by ForkishAG
Special Containment Procedures: Upon manifestation of SCP-9679 into the present, personnel are required to secure SCP-9679 into a standard anomalous item chamber in the nearest Foundation facility. Proposals to neutralize SCP-9679 are currently under review.
SCP-9679.
Description: SCP-9679 is a 4.8 m1 tall long-case clock made of red wood and a gold-colored metal. At irregular intervals, SCP-9679 spontaneously moves itself across different locations in space and time. During such event, matter within 15 m2 are typically displaced alongside it.
Nine manifestations of SCP-9679 have been documented as of 2026 since its initial recovery in 1922. The interval of SCP-9679’s relocation events have ranged from several hours to multiple decades, with no identified correlation between the date and duration of these events. However, SCP-9679 has demonstrated a significant tendency to manifest in a geographical location that is densely populated by humanity. The cause of this is unknown and under investigation.
| Date | Location | Material Deposited |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Geneva, Switzerland | None |
| 1934 | Shanghai, China | Snow; Soviet household items; timber |
| 1942 | Stalingrad, Soviet Union | Furniture; shattered glass; Swiss newspapers |
| 1959 | Site-19, United States | Half a baguette; garbage; shattered glass |
| 1968 | Marseille, France | Chinese household items; timber; garbage |
| 1973 | North Atlantic Ocean | Laboratory 3 of Site-19; Researcher Eleanor Wilson |
| 1987 | Novosibirsk, Soviet Union | French garbage; a wine bottle; stone fragments |
| 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Soviet military debris; snow; shattered masonry |
| 2026 | Manhattan, United States | Aircraft missing since 1973; automobile registered in 2041; Laboratory 3 of Site-19; Researcher Eleanor Wilson |
Addendum 9679.1
Timestamp: 16:25, 12/18/2013
Senior Researcher Forrest Klein, appearing eleven years old, is sitting by a pillar near the beach. He is crying after being confronted by his parents for receiving low scores on his math test.
An elderly woman arrives. Klein wipes away his tears.
Woman: Having a bad day, young man?
Klein: I'm fine.
The woman glances at Klein's test paper, marked red with a 56%.
Woman: Hmm? Is that so?
Klein: I thought I understood it. I studied all week.
Woman: May I see?
Klein hands the woman his test paper.
Woman: You made the same mistake five times.
Klein: I know.
Woman: That's good.
Klein: No, it's not.
Woman: It means you only need to correct one type of error.
Klein: So I'm not stupid?
Woman: No, of course not.
Klein: My teacher said I wasn't paying attention.
Woman: One bad test doesn't mean one bad kid, Forrest.
Klein: How do you know my name?
Woman: You told me, a long time ago.
The woman returns Klein's test paper and puts it in his schoolbag.
Woman: Do you know what to do now?
Klein: Go home?
Woman: Go home, correct every problem, and sit the next test. Oh, I almost forgot.
The woman takes off her brass necklace and puts it in Klein's hands.
Klein: What's this?
Woman: Something I borrowed.
Klein: Why are you giving it to me?
Woman: Because you'll return it someday.
Klein: How do you know?
Woman: You'll understand.
A car horn sounds from the road. Klein stands up and puts on his backpack.
Klein: I need to go now.
Woman: I know.
Klein begins walking away, then stops.
Klein: Will you be here tomorrow?
Woman: No, but we'll meet again.
Klein: When?
Woman: When the time is right.
Klein smiles and continues walking to the car. The woman watches until he disappears from her view.
Woman: It's one test, Forrest. Don't give it your whole week.
Addendum 9679.2
At 03:58 local time on 2026/8/30, SCP-9679 manifested in Manhattan, New York. Affected civilians have been administered amnestics.
The following were recovered in SCP-9679's relocation radius:
- The remains of an aircraft missing since 1973.
- An automobile registered in 2041.
- Laboratory 3 of Foundation Site-19, which disappeared on 4/5/1959.
- One Foundation employee located inside Laboratory 3.
The employee identified herself as Eleanor Wilson, formerly of the Research Department.
TRANSCRIPT
Foreword: SCP-9522 was included to verify Wilson's identity and determine whether she possesses undisclosed information regarding SCP-9679.
Klein: Hey, Eleanor. Would you be able to state your name and assignment in the Foundation?
Wilson: My name is Eleanor Wilson, I'm 20 years old, and I work in the Research Department of Site-19.
Klein: What's the last date that you remember?
Wilson: April 5th, 1959. It was a Sunday.
Klein: I feel obliged to inform you that it is now August 30th, 2026.
Wilson is silent.
Wilson: The rubber duck. Is it some kind of joke?
