Item: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in an isolated room in Site-19 with heavily monitored levels of temperature and humidity. The room must also be padded with sound dampening foam, ceiling and floor included. All handling of SCP-XXXX is to be done with gloves and extreme carefulness. All handling of SCP-XXXX is to be authorized by Class B Personnel or higher, per orders of Doctor Alan Colter. Personnel must wear ear protectors at all times when assigned to SCP-XXXX. Employment of deaf personnel is also recommended. Preferably, all personnel charged with mantaining, guarding, and testing SCP-XXXX should be deaf.
SCP-XXXX is to be placed in a small table on the center of the room. Under no circumstances is the crank on the left side of SCP-XXXX to be turned. Further experimentation on SCP-XXXX is prohibited without authorization of class B personnel or higher.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a 15 note nacre music box with a crank on its left side. The crank can be turned in both directions and doesn’t seem to affect the way the music is played. It takes 6 pulls of the crank of SCP-XXXX to hear its song fully. The box was seized by Foundation personnel on 3/15/20██, in ██████, Russia, at the site of the murder of a married couple within their antique store. Amnestics were administred to police officers and journalists as needed in order to remove the details of the murder from all official accounts. Below is the official police report, before Foundation intervention (translated from russian):
On Monday, March 15, 20██, the bodies of ██████ █████████ (79), and █████ █████████ (76), were found within the █████████ antique store, which both victims co-owned, their heads violently removed from their bodies, nowhere to be found. Signs of struggle around the store seem to suggest assault. The only item within the store that wasn’t damaged was a small nacre music box, and the small coffee table it was placed upon.
The anomalous properties of SCP-XXXX can only manifest when either of two criteria are met:
Criteria 1: The song of SCP-XXXX is played and heard by a human capable of hearing. The specific details of how SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties manifest vary depending on the lengh of the song and in which direction the crank was pulled.
Criteria 2: An attempt to damage or destroy SCP-XXXX occurs. SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties will manifest regardless of whether these attepts were intentional or accidental.
SCP-XXXX is virtually indestructible. It is theorized that a sufficient ammount of force could destroy it, given its aparent hostility towards attempted damage. This theory hasn’t been put to the test given the nature of both SCP-XXXX and the Foundation.
SCP-XXXX has been noted to remain undamaged after:
-Falling from a height of 10 feet (3 meters)
-Being thrown against a wall
-Having an iron weight of 33lb (15kg) dropped on top of it.
Further experiments to test SCP-XXXX’s resilience are not recommended given SCP-XXXX’s responses to these experiments.
Below is a chart showing the specific experiments performed upon SCP-XXXX and the retaliations performed by SCP-XXXX
| experiment |
response |
| SCP-XXXX is dropped from a 10 feet building by D-6419 |
D-6419 dies of intracranial aneurysm |
| SCP-XXXX is thrown against a wall by D-5320 |
An invisible force seemingly hits D-5320, pushing him back several feet. All of his bones break, even those which logically shouldn’t have been affected by the impact. |
| A weight of 33lb is dropped via an automated mechanical arm |
The weight falls to the ground after landing on SCP-XXXX. The head of the technician who inputed the commands for the mechanichal arm explodes |
| D-6951 shakes the box |
D-6951 suffers a thrombotic stroke and falls into a coma. It is not known if D-6951 will ever wake up again. |
Below are the experiments preformed on SCP-XXXX regarding it’s music.
