SCP XXXX
Safe
Context
A small audiogram, dated 18th century. Recovered from Mikužiai, Lithuania in 2008 after reports of a "prophetic music box".
Description
An audiogram, with a brass speakerphone, wooden frame, and simple copper mechanisms. Within the mechanisms, a wrought iron box is firmly attached. Faint scratching can be heard from the box at all times.
The audiogram, when played, will emit scratchy crackling for several minutes, then a female voice will list off a series of items, ranging from mundane (groceries, car parts, clothing) to anomalous (SCP-[][][][], SCP-[][][][]). After the list of items is stated, the voice will attempt to persuade the subject who played SCP-XXXX to collect these items, to complete a prophecy involving the subject. These prophecies are commonly abstract and subjective (i.e. Good Fortune, Happiness to come, Change of feelings), although there have been prophecies that are very specific (see Testing Log XXXX-1).
The voice will claim that the prophecies will only come true if the subject collects all of the parts previously stated, and brings them to SCP-XXXX. If the items are brought to SCP-XXXX, it will either claim the items are of "too poor quality" or, if the items are deemed "usable", the voice will give a series of abstract orders to the subject involving the items. Many orders are harmless and mundane, although violent, anomalous orders are not uncommon.
If all items are of "usable quality" and all tasks are followed, SCP-XXXX will tell the subject that the prophecy has been manifested, and that the subject has "tied a knot in the strings of their own future". It will issue a series of abstract warnings (i.e. Beware falling thoughts, Seek aromatic emotions) before shutting down.
If no items are brought to SCP-XXXX after 5-18 hours, it will claim the subject is not ready to "tamper with fate", and shut down.
If the items are "too poor quality" or not all items are brought to SCP-XXXX within 21-71 hours of the first item being brought to SCP-XXXX, it will insult the subject's intelligence and capabilities before shutting down.
If a task is failed or audibly denied, SCP-XXXX will mock the subject's determination and dedication to "playing God", then shut down.
Prophecies which SCP-XXXX claims have "manifested" have been proven to come true in most cases, although due to most prophecies being abstract it is difficult to determine an exact percentage of prophecies which have happened.
TESTING LOG XXXX-1
Session 1
Subject: D-79901, a 26-year-old male caucasian incarcerated for arson and attempted assassination of the treasurer of Massachusetts.
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Willis
Test 1
D-79901 starts SCP-XXXX without a wax cylinder. After several minutes of static, a female voice is heard coming from SCP-XXXX. It lists out,
Nails
Brick
Granite
Obsidian
Asbestos
Orangutan Skull
It commanded D-79901 to, through direct order of God, to bring SCP-XXXX the items. The voice told D-79901 that it "believed in him" and that "D-79901 would see things from a new light" if all tasks were successfully completed. D-79901 was then given,
30x 4" Steel Nails
1x Red Clay Fired Brick
1x 3" Cube of Polished Granite
1x 7" Obsidian Arrowhead
1x Black plastic trash bag of 5lb of Asbestos
1x P. P. Morio Skull
SCP-XXXX insulted D-79901 on the quality of the brick, but claimed "it will do". SCP-XXXX then tasked D-79901 with the following tasks:
Driving 3 nails into the skull.
Driving a nail through D-79901's foot.
Breaking the obsidian using both the granite and the brick.
Breaking a bone with the brick.
Describe what D-79901 ate for breakfast, out loud.
Fall asleep on the asbestos.
Staring at the skull for 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
D-79901 received help from foundation personnel in completing the tasks, with a medical team surgically inserting a nail into D-79901's foot as well as providing sleeping pills. All tasks were successfully completed. The voice congratulated D-79901 on completing the tasks and stated that "your fate, to see things in a different light, has manifested. Congratulations."
D-79901 woke up the next morning with red/green colorblindness.
Dr. Adams Willis: "It wasn't a total loss. We figured out that subjects can receive help on both obtaining the objects as well as completing the tasks. Still, in the interests of time and resources, we should only focus on prophecies that are…useful? Interesting?"
Test 2
D-79901 started SCP-XXXX 17 times, stopping and starting it until a prophecy that was deemed useful was found. SCP-XXXX claimed that D-79901 was "soon to find a strange and fantastic land".
Items listed were:
Bottle of Sea Water
Cerebral Fluids
Lemon Juice
Heart of a Bull
A Beggar's Hand
Bucket
Dr. Adams Willis: "Incredibly, the hardest item to obtain was the bottle of sea water."
Once all objects were obtained and approved by SCP-XXXX, it listed off a series of tasks for D-79901 to complete.
Confirm Cerebral Fluids for purity
Bite off a finger
Swallow finger
Crush the bull heart into the bucket
Dump the lemon juice on the floor
Drink the sea water
Believe the lies
All tasks except for "Believe the lies" were successfully completed (with varying degrees of cohesion by foundation personnel) by D-79901 within the first hour. After several hours with no success, SCP-XXXX spontaneously claimed that D-79901 had completed all tasks. D-79901 later expressed his own confusion at what triggered the task completion.
Several days later, a containment breach was brought about by spontaneous power failures sitewide. During the cleanup, D-79901 was seen running through a doorway and vanishing. An investigation concluded that the doorway had, during the breach, become a portal to an alternate dimension in which most of humanity had been killed during the early 18th century by an aggressive flu strain. During investigations, the portal suddenly shut, and contact to all agents within the alternate dimension was lost.
Dr. Adams Willis: "All testing involving SCP-XXXX is now to be authorized by two researchers with Level 4 clearance or higher. The extent and capabilities of SCP-XXXX is unknown, and it's anomalous and dangerous properties only become apparent when in use. Let's just leave it in it's box for now."






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