SCP-9522: SHE BELIEVES YOU. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO, THOUGH.
Klein: This is SCP-9522.
SCP-9522: HE KEEPS ME IN A FISH TANK.
Klein: Moving on, what happened at Site-19?
Wilson: The clock appeared inside our storage wing. We secured it, and approximately two hours later it began chiming. The laboratory disappeared after the thirteenth chime.
Klein: Did you activate SCP-9679?
Wilson: No.
Klein: Do you know why it transported you?
Wilson: I don't know. I guess I was just in the wrong room.
SCP-9522: SHE AIN'T LYING, SON. SHE KNOWS NOTHING USEFUL ABOUT IT.
Wilson: What happened to Site-19?
Klein: It's functioning as intended. From what we know, your colleagues, the anomalies, and everything besides Laboratory 3 are alright.
Wilson: Is Dr. Evelyn Bell still working there?
Klein struggles to find his words.
Wilson: Right. Of course.
Wilson: Am I gonna be contained?
Klein: You're still Foundation personnel. We were just interviewing you for additional information.
SCP-9522: HE MEANS YOU'RE SAFE.
Wilson's identity has been confirmed.
Addendum 9679.3
Following Wilson’s request to see the modern world outside the facility, Researcher Klein has been authorized to accompany her on a day-long excursion.
LEXINGTON CANDY SHOP, MANHATTAN
Timestamp: 08:44, 8/31/2026
Klein: You ate breakfast here? It’s called a candy shop.
Wilson: It was a luncheonette. You could buy eggs, coffee, and candy in the same building. People expected more from businesses in 1959.
Wilson enters and approaches a booth near the window.
Klein: It’s my one day off, and you had to do something useless like eating breakfast.
Wilson: Eating breakfast is good for you.
Klein: I had coffee.
Wilson: You arrived twelve minutes late, drinking coffee?
Klein: Site administration took a while to see the request.
Klein sits across from Wilson. She looks around the restaurant.
Wilson: Are you sure this is the place?
Klein: The address says so.
Wilson: Everything looks suspiciously clean.
Klein: You’re complaining that it’s clean?
Wilson: Not complaining, it’s just, well, different.
Wilson orders eggs, toast, and pancakes. Klein orders only coffee. When the food arrives, she slides the toast between them. Klein takes a piece.
Klein: I said I wasn't hungry.
Wilson: Then stop eating my toast.
Klein takes another piece. Wilson smiles.
CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN
Timestamp: 15:13, 8/31/2026
Wilson and Klein enter Central Park. They stop by Conservatory Water and watch several model sailboats.
Wilson: They still do this seventy years later?
Klein: You recognize this?
Wilson: I know what boats are, Forrest.
Klein: I meant model sailing.
Wilson: I know what you meant.
Klein points at the lake.
Klein: They rent larger ones over there.
Wilson: Do you know how to row a boat?
Klein: Do you?
Wilson: Guess we'll find out.
At the boathouse, Wilson takes the oars. After several attempts, the boat rotates a full circle and faces the dock again.
Klein: We're back where we started.
Wilson: I noticed. At least I can say I navigated back to the dock.
Klein: Eleanor, we never left the dock.
Wilson: That’s not the point.
Klein: Would you like some help?
Wilson makes another unsuccessful attempt before handing him the oars.
Wilson: Now I would.
Klein: I thought you could row.
Wilson: And we've just found out together.
PIER 57 ROOFTOP PARK, MANHATTAN
Timestamp: 19:26, 8/31/2026
Klein and Wilson arrive at the rooftop park on Pier 57. Wilson approaches the railing and looks across the Hudson River.
Wilson: You brought me halfway across Manhattan to show me a roof?
Klein: A rooftop park.
Wilson: It’s still a roof.
Klein: You said yourself that Central Park didn't count as showing you the city.
Wilson: Forrest, I said it was only part of the city.
Klein: This is another part.
Wilson looks out over the river.
Wilson: Most of what I can see is New Jersey.
They remain at the railing as the sun sets.
Wilson: The sun's almost gone.
Klein: Eleanor, turn around.
Wilson: Why?
Klein: Eleanor.
Wilson turns. Klein raises his instant camera and takes a photograph.
Photograph of Wilson, taken by Researcher Klein.
Wilson: You could have warned me.
Klein: Then you would have posed.
Wilson: Is that a bad thing?
Klein: You would've made it weird.
Wilson: I would not.
Klein: Oh, you absolutely would.
Once the photograph develops, Klein shows it to Wilson and hands her the photograph.
Wilson: Keep it.
Klein: It's your photograph.
Wilson: Not anymore. Just do me a favor and don't lose it, will you?
