October 11th 2287;
As I laid there in my makeshift bed, waking up to the morning sunlight coming through the holes in the wall of my former house. Looking over towards the door, there I saw her, my wife Nora standing there in the doorway, holding our infant son. Tears started falling from my eyes quickly getting up out of bed to go hug them, but as I stood up, they vanished and the house turned back to the rusty mess that it was.
Falling to my knees as it finally kicked in that this wasn't just a bad nightmare, that I wouldn't wake up from it. This was real. My wife was dead and my boy was missing. Getting up and collecting myself I walked out of my house. Looking around I saw Sturges already starting to work on repairing the old yellow house that was across the street from mine.
Preston Garvey was already up and about doing patrols around Sanctuary. Taking a deep breath to fully collect myself, I stepped outside and started walking towards the Old North Bridge. As I made it to the bridge Preston Garvey had called out for me.
"Hey, I just wanted to thank you again for helping out back in Concord again."
He was giving me small smile as if he is unsure of himself. Looking at him I just gave a slight smile back. "It was a pleasure to help out Preston." As I said that I made to turn around to head out without any further motion.
That's when he stopped me and asked me a question. He almost looked desperate when asking the question. His voice sounded as if it had faltered as he asked, "If you don't mind helping out, why not join the minutemen."
Looking back at him in shock of the question. I remembered him mentioning something about him being the last of the minutemen. I didn't know how to respond to his question. I had my own problems to deal with. I couldn't possibly help take on the commonwealth's problem could I?
Before I could say anything in reply Preston quickly continued on taking my quiet shock as his queue continued on. "I know that I'm the last Minutemen left, and that the world looks so bleak but, with you I'm sure we could make a comeback and help everyone out."
His face was desperate, as he was struggling to try and keep a face that I'm sure he was hoping looked neutral. I looked down at him with a frown on my face. I'm sure my voice came off shaky as I responded to him,
"I'm sorry Preston, but I have my own issues to figure out, before I could help anyone else out."
I felt a bit of guilt rise in me as I watched his face drop into sadness from the disappointing response that I gave. I wish I could help out, but I have to find my son, I couldn't just set that aside to aid others and their issues could I?
Preston had thanked me for hearing him out and wished me luck on finding my son as he walked away. I watched as he walked away. I wished I could help out but I don't know what he expects a pre-war relic like myself to do in this world that isn't even his own.
Turning my back and walking over the bridge I thought I was prepared for whatever was awaiting me on the other side. I didn't realize how naive to the new dangers of the world that lurked around every corner of the commonwealth.
Following the road to Diamond city, looking around the ruins of my old world it took everything within me to continue on. I had to continue on for my son.
I was only a little bit past Concord when I ran into my first problem. It was this older lady with graying hair yelling out at a guy in a leather jacket with black hair, and another girl from out of a diner window that me and the misses used to eat at about something I couldn't figure out.
I figured it wasn't my problem so, I'd just walk by and hope that they wouldn't notice me. As I was silently walking by I noticed that both parties had their hands on their guns. I was sure that it was about to turn into a firefight. So I quickened my pace as they yelled back and forth at each other.
As I was about to pass the building I looked back and sighed to myself. I looked forward towards where I needed to head off, but before I could take another step I turned around. I couldn't just pass them by when it was about to turn into a gunfight.
Walking around to the edge of the building I figured I would ease into the conversation to pick out what side I should take if any. As I listened to their conversation, I could hear the older lady yelling out that they needed to leave her property now.
Taking a deep breath, I raised my hands up into the air to show that I wasn't a threat to any of them. Walking slowly and calmly into view I called out to them "What seems to be the problem here." I'm sure it was naive of me to think I could solve the problem but I couldn't just leave them there to kill each other.
Taking a deep breath as the guy and girl in the black leather jacket pointed their guns at me. "What do you want?! This doesn't concern you, go away" they shouted out at me. The woman in the Diner was continuing to point her gun at us. Probably hoping that I would take the two out for her now that I think about it.
Keeping my thoughts calm, this isn't the first time I had to talk people down from doing something stupid. I stopped in my tracks just about fifteen feet away from the people outside the building.
