SCP-046-UA

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Article: SCP-046-UA – Tasty flashbacks
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>open file SCP-046-UA

THE FILE IS PROTECTED UNDER THE ROMANTICS PROTOCOL. ENTER THE PERSONAL IDENTIFIER.

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IDENTITY CONFIRMED. WELCOME, LIEUTENANT PETRIVSKYI. REMEMBER THAT ANY DISCUSSION OR DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT SCP-046-UA BEYOND THE INTERNAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT, 5-LEVEL OR SELECTED 4-LEVEL PERSONNEL IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

A confirmed sample of SCP-046-UA. Take note of the SCP-046-UA’s substance being visually identical to the fillings usual for this product.

Item #: SCP-046-UA

Object Class: Euclid Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Demand for chocolate and chocolate-containing products among the Foundation facilities in Ukraine Eastern European sector former member states of the USSR must be maximally covered by the internal manufacturing capacities. Directors of the national branches are responsible for conducting regular campaigns for the employees of the facilities accountable to the Foundation, rising awareness about the harmful effects of sweets, and promoting healthy lifestyle and attractiveness of the forms and characteristics of the human body that can only be achieved with maximum exclusion of sweets from the diet.

Chocolate and chocolate-containing products obtained from external contractors are to be subjected to random sample testing for possible SCP-046-UA contamination.

It is prohibited to consume the contents of containers in the production and/or purchasing batch of which at least one sample of SCP-046-UA has been confirmed. The Internal Security Department is to organise covert seizure of the products of such batches from the Foundation’s warehouses and personal belongings of employees.
All discovered containers and forms of SCP-046-UA are to be compared with the Catalogue of known containers and forms of SCP-046-UA (Addendum 1). If no match can be found, information on the new iteration of SCP-046-UA is to be included into the Catalogue. Contents of the SCP-046-UA containers, as well as of the all seized containers of the relevant batch, are to be transferred to the Site UA-80 for further research and disposal.

Under no circumstances can the information of the Foundation's knowledge of SCP-046-UA be allowed to leak. The Internal Security Department and authorised officials are provided with a wide margin of discretion in ensuring this secrecy.

Description: SCP-046-UA — is the general denominator for chocolate and chocolate-containing products sharing the same anomalous substance, consisting of ████████████, ████████████████████, ████████ and █ more of unidentified compounds. Although short-term storage and transportation of the substance is possible in any container, it retains its characteristics for the longest time while being in the chocolate mass, outside of which it decomposes into ordinary fats, organic acids, disaccharides and starch in a maximum of twelve hours. Being in direct contact with the chocolate mass, the substance can be stored from three days to six months, depending on humidity, ambient temperature, exposure to light, and the proportion of cocoa (in the direct correlation).

As of this date, the Foundation is in possession of twenty four unique SCP-046-UA containers, the catalogue of which can be found in the Addendum 1. Nineteen of them have the form of the products produced by the Roshen Confectionery Corporation, three – of the products of the Lviv Confectionery Factory “Svitoch” JSC, two – of the Kyivskyi BKK LLC. No consistent pattern could be discovered in the amount of SCP-046-UA in the containers – it fluctuates from a single sample in the whole container to the current maximum of 45% of its contents. The remaining contents consist of non-anomalous products typical for such containers that cannot be, neither visually nor tactilely, and it is impossible to visually or tactilely distinguish SCP-046-UA from them.

The main anomalous effect of SCP-046-UA is manifested when a person consumes its substance. Upon contact with the mucous membrane, the substance gets rapidly absorbed by it and causes a complex chain reaction, which leads to a sharp short-term (three to five minutes) increase in norepinephrine secretion and a flash of synaptic activity lasting ten to forty seconds. Brain biopsy of individuals before and after the exposure to SCP-046-UA additionally demonstrates a significant increase in the density of GluR1 membrane receptors that gradually decreases to the normal values over the next twenty-four hours.

SCP-046-UA appears to be a variant or analogue of a programmable precision mnestiс. In an average person it causes only minor short-term memory improvements – subjects usually recall certain details of their student life, first job etc., at the same time demonstrating higher than usual results of memory tests. However, in the persons subjected to a yet unknown kind of preparation, SCP-046-UA is capable of evoking memories that cannot be preemptively detected with the mnestics and instruments available to the Foundation. While memories that have been obtained that way are as vulnerable to amnestics as any others, they surface again upon repeated exposure to the SCP-046-UA substance.

While the aforementioned effect does not pose any danger per se, Internal Security Department’s investigation has uncovered that GoI “P.O.R.A.”¹—the probable developer of the substance – has adapted it for implanting into the Foundation and, most probably, other organisations, deep undercover sleeper agents.

