Audio log from Interview 4862-1:
Interviewer: Dr. Cho
Interviewed: SCP-4862-5 (██████████)
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[████████ ████████ Time, Isolated Research Area ██]
Dr. Cho: Hello, ████. My name is Dr. Cho. I'm going to be asking you a couple questions. Is that okay?
SCP-4862-5: (Silence)
Dr. Cho: I'm going to need a yes or no from you, ████.
SCP-4862-5: (Nods yes)
Dr. Cho: ████, I understand that you've been having trouble these past few weeks. Not just because of us and your time here, but before that. Over a week before you were brought here, you discussed a dream you had with your brother over Facebook Messenger. This dream made you… anxious? Depressed?
SCP-4862-5: (Silence)
Dr. Cho: Why did this dream make you feel this way, ████?
SCP-4862-5: … please…
Dr. Cho: Please?
SCP-4862-5: Just leave us alone.
Dr. Cho: I'm sorry, ████, but that's not a possibility. I would like to ta-
SCP-4862-5: Why not? We've done nothing wrong! All we have in common are those dreams! What so goddamn important that we have to get locked up like this?
Dr. Cho: I can't tell you that. I'm sorry.
SCP-4862-5: This is fucked up. What you're doing is fucked up. This is a violation of my rights.
Dr. Cho: ████, this foundation operates outside the usual jurisdiction that protects you. As of two weeks ago, you have no rights. But please trust me when I say that we are doing this to help you and protect the people around you.
SCP-4862-5: … I just want to be alone. We all want to be alone. Its a goddamn nightmare living with those other people.
Dr. Cho: I understand your new living situation can be a bit irritable at first, but-.
SCP-4862-5: You're-
Dr. Cho: (Pause) I'm sorry. Go on.
SCP-4862-5: No, stop with the… playing nice bullshit! I'm not an idiot. All of us hate being together and its hell having to always be in the same room together. You don't understand. You can't… not from looking through all the cameras.
Dr. Cho: What am I not understanding, ████?
SCP-4862-5: … what you don't understand is that ever since we had that dream, we haven't had a chance to clear our heads. All of us. We just want to be alone. We just want the space to think and try to wrestle with this for a while. But we fucking can't! Because of you!
Dr. Cho: ████, I understand that you are confused. And angry. And scared. This is usual. The Foundation is known for being overbearing on its subjects, trust me, I know. However… I don't think you need as much space as you think to "wrestle with this."
SCP-4862-5: (Silence)
Dr. Cho: At the beginning of this interview, I asked you how this dream made you feel. I led with that because I know the weight this is putting on you, ████. If you'll just take a second to walk me through this dream, not only will you be helping me understand this situation better, but you also might be able to get that clarity you want. How does that sound?
SCP-4862-5: I don't think that'll work.
Dr. Cho: Just try. Nothing bad will happen. Best case scenario, you clear your head. Worst case, you learn something small. Can't hurt to try, right?
SCP-4862-5: (Long pause) Okay.
Dr. Cho: Okay. Now… how does this dream start?
SCP-4862-5: Well… I'm falling… into the Labyrinth. It's… unending… I can't see the end of it from how high I am. It's all made of black brick. I remember… I was there for something. Not… looking for something, I… I guess I had a goal, a mission, or something like that, so I hit the ground running. And I ran… forever.
Dr. Cho: Did it feel like forever or was it definitively "forever?"
SCP-4862-5: No, it… it felt like forever. I didn't get tired though. I just kept running. But after a little while, I saw someone up ahead… it was the Devil.
Dr. Cho: You knew it was the Devil?
SCP-4862-5: Yeah.
Dr. Cho: How did you know?
SCP-4862-5: I just did. He was big… and pitch black… like he was so black that he just looked like an outline in front of the wall. I could see his horns… and his eyes…
Dr. Cho: And he was running toward you?
SCP-4862-5: No, no. He was running with me. Yeah, it confused me too. Eventually, though, I caught up to him. When I did, I said to him, y'know "Hey, what the hell are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be chasing me?"
Dr. Cho: (Pause) And how did he respond?
SCP-4862-5: … He, uh… he said to me… "YOU FOOL. I WOULD RATHER NOT APPROACH MY ADVERSARY." (Pause) And that's when I turned around.
Dr. Cho: What did you see?
SCP-4862-5: (Silence)
Dr. Cho: … did you see… God?
SCP-4862-5: That wasn't God. It… couldn't be.
Dr. Cho: Why not?
SCP-4862-5: He was… wrong… He was bigger than Satan… big… naked, like a senile old man. His head had… three mouths and two… two sets of eyes. All the mouths were screaming… (Visible discomfort)
Dr. Cho: Go on.
SCP-4862-5: … h-he, uh… he had a rope… around his waist. He was… dragging a wooden cart along with him… while he chased us… it was full of smoke. It was… it was Heaven. (Near tears)
Dr. Cho: Why was this cart Heaven?
SCP-4862-5: It just was… and we had to run. We had to run, me and the Devil… but no matter what… he- (Audible voice crack)
Dr. Cho: It's okay, ████. It's okay.
SCP-4862-5: … that's all. That's it. That's all there is to it. I just ran from Heaven.
Dr. Cho: And this is the dream everyone in the cell block has had.
SCP-4862-5: (Nods yes)
Dr. Cho: … ████, I still don't quite grasp this. I appreciate you telling me this, I know how tough that is on you, and you don't have to do it again, but… why did this change you so… drastically?
SCP-4862-5: (Silence)
Dr. Cho: Didn't you consider that it was just a simple nightmare? Why are you so afraid now?
SCP-4862-5: … how can you not understand?
Dr. Cho: I just don't.
SCP-4862-5: There's nothing profound to get here. You don't need to dream my dream to understand why I ran… why we all ran. (Pause) It's because we realized that no matter where you go after you're gone… whether its Heaven or Hell, it's eventually becomes torture. One just makes it longer for you to realize that. Continuing to exist is the worst torture there will ever be. The only escape is for there to be nothing. Only void.
Dr. Cho: … I'm sure you… But that just seems so-
SCP-4862-5: Exactly. It's nothing special, is it? We all knew that before, deep down. You don't need the dream to think this… to be one of us… to think like us. (Pause) I can't die, miss. I just can't. I know its still possible, I just… I can't. I don't want death, I want my true end. I want the void. I want to be alone.
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