SCP-7161 by Ben Pierson

ITEM: SCP-7161	LEVEL 2/7161
CLASS: euclid	confidential

DISRUPTION CLASS: vlam

SCP-7161

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-7161 is to be kept in a 3x3x3 meter concrete cell with soundproof walls, soundproofing of the room is to be checked and maintained regularly. Only during testing will personnel be allowed inside SCP-7161's cell.

All staff who enter SCP-7161's cell are to be given an immediate psychological evaluation before returning to regular duties. D-Class personnel who listen to any stories told by SCP-7161 are to be interviewed and immediately taken back to their holding cells. These D-Class are to be monitored overnight to document anomalous activity.

Description: SCP-7161 is a porcelain ventriloquist doll approximately 1 meter in height. The doll has chalk-white skin with several notable cracks around its exterior. The left eye appears missing while the other features a black sclera and red iris. The doll wears a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black bow tie. Several red marks can be seen on the suit. Data analysis has found the red substance to in fact be human blood, the exact origin of this blood is as of yet unknown.

The doll, who refers to himself as Henry, speaks in a slightly distorted voice. The language spoken depends on who he is speaking to and he seems capable of speaking any known language. When subjects enter the cell Henry will engage in conversation and friendly banter before asking if the subject would like to hear a story.

Upon accepting this request SCP-7161 will recount an often incredibly disturbing or frightening story often based around a specific or innate fear of the listener. Most often these stories will include Henry speaking for characters in voices other than his base tone. These voices seem to have an extreme range with seemingly no type of voice he cannot mimic repeatedly. He has even mimicked the voices of Research staff during escape attempts.

However, it seems since testing with SCP-7161 has started, all attempts at escaping containment have ceased. Those who listen to SCP-7161's stories are transported to a pocket dimension seemingly controlled by SCP-7161.

Knowledge of this pocket dimension is limited with only one recorded description, which calls it an ever shifting desert landscape of black sand with various structures decorating the landscape seemingly at random. Attempts to retrieve subjects from this pocket dimension have been unsuccessful.

Addendum 7161.1: Interview Logs

+ Interview Log: 4/2/22

Interviewed: D-4785

Interviewer: Dr. █████ Pierce

Foreword: D-4785 listened to a story from SCP-7161 approximately 28 minutes before interview

<Begin Log>

Dr. █████ Pierce: "Hello, would you mind telling me about the story you heard?

D-4785: "Well sure, It was about a man trapped in a glass house. The glass was fogged and he couldn't see outside or even into the next room. the whole world was a blurr and he couln't do anything about it…"

Dr. █████ Pierce: "Did this have personal significance to you?"

D-4785: "Well it's what ive been afraid of these past few years… I'm getting older and my illness is creeping up on me, It feels like I lose a little bit of myself every day. I'm scared of the day I'll lose the world too, trapped in a place I don't understand anymore…"

Dr. █████ Pierce: "I'm sorry to hear that, I'm sure there's something medical staff could help you with-"

D-4785: 'No, no. I know what happens to people who lisen to that dolls stories and I know I don't have much time left."

Dr. █████ Pierce: "If that's the case do you have anything you'd like to say for the record?"
D-4785: "Tell my grandchildren that papi loves them."

<End Log>

+ Interview Log: 4/5/22

Interviewed: D-7847

Interviewer: Dr. █████ Pierce

Foreword: D-7847 listened to a story from SCP-7161 approximately 11 minutes before interview

<Begin Log>

Dr. █████ Pierce: "Hello could you give me a run down of the story you were told?"

D-7847: "It was about a woman falling from the sky into this- this chasm. It kept stretching downward and the more she fell the more insane she became as she kept falling forever. that's all I can remember about it I'm sorry."

Dr. █████ Pierce: "Does this story correlate to a fear of yours?"

D-7847: "Well yes. when i was younger I went on a hike with my family out in the Rocky's. We were walking along before I wanted to get a littel ahead and was running along the cliffside, I know I was a dumb kid but that's not the point. I fell over the side and my backpack caught a branch. I was hanging over that cliff for 2 hours before anyone was able to come rescue me. I've been terrified of heights ever since."

