The Shower Curtain

SCP #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in Standard Locker 434 in the Archive Wing when not being tested. With the Site Director's permission SCP-XXXX may be brought to Cell A-117 for testing. When being transported between Cell Block A and the Archive Wing, SCP-XXXX is to be folded and carried in a locked brief case. When the item is being tested, only one living human should be in Cell A-117 at any given time. If event XXXX-A occurs, then no one may enter or exit the cell until the event is completed. When handling SCP-XXXX staff members should be careful to only look at one side of the item.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a white semi-opaque, 2 x 2 meter shower curtain. To assist with safe handling of the object, the "front" and "back" sides of SCP-XXXX have been marked with an "X" and "O" respectively. The first phase of anomalous activity begins when the following conditions are met:

  1. SCP-XXXX must be affixed to an iron rod so that it hangs vertically, and must be spread 6 meters across.
  2. A live human and a source of running water must be present on one side of SCP-XXXX

During phase one, the subject will report seeing a moving humanoid silhouette on the shower curtain. The exact appearance of the silhouette varies from test to test. The most common forms include:

  • A two meter tall male figure holding a knife
  • A two meter tall female figure with 10 cm long, sharpened fingers
  • A 1.2 meter tall decapitated figure of indeterminate gender, with blade-like appendages where the forearms would normally be.

To deactivate the anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX at this phase, the subject must shut off the source of running water and remove the item from the iron rod, without seeing the other side of the item.

To activate phase two, the subject must look at the other side of the item for at least 0.5 seconds, then look at the original side of the item. During phase two the curtain will begin moving as if the silhouette were physically present interacting with it. To deactivate the anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX at this phase, the subject must shut off the source of running water and remove the item from the iron rod, without seeing the other side of the item.

To activate phase three, henceforth referred to as Event XXXX-A the subject must look at the other side of the item for at least 0.5 seconds, then look at the original side of the item. The silhouette, henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-1 will physically manifest in the room to attack and kill the subject, usually by gouging out the eyes and then slicing the jugular. Although SCP-XXXX-1 is susceptible to physical damage, no amount of damage will deter it from its objective.
Once the subject is dead, SCP-XXXX-1 will vanish. At this point staff members may safely enter the cell to retrieve the item.