Such agents need neither a curator nor any communications with their organisation. Knowledge of the latter and of their mission is completely hidden from their own memory until the contact with SCP-046-UA, and all possible channels of such a contact cannot be restricted: as of today, SCP-046-UA has been discovered both in large and small outlets, individual postal and courier deliveries, gifts from persons who under no possible circumstances could be connected to P.O.R.A., and even in the Foundation’s own canteens and wholesale purchases — although contractors, as well as Foundation’s warehouses and premises are under close surveillance at all times. The aforementioned makes the early identification of the agents virtually impossible, posing an extremely high threat both to the secrecy and the security of the Foundation as a whole.

As of 28 December 2021, the Internal Security Department has definitively confirmed SCP-046-UA and P.O.R.A.’s involvement in at least twelve incidents that, collectively, led to the loss of:

- personnel:

• dead – six items
• injured – twenty-four items
• missing – four items

- anomalous objects:

• destroyed – two items
• stolen – seven items

It does not seem possible to comprehensively determine the current amount of information leaked. However, the content of P.O.R.A.’s internal documents and correspondence seized during raids demonstrates at least partial awareness of its members of the special terminology used by the Foundation, as well as its limited integration into their own lexicon (ex., see Document 041-UA-D-1), which should be considered an alarming sign.

Addendum 1. Catalogue of known containers and forms of SCP-046-UA.

Addendum 2. Orientation for the internal security personnel on the identification of persons exposed to SCP-046-UA.

• in first few hours after the exposure to SCP-046-UA:
  • dilated pupils
  • uncharacteristic vigour and increased motility
  • sudden recollection of individual episodes from the past, and desire to share them
  • sudden desire to leave the place of food consumption and "return to work"

• in general:
  • establishment of new social contacts within the Foundation
  • a sharp increase in the number of requests for information unrelated to the immediate assignments
  • visitation of nationalistic information resources, if such has not been previously recorded
  • uncharacteristic initiative, strive for the assignments of responsibility
  • avoidance of interrogations and scheduled psychological examinations

Addendum 3-1. List of the incidents with the confirmed or possible involvement of SCP-046-UA, part 1.

