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Item #: SCP-5587

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5587 is to be kept in a 12" x 10" x 5" lock box, placed in the center of a 10' x 10' x 10' room. No one is allowed to enter the room or interact with SCP-5587 without direct orders from [DATA EXPUNGED]. Two armed guards are to be standing at the doorway at all times, with access only allowed by both guards simultaneously inserting their key and imputing a lock code that changes every hour. The lock box containing SCP-5587 can only be opened by a single key, only given at [DATA EXPUNGED] approval. Interacting with SCP-5587 requires a muzzle to be worn at all times, and to be observed by a third guard as well as by camera surveillance. Any personnel attempting to speak while interacting with SCP-5587 will be detained immediately.

Description: SCP-5587 is a red, paper bound, college-rule 160 page spiral notebook. It's cover is foxed around the edges, splitting apart at the corners and have multiple creases and folds that have been embedded across the front and back. The rings of the notebook appear to be bent and twisted out of shape and show significant signs age and rust, though this does not appear to impede the the individual from turning each page. The internal pages show extreme wear at the beginning of the notebook, having browned from extensive age and most of the ink fading until it is almost worn away. The corners on most pages appear to be creased, as though they were once tabbed. Flipping through the book will result in each subsequent page looking incrementally newer than the last. After 176 pages, the ink is now clearly visible. After 252 pages, no more creases or tears have appeared, the ink has fully returned, and the paper's color has regained most of it's whiteness. After 318 pages, each page afterward will look brand new. Subsequently, after flipping this many pages, closing the book from the back will result in the back cover looking as though it is brand new as well, though flipping it to it's front will return the entire notebook to it's original state.

SCP-5587 appears to have an infinite amount of pages. No amount of flipping through the book seems to reduce it's amount by any degree beyond half, though the book always appears as though it contains no more than a normal 160 page notebook. Anything written in SCP-5587 is immediately removed once the book is closed and opened a subsequent time. If one person were to write inside SCP-5587 and pass it along to another person, that person would find themselves unable to write anything down; pencil, pen, sharpie, ink, or any other material that would stain or otherwise mark the pages would simply be ineffective until the book is closed and opened again. Similarly, anything written down can not be erased or destroyed unless by authorial intent, to limited extent.

  • D-Class personnel were tasked with writing down a single paragraph within the notebook, and then obstructing said paragraph by any means they saw fit. Pencil eraser, whiteout, erasable ink, and other such conventional means appear to be effective, but more extreme measures such as burning, spilling ink/coffee, submerging in water, or ripping all were ineffective.

SCP-5587 appears to be indestructible. Any attempt to harm or destroy SCP-5587 intentionally results in no effect. However, unintentional damage, such as habitually curling the cover in ones hand, does appear to have a lasting effect. Though, if the unintentional damage were to result in the complete destruction of SCP-5587, the entity will have moved to the next immediate spot where it would not be destroyed.

SCP-5587 has shown to respond to certain commands:

  • "Open": Results in the automatic opening of the book to the next blank page after where they had previously written. If the subject had not previously written in SCP-5587, then it will open to its first blank page.
  • "Close": Immediately shuts SCP-5587. Any attempts to open it afterwards are ineffective until the one who issues the command says "Open", after which SCP-5587 can be opened and closed as normal.
  • "Go": Transports the user to a random location. This location will always be in a position where the user could stand and would not immediately perish. This transportation can be directed. If the user draws an image of the place they wish to go, with a general idea of where such location is, they will appear in that location. If the image is of an aerial view, or of such view where the user would not survive upon arrival, they will instead appear on the ground in a random spot at that location.
    • If the user draws an image they do not know the general location of and say the command, they will be transported to a random location.
    • The image drawn does not have to be of exact likeness, so long as it is easily recognizable.
    • It is implied that all locations one can go by using SCP-5587 are images that were once drawn within it's pages.

Addendum 1: SCP-5587 appears to be sapient. D-Class tasked with writing inside noted spelling and grammatical errors being corrected. After extensive writing SCP-5587 began leaving footnotes and suggestions within it's own margins. Shortly after, it was revealed that writing questions directed towards SCP-5587 would result in a response:

+ Interaction between D-50662 and SCP-5587

Interviews with SCP-5587 have been scheduled.

+ SCP-5587 Interview Log - 03/07/2010
+ SCP-5587 Interview Log - 03/12/2010
+ SCP-5587 Interview Log - 03/28/2010
+ SCP-5587 Interview Log - 04/16/2010
+ SCP-5587 Interview Log - 07/22/2010