 Item number, SCP-583 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-583 is to be locked in a heavy-duty chrome steel safe. Any level 3 or higher personnel have access to the safe. A lethal security system is to be kept operative in the containment room for SCP-583, at all times. SCP-583 is fragile and must not approach or be approached by any magnetic field-generating material or device. SCP-583 is only as sturdy as a standard videotape and is to be handled with extreme care. SCP-583 must not be destroyed due to continued research into data expunged. Description SCP-583 is a Sony Color Collection 60-90-minute mini-DV videotape, its case composed primarily of transparent green plastic, details of the contents of the tape itself, as described by test subjects. Zero minutes, zero seconds, nothing on the tape for the first 12 seconds. 12 seconds, playback of a recording of Sesame Street Live begins, although with no sound. A date stamp of f*** is visible. Two minutes, 58 seconds, it starts choking and tries to get out of his costume. Three minutes, 12 seconds, dies from apparent asphyxiation. During the next 19 seconds, three other characters start choking and die in the same way. Three minutes, 31 seconds, recording stops, the rest of the tape is blank. Subjects who watch SCP-583's recording suffer from a unique perception disorder. After seeing f*** die of asphyxiation, subjects witness the similar death of every character, fictional or not, that they see on TV or in a movie, here on radio or read about, whether printed or in electronic format. This condition appears to be permanent, ending only with the death of the subject. Document 583-T01 for further information. Document 583-T01 recorded testimony of f*** after exposure to SCP-583's recording, retrieved during Intervention P-12, translated from French. Subject was given a hardbound copy of A Clash of Kings and was asked to read aloud from anywhere in the book. Subjects started reading at page 201. This is testing the effect of SCP-583. I start reading, Ago was back next. The Southwest was barren and burnt, he swore. He had found the ruins of two more cities, and since, he has started coughing. Okay, I think it has started. I'll read further, he'll die. You'll see. Back to the text. One was warded by a ring of skulls mounted on rusted iron spears, so he dared not enter, but he had explored the second for as long as he could, before his throat began to ache. He showed Danny an iron bracelet he had found, set with an uncut fire opal, the size of her thumb. She was sick too, and the idea of the princess being ill like he was comforted him a little. There were scrolls as well, but they were dry and crumbling, and Ago had left them where they lay. He took a rest in his tent, praying a good night to his Targaryen mistress, and died that same night. I skip a few pages now till Danny dies too. Hear this, here I stand. Look, if that is your pleasure, but first tell me your names. And then she fell. I need a book with a lot of characters in it, I guess. Okay, so now I'll read this Carambar joke, note. A Carambar is a French brand of candy bar which contains low quality jokes on the inside of its wrapper, so you can see it works with anything. Why did the chicken cross the road? Who cares? Halfway across the road it fell over and choked and died. Ha ha. End of testimony. Addendum 1. Class D personnel exposed to SCP-583 are to be placed into psychological studies to examine the long-term psychological effects of exposure to SCP-583. The standard termination schedule for these subjects may be waived with authorization from Dr. R- Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-582, A Bundle of Stories, right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.