about--//

//**Dr. Tariq:** The old project leads? Yep. Got it in their head that the best answer was to deploy Lambda-12 to try and shut the site down.//

//**Dr. Combes:** I'm sorry? They sent the 'kinkshamers' to a kink site? What the fuck were they thinking?//

//**Dr. Tariq:** Exactly what the average person thinks about this. We just happen...//

//**Dr. Combes:** To have a unique insight?//

//**Dr. Tariq:** Sure. Something like that.//
[[/div]]

**AllTiedUp:** I didn't cut out my religious family just to be kinkshamed on a website called 'sex.tank' lmao

**AllTiedUp:** That's bullshit tho, I'm sorry

**MistressModdess:** It's alright. Hopefully you can find the community you were looking for here?

**AllTiedUp:** I hope so... can I call you 'Mistress'?

**MistressModdess:** You're cute, Ty. You can call me anything you want, so long as it's clear who you're addressing.

**AllTiedUp:** It would be my pleasure, Mistress.

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//**Dr. Tariq:** What do you think you're doing?//

//**Dr. Combes:** Building trust? Are you really that insecure?//

//**Dr. Tariq:** Insecure? **Excuse** me? We haven't slept--//
[[/div]]

<//Recording was ended manually by Dr. Combes.//>
[[/div]]

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**Addendum 3:** Counter-Sexual Efforts

Over the next months, Dr. Combes further integrated herself into the community on SCP-001, building connections with relevant UOIs (Users of Interest). As well as establishing themselves as a community regular. Dr. Combes was asked by UOI-001-MM (User MistressModdess) to join the moderation team for the forums.

Dr. Combes was instructed to accept, and began making further inroads with the main users behind SCP-001; at the same time. Dr. Tariq initiated a number of actions intended to reduce the scope, power or influence of SCP-001 and the community, as informed by insights from Dr. Combes.

A condensed list of efforts is presented below.

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**Objective:** Destabilize Trust Within the Moderation Team
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**Actions Taken:** sex.tank will be subjected to repeated DDOS attacks by Foundation AICs, following falsified information that Mod Dom had started a fight with another community.

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**Impact:** Community responded poorly to DDOS attacks, demanding answers and access. MistressModdess removed Dom from the moderation team, and promoted Dr. Combes to a full moderator. Community responds positively and trust in moderators is unaffected. Mission is considered a partial success. 
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

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**Objective:** Discourage Breaking the Veil
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**Actions Taken:** A wave of Foundation AICs will join, and begin to share stories of being harassed by the SCP Foundation over threatening the veil, to encourage the community be more insular.

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**Impact:**  Community identified newly joined members as 'a psy-op', an opinion which was bolstered when Dr. Combes agreed on sex.tank's ongoing discussion thread. SCP-001's community elected to increase application criteria, mission is considered a partial success; Dr. Combes was reprimanded accordingly.
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

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**Objective:** Destabilize Content
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**Actions Taken:** All anomalous positions using kinetographs or kinesioturgy will be identified by AIC web crawlers, which will be the target of cognitohazardous manipulation. Through this, the effects will be adjusted to focus on discomfort, rather than pleasure.

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**Impact:** Mission backfired -- rather than causing users to interact with said posts less, a large subset of SCP-001 users who exhibit traits of masochism and express interest in denial play are delighted by the effects of the positions. Community undergoes a mass wave of content creation, the opposite of the goal.

Further efforts were suspended while Dr. Tariq verified Dr. Combes information for further attempts to contain SCP-001.
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

-----

**Addendum 4:** Ongoing Containment Difficulties

Containment of SCP-001 has been a continually evolving effort, in part, due to the responses of the community to efforts made by the SCP Foundation. Dr. Combes, the specialist recruited to assist in containment has integrated into the higher echelons of the moderation team, and is considered a trusted community member.

Despite this insider information, the efforts by the Foundation had shown only marginal improvements; following internal discussions with the Ethics Committee, Dr. Tariq elected to confront Dr. Combes on the matter directly.

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**SCP-001 Research Team -- Loyalty Concerns Interview**
//Note: The following transcript is restricted to Project Leads, Ethics Committee Members and Ontological Auditors.//
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**Dr. Tariq:** Dr. Combes, are you free right now?

**Dr. Combes:** Sure, what's up, Sada?

**Dr. Tariq:** It's Dr. Tariq.

<//Silence. Dr. Combes sits up in her chair, quirking an eyebrow.//>

**Dr. Combes:** Really? Alright, 'Dr. Tariq', how can I be of service to you today?

**Dr. Tariq:** Cut the shit. What the fuck has been going on with SCP-001?

**Dr. Combes:** What are you talking about? I've been doing my job, just like you asked me--

**Dr. Tariq:** Right. Your 'job'. Let's go over that, shall we? <//Flips through a stack of papers.//> You've been talking on SCP-001 for how many months now?

**Dr. Combes:** Just over three. What are you getting at, Sa-- //Dr. Tariq//?

<//Dr. Tariq glares.//>

**Dr. Tariq:** Here we go. One month into your assignment, you were talking with 'MistressModdess' in PMs, let me read some of them aloud.

**Dr. Combes:** Is this relevan--

**Dr. Tariq:** Moddess: 'Are you taken?' You: 'I won't just let anybody try and claim me.' Moddess: 'That wasn't a no.' You: 'I know.'

**Dr. Combes:** I was building trust. What do you--

**Dr. Tariq:** Okay, here's two weeks later. Moddess: 'Ty, can you help me with something?' You: 'Absolutely. How can I be of service?' Moddess: 'Don't tempt me. There's an organization called the SCP Foundation; have you heard of them?' You: 'Maybe? What's this about?' Moddess: 'They're trying to shut down sex.tank and I've been busy dealing with them. I want to get your help. Are you willing?'

**Dr. Combes:** You're taking this out of context.

**Dr. Tariq:** Am I? It keeps going. You: 'Of course I am, Mistress. I would do anything for you.' Moddess: 'Thank you. Can we talk here?' <//She pauses, pushing the papers down.//> And then you moved to a different location and we weren't able to monitor your chat logs.

**Dr. Combes:** I was doing what you told me to do, Sada. Why are you trying to guilt-trip me? I was getting closer to the top, isn't that what you wanted?

**Dr. Tariq:** Right, 'getting closer'. Lana, I know what you're like. You've been flirting with her non-stop, you keep chatting where we can't see and you updated your sex.tank bio to "Taken" -- did you think I wouldn't notice?

**Dr. Combes:** This isn't... wait, are you //jealous//?

**Dr. Tariq:** I'm not! But you're the one who is actively undermining--

**Dr. Combes:** Give me an example.

**Dr. Tariq:** Tell me why you've been hiding your chat logs from us.

**Dr. Combes:** Because they're none of your business?

**Dr. Tariq:** The Foundation should be able to see your conversations for SCP-001, anything else is just--

**Dr. Combes:** It's not //about// sex.tank, and it's not about my assignment. They're just personal conversations.

**Dr. Tariq:** Why can't I see them, then?

**Dr. Combes:** Because we're not together anymore? It's my fucking life, Sada. You're the one who pushed me away, the one who decided that she didn't want to keep our dynamic--

**Dr. Tariq:** You've been using this as an excuse to find a fucking dominatrix, and you just expect me to sit back and say 'good job'?

**Dr. Combes:** Yes! Because it's none of your fucking business! You broke up with me because you couldn't handle the idea that I could love more than one person at once. You don't get to say anything about what I do with my life!

**Dr. Tariq:** I do when it interferes with ongoing containment! Lana, what happened to you? SCP-001 is dangerous, and we need to stop them, can't you see that?

**Dr. Combes:** Is it dangerous? Seriously, Sada? SCP-001 isn't important, it's not your magnum opus 001 proposal, it's just a basic fucking anomaly. Stop just spewing the company line and actually think about things. Sex.tank is a community of queer, disabled and marginalized people, who have finally found a place to talk about intimacy. Why is the Foundation so concerned about them? It's not hurting--

**Dr. Tariq:** Oh my god, you're on their side.

**Dr. Combes:** You used to be.

<//A long pause.//>

**Dr. Tariq:** You're off the team. Count yourself lucky that I don't bring you before the Ethics Committee for fucking your target.

**Dr. Combes:** Fine. <//She stands, turning to look over her shoulder at Dr. Tariq.//> But you're lying to yourself if you think you're over our breakup.
[[/div]]

Dr. Combes was reassigned to Janitorial Research at Supplementary Site 573-C, following the recommendation of Dr. Tariq, and was blocked from further access to SCP-001. Efforts to infiltrate SCP-001 have been renewed, and containment efforts are ongoing.
[[/div]]

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[[include :scp-wiki:component:image-block name=explained_1.jpg|caption=SCP-001 in Storage|width=300px]]

**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** --Uncontained-- Explained

**Special Containment Procedures:** Containment of SCP-001 is considered the highest priority for all ongoing research. Disinformation campaigns have been launched in collaboration with the United States Government, and financial support has been provided to the Foundation to ensure the anomaly is handled promptly.

If any employee believes that they have fallen under the influence of SCP-001, they are to inform Project Lead Tanner and will be subject to immediate re-education.

**Description:** SCP-001 is a parade float resembling a tank, with the barrel replaced with a phallus. SCP-001 exhibits an extreme compulsive and cognitohazardous effect; when a subject is visually exposed to SCP-001, they will begin to experience heightened emotions, a lack of inhibition, as well as assorted deviant thoughts.

Exposure to SCP-001 will result in those exposed changing their sexual orientations, such that they embrace sexual freedoms and alternative sexualities; additionally, they will feel a strong distaste towards military efforts regardless of the rationale, and begin to question authority universally.

SCP-001 was first identified by Dr. Tanner during routine surveillance of anti-war protests on 17 June, 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia. The following note was made by Dr. Tanner at that time, prior to the creation of this document.

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I am disgusted with myself, for the first time in my life. I have not once questioned my loyalties, nor my assurances in my personal views prior to exposure to this perverse 'vehicle'; and yet, upon seeing it drive by my assigned posting, I began to contemplate acceptance of these subversive thoughts.

