James Tidbury - Shinigami's Blade

CAPTION-GOES-HERE

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX is to be contained within a glass case in the center of a fifty (50) meter by fifty (50) meter containment cell, with three (3) locks upon the door, two (2) numerical and one (1) key lock. The two (2) numerical lock’s passcodes are required to change every two (2) months. Access to SCP-XXX requires clearance from one (1) security level two (2) personnel. CCTV inside and outside SCP-XXX ‘s containment cell is to be monitored twenty-four (24) hours a day, to ensure no unauthorized personal enter proximity of SCP-XXX ‘s effect.
All personal are required to undergo psychological analysis before being assigned to SCP-XXX to ensure they are not highly susceptible to SCP-XXX ‘s effects. Personal in proximity of SCP-XXX must undergo psychological testing every 4 (four) months, investigating any uncommon or unexplained emotional changes, with Security level two (2) personnel needing analysis every 2 (two) due to their increased access and exposure. Research teams and those directly exposed to SCP-XXX must be rotated out on an eight (8) monthly basis.
In accordance with the requirements of SCP-XXX ‘s process, A D-class is to be sacrificed to SCP-XXX, once every three (3) years. This sacrifice is to occur within a human containment cell, similar to those within police stations or prisons, in which the D-Class is to be held with SCP-XXX for seven (7) days. This allows for the entirety of SCP-XXX ‘s process to occur, with the rate of stages being incredibly high, due to proximity and nearing the end of the three (3) year “safe period”. This appears to satisfy SCP-XXX ‘s sacrificial needs and ensures the range and efficiency of SCP-XXX ‘s effect remains secure and manageable.
Any individual who falls victim to SCP-XXX ‘s is to be removed from SCP-XXX ‘s current containment site and are to be placed within a Foundation mental health ward, undergoing two (2) hour therapy sessions daily. This is to last at least one (1) year and after that, victims can be discharged upon therapist’s discretion.

Description: SCP-XXX is a five (5)-centimetre, double edge, stainless steel blade, depicting Shinigami, a Japanese death spirit, on both sides. SCP-XXX causes unstable and erratic mental health within any individuals effected by SCP-XXX, leading to suicidal tendencies.
SCP-XXX causes a four (4) stage process within victims, leading to suicidal tendencies, and will gradually affect all individuals within a fifty (50) meter radius of SPC—-, taking up to six (6) months to complete the four (4) stage process, dependent upon proximity and individual’s mental state.
Typically beginning after four (4) months of exposure, Stage One (1) causes mood swings in victims, alongside increased irritability or irrationality, normally lasting up to two (2) to three (3) weeks. Stage Two (2) causes victims to feel intense nihilism and erratic mood swings, with this stage lasting, on average, three (3) weeks. Stage Three (3) then leads to increasing depression and a loss of emotional control. Stage Three (3) normally lasts between three (3) days to one (1) week; however this stage is shown to be most likely to vary. Stage Four (4) causes victims to actively seek access to SCP-XXX and attempt to kill themselves using SPC-XXX, through slitting either wrists or throat. The final stage will last indefinitely until the individual is removed from vicinity of SCP-XXX.
This effects all individuals who are in or been through puberty, regardless of mental states previous to exposure to SCP-XXX. However, testing has shown that SCP-XXX has a stronger effect upon individuals with low levels of emotional intelligence, causing an increased rate of the process, with each stage lasting significantly less long.
SCP-XXX requires causing the death of one (1) individual every three (3) years. If SCP-XXX does not cause at least one (1) death over a three (3) year period, the range of effect increases to five thousand (5,000) meters and process rate increasing to only five (5) days, regardless of all previous mental states or emotional intelligence of victims.

Addendum: The following are instances of activations and interactions of SCP-XXX.

date:	Event:	Instance details:	Result:
01-11-2003	Initial Retrieval	SCP-XXX was discovered after numerous suicides were linked to a single place of residence ten (10) miles from a village in Cornwall, UK.	No instances of activation of SCP-XXX occurred in retrieval. MTF members reported intense feelings of nihilism with twenty-four (24) hours. Diaries of victims discovered alongside SCP-XXX.
04-11-2003	First Testing	After study of diaries, Researchers theorized the anomalous effect of SCP-XXX, believing SCP to amplify existing negative emotions. Five (5) D-class were placed within a bungalow with SCP-XXX for 6 months, with varying levels of mental health and emotional intelligence.	All D-class became under effect of SCP-XXX and killed themselves using SCP-XXX, varying in rate according to their emotional intelligence and mental health. The four (4) stages of the SCP-XXX’s process found from all five (5) exhibiting same phases
01-06-2003	Initial Proximity Testing	SCP-XXX was placed within a safe, within a fifty (50) acre estate. Seventy-five (75) D-class were placed at varying distances from SCP-XXX, with orders and supplies to remain in place for two (2) weeks.	D-class showed the influences of SCP-XXX from up fifty (50) meters, becoming increasingly emotional and exhibiting mood swings. No D-class sought SCP-XXX and progressed beyond the first stage of the process.
16-06-2003	Further Proximity Testing	Proximity testing was reperformed, with D-class being ordered and supplied to remain in their place for 6 months.	All D-class within fifty (50) meters underwent the full four (4) process of SCP-XXX ’s effect. Those outside the fifty (50) meter radius showed no signs of SCP-XXX ‘s effect. D-class within closer proximity to SCP-XXX underwent the process at a faster rate. All D-class under effect abandoned all orders and actively sought SCP-XXX, all somehow knowing the exact location and direction of the safe. D-class attempted to destroy and open the safe through any means, using teeth, nails, resources nearby and even bones (gotten out of themselves and each other) to batter the safe. Resulted in all thirty (30) D-class effected by SCP-XXX to die, through blood loss, exhaustion and six (6) gaining access to SCP-XXX. A fifty (50) by fifty (50) meter containment cell was deemed suitable to contain SCP-XXX and psychological testing of staff.
20-06-2006	Breach Event	SCP was contained within a safe, within a fifty (50) meter by fifty (50) meter containment cell. No abnormalities were recorded about SCP-XXX, with no movement or visual differences, during the event or previously.	Staff directly in contact with SCP-XXX report intense feelings of depression and exhibit huge emotional distress. After five (5) hours of these reports, all site staff report similar feelings. At this time, security personnel are dispatches to local civilian areas and monitor behaviour. After eight (8) hours of initial report, all staff become aggressive and many actively seek access to SCP-XXX. Security personnel in local civilian areas begin administrating sedatives and spreading stories of gas leaks, leading to the erratic behaviour. Thirty (30) minutes later, local security personnel arrive and begin sedating all site staff. Forty-five (45) minutes later, the large majority of site staff are sedated and all remaining are restraint. Sixteen (16) hours after initial reports, site is re-secured, and local civilian areas are dealt with. The event resulted in twelve (12) personnel deaths (all of which were in contact with SCP-XXX for research). Further research was done into the history of SCP-XXX and found similar widespread events occurred within Cornwall every three (3) years. Containment procedures were modified accordingly.