SCP-5421 - Don't look up.

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出典: SCP-5421
著者: Ecronak
作成日(EN)： 2021/06/11
SCP-5421 - Don't look up.
SCP-5421 - 見上げるな。
Tags: auditory building euclid extradimensional hallucination memetic scp visual
タグ: ミーム euclid en scp 幻覚建造物異次元聴覚視覚

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タイトル: Hall Ceiling Sat Night
著作権者: Leslie Gottlieb
公開年: 2014年

Ecronak

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アイテム番号: 5421

レベル4

収容クラス:

euclid

副次クラス:

none

撹乱クラス:

dark

リスククラス:

danger

link to memo

A photograph of the interior of SCP-5421-A as captured from the camera of Psi-7-2. A part of SCP-5421 can be seen./プサイ-7-2のカメラから回収されたSCP-5421-A内部の写真。SCP-5421の一部が映っている。

Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-5421-A is to be secured by at least 4 armed guards at any one time. By no means are personnel allowed entry into SCP-5421-A unless express permission is given by at least two members of the O5 council. Should personnel enter SCP-5421-A, they must not make eye contact with SCP-5421.

特別収容プロトコル: SCP-5421-Aの入口は常時少なくとも4名の武装した警備員によって警備されます。少なくとも2名のO5評議会員による特別許可がない限り、SCP-5421-Aに職員が入室することはいかなる場合であっても許可されません。万一SCP-5421-Aに職員が入室した場合、その職員はSCP-5421と絶対に目を合わせてはなりません。

As knowing the details of SCP-5421’s existence is infohazardous, any articles of knowledge about SCP-5421 outside of the Foundation database are to be immediately destroyed. Under no circumstances are personnel allowed to view these articles. Should any personnel view the aforementioned articles, they are to be immediately apprehended and given Class A amnestics before they return to their place of residence. Should amnestics be unavailable, salt is to be sprinkled at the entrance of the aforementioned place of residence before the afflicted person enters.

SCP-5421の存在に関する詳細な知識は情報災害性を有するため、SCP-5421についての情報が書かれた財団データベース外の記事は全て速やかに消去されます。職員がこのような記事を閲覧することはいかなる状況下においても許可されません。万一上記の記事を職員が閲覧した場合、該当する職員はその居住地に戻る前に速やかに拘束され、クラスA記憶処理薬を投与されます。

Description: SCP-5421-A is a standard condominium one bedroom unit at the ███████ Luxury Apartments building located in Nagoya, Japan. Until 9/17/2018, the condominium unit harbored no signs of anomalous activity. The first records of the aforementioned anomalous activity at the condominium unit began when a 22-year-old woman named Aiko Fujiwara took up residence within the unit.

説明: SCP-5421-Aは日本国愛知県名古屋市の高級マンション「████」の、寝室1部屋を備えた標準的な一室です。この部屋は2018/9/17まで異常活動の兆候を示していませんでした。この部屋での前述の異常活動の最初の記録は、22歳の女性である藤原愛子ふじわらあいこ氏がこの部屋に入居した時点から始まりました。

SCP-5421 is [DATA EXPUNGED].

SCP-5421は [データ削除済]。

NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION/財団記録・情報セキュリティ管理室より通達

The following file has been classified as an infohazard. All personnel viewing it must submit themselves to Class A amnesticization before returning to their place of residence. Any deviation from this mandate will be met with severe punishment.

以下のファイルは情報災害に分類されています。閲覧した全ての職員は、自身の居住地に戻る前にクラスA記憶処理を自身に実行しなければなりません。この命令から逸脱した場合、厳しい処罰が科せられます。

— Maria Jones, Director, RAISA

— RAISA管理官、マリア・ジョーンズ

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Discovery Log: On 9/22/2018, five days after Fujiwara’s arrival, the condominium unit’s door was found to be ajar. Residents in the adjacent rooms complained of a smell emanating from SCP-5421-A. A few hours later, employees at the hotel opened the unit, and found Fujiwara’s bloating corpse on the floor of SCP-5421-A, showing signs that the subject had died of exsanguination¹ from self-inflicted wounds. Subsequent investigations by local police estimate that Fujiwara had been dead for ten days, the peculiar time window of which prompted operatives from the Foundation’s Japanese branch to arrive on the scene.

