Item #: SCP-ZH-161
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedure: Currently, the whereabouts of Unreality Department liaison Alex Thorley should be identified and located.
Description: SCP-ZH-161 is an anomalous phenomenon which affects the Unreality Department liaison office, in which most items and the environment are hard to identify and comprehend both sensationally and conceptually1, and the items that are identifiable will move on their own during typical Foundation work days. The list of items is shown below.
| Time frame | Item | Event description |
|---|---|---|
| Irregular, usually 01:00-10:00 | Bed | Wrinkles on the bedsheet appear and change over time; the bed frame squeaks every 3 minutes to 2 hours. |
| 09:30 | White mug | 10-15 grams of bitumen granules appear inside, then turn into liquid (around 250ml) after 5 minutes and disappears over time (3 hours on average). |
| 10:00-14:00 | Keyboard2 and mouse/ Computer screen |
Frequently being pressed; of which frequency of the mouse's usage is higher than that of the keyboard./ The content are mostly inquisitive emails to the Unreality Department from other departments. All are marked as unread. |
| 13:00 | White mug | Water appears within and disappears over time (12 minutes on average). |
| 14:00 | Fridge | Opens for 3 minutes; empty. |
| 14:15 | Microwave | Defrost mode for 3 minutes, High power for 4 minutes, Medium power for 3 minutes. The content of the lunch box is unidentifiable except for the metaphysical property of "edible". |
| 15:00-18:00 | Keyboard and mouse/ Computer screen |
Frequently being pressed; of which frequency of the mouse's usage is higher than that of the keyboard./ The content are mostly inquisitive emails to the Unreality Department from other departments. All are marked as unread. |
| 18:50 | White mug | Water appears within and disappears over time (4 minutes on average). The mug then slowly melts to the drain in the kitchen sink. |
| 19:00 | Fridge | Opens for 15 minutes; empty. |
| 19:50 | Microwave | Defrost mode for 3 minutes, High power for 4 minutes, Medium power for 3 minutes. The content of the lunch box is unidentifiable except for the metaphysical property of "edible". |
| 22:00-24:00 | Bed | Wrinkles on the bedsheet appear and change; water stains sometimes appear on the pillow. |
Movements are rarely seen in non-working days, except for:
- Bed: Wrinkles on the bedsheet occasionally change
- Office chair: Moves to the centre of the room and facing a wall
It should be noted that Alex Thorley cannot be found within the office premise.
History:
SCP-ZH-161 was first discovered on 21/2/20273 by a patrolling security personnel in Site-19. The office door was half-opened, and as such the personnel was able to observe its primary anomalous effect.
Note that Alex Thorley has zero record of absence from onboarding to this very day.
Addendum: Incident
On May 2029, according to Foundation labour policies, Department of Human Resources sent an email to Alex Thorley regarding a mandatory one-week leave, and temporally removed their right of access from SCiPnet, no response was received. However, during the aforementioned week, the office suffered from a second-degree detachment, and the sole identifiable thing was an unidentifiable cassette-like voice repeating "I don't know" which persisted for 98 hours 22 minutes and 7 seconds. No conclusion was made regarding the forensic analysis of the audio.