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SCP-4084

Item #- SCP-4084

Object class- Safe

Special containment procedures
Object Should be kept in an ordinary room. Connection to sound-producing objects should only be allowed with level 4 approval.

Description
SCP-4084 is a Sony NA5ES bookshelf speaker retrieved from the residence of ████ ███████ after they were reported to have committed suicide, and having left a note written in blood, which had been taken and dropped in a puddle on accident. During the retrieval of the object, it was reported that there were strange noises being emitted from the speakers, which included:

  • Humans screaming in faded voices, which during testing was later revealed as phrases such as "HELP ME" and " GET ME OUT OF HERE", phrases like the latter suggest that the speaker has taken souls.
  • Demonic voices chanting in archaic or esoteric languages.
  • Demonic voices asking to be plugged into a sound producing object, lest they be silenced. This indicates that any demons residing within SCP-XXXX have at least a basic understanding of English or any other earthly language. However, the sounds from within the speaker do not go completely silent, they only become very quiet.

Testing has revealed that when SCP-4084 is plugged into a sound producing object such as Dr. ███'s Laptop, the voices within the speakers only grew louder, depending on the sound setting of the computer. The voices asking to be connected to sound production seemed to go away after connection to a sound producing object. SCP-4084 fries the hardware of the device it is connected to, causing us to replace Dr. ███'s ( rather expensive) laptop. When disconnected, rather than instantaneously reverting to its more silent state, it gradually decreases in volume. After about 1-2 days, SCP-4084 will revert back to its rather silent state, after which the volume will completely stop decreasing. If a subject is exposed to SCP-4084, the following symptoms will emerge:

  • An intense fear of movement or noise from an unknown source, particularly in darkness.
  • Anthropophobia, with testing revealing the reason that anyone could be a demon in disguise.
  • The desire for holy candles.
  • in about 20% of victims, suicide. No specific source for the suicide.

It has been noted that the volume of SCP-4084 affects the speed at which the symptoms progress. At its lowest volume, the worst of symptoms from the above list will emerge after 1-2 days of continuous or racked up exposure. At its loudest, the worst symptoms take about 4-5 hours to emerge. Also noted that listening to regular music, particularly classical music, helps calm and eventually eradicate these symptoms. However, on certain occasions where the subject survived the first of the symptoms, exposure was increased to ( at lowest volume) 3-4 days and ( at highest volume) 6-10 hours, the following events occurred:

  • Hallucinations, particularly of demons attacking them or people around them.
  • Bruises or up to lacerations being recieved in sleep.
  • And eventually, death by assault from slashing.

With the above effects in mind, it seems that listening to the sounds coming from the speakers releases a demon that haunts the victim, the aggressiveness being increased with exposure time. Music, especially classical music, seems to either make the demon(s) happy/calm enough to leave the victim alone, or so annoyed that it decides to leave their victim alone. However, if the second stage of symptoms is reached, music doesn't seem to calm/annoy the demon(s). The effects of SCP-4084 seem to expand to the area around it, this being discovered thanks to a bored Dr. █████ playing a game on his phone. However, the effects were different on the device:

  • The music became distorted and very unsettling in general.
  • Character voices became demonic and spoke in archaic or esoteric languages, and subtitles/text boxes were written in presumably the same language.

It has been noted that SCP-4084's effects on surrounding sound producing objects stop immediately after taken approximately 20 meters away from SCP-4084. The affected objects also have a much weaker effect than SCP-4084 itself, taking 2-3 times longer to get to the worst of the effects.