Lawless' Sandbox
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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a locked container where it cannot be removed except for further testing by Security Clearance Level 2 Personnel. The container is a 0.5m x 0.5m x 0.5m steel box with a cushioned interior, with a internal locking system. The container is to be placed in a locked room, with a guard to ensure that SCP-XXXX is not taken.

Description: The skull of an adult Caucasian male, weighing approximately 1kg with several missing molars that appear to have been crudely removed by, presumably, a pair of pliers and a series of fractures to the forehead analogous with blunt force trauma sustained from multiple impacts. The skull can be handled and examined by unaided observation, whereby it displays no anomalous properties.

SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties manifest when one tries to examine it with any form of tool or instrument including X-rays, cameras, scales or measuring tape, or if one should attempt to cause harm to SCP-XXXX including for the purpose of gathering scratch samples for testing.

If one should attempt to perform either of these actions, SCP-XXXX will appear to remain inert for a varying amount of time as the procedure occurs, but will always give inconsistent and/or inconclusive data. During some point of the proceedings, commonly varying from seven (7) to fifteen (15) minutes of the start of observations, but have been known to occur in as little as thirty (30) seconds, an anomalous event will occur at random such as:
• SCP-XXXX becoming animate and loudly weeping, “Stay out of my head” repeatedly.
• The appearance of large men in white suits who apprehend the subject, place him/her in a straitjacket and escort them from the immediate vicinity without intervention from observers.
• SCP-XXXX screaming at a deafening volume with light radiating from its mouth and eye sockets, incinerating everything it shines upon.
• The appearance of people who cannot possibly be present, including; celebrities, the deceased, acquaintances much younger/older than their real counterparts, clones of the subject and fictional characters.
• Various species of insects and arachnids forcing their way out of the subject's flesh.
• The appearance of sketches, unknown symbols and instructions scribbled erratically over every nearby flat surface and seem to detail the creation of a device of unknown purpose but cause pain, distress and nausea for those who attempt to interpret them.
• Violent tectonic tremors that cause massive structural damage to the surrounding facilities.
• Gravity becoming reversed or rotated 90°.
• The appearance of large shadowy beasts that are described as being universally terrifying and immediately hunt down the subject.
• The subject being instantly transported approximately 2km above the Earth’s surface.
• The appearance of multiple instances of SCP-173 surrounding the subject.

In every instance, at either the initial reaction to the anomalous event or at its “conclusion”, the subject will awaken to find themselves in the last location in which they achieved REM sleep with all subsequent events being nothing more than a dream. Repeated attempts have shown to trigger this effect without fail, with each subsequent event becoming more and more surreal, disturbing and/or deadly. It is currently unknown if SCP-XXXX can be damaged by unintentional methods.

Though it is currently unknown if SCP-XXXX is sentient, it has been concluded that SCP-XXXX does not display any clairvoyant properties beyond its uncanny ability to know when it will be examined or damaged; the events of a perceived waking period seem to be construed based upon the subject's own memories, expectations and imagination until the final event and are not indicative of future events.

(To circumvent SCP-XXXX’s effects, a D-Class personnel was given a sample of SCP-207 then ordered to perform a series of detailed tests on XXXX. Long story short, the researcher who came up with the idea ends up waking up at home having a mild existential crisis, having yet to tell anyone of his plan.)

(In another instance, it was suggested that SCP-XXXX's effects could be circumvented by having the tester equip themselves with clothing laced with strands of SCP-148 before initiating tests.

In each instance where the subject would be allowed to volunteer to don SCP-148, they will vehemently refuse, claiming that they had already attempted to do so multiple times or will display symptoms of metaphysical solipsism. In each instance that the subject would be made to unwillingly don SCP-148, the supervising staff member will instead be effected by SCP-XXXX.)

SCP-XXXX was found during a raid on a Marshall, Carter & Dark auction as a means to “experience true lucid dreaming” and as “an existential thrill ride”.

Addendum: Attempts to identify SCP-XXXX's identity by non-invasive and indirect means are currently underway.