Per 
SCP-XXXX in Police Impound, prior to Foundation Acquisition
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored at Site 111, within a standard small item individual containment cell, with climate control. Climate is to be maintained at 22c at no more than 40% humidity. Three times a year, item is to be preserved using Antiquities Preservation Procedure Woden. Access is to be strictly controlled. Unauthorized access will be strictly punished, up to and including the use of lethal force.
Special Containment Addendum: At the present time, any D-class Juvenile on List 2144A attempting unrestricted access is to be terminated. Furthermore, any deliberate exposure of minors SCP-XXXX by any member of the Foundation is to be immediately punished with termination for the adult and amnestics followed by psychotherapy for exposed juveniles.
SCP-XXXX-1 is to be kept in the possession of senior security personnel at Site 23. SCP-XXXX-1 will not leave possession of senior security personnel without prior written authorization of Level 4 personnel. Removal of SCP-XXXX-1 from site by any individual is forbidden, and will be punished with demotion or termination of employment.
An armed guard will be posted to prevent access to SCP-XXXX at any time that an individual under the chronological age of eighteen (18) years or younger is active within the hosting facility. No access by the aforementioned young adults/minors is to be permitted under any circumstances without prior authorization of Level 4 supervisors. Any access under these conditions shall be logged with Dr. Bagosy at his request.
At no time shall individuals eighteen (18) years or younger be permitted within 50 meters of SCP-XXXX without prior authorization. Any of the aforementioned young adults/minors violating this cordon for any reason will be met with non-lethal force as appropriate. Adults deemed responsible for this violation shall be met with rigorous discipline; termination may be required. Any young adults/minors exposed to SCP-XXXX shall be treated with amnestics and psychotherapy without exception.
Locking or unlocking SCP-XXXX itself using its own integral locking mechanism will only be performed with authorization. Research involving analysis of XXXX and its contents alone will be restricted to containment cell provided. Research involving XXXX and its effects upon test subjects may be permitted in specially simulated environments as determined by appropriate personnel. Forcing the lock for any reason is strictly prohibited.1
Addendum, Doctor Thybalt: Seriously, people. How many times do we have to tell you this? Some fucking idiot locked the thing last time, and we had to bring a kid just so that we could open it!
Documentation Addendum: Per Reliquary Division, XXXXB contains historical documentation recovered in regards to SCP-XXXX. This information is accessible to Level 3 Security Clearances.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a wooden chest approximately 91.44 centimeters long by 92 centimeters high by 91 centimeters deep. Wood is seasoned, naval grade teak secured with pig iron fittings and a basic internal locking mechanism. Mechanism can be locked or unlocked using XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX contains a variable number of items ("Toys").
SCP-XXXX is painted in a badly deteriorated yellow wood glaze which appears to date to the early twentieth century. The name "JEREMY" is hand-stenciled in faded, brightly colored block script across the top of the hinged lid. The interior is painted in a variety of colors that have since faded away through rigorous use of XXXX. (See Note XXXXa for results of spectroscopic analysis by the Reliquaries Division.) Original owner reported that the item was lined with fabric; this was subsequently removed forcefully by local customs agents during unauthorized examination. Customs personnel were disciplined for this infraction.2
SCP-XXXX1 is a pig-iron key matching the locking mechanism for XXXX. Attempts to replicate XXXX-1 have proven fruitless, as have similar keys of a similar vintage.
SCP-XXXX was recovered from an abandoned home in ██████,█████ UK in 1998 by a toy collector. The collector reported his concerns to friend in the local constabulary after a minor accessing XXXX was injured. Item was voluntarily surrendered to local constables. When Customs Officials behaved erratically upon inspection, the Foundation took possession.
The item's locking mechanism, whilst hardly the most anomalous of its properties, is notable.
When unlocked, testing has shown that the XXXX can only be locked again if:
a) All items present in SCP-XXXX when opened and initially unlocked have been removed from the interior of SCP-XXXX and then, subsequently replaced.
b) The individual locking the chest is an adult twenty one nineteen (19) years or older.
When locked, testing has shown that XXXX can only be unlocked again if a child, aged twelve (12) years or younger is present within 1.5 meters of SCP-XXXX. Line of sight is not required, nor does the child actually have to be present in the same room.
When unlocked and opened, SCP-XXXX appears to contain a selection of toys appropriate in number and size to the size of XXXX. These items vary somewhat each time SCP-XXXX is unlocked. Occasionally new items will appear. It is not unusual for items to appear and then disappear for some time once SCP-XXXX has been locked and re-locked again. That said, there are six (6) "canonical" items (XXXX-2 through XXXX-7), two or more of which will always be present within SCP-XXXX when it is unlocked. No reason for this is known at present. . An inventory of these items, with examples of additional items that have since been added, may be located in file XXXXF. Recorded toys numbered approximately thirty at the time of writing and date from the seventeenth through twenty-first centuries.
