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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object class: Keter
Special containment procedures:
SCP-XXXX is currently housed in site-36. SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a medium-sized room, with completely opaque walls on all sides and a single doors only unlockable by one individual, or "the bargainer". Every 6 hours, one class-C personnel is to enter the room and trade with SCP-XXXX offering one egg and receiving one baby chick, to be sure that it stays within the containment cell. It is to be provided with requests, provided they are reasonable, and do not pose a threat to the foundation or SCP-XXXX's containment. Nobody besides "The bargainer" is to enter SCP-XXXX's cell.
Description:
SCP-XXXX is a humanoid dressed in purple robes obscuring it's face, and claims to be a merchant. It refuses to give further interviews or info, and when attacked or after 12 hours without trade with a human, it will go missing by unknown circumstances, by security cameras seemingly randomly glitching, ect. It will then relocate to a random landmass. SCP-XXXX trades by accepting an item given to it, opening a portal to the left of it (SCP-XXXX-1) and placing the item withing it, then reaching within it's robe and pulling out an item to give in return. Some items traded with SCP-XXXX include:
Offer (From foundation personnel): 50 American Dollars
Result: Nothing. SCP-XXXX stated "I don't accept foreign currency" and returned the offer.
Offer: One(1) Egg
Result: One baby chicken(Chick)
Offer: One D-Class human
Result: 50 Coins of unknown origin.
Offer: 50 Coins of unknown origin, as attained above.
Result: A blueprint, for an unknown device. Described as being a "Star battery". Assembly pending approval by O5.
Offer: One chess set made of marble
Result: One board game, labeled "Angara". Relocated to site break room.
Note: I still don't understand this game, but Bright keeps beating me. Somehow. -Doctor Mounce
Offer: Two Bars of 24K gold
Result: an anomalous bar consisting of 25K gold. Put in storage.
Offer: 10 seashells from Miami Beach, Florida
Result: One box with the label "Snail Farm Kit". Currently being used to build a snail farm by multiple researchers.
Offer: One steel dagger
Result: 30 metal beads of various patterns.
Note: More trades can be requested from researchers
History:
After several reports of a mysterious merchant disappearing and being found elsewhere, the foundation acquired SCP-XXXX by luring it to a transport, where it was flown to site-19 on 2/7/2018. Trade testing was approved by O5 on 7/27/2018, 5 months after its capture.
