[AUDIOLOG – 094]
Is it
recording? [unintelligible] pick it up from over here? How [unintelligible]
levels look? [unintelligible] Better?
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 095]
Let it
never be said that science is ineffectual. Let it not be said that the
abilities of the human mind will, or could be limited by a lack of funding or…
public support. What we have done here today will go down in history as
science at its most basic, and yet its most enlightened. Children will read
about the events of today and they will be awed by the courage of our
accomplishment. For millennia man has dreamed of flight, the power to spread,
not the wings of some metallic monster, but our own flesh and blood and take to
the skies. Gentlemen… I give you R29!
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 096]
They
didn’t. Couldn’t understand. He hadn’t the mind. Hadn’t the mind to handle the
intricacies of flight. If only he had flown! If only he had not– [throat clearing]
The test subject, Mr. William Brentley, was an improper choice for the serum.
As a pilot we assumed he was capable of the mental facilities necessary for the
experiment. Unfortunately we realized all too late that Brentley was a flawed
choice. He took to the physical adaptations quickly. So quickly, in fact, that
we began to praise him as what would assuredly be the first man to take flight
of his own ability. But it wasn’t more than a week before he began to... [silence] change. Another test subject must
be found.
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 097]
The fools!
The only way they could understand accomplishment is if it were tied to a
hundred dollar bill! The investors have jumped. Told us Brinkley’s meltdown was
‘inevitable.’ Told us that the experiment was ‘playing god.’ Playing god! As if
god himself wouldn’t delight in his creatures rising to that otherworldly realm
to meet his eye! As if this were not his intention! Williams and Howell have
left the project. Said that it would ruin their careers. No matter. If I alone
am left then I alone will reap the benefits of early transcendence.
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 098]
It’s been
two days since ingestion. [unintelligible] lab men have had me under careful
examination but I can see that they are becoming alarmed at the suddenness of
my behavior. My behavior… [silence] Can’t anyone see what I’ve done? To become
angels! To become the very highest! The antithesis of man! This planet is fear
and filth and fuckups… and I alone am trying to break free of our earthly
bounds. Men are filth and folly and I… I am free. To fly is to take the next
step in evolution! I am evolution!
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 099]
I tried to
kill a man today. It’s hard to tell which one. Early on in the experiment I
knew their names but now they are beginning to all resemble each other. I am
being fed on carrion now. Rich, red sheathes of flesh that fall into my bowl as
if by magic. [unintelligible]
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 100]
I just spent an hour sharpening my beak on the wall. I can
tell by the scratching that it is almost ready for something moving.
[END AUDIOLOG]
[AUDIOLOG – 101]
This is Holt. I’m– I’m a lab assistant and colleague of
Doctor Richardson. He promised us that nothing like this would– Oh god. I’m so
sorry. For what we’ve unleashed upon the world. I am sorry.
[END AUDIOLOG]
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