Connor's Draft No.15

Item #: SCP-4189

Object Class: Euclid

Site Responsible: GERDEC Site-50

Director: Peter Riverson

Research Head: Marcus Faye

Assigned Task Force: N/A

Level 3/4189

CLASSIFIED

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Interior of SCP-4189. Picture taken on the sixth floor.

Special Containment Procedures: The area containing SCP-4189 has been acquired by the Foundation. A chain link fence is set up around the building with three agents stationed around this zone. The doorway leading to SCP-4189 has been sealed with a 4-digit electronic lock mechanism in place of the doorknob. A single surveillance camera is attached to the top left of the wall opposite to SCP-4189's door.

Individuals that attempt to enter SCP-4189's containment zone are to be detained at Site-50 and brought in for questioning and processing. Individuals that manage to enter SCP-4189 are to be considered lost and no attempt to recover these individuals are to be made.

Description: SCP-4189 is a staircase located at the left side of an abandoned textile factory in Davenport, Iowa. The majority of this facility is destroyed with the building only going up to three floors. The interior of SCP-4189 remains largely untouched and has numbers painted on the walls of each floor to guide individuals as to what floor they are currently on. SCP-4189 has ceiling lights for each floor, however, these lights are dimly lit and a few of these lights do not function at all.

Individuals that go up the steps will find the resulting floors to be in various states of disrepair and dilapidation. The state of disrepair increases with each floor as the individual ascends.

Despite the outside exterior terminating at the third floor of the building, SCP-4189's interior has shown to extend far upwards with no apparent end. Individuals that ascend past the sixth floor will be met with the arrival of SCP-4189-1.

SCP-4189-1 is a being or force that manifests at the ground level of SCP-4189 and causes electromagnetic interference within SCP-4189. The electromagnetic interference does not affect electronics outside of SCP-4189's door. This interference causes the lights within SCP-4189 to malfunction when in proximity to SCP-4189-1 before being destroyed completely as it passes by.

SCP-4189-1 will slowly ascend the floors, in an attempt to catch up to the individual in question. Individuals will then begin to feel an extreme sense of dread and fear and will start running up the steps in an attempt to get away from SCP-4189-1. In all cases, not one person has managed to escape SCP-4189-1 nor has any person managed to find an exit out of SCP-4189.

Addendum 4189.01: Exploration Logs

+ Access Log

Exploration Video Log Transcript

Subject: D-60003

Target: SCP-4189

Location: Turner Fabrics, Davenport, Iowa

Equipment: One body camera with microphone attachment and earpiece device

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[BEGIN LOG]

Command: Please put in the code given to you and step through the door.

D-60003 inputs the code given to him to the lock. The door to SCP-4189 opens and D-60003 steps inside as the door closes and locks automatically behind him.

D-60003: Alright, now what?

Command: Go up.

D-60003 proceeds to go up the approaching floor.

D-60003: That's it?

Command: Yes.

D-60003: Uh… when do I stop?

Command: When you feel like you can't keep going anymore.

D-60003: Seriously?

Command: Yes, keep moving.

D-60003 makes it to the third floor. The camera feed begins to pick up slight deterioration within D-60003's surroundings. Slight audio distortion is picked up but is otherwise ignored.

D-60003: Ah-(subject pauses for a brief moment) Ah man.

D-60003 now enters the fourth floor. The number assigned to the floor has slightly faded away. The black paint coating the stairs are now peeling away. D-60003 starts to take deep breaths as he reaches the fifth floor.

Command: Are you tired?

D-60003: Hah-(subject continues labored breathing) hah- ye- yeah man. Can I take a break?

Command: Go up one more floor first. Then you can rest.

D-60003 groans and mutters an expletive under his breath as he continues his ascent. As he reaches the sixth floor, he stops all movement as he looks up the steps leading to the next floor. The audio distortion is slightly louder but is otherwise ignored.

Command: D-6?

D-60003: Yes?

Command: Why have you stopped?

D-60003: I don't-

At that moment, D-60003 abruptly stops talking. There is nothing heard between Command and D-60003 for five seconds. A low audio static can be heard now.

Command: D-6?

