Audio Transcript Log: Director Veyla's Log
[00:00] “Begin Personnel Review Log 07. Date is October 1st, 2002. Due to Director Veyla’s directive, prior assessments have been locked under Level-3 clearance. This is Overseer {REDACTED} evaluating staff designation ‘Orderly 17-B aka Obsidian’”
[00:07] “Observation of the subject’s behavior aligns with preliminary reports: military precision carried into a non-military institution. His patrol patterns are not arbitrary but tactical, often sweeping corners, checking shadows, and standing guard as if expecting combat. Though officially listed as an Orderly, it is clear his training and bearing belong to something else — something the asylum has quietly repurposed.”
[00:21] “An anomaly in his conduct lies in his loyalty. He salutes not only the national banner, but the Asylum’s crest itself, as if the institution were a sovereign entity of its own. Patients interpret this as ritualistic, a reminder that their keeper serves forces greater than them. Staff, however, whisper that his allegiance may not be to the Asylum at all, but to whomever placed him here. Director Veyla has confirmed multiple instances where his reports have reached external channels.”
[00:42] “Something curious to note: the subject has developed an attachment to structure beyond the physical realm. In several documented interactions, he has lectured patients on the value of ‘order’ as a moral constant, treating disorder as a disease equal to madness. Whether this is genuine belief or conditioning from his prior life remains uncertain. Some colleagues, like Doctor {REDACTED}, have suggested testing how far his convictions of authority and obedience truly extend.”
[01:15] “End Log.”
Audio Transcript Log: Director Veyla and Orderly 17-B
[00:00] Director Veyla: "Orderly, close the door."
[00:07] Orderly 17-B: "Yes, ma’am." (sound of door latching, followed by silence)
[00:21] Director Veyla: "You’ve been submitting reports to channels outside this asylum. Three in the last month. Do you intend to explain yourself?"
[00:42] Orderly 17-B: "I do not intend, Director. I follow protocol. My superiors require updates."uncertain. Some colleagues, like Doctor {REDACTED}, have suggested testing how far his convictions of authority and obedience truly extend.”
[01:15] Director Veyla: "Your superiors?" (papers shuffle) "According to my files, I am your only superior. Stone County Haven is not under military command. It is under my command."
[01:32] Orderly 17-B: "...Order is not bound by one authority. It is universal. You are a node. They are the structure."
[01:45] Director Veyla: "And yet you continue to patrol these halls as though they were a battlefield. Ceiling checks. Blind corners. Staff surveillance. Do you not trust my control?"
[01:54] Orderly 17-B: "Trust is chaos. Verification is order."
[02:01] Director Veyla: "...You will continue your patrols. But your reports will pass through me from now on. Am I understood?"
[02:13] Orderly 17-B: (quietly) "...Understood. But you will not always be here, Director."
[02:21] Director Veyla: (voice tight) "And who will?"
[02:30] Orderly 17-B: "...Order itself."
[02:45] "END LOG."