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Item #: SCP-4764

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4764 is to be kept in a secure locker in an anomalous items storage warehouse located at Site-87. SCP-4764 is to be kept unplugged at all times. As of ██/██/2017, SCP-4764 is not to be actively tested. As such, SCP-4764 is not to be removed from its locker without the written permission of at least three members of the Overseer council Level 4 clearance and a report explaining the circumstances behind removal sent to supervising researcher Dr. Millner. Dr. Millner is given the right to dispense Class-A amnestics on researchers who have formally utilized or accessed classified information regarding SCP-4764 as he sees fit. In accordance with Referendum-4764 all writing utensils on hand at Site-87 are to mechanically dispense lead or utilize ink.

Description: SCP-4764 is an electric pencil sharpener manufactured by the Bostitch company under the product label QuietSharp 6. The object is consistent in make and model with other QuietSharp 6 pencil sharpeners. The only modification to the sharpener is the words “Time Shredder” written in white sharpie on the top of it (source of this writing is unknown; sources at time of recovery indicated they did not know who wrote it). SCP-4764 was recovered from █████████ Middle School in █████████, Ohio on 09/15/17 after a classroom discovered it’s anomalous effects and Foundation plants in the local police force were called in to investigate. Class-A amnestics were distributed amongst the population and the anomalous item was brought in to Site-87 as SCP-4764.

SCP-4764’s anomalous effects manifest whenever it is used to sharpen a standard wooden pencil. When the pencil is removed from the object, the person holding the pencil (similar results have not been replicated with the operator of a robotic arm) receives a five second long vision. The vision completely dominates the view of the subject. They are not able to observe their own body parts in most visions. However, turning their head does allow them to look around the envisioned “environment” as if they were there (this only applies in visions were the subject was not present; experiments involving the observer being in the same place in both reality and the vision). The subject is able to move and speak as normal when experiencing the vision, but is unable to see and hear its current environment while experiencing the vision. Touch, smell, and taste are still functional.

The environment simulated by SCP-4764 is the location where the subject sharpened the pencil as it appeared a variable amount of time in the past. The vision is an exact match of the location at that point in time, including persons present at that time, including the subject if they would have been visible from that angle. In certain visions persons have been able to “pass through” where the observer should be to no ill effects (although some uncomfortable visuals have been reported; see Addendum 4764-A: Experiment Log). It is a true vision; attempts to move or interact with the past in ways other than looking around have met with no success.

The amount of time the subject is able to see in the past is variable and depends on the amount of pencil shavings produced by SCP-4764. For instance, a quick shave only allows a vision of a few seconds into the past, typically of the subject in the act of sharpening the pencil. Shaving a standard No. 2 pencil down to its eraser has resulted in a vision of ████ minutes prior. Foundation researchers have tried different brands, filling, colors, and length and reached two main conclusions.

1. The amount of shavings produced is the chief factor in determining how long ago the vision will be. While other factors may produce slightly varied results, the amount of time spent/shavings produced in the act of sharpening being higher results in a further back vision for the subject.
2. SCP-4764 only produces a vision of the place it is currently located in. Visions are centered around the location the sharpening takes place in, not the past locations of the subject or object.

There is also a third, tentative conclusion: there is a limit on the age of visions produced by SCP-4764. Final experiments before cessation of testing was ordered indicate a maximum oldest vision as being from 336 hours (14 days) prior.

Addendum SCP-4764-A: Experiment Log

The following is a partial list of experiments involving SCP-4764. Experiments were held within a special chamber in Site-87 unless otherwise described.

Experiment Number	Subject	Writing Utensil Used	Time Sharpened	Details of Vision
4764-1	D-04015	Standard No. 2 Pencil (Previously sharpened)	.8 seconds	Vision of 4 seconds prior. Subject is approaching SCP, and then begins sharpening
4764-2	D-04015	Same as Test 1	.8 seconds	Vision of 4 seconds prior. Subject is approaching SCP, and then begins sharpening
4764-3	D-04015	Standard No. 2 Pencil (New)	.8 seconds	Vision of 4 seconds prior. Subject is approaching SCP, then begins sharpening
4764-6	D-20630	Standard No. 2 Pencil (New)	1.4 seconds	Vision of 7 seconds prior. A researcher was passing through the space observed during the events of the vision. Subject reported being able to see "inside" the researcher.
4764-13	D-20630	Charcoal Pencil (Used)	.4 seconds	Vision of 2 seconds prior. Subject expressed discomfort, as their vision partially obscured by “smog."
4764-20	D-61719	Colored Pencil (New, Yellow)	1.4 seconds	Vision of 7 seconds prior. Subject describes “lens flare” effect in vision. Artificial light settings in the test chamber were not altered during testing.
4764-21	D-61719	Colored Pencil (New, Blue)	1.3 seconds	Vision of 6.5 seconds prior. Subject describes darker lighting in vision. Artificial light settings in the test chamber were not altered during testing.
4764-22	D-61719	Colored Pencil (New, Red)	1.4 seconds	Vision of 7 seconds prior. Subject describes higher saturation of colors in vision. Artificial light settings in the test chamber were not altered during testing.
4764-32	D-61719	Steno Pencil (Sharpened reverse end)	1 second	Vision of 5 seconds prior. Subject reported a vision of approaching the SCP. No deviations were recorded.
4764-40	D-20630	Golf Pencil (Used)	.3 seconds	Vision of 1.5 seconds prior. Subject viewed a vision mostly within the time frame their vision was taking place in. No other deviations were recorded. Authorization for custom length pencils requested.
4764-49	D-20630	Novelty Pencil; 3 feet in length (New)	11 seconds	Vision of 55 seconds prior. Oldest recorded vision to date. Authorization for custom-length pencils accepted.
4764-63	D-04015	Custom made pencil measured as █████	█ hours	Vision of 14 days prior. Establishment of possible “limit” on history accessible
4764-64	D-04015	Custom made pencil measured as █████	█ hours	See Addendum-4674-B for more information

