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Article: SCP-096 - literal errors
Author:akauo
Original: http://scp-jp.wikidot.com/scp-096-jp
Translator:hikikakuanaguma
Item #: SCP-096-JP
Object Class: Keter
Special Conteinment Procedures: Only one documents containing SCP-096-JP per type are kept, and the others are burn. If a incident involving SCP-096-JP happened, MTFあ-4"Blackboard Staff" go and collect. Individuals involved are given a Class B amnestic. The way to deal with private citizens affected by SCP-096-JP is referred to Document 096-05.
Description: SCP-096-JP are characters which affects cognitive capability. SCP-096-JP have shapes which are like known Chinese characters. Now six SCP-096-JP are found. Characters which are like SCP-096-JP is designated as SCP-096-JP-a. In most cases, SCP-096-JP appears as literal errors of SCP-096-JP-a.
The effect of SCP-096-JP appears when subjects recognize the whole image. When the subjects recognize it, they will have a Gestalt disintegration and not be able to recognize SCP-096-JP. This effect extends to other characters as well. As soon as subjects were affected, they feel most characters to be "unstable" and in █hours, they become unable to recognize all characters. This effect affects only characters, and does not affect cognition of non-character figures or verbal communication. To give an example, subject can draw a vertical line, but when asked to write the number 1, they shows confusion and cannot write it.
Experimence Log 096-JP-1-1:
This experiment aims to identify SCP-096-JP-1 from a text containing SCP-096-JP.
<BEGIN RECORDING>
Dr.██: Now, read out the radical of Chinese characters one by one as you shift the paper.
D-1382: OK……well, ninben1……What do I explain this? Doctor, the tsukuri2 of 僕3 is
Dr.██: It’s OK if I can identify it.
D-1382: Oh, thanks. boku, ra, no, gaku, kihen, maji-waru,4[deleted]hen……
Dr.██: What's happened?
D-1382: No, wait……huh? It's strange, I think I know this character, but……
Dr.██: OK. Thank you.
<END RECORDING>
█ hours after the experiment, D-1382 lost his ability to recognize characters.
Experimence Log096-JP-1-2:
This experiment aims to identify the difference between SCP-096-JP-1 and SCP-096-JP-1-a, hiding hen which did not show an abnormal property.
<START RECORDING>
Dr.██: Explain the structure of the radical of characters, moving paper a little.
D-1399: OK……This is [deleted] hen.
Dr.██: Only that?
D-1399: Huh? Ah, as you say, this has slight errors. This has an extra dot on the top.
[silence for ten seconds]
D-1399: Hey, do you hear?
Dr.██: Sorry, I'll stop experimence.
<END RECORDING>
The property of SCP-096-JP revealed from this incident, and █hours after experiment, Dr.██ lost his ability to recognize characters. A class A amnestic was tried, but it caused no effect.
Dr.██ had not known the hen of SCP-096-JP-1, but he "imagined unconsciously" the shape. A search about the structure of SCP-096-JP is prohibited. -Dr.███
Addendum:
Because Chinese Charactors for Common Use were revised in 19██ and 19██, the probability to use SCP-096-JP-1~5-a was decreased markedly. Due to the high frequency to use SCP-096-JP-6-a, it is difficult to delete it from Chinese Charactor for Common Use. But, because reports of incidents caused by SCP-096-JP-6 are a few comparing frequency to use SCP-096-JP-6, SCP-096-JP-6 seems to have a large variance from SCP-096-JP-6-a.