 Item ██, SCP-573 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures ██, none needed. Object is stored in Dr ████'s desk. Object is to be locked and won to Site-62, Secure Lockers. SCP-573 requires the agreement of two members of senior staff in order to be removed from containment. No one is allowed to make use of SCP-573 without at least two backup researchers. Testing of SCP-573 around children is hereby denied without O5 approval. Description SCP-573 is a flute made from bone. DNA and carbon testing reveal the material to be human, female, and approximately a thousand years old. The bone is a femur, and from the size comes from a child between the ages of 7 and 12. SCP-573 was discovered in ██, Louisiana by agents investigating the disappearance of local children. Agents arriving on the scene were attacked by a pack of wild animals, several different species working together. Once the animals were put down, the agents were then attacked by several of the missing children, being urged on by one derailed king, the then owner of SCP-573. Agent ██ shot Mr. King, ending his hold over the children and preventing a major incident. Testing of SCP-573 has revealed that, when played, it places animals and previous missing children into a highly receptive state. All creatures so affected are eager and willing to do whatever the player requests, including things that are beyond them when in a non-trans state. Once the instrument is played, subjects remain in the trans state for five times the period the flute was played for, e.g. Play the flute for a minute, the trans remains for five minutes. Knowledge of how to play a flute is not needed to effectively use SCP-573. Anyone attempting to use SCP-573 will find themselves able to play the flute as if they have been playing for years and can play any song they desire. Addendum As of ██, SCP-573 is not to be used on human subjects. As revealed in Diary 573, SCP-573 provokes feelings of revulsion and paranoia in the user, specifically oriented towards prepubescence. These feelings increase gradually but steadily until the wielder finds himself acting out violently and maliciously towards any prepubescence under his influence. Human testing with SCP-573 is thus suspended indefinitely. Personal Diary of Dr. Julius ██ Diary Entry 5731 In my research with the Foundation, I have found that the official log is rarely the place to input personal observations. Therefore, I am logging this diary in an attempt to keep my own ideas rarely available to myself. SCP-573 is a flute capable of rolling and entrancing animals and children. While entranced, subjects will do anything the flute player requested of them without limit. So far, testing has been done solely on animals without any negative consequences. Senior staff has given me approval to move the testing up to children. I will be testing six children, all aged 8 years old, three boys, three girls. One of each will be tested in mental and physical assignments, with the final two children acting as a baseline study being put into a trance without any outside stimulus. Current Test Subjects Cindy Female Physical Tom Male Physical Mariah Female Mental Stewart Male Mental Rolana Female Base Sam Male Base Diary Entry 573-2 Sit with the children today, everything went well. The kids are well kids, alternately monsters and angels as they wish. Seeing as SCP-573 is capable of keeping the children in line, I have been informed that I will have no assistance with these tests, and that even the children's nominal hair-takers will be leaving for other duties while they are in my care. Due to this unfortunate circumstance, I will be handling the children as one group, instead of in separate chambers as I had hoped. The children were rowdy when first dropped off, but I had them sit in their chairs and proceed to play SCP-573 for 10 minutes. At the first notes, the children immediately relaxed, all tension leaving their bodies. I instructed Tom and Cindy through a series of basic maneuvers which they accomplished with ease. I then led Stewart and Mariah through some basic math and recitals, which they picked up with ease. This should be my easiest project yet. Diary entry 573-5 The testing continues apace. Today I had the physical children dress in workout clothes and sent them through some tumbling. A close examination of the children proves their physical attractiveness has increased drastically under the influence of SCP-573. Diary entry 573-7 I couldn't help myself today, watching these children, knowing that they would remember nothing from their time entranced, having such control, watching them tease me. They're always teasing, teasing, teasing, winking at me, rubbing against me, saying things, such things these children say. I had to show them how much pleasure they gave me, such lovely little bodies, such lovely children. They enjoyed watching me, I could tell by the smiles. Diary entry 573-9 Those little brats, they've been faking not remembering, I know it. When I came into the room today, they were all talking to each other. Cindy was holding her fingers 2 inches apart and laughing about it. I overheard Tom say that even his was bigger than that. But they paid for it, oh yes, none of those monsters can lay claim to being pure anymore, acted like they didn't know what had happened. But they knew. I could tell that they were sorry for making fun of me, but they deserved everything they got. Diary entry 573-13 It doesn't matter what I do to them, they keep teasing me, keep talking about me. Those rancid little beasts think they're better than me. They think they can talk about a learned doctor behind his back without him knowing. Oh, these children are in for it, and not just the little things I've been doing. No more burns and cuts. Oh no, these children will pay for their insolence. Note, on ██████, security responded to an alarm called in by one Dolores Trey, a Site-63 caregiver. Upon arriving at Room 301, security discovered Dr. ██████, cavorting amidst the remains of his young charges, covered in their blood, laughing and claiming that he'd shown those little brats. Such instability being previously undocumented in Dr. ██████, we are forced to assume such feelings came from SCP-573, a fact corroborated by the remains found at the SCP's discovery. As of now, further human testing on SCP-573 is denied. 056