Item #: SCP-EQ-015
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-EQ-015 are currently stored in a containment locker at Site 20. Watch list databases are to be updated with SCP-EQ-015's information, in order to intercept any new shipments which may appear in the future.
Description: SCP-EQ-015 is the group designation given to a number of bottles of liquid labeled "Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic". Currently the Foundation has __ crates of SCP-EQ-015 in containment, each one originally containing 14 bottles apiece. The labeling on each bottle provides the name of the product, a relief of two ponies facing each other, and the following text in lieu of nutritional information:
Life got you down? Too sick to frown? Well folks, have we got the thing you need to put the pep into your step and wipe the strife from you life! Our fantastical concoction can fix whatever it is that ails you, including but not limited to reins, spurs, fur blight, hooferia, horsentery, swollen hooves, bridle-bite, saunter sitz, gallop plop, mane loss, hay fever, tonsillitis, and even the cold ravages of time itself! If you don't feel well then buy what we sell! Still feel sore? Then buy a few more! ELEMENT OF HONESTY APPLEJACK APPROVED!!!!!
Imbibing an entire bottle of SCP-EQ-015 causes any creature suffering under any kind of ailment to see a sudden yet subtle upturn in their medical condition. Ponies with injuries find their wound heal faster than projected, illnesses slide into recession, and birth conditions like allergies grow dormant. This change is slight and without scrutiny could be mistaken for the body rallying to fight off the affliction on its own, were it not occurring in 100% of the ponies tested. Speed of healing seems to increase the more bottles of SCP-EQ-015 one imbibes, but the rate of healing never increases past the point of a body's natural limit.
Creatures without any kind of malady imbibing SCP-EQ-015 find themselves in greater health than before. Symptoms reported include feelings of euphoria and happiness, increases energy, easing of stress and stiffness in joints, and aid in getting restful sleep. Elderly test subjects show an increase in mobility and mental acuity similar to feeling years younger, though actual physical age does not change.
To date, the only recorded downside to imbibing SCP-EQ-015 is a marked decrease in the sense of self-preservation. Creatures under the influence of SCP-EQ-015 feel a rush of endorphins and display an eagerness to act in ways their condition prevented them from beforehand. Subjects also display an aversion to being swayed from such acts, including ones that might put them or others in danger.
Scrutiny with a powerful magnifying glass has revealed another set of text written in tiny lettering along the border of the label:
Flim Flam Miracle Curative TonicTM is the registered intellectual property of Flim Flam Brothers Incorporated. Flim Flam Brothers Incorporated assumes no responsibility for physical, mental, or emotional harm caused by the consuming of Flim Flam Miracle Curative TonicTM. Flim Flam Brothers Incorporated takes no responsibility for actions taken, discussed about, or thought of while under the influence of Flim Flam Miracle Curative TonicTM. Continuation of symptoms are the direct result of not drinking enough tonic, drinking too much tonic, drinking tonic while eating, drinking tonic while not eating, drinking tonic while breathing, and/or not buying enough tonic. For more information, please contact the local public relations department currently associated with Flim Flam Brothers Incorporated.
It is to be noted that SCP-EQ-015 does not actually make any physical changes to the subject at all. Chemical analysis of the liquid has revealed it to be a mixture of 50% apple juice and 50% beet leaves. The bottles are normal glass crafted from silica and the label is printed ink on plastic film affixed with adhesive, all of which displays no anomalous properties. Neither reproduction of the mixture nor reprinting exact copies of the label have reproduced any of SCP-EQ-015's abilities. SCP-EQ-015's anomalous nature appears to only occur when it is acquired directly from the PoI Flim Flam Brothers.
In reality, SCP-EQ-015 actually imparts on the consumer a strong memetic imprint similar to the Placebo Effect. This belief is so strong that it tricks creatures' bodies into accelerating the natural healing process regardless of the creatures' actual ability to enact these changes on its own. Unlike other examples of the Placebo Effect, knowing that the effect is only mental does not prevent the meme from taking hold in the mind. This cognito-hazard is strong enough to also infect belief in its abilities in those who only read the label or are told of its properties, including subjects who are already familiar with similar Flim Flam products. Strong mental fortitude versus falsehoods can shield one from infection to a limited degree.
This memetic effect is similar to those found in other SCP objects related to the Flim Flam Brothers, including SCP-EQ-___ and SCP-EQ-___.
Sounds simlar to Polywater, but thank goodness the memetic effect isnt magically effected to extend to nearby water molecules as if Pegasus cloud magic.
The whole planets hydrosphere suddenly Gelling?
I like this SCP entry for a few reasons. First it recognises the placebo effect and explains how this is more than just a placebo. It also explains the effects of the tonic in the episode it showed up in, particularly with how Granny Smith seemed to improve physically. The article introduces the Flim Flams as PoI's and that they are capable of producing anomalies intentionally or unintentionally. Meaning they themselves are likely anomalous, like Anartists in the SCP setting that create anomalous art and objects. It also explains how with just a few songs and a sales pitch, they've been able to get crowds of ponies flocking to buy their products. They probably possess an anomalous ability to escape before they can be captured or imprisoned, maybe even instilling a lack of interest in pursuing them.
Also idea for a future SCP object: Idol of Boreas - Specifically the Foundation could recover it after Rainbow failed to acquire and return it to Griffonstone. Maybe even hint the Arimasapi was part of a earlier iteration of the Foundation. Who died trying to steal the Idol.
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Makes me think about SCP-661 Salesman, Too Good To Be True, despite being only similiar in that they Salesmans(creatures?) and can be quite compelling.
Can you do one about Megan?
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Not the Salesman SCP I'm most familiar with. I feel 661 could benefit from a minor rewrite, though I can't put my finger on exactly what. I guess just some more content related to the guy.
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Marshall Carter and Dark?
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Nah SCP-1879: The Indoor Salesman, who persistently insists on selling people things. Lord Bung made a musical short about him back in 2019.
now been thinking bout it the ever-free force is an anomaly to itself would it be considered Keter since the area is pretty big I've been really thinking about poison joke but it's part of the ever free and all the creatures in the ever-free or it could be one of those at anomaly that are common knowledge
explanation of the tonic actually understands it well explained everything one question how was it 1st acquired
ps i'm sorry about the wording
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Nah they already have the Castle of the Two Sisters as a Foundation site already. And the Mirror pool is near the Everfree forest too I believe. If too many anomalies are in the Everfree, then they would have done more to keep ponies out. Plus you don't want to stuff too many anomalies into one small area. I mean unless the author has a good idea for the Forest or maybe just parts of it? Like the Forest adapts and incorporates new threats/entities into its ecosystem, like those scary trees Nightmare Moon made or the Plundervines Discord planted?
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Well, the Tree of Harmony is keeping it in check, once it's destroyed, who's to say the Foundation doesn't take things into it's own hooves?
I could see the Spirit of Harmony being this universe's equivalent to SCP-179
My theory is the memetic effect is due to it being “element of honesty approved” Basically what the bearer proclaims will be seen as true, enough so it can start to become so.
Would've been funny if this one kept its original placebo state, and the classification would start as safe before modification to Explained due to non-anomalous properties in the show heheh