発見記録: 藤原氏が入居して5日後の2018/9/22に、部屋の扉が半開きになっているのが発見されました。隣接する部屋の住民はSCP-5421-Aから臭気が発せられていることを訴えました。数時間後にホテル²の従業員が部屋の扉を開いたところ、自傷による失血³死の兆候を示す、藤原氏の膨張した死体がSCP-5421-Aの床に倒れているのが発見されました。地元警察によるその後の調査では藤原氏は死後10日が経過していると推定され、この死亡時期の特異性が財団日本支部の諜報員が現場に介入する原因となりました。

Shortly after the arrival of Foundation personnel, the ███████ Luxury Apartments building that contained SCP-5421-A was closed down, with Foundation personnel citing Cover Story 18 (Health Concerns) in order to evacuate all residents and employees from the building. The scene of the incident, including Fujiwara's corpse, was left untouched on the request of Foundation personnel. The structure was then designated as Containment Site 44. Due to the suspected presence of a temporal anomaly, the deployment of an investigation team was bypassed. Three members of MTF Psi-7 ("Home Improvement") arrived on the scene seventeen hours after the building was closed.

財団職員の到着直後、財団職員はマンション内の全ての住人と従業員を避難させるためにカバーストーリー18(健康上の懸念)を流布し、SCP-5421-Aが存在する高級マンション「████」は閉鎖されました。藤原氏の死体を含めた事件現場は財団職員の要請により手が付けられていませんでした。建造物はその後収容サイト44に指定されました。時間異常の存在が疑われたため、調査チームの配備は見送られました。マンション封鎖の17時間後、機動部隊プサイ-7 ("リフォーム屋")の隊員3名が現場に到着しました。

Exploration Log:

探査記録:

Foreword: At 11:12 PM, under the oversight of the Provisional Director of Site 44, the operatives of MTF Psi-7 made preparations to enter SCP-5421-A. All video footage of the exploration was broadcast live to HQ, located in the lobby. The surrounding hallway leading into SCP-5421-A was cleared beforehand.

序: 11:12 PM、サイト44暫定管理官の監督の下で、機動部隊プサイ-7の工作員はSCP-5421-Aに入室する準備を行いました。探査のビデオ映像は全てロビーに置かれた司令部(HQ)に生放送されていました。SCP-5421-Aに繋がる周囲の廊下は事前に清掃されています。

HQ: Psi-7, you are cleared to enter.

Psi-7-1: Affirmative, HQ.

Psi-7-1 slowly opens the door leading into SCP-5421-A. Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 enter. Psi-7-1 follows.

The interior of the condominium unit is disorderly. Several pieces of plastic wrapper are strewn all across the floor. The refrigerator unit is ajar. Three empty one-liter bottles of water are placed on the center table. A flat-screen television lays broken on the floor.

The Mobile Task Force team comes across the corpse of Aiko Fujiwara. Her eyes and ears show self-inflicted damage using a sharp object. Dried blood is pooled under her body.

Psi-7-2: Damn, that’s our dead girl. She looks bad.

Psi-7-3: Never seen a decomposing body before, Arnie?

Psi-7-2: Afghanistan never had us dig up any rotten corpses.

Psi-7-3: Well, looks like there’s a first time for everything.

Psi-7-2: Ha-ha. You were a cop, Yel, we get it. You don't need to rub it in.

Psi-7-3 crouches down to get a better view of the corpse. She turns the body over, and finds that there is a crumpled piece of paper held loosely in her hand. Psi-7-3 retrieves it with some difficulty.

Psi-7-3: Found something. Keep watch for me, please.

Psi-7-3’s video feed shows a crumpled piece of paper, which she unfurls. Most of the paper has been rendered unreadable by marker ink.

Psi-7-2: Can you read Japanese, Yel?

Psi-7-3: Limited amounts.

Psi-7-3 pauses to read.

Psi-7-3: The… House Man? It says the House Man. There’s an illustration here that shows a face, but that's it.

Psi-7-2: You think that that’s our bogey?

Psi-7-3: I don’t jump to conclusions, but I think it is. There’s an inscription here on the top left, too.

Psi-7-3 pauses to read again.

Psi-7-3: Obaa… chan. She got it from her grandmother? It says something like that.

Psi-7-2: What did she get from her grandmother?

