Dispatches from the United Commonwealth

by Cupcakedoll

A few years after Sole Survivor Em set up a truce between the powers in the Commonwealth, a brotherhood scribe has come to report on how things are going.

3. Experiment

Experiment

Recording by Scribe Ellison

"You have a pet ghoul?"

A deep sigh. "It's an experiment. Doc Jenna's idea. Ghouls are prewar people whose minds were destroyed by radiation. So I found a ghoul in a labcoat and hauled it back here alive and we've been stuffing it full of mentats ever since."

The one-armed feral ghoul is tied to a pole, with several layers of chains and ropes that keep it suspended off the ground. As we approach it squirms and hisses. I ask, "Do you really believe enough mentats are going to turn that thing into a rational being again?"

"I believe it needs to be tried. Many times. This one came from Med-Tek, it was wearing a white coat when I grabbed it. If we can get it talking again, it could know all sorts of medical secrets. I admit, things don't look promising so far."