Fallout: Equestria - Parallelism

by Dovaki

Foreword

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Responsibility.

Humanity, at the height of scientific knowledge, created nuclear weapons, which eventually came crashing down on itself. The earth was enveloped in purifying flames and radiation, destroying almost all life on the planet. The advances of the human mind almost disappeared in a short period of time. Science evolved rapidly, while man by nature remained unchanged. Mankind's failure to master its own knowledge has turned into a massive catastrophe.

Ever since childhood, we all want to know the world, to feel it, to touch it, to taste it. Right up to the point of death. A person's consciousness is like a cocktail that contains a mixture of everything this person has seen, realized during his life. Through learning and exploring the world, some say, humanity has evolved from apes to modern human. Throughout history, humanity has evolved through knowledge that has been constantly multiplied. From rocks and sticks, humanity has evolved to lasers and nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons proved to be the last argument in resolving conflicts and were used against humanity. Life on Earth was practically exterminated, but man as a species did not disappear. Humans began to care about their own survival in spite of others. However, this behavior was observed even before the nuclear catastrophe. Culture, accumulated over thousands of years, limited human behavior. It was imperfect, but it was useful, as the nuclear apocalypse demonstrated, leaving little of it behind.

Curiosity leads to various consequences... We are responsible for what we do, even unknowingly.

One man's curiosity is overpowering. He has lived his entire life in a safe underground bunker, deprived of all the excitement of the outside world. In the year 2274, at the age of eighteen, this man emerged from the bunker known as Vault 101 into the Wasteland and, despite the dangers, climbed wherever he could. Curiosity drove him to look under every rock. The experience left its mark on this man's mind, and sometimes he was tossed from one extreme to another. He tried to understand what he wanted from life as he explored the world. In his nine years in the Wasteland he had done a lot of things. Curiosity has driven him relentlessly, but it has repeatedly led to disastrous consequences. The burden of responsibility prevents him from enjoying life.

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