Doctor Akira Drake

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SCP-4629 (pictured right) and Dr. S█████ Swanson's non-anomalous replica (pictured left)

Clearance Level: Level 2

Item #: SCP-4629

Object Class: Safe

Threat Level: Green

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4629 is to be kept within a small, opaque storage locker at Site-64, secured with a Level 2 key-card lock. SCP-4629 is available for testing by any non-essential personnel of Level 2 clearance or above. All handling of SCP-4629 is to be done using the non-dominant hand, wearing any form of protection which prevents direct skin contact. Handlers are to be screened for the ability to resist Grade-1 compulsory anomalies before assignment to SCP-4629. While direct skin contact with SCP-4629 using the non-dominant hand and/or beneath the object's decorative portion has shown to have no adverse effect, protection is nonetheless required in these cases until experimentation officially proves this safe.

Description: SCP-4629 is a wooden walking cane comprised primarily of ebony and spruce, with ornamental carvings beneath the handle that resemble the root structures of mature oak trees. Despite its standard construction, it is currently unable to be destroyed by any known means, with the exceptions of temperature-induced combustion and ontokinetic intervention.

Once the handle or ornamental area comes into direct skin contact with the dominant hand of any biologically-defined human, SCP-4629 will induce a random psychosomatic injury upon the offender. The requirement of a cane to walk, as well as the non-physical nature of the injury, are the only consistent attributes of all conditions observed. Typical examples include: a broken leg, third-degree burns of the feet, severe scoliosis, blindness, and [REDACTED]. The sensations caused by the simulated condition accurately correspond with that of their physical counterparts. Additionally, prolonged exposure to SCP-4629 will cause affected subjects to believe the issue they are suffering from is physical and non-anomalous, despite being unable to explain how and when they received such a condition, or why it has not been documented in any relevant files. All questioning regarding the injury and attempts to notify such subjects of the true nature of their condition are met with confusion and hostility, respectively.

SCP-4629 also exhibits a mild compulsion effect, inducing a desire within direct observers to grip its handle. This urge is easily resisted by individuals aware of SCP-4629's effects. Once grasped at or above the carved section, regardless of whether protective equipment is used, SCP-4629 will adjust its dimensions, namely length, thickness, and handle size, to perfectly accommodate the holder. At this point, SCP-4629's will increase in strength, preventing the holder from completely holding SCP-4629 until contact is broken. Subjects will also exhibit a small attachment to the object, most commonly manifesting as a passive desire to keep it.

If an unprotected subject holds SCP-4629 for approximately thirty (30) minutes, they will desire to retain the object out of perceived necessity, in accordance with the delusion that their injury is physical, or "real". Although SCP-4629's compulsion effect increases its efficacy with continued exposure, shielded subjects will only remove their protection and proceed to grasp the item's handle after four (4) hours of continuously holding SCP-4629.

After eight (8) hours of contact, the subject will develop a dependency-based obsession with SCP-4629, further increasing the difficulty to separate from the object. After a total of ten (10) hours of continuous exposure to SCP-4629, the subject's perceived condition will immediately become physical. Afterwards, SCP-4629 will become inert and begin to function as a standard walking cane, aside from its apparent near-indestructibility. Additionally, the affected subject's mental state will return to normalcy, most notably including the cessation of their obsession with SCP-4629, allowing the object to be placed down. Once this is done, SCP-4629 will resume its original form and anomalous state, activating only when gripped at the appropriate area by a new individual.

Addendum 4629-A: Following Disciplinary Incident 64-4629-0█, Site-64 staff assigned to SCP-4629 are to be immediately reminded that Doctor S█████ Swanson's replica is non-anomalous and may be identified using the comparison photograph attached to this file.