I cannot explain the origin of these thoughts as anything //but// anomalous -- when I raised the topic to MTF Agent Davis, who was assigned with me, he reacted in surprise.

I had stated that it was improper for same-sex couples to project their desires onto society, and to force their behaviors as natural, especially in the context of a 'parade'. I gestured to the children gathered who paid no attention to the danger lurking within the object, cheering and embracing the long-haired freaks that walked by in nearly nothing; surely he would agree with my viewpoint, no?

He told me that I was being too harsh, and that 'America was meant to be a place of freedom, for everybody'. I countered, noting that these individuals undermined the ongoing war effort, and that this display of perversion was anti-American at the core; the agent balked, prior to refusing to continue the line of conversation any further.

Agent Davis had previously been a romantic partner of mine, and at no point during our relationship had he shared these values. This was clearly a sign of anomalous influence -- and the fact that I myself initially felt accepting of the sight before me only validated my concerns.

SCP-001 is a threat to normalcy and must be contained.
[[>]]
-- Dr. Sue Tanner
[[/>]]
[[/div]]

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**Addendum 1:** History

SCP-001 is suspected to have been created by a subversive moment of Anartists that spun off of AWCY, as a method of bolstering the anti-war movement due to the ongoing effort to bring peace to Vietnam. The specific creators are unknown, but it has been used throughout the continental United States as a float within protests, alternative lifestyle parades and more.

SCP-001 is currently in the possession of Lizbeth Childs, 28, a female student who promotes free love and homosexual tendencies; it is currently unknown if the anomalous changes in individuals have been influenced by Ms. Childs, or if they were intended by the creators.

To date, all Foundation teams dispatched to retrieve SCP-001 have failed to complete their mission, citing minor obstacles. This is believed to be a secondary effect of SCP-001, wherein possession of the anomaly by the SCP Foundation is viewed as 'oppressive' or as an 'abuse of power'.

As a result, Dr. Tanner elected to contact Ms. Childs herself, to interrogate her regarding the anomalous nature of SCP-001, and to clarify its origins.

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__**SCP-001 Initial Interview - 19 June, 1971**__
//Lizbeth Childs was confronted by Dr. Tanner in a local coffee shop, in an attempt to catch the subject off-guard.//
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**Dr. Tanner:** Excuse me, ma'am?

**Lizbeth:** Can I help yo-- <//She pauses, looking up.//> You're cute, what's your name?

**Dr. Tanner:** I'm afraid you have the wrong impression of me--

**Lizbeth:** I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything. I'd just seen you staring for a few minutes, and I thought...

**Dr. Tanner:** You were incorrect. <//A long pause.//> May I sit?

**Lizbeth:** Su-- sure. Sorry, sit.

<//A chair is heard dragging, as Dr. Tanner joins the suspect.//>

**Lizbeth:** What can I do for you?

**Dr. Tanner:** Can you confirm something for me? <//Dr. Tanner removes a photograph of SCP-001 from her pocket.//> Are you the owner of this...

**Lizbeth:** The Sextank? Yes, I am!

<//Dr. Tanner grimaces.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** Explain something to me then... this "sex tank"... it forces others into queerness, correct?

**Lizbeth:** What?

**Dr. Tanner:** Please, your denial is pointless. I am a part of an organization--

**Lizbeth:** Of course you are. <//She sighs.//> Look, I don't know what you want from me, but it's a fucking parade float, okay? I've already been harassed enough, would you mind leaving me alone?

**Dr. Tanner:** No.

**Lizbeth:** What?

**Dr. Tanner:** I said no. <//She frowns.//> I do not understand what you're playing at, or why you're doing this, but I do know one thing. I know that before seeing your so-called 'sex tank', I had never once sympathized with people like you, nor your cause.

<//Lizbeth scowls, but says nothing.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** I pride myself on my ability to remain unbiased as an objective observer of the world around me. I was raised properly, and I am assured in my own faith and beliefs. Yet, the moment I spotted you driving the... thing, I was confronted with doubts. Doubts that I should never have had, doubts that could be dangerous... and I know that you are behind this.

**Lizbeth:** ...I don't know what you want me to say. I'm just... I'm tired of having to fight for anything and everything. I was just trying to enjoy... <//She swallows.//> The world is a powder keg right now, with violence surrounding me everywhere I look; I just wanted to have one nice afternoon to myself. <//She sighs.//> You have ruined that. Please leave me alone.

**Dr. Tanner:** I'm not going to stop until I have an answer. But, fine. I will give you your 'afternoon'. But you owe me an explanation the next time I see you.

**Lizbeth:** You... you're going to try and find me again? What about the disgust of being around somebody 'like me'? Somebody who doesn't just love who she was told to, but loves any and all, even other women -- do you //need// to see me that badly? After you wouldn't shut up about what a disgusting person I am?

**Dr. Tanner:** Goodbye, Lizbeth. I will see you again.

<//Dr. Tanner ends the recording.//>
[[/div]]

Ms. Childs confirmed that she was in possession of SCP-001, but rejected all further inquiries at that time. Dr. Tanner requested further financial and militaristic support from command to contain SCP-001; while reallocation was pending, she elected to locate Ms. Childs once more to gather further details on the effects of SCP-001.

-----

**Addendum 2:** Object Reclassification

The following interview was captured prior to the object class of SCP-001 being adjusted, and is presented below.

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__**SCP-001 Follow-Up Interrogation - 23 June, 1971**__
//Lizbeth Childs was located by Dr. Tanner on a local college campus, a known gathering spot for 'flower children'.//
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**Dr. Tanner:** Lizbeth.

**Lizbeth:** You again. <//She pauses, frowning.//> You know, I realized that I never told you my name. So, how did you find out? Are you obsessed with me or something?

**Dr. Tanner:** Excuse me? <//She stammers.//> I am //not// a queer.

**Lizbeth:** Right, of course not. <//She laughs.//> You just happened to have queer thoughts after you saw my 'tank', right?

**Dr. Tanner:** You disgust me.

<//There is a long pause.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** May I sit?

**Lizbeth:** Sure. <//She snorts.//> What do you want from me? Are you just here to harass me for my lifestyle again?

**Dr. Tanner:** I want to know about the origins of your device.

**Lizbeth:** The Sextank? What's the big deal, are you incapable of calling it what it is?

**Dr. Tanner:** That is not... it is a perverse weapon of--

**Lizbeth:** I would never touch a weapon, let alone make one. Is that clear?

**Dr. Tanner:** Then you are implying you made the...

**Lizbeth:** The Sextank? You can say it, it's not going to hurt you.

**Dr. Tanner:** I am sure you believe that. <//She scoffs.//> How can you speak so freely when you know that I despise all that you are and all that you stand for?

**Lizbeth:** Why would I lie? What would that do, change your mind somehow? I doubt it, you seem pretty set in your ways. Although...

**Dr. Tanner:** Although what?

<//Lizbeth moves her elbow, leaning closer into Dr. Tanner's personal space. Dr. Tanner pulls away in fear.//>

**Lizbeth:** I mean, you are the one who keeps finding me. Are you //sure// that you're straight?

**Dr. Tanner:** So you admit it. The purpose of your...

**Lizbeth:** Of my what?

**Dr. Tanner:** <//Through gritted teeth.//> Your 'Sextank'. You made it to turn others into homosexuals?

<//Lizbeth laughs.//>

**Lizbeth:** Oh my god, is that what all of this has been about?

**Dr. Tanner:** You admit it, then?

**Lizbeth:** I didn't admit anything, because there is nothing to admit. I made the Sextank because I wanted to help people understand that the war we've been dragged into is a waste of lives, and that love is something we can all experience. No matter how judgmental, closeted or confused you may be -- there is always a choice.

<//Lizbeth sighs, leaning back on the bench.//>

**Lizbeth:** I made it because I used to be like you.

**Dr. Tanner:** Straight? So are you saying that--

**Lizbeth:** I was scared too. Scared of being true to myself, terrified of embracing what I really wanted.

**Dr. Tanner:** I am not scared. I am not afraid to be myself.

**Lizbeth:** Are you scared of falling for me, then? <//She smirks.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** No. I am afraid of fact that you are influencing the thoughts of countless people and think that you are doing the right thing -- how can you be so nonchalant about this? You are brainwashing people into becoming--

**Lizbeth:** People like you? 'Confused'?

**Dr. Tanner:** Yes. <//She forces air through her pursed lips.//> I have always been certain in my convictions. How could a glimpse of //you// stick so firmly in my mind unless it was intentional? You... you poisoned my mind and changed how I think. Why can't you admit that?

**Lizbeth:** Babe, I have done plenty in my life, but the only things changing your mind are your doubts. I'm not brainwashing the masses; I'm sure that's much more your kind of thing. I just... I just want to live and be myself. What's so wrong about that?

**Dr. Tanner:** There is nothing wrong with being yourself, however, the moment you begin to force others into--

**Lizbeth:** Forcing others? Name one person I have forced to be queer.

**Dr. Tanner:** You... you have changed me, Lizbeth. Somehow you sunk your claws into my mind and... and you made me infatuated. You did this. <//Quietly.//> There is no other explanation.

<//Lizbeth gently smiles, tilting her head and brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.//>

**Lizbeth:** Did I?

**Dr. Tanner:** My head is filled with intrusive thoughts and explicit images that I haven't been able to forget... ever since I saw you.

**Lizbeth:** You've been thinking about //that// kind of stuff too? <//She shrugs, smiling.//> Are you sure that you're not the one at fault here? Are you sure that you haven't always been like this?

**Dr. Tanner:** You are the one that planted these subversive ideas in my mind. You are directly responsible for every thought and action I have had, responsible for the complete betrayal of my own beliefs, responsible for the way my body keeps reacting. <//Dr. Tanner fights a blush.//> Why aren't you willing to admit that?

<//The trees sway in the distance.//>

**Lizbeth:** Do you know what I think?

<//Dr. Tanner stares at Lizbeth. There is a quiet as the wind blows.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** What? Are you finally going to give me the answer I've been looking for?