Dr. █████ Pierce: "And the doll knew this?"

D-7847: "It felt like he did. As soon as I walked in it felt like he knew everything about me beofre either of us even spoke."

Dr. █████ Pierce: "And did he tell you anything else?"

D-7847: "Yes, he told me that he hoped to speak with you soon."

<End Log>

+ Interview Log: 5/2/22

Interviewed: D-9345

Interviewer: Dr. █████ Pierce

Foreword: D-9345 listened to a story from SCP-7161 aproximately 20 minutes before interview

<Begin Log>

Dr. Pierce: Are you alright?

D-9345: Yeah im fine doc I just- how did he know?

Dr. Pierce: How did he know what?

D-9345: My fear. I've always been terrified of insects, they used to crawl around the house when I was a kid. The fear of them came around though when I found my dad in his office… He had a heart attack and by the time I got to him there were… there were insects everywhere! and it was jsut his cold fucking face staring back at me! Like I could have done something but I was jsut a kid what was I supposed to-!."

Dr. Pierce: "It's alright. I'm going to have to ask you to please calm down.

D-9345: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry its just- how did the doll know I was scared of them, when he told his story I could feel them, I could hear them; scuddling all over the walls and on my skin it was horrible!"

Dr. Pierce: We'll get you to medical and check for and residual effects but you should be alright now.

<End Log>

Note: D-9345 disappeared from his cell approximately 25 minutes post-interview.

+ Interview Log: 9/5/22

Interviewed: D-7125

Interviewer: Dr. █████ Pierce

Foreword: D-7125 listened to a story from SCP-7161 Approximately 5 minutes before interview

<Begin Log>

Dr. Pierce: So you heard a story from SCP-7161, could you please tell me about it?

D-7125: Alright basically it was about this guy. He was out in the middle of this massive ocean all alone, he was calling out for anyone to save him but nobody came. there were things in the water with him though. monsters trying to pull him under… whispering to him just to let go… I felt it all. I know that sounds crazy but it felt real! it was everything I feared Everything I dreaded just compiled into some sick fantasy! it's like he knew… he took a look at me for 5 seconds and yet it felt like he knew me through and through.

Dr. Pierce: So you have a fear of the ocean? and he pulled from that?

D-7125: It's not just the ocean it was the helplessness, the solitude out in the cold.

Dr. Pierce: Did you tell him about any of these fears before he told you the story?

D-7125: No, I'm telling you it's like he already knew! When that doll looked at me he wasn't looking at me he was looking into me! Fishing around my soul for my deepest darkest fears and he damn well found them!

Dr. Pierce: I understand. Thank you for your time.

<End Log>

+ Interview Log: 9/7/22

Interviewed: SCP-7161

Interviewer: Dr. █████ Pierce

SCP-7161: Hello, doctor.

Dr. Pierce: I’ll be damned, you do talk.

SCP-7161: Oh, you would be surprised with how many things I do — if you listen closely.

Dr. Pierce: So what exactly are you?

SCP-7161: It’s quite obvious isn't it? I'm just a doll, dear doctor — you can call me Henry.

Dr. Pierce: Alright then, Henry, is that blood on your suit?

SCP-7161: Unfortunate accidents, I can assure you. Not everyone is so polite when offering them a simple story.

Dr. Pierce: And your stories, what are they?

SCP-7161: Everyone fears something doctor; you, the wonderful D-Class I've spoken to, everyone. From that fear I can conjure such wonderfully horrible stories to truly frighten, disturb, and shock. They have such wonderful little reactions, a mix of all the flavors of fear that I just love to taste.

Dr. Pierce: So you like to scare people, is that it?

SCP-7161: Oh how you people simplify what your dull mind cannot understand. It's truly frustrating.

Dr. Pierce: These people you tell the stories to, where do they go?

