Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: to do
Description: SCP-XXXX is a graffiti message manifesting in men's bathroom stalls in Bloomington, Indiana. The message typically reads "For a good time, call 555-XXXX" or similar variations. If a manifestation of SCP-XXXX is erased, cleaned, or otherwise obscured, it will disappear and manifest elsewhere within 4-6 days. When the number on SCP-XXXX is dialed, the call will immediately be answered by a voice (SCP-XXXX-1) in apparent distress.
Addendum XXXX-01 Initial Communications: Attached below are Researcher Mathias's attempts at communicating with SCP-XXXX-1.
Call 1
<BEGIN LOG>
Mathias: Hello there, can you hear me?
[SCP-XXXX-1 does not respond, but can be heard breathing heavily.]
Mathias: I just want to talk to you. Can you hear me okay?
[SCP-XXXX-1 begins to weep audibly.]
Mathias: Hey, it's okay. I just want to talk to you. I don't want to upset you or hurt you, I just want to talk.
SCP-XXXX-1: Please just leave me alone. Stop calling. Stop calling me, please, please, I beg you just leave me alone.
Mathias: I want to help you. My name is Mathias, I just want to know more about you.
SCP-XXXX-1: [Scoffs, continuing to weep.] Before you start trying to get me to meet you to have sex with you? Fuck off. Fuck off. Fuck off fuck off fuck off fuck off! Stop fucking calling me!
Mathias: I will try another time. My apologies.
< END LOG >
Note: Researcher Mathias was instructed to wait fifteen minutes before dialing SCP-XXXX again.
Call 2
< BEGIN LOG >
Mathias: Hi, it's me again. Are you feeling any better?
SCP-XXXX-1: No. Please hang up and leave me alone.
[SCP-XXXX-1 sniffles loudly.]
Mathias: I want to help you, okay? May I please know your name?
SCP-XXXX-1: [Groans] If I tell you will please stop calling?
Mathias: I can't promise that.
SCP-XXXX-1: Then book it and hang up already.
Mathias: If you don't want to tell me your name, can you tell me where you are?
SCP-XXXX-1: [Exasperated] Fuck off, pig!
Mathias: I am sorry I upset you. I just want to talk to you and learn more about you.
[SCP-XXXX-1 screams loudly, startling Researcher Mathias, who ends the call reflexively.]
< END LOG >
Note: It appears SCP-XXXX-1 is unable to end the call on their own will and is dependant on its conversational partner. Researcher Mathias has been instructed to not end the next communication attempt until instructed to do so.
Call 3
< BEGIN LOG >
Mathias: Hi again. You scared me last time.
SCP-XXXX-1: Why do you keep on calling? Please, I don't know why this is happening so just leave me alone.
Mathias: I want to help you. I'm with the government.
[There is a brief stop in the conversation where SCP-XXXX-1 can be heard breathing heavily and sniffling.]
SCP-XXXX-1: Really?
Mathias: Yes. I want to help. Can you tell me your name?
SCP-XXXX-1: …
Mathias: I promise I'm here to help. Your name would help me help you.
SCP-XXXX-1: Sarah.
Mathias: Sarah. That's a lovely name, thank you. And your last name?
SCP-XXXX-1: I… I don't remember. I don't remember a lot of things.
Mathias: Do you know where you are at least?
SCP-XXXX-1: No. It's dark in here and I don't know how you keep calling and I answer.
Mathias: Okay. Don't worry, Sarah. We're going to try to see if we can find you. Just stay on the line with me, okay?
SCP-XXXX-1: Yes… your name was Mathias, right?
Mathias: That's right.
SCP-XXXX-1: Thank you. You're the first person to ever be so nice to me. Everyone just calls to hit on me…
Mathias: Don't worry. I promise I'm here to help you out. We don't know your situation, but we're going to get to the bottom of it, okay?
[Command informs Mathias they were unable to track SCP-XXXX-1's location. He is informed to question SCP-XXXX-1 for any useful information.]
Mathias: Seems like we can't find you using our regular methods. You said you don't know where you are and its just darkness, right?
SCP-XXXX-1: Yes. I can't feel anything either. I don't know anything about where I am or what's going on. It's just… dark and I'm scared. The only time anything ever happens is when people call me.
Mathias: I'm sorry to hear. Sarah, hang with me here. I need you to try for me. Do you remember anything from before you were where you are?
SCP-XXXX-1: N-no… not really. I remember I was going to meet someone for work but I don't… I don't know what happened after.
Mathias: For work? Like a co-worker or to do a job?
SCP-XXXX-1: I remember I was meeting them to do work. I just can't remember what.
Mathias: Okay. How old are you, Sarah?
SCP-XXXX-1: I don't know… I think I'm older than 30?
Mathias: And are you from around here?
SCP-XXXX-1: Where is here?
Mathias: Bloomington, Indiana.
SCP-XXXX-1: I think I'm from there. I remember living around there but… I don't know. There's a lot I can't remember.
Mathias: It's okay, Sarah. What do you look like?
SCP-XXXX-1: I… I don't know.
Mathias: Do you have any relatives you might remember? Anyone who might be able to give us a hint as to what happened to you?
SCP-XXXX-1: I don't know. I'm sorry, I'm making things so hard…
[Mathias is instructed to terminate the call.]
Mathias: Thank you for everything, Sarah. I will have to go now.
SCP-XXXX-1: Wait, no… please don't go.
Mathias: I'm sorry. I have to.
SCP-XXXX-1: Please…
Mathias: … Goodbye, Sarah. I'll call again soon. I promise.