Psi-7-3: Don’t know.

The sound of a churning liquid is heard above them. Psi-7-2 looks up.

Psi-7-2: The hell was that?

Psi-7-1 raises a hand to signal silence.

Psi-7-1: Shh.

Psi-7-1 scans his surroundings.

Psi-7-1: Comb the rooms.

Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3: Affirmative, Sir.

All three operatives move in separate directions. Psi-7-1 secures the kitchen. Psi-7-2 secures the bathroom. Psi-7-3 secures the bedroom.

Thirty-seconds transpire.

Psi-7-2: Negative bogeys on the kitchen. Fridge seems to be empty, though.

Psi-7-1: Clear in the bathroom. Looks like she couldn't flush, though. Yelena?

Psi-7-3: Clear in the bedroom. I see a laptop. There’s a phone on the bed.

Psi-7-3 pauses.

Psi-7-3: I feel like we're being watched.

Psi-7-3 turns around quickly.

Psi-7-1 and Psi-7-2 enter.

Psi-7-3: You hear that?

Psi-7-1: Hear what, Yelena?

Psi-7-3 looks up, and then around her.

Psi-7-3: I felt… eyes. Up there.

Psi-7-3 points up, above the doorway to the bedroom.

The wall contains nothing out of the ordinary.

Psi-7-1: Nothing’s there.

Psi-7-2: You think it’s something hallucinatory, Boss?

Psi-7-1: …perhaps. We don’t know what the hell we’re dealing with here.

Psi-7-1 turns to the laptop, then looks at the diary.

Psi-7-1: Alright. No more messing around. Two, I want you to open that phone. Connect it to your gear and transmit the files back to HQ.

Psi-7-2: Affirmative.

Psi-7-2 picks up the smartphone, using a USB cord to connect it to the port in his helmet.

Psi-7-1: Three, take a look at the laptop, see if it’s still on.

Psi-7-3: Got it, One.

Psi-7-3 takes a seat at the desk and opens the laptop.

Twelve seconds pass.

Psi-7-1: How’s progress, Two and Three?

Psi-7-3: The laptop seems to be open. Thank God it’s still got some juice in it. Running through files now.

Psi-7-2: Transfer's completed. Found some audio files too. Looks like she kept a diary.

Psi-7-1: What did you see-

Suddenly, the bedroom door creaks open. A deep masculine groan is heard.

All operatives of Psi-7 look in the direction of the door.

Psi-7-1: That’s definitely our bogey. Three, keep on that laptop. Two, what did you say?

Psi-7-2: There's audio, but I can't understand it. It's in Japanese.

Psi-7-1 keeps firm watch on the door. His weapon is at the ready.

Psi-7-1: Two, exchange places with Three. I need her to listen to it.

Wordlessly, both operatives exchange positions.

Psi-7-3: Alright. Alright. “He’s in the walls, he’s in the ceiling, I can hear him laugh.”

Psi-7-2: What the fuck does that mean?

Psi-7-3: I don’t know, alright? “He’s watching me. He’s playing with me. I don’t know what he is but he’s playing with me.”

Psi-7-2: Fucking hell.

Psi-7-1: Professionalism, Two. Three, continue.

Psi-7-2: Sorry boss, but I… I found something. In the Videos folder.

Psi-7-1 looks in the direction of the laptop screen.

Psi-7-2 opens the laptop. The video shows blurry hidden camera footage of Fujiwara in her bedroom. What looks like black eyes watch her from above her bed. She then wakes up, makes eye contact with the eyes, and the black eyes turn white. A wide and white smile begins to appear on the wall below the eyes.

The same flowing sound from earlier is heard. Psi-7-1 turns around.

Psi-7-2: Boss. It’s behind you, isn’t it?

Psi-7-1 gulps.

Psi-7-1: Keep calm, now. Keep calm.

A laugh from above is heard.

A silence intervenes for 3 seconds.

Psi-7-1: …three. What have you heard so far?

Psi-7-3: Nothing! Just don’t look up all over again. “Don’t look up. Don’t look up.” She says that if you know, don’t look up. It’s how she was trapped in here. She says not to… go home after you know, or else he’ll haunt you too.

Psi-7-2: We know, don’t we, boss? Like she said?

Psi-7-3 looks straight into Psi-7-1’s eyes.

