Permanent Life Record

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: When not in testing, SCP-XXXX is to be contained in storage locker ███ in Site-31. All standard containment procedures for Safe-class SCP devices apply.

During testing, SCP-XXXX is to be under constant video surveillance. Footage is to be reviewed bi-weekly. Any abnormalities in footage are to be logged, dated, and timed.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a box-style gramophone manufactured by the American branch of the ███████ Company in 18██. A faded illustration of a Rottweiler staing at SCP-XXXX is glued to the inside of the lid with an unintelligible caption due to age. The underside of SCP-XXXX holds a compartment made to fit three D-cell catteries. It should be noted that D-cell batteries were not yet invented at the supposed time of manufacturing.

The anomalous properties of SCP-XXXX manifest when a standard vinyl record is played on it. Instead of the normal contents of the record, only faint static plays as the record spins. Once the record starts playing, it's impossible to remove it without damaging SCP-XXXX. The record will play indefinitely regardless of the position of the needle.

The user who placed the record on the spindle of SCP-XXXX is "linked" with the record. When the user sustains a life-threatening injury, SCP-XXXX stops playing the record and plays it in reverse. Time stops and reverses for the user, and resumes normally at a seemingly arbitrary point. The user retains their memory of the events before time was reversed. The only evidence of the time reversal is through any video surveillance devices within 200 meters of SCP-XXXX. Upon one of these "rewinds", the needle of the record player jostles and erratically scratches the record. If the record is scratched too many times, the next "rewind" will shatter the record. The number of rewinds required to shatter the record varies, though the most that any record has survived was five.

SCP-XXXX was brought to the attention of the Foundation after a series of robberies in ██████, ████████. During interrogation of the criminal, they revealed SCP-XXXX to be the reason why they thought they could get away with the series of robberies. Foundation agents confiscated SCP-XXXX from the criminal's apartment and administered selective amnestics to all involved with the incident.