< END LOG >
Following this event, a research team began investigating missing person reports in Monroe County, Indiana matching the profile of SCP-XXXX-1 and the first known manifestations of SCP-XXXX.
- Allison Burnstein, age 35, missing as of 12/06/2011,
- Hope Anderson, age 31, missing as of 19/03/2018,
- Madison Allgrove, age 32, missing as of 31/12/2012.
Upon further investigation, none of the women appeared to match SCP-XXXX-1. Researcher Mathias was instructed to call SCP-XXXX-1 again and attempt to help it uncover any memories which may be of use in tracking its identity.
Call 4
< BEGIN LOG >
Mathias: Hello?
SCP-XXXX-1: Mathias, is that you?
Mathias: Yes, it's me, Sarah.
SCP-XXXX-1: Thank goodness… I was getting scared you weren't going to call again.
Mathias: I did promise I would call back, didn't I? It just took a few days is all.
SCP-XXXX-1: Days? Has it been that long? I can't tell…
Mathias: You can't tell the passage of time?
SCP-XXXX-1: No… Like I told you, it's all black here all the time. The time between calls feels like forever and no time at all at the same time. I wish I knew how to better explain it, but I know it's not normal…
Mathias: I see. So Sarah, today I wanted to ask you some questions and see if you could remember anything to better let us help you.
SCP-XXXX-1: Okay…
Mathias: You said you were meeting someone for a job. Can you remember if you were applying for a job, showing up to a usual job, or anything in between?
SCP-XXXX-1: … let me think…
Mathias: Take all the time you need, Sarah.
[There is a three-minute silence in the call.]
SCP-XXXX-1: I think… I think I was meeting someone I knew. Someone from work maybe.
Mathias: Okay. Anything else you can recall?
SCP-XXXX-1: No…
Mathias: That's fine. Do you think you could try remembering what day it was before all this happened?
SCP-XXXX-1: I… I think it was in December. I remember it being cold. I remember getting dressed up because of the cold… But I don't know why I remember that.
Mathias: Thank you. I know how hard it is to remember these things for you.
SCP-XXXX-1: You… You're the nicest guy I've ever talked to Mathias…
Mathias: I'm just doing my job. But listen, I have to go. I'll call you again soon, okay?
SCP-XXXX-1: O-okay… I'll look forward to that, then. Goodbye, Mathias.
Mathias: Goodbye, Sarah.
<END LOG>
Following this conversation, the SCP-XXXX research team began searching for disappearances in Bloomington, Indiana taking place in the winter. This narrowed search results down to one subject; Sarah Allgrove, age 32, missing as of 31/12/2012. The SCP-XXXX research team then conducted preliminary investigations into Sarah Allgrove and found she was a customer service representative at Madrigal Contact Center Solutions with no immediate family or significant other in the area. A home address was also found, as well as a complaint filed by the landlord to local law enforcement to help dispose of Allgrove's belongings after various lapsed rent payments.
Believing this to be SCP-XXXX-1's identity, Researcher Mathias was instructed to call SCP-XXXX-1 again and inform if of its assumed identity.
Call 5
<BEGIN LOG>
Mathias: Hello, Sarah.
SCP-XXXX-1: Mathias? Is that you?
Mathias: Yes, it's me. How are you?
SCP-XXXX-1: I feel like I can't breathe when you're not here. I don't know how to describe it but I only really feel like I'm here when you call me. I don't like it when I have to go back to being nothing… I-it scares me, you know what I mean?
Mathias: I think I get what you're saying. But I'm calling you with some good news. We think we know who you are.
SCP-XXXX-1: You do?
Mathias: Yes. We think you're Madison Allgrove, a former employee at Madrigal Contact Center Solutions. You lived in 8213 Cherrygrove street apartment 1221. Your phone number used to 555-XXXX, which is the same number I call to reach you.
SCP-XXXX-1: …
Mathias: Are you there, Madison?
SCP-XXXX-1: Yeah… Why can't I remember any of this? Why am I stuck in here? Why am I… Why am I… [SCP-XXXX-1 screams.]
Mathias: Madison, are you alright? What's the matter?
SCP-XXXX-1: [screaming] Why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this?!
Mathias: I'm sure you didn't do anything to deserve this. Bad things happen to good people all the time. Look, we're going to do some more research on you before I call you again, okay?
SCP-XXXX-1: You mean to say you're going to hang up again?
Mathias: I have to.
SCP-XXXX-1: No! Please don't! It feels so empty when we're not talking. Please, Mathias, please, I'll do anything. Please.
Mathias: Madison, I'm very sorry but I have to go now. I'll call you soon.
[SCP-XXXX-1 weeps.]
<END LOG>
Addendum XXXX.2: Further investigation into Madrigal Contact Center Solutions revealed that one employee remained at the business who knew Madison Allgrave; one Zach Redford, a manager who had been with the company for 9 years. Agent Jasmine was sent to interview Redford under the guise of a local police investigator.
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Foreword: Jasmine met with Redford at Madrigal Contact Center Solutions during his lunch hour.
<BEGIN LOG>
Jasmine: Thank you for agreeing to this, Mr. Redford.
Redford: Anything for a pretty lady such as yourself.
Jasmine: I uh, thank you. Anyway, I wanted to ask you some questions about a former employee of yours.
Redford: Oh no. Hope no one's in trouble.
Jasmine: Does Madison Allgrave ring any bells for you?
[Redford is silent for a moment.]
Redford: Yes. What about her?
Jasmine: She's disappeared. Been that way for a while now, and you were her manager, is that right?
Redford: I was, yes. Shame she's gone. Pretty girl. Very lovely.
Jasmine: What do you remember of her?
Redford: Very standoffish. She didn't know how to take a compliment.