Psi-7-3: One. We need to get out of here.

Psi-7-1 nods.

Psi-7-1: Run. Now.

SCP-5421: Iye.

The bedroom door closes. Psi-7-1 tries to open it, but it refuses to move.

The door to the hall outside closes with a loud bang.

Psi-7-3: No. He said no.

Psi-7-2: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!

Psi-7-1: Look down, now! Yelena, Arnie, look fucking down!

All operatives look down.

Psi-7-1: Don’t look up. Don’t look up. Don’t look up. Don’t look up.

The same flowing sound is heard behind Psi-7-1. Heavy breathing is soon heard.

Psi-7-2: Boss. Boss?!

Through Psi-7-2’s camera, a finger can be seen tracing a long line down Psi-7-1’s back. At the same time, through Psi-7-3's camera, a long black arm could be found caressing Psi-7-2's spine. They both retreat after several seconds.

SCP-5421 speaks in Japanese in a playful manner.

Psi-7-3: “Look up, my… Pretties." he says. “Look up. Look up.”

Psi-7-2: Go fuck yourself!

Psi-7-1: Two, stand the fuck down! Three, can you bargain with it?

Psi-7-3: I’ll try.

Psi-7-3 begins to speak in Japanese.

A rippling sound is heard again, this time behind Psi-7-3. A long, dark arm comes out from the wall, caressing Psi-7-3’s cheek. Psi-7-3 shivers, but keeps speaking.

SCP-5421 responds. A giggle is heard.

Psi-7-2: Jesus Christ.

Psi-7-1: What did he say?

Psi-7-3: That we're so beautiful… that… that we shouldn't have caught him, that he can’t wait to starve us, to watch us wither, and…

Psi-7-3 bites her lip.

Psi-7-3: To torment us.

Psi-7-2: Jesus fucking Christ almighty.

Psi-7-1: Okay. Okay. So long as we don’t look up, we’re okay.

SCP-5421 laughs. He begins to speak again. Flowing water above is heard.

Psi-7-3: He says…

Psi-7-3’s knees are quivering.

Psi-7-3: He says “Fine.”

Psi-7-1: Oh dear… God.

Psi-7-1 raises his right hand.

Psi-7-1: Everyone. Arm.

Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 reach for their weapons.

The flowing sound begins to increase in volume.

Psi-7-1: Ready?

Both Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 stamp their feet to signal their affirmation.

Psi-7-1: Don't look up. Fire at will!

The Mobile Task Force operatives begin firing into the ceiling.

The gunfire persists for several seconds.

Psi-7-2: Is it dead, Boss?

Psi-7-1: Hope so.

A notification is heard from the laptop. Psi-7-2, keeping his head low, begins to investigate it. A window without a close button pops up on the screen.

Psi-7-1: Arnie. Turn it off.

Psi-7-2: I can’t read anything, wait.

Psi-7-2 presses a random button.

The window gives way to a live camera feed of the bedroom.

The sound of running water is heard again.

Psi-7-1: ARNIE, LOOK AWAY-

Psi-7-2 is unable to look away from the screen as the face of SCP-5421 comes into full view. The sound of a door locking is heard before the recording abruptly stops.

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<記録開始> [訳註: 以下の記録のうち、会話文中で斜体になっている部分は原文でも日本語(ローマ字)です。]

HQ: プサイ-7、入室を許可する。

プサイ-7-1: 了解した、HQ。

プサイ-7-1がSCP-5421-Aの扉をゆっくりと開く。プサイ-7-2とプサイ-7-3が入室する。プサイ-7-1がそれに続く。

室内には物品が散乱している。プラスチック製の食品包装が数枚撒き散らされている。冷蔵庫は半開きになっている。中央のテーブルには1Lの空の水のボトルが3本置かれている。薄型テレビは破壊され、床に倒れている。

機動部隊チームは藤原愛子氏の死体を発見する。彼女の目と耳には鋭利な物体による自傷の痕が見られる。死体の下には乾燥した血溜まりがある。

プサイ-7-2: おいおい、聞いてた死んだ子みたいだぜ。こりゃひでえや。

プサイ-7-3: 腐乱死体見たことなかったの、アーニー？

プサイ-7-2: アフガニスタンじゃ腐った死体掘り返すなんてことねぇよ。

プサイ-7-3: そうね、誰にだって初めてのことぐらいあるわよね。

プサイ-7-2: ハハハ。そういやお前元警察だったな。もうそのネタはいいよ。

プサイ-7-3が死体をよく見ようとしゃがむ。彼女は死体を裏返し、その手の中にくしゃくしゃになった紙片が緩く握られているのを発見する。プサイ-7-3は多少苦戦した後に紙片を回収する。

