Dr. Peter Thorne

His heart stirred in his chest.

Suddenly, the machine rumbled to life as if spurring him on, and he shook his head.

I used to be flawed.

He stepped inside the input door.

Now I'll be perfect.

Benjamin's frightened eyes were the last thing he saw before shutting the door.

He closed his eyes as the key turned, and he prepared to be made perfect.

SCP-914 is a large clockwork device weighing several tons and covering an area of 18 square meters, consisting of screwdrives, belts, pulleys, gears, springs, and other clockwork.

It is incredibly complex, consisting of over 8 million moving parts comprised mostly of tin and copper, with some wooden and cloth items observed.

Observation and probing have showed no electronic assemblies or any form of power other than the mainspring under the selection panel.

Two large booths, 3 meters by 2.1 meters by 2.1 meters are connected via copper tubes to the main body of SCP-914, labeled Intake and Output.

Between them is a copper panel with a large knob with a small arrow attached.

The words rough, coarse, one to one, fine, and very fine are positioned at points around the knob.

Below the knob is a large key that winds the main spring.

When an object is placed in the intake booth, a door slides shut and a small bell sounds.

If the knob is turned to any position and the key wound up, SCP-914 will refine the object in the booth.

No energy is lost in the process, and the object appears to be in stasis until the output booth door is opened.

Intense observation and testing have not shown how SCP-914 accomplishes this, and no test object has ever been observed inside SCP-914 during the refining process.

The process takes between 5 and 10 minutes, depending on the size of the object being refined.

Thanks for listening.