SCP-7572 : Crossfire
Information
SCP-7572, exterior view.
Name: Crossfire
Author: Ralliston
Rating: 63/73
Created at: Fri Feb 03 2023
Item #: SCP-7572
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures
Due to its location, SCP-7572 necessitates no real containment.
All further research inquiries regarding SCP-7572 — including attempts to access its topmost floor — are to be directed to Site-45.
Description
SCP-7572 is a large stone tower located inside SCP-2746-1.1 On the outside, it is entirely nonanomalous and stands at 20 meters of height; from the inside, however, its height appears to be infinite.
SCP-7572's interior is made up of several floors, all connected by a single spiral staircase. Walking down the staircase from ground level gives access to one floor; walking up the staircase from ground level gives access to a seemingly infinite amount of floors. So far, vertical exploration of over 600 levels is yet to access its topmost floor, if one even exists. As such, it has been assumed that SCP-7572's height does not adhere to the rules of Euclidean geometry and simply continues on without any limits.
During initial discovery, the entry to SCP-7572's interior and its lowest windows were covered in a series of mostly destroyed wooden planks. Analysis of the damage done to them revealed that they were all done by various animal paws2 over the course of multiple days. Since then, the structures have been removed for ease of access.
Addendum 7572-1
List of SCP-7572 Floors
Following several explorations of SCP-7572's exterior, a full record of the 627 floors which have so far been explored was created. Below attached is an abridged list of the ones which have been deemed the most important for further research.
Addendum 7572-2
File Update
On 07/07/2007, a Foundation exploration squad reached the 776th floor of SCP-7572. Upon entering it, they reported that they were entirely incapable of ascending further. Though the staircase continued on normally, it has been found that subjects instructed to continue up were stopped halfway through their tracks.
The makeup of the 776th floor itself differs from the set of identical 759 floors below it. Its walls are covered in dried-up blood, with several discarded items and bones laying around it. Analysis revealed that the remains belonged to various animal species, including the European mole (Talpa europaea), with bitemarks preset on them consistent with spotted hyena and brown bear markings.
The discarded items themselves are mostly personal curia, such as medallions and pendants depicting other animals. The only noteworthy of the objects is a small journal, whose pages are covered in schematics of SCP-7572 and drawings depicting its 776 floors. The page that would describe the 777th one has been ripped out. The one immediately next to it contains a short poem, that, when translated from dialect A-12 ("Old Angelic"), reads:
No people in ████;
No respite in heaven
To choose between peace
and life
Is no choice at all.
So far no means — both anomalous or not — have been found to be capable of persuading individuals to walk further than the first step of the staircase leading to the 777th floor.
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