Each of these toys was at one time marketed and sold for use by children. Each toy was subsequently discovered to pose a significant hazard to the users and/or others. Some items were recalled or seized; others contain to be produced even today. All such items contained within XXXX appear to be indistinguishable from other items of the type, when such items can still be located, and each poses the same safety hazards. These hazards, however, are exacerbated by the apparent effects of XXXX and its contents. These are as follows:
a) Any individual who so much as touches one of the items taken from XXXX will feel a slight compulsion to examine the item and/or "play" with it. After handling for more than five minutes (accumulative), this slight compulsion becomes a serious compulsion. This eventually becomes habit forming or even addictive, to include withdrawal effects if a subject is forcibly prevented from regular interaction with the item.3
For the above reasons, it is recommended that analysis efforts split "unloading" and physical handling of the contents of SCP-XXXX between different individuals, to minimize the chance of exposure. The use of protective gloves seems to have a mildly ameliorating affect, but a minimum of contact should be the preferred methodology in any case. The Foundation is currently investigating additional means of protection.
b) Subjects with this compulsion display increasingly erratic behaviors which seem to hinge upon using the items in an increasingly dangerous fashion. This use invariably results in injury or even death to subject, or another subject engaged as part of "play." (see XXXXG. Excerpted Research Notesfor details.)4
XXXXa. Spectroscopic Analysis (Dr. Bagosy)
"Toybox" is of European origin. Wood used in construction is seasoned, naval grade teak, with pig iron fittings. Thickness and density are quite normal for a block of seasoned teak, and the pig iron is unremarkable in quality, though well executed in terms of crafting.Why this would feature pig iron fittings instead of a finer material, given the presence of expensive teak I cannot fathom, though Johnson's What The Ancients Knew: Science and Defense Against The Fae seems to suggest potential uses in an occult setting.5
While dating of the wood has thus far proven inconclusive, spectroscopic analysis of the wood shows that at least three (3) layers of lacquer, L1,L2, and L3 have been applied over the original teak.
L1 is present coating, a badly deteriorated yellow lacquer dating no earlier than the early twentieth century, overpainted with the name "JEREMY" using common chalk based pigment in a variety of colors centered approximately 15mm above locking mechanism keyhole. Unlike the preceding names, these letters appear to have been formed with aid of stencils.
L2 preceded L1. It appears to consist of a brown lacquer dating no earlier than 1750. Indications that the name "JEREMIAH" was applied using oil based pigment, bright red, in approximately the same location as "JEREMY" in L1.
L3 preceded L2. Appears to have consisted of deep green lacquer dating no earlier than 1640. Indications that that the name "GERVAIS" was applied via brush using black or brown writing ink, in same approximate location as "JEREMIAH."
SCP-XXXX is not in particularly "attractive" from the standpoint of cosmetic preservation, but it is remarkably sturdy. Despite clearly missing pieces, XXXX still closes and latches easily, and the wood is still in excellent shape for a piece that may at this point be well over three centuries old. I do not believe this to be an anomalous quality: but it is certainly noteworthy.
XXXXB - Historical Documentation and Notes
Level 3 Clearance Required
To: Dr. ████
From: Dr. Bagosy (ID#██████)
Re: Available Documentation for SCP-XXXX
Dr. ████,
I appreciate your interest in our efforts to get to the bottom of this thing. Thank you kindly. As we discussed, I have discovered some documentation which may possibly shed some light upon the origins of SCP-XXXX and a potential means of understanding the "why" of it, if not the "how."
These documents come from two sources:
a) Letters/Notes provided by ███ █████████
b) Materials uncovered during Spectroscopic Analysis
**Letters provided by Contact ███ █████████, (hereafter: "T")
As of 12/6/████, "T" has provided the following documents. As is usual, they appear to be quite genuine.
Item #1: Fragmentary Letter, Dated 16██
Written in Ink, high grade parchment. 17th century French. About 67% complete. Most of this letter is an inventory of items;it makes arrangements for the gathering of wood and iron from █████ █████ for intended for the construction of a "fine toybox" for "Little Lord Gervais." The letter substantiates most of my suspicions regarding materials used in the creation of SCP-XXXX and its construction.
Of interest is a note assuring the recipient that the King has granted permission for the use of teak in construction of XXXX. Such materials were normally held in reserve and given royal prerogative, if not outright monopoly, and subsequently required formal license from the king. It was not unusual for license to be sought in regards to such materials for the construction of ships, but other items (furniture, for instance) would rarely have been permitted outside gifts from the crown, given Louis ███'s preference for the stuff for the fine furnishings of his various residences.
Item #2: Fragmentary Letter, Dated 16██
Written in ink, mid-grade vellum (probably a shop scrap), 17th Century English. About 44% complete.
Based upon the wording used and the script used, I'd posit that this letter probably originated in Great Britain, possibly around the reign of ████ ██. The letter is an assurance that "a sertain carpenter of Old Irelande"(sic) has been secured for the creation of the toybox, and that he is "eager to begynn work" once initial payment has been concluded. "He hath asked," says another section, "if young Gervais hath he a favorite colour that he might make the item more appropriate to the young lad's delight."
