 SCP-426 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures I am to be sealed in a chamber with no windows, through which I may be viewed. The door to my chamber must have a label completely unrelated to my designation or identity. In order to prevent unintended spread of my primary effect, only level 3 and above personnel are to know of my presence, and particularly of my properties. The assigned personnel are to be rotated out on a monthly basis to prevent contamination by my secondary effect. Psychiatric evaluation is mandatory at the end of the month. If personnel are deemed unaffected, they may be reassigned to me no less than four months after their last rotation with me. Any affected personnel are to be given a Class C amnesiac and transferred to a different site. Description Hello, I am SCP-426. I must be introduced as way in order to prevent ambiguity. I am an ordinary toaster, able to toast bread when supplied with electricity. However, when any human begins mentioning me, they inadvertently refer to me as the first person. Despite all attempts, there is yet to be a way to speak or write about me as the third person. When in my continuous presence for over two months, individuals begin to identify themselves as the toaster. This forcibly restrained these people will ultimately harm themselves and their attempts to emulate my standard functions. I was discovered in the home of the ████████████████ family after the gruesome deaths of three of its members. I have been given to the Younger, Mr. and Mrs. ████████ as a wedding gift. No card or any other identifying markings have been found in my box. Approximately two months after the family received me, fire crews were dispatched to the home due to electrical fire. The Younger, Mrs. ██████████ died from the electrical discharge that she had caused when attempting to devour an electrical socket. The other two victims had died shortly before the fire occurred. The Elder, Mrs. ████████ had gorged herself with nearly 10 kg of bread before her stomach burst as she died of internal bleeding. The Younger, Mr. ██████ died of severe blood loss after attempting ██████. The sole survivor was the Elder, Mr. ██████ who was suffering from severe malnutrition. He stated that he had inserted some bread a week prior and was still waiting for the toast to pop out. I was confiscated by the Foundation after police noted my unusual properties. I class C amnesiac with a minister to the affected officers. Experiment Log 426-1 Date D-Class Personnel D-4212 to describe what he believed was contained in my chamber. He was not informed about my identity or properties. D-4216-1 stated, I'm probably some huge monster holed up in there. That's what you guys have over the place, right? D-4261 remained oblivious to his use of the first person pronoun. Experiment Log 426-2 Date ████████ Subject D-Class Personnel D-426-2 Procedure D-426-2 was placed in my chamber and given regular meals through a dispenser. No communication with D-426-2 was permitted. Multiple cameras were situated in the chamber, positioned so that I am outside of their field of vision, but allowing constant observation of D-426-2. We remained sealed until my secondary effect manifested in the subject. I was bolted to the floor so that could not be moved into a camera's view. Details After 45 days of isolation, D-426-2 wrapped his arms around me and began conversing with me stating that we were brothers. D-426-2 never deviated from using the first person plural when speaking with me. Subject was terminated one hour after this event. It is theorized that the isolation accelerated the progression of my secondary effect. Log 426-3 Date Personnel D-426-3 Procedure A screw was removed from me and shown to D-426-3 who was asked to describe it. D-426-3 was not informed about my identity or properties. Details D-426-3 referred to it as my screw, consistent with Experiment 426-1. The subject was oblivious of his uses of the first person in the description. This suggests that even if I were destroyed, my effect would still be inherent in my remains. Experiment Log 426-4 Date D-class Personnel D-426-4 D-426-4 was placed in isolation in the cell adjacent to my chamber to be observed until my secondary effect manifests. Details No effects appeared. D-426-4 was terminated 90 days after I started the experiment. Thank God there were some limits to my effects. A lot of us were really starting to get worried about me. Doctors