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Addendum: Under no circumstances is SCP-2236 to be brought into the presence of any internal Foundation memoranda or documents, including its own containment records.
Description: SCP-2236 is a cylindrical optical instrument which superficially resembles an early-model pocket microscope. The instrument is 11.6 cm in length, 1.9 cm in diameter, and has a planoconvex lens at each end with very slight convexity. One end is equipped with an eyepiece; the other end is flanged at an angle. The lenses and the body of the instrument enclose an airtight chamber between the lenses. This chamber is filled with a faintly phosphorescent gas which has not been analyzed.
When a written document is observed through SCP-2236, the content of the text that is examined appears different to the observer. See testing log.
Testing Log: Please record all test results using the format below: Researcher | Date of test: Text: Result: Researcher | Date of Test: Dr. Patel | 08-██-██ Text: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text "THIS IS A TEST" printed in black 72-point type.
Result: Text appeared as "LET'S START WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE." In this test and all subsequent tests, text appeared to have a lettering size and typeface or handwriting consistent with the sample under investigation.
Text: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text "Hello world." printed in black 72- point type.
Result: Text appeared as "I wonder if they restocked the good cookies in the vending machine." Text: Standard sheet of A4 writing paper with the text "This is a test" handwritten by Dr.
Garcia. Dr. Garcia was not aware of SCP-2236 and was not involved in testing it apart from providing this sample to Dr. Patel without being informed of the purpose of the request.
Result: Text appeared as "Piss off" in Dr. Garcia's handwriting.
Text: Page 83 of "The Spectacular Spignetti", a popular romance novel about circus acrobats that was found in the Site 32 break room.
Result: Excerpt of text: "…all crap, but I need the money for Mitch's medicine. And the pay sucks. I have a master's degree from Williams and my advance comes out to, fuck, eight cents per page? At least nobody will know…" Text: Page of instruction manual for coffee maker found in break room.
Result: Excerpt of text: "… it was a mistake for me to leave the farm and come to Hangzhou …" Text: Sheet music for "Imagine", by John Lennon.
Result: Score for "Baa Baa Black Sheep", lyrics changed to mis-spelled expletives.
Text: Page of machine-generated random numbers Result: No change Text: Page 22 of the first edition of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Result: A graphic description of an amorous encounter with a chambermaid in the Hotel Ambos-Mundos in Havana, Cuba.
Text: Printout of the text of a Wikipedia article on "History of chemistry" Result: Barely-coherent text, apparently expressing several contradictory arguments concerning the themes discussed in the document interspersed with unflattering personal impressions of many of its draftsmen.
Text: Clay tablet, dated to c. 19th century BCE, inscribed with text in Akkadian cuneiform. Text is a receipt for a cartload of wool.
Result: Text in Akkadian cuneiform, expressing delight over the high price paid for the wool, and mentioning the narrator's need to evacuate his bowels.
Text: Page from Voynich manuscript Result: Untranslated text with different glyphs in the same writing system.
Text: Abstract of scientific journal article on microbiology Result: Text describing the early stages of planning a wedding, interspersed with surprise and pleasure that "Rick" had proposed to the narrator.
Text: Screenplay of █████ ████████, a major studio motion picture widely considered to be a commercial and critical failure Result: A projected studio income statement in which the ticket and merchandising revenue streams from the film are drastically overestimated Text: Photograph of the unsolved Zodiac Killer cypher Result: Address of a residence in Vallejo, California.
Text: Text of Quranic sura "Yusuf" in classical Arabic Result: Unchanged, except for immaterial spelling and punctuation variations.
Text: Ball-point pen scribblings by Dr. Patel's four-year-old daughter Result: Architectural specifications for a three-story castle-like building to be constructed out of cupcakes and various confectionery items. Engineering analysis has determined that the structure is unstable and unsuited for its specified purpose of housing a "unicorn princess".
Text: Several pages of output produced by SCP-887.
Result: Pages are blank Text: "Time Cube" essay by Gene Ray Result: Well-reasoned critique of generally-accepted theories of temporal physics.
Text: Press release in Korean by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun entitled "Kim Jong-un Provides Field Guidance to Chonji Lubricant Factory" Result: Korean text structured as a dialogue between two interlocutors, debating the proper temperature at which kimchi is to be served. The narrative bears evidence that both debaters' text was aggressively edited by a third person for unknown purposes.
Researcher|Date: Dr. Lock|20-██-██ Text: Mastering the art of French Cooking by Julia Child (page 78) Result: Excerpt of text "…and maybe it could use little salt here and there but it can be served like it is right now." Researcher|Date: Dr. Califano|21-██-██ Text: Card from SCP-2203, Test A-67 Result: Card appears covered in various technical specifications, including levels of various hormones over time, physiognometric analysis of various body and facial features, chronological history of life events, and interspersed commentary: "Why did you hurt her?" "No one is better off with you since you keep acting like that." "Grammie still knows best." More by this author SCPs SCP-1322 Rating: 1218 SCP-089 Rating: 877 spikebrennan's proposal Rating: 517 SCP-1844 Rating: 450 SCP-1012 Rating: 417 SCP-2553 Rating: 376 SCP-1036 Rating: 362 SCP-1512 Rating: 336 SCP-1746 Rating: 302 SCP-908 Rating: 300 SCP-831 Rating: 283 SCP-2336 Rating: 274 SCP-3236 Rating: 272 SCP-955 Rating: 246 SCP-926 Rating: 222 SCP-2236 Rating: 203 SCP-920-EX Rating: 179 SCP-2914 Rating: 176 SCP-2008-J Rating: 164 SCP-4436 Rating: 157 SCP-4336 Rating: 155 SCP-1060 Rating: 150 Tales Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Rating: 274 Spring Cleaning Rating: 150 Transcript of meeting, June 2 1972 Rating: 129 Transcript of telephone conversation, August 9, 1991 Rating: 96 Memorandum Dated 6 November 1944 Rating: 84 Scroll fragment 13Q29 Rating: 44 Stray Katz (part 1) Rating: 35 Ad Majorem Bonum Rating: 24 « SCP-2235 | SCP-2236 | SCP-2237 » ‡ Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2236" by spikebrennan, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https:// scpwiki.com/scp-2236. Licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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