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A Fallout Tale - A Broken Family

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There are three separate logs recorded on this terminal, dated May 13th, 2258.
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Log 1, recorded at 3:27pm.


You're almost there! One last push should do it.
Hold on just a little longer, honey! You've already done this once not five minutes ago, you can-
There we are! It's a girl! Congratulations Dr. and Mrs. Caster, you have two twin girls.
They're beautiful. Aren't they, dear? I'm so proud of you; I can't believe you did it. Oh, am I crying? Haha. I promised you I wouldn't, I know, but- Cathy?
Dr. Caster get back, she's stopped breathing! Nurse take him and the kids out of here!
No, not again! How could this be happening again?!
We'll have to use the defib. Make way! Bring her back into the ER!
CATHERINE!
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End of recording, at 3:29 pm.
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Log 2, recorded at 6:43 pm.


I can't imagine what you're feeling right now, James.
Then why are you still speaking to me, Stanley? Please leave me alone.
I'm just trying to help. Can't believe that in giving life to two new members of our Vault community, Catherine fell into cardiac arrest. Not once but-
Stop. Talking.
Uh- Sorry sir...

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I can't keep them both.

What?!
I knew from the beginning that we could barely handle just one with all the work we had. But two? She wasn't supposed to happen. And now I'm on my own. None of this...
You cannot seriously be considering this.
I'm not considering anything, because I've already made up my mind.
Well what can you possibly do, Doc? You can't expect the Overseer to take one in. He just had a girl of his own.
No, not here. She has to go... out there.
In the Waste?! Are you joking?! Impossible! There's no way out of the Vault.
It's been done before. Years ago yes, but I know how to do it.
Even if you can, you'll still get caught.
I don't have to go very far. I can send a secret message to one of the towns: Megaton, Springvale, Andale or something. Someone ought to adopt somewhere. They can come here!
This is ridiculous.
It can be done. The Overseer is powerful, but not as smart as I.
Even if you could pull that off, how could you possibly choose which girl to keep, and not?
I've thought of that too. I must... "send away" the youngest twin. She was a-
An accident?
A surprise! We had no idea! Even the ultrasound only showed one. Don't look at me like that! This is my choice, Stanley.
I bet you didn't even give that girl a name.
How dare you; of course I did! I named her what Catherine wanted Cywren's name to be; silly as I think it is. It's the least I can do for her... Stanley! Did you turn that blasted thing on?! Shut it off!
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End of recording, at 6:50 pm.
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Log 3, recorded at 11:51 pm.


I doubt either of you will actually hear this... At least I hope you don't. But I'm recording this message in the slim chance that one or both of you will figure out the truth about our family. I am a horrible, horrible father; I know that. In fact I think I've always known I would be. But Catherine- your mother... wanted to have a child so badly. When she learned there were going to be two of you I'm sure she was thrilled, even though I never got to find out. If she was still alive I wouldn't be doing this, but I have no choice. I can't handle it. I'm weak; I'm pathetic. I can't blame either of you if you come to hate me, especially you... you know which one I'm talking about.

I don't have much time before I make the... delivery, so I'm going to have to make this fast. Cywren, please understand... and don't try to go looking for your sister. The whole point is to keep at least one of you here. Don't you ever leave this Vault you hear me? I love you so much, and I'm lucky if I don't lose you too. And Moira... my darling I am so sorry. Don't think that I don't love you. This will forever be my greatest sin... but I have no choice...

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End of recording, at 11:55 pm.
HAHAHAHA BET YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO WRITE ANYTHING FOR THIS SERIES DID YOU? EVIL Laughter!
As soon as Moira came along, with the hair and the tinkering and the researching and the sweet innocent attitude, I was just like "HEADCANNON FREAKING ACCEPTED!" XD

I decided to try this all-dialogue style for this one shot. It makes sense to me because instead of writing journals like in the Skyrim era, in the Fallout era they record logs. Did I cover it well do you think? Hope you liked it :D

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So Cywren has a sister?
Is this based off an episode? cuz I wanna watch it if it is!