Item #3: Bill of Lading, Undated
No date, though I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and suggest that it isn't dated long after the previously referenced documents. This is a Bill of Lading, 97% complete, written in both 17th Century French and 17th Century English, ink on low grade parchment. It is essentially a receipt for items being shipped aboard a vessel bound from one point for another along with intended recipient, customs duties owed, that sort of thing.
Of interest to us is a singular entry, describing, "A seacheste(sec) of teak and iron-woode, painted all over in [[illegible]] for Marquis d'████. " Measurements given approximate the size of the artifact in custody. The cost for this item must have been extraordinary, but I have yet to locate an actual complete bill of sale. Duties were certainly quite high, which one would expect of an item constructed from a strategic material shipped to an oft-times rival and then shipped back to France.
Materials Uncovered During Spectroscopic Analysis
During our scans, we located a narrow wooden pocket tucked under a piece of lining for L2. Apparently some deity has spared this little piece of history from the incompetent hands of UK Customs. The pocket included two (2) Letters, faded and partly water damaged. I've attempted to construct the relevant passages here for your edification, though as always you are welcome to view the physical documents next time you're in our neck of the woods.
Item #4: A Letter to Gervais
A letter apparently intended from Marquis d'████. Document is complete, but sections are unreadable.
"My Dear Son,
By the time you receive this letter, you will have reached your age of maturity and perhaps outgrown this trifling gift from your father. Know that, while I have not always been present at the times most needed, you have never been far from my heart. The war kept me away for far too long, and I cannot with good conscience say that being separated from you was the most pleasant choice, but for the sake of our country it was the right one. And while I have, perhaps, been a foolish father, I have nevertheless hoped to impress to you that quintessential trait of our family line: that duty to others must always eclipse duty to ones-self.
This toybox was no mere chest. It was constructed by a friend in order that you might learn a lesson about yourself, about the world around you. Principally: that you are mortal, and that there are consequences for each and every action. Indeed, even the very act of play. For, just as children have been playing with toys since first we emerged from the Garden, so too have they known the rigorous of life with all its joys, rigors, and occasional bleakness. I hope that you have appreciated that.
[[next few paragraphs illegible, water damage]]
[[illegible]]blame you for your mother's death. If I had known that she beat you as she did, I should have swept the both of you out of her arms at once and taken you to a safer place. Had I known what her servants did to you… perhaps I would have blamed your mother for more than simply 'spoiling' you." Now time has past, I see her for the monster she was. I beg you, my son, to see me in a kind light. For though you were kept in the care of a monster, I would have rescued you from that monster if I had been wise enough to see our home for the prison it was.
[[illegible]]
Your loving father,
[[illegible]]
Item #5: A Letter to Jeremiah
A more recent letter, dating sometime between 1750 and 1800. The language is eighteenth century English written in a learned hand. About 65% complete.
Sweet Jeremiah:
When this letter reaches you, I shall have long since been dead. I do not regret being your father, despite my age when you were born, and I should like to think that you have only positive memories of me, and the life I have done my best to provide to you. I have instructed your aunts and uncles to ensure that this letter is delivered safely unto you upon reaching your age of maturity, just as was the letter that reached my father. He had the luxury of truly knowing his father, though perhaps knowing your grandmother was not such a luxury. I wish I had known my grandfather - your great granddad - he seems to have been quite a remarkable man. Sadly, the Willemite cannons made an end to his life before I was born.
This [[illegible]]constructed by a noted woodworker of Ireland or Scotland - I have forgotten which. It was built for your grandfather's brother, my Great-Uncle Gervais, for whom you are named in part. He was a troubled boy, there is no doubt, and the circumstances of his death [[illegible]]tragic. This was greatly prized by himself, and was one of the items he left to your grandfather, whom I should say [[illegible]]feared it, but nevertheless[[illegible]].
I know that your time in [[illegible]] cannot have been easy for you. So many things occurred so quickly, but the only way to ensure that you were to live a normal life were to follow the advice of the physician and [[illegible]]. I am told that you were well cared for, even loved, in my absence, and that you are a model patient. Eager to impart a laugh, a smile, an encouraging slap on the back for men [[illegible]]by this cruel [[illegible.]] I am assured that your reaching maturity will find you returned to our family estates, so that you might take your rightful place under the care of duly appointed physicians licensed by the crown. How I long to embrace you, and how painful it was to me that, with my illness and [[illegible]] my visits have been so [[illegible.]]
I have tried to be a good father. And I know that your mother, God rest her, would have tried the same had she been given the opportunity. I hope that you have become the good man that [[illegible.]]
With greatest love, and fellowship in Our Lord and Savior, I remain
Your [[partly obscured by a red-brown stain, indeterminate origin.]]
Addendum: Inscription XXXX/1
These were recovered during the scan requested by Dr. ████. They depict a series of inscriptions, I'd describe them as analogous to Ogham, with elements of Pictish Script. I have posted an image at ████████. Translation has been difficult. SCP-████ was able to identify two of the phrases, which may help to unlock more of the strange inscription.
