Item#:
SCP-002 also known as "The Living Room"
Object Class:
Euclid
Item Description:
SCP-002 is the designation given to a large tumorous fleshy growth. It's roughly spherical with a circumference of just over 15 meters, giving it an estimated volume of around 60 meters cubed.
Located on one side is an iron valve hatch, which leads to the interior of the ball. Those who step inside will see a small room that resembles a simple studio apartment, complete with furniture and even a small window, although strangely the outside of the ball shows no windows at all.
The furniture in the room shows no anomalous properties, though examination has revealed that the furniture appears to be constructed of sculpted bone, woven hair, and other biological materials, all coming from human bodies!
Analysis of samples taken from the furniture has shown each to be constructed from independent and fragmented DNA sequences. To date the "Living Room" has been responsible for seven members of staff going missing.
At the same time, during the course of containment at the SCP Foundation, the room has added multiple additional pieces of furniture, including: two lamps, a rug, a television, a radio, a beanbag chair, three books in an unknown language, four children's toys, and a small plant.
Each time a human enters the chamber, the door will close on its own and the person inside is "consumed". When the door reopens, a new piece of furniture will have been added to the room. The inside of the sphere is warm and moist, and the ball itself feels warm and alive.
Tests have been performed using a variety of non-human entities in order to see if they would provoke the same response from SCP-002 to that of humans. Various lab animals including those with similar DNA to humans such as chimpanzees have been placed in the room, but so far all have failed to make The Living Room react. Human cadavers were also tested, but they too did not produce any effect.
It is unknown what causes SCP-002 to engage in its behavior, but whatever process it uses to convert organic matter into furniture seems to be only triggered by the presence of living humans.
SCP-002 was discovered in northern Portugal, following reports of an object falling from Earth's orbit. SCP-002 was found at the bottom of small crater, encased in a thick shell of rock, but the anomaly's fleshy exterior could be seen through cracks that were likely created through the impact.
A local farmer was the first to spot the object falling to Earth, and reported back to his village what he had found. At the same time, a level four SCP Foundation agent stationed in the area detected elevated levels of radioactivity, and traced the source back to the crater.
An SCP collection squad was dispatched to the impact site and quickly secured the area. Test subjects from the nearby village were recruited for initial analysis of the object. With three men being individually sent inside of SCP-002, all of which disappeared.
Having confirmed the anomaly's deadly properties, a termination order was issued that would apply to any local witnesses, in order to ensure that no knowledge of the object reached the outside world.
A Foundation team then prepped the object for transport back to an SCP containment facility, but during this process four members of the security team were mesmerized and drawn inside the object where they too disappeared.
This was the first hint that SCP-002 possesses some form of subtle mind control, with the ability to influence humans into stepping inside of it. It was after these losses that it was first noticed that the object appeared to "grow" new furniture, following someone disappearing inside.
Afterwards all staff were instructed to wear HAZMAT suits when dealing with SCP-002, and the object was then relocated to a secure containment facility where it now resides.
Due to the ongoing danger presented by SCP-002, the risk it poses to any who step inside of it, and the mind control abilities it possesses, it has been classified as Euclid.
It is to remain connected at all times to a power supply to keep it in a charging mode of some kind, which appears to make it more docile. In the event of a power outage, staff in the surrounding area are to be evacuated and the object's containment cell is closed. Once power has been reestablished, x -rays and ultraviolet lights are activated until SCP-002 has returned to its charging mode.
Research teams investigating SCP-002 that will come within 20 meters of the object must always be in groups of at least two. Personnel should also maintain physical contact with each other at all times to confirm that the other is not being affected by the object's mind control abilities that may lead them to entering The Living Room. Afterwards staff are escorted to a quarantine facility that is at least 5 kilometers away, and must undergo a 72 hour quarantine and psychological evaluation.
SCP-002 is one of the oldest anomalies in the SCP Foundation database, but remains one of the least understood. Many questions remain, but maybe one day we will find out what it's purpose is, where it came from, and what it wants.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story from the SCP universe!