"It's okay, I am here to try and help out." The guy gave me a cold stare as I said this, lowering his gun. All the while the girl was still pointing her gun towards the women in the diner.
The leader of the two scuffed at me. "Yeah right, like you would be able to help us out." Turning around to look back at the lady in the window he sighed. "Fine, it's not like there is anything else left that I can do." his voice sounded defeated as he was saying it.
"So, what is the argument between you and the lady that you are having?" I said ignoring the exhaustion and defeat in his voice. Turning his head back over to me, the anger in his eyes flared up. "This crazy bitch's son owes us money for the chems that we have sold him."
Looking back over towards the diner I could just barely see a young man sitting in the corner rocking back and forth. Sighing to myself at the slight headache I was getting from this, but it was too late to back out now. So, I had agreed to go in and talk to her and try and work out a deal between the two of them peacefully. They both thanked me for my aid in helping them out and promised me if anything went wrong they would have my back.
After that comforting reassurance from the both of them, I slowly walked into the diner with my hands still up in the air. Where the woman was already pointing her gun towards me.
"Whoa whoa, calm down, it's okay I mean you no harm." trying to reassure her that everything was fine. "I'm just here to try and help both of you out however I can."
She scuffed angrily at me. "Yeah, right I saw you talking to that scumbag out there!" She tilted her head towards where the guy was standing outside. "You are in cahoots with them aren't you!?"
I quickly shook my head "No, I'm a third party I promise you." I calmly said to her in hopes to get her to calm down. Thankfully it seemed to work. "Then, what do you want boy, can't you see that I'm busy here!" I just shook my head at this. "Like I said, I'm just here to help both of you come to a settlement."
The women looked at me with skeptical eyes. I was starting to think of this as a lost cause and wishing I had just passed them on by. I couldn't find myself to choose between one of them to protect. So, I rescind myself if this were to become a gunfight I would take cover and let them duke it out.
"Ma'am, If I may, those two told me that your son owed them some caps for the chems that they sold him." She scoffed at that. I couldn't blame her either. If I was in her shoes and someone was getting my son addicted to chems I would want to kill them too.
"You want me to make a deal with those assholes out there!" She all but yells at me. "Just look at what they did to my sweet boy over there." I couldn't help but feel for her.
"I understand how you feel, but isn't it better to pay the debt now and no one dies?" Her eyes were staring angrily into mine as I stared her down stubbornly refusing to give up my ground in this staring contest between us.
After what felt like an eternity, she finally gave in with a sigh. "Fine, I'll pay the damn debt, but Wolfgang isn't allowed to sell to my son anymore!" The now named Wolfgang walked up to the window that she had been standing at, gun finally put away. "Don't worry Trudy I won't, it's not like he's got any caps anyways."
Trudy handed over the payment for the chems. She glared at me, "Now that I have paid you Leave my property at once!" Without saying a word Wolfgang had taken the money and walked off.
Trudy now staring back over at me. "Now that everything is taken care of I can go back to my business. Less caps now no thanks to you." Smiling at her as she walked back to her son sitting down next to him. "Can you go now, I'd like to be left alone with my boy."
Nodding at her "Of course, I hope everything turns out well for the both of you." Walking out of the diner with a smile on my face. It felt good to be able to help these two conflicted parties come to a peaceful agreement that didn't end in death.
As I was walking away I took one more look through the window, and I could see Trudy was smiling for the first time since I met her. Turning around the corner. I saw Wolfgang and the girl standing there waiting for me.
"Thanks for helping us out there. It feels nice coming to a peaceful resolution for once." the girl just nodded her head in agreement with him. "Anyways, I just wanted to give this to you as a thank you for helping out." Reaching out he had handed me twenty caps.
I had tried to return the caps to him, as I didn't feel I really earned them. I just wanted to help out where I could. But, he had insisted that I take the caps. So I put the caps away in one of my pockets. Wolfgang had wished me well, and walked off from the diner to head to who knows where.
Now with a smile on my face I had started to continue my long walk to Diamond city. Happy knowing that I was able to help two people out with their problems without it leading to bloodshed. With that it got me thinking about Preston and what he had asked me as I was leaving.
