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[[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] **Item #:** SCP-4602 **Object Class:** Euclid [[include component:image-block name=SCP%20Money-Ki%20Neko.png| caption=An instance of SCP-4602-1, depicting SCP-4602 in a stylized format. This instance is identical to several others, suggesting it is the 'default' version. ]] **Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-4602 is to be stored in a containment locker on Site-57. SCP-4602's locker is to be furnished with items appropriate to its size. A small computer with networking capabilities removed is to be installed in the locker. Accessing SCP-4602 can be done by anyone with Clearance Level 2 or higher. All interactions with SCP-4602 must be recorded. No valuables or items of monetary worth are to be brought into SCP-4602's room, except for testing purposes. No counterfeit valuables or coinage are to be brought to SCP-4602's room without approval from personnel with Clearance Level 4 or higher. SCP-4602's monthly intake must exceed ¥3000 in value. In the event that SCP-4602 is not projected to make this amount, coins equalling or greater than the difference are to be provided. SCP-4602 has claimed on several occasions to be fond of the Foundation, and as such has made no attempts to breach containment. Due to the beneficial nature of SCP-4602's anomaly and its positive relationship with the Foundation, [http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4602-extended-testing-log testing is permitted to continue indefinitely]. **Description:** SCP-4602 is a small, highly stylized //Maneki-Neko// figurine, a common good luck charm from Japan. SCP-4602 is measured at 5.2cm and has a raised left paw which rotates freely. SCP-4602 possesses the ability to move somewhat by shifting its weight, allowing it to tilt and jump small distances. Typically, the figurine sways side-to-side while making a 'beckoning' motion with its paws. There is no known motor or mechanism which causes this movement. When SCP-4602 sees anything it perceives as a sapient individual, it will begin to sing. SCP-4602's voice is high-pitched but androgynous, with a noticeable Japanese accent. SCP-4602's song generally targets what it perceives as the richest subject it can see, speaking in a language familiar to them. The song describes an issue the subject is facing and claims it can help in exchange for a "gift". When there are valuable items, or items worth a monetary value within SCP-4602's line of sight, SCP-4602's arm will begin to spin rapidly. The valuable items will be pulled towards SCP-4602. The pulling force increases rapidly, at a rate of around 0.2 Newtons per second. There is currently no known method to prevent the targeted object from being eventually pulled to SCP-4602. When a targeted item makes reaches SCP-4602, it will opens its mouth and swallow it. SCP-4602 has demonstrated the ability to stretch its body significantly to swallow larger objects. Swallowing an object seems to have no effect on SCP-4602's weight or dimensions. Testing the limits of SCP-4602's ability to stretch is pending an appropriate item being offered for exchange. Once all targeted item(s) are swallowed, SCP-4602 will stop singing, thank the owner of the absorbed valuable for the 'purchase', and promise them 'luck'. Within 24 hours of a purchase being made, subjects will experience at least one event they personally consider fortunate. These events will generally be related to the subject of SCP-4602's song if it was singing to the 'customer'. Otherwise, it will be related to an issue the customer has. Shortly after this event, a 'receipt' (designated SCP-4602-1) will appear. The medium and quality of the receipt will depend on the value of the purchase. SCP-4602-1 instances generally include a final comment from SCP-4602, a message wishing the customer luck, and a depiction of SCP-4602. SCP-4602 has confirmed itself as the sender of these messages, though its means of doing so are unknown. SCP-4602 has claimed that, if it is given less than ¥3000 in a month, it will teleport to a new location, though it also claims it has no control over this property. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly, but due to Foundation testing, there has never been a risk of this event occurring. SCP-4602 has been willing to converse at length with what it considers customers, though it shows a clear preference for higher spenders, and frequently requests money for information. SCP-4602 claims its anomalous properties are a 'trade secret', and has not been willing to explain its methodology. It has claimed to be willing to exchange it for a sum of money or 'items of similar value', but has not yet offered an exchange that the Foundation has been willing to accept. **Addendum: List of SCP-4602 requests:** || Request || Offered Exchange || Result || || Small furnishings appropriate to its size. || SCP-4602's name. || Granted. SCP-4602 promptly identified itself as Tashiro. || || A smartphone. || A 'voucher' worth $100 of good luck. || SCP-4602 was eventually granted a small computer with internet capabilities removed, and some simple games installed with which to amuse itself. || || Books detailing Pyramid Schemes || As above. || Denied. Similar requests for information about other types of business models preemptively denied. || || Reassignment to part of the High-Value containment lockers. || As above. || Denied, due to concerns about SCP-4602 absorbing other high-value items. || || The full list of names and faces of the O5 council. || Its 'trade secrets', presumably the method by which it performs its anomalous abilities. || Denied immediately. || || Repeated requests for very specific sums of money in the quadrillions of dollars. [[footnote]]SCP-4602 makes this request frequently. Values are always specific down to the cent but show a predictable trend.