Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard Safe-class inanimate object containment cell, with its laptop host powered on at all times. It is to be monitored by live video feed, with no external mouse or trackpad plugged into the laptop’s USB ports. The laptop is to have no Internet access and no files are allowed to be downloaded onto the laptop.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a black mouse cursor outlined in white, as is standard for cursors on computers running macOS. It is housed on a silver 2012 MacBook Pro running macOS Catalina, the exterior of which is covered in stickers and scotch tape. The laptop was previously owned by Dr. ████, before and at the onset of the anomaly.
SCP-XXXX is sentient, and when no external mouse or trackpad is plugged into the laptop, moves around the screen of the laptop in a jittery fashion. It will click on and move items, as well as open and close windows, on its own accord. It will not, however, attempt to power off, lock, or force its computer to “Sleep Mode”, and actively attempts to stop any such action if done so by an outside source.
SCP-XXXX can be halted and manually controlled as normal if an external mouse, trackpad, or tablet is plugged into one of the laptop’s two USB ports, though after a few minutes, the external mouse will disconnect, and will require that the USB port is taken out and reinserted into the computer. SCP-XXXX can also be somewhat controlled by the laptop’s built-in trackpad, though with much limitation, as SCP-XXXX will counteract or halt any movements made by a subject using the built-in trackpad.
SCP-XXXX cannot type, but had its sentience proven via several click-based Turing tests, done after other possible reasonings for its anomalous actions were disproven.
SCP-XXXX can be talked to simply by speaking in range of the laptop’s microphone, and it appears to understand a variety of languages, including English, French, German, and Japanese. It has proven to be noncompliant with most orders, however, often choosing to go through Dr. ████’s photo folders to open a “reaction image” instead of completing the requested task.
Recovery: On ██/█/20██, SCP-XXXX was brought to the Foundation’s attention by Dr. ████, the former owner of the laptop on which SCP-XXXX is housed. They had originally brushed off the erratic movements of SCP-XXXX as a simple hardware issue after cleaning their laptop’s built-in trackpad, and with the problem persisting, they bought an external trackpad in order to control SCP-XXXX once again.
Dr. ████ did not alert the Foundation until after having lost their external trackpad on ██/█/20██. That day, they observed SCP-XXXX opening files that related to words Dr. ████ spoke during a phone conversation they were having.
Originally, Foundation staff also did not believe SCP-XXXX to be anomalous, running tests to check for a clear hoax or a simple malfunction in hardware or software. All of said tests resulted in a negative. It was then decided to give SCP-XXXX several Turing tests to accomplish, all of which were completed successfully. Subsequently, SCP-XXXX was contained for further study.






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