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Chapter 20 - SCP-010 – “The Prophetic Diaries”

Item #: SCP-010

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures:

All known instances of SCP-010 are to be stored in secure anomalous item vaults at Site-11. Instances are to be kept in separate lead-lined containers, each marked with biometric access restrictions.

No more than one instance is to be activated at any given time without O5 approval. Unauthorized use of SCP-010 will result in immediate termination.

Personnel interacting with SCP-010 must undergo weekly psychological screening to prevent obsession or fixation on its contents. Testing requires the presence of at least two armed guards and one senior researcher.

All digital, written, or recorded copies of SCP-010 instances are classified as SCP-010-A derivatives and must be destroyed within 72 hours of creation to prevent propagation events.

Description:

SCP-010 refers to a series of anomalous objects resembling personal journals, smartphones, or handheld devices. Each instance appears mundane but is anomalously linked to its current owner ("the Holder").

When activated, SCP-010 generates deterministic entries describing near-future events (typically 5 minutes to 90 days in advance), written in a style consistent with the Holder's thoughts and linguistic quirks. Entries often manifest regardless of the Holder's awareness, detailing accidents, encounters, or deaths with high accuracy.

Properties observed include:

Subjective Perspective: Entries always describe the future from the Holder's perspective, regardless of external observation.

Fatal Consistency: Attempts to defy predicted outcomes frequently result in events shifting to preserve the described result, often via improbable coincidences.

Competitive Effect: If multiple SCP-010 instances are active within a 10 km radius, entries will begin referencing each other. Conflicts between Holders escalate rapidly, culminating in one Holder's termination, after which their diary ceases anomalous function.

Designation Drift: In prolonged testing, SCP-010 instances exhibit signs of self-preservation, altering entries to manipulate Holders toward confrontation or survival behaviors.

Foundation analysis suggests SCP-010 is not merely predictive but exerts causal influence, shaping probability to align with its contents.

Discovery:

The first SCP-010 instance was recovered in ███████, Japan, after a series of unexplained homicides involving teenagers. Local police noted that several victims carried journals describing their own deaths in disturbing detail. Foundation assets embedded in law enforcement confiscated ██ instances, classifying them as SCP-010-1 through SCP-010-██.

Subsequent containment operations revealed that all diaries appeared to originate simultaneously, distributed to seemingly random individuals. Motive and origin remain unknown.

Addendum 010-1: Interview Log

Interviewer: Dr. █████Subject: SCP-010-7 Holder (Deceased)

Dr. █████: When did you realize the notebook wasn't normal?

Subject: (visibly shaken) The first day, it told me what I was going to eat for lunch. I thought it was a prank. But then… it started writing about the car accident. The one that killed my father.

Dr. █████: Did you try to prevent it?

Subject: Of course I did! I begged him not to drive, I smashed the car's tires, I— (voice breaks) But the taxi—he still got in the taxi. It still happened. The words don't change. They never change.

Dr. █████: What about other people with diaries?

Subject: (leans forward, whispering) They're the worst part. My pages started talking about them. Where they'd be, what they wanted. It's like the books wanted us to kill each other.

[END LOG]

Addendum 010-2: Incident Report

During Containment Test 010-██, two active instances (SCP-010-3 and SCP-010-8) were placed in controlled proximity. Within 24 hours, both Holders received entries describing each other's "elimination." Despite strict surveillance, SCP-010-3's Holder was found deceased from multiple stab wounds. SCP-010-8's Holder claimed no memory of the attack.

Autopsy revealed defensive wounds inconsistent with the survivor's physical strength. It is theorized SCP-010 can exert direct influence over human behavior to fulfill its own predictions.

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