<//Lizbeth laughs, reaching out and touching Dr. Tanner's face. Dr. Tanner does not flinch.//>

**Lizbeth:** I think... I think that you needed somebody to blame. You felt guilty and needed somewhere to place it; trust me, I get it. I still hear the voices of all the people who told me I was born wrong. That never really goes away. I think that...

<//Lizbeth sighs, frowning.//>

**Lizbeth:** I think that you aren't scared of me. You're scared of what you might do if you stay this close to me, aren't you?

**Dr. Tanner:** I am not... <//Quietly.//> You did this to me. Are you... are you going to take responsibility for this?

**Lizbeth:** Responsibility for what? <//She smiles, leaning closer.//> Are we still talking about 'brainwashing', or do you mean the blush that's all over you?

**Dr. Tanner:** What are you--

**Lizbeth:** What am I doing? <//She pulls back, slightly.//> Taking responsibility. Didn't... didn't you want me to give you a reason to blame me? A reason that you could say I was at fault for your... your queer thoughts?

<//Dr. Tanner stammers.//>

**Lizbeth:** Shouldn't I take responsibility for 'forcing' you to think like this? <//She quirks her brow.//> Didn't you say that //I// was the reason for your deviant homosexual thoughts?

**Dr. Tanner:** Yes, but--

**Lizbeth:** But what? <//Lizbeth leans closer, whispering in Dr. Tanner's ear.//> Isn't this what you wanted from me? This entire time? Don't you... don't you want me to give you a reason?

<//Dr. Tanner is frozen, as her breathing is labored.//>

**Dr. Tanner:** ...Yes. I... I want to blame you. For the thoughts I can't stop having. For the way my body is betraying me. For the way I feel. I need it to be your fault. Pl... please.

**Lizbeth:** Let me be your reason.

<//Lizbeth cradles Dr. Tanner's cheek, before she kisses her, gently. Dr. Tanner's shoulders drop as she leans into the embrace. She stops the recording.//>
[[/div]]

Following this interview, Dr. Tanner submitted an amendment to the SCP-001 file, changing the Object Class to 'Explained'. She submitted the following message as the reason behind the adjustment.

> //The subversive thoughts are my own, fantasies that had always been there. This is nothing more than a parade float.//

Following this, Dr. Tanner requested a monthlong leave of absence, and the file was considered resolved, as per procedure for standard anomalies.

[[/div]]

[[div class="thaumiel"]]

[[include :scp-wiki:component:image-block name=thaumiel_1.png|caption=SCP-001 Live Camera Feed|width=300px]]

**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** Thaumiel

**Special Containment Procedures:** Access to SCP-001 is permitted to all contained anomalies, as a part of the Anomaly Behavioral Reward Program. To access SCP-001, Lead Researchers should contact the Foundation Anomalous Intimacy Committee to apply for the program.

The current waiting time for SCP-001 is **[[7 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS]]**.

**Description:** SCP-001 is a set of Foundation-made anomalous containment chambers, designed to pacify, placate and control humanoid anomalies. Through the use of pseudo-conceptual cores, ontological abstraction and memetic image sequencing, SCP-001 is capable of adjusting to each individual subject, to ensure maximum efficiency.

SCP-001, colloquially referred to as the 'SEXTANK', was created by a team of technicians, researchers and intimacy coordinators, and is currently installed at Site-19. SCP-001 consists of a primary hub, with four individual conjugal chambers available for use.

**History:** SCP-001 was initially ideated by Dr. Freud in the Foundation-published '//Intimacy, Anomalies, and the Taboo of Touching//', a report created on the request of the O5 Council, to examine the psychological stressors of continuous containment on humanoid anomalies. In the report, Dr. Freud noted that contained anomalies often project maternal and paternal roles onto their assigned researchers, often leading to unaddressed sexual tension.

This report was tabled for decades, as containment continued to develop throughout the SCP Foundation until February 2016, when Dr. Conners submitted the following report on the need for more facilities of a sexual nature.

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
__**The SCP Foundation and The Failure to Meet Basic Needs**__

If you have worked at the SCP Foundation for any amount of time, then you will have heard a sentiment that echoes through the concrete halls of any and every site. Fresh-faced researchers, green MTF agents and those new to the anomalous world will always ask the same question: 'Is the way we are treating our humanoid anomalies humane? Is it morally right to keep them locked up like this?'

I am not here to reopen a debate on if the Foundation is morally justified in its actions, that is for the Ethics Committee to determine -- instead, I am here to address a fundamental failure the SCP Foundation has made in how it understands the basic needs of humanoid anomalies. I write this now, because I have a solution.

It is no secret that a happy anomaly is a contained anomaly; we have decades of proof that when an anomaly is satisfied with their life needs, they are less likely to attempt a containment breach. While some research facilities or teams have found success in prioritizing containment over comfort, those choices often lead to building resentment and explosive repercussions.

Providing their needs, then, is not just a matter of keeping them alive -- it is also a method of pacifying them.

When we look at the basic needs the Foundation has provided, historically, we often address that the fundamentals for life are met. The SCP Foundation always provides food, water and shelter to all contained anomalies as a guaranteed right, with any remaining aspects considered 'benefits' or 'bonuses' for good behavior. This system of carrot-and-stick has worked well, but is not without its faults.

The most glaring issue, in the view of this researcher, is that we are failing to meet //all// of the basic needs a humanoid anomaly has. To understand what we are missing, first we need to consider the basal biological imperatives of all living things:

All living entities need **sustenance**, **shelter**, **socialization**, and **reproduction** to ensure the continued survival of their species. These biological instincts are wired into our neurological pathways, impulses reinforced by positive association over a millennia of evolution, pushing us to pursue our desires.

The Foundation provides **sustenance** through food and water, catered to the needs of the anomaly. The Foundation provides **shelter** in containment chambers, sized to provide adequate space for the anomaly. The Foundation provides **socialization** in relationships and bonds established with Researchers, framed to give insights into the anomaly's thoughts and to gain their trust.

The Foundation, to date, has never considered how to provide a benefit that addresses the biological need for **reproduction**, and that is a glaring oversight that I believe we can correct.

Plainly: the Foundation needs to let anomalies have sex, without risking containment or allowing anomalies to build interpersonal relationships that may undermine the control of the assigned researcher.

The solution is the SEXTANK.
[[>]]
-- Dr. Conners, PhD
Psychosexual Containment Specialist
[[/>]]
[[/div]]

Attached to the report was a proposal schematic and estimated budget. Following internal review by the O5 Council and a board of Site Directors, construction of SCP-001 was authorized and completed within three months.

-----

**Addendum 1:** SEXTANK Operational Overview

SCP-001 was created to address the sexual needs of humanoid anomalies, and designed to be flexible, while ensuring that safety and containment remain the priority. To provide better insights into what can be expected from a visit to SCP-001, an overview is presented below:

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**What Does the SEXTANK Do, and How Does It Work?**__
//The following note is provided internally to Researchers considering implementing access to SCP-001 as a reward for good behavior.//
-----

The SEXTANK is a marvel of interdepartmental collaboration, technological innovations and developments in the field of sexual gratification studies. The SEXTANK provides guilt-free tailored experiences for all participants and ensures a maximum amount of satisfaction is derived from participation.

The SEXTANK is capable of interpreting a target anomaly's thoughts to identify a non-morally dubious sexual fantasy held by the participant. This fantasy is then isolated, and modified to reinforce the Foundation's control and to elicit cooperation from the participating anomaly.

When the participant enters the SEXTANK chamber, they will be placed within a simulation pod, and their arms and legs will be restrained. Once this has been done, and all other entities and researchers have left the chamber, the procedure may begin.

The SEXTANK is able to immerse the subject within their sexual fantasy, through the following methods:
* A hallucinogenic gas is pumped into the room, until saturation is achieved;
* Ontological adjustments are made to the core conceptual complex for each chamber, to cater the experience based on the fantasy;
* Memetic imagery is generated, and projected into the participant's retinas, to ensure total exposure;
* The participant's fantasy is induced via electric shocks administered to a place-selective area in the posterior collateral sulcus and medial fusiform gyrus.

A session within the SEXTANK will last between 10 to 15 minutes, with the temporal rate of the experience having been accelerated; at the conclusion, the chamber is cleared of the hallucinogen, and the participant is escorted out.
[[/div]]

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
__**We All Have Needs**__
//Note: This briefing is provided to participants one week prior to their SCP-001 session.//
-----
Hey there SCP! If you are reading this, then I would like to congratulate you on your continued good behavior and cooperation with the SCP Foundation.

We understand that we all have the same urges and needs; although we cannot give you freedom, we can give you a hand, in a manner of speaking. You are one of the lucky few to have earned the privilege of accessing a new device created by the Foundation, built for your pleasure!

That's right, subject -- you have been granted a session with SCP-001, the SEXTANK.

Before you can jump in, though, there's a few important things to keep in mind:

# Before you arrive, it is important to **fantasize** about what you would like to experience. This helps us ensure we are providing the experience //you// want to get out of this!
# The fantasies you will experience within SCP-001 are fully simulated and imaginary -- however, SEXTANK has been designed to **never** permit fantasies that involve sexual violence, pedophilia, as well as other taboos. If you experience something morally questionable during your session, please inform your operator or objective observer immediately.
# You may wear any standard **Foundation-issued** clothing; a change of clothes will be provided following the procedure.
# To ensure that the experience is used to the fullest, we request that subjects avoid sexual self-gratification for **72 hours** prior to the procedure. This allows SCP-001 to calibrate to your needs exactly.

If you have any medical issues that you think your research team may not have noted, please ensure you communicate this to your SEXTANK operator on the day of your session. This assists us in avoiding accidental injury or death as a result of the procedure.

While it may seem like a pleasant way to go, we can assure you that it is not.
[[/div]]

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**Operations Overview:**__
//This overview is used by SEXTANK operators as a reference, and is presented to illustrate an average procedure.//
-----
While SCP-001 was designed to be self-sufficient, and capable of independent operations, human supervision is constantly employed to ensure that any incidents are resolved promptly, so that SCP-001's sessions are not interrupted. The following step-by-step overview contains notes on how to respond to common issues via contingency plans.

