Interviewed: SCP-3860

Interviewer: Researcher Rose Labelle

Foreword: The following interview was conducted on 29/8/2024, as part of the initial containment of SCP-3860 following its capture on 24/5/2024. The goal of the interview was to investigate the nature of SCP-3860's augmentations.

<Begin Log>

Labelle: Good afternoon again, Vincent.

SCP-3860: Is it? I don't have a clock or window in my cell, so it’s hard to tell. To what do I owe the pleasure, anyway?



Labelle: Believe it or not, I've come to talk with you about, well… you. How you became you. The amount of augmentations you've undergone is extensive. Really, it’s a miracle you're not dead.

SCP-3860 tsks.

SCP-3860: I thought the Foundation was of the opinion that one Vincent Anderson in the world was one too many. Why on earth are you going to try to make another one?

Labelle: We're not. But you can't deny that the changes you've made to yourself are of interest to what we do here! For example, your ability to still perform both thaumatological rituals and incantations through your prosthetics as well as…

SCP-3860: Ah, so there it is! So long as the Robo-Wizard works for you guys it’s—

Labelle: Well, you're missing my point.

SCP-3860: Am I? Why else would you want to know how I became what I am today? I mean, did any of you ever ponder why I went through all this trouble to begin with?

Labelle: That's not a bad place to start. Why did you undergo so many augmentations? Why go through such Herculean efforts?

SCP-3860 shifts in its seat, then pauses briefly.

SCP-3860: I had the means to raise myself above the shell I was born in, so I took the risk. Phineas helped at first but in the end I seized control of my form. I mean, I can read one-point font from half a mile away, hear a pin drop in the rain, identify your staff before they get within a hectometer of this cell by the brand of their cologne. If you could elevate yourself up above the normal human experience, and be a pioneer in that realm, wouldn't you strive to blaze that trail?

Labelle: It’s tempting, sure, but I feel you're underselling the cost this transformation put on you.

SCP-3860 gestures at itself up and down.

SCP-3860: Do you think I wanted to end up looking like the Pale Man from that Del Toro movie?

Labelle: I'm going to guess no, you didn't.

SCP-3860 nods.

SCP-3860: I made countless mistakes in this process, and paid for it personally…

SCP-3860 looks at its right and then clenches its fist.

SCP-3860: A magician doesn't reveal his tricks, Miss Labelle. How I became what I am is the last thing the Foundation has to take away from me, and they won't get it. I'm sorry, but there is nothing else for me to tell you.

<End Log>