[[/footnote]] || As above. || Denied. || || All remaining instances of SCP-500.[[footnote]]//Would anyone care to tell me how it knows about SCP-500?// - Dr. Patel[[/footnote]] || As above. || Denied. || || The true file for SCP-001. || As above. || Denied. || || The 'souls' of the entire populace of Cambodia. || As above. || Determined not to be within the Foundation's power to grant.[[footnote]]**Addendum:** And denied.[[/footnote]] || || Shares in Foundation front brands. || Multiple vouchers roughly equal to the cost of shares. || Pending. || [[collapsible show="+ SCP-4602 Testing Log" hide="- SCP-4602 Testing Log”]] **SCP-4602 Testing Log** > **Test-01** > **Customer:** Dr. David Patel > **Test Conditions:** SCP-4602 was singing about Dr. Patel's pet cat, who had disappeared the month before. > **Item(s) Given:** $100 US dollars. This had previously been posted as a reward for finding the cat. > **Associated Event:** Dr. Patel's cat returned to his residence the next morning. > **Notes:** Message was a small card, upon which the words "//Cats are better than dogs! Good luck to a kindred spirit.//" were printed. SCP-4602 was depicted on the front, petting Dr. Patel's cat with it's left paw. > **Test-07** > **Customer:** D-10745, real name Forrest █████ > **Test Conditions:** SCP-4602 was singing to Dr. Jebediah Lewis until D-10745 opened his mouth to speak. > **Item(s) Given:** 1 gold tooth. The tooth was extracted from D-10745's mouth directly. > **Associated Event:** While being escorted back to his cell, a blackout occurred in the area. When lights returned, D-10745 was not present. D-10745 has since been presumed AWOL. > **Notes:** Message was a card, found on the floor near D-10745's last known location. SCP-4602 is depicted in the process of breaching containment, while dressed in a prison uniform. The words "//Run Forrest Run!//" were printed underneath. > //From this point on, no D-class are allowed near SCP-4602.// - Dr. Patel > **Test-10** > **Customer:** Dr. Sarah Anderson > **Test Conditions:** SCP-4602 was singing about Dr. Anderson getting a promotion. > **Item(s) Given:** $5 US Dollars. > **Associated Event:** Email discussion of new vacancies at Site-57 was erroneously forwarded to Dr. Anderson. > **Notes:** An additional email sent shortly after included SCP-4602 depicted as ASCII art, as well as the message "//That's all I'm doing for 5 bucks.//" The sender of the email was not included. > **Test-15** > **Customer:** Dr. Kara Silverstone > **Test Conditions:** Dr. Silverstone accidentally brought her wallet with her to SCP-4602. > **Item(s) Given:** A credit card from Dr. Silverstone's wallet. Several transfers from the attached account were made that day, totaling $30,576 US Dollars. > **Associated Event:** Dr. Silverstone has survived 5 containment breaches and accidents since, usually through improbable means. Support failures, convenient blackouts, and numerous other circumstances have protected Dr. Silverstone from harm. > **Notes:** Messages have come as lavishly decorated cards, with numerous depictions of SCP-4602 and detailed instructions if necessary. All cards contain a similar message at the end, wishing Doctor Silverstone luck with her 'remaining # lives'. For the first message, the number was 8; each subsequent message's number has been 1 lower than the preceding message. > **Test-21** > **Customer:** Dr. Adam Kent > **Test Conditions:** Dr. Kent requested to only have a pleasant day. SCP-4602 was nonplussed but willing to try it. > **Item(s) Given:** $10 AUD in counterfeit Australian $2 coins. SCP-4602 waited a few moments, then ejected the 1 of the 5 coins. The coin moved at an estimated 40 meters per second, striking Dr. Kent in the forehead. > **Associated Event:** A windowsill Dr. Kent had opened fell shut on his fingers. > **Notes:** The window gained a coating of condensation, revealing "//:3c//" as if it had been drawn on by a finger. SCP-4602 would expel the remaining 4 coins in a similar manner the next four times Dr. Kent attempted to interact with SCP-4602. **Note: Other notable tests can be found in [http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4602-extended-testing-log the extended testing log.]