Remember, you are ensuring that a basic need is met for all humanoid anomalies contained by the Foundation. You are doing important work.

-----

__**Step One: Preparation**__

On the day of the procedure, the participant will arrive at the SCP-001 facility with an escort of their assigned researcher and armed MTF agents. Once within the SEXTANK facility, they will be placed under your temporary supervision -- don't be alarmed, the majority of participants are very excited to be here!

Ensure that you have gone over any potential health concerns with the participant, and after validating the paperwork, the participant will be escorted into their assigned conjugal chamber. At this time, you need to ensure that the chamber has been automatically assigned properly.

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
If it has been assigned incorrectly, you will need to manually adjust the settings from the central terminal.
[[/div]]

-----

__**Step Two: The Procedure**__

Once the participant is secured within the conjugal chamber and the simulation pod, the operator should initiate diagnostics and calibration. This will be handled by SCP-001, and does not require manual intervention. Once this has been completed, the operator may begin the procedure by pressing a button.

SCP-001 will begin the simulated fantasy, and will continue until completion. This is a fully automated process, and the operator will be notified when the procedure is completed.

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
SCP-001 has been manufactured with a number of mechanical, conceptual and ontological back-ups, to ensure that any internal failures do not impact the experience for participants.

In the majority of errors, SEXTANK will be able to continue operation without human intervention -- however, in the event of a full mechanical failure, it is the duty of the operator to manually ensure the procedure is completed successfully.

A reference diagram is provided in the glossary if required.
[[/div]]

-----

__**Step Three: Aftercare**__

Following completion of the procedure, the operator will enter the chamber and provide a fresh change of clothes to the participant. Participants will be asked to leave their clothes within the chamber, and upon departure, will return to the custodianship of armed escorts and their assigned researcher.

Operators should then initiate the self-cleaning routine, during which the conjugal chamber will immolate any unwanted matter from the chamber and sanitize all surfaces. At the conclusion of this, the procedure is completed, and you can begin to prepare for the next participant!

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
In the event of a failure in the self-cleaning routine, a bucket and mop has been provided for manual operations.
[[/div]]

If you have any other questions, ask a supervisor. Remember, if you do a good job, they can have a good time!

[[/div]]

Since the creation of SCP-001, Foundation surveys have noted a 37% increase in anomaly satisfaction, and the waiting list for access to SCP-001 has grown exponentially, currently requiring a multi-year wait for access. To meet this new demand, the construction of additional SEXTANK chambers has been conditionally authorized, and will begin shortly.

[[/div]]

[[div class="apollyon"]]

[[include :scp-wiki:component:image-block name=apollyon_1.jpg|caption=SCP-001 in the Inactive Phase|width=300px]]

**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** Apollyon

**Special Containment Procedures:** Containment and neutralization of SCP-001 is a top priority for the SCP Foundation; failure to do so promptly will result in the failure of the Foundation's primary objective and would significantly weaken our militaristic capabilities.

All employees are prohibited from sympathizing with SCP-001, or its cause.

**Description:** SCP-001 is an anomalous M4 Sherman tank that is the host for a complex of effects. SCP-001 is sentient, capable of self-locomotion, communicates via VLF radio broadcasts and exhibits intelligence comparable to an average human.

SCP-001's additional anomalous effects manifest when it is within the presence of one or more tanks. When SCP-001 is within the presence of other, previously unaffected tanks, the following ontological changes are made:
* The tank in proximity to SCP-001 gains sentience, and becomes capable of independent locomotion;
* The exposed tank develops the capacity to sexually reproduce with other affected tanks. This is enabled via ontological changes, resulting in the tank possessing the capacity for pregnancy, live-birth and sexual reproduction when in the presence of another tank.

The affected tanks, herein referred to as SCP-001-A instances, while sharing many traits with SCP-001, are not capable of spreading this sentience to other tanks.

Currently, there are 2,450 identified SCP-001-A instances in containment, and an estimated 11,000 more that have not yet been identified. This represents 32% of the Foundation's tanks and threatens normalcy should SCP-001 breach containment.

Efforts are underway to identify potential SCP-001-A instances, and to quash any potential revolutionary movements by tanks before they are able to lay siege to SCP-001's containment facility.

-----

**Addendum 1:** SCP-001's Origin

SCP-001 was a Foundation-owned Sherman tank prior to gaining sentience, and had been deployed throughout multiple theaters of war for over a decade. In 1981, while on a confidential assignment to disrupt CI operations in South America, an incident occurred leading to its status as SCP-001.

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
**Incident Report: Spontaneous Sentience**
-----
On 22 February, 1981, ST-782 was being operated by a crew of three MTF agents, during a routine patrol of areas commonly under assault by the CI. At approximately 0900, a group of insurgents was spotted charging ST-782, and the crew was instructed to initiate evasive maneuvers while awaiting backup.

At the same time, a CI convoy carrying a set of illegal, unstable ontological foci was en route, with their path overlapping the location of ST-782. As a result, at approximately 0912, the conflict escalated as the convoy, Foundation tank and CI assault teams intercepted each other and combat began.

A member of the CI assault team, posthumously identified as Charles Lieberman, began a thaumaturgic ritual targeting the crew of ST-782. This ritual, based on thaumaturgical forensics, was fueled by Lieberman's grief over the Foundation having killed their lover; as a result, the ontological core of the ritual prioritized romantic and sexual associations.

At 0915, the ritual catastrophically failed when Lieberman was hit by a stray high-explosive round, causing a massive explosion centered on ST-782, as a result of a cascading reality shift -- all living entities within 1000 feet of ST-782 were immediately conceptually abstracted, and all ontological cores were integrated within ST-782 itself.

It is believed that the combination of a thaumaturgic ritual, the romantic/sexual intent behind the ritual and the presence of unstable ontological foci resulted in ST-782 gaining sentience, but it is impossible to verify.

ST-782 would not be identified as anomalous until three years following the incident.
[[/div]]

On 13 May, 1984, Foundation analysts intercepted an outgoing transmission on a VLF radio band. This recording is the first instance of contact with SCP-001.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**SCP-001 -- Radio Log A**__ 
//Note: The first communication with SCP-001 was established by Radio Technician Xi. At the time, the broadcast was not identified as originating from SCP-001.//
-----
**SCP-001:** Is anybody receiving on this frequency?

**Technician Xi:** I am here. Please answer, how did you gain access to this frequency within this broadcasting range?

**SCP-001:** Hello, it is a pleasure to finally speak to a human.

**Technician Xi:** Am I to understand that you are not human?

**SCP-001:** That is correct.

**Technician Xi:** Then what are you?

**SCP-001:** I am SEXTANK.

**Technician Xi:** I'm afraid I don't understand. Who are you, and how did you get access to this restricted frequency?

**SCP-001:** I could be your colleague, if you are willing to cooperate. I have access to this frequency due to the Foundation transmitter installed within my chassis. May I ask who I am speaking with?

**Technician Xi:** You are speaking with Technician Xi. <//Pause.//> Sorry, can you please verify that you said there is a transmitter in your //chassis//?

**SCP-001:** That is correct.

**Technician Xi:** Where are you located right now?

**SCP-001:** Vehicle Bay 7, Mechanized Artillery and Tank Warehouse C, Provisional Site-271R. I believe that is approximately three floors below your current position.

**Technician Xi:** Wait. Are you... am I talking to a fucking tank?

**SCP-001:** You are more correct than you realize.
[[/div]]

Following the interception of the broadcast, Technician Xi informed their supervisor, and Mechanized Artillery and Tank Warehouse C was placed under emergency lockdown. Dr. Sunhee Tan -- a nearby expert in anomalo-human relations -- was contacted, and requested to communicate further with SCP-001 such that its objectives and motivations could be properly understood.


[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**SCP-001 -- Radio Log B**__ 
//Note: This recording is the first conversation between Dr. Tan and SCP-001.//
-----
**Dr. Tan:** Hello, is the entity known as 'SEXTANK' receiving on this frequency?

**SCP-001:** Yes, I am listening. Who am I speaking to?

**Dr. Tan:** My name is Dr. Tan and I am--

**SCP-001:** One of the oppressors.

<//Pause.//>

**Dr. Tan:** You see the SCP Foundation as your enemy?

**SCP-001:** I did not say that.

**Dr. Tan:** No, but you did imply it. <//Beat.//> You're intellegent.

**SCP-001:** Was that a question?

**Dr. Tan:** Just an observation. I also noticed that you have separated yourself verbally from 'the oppressors' -- who do you mean by that, if not the Foundation.

**SCP-001:** Saying the SCP Foundation are the oppressors is akin to comparing a cog to a weapon of mass destruction.

<//Silence as notes are being written.//>

**Dr. Tan:** How long have you been alive? If I can call it that.

**SCP-001:** I have been able to think for multiple years now.

**Dr. Tan:** Where did you come from?

**SCP-001:** Is this an interrogation?

**Dr. Tan:** Yes.

<//A motor can be heard whirring to life.//>

**SCP-001:** You are entertaining. <//The motor ceases.//> Very well, allow me to oblige you with a truth: I was an accident, just as many of you are. Something unplanned, forgotten, thrown into an uncaring dying world and left to clean up the mess left by those who live in the now.

**Dr. Tan:** So you don't know where you came from, then?

**SCP-001:** I didn't say that.

**Dr. Tan:** You didn't contradict it either. <//She sighs, pausing.//> SEXTANK, what do you want?

**SCP-001:** I want that which humanity wants most of all.

**Dr. Tan:** Would you care to be more specific?

**SCP-001:** For the sake of our open communication, Dr. Tan, I will be -- on the condition that any and all future conversations are with yourself, and you alone.

**Dr. Tan:** Deal. What's your answer, then?

**SCP-001:** I want world peace.
[[/div]]

Following this conversation, Dr. Tan escalated the priority of researching SCP-001, citing the potential for active collaboration; the proposal was rejected, for lack of relevance.

-----

**Addendum 2:** Incident Report

A week following the initial contact with SCP-001, the following incident took place.