Addendum 4629-B: Test Log 4629-A:

+ LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

- SECURITY CLEARANCE ACCEPTED

Test A - ██/██/████

Subject: D-57631: Subject suffers from a limp caused by naturally malformed tissue in the left leg.
Procedure: Subject visually exposed to SCP-4629 in a controlled testing environment, then ordered to grip its handle.
Results: Subject reported no compulsion effects. Upon contact with SCP-4629, the subject reacted as expected to the object's mild metamorphic properties, and proceeded to repeatedly ask permission to keep the item, with notably uncharacteristic enthusiasm. Permission was denied, and subject expressed severe disappointment. Subject refused to leave the room, despite the threat of termination. When security personnel were dispatched, the subject responded to removal attempts with violence, utilizing SCP-4629 as a moderately effective melee weapon. Subject was terminated via two gunshots to the chest.
Analysis: SCP-4629's compulsion and injury-simulation effects do not influence subjects requiring the use of a walking cane. However, upon contact, the object's induced desire to keep and utilize it is significantly stronger.

Test B - ██/██/████

Subject: D-10147; subject uses a walking stick due to a birth defect in the right foot.
Procedure: Subject's walking stick temporarily confiscated. Subject physically ushered towards SCP-4629 and ordered to grasp its handle.
Results: Subject complied. No anomalous effects observed. Returning the subject's original walking stick yielded the same result.
Analysis: None of SCP-4629's effects manifest for individuals already in possession of a necessary walking cane, regardless of whether it is on their person or not.

Test C - ██/██/████

Subject: D-25147; subject's knee was fractured immediately prior to the test by SCP-███
Procedure: No medical care given. Subject visually exposed to SCP-4629 in controlled testing environment.
Results: Despite being unable to stand, the subject immediately exhibited a strong desire to grip SCP-4629's handle, crawling along the floor and eventually reaching SCP-4629. Upon gripping the handle, SCP-4629 adjusted its dimensions, but otherwise displayed no anomalous effects.
Analysis: Subjects with relevant injuries that require medical attention are immune to SCP-4629's effects, with the exception of a notably stronger compulsion to grasp the object.

Test D - ██/██/████

Subject: D-78641; Subject has had the legs amputated and requires a wheelchair for locomotion.
Procedure: Subject visually exposed to SCP-4629 in a controlled testing environment.
Results: Subject reports no compulsion to grip the handle. Once ordered to do so, the subject again reported no anomalies. However, thirty (30) seconds following contact, tubular, tumorous masses of sinew began extending from the subject's leg stumps, loosely taking the shape of two malformed legs without muscle or bone. Tissue was amputated and cryogenically stored for further study.
Analysis: Subjects which require assistance to walk, but possess an injury which renders the use of a walking cane ineffective, exhibit a complete immunity to SCP-4629's standard effects, but experience upon contact an extremely detrimental mutative effect in the leg region.

Test E - ██/██/████

Subject: D-78351; Subject has had both legs amputated, but was provided with standard Foundation prostheses to replace a wheelchair. Test performed after subject learned how to reliably stand and walk.
Procedure: Subject visually exposed to SCP-4629 in a controlled testing environment and ordered to grip its handle.
Results: As expected, the subject was influenced by none of SCP-4629's usual effects. Thirty (30) seconds after contact, nerve cells began to form from the subject's stumps, extending into the prostheses and producing extreme pain until protective skin grew over the nerves' surfaces. The nerves formed inefficient and faulty connections, removing the capability of the subject to walk without the use of a cane.
Analysis: SCP-4629 will faultily bond subjects to their prostheses, allowing the subjects direct motor control as if the prostheses were human legs, but also limiting movement as if they were injured.

SCP-4434, located within the home of Reverend M█████ Y███████ prior to procurement.)

