SCP-6843
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A photograph of SCP-6843 displaying the program ‘Trial By Fire III’.

Item #: SCP-6843

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-6843 is to be kept secured within a standard containment chamber in Site-73. Only personnel with level 2 clearance or higher who are trained to operate SCP-6843 are authorised to interact with SCP-6843. SCP-6843 is to be kept within the designated containment chamber when operated once a month.

There must be a minimum of two onsite staff with level 2 clearance or higher trained to fully operate SCP-6843. A copy of the ‘Trial of Fire 3: Walkthrough’ document is required to be within 1 meter range of SCP-6843.1

Description: SCP-6843 is an unbranded laptop. SCP-6843 indefinitely runs a program called ‘Trial By Fire III’. Furthermore, the program ‘Trial By Fire III’ - designated SCP-6843-1 - cannot be exited. No other software can be executed on SCP-6843. No computer data can be uploaded onto SCP-6843 or downloaded from SCP-6843. All attempts to access any data on SCP-6843 have so far failed. Material testing of SCP-6843 illustrates that it is made of an indestructible unknown substance that imitates the appearance and properties of glass, plastic, and stainless steel. X-ray analysis of SCP-6843 interior does not highlight anything anomalous. However, no corporation logos, serial numbers, or writing - excluding the symbols on the keyboard - of any kind can be found on both the interior and exterior SCP-6843.

SCP-6843-1 resembles and functions as a typical early 1990s point and click adventure game. The title screen of SCP-6843-1 states that it is Version 1.9 and that it was developed in 1991 by Dune Mountain Games. Research into a Dune Mountain Games or additional versions, successors or predecessors of ‘Trial By Fire III’ have been unproductive. The use of the Foundation-operated web analysis bot Oscar-12 ("DUNE-HUNTER") has since lead to the discovery of an additional SCP that runs a program bearing the name ‘Trial By Fire'.2

Human subjects who press any key on SCP-6843's keyboard initiate SCP-6843-1. Subjects who have started SCP-6843-1 are unable to sleep, eat, drink or move more than 1 meter away from SCP-6843 until it is completed. Subjects observed playing SCP-6843-1 for extended periods of time suffer from a number of afflictions caused by a lack of movement and poor hydration/nutritional intake. Subjects unable to complete SCP-6843-1 ultimately expire from dehydration, exhaustion and deep vein thrombosis. If a subject playing SCP-6843-1 dies before completing SCP-6843-1, SCP-6843 reboots to the program's title screen and all progress is lost.

SCP-6843-1 must be started and completed before the first Tuesday of every month EST time. Failure to start SCP-6843-1 before the first Tuesday of the month results in the immediate fatalities of 10 random persons within a 10 mile radius. Failure to start SCP-6843-1 by the following Tuesday results in the number of deceased and the range of SCP-6843's influence to grow exponentially every week until the game is started. If no persons are within the initial radius of SCP-6843 by the first Tuesday of the month, SCP-6843's influence will grow until the number of victims matches the number of Tuesdays SCP-6843-1 has not been started. Additionally, if SCP-6843-1 has not been completed before the next first Tuesday of the next month, the fatality rate reaches 100 persons within a 100 mile radius and the cycle restarts. Autopsy reports from SCP-6843 victims show rapid cell deterioration and shrinkage in critical organs, similar to the effects of severe dehydration.

Subjects dedicated to operating SCP-6843 have remarked they feel a strong sense of joy originating from SCP-6843 when they initiated SCP-6843-1. Likewise, subjects report a sense of fulfilment from SCP-6843 when they completed SCP-6843-1 and a sense of anger when not operated. It is theorised, therefore, that SCP-6843's termination of individuals who have yet to interact with SCP-6843 stems from a possible desire for attention.

SCP-6843 was recovered from the Central Library in Los Angeles, California on October 14, 2018 after numerous spontaneous fatalities were reported in local news outlets. Field Agent Roberta Laurence noticed SCP-6843 powered on in the library’s storage. Laurence started SCP-6843-1 and immediately noticed she was unable to step away from SCP-6843. When Laurence’s partner physically tried to restrain her, she overpowered him, killing him in the struggle. Laurence was terminated by a third Field Agent and SCP-6843 was secured. There was no evidence of SCP-6843 in the library’s records apart from an unauthored walkthrough of SCP-6843-1 with the title ‘Trial of Fire 3: Walkthrough’. The walkthrough has no anomalous properties and is printed on standard A4 paper from the same stock as used by the library. The walkthrough is accurate - apart from the title - and it is generally considered impossible to complete SCP-6843-1 without it.

Addendum SCP-6843 - 1: Lectures are offered to all onsite personnel with level 2 clearance and above by Dr. Leetam who will use recordings of SCP-6843-1 to educate staff on how to efficiently complete the program.

Addendum SCP-6843 - 2: Although personnel are encouraged to learn SCP-6843-1 in the event that assigned trained staff are incapacitated, there have been recent discouraging reports surrounding SCP-6843 use by employees of the Foundation. Staff are reminded, again, not to gamble for competing times or organise ‘speed run leader boards' for SCP-6843-1. The Foundation discourages such behaviours and any personnel caught exhibiting these behaviours will be punished.

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