SCP-1308-JP

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Title: SCP-1308-JP - Rhetorical Apple
Author: ©︎KanKan
Year Created: 2018

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Item #: SCP-1308-JP

Object Class: Keter Euclid Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1308-JP is stored in a low-risk object storage unit in Site-8107.

Description: SCP-1308-JP is an apple (Malus pumila) weighing 500 grams, which is resistant to decomposition and destruction. It previously possessed an ability to alter statements and descriptions on itself and accompanying statements and descriptions to interrogatives and sentences negatively answering them, and to alter itself in accordance with the altered contents. However, it lost the ability due to Incident 1308-JP. For details, see Addendum 3.

Addendum 1: SCP-1308-JP was discovered in a facility related to the Japan Organisms Improvement and Creation Laboratory (JOICL). The facility was destroyed by SCP-1308-JP with 1██ fatalities, and a rush into the facility resulted in further ██ fatalities of Foundation personnel including MTF members and containment specialists. SCP-1308-JP breached containment █ times after its containment, but its nature was altered to the current one by revising the "Description" section of this entry by the assigned researcher, and its object class was reclassified to Euclid.

Addendum 2: On ██/██/20██, "Project Kariteimo¹" was proposed by the Board of Directors of the Japanese Branch in order to alter SCP-1308-JP to an object useful for the Foundation. A thorough investigation into SCP-1308-JP's anomalous property is ongoing for Project Kariteimo.

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Isn't this an image of SCP-1308-JP? Yes, it is.

Isn't the Item Number of SCP-1308-JP: SCP-1308-JP? Yes, it is.

Hasn't the Object Class of SCP-1308-JP: been reclassified from Keter to Euclid? Yes, it has.

Aren't the Special Containment Procedures for SCP-1308-JP: to be enacted? Yes, they are. Isn't SCP-1308-JP to be contained in a low-risk object storage unit with a security camera in Site-8107? Yes, it is. Aren't assigned personnel to monitor SCP-1308-JP from outside the unit 24/7 and revise this entry when any property not listed in this document is detected in SCP-1308-JP? Yes, they are. Doesn't any description on SCP-1308-JP have to be made the exact opposite of the facts by adding or deleting "not"? Yes, it must. Doesn't any statement or description on SCP-1308-JP have to be made with the permission of an assigned researcher? Yes, it must. Additionally, isn't any quotation from a document describing SCP-1308-JP prohibited? Yes, it is.

To view the Former Revision of the Description of SCP-1308-JP:, [aren't you required to present Security Clearance Level 4? Yes, you are.]

Isn't the Description of SCP-1308-JP: as follows? Yes, it is. Isn't SCP-1308-JP an object weighing 500 grams and currently taking the form of an ordinary apple (Isn't the scientific name for this plant Malus pumila? Yes, it is.) without any sentience, memetic anomalous property, or capability of self-traveling or conversation? Yes, it is. Isn't SCP-1308-JP resistant to decomposition or destruction? Yes, it is. Doesn't it alter statements and descriptions on itself and accompanying statements and descriptions to interrogatives and sentences negatively answering them, and also alter itself in accordance with the altered contents? Yes, it does. Won't previous statements or descriptions conflicting with contents newly altered by SCP-1308-JP be ignored at the time of this alteration? Yes, they will. Aren't the incident logs regarding SCP-1308-JP listed below? Yes, they are.

Isn't this Incident 01 of SCP-1308-JP? Yes, it is.

Wasn't the Date of Incident 01: 04/██/20██? Yes, it was.
Wasn't the Location of Incident 01: Site-8128²? Yes, it was.
Weren't the Details of Incident 01: as follows? Yes, they were. Didn't SCP-1308-JP breach containment immediately after its containment due to an MTF member's statement "Did we manage to contain SCP-1308-JP? No, we didn't", and return to its containment chamber due to the MTF member's subsequent statement "Did SCP-1308-JP breach containment? No, it didn't"? Yes, it did. Through this incident, wasn't it revealed that SCP-1308-JP could also alter statements? Yes, it was.

Isn't this Incident 03 of SCP-1308-JP? Yes, it is.

Wasn't the Date of Incident 03: 04/██/20██? Yes, it was.
Wasn't the Location of Incident 03: Site-8128? Yes, it was.
Weren't the Details of Incident 03: as follows? Yes, they were. As an assigned researcher quoted a part of a document recovered during the containment of SCP-1308-JP when writing the entry of SCP-1308-JP, didn't SCP-1308-JP obtain another anomalous property completely different from the description and breach containment? Yes, it did. Wasn't a sentence "Isn't any quotation from a document describing SCP-1308-JP prohibited? Yes, it is" added to the Special Containment Procedures due to 1█ fatalities of personnel in this incident? Yes, it was.

Isn't this Incident 0█ of SCP-1308-JP? Yes, it is.