For the first time, I realized there is no legal system in this world. That anything goes. All that matters was survival wasn't it. My smile had quickly turned into a frown as I thought about this. The world isn't what it was like back before the bombs. I had to learn that quickly otherwise I was bound to end up dead. But, I couldn't help but to think of that old world of mine. Wishing so much that it could become my reality again.
As I was continuing on my walk, it really made me miss my car for transportation. I never realized how much I had taken it for granted before until now. Unfortunately for myself I only had one option and that was to continue to walk. So I continued on.
For the most part of my walk to Diamond City was uneventful since I had my encounter at the diner. Every now and then, I had some radroaches attack me, but it was nothing that I couldn't handle. Just a quick smack with the back of my pistol was enough to kill them.
It wasn't until I got close to my destination where everything had started to go really wrong for me. Smiling as the green walls of the old stadium came to my view. Looking at it in such joy to finally have arrived. That's when I could start to hear the gunshots coming from close by. Cussing quietly to myself as I realized that the sound was coming in the direction that I was heading.
I guess I could have gone around to avoid the fight, but I was headstrong and determined to continue my path unheeded by anyone. At the time I figured it would have been a simple gunfight between the guards of the city, that I heard a little about and some lowly raiders. If that had been the case I figured I could avoid the fight all together.
Unluckily for me it wasn't raiders that they were fighting. I saw a guy hiding behind a building dressed in what looked to be a weird baseball outfit. I figured that must be what the guards looked like for the city.
Slowly walking by hopping to avoid the fight one of the guards yelled out "These damn super mutants aren't letting up." I saw one guard laying on the ground dead from a gunshot wound to the head. At that moment I knew I had to help out no matter what.
I didn't know what a super mutant was at the time, but they couldn't be that bad right? To still be Naive to the dangers of the world, it's a surprise that I didn't end up dead just on my loan journey here.
Running up to an edge of a building where the fighting was happening the guards haven't noticed my arrival yet to be distracted by these super mutants. I finally looked around the corner with my trusted pistol out and ready to fire at the enemy.
That's when I saw those freaks. These crazy tall like seven feet tall, green muscular atrocities taking cover inside of a ruined building firing at the guards down below. In my head I was thinking how I had to run away from here quickly. That there is no reason to stay and die fighting whatever the hell these things really are.
But as I looked at the guards still shooting at the super mutants trying their best against all odds to protect the city. And as I looked down at the dead guard below me who his life to protect the city. I found myself running quickly into the battle.
Taking cover behind a destroyed car I aimed my pistol at a super mutant standing on a wooden plank outside of the building. Firing the gun five times all of them hitting its chest. It had fallen down screaming. As I was about to step out from behind the car and make a run to inside the building where the rest are hiding I saw it get up again.
I started cussing at myself some more for getting myself into this mess. I quickly took cover back behind the car as the mutant shot at me. Just barely missing me by a few inches.
Sighing in relief at the near hit, I aimed and fired my gun again, unloading another five rounds into its body when it finally dropped dead, falling to the ground below it. I quickly took this chance to run up to the body of the mutant. Grabbing the gun from it and some ammunition for it, Just a simple Pipe Pistol with some .38 rounds to go with it.
As I looked up to the building hearing the gun shots fire from within. I could only assume that there are at least three more of them inside the building. At this point I was starting to run low on bullets. I had twenty 10 millimeter rounds. And fifteen .38 bullets. All I could do was pray that it would be enough to take the last three out.
Slowly going into the building hoping to be unnoticed by the rest of the mutants and that they would be too distracted by the guards outside to notice me. Thankfully that had proven to be true. Slowly making my way up the stairs making sure to stay crouched down low so as to be covered, I peaked my head just above the floor to see a super mutant shooting out of a window.
Debating to myself rather than taking the shot and giving my position of surprise away, or trying to run up to it, and hopefully being able to do enough force and damage I could push it off the building and have the landing kill it. In the end I figured the safest call with these unknown enemies was to just open fire.
