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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a locked room accessible by level 3 (three) and above personnel. All new instances of SCP-XXXX acquired by the foundation should be labeled with an appropriate number. A Class-D subject should be brought in and asked to describe what it sees through the eyepiece of the instance. Foundation staff should begin researching possible matching locations.
Additionally, a camera is to be placed pointing at the eyepiece of the most recent instance of SCP-XXXX, and a live feed is to be monitored by software that will report any major changes detected by the camera. When any such change is detected, a Class-D subject should be asked to review the footage and describe the change that occurred. Foundation staff should use this information to refine their search for the location.
Any individual who looks through the eyepiece, regardless of prior rank or mental status, is to be permanently relocated to a standard humanoid containment cell until further notice.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a collection of optical instruments, varying in form from a pair handheld binoculars to a stellar observatory. A full catalogue of items recovered by the Foundation is listed in addendums 1-6 below. In all instances of SCP-XXXX, the view seen through the eyepiece is of a completely different location than the one the viewer is looking at. Through observation, it has been discovered that it is the view as seen by the next instance of SCP-XXXX, matching its location and orientation instead of the one currently being used. For example, a viewer who looks into SCP-XXXX-1 would see the expected view from SCP-XXXX-2. If the viewer then looked through SCP-XXXX-2, they would see the expected view from SCP-XXXX-3, and so on. Statistically, it is highly unlikely that SCP-XXXX-1 is the first item in this “chain.” Whether anything lies at the end of the chain, or whether there even is an end, is currently unknown.
SCP-XXXX’s psychological effect occurs over three (3) phases, and manifests as soon as an individual either looks through the eyepiece, or sees a photo of the view through the eyepiece.
Phase 1: Immediately, the subject will make inquisitive statements such as: “That’s such a beautiful view! I need to know where that is” or “That’s so pretty, I’ve got to go there myself” The subject will make these remarks regardless of its prior knowledge of or passion for travel. The subject will resist attempts to get it to stop looking at the view. After separation with the SCP instance, the subject will continue to talk about how it wishes to find the location it saw, often attempting to convince others to help it find the location in question. This continues for approximately twelve (12) days
Phase 2: The subject grows extremely irritable. It will often scream about wanting to see the location, and may attempt to forcefully open its containment cell or plead with Foundation staff. These symptoms persist for around twenty (20) days.
Phase 3: The subject develops severe psychosis. It seems to believe that the world around it has switched with the view through the instance of SCP-XXXX. Willingly extracting any information from the the subject at this stage is impossible.
If a subject in any of the three phases is shown the view through the next instance of SCP-XXXX, they immediately calm themselves and revert to phase 1, this time remarking on the newest view. Subjects appear unaware of their altered behavior in the time between viewings. Animals exposed to SCP-XXXX will often display increased agitation, but this subsides within thirty (30) days, taking more time depending on the average curiosity of the animal. Amnestics have been shown to delay the onset of psychosis, but it is currently unknown if anything can truly reverse the effects of SCP-XXXX in humans.
Addendum XXXX-1: SCP-XXXX-1 appears to be a pair of handheld binoculars. It was discovered in ████, Wisconsin, on ██/██/20██.
In the month prior to the containment of SCP-XXXX-1, ██ home break-ins were reported to the local police, 8x the national average. Of the ██ persons suspected to be involved in the break-ins, █ were acquired by the Foundation. One of these persons was suffering from advanced psychosis (who is suspected to be the original owner of SCP-XXXX-1), while the others seemed extremely distressed that they were unable to locate the room that SCP-XXXX-2 was located in. Within two weeks of detainment, all subjects had developed psychosis. At this time, the Foundation was unaware that the view through SCP-XXXX-1 was in fact the view from SCP-XXXX-2, and it was classified Safe by the Foundation.
The view through the eyepiece of SCP-XXXX-1, as described by various test subjects, was of a dim living room with newspapers covering the floor.
Addendum XXXX-2: SCP-XXXX-2 is a “Kodak”-brand digital camera. It was discovered six months after SCP-XXXX-1, in ████, Chile, in a dimly lit apartment room with newspapers littered across the floor.
The area was brought to foundation attention when an unusually high number of boat rentals coincided with the largest number of missing persons cases in the city’s history. While investigations were taking place, Foundation agent J████ S██████ (who had been planted in the local police force) found SCP-XXXX-2, and unwittingly looked through it. As soon as he discovered its anomalous properties, he turned it over to Site ██. S██████ was kept on site to watch for any side-effects, and it soon became apparent that his mental state was quickly deteriorating. S██████’s family was told that he was killed during service, and he was detained permanently.
Upon showing SCP-XXXX-2 to persons detained along with SCP-XXXX-1, all of them calmed down instantly. They each gave detailed descriptions of what they saw.
The view reported by S██████ and the other subjects was of a wrecked sailing ship on the ocean floor.
SCP-XXXX has been reclassified to Euclid.
Addendum XXXX-3: SCP-XXXX-3 is a primitive wooden spyglass. It was found three months after SCP-XXXX-2, in the Pacific Ocean ██°S, ██°W, next to a destroyed Spanish Clipper vessel from the mid 1800s. The original purpose of the ship and the reason for the ship sinking are both unknown.
