Interview Log 3720-01

Date: 03/24/2006

Interviewer: Dr. Perrino

Interviewed: SCP-3720-1

Foreword: Following its capture at the hands of Site-121 security, SCP-3720-1 had its wounds treated and its gear confiscated, and was handcuffed and sent to an on-site interrogation room.

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Perrino: Why have you been continually attempting to infiltrate this compound? Specifically, the Staff Dormitories?

3720-1: Was hired to kill one of your guys. S████████.

Perrino: Hired by whom?

3720-1: You wouldn’t know her. Kinda part of the problem, that.

Perrino: Indulge me.

3720-1: The name “Velkai, Ever Present and Ever Watchful” ring any bells?

Perrino: I’m afraid not.

3720-1: Told ya.

Perrino: Why does this “Velkai” want S████████ dead?

3720-1: He, ah… He broke a vase. Of hers. Well, dedicated to her.

Perrino: And that warrants execution?

3720-1: In my opinion? No. But Velkai likes her pottery. Doesn’t have much left.

Perrino: Can we contact this individual?

3720-1: She doesn’t talk to humans, aside from me. Says it’s below her.

Perrino: Velkai is non-human, then.

3720-1: Yup.

Perrino: What would you describe her as?

3720-1: Not a good word for it in our language, m’afraid.

Perrino: Are you non-human as well?

3720-1: I'm just as human as you are, chief.

Perrino: Your apparent reincarnations would suggest otherwise.

3720-1: Well, that's just part of the job.

Perrino: I assume you’re referring to your job as an… assassin? Is that a fitting title?

3720-1: Yup. The whole disappearin’ and reappearin’ act is just somethin' of a "new hire bonus".

Perrino: There are others like you?

3720-1: Other hitmen? Yeah. But none of em’s human like me, far as I know. Part of why I took the job.

Perrino: I’m afraid I don’t follow.



3720-1: There’s always gonna be folks out there who want someone dead. And there’s always folks who are willin’ to make that someone dead, for the right price. Difference is how many other folks get hurt in the process, understand?

Perrino: Somewhat. Continue, please.

3720-1: My, uh, coworkers couldn’t give two shakes of piss about collateral damage. They ain’t human, so what do they care if some extra humans get squashed along the way?

Perrino: And you try to avoid such collateral?



3720-1: Figured I made that abundantly clear. Coulda come in here guns blazin’, but I try to do things a bit more civil-like. Consider yerself lucky I got hired instead’a one of the real mean fuckers. Which brings me to my proposal.

Perrino: And what’s that?

3720-1: Hand over S████████, before other folks get hurt.

Perrino: Excuse me?

3720-1: I know it don’t sound all that appealin’. But I’ve been at this for months now. Velkai’s gettin’ impatient. She doesn’t have a lotta influence anymore, so she turned to me first, since I work real cheap. But eventually, she’s gonna save up enough to hire one of the mean fuckers instead. And that’s bad news for everyone around here.

Perrino: We’re not going to hand over a man to be executed based on your vague threats.

3720-1: It ain’t a threat, chief. Look, S████████’s a dead man. Don’t matter if I get him, or the next guy Velkai hires gets him. He’s marked, understand? All that’s up for debate is how many other folks gotta die in the process.

Perrino: There’s no evidence to back up any of your claims. This could simply be a ploy to make your job easier.

3720-1: If I wanted my job to be easy, I’d just jury-rig some chlorine gas and pump it into every building in this place. But I ain’t looking for the easy way.

Perrino: You chose a strange line of work if you value human life this much.

3720-1: Look, asshole, there’s always gonna be people payin’ good money to have other people killed. I can’t stop the goddamn system, so I might as well do what I can to take business away from the reckless shitheads who pick up these sorts’a contracts.

[SCP-3720-1 sighs.]

3720-1: My head’s startin’ to ache from stickin' around this long. Just-… just think about what I told ya, alright? My way ain’t exactly pretty, but it beats the alternative.

[SCP-3720-1 abruptly dematerializes.]

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