SCP-7161: Well sometimes it's not enough for them to hear the stories, sometimes I really want to see what makes them tick. So I take matters into my own hands and really see what scares them, see how far fear will push them until they can go no longer.

Dr. Pierce: Where do they go, damn it?!

[SCP-7161 remains silent]

Dr. Pierce: Subject refuses to answer further questions, return SCP-7161 to containment.

<End Log>

Addendum 7161.2: Audio Logs

+ Audio Logs: 10/5/22-5/8/24

The following audio logs were recorded by D-7125 after hearing a story from SCP-7161 and being interviewed. D-7125 spent approximately 1.6 years in SCP-7161's pocket dimension before the recording device was re-obtained by foundation staff.

"Hello? this is D-7126. I don't know where the hell I am. It is so damn cold out here! this place looks like a desert of some kind, the sand is charcoal black and feels… heavy I guess is the word im looking for. I can't make heads or tails of much of anything but I think I see a fire out in the distance. I'm gonna go investigate."

"I made it to the fire I saw, took me a while. trudging through this sand with the wind like this is a nightmare. there's nobody here but I think there's some people close by, I can see tracks in the sand. I'm gonna follow them."

"I actually found people out here! There's a group of about 3 people. They say they've been out here for a few weeks. They're shacked up in one of the buildings nearby, and it looks like my best option to survive is to stay with them."

"Been about 3 days since my last log and things are going well, the people I'm with are this old fella named Will, this college age girl named Sam, and Another guy maybe late 20's named Dylan. were in this old house that looks like it was made for a fuckin scooby doo episode, rickity old thing but hey its shelter."

"Had a nightmare last night… it was about the story Henry told me but i was there! I was in the damn water all alone. I was calling out for help but nobody came and something… something started to pull me under and I woke up. I need to find a way out of here man."

"I'm out on a scouting trip with Will, were looking for supplies. I asked him what the story was he heard and he said it was about a man stuck in a glass house. He could see movement throughout but the glass was too foggy to see though, to see anything. Like the whole world around him was one big blur.. he doesn't remember what happened next. Sick little doll is scaring old guys now? and even worse you guys are letting him."

"We found a shack with some food, there's a body in the corner but it looks long dead, had a knife driven through its neck. the food looks like it was put here intentionally? its still packaged and most of its non-perishable. Honestly i'm half convinced this is some trap from that fucking doll but I dont have much of a choice right now, we need food or we're gonna die anyway."

"Can't help but feel like we're being watched out here, it's in the air, the sky, everywhere. like were little pawns in one big ass game of chess. we gathered as much food as we could carry and were bringing it back to the others."

"I can't believe it… it's a glass house… just like Will described foggy glass and all! The glass is more cracked and chipped though. I didn't want to get within 100 yards of it but Will insists we check it out."

"Will we gotta run! now! The whole house is coming down! Will Fucking move! Will!"

"Will is dead. he- he wouldn't move- he wouldn't run! It's like he was in a trance! his face though- he was horrified! I've never seen anyone look that afraid. I ran out and the house just collapsed on top of him. The glass sliced him to bits and the biggest pieces flattened him. What was he so afraid of? I don't know but I need to get back to the others and make a plan"

"I got back to Sam and Dylan and told them what happened and we have a plan.keep track of what everyone's stories were about and what everyone is afraid of, that way if we see anything from the stories we can avoid it. Sam is afraid of heights and Dylan is afraid of insects. they've got their reasons and frankly i'm not going to ask, at least we know what to stay away from."

"We don't know where it came from but there's- there's a glass statue of Will outside the house. it's not moving, it's just a statue made completely of that foggy glass. It's like- he taunting us. Is that it you fucking doll! is this a taunt! god damn it if I ever get out of here i'm gonna kill that thing!"

"We saw something in the distance last night. in the faintest of light we saw the outline of something skulking around. I don't know what that means for us but… I'm afraid.