プサイ-7-3: 何か見つけた。ちょっと見て。

プサイ-7-3の映像が彼女によって開かれたくしゃくしゃの紙片を捉える。紙の大部分はマーカーのインクによって判読できない状態になっている。

プサイ-7-2: イェル、日本語読めるのか？

プサイ-7-3: ちょっとならね。

プサイ-7-3が紙を読むために立ち止まる。

プサイ-7-3: 家の…男？「家の男」って書いてある。顔つきの絵がここに描いてあるんだけど、それで終わり。

プサイ-7-2: それが問題の奴だと思うか？

プサイ-7-3: 結論を急ぎたくはないけど、私はそう思う。左上にも何か書いてあるわね。

プサイ-7-3は再び立ち止まって紙を読む。

プサイ-7-3: おばあ…ちゃん。 この子はおばあさんから何かをもらったのかしら？そういう感じのことが書いてある。

プサイ-7-2: もらったって何をだよ？

プサイ-7-3: 分からない。

隊員たちの頭上から液体が激しく揺れ動く音が聞こえる。プサイ-7-2が上を見る。

プサイ-7-2: おいおい何だありゃ？

プサイ-7-1が手を上げ、沈黙するように合図を送る。

プサイ-7-1: しーっ。

プサイ-7-1が周囲を見渡す。

プサイ-7-1: 部屋を徹底的に調べるぞ。

プサイ-7-2・プサイ-7-3: 了解、サー。

全隊員3名がそれぞれ別の方向へ向かう。プサイ-7-1はキッチンを担当する。プサイ-7-2はトイレを担当する。プサイ-7-3は寝室を担当する。

30秒が経過する。

プサイ-7-1: キッチンには対象は不在。ただ冷蔵庫は空のようだ。

プサイ-7-2⁴: トイレは問題なし。流してねぇらしいが。イェレナは？

プサイ-7-3: 寝室も問題ない。けどノーパソを見つけた。あとベッドの上にスマホが。

プサイ-7-3が言葉を止める。

プサイ-7-3: 見られてる気がする。

プサイ-7-3が素早く後ろを向く。

プサイ-7-1とプサイ-7-2が寝室に入る。

プサイ-7-3: あれ聞こえた？

プサイ-7-1: イェレナ、何が聞こえたんだ？

プサイ-7-3が上を見、続いて周囲を見回す。

プサイ-7-3: 何か… 視線を感じた。あの上の辺り。

プサイ-7-3が寝室の入り口の上部を指差す。

壁に異常は存在しない。

プサイ-7-1: 何もないぞ。

プサイ-7-2: 幻覚を起こす何かがあるんじゃねぇか、隊長？

プサイ-7-1: …かもな。ここで扱ってるのが一体何かは俺たちにも分からないわけだから。

プサイ-7-1がノートパソコンのほうを向き、続いて日記を見る。

プサイ-7-1: OK。時間の浪費はここまでにしよう。ツー、そこのスマホを開いてほしい。それを自分の装備に繋いでファイルをHQに送り返すんだ。

プサイ-7-2: 了解。

プサイ-7-2がスマートフォンを取り上げ、USBケーブルを用いてそれを自身のヘルメットのポートに接続する。

プサイ-7-1: スリー、パソコンを見て電源がまだついているか確認してくれ。

プサイ-7-3: 分かった、ワン。

プサイ-7-3が机に座り、ノートパソコンを開く。

12秒が経過する。

プサイ-7-1: ツー、スリー、進捗はどうだ？

プサイ-7-3: パソコンは使えるみたい。まだ電池が残ってて良かった。今ファイルに目を通してる。

プサイ-7-2: 送信は完了。いくつか音声ファイルも見つけた。日記をつけてたみてぇだな。

プサイ-7-1: 今何と—

寝室の扉が突然きしみながら開く。男性の低いうめき声が聞こえる。

プサイ-7の全隊員が扉の方向を見る。

プサイ-7-1: 対象に間違いないな。スリー、そのパソコンの調査を続けろ。ツー、何と言った？

プサイ-7-2: 音声があるが、俺には理解できねぇ。中身は日本語だ。

プサイ-7-1は扉を注意深く観察し続ける。彼の武器はすぐに使用できる状態である。

プサイ-7-1: ツー、スリーと場所を代われ。スリーにそれを聞いてもらう必要がある。

両隊員が無言で位置を交換する。

プサイ-7-3: なるほど。なるほど。「あいつが壁の中にいる、天井の中にいる。彼の笑い声が聞こえる。」

プサイ-7-2: それどういうことなんだよ？

プサイ-7-3: 分からない、続けていい？「あいつは私を見てる。私と遊んでる。あいつが何なのかは分からないけど、あいつは私と遊んでる。」

プサイ-7-2: クソが。

プサイ-7-1: プロ意識を持て、ツー。スリー、続けてくれ。

プサイ-7-2: すまない隊長、けど… 何か見つけたぜ。ビデオフォルダの中だ。

