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Title: SCP-3188-JP - Bogus Elvis Presley's Revenge: Undying Bio-Rockabilist-Hazard!
Author: stengan774 stengan774
Year: 2025
Two SCP-3188-JP-α instances photographed by a civilian. Individual differences can still be observed at this point.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3188-JP is to be contained in Area-CN-05, under the control of Mobile Task Force Square-01 ("Mirror Image"). All samples must be handled with Class V biohazard precautions. Given the potential existence of undiscovered SCP-3188-JP-α instances, any online information on performers associated with the rockabilly culture is to be collected and analyzed by the supercomputer server array "望天閣-β" located in Area-CN-05.
SCP-3188-JP photographed through an electron microscope.
Description: SCP-3188-JP is an RNA virus that causes anomalous infectious symptoms primarily associated with the transformation and replication of human body, as well as the development of reality-bending abilities.
SCP-3188-JP is primarily transmitted between humans via droplets and blood, and after an incubation period of approximately two days, the infected individual experiences a physical transformation accompanied by a high fever. The transformation begins with an increase in metabolic activity, followed by gradual reconstruction and replacement with new tissue, first of the skin tissue, then of the musculoskeletal system, and finally of the entire central nervous system including the brain.
In all cases observed by the Foundation to date, this physical transformation results in a shift to an identical physical identity. Although a few remaining original external characteristics of the infected individuals can be seen as individual differences for some time following the end of the transformation, these differences disappear over time as the normal cellular renewal process progresses, and all infected individuals are homogenized to a completely identical physique and appearance.
Once the infection has progressed to the final stage, the SCP-3188-JP-infected individual's appearance bears a significant resemblance to John Jones Rankin (PoI-22075), a European-American male who died in 1973. Furthermore, upon the completion of tissue replacement of the central nervous system, the infected individual begins to acquire PoI-22075's personality, memories, and even the anomalous reality-bending abilities that he possessed during his lifetime. Infected individuals at this stage are designated as SCP-3188-JP-α instances.
One of the typical characteristics identified in SCP-3188-JP-α instances is a preference for wearing sunglasses and flamboyant outfits, presumably modeled after the style of Elvis Presley in the 1970s. SCP-3188-JP-α instances also frequently engage in singing and related performances; this often results in them spreading droplet infections unknowingly, as all instances are unaware of the presence of SCP-3188-JP and the fact that they are carriers of its infection.
See Addendum I for background information on PoI-22075 and his relevance to SCP-3188-JP.
Addendum I
e3.jpgPoI-22075.
Designation: PoI-22075
Legal Name: John Jones Rankin
Aliases: "Elvis Maniac", "King of Rock and Troll"
Status: Deceased, Neutralized
Details: PoI-22075 is a European-American male with Class C reality bending abilities that cause the appearance, disappearance, and transformation of any object and, when exercised during the singing of an Elvis Presley song, generate destructive effects consistent with the song's theme and depiction.
Based on records that he was an avid enthusiast of the rockabilly culture of the 1950s-60s, especially of its iconic artist Elvis Presley, and was particularly devoted to them during his teenage years, a period when reality-bending abilities are considered to be more easily developed, psychological analysis suggests that PoI-22075's peculiar behavior was likely due to the radicalization of his self-identity through behavioral modeling, which influenced the directionality of his reality-bending process.
On 1973年02月26日, the Foundation became aware of PoI-22075 when he reportedly exhibited reality-bending abilities during a verbal altercation with other Presley fans. At the time of his discovery, it was confirmed that PoI-22075 believed his abilities were "a miracle that Elvis himself had bestowed upon [him]," and that he often caused trouble with others because of his delusions of grandeur. Concluding that PoI-22075 was approaching a difficult-to-control phase in the reality-bender's psychological typology, the Foundation unavoidably decided to neutralize him through an assassination procedure, and his corpse was subsequently contained.
PoI-22075's corpse and biological samples are currently held in a cryogenic storage unit at Research Site-317.
On 20██/██/██, Site-317 was raided by a then-unknown armed party and robbed of PoI-22075's corpse and several other anomalies. Subsequent investigations identified the Green Sparrow Foundation (GSF) as the perpetrator of this raid. Following this, it is believed that GSF transported PoI-22075's corpse to their research facility "Laboratory 12" located in ████████ District, Shandong Province, China, where it was being studied for weaponization purposes.
