SCP-3726 shortly after recovery.

Item #: SCP-3726

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3726 is to be kept in a Secure Containment Locker at Site-26. Testing on SCP-3726 requires permission from personnel with Clearance Level 3 or above.

Description: SCP-3726 is a 300-page leather-bound codex. Forensic tests have dated SCP-3726 to the 14th century. Despite being buried under sand for an extended period of time (see Addendum 3726-A), the codex remains relatively intact.

SCP-3726's anomalous properties manifest when any narrative with at least one anthropomorphic non-sapient being (designated SCP-3726-1) and at least one human (designated SCP-3726-2) is written on SCP-3726. Upon closing and reopening SCP-3726, the narrative is rewritten, but the handwriting remains the same. The rewritten narrative describes the discriminatory acts by SCP-3726-2 performed on SCP-3726-1, which invariably results in negative outcomes for SCP-3726-1, for a variety of reasons1. SCP-3726 can affect the same narrative multiple times, which can prompt the narrative to be rewritten differently; however, the course of events will not be altered. No new characters are introduced in the rewritten narrative2.

Individuals exposed to affected narratives show increased empathy to non-sapient beings. It is currently unknown if they possess memetic properties.

Addendum 3726-A: Recovery

SCP-3726 was found buried along with two mummified cadavers in the middle of the Karakum desert while investigating on another anomalous phenomenon. The two cadavers, one human and one resembling a Macaca Fascicularis (Long-Tailed Macaque), were found holding SCP-3726 in a tugging position. Examinations of the clothing suggest the human to be a merchant.

Several narratives in the form of diary entries had been written in SCP-3726 at the time of discovery. It is currently unknown if they were affected by SCP-3726 or not. The narratives are transcribed below; grammar mistakes have not been corrected.

not write before

monkey read book learn write

master book is good

master beat monkey read book

monkey read book master sleep

monkey happy can write

monkey tell donkei

master not good

master alway beat monkey and donkei

monkey not understad

monkey is mother make

donkei is mother make

master is mother make

mother make thing nature

why master beat monkey and donkei

monkey give food master

monkey give fast

monkey not fast msater beat

donkei not fast master beat

monkey is hurt

donkei hurt too

why beat monkey and donkei

master sleep

monkey scared

monkey tell donkei run

donkei hurt

donkei not can run

monkey not fast

monkey is scared

donkei scared too

master sleep

master have not food

master kill donkei

master eat donkei part

master not give monkey

monkey want eat

master not give monkey

monkey is scared

mokey is scared master eat monkey too

why master not good

master sleep

monkey want run

monkey want book

monkey run

monkey is scared

master not sleep

A skeleton of an Equus Asinus (Common Donkey) was later found buried approximately 250m away from the two cadavers.

Footnotes

1. If the original narrative already described this topic, it would not be rewritten.

2. If a crowd of an undefined number of entities is introduced in the original narrative, the rewritten narrative may or may not introduce new characters, but they always have minor roles and will always be referred to as "people/[the anthropomorphic beings] from the crowd".