プサイ-7-1がノートパソコンの画面の方向を見る。

プサイ-7-2がノートパソコンを開く。映像は隠しカメラのものであり、不鮮明ながら自身の寝室にいる藤原氏を映している。黒い両眼球のように見える物体がベッドの上から藤原氏を見つめている。続いて藤原氏が起床し、それと目が合う。即座に眼球が怒りの感情を表すように歪み、3秒後に消失する。

先刻と同様の液体が流れるような音が聞こえる。プサイ-7-1が後ろを向く。

プサイ-7-2: 隊長。今のあんたの後ろからじゃなかったか？

プサイ-7-1が息を吞む。

プサイ-7-1: おい、静かにしろ。静かにするんだ。

頭上から笑い声が聞こえる。

3秒間静寂が続く。

プサイ-7-1: …スリー。これまで何が聞こえた？…three. What have you heard so far?

プサイ-7-3: 何も聞こえないわよ！繰り返し上を見るなって。「見上げないで、見上げないで」って。彼女は「もしこれを聞いたら、上を見ないで」って言ってる。ここに彼女が閉じ込められた原因はこれね。「これを知ったら家に帰らないで、そうしないとあなたのところにもあいつが来る」って言ってる。

プサイ-7-2: もう俺たちは知っちまったよなぁ、隊長？この子が言ってるみたいによ？

プサイ-7-3がプサイ-7-1の目をまっすぐに見つめる。

プサイ-7-3: ワン。ここから出る必要があるわね。

プサイ-7-1が頷く。

プサイ-7-1: 走れ。さあ。

SCP-5421: いいえ。

寝室の扉が閉まる。プサイ-7-1が扉を開けようと試みるが、全く開かない。

The door to the hall outside closes with a loud bang.

Psi-7-3: No. He said no.

Psi-7-2: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!

Psi-7-1: Look down, now! Yelena, Arnie, look fucking down!

All operatives look down.

Psi-7-1: Don’t look up. Don’t look up. Don’t look up. Don’t look up.

The same flowing sound is heard behind Psi-7-1. Heavy breathing is soon heard.

Psi-7-2: Boss. Boss?!

SCP-5421 speaks in Japanese in a playful manner.

Psi-7-3: “Look up, my… Pretties." he says. “Look up. Look up.”

Psi-7-2: Go fuck yourself!

Psi-7-1: Two, stand the fuck down! Three, can you bargain with it?

Psi-7-3: I’ll try.

Psi-7-3 begins to speak in Japanese.

A rippling sound is heard again, this time behind Psi-7-3. A long, dark arm comes out from the wall, caressing Psi-7-3’s cheek. Psi-7-3 shivers, but keeps speaking.

SCP-5421 responds. A giggle is heard.

Psi-7-2: Jesus Christ.

Psi-7-1: What did he say?

Psi-7-3: That we're so beautiful… that… that we shouldn't have caught him, that he can’t wait to starve us, to watch us wither, and…

Psi-7-3 bites her lip.

Psi-7-3: To torment us.

Psi-7-2: Jesus fucking Christ almighty.

Psi-7-1: Okay. Okay. So long as we don’t look up, we’re okay.

SCP-5421 laughs. He begins to speak again. Flowing water above is heard.