THE FOLLOWING ADDENDUM REQUIRES LEVEL-4 CLEARANCE TO ACCESS

After the discovery made regarding thesixty-fourth test of SCP-4674, I had been working very closely with a member of the Overseer council. It was believed that the discovery made in said test would possibly compromise Foundation operations and delegitimize several Foundation contributions to anomalous study. However, after further deliberation between myself and members of the Overseer council, it has been determined that the conclusions reached by said experiment are not as dangerous as previously determined. The results are not anomalously dangerous, but at my protest I have been given authority to administer amnestics to those who view the results. I personally feel that as long as Referendum-4674 exists (allegedly so we are not tempted to use SCP-4674) and I am forced into buying truckloads of bic for the entire site, security on the results will remain tight. Below are described the results of the fifty-fourth experiment regarding SCP-4674. Be warned that they are shocking, even if not thought of as pertinent by the Overseer council.

-Dr. Tobias Millner, Site-87, Head Researcher for SCP-4674

Experiment SCP-4674-63 Notes: After a foundation-created custom-length pencil was used for testing, Dr. Millner believed he had found a limit on the capabilities of SCP-4764. In previous tests, fourteen days prior had been viewed as a capability of SCP-4764 using similarly long pencils. However, during this test, attempts to view any further back than fourteen days resulted in the subject seeing nothing but a black void. This was viewed by Dr. Millner and the attending researchers as the perceived limit of SCP-4764. Interviews with D-04015 following this experiment included her referring to her vision as “Not like when you close your eyes. It was a different kind of black.” Dr. Millner found this description interesting, so he requested a test of around the same length for the next day, with D-04015 reprising their role as the subject in order to confirm the results.

Experiment SCP-4674-64 Notes: The test proceeded for the next day as scheduled. The same amount of pencil was sharpened by D-04015 as the previous test; just enough to view more than fourteen days into the past. However, the result was surprising to attending researchers. D-04015 described seeing a vision of the containment site from fifteen days prior. This ran contrary to the belief that SCP-4764 had a limit of fourteen days. Dr. Millner was perplexed and concerned by this result, and contacted an Overseer council liaison to inform them of the test results.

Immediately procedures to restrict access to SCP-4674 were put in place, requiring authorization from the O5 Council to access the object or its documentation. For the next █ weeks, Dr. Millner entered a discussion with members of the O5 council about what the ramifications of Experiment-4674-64 meant. The following is a small except from that discussion:

Dr. Millner: With all due respect, I feel you’re not taking this seriously. What we’ve discovered here puts our entire universe in a new light.

O5-█: I don’t feel so, Doctor. Even if, as this new evidence suggests, the universe is two weeks old, that doesn’t change our mission.

Dr. Millner: I can’t believe you would say that! It invalidates the background of so many of the skips that we’ve worked with! There are at least two world-eating abominations that need accurate reading of time to effectively contain.

O5-██: No, I don’t believe so. Toby, right?

Dr. Millner: Dr. Tobias Millner, mhm.

O5-██: The first point of order is that the tests are still inconclusive.

Dr. Millner: Well, then let me continue testing the-

O5-██: Let me finish, Doctor! I have a second point of order to get you, or did you forget?

Dr. Millner: Apologies. Please, continue.

O5-██: It doesn’t matter how old the universe is. All that matters is how old the universe thinks it is. We’ve discovered evidence of the universe being incredibly old for the last two weeks, placed there as if it had been for years. The universe itself operates as if it was old, so even if it really did show up two weeks ago, there’s no reason to care. This changes absolutely nothing.

Dr. Millner: Well, uh. That seems a bit rash, but I can’t think of a good rebuttal at this moment.

O5-█: Well, if that’s it then, then perhaps we should discuss how we are going to amend the Special Containment Procedures.

After this, the Special Containment Procedures were amended once again, appearing as they do in the current documentation. All testing regarding SPC-4674 has been indefinitely ceased.

Now you also know the truth. I personally still believe it’s a very dangerous revelation that we’re tossing around like it’s nothing. I’ve had to amnesticize a few of my staff because the knowledge was simply too overwhelming for them. Combine that with the termination of D-04015 a few days after the experiment, and only the council and I are burdened with this knowledge. And they don’t even act like it’s a burden!

Some final musings before I close the documentation; the order to cease testing with the object being maintained seems unnecessary. The actual anomalous effect as we understand it is completely benign. I suppose testing has been suspended to conserve resources, but that doesn’t quite settle my nerves. We never even learned why the thing has such a peculiar name. The anomaly as we understand it right now doesn’t shred anything but pencil. It’s rubbish. In any case, this is Doctor Tobias Millner, signing off. If you require amnestics please visit my office at Site-87.

-Dr. Tobias Millner, Site-87, Head Researcher for SCP-4674