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Item #: SCP-1999
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1999 is to be kept in a sound-proofed container at all times. The container must also be windowed in the west-side wall. No less than two personnel may enter at any given time. Interaction with the object is allowed and unhazardous. Sunflower must be watered twice daily.
Description: A grand piano relocated from the Classical Instruments Museum of Seattle at 1999 after reported hearings of unmanned plays. Identity is a work of Bartolomeo Cristofori from circa. 1704. Constructed of oak wood and finished with a coating of Tung oil.
Engraved in gold text is the letter “I” on the underside of the fallboard. Above it is engraved the number 1999. Engraved on the right side of the frame is the phrase “BARTOLOMAEVS DE CHRISTOPHORIS PATAVINUS INVENTOR FACIEBAT FLORENTIAE 1704”. On top of it, is a rotatable cylindrical open-top container indented into the frame of the piano. This container is filled with compost and a single sunflower with three leaves. The sunflower does not track the sunlight, nor does it grow beyond 12 centimeters tall. To redirect the sunflower, rotate the cylindrical container.
For seven days in a row, SCP-1999 plays ‘Le Poisson rêveur’ every day at 17.58 UT if the sunflower faces sunlight at the specified time. On the eighth day, it plays ‘Sunflowers at Night’ at 17.58 UT if the sunflower is not facing sunlight.
During July, the sunflower wilts and regrow within the first week. No sounds have been reported to be played during this time, regardless of the sunflower's growth.
Addendum: Any personnel who listens to SCP-1999 playing ‘Sunflowers at Night’ falls asleep for twenty-four hours.
A few unprovable reports suggest personnel mood alterations while listening to SCP-1999 play ‘Le Poisson rêveur’. Mood alterations may range from mild to severe.
In an experiment conducted in April of 2002, forcibly removing the sunflower resulted in it regrowing within the week. No sounds were played during the time. Removing the cylindrical container causes the object to lay dormant.
In another experiment conducted in January of 2003, the playing of ‘Sunflowers at Night’ using SCP-1999 by a subject caused them to experience temporary hallucinations and mood alterations. Sunflower wilted after the song ends, regrowing within the night, with no sounds played during the time.
