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Title: SCP-ZH-105 The Unfilials
Author: Jhih Jhih
Translator: SamScript SamScript
Image source: photography from Jhih Jhih
Written year: Jul. 2019
Unfilial (adj.)
- not showing the qualities that are expected of a good daughter or son. (Cambridge)
This entry has been the work with the most upvotes in ZH branch since 2019.
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SCP-ZH-105-1, under power supply
Item #: SCP-ZH-105
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of immobility of the item, SCP-ZH-105 shall be contained in place.
The building where SCP-ZH-105 is located has been acquired by the Foundation. All entrances and exits are locked and monitored by a 24-hour security system. SCP-ZH-105-1 will not be powered when it is not tested or repaired. On the 5th of the month, a team of foundation-approved engineers will perform regular maintenance to ensure its normal operation.
As the anomalous effect of SCP-ZH-105 does not include the building itself, it is currently under evaluation whether the building can be used as a dormitory for researchers in charge of the item.
Description: SCP-ZH-105 is a spatial anomaly. It contains a small single-opened elevator (SCP-ZH-105-1) with its internal length of 1.5 meters, width of 1.7 meters, and height of 2.5 meters. Located in a 25-year-old apartment in District ████, Kaohsiung City, the building that contains SCP-ZH-105-1 has five stories, with three residents on the first floor and no basement.
SCP-ZH-105 was discovered by the Foundation due to an unusual number of missing incidents in District ████, and the last whereabouts of multiple missing persons are related to this building.
Generally, SCP-ZH-105-1 can function as a normal elevator. The anomalous effect can only be triggered when a subject with certain identity traits enters SCP-ZH-105-1 alone and presses on the button of 1F. After the activation, SCP-ZH-105-1 will be seen to move downward until it arrived 1F, but the elevator will be empty after external inspection. From the interior, the floor number that is shown on the screen will become a 4-digit random code which keeps changing irregularly. It is currently unknown whether these codes mean anything.
By the document is written, known specific identity traits that can trigger such anomalous phenomenon include:
- Being single/unmarried
- Not fostering any descendants/adopted children
- Financially independent
- One of the parents is still alive
- Not having contact with the original family for more than 6 months
SCP-ZH-105-1 will stop on an abnormal floor that looks like a basement after functioning for a period of time, while the time of each operation varies.
The interior of the abnormal floor is almost the same as the internal layout of the entire building, with only one household and no windows.
Regardless of knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell, within 5 minutes of reaching the floor, a female (SCP-ZH-105-2) will open the door to welcome one who enters the elevator (the subject). The structure of the household, and the appearance and behavior of SCP-ZH-105-2 will vary depending on the subject. According to the experimental record, the household will be the same as the home of the subject’s original family, and SCP-ZH-105-2 entities are usually described as being "very similar to my(subject's) mother, but obviously not the same person."
It is currently known that people who have entered the abnormal area were not able to return.
Appendix:
Exploration Date: ██/██, 20██
Supervisor: Researcher ███(D-2684, a 37-year-old male. According to the investigation, he left his original family at the age of 20 and has not contacted them for 10 years. He divorced two months after getting married at the age of 31 without any children. He is regarded as a qualified experiment material due to such status.)
Supervision team ordered D-2684 to enter SCP-ZH-105-1 from the first floor with a hand axe and an audio-visual communication device equipped with headphones. D-2684 then pressed the button on the first floor. From the external camera, SCP-ZH-105-1 was observed closing the door and opening it again, with nothing inside.
(From the video equipment held by D-2684, it can be seen that SCP-ZH-105-1 continued to move downward for 20 minutes before the door opened again.)
D-2684: Finally arrived, how deep is you guys' basement at all?
Researcher ███: Please look at the only door of where you are. Can you recognize this door?
D-2684: What a coincidence, this door is exactly the same as the door of my parents' house. The traditional red iron door has a spring couplet in the middle. This doorbell button is really nostalgic.
Researcher ███: I see, thank for that. Now, please ring the doorbell and wait for the door to be answered.
(D-2684 pressed the bell, SCP-ZH-105-2 came to answer the door immediately, D-2684 did not respond for a short time.)