D-60003: Uh- uh yeah man, I don't- I- I don't feel like- like I should keep going up.

Command: Why?

D-60003: It's- I- I don't know, it's just a feeling, man.

Command: What's wrong?

D-60003's breathing is slightly audible through the static. He mutters another expletive under his breath.

D-60003:…after this, can I go back?

Command: Yes, of course.

D-60003: Fuck me, man. Okay then.

D-60003 slowly goes up the stairs. His breathing is faster and his heart rate increases. Cracks are now formed across the walls with dark dried splotches covering some of the top ends of each floor.

D-60003: Can I go back now? Please?

At that moment, a low buzzing sound with a loud popping noise following after is heard.

D-60003: What the fuck was that?

D-60003 approaches the handlebars of the floor and leans over it. The ground floor ceiling lights are now gone. A shadow starts to slowly cover the second floor lights as elongated appendages appear from the mass. D-60003's breathing becomes more rapid; shaking the camera around before he starts running up the stairs.

D-60003: Fucking shit. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. No, no, no.

Command: Stay calm. Just keep moving.

D-60003: Fuck off, I can't-

Command: Don't look back.

D-60003 continues to ascend the steps higher while looking down and behind him occasionally. The camera starts to shake violently as a result. The audio distortion gets louder and louder as the video quality starts to degrade. D-60003 slows down and starts to rest on the handlebars; looking down at the floor while breathing loudly.

Command: D-6? What floor are you on now?

D-60003: I don't fucking know. The fucking numbers are gone. I don't- Ten? Twelve? I don't know anymore.

D-60003 looks over the handlebars. SCP-4189-1 is now only three floors below D-60003 and is slowly gaining speed. The lights flicker rapidly in its presence before going out completely.

Command: Can you continue?

D-60003: I- my foot- its cramping real bad. I don't know if I can-

A black, elongated human hand rises from below and grasps the handlebars. The lights on the floor begin to flicker violently. D-60003 immediately turns away to run up the stairs with SCP-4189-1 picking up speed. D-60003's breathing is louder and can be heard sobbing through the microphone.

D-60003: Please. Please don't let it take me.

D-60003 starts to slow down as he lets out pained groans. The audio static gets even louder as the camera quality starts to degrade heavily.

D-60003: Fucking-

D-60003 falls down in pain and clutches his right foot. He starts to cry as black, stretching hands grasp the handlebars, ceiling, and the stairs around his floor until it completely surrounds him. The arms have multiple joints that extend from the mass and shake erratically and violently thrash around. Each time the arms bend, a loud cracking sound is heard. The static is now loud enough to drown out some of D-60003's sounds.

SCP-4189-1 grabs D-60003's right foot with three hands and squeezes it tightly. D-60003's screams loud enough to cut through the static in the audio interface. The camera is quickly enveloped by multiple, grey hands; obscuring the view. D-60003's screams are still heard through the static interference.

D-60003: Gnaag-

D-60003's camera regains visibility again. D-60003 starts crawling out of SCP-4189-1's mass and picks himself up on the handlebars of the stairs. He turns his head behind him, causing the camera to distort heavily, capturing only a dark mass of multi-jointed, elongated hands rising from inside SCP-4189-1. D-60003's breathes heavily as he looks down below him into the darkness below him. Through the video feed, his entire right leg is entirely gone.

A distorted scream, resembling the cries of a young child, is heard behind D-60003; causing him to panic and throw himself over the railing. The camera captures SCP-4189-1's arms reaching out to grab D-60003 but fail to do so. The camera feed shakes violently as D-60003's falls down, presumably hitting the other steps of SCP-4189 until he falls onto a solid floor in what is assumed to be the ground floor. The camera ceases monitoring for two minutes before it turns on again, facing D-60003's face, who lies motionless on the ground. Through the video, D-60003 lacks most of his facial features save for eyebrows, nose, and eyes. He lacks nostrils, ears, mouth, and pupils. Ten seconds pass as D-60003's skin starts turning grey. He blinks at the camera before it cuts out completely.

No connection has been reestablished with D-60003.

Notes:
https://pixabay.com/photos/stairs-architecture-steps-climb-205718/