Taking a deep breath I readied myself for the possibility that the other two would come out to find me after opening up my rounds in the building. Thankfully with my close range, I was able to aim for the head, and this time with three shots of my 10 mm pistol to the chest and two to the head, I was able to quickly drop it without noticing I was ever there.
Quickly ducking down to cover myself. A gruff and deep voice came from a room adjacent to the one I just killed one of them in . "Gah, who is there?" Looking back up to the sound thinking it had to be a human I noticed it was one of those green freaks standing there. Those things can talk? I didn't know what to think of them, but for now these questions had to wait. I have two more to take care of.
As I was about to open fire reading myself to take this one out it had just fallen to the ground. Looking up. I noticed that it had been killed by one of the guards. Sighing in relief knowing that there is only one of them left now.
Slowly making my way to where the last sounds of gunshots were coming from looting the bullets and guns off of the mutants as I walked by them. I peeked into this last room. There was this mutant standing at the edge of the wall, sticking its gun out of a giant hole that was in the wall. I steadied myself ready to aim.
Quickly unleashing my rounds into the monster in front of me. I was able to bring it down. And with the death of this last super mutant the gun fires all went quiet. The battle had thankfully been won. Going over and looting the body of the last mutant taking the needed ammo and gun from it. I headed back down to where the guards were waiting for me.
They had thanked me for coming and helping them out with the trouble that they were in. Thanks to my involvement in the incident only one guard they told me had died that day. While it was a tragedy for them to lose a friend, they were happy that the situation was handled. The guard then pointed me to the gate of the Great Green Jewel of the Commonwealth.
Taking one last look back at the guard resting peacefully on the ground now surrounded by the other guards I couldn't help but mourn the loss of this soldier. Even though I didn't know him, he fought to protect his home. And I felt like a brother in arms with him. But that couldn't stop me now. Not when I was this close to Diamond City and hopefully the answers to my son.
So I went off to the gates. Where I saw this woman in a red overcoat with a red cap on kicking at a telecom pole. Clearly pissed off at whomever she was talking to. There was no way she didn't hear the gunfight going on not thirty feet away from her. I figured she either must be able to defend herself really real that the sound of gun firing didn't frighten her, or that she was so desensitized to it that it doesn't phase her anymore.
Either way I did not wish to bring this wrath of her upon me so I slowly walked over towards her and the closed gate. I was a little scared that they would refuse to let me in. Especially since it looked and sounded like they were purposefully trying to keep her out of the city.
As I walked closer to her she had taken notice of me. That's when I saw a kind of twisted smile appear on her face. It put me off my guard when she quickly ran up to me telling me to play along. Grabbing onto me before I could say a word and dragging me over to the microphone. From there things just happened so fast that I have no idea what she had actually said or was doing.
But that didn't matter to me at this point. She was the problem of the cities not mine. She thanked me and started walking in. Seeing her being stopped by a heavier set guy who was now yelling at her, I shook my head hoping I wouldn't be caught in the crossfires from what just happened.
Unfortunately as my luck has shown me today, it's not with me today. The Red coat woman had stopped me as I was trying to sneak past them into the city to find help. The question that she had asked me threw me off. "Hey Blue, what do you think about the free press?" As simple of a question as it was I couldn't help but be thrown off by it.
I would have thought that anything doing with the press would no longer exist within this post apocalyptic hellscape. With me still feeling like a pure red blooded American I couldn't stop myself from replying. "Of course I believe in the freedom of the press."
The woman gave the man a smug look. "See that mayor McDonough even the new guy agrees with me!" The mayor for his part gave a dirty smear towards what she and I had said. It only lasted for a brief second before he corrected himself to be the proper gentleman who was elected to lead his people.
Clearing his throat, the Fat guy Mayor McDonough as I have gauged gave me a big smile. One that clearly didn't go up to his eyes. He looked like he would rather be anywhere else but here dealing with us. He had told me in a clearly fake polite smile, "Ah, sorry to have dragged you into this little debate. I hope you can come to enjoy our Great Green Jewel as your own home."
Thanking him for his welcome even if it felt a little cold to me. Then it clicked with me. This guy is the Mayor of this city. If anyone here knows where I can go to get help in finding my son it would be him right? So, taking my shot I ended up asking him if he knew anyone that could help me.
