Item#: 5724

Containment Class: safe

Secondary Class: none

Disruption Class: dark

Risk Class: notice

Instance of SCP-5724.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5724 instances are to be stored in a secure space; access to a desk is to be limited solely for testing purposes and under no circumstances should the projections be allowed access to the internet. SCP-5724-A is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell, with access to a desk and office supplies. Due to the nature of SCP-5724-A, common humanoid containment procedures are unnecessary.

Description: SCP-5724 is a collection of office chairs that exhibit anomalous behavior when placed in proximity of a desk. All instances of SCP-5724 possess markings that generate an instance of SCP-5724-1 when viewed. The effects of SCP-5724 cease when it is taken away from a desk, with the maximum recorded distance between an instance of SCP-5724-1 and a desk being 1 meter.

SCP-5724-1 is a projection that manifests by viewing the markings on an instance of SCP-5724. The markings on the chair alter the perception of all affected individuals to perceive a human being sitting on it. This projection of a human being is able to identify itself and give basic information about itself, primarily information that would be asked of it to complete paperwork. No instance of SCP-5724-1 has been able to give out data that matches their physical appearance, which matches no known individual. SCP-5724-1 is able to become tangible when interacting with other objects in its vicinity.

All instances of SCP-5724-1 have displayed basic knowledge of the organization they are employed in, although interviews with these projections have been hindered by the inability of SCP-5724-1 to discuss anything unrelated to office work. These projections have been able to accrue promotions within their own organizations, displaying an ability to follow orders and complete paperwork while being unambitious. The public nature of their positions hindered retrieval in some instances.

SCP-5724-A is a leather recliner bearing similar markings to instances of SCP-5724, and it is believed to be an attempt to upgrade the design and capabilities of SCP-5724. SCP-5724-A is capable of displaying an instance of SCP-5724-2.

SCP-5724-2 is a projection capable of independent thought that has claimed it was formerly a human. It has retained the appearance of its former body. The markings that would allow it to become tangible are incomplete, resulting in an inability to move objects. SCP-5724-2 has identified itself as the creator of all known instances of SCP-5724, albeit the method through which they gathered the necessary knowledge to create the objects or transfer their consciousness into another body is as of yet unknown.

Recovery: During a routine inspection of several Foundation fronts in the ███████ area, an instance of SCP-5724 was flagged for memetic symbols and consequently retrieved by Foundation Agents. The address given by SCP-5724-1 when hired revealed SCP-5724-A under the same conditions. Subsequent instances of SCP-5724 were found by looking at other employees that had the same address listed in their employment record.

Addendum-5724-1: Positions held by instances of SCP-5724-1

COMPANY
POSITION

███████ Investment Firm
Chief Investment Officer

███████ Department of Transportation
Accountant

███████ Pharmaceutical company
Quality Control Manager

Safe Capital Projects LLC.
Managing Director

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Interviewed: [SCP-5724-1 instance]

Interviewer: [Researcher Davis]

Foreword: [The purpose of this interview is to determine whether or not SCP-5724-1 instances are able to divulge information about their previous jobs. The projection being interviewed worked at Safe Capital Projects LLC, a Foundation front, before recovery. Finding a potential information breach is crucial.]

<Begin Log, [21:25]>

Researcher Davis: Hello, SCP-5724. Do you mind if we start the interview right now?

SCP-5724-1: Ah, hello! I’m honored to have the opportunity to apply to this position. Sorry for sitting down before you arrived.

Researcher Davis: This isn’t a job interview, we just wanted to ask you some questions about your previous job at Safe Capital.

SCP-5724-1: I am sure you will get nothing but glowing reviews. My time there was great and I have no doubt that if you are looking for a recommendation letter I can call them and see what they can do.

Researcher Davis: Are you aware of how you got there? Where you came from? Who got your paychecks?

SCP-5724-1: Of course, you definitely need my address. Please send the checks to [REDACTED].

Researcher Davis: Well, what were you trying to gain by working there? Did you relay any information to someone else? Just give me something to work with.

