SCP-8103
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Published on 12 Feb 2025 18:26
Item#: 8103
Level2
Containment Class:
esoteric
Secondary Class:
conscientia
Disruption Class:
ekhi
Risk Class:
warning
SCP-8103, photographed by a civilian.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8103 is to remain in situ at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, New York. Foundation disinformation campaigns are to be used to dismiss SCP-8103's effect as a mixture of coincidence and urban legend.
Description: SCP-8103 is an instance of a tilia tomentosa tree. Sampling of SCP-8103's bark, leaves, and fruit confirm that the tree itself is non-anomalous.
SCP-8103's anomalous effect occurs towards any persons who are experiencing marital or relationship troubles. When any persons who meet this criteria place their palm against SCP-8103 for a period of ten seconds, they will be affected by a cognitohazard that results in them experiencing a moment of clarity, followed by them immediately seeking out ways to make amends in their marriages/relationships.
Commonly documented effects of SCP-8103's cognitohazard include:
- The signing up for couples and/or marriage counselling services;
- The buying of expensive and/or lavish romantic gifts;
- Marriage proposals;
- The planning of "romantic getaways" or "second honeymoons";
- Restructuring of relationships into more "open" variants;
- Reinvigoration of self-care methods;
- and emotional "opening ups".
SCP-8103 has led to a marked decrease in divorce rates and break-ups within the Bronx borough of New York City.