Phrase #1: invoke a version of ████████, often referred to by the Romans as "The ██████ God."
Phrase #2: A single word, "Kronos." Kronos is often associated with the mysteries of ███████. While I don't enjoy providing my own work as a citation to a colleague (seems awfully presumptuous of me), I do think you'll find my investigations of the Nidderheim ████████ to be particularly relevant, as a huge section of that site is given over to Kronos (or perhaps containing him/it depending upon the interpretation of the images there.) I've attached a copy. You'll want pages 83-110.
XXXXF. Partial Inventory, SCP-XXXX Contents
I have asked Dr. Bagosy to add contextual notes as appropriate. - Dr. Spyre
Description: Black leather bag, roughly "pocket" sized, filled with approximately twenty four high quality "marbles" averaging 6mm in diameter in frosted pastel colors, strongly suggesting the appearance of sugared hard candies. European manufacture.
Date: Mid-Nineteenth Century, A.D.
Notes: These were undoubtedly quite expensive in their day, as far as marbles go.
Description:Compressed paper tube, approximately 450mm long with a diameter of 50mm. Tube is yellow, in color with red lettering that reads "CHINESE GORDON'S FIRE STARTING KIT". The label depicts an image of Major General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon (d.1885) making a fire with flint in steel behind a series of revetments whilst admiring "Chinese" soldiers admire his work. Likely British manufacture.
Date: 1884.
Notes:Around the time of the Sudan Relief Expedition, Gordon was an obsession throughout the British Empire. One finds all sorts of nick-knacks, to include toys, based upon the popular perception of Gordon.
Description: Unlabeled box of condensed white paper approximately 210 mm long by 150mm wide containing a metal replica .455 Webley Revolver as commonly used by British officers from the Late Victorian period through the end of the second world war and widely copied. The weapon is slightly scaled down for child use at approximately 200mm long with a barrel length of about 125mm. The box also contains three cardboard tubes, about 50mm long, of pellets/bbs approximately 2mm in diameter and a set of instructions that suggest use against a series of tin targets sold separately.
Date: 1937; likely American or British manufacture.
Notes:Yes, this is the sidearm used both in the "Zulu" film (for which it is anachronistic) and in the ██████ █████ films. Toys based upon the pistol begin to proliferate around the time of the Great War.
Description: Plastic starfighter labeled "███████ █████" from the popular American B███████ ████████ television series. Roughly 120mm long by 100mm wide. It features three (3) plastic missiles which may be "fired" from a point just below the nose of the starfighter by depressing a trigger button attached to a compressed spring mechanism. This item is known to have been recalled from American toy shelves.
Date: ca.197█. American manufacture.
Notes:The date isn't incorrect; this was a toy released to support the original series, rather than the comparatively recent reboot. The toy caused quite a scandal in the United States owing to a fatal choking incident, and radically changed the requirements for toy safety as then practiced.
Description: A teddy bear, about 350mm tall by 200mm wide, and containing a small cassette tape recorder and two "D" size batteries. Plastic, metal construction covered with artificial fur. The teddy bear features a mechanism allowing it to sink movement of its mechanical mouth with certain raised surfaces of the tapes played when these are loaded into the tape recorder. Normally tells stories, plays games, or tells jokes. Speed and direction can be reversed, however. When a tape is played backward, it appears to give fairly unsafe advice. Ie: "Let's play with daddy's guns!;" or "Let's count the cars on the highway!'" This appears to be an off-brand copy of the "█████ █████" toy marketed in the US and Europe during the 1980s.
Date: 198█. Chinese/American manufacture.
Notes:Always wanted one of the originals as a child. My parents refused, said it was too expensive. This was, indeed, a luxury toy, and could fetch well over $100. Knockoffs were quite common.The ███ ████, a far right religious organization, often alleged that these toys were used to transmit satanic messages.
Description: A blonde haired fashion doll approximately 292mm long. She is dressed a safety helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, typical 'skater' apparel, and a pair of translucent pink rollerblade skates. The skates feature a friction mechanism that allows the doll, when pulled backward across a relatively even surface, to "skate" for some distance. While "skating," the rollerblades produce sparks, which are generated by a flint and striker mechanism not dissimilar from that found in a common, hand-held lighter. Recalled from US toy shelves.
Date: ca.19██. Chinese/American manufacture. Recalled in American and European markets.
Notes:My youngist sister owned one of these in the 1990s. My parents immediately took it away when the scandal broke. Apparently there was a considerable fire hazard, but I confess that I never actually saw it in action.
Description: Metal toy car, approximately 60mm long by 15mm high, four wheels. Apparently
manufactured from scrap metal and low grade plastic. Mimics the design of a Soviet "Lada" sedan painted in the colors and markings of a USSR police car. This item was recalled from Soviet toy shops.
Date: 197█. Soviet Manufacture (modern █████████).