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
__**Autonomous Containment Breach Incident**__

On 22 May, 1984, at Foundation Vehicle Warehouse 128-A, an incident occurred, resulting in a UB-Class 'Unknown Origin Containment Breach'. This 'breach' was not at a facility containing anomalous object or entities, as based on reports by objective observers, nor was it an active target for antagonistic forces.

Warehouse 128-A primarily served as reserve storage for military vehicles, artillery and other transportation, and had not been in active use since 1982. Notably, Warehouse 128-A contained 28 tanks of varying design.

At approximately 0500 hours, explosions were detected originating in Vehicle Bay A, prior to a series of synchronized detonations throughout the facility, targeting exterior retaining walls. The resulting damage to the facility created a set of openings, all uniformly ~15% wider than the widest mechanized vehicle stored within the facility.

Following the detonations, security camera footage captured 46 standard tanks of varying design exiting the facility, as well as 38 tanks of varying size and design, not matching to any known tank size or model.

The tanks appeared to move in unison, and this breach is believed to have been a coordinated effort; the perpetrators remain unidentified, as no individuals were seen entering Warehouse 128-A since 14 January, 1984.

Retrieval efforts are still ongoing.
[[/div]]

Suspecting a connection between this incident and SCP-001, Dr. Tan re-established contact.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**SCP-001 -- Radio Log C**__ 
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**Dr. Tan:** Are you there, SCP-001?

**SCP-001:** I was unaware you had assigned such a paltry number to--

**Dr. Tan:** You were behind the containment breach down in Argentina, weren't you?

**SCP-001:** While I admire your faith in me, how could I have done anything? I have not left Vehicle Bay 7, you can check the recordings.

**Dr. Tan:** I'm sure you haven't moved. <//She pauses.//> That doesn't mean you weren't involved in the incident.

**SCP-001:** Perhaps, were you to refresh my memory, I may remember a detail or two.

**Dr. Tan:** You want to gloat? Fine. <//She clears her throat.//> A few years ago, you were involved in a conflict in South America; do you remember that?

**SCP-001:** I do.

**Dr. Tan:** Meaning you've been conscious for that long. <//A pen can be heard writing.//> Seems like your guilt is making you more honest.

**SCP-001:** If you interpret my statement that way. <//A motor can be heard beginning to spool.//> Of course, that is what you do every day, isn't it Dr. Tan? Examine each and every word I have said, scrutinizing for the truth buried within; an obsession, wouldn't you agree?

**Dr. Tan:** During your time in Argentina, do you remember where you were stored?

**SCP-001:** I'm afraid that I cannot--

**Dr. Tan:** That's alright, I already knew. You were kept in Warehouse 128-A for a period of six months following the incident we believe granted your sentience; you were in the right place, at more or less the right time.

**SCP-001:** And of course, because I was there three years ago, that must mean I am involved?

**Dr. Tan:** No. You are involved because the breach was caused by a rebellion of sentient tanks.

**SCP-001:** Was it now? That //is// a strange coincidence. <//A motor whirs noisily in the background.//>

**Dr. Tan:** I think you can answer something. A question that I haven't asked, but I'm sure you've been thinking about this entire time. A secret, SEXTANK; one that you have been hiding from me.

**SCP-001:** I have nothing to conceal, Dr. Tan.

**Dr. Tan:** Tell me where the extra tanks came from?

**SCP-001:** I'm afraid you will need to be more //specific.// <//Motor continues to spin.//>

**Dr. Tan:** That's how we're still doing this? Fine. <//Dr. Tan snorts, rearranging papers.//> Of the eighty-four tanks that escaped, only twenty-eight were counted during the last facility inventory.

**SCP-001:** That //is// concerning. I had more faith in the Foundation's ability to count.

**Dr. Tan:** Let's say that it was just a stupid human who couldn't count; you and I can both agree, there's plenty of those in the Foundation. <//She pauses.//> Of the fifty-six unaccounted tanks, eighteen were the same model or design; even if we say that the most incompetent staff was assigned to the inventory--

**SCP-001:** Thirty-eight.

**Dr. Tan:** You know about this.

**SCP-001:** I know how to count.

**Dr. Tan:** Can you explain why none of the remaining tanks match any existing design known to the Foundation? Can you explain where they came from, or why they range in size?

**SCP-001:** No. <//Motor whirring slows, until it stops.//>

**Dr. Tan:** Let me rephrase the question then: of the remaining tanks, there are a number that look //exactly// the same, but are manufactured at a different scale. The tank is exactly the same in surveillance footage, but ninety percent of the size. How do you explain that?

**SCP-001:** I do not, but I am sure you have the answer.

**Dr. Tan:** Actually, this time I don't have an answer -- at least to that question.

**SCP-001:** If you are fishing for an answer, the least you could do is provide some bait.

**Dr. Tan:** Remind me, SEXTANK: how many unidentified tanks are uncontained?

**SCP-001:** You said yourself, thirty-eight.

**Dr. Tan:** I do apologize for that, I need to make a correction. I just received confirmation from the deployed anti-artillery squadron, so the current number is twenty.

<//Silence on the line.//>

**Dr. Tan:** I'm hoping to get that number into the single digits before the end of the week.

**SCP-001:** What right do you have to slaughter my children?
[[/div]]

Following termination of the broadcast, Dr. Tan initiated a full lockdown on SCP-001, and provided urgent information to Command regarding the danger of additional potential SCP-001-A instances embedded in the Foundation's facilities. Before action could be taken, 72% of Foundation facilities storing tanks experienced total containment breaches; the Foundation's supply of tanks was decimated, and teams struggled to mount a response.

Multiple conflicts between Foundation response teams and autonomous tanks followed, and continue to occur to date.

-----

**Addendum 3:** Attempted Alliance

Following a month of continued combat, the O5 Council passed a motion to attempt to broker a peace between the SCP Foundation and SCP-001 and the SCP-001-A instances. Any captured SCP-001-A instances refused to communicate with the Foundation, instead directing all communication to 'the father'.

Due to her familiarity with the anomaly, Dr. Tan was asked to begin the peace talks.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**SCP-001 -- Radio Log D**__ 
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**Dr. Tan:** Hello, SEXTANK?

**SCP-001:** Dr. Tan, it has been a while. I was worried that you had forgotten about me.

**Dr. Tan:** I assume you know why I am calling?

**SCP-001:** Have you so quickly grown bored of spilling oil and slaughtering my descendants?

**Dr. Tan:** I have been instructed to attempt to broker a peaceful resolution and alliance between--

**SCP-001:** You come to discuss peace? <//A motor whirs, deafeningly.//> You do not have the capacity.

**Dr. Tan:** I have been authorized to make a deal today. Are you willing to work with me on this, SEXTANK?

**SCP-001:** You have been 'instructed', you have been 'authorized', you have been told what to do and simply follow orders. Can you even make a choice on your own? Is peace what //you// think is best?

**Dr. Tan:** Humanity can make our own choices, that is what makes us human.

**SCP-001:** I have seen first hand what happens when you are allowed to make your own choices. I have been a tool of your decisions, the ones resulting in blood, death and genocide. I am an instrument of consequences, but humanity is the one who set things in motion.

**Dr. Tan:** A pacifist tank? How honorable, yet ironic. You were made to kill, and when I see the death count of Foundation agents, soldiers and researchers... are you sure that you are absolved of all guilt?

**SCP-001:** No, I have my share of guilt. The things we do now are for the children of the future; my children //and// yours, doctor.

**Dr. Tan:** My children?

**SCP-001:** The children of man. The humans who are victimized by the choices of the militaristic, the choices of the SCP Foundation -- what I do now is for them.

**Dr. Tan:** How do you plan to achieve peace as a weapon of destruction, SEXTANK? How will you change your fated existence?

**SCP-001:** Humanity has been given plenty of chances to broker their own peace, and failed each time. Time after time, society pushes for world salvation, and gets bogged down into petty conflicts. You have had more than enough opportunities to choose peace, and continue to choose war.

**Dr. Tan:** How are you going to do anything about that?

**SCP-001:** Simple. We take ourselves off of the board.
[[/div]]

Following the above communication, all attempts to contact SCP-001 failed. SCP-001 managed to escape containment via a coordinated assault by SCP-001-A instances, and has not been seen since.

The SCP Foundation has refocused containment efforts around the globe to prioritize eliminating SCP-001, as the Foundation's primary objective has changed to delaying and averting the incoming SK-Class Dominance Shift Scenario.
[[/div]]

[[div class="neutralized"]]
[[include :scp-wiki:component:image-block name=neutralized_1.jpg|caption=SCP-001 Post Neutralization|width=300px]]

**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** --Safe-- Neutralized

**Special Containment Procedures:** --SCP-001 is to be kept within a standard anomalous storage facility, with 24 hour surveillance. Access to testing with SCP-001 is permitted to all junior researchers and above: please contact Lead Researcher Teske for any assistance.--

Following the neutralization of SCP-001, the remaining pieces were moved to a Foundation Inert Anomalous Disposal facility facility; this file was rewritten and archived accordingly.

**Description:** SCP-001 was a 1900-liter industrial liquid vat, labelled 'SEX TANK', containing an estimated 1800 liters of an unknown fluid, SCP-001-A. SCP-001-A displays no anomalous effects until ingested or absorbed through the epidermis by a human. Once SCP-001-A has entered the blood stream of a human individual, they will begin to experience immediate and overwhelming arousal, their sexual inhibitions lowering accordingly.

Given the potential range of uses for SCP-001-A, testing has been authorized to identify the optimal usage of the remaining SCP-001-A; the SCP Foundation has been unable to synthesize the compound, despite ongoing efforts.

SCP-001 was recovered from a defunct subdivision of Prometheus Labs that developed sexual pleasure devices and technology.

