VHS TAPE LOG – AUDIO ONLY
Experiment 0169 – Interview Attempt #3
TAPE LABEL: Visit Tape: 0169 Interview Attempt #3
Log Code: 1-6-9-VT3
Interviewer: Dr. Koryhok
Location: Subject Holding Cell, Tenebrous Spire Laboratory
Date: [REDACTED] GD
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[Tape begins – faint hum of arcane wards layered over heavy silence]
Dr. Koryhok (low, smooth, commanding):
"Experiment 0169. My name is Dr. Koryhok. I do not waste time as Valtorvathys does. You will answer me."
[0169 exhales, rough growl under his breath]
0169 (hoarse, bitter):
"…Another voice of the cage. What makes you different, shadow-man?"
Dr. Koryhok (cold chuckle):
"I break what does not bend. And I weave obedience where there is defiance. That is the difference."
[Brief silence the wolf's chains scrape as it shifts.]
0169 (low, almost muttering):
"My father would have ripped you apart… He would never let your kind touch me."
Dr. Koryhok (leaning in, tone sharpens):
"Your father? Interesting. Speak his name."
0169 (snaps, snarling):
"I owe you nothing!"
[Pulse of arcane energy surges faint sizzling as a ward flares to life. 0169 howls in sudden agony, then his breathing turns ragged.]
Dr. Koryhok (voice steady, almost amused):
"Pain loosens tongues, 0169. Who was he? Another wolf? An alpha?"
0169 (through clenched teeth, strained):
"…Theo. That was my name before your chains. Son of Varos, alpha of the Bloodfang Ridge. He… he told me never to bow. To fight until the last breath."
[Brief silence, Dr. Koryhok's quill scratches against parchment.]
Dr. Koryhok (measured, chillingly calm):
"Theo… yes. A name is an anchor. An anchor I can sever. Varos, your sire, is dust. His pack scattered. You belong to Vorgath now."
0169 (snarling, furious, chains rattling violently):
"Liar! My father's spirit still hunts the stars! He sees me. He waits for me!"
[Sudden rabid pulse detected recording distorts with deep, guttural growls. Ward sigils crackle.]
Dr. Koryhok (raising voice slightly, commanding):
"Restrain your frenzy. Or I will peel Theo from you and leave only the beast."
[Theo lets out a long, tortured howl that twists midway into static distortion voice deepens, almost two-layered, as rabid surge builds.]
Dr. Koryhok (calm again, almost pleased):
"…Yes. There it is. The fracture between wolf and weapon. This will serve Vorgath well."
[Tape ends abruptly, static hiss lingers.]
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END OF RECORDING – FILE ARCHIVED
Note by Dr. Koryhok:
"Subject revealed true name ('Theo') and paternal lineage ('Varos of Bloodfang Ridge'). Emotional responses tied to family remain exploitable weaknesses. Recommend further ritual conditioning to sever identity and enforce sole recognition of designation: 0169."