"The very ground beneath my feet feels unstable, as if the world itself is conspiring to swallow me whole. I don't know how long we've been in this house, a week? maybe two? i'm not sure but the scuddling gets louder every day like whatever's out there is getting closer. Dylan is on edge as you'd expect. He said he hates insects and spiders so much because his house when he was a kid was full of them. can't blame him I guess, if I was stuck in a house full of scuddling little bastards for a few years I dont think I'd be their biggest fan either."

"What did I do to deserve this? What crime did you lab coats see as so heinous you sent me into a nightmare world full of all our fears. I stole car's for the record. Not even fancy ones, just old ones I found in the alleys. And you all decided I should get pulled out of county jail and thrown in an orange jumpsuit? You assholes must have been short on people. and to whatever egghead they have going through these tapes, fuck you."

"It's outside! The thing that's been skulking around it's a big ass bug the size of a bus! That's not the worst part though. It's got Dylan's face, well it looked like him but older? maybe his dad or something. I can't see it too clearly out this window. It keep's whispering something I can't quite hear but Dylan is freaking out. The thing ain't moving for now so i'm just gonna try and get some rest."

"Dylan chased it off into the desert. it ran but he kept following it and now- now we can't find him!"

"I went out after him and I haven't spotted- wait! It's Dylan! Dylan! over here! It'll be alright! Dylan? Dylan what the fuck are you doing man!-"

"Dylan- went crazy! I didn't have a choice! He had that same face Will had- that terrified expression. but then he ran after me! I panicked and I hit him with a rock and he just- he just- he's gone! He was yelling about facing our fears and I just- I was scared and before i knew it he want down and his blood was on my hands."

"I was trying to get back to the house and there's this pool here. I don't know what it is or if it's a trap but I'm so damn thirsty… I guess it couldn't hurt. Woah! Woah!-"

[Splashing sounds and struggling are heard for several minutes followed by silence for approximately 3 hours. the sound of someone resurfacing is heard.]

"I don't know what just happened… but I feel… different? I don't know, I feel better, I feel stronger. I just need to get back to the house."

"I just… I just think I'm starting to get it now. What this place is; It's his entertainment. It's fun for him to watch us try and fail to face our fears… I uh- I kinda get it. Watching all us down here scrambling and stirring all afraid of everything that jumps out, it sounds kinda funny actually."

"I got back to the house and Sammy was asleep. I just got this feeling. Everyone has faced their fears now except her; just doesn't sound very fair! Maybe she just needs to give it a try."

"I dragged her outside and this gaping hole in the ground opened for me… this wide chasm that looked like it went down forever, she was screaming but I told her how facing that fear is the only way out. She fell for a while. Some people just aren't strong enough to face their fears and come out the other side I guess."

Note: This is the longest gap between log entries with a gap of 4 months.

"The voices in my head… they're not mine, but they're intoxicating. They're the echoes of people I knew, distorted and twisted, and I've grown fond of their torment. Their fears have become my companions."

"I'm losing myself here, but perhaps that's what I've been searching for all along—a place to confront the darkest recesses of my soul. It's like a fever dream, and I'm losing grip on reality, but I don't want to wake up hehehe, and that's what he wants isn't it! Did I do good Henry! I get it now! hahahaha!"

"The creatures here, born from the deepest fears of countless souls, they should terrify me, but there's a strange beauty to their grotesque forms. They move with a grace I never thought possible. Their whispers in my mind, they feel like a dark lullaby, soothing and haunting at the same time."

"The horrors no longer evoke fear alone; they ignite a sense of curiosity. I yearn to understand them, to learn their stories, and to find meaning in their existence. So many beautiful fears so little time. But I guess I have all the time in the world now."

Note: This is the last coherent message from D-7126, following audio logs consist only of mumbling, frantic laughter, and screaming.

At approximately 9:52 on 5/9/24 the audio log recorder was found in SCP-7161's cell. Upon retrieving it SCP-7161 Informed research staff that it was "A good bit of fun".
All testing of SCP-7161 has been postponed until full analysis of audio tapes is complete.