JCL ARCHIVE – AUDIO LOG 0478
Date: 2000-06-14
Location: JCL Headquarters, Interview Room C
Interviewer: Agent Lewis (JCL Field Intelligence)
Subject: Gayifier – Active League Member

[Recording begins. The tone is professional, faint hum of overhead lights audible.]

Agent Lewis: For the record, this is Agent Lewis conducting a formal interview with Gayifier regarding his current responsibilities within the Joke Comic League. Time is 8:43 PM. Thank you for making the time, sir.

Gayifier: Of course. Duty doesn’t end when the fighting does. If there’s clarity to be offered, I’m willing.

Agent Lewis: Good. Let’s start simple. What would you say your role within the League is today?

Gayifier: [measured tone] I protect people. All people. Especially those most often ignored, mistreated, or left behind. My powers give me reach, but my responsibility is to stand as a shield, and sometimes a beacon. It’s not about glory—it’s about survival.

Agent Lewis: You’re known for being…unconventional in your rescues. Large-scale evacuations, disarming mobs without violence. What drives your approach?

Gayifier: Experience. [brief pause] You can beat an enemy, but that doesn’t mean you win. Stopping hate without becoming it—that’s the real challenge.

Agent Lewis: [papers shuffle] Understood. Now, let’s address a sensitive subject. In 1998, records indicate you placed your biological child, Trevor Gaylord, into an orphanage. Care to comment?

[A short silence follows. The audio hum intensifies slightly as if the mic picks up his breathing.]

Gayifier: …That boy is not my concern. His existence was a mistake born of weakness. Nothing more.

Agent Lewis: But he is your son—

Gayifier: [sharply, but still composed] He is a reminder of a chapter I will not revisit. That matter is closed.

Agent Lewis: …Very well. On another note, you’ve adopted eight children as of this year. How do you reconcile that with what you’ve just said?

Gayifier: [softer, with conviction] Because chosen family matters. Blood doesn’t define who you raise, who you love, or who you fight for. I took in those children because they needed me. Because I refused to let the world discard them.

Agent Lewis: Noted. Now…one more line of questioning. Your powers. No one has ever gotten a clear answer on their origin. Would you be willing to share that today?

Gayifier: [calm chuckle] People ask that a lot.

Agent Lewis: Yes, but for the sake of the archives—

Gayifier: [interrupting, polite but firm] My powers aren’t the point. What matters is how I use them. Origins are for myths. My work is reality.

Agent Lewis: With respect, sir, we need this for record—

Gayifier: [voice sharpens slightly] No. Some truths aren’t for files or curious ears. Ask me how I save lives, not where my strength began.

[Brief pause. Papers shuffle again. The interviewer sighs faintly.]

Agent Lewis: …Understood. Moving on. Final question: what do you hope your legacy in the Joke Comic League will be?

Gayifier: [without hesitation] That I showed people they could be unashamed of who they are. That I stood between hatred and the ones it tried to crush. And that when the world tried to turn its back, I refused to.

Agent Lewis: Thank you, sir. This concludes the interview. Time stamp: 9:27 PM.

[Recorder clicks off.]

End of Log 0478 – File accessible to Class-3 Personnel.
Note: Subject was calm, measured, and unflinching throughout. Refused to discuss power origins despite multiple prompts. Expressed disdain toward biological son but pride in adopted children.