Klein places the photograph inside his jacket. Wilson stares at the remaining sunlight over the river.
Addendum 9679.4
06:32, 8/30/2026
SCP-9679 has remained inside its containment chamber for 2 consecutive hours now, and we don't know when or where SCP-9679 might go. Every previous attempt to contain the anomaly long-term has resulted in it warping itself through time again, without warning. As future manifestations are likely to be within densely populated areas, SCP-9679 poses a great threat to the Veil, and mass administering amnestics would be financially unsustainable.
The present manifestation of SCP-9679 may be the Foundation's final opportunity for the foreseeable future to neutralize SCP-9679.
Due to SCP-9679 being composed of ordinary material, I recommend we simply put it in an industrial incineration chamber until SCP-9679 is broken down.
Timestamp: 22:29, 8/31/2026
Location: Containment-sector, Observation room
Klein checks his phone. His proposal has been approved.
Klein: Shit.
Wilson: What?
Klein: My proposal got approved.
Wilson: Isn't that a good thing? What proposal was it?
Klein: The proposal to neutralize SCP-9679.
Wilson: Which means?
Klein: They're gonna incinerate it tonight.
Wilson: And what will happen to me?
Klein: We don't know.
Wilson: You submitted the proposal without knowing?
Klein: I submitted it before I knew you.
Wilson looks away. Klein closes the message.
Klein: That came out wrong.
Wilson: No, it came out honestly.
The following notification appears on Klein's phone.
NOTICE: Due to the sudden chiming of SCP-9679 and fear that it will relocate itself again, neutralization of SCP-9679 will commence in 10 minutes. All unauthorized personnel are to clear the containment sector.
Wilson: Can you withdraw it?
Klein does not respond.
Wilson: Would you, if you could?
Klein does not respond.
For the next seven minutes, neither speaks. Wilson watches personnel evacuate the adjacent containment corridor through the observation-room window. Klein repeatedly checks the countdown on his phone. When three minutes remain, another notification sounds.
NOTICE: SCP-9679 has been transferred to the incineration chamber. Neutralization will commence in 3 minutes.
Wilson: Three minutes.
Klein: I can read.
Wilson: Then stop checking it every five seconds.
Klein: I'm looking at the chamber feed.
Wilson: You're obviously staring at the countdown.
Klein: It just so happens to be on the same screen, that's all.
Klein locks his phone.
Klein: Eleanor, I have something for you.
Klein retrieves a brass necklace from his pocket. A small locket is attached to it. Wilson opens the locket, finding the photograph taken at sunset.
Wilson: When did you make this?
Klein: After we returned.
Wilson: You took one photograph and turned it into jewelry?
Klein: I had limited time, Eleanor.
Wilson: Is there another copy?
Klein: No.
Wilson: Then you should keep it.
Klein: I took it for you.
Wilson closes the locket and puts on the necklace.
NOTICE: Neutralization of SCP-9679 commencing in 30 seconds.
NOTICE: Neutralization of SCP-9679 commencing in 20 seconds.
NOTICE: Neutralization of SCP-9679 commencing in 10 seconds.
Wilson grips her locket.
Wilson: I don't want this to be the last part I remember. I don't want this to be how I remember today.
Klein: Then don't.
Wilson: What?
Klein: It's ten minutes, Eleanor. Don't give it the whole day.
The incineration chamber activates. The hands of SCP-9679 begin rotating counterclockwise.
Klein looks at Wilson as she disappears. Klein suddenly touches his palms.
Klein leaves the containment sector without waiting for the Neutralization report.
Addendum 9679.5
Item #: SCP-9679
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: N/A
Description: SCP-9679 was a 4.8 m tall longcase clock made of red wood and a gold-colored metal. SCP-9679 was capable of spontaneously moving itself across random locations in space and time. As of 2026, there had been nine manifestations of SCP-9679 since 1922.
The temporal intervals of SCP-9679's time travel display no identifiable pattern, though SCP-9679 most frequently manifests within densely populated areas. During each relocation event, SCP-9679 typically brings all matter with it within a radius of roughly 15 m.
NEUTRALIZATION REPORT
SCP-9679 has been neutralized successfully. All unauthorized personnel have evacuated the immediate vicinity of the incineration chamber.
Results indicate that previous items affected by SCP-9679 retain a temporal attraction to it, and SCP-9679's neutralization resulted in these items being transported back to their original time periods.
Klein returns to his childhood home. He enters his former bedroom and opens the lowest drawer of his desk.
Klein sees several school papers. He moves them away.
Klein sees a math test paper marked red with a score of 56%. He moves it away.
Klein finds a tarnished brass necklace. He opens the locket.
Photograph found inside the locket.
