Date: 2015/08/19

Personnel: E-101 Maria Casas (Captain), E-101 Klaus Aksoy, E-101 Catalina Lopez, Researcher Gorou Ishigura.

<Begin Log>

E-101-Casas: Alright, sign in.

E-101-Aksoy: Aksoy, here.

E-101-Lopez: Lopez, here.

Researcher Ishigura: Researcher Ishigura, uh, here.

E-101-Casas: Right. We don't know how far down this thing goes or what's in it. Aksoy, you take point, then Lopez, then Ishigura, and I'll take the rear. I want clean, efficient first-contact here, none of those Site 13 escapades. Got it?

E-101-Lopez: Crystal.

E-101-Casas: Good. Let's go.

The team begins to climb down the ladder. After about 200m, the MTF reaches the bottom of the shaft. They are in a pentagonal room with a door on each wall. All but one of these doors is welded shut.

E-101-Aksoy: Choices, choices.

E-101-Casas: Alright, everyone with me. Stick close.

Casas opens the door to the left of the welded door. A large hallway is inside; it is lined with a series of mirrors, each 1m apart and stretching indefinitely onwards.

E-101-Lopez: What the-

E-101-Aksoy: A hall of mirrors? That's the hardware?

E-101-Casas: Maybe. Lopez, take a look in one of them.

E-101-Lopez: Alright, boss.

Lopez moves in front of one of the mirrors. An ordinary reflection of her image is visible.

E-101-Lopez: Nothing.

E-101-Casas: OK. Let's take this slow, people. Each of us take a row and see what we can find.

The MTF begins to move through the hallway. The reflections all appear normal.

E-101-Aksoy: Nothing still.

E-101-Lopez: Why would someone do this? Is it a computer thing?

E-101-Ishigura: Do you- never mind.

Lopez suddenly stops, and starts. Their reflection in one of the mirrors is of a female in her late 30s.

E-101-Lopez: This isn't right.

E-101-Aksoy: What isn't?

E-101-Lopez: This reflection. It's not how she looked.

There is a pause.

E-101-Casas: Not how who looked, Lopez?

E-101-Aksoy: I don't know, but she's right. It isn't how she looked.

E-101-Casas: …What?

Aksoy moves in front of a mirror. A small child appears in place of his reflection.

E-101-Aksoy: That's not right either. I was different to that. Something about the… the movement.

E-101-Lopez: Yeah, I get what you mean, Aksoy.



E-101-Casas: Oookay. Ishigura, I think they've been infected by some kind of cognitohazard. Let's pick them up and get going.

Researcher Ishigura: Y-yeah, OK.

Casas heads towards Lopez and leads them away from the mirror. Ishigura does the same for Aksoy; both of them appear pliant and dazed. After a few moments, Casas looks at a mirror and sees a reflection of a young girl covered in blood. She gasps, and drops Lopez.

Researcher Ishigura: What? What is it?

Ishigura, dragging Aksoy with him, reaches Maria's location.

E-101-Casas: This isn't right.

Researcher Ishigura: It's not real, Maria. It's OK.

E-101-Casas: But it is! There was a door, and a cellar, and when I went down there I saw-

Researcher Ishigura: It's- God, I don't know how to do this- it's OK. I-

Ishigura glances at the mirror. An elderly man is in place of his reflection, smiling at him. Casas, meanwhile, appears to be suffering from the same dazed state as Aksoy.

Researcher Ishigura: It's- it's fine, Casas. I'm seeing it too, we're all seeing it, but it's just mind-games. We've all seen shit like this before.

Casas is non-responsive.

Researcher Ishigura: Maria- look, I don't know what to do here, OK? I'm just along because you needed a researcher-

E-101-Casas: It was all my fault.

Researcher Ishigura: Oh- no, look, whatever it was, it was- look, let's just get out. Come on.

Ishigura begins to drag Aksoy and Casas towards the door.

E-101-Casas: The mirrors don't lie. It's my fault. It was always my fault.

Researcher Ishigura: Nobody gets to dictate to us what our l-lives are, ok?

Voice: Don't they, though?

Ishigura starts suddenly, shocked. He drops Casas and Aksoy and looks around.

Researcher Ishigura: Who was that?

Voice: Someone who is stuck here. Someone who watches.

Researcher Ishigura: I- my name is Gorou Ishigura, I'm a member of the SC-

Voice: SCP Foundation. Yes, I know. I remember you.

Researcher Ishigura: Show yourself.

Voice: I can't. I'm sorry. I'm not quite here, you see. I was- I gave something, taught something, and the favour hasn't been returned.

Researcher Ishigura: Tell me what's happened to them. Tell me something. Please.

Voice: I'm- I'm someone trapped here. Someone who doesn't want to be. Can you help me? I'll help you.

One of the mirrors near Ishigura transforms into a doorway, opening onto the pentagonal room.

Voice: Everything went wrong, you see. It wasn't meant to be like this. Everything they were becomes broken. All the lines they ever traced.

Researcher Ishigura: I don't know what you- I'm sorry you're stuck in here, but I can't help you. I wouldn't know where to start.

Voice: I hope you remember. I can't remember the last time I felt the sunlight, or tasted real food. It was so long ago. The birds would call to me. Please remember.

The mirrors all begin to emit pink light. Ishigura runs through the doorway and enters the pentagonal room, dragging Aksoy and Casas. Aksoy immediately falls unconscious, but Casas appears to regain her faculties.

E-101-Casas: Ishigura? Wh- why am I here?

Researcher Ishigura: Something's in there. Messing with your heads. There was this voice, and- I'm sorry, Casas, I didn't know what else-

E-101-Casas: It's fine. You did good, kid. Let's get out of here.

Researcher Ishigura: Yeah, OK. We need to get Lopez, though; I didn't have enough arms for her.

E-101-Casas: Who?

Researcher Ishigura: …Lopez? Your team-mate, Lopez?

E-101-Casas: I don't have a teammate called Lopez.

Researcher Ishigura: What are you- look, let me just-

Ishigura turns towards the door, but it is welded shut.

E-101-Casas: I think you might have been affected by the cognitohazard as well, Doctor.

Researcher Ishigura: But she- she was right there…

E-101-Casas: Come on.

Casas and Ishigura move towards the ladder, Aksoy slung over Casas' shoulder. A low voice can be picked up on Ishigura's microphone; he does not notice.

Voice: Curious.

<End Log>