 Item number SCP-714 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-714 is to be stored in a reinforced high-security locker that is to be accessible only to level 4-plus personnel due to several incidents of misuse. Description Seemingly nothing more than a green jade ring, SCP-714 has been shown to be able to expand and contract to perfectly fit the finger of anyone who touches it, though this is the least important of its properties. SCP-714 only changes size when touched by a new subject. SCP-714 has several major effects detailed as follows. 1. Exhaustion, compulsion, arrest, or sleep Within minutes of putting on SCP-714, wearers report feeling worn out, physically and mentally exhausted. Due to this, they will feel driven to sit down and rest for a bit on the nearest available furniture, and will likely fall asleep within the space of a few hours. If someone follows a sleep wearing SCP-714, the only known means of waking them is to remove SCP-714, at which point they may be roused by anything that would normally wake them up. Exhaustion effects pass within two or three hours of removing SCP-714 if removed from a conscious subject. Those that follow sleep wearing SCP-714 report feeling well rested if SCP-714 is removed, even if they slept for only a few minutes. SCP-714 extends to no considerations towards the needs of its wearer during their forced sleep, though most bodily functions such as breathing continue. If SCP-714 is not removed in the wearer woken up, most will die of dehydration or starvation within a matter of days. SCP-714's impact, if any, on aging remains untested. Characters that are tired prior to putting SCP-714 are at serious risk of falling asleep on their feet, possibly falling over in the process. If no furniture or furniture-like object is available nearby, wearers either stand on the spot they don't SCP-714 or attempt a fashion arresting place out of any suitable materials – cushions, blankets, etc. – available. The drive to sleep can be resisted but required formidable willpower and self-control on the part of the wearer. Even so, the following effect makes it impractical for field use. 2. Slowed reaction sluggish movements Subjects suffer from severely impaired reaction times. A normally sharp, alert, and physically fit subject can have a hard time catching a slow-moving object thrown to them, even if worn and given ample time to prepare. Anyone wearing SCP-714 should not be allowed to operate any heavy machinery or other vehicles under any circumstances. Movers of SCP-714 move much slower than normal, managing an average walking pace at best. Their movements are not physically slower, but they are incapable of exerting themselves. 3. Reduced mental capacity Seemingly as part of the mental fatigue, anyone wearing SCP-714 claims that they think slowly or may even have trouble finding the words to adequately communicate that they cannot think as clearly as normal. The wearer may take a long time to think of an answer to a trivial question, such as, What color is this red ball? Never mind one that is vague or requires a more complicated response. With removal of SCP-714, mental capacity restored to normal within a few minutes. 4. Mental shield As a dubious benefit of seemingly reduced mental capacity, wearers of SCP-714 show abnormally high resilience to memetic and mental influences, particularly commands or immediate effects. Weak or memetic influences may be totally notified by this. In both cases, the wearer feels a strong and instinctive fear of the source of the influence. This fear drives them to immediately seek shelter by any means available, potentially by attempting to destroy the source. This shielding lasts only as long as SCP-714 is worn. They are still at significant risk of exposing any memetic influences that do not take immediate effect. Exposure to such influences should be handled as normal for the source in question, as the degree of protection afforded by SCP-714 has yet to be fully documented. In addition, normal images and sounds that would cause revulsion, nausea, etc. simply due to shocking or disturbing content have next to no effect on the wearer of SCP-714. The wearer will not even recall seeing them once SCP-714 is removed. Any persuasion, such as motivational speeches have no effect, regardless of the speaker's skill and charisma. 5. Chemical Tolerance Just as their mind's block of memetic influences, the bodies of SCP-714 wearers slows and nullifies the effects of various chemicals on the body. Fully poisonous or toxic substances are generally not hindered, but those that specifically impede or enhance neural and or nervous functions in some way, such as stimulants or sedatives, have very diminished effects. Since the removal of SCP-714, this notification effect expires instantly. Wearers may still suffer from standard overdose effects whilst wearing SCP-714. The manner or manners in which SCP-714 causes various effects have yet to be discovered, and no unusual emissions of any kind have been detected despite extensive monitoring. If SCP-714 is significantly damaged in any way, such as being broken into two or more pieces, its effect will cease immediately. If the pieces of SCP-714 are then placed within close proximity, they will gradually reform back into a whole copy of SCP-714, flowing as if made of liquid. Once SCP-714 is fully reformed, its functions return as if it was never damaged. Grinding SCP-714 down to a fine powder did nothing to impede its self-repair behavior either, though the process did take considerably longer. Though the exact nature of this self-repair behavior has not been determined as of this time, it has thought SCP-714 could theoretically recover from complete evaporation. However, due to SCP-714's low threat level, this has deemed the unnecessary use of resources. Footage sequences of SCP-714 reforming from various states of disrepair are available upon request from Dr. ██████ or other appropriate sources. Once attracted to history and ownership of SCP-714-approving futile, due to the nature of its recovery, Agent ██████ reported feeling abnormally drowsy even after several mugs of strong coffee, and was found to be wearing SCP-714 with no memory of having come into possession of it. Agent ██████ has been reprimanded as appropriate, and measures have been taken to ensure SCP-714 stays in its locker at all times. The draining effects and compulsion to rest make use of SCP-714's protective measure against certain SCPs highly impractical. At this time, SCP-714 is not believed to have any other serious effects beyond the danger of dehydration and starvation of personnel who fall asleep wearing SCP-714 as a result of being unable to rouse themselves for sustenance. Experimentation notes. These transcripts of audio logs compiled by Dr. ██████ entry of May 1, 2000 so far are all attempts to find the cause of SCP-714's effects of proven fruitless. I don't think I need to emphasize how useful this could be if we could pull it off without the negative effects, but so far everything we've tried to come up with blanks, hence SCP-714's ongoing safe, eucalypt classification. We know what it does, but not how it does it. As much as I want to say it's 100% safe, there's something about it that's not quite right about it. Entry of May 12, 2000 ██████ still making very little headway, trying to acquire a date on SCP-714 is given as mixed results. Parts of it date back as far as very early AD, circa 100 to 200, and are probably from China. Other samples are, relatively speaking, more recent, like it's been made out of multiple pieces, though it is without question a single structurally flawless jade ring. On the plus side we've had some luck finding out who owned it before, thanks to a string of reports of jade statuettes going missing when a ring matching SCP-714's description was in close proximity to them. What a coincidence, hmm? Perhaps SCP-714's curious, regenerative, and size-changing capabilities stem from, for lack of a better term, a stimulating other pieces of jade? This is shown that SCP-714 is much higher density than average jade, but is apparently no heavier. Could be some form of extradimensional storage, as weird as that sounds. Sure is one way of carrying a weight of the world on your shoulders, heh. Entry of May 27, 2000 ██████ Okay, so a bit more luck on the tracking front. It was originally found in the late 1800s, that is around the 1870s to 1880s by an archaeologist who traveled around the world seeking jade artifacts, such as statuettes and figurines that might be found in tombs of forgotten temples. He was hunting a tomb said to be rich in them, of course. He eventually found and entered it, finding only SCP-714 in terms of jade artifacts. Puzzling. Very few historical documents describe anything that matches SCP-714, so it's hard to say how old it really is. Vexing. The archaeologist's personal diaries have not survived the age as well, unfortunately, and his handwriting leaves much to be desired, so it is difficult to tell whether or not he wore SCP-714 and documented the effects of it while it was in his possession, or whether he never considered wearing it. What I can make out is that he quickly disposed of the ring after a number of his collection pieces went missing after spinning the knight in proximity to the ring with no sign to break in or theft.