Gothel -- The Story of Your Life

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be housed in a cardboard box measuring 12cm x 7cm x 12cm and stored in a standard Safe-class lockbox on Site-||||. Any individual wishing to use SCP-XXXX must do so at their own discretion. On-site staff requesting testing of SCP-XXXX may do so through any request toward immediate supervisor, though request is subject to rejection.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a standard three-and-a-half-inch floppy disk of black coloration with the blacked out, but appears to have been manufactured by |||||||, a North American brand that produces storage devices and discontinued their floppy disk line some time in the mid 2000s. It should be noted that the phrase "Story of your life" is written in fine, legible print along a white sticky on the front of the item. Its anomalous properties only manifest once placed into a floppy disk drive.

SCP-XXXX has demonstrated a capacity of data storage completely unseen in even the highest capacity floppy disks of its time, an astounding 10GB of storage is loaded onto the disk with every single byte of space occupied by a single program. The aforementioned program is an executable file with the initials 'SOYL', possibly a reference to the name written on the front. There is a brief delay between the loading of the program and the start of the execution. When the program begins it prompts the user for their name. If any name other than the person who initiated the execution is placed, the program will simply print a phrase such as "Wait your turn.", "You're not that person!", "There's no need to be shy.", and on occasion "Type the right name in, damnit." after a number of failed attempts have been made. If after fifty attempts the name of the one responsible for the boot-up has not be typed in, the program will self terminate and send the user back to the home screen.

Upon typing in their name, the User will be given a single black screen with their name in white font, akin to that of early IBM computers. To this end, the program will begin to list things from the User's moment of birth and type it out as a story. During critical moments, a small image in CGA will be drawn. As more of the User's life is played out, the more advanced the graphics and frequency of the images will be displayed. It has been noted that Users under a certain age will not received the advanced graphics displayed to older Users of the program, see test log.

The anomalous qualities of the program grow as the program passes the current moment that the User begins the program, with one of two possible outcomes occurring;

Outcome A: The User is under eighteen years of age and simple has the program give them either words of encouragement on a black screen, words of scorn for their behavior but claims they can do better, words of sympathy should the User have had a particularly troublesome life up to that point, or will simply terminate.

Outcome B: The User is over eighteen years of age and thus has the program continue; telling the User of events that it claims may happen to the User if they continue the activities and "Path" they are currently on. See test log.

It has been observed that any outside person attempting to terminate the program that is not the User will simply cause the program to pause; in the event that an image is displayed, all faces in that image will suddenly turn to face the screen with various phrases written in a text-box. These phrases either expresses unsatisfactory notions with the non-User's interference, anger if the non-User continues to end the program early and, in one case, ||||||||. Any User seeking to terminate the program, meanwhile, will simply have the program pause and prompt the User with the phrase "Not ready to see whats ahead?" If the User is within an Outcome B scenario or "Don't want to remember just yet?" if the User has yet to come to that point. After termination of the program, should the same User returns and inputs their name the program merely welcomes the User back and continues where it had been left.

It should be noted that people using SCP-XXXX have found that after ending the program that they have been able to recall events that had transpired in the past with a particular clarity that they seemingly weren't able to demonstrate before. The length of each session with SCP-XXXX changes with the User, with younger Users having the shortest time-spans with the program. Attempts at testing the program with a User of abnormal age is undergoing consideration.

Addendum: A warning has been issued to staff who use SCP-XXXX; while it is unknown how SCP-XXXX is able to know future events, such events are apparently not ordained to occur. The primary danger comes from the apparent foresight that SCP-XXXX offers the User after it passes the current age of the User; staff wishing to use so are cautioned to hold only short bursts and to disregard any information that has yet to come to pass.

Recovery log:

Testing Log-XXXX-01
> Research Personnel: Dr. |||||| & Researcher ||||||
> Creature: SCP-XXXX
Procedure: SCP-XXXX was given to D-2446 and instructed to execute the program. A video capture device was used to capture what was displayed on screen as well as an additional camera for D-2446 to observe his reaction. Upon initiating the program, a small text box appeared in the center of a black screen in white font, and displayed in CGA graphics a woman holding an infant child. The text at the bottom reads the following;
"A beautiful new life has entered the world, to a mother who loved him and would care for him always."

It should be noted that D-2446 was the child of an abusive household, with his father having been arrested in 19|| for charges of battery and child abuse. The text goes on to discuss how this individual affected D-2446. Text fills the screen and appears to be typed as fast as D-2446 looks over to see it, as camera evidence displays. Several more instances of images are seen, namely moments in a young child's life as seen from his perspective, albeit with somewhat broken imagery. D-2446 has been noted to suffer from memory-related issues due to suffering battery at such a young age. Dr. ||||| suggests to Researcher ||||| that SCP-XXXX is reflecting D-2446's damaged memory.

Several more images and text boxes continue for about three hours, with a single ten minute pause to allow D-2446 to stretch. After resuming the program and having passed the fourth hour, the graphics have changed from standard CGA to 256 colors akin to that of an early 90s video card. D-2446 is noted at being excited, stating that his time in High School was "the best time of his life". D-2446's time in said High School is then shown in a sudden vibrancy of color, with more than 1,000 colors demonstrated on screen.

After six hours have passed, testing is suspended to allow D-2446 time to rest. D-2446 is noted as being enthusiastic about resuming testing, and has asked to resume testing at the earliest time possible.

The next few pages display no text, only broken images showing D-2446 walking up to the home of his mother and father with a bat. It appears that D-2446 was attempting to merely threaten ||||| ||||| into leaving, but as things grow more violent, D-2446 begins to grow more and more distressed. When asked if he could stop, Dr. ||||| instructed D-2446 to continue. D-2446 does so slowly. The images, now showing a resolution of about 500,000 colors with a 420x320p has been noted as still being drawn in a manner akin to Rotoscoping. D-2446 remarks that most events of that night are unfamiliar given to having suffered a sudden head-wound. The next picture displays D-2446's father, ||||| |||||, slamming his head against the threshold of the door. After recovering, D-2446 proceeds to enrage and knock ||||| ||||| onto the ground as his mother runs into the house. Subject is then seen beating ||||| ||||| until the head collapses in and proceeds to continue until law enforcement arrives.

D-2446 plead with Dr. ||||| and Researcher ||||| to end the program but is instructed to continue. The next several screens show nothing but text describing his arrest by law enforcement, his trial, his incarceration and finally his involvement with testing at Site-||. It should be noted that the screen has suddenly changed from black to a dark blue, with a single textbox appearing in the center.

"It was an accident, you were protecting her. You were hurt, it was self defense."

D-2446, by now shaking at having to read everything leading up to the moment testing began, has suddenly stopped and has begun to lean closer to the screen.

"You were only doing what you felt needed to be done. To keep her from having a more horrible life."

The screen remains blue, but now begins to display information of what will happen after testing has concluded. It claims to D-2446 that, now that his life has been displayed before him, he will understand what to do. After being released of his sentence, he will make marked improvements to his life until falling in love with a woman of similar circumstance. They will have a single daughter together and adopt a boy. After this, he and his wife will continue to live a loving life until suddenly dying of a brain tumor at the age of 67.

After this, the program offers D-2446 words of encouragement to send him on his way before self terminating. The video capture device is shown to end immediately with the program, without any input from the staff on hand. D-2446 is then escorted back into his cell, and noted by Dr. ||||| as being in a highly amiable state, saying that "things are going to be different now, I promise." It should be noted that D-2446 is to be terminated one month after testing.