The butler did it!

Item: SCP-####

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-#### has a containment parameter of 800m², with 10 guards constantly guarding the barbed fence that has been set up. All instances where SCP-#### is located on a map are to be erased. Entrance of SCP-#### is non-advisable but permitted to level 3 personnel or higher for testing purposes.

Description: SCP-#### is a Victorian-era mansion located on the outskirts of ████████, Scotland. The entire estate (including the claimed land surrounding it) has a surface area of 700². The mansion itself, as recorded in the latest test, contains 37 rooms and has 4 floors, including the attic.

When viewed from the outside, the mansion doesn't exhibit any anomalous properties. However, when a human being enters the mansion, it's anomalous properties start to manifest, who usually manifest in this order:

The subject entering the mansion will become stuck in a time loop, and greeted by an instance of SCP-####-1¹(changes per iteration), who is wearing late-victorian era clothing and speaking in a thick, British accent, and will lead them to an entrance hall. There, the subject is greeted by 1 to >90 instances of SCP-####-1 (See Experiment log #15-B), who will all introduce themselves. It will then be revealed that an instance of SCP-####-1 of the mansion was killed, and it is unclear which instance of SCP-####-1 did it. It is then stated that the subject entering is a detective, who was hired to solve the murder. When this line is heard by the subject, he/she will gain knowledge of what happened and at which location. It is not known how the subject acquires this information. All the instances of SCP-####-1 that were presented will then go off to do their jobs, and the subject is free to roam around the mansion.

When the subject finds out which instance of SCP-####-1 is the murderer and confronts them with evidence, that instance of SCP-####-1 will admit defeat and congratulate the subject on solving the murder. The time loop will be closed, and the subject will reappear at the gates of the estate. When the subject fails to find out who the murderer is and gives up, they will be escorted to the entrance hall. There, it will be revealed who the murderer was, and the murderer will claim victory. Then, the time loop resets and the subject will find themselves at the doorstep, being greeted by one of the suspects.

Each time, the entire setting and cast of the mansion are changed, even being able to fit more space inside the mansion than possible from an outside perspective. However, there do seem to be some consistencies:

• The house will always keep its Victorian-era interior
• SCP-####-A will always be the murderer, regardless of the setting
• There will always be specific instances of SCP-####-1 who will always appear. See SCP-####-1 Instances for frequently reoccuring instances.

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1. SCP-####-1-A: A middle-aged victorian-era butler. Is very kind, and usually carries with him an assortment of anomalous items²
2. SCP-####-1-B: An old victorian-era nobleman. He claims to be the owner of the mansion. SCP-####-1-B is the victim of the murder in most instances of an SCP-#### event.
3. SCP-####-1-C: A young victorian-era maid. She's good friends with SCP-####-1-A. She's also the personal assistant of SCP-####-1-D. She also carries with her several anomalous items³
4. SCP-####-1-D: An old victorian-era noblewoman. She claims to be the wife of SCP-####-1-B. She usually wanders around the house and can be oftentimes be found in her room.
5. SCP-####-1-E: An old victorian-era gardener. He usually only manifests if there is a garden or a greenhouse located in the mansion.
6. SCP-####-1-F: A middle-aged cook. He can be found in the kitchen and is oftentimes framed as the murderer if the victim was poisoned.
7. SCP-####-1-G: A young painter. He is the rarest of the frequently reoccurring instances. He carries with him an anomalous item⁴

The mansion was built by ████████ █████ between ██/██/██ and ██/██/██, but the origins of the mansion's anomalous properties are yet to be discovered. It is theorized, however, that it's anomalous properties are an effect of [data expunged], which was located in the [data expunged] on [data expunged] by scientist ███████ ████.

Addendum A: The complexity of the mansion's mystery seems to be adjusted to the skill and intelligence of the subject entering the mansion. See experiment #41-A for more information.

Addendum B: If the subject doesn't solve the murder within time or doesn't focus on solving the murder, the subject will be escorted to the entrance hall, where they will be asked: ''Are you even taking this seriously?'', before the time loop is reset.

Addendum C: If more than multiple subjects enter the mansion at the same time, they will each be transported to a different mansion. It is unknown if this takes place within the mansion itself, or how it is achieved. See Experiment log #15-B for more information.

Experiment logs:

Experiment log #10-A:

Test 10-A - ██/██/██

Subject: Trainee private detective employed at ███████ █████. Above average IQ.

Procedure: Subject was informed about the anomaly, with the cover of it being a new circus attraction. The subject was not informed about the standard butler outcome. Standard CUT⁵ procedure after testing was finished.

Results: Subject was able to solve the mystery in time. A new instance of SCP-####-1 was located, subsequently named SCP-####-1-G. After the subject reappeared at the front gates, he seemed to have developed a variation on the Truman syndrome, believing that he still was in the victorian era and that he was an expert detective. Class-B amnestics were given to the subject after testing.

Analysis: From this day forward, all subjects are to be given amnestics after testing. To still hold obtain evidence, all subjects will carry a camera with them.

Experiment Log 15-B

Test 15-B - ██/██/██

Subjects: 3 D-Class subjects. Low IQ. D-Class 5098 is mentally disabled, suffering from down syndrome.

Procedure: Subjects were informed about the anomaly. Subjects were given a camera, to record the anomaly. Subjects were exposed to class-C amnestic after testing.

Results: All subjects each wound up in different mansions. Results per Subject:

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• D-Class 1049 Results: The subjects corpse wound up outside the mansion █ minutes after testing, with [data expunged] and missing [data expunged]. Autopsy revealed that the body was crushed to death. Multiple body parts were found within D-Class 1049's body, including [data expunged]. The videotape shows that the subject was crushed due to the mansion being incredibly small and approximately [redacted] instances of SCP-####-1 being located inside the mansion.
• D-Class 5098 Results: The subject was located outside the mansion gates, 4 hours after testing. The subject informed that it was quite hard to solve the murder. Examination of video footage found that the butler was holding a bloodied knife behind his back the entire time. It was also found that all instances of SCP-###-1 were constantly giving away clues.

• D-Class 1333 Results: The subject was located outside the mansion ███ days after initial testing, malnourished and dehydrated. Analysis of video footage found that the subject encountered only two instances of SCP-####-1, the only one left alive being SCP-####-1-A. After this was clear to the subject, she grabbed a knife from the kitchen, and [redacted]. The subject was recorded wandering around the mansion, being able to sustain herself by the facilities in the mansion. After ██ days, the subject went insane and demanded to be let out. After ██ days, video footage cut out.

After the D-class 1333 had not returned for a day, new tests were proposed and prepared. However, it was deemed impossible to open the front gate of the mansion. After █ months, the doors were able to be opened again. SCP-####-1-A was questioned, and he stated that he needed time to recover after 'an unfortunate incident'. Whether this was the test with D-Class 1333 or with D-Class 1049 was unspecified.

Analysis: Due to the additional anomalies encountered within the mansion and the unpredictability of SCP-#### events, I, Docter █████ █████████, am requesting SCP-#### to be upgraded to Euclid class until more research is conducted.⁶

Footnotes

1. See ''Instances of SCP-####-1

2. Examples include: A teapot that never runs out of tea, a knife that instantly cuts any non-human meat it touches, and a cloche, which instantly refills any empty teacup that is placed under it with ███████ tea.

3. Examples include a broom that sweeps on its own, a mop that's never dry, a cloth that instantly cleans any surface it touches and a bucket of water that never runs out of water.

4. A paintbrush that's never dry and can change the color of paint at will.

5. Civilian Undergoing Testing

6. SCP-#### was promoted to Euclid class on ██/██/██.