Notes:The Lada was no Trabant… but it was a car with more than two cylinders. Several toys were recalled from Soviet toy shelves in the 1970s when it became apparent that unscrupulous factory managers were taking a huge percentage of the production budget for these toys and constructing them of unsafe materials, often with dangerous leaded paint of dubious origin. In a different time, Stalin would have had them all killed and then replaced them with his -own- corrupt people.
Description: Undersized German Schmeisser Model MP40 type Sub-Machine gun, tin, approximately 400mm long by 100mm wide. Fires plastic pellets using a high tension spring mechanism. Included are approximately one hundred 2cmm diameter pellets loaded via a detachable magazine. The MP40 features a prominent replica "waffenamt" with an unambigous swastika on the weapon's magazine.
Date: 1950s. Unknown manufacture.
Note:[[Redacted]]
**Critical Addendum: **This item's effects are of particular concern to 05 at the present time. Please report any appearances, whatever the circumstance, to Dr. Miller, Dr. Spyre, or Dr. Bagosy.
Description:A large cardboard box, about 900mm long by 850mm wide, in blue and yellow, with the words "███CAPE AND GRAPPLER" in black on the cover. Cover also features an illustration of
██████ and █████ climbing up the side of a building. right side of the box reads, "FOR USE WITH YOUR ███-UTLITLY BELT(tm)!" Contents include a vinyl cape, approximately 900mm long by 400mm wide, with plastic segments to give it a "batwing" type appearance. Features an adjustable collar which may be adjusted from child sizes to those of an adult with an average neck diameter. The box seems to indicate that a grapnel of some kind was to be included with the cape, but this does not appear within the box.
Date: ca.19██, Indian/American manufacture.
Note:While often dismissed as urban legend, there were at least a dozen reports in 1969 alone of children in the United States attempting to "fly off the rooftop of the house" or "glide off of the garage" and suffering significant breaks in the process. A story from 1971 references a drunken fraternity member attempting to dive into a pool wearing one of these things from the balcony of a Fort Lauderdale hotel. He did not survive.
Description: Red Cardboard box, labeled "RUSSIAN ROULETTE" in faux Cyrillic font about 300mm long by 200mm wide, containing the following items:
1 x Plastic toy revolver, about 230mm long, in bright neon orange and green, with six chambered revolving mechanism. Handle conceals 9volt battery.
5 x Plastic bullets labeled "Mercy Bullets" with integrated basic power cells and bronze "firing pins."
1 x Plastic bullet labeled "Angry Bullet" with integrated basic power cell and bronze "firing pin."
1 x Set of Instructions, 300mm long by 200m wide, six pages long.
This is a "board game" marketed as "RUSSIAN ROULETTE." It is played by loading the gun and then randomly determining a starting player. Starting player "spins the chamber," places the gun to temple and pulls trigger. If the trigger is pulled and the chamber contains a "Mercy" bullet , the gun will emit a loud clicking noise and a triumphant horn sound "Da-da-daa!" If the trigger is pulled and the chamber contains the "Angry" bullet, the gun plays a loud "Bang" sound followed by a defeatist "wah-wah-wahhh" from a simulated tuba.
Date: 19██, British Manufacture. This item was recalled in the UK.6
Notes:Russian Roulette themed games, for children and adults, are quite a bit more common than one should really think appropriate (and quite a bit means, in this case, any number greater than zed.)
XXXXG: Excerpted Research
Test A98 - 1/20/98
Subject: D-33192, Caucasian Male, 23 years old (Desertion, GBH, Armed Robbery.)
Procedure:Subject was permitted to enter test room 111/32, constructed to mimic the interior of a typical child's bedroom of the late twentieth/early twenty-first centuries. Subject was invited to explore SCP-XXXX (previously unlocked) and its contents. Subject professed disinterest in "kids stuff," and found the setting "a little creepy." Instructed by Dr. Spyre to handle the toys inside the box.
Results: Subject's attitude changed upon handling the contents of the box. Subject was drawn to XXXX-4, and requested permission to "try it out." Dr. Spyre gave consent. Test moved to outdoor test area 111/04. Subject loaded the weapon without incident, fired several rounds at a nearby tree over the course of the next ten minutes. Spotted ground squirrel at 12:05s mark, requested permission to fire on the target. Dr. Spyre denied request. At 12:12s, Subject fired the weapon at the animal despite Dr. Spyre's orders. Weapon misfired: pellet detached subject's left cornea, which should have been excruciatingly painful, but notably, Dr. Spyre indicates that DD-33192 "appeared not to notice." Instead, Subject attempted to fire the weapon, found it impossible to clear the jam causing the misfire, and became quite hostile, throwing a child-like temper tantrum.
When Subject was ordered to surrender the weapon, he refused. At 13:01s, Subject forcibly separated from object by security staff. Dr. Spyre terminated test at 15:00s.
Analysis:Subject seemed to shift to a more amenable, playful state once he began handling the contents of SCP-XXXX. Upon being permitted to play with XXXX-4, Subject demonstrated a regression to near childlike state of behavior, at first expressing joy, then petulantly refusing staff order to avoid targeting local fauna. When he was injured by a misfire, Subject was injured but seemed utterly unflappable in the face of significant injury.
