SCP Foundation - Third Street

by Astronomer Always

A large collection of children have been found to have anomalous effects, enough to get the attention of the SCP Foundation. Crossposted on AO3

6. SCP 042

Item #: SCP-042

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-042 is to be held in a 5m x 5m containment area. Standard furniture and bathroom facilities are to be provided. Two bookshelves filled with books are to be placed inside SCP-042's containment area. The books are to be rotated everything months, with at least 50% of them replaced with recently published works. SCP-042 is allowed to request up to 25 books of her choice during this rotation.

Description: SCP-042 is a girl, appearing approximately 7-years-old, with brown hair, round glass, wearing a purple skirt and shirt and black shoes. SCP-042 is capable of speech several years more advanced than her apparent age. She has a quiet disposition, and is generally polite to Foundation Personnel.

SCP-042 is able to recall any book that has been published in great detail, even if she has never read the book before. Despite this, SCP-042 greatly enjoys reading any book, though having demonstrated a preference for fiction books over textbooks.

Observational Log .1 Summary

Summary: SCP-042 is asked for her opinion on a recently published novel.

Observation Notes: SCP-042 goes into detail about the book, listing characters, describing which were her favorites, plot points and conflicts, and what she considered to be flaws within the work. Personnel observing have been reported to have a great interest in reading the book afterwards.

Observational Log .2 Summary

Summary: SCP-042 is asked to talk about William Shakespeare's Cardenio. Cardenio is a lost play, and the content of the play is not known.

Observation Notes: SCP-042 paused before responding. While talking about characters and plot points, SCP-042 seems uncertain about certain elements.

Experiment Log #1.042

Subject: SCP-042 and SCP-613

Preface: SCP-042 and SCP-613 are placed within the same containment unit.

Result: SCP-042 requests "an adventure book with a character like her as the hero". SCP-613 pulls out a thick book from within his trench coat. SCP-042 appears pleased.

Upon retrieval of the book, it is discovered that the contents does not correlate with any book that has been published. The book was returned to SCP-042's possession.

It has been requested that SCP-042 be used in the recovery of lost literary works. This request is pending.

A request for testing SCP-042 and SCP-4001 has been requested.

[Request denied by the O5 Counsel]