GRAYLUNG INITIATION
FILE: SSL-FRS-28335-🜶
ACCESS LEVEL: COBALT / EYES-ONLY
DATE: 1495-HIEBRI-28
CODENAME: GRAYLUNG-INITIATION
STATUS: EVALUATED
CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFIED
ORIGIN: STEELSIDE LEGION – RECRUITMENT DIVISION
HANDLING RESTRICTIONS:
– Duplication prohibited
– Playback restricted to illusionary-capable chambers
– Unauthorized disclosure subject to Legion Statute ███-███
SECTION I – INTERVIEW RECORD
CONVENING TIME: 12:47
LOCATION: Mobile Recruitment Tent ██, Southern Canal Front
RECORDING METHOD: Illusionary Stone (Model ███-██, Continuous Capture)
TRANSCRIPT INTEGRITY: VERIFIED (minor thaumic distortion noted during final exchange)
PARTICIPANTS:
INTERVIEWER: Ferrous █████████ (Recruitment Officer)
INTERVIEWEE: ████████████ (Applicant / Initiate Candidate)
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
█████████: Hello.
████████████: Hello, thank you for inviting me in.
█████████: We’re always pleased to see interest in the Legion. By all means initiate—sit down in the chair right here.
█████████: I am Ferrous █████████, and it is very nice to meet you. Please state your name clearly into the illusionary stone.
████████████: ████████████
█████████: Good. The officers expressed concern that your condition might inhibit vocal capture. Glad to confirm the illusionary stone is responding adequately.
█████████: We will now begin the interview portion of the Steelside Legion Recruitment Program. I will ask a series of questions regarding your motivations and your physical condition. Respond concisely, initiate.
████████████: Understood.
█████████: First question. Why are you interested in offering your services to the Steelside Legion?
████████████: I was raised by my family to fight for a place in the world where the conformities, doctrines, and oppression of the elite would be repelled. I have since lost that place to the encroaching of the steel beasts. I am looking for vengeance.
█████████: Records indicate you formerly resided in E.L.F. territory. Is that correct?
████████████: My parents were guards who defected during the Great Schism.
█████████: Did you personally serve in an E.L.F. military or intelligence task force?
████████████: I did not. My family settled in a vacant general store once tensions settled.
█████████: You are aware that your status as an E.L.F. defectant will necessitate heightened supervision by your commanding Ferrouses if you are selected for initiation?
████████████: I am aware. I am looking to pledge my allegiance to the ones who saved me.
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██████████: An admirable motive. Have you engaged in combat involving metallic weaponry and/or encountered a demon in combat conditions?
████████████: When the demonic invasion reached my enclave, I attempted to create a distraction against a minor demonoid using glass bottles. I was evacuated by E.L.F. guardians before combat engagement occurred.
██████████: What circumstances prompted your departure from the Gothitas Peninsula?
████████████: First came the full onslaught of Conquest’s armies. I was told E.L.F. guardians clashed with the Ministry before the collapse, but this devastated our warriors. My family fled along the coastline, avoiding dense housing zones targeted by siege monsters. We believed we were safe near the southern canal crossroads. Then the noxious fog descended—low-hanging, corrosive. It rotted our flesh. My family died before reaching higher ground. I was extracted by one of your evacuation patrols.
██████████: I’m… deeply apologetic. Many of us have lost loved ones to the Haze.
████████████: That we have.
██████████: By accepting the Legion oath and proving to ascend to the rank of Ferrous, you acknowledge the possibility of receiving a respiratory prosthesis?
████████████: I am aware. I have accepted that my condition may take me before any ascension.
██████████: You accept that outcome readily. The Legion recognizes those willing to sacrifice themselves against the demonic threat. From your record, you demonstrate a willingness to place yourself at risk to save others.
████████████: You are quick to make predictions about others, Ferrous ██████████.
██████████: I have seen Corroded flesh like yours—suppurating, yielding, content to rot without resistance. Your decision to initiate immediately, without awaiting full deterioration, is unprecedented.
████████████: I have one goal. To protect the people I could not before.
██████████: I look forward to seeing that resolve tested. This concludes the interview portion of the initiation process. Please exit the tent and proceed to the admission station an—
TRANSCRIPT INTERRUPTION
RECORDING TERMINATED: 13:19
CAUSE: Emergent respiratory event (see Medical Addendum ████-A)
REVIEWING AUTHORITY: █████████████
SIGNATURE: █████████████
DATE: 1495-HIEBRI-29
— End of File —
Declassified in part per Directive ███-███