SCP-ZH-105-2: What's the matter, come back so lately today, are you hungry?
D-2684: ……Are you kidding me?
Researcher ███: No kidding, do you know this person?
D-2684: Of course, this person is my mother, you scientists with magical powers should be able to just look it up and find out, right? Ewww, you can even copy my hometown.
(At the same time, SCP-ZH-105-2 seems to have discovered that D-2684 is contacting Foundation personnel and feels unhappy, smiling and silently taking him into the door, and quietly waiting aside.)
D-2684: Wait, I take back the sentence just now, this person is definitely not my mother, she is too quiet… My mother hates me talking on the phone, but this person really look exactly like my mother.
Researcher ███: Understood, then please talk to this person and do what she asks.
D-2684: Okay. Uhh… How may I help you?
SCP-ZH-105-2: Have you finished the call? The rice has just been cooked. If you are finished, come and dig in while it's still warm.
D-2684: Oh okay, uh, what should I call you?
SCP-ZH-105-2: Me… After so many years, have you still not forgiven me? You can call me by what you want, but even so, I still hope you can call me mother.
D-2684: What? No, no, madam… You are indeed very similar to my mom, but my mom won’t tell me anything like eating dinner while it’s hot, okay? She would only take away my cellphone when I was on the phone with someone and then cursed at my friend.
SCP-ZH-105-2: Sorry, you have to make your own friends, and then you can invite them to sit at home. I have to apologize to them.
D-2684: Goddamn it, this is really weird, sorry, I'll make another call. Hey? Can I go back? I cannot bear to see this creep who looks exactly same as my mom but says such things, it's morbid.
Researcher ███: Okay, then please inform the lady that you have to leave.
D-2684: Okay. Uh… madam, I gotta go, but it's a pity that your dinner really resembles my mom's specialty.
SCP-ZH-105-2: Aren't you already at home? Where else are you going?
D-2684: I don't live here. I have been away from home for many years. Besides, this place makes me feel very uncomfortable.
(D-2684 left out of the house, SCP-ZH-105-2 expression looks quite disappointed.)
SCP-ZH-105-2: You are leaving again? Honey, I hope you will not regret it.
D-2684: Yeah, yeah. Goodbye.
(SCP-ZH-105-2 patted D-2684 on the shoulder. D-2684 then walked quickly back into SCP-ZH-105-1, and the scene suddenly went dark after the door got closed.)
D-2684: Hew, it's finally over, this elevator… It's not moving. Hello? The elevator is broken, is the power out?
Researcher ███: Please try to press all the buttons.
D-2684: They're not working at all. I can't even open the door. I have to find a way out!
Researcher ███: Then, please try to use your tool to destroy the elevator door.
(D-2684 started chopping the door SCP-ZH-105-1 for 20 minutes, SCP-ZH-105-1 didn't show to have any damage.)
D-2684: You must be fucking kidding me, right? Haha… How indestructable this elevator is, and my axe is almost breaking apart.
Researcher ███: Please continue.
D-2684: Go eating shit. I can't do it! My head feels dizzy… I'm gonna take a break…
Researcher ███: D-2684, please continue.
D-2684: ……
(D-2684 then fell into comatose and never woke up until the power of communication equipment ran out. It is speculated that he fell into coma due to the malfunction of ventilation system in SCP-ZH-105-1.)
It is worth noting that the power consumption of communication equipment in the abnormal space is nearly 50% higher than usual, and although there are various electrical appliances operating in the abnormal space, no charging device is found.
Exploration Date: ██/██, 20██
Supervisor: Researcher ███(D-3538, a 26-year-old female, graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of ████ University. According to the investigation, she left home on the day she turned 19, and has not contact her native family for 2 years. She doesn't bear or foster any children.)
In the preparation for the experiment, research team let D-3538 understand the structure of SCP-ZH-105-1, and let her hold a small toolbox and communication with a headset. She then entered SCP-ZH-105-1.
(SCP-ZH-105-1 opened its door after moving downward for 1 hour and 10 minutes.)
D-3538: Wow, I have never taken such a deep elevator in my life.
Researcher ███: Did you see the door in the middle?D-3538: Oh, I, I saw it, must I open it?