Subject subsequently lost control of his emotions when XXXX-4 appeared to be broken7, and then angrily refused to surrender the item to security personnel.
All data from this test strongly implies that the psychology of the subject is affected by contact with, and subsequent use of, an item taken from SCP-XXXX. Further testing will be required to determine whether these effects always shift to a negative area, or whether they might on occasion produce more beneficial results.
Test B98 - 3/24/1998
Subjects:
A. D-22349, Caucasian Male, 42 years old (4 Counts GBH; Impersonating a member of the █████Armed Forces.).
B. D-22872, Afro-Caribbean Female, 40 years old (Felony Possession, Narcotics.)
Procedure:As per Test A. In this case, test did not require outdoor test area. Subject A was drawn to XXXX-3. Subject B seemed visibly interested in the remaining items but was distrustful of them and would not initially engage.
Results: Subject B expressed distaste for the "minstrel show level" illustration of the Chinese soldiers depicted on XXXX-3's packaging, as well as a general aversion to fire. Subject A agreed regarding the former, but encouraged Subject B that the items were perfectly safe and that he had used flint and steel "lots of times" in the █████ Army ('B' not aware that 'A' had no such service.) A continued to assert that the item had to be harmless because "it's a thing they sold to kids."
At 02:20s, Subject A had withdrawn contents of the tube and was demonstrating their use on a small, fire resistant, hardwood play table provided as part of the "child's bedroom" motif. At 3:50s, Subject A had acquired a piece of construction paper and was attempting to set the paper afire. This was apparently unsuccessful.
At 06:00s, Subject B began to mock Subject A, referring to him as a "[[expletive]] Liar!." Continued "any idiot can start a fire if they really want to." Subject A feigned grave offense and suggested Subject B "try it." At 07:30s, Subject B overcame apparent distrust/fear of fire and approached the table, experimenting with XXXX-4. Enthusiasm visibly increased. Subject B successfully ignited the paper at 08:50s. Subject B pounded the table in a triumphant gesture with her fist. Ball of burning construction paper was then propelled forward, striking Subject A's chest. Subject A reacted by brushing it away and down with his left sleeve, which subsequently caught fire. He attempted, unsuccessfully to beat it out, and became visibly panicked.
At 09:19s, Subject B threw herself on top of Subject A attempting to put out the fire, which spread the fire briefly before smothering it. Subject A suffered third degree burns on left hand and forearm, first degree burns on right forearm. Subject B had no significant injuries. Test terminated 11:00s.
Analysis:Once again, Subjects prone to decreasingly mature behavior. Degree of effect of XXXX and/or its inventory upon Subject B's seems to have been somewhat reduced compared to Subject A, but it is reasonable to posit that this is due to her lack of initial handling. It is interesting that Subject B distrusted the toys to such a degree as to allow Subject A to take the initiative. Effects upon behavior once again negative, regardless of Subject who initiates.
It is curious to me that D-88272 initially expressed fear/aversion toward fire but was drawn toward it nevertheless. Could being drawn to take part in play be an as yet undocumented consequence of contact with these items? I'm most curious, and should like to test my theory. - Dr. Schmall
Test C98 - 12/19/1998
Subject: Dr. Schmall; Agents █████ and Klein assisting.
Procedure: Simulated living room conditions with ample room for "play." Agents █████ and Klein designated as passive participants. Dr. Schmall active volunteer for test. Schmall opened the toybox and unloaded its contents. At 02:30s, Schmall identified XXXX-14, a "Lazer Tag" playset. She was drawn to the item, and explained that "(This) is pretty neat! I always wanted one of these as a kid. Parents wouldn't pay for it."
Results: Schmall unboxed the "Lazer Tag" equipment and began to read the instructions. At 05:00s, Agent █████ expressed distaste for toy guns. Agent Klein related stories of accidental shooting incidents related to mistaking "Lazer Tag" toys for actual weapons in the 1980s. Dr. Schmall waved off these concerns and set up provided target boxes at opposite end of the room to "test them."
At 10:02s, Dr. Schmall pointed the gun "playfully" at Agent Kline. She made "pew pew" noises with her mouth and pulled the trigger, shooting Agent Klein in eye with the low light laser pointer used by the toy. Agent Klein, greatly annoyed by this, asked Dr. Schmall to "behave professionally." Schmall giggled and began to twirl both guns on her fingers from the boxed set as if she was a gunslinger.
At 11:00s, Agent █████expressed increasing discomfort with Dr. Schmall's behavior. He repeated Agent Klein's request to "behave more professionally," this time with a forceful tone. Dr. Schmall once again ignored this request. At 15:00, Dr. Schmall again fired one of the guns at Agent Klein, who at this point was furious. Agent Klein demanded that Dr. Schmall stop. "Katie, put down those [[redacted]]damned toys and do your job, or end this test. You're going to [[expletive]] blind me!"