Psi-7-3: He says…

Psi-7-3’s knees are quivering.

Psi-7-3: He says “Fine.”

Psi-7-1: Oh dear… God.

Psi-7-1 raises his right hand.

Psi-7-1: Everyone. Arm.

Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 reach for their weapons.

The flowing sound begins to increase in volume.

Psi-7-1: Ready?

Both Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 stamp their feet to signal their affirmation.

Psi-7-1: Don't look up. Fire at will!

The Mobile Task Force operatives begin firing into the ceiling.

The gunfire persists for several seconds.

Psi-7-2: Is it dead, Boss?

Psi-7-1: Hope so.

A notification is heard from the laptop. Psi-7-2, keeping his head low, begins to investigate it. A window without a close button pops up on the screen.

Psi-7-1: Arnie. Turn it off.

Psi-7-2: I can’t read anything, wait.

Psi-7-2 presses a random button.

The window gives way to a live camera feed of the bedroom.

The sound of running water is heard again.

Psi-7-1: ARNIE, LOOK AWAY-

Psi-7-2 is unable to look away from the screen as the face of SCP-5421 comes into full view. The sound of a door locking is heard before the recording abruptly stops.

Afterword: Foundation personnel arrived at the entrance of SCP-5421-A two minutes after the video feed cut out. The door was found to be ajar. All three members of the exploration team were found to be lying dead on the ground, having committed suicide with their weapons. No other marks have been found on their bodies, which were still fresh by the time that they were found.

Foundation researchers have later theorized that SCP-5421 has full control of SCP-5421-A, and has the ability to isolate it within its own pocket dimension for as long as it wishes to once a person makes eye contact with it. As of the time of writing, no other personnel have been given the clearance to enter SCP-5421-A. All personnel who oversaw the operation have been amnesticized to prevent the transfer of SCP-5421 outside of SCP-5421-A.

Addendum 5421.01: The following file is the audio journal of Aiko Fujiwara, as sent to HQ by Psi-7-2 prior to the deaths of all three members of MTF Psi-7. All entries have been transcribed from the audio files and translated from Japanese, with extraneous entries unrelated to SCP-5421 being removed for brevity.

9/11/2018
God, I still can’t believe she’s gone, and so suddenly… Grandmother was such a kind soul. What a thing to take with me to Nagoya next week, right? Mom made sure to give me some of her keepsakes. Her old journals, her old necklace… damn, that necklace really fit her. No matter. Mom said Grandmother got the necklace from when she went to Hokkaido when she was twenty-one, some top secret mission for the post-occupation government or something. Brought the necklace back with her. Who knew that Grandmother was some secret spy, right?

(…) I took a look at the journals earlier, though, and some of them seemed to be stuck with some kind of glue. I’ll work on separating them when I get the time. The other entries seemed to be really interesting on their own.

[Extraneous entries removed]

9/16/2018
(…) In other news, finally got the damn pages separated. Mom’s old paper knife came in handy for the first time in thirty years. Entries in the journals detailed some scary shit. Apparently, Grandmother heard about some sort of henge⁵ called a House Man(?) up in Hokkaido, some kind of really obscure folk tale with the Ainu⁶.

He was said to live in ceilings and swam(?) in them, peeking on young men and women and playing with them like some old… pervert. He'd lock them in and watched them die too, once they found out he was there. Grandmother said that the people she talked to made that clear. The Ainu used to sprinkle salt at their door whenever they remembered or were told about him, for fear that he’ll come after their children once they remember him.

Oh, crap, is that where Grandmother got that habit? Mom and I always wondered why.

I don’t know how that fits in with all the things Grandmother did over there, but she seemed to have a knack for collecting folk stories. Wonder why the pages were stuck together, though. (…) That sweet damn kiss from him was the last thing I got before I set out for Nagoya. Goodbye, Ibusuki! You were so good to me. Thank you so much for all the memories. Goodbye too, Grandmother.

9/17/2018
Hello, Nagoya! Just finally entered my new home. Moved in all of my stuff, put up the picture frames. Ate out at a ramen place to celebrate. New place seems to be noisy, though. I think there’s a leaking pipe around here, keep hearing water. I thought Mom checked it over? Neighbors over in the next room are noisy as hell, too. I wonder why she rented it out for me. (…)

(…) Huh. So I just took my clothes off earlier and put them in the hamper and… They don't seem to be there? Do we have a rat problem here, too?

