»» PART I: THE INTERVIEW ««

★ croc doesn’t exist… ★

croc is a psychedelic drug created by the government which was designed from 1957 to 1963 as a part of Project MKUltra. croc was originally a modified type of LSD (code-named MKCroc) in the form of a fluid injection meant to be injected underneath the rear of the skull. Effects of croc include intense urge to throw alligators, toucans, and rarely other animals, into the nearest body of water, illusions of the presence of speaking crocodiles, toucans, foxes (typically many, stacked foxes), and dolphins. Those affected by croc report that they are able to touch, speak to, and and even hold the animals. Though this is a hallucination, multiple people report being able to see and interact with the same animals. The exact cause of this phenomenon is unclear. When the hallucinated crocodiles are placed on top of one another, they disappear, and those affected suffer immense feelings of grief and emotional pain, as if they had lost a loved one. They act as if the crocodiles were thrown in a lake by a toucan, regardless of whether they perceive a toucan to be present. Though crocodiles are known to have rough scales, people under the influence of croc perceive the hallucinated crocodiles to feel soft, as if they had fur. Occasionally, the affected will describe what the animals have been doing recently, as though the animals were people, with jobs and relationships.

★ LEAKED INTERVIEW WITH ONE AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL ★

INTERVIEWER: Hello.

SUBJECT 27: Hi. So what's up with all this?

INTERVIEWER: I just wanted to ask you a few questions about the effects of the experiments that were performed upon you.

SUBJECT 27: What experiments?

INTERVIEWER: You mean to say that you don't remember any experiments?

SUBJECT 27: Uh, yes. What exactly is this, what's going on here?

INTERVIEWER: Well, I'm just going to ask you a few questions and I'd like you to answer them the best you can.

SUBJECT 27: Alright, alright. This shouldn't be long, should it?

INTERVIEWER: No, not at all. So, to start things off, do you see any animals in the room right now?

SUBJECT 27: Well, of course I do, there's a crocodile right next to you.

INTERVIEWER: Oh, well has be been there long?

SUBJECT 27: Well, yeah. He followed us in. What kinda queston is that?

INTERVIEWER: Is he saying or doing anything?

SUBJECT 27: Not really. He's had a rough week at work.

INTERVIEWER: Why's that?

SUBJECT 27: I'm not sure he'd want me to share. Hey, croc, would you mind?

INTERVIEWER: Uh, excuse me?

SUBJECT 27: Don't interrupt him, man.

INTERVIEWER: I apologize.

There is a long silence, and SUBJECT 27 acts as though he is listening to someone speak.

INTERVIEWER: So, I'd like to move this along if you're willing. I believe I had asked you why this, croc, person was having a tough rime at his job.

SUBJECT 27: Well, he just gave you the answer. Were you even listening to him speak?

INTERVIEWER: If you wouldn't mind summing up what he said, that'd be nice.

SUBJECT 27: Well, basically his coworker, toucan, has been a total dick to him in the workplace, and HR won't do a damn thing about it.

INTERVIEWER: Well, that's terrible. Incidentally, are you experiencing similar issues in your workplace?

SUBJECT 27: Oh, I don't have a job. Though I did deal with something like that before they canned me. Why do you ask?

INTERVIEWER: I'm just asking what I was told to ask you. Now, why exactly were you fired?

SUBJECT 27: They thought I was insane. But, honestly, I think they were the ones who were insane. They kept on insisting they couldnt see the foxes that were there. It all kinda came to a head when one of my coworkers stepped on one of the foxes' tail, and all the foxes that were stacked on top of that fox came toppling down. I tried to defend the foxes, I got a little violent, and then they let me go later that day.

INTERVIEWER: These foxes, you mentioned they were stacked, and could they speak too?

SUBJECT 27: Have you ever seen a fox without at least one other fox stacked on top of it? They're practically made to stack, and of course they could speak. I feel like I'm being messed with here, honestly. You're acting like you've never spoken to croc before.

INTERVIEWER: Well, that's all we have to do for today. You seem uncomfortable, so we'll just stop for now. Goodbye.