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SCP-4273 prior to containment, date of photograph is unknown.

Item #: SCP-4273

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4273 is to be kept in a facsimile of a mall arcade and played with at least once per week. As a safety measure, SCP-4273 is not to be monitored outside of these interactions.

The quarter bin within SCP-4273 is to be emptied after every 15 testing hours. Organic debris should be collected, cataloged, and compared to genetic samples collected from D-Class personnel used for SCP-4273's containment and testing purposes.

SCP-4273-A has never directly communicated with Foundation personnel but it has demonstrated a comprehension of Early Latin and Ancient Greek circa the Hellenistic period. Personnel are advised to play fabricated PA and radio broadcasts inside the containment chamber in one of these languages to prevent SCP-4273 from manifesting in another location.

Description: SCP-4273 is a black stand-up arcade cabinet with an interface consisting of a glass screen, one joystick, one button, and two coin slots. It contains no electrical components., with the power cord extending from the back of SCP-4273 presumably serving an ornamental purpose.

Apart from a layer of bone ash coating the interior, there are no permanent components within SCP-4273. Instead of a serial number, the word Arcadia is embossed on the coin slots. This empty space serves as the manifestation point for SCP-4273-A, an animate charcoal figure of a male humanoid.

Quarters inserted into the machine are consumed by SCP-4273-A, which will then orient itself behind the game screen and stare into the player's eyes. Graphics will begin to display on SCP-4273's screen, reacting to player input. The specifics of how the game plays along with its music and sound effects are different every time SCP-4273 is activated.

Playing SCP-4273 may cause warping of the user's sensory perception and other abnormalities. Common symptoms include:

  • Feelings of mild tactile resistance from the controls during play reminiscent of grinding or crunching.
  • Gradual decline in awareness of any stimuli other than SCP-4273 during play. Prior to containment, SCP-4273 players would often ignore parents or other guardians verbal attempts to call them away from SCP-4273.
  • Accelerated eye strain accompanied by complaints of the screen sinking deeper into recess of the cabinet during long play sessions.
  • SCP-4273 users suffering permanent tinnitus after repeated use, which is exacerbated while utilizing SCP-4273.
  • Frequent visual hallucinations of SCP-4273-A's face when looking at a reflective or transparent surface. This may occur regardless of whether the player is aware of SCP-4273-A's existence.
  • Intrusive memories of childhood events in another person's life. These memories will occasionally recall events which took place decades or even centuries in the past. In these cases, subjects have recalled the feeling of "3D scanning mummy brains using neural nets to digitally experience [their] minds."
  • Recurring night terrors in which the player dreams of dying while retaining awareness of their body, consequently experiencing their own cremation. Players suffer from severe nausea and vomiting upon waking, with large quantities of bile and quarters noted in the emesis.

Analysis of the music has found it to consist primarily of original compositions, though brief segments closely resembling popular commercial jingles and children's television theme songs have been noted.1

Minute traces human tissue manifest in the quarter bin when the game concludes. The coin return may occasionally dispense whole human teeth.

If not played regularly, SCP-4273 will vanish and replace an existing machine in an American arcade, leaving a cabinet of similar proportions in its place. Removing SCP-4273-A will cause it to disintegrate and reconstitute itself back inside SCP-4273.

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