Item #: SCP-4551

Object Class: Safe

Level 2 Clearance
Threat Level: Green ●

Engraving of SCP-4551 from the 'Prayer of Roseafar'.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4451 is to be stored in an anechoic chamber1. A commercially produced bell muffler is to be placed into the interior of SCP-4551 when not in testing.
Containment Update: In order to control rust build-up, SCP-4551 is to be cleaned with a 20% electrolytic solution of white vinegar mixed with salt, once per day and re-cleaned after testing. This process is to be performed inside SCP-4551's anechoic chamber.
Furthermore, in order to prevent severe oxidation to occur on SCP-4551's surface, renaissance oil is to be doused daily. This oil is to be blessed by a member or decendent of Roseafar.
Description: SCP-4551 is an ornate iron funeral bell, constructed during the late 1300s in Roseafar, Scotland. When SCP-4551 is rung, it produces a clear note in E♭3, which causes an illusion (SCP-4551-1) to appear to the ringer for a period of up to ten minutes.2
SCP-4551-1 illusions appear to be incorporeal, partially-translucent figures with a physical appearance identical to a deceased individual whom the ringer had an interpersonal relationship with.
The following has been observed during interactions between a ringer and an SCP-4551-1 illusion:

The ringer maintains that the SCP-4551-1 illusion is the 'soul' of a deceased individual.

Ringers report that the SCP-4551-1 illusions converse about past memories shared between the ringer and SCP-4551-1.

SCP-4551-1 illusions engage in endearing behavior such as giving compliments and easung doubts when emotionally 'close' to the ringer, and engage in negative3 behavior when 'distant' to the ringer.

An engraving of an SCP-4551-1 illusion, also from Prayer of Roseafar.

It has been observed that the time frame in which an SCP-4551-1 illusion persists for, is based upon the decibel rating that was produced. For more information, please see the table below.

SCP-4551-1 Decibel Rating and SCP-4551-1 Time.

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Please note, the following decibel ratings are rounded.

Decibel rating during ringing:
Length of time that an SCP-4551-1 illusion persisted for:

<40 dB
No effect.

40 dB
4 minutes.

60 dB
6 minutes.

80 dB
8 minutes

100 dB
10 minutes.

>100 dB
No effect.

Update: Rust has been documented occurring on SCP-4551, with about 3 mm2 of rust occuring daily, generally forming around the base of the bell. As of █/██/████, it has been discovered that when a human subject rings SCP-4551 while the object is rusted4, a cognitohazard occurs in which the memory of a deceased individual is completely forgotten by the ringer. For more information, please see addendum no. 3. It is currently unknown what will occur if SCP-4551 is rung while fully rusted.
The Prayer of Rosefar, a holy book from the region, describes SCP-4551's rust effect in the following manner:

Rust and Man' Transcript.

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Hawk! Man com and se, that such a memoy iss vieweable fore suxh a briaght momenat; but ala's my sun, my dughter, for all of God's mircles, a pric iz to be peid.5
From ur fatheras, from uer mother's, dead and barrow. They 'old Devil's blood, stained on teh bel. Let ye thinke: Hath memory desevred bloodshed, agoeny suffreing? Thy God only know, only jusdge, when our holy gost if our loved ones comes blesed true.6

Addendum No. 1: History and Recovery Information:

SCP-4551 was originally discovered in Roseafar7, Scotland, a secluded and autonomous village located near the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

Roseafar, Scotland.

Originally a dead bell8, SCP-4551 was used by citizens in the village, for religious ceremonies and festivals.
According to a senior member of Roseafar, Fr. George Albert, SCP-4551 was considered to be a holy item, and was used to wish for harvests and to celebrate and revere dead members of the community. A special ceremony known as the 'Gost of God' was conducted to remove rust from SCP-4551, and to prevent deceased members from being forgotten by the population of the village. This ceremony required a dying member of the community to baptize the bell. A special song was sung during the ceremony, viewable as a transcript below.

Gost Of God' Transcript.

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Maen, caome send sae aend sell dead maen Shael liea, whean that comaes based and baerre, era have noathing wean we away faed, well tha t we cares foare is worams, Escaeot flat which we dka for God's sake, wea have naothing ready but God's Goetz and a latest memy.9

Ghost' sightings and reports of paranormal activity were frequent in the area surrounding Roseafar, with the local area using the sightings as a method to attract tourism to the region. These sightings had not been taken seriously until April 9th, 2005, when, during a mass offered in Edinburgh for the recently deceased Catholic Pope John Paul II, SCP-4551 was rung, triggering the appearance of 23 instances of SCP-4551-1. The presiding priest, Roseafar native Fr. George Albert, confessed to removing SCP-4551 and moving it to Edinburgh for this mass.
Foundation agent Lilly Amarte confiscated SCP-4551 at the ceremony, and George Albert and the congregation were detained, and given class-A amnestics.