At 15:05s Dr. Schmall stamped her feet audibly and screamed "No!!" in a childlike voice. She rushed toward Agents █████and Klein, firing the laser pointers into their eyes. █████ drew his side arm and shot Dr. Schmall, incapacitating her. Klein summoned medical, ending the test.
Analysis:Upon interview, Agent █████expressed shock and dismay at his own behavior. He seems to have sincerely believed that Dr. Schmall's "blasters"(his language) were actually automatic weapons, and that she intended to shoot him dead.
Klein's report was that Dr. Schmall's behavior made him "nervous" and "unreasonably angry." Both Agents Klein and █████ are military veterans with no prior records of anger management problems and a shared distaste for guns in a non-professional capacity.
Assistant Researcher Tsubasa believes that Dr. Schmall deliberately engineered the test to see whether her behavior would become infectious. This would seem to be the case. Dr. Schmall's increasingly childlike behavior induced anger and paranoia in her unwitting "test subjects."89
Addendum, Dr. Miller: Dr. Schmall's behavior is utterly unconscionable. She's broken several of our rules for conducting tests, to say nothing of violating professional ethics. I have formally requested her immediate demotion. Were it in my power, I'd say this constitutes a D-class demotion level offense.
Test F20 - 1/12/2020
Subjects:
A. D-Class Juvenile 88723, Caucasian Female (Arson; Rape)
B. D-Class Juvenile 99211, First Nations Male, (4 Counts Homicide)
Procedure: SCP-XXXX placed in Containment Area 23/19, providing a "Recreation Room" type setting. A. was given XXXX-1 and asked to open SCP-XXXX. She refused, and argued with Assistant Researcher Tilden regarding the matter via intercom. Subject B seized XXXX-1 from Subject A and opened XXXX. Dr. Spyre instructed Assistant Researcher Tilden to continue with the experiment despite changed conditions. Both Subjects were instructed to select items that interested them.
Results:Once opened, both Subjects emptied XXXX, mostly disinterested in "little kid stuff." None of the items were related to fire, lacking a potential trigger for Subject A. Instead, Subject A became fascinated by XXXX-5. Subject B was more intrigued by XXXX-22, the "Amazing Escapology!" Magic Set.
While Subject B busied himself with reading the instructions for XXXX-22, Subject A began to experiment with XXXX-5, making swooping, flying noises and teasing Subject B. At 10:05s, she accused Subject B. of being a "nerd" and a "[[redacted]]." Subject B ignored her and was visibly unmoved.
At 20:00s, Subject B was still reading the instructions for the magic set whilst experimenting with a set of what were apparently cast-iron "escape-proof" handcuffs. Subject A became visibly exasperated at her lack of attention from Subject B. Her childish behavior continued for some time.
At 25:00s, Subject B was carefully stacking a house of cards using the "magic deck" included. Seeing an opportunity, Subject A fired one of XXXX-5's missiles at the house of cards, knocking them down. Subject B showed no anger but stood, and approached Subject A. He attempted to seize XXXX-5 from her hands. Subject A, taller and stronger, initially evaded him.
At 26:30, Subject B succeeded in seizing XXXX-5, physically pinned Subject A down, and "shoved the item into 88723's face, pulling the trigger." A missile lodged in Subject A's throat, requiring the summoning of medical staff. Test ended by order of Dr. Spyre.
Analysis:Subject A required an emergency tracheotomy but survived the experience. Subject B was placed in observation and medicated. While we can assume that, based upon his previous actions, Subject B is prone to violent psychosis, it is clear that contact with SCP-XXXX and/or its contents exacerbated these tendencies. Subject A was sixteen years old at the time. Her behavior, according to Assistant Researcher Tilden, mimicked that of a much younger child. In addition, while her crimes are fairly horrible, no records of these crimes indicated any tendency toward demonstrably childish behavior. Her aversion to opening the lock may in fact relate to what we have come to include is the "age limitation" upon opening SCP-XXXX. Notably, Subject B was twelve years old at the time and, therefore, still within the age range apparently functional with the use of XXXX-1.
Subject B. remained calm and detached until his own personal space was "invaded" by Subject A., requiring a direct and vividly violent approach. It is unclear whether he intended to kill Subject A, or indeed if he was aware of the risk, though he expressed disappointment when he learned that Subject A. would escape with relatively minor injuries.
Test G21 - 6/11/2021
Subject:Juvenile D-4487, African-American Male (Grand Larceny; Fraud). Subject is a prodigy, a member of █████, and began attending college at 14 years of age.
Procedure:Subject was presented with XXXX-1 in test area 23/33, which had been decorated and furnished to appear as if it is a young adult bedroom. No electronics were included in the room beyond a light-switch, lamp, and clock. Subject was instructed to examine SCP-XXXX (previously unlocked.)
Results:Subject noted presence of computer desk and lack of computer, made snarky comment to the effect that the Foundation "was getting cheap." Subject examined SCP-XXXX with genuine interest; fascinated by history. At 05:00s Subject commented, "This looks like an eighteenth century sea-chest. Interesting use of pig iron. You trying to keep out a fairy or or something?"