And to say that his response was a little disappointing was an understatement. He told me "There is no one within this city that is available or able to help me out." I felt dejected at hearing this, almost ready to just give it up if there wasn't even a single person that could help me.
While I was dejected as ready to give up, the woman in the red jacket's face went red at the mayor. She screamed out at him yelling out "Why can't we spare anyone to help a poor father find his son!" The mayor sighing he gave an apology again to me for not being able to help out. Then he quickly turned around and walked off.
I don't know how long I was just standing there unable to do anything. The feeling of helplessness growing inside of me for not being able to do anything else grew inside of me.
When I finally came through there was that woman still standing there in front of me. She was waving her hand up and down in front of my face trying to get my attention. Shaking my head to snap out of my awful train of thought trying to recollect myself. I quickly apologized to her about ready to turn around and take off to god knows where.
That's when she grabbed my arm and turned me around. "Sorry, about that Blue, but I have a friend that might be able to help you out." Finally looking up into her eye's. I wasn't able to hide the excitement coming up to my eyes from this news. Maybe there might still be a chance left.
From there she had led me into the city where we officially introduced ourselves. Her name is Piper and she runs the local news stand in town with her younger sister Nat. I guess their residence or place of business was at the front of the city so, when you first walk in you run into them.
As I walked in, my first interaction with Nat was quite an interesting one. She ran up to Piper giving her a tight hug, before complaining about the printer press not working. Something that Piper herself is trying to blow off for some reason.
Once she noticed me she came running up to me handing out a free paper stating that all new customers get a free issue of their papers. As I took the paper from her she gave me a creepy smile telling me to watch out for these things called 'synths'. Piper laughing towards us thanks her youngest sister telling her that we needed to head off to a friend's place.
I had asked Piper what a synth was and why I needed to keep a close eye out for them, but she only gave me a grim look before telling me not to worry about it. She knows something about them, but for some reason she isn't wanting to tell me.
The thought of this being kept from me did kind of annoy me, but right now Piper is the best chance I have to finding anything out about my son so, putting that thought aside I continued to follow her throughout the city to her friends place, while she just rambled on about stuff that I don't quite remember now.
Finally after all of this walking that I have done today, I saw the building that I was guessing that Piper was taking me to. A place with a neon red sign with a heart and arrow display saying Nick's Valentine Detective Agency.
I looked over at Piper in confusion. She gave me a wide smile, Picking up on what I was thinking. "Yep blue Nick is a real detective," a real detective in this wasteland. I could hardly believe it. And with how Piper has been talking up this Nick guy I figured he had to be good right?
Following Piper into the building I could feel the exhaustion finally hit me from today's Journey. It was quite an eventful day that I have had and now my legs are sore as if they were trying to kill me. Seeing a chair sitting behind a desk I walked up to and just slumped down in the chair.
Hoping that this Nick Valentine guy was able to help I finally allowed myself to relax. Piper standing behind me called out for Nick. As we waited for him to come down to the desk, hearing the footsteps coming towards us I couldn't help but let my hope build up.
After so long I may finally be able to start to find answers on my son's kidnapping. A smile plastered on my face from this thought that everything was going to work out. I turned around looking back at the person who was entering into the office space I was in.
I had expected to see a guy standing tall back there behind me, that would be able to help out. Instead of him, there stood a woman wearing a scarf, and grayish button up shirt, with pink skirt. She walked behind the desk.
She had introduced herself as Ellie Perkins, Nick's assistant with the detective agency. That's when I got the bad news from her. Nick was already out with another assignment for someone else and she doesn't know when he's going to be back. She figured it shouldn't be any longer than a month where he is gone.
With this being said out loud I felt my stomach drop. I could see the hope of finding my son flee away from me, mocking me. Maybe I'm just being an idiot thinking I will find any answers about what happened that day.
I could tell that Piper and her were talking to each other, but I couldn't place anything they were saying or doing. Everything just seemed to become dull. The other two people in the room drowned out by my own self doubt. I have never felt so alone and isolated from the world.