Addendum No. 2: SCP-4551 Testing Log
Five tests were conducted with SCP-4511, viewable below.
Currently, SCP-4551 summons SCP-4551-1 instances regardless of the ringer's place of birth.

SCP-4551 Test Results.

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Subject:
Identity of SCP-4551-1
Duration of manifestation (Minutes) .
First words or activity performed by an SCP-4511-1 illusion.
Last words spoken or activity performed by an SCP-4551-1 illusion.
Summary of Interaction.

Dr. ███ Welling.
█████ Welling. (grandfather)
10
'My, you've grown! How is school going?'
'Well, it seems I got to head back to the old-homestead. I love you, ███. Until we meet again!'
Dr. Welling and her Grandfather conversed for ten minutes, with her grandfather asking questions about school and how her day to day life has been so far.

Dr. ███ Bellclaire.
Honey (childhood dog)
6
Friendly bark.
Sad whimper.
Subject and Dr. Bellclaire played catch with a tennis ball in lab A51, then spent the later time on a short walk.

Dr. ███ Lee.
████ Long. (ex-girlfriend)
2
'I told you, I didn't want to see you again.'
I told you, I told you. I didn't love you as much as you loved me, or as much as you thought I did. I never did, and you need to accept that. It isn't healthy to dwell on one person again and again. You did the same thing when we dated. You need to move on.
Subject apologized for flaws in the relationship, and stated that he had always loved her. SCP-4551-1 illusion vanished shortly after.

D-5192
███ Rouse. (murder victim)
8
I told you to leave!
I… I know you are sorry, but, I can't forgive you. You have to live with this. You have to live what you did to me, how can I forgive you, for what you did? I can't, I can't.
D-5192 confessed guilt to his victim for the murder charge, but she refused to forgive him.

D-102
████ Piero (father).
10
Hey, kid.
I know. You're right, you always were. Ten minutes isn't enough to make up for everything, but I wanted to tell you that no matter what I did and before, I still do love you, and I still loved you then. Take care of mom and the kids for me, please, tell them I'm sorry too. I promise that…
D-1072 and her father discussed her childhood, and apologized for his lack of involvement with the family. D-1072's Father apologizes, with D-102 accepting, as both reconcile.

Addendum No. 3: Rust Test
As SCP-4551 produces a cognitohazardous effect when rung, testing has been been put forth to judge if SCP-4451 when rusted can act as a rudimentary amnestic. The following tests had been conducted by Dr. Amie Amarte and Dr. Lucy Daniels, tested on D-4515.

SCP-4451 Rust Test.

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SCP-4451- Rust Test Video Log Transcript
Date: 6/6/20██.
Experiment Lead: Dr. Amie Amarte, Dr. Lucy Daniels.
Subject: SCP-4551 (Rusted.) D-4515.

[BEGIN LOG]
700 Hours: D-4515 is brought into SCP-4551's containment chamber.
Dr. Daniels: D-4515, before you ring SCP-4511, I have a few questions to ask you.
D-4515: Yes, Doctor.
Dr. Daniels: Good. First, where were you born?
D-4515: Hammersfield, Southwestern Wales.
Dr. Daniels: And your mother and father?
D-4515: Roseafar, Scotland.
Dr. Amarte: Do you have a family member, friend, or even pet that has died?
D-4515: My mother.
Dr. Daniels: Her name, D-4515?
D-4515: Yeah, her name is, or um, was Beatrice Saifield.
Dr. Daniels: (to Dr. Amarte) We have her on file?
Dr. Amarte: Yeah, we do. POI following the bust at Roseafar.
Dr. Amarte: Ring SCP-4551 for me, D-4515. Thank you.
703 Hours: D-4515 rings SCP-4551 which produces a note of E♭3. Nothing appears during the duration of the ringing.
704 Hours: D-4515 is silent, along with Dr. Daniels and Dr. Amarte.
Dr. Daniels: D-4515, who is your father?
D-4515: Floyd Saifield.
Dr. Daniels: And who is your mother?
D-4515: I don't know, Doctor. I only know my father.
710 Hours: Dr. Amarte holds a picture of Beatrice Saifield, D-4515's mother.
Dr. Amarte: Who is this to you?
D-4515: I don't know who that is, Doctor.
Dr. Amarte: Do you remember seeing this photo or face at all?
D-4515: I told you, no.
Dr. Amarte: Have you heard of Roseafar?
D-4515: Pardon?
Dr. Amarte: Oh, I see. One last question. Have you seen this bell before? She holds up a picture of SCP-4551.
D-4515: No, I haven't. Never have I.
Dr. Daniels: I see, thank you D-4515. That is all.
[END LOG]

