I want to see an area in fallout 4 that has been completely untouched since the bombs fell. No raiders. No scavengers.
A small neighborhood, eerily suspended in time. Sure, the houses are decrepit, but nothing has moved. Some houses have dinner in the oven or on the table. Skeletons are sitting at the window, staring out across time. On the sidewalk are nucular shadows, left by the children who warched as the flash burn took over.
In one house you find a family of skeletons, hiding in the bathtub under a mattress. Another, a skeleton clutching a picture of a woman to his chest. A holotape near by.
“To my dearest love,” a woman’s voice starts, “I’m sorry I won’t be able to join you for dinner tonight. Mac called me in to the diner. I guess Lucy’s sick. I just wanted to say happy birthday. I promise, tomorrow we’ll go to the city and go get steak from your favorite restaurant. I love you. So much. Never forget that.”
No radio reaches here, leaving you only with the background music. In one of the houses, you hear an emergency broadcast, but can’t pick it up on your pip-boy.
In the center of town, a church. The wedding decorations still clinging to the side. Inside the door are several skeletons, all who died trying to clamor for the exit. In the main hall, skeletons still cower in the pews, some holding each other, others kneeling in prayer. Down one hall, you come across a well dressed skeleton, a holotape in his hand.
“How do you feel?” A male voice asks. Another male laughs. “Nervous…how do I look?”
“You look fine. Aside from that tie. Where on earth did you find that? It should be burned.” Another nervous laugh. “James, really. You look fine. You’re marrying Janet. You could be buck naked and she wouldn’t care, as long as you’re waiting for her at the alter.”
“I guess you’re right….wait…what was that?” Air raid sirens start to blare as the person recording moves. Voice one comes back. “Oh my god…” A loud explosion, but the recording doesn’t stop. “James?! Shit. Are you alright! James! Answer me!” The tape cuts there.
You continue down the hall and enter a room. Most of the outter wall has been blown into the room, another well dressed skeleton trapped under a pile a rubble, a ring clutched in his hand with his wedding vows.
You go back down the hall to the other side, to the brides room. Her corpse doesn’t appear to be there, but you find a secret pathway that leads under the church. On the way down you begin to find corpses of the bridesmaids. Some skeletons, some ghouls. In the basement, you find a legendary glowing ghoul; the bride.
After defeating her, you find a note:
“James, my love. I don’t know how much longer I will last. I came down to the basement as soon as I heard the sirens, but I don’t think I Made it in time. Know that my love for you glows brighter than any star, and I’ll find you in the next life, so that we may always be togeather.”
As you leave, you could swear you hear a woman whisper thank you.
Someone liked this recently. Shit it was like the first FO4 thing I wrote.
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