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|item-number= 8179
|clearance= 5
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**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-8179 is to be contained in a secure, isolated warehouse facility, monitored at all times by no fewer than four armed guards. The entrance to SCP-8179 is to be sealed, and no personnel are permitted inside without Level 4 clearance. Any individuals found attempting to enter SCP-8179 without authorization are to be detained for questioning and potential amnestic treatment.
Testing of SCP-8179 is strictly prohibited after Incident 8179-2. All records of prior transactions involving SCP-8179 are to be stored in encrypted digital files accessible only by O5 Command.
**Incident 8179-2:**
On ██/██/20██, a research team attempted to barter for an artifact capable of reversing time. In exchange, the lead researcher offered 10 years of her life. Upon receiving the object, designated SCP-8179-A, the researcher attempted to reverse the last 24 hours to undo a containment breach. SCP-8179-A malfunctioned, trapping the site in a 24-hour time loop that lasted for 27 subjective years. All personnel involved were driven to madness, and the incident only ended when the time loop collapsed on its own.
**Description:** SCP-8179 is a small pawnshop, known as “Pawn and Time,” Upon entering SCP-8179, individuals are greeted by a shopkeeper (designated SCP-8179-1), who appears to be an elderly human male. SCP-8179-1 is polite, soft-spoken, and claims to have "seen many lifetimes." SCP-8179-1 offers visitors the opportunity to "trade time." This exchange is not metaphorical but literal: individuals may offer years of their lifespan in exchange for various items or services.
The items available for trade are often anomalous in nature, ranging from objects with minor abilities (a coin that always lands heads) to highly dangerous and unpredictable artifacts (a pen that writes events into reality). The price for each item is a portion of the individual's remaining lifespan. Upon making a trade, individuals are subject to an accelerated aging process relative to the amount of time traded, though the actual effects can vary in speed and severity.
What makes SCP-8179 particularly dangerous is the unpredictability of the items’ nature, which often results in unintended consequences. Additionally, SCP-8179-1 appears to have foreknowledge of a person’s fate, often guiding them toward trades that lead into the eventual demise.
**Origin of SCP-8179:** SCP-8179 was first discovered in the summer of 1973, in ███████ , a small city in Russia. The pawnshop had been operating for decades, though few people ever entered or even knew of its existence.
The first documented encounter with SCP-8179 occurred when a local historian, in the ███████ Historian Society, Dr. Viktor Malinov, walked past the pawnshop on his way home in the suburbs of Kalinigrad. Intrigued by the strange sign, he decided to step inside. Upon entering, Dr. Malinov was greeted by the shopkeeper, an elderly man with strikingly calm eyes, who introduced himself simply as "The Proprietor." Despite the odd atmosphere, Dr. Malinov noticed an assortment of bizarre and ancient artifacts, many of which seemed to defy historical record.
The Proprietor explained that he was willing to part with these items, but only in exchange for "a fair trade." It was then that Dr. Malinov was shown the shop’s most unusual item — a small, unassuming pocket watch. The watch, according to the Proprietor, could "turn back time" for a brief moment, but only if the price was right. The historian, skeptical but intrigued, offered to trade a few antique books from his personal collection, but the Proprietor refused, saying the "price" was more personal.
Upon further discussion, Dr. Malinov realized the cost of the items in the shop was not financial but temporal: each item in the shop had a time price, a price measured in years, months, or even days of one's life. The Proprietor explained that, in exchange for the artifacts, individuals must trade a portion of their life force, effectively "buying" time through the act of giving it up. This trade, he claimed, was as old as time itself and had been passed down through generations.
What disturbed Dr. Malinov the most was the dark history he uncovered about the shop's origins. His research revealed that "Pawn & Time" had appeared throughout history in various forms, often in times of crisis or ███████. The shop had been known under different names — sometimes as a merchant’s stall, other times as an old curiosity shop — but its shopkeeper and its purpose remained the same: to offer desperate individuals a way to manipulate time. Ancient texts referred to the shop as the "██████████████," and legends described the shop’s proprietor as a mysterious figure who transcended time itself. By the time the Foundation became aware of SCP-8179’s existence, it had already begun attracting individuals with dark and powerful desires. The shop’s influence was growing, and the consequences of trading with it were becoming more severe.
Those who had bartered their time for personal gain often found themselves trapped in a cycle of regret, their remaining years rapidly diminishing as they sought more trades to undo the damage they had done. It was not uncommon for individuals to lose all sense of self, becoming mere shells of their former selves.
Upon the Foundation’s intervention, the shop was contained. The Proprietor, whose true nature and origins remain unknown, was observed to be in control of SCP-8179, but efforts to study him or his origins were met with resistance. Any attempt to close the shop or destroy it only caused it to reappear elsewhere, always maintaining its enigmatic presence. It became clear that SCP-8179 existed as an entity beyond simple comprehension, able to manipulate time in ways that defied the laws of physics.
Through extensive research, it was theorized that SCP-8179 may have been created — or discovered — by an ancient order or being that sought to control time itself, possibly an extraterrestrial entity or a lost civilization. The "██████████████" may not have been bound to Earth or even to this dimension, but rather to the idea of time itself. It is believed that SCP-8179’s true power lies not in its ability to alter history, but in its manipulation of individuals' perception of time, drawing them into a psychological labyrinth where their desires shape their reality.
**Addendum 8179-01:**
The last known interaction with SCP-8179 occurred in 1997, when a group of rogue Foundation agents attempted to barter with the shopkeeper, offering their own service to the entity in exchange for access to temporal manipulation. Their fates remain unknown, and their disappearance has been attributed to their own ill-fated bargains. No further attempts to breach or study SCP-8179 have been authorized since.
SCP-8179 stole the fate of █ Foundation members, one being O5-4, Dr. Alina Kessler, Chief of Research and Development dep. and █ Class Ds.
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At first, Dr. Malinov thought it was a bizarre scam. However, upon leaving the shop and checking his watch, he realized hours had passed in what felt like minutes. Further investigation revealed that the shop was not a normal pawnshop at all, but rather an anomaly, a temporal pocket that existed outside the normal flow of time. Those who entered the shop could trade their time for items that could alter reality in various ways, though the consequences of these trades were unpredictable and often disastrous.
Dr. Malinov returned to the pawnshop several times over the following months, each time encountering individuals who had exchanged years of their lives for objects with incredible powers: artifacts that could alter history, or strange, impossible creations that defied logic. One man had traded five years of his life for a broken compass that always pointed toward his greatest desire. Another had traded ten years for a painting that seemed to move when no one was looking. The more he observed, the more Dr. Malinov became obsessed with the pawnshop’s mysteries, and the more he realized that those who entered, even for brief moments, were forever changed.