Standing up from the chair slowly, walking towards the door stopping just before it. Looking up towards both Ellie and Piper thanking them both for their help even if there wasn't much they could do. As I turned the door handle to open the door up Piper reached out me grabbing my shoulder. She offered to let me stay at her place for the night.
Shaking my head at what she said, I just walked out the door without replying back to her. Looking around the city, as the sunset before me I noticed a few kids running around playing with each other. Adults were starting to gather around a center stall with a protectron serving what looked like some type of noodle dish.
Seeing a few of the stores around me starting to close up for the night it almost felt like the apocalypse hadn't happened. Everyone was just living their normal everyday life. It made me even more distressed at my situation. I couldn't handle the pain anymore so, I decided to look for a place to get a drink for the night.
I stopped two people. One of them was needlessly rude telling me to get lost and they had their own problems. Thankfully the second person that I asked for directions was nice enough to give me directions to a place called the Dugout inn.
Thanking him as I headed off for the inn. It was actually quite a nice place. Much nicer than I thought any bar would be like in this hell hole. Just ignore the fact the ceiling looks like it's ready to cave in any second.
The place was full with people up at the bar getting drinks and some even sitting down on a sofa and chairs in the middle of the room just hanging out and making fun of eachother. Walking up to the bar, the guy behind the bar came up to me greeting me.
He had the thickest russian/ukrainian? accent that I have heard. (It makes me wonder where he had come from and is there still international travel?) Either way, he introduced himself as Vadim, he seems like a nice enough guy if not a little off the top. Ordering the strongest drink that he had instock Vadim brought me back something he said was his specialty moonshine that he makes.
As I was drinking the moonshine, it tasted like shit but at least it was something. As I continued my drink I overheard these people merchants by the sounds of it mourning the loss of a friend by the hands of raiders.
I thought back to Preston and what happened to his gang. How dejected he had sounded at the loss of the people he was trying to help. How dejected he was when I said no to helping out any father then I already have. I have my own problems right? I continued to drink the night away trying to forget everything and all my thoughts as I blacked out at the bar.
October 12th 2287
When I woke up I had the worst hangover in my life in an unfamiliar bed. I could still taste that god awful moonshine in my mouth, and now that I've sobered up quite a bit I just wanted to throw it all up.
Sighing to myself I got up looking around the room trying to figure out where I was. Slowly checking over myself making sure that I still had everything. I noticed my guns were stacked into the corner .the room. After confirming that I still had everything I walked out of the room to find that I was still at the inn.
Sitting at the bar there was Vadim and a guy that I remember seeing last night. Vadim seemed to have noticed me and waved me over to where they were sitting. "Ah, I see that you've woken up with how you're feeling?" The other guy sitting there looked exactly like Vadim now that I looked at him more, they must be twins. "Ah, I'm glad to see you are okay, not many people can live through my brother's moonshine."
That caught me off guard. What did he mean by that? Was there something deadly about the drink that I wasn't told? But, before I could ask what he meant by that, Vadain spoke up and told me to ignore his brother. At this point, I decided it might be best to just let this go and move on.
I guess I had drunk quite a bit of the moonshine last night to the point that I had blacked out on their floor after falling off the chair. It is a little embarrassing to hear them speak about this. I was just laying there crying about my son and wife for about thirty minutes when Vadim's brother Yefim decided to take pity on me and put me in one of the inn's beds.
After thanking them for their kindness I tried to pay for the room that I had slept in but Yefim had told me not to worry about it. After a little while of talking to Yefim and Vadim, and my migraine started to go away, I had decided to go and talk to Piper.
After all, giving up isn't something I can afford to do now. And if society can manage to find a way to somewhat continue on and people can live their normal lives in this hell hole, then I can continue on.
With that resolve I headed off to Piper's place to talk to her. She might be able to help me out some, after all what is a newspaper writer if not a bit of an investigator to find the story right?
Walking out and looking around at the people living their normal life just going about their morning routine, still left me saddened, but as I came up to her door I had already decided what I must do and nothing can stop me. All that I need now is a plan to make it happen.