Researcher ███: Can you recognize it?
D-3538: The door is the same as my home…… I do not want to……
Researcher ███: You can wait here until someone open the door, but you have to communicate with the entity when the door is opened.
D-3538: Okay, I'll stay here, just a little farther away from the door, eh?
(After three minutes, an SCP-ZH-105-2 opened the door to greet. D-3538 gasped.)
SCP-ZH-105-2: Ah! What are you doing outside? Come in quickly.
D-3538: Huh? What… I'm not…
Researcher ███: D-3538, do you recognize the entity?
D-3538: I have never heard of this arrangement! Why are you doing this? Why is it now!
Researcher ███: We didn't arrange anything specifically for you, please calm down.
SCP-ZH-105-2: Are you talking on phone? You can talk it in home. It would be more cozy to be inside with AC, right?
D-3538: Huh…? Uh, okay, sorry, mom.
SCP-ZH-105-2: What are you apologizing for? It’s a bit late for dinner now, but it’s not that late to cook it, so that's just fine. I’ll wait for you to have dinner together.
(SCP-ZH-105-2 brought D-3538 into the house immediately and went to the kitchen on its own. D-3538 seemed to feel uneasy, sitting on a small stool in the living room.)
Researcher ███: D-3538, what happened?
D-3538: I just thought that the person was my mother… They really look alike, the voice is the same, but they are different.
Researcher ███: Please describe the difference in detail.
D-3538: My mother doesn't talk to me like this. If I go home too late, she will… Is she cooking? The taste is exactly the same as my memory…
Researcher ███: Do you mean that she is much gentler than you used to consider?
D-3538: Not only, but also rationality! This person is more rational than my mother.
Researcher ███: Understood, then…
SCP-ZH-105-2: ████ (D-3538's real name)! Do you want to eat first if you are hungry? I'll fry the fish first. You like fish, right?
D-3538: I don't… Hey, what should I do?
Researcher ███: You can decide if you want to stay for the meal, but you must leave when the dinner is over.
D-3538: K. Um… shall we eat together after cooking?
SCP-ZH-105-2: It's okay, it's almost done. Or you can help me prepare the tableware first, won't you feel uncomfortable sitting in such a small chair?
D-3538:It's okay, then I'll go help first.
(Shortly after, SCP-ZH-105-2 and D-3538 had a meal while talking for roughly 30 minutes. During this period, it was found that although D-3538 claimed that SCP-ZH-105-2 was not her own mother, SCP-ZH-105-2 kept communicating in such stand during the whole dialogue, which made D-3538 more confused.)
Researcher ███: D-3538, you should leave.
D-3538: Huh? But… there are still dishes that haven't been finished yet.
Researcher ███: But you have finished your meal, please inform the other party and leave.
D-3538: Okay…Mom, I gotta go back.
SCP-ZH-105-2: Where are you going at this time? It's dangerous to be outside when it's dark, do you need anything?
D-3538: You, you obviously wanted me to get the hell out before and never come back again. You haven't cooked my favorite mushrooms for a long time, because brother hates mushrooms. It's been… It's been a long time since you've ever listened to my words…
Researcher ███: You said that this entity is not your mother. D-3538, you must leave.
D-3538: I know she is not! She obviously isn't! But I… can I come back later?
Researcher ███: Please realize your current situation, we cannot accept this request.
D-3538: What the hell do you know! I never want to fall into this situation and see my mother again! She will use all the words she knows to humiliate me! But this person accepted… she accepted who I am now…
(D-3538 began to cry, SCP-ZH-105-2 seeing revealing a terrible sadness, the cuddled D-3538 in its arms.)
SCP-ZH-105-2: ██, I don't know what kind of difficulties you have encountered, but you are my daughter. No matter what you become, you can stay here forever, and mom will always accept you.
D-3538: Sorry, Mom, I will never leave……
Researcher ███: D-3538! You—
(The communication equipment is destroyed. Experiment terminated.)
Based on the result of this experiment, the time that D-class personnel can contact SCP-ZH-105-2 will be limited in future exploration programs.
