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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX occupies a previously empty standard containment cell in hall 4 of site XX. Hall 4 of the site has been cordoned off and adjacent SCPs relocated to avoid potential side effects or breaches. No Foundation staff are to be present in this section of the site outside of scheduled testing times. Video monitoring equipment with appropriate backups are to be in operation at all times in order to record manifestation events.

Description: SCP-XXXX manifested on March █, 19██ in Hall 4 Site XX in a previously empty containment cell. SCP-XXXX is a containment cell whose physical features, contents, and dimensions cannot be precisely determined. The cell exhibits a variety of phenomena, and no pattern has yet to be determined for the occurrences of the shifts in cell contents or manifestations of humanoid beings. SCP-XXXX is the only cell in this hall shown to exhibit these effects. No observable effects have yet been detected in adjacent containment cells or structures.

The apparent default appearance of the interior of the cell is a white, featureless infinite space devoid of objects or measurable features, except for the area immediately adjacent to the doorway and the door itself. The door is a typical size, painted white with slightly chipped paint, features no handle on the inside, and a reinforced glass window measuring 15 x 20 cm. The words NO EGRESS is painted in red on the interior surface of the door. Samples of the door and it's frame exhibit no anomalous effects, but any damage is slowly repaired over time until the original state of the door is restored.

A section of solid white floor approximately two square meters in area is present inside the threshold of the doorway, discernible by a small amount of dust. There is no finite border to the area of solid floor, it gradually fades into the featureless white void that comprises the remainder of the interior. No method of measuring distance or dimension registers any discernible end, edges, or other features. An apparent normal atmosphere is present within a few meters of the doorway and gradually decreases as distance from the doorway increases.

When the door to the cell is open, or any Foundation monitoring equipment is present inside the cell, no further manifestations or phenomena occur and the cell remains inert. When any anomalous phenomena manifest within the cell, the cell door cannot be opened by any means.

Viewing through the window from inside the cell, the hallway of the Foundation facility cannot be seen through the window; instead a different interior structure can be seen, a well lit but spartan hallway resembling a hospital or similar non-Foundation facility. No other entities or phenomena have yet been observed to occur in this unidentified hallway area.

On some occasions an unidentified human male manifests within the containment cell, denoted as SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1 seems unaware of any Foundation staff or instruments outside of the cell. Manifestations of SCP-XXXX-1 last from a few minutes up to several hours with an average duration of approximately one hour. During most appearances, SCP-XXXX-1 attempts to escape the interior of the cell with no success until falling into a depressive state or disappearing. Sometimes the subject acts as if it is the first time the subject is present in the cell, other times it’s behavior suggests a tired familiarity with it’s surroundings. SCP-XXXX-1 does not seem to require any sustenance. At times SCP-XXXX-1 speaks profusely to himself during his confinement and shouts for help, and other times SCP-XXXX-1 entirely silent. It's behavior does not suggest it is aware of any Foundation personnel or events, and it is assumed that SCP-XXXX-1 is also subject to the window's effect and it can only observe the empty, non-Foundation exterior as seen from within the cell. No attempt to communicate with SCP-XXXX-1 or SCP-XXXX-2 (see Theta event) has been successful.

At times the interior of the cell is replaced by a large, mostly empty high school auditorium. This is denoted as a Beta event. The auditorium features a few long tables at the far edge, and high-set windows near the ceiling reveal the same featureless white expanse exists outside the auditorium. A teacher’s desk is near the door featuring a typical array of school supplies such as paper, pens, and scissors.

When SCP-XXXX-1 manifests at the same time as a Beta event, a younger version of subject SCP-XXXX-1 can be seen attaching sheets of white paper to the wall where the interior of the door would be, and drawing on the paper to illustrate a facsimile of the interior of the locked door normally present in the cell, including the text NO EGRESS.

Much more rarely a Theta event will occur. During a Theta event, the interior of the cell appears to be a suburban living room with a variety of furnishings and decorations. Two human subjects are present, one appears to be a yet younger version of SCP-XXXX-1, and is joined by a young female denoted SCP-XXXX-2. The two subjects are facing the window aperture of the containment cell door and holding wired video game controllers (of an unknown make) and appear to be playing a game.

Careful examination of reflections present in the scene reveals the two subjects are viewing a large CRT television set on the floor, and the image on the television screen is apparently first-person activity from the viewpoint of various manifestations of SCP-XXXX-1, as SCP-XXXX-1 carries out it’s escape attempts from within the containment cell, or alternatively viewing SCP-XXXX-1’s activity during a Beta event in the process of constructing a paper facsimile of the interior of the cell on the wall of the auditorium.