SCP-5724-1: Everyone there was great. I really put in the work, and there’s something to be said about putting in the work and climbing the ranks. Not that I would overstep if I was offered a position here, don’t worry.

Researcher Davis: Are you still talking about the job offer? No mention of anything else? I’m content with you acknowledging the plant in the corner of the room.

[Researcher Davis gestures around the room.]

SCP-5724-1: Before we get into the details, I will admit that I don’t have a lot of technical ability, but I can assure you that any paperwork that comes my way will get done immediately. I pride myself in my work ethic.

Researcher Davis: This is going nowhere, is it? I am talking to the chair equivalent of a worker bee. I’ll end the interview here.

SCP-5724-1: Great! When can I start?

[Researcher Davis sighs.]

<End Log, [21:42]>

Closing Statement: [SCP-5724-1 instances appear to be unable to discuss details of previous jobs. There was some acknowledgement that they no longer worked there, but this caused the instance to mistake the interview for a job interview. SCP-5724 working at a Foundation front does not constitute an information breach, it seems as if it was placed there by accident.]

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Addendum-5724-3: Interview with SCP-5724-2

Interviewed: [SCP-5724-2 instance]

Interviewer: [Researcher Davis]

Foreword: [The purpose of this interview is to gain insight into why this chair is more elaborate than the rest. The ability to communicate effectively with SCP-5724-2 makes this much easier.]

<Begin Log, [15:12]>

Researcher Davis: Hello SCP-5724-2, care to describe your condition?

SCP-5724-2: I mean, I messed up. That is why I’m here, right? I’m no longer really a human.

Researcher Davis: Well, as of right now we just want to gain some insight into your situation. Are you aware of what caused you to turn to your current condition?

SCP-5724-2: This was all caused by those office chairs. Have you talked to one of them? They are mindless drones, and they still got to climb up the corporate ladder? When I made them I didn’t really think too much. Make a few chairs that can project blank humans, and send them into offices. At most it was a bit of extra cash. Next thing I know a chair is approving medical products? Unreal.

Researcher Davis: So the chairs fell out of your control? Interesting. Is there anything you could’ve glossed over when making them? Were the promotions not part of any plan?

SCP-5724-2: Of course not. I mean, getting money was fine for a while, but then they started performing too well, and at one point I was getting too much cash and I couldn’t keep spending it without an explanation as to where it came from. I didn’t expect that being a blank slate is such a high value trait for companies, I guess.

Researcher Davis: Right. But I still don’t get how that influenced you into becoming an instance of SCP-5724 yourself.

SCP-5724-2: Well, I was bright in school, and after that ended I couldn’t go any direction in my career. The day I got mail detailing that one of the non-people I made as a joke became a director at an investment firm I pretty much lost it. I thought I had the expertise to create a much better chair, and I managed to alter a nicer chair. It was a pretty stupid move, but I transferred my consciousness into this chair.

Researcher Davis: Those would be the more elaborate symbols there, right? Do they tether your consciousness into the chair? Then what are these incomplete symbols supposed to mean?

SCP-5724-2: Oh. Right. I’m actually pretty new to altering objects. This is probably going to get me in more trouble, but I had just learned about the occult properly, you know? I normally have a guide to draw the symbols correctly, but in my haste I messed some of them up. I realized I had screwed up when I couldn’t touch anything.

Researcher Davis: And these symbols are used to interact with other objects? You must be pretty much a ghost then.

SCP-5724-2: Yeah, I- Could we continue this sometime else? I don’t really want to think about how disconnected I am from everything else. I just need a little more time, if that’s possible. I don’t think your people will let me out anytime soon, and I can’t properly move, so if we could just… pause this, I can answer in detail later.

Researcher Davis: Alright, we got enough information for now. We’ll make sure to get you at least a humanoid containment cell, so you can be active for as long as you want. We’ll end the interview here.

<End Log, [15:34]>

Closing Statement: [SCP-5724-2 shows signs of depression associated with its condition. Although sapient, its physical abilities render any threat it poses null. Even so, its ability to carve anomalous symbols unto objects is of note, and the fact that it is inexperienced raises questions as to how it was taught the proper process.]