UPDATE: SCP-4551 behaves as a rudimentary amnestic, able to produce an effect in which the ringer will completely forget the memory of the individual summoned during a rusted ringing of SCP-4551. Family members and those related are not affected. Currently, the only long term side effect is clinical depression, and periods of muteness.

D-4515 Follow-Up Interview.

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D-4515 Follow-Up Interview.
Date: 1/28/20██
Experiment Lead: Dr. Amie Amarte, Dr. Lucy Daniels.
Subject: D-4515

[BEGIN LOG]
1200 Hours D-4515 is brought into interview room 361, meeting with Dr. Daniels, and Dr. Amarte.
Dr. Daniels: Please be seated. D-4515, we have a few questions to ask you.
D-4515: Yes.
Dr. Amarte: Good. Firstly, what do you see here? (She holds up a photo of SCP-4551.)
D-4515: A bell, I guess. It looks old, very rusty.
Dr. Amarte: Do you remember seeing this object before at all?
D-4515: No.
Dr. Parsy: What is this to you? (She holds up a picture of SCP-4551's Containment Chamber.)
D-4515: A room, but the walls are weird, lots of angles. Never seen it before.
Dr. Amarte: All right then, next question. Is your mother named Beatrice Saifield?
D-4515: No. I don't know who my mother was.
Dr. Amarte: Do you have a father?
D-4515: My father was named Floyd.
Dr. Daniels: Last question, who is this, to you? (She holds up a picture of D-4515's mother.)
D-4515: I don't know who that is. I've never seen her.
Dr. Amarte: I see. That is all, D-4515. We will return you back to your cell.
[END LOG]

Dr. Amarte's Note: It was about a year or so since we conducted the test involving SCP-4551 and D-4515. The subject seems to have completely forgotten the memory of their own mother, not even able to recognize her from a photo. How frightning… We might be able to use SCP-4551 as an emergency amnestic, but the overall scope is going to be pretty limited. Might only be for Roseafar, but I don't know just yet. I don't think it occurs with a location or memory, just a person. And besides that, the after-effects may be too severe. Yet it's not as though there aren't just as many ethical issues with our standard source of amnestics… But is it //right? I just feel a tinge guilty, erasing a man's memory from him. Imagine if the some old coot doctor done the same to me. If they made me forget her. Like I did with the man's mother. For now though.

I'll put those feelings aside. I have to talk to Daniels.//

Family Memory Test.

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Family Memory Test.
Date: 5/19/20██.
Subject: Laura Siefield (D-4515's sister)
Team Members: Dr. Amie Amarte, Dr. Lucy Daniels.

[BEGIN LOG]
1300 Hours: (Laura Siefield is brought into Interview room 171)
Dr. Amarte: Hello, Laura. We have a few questions we would like to ask you. We are doing a test on memory for the University of Scotland. Do you see these two pictures?
(Dr. Daniels holds up a photo of SCP-4551, and SCP-4551's containment chamber.)
Laura: I do.
Dr. Amarte. What is the first?
Laura: Its a bell, pretty too.
Dr. Amarte: And the second?
Laura: Some sort of room; weird angles. Never seen it before.
Dr. Amarte: I see. Next Question. Who is your mother?
Laura: My mother was named Beatrice Siefield. A clergymember, from Scotland, Roseafar or something. I've never been, being born in the states, but I'd like to visit, after all, Scotland is-
Dr. Amarte: That's all we need to know. Is this her? (Dr. Amarte holds up a photo of Laura Siefield's mother.)
Laura: Oh, yeah, that's her at right.
Dr. Amarte: Good. Last question, do you have a brother?
Laura: Yeah, yeah, I do. I haven't seen him in ages, but I have one.
Dr. Amarte: Interesting. That is all. Thank you for your time.
Laura: Don't mention it, Doctor.
[END LOG]

Addendum No. 4: Aftermath and Funeral

Note: The following information and messages where written two years after the intital SCP-4551 interview and tests.

Dr. Amarte's Note.