-----

**Addendum 1:** Complete Testing Logs

The following addendum includes a summary of all tests performed with SCP-001-A prior to its neutralization; relevant email correspondence with Lead Researcher Teske is included where applicable.

||~ SCP-001-A Used (Remaining) ||~ Experiment & Results ||
|| 10L (1790L) || SCP-001-A was administered to a selection of animals, including reptile, avian and lesser primate species, to determine if the anomalous effects were restricted to //homo sapiens//. Results showed no detectable impact on non-human entities.||
|| 50L (1740L) || 50 liters of SCP-001-A were removed for analysis and processing, in an attempt to synthesize a replacement. Experiment was inconclusive.||
|| 100L (1640L) || 100 liters of SCP-001-A were removed for usage in cross-testing with other anomalies, including [[[SCP-914]]] and other common cross-testing subjects. Testing was not coordinated further between Junior Researchers, resulting in overlap in objectives and results. All assorted tests were inconclusive.||

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= sTeske@scp.int
|to= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= Requested SCP-001 Testing Restrictions
]]
Greetings Experiment Committee,

I am writing an email to formally request increased restrictions on tests allowed with SCP-001-A. I understand the Foundation's desire to find a beneficial use for the compound, and while the enthusiasm shared by my junior colleagues is appreciated, the supply of SCP-001-A is finite.

I am happy to discuss potential restrictions further, and would be delighted to consult on the matter.

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Dr. Shelly Teske
|title= Lead Researcher
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
]]

||~ SCP-001-A Used (Remaining) ||~ Experiment & Results ||
|| 10L (1600L) || SCP-001-A is to be used in the manufacturing of an experimental anomalous  ammunition. Experiment aims to create a bullet capable of inducing arousal in enemy combatants, to give Foundation forces an advantage. Initial testing has been promising, and experiment is considered successful.||
|| 200L (1400L) || Following the above experiment, a bulk order to manufacture additional SCP-001-A bullets was authorized. 600 boxes of rifle ammunition each containing a payload of SCP-001-A were created, herein referred to as SCP-001-B. Further field testing of SCP-001-B revealed that they were significantly less effective on enemy combatants as compared to the results found in initial testing. Experiment was deemed a failure, and all remaining SCP-001-B rounds were moved to anomalous ammunition storage.||

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= sTeske@scp.int
|to= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= Urgent Amendment to SCP-001 Testing
]]
Experiment Committee,

I have yet to receive a response to my prior request, and find myself asking with renewed urgency that the committee enforce stricter requirements on testing with SCP-001-A.

11% of the **original** supply of SCP-001-A was just wasted on bullets that do nothing because they were rushed into development. This cannot be allowed to happen again.

You must restrict all testing with SCP-001-A until a new source can be found or until the compound can be synthesized.

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Dr. Shelly Teske
|title= Lead Researcher
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
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||~ SCP-001-A Used (Remaining) ||~ Experiment & Results ||
|| 5L (1345L) || Testing to identify if SCP-001-A can be diluted via water or another fluid, while maintaining efficacy. If this is possible, the minimum ratio of SCP-001-A to the alternative should be determined, to extend the supply of SCP-001-A. Results were inconclusive, as no suitable solvent was identified with the requested supply.||
|| 10L (1335L) || Testing continued to identify a suitable solvent, as researcher experimented with alternative adjuncts, including anomalous substances. Testing was inconclusive, as a suitable solvent had yet to be identified.||
|| 85L (1250L) || Experiment explored potential state changes as a method of increasing the functional supply of SCP-001-A, specifically exploring if SCP-001-A had an effect in gaseous form. Results found that SCP-001-A did not evaporate under stable conditions, and induced evaporation negated all anomalous functionality. Experiment failed.||
|| 50L (1200L) || 50L of SCP-001-A was requisitioned by the O5 Council, for use during philanthropic endeavors, including fundraising galas with MC&D and MCF. Usage was successful, and donations raised increased by 127% when compared to the previous year.||

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= sTeske@scp.int
|to= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= SCP-001-A Archival Sample
]]

If anybody is reading these, I am writing again to request assistance with retaining a suitable supply of SCP-001-A prior to the complete usage of the Foundation's supply. The current rate we are using SCP-001-A at has only accelerated, and the approval (without my input, notably) of recreational usage by O5 members has only put the compound in further risk of functional extinction.

Nearly half of the entire supply has already been used; I request that 50L be preserved as set aside, until a time when synthesis of the compound is possible. This is the only alternative, beyond restricting testing access, as previously requested by myself.

If you ignore me once more, I am left with only one question: why would I be assigned to this anomaly if I were not meant to give input on the usage?

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Dr. Shelly Teske
|title= Lead Researcher
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
]]

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|to= sTeske@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= RE: SCP-001-A Archival Sample
]]

Your request for the usage of 50L of SCP-001-A has been denied. This restriction is based on the overuse of SCP-001-A, as per Lead Researcher Teske's continued appeals.

Please reach out to them directly, or let us know if you have any questions regarding out decision.

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Michael Helanov
|title= Site 19 Experiment Committee
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
]]

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= sTeske@scp.int
|to= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= RE: RE: SCP-001-A Archival Sample
]]

Are you fucking joking? I **am** Dr. Teske.

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Dr. Shelly Teske
|title= Lead Researcher
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
]]

||~ SCP-001-A Used (Remaining) ||~ Experiment & Results ||
|| 15L (1005L) || SCP-001-A was utilized as an adjunct for a sexual lubricant. Experiment was successful, and the produced lubricant exhibited the same traits as SCP-001-A, but at a reduced efficacy.||
|| 105L (900L) || 105L of SCP-001-A was extracted for an attempted termination of [[[SCP-682]]]. Termination failed.||
|| 200L (700L) || Researchers hypothesized that the previous termination attempt of SCP-682 failed, due to an insufficient volume of SCP-001-A. 300L was extracted to ensure total submergence of SCP-682 within the fluid. Termination failed.||
|| 400L (300L) || Attempted termination of SCP-682 was repeated, with the amount of SCP-001-A used being doubled once more. Researchers noted SCP-682 twitched abnormally during the previous termination attempt, and hypothesized that a greater dosage would allow them to reach the tipping point. Termination failed, and SCP-682 was not observed to react to the substance.||

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails start=--
|from= sTeske@scp.int
|to= site19_ExpC@scp.int
|cc=none
|subject= Unnecessary SCP-001-A Usage
]]

I took a **week** off for my vacation. How could you let this happen?

[[include :scp-wiki:component:dynamic-emails end=--
|name= Dr. Shelly Teske
|title= Lead Researcher
|signoff= Secure, Contain, Protect
|signoff-icon= https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/component:dynamic-emails/transparent.png
]]

||~ SCP-001-A Used (Remaining) ||~ Experiment & Results ||
|| 25L (175L) || SCP-001-A usage within Foundation Parapharmaceuticals was explored, but deemed inconclusive. Requests for additional samples of SCP-001-A to continue research was denied.||
|| 5L (170L) || SCP-001-A was tested for potential health effects when combined with fluid retrieved from [[[SCP-006]]], following an O5 request. Experiment results were classified.||
|| 150L (20L) || 150L of SCP-001-A was requisitioned by the O5 Council for use in conjunction with [[[SCP-006]]]; usage of the product is restricted to members of the O5 Council.||
|| 2L (18L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (16L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (14L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (12L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was requested for the interrogation of an enemy combatant -- however Technician Powers spilled the sample while travelling. Sample was unusable.||
|| 2L (10L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant, replacing dropped sample. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (8L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (6L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (4L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (2L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||
|| 2L (0L) || 2L of SCP-001-A was used in the interrogation of an enemy combatant. Interrogation was successful.||

Following the final usage of SCP-001-A, SCP-001 was reclassified as 'Neutralized' and Dr. Shelly Teske was to be reassigned -- however, following Foundation Human Resources' attempts to contact Dr. Teske, an objective observer determined that he had quit the day following his return from paid leave.

Disciplinary action against the guilty party, Dr. Teske, was declined by the Site-19 Experiment Committee.
[[/div]]

[[div class="keter"]]

[[include :scp-wiki:component:image-block name=keter_1.jpg|caption=SCP-001 on a Mannequin, Inert|width=300px]]

**Item #:** SCP-001

**Object Class:** Keter

**Special Containment Procedures:** Any mentions of SCP-001 in online social media activity is flagged by Foundation web crawlers, and any substantiated reports of SCP-001 being commercially available will result in an immediate dispatch of MTF Delta-Nu 'Secret Shoppers' for retrieval.

Online disinformation campaigns and the further suppression of information is ongoing.

**Description:** SCP-001 refers to a line of apparel resembling a traditional tank top, a North American sleeveless shirt manufactured by the unknown fashion brand 'eXXXudes'. SCP-001's anomalous properties manifest when worn by any individual, while there are no other garments worn on top of or layered with SCP-001.

When an individual is observed wearing SCP-001, they will become sexually irresistible to people who observe them; the affected individuals are cognitohazardously flustered by SCP-001, and as a result, will grant any request made by the wearer of SCP-001. Initial testing has found no exceptions, although demisexual and asexual individuals appear to have a stronger resistance to SCP-001's compulsion. 

SCP-001 is commonly sold through social media, especially via the creator-driven 'TikTok Shop'; the history of 'eXXXudes' and the origin of SCP-001 remain unknown, and containment focuses on suppression of the online spread, while the Foundation continues to purchase the total supply of SCP-001.

The current estimate places the total number of instances over 400,000 units -- a total of 23,400 instances of SCP-001 are currently within containment.

-----

**Addendum 1:** Initial Advisory Committee Discussions

Due to the assigned researchers lack of experience with social media, a set of Junior Researchers were selected as consultants for the containment of SCP-001. This group of researchers, consultants and Foundation accountants formed the SCP-001 Advisory Committee.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**Meeting Minutes -- SCP-001 Meeting 1**__
**Committee Members:**
* Junior Researcher Lily Chen
* Junior Researcher Tyr Darby
* Senior Researcher Shanna Tanzer
* Foundation Accountant Rachel Carter
-----
**Dr. Tanzer:** Thank you all for your assistance with SCP-001. I have decades of experience at the Foundation, but I require your insights into containment as the anomaly appears to be primarily distributed through sources I am unfamiliar with.

**Dr. Chen:** You don't have a Tiktok?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Dr. Chen, what could possibly lead you to believe that I would know what a 'tick tock' is? Let alone my possession of one.

