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Item #: SCP-X
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is currently being housed in a small containment room locked by a level 3 or higher security access door on Site-13. 1 guard is to be posted at the chamber door at all times and is to accompany personnel entering the containment chamber excluding experimentation sessions or weekly purchase sessions. As of Incident X a D Class personnel is to be used once a week to purchase a gumball from SCP-X. Staff overseeing the weekly purchase are to record the weekly purchase following the SCP-X experimentation log format. In the event of a missed weekly purchase the current head researcher for SCP-X is to be terminated for dereliction of duty and on site recovery teams are to be dispatched with 1 D Class Personnel to the nearest locations likely to contain quarter based vending machines. The D Class personnel is to be used to test for SCP-X. Upon successful results of SCP-X, SCP-X it is to be returned to its containment chamber.
Experimentation on SCP-X is currently not permitted. Personnel with a level 3 or higher clearance may petition Dr. █████ for an experimentation session.
Note: "Due to our current containment procedures and the nature of SCP-X, repeated testing of SCP-X is not needed. However if anyone can conjure up a compelling reason as to why I should let them perform experimentation trials, happily run it by me and I shall give it some thought." Dr. █████
Description: SCP-X is currently a retro looking red gumball machine with writing on the the glass sphere stating "Prank Your Friends!". A metal plaque on the bottom of the gum bowl shows the manufacturer name and date of manufacture. Investigation has found the manufacturer to be defunct as of October 21, 18██, ██ years before vending machines came into effect and ██ years before retro gumball machines came into effect.
Inside the gumball machine sphere are gumballs. Testing has determined it to be an endless supply of gumballs. These gumballs range in different colors and designs quite typical to a standard gumball machine. The color and design of the gumball seems to have no correlation to the anomalous effect it will have on the user when consumed.
When a subject purchases and ingests a gumball the user will start to blow bubbles out of their anus. The contents of the bubbles according to testing are seemingly random. Subjects describe the feeling ranging from strange, embarrassing, wonderful, painful, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Effects last for only 10 minutes and no further anomalous signs are given from the gum. Depending on the contents of the bubble it can have quite disastrous consequences.
If SCP-X doesn't have a user purchase and consume a gumball for longer than a week it will seemingly vanish from its current location and appear at a location nearby likely to contain quarter based vending machines. SCP-X has been observed to alter its appearance when it changes location. Due to the randomness of where SCP-X will reappear the most cost effective containment procedure has been enacted.
Discovery: SCP-X came to the attention of Foundation personnel when a Foundation insider of police in █████ County, Pennsylvania were informed from a group of children that their friend "blew a bubble out his ass" and floated away. Foundation personnel were dispatched to investigate and retrieve SCP-X. Upon arrival the boy in question who consumed a gumball from SCP-X was found dead from falling from a great height. It is assumed now that the gumball hit it's 10 minute mark and lost its anomalous effect causing the boy to fall to his death. After interviewing the flying boy's friends and tracing the information back to a gumball machine, Class A anesthetic was given to the boy's friends and family along with a local news story being ran to cover up any sightings of the flying boy. SCP-X was then retrieved and brought to Site-13 for study.
Addendum: 12/12/20██ Initial testing of SCP-X shortly after containment.
1426: SCP-X was brought into testing chamber 14 along with D-X. D-X is given a small pouch full of quarters and is told to wait for instructions on the intercom. Testing chamber is 8x8x8m³ with concrete walls that have a 3cm thick steel layering as a precaution. A camera sits just above the access door for the the observatory team to oversee experimentation.
1431: Dr. █████ enters the observatory room and instructs D-X purchase a gumball then consume it.
1432: D-X complies and out of SCP-X comes a green gumball. D-X consumes the gumball and states they "feel something rumbling from within their gut."
1434: A round bulge can be seen forming in the rear end of D-X's orange jumpsuit. D-X notices the bulge and quickly begins taking off their jumpsuit. A large green bubble has formed out of D-X's anus. In a panicked state D-X pokes the bubble. The bubble bursts and out comes thousands of grass hoppers.
1435: D-X begins panicking at the sight of the grass hoppers. D-X then runs to the chamber door and begins beating on it screaming for help. Dr. █████ instructs D-X to remain calm to no avail.
1437: Another bubble can be seen forming from D-X. D-X continues to scream and pound on the chamber door. Personnel are instructed to ignore any cries for help and observe any lasting effects on D-X.
1438: The second bubble coming from D-X has reached breaking point and again thousands of grass hoppers spew forth from the broken bubble.
This continues for the next 4 minutes for a total of 10 minutes overall. A total of 6 bubbles varying in size have burst, each one green in color and containing grass hoppers. D-X has passed out due to shock. D-X is retrieved from the test chamber along with a few grass hoppers to test for anomalous properties. A clean up team is then brought in to dispose of the grass hoppers.
Testing results indicated the grass hopper to have no anomalous properties.
