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Item #: SCP-Sandbox
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-Sandbox is currently located at site 43 and is to be stored in a safe in D personnel quarters, assigned to fictional or deceased personnel who are said to be 'temporarily reassigned'. If SCP-Sandbox needs to be moved, any foundation personnel may move the safe without particular caution. If it needs to be removed from the safe, access is to be restricted to class D personnel whenever practical, and such personnel must be instructed to return SCP-Sandbox to its (non-existent) owner. SCP-Sandbox is considered safe when shielded from view, but has severe deleterious effects on individuals who view it as 'theirs', consciously or subconsciously.
Description: SCP-Sandbox is a small natural black pearl, just over 5mm in diameter and roughly spherical. It was originally found fitted into jewelry, and does not look out of place when so fitted. Its market value as a pearl is estimated at ~$20.
Individuals who possess SCP-Sandbox or think of it as theirs go through a gradual transformation in personality, slowly becoming convinced that they destroy everything they touch, and that the people they care for would be better off without them. As the effect grows, they will abandon all relationships they care about and will begin to actively avoid forming new relationships. In the later stages of transformation, victims will self isolate and discard all items in their possession except SCP-Sandbox. However, unless it interferes with their self isolation, owners will frequently seek to learn what has become of their friends and family in their absence, hungrily looking for any signs that they are doing better without the owner in their lives.
SCP-Sandbox was taken into SCP custody in 199█ when it was discovered on the body of ████ ██, a 17-year old girl who died of thirst and starvation in rural ████, Japan. Interviews with friends and family reveal that she had been actively avoiding them for several months before her death, following a half year period of gradually more severe social withdrawal. Lacking survivalist training, it is likely she chose to starve rather than return to a city in search of food and water.
Studies have been conducted on class D personnel to measure the speed of the psychological transformation. When presented with SCP-Sandbox as a gift or reward, initial responses will vary, as with any other jewelry, depending on the person. Over the course of around one week the owner will spend increasingly more time alone looking at SCP-Sandbox, after which they will become noticeably more quiet and withdrawn. After approximately 30 days all test subjects with romantic partners offsite have asked for permission to contact them by letter. Although no such letters were actually delivered, those turned in to be sent invariably informed the subject's spouse that the relationship was over, some saying it was for the other party's sake, others inventing reasons such as cheating, gambling debts or other past transgressions to give the spouse a reason to accept the breakup.
As only one 'owner' can be studied at a time, few long term studies of SCP-Sandbox's effects have been carried out. Past the six month mark, any owner told we were bringing their friends and family to meet them have reacted with panic, threats of violence and attempts to compromise safety of the site. Subjects administered amnesiacs to forget about SCP-Sandbox entirely appear to show full recovery.
It may be possible to use SCP-Sandbox to break the psychological effects of other SCP-objects that cause strong emotional attachments in staff, however although SCP-Sandbox's effects do not cause further degradation once it has been taken away from its 'owner', the psychological impact on the subject's other relationships and self image will still be substantial, and it would likely lower their quality of life permanently.