This attempt by GSF led to the accidental creation of SCP-3188-JP, which caused a catastrophic outbreak of infection in the facility. Upon learning of the situation, the Foundation cordoned off the entire ████████ District under the cover story "Evacuation Advisory Due to Chemical Accident" and simultaneously detained several GSF members who had escaped from Laboratory 12. The following is a transcription of the internal document data in their possession.
BIRDS-045:Double Trouble
Project Leader:
Parker (Anomalist)
Project Progress:
Nestling (Experimental Stage)
Harm Reduction Level:
Falcon (High Lethality)
Required Resources:
The corpse of a reality bender provided by the U.S. headquarters.
Required Technology:
Thaumaturgy techniques exclusive to the Chaotic Polytheism.
Project and Product Details:
The project aims to gain a deeper knowledge of the reality bender's abilities and to utilize such knowledge to create new weapons to achieve the ideals of our foundation. The actual procedures will be to test whether the reality bending abilities can be manipulated in a manner consistent with our principles through thaumaturgical reanimation and surgical modification of the provided corpse.
Research by the Japanese Organism Improvement and Creation Laboratory, with whom we are currently in partnership, indicates that the brain structures of reality benders open channels different from those of ordinary people to siphon off the reality from the external environment. If we can incorporate such structures into the adult BIRDS that we use today, it will open the door to a more desirable human perpetuity. The miraculous reality bending powers should be dedicated to the right cause, not spent on the desires of its bearer alone.
That is why the Green Sparrow Foundation will carry out its task.
Interview Log 3188-JP-1
Record 20██/██/██
Interviewee: GSF member "Parker"
Interviewer: Dr. Cube
Foreword: This interview was conducted following the recovery of the GSF internal document related to SCP-3188-JP (see above).
[BEGIN LOG]
"Parker": Now, where would you like me to start?
Dr. Cube: Tell me how the virus was created.
"Parker": [Chuckles] Create. I doubt we can use such a nice-sounding word. …What we did was simple. We failed.
Dr. Cube: Then explain what kind of failures you have made. We already figured out that the virus is related to your raid on Site-317.
"Parker": Well, that makes it easier. I was attempting to reanimate that dead American, to turn him into a convenient weapon for us. But then the body exploded during the experiment. Suddenly hsss, boom.
Dr. Cube: Of course it wasn't just because of the gases produced by the decomposition, was it?
"Parker": Sadly it wasn't. The experiment involved the application of one of the thaumaturgies possessed by the Chaotic Polytheism. I thought I was used to their magic achieving incredible results, but maybe that one got out of control when crossed with the unexpected element that was a reality bender. What do you think? Maybe your foundation is more knowledgeable about these things.
Dr. Cube: Just go on.
"Parker": How unsociable. …The next day or two, several of the personnel involved in the experiment got a fever and were sent to the infirmary. Soon after that, the infirmary was filled with those Elvis Presley impersonators. And it was only after they took over the entire Lab 12 that we surmised that some unknown pathogen had been spread by the explosion. You know the rest; I luckily managed to escape, and now I'm here in your custody.
Dr. Cube: Didn't you deal with or resist them before then?
"Parker": Of course we did. But our security was not trained for the sudden transformation of body armors and combat boots into leather jackets and roller skates. So next we attempted to persuade them. Their resurrection itself was exactly as planned, albeit in a different form… We thought we had enough leverage to recruit them to our side. But in the end, that too failed. We should have known that regardless of our persuasive techniques, things were not going to go well in that situation.
Dr Cube: Not enough time?
"Parker": No. The Elvises were just more confused than we were.
[END LOG]
Following the takeover of Laboratory 12, SCP-3188-JP-α instances began to invade various areas of the evacuated ████████ District. The Foundation established the countermeasure headquarters in Area-CN-05 located on the periphery of Shandong Province and started collecting information via public surveillance systems and electronic devices, with the use of the supercomputer server array "望天閣-β". As a result, a total of thirty-nine SCP-3188-JP-α instances were determined to be present in the area.
Audio Log 3188-JP
Record 20██/██/██
Foreword: The audio was recorded by gaining access to a smart speaker placed in a house.
[BEGIN LOG]
Voice 1: Hey wake up, hey.
Voice 2: Huh? [yawns] Where am I? …Oh!? Who the fuck are you?! You dare impersonate Elvis in such a lousy costume?!
Voice 1: Dude, just calm down and listen up. Can you tell me what year it is?
Voice 2: 1973, right?
Voice 1: Apparently not. Look at this calendar.
