Dream Dreidel

SCP-XXXX-1

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX-1 is to be stored inside of a small drawer in a filing cabinet at site-15. SCP-XXXX-1 is only be brought into to a small soundproof room for testing purposes.

Any persons who hear an instance of SCP-XXXX-2 are to be immediately sent to phycological counseling, unless instructed otherwise for experimental purposes.

All personnel documenting experiments with SCP-XXXX-1 must do so, wearing noise cancelling earmuffs.

Description: SCP-XXXX-1 is a retro metallic toy spinning top, which measures about 3mm high. SCP-XXXX-1 is capable of spinning for abnormally long amounts of time (usually 30-32 minutes). However, the extent of SCP-XXXX-1’s anomalous properties manifest themselves when SCP-XXXX-1 is spun on a hard surface.

When spun, SCP-XXXX-1 emits SCP-XXXX-2 which is a loud, low pitch, soundwave, which knocks subjects who hear it unconscious. Subjects who wake up from unconsciousness report to have dreamt they watched SCP-XXXX-1 “spin for an eternity” or “an exceptionally long time” despite only sleeping for a relatively short period of time. This recurring dream will be hereafter referred to as SCP-XXXX-3. Research to explain how SCP-XXXX-2 produces SCP-XXXX-3 is currently ongoing.

+ Addendum-1

Addendum-1: The following is a document describing the events of an experiment ran with SCP-XXXX-1. Only this time, subject was instructed to cover their ears with their hands, which would result in a slightly muffled sense of hearing but not a complete loss of it.

Experiment: #022

-Subject is placed inside room with SCP-XXXX-1.

-Subject is asked to lightly cover their ears.

-Staff member spun SCP-XXXX-1.

-SCP-XXXX-1 began spinning.

-Subject immediately fell unconscious.

-SCP-XXXX-1 spun for an additional 32 minutes, before toppling.

-Following that, subject woke up, and Dr. ██████ was dispatched for the interview.

+ Addendum-2

Addendum-2: The following is a recorded interview between Dr. ██████ and subject after the events of experiment #022 took place.

Interviewed: Subject

Interviewer: Dr. ██████

<Begin Log>

Dr. ██████: Hello subject. How are you feeling?

Subject: Dizzy.

Dr. ██████: Do you know where you are?

Subject: Yes. I’m in a containment cell at the SCP-Foundation.

Dr. ██████: Correct. You just fell asleep. Can you tell me if you dreamt of anything.

Subject: Yeah. I had the strangest dream…

Dr. ██████: Tell it to me.

Subject: Well… there was a metal top… I was watching it spin. And it spun forever.

Dr. ██████: Do you mean it spun for a very long time?

Subject: Yeah… Like, for a really, really long time.

Dr. ██████: Elaborate.

Subject: It’s kind of hard to explain.

Dr. ██████: Please do your best.

Subject: Well… Well, I guess it’s like waking up from a dream that you think lasted for 2 hours, but when you check your watch, you discover you only slept for 2 minutes. I don’t know. It’s… weird.

Dr. ██████: How long did this particular dream last?

Subject: Around… two days.

<End Log>

Following the interview, subject’s vitals signs measured as if subject had, had a sufficient amount of rest, despite only sleeping for 32 minutes.

+ Addendum-3

Addendum-3: The following is a document describing the events of another experiment ran with SCP-XXXX-1

Experiment #021:

-Subject was placed inside an enclosed 5x5x5 meter soundproof room. SCP-XXXX-1 was lying stagnant on a table at the center of the room.

-The operation was monitored with surveillance cameras, as well as a sound meter to record soundwaves emitting from SCP-XXXX-1.

-An earmuffed staff member was dispatched into the room.

-The staff member picked up SCP-XXXX-1 and spun it on the table.

-An instance of SCP-XXXX-2 was emitted from SCP-XXXX-1.

-Immediately subject fell to the ground.

-Subject’s pulse was checked to ensure unconsciousness.

-SCP-XXXX-1 spun for an additional 30 minutes, before toppling.

-Immediately after, subject began to sweat and convulse violently before waking.

-Dr. ██████ was dispatched to interview subject.

+ Addendum-4

Addendum-4: The following is a recorded interview between Dr. ██████ and subject after the events of experiment #021 took place.

Interviewed: Subject

Interviewer: Dr. ██████

<Begin Log>

Dr. ██████: Hello subject. How are you feeling?

Subject: (appearing very disoriented) Where the hell am I?

Dr. ██████: You are in a standard containment cell.

Subject: What?

Dr. ██████: You are in a standard containment cell at a research site from the SCP-Foundation. You have just participated in an experiment with SCP-XXXX.

Subject: (Subject took 5 minutes of silence before responding) Okay, I think I remember now.

Dr. ██████: You have been unconscious for 32 minutes.

Subject: I had the worst nightmare…

Dr. ██████: Tell it to me.

Subject: (Allegedly beginning to remember said nightmare) There was a top and… and it just kept spinning, and spinning, and spinning, for ages.

Subject: (Subject begins to breath heavily) And I juts kept watching it! For so long!

Dr. ██████: For how long?

Subject: (Appearing very erratic) I don’t know! Fifty!? Sixty years!? I don’t know! An eternity, but all I could think about was the top!

Subject: (Subject bursts into tears) How are my family? Are they alive!? How long was I watching that top!?

Subject curled up into fetal position and was unresponsive to further questions, before falling unconscious.

<End Log>

Subject was later revived by on site medical staff but appeared to have no recollection of the events whatsoever. It is hypothesized that subjects forget instances of SCP-XXXX-3 much like they would a regular dream.

How long subjects perceive they are spending in SCP-XXXX-3 seem to be proportional to how well they hear the initial instance of SCP-XXXX-2.

Addendum-5: SCP-XXXX was discovered on 1█/14/2█10 and confiscated from partially deaf, insomniac Robert C. █████ on 1█/16/2█10. Robert C. █████ claims to have found SCP-XXXX-1 while cleaning out the attic of his deceased father’s estate. Robert C. █████ claims that SCP-XXXX-1 “helps me sleep” and that he would spin it every night to help with his insomnia.
Interestingly, Robert C. █████ ’s father, Luther █████, used to be owner and CEO of an extraordinarily successful toy manufacturing business, [DATA EXPUNGED] .co, which he sold to [DATA EXPUNGED] Inc. on 7/13/2█10. Luther █████ died a year later and left his estate and wealth to his son, Robert C. █████.