 Item number, SCP-223 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-223 is kept in a locked containment vault in Site-19. If the two photos missing from SCP-223 are recovered, they should be stored in two separate specially prepared vaults at Site-17. Any personnel who see any anomalies appear anywhere in SCP-223 must be reassigned to another project immediately. Such personnel must be kept under observation for mental instability, including tri-weekly examination by a site psychiatrist and are advised to minimize their exposure to photographs of any kind. Description SCP-223 is a photo album, capable of holding 30 photos, bound like a small hardcover book. The photos are attached to the pages with an unknown adhesive. It matches the appearance of a product made by but lacks any brand. From Danny with love has been written on the back in blue ink. SCP-223 contains 28 photos, which chronicle an engaged couple's vacation to the beach. The final two pages of the album have been ripped out. The couple in the photos has been positively identified as E and L, who went on the vacation depicted June of 19- E and L died on June- in a murder-suicide by E. E's suicide note claimed he found his fiance in bed with another man and killed her. However, no evidence of such an affair was ever found. There is one other person who frequently appears in the photos of SCP-223, a Caucasian male with attractive and somewhat androgynous features. Designation SCP-223-1. Based on his behavior in the photos, he seems to be a friend of the couple. All attempts to determine the identity of SCP-223-1 have proven fruitless. SCP-223-1 does not appear in photos and recorded footage of SCP-223, although careful comparative analysis of the photos and data expunged. Occasionally, persons reading SCP-223 will see the likeness of their romantic interest in one or more of SCP-223's photos, replacing an incidental bystander. Independent observers can verify that the photos do in fact change. However, these anomalies are always discovered by the individual they most concern. SCP-223 seems to target readers who are in a stable, happy romantic relationship with these anomalies. SCP-223 apparently can only target one person at a time in this way. If the discoverer of the anomaly, hereafter, the target, continues to read SCP-223, their perceptions of the album's contents will change radically. While any other reader continues to see the original photos, the target will see an album of photos of their romantic partner interacting with an androgynous but attractive member of the target's sex. The target invariably reacts with jealousy and suspicion, and if allowed will search for the final two pages, believing that the contents will prove whether or not the target's partner is cheating. The effects of SCP-223 on a given target wear off completely within one week, unless the target is exposed to new photos or SCP-223. At this point, the current target's love interest's likeness will vanish from the album, and the target can safely view ordinary photographs. A former target attempting to view SCP-223's photographs will see if not allowed contact with SCP-223 following the initial discovery, the target's perceptions of other photographs will also be altered. The nature of these alterations varies depending on the content of the photos, but the majority involve the inclusion of a humanoid, similar to SCP-223-1. Pictures including both the target and the target's romantic partner seem to be the most psychologically damaging to view. Exposure to a sufficiently large number of photographs seems to cause a brainwashing effect in the target, creating a strong delusion of great danger that can only be resolved by returning the missing photos to SCP-223. This appears to be caused by a long succession of subliminal signals and traumatizing images rather than by any actual psychic influence. Psych Report 223-6 Dr. Morris Interview Log Examiner Please be seated. How long has it been since your first exposure? Morris About a week? Yeah, that's right. Seven days. It's all kind of blurred. Examiner How do you feel? Morris Sort of paranoid, edgy, like he's watching me from somewhere, somehow. Um, any update on the missing photos? Examiner Who do you mean by he? Morris The man we call 223-1 from the photos. He's... Examiner Yes? Morris Silence Examiner Have you been exposed to any photos since your last visit? Morris No Examiner Good What do you see here? Photo is of a grizzly bear drinking from a pool Morris Um, it seems to be a photo of two bears mating Examiner Very well And this? Photo is of a bed, no figures present Morris A naked man seated on a bed Look, it's been a week, right? You can let me go? I've got to find those photos Examiner You seem extremely interested in SCP-223's missing photographs Why? Morris I've got to prove Lily's innocence Examiner Dr. Morris Your wife is in no danger We discovered nearly 20 photographs hidden in and around your quarters, Dr. Morris Whatever you saw in those photos is not real Morris Lunging at the examiner, restrained by guards Liar! You're working for them, aren't you? Examiner To guards Take him away for now Morris Wait, wait When can I see Lily again? Log ends Note Morris was given a class AM Nestic And is now returned to his full duties Mrs. Morris has been informed that her husband is dead Examiner Further analysis of E's autopsy report indicates that several of the wounds found on his body could not have been self-inflicted Therefore, suicide has been ruled out as a cause of death There is no evidence of anyone other than E entering or leaving the scene of the crime for at least 24 hours Before and after his death Although One of the walls Lesson complete If you missed the previous orientation Go watch SCP-222 Clone coffin Right now Or for the complete course Watch this playlist