"The coffee pot is full."
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A siren sounds like the goddess who
Promises endless apologies of paradise
And only she can make it right
So things are different tonight
(Dream Sweet in Sea Major - Miracle Musical)
Item#: 7825
Level0
Containment Class:
gevurah
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
none
Risk Class:
none
Special Containment Procedures: Alex Thorley is the sole individual responsible for the research and containment of SCP-7825.
Description: SCP-7825 is a series of interconnected phenomenon preventing Alex Thorley from completing their assigned tasks.
Incident Log 7825-1
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Click.
Silence.
???: Hello?
Thorley: Hey, this is, uh, Alex Thorley, and I was-
???: Who?
Thorley: Alex Thorley? Department of Unreality, I need some help.
Silence.
???: I don’t see anyone by that name in our system.
Thorley: What? No, that’s not—check again. I—
???: Sorry, I can't help you. Goodbye.
Click.
Thorley: Hello? Hello?
Thorley exhales. They redial.
???: Hello?
Thorley: Hey, who's this?
The call disconnects.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-2
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Thorley walks down the hallway.
Thorley approaches a metal door and swipes their key card.
A red light flashes.
They try again.
The light flashes again.
Thorley tries fifteen more times.
Nothing happens. They look around the hallway, exasperated.
It is empty. They press the intercom button near the door.
Static.
Thorley pulls out their phone and scrolls through their messages. Every conversation thread is left on read.
The last received message is dated three weeks ago. They don't remember what it's about.
Thorley stands silently for thirty more seconds before stepping away.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-3
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0, Alex Thorley's office.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
A security monitor turns on, playing back footage of an empty hallway.
Thorley sits at their desk, scrolling through logs.
The screen goes black.
Thorley presses several keys on their keyboard, before groaning.
They push away from the desk, standing.
Thorley looks around.
The office is silent.
They reach for the door handle.
Their monitor flickers back on, showing their office.
Alex Thorley is not in frame.
The door remains closed.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-4
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0, Meeting Room.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Thorley enters the meeting room, holding a notebook beneath their arm.
Thorley then looks at the projector screen.
It displays nothing of interest.
Thorley sits with their arms crossed.
The clock reads 10:24 AM.
The clock has not moved within the past four minutes.
They flip open the notebook, but the pages are blank.
They stand up, dump their drink into the sink, and leave.
The moment the door swings shut, the camera feed cuts to static.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-5
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Thorley exhales sharply.
They walk forward. A door creaks open.
Thorley: My office should be here. It isn’t. It’s the break room. It’s always the break room.
The florescent lights buzz above Alex Thorley. No other sounds are audible.
Thorley: The coffee pot is full.
They point towards the coffee pot.
Thorley: I don't make coffee. I never liked the taste.
Silence on recording for three minutes.
Thorley: It's still warm.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-6
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Thorley stands in the middle of a doorway and stares into the nearby room. Their eyes do not gravitate to anything in particular.
Thorley: Hello?
No response.
They pull out their phone. Thorley then scrolls through their contacts and clicks on A. Thorley.
No response.
Thorley stands silently for several moments.
Then, the phone buzzes. An incoming call. The screen reads: A. Thorley.
They do not answer.
The phone buzzes until the call disconnects.
From down the hallway, a phone begins to ring.
[END LOG]
Incident Log 7825-7
Date: 00/00/0000
Location: Site-0, Alex Thorley's office.
Time: N/A
[BEGIN LOG]
Alex Thorley's office is quiet. The screen of their monitor is not turned on.
The light from the ceiling buzzes, no other audio is captured.
Their computer desk is completely blank.
The camera feed pans across their room. When it pans back to their desk, their computer is completely absent.
It pans over to the wall, now blank. When it goes back, their desk is gone.
This process repeats until their office is completely devoid of anything at all.
The buzzing of the ceiling lights grow louder.
[END LOG]