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Lucy's Vault Life
Fallout
by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner
Lucy MacLean presents a formal application to her community's High Council, detailing her various skills, physical fitness, and contributions to the Vault. She expresses her desire to participate in a 'Triennial Trade' to find a marriage partner outside of her immediate gene pool, highlighting the high stakes of survival and procreation in her underground society.
The Ghoul's Philosophy
Fallout
by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner
A group of bounty hunters unearth a legendary, undead gunslinger known as the Ghoul to recruit him for a high-stakes mission. After a brief and tense negotiation regarding a target in California, the Ghoul demonstrates his superior lethality by effortlessly dispatching his liberators. The scene establishes the Ghoul's cynical worldview and his terrifying efficiency as a wasteland mercenary.
The Thumbs Up Rule
Fallout
by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner
During a birthday party, Cooper explains a grim survival rule from his military days to his young daughter, Janey. The moment turns from a tender father-daughter exchange to a terrifying reality as they witness a nuclear flash on the horizon.
The World's Dying
EnCrypt
by Richard Taylor
In a dystopian future, Reich recruits Garth for a high-stakes infiltration of a fully automated mansion protected by a sentient AI. Reich reveals that the mission involves downloading weather-control research that could potentially save the dying world, while Garth remains cynical about the possibility of redemption. The scene establishes the ticking clock of an approaching army and the immense danger of the sentient computer system, EnCrypt.
The Cannibal Tea Party
The Book of Eli
by Gary Whitta, Anthony Peckham
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Eli and Solara find a seemingly cozy home occupied by an elderly couple, only to realize the horrifying truth behind their survival. The tension escalates from an awkward tea service to the discovery of a backyard graveyard and the physical symptoms of cannibalism.
The Choice to Stay or Go
The Book of Eli
by Gary Whitta, Anthony Peckham
Eli tricks Solara into returning to an underground spring so he can lock her inside for her own safety. Despite her furious protests and insults, Eli explains that the road is too dangerous for her and encourages her to stay and improve her own community before he departs on his mission alone.
The Last Book
The Book of Eli
by Gary Whitta, Anthony Peckham
In a post-apocalyptic world, Eli explains the origins of his mission and the significance of the Bible he carries. He recounts the aftermath of the war and the divine voice that has guided and protected him on his twenty-year journey west.
Hawthorne's Philosophy of Power
The Book of Eli
by Gary Whitta, Anthony Peckham
Hawthorne explains his obsession with finding a specific book to a wounded and skeptical Redridge. He views the text not as literature, but as a powerful psychological weapon capable of controlling the masses and expanding his rule over the post-apocalyptic landscape.
The Drainage Culvert Scene
The Terminator
by James Cameron
Hiding in a drainage culvert, Sarah Connor tends to Kyle Reese's gunshot wound while he reveals the heavy burden of her future legacy and a message from her unborn son.