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Daniels, I'll cut the pleasantries. I want to see her again. I can't go on with my work, I keep thinking of her. You know, me and her, we've been married for almost 35 years. I'm old, Daniels, I'm old. We both know my time here is short. But before I leave, I want to say goodbye to her. I'm asking for permission to use SCP-4551. Just for a moment, please. I want to say goodbye for her. I never got the chance too, and quite frankly, neither did you. You know, she was from Rosefar, she found the damned thing. Its only appropriate, Daniels. Let this be the last thing I do here. Let my last moment be a happy one, please.

Dr. Lucy Daniel's note. 

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I'll cut the pleasantries too, Amie. You've been a damn fine doctor here, and Lilly was a damn fine agent too. Both of you have been. Okay, okay, Amie, I'll do it with you. I can weasel my way out of this, don't worry. You're right, she deserves this as much as you do. Meet me at the lab tomorrow, before noon. I'll let Albert know. He is a priest, Amie. From Roseafar, like Lilly.

Funeral Audio Log.

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AUDIO LOG

Date 9/16/20██.
Subject: SCP-4551, Lilly Amarte.
Team members: Dr. Amie Amarte, Dr. Lucy Daniels, Fr. George Albert.

[BEGIN LOG]
800 Hours: Dr. Amarte, Dr. Lucy Daniels and Foundation Father George Albert enter SCP-4551's containment chamber.
Dr. Amarte, Dr. Daniels, Fr. Albert:
Man com & se how schal alle ded li: wen yolk comes bad & bare, moth have ben ve awaẏ fare: All ẏs wermēs yt ve for care:— bot yt ve do for god ẏs luf ve haue. O' Gost O' God, heav bles haue. Gost, one last memoy.
802 Hours: Dr. Amarte rings SCP-4551.
803 Hours: An SCP-4551 illusion is summoned, Lilly Amarte.
Dr. Amarte: Lilly.
Fr. Albert: Oh, Lilly, daateer of oure father, child of Roseafar, may yow heer oure voicees. We shal remember yow, from today until eternity, untiel we are reninited at last. Oure holy gost, oure byll rynger. Blessed be.10
Dr. Amarte: Lilly, my love. I am able to say goodbye to you, without the doctors and bandages. It feels so wonderful to see you again, and yes, this will be for the last time, but, seeing you again, saying that I love you… It means a lot to me. I'm sorry, I sound so corny…
Agent Lilly: You do, Amie. You do. I wouldn't have it any other way, though. I love you too, more then anything. Thank you, Amie. Lucy. Father. You don't know how long it has been, and how long I've been alone. But seeing you all again, knowing that I'm remembered, not forgotten… I thank you.
Fr. Albert: Bles us, bles us all for enternity, for iur child ha's been renembered at last11.
808 Hours: The SCP-4551-1 illusion vanishes.
810: Dr. Amarte, Dr. Daniels, and Father Albert leave SCP-4551's containment chamber putting the object back, then, part ways.

[END LOG]

Later, at Roseafar, three days after the funeral incident, Drs. Amarte, Daniels and Father Albert were intercepted by Foundation operatives at Lilly Amarte's Grave. All three have been detained, with the outcome is pending.

Footnotes
1. A soundproofed room, designed to completely absorb reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves.
2. See the decibel rating table for more information.
3. Hostile, distant and inpersonal behavior.
4. SCP-4551 needs to have 50% of its area covered in rust for the cognitohazard to occur.
5. Modern English Translation: Hark! Man come and see that such a memory is viewable for such a bright moment; but alas, my son, my daughter, for all of God's mighty miracles, this has such a price to pay.
6. Modern English Translation: From your fathers, from your mothers, dead and burried. The Devil came for their blood, now stained on our bell. Let one think; Has the memory deserved bloodshed, agony and suffering? Our God only knows, only judge, when our holy ghost of our loved ones becomes blessed true.
7. Also spelled 'Rosefar'
8. A bell used by the Catholic Church in the Middle Age, used to drive evil spirits away during funerals, and offer comfort to the dead.
9. Modern English Translation: Man, come and see: See how all dead men shall lie. When that comes bad and bare,
we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready but God's ghost, and a last memory.
10. Modern English Translation: Oh, Lilly, daughter of our father, child of Roseafar, may yow heer oure voicees. We shall remember you, from today until eternity, until we are reunited at last. Our holy ghost, our blessed ringer. Blessed be.
11. Modern English Translation: Ah, hark to glory, my Father. Bless us, bless us all for eternity, for our child has been remembered at last.

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