Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept pinned on a wall in a windowless and well lit 2 m x 2 m room that is tightly sealed, and the humidity levels must be constantly monitored to make sure they stay been 35-40%. The object must also be checked on at least once daily, which requires personnel to enter the room and stare directly at SCP-XXXX for 10 seconds straight.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a generic looking black and white movie poster with a humanoid figure that has an obscured face standing in front of a blurred landscape, and has unreadable "text" at the bottom covering the figure's lower half. All aspects of the poster will slightly change depending on the movie tastes and mood of who is currently looking at the object, however the subject looking at SCP-XXXX is unaware of this fact even if they have looked at the object multiple times before.
If any of SCP-XXXX's containment conditions are not met, or if someone falls asleep within 15 m of SCP-XXXX, the object will fall off the wall, face down, and if it is not put back up within 2 to 5 minutes, SCP-XXXX-1 will crawl out of SCP-XXXX and knock out all lights within a 5m radius of its form. If the object is viewed at this time the figure will be missing and the unreadable text will be moving rapidly.
SCP-XXXX-1 is an amorphous figure that absorbs all light, and can squeeze through 0.5cm or larger cracks in doors and windows. If no one is asleep when the object falls it will seek out the closest person and try to drag them into the poster. Whenever a subject is dragged inside of the poster it becomes temporarily colored in reds and browns and a faint talking, screaming, or crying can be heard until the object returns to its original state.
Most subjects that are brought inside the poster are thought to be [REDACTED] or killed, however some have returned, typically only those where faint talking follows their capture. Subjects who have returned from inside SCP-XXXX are temporarily mute and cannot properly take care of themselves without help. This lasts for anywhere between ███ and ████. The cause for this is unknown as those who return claim to not remember what happened, although it is speculated that this is a trauma response and requires more research.
Addendum: All attempts to capture SCP-XXXX-1 for study purposes have ended mostly in failure. Whenever said creature is captured within 2 hours it dissolves and reappears inside of SCP-XXXX. The brief capture times have yieled minimal information on the creature, and the only conclusive evidence is that its intelligence is likely within the range of a dog or cat, as it shows minor curiosity and tries different methods to escape once contained.
Test 1 - █/█/02
Researcher: - E██ M████
One [1] D-class personnel was instructed to sleep in the containment room with SCP-XXXX.
D-Class personnel entered containment with a small video camera with live feed and night vision. The subject promptly laid on the floor as instructed and the lights were shut off. Within a few seconds the sound of SCP-XXXX could be hear falling off the wall. After exactly 2 minutes and 8 seconds of silence aside from the ocassional rustling of the D-Class, a soft smack could be heard accompinied by a dark blob like structure beneath the poster. There was a violent rustling of paper and a yelp noice assumably coming from the subject as they were dragged underneath the poster and disappeared.
After 10 minutes the sound of wobbling paper is heard again and the video feed is distored. The lights are turned back on only to find [DATA EXPUNGED] on the floor and SCP-XXXX in it's original place on the wall. D-Class personnel is assumed to be dead.
Test 2 - █/█/02
Researcher: - E██ M████
One [1] D-Class Personell is told to sit and wait on the floor of SCP-XXXX's containment room
The D-Class is sent in with only audio monitoring and told to wait patiently on the floor until given further instructions. After 20 minutes they start to complain that it is warm in the room. We tell them to ignore it and proceed with the testing. D-Class continues to complain and says they are sweating, temperature monitoring shows the room to be at regulation temperature. A loud noise can be heard and the subject starts yelling into the microphone something incoherent. After the noise has settled down a guard is told to enter the room with a video camera. Fluids which were later determined to be sweat and urine are on the floor, the poster is red, and faint yelling can be heard through the feed thought to be coming from SCP-XXXX. D-Class is assumed to be dead.
The guard complained about the room being humid. Installing humidity monitor for future testing.
Test 5 - █/█/02
Researcher: - E██ M████
Similar tests conducted before this all led to the same results, so the research focus is temporarily shifted
Two [2] D-Class personnel are instructed to stare at the poster and describe what they see
The D-Class personnel enter the room with a video camera and live feed and have it pointed directly at SCP-XXXX. D-Class-1 begins describing the object, they say it has a strong looking man with this hands on his hips, his face obscured by shadow, and a "blurred firey landscape" in the background. Before he can finish the D-Class-2 cuts them off and starts calling them "crazy" saying that it has a woman covered in shadow and "dark soft gradients" in the background. The video feed looks the same as it did in previous tests.
—NOTE: consider bringing on other researchers to varify SCP-XXXX's visuals
Near what is assumed to be the end of the D-Class argument the poster suddenly falls off of the wall and they begin shifting uncomfortably and asking questions. Humidity monitoring is reading out at 47%.
They are told to stand still and stay quiet. 3 minutes and 28 seconds pass and SCP-XXXX-1 is seen coming out of the object. D-Class start screaming and scraping at the door. D-Class-2 slowly gets dragged into SCP-XXXX and D-Class-1 drops the camera. Footage after this is lost.
Once all screaming has subsided a third D-Class Personal accompinied by one guard is asked to enter the room. D-Class 1 is found rocking on the floor holding on to what looks to be a piece of D-Class-2's [REDACTED]. No blood, slime, or bodily fluids are found this time. D-class 1 is promptly removed and poster is checked for changes in color or sound eminating from it. Nothing of note.