At 10:00s, Subject began unloading the contents of SCP-XXXX. Seemed far more interested in the vintage, clearly antiquated toys than the modern examples. Spent some time with XXXX-30, an apparent Middle-Imperial Roman pull toy featuring a carved wooden racing chariot and riders, but did not spend a great deal of time with any one item. Far more interested in analysis. At 17:00 Dr. Miller proposed that perhaps Dr. Bagosy might be able to contribute something meaningful regarding XXXX-30 to Dr. Spyre. Doctor Spyre agreed.
Subject was mostly non-verbal during the last fifteen minutes of the test. Behavior did not seem to regress to an earlier age state.
At 30:01s, Dr. Miller announced that the Test was concluded. Subject expressed disappointment, but behaved more or less calmly. Requested that he be permitted to examine XXXX-30 again at a later time. Dr. Miller expressed that this might be possible, given Subject's cooperative demeanor during the test.
At 30:05s, somewhat happy about this, jokingly grabbed one of the marbles from XXXX-1 and placed it his mouth as if to eat it, announcing, "Yummy." Marble swallowed, became lodged in esophagus. Medical on site, responding quickly, but subject lost oxygen and, subsequently, consciousness.
Analysis:Subject's behavior did not visibly alter until very late in the test. He seems to have behaved analytically, if anything. His strange outburst at the end of the test may well be explained by his efforts to contain childish behavior whilst under observation.
Addendum, Dr. Spyre (8/20/2021): D-4487 is currently in a coma. Some brain damage is believed to have occurred. Medical expresses hope that he may yet awaken.
Addendum 2, Dr. Spyre: Dr. Bagosy confirms that XXXX-30 probably dates to the era of the "Barracks" Emperors, roughly mid third century, A.D.
Test H21 - 7/2/2021
Subject:Primate, Pan Paniscus, Young Adult Male.
Procedure:Subject taken from Animal Preserve at Site-███ and presented with an indoor play environment similar to the "playrooms" in testing facilities in which Subject was raised. Subject was told, via sign, to "open box" and "play with toy." Subject reportedly fond of toys, and of human interaction. Was joined by Assistant-Researcher Tilden.
Results:Subject was visibly excited by the presence of the toybox (Dr.███ tells us "he loves puzzles") and opened it with great abandon, strewing contents. Threw item (Identified as XXXX-31, Orange Kickball) at Assistant-Researcher Tilden's head, surprising Tilden, but not injuring him in any significant way.
At 20:02s, Subject seemed to lose interest with most items. Picked up XXXX-13. Began to spin around with the Cape in a "dancing movement" that had not been previously noted by his caretakers. By 20:00s, Subject was making himself sick with the spinning. Assistant-Researcher Tilden signed that Subject to "put away toys." This was ignored.
21:30s, Subject vomited and was again asked to "put away toys." Subject collapsed on his back, and cackled nto the air, making "rude" noises with his mouth (a common trait when primates are feeling playful.) Tilden verbally reprimanded Subject, "████ be a good boy now, and put that down. We don't want to get too sick before we get our cookies, do we?!" This seemed to do the trick, as Subject dropped the cape, stood (still dizzy) and approached XXXX-7. Initially seemed to be interested in the sparking effect of her roller-blades, and struck them against the surface of the wall. They produced a large spark, exciting Subject, and causing him to jump into the air. Subject did not drop the item, however.
25:00 Subject placed XXXX-7 in his mouth, and attempted to chew on the roller-blades. The taste was apparently unpalatable, and the Subject threw it away.
25:03 Test Ends.
Analysis:Thankfully, no significant harm became Subject or Assistant-Researcher Tilden. Subject did seem prone to bizarre behavior, but aside from throwing XXXX-31 at Tilden's head, there wasn't any effort to harm Tilden. Tilden noted that the most notable anomalous effect appeared to be the refusal of the Subject to drop the item when surprised by the large spark produced. This is not typical of Bonobo behavior: a primate will not willingly expose itself to fire if it perceives that to be a danger. Beyond this, however, this appears to be the "safest" test yet to date.
Addendum, Dr. Miller (9/2/2021): I write on behalf of Drs. Bagosy, Spyre, and myself with the support of Assistant-Researchers Tilden and Fyler. We are strongly opposed to continued primate trials in regards to this item. They place the Subjects at unnecessary risk, and the use of an endangered primate, even one in Foundation care, is simply unconscionable.
Addendum 2, O5 (9/3/2021): Taking that under advisement. Was there any effort made to see if the primate's presence affected ability to lock/unlock the item?
Addendum 3,Dr. Spyre (9/30/2021): No effort made, no. This wasn't a priority of that particular experiment.
Addendum 4,O5 (9/25/2021): Thank you for your time, Doctors. We have come to agree with you that direct primate tests should be suspended at this time, at least until a broader risk assessment is taken. We have scheduled an indirect test for exposure to the locking mechanism for 10/12. We would like Drs. Miller and Spyre to supervise.
Addendum 5, Dr. Miller (9/26/2021): As you wish. Thank you for making efforts to protect the animal.
