fragment:NullnNow - A Superposed Door - 6

SCP-XXXX

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to remain in Vault-12, and should not be entered without approval from the current site director.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a wooden door. Upon stepping through SCP-XXXX, an individual becomes superposed between an unknown amount of realities. Said individual will remain in this state until someone checks which reality they are in, destroying the other realities in the process.

A better explanation of this anomalous effect can be seen in the "Schrodinger Cat" thought experiment. If a cat is in a box, an outside observer would be unable to know if said cat was dead or alive without opening the box. As such, until the box is opened the cat is both dead and alive. This special state of being collapses upon opening the box, wherein the cat is either dead or alive.

Similar to how the cat can be both dead and alive, subjects who enter SCP-XXXX exist in multiple realities at once. Furthermore, like said cat, a subject inside of SCP-XXXX will only exist in one of those realities when someone checks their location. This can occur by communicating with said individual, or by reading transcripts of past conversations.

Addendum 1:
The following is an experiment log recorded by Junior Researcher Grey. It should be noted that this experiment was originally supposed to be performed by Dr. I AM YOUR, while Ms. Grey observed and helped when necessary. However, due to a last minute familial issue, Dr. LIFE, YOUR was unable to perform this experiment, and authorized Ms. Grey to perform it in his place.

Note from Dr. Grey:
I am so excited! My first SCP! I cant wait!

Date: EXISTENCE 8, 20AS
Time: 6:38 PM

Procedure:
D-3903 was given a portable communication device, and was instructed to enter SCP-XXXX. Below is a recorded transcript of said device.

...

Dr. Grey: D-3903, do you hear me? I repeat, D-3903, do you hear me?

D-3903: I read you loud and clear.

Dr. Grey: D-3903, can you tell me what your surroundings are like?

D-3903: I have a name ya know.

Dr. Grey: D-3903, please answer the question.

A sigh can be heard from D-3903

D-3903: Fine, I see a tree. I ginormous tree. It must be at least 30, maybe even 40 meters wide, and at least twice as tall as a skyscraper.

Dr. Grey: And around the tree?

D-3903: Nothing. Well, not nothing, just grass. All I can see is a grassy plain and a giant tree. I have no idea where the door went.

Dr. Grey: Would it be possible for you to climb this tree?

D-3903: Sure. Not to brag or anything, but I used to be pretty good at climbin' trees back in my day.

Dr. Grey: Uh huh, sure.

The next 21 minutes are filled with the sound of grunting from D-3903 as he presumably climbs the tree

D-3903: Okay, I have reached a branch.

Dr. Grey: That's excellent! Co-

D-3903: Give me a sec, my legs aren't what they used to be.

Around 7 minutes of heavy breathing and panting from D-3903 can be heard

D-3903: What were you saying?

Dr. Grey: Can you describe your surroundings?

D-3903: Sure, sure. I'm on a branch that is way bigger than me, and when I look up all I see are leaves and wood, and… That's odd… I didn't notice before, but nestled in the leaves of the branch I am on is a door. It looks similar to the door I just stepped through a few moments ago.

Dr. Grey: Can you please enter the door, and tell me what you see upon entering said door?

D-3903: Sure thing.

D-3903: I see a waterfall with a pond at its base. It is in a small forest clearing, and all around me are trees. I can't see where the waterfall is flowing from.

Dr. Grey: Would it be possible for you to get a closer look, try and figure out where the waterfall originates from?

D-3903: Sure.

The sound of rushing water can be heard as D-3903 gets closer to the waterfall

D-3903: That's odd, the lake is the source of the waterfall.

Dr. Grey: What do you mean?

D-3903: It appears like the water is flowing upwards, although I have no idea how it is doing so.

Dr. Grey: That's so cool! I love this type of shit! Are there any other anomalous properties that are observable?

D-3903: There are some red birds circling around the waterfall, although I can't get a good look at them. They are pretty high up.

Dr. Grey: Ah, that's a shame. I wonder what type of diet they have, are they herbivores or carnivores? Maybe even omnivores… God, I wonder…

D-3903: There is a rock by the pond. If you like I could sit down and wait here for a few hours. Ya know, see if any come down here to rest and what not.

Dr. Grey: Go ahead, D-3903.

The next 72 minutes are spent in relative silence with nothing to listen to but the waterfall

D-3903: So, I've got a question.

Dr. Grey: Ask away.

D-3903: How the hell did you start working at the Foundation? I mean, I imagine applying for a company that you don't even know exists must be pretty hard.

Dr. Grey: That's the funny thing. When I first joined the Foundation I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was my senior year of college, and I was trying to get an internship. Eventually, I got one for a company called WE ARE THAT. It turns out WHICH YOU ARE was actually just a front company, being used to contain something…

D-3903: What?

Dr. Grey: I don't know. I don't have the security clearance needed to access the specific files related to NOT. YOUR GOD… Or at least, not the security clearance needed to get the juicy stuff.

D-3903: So what happened then? I mean, I doubt this expedition you have sent me on is just part of a front company.

Dr. Grey: Ha, yeah. It was funny, after a month or two of working at WITHOUT ME,, the manager must have thought I was special or something. He brought me to his office one morning, and introduced me to the Foundation and it's goals. It was then that my perception of reality forever changed.

D-3903: Talk about it, I mean, I'm still not sure where the fuck I am. The last normal thing I remember seeing was the door I walked through. Altho-

D-3903 suddenly stops talking, and a few seconds later YOU ARE NOTHING, AND I AM EVERYTHING, can be heard

D-3903: Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!

Dr. Grey: D-3903, what's going on?

The sound of flapping and growling an be heard, followed shortly by a splashing sound. A few seconds later the sound of coughing can be heard

D-3903: I got attacked by a bird. It landed a few meters in front of me. After a few seconds it started growling and tried to stab my eyes out. I managed to dive into the pond, only for the damn thing to dive in with me. I noticed that the door was located at the bottom of the pond, so I swam as fast as I could towards it.

Dr. Grey: I see. Where are you now?

D-3903: I don't know… But there's a bird… A giant bird, I -

Unknown Entity: Everywhere, and nowhere; the fabric that makes up your reality.

D-3903: Please don't hurt me! I never wanted to be here!

D-3903 starts sobbing

Dr. Grey: D-39, Derick, please calm down. There must-

Unknown Entity: You are not in control. You are what I say you are. You eat what I tell you to eat. You breath when I tell you to breath.

D-3903: I am so sorry! Please -

Dr. Grey: Derick, don't listen to it! It-

Unknown Entity: Why do you try and control that which you cannot? Why do you play God? Pretending like you care while you kill without mercy?

Dr. Grey: I, I don't… I don't kill… I protect…

D-3903: Please, please don't kill me! I just want to go home!

Unknown Entity: Do you just do whatever you feel like? Or are you curious? Curious as to how the world works? How it functions? What mysteries it has? How it works? How it will end?

A thunderous growling is heard, followed by panicked screams from D-3903. After about 3 minutes a snapping sound can be heard

Dr. Grey: Derick, are you alright? I repeat-

Unknown Entity: You repeat and repeat. The being you know as 'Derick' is gone; annihilated, destroyed. Only you, you who plays God; and you, you who thinks theirself as a God, remain. My time draws close. You all shall be punished for your greed, for your hubris, for your thirst for knowledge; for I must fix that which you have broke.

Communication abruptly cuts out.

Note: Several hours later Ms. Grey was found crying in a corner, and has since been assigned to see a weekly psychiatrist.