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Page Type: SCP Article
Elevator Pitch: A small business in California sells canned cat food with an interesting effect. When the can or its contents are touched by a human, whether they are wearing gloves or not, a tiny, living face of a house cat will grow on their nose. The only way to avoid getting the effects is to only touch it using tools, such as tongs or spoons. However, only humans are affected, so an animal interacting with the anomaly would be fine. The aforementioned cat will resemble its host in colour and markings and mimic its actions (mouth opens when its host's mouth does, sleeps when its host sleeps, etc.) The anomaly takes some of its host's nutrients, forcing them to eat more, and significantly decreases their sense of smell and respiratory rate.
Central Narrative: Marianne Payne, a young cat owner living in suburban California, shows up to the emergency room of the local hospital after a miniature cat's face grows on her nose. The hospital staff are rightfully confused, even more so when 3 other patients show up with the same thing later that day. The media finds out about this mysterious new outbreak and writes an article on it, which is what draws the attention of the SCP Foundation. After interviewing the four patients, the Foundation realises the link between them- they all bought the wet cat food from a new pet supply store in town, Ellie's Excellent Pet Supply. They visit the store, only to find it completely empty, with only a note on the door saying they moved to another town in the area due to the "unfortunate slander" they were receiving. The Foundation confiscated the cat food cans from the patients and took them in for testing. Foundation news monitors read local news to keep an eye out for repeat incidents, and investigate any new, independent pet supply stores in the area. As for the original news article, the Foundation has taken them down. Any hospital staff who may have interacted with the patients and news reporters who worked on reporting the story have been given amnestics. The four patients have been taken into Foundation custody until a method of removing the nose cats without causing significant damage to the nose has been developed.
Hook/Attention-Grabber: It's just a fun, lighthearted article. It would draw in people who need a break from reading heavy, complicated articles all the time.
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