Dr Daedala

CAPTION-GOES-HERE

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is currently being stored in a secure room at Site 19’s High Value Item Storage Facility. SCP-XXXX’s containment room is completely covered on all interior surfaces by LED globes which constantly emit bright white light; these globes are to remain ON and functioning at all times, and routine checks on functionality are required at least twice a week. While inside this secure room each instance of SCP-XXXX is to remain atop a bench at the centre of the room. Access to and subsequent testing with SCP-XXXX must be by permission of site personnel with level 2 clearance or higher, and can only be granted after submitting a formal request to site command.

In addition SCP-XXXX-h-1 and SCP-XXXX-h-2 are to be kept in a locked strongbox in the adjacent secure room designated: Dark Storage. NO LIGHT below the Infrared spectrum is to be brought into Dark Storage under any circumstances. Only staff with level 3 clearance of higher may enter Dark Storage without supervision.
Note: Please see on-site armoury for access to Infrared vision aid apparatus before entering Dark Storage.

Description: SCP-XXXX refers to eight separate items of ordinary looking late 19th century sewing equipment which present varying anomalous qualities when interacting with shadows. Each instance is distinctly different from the others save that all instances have the same marking of what appears to be an old fashioned spinning wheel flanked by two crescent moons.

The item descriptions are listed below:

SCP-XXXX-a is a sewing needle 4.5cm in length and composed of steel, with fig.1 0.8mm wide engraved near the needle’s eye.

• When affixed with a length of thread from XXXX-b, the needle can be utilized to ‘sew’ shadows together. When pressed against a shadowed spot on a surface, the shadow will lift and crinkle slightly as though it were made of fabric. If pushed further the needle will ‘pass through’ the shadow as a regular needle does through regular fabric. If the shadows from two separate objects are ‘overlapping’ each other (i.e. the effect that is evident when multiple light sources are shining from different directions on multiple spaced out objects, especially evident when the light sources are different colours) the needle can be used to ‘sew’ them together. When the shadows of two objects are ‘sewn’ together, the shadows cannot separate from each other, stretching and distorting as the objects move around or away from each other with apparently no limit to distance; this effect has been observed with distances of upwards of 50km.
• There appears to be no detectable adverse physical or medical effects to ‘sewing’ together the shadows of living specimens. Feelings of mild mental distress are quite common, at this stage it is unclear whether this is an anomalous effect, or just a previously unobserved natural reaction to one’s shadow being altered and distorted.

SCP-XXXX-b is a thread-spool composed of pine and tin, holding about 123cm 103cm of jet black thread. fig.1 is engraved into the top of the spool.

• The black thread does not cast a shadow, nor does it seem to reflect any light at all. The thread cannot be lifted by normal means, as far as we can tell only the SCP-XXXX objects can even interact, as all other material objects just pass right through it as if through a shadow; BECAUSE OF THIS JUNIOR RESEARCHERS ARE TO NEVER COMPLETELY REMOVE THE THREAD FROM THE SPOOL WITHOUT SUPERVISION FROM A SUPERIOR. It does not have any apparent weight, as the spool weighs exactly the same as without the thread attached.

SCP-XXXX-c Is 13 steel pins, each about 3.2cm long with slight variations of 2mm or less, all bearing fig.1 on the wooden head of the pin.

• The pins work in very much the same way as the needle with thread, one may insert it through multiple overlapped shadows to ‘pin’ them together. The main difference being that the pins are much easier to remove as they can be pulled out by hand with no extra equipment. In addition, if the two ‘pinned’ objects move around 3.3 meters from their origin point the pins will simply fall out, and the shadows will snap back to a normal position in a manner similar to elastic.

SCP-XXXX-d is a ruler 15.2cm in length, and 2.5cm wide. The ruler’s anomalous qualities have not yet been determined.

• This item is still kept in containment with the other SCP-XXXX items as it too is branded with fig.1, and so it is likely to have as of yet unknown anomalous properties. Research is ongoing.

SCP-XXXX-e is a seam ripper 11.4cm in length and composed of steel, with fig.1 embossed onto its red leather handle. This tool can be used to unpick stitches that have been sewn into a shadow.

• This seam ripper is the only known method of removing stitching done by XXXX-a. Once unpicked, the XXXX-b thread may be used again, and does not appear to suffer any damage at all by the process. It can often prove quite difficult to find the stitching on a given shadow, and use of XXXX-g is often required.

SCP-XXXX-f is a palm-sized triangular piece of white, cloth chalk. The chalk does function as normal cloth chalk, but also has the unique ability to ‘draw’ on shadows.

• Our understanding of shadows as entities separate from just the absence of light is apparently still in its infancy as the entire Site 19 research team cannot figure out why, if you are behind an object far larger than yourself and you are completely in its shadow, the chalk still recognises where your shadow would be in relation to the light source. It truly boggles the mind. As such it proves immensely difficult to ‘draw’ on a shadow that isn’t your own, except with the use of XXXX-g.
• It was at first thought impossible to remove a marking from a shadow, as Researcher Cara G_ spent the better part of a week with a “smiley face” roughly drawn on the head of her shadow, the humour was lost on her after the first hour. She later discovered that by entering a place where you ‘have no shadow’ such as a tanning bed.

SCP-XXXX-g is a pair of supple elbow-length white leather gloves, with fig.1 embroidered in the back of each glove. These gloves appear to have been tailored for an individual with unusually thin hands, (as such testing with them has been quite limited as select only a few individuals on-site can actually fit them over their hands).

• They do not cast a shadow, nor do they appear to interact with light in any normal sense, other than reflecting enough light to give its white colour. Upon further experimentation it has been found that the gloves in fact do not reflect light, but instead emit a small amount of visible white light at all times. The intensity of light does grow or diminish based on the light intensity of the environment; Experiment-XXXX-g-a.
• These gloves allow their wearer to interact with, and handle shadow as though it were fabric. One may slip their hand over a shadow cast on the ground, and the shadow will not move to cast on the hand as well, as though it were just ‘passing through’ the gloved hand. In addition one may slide their hand under a shadow and lift it from the ground revealing, as far as we can tell, a space of ground that is lit by a non-existent light source.
• XXXX-g has given us a very unique opportunity, as never before has anyone been able to discern the texture of a shadow; as described by Dr. _, it is “like silk with an innumerable thread count, inconceivable fine weave.” While wearing XXXX-g shadow does not seem to be nearly as elastic as it seems to have in tests with XXXX-a, having far greater resistance when under physical strain. Though we have done quite thorough testing, shadow proves to be apparently impervious to being torn by human strength.

SCP-XXXX-h is a pair of 20.3cm long steel fabric shears, with a rotating thumb-grip adapted for ambidextrous usage.

• The material of the shears interacts with shadows in the same way as XXXX-a/c/e, being able to shift and wrinkle the shadow with light pressure. In addition they can cut the shadow as you would cut fabric. The shadow seems to act as though it were woven of threads, as simply closing the shears whilst keeping them still does not cut the shadow, one is required to slide the shears along, generally also requiring the use of XXXX-g to grip one end of the shadow.
• When the shadow of an object is partially cut, there does not appear to be any observable physical change to the object. The ‘piece’ of shadow can be handled, folded, moved around, acting quite similar to thin silk.