As SCP-4075-a had previously engaged with agents, it was decided to arrange an interview with this instance. Agent Marquetti arranged to interview SCP-4075-a, through another form, "External Party - Event Scheduling - Face to Face Bidirectional Communication Request - Interview (Interviewer)". It is understood that SCP-4075-a completed a form entitled "External Party - Event Scheduling - Face to Face Bidirectional Communication Request - Interview (Interviewee)".
Agent Marquetti was granted permission to ask SCP-4075-a no more than 4 questions. By the date of the interview, Agent Peralti had been issued with an ID number. He was able to observe the interview, but not partake. Interview took place on the ground floor of SCP-4075-1.
Agent Marquetti: Morning Employee G9898CX, are you still available for our interview?
SCP-4075-a: Yep, now's good for me - and that's question 1 out the way. Let's keep this quick, I've got a backlog of verification requests the size of my wingspan.
Agent Marquetti curses under her breath, and crosses out a question on her interview log.
Agent Marquetti: Not the start I was hoping for, but thank you nonetheless. To begin, please could you explain what you and your…flock are doing here?
SCP-4075-a: I don't know the exact details, never had to ask. We've been about for a while, but things started to be formalised when your kind turned up in this part of the world, and we had to leave North America. There needed to be some form of organisation to make sure they all got down here together. Since then we've been helping govern colonies all over. You'd need to speak to the Historical Matters and Record of Records department if you wanted to know more.
Agent Marquetti: What's your role here?
SCP-4075-a: Our first major job might have been Immigration, but we've expanded a lot since then. I'm in Verification - I get the documents, I check the documents, I pass them on to Re-Verification who checks them again. I don't know where they go after there - again, I've never had to ask.
We process a lot of stuff, but the majority are birth certificates, death certificates, requests for immigration or seasonal migration. Those requests almost always get denied, the colony up at Carmague is one of the only ones that consistently gets their paper work in order.
Mating season is our busiest time though, without a doubt. You've got to stick in a request for courting, a request to couple up if said-courting is successful, a notification of pregnancy document not long after that. It's a lot of work, but it's just the way it is. Those forms aren't too bad, to complete or process. It's the recoupling request which is a pain. Every year we'll get an influx of requests from wandering males or unhappy females asking to couple up with a new mate. And every year, we have to turn a whole lot down because they've made an error in the forms, or don't meet the criteria. It can be weeks on end before I return to my colony.
And after mating season we've got all the birth certificates to issue, making sure all the newborns are correctly assigned to the right colony…we like keeping track of our own I guess.
Agent Marquetti scribbles on the corner of her clipboard.
Agent Marquetti: Sorry, my pen seems to have stopped working.(Agent Marquetti turns to Agent Peralta.) Do you have a spare I could borrow?
SCP-4075-a: Well I do but I'd have to get my line manager to approve a "Stationary Loan Request" form and those take around 3 to 4 we-
Agent Marquetti: No, no, no, please, that wasn't a question for you! What I would like to ask is, well, I'm struggling to understand why you're all here in the first place. Why you're here doing what you're doing. What's the point of all this?
SCP-4075-a: I'm not sure on that I'm afraid. Even if I did, you don't have the security clearance, and I'm not getting involved with Avian Resources again. Accidentally marked a document as correct once, ended up in a disciplinary hearing. A 30-bird jury had to unanimously decide the outcome. Whole thing ended in a stalemate. They found me culpable, but couldn't decide on an 80 or 81 day period of isolation. Took over 5 years start to finish….
Agent Marquetti: And do you know how it is we're having this conversation right now? None of your species in the wild have demonstrated half of the behaviours you demonstrate whilst within this building.
SCP-4075-a: Again, I've got no idea. And that's your four. I need to validate a stack of Colouration Certificates due to be issued to some chicks in a colony in Senegal. Happy to talk again, just make sure you go through the proper channels. And just an FYI, you'll need a different form as it'll be the second time we meet.