R-7676

 Relic # : R-7676

 Safety class : Γ

 Physical description : A "useless machine" model: a black box with a button and a claw connected to the button through wiring. Green glowing material can be seen in disparate chunks upon disassembly.

 Anomalous properties:  Once the button is pressed, the claw is released and presses the button again, then retracts to its original position. No visible changes happen until 24 hours after the button's pressing. When the subject wakes up after 24 hours, an effect of temporal stasis is caused: the subject is now stuck in a 24 hour period.

A groundhog-day loop will commence for the subject, where each day proceeds the same unless they interfere. Anybody outside the loop will see the causal effects of an affected person's actions within the most recent iteration, but not the person themselves due to them being trapped. There will be no evidence of their physical presence outside of the window where the loop is commencing.

This effect can only be stopped upon destruction of the machine: even then, the subject will be left behind in time by how much they stayed in the loop and will have to be transported to the present by other means. The machine always reappears where it was used after destruction.

It has been found that temporal stasis caused by R-7676 can spread by perception of an affected subject if the loop lasts longer than a week. After 2 weeks causal stasis is also created (events fail to affect the main timeline) and the contagion spreads faster due to 7676-induced curiosity to perceive those affected. Models have shown the entire world could be affected in 33 days.

 Special safety notes : Should only be used in case of emergency. Remember R-7676's location if it is in use to break the loop.

 History : R-7676 was created during experimentation of a temporal prison by a local scientific effort in [REDACTED]. Multiple loops were created and the machine was given to the Hunters after [REDACTED]'s science board notified them.

 Notable events : R-7676 was once lost at sea and the loop progressed to a duration of 37 days. The entire world's population was affected due to this which led to the period of Day 2■ - 3■ being perceived as largely unnotable.