SCP-CN-514

Item #: SCP-CN-514

Object Class: Euclid Safe

Special Containment Procedures: All Foundation personnel confirmed or suspected to have undergone Incident SCP-CN-514-1 are to be placed under watch by Site medical personnel while sleeping so as to enable emergency aid if the incident reoccurs. Research into SCP-CN-514 antibodies, medication and suppression is to be placed at a high priority.

Following extended research, it has been confirmed that observing infected personnel while sleeping prevents the occurrence of SCP-CN-514-1. All instances on the "Insomnia" Roster are to be watched over by Mobile Task Force CN-Beta-4 ("Night Watchmen") whenever they are asleep. If these containment procedures cannot be enacted due to emergent circumstances, the Task Force is to contact the nearest Foundation facility to provide aid and prevent infected from entering sleep.

Description: SCP-CN-514 is a disease, currently existing mainly in the bodies of high-level personnel in the Foundation and external governments. It is currently unknown how this illness is transmitted SCP-CN-514 will only spontaneously manifest on the bodies of high-ranking Foundation personnel; it cannot be ruled out that the anomaly possesses some degree of intelligence.

When an infected person enters REM sleep, there is a high chance that one or many incidents will occur on the infected person, which are collectively termed SCP-CN-514-1. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Subject unconsciously crawls on all fours and attempts to seek out and consume small insects.
• Subject uses their head or elbows to strike the walls or bed with force far greater than when awake.
• All hair on the subject's legs, arms and chest falls off and crawls into the nearest liquid container.
• Subject's body becomes transparent and constantly produces rainbow-colored beams of light in all directions.
• Head suddenly rotates 360°.
• Subject attempts to use a running electric fan to [DATA EXPUNGED]

The effects of all aforementioned events will revert just before the subject awakens, leaving no serious lasting effects. For instance, subjects whose bodies become transparent will stop producing light and regain color, and head rotation will not leave behind any discernible injury. If any other person attempts to observe an infected individual during SCP-CN-514-1, all of these effects will immediately stop and revert. After awakening, infected subjects often report nightmares, bodily discomfort, and sprains; if SCP-CN-514-1 was interrupted due to observation, these symptoms will be more severe.

Following long-term observation and testing, SCP-CN-514-1 occurrence can lead to long-term memory discrepancies and loss of judgement, posing a hidden danger to many high-level projects. If the subject is continuously observed while sleeping, no such incidents will occur. The large-scale Mobile Task Force CN-Beta-4, as well as the "Insomnia" Roster, have been established to control the threat posed by SCP-CN-514. Of note is that indirect observation, such as with cameras or mirrors, does not prevent SCP-CN-514-1.

SCP-CN-514 was discovered by Dr. Yang ███. After repeated poor sleep, Yang installed a security camera in his room to "make himself feel safer", but instead discovered the SCP-CN-514-1 phenomenon, which he reported to the Foundation. Containment procedures and emergency testing were established in the following week.

For further information on SCP-CN-514's anomalous properties, see Document SCP-CN-514-A.

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Item #: SCP-CN-514

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-CN-514 has not been fully contained. As the anomaly is widespread and a large-scale alteration of the entire species is technologically infeasible, suppression of SCP-CN-514 is focused on protecting those on the "Insomnia" Roster. Mobile Task Force CN-Beta-4 ("Night Watchmen") are dispatched on a daily basis to protect personnel on the "Insomnia" Roster and handle unexpected attacks. Ordinary Foundation personnel not on the roster, including members of MTF CN-Beta-4, are to be given the cover document to preserve morale.

Description: SCP-CN-514 is a disease phenomenon affecting all humans. According to observational data, SCP-CN-514 is present in all humans from the moment of birth up till death.

When a human subject enters REM sleep, an instance of Incident SCP-CN-514-1 will necessarily occur. Incident SCP-CN-514-1 occurs as follows:

1. 1~2 minutes after entering REM sleep, the subject's body will slowly and severely expand.
2. A few seconds after the subject swells up, the subject will become "void" and its body will become hard to perceive and eventually disappear.¹
3. One second later, a skeleton of approximately the same size as the original subject's will appear out of the air, and at perceptible speed regenerate a subject completely identical to the original within 10 seconds.

The newly created subject will be completely identical to the original, including in appearance, height, memories, and ailments, does not possess any memories relating to SCP-CN-514-1, and will continue living life normally as if nothing had happened. In approximately 2% of cases, the new subject will have some negative effects compared to the original, such as:

• Sprains²
• Reported nightmares or long dreams
• Headaches or muscle soreness
• Discrepancies in long-term memory
• Irritability and aggression after for a period after awakening

These negative effects are not typically regarded as anomalous, and in almost all civilian cases, these cases are attributed to reasons such as "poor sleeping posture" or "eating too much dinner the night before". In addition, in almost all cases where civilians saw Incident SCP-CN-514-1 in progress, the incident was dismissed as a hallucination caused by tiredness. The discovery of SCP-CN-514 outlined in the cover document is true, and Dr. Yang ███ is currently under protection.

If a subject is directly observed during the SCP-CN-514-1 process, the process will complete within one second or cease, depending on the progress at the moment of observation. If the subject awakens at this point, the subject will display an unusual degree of anger or anxiety. If the subject is continuously observed from the moment they fall asleep, SCP-CN-514-1 will not occur. Indirect observation does not cause this effect. As the number of cases is extremely large, preventing SCP-CN-514 in all humans would be technologically impossible and necessitate extreme interference in the structure of human society; as such, the Foundation has not proceeded with large-scale containment.

The effects of SCP-CN-514-1 manifest on two fronts:

1. Due to the large human population, its effects on human memory cause unavoidable losses of efficiency in research, management and industry and many unnecessary, avoidable conflicts. Based on Foundation mathematicians' estimates, the total efficiency of human society has dropped 39% as a result of the negative effects of SCP-CN-514-1, and directly or indirectly caused █ major wars. This effect has also caused difficulties in the Foundation's containment work, and it is estimated that hundreds of containment failures and losses have been caused due to the memory-affecting properties of SCP-CN-514.
2. Once a subject understands SCP-CN-514's properties, they will inevitably develop a fear of sleeping and begin to compulsively question their life and existence, indirectly reducing morale and work attitude. This effect caused severe unrest within the Foundation in the early stages of containment, necessitating the use of a small-scale Ennui Protocol to erase all memories of SCP-CN-514 from low-level Foundation personnel. Following this, the "Insomnia" Roster and MTF CN-Beta-4 were established and the cover document was released to protect Foundation morale. Procedures for resolving the leakage of information regarding SCP-CN-514's properties to MTF members/external governments/civilians are currently being established.

The "Insomnia" Roster contains the 13 members of the O5 Council, a large amount of Level 4 personnel, and various other important Foundation personnel, as well as a large number of important personnel in the governments of major world powers. Although current containment efforts have been somewhat successful, SCP-CN-514 continues to slow the progress of human civilization. Due to its properties and the hidden threat posed by its influence on morale, SCP-CN-514 is classified Keter, and research into SCP-CN-514's mechanism, source, objective, and possible methods for neutralization or containment is to be placed at the highest priority.

Secure, Contain, Protect.

Footnotes

1. This process does not appear to cause the subject any pain.

2. In 90% of cases, this is reported in the neck ligaments, other reports include sprains in the calves or shoulders.