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SCP-1295-J: Interview Log
Author:aismallard (Author Page)
Thanks to
Croquembouche and
rumetzen
Item #: SCP-1295-J
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1295-J is rotated between Site-19, Site-77, and Site-81 for use in interrogations. While not in use, it is contained within a standard anomalous item locker.
Description: SCP-1295-J is a 27 gram river stone which imparts a mind-altering effect when pressed against the skin of a sentient being. While active, the subject becomes more cooperative, experiences greater memory recall, and has improved narrative conveyance. The effect fades over the course of 36 hours.
Addendum 1295-J-1: Example of Typical Use
Interviewed: James Smith
Interviewer: Researcher Sarah Person
Foreword: Following an occurrence of SCP-████-J, a civilian living in the nearby area was questioned for information on an anomaly.
<Begin Log>
Researcher Person: Thank you for sitting down with us to answer our questions.
James Smith: Sure.
Researcher Person: You mentioned hauntings that have been going on. You called the police citing disturbances.
James Smith: Oh. Yeah.
Researcher Person: Yes.
Brief pause.
Researcher Person: Do you have any information regarding that incident?
James Smith: Huh? Oh like telling you about it.
Researcher Person: Yes. As much as you can.
Researcher Person prepares to take notes on her clipboard.
James Smith: Well, uh, it was pretty freaky. Making weird sounds.
Researcher Person: What were the sounds like? When did you first notice them?
James Smith: It was all creepy, like, ooo-ooooh. Yeah, like that.
Researcher Person: Can you be more specific?
James Smith: Uh, yeah like a strange sound, you know? And maybe I saw something? Dunno.
Researcher Person: Okay. Maybe tell us what you were doing at the time?
James Smith: I was watching TV.
Researcher Person: Yes, and?
James Smith: Like the news I think?
Brief pause.
James Smith: It was just weird.
Researcher Person: (turns to her supervisor) I think we should use SCP-1295-J.
Senior Researcher Chen: Agreed.
<End Log>
Foreword: James Smith was restrained by security personnel. Four researchers held up SCP-1295-J, which was briefly applied to his forehead.
<Begin Log>
James Smith: What the fuck! What the hell was all that? You fuckers.
Researcher Person: Now, please tell us about the SCP-████-J manifestation.
James Smith: You black site secret agent fucks must feel like you know it all, eh? Safe and informed about the world of the weird. Regular schmucks like me? We gotta live in the real world.
Researcher Person: Not sure what you mean.
James Smith: Okay. (leans in) Imagine you're me, right? I'm sitting there on my sofa, watching a dumb news piece on trout extinction in Canada. I see something in the corner of my eye, but I look over and it's gone. Not a big deal, right?
Researcher Person: I suppose not.
James Smith: "I must've been seeing things," I tell myself. I turn back to the TV, but I hear a creak. Just a little one, mind you, like the whimper of a mouse. Real subtle.
Researcher Person: I'm not sure mice whimp—
James Smith: It's still nothing, I tell myself. I continue looking at the TV.
(Pause)
James Smith: But! I hear something again. I have to look, my soul yearns to understand. So! I look over, into the darkness. There's something strange, I think for a second, but no, my mind must be playing tricks on me. My eyes settle, and I see them looking back at me. Bright dots, horizontal. Whew! Thank god, it's just my cat. Then — it hits me.
Researcher Person: What hits—
James Smith: I do a double take. There are four little dots, staring back at me. My gut sinks, I jolt upright. Then it's gone.
(Pause)
Research Person: I see. But what's so special about—
James Smith: No. Look. There are two sets of eyes, but I — I only have one cat.
(Audio equipment experiences a sudden failure and the remainder of the interview is unrecoverable.)
<End Log>