Item #: SCP-2135
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: As SCP-2135 is located in a highly trafficked area, isolated
containment of SCP-2135 is not feasible at this time.
Instead, Foundation agents will work with the New York City Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) to prevent unauthorized access to SCP-2135 by civilians.
SCP-2135 is currently closed to the public and inaccessible by conventional means; as
such, this is considered to be a reasonable request that does not require excessive coercion
on the part of the Foundation.
The interior of SCP-2135 is to be monitored via closed-circuit camera, but as it is plainly
visible to civilians travelling within the New York City Subway system, Foundation personnel
are discouraged from directly guarding SCP-2135's interior.
Any incursions into SCP-2135-B are to be conducted by D-Class Personnel under the supervision
of Foundation researchers; direct incursion into SCP-2135-B by researchers requires the
approval of the current Region 38A (New York City/Long Island) Director.
D-Class Personnel entering SCP-2135-B must adhere to the following restrictions:
No items manufactured after February 1959 (including clothing, recording equipment,
entertainment media, etc) may be taken into SCP-2135-B.
When interacting with instances of SCP-2135-C, personnel must avoid using words or phrases
that were not commonly used prior to 1959 (e.g. "hippie," "wicked," etc).
No more than 24 hours may be spent inside of SCP-2135-B.
Description: SCP-2135 is the former 91st Street Station, a station of the New York City Subway
system located in Manhattan.
Prior to its closure in February 1959, SCP-2135 was served by the 1 and 2 trains of the IRT
Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line, bounded by the 96th Street Station to the north and the
86th Street Station to the south.
SCP-2135 was closed after platform expansion on the 96th Street Station rendered it impractical
to continue servicing it.
SCP-2135's anomalous properties manifest twice a week, at unpredictable intervals.
During this time, a train car (which varies by make and model, but is always a car that
was in use by the New York City Subway system during or prior to 1959), hereafter SCP-2135-A,
will stop at the station for approximately fifteen seconds.
SCP-2135-A is only perceivable to those standing on the subway platform at the time it arrives;
non-anomalous trains in service will pass through it as if it were not there, and passengers
on those trains are unable to perceive SCP-2135-A's presence as they pass through it.
Should any subject board the train during this time, they will remain in a state of
transit for approximately fifteen minutes, and will be unable to exit the train.
No other passengers are present onboard the train, nor is a conductor.
After fifteen minutes have elapsed, the train will come to a halt, and subjects will arrive
within SCP-2135-B.
SCP-2135-B is a replica of the island of Manhattan as it appeared on 1 Feb 1959.
Persons, events, and buildings present in Manhattan during this time are all replicated
in a nearly identical fashion within SCP-2135-B, with the following exceptions:
Persons present inside of Manhattan during this time are replaced by instances of SCP-2135-C
(see below).
All written material present inside of SCP-2135-B, including advertisements, books, newspapers,
etc. consist solely of the words "SAFE WORLD" repeated over and over, in capital letters.
The exceptions to this are the signs carried by SCP-2135-C.
Subway stations other than the 91st Street Station are inaccessible to all subjects.
Instead, an instance of SCP-2135-C guards each subway station entrance, remaining still
while holding a sign with the word "SECURITY" written on it.
Subjects attempting to enter these stations will be forcefully impeded from doing so by
the SCP-2135-C instance.
Any area beyond the island of Manhattan is rendered inaccessible by a white void surrounding
the entire island.
Subjects attempting to leave Manhattan will be blocked by an impermeable barrier.
SCP-2135-C instances leaving Manhattan will appear to vanish into the void; likewise,
SCP-2135-C instances entering Manhattan appear to spontaneously emerge from it.
Subjects universally report perceiving SCP-2135-B as monochromatic.
SCP-2135-C are faceless humanoid entities that inhabit SCP-2135-B. SCP-2135-C instances
lack eyes, noses, and mouths, but otherwise are replicas of people that were in Manhattan
on 1 Feb 1959.
All SCP-2135-C instances carry with them a blank white canvas board and a marker; if
in a car or other vehicle, they will have one within close proximity of them.
Despite their lack of facial features, SCP-2135-C instances appear capable of sight and scent,
and can interact with subjects if prompted via the blank canvas boards, albeit only one
or two words at a time (see interview log below).
Should a subject enter SCP-2135-B with any items that were manufactured after February
1959, or exhibit speech patterns or other mannerisms anachronistic to the period upon
exiting the 91st Street Station, SCP-2135-C instances will stop in place and continuously
"stare" at the subject until they leave.
While SCP-2135-C instances do not exhibit any hostile intent, subjects will generally
express a strong desire to leave if SCP-2135-C instances enter this state, citing discomfort
and unease.
Subjects may leave SCP-2135-B by returning down the 91st Street Station entrance; SCP-2135-A
will appear within ten minutes and will return the subject to baseline reality.
After twenty four hours have passed within SCP-2135-B, the 91st Street Station will be
closed, and subjects will be unable to leave SCP-2135-B.
91st Street Station was closed on 2 Feb 1959, as it is within SCP-2135-B.
[REDACTED] although said reports remain unconfirmed, and the similarities may be superficial or
coincidental.
Date: 23 Aug 2007 (baseline time)
Test Subject: D-3425 (29 years old; Caucasian female)
Equipment Outfitted: Handheld audio recorder, c. 1956; period-appropriate clothing; notepad
and two (2) pencils, both manufactured c. 1958.
Notes: To avoid shocking or upsetting D-3425 (thus potentially making data collection problematic),
subject was informed of the nature of SCP-2135-B beforehand.
Subject is instructed to find nearest SCP-2135-C instance and engage it in conversation, taking
care to avoid using contemporary jargon, and transcribe the responses produced via the
canvas board.
Subject was given a list of pre-approved questions, but was given permission to deviate from this
list if necessary.
[D-3425 exits 91st Street Station into SCP-2135-B. After several moments, she approaches an instance
of SCP-2135-C resembling a caucasian female in her mid to late 30s.]
D-3425: Umm, hello?
SCP-2135-C Instance [via canvas board and marker]: QUERY?
Subsequent tests have revealed that all SCP-2135-C instances begin conversations with the word
"QUERY".
D-3425: What exactly is this place?
SCP-2135-C Instance: SAFE WORLD.
D-3425: Umm, OK.
[flips through list of questions] Why is this place here?
Who made it?
SCP-2135-C Instance: PROTECTION.
PROTECTOR.
D-3425: But why did you need to be protected?
SCP-2135-C Instance: ESCAPE GONE.
D-3425: What do you mean by "escape"?
SCP-2135-C Instance: ESCAPE.
D-3425: But what are you trying to escape from, exactly?
SCP-2135-C Instance: LIGHT WORLD.
D-3425: What's the light world?
SCP-2135-C Instance: YOUR WORLD.
D-3425: Why do you need to escape, or get into or whatever, our world?
SCP-2135-C Instance: BALANCE.
D-3425: OK…umm…why do you allow us into your world?
SCP-2135-C Instance: PRACTICE.
D-3425: Practice for what?
SCP-2135-C Instance: RESET.
[SCP-2135-C instance refuses to respond to any further queries; other instances also
refuse to communicate with D-3425.
D-3425 enters 91st Street Station and returns to baseline.]