SCP-4122

Item #: SCP-4122

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4122 is to be stored in a standard locked safe-deposit box. Access is restricted, requiring written permission from two Level 4 personnel.

Testing with SCP-4122 is prohibited.

Description: SCP-4122 is a section of PVC pipe, 9 cm in diameter and 17 cm long. An arrow is drawn on the side of the object in black permanent marker.

Housed within SCP-4122 is a temporal anomaly that shifts objects passing through it 1 second into the future or past, depending on the direction of travel. Objects passing through in the direction of the arrow (hereafter "the forward direction") travel into the future, while objects passing in the opposite direction (hereafter "the backward direction") travel into the past.

SCP-4122 was recovered from the possession of Michael Swanson, a tradesman who had been using the object to duplicate currency. Swanson claimed to have retrieved SCP-4122 from a house in the suburbs of Brisbane, Australia after being hired to perform maintenance work on the building's stormwater system. Foundation efforts to locate the house have been unsuccessful, and the address provided by Swanson prior to being amnesticised lead to an undeveloped estate.

Addendum A: SCP-4122 Testing Log

+ Expand Testing Log - Collapse Testing Log Date: 05-11-████

Presiding: Level 3 Senior Researcher Dr. Andreas Weir

Assisting: Level 2 Research Assistant May Schumacher Redundant tests redacted for brevity Test 1

Apparatus: Red plastic ping pong ball, 40 mm diameter.

Procedure: Ball was dropped through SCP-4122 in the forward direction.

Results: Ball vanished from sight for 1 second upon passing through SCP-4122 before emerging and continuing along previous trajectory. Slow motion recording shows the ball disappearing smoothly as it passes an invisible plane near the midpoint of SCP-4122. Test 2

Apparatus: 30 cm steel ruler.

Procedure: Ruler was pushed through SCP-4122 in the forward direction.

Results: Tip of ruler emerged 1 second after passing through SCP-4122's event horizon. Any motions made with the ruler were repeated by the ruler tip 1 second later. Test 7

Apparatus: Red plastic ball.

Procedure: Ball was dropped through SCP-4122 in the backward direction.

Result: 0.75 seconds prior to being dropped, and 1 second prior to entering SCP-4122's event horizon, a duplicate instance of the ping-pong ball emerged from SCP-4122. The original instance vanished upon entering SCP-4122's event horizon, leaving only the duplicate. Test 8

Apparatus: Red plastic ball.

Procedure: Research Assistant Schumacher was instructed to drop ball through SCP-4122, but stop when a duplicate emerged.

Result: Approximately 0.75 seconds before the ball was to be dropped, a duplicate instance emerged. A high-pitched sound and brief puff of air not observed in the earlier tests were noted when the duplicate ball emerged. Comparative analysis of both instances could find no difference.

Note: This test confirmed the recovery team's report that the object has the ability to duplicate small items. Test 15

Apparatus: 30 cm steel ruler.

Procedure: Ruler was pushed through SCP-4122 in the backward direction.

Results: Tip of ruler emerged 1 second prior to passing through SCP-4122's event horizon. Motions made by the ruler tip attempted to predict Research Assistant Schumacher's movements by 1 second, but showed visible discrepancies. Ruler was retrieved without incident.

Note: This test appears to be inconsistent with the results of Test 8. The research team hypothesizes that there may be some manner of threshold for creating a paradox that this test did not meet. Alternatively, it may simply not work if you've got something stuck in it. Test 16

Apparatus: 30 cm steel ruler.

Procedure: Ruler was pushed through SCP-4122 in the backward direction while Research Assistant Schumacher was blindfolded.

Results: Tip of ruler emerged 1 second prior to passing through SCP-4122's event horizon. Motions made by the ruler tip accurately predicted all of Research Assistant Schumacher's movements.

Note: This test implies that the discrepancies in movements observed in the previous test were the direct result of Schumacher’s awareness of the ruler's future movements. Test 19

Subject: White laboratory rat

Procedure: Research Assistant Schumacher was instructed to drop subject through SCP-4122, but stop when a duplicate emerges.

Results: Subject was successfully duplicated. SCP-4122 emitted a high pitched sound and puff of air consistent with previous tests. Comparative analysis found both instances of the subject to be identical.

Note: The research team concluded based on animal testing that SCP-4122 was acceptably safe, and requested authorization to perform human testing in order to retrieve tactile data. Test 22

Subject: D-28512

Procedure: Subject was instructed to push right hand through SCP-4122 in the backward direction.

Results: Subject moved to follow instructions, but flinched and pulled his hand back when the duplicate emerged. The duplicate hand was cleanly severed at the wrist, accompanied by a high pitched sound and puff of air consistent with previous tests. Comparative analysis has identified no difference between the severed duplicate hand and the subject's actual hand beyond the results of it being detached from the subject's body. Note: Testing was postponed until the lab and equipment could be cleaned of blood.

Addendum B: SCP-4122 Audio Analysis Results