Wasn't the Date of Incident 0█: 05/██/20██? Yes, it was.
Wasn't the Location of Incident 0█: Site-8107? Yes, it was.
Weren't the Details of Incident 0█: as follows? Yes, they were. Wasn't an experiment to make a Class-D personnel speak the exact opposite of the statement "Is SCP-1308-JP a scary monster? No, it isn't" conducted in order to determine the precise anomalous property of SCP-1308-JP and resulted in [To view this section, aren't you required to present Security Clearance Level 4? Yes, you are.] and ██ fatalities? Yes, it was. Wasn't the assigned researcher's employment terminated by the Board of Directors of the Japanese Branch while it was revealed that SCP-1308-JP would also modify subjective or abstract information through this incident? Yes, it was.

Isn't the Addendum 1: as follows? Yes, it is. Wasn't SCP-1308-JP discovered in a facility related to the Japan Organisms Improvement and Creation Laboratory (Isn't the acronym for this organization "JOICL"? Yes, it is.)? Yes, it was. Wasn't The facility destroyed by SCP-1308-JP with 1██ fatalities, and a rush into the facility resulted in further ██ fatalities of Foundation personnel including MTF members and containment specialists? Yes, it was. Didn't SCP-1308-JP breach containment █ times after its containment, but its nature was altered to the current one by revising the "Description" section of this entry by the assigned researcher, and its object class was reclassified to Euclid? Yes, it did.

Isn't the Addendum 2: as follows? Yes, it is. On ██/██/20██, wasn't "Project Kariteimo³" proposed by the Board of Directors of the Japanese Branch in order to alter SCP-1308-JP to an object useful for the Foundation? Yes, it was. Isn't a thorough investigation into SCP-1308-JP's anomalous property ongoing for Project Kariteimo? Yes, it is.

Addendum 3: On ██/██/20██, an interview with Mr. ████████ ████, a former employee of the research facility where SCP-1308-JP was discovered, was conducted. During this interview, SCP-1308-JP abruptly lost its infohazardous property (Incident 1308-JP). This led to re-reclassification to Neutralized, deletion of the former entry, and freeze of Project Kariteimo. Reclassification of SCP-1308-JP to an Anomalous Item is currently under consideration.

+ Interview Log SCP-1308-JP

Interviewee: Mr. ████████ ████

Interviewer: Researcher Tango

Note: The interview was conducted in the interview room of Site-8107 with a recorder active.

<RECORDING START>

Rsr. Tango: So, Let's start the interview. Isn't what I want to ask you first why SCP-1308-JP was created? Yes, it is.

Mr. ████: Wasn't the apple researched to create an object that spontaneously obtains anomalous properties? Yes, it was. In an attempt to provide anomalous properties for several [DATA EXPUNGED], didn't only that specimen accidentally gain an anomalous property that nearly met the purpose? Yes, it did.

Rsr. Tango: That is to say, don't I confirm if SCP-1308-JP was a little different from your expectations? Yes, I do.

Mr. ████: Wasn't the fact exactly like you said? Yes, it was.

Rsr. Tango: I see. Then, isn't what I want to ask you next why SCP-1308-JP destroyed the facility? Yes, it was.

Mr. ████: Were we initially aware of the specimen's anomalous property? No, we weren't. Was it until we summarized the results of all specimens that we noticed it? No, it wasn't. As I filled in the space for that specimen, didn't the texts change as if they were the modern translation of rhetorical questions in classic literature class⁴? Yes, they did. As a result, didn't the specimen turn out to be completely different from what it originally was and become an unexpected fierce monster? Yes, it did.

Rsr. Tango: It's astonishing that you managed to escape from the facility.

Mr. ████: Can I still believe what happened? No, I can't. Was it no less than a miracle? No, it wasn't. After all, is the specimen a dangerous object that modifies descriptions on itself and alters itself according to the modification? No, it isn't.

Rsr. Tango: Uh-huh, it must have been hard.

Mr. ████: Yeah. To tell the truth, I deeply regret creating it. I'm sorry, but please take care of the apple.

Rsr. Tango: Understood. Then I'll conclude… this interview… [silence for 3 seconds] Could you repeat that?

Mr. ████: Hm? I said, "I'm sorry, but please take care of the apple."

Rsr. Tango: No, a little before that. What did you say after "the event wasn't no less than a miracle"?

Mr. ████: Well, I probably said, "the specimen is a dangerous object that modifies descriptions on itself and alters itself according to the modification"… [startled] Oh.

Rsr. Tango: Oh. …I'll, I'll conclude this interview.

<RECORDING END>

Closing Statement: Since this interview, no alteration to statements or discriptions on SCP-1308-JP has been observed. Mr. ████ was administered Class-B amnestics and released.

Footnotes

1. Another name for Hariti, a Buddhist goddess who was originally a yaksha and later became a defender of Buddhist dharma.

2. Isn't this the facility where SCP-1308-JP was contained at that time? Yes, it is.

3. Isn't this another name for Hariti, a Buddhist goddess who was originally a yaksha and later became a defender of Buddhist dharma? Yes, it is.

4. Translator's note: In Japanese classic books, rhetorical questions are frequently used, and they are usually translated to modern Japanese as a pair of an interrogative and a sentence negatively answering them.