Exploration Date: ██/██, 20██
Supervisor: Researcher ███(D-8477, 31-year-old man, an engineer of machinery lift before being arrested and became a D-class personnel. He left his original family by 16 years old up to the date of the exploration. He had one descendant but unable to fulfill the responsibility of fostering the child properly, hence considered to be qualified for experiment.)
In the preparation for this experiment, research team let D-8477 understand the structure of SCP-ZH-105-1, and let him enter SCP-ZH-105-1 with a small toolbox and a communication device equipped with headphones.
(SCP-ZH-105-1 started moving downward for 2 minutes, then opened its door.)
D-8477: This elevator is really strange, what's next?
Researcher ███: Please take a look at that door, can you recognize it?
D-8477: Since you've mentioned it, the door looks really familiar… Ahhh, it is very similar to the door of my hometown home.
Researcher ███: Okay, then please knock on the door and wait for someone to answer it.
(D-8477 knocked on the silver iron gate, SCP-ZH-105-2 immediately open the door to greet.)
SCP-ZH-105-2: You're back, did you forget to bring the key again?
D-8477: What the…… why are you here?
SCP-ZH-105-2: I'm just… at home? What are you say…
D-8477: Never mind! Hey? Can you explain it to me? Why do you get my mom here?
Researcher ███: This is not arranged by us. Is the entity your mother?
D-8477: Of course! She…
SCP-ZH-105-2: Are you coming in first? What are you standing outside for ?
D-8477: Probably just me misunderstanding. But she's way too similar to my mom. I don't wanna see her face.
Researcher ███: Please elaborate.
D-8477: This person's personality is much different from my mother, but she looks just the same. What kind of prank is it?
SCP-ZH-105-2: ████ (D-8477's real name), don't let the door open here for too long, mosquitoes will fly into the house, you can keep your phone call in the house.
(SCP-ZH-105-2 tugged D-8477, trying to bring him into the door. D-8477 shouted and got rid of SCP-ZH-105-2's hand.)
D-8477: Don't call my name, please! I'ma get the hell out of here, may I leave now?
Researcher ███: Permitted.
SCP-ZH-105-2: Are you going out again? We've got everything you need at home already.
D-8477: I don't want to talk to you, gotta go now.
SCP-ZH-105-2: It's okay, I just want you to be safe.
(D-8477 ignored SCP-ZH-105-2's appeal, headed back into the SCP-ZH-105-1 without glancing back. The elevator was dark inside after the door was closed.)
D-8477: Hello! Is it a blackout?
Researcher ███: Please try to repair the elevator from the inside.
D-8477: Well, I have to find a lamp or something first… Oh nice, there is a screwdriver.
(While D-8477 opened and inspected the interior board of SCP-ZH-105-1, the power was suddenly restored. SCP-ZH-105-1 started moving upward, accompanying with a sharp metal friction sound.)
D-8477: It is suddenly restored, there must be something wrong, but I can’t stop it!
Researcher ███: Please continue your repair work.
D-8477: I'm trying to fix it! The sound is too disgusting… have you seen it?
Researcher ███: What's wrong?
D-8477: It's protruding inward…? This elevator…
(SCP-ZH-105-1 made a loud noise from above and continued to function. The sound of metal friction gradually increases. The walls of SCP-ZH-105-1 appear to be squeezed and deformed from the outside. )
D-8477: What a fuck is this bloody elevator! I'm going to be squeezed dead! Stop it!
Researcher ███: Only you can stop it, please keep trying.
D-8477: I can't! Come and save me! It's really gonna kill me!
Researcher ███: We can't help you, please keep trying.
(SCP-ZH-105-1's light tube was squeezed and broken, leaving only the light source of the flashlight in the scene. D-8477 cried and cut the internal wires of SCP-ZH-105-1. But this did not stop SCP-ZH-105-1 functioning.)
D-8477: I will……(weeping) I'll die… I was killed… by you fucking liars…
Researcher ███: D-8477, only you can save yourself, please don't give up trying.
D-8477: Shut up! I really…… I can not move…… Come and save me…… Ah[DATA EXPUNGED]
(SCP-ZH-105-1 kept running upwards for 20 minutes. No image can be recovered due to lack of light source during this period of time. Before the communication device was broken, no available evidences can be obtained except for the sounds of metal rubbing and objects cracking.)