| Experiment |
result |
| D-8562 (deaf) turns the crank away from himself |
After a month of observation, it is concluded that D-8562 is unaffected by SCP-XXXX. |
| A dog is put in the same room with SCP-XXXX, and a small mechanical arm turns the crank |
| D-4362 turns the crank away from himself |
After six (6) days, D-4362’s body is found within his cell, the walls covered in his remains and his bed torn to pieces. D-4362’s head is missing. During the days leading to D-4362’s death, his mental health progressively declined. He claimed to have heard whispers which got increasingly louder as the days passed. There is no footage of D-4362’s death. The event took place when a static blink appeared on our camera network, which lasted exactly 0.875 seconds. |
| D-5921 turns the crank towards himself |
Results equal to that of D-4362, however D-5921’s death came after three (3) days. |
| D-8653 turns the crank away from himself three times, leaving the song half heard |
Ten (10) hours later, D-8653 is found dead. He committed suicide by bashing his head against a wall. |
| D-8667 repeats the actions of D-8653. She is then restrained to her bed to keep her from harming herself. |
After ten (10) hours, D-8667 goes through a cycle of screaming at the top of her lungs while attempting to release herself, then fades out of conciousness, and repeats once she reawakens. 20 hours after the experiment, she is terminated. |
| D-8754 turns the crank three (3) times towards himself and is restrained on his bed. |
Five (5) hours later, D-8754 exhibits behavior equal to that of D-8667. He is terminated on the spot. |
| D-9673 repeats the actions of D-4362. She is given a diary and asked to record everything she can throughout the days |
Experiment results don’t variate from D-4362. For more information regarding experiment D-9673, as well as non-anomalous portions of her diary, see addendum 1. |
| D-2453 repeats the actions of D-5921. He is also given a diary and asked to record everything he can |
Experiment results don’t variate from D-5921. For more information regarding experiment D-2453, as well as non-anomalous portions of his diary, see addendum 2. |
| D-6512 hears a recording of experiment D-4362 and given a diary. |
after one (1) month of observation, it is concluded that D-6512 remains unaffected by SCP-XXXX. |
| D-3434 hears a recording of experiment D-5921 and given a diary. |
After one (1) month of observation, it is concluded that D-3434 remains unaffected by SCP-XXXX. |
Addendum 1:
D-9673 recieved constant psychological and neural monitoring during the six days of experiment D-9673. Results showed a consistent decay in mental stability, while at the same time showing increased mental activity. A technician that performed the first MRI on D-9673 claims she attempted to talk to him, and then started explaining the way the MRI machine worked. She could perfectly explain how the machine worked, despite the fact that intitial mandatory IQ tests showed her to have an IQ of 86 (below average intelligence)
The final pages of D-9673’s diary are considered anomalous. The contents written on these pages are known to incite irrational suicidal behavior. Reading them is prohibited.
Noteworthy, non-anomalous segments of D-9673’s diary, ordered per date:
-March 20:
I keep hearing these whispers. They tell me things. Things that are so obvious! I feel smarter and smarter the more things they tell me. They’ve told me a lot. Biology, astronomy, all these things are so clear to me!
-March 21:
Please stop talking. Please stop talking. I don’t want to know any more things. Stop. Stop whispering. I don’t want to know these things.
- March 22:
Ghir, dghunn, thorir, gaj, xlythrirwir, dgringhr, th’lxghr HELP
-March 23 & 24:
(The pages corresponding to these days are covered in disordered letters of an unknown alphabet. All attempts at decoding it have proven futile.)
-March 25:
[REDACTED]
Dr. Amanda Nuñez, who read the last pages of D-9673’s diary, was found in her bedroom hanging from her belt, which she had tied to a ceiling fan.
Addendum 2:
In order to understand the apparent increase in intelligence brought by SCP-XXXX, D-2453 was given an IQ test before and after being exposed to SCP-XXXX. Below are the results:
Before exposure: 101 IQ points
After exposure: 163 IQ points
When asked, D-2453 told Foundation personnel that the whispers told him everything he had trouble learning during his school days, and that he understood everything in seconds. He proceeded to praise the whispers and thanking the Foundation for them.
On day two of experiment D-2453, D-2453 was halfway through the process of stability decay. He complained of multisensory hallucinations that could touch him, deafening whispers, and was clearly exhibiting severe anxiety. He begged the foundation to make the whispers stop. When Dr. Thomas Wilson, D-2453’s assigned psychologist, asked D-2453 what exactly did the whispers tell him, D-2453 whispered something to Dr. Wilson’s ear. Dr. wilson dismissed D-2453 from his office and then shot himself with the gun he kept in his desk.
Noteworthy, non-anomalous segments of D-2453’s diary:
-March 27:
These whispers, they’ve told me so much already, they speak so fast but I can understand every word. They now tell me things, depressing truths about the universe, about humanity, they Oh. What they’ve just told me. Oh. We’re all ████ed.
-March 28: [The contents of these pages are consistent with the alphabet previously found on D-9673’s diary (see Addendum 1). All attempts to decode them were fruitless as well]
-March 29:
[Content never reviewed under threat of anomalous hazard. Do not read.]
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