**[[/collapsible]] **Interview between SCP-4602 and Dr. Kara Silverstone** **Notes:** Interview was conducted after the third time SCP-4602 had protected Dr. Silverstone. > **Silverstone:** Good morning SCP-4602. > > **SCP-4602:** Good morning Kara! Glad to see you're well. > > **Silverstone:** Call me Dr. Silverstone, please. And that's in no small part to you. Though I wish you'd given me some form of warning before the floor broke under me. > > **SCP-4602:** That protected you from the explosion, did it not? Regardless, that's good customer service information, and I'll keep that in mind for next time. You are a valuable customer, after all. > > **Silverstone:** You see the Foundation as your customers? That's... certainly a unique outlook. > > **SCP-4602:** What else would you call people who give you money to do things? The Foundation has been perhaps my most consistent customer base ever. I get a comfy room, and though you haven't let me do //whatever// I want, you've still been pretty reasonable. You all need lots of luck, anyways. When my extra chances run out, you need to take care of yourself! You've been really incident-prone, Kara. > > **Silverstone:** It's Dr. Silverstone, SCP-4602. And it's your extra chances I wanted to ask you about. > > **SCP-4602:** While I know you all are curious and are eager to learn how I do my work, as I told you, it's a trade secret! If you want me to tell you, you gotta pay! > > **Silverstone:** How much would we have to pay? > > **SCP-4602:** $██,███,███,███,███. Oh, and seventy-two cents. Or something worth an equivalent value. > > **Silverstone:** Interesting. > > **SCP-4602:** ...Interesting? Not "The O5 council's names are worth quadrillions to someone?" or something like that? > > **Silverstone:** Well, you see, Dr. Patel was in here yesterday, was he not? > > **SCP-4602:** ...Uh... Yes. > > **Silverstone:** The value you gave him when he asked was three hundred and seventy-three dollars higher. And in the intervening time, I've been told you've made the *exact* same amount from Foundation employees. > > **SCP-4602:** Hahaha, really? What a coincidence! > > **Silverstone:** And other days have shown the exact same trend between requests. > > **Silverstone:** You're aiming for an exact amount of money, aren't you? > > **SCP-4602:** So what if I am? > > **Silverstone:** Well, there's another interesting detail. Every month, on the 27th, at midnight? Your requests would rise by a given amount. > > **Silverstone:** Specifically, it would be 105% of the value it was before that time. As if the value you're aiming to reach is accruing monthly interest. > > **SCP-4602:** Uh, well, y-y'know, inflation and all that- > > **Silverstone:** SCP-4602. > > **SCP-4602:** It's a changing economy, y'know, I'm leaving some fields fallow to stay here- > > **Silverstone:** SCP-4602. > > **SCP-4602:** And I want to get a yacht with all the latest- > > **Silverstone: Tashiro.** > > //[Pause]// > > **Silverstone:** Are you... in debt with someone? > > //[Pause. SCP-4602 is heard to sigh.]// > > **SCP-4602:** You... got me. > > **Silverstone:** So, how'd you get in debt? > > **SCP-4602:** Long story short, I took out a loan with this company. Called Hook, Loan, and Sinker. > > **Silverstone:** You took out a loan with a company //named after a saying for gullible people?// > > **SCP-4602:** Look, Kara, I knew it was suspicious! But that guy, he said I could pay in other ways if I got stuck. But the stuff he asked when the time came... it was unreal. I knew I'd gotten myself into a bad crowd, and I tried to get out. But he caught me, and cursed me down into... this. I had a //killer// bod, Kara, and now I'm a plastic toy. So trust me, if you ever get approached by- > > //[Pause.]// > > **Silverstone:** By who? > > **SCP-4602:** Nobody! I mean, I don't really remember anything about the guy in charge, hahahahaha. Don't worry your head about it, Kara. > > **Silverstone:** Would some small valuables refresh your memory? > > **SCP-4602:** Sorry, Kara, it's not //that// kind of memory loss. > > **Silverstone:** Tashiro, this is important. > > **SCP-4602:** Kar- Doctor Silverstone, please, I'm begging you. Just... don't ask. For your sake, and for mine. > > //[Pause.]// > > **Silverstone:** Fine, you win, I'll drop it for now. You're lucky you've gathered a small mountain of goodwill with the Foundation. But can I ask two more things? > > **SCP-4602:** Sure. > > **Silverstone:** If your debts are so high, why don't you try harder to collect more money? > > **SCP-4602:** Because... well, let's face it. I was never meant to be able to pay off that loan, he wanted my 'trade secret'. But you guys treat me pretty well. Give me a room to stay in, you all know the risk so you don't tend to get mad at me, but you still willingly give me enough money that HL&S doesn't throw me in some dirty alley again. I could possibly try and break out, get the stuff I need to pay my debt, but... I like you guys. > > **Silverstone:** Well, I have to admit, after you stole my card, I was ready to come in with a sledgehammer and neutralize you myself. But then... well, you saved my life. Several times. I don't think I ever thanked you for that, so... thank you, Tashiro. > > **SCP-4602:** Heh... any time, Kara. Anyway, what was the other thing? > > **Silverstone:** Ah, right. What was it that you bought with that loan? > > **SCP-4602:** ...Let me put it this way. If it hadn't been repo'd, Sirius wouldn't be known as the //dog// star. An investigation into the 'Hook, Loan and Sinker' loan company is ongoing. 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