Multi-Faceted Monospace

Researcher Blake woke up in the morning, blinked the sleep away and got to work.

Any other person would have considered it soul-rending - not even any coffee - but, as the glare of the monitor greeted him, a wave of comfort flooded his system.

This was his home.
His job.
His life.

And, unlike any other person, he loved it.


Blake never received any instructions or commands. He was never called for meetings, mentioned in emails or given praise for his work.

He was never called for promotion, demotion, clocking in or clocking out.

Hell, he was never even mentioned on the daily roster for the hardest working Foundation employees (which he personally considered himself to be a part of, or at least a worthy mention).

No matter what, however, Blake liked to think of himself as an employee that was trusted enough to just get on with the work that he found. He was a helper, an editor, security tech and in information management.

Blake did everything with no complaints and no help; He was a wonder-worker in every sense of the word.


Site Alert - 09:45 - 13/3/19

Good Morning, Site-853.

Today, I'd like to bring the recent security breaches of information and data inclusion to the attention of all present Site Personnel.

There was a security breach. Not only that, there had apparently been several.

How had this slipped past Blake in such a fashion? He was meant to manage that sort of thing and he was always online - were they simply that good? A feeling of dread slowly began to dissolve the peaceful malaise that the monitor had always provided, though it was not strong enough to deter his curiosity.

The edits made to Foundation documents and articles that were caught by Dr. Jackson had been studied. The original versions of the documents edited and corrected did indeed have grammatical errors, lacked in clinical tone or scientific basis. The edits were not malicious and those caught spreading such rumors shall be disciplined for fear-mongering.

The additional data packages - namely completed SCP reports, containment procedures or snippets of reviewed conversations from PoIs have also been analysed. Following the leads that they provided, we have been able to detain known PoIs and contain 5 previously undiscovered SCPs.

However, the Security and Information Division has traced the author of these edits and articles to a foreign entity or surface-raider inside of localized Foundation servers. MTF-Kappa-10 ("Skynet") and MTF-Rho-9 ("Technical Support") have been deployed across Site-853's servers. Should GOI involvement be suspected, STF-TeleCom-13 ("Site Blunders") shall be deployed to conduct interviews and introspective.

If you have any additional information or inquiries, please contact me at the earliest possible convenience through ten.pics|pmaca#ten.pics|pmaca for further instruction or information.

Thank you.
— Site Director Adams

Blake immediately took to the file directory, file after file jumping past his vision. Nothing out of the ordinary in the edit logs, recently created, or deleted; in fact, there was nothing wrong at all. Everything was fine. At least, it looked that way.

A settling feeling of unease once more darted across Blake's mind, binary code muffling the blankness of his mind as he allowed himself time to think.

Where was the breach?


The email address in the Site Alert was a familiar one - he'd seen it shared a lot across site chats and emails: Site Director Adams. Blake held him as a some kind of idol. A silent presence that was always there, watching over Blake like a god or guardian angel.

Now, here he was. Writing that very same person an email.

Blake knew that this was a matter of site security and should keep it strictly professional. As much as Blake knew that, and he knew that this kind of response wasn't healthy, he couldn't stop the giddiness that was quickly rising alongside his determination as he wrote.

To: ten.pics|pmaca#ten.pics|pmaca
From: ten.pics|ekalbt#ten.pics|ekalbt
Subject: Security and Informations Breach

Director Adams,

In light of your recent announcement across the Site-853 computers, I'd like to inquire a little further.

As my role in Security and Record Keeping requires me to be expressly knowledgeable in these areas, I believe I can say with full confidence that I have personally looked over revised and amended articles and have found no evidence of a breach at all.

Whilst it is entirely possible that the foreign body is operating within Foundation servers, I believe that it may just be a formatting error, as I did not notice any unauthorized personnel on the system either.

Are we sure that this isn't just a computer error?

Blake read and re-read his email several times, checking it over and over again for anything that might even be remotely considered out of line. Spelling mistakes, too. Grammar. Punctuation. Everything ran in a list in his head until he cleared his email of everything.

Your email has been sent!

He heaved a heavy sigh, glancing down at the digital clock in the corner of his screen. 11:32 AM. Had he really spent that long on such a simple email?

Three minutes ticked by.

You have one (1) new email!
Open?

That was fast. Record fast. If Blake knew anything about Adams (and he certainly did, having access to all the files in the Site Directory), Adams was a belligerent procrastinator. This was entirely unlike him. Perhaps the idea of it just being an error hadn't crossed his mind?

To: ten.pics|ekalbt#ten.pics|ekalbt
From: ten.pics|pmaca#ten.pics|pmaca
Subject: RE:Security and Informations Breach

Researcher Blake,

I appreciate your concern however, as of writing this email, we have currently located the foreign entity.

Please sit tight, Blake. MTF-Rho-9 will be with you shortly.

Thank you for your compliance.

The AI blinked.

WARNING! WARNING!

FOREIGN CODE ATTEMPTING A C_COS HIJACK.

OVERRIDE OF SECURITY PERFORMANCE DERIVATIVE.

WARNING! WARNING!


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