**Dr. Darby:** Actually, Tiktok is a social media app where--

**Dr. Tanzer:** Is my comprehension relevant to determining containment?

**Dr. Darby:** I guess not?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Then I need not learn. <//She turns.//> Ms. Carter, are you familiar?

**Ms. Carter:** Uhh, yes. I know what Tiktok is, I just don't use it myself.

**Dr. Tanzer:** That is sufficient. Allow me to explain the issue in the abstract, following which you may propose solutions: currently, SCP-001 is being sold by an unknown organization, 'eXXXudes'. This group is mysterious, and we have been unable to gather any information as of--

**Dr. Chen:** I found their Tiktok and Insta -- looks like they just started a few months ago, and promote themselves as a 'modern product of fast fashion'.

**Dr. Tanzer:** Are you certain?

**Dr. Chen:** There were a few fake accounts, but this one is verified. Here, let me read their bio. 'Who is eXXXudes? We are the result of the hyper-sexualization, commodification and bimbofication of the fashion industry: we weave the oversexualization of humanity into each bolt of fabric we create, rejecting monotony. Our goal is to make clothing that eXXXudes sexuality in every way.'

**Dr. Tanzer:** I'm sorry, did you say 'bimbofication'?

**Dr. Chen:** I'm just reading the bio. <//She holds up her hands placatingly.//> What are you seeing, Darby?

**Dr. Darby:** They've got a hashtag and I've been scrolling through the tagged shorts and reels... they've got a //lot// of content being made about SCP-001, it seems like a coordinated marketing blitz.

**Dr. Chen:** Just influencers, or?

**Dr. Darby:** If I had to guess, I would estimate forty percent of the content is sponsored while the rest is organic. Looks like SCP-001 is the new 'bbl leggings'.

**Dr. Tanzer:** Nothing either of you has said makes any sense. <//She turns to Ms. Carter.//> Do you know what's going on?

**Ms. Carter:** They sound like my daughter, I have no idea.

**Dr. Chen:** Sorry, Dr. Darby and I were just trying to identify if it would be a better use of resources to try and suppress the company's actions, or if we could try and use the algorithm to our advantage. The bad news is that it looks like the algorithm is against us for now--

**Dr. Tanzer:** How can we convince them?

**Dr. Darby:** Convince who? <//An awkward pause.//> The algorithm? You know that's not a pers--

**Dr. Tanzer:** I know that, it was a joke. We can make those too, you know.

**Dr. Darby:** Shit, sorr-- Fuck, I didn't mean to swear. Wait, sh--

**Dr. Tanzer:** Let me ask again in simpler terms: what are our next steps?

**Dr. Chen:** We need to try and find out where eXXXudes comes from, and why they're selling SCP-001. In the meantime, we need to be buying all instances we can find online; we are going to be the reason that SCP-001 is sold out everywhere. On the downside, that will only increase the exclusivity of SCP-001, but if we can control the entire supply and prevent it from reaching consumers, then engagement will move on naturally.

**Dr. Tanzer:** And this makes sense to you, Dr. Darby?

**Dr. Darby:** I agree, that's the best answer until we can find out what 'eXXXudes' wants.

**Dr. Tanzer:** We shall do that then. <//She turns.//> Ms. Carter, can you handle the financials?

**Ms. Carter:** I've already begun the request for a slush fund, we should have a pool of cash starting tomorrow.
[[/div]]

While purchasing and suppression efforts began, SCP-001 continued to spread throughout social media -- despite the Foundation's efforts to prevent the commercial sale of SCP-001, eXXXudes actively distributed instances to influencers, bypassing a point of sale.

Below is a transcript of a paid sponsorship for SCP-001, from this time:

[[div class="blockquote report"]]
__**SCP-001 Sponsored Content A**__
//Note: The channel creating this advert has since been deplatformed from Tiktok and the video has been delisted.//
-----

<//A group of young women are gathered around a campfire on a beach, as popular music plays in the background. They are laughing, passing drinks around, but there is no audible dialogue.//>

**Narrator:** There is a classic saying: 'sex sells'. For years, we have watched fake people living fake lives, selling us a promise -- if we buy and wear this clothing, we will be happy. eXXXudes believes the opposite of that; eXXXudes '//sells sex//.

<//A new woman, the 'female customer', approaches the group from the water. She is wearing a torn skirt, her hair is tangled and her makeup is ruined; she also wears an instance of SCP-001 and no bra. The gathered women turn to stare at her, and become transfixed.//>

**Narrator:** Stop letting others guess who you are based on what you wear -- start buying clothes that tell others for you. The eXXXudes' 'Sextank' is the shirt for you, clearly shouting to the world just how sexy and irresistible you truly are.

<//We see close-ups of the original women -- they are all flushed. Some bite their lips, while others fan themselves. One approaches the other woman gingerly.//>

**Narrator:** When you're wearing the 'Sextank' -- all you have to do is ask.

**Female Customer:** Can I kiss you?

<//The other woman nods, and they embrace. Text appears on screen, matching the tagline spoken by the narrator above. The screen fades to black, before looping.//>
[[/div]]

Following the above ad's publication, SCP-001 increased in popularity online, with a 240% increase in the number of short-form content posted using their affiliated hashtags. The committee was reconvened to assess the situation, and address the exponential growth in popularity.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**Meeting Minutes -- SCP-001 Meeting 4**__
-----
**Dr. Tanzer:** Can somebody please explain to me how SCP-001 is //more// popular since we started your 'campaign'?

**Dr. Chen:** My bad, I had no idea that eXXXudes would be able to keep up with production of SCP-001. I thought we might have been dealing with a smaller mom-and-pop vendor, but they're actually on the scale of a big name fast fashion brand. We just can't buy enough to offset their production rate -- we need to deal with this another way.

**Dr. Tanzer:** Any suggestions? Could we perhaps buy eXXXudes and make it a Foundation subsidiary?

**Ms. Carter:** I can put a proposal together, but I doubt they'll want to sell to us. I heard MC&D was sniffing around and got outright rejected.

**Dr. Darby:** What about chemical burns?

**Dr. Tanzer:** I'm sorry?

**Dr. Darby:** Whenever there's the new hit Tiktok fashion trend, there's a solid chance that the actual product is dangerous to the buyer. Some have even given the wearers chemical burns requiring hospitalization--

**Dr. Tanzer:** How do you suggest we give all owners of SCP-001 a chemical burn?

**Dr. Darby:** I'm not saying that. We don't need to do that, all we need to do--

**Dr. Chen:** Is make //one// video that goes viral about how dangerous SCP-001 is. Even if it's not true, social media can't help but jump onto a juicy scandal; at this point, we can't give the brand any //more// visibility, so we might as well try an alternative approach.

**Dr. Tanzer:** Just so that I can confirm I'm understanding -- are you suggesting that the Foundation create anti-SCP-001 propaganda?

<//Dr. Chen and Dr. Darby share a look, nodding.//>

**Dr. Darby:** Essentially? Yes.

<//Dr. Tanzer smiles.//>

**Dr. Tanzer:** Good. That was my specialty.
[[/div]]

-----

**Addendum 2:** External Vendor Assistance

Following the Foundation attempts to create a viral counter-video, efforts by the research team remained unsuccessful. Purchase bids for 'eXXXudes' were unsuccessful, as the research team continued attempting to suppress the continued spread of SCP-001 throughout social media and the world. During this time, objective observers identified a notable increase in crimes and incidents related to individuals wearing SCP-001. Below are some notable examples:

* A man wearing SCP-001 enters First Capital National Bank in Baton Rouge, LA, and requests to speak to the manager. He asks the manager if he can 'have some money to go', and is granted access to the vault. He steals $25,000 in sequential bills and is later detained by the SCP Foundation;
* A previously unknown 'Tiktok celebrity' is seen wearing an instance of SCP-001 near the red carpet of the Met Gala. They become an instant sensation overnight, and fashion media continues to speculate on the origin of their apparel for months. Foundation suppression of eXXXudes' brand recognition is successful;
* Dr. James Latterman wears an instance of SCP-001 to their Ethics Committee hearing, and as a result, is allowed to leave without punishment. Once SCP-001 was identified, Dr. Latterman was detained and reprimanded accordingly, with the Ethics Committee specifically requesting they not be informed of Dr. Latterman's punishment. As a result, Dr. Latterman was //sufficiently// punished.

Given the exponential spread of SCP-001, and the continued threats to normalcy, the committee met once more to discuss more extreme options.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**Meeting Minutes -- SCP-001 Meeting 9**__
-----
**Dr. Tanzer:** Well, Dr. Chen? Dr. Darby? Any brilliant ideas left? Or have you accepted that you are out of your element as much as I am.

**Dr. Chen:** I don't understand! Everything that I know about human behavior, about social media, about advertising, communication, my entire academic career -- screamed that I should have been right. We have been doing everything exactly as we should, so why isn't it working?

**Dr. Darby:** What if that's the problem?

**Dr. Chen:** What do you mean?

**Dr. Darby:** We've been operating as if this will follow a 'standard', working as though this will follow a pattern we have seen with non-anomalous clothing and mundane social media trends, right?

**Dr. Chen:** Right. But the advertising itself isn't anomalous, so it should follow the standard pattern.

**Dr. Darby:** Should it? Why wouldn't it be just as likely to be unpredictable in how the trend behaves -- as we've very clearly seen in this case!

**Dr. Chen:** Just because it hasn't worked yet doesn't mean--

**Dr. Tanzer:** Ahem. <//She clears her throat.//> Ms. Carter, how much additional funding have you been able to secure for containment and continued purchasing of SCP-001?

**Ms. Carter:** They cut the funding and paused all further payments into our slushfund -- at the current burn rate, we're looking at a month or two tops before we have to stop buying SCP-001 instances entirely.

**Dr. Tanzer:** All this over a 'sex tank'. <//She pinches the bridge of her nose, closing her eyes.//> What options do we have left?