9/18/2018
(…) Right after I came home from teaching, something strange happened, though. When I came in, something brushed up against my leg? It was solid and cold, like dead fingers. I’m shivering just thinking about it. Leaky pipe’s getting worse too. Keep hearing water all around the condo. Here. [Fujiwara appears to lift her hand. The sound of running water is heard.] I’ll keep recording after I wash up.

(…) God, is this place haunted? Lightbulb kept turning on and off in the shower. Went right back after dressing up, and it seems to be working fine, but now the lightbulb in my bedroom is acting up too.

Doesn't help that I had a nightmare, too. A voice whispering in my ear. Something breathing down my neck. Fingers tracing lines down my legs. My face. It makes me shiver when I think about it.

Fuck this. I’m checking the assignments and heading to sleep.

9/19/2018
Goddamn that leaky fucking pipe! Woke up in the early morning with warm water dripping on my face. It was hard to go to sleep after that, so I took a shower. Bulb was acting up again. I though I heard… breathing, too. Heavy breathing. Went back to the bedroom. Same damn thing. Found some pitch black stains on the clothes in my closet too, smelled like bleach or something. I know this is a new place and all, but… I wanna move out of here already. This is creepy as all hell. Doesn’t help that the neighbors are still noisy too. When I come back home later, I’ll get a member of the maintenance staff to check it.

(…) Hina-san, the maintenance lady, said that there were no leaky pipes in the unit. Bulbs were fine, too. I told her it was impossible. The bulbs were acting up, and the pipes were leaking since I got here. She just shrugged, joked that it was an oni haunting me, and bid me farewell.

That got me wondering, though. About the henge in Grandmother’s journal. What if…

No, I don’t want to think about it. Regardless, I’ve decided to sleep over at Rina's place tomorrow. If it really is some henge following me, I do hope he leaves when I come back. I’ve installed a camera in my bedroom, too. I want to get to the bottom of this tonight.

9/20/2018

Oh dear God. Save me. Save me. I woke up suddenly at night and saw him and the door closed and he is there. The eyes. They've always looked at me while I slept… He always watches me. He took my clothes from the hamper, too. The warm water from the ceiling… It's saliva. He is… he is…

[The sound of heavy breathing is heard. Fujiwara's voice lowers.]

He is breathing next to me right now.

The door is locked. He locked it. I can't get out.

Everything’s silent and the power’s off and I can’t hear the neighbors anymore.

He's not allowing me to sleep. Every time I try to eat or drink he harries me. Springs from the wall and makes sure I can't keep my food down… Or summons his hand from the floor to grab my leg or my arm.

But he doesn't kill me. He doesn't dare do anything worse than scare me.

I know what he is. He's a fucking coward. Can't do anything else than look at someone helpless. That's what you are, aren't you?! A fucking coward!?

[The shuffle of fabric is heard.]

No! Get away from me. Get away from me!

[The sound of a knife hitting the floor is heard.]

GET AW-

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He’s in the walls, he’s in the ceiling, I can hear him laugh! He’s watching me. He’s playing with me. I don’t know what he is but he’s playing with me.

I shouldn't have looked up. That's what allowed him to trap me in here like all his other victims.

His hands can go all around the house, but his face… His face is only on the ceiling. Did he watch me all the time since I got here? For how long? Was he the one responsible for the black stains? Was…

No. He can only scare me. That's all he does. I've tried fighting back but he can retreat so fast…

[Fujiwara begins to sob.]

I'm so sorry, Grandmother. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have looked in your journals. You hid them away for a reason.

[A playful singing is heard.]

Whoever's listening to this… please stay away. He's already onto you. Don't look up. Don't look up. Don't look up.

Don't try to find out what he is.

If you can hear this, sprinkle salt on your doorstep every time you head home. It's your only chance.

[The singing gets closer.]

He will trap you. You know about him now, too. Don't go home without sprinkling salt. Don't look up.

He says… he says that he will watch me die. I know he's there. He'll watch me die. He can't do anything worse, but he'll… watch… me… die.

[Rushing water is heard again. SCP-5421's voice is heard in the distance. It is inaudible.]

No, stay away. STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!