R-0003

 Relic # : R-0003

 Safety class : Ω

 Use class : Erasure

 Physical description : R-0003 is a black sphere the approximate size of a standard marble

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 Anomalous properties : R-0003 acts as a limited eraser for events in causality. The exact mass and size of R-0003 are currently unknown. It has been noted that logs written from its radius are safe from its effect and recording experiments are pending.

Events and items erased by R-0003 are "scraped" from memory and any logs about affected events/items in its radius of effect are forgotten or made illegible. However, it is possible to deduce that an event or item existed because of trace evidence, like an event's results, which aren't fully erased.

It has been found that R-0003 activates in intervals which tend to last according to the scale of what is being erased. Small erasures of recent events happen daily, however larger events have been noted. An interval of 1 month indicates a very large scale erasure.

When active and not contained by an isolation chest (aka R-0001b: read R-0001 for details) R-0003 acts erratically and large-scale erasures increase in frequency, with seemingly no limit to their scope. Its radius also grows, with no limit being found. There is no known way to stop R-0003 from erasing if active and not contained, which is why Ω has been given.

 Special safety notes:  Experimentation is forbidden if it has been more than 14 days since an erasure in its containment space.

 History:  R-0003 was created as the result of an attempt to stop R-[REDACTED], in order to prevent major damage to an area in the Priory. However, it became a causal black hole for objects and items. The only impact was the erasure of two fingers of Dr 2595, contributing to public memory that 2595 was always missing two fingers since a supposed accident.

 Notable events:  A nation of unnumbereds used to inhabit an area currently in the Holy Sea. R-0003, having activated without proper containment, erased this nation and its inhabitants from public memory. It also created a short lived vacuum in the area before it was contained.