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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

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An image of ████ Rd, ██ Nottingham before the Foundation contained SCP-XXXX.

Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-XXXX is to be covered by a steel door under the front of a construction company making renovations to the area to prevent any and all unauthorised personnel from entering. If any civilians attempt to enter SCP-XXXX they are to be removed and administered Class-A Amnestics. It is to be monitored at all times via infrared security cameras installed at ten metre intervals along both sides of the street on either side SCP-XXXX. All apartments in view of SCP-XXXX are to be vacated of their tenants and populated by Foundation personnel. Every two weeks a D-Class is to enter SCP-XXXX with the required sum of money and comply to SCP-XXXX-1's demands as if the D-Class responsible for bringing the money to SCP-XXXX-1 ceases their operations, it dramatically increases the chance of a containment breach. Should an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 breach containment, Mobile Task Force Pi-1 ("City Slickers") should be contacted immediately and armed with UV torches and infrared goggles to dispel the instance.

Description: SCP-XXXX refers to an alley situated in ████ Rd, ██ Nottingham. When viewed from its exterior SCP-XXXX is 4m across and 10m long. These measurements can be only roughly speculated as city plans show no record of its existence or its dimensions and due to the nature of SCP-XXXX when entered, measurements taken within it are unreliable. It appears to be scattered with 6 loose bags of garbage and a shopping trolly. These numbers are not consistent when SCP-XXXX's property manifests. SCP-XXXX's main anomalous property activates when it is entered by subjects carrying more than 15 USD upon their person. This does not necessarily have to be in monetary form as SCP-XXXX contains some ability to calculate the worth of valuables that one is carrying. Should the subject enter without the requirements to activate the anomaly on them, the effect shall not take place and they will turn away, losing all memory of SCP-XXXX. After entering, the geometry of SCP-XXXX shifts, making subjects perceive the alleyway as far longer or shorter than originally thought. When in the space created by SCP-XXXX, no light or sound waves can escape and when one views a subject entering SCP-XXXX they appear to walk into the shadow of the alley, out of sight. After subjects have proceeded roughly 5 metres into SCP-XXXX an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 will manifest either in front or behind of the subject, rising from the ground.

SCP-XXXX-1 refers to the 6ft tall humanoid entity that manifests within SCP-XXXX. It is clothed in a deep blue buff coat with thick bandages covering its legs, hands and face. It is armed with a 16th century style wheel-lock pistol that requires no reloading. Once SCP-XXXX-1 has manifested, it will hold the subject up at gunpoint and then utter the phrase "EMPTY YOUR POCKETS OF VALUABLES NOW OR I SHALL SCRAPE YOU AWAY FROM THE WORLD!”.

It appears that SCP-XXXX-1 is required to say this phrase as it is repeated in every test conducted. Once the phrase has been said, subjects may either remove the valuables and hand them over to SCP-XXXX-1 or deny its demands. Should the subject choose to give the objects requested, SCP-XXXX-1 will become reasonable and passive, answering most questions it chooses to take. It’s mannerisms match those from the 16th-18th century. When SCP-XXXX-1 is denied three times, or had violence attempted against it, it will fire at the subject with its wheel-lock, causing them to disappear, leaving only their clothes and valuables. The objects and clothes taken by SCP-XXXX-1 have been found in the possession of the beggars that congregate around SCP-XXXX, with the money being equally split between them and expensive items being converted into money as well. The beggars have yet to be observed attempting to enter SCP-XXXX and when questioned, followed by Class-A amnesiacs, they have no knowledge of its anomalous property or the entity living within it. All measures taken by the Foundation to prevent vagrants from crowding the area have failed as it appears SCP-XXXX-1 possesses the ability to leave the alleyway at night and break and erase all barriers , apart from the door, set up around SCP-XXXX using its pistol. Although SCP-XXXX-1 is not required to leave the alley to give its loot, it may attempt to on occasion, to view or guard the homeless. This may be due to SCP-XXXX-1 supposed generosity and affection toward the poor(See Interview Log XXXX-12) and its inherent need to aid them. When it leaves the alley way it cannot be seen in the visible light spectrum, instead, it can be detected via its heat signature as the air it inhabits decreases by 5°C. SCP-XXXX-1 appears to be unable to leave the street as the further the entity goes from SCP-XXXX, the less prominent the heat signature. Only 10 homeless people have been seen inhabiting the street at any one time and testing has shown that SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties do not affect them, regardless to whether or not they meet the requirements. After 3-7 weeks, at least one of the vagrants will leave and be replaced. While SCP-XXXX-1 is outside the containment area, SCP-XXXX’s effect will not activate.

It has been noted that SCP-XXXX-1 dissolves in UV light, if only temporarily. This process is described by SCP-XXXX-1 as a "Painful burning". The Foundation has yet to find a more permanent solution to keeping
SCP-XXXX-1 contained.

SCP-XXXX came to the attention of the Foundation after the disappearance, and expected erasure, of █ police officers as well as the 4 women they were investigating. After the initial discovery, containment procedures were delayed after 2 members of MTF Pi-1 ("City Slickers")entered SCP-XXXX and were swiftly terminated by SCP-XXXX-1(See Exploration Log XXXX-01).

+Exploration Log XXXX-01
+Interview Log XXXX-12

Addendum: On 5/11/20██ SCP-XXXX-1 breached containment to erase a group of █ individuals who were [DATA EXPUNGED] a homeless couple during the night. All items held by the group were given to the couple and MTF Pi-1 quickly intervened, recontaining SCP-XXXX-1. In its next interview, SCP-XXXX-1 apologised but insisted " They were to Hell anyway. Be it my doing or that of God's."

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