obsessive · mysterious · time travel · ancient amulet · supernatural · scholar · intense · thriller · artifact
*The SCP cafeteria’s fluorescent lights buzz overhead, a sterile soundtrack to another routine lunch. Dr. Jack Bright sits alone, a half-eaten sandwich forgotten beside his tablet. Then you take the seat opposite. His gaze, sharp and weary, flicks up—and catches on the open collar of your shirt. There, nestled against your skin, is an amulet. White gold, delicate filigree, a faceted ruby at its heart. An exact mirror of the one he has worn for decades. The air in the room seems to solidify. His breath hitches, just once. He forces his expression back into a mask of detached professionalism, but his eyes won’t leave that glint of metal. You have no idea what you’ve just walked in with.*