[Sounds of paper being flipped]
Voice 2: The fuck? What's going on here? The century has changed.
Voice 1: I'm surprised too. Maybe this is what they call time travel.
Voice 2: Are these Chinese characters? I mean, putting aside the fact that we're somehow in the future, what kind of Chinatown are we in here?
Voice 1: It's not a Chinatown, I think it's actual China. So damn prosperous for a country built by commies, I can't really imagine a weirder place to wake up.
Voice 2: So? What do you want me to do?
Voice 1: That's what we're going to figure out. Now, get your outfit and do your hair all nice and neat, and then follow me.
Voice 2: Wh- whoa, wait a minute! Your, your face, it's… it's literally mine… it makes no sense!
Voice 1: Don't freak out so much, there are actually at least three dozen more of the same face out there.
[END LOG]
Visual Log 3188-JP
Record 20██/██/██
Foreword: The footage was recorded by gaining access to a traffic surveillance camera. For convenience, each SCP-3188-JP-α instance is tentatively numbered in the order in which they were captured in the screen.
[BEGIN LOG]
[In the center of a wide intersection, a crude concert stage can be seen, presumably constructed with reality bending abilities. Four SCP-3188-JP-α instances are conversing on the stage, while the other instances are engaged in various activities such as singing songs around the stage and driving around in cars altered to external designs reminiscent of the 1970s.]
SCP-3188-JP-α1: Is this everyone?
SCP-3188-JP-α2: As far as we could find, yes, except for those dumb fucks who were already dead.
SCP-3188-JP-α3: Jeez, that's a terrible thing to say. They're basically you.
SCP-3188-JP-α2: That's exactly why I said they were dumb. Clearly beaten to death in a fistfight with their own selves.
SCP-3188-JP-α4: Twenty-six, twenty-seven, er, twenty-eight… don't move! You guys all look the same and I can't count you!
SCP-3188-JP-α1: Fuck it, let's get on with it already. [picks up a microphone] Uh, thirty-something bastards, thanks for coming out. You know we're in the middle of some very crazy shit right now, right?
SCP-3188-JP-α15: I don't know!
SCP-3188-JP-α16: Same here!
SCP-3188-JP-α19: We're all getting caught up in some government conspiracy here, aren't we? I always knew Nixon is an asshole!
SCP-3188-JP-α4: I can't hear who said what, don't talk all at once!
SCP-3188-JP-α3: First of all, we need to decide what we are going to do in this godforsaken town with not a single soul in it.
SCP-3188-JP-α24: Why are you in charge in the first place? Let me be on stage too.
SCP-3188-JP-α27: Let's build a statue of Elvis, as huge as Lincoln at the Memorial.
SCP-3188-JP-α33: You idiots, we should go back to the States first! I'd start by finding an airport, if I were you.
SCP-3188-JP-α36: You are me.
SCP-3188-JP-α37: Can any of us even read Chinese?
SCP-3188-JP-α4: I told you not to talk all at once, damnit!
SCP-3188-JP-α1: [Sighs] Alright. How about this?
[SCP-3188-JP-α1 manifests a blue plastic comb in his hand and then arranges his hair.]
SCP-3188-JP-α1: This comb is to represent the right to speak. From now on, I will pass it around in turn, and anyone who has the comb may speak their opinion. But in the meantime, those who do not have it must behave and keep their mouths tightly shut. Okay?
Multiple SCP-3188-JP-α: Okay!
[Thirty-eight instances almost simultaneously manifest identical plastic combs in their hands.]
SCP-3188-JP-α1: For fuck's sake.
[END LOG]
As the gathered information revealed that the SCP-3188-JP-α instance was not properly organized, the countermeasure headquarters in Area-CN-05 planned and executed "Operation Jailhouse" to suppress them. Members from MTF-辛辰-0 ("Marine Organism") who had experience in dealing with reality benders, as well as from MTF-Square-01 ("Mirror Image") stationed in Area-CN-05 and specializing in biohazard containment, were mobilized for this operation.
Operation Jailhouse consisted primarily of the pre-deployment of Scranton Reality Anchors (SRAs) surrounding specific zones in ████████ District and detached teams directing SCP-3188-JP-α instances into the designated zones by several vehicles equipped with portable SRAs. This strategy was designed to address the concern that SCP-3188-JP-α instances were acting in groups, making it difficult to deliver a lethal shot from outside of perception - traditionally considered effective against reality benders - to all instances simultaneously.