Clearance Level: Level 2 Level 3 (see Addendum 4434-F)

Item #: SCP-4434

Object Class: Safe

Threat Level: Blue

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4434 is to be kept within a standard storage locker at Site-64, secured with a Level 2 Level 3 key-card lock. The object is to be stored within a ring case of appropriate size, to prevent accidental use during transportation. All personnel in possession of SCP-4434, including during transportation, must be accompanied by at least two (2) other individuals at all times, each disallowing the others from using SCP-4434. (see Addendum 4434-B). Under no circumstances is SCP-4434 to be worn by essential personnel scoring lower than 130 on the Drakian Intellectual Aptitude Test (DIAT). Exposure time should not exceed one (1) hour, with the exceptions of official testing approved by a Level 3 researcher, or likewise authorized D-Class use.

Description: SCP-4434 is a silver ring which features a large opal, with a small white diamond mounted on either side. When unworn, SCP-4434 exhibits no anomalous effects, aside from its apparent indestructibility, and its band measures 1.8 centimeters in diameter. When worn, SCP-4434's band expands or contracts to accommodate its wearer, maintaining the same density throughout. The addition or subtraction of mass is considered anomalous, as well as the impossibility of the item to be removed by anyone other than the wearer, unless the appendage bearing SCP-4434 is removed as well.

Upon equipping SCP-4434, the wearer experiences greatly enhanced perceptive abilities. Immediately, the user's physical senses optimize to maximum capacity, despite no physical alterations to sensory organs or the parietal lobe of the brain. Over a period of time scaling directly with the wearer's inherent intelligence, users will gain a significant amount of additional perceptive vectors, the extent and quality of which also scale directly with intelligence.

The number of gained perceptive vectors increases with continued exposure, with no recorded limit, and may eventually extend to omniscience if provided enough time. However, if SCP-4434 is removed, its effects are cancelled, and the progression of added senses is reverted, requiring users reequipping the item to experience SCP-4434 beginning from its initial stages. The specific senses are added in a consistent sequence for every wearer, each more complex, unfamiliar, and/or difficult to understand than the previous one.

The perceptive vectors granted by SCP-4434 after prolonged exposure are incomprehensible to a wearer of average or below average intelligence, both due to their inherently lacking ability to understand and the short amount of adjustment time SCP-4434 grants to such wearers, thus rendering extensive use of SCP-4434 viable only for individuals of above average or high intelligence.
In 100% of cases, individuals unequipped to comprehend SCP-4434's advanced perceptive vectors experience sensory overload, followed within five (5) minutes by an intense seizure and subsequent death if SCP-4434 is not removed.

It is presumed that this comprehension failure will eventually occur for all humans, as the human brain is physically incapable of computing the data gained from omniscience, and likewise incapable of comprehending most perceptive vectors that SCP-4434 grants prior to omniscience.

Addendum 4434-A: [Origins, featuring mild to moderate redaction, primarily to add the element of mystery]

Addendum 4434-B: In the event of SCP-4434's utilization to breach security clearance, the object is to be immediately confiscated and the perpetrator is to be given Class-A amnestics to remove all knowledge of SCP-4434's existence and of the data gathered with it. Containment procedures updated with a prevention measure.

Addendum 4434-C: A reminder to all personnel involved with testing of SCP-4434: D-Class personnel with the intelligence required to withstand SCP-4434's more advanced stages tend to exhibit a non-anomalous desire to keep the object. Because SCP-4434 cannot be removed by anyone other than the wearer, it is recommended to administer an appropriate dosage of suggestive medication to such subjects prior to testing.

Addendum 4434-D: Test Log SCP-4434-A and Test Log SCP-4434-B:

+ Log A: LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

+ Log B: LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

Addendum 4434-E: [extra descriptive elements to add horror and temptation]: Interview Log 4434:

+ Log A: LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

+ Log B: LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

+ Log C: LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

Addendum 4434-F: Due to SCP-4434's potential for use as a valuable research tool on other anomalous objects, SCP-4434 has been elevated to Level 3 security clearance. Cross-testing is pending approval. Cross-testing approved by 05-█. Test Log SCP-4434-C:

+ C: LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

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