November Challenge: Static Between Us
Theme: Dual-Character