Reaching my hand out to knock on the door it had opened up and on the other side of the door was Nat. She looked up at me, and turned around yelling back into the building at her sister. With that Nat walked right past me out the door as Piper came walking down from some stairs.
"Ah, Blue I'm glad to see you decided to come here." her voice sounded concerned about me. But I couldn't figure out why she would be worried for a complete stranger like me. Either way that isn't all that important right now. Piper and I sat down on one of the sofa's and just talked for a little while.
I had finally told Piper everything that has happened to me, from being frozen to waking up to watch my son being kidnapped and wife being murdered. Then frozen again and finally waking up for the last time. I could see the pity in her face.
After I was done telling her everything that had happened She had then asked me a strange question out of nowhere. Well I guess it wasn't that strange after all she is a reporter, but I wasn't expecting her to want to interview me. Decided why not. I have nothing really left now. But the questions where simple.
Wanting to know if she could share the story of how I ended up out of time as she had put it, she had asked me my opinion on what I thought of Diamond City and the world at large.
As I had explained, Diamond city is amazing to me that civilization can manage to find a way to continue on even after the world is supposed to end. I was shocked to see two doctors in the city, stalls set up throughout the city selling their goods.
Finally she had asked me an important question: what is allowing me to continue on even when I seemed like I wanted to give up so many times since she first met me. All I could say was that it's hard to continue on. Hell even now I don't know if I can continue on, but I just have to fight past my fears and doubts. Just taking everything as it comes at me.
Piper seemed to be smiling happily at my comments, and thanked me for letting her interview me. That my story might be able to give hope to the citizens of Diamond City. I just laughed at that. Sure if my story is able to give hope to someone else then so be it I suppose.
Piper had stood up and walked off saying she would be right back. I didn't know what she was doing, As she left to walk upstairs to go and do whatever she was doing I decided to look around her place a little.
After sitting there on the couch with nothing but my thoughts for god knows how long Piper had finally come back down the stairs smiling towards me. She was holding a brown book that looked like it was made of leather. It did look a bit torn in the corners, but otherwise in good condition.
I gave her a skeptical look as she came towards me with the book. When she was finally next to me she threw it at me. I was quick to catch it. Giving her one last skeptical look, before I turned my head down at the book.
Flipping through all of the pages it was just all blank. Nothing was written in any of them. I looked back up at her and she was now sitting back down on the couch giving me the widest smile.
We sat there looking at each other like that for a few good minutes before I finally asked what the book was for. She had laughed at me, making me confused. Was I supposed to know why she just threw this at me? Did she think I could read her mind or something? I just glared at her laughing.
When she finally caught her breath she finally told me that it's a Journal. When she gets angry or frustrated at her customers in the city she likes to write a little journal entry about them to let off steam. She figured that if writing off the stressors of her customers helps her, that I might give it a try.
Looking down at the book, then back up at her one last time I had thanked her for the suggestion. I didn't feel like writing in it at first thinking the whole thing was stupid idea. But, looking at Piper I could till she really was trying to help out with anything that she could. So, with nothing to lose I decided why not at least give it a try.
As you can tell from the journal entries, I have actually started writing everything that I can think of into it. Piper was right about this. It has really put everything into perspective for me.
Thinking back of my Journey here, I got out of the vault. From finding Preston and everyone else being attacked by those raiders. The fight that could have turned into a bloodbath between Trudy and Wolfgang had I not been able to strike peace between them. The guards that were fighting those giant green freak super mutant things. Finally Last night as I was drinking away my sorrows, these merchants were mourning the loss of a friend.
I am going to find my son, that I promise on. When I do I'll want to make this a safe place for him to grow up in. To make sure no matter what happens he will be safe and so will everyone else that lives within the commonwealth.
When I was looking around the city, I knew it must be possible because everyone within these walls is living relatively peaceful lives. Thinking of what Preston had told me the other day, maybe I should accept his offer to help rebuild the minutemen. Give my son and the world hope again in the future.
It is currently noon, I have been writing in this for quite a while now. I think I'll have to find some new gear to get out of this vault suit. It's a miracle that I haven't died yet with no armor on me. I'll write more once I get to Sanctuary and talk to Preston.