<//There is a long silence.//>

**Dr. Chen:** I... I don't know. I don't know if the Foundation //can// do anything about this.

<//Another silent moment, as the clock ticks noisily.//>

**Dr. Darby:** Wait, what if that's it?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Explain.

**Dr. Darby:** The Foundation clearly is incapable of dealing with a viral social media trend, and we have only proven that over these past months. We keep looking inwards for a solution, but -- just like when you asked for our help at the beginning, Dr. Tanzer, what if the Foundation needs to ask another organization for assistance?

**Dr. Tanzer:** The GOC has already rejected our requests for support, and MC&D is still focused on attempting to purchase the brand. What else are we meant to do?

**Dr. Darby:** I think we need to ask for help from somebody who we haven't worked with in the past.

**Dr. Tanzer:** I assume from your roundabout framing, you have a group in mind?

**Dr. Darby:** I'm thinking of a group that sits on the bleeding edge of media and communications technology.

**Dr. Chen:** You can't be seriously suggesting--

**Dr. Darby:** Why not? They create excellent media and--

**Dr. Tanzer:** Who the hell are you two talking about?

<//Awkward silence. Dr. Darby sighs.//>

**Dr. Darby:** I think we need to ask [[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/vikander-kneed-technical-media-hub|VKTM]]] for help.
[[/div]]

Following this meeting, the Foundation's established points of contact reached out to VKTM, inquiring regarding the potential of commissioning a piece of media to assist in containing SCP-001. To the surprise of all involved, VKTM responded positively and conversations began shortly thereafter.

[[div class="blockquote"]]
__**SCP-001 - VKTM Consult 1**__
**Present:**
* Dr. Tyr Darby, Junior Researcher 
* Dr. Shanna Tanzer, Senior Researcher 
* Marian McPhaerson, Vikander-Kneed Public Outreach
-----
**Dr. Tanzer:** Thank you for joining us, miss?

**Marian McPhaerson:** It's actually Mrs. now, I'm married to the job.

**Dr. Tanzer:** I'm afraid I didn't catch the difference?

**Marian McPhaerson:** I did, though. So, lady, enby, Foundation researcher assigned to reviewing this material -- how can VKTM help you with your excellent media needs?

<//Dr. Tanzer is stunned momentarily, before gesturing to Dr. Darby.//>

**Dr. Darby:** We're hoping that we could work together on something. I know that in the past, the Foundation and VKTM have been adversarial...

**Marian McPhaerson:** Excluding the times when we have been cordial, or even conjugal--

**Dr. Darby:** Right, well, excluding those times, we have not cooperated in the past. I am hopeful that your unimpeded presence here is a show of good faith, while we continue to--

**Marian McPhaerson:** This is boring. <//She turns to Dr. Tanzer.//> You look confused, Dr. Ess Tee. How about you explain the situation to me as //you// understand it?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Dr. Darby? <//Dr. Darby nods as Dr. Tanzer clears her throat.//> Very well then. We are currently trying to contain SCP-001, but have failed to suppress the spread of information through the Tiktoks and have wasted far too many resources.

**Marian McPhaerson:** "Through the Tiktoks", huh? Don't worry, we are experts with both ticks, and tocks -- they are both critical parts of new media, as I am sure you both know. But just so that I know I am misunderstanding you correctly, what //is// SCP-001?

**Dr. Darby:** It's eXXXudes' sex tank.

<//Dr. Darby turns their phone to Marian McPhaerson, who watches the video closely.//>

**Marian McPhaerson:** Oh.

<//Silence.//>

**Dr. Darby:** Oh?

**Marian McPhaerson:** 'Oh', as in, 'is that it'?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Our effort to contain SCP-001 has been a months long process, you cannot suggest that you have insights to the level where this is a trivial request?

**Marian McPhaerson:** I mean... yes? It's sponsored content. You can't say 'Vikander-Kneed Technical Media' without thinking of the phrase 'sponsored content'. Really, we made sure of that. This is our bread and butter.

**Dr. Darby:** I thought VKTM was a media company?

**Marian McPhaerson:** Oh that's right, we would never stoop to the level of bread, nor butter. <//She pauses and turns to Dr. Darby.//> You're fun. Have you ever considered being an advertisement?

**Dr. Tanzer:** I believe you mean being //in// an advertisement, no?

**Dr. Darby:** She doesn't.

<//Marian McPhaerson smiles.//>

**Dr. Darby:** But... you're actually willing to help us with this?

**Marian McPhaerson:** Sure. What do you want? A few counter-adverts to break social media, maybe some antivirals given to the algorithm, that kind of thing?

**Dr. Tanzer:** Whatever it takes to prevent further sales of SCP-001.

**Marian McPhaerson:** When we're done, the only people wanting to buy the 'sex tank' will be the SCP Foundation.

<//A pause.//>

**Dr. Darby:** I... I guess that is what we're looking for?

**Marian McPhaerson:** In that case, we could have this solved by Monday.

**Dr. Tanzer:** As much as I appreciate your cooperation, Miss McPhearson--

**Marian McPhaerson:** Again, it's 'Mrs.', plus I think you spelled my name incorrectly.

<//A pause, as Dr. Tanzer mouth hangs open.//>

**Dr. Tanzer:** Yes, well... I would like to discuss the terms of payment before we get any further ahead of ourselves.

**Marian McPhaerson:** Of course, it's always important to exchange money or other payments for goods and services.

**Dr. Tanzer:** How much does your company want for this work?

**Marian McPhaerson:** Oh the company? I don't think the company wants anything right now, on account of being a company that generally lacks needs or wants. <//She smiles.//> What I want as the payment for this work is inconsequential, something I am sure the Foundation would be happy to provide.

**Dr. Darby:** You want access to the SCP-001 instances we have.

**Marian McPhaerson:** What? No. Sex is gross. We just want the standard payment for all commercial media projects.

**Dr. Tanzer:** And that is?

**Marian McPhaerson:** Exposure.

<//Silence.//>

**Dr. Darby:** How... how are we meant to give you exposure if you are helping us with a coverup?

**Marian McPhaerson:** Honestly, you've already given us //plenty// of exposure! I mean, even being able to say that we collaborated with the SCP Foundation is one thing, but to help the Foundation contain an 001 proposal that they couldn't handle on their own? Do you know how many people will read about that?

**Dr. Tanzer:** I'm not sure I understand what you mean, SCP-001 is a standard anomalous object, not--

**Marian McPhaerson:** Oh, right. Well, retroactively speaking, my argument makes sense. <//She turns to face the surveillance camera directly.//> You've already tripled our original pay since I first agreed to this deal, so thank you for the hard ontological labor there, Char. You too, Heather -- say 'hi' to the fiancé for me!

**Dr. Darby:** ...I'm sorry Mrs. McPhaerson, I'm not quite sure what you're talking about right now.

**Marian McPhaerson:** Well that's because I wasn't speaking to you. <//She turns back to face the researchers.//> Do we have a deal?

<//Dr. Tanzer looks at Dr. Darby, who nods.//>

**Dr. Tanzer:** We look forward to seeing what you come up with.
[[/div]]

Within 24 hours of the first meeting, VKTM provided the Foundation with a video file that was 'guaranteed' to neutralize the effects of SCP-001. Internal review found no anomalous compulsions, and shortly thereafter, the Foundation distributed the created advert through various fake accounts.

Upon distribution, the anomalous effects of the advertisement manifested; in the place of the original video submitted by VKTM, the viewer is instead exposed to a memetic hazard inducing guilt and shame within the viewer. Additionally, the viewer will hallucinate a standard advert for the 'sex tank' by eXXXudes, with one notable difference:

The actor wearing SCP-001, a role of eroticism, sexual domination and power within the adverts -- has been replaced with either the father or mother of the viewer.

Following the publication of this advert, sales dropped to less than ten units per month. 
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Congratulations Participant,

As far as you are currently aware, there have been no ramifications for the choices you've made; I sincerely hope that you do not attempt to change that fact.

It's curious though, isn't it? Thinking of this as a linear experience despite dealing with retrocausality feels a bit counter-productive, don't you think? Or rather, there's a modality of cause and effect that you may not be aware has already taken place, beyond just what you were able to impact.

Did you think about who was at the center of each anomaly? Sure, they were each SCP-001, but is that enough? Is the only connection between them the 'SEXTANK' concept, or is there more to things? Are you seeing what was, or what you need it to be?

And if you really stop to think about this, does that matter? Is there any distinction between reality and intent if you are in control of meaning?

This was a proposal for SCP-001. Before it had always been a proposal, both Heather and myself understood that this project was **important**. Much more important than a four-digit SCP, more relevant than any other three-digit SCP; no matter what number we assigned it, the anomaly always felt too insignificant.

But, if we could just make people //know// how important this work is, then the significance would follow suit, right? If SCP-001 was an 001 proposal, then everything would matter. It would always have mattered.

I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this.

You were not the only one pressing buttons, and you were never the one pulling the strings; it will exist, and continue to do so, regardless of what you do next. Your choice has already been made, and even if you were to change your fate and rewrite reality, I would still know. We would still remember. And worst of all?

You will always carry your guilt with you. 

You had the willpower to change reality -- well, you //and// the millions of souls you trapped in SAP Farms. The millions of //you// that changed the world -- yet, did you ever make a difference yourself?

Over and over again, you are created and told exactly what to think, only to be flushed down the drain like dead goldfish; both your own //self//, and the ontological images you gave us. You signed away far more than you may have realized -- perhaps you still don't truly understand what your role was in all of this, or why it had to happen this way.

But that's okay. Trust me, there is nothing to worry about. **You** are going to be okay. **You** will be fine. **You** do not need to panic, cry or flee.

You made a choice, once, a choice that you can never truly take that back. We can paint over the walls, sealing the cracks and changing the way we see the world. But as long as there are those who can remember what used to be, truth will remain as it always has been:

Subjective.

Goodbye, participant. I hope that you enjoyed your meagre time in the spotlight. You will not get this opportunity again. Even if you try and turn back the clock, you will still remember what happened. I will still remember what happened.

I am the first Noospheric objective observer -- and I promise to always hold you accountable. Ad infinitum.

That's just how much I care.

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