(Note: This is a summary of my concept, not the actual article I'd post.)
The SCP is a library with the property of muting all sound due to the air possessing extreme inertia. Movement within the library is unrestricted, but it feels like you're trying to move through a thin syrup, and it tends to be quickly tiring. Conversation beyond a foot or so is impossible, even yelled, while an explosion might manage to carry four or five feet.
The effect originates in the books, and actually seems to change the air, with the effect wearing off over time. Air that enters the library picks up the properties when it reaches books, and the heightened inertia begins to set in immediately. Air that leaves the immediate vicinity of the books loses the property over ten to twelve hours, though within the library itself, the fact that books are almost everywhere ensures that the property remains in full effect. Sealing the library so that no air can enter or escape will result in the effect growing more and more intense. Eventually, movement becomes impossible, and anyone still inside suffocates as their lungs are unable to force the air to move. Reentry would require digging your way back in, and it would be like digging through packed dirt, or maybe clay.
Books introduced to those already exhibiting the conversion property will themselves develop it over the course of two weeks, gradually assuming full strength. Critical mass to sustain the effect is one full shelf of books; fewer than that and the property fades over two weeks time. Other than the books and the air, everything about the library is normal, though the layout maximizes circulation through the building while minimizing air entering and exiting the library.
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Item #: SCP-XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXX requires no containment beyond remaining in Site 188. To ensure continued security, access to the library containing SCP-XXX is to be limited to researchers permanently assigned to the facility. Other researchers wishing to access the SCP must first obtain permission from Dr. Andrews.
To prevent a potential containment breech, the air within the [REDACTED] Library must be continually replaced with unaffected air from outside the building. Complete replacement should be achieved at least every three weeks, but no more than every two weeks.
Description: SCP-XXX is the book collection contained in the former [REDACTED] Library in Chicago, Illinois, now designated Research Site 188. Component books show no unusual physical properties other than their effect upon nearby sources of kinetic energy.
SCP-XXX
The [REDACTED] Library itself does not appear to be affected by SCP-XXX.
Addendum: After losing two late-working researchers in the past four weeks, the building containing SCP-XXX is now under a 9 PM curfew.
-Dr. Andrews
