🎙️ VOICE LOG RECORDING — LAB TAPE ARCHIVE
TAPE LABEL: Visit Tape: 0169 Interview Attempt
Log Code: 1-6-9-VT
Security Clearance: Level 2 (Restricted Playback)
Interviewer: Dr. Valtorvathys (Research Scientist, Dark Magic Infusion)
Subject: Experiment 0169
Location: Subject Holding Cell C-7, Tenebrous Spire Laboratory
Format: Sound-Only Recording
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(Recording begins faint static, muffled sounds of footsteps on stone. Metallic clang as a containment door slides shut behind the doctor.)
Dr. Valtorvathys (calm, collected):
"This is log one-six-nine-VT. First conversational attempt with Subject 0169. The creature was a forest-born beast, captured during one of Vorgath's northern raids. Infused with binding runes and shadowblood infusion two weeks ago."
(A low growl vibrates through the recording. Chains rattle.)
Dr. Valtorvathys:
"Subject 0169… you can hear me, yes? Respond if you still recall your tongue."
(A pause. Then a guttural, distorted voice, broken between breaths.)
0169:
"…hungry…"
Dr. Valtorvathys (noting):
"Speech capacity functional. Higher cortical damage minimal. Hunger fixation noted."
(Sound of scribbling pen on clipboard.)
Dr. Valtorvathys:
"You will receive sustenance when you prove obedience. Tell me do you remember what you were before this form?"
(Chains creak violently. A roar echoes, almost bending the recording equipment. Static surges.)
0169 (snarling):
"…pack… gone… you took them…"
Dr. Valtorvathys (slight irritation in voice):
"Ah. Memory retention of pre-experiment life remains strong. This will complicate loyalty conditioning."
(A long silence. The subject breathes heavily, pacing within the cell. Then)
0169 (voice shifting, strained):
"…give… them… back…"
Dr. Valtorvathys (tone darkens):
"You will learn that attachments mean nothing here. You have only one master now: Vorgath."
(0169 slams against the containment barrier. Loud metallic ringing. Alarms briefly beep before resetting. The beast roars again, this time layered with strange distorted echoes the "rabid effect" flaring.)
Dr. Valtorvathys (raising voice):
"Seal reinforcement, level two now! The subject is destabilizing."
(Arcane hum swells, containment field strengthens. 0169's breathing slows, growls fade into silence.)
Dr. Valtorvathys (quietly, muttering):
"…Yes. We'll need Arianna's future expertise for cases like this. The shadowblood infusion alone cannot silence memory."
(The sound of footsteps retreating, containment door locking. Tape static cuts abruptly.)
đź“ť Note Handwritten on Tape Label:
"Playback restricted. Subject 0169 exhibits dangerous memory retention. Do NOT reference pack/family during future interviews."