SCP 8888 8B 8B 8 Ball Part 1

Heist Fiction is a rather enjoyable genre for a good number of reasons. People typically like to see extremely competent characters doing what they do best, even when things go awry, and in a good heist,

something always goes awry. In films such as Oceans 11 and Mission Impossible, a team of

individuals with differing personalities come together to pull off one big job, and often, even though theft is usually in the domain of villains,

they're doing it for a good reason.

In the SCP universe, we've looked at loads of different articles

covering all sorts of different genres,

but what I think we really need is a good heist.

An SCP 8888 just might be the ticket. Let's take a look.

We begin by being provided with five footage transcripts and one image that are being attached

to the 88-88 file and placed in chronological order.

The first is from a camera on the southwest perimeter watchtower of Site 15, showing dense,

moonlit woods in the distance, shrouded in fog.

The camera then pans upwards, showing Site 15's Faraday Hexfield, a shimmering golden bubble of quarantined energy, resting atop an angular expanse of brick and paved stone. Within it, a monolithic cylindrical

facility towers above the forest, with its uppermost level rotating continuously,

revealing an intense orange spotlight, boring through the fog.

The spotlight scans the forest, growing steadily brighter as it approaches the camera,

and the view fades to white.

The image we're provided is from this scene, showing the immense lighthouse above the treetops.

The second piece of footage is from the Hexfield Maintenance Access Tunnel, and on the wall, a red indicator diode begins flashing,

illuminating a maintenance panel below that reads Intel award access.

Five minutes go by until lamplight shines down the tunnel, and two technicians wearing protective

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