I/N	SHORT DESCRIPTION	INVESTIGATION STATUS
██-41-07	On a weekend, an unknown person turned off the alarm of the third section of the outer protective perimeter of the Site ██. As a result, seven persons in civilian clothes, armed with explosives and small arms, entered the Site unnoticed. Due to the selected entry point, they managed to reach the emergency exit of the Site ██ Administrative Building undiscovered, from where they fought their way to the hidden storage of small anomalous objects on the third floor, blew up the armoured door and removed SCP-████-UA and SCP-████-UA; the container with SCP-████-UA was destroyed by the explosion. Four attackers managed to escape with the objects; three were killed. Foundation sustained 1 person killed and six persons injured to varying degrees.	SCP-046-UA's involvement confirmed. A box with residual traces of SCP-046-UA’s substance was found in the rubbish bin of the deceased the Site ██’s watch officer Ryumin. Because the CCTV data storage was damaged shortly before or during the assault, Ryumin's guilt cannot be accurately established. Given that he was the only person killed during the attack, the operational assumption is that he was eliminate by P.O.R.A. to sweep its tracks.
12-44-01	Foundation’s cargo convoy was attacked by an unidentified heavily armed group during the transportation of weapons and ammunition from the Production Site UA-12 to the Militarised Site UA-44. When the vanguard helicopter of the MTF "Natrix Ring"’ began to approach the convoy for reinforcements, the vehicle of driver-mechanic Bohatyrchuk abruptly separated from the column and disappeared into the forest’s outskirt, from which the attack took place. Shortly after, the attackers retreated as well. Subsequent search operation revealed only the abandoned and unloaded vehicle of Bogatyrchuk, as well as tire treads of six light-duty cars. No casualties were reported among the attackers. Foundation sustained four persons killed from the rear and front vehicles, which were blown up in the first seconds of the assault; twelve convoy guards received injuries of varying severity; driver-mechanic Bohatyrchuk and his companion, Shumilin, juniour sergeant of the Foundation’s Security Service, went missing. The Foundation sustained additional five vehicles and ████ cargo units destroyed. ██ units of product ████████████ and ███ units of the relevant ammunition, which were transported by Bohatyrchuk's vehicle, are considered stolen.	SCP-046-UA’s involvement confirmed. It was established that, a week before the attack, Bohatyrchuk received a box of “Kyiv Vecherniy” chocolate sweets from Havin, Site UA-44 juniour engineer, who was later identified as a P.O.R.A. agent and with whom they had not previously been in close contact. After that, surveillance systems recorded a sharp increase in contacts between the two employees, which became especially intense on the eve of the incident. Enchanced interrogation of the junior engineer Havin further confirmed that SCP-046-UA samples were in the box he handed over to Bohatyrchuk. Havin himself was unaware of the nature of SCP-046-UA — he received the container and oral instructions on how to proceed with it from an anonymous curator.
41-08-00	During the Chaos Insurgency's attack on the Site UA-41, seniour lab technician ████████ (PoI 14-03-21, P.O.R.A.’s codename “H.C.”) used the ensuing chaos to enter the Biological Anomalies Containment Wing and stole the case with SCP-████-UA, subsequently proceeding to leave the Site UA-41 through the destroyed section of the eastern perimeter.	SCP-046-UA’s involvement confirmed. ████████ has been previously questioned as a key witness in the Case №497-14-88, including the enchanced interrogation techniques. None of the information known to her at that time indicated any connection with P.O.R.A. Post-analysis of her activity in the Foundation's database revealed that after her trip to Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, where she visited the Chocolate Exhibition of the Bondarenko Confectionery House, the number of inquiries and views of her information on the Foundation's cancer research, with which SCP-████-UA was associated, increased sharply.
АС-06-1-4	An unscheduled inventory of the Site-12 warehouse revealed the disappearance of approximately eighty kilograms of the F-1201-Magnetic material, as well as a shortage of five kilograms of the local stock of SCP-128. The deputy warehouse manager, Gurevych, who accompanied the auditor, hit him on the head with a cast-iron flat iron and tried to escape the facility. He was wounded in [REDACTED] and apprehended during the attempt.	SCP-046-UA’s involvement confirmed. Although under the regular interrogation Gurevych admitted to selling materials to Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd., the use of enchanced interrogation techniques established that the materials were actually handed over to P.O.R.A. Gurevich was exposed to SCP-046-UA during a family dinner, when he ate several sweets brought in by his daughter from the Halloween festivities. After recovering his memories of P.O.R.A., he set up a covert transfer of materials from his warehouse, leaving them in small packages in predetermined places, from where they were later removed by the group.
Inc█████-7	Dr. Grumov, one of the head researchers of SCP-████-UA, consumed a cupcake from the wholesale purchase №2978-09-2-UA, while being in the Site UA-80 canteen during the lunch break. The CCTV footage demonstrates that the consumption caused in him uncharacteristic vigour; when questioned by Dr. ██████, with whom he was on good terms, Dr. Grumov responded that he had never tasted such a delicious cupcake before, and proceeded to inquire about its manufacturer from the canteen’s attendant Muchnyk. No other abnormalities in his behavior were detected for the reminder of the day. The next morning, Dr. Grumov, as usual, showed up at the Site UA-80 canteen for breakfast. After finishing it faster than the other employees, Dr. Grumov left the room, covertly taking a can opener with him. [DATA EXPUNGED BY AN ORDER OF O5], which summarily led to a serious containment breach of SCP-████-UA and the death of thirteen employees, including Dr. Grumov himself.	Inconclusive. Samples of SCP-046-UA were not found in the batch residues. Muchnyk's enchanced interrogation and search of the contractor's premises have failed to establish their involvement in the incident. The events of the incident can be fully or partially explained by the anomalous effect of SCP-████-UA itself, although cross-exposure of both anomalous objects' effects is possible. The investigation has been suspended pending new data.
RU-██████	During a meeting between the representatives of the Foundation’s Branch in the Russian Federation and the representatives of the relevant national government, Ivanchuk, Chief Specialist of the Branch's External Relations Division, detonated a hidden explosive charge in his briefcase, injuring two Branch officials and three members of the government delegation, as well as killing both Ivanchuk and the then-active iteration of V. P████.	SCP-046-UA’s involvement confirmed. Regular neutrality analysis of external relations officers (Schweizer's method), which took place two months before the incident, could not determine any deviations of Ivanchuk's results from the reference values. One month before the incident, Ivanchuk, who suffered from type II diabetes, arrived to the Site 7's medical station for an unscheduled insulin injection. This coincided with the first-ever recorded visit from his personal account to the radical right-wing Telegram channel "Ukrainian Offensive", which is associated with P.O.R.A .; such visits later became regular.

Addendum 3-2. List of the incidents with the confirmed or possible involvement of SCP-046-UA, part 2.

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USER 24081991 : TERMINAL OF THE OBSERVATION ROOM 14B OF THE SITE UA-80
USER 23082004 : TERMINAL OF THE SPECIAL INTERROGATION CHAMBER OF THE AREA LT-18/1
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Footnotes

1. Political Organisation of the Rukh “Angriff” – an endemic nationalistic terrorist organisation, initially discovered by the Foundation in 2020, but de facto active since at least 2004. The organisation is of interest to the Foundation due to the deep integration of anomalous into its operation, including those of public terror and political assassinations. Detailed information is available in the Guide to the Groups of Interest in Ukraine.