SCP-210: Flooded House

SCP-210: Flooded House SCP-210 is a two-story mansion filled with a liquid that looks almost exactly like water. The house is flooded to a depth of 4.35 meters, but none of that is visible from outside. Open a door or window and the liquid stays where it is. Someone approaching the house could have no idea what they are about to walk into. Any living creature that touches the liquid enters a sleep-like state and begins floating through it. The people inside appear to breathe normally, releasing a steady stream of bubbles even though nobody has found a source of air. They move slowly enough that the researchers compare it to dancing. Whether they are moving themselves or being carried by tiny currents is still unknown. The disappearances began with a party. After people went missing, others tried to investigate and disappeared too. The Foundation traced the reports back to the mansion and sent a team. One member entered through the front door and was caught immediately. Another tried to recover the first and ended up trapped alongside them. Getting close enough to see someone does not mean they can be brought out. Attempts to remove the occupants fail at the boundary of the liquid. They simply will not pass beyond it. They also cannot be injured, and that protection extends to their clothes. Even remote attempts to take a fabric sample fail. The furniture follows different rules. Objects inside behave as though they are sitting in ordinary air, and researchers can remove them. Once outside, they show no unusual properties. A chair can leave this house. The person floating beside it cannot. Containment mostly consists of keeping people off the property and sending a remote vehicle inside once a month. The neighboring servants' quarters are safe enough to house staff. There is no successful rescue procedure, and the file gives no explanation for the liquid, the party, or what the trapped people might be experiencing. Then one of the occupants disappears. Repeated observations fail to locate them, and researchers request tracking devices in case it happens again. There is no confirmation that the missing person escaped or died. That last change leaves the Foundation with less certainty than it had before. The people seemed to be preserved in a condition nobody could interrupt. Now someone has gone somewhere the cameras cannot find. For all the time spent watching the mansion, the researchers still do not know what happens to the people it keeps. Original Entry: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-210