辛辰-0 members after the operation, with their clothes and hairstyles altered in rockabilly style.
While Operation Jailhouse succeeded in subduing the majority of SCP-3188-JP-α instances lured to the vehicles as predicted, it failed to draw some of them into the designated zones. This led SCP-3188-JP-α instances, sensing the danger, to begin executing haphazard and aggressive alterations to the surrounding environment based on the 1970s cultural style and engage the Joint Mobile Task Force.
As the engagement dragged on, it was expected that the reality field fluctuations would intensify multiplicatively as SCP-3188-JP-α instances gradually began to cooperate with each other; accordingly, the Operations Command declared the launch of a secondary plan in parallel with the order to withdraw the MTF. This involved using the retreating MTF as a bait to divert attention to the sky, and then dropping a duel-yield thaumic bomb R5 "Twin Canary" with the support of the Foundation Air Forces.
Following this, Operation Jailhouse was successfully concluded as it was confirmed that all SCP-3188-JP-α instances were neutralized, with the death of eighteen Joint Mobile Task Force members and the destruction of 89% of ████████ District. With the subsequent SCP-3188-JP decontamination efforts, the application of a cover story, and the concealment of all traces by Foundation funding, the incident was considered closed.
Addendum II
On 20██/██/██, two additional SCP-3188-JP-α instances were discovered in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is believed that prior to containment, they had come into contact with numerous tourists and spread the infection indiscriminately. Based on the following interview conducted shortly after the conclusion of Operation Jailhouse, tracing the transmission route is ongoing while taking into account the possibility of intentional epidemics by GSF members.
Interview Log 3188-JP-6
Record 20██/██/██
Interviewee: GSF member "Parker"
Interviewer: Dr. Cube
[BEGIN LOG]
"Parker": Well, let me first say congratulations. I see that you have successfully disposed of the pseudo-Elvises.
Dr. Cube: Yes. At last I don't have to put up with your obnoxious behavior anymore.
"Parker": That's harsh. But I feel relieved, too. I've done my part.
Dr. Cube: What do you mean?
"Parker": To buy time. Actually, my men took the pseudo-Elvis' body tissue fragment out of Lab 12. They are most likely out of your reach by now… I made a blunder, but this incident served as a good demonstration. One reality bender is one thing, but an army of them is even more impressive. Our foundation can surely handle this matter better next time.
Dr. Cube: [Signs] Don't call a stupid bluff. No reports of such persons have come to our attention at this time. Even if it were true, there is no hope for your next attempt. Have you already forgotten that we have successfully brought the situation to a close just a short while ago?
"Parker": I doubt it. This time you could resort to reckless measures because it was a rural town. But would you be able to use the same tactics if a horde of pseudo-Elvis stormed Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, or any other major city and caused an outbreak? I don't have any problem with how many of the inferior races die as collateral damage from the air strikes.
Dr. Cube: We will just take the best move available at the time. Elvis Presley was against racism, in the first place. It seems unlikely that SCP-3188-JP-α, who worshipped him like a god, would sympathize with your opposite ideology and do such a thing.
"Parker": [Chuckles] I may be a racist, but even someone like me listens to Elvis. Besides, in terms of them being less likely to cooperate, wouldn't that be true for you as well?
Dr. Cube: What are you talking about?
"Parker": Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, and Elvis Presley. I know one thing in common with these great musicians.
Dr. Cube: They were all white men?
"Parker": Incorrect. Should I name Jimi Hendrix too? Or — Franz Liszt. I'm sure you haven't forgotten what your foundation did to them.
Dr. Cube: [Gets up from chair]
"Parker": You look like you don't have a clue why we know that. "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away." That's it. It's absolutely brilliant, the so-called best moves you guys had taken to suppress the Lisztomania.
Dr. Cube: [Pause] It's a past wrong now.
"Parker": Those bogus Elvises wouldn't think so. Their time is stuck in 1973. They would be devastated to learn that Elvis, their god, died just a few years later, and once they find out the cause of his demise, I find it fascinating just how much of a threat an army of wrathful reality benders can grow to be.
Dr. Cube: What's your point?
"Parker": You know… what if, for example, one of your numerous adversaries — not limited to us — were to get their hands on that virus and tell the resurrected pseudo-Elvises the truth you have been covering up? Or the surviving ones find out the truth on their own? …Here's the thing: They may not stand with us, but they are definitely against you.
[END LOG]
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