The past is just a nap away.
Item #: SCP-8521
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8521 is to be held within a 5 x 5 meter holding cell. Access is only to be provided during approved testing procedures. Site Director ████████, who holds records for all those who have used SCP-8521, must be consulted before tests can be approved. As a general rule, it has been deemed that any subject who has reached 3 uses of SCP-8521 is no longer suitable for testing, as outlined by the Ethics Committee.
Description: SCP-8521 is a brown, █████████ brand lever recliner chair, estimated to have been built sometime between the 1990’s and 2000’s. The chair is made of woven fabric and the reclining lever a fine oak wood, although chips in the wood show signs of aging. The Latin phrase, “Praeteritum Plene Praesens Est”, can be seen engraved into the lever’s handle.
When a person sits in SCP-8521 with the recliner activated for approximately one minute, they will experience heavy drowsiness and quickly enter REM sleep. The periods of sleep induced by SCP-8521 have been measured to last anywhere from 30 minutes up to 6 hours. Subjects have reported experiencing life-like recreations of positive core memories while they were asleep in SCP-8521. Upon awakening, the user will experience a mild to severe headache as well as confusion and disorientation. The severity of these effects seems to increase with repeated uses of SCP-8521, though further testing is required to verify this.
Brain scans of subjects taken with specialized Foundation MRI equipment while SCP-8521 was in use revealed abnormally high brain activity for deep sleep centralized in the hippocampus. It is currently theorized that SCP-8521 produces highly realistic dreams in its users by overclocking the brain’s subconscious neural functions, which puts overbearing amounts of stress on the brain that could lead to trauma.
Addendum-8521-1: Excerpt from Interview Log 8521-05
The following is an excerpt from an interview that took place between a D-Class test subject and Senior Researcher Ventura early in testing of SCP-8521.
Addendum 8521-2: Trial Results
Following recruitment, a D-Class subject was to utilize SCP-8521 once every 2 days until the end of the trial period. The results have been grouped into stages below:
| Stages | Number of Uses | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 |
1-3 |
Subject suffered moderate headaches, brief confusion, and disorientation. |
| Stage 2 |
4-6 |
Subject reported worsening pain in the head. Pain relief medication was issued. Subject also needed assistance recalling events hours prior to use. |
| Stage 3 |
7-9 |
Subject’s headache pain became nearly unbearable, and subject began to show reluctance to show up for tests. Subject also demonstrated increased sensitivity to light in the eyes. Possible photophobia. |
| Stage 4 |
10-12 |
During post-test interviews, subject could not remember why they were in Foundation custody. Subject began suffering seizures between tests, despite having no prior history of them. Headaches are now chronic. |
| Stage 5 |
13-14 |
Subject showed signs of severe brain damage and inability to recall basic personal details like their name, hometown, etc. |
| Stage 6 |
15 |
After not responding to stimuli after use, subject was found to be clinically braindead. |
Following the trial, the subject was euthanized and disposed of. Ethics Committee officials requested to end all tests with SCP-8521 following publication of results. Request was denied by 05 Council authority. The Ethics Committee additionally requested modification to testing prerequisites to ensure preservation of D-Class test subjects. Request was granted by 05 Council authority.