espartiskills|Vinyl

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the passive history of the object, SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a keycard locked safe on Site-XX. A Level 3 keycard is required to open it's safe, and SCP-XXXX is not to be used without Level 4 clearance.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a Vinyl copy of the band Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish you were here", although the vinyl record does not have any grooves for a record player to pick up¹. Any working record player can play the album perfectly. SCP-XXXX appears to have an infinite runtime, replaying the songs after it’s typical runtime is over.

SCP-XXXX appears to only affect users who have had known acquaintances die due to substance abuse, mental illnesses, and/or clinical depression².

When a user places SCP-XXXX onto a record player, the user has shown to calm and react less to outside stimuli. These anomalous properties show until the fourth track "Wish you were here" (SCP-XXXX-1) plays, in which SCP-XXXX-2 will manifest out of view of the user, roughly 4 minutes 9 seconds into SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-2 will take the form of a deceased relative or friend known by the user. SCP-XXXX-2 has never been shown to initiate conversations with the subject, but it will converse if prompted. Usually, interactions between SCP-XXXX-2 and the subject last between 30 seconds to 2 minutes. SCP-XXXX-2 will physically interact with the subject via "hugs". If prompted to speak with the subject, SCP-XXXX-2 will console the subject and tell reassuring dialogues. Such dialogues consist of "it will be okay", "You make me proud"³, "don't worry", and other similar, calming messages.

After the amounted time has passed, SCP-XXXX-2 will calmly ask the subject to close the door and walk away. If the subject does not comply, SCP-XXXX-2 will say goodbye and shut the door for the subject. When the door is shut, SCP-XXXX-2 will immediately demanifest. If the subject tries to replay SCP-XXXX-1 again, SCP-XXXX-2 will not remanifest. There is currently no known way to achieve an SCP-XXXX-2 manifestation twice (2) with the same subject.

When looking into long term effects of exposure to SCP-XXXX-2, users were shown to have much healthier grieving periods than to non-exposed. Users have shown to have greater satisfaction when they shut the door themselves at the end of contact with SCP-XXXX-2 rather than having SCP-XXXX-2 shut it for them. In tests where SCP-XXXX-2 has shut the door, subjects have shown longer periods of grief than subjects who shut it themselves.

Footnotes

1. After SCP-XXXX was viewed under an electron microscope, no grooves could be observed up to 2 x 10^-7m

2. In trials with users who do not meet the criteria listed, the user only notes that the songs were of high quality.

3. SCP-XXXX-2 has only shown such properties when a father or father-figure is taken as its form