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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to remain in the custody of D-1347 inside his personal accommodation. D-1347 is to clean and polish it at least twice a week, read SCP-XXXX-1 as soon as they appear and show general appreciation and affection to the subject at all times.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a 40x45x40 cm large carved and painted wooden box. The subject is an empathophage that feeds on strong negative emotions like disappointment, frustration, anger and misery.
It can spontaneously teleport to locations where strong emotional outbursts are likely to occur.
SCP-XXXX creates little handwritten notes (SCP-XXXX-1) inside itself, personally addressing the person expected to find them. These messages are always shallow life advices written in a passive-aggressive and condescending tone, often exacerbating the emotional distress of affected persons.
Its natural elusiveness makes the subject notoriously hard to contain or work with- only a single instance was reported in 1992 where foundation scientists managed to activate SCP-XXXX under laboratory controlled conditions.
Although the carpentry and art style suggest SCP-XXXXs origin in the mid 19th century, it was first brought to our attention in late 1912 when it was discovered among the remains of Robert F. Scott's failed Antarctica expedition. According to unpublished expedition logs, it was found close to the Norwegian flag when Scott's expedition arrived one month late at the south pole, with SCP-XXXX-1 reading: "Life is not about reaching your goals- it's about the journey and the friends we make along the way" Mr Amundsen's team have long been accused of having placed the message to mock their competitors, a charge they have repeatedly denied.
The second notable appearance of SCP-XXXX occurred in 1958 when a formerly unknown chamber was discovered within the Cheops pyramid. After working for 48 months to access the chamber, it was found completely empty besides SCP-XXXX with SCP-XXXX-1 reading: "The real treasure was friendship all along"
SCP-XXXX has breached containment and been retrieved 186 times since it first came into foundation custody. Through multiple efforts made to contain it, an inverse correlation could be established between the cost and complexity of the containment procedures and the time it took SCP-XXXX to elude. It is assumed that the increasing frustration of the responsible staff created a psychomorphic field responsible for this behavior. By actually reducing security protocols, containment breaches were reduced by 46%, giving SCP-XXXX less emotions to feed on.
On January 5th, 2017, SCP-XXXX was placed inside a non-secured storage room with a sign attached to it reading "Stupid useless box, don't give it any attention, don't care about it". Only two more containment breaches occurred until June 2nd, 2017, when D-1347 illegally took it into his room to use it as a stool. No more containment breaches have been reported since then.
Experimentation log #:XXXX-1992-14
Lead Scientist: Dr French
Date: 06/15/1992
Materials and Methods:
- SCP-XXXX in its containment cell on level 7, observed by 2 surveillance cameras (#1, #2)
- D-0819's 11 year old daughter Laura, referred to as D-0819-1, located inside Dr French's office and observed by one surveillance camera (#3)
- a 153 kg male shetland pony called "Mr Fluffels" referred to as P-002, located in a locked room adjacent to Dr French's office, observed by 2 surveillance cameras (#4, #5).
Begin log
Camera #3:
D-0819-1 is in an obvious euphoric mood, restless and fidgeting
Dr French:Hello Laura. Glad you could make it. Remember what we talked about 6 months ago?
D-0819-1: I sure do, Sir. (smiles) We were talking about my grades at school…
Dr French:And?
D-0819-1: You told me that if i had all A's on my next report card…you told me..you
would give me a pony!
Dr French: So, how did this turn out then?
D-0819-1: I worked really hard, Sir. Harder then ever before and..(yells excitedly) I really did it! I did it! All A's!!! Here's my report card! (shows it to Dr French)
Cameras 1&2:
SCP-XXXX starts trembling, its outlines begin to blur
Camera 3:
Dr French: Well, look at what a great student you have become. Congratulations, Laura!
D-0819-1: So I get my pony now? (grins broadly)
Dr French: Sure. Promises made, promises kept. It's right here next door. Come!
Cameras 1&2:
SCP-XXXX shifts out of existence
Cameras 4&5:
P-002 vanishes in a flash of light, SCP-XXXX appears in its place
Door is opened, Dr French and D-0819-1 enter the room.
D-0819-1: Wait! Where..where is my pony? Where is it?
Dr French:Maybe there's a clue inside the box?
D-0819-1 approaches SCP-XXXX, opens the lid and removes SCP-XXXX-1, remains motionless after reading it
Dr French: And? What does it say?
D-0819-1: (quiet and trembling voice) It … it says: "Well done Laura! Good
grades are their own reward!"
D-0819-1 stays perplexed for 14 seconds, then begins screaming
D-0819-1: NOT FAIR!! NOT FAIR!!! YOU PROMISED!! I HATE YOU!! I HATE YOU!! I HATE
YOU!
End log
Addendum: due to increasing hostility, a paramedic team was deployed to sedate D-0819-1 and remove her from foundation ground.
Video documentation of personnel talk between Dr. Fellgrave and D-1347. 12/10/2017
Fellgrave: So, the issue is pretty serious. Illegal appropriation of foundation property. What made you think you could simply remove SCP-XXXX from its containment and get away with it?
D-1347: I'm sorry,I… I… I didn't even know this was an SCP. Like, you know, the furnishings in our rooms are really spartan, and uh..I thought..hey, a nice stool to rest your feet on..that would be pretty cool. That would be nice.
F: So you decided to steal something, without knowing anything about it, just to use it as a stupid stool?
D:No! No! Well…yes. I was cleaning the storage room, and then there was this box with
the sign saying how useless it was and how nobody should care…and I hought..well..like…well, if they have no use for it, I could put it to some good use in my room… I didn't know it was an SCP, I swear!
F:You could have asked
D: Yeah. Sorry, boss.
F:And the fact that notes kept appearing inside the box? You never thought this might
be at least a little strange?
D: (smiles)Those notes…they are so awesome..
F:Wait, what?
D:I mean, they are, like, really deep, really make you think.
F:Deep? Are you kidding me?
D: Just last week I had one, saying "Live every day as if it was your last!". I mean,
just let it sink in a bit…that's some really deep stuff, right here…
F:Last week..that's when you were assigned to SCP-682?
D:Yes. Please Sir, please let me keep it. I promise I won't misuse it. I will care for it! It's
just…those notes..they, they really made me reflect on life and stuff..and..uh…I believe
I've become a better person because of it…
F: (groans and rolls eyes). The foundation will consider it. Thank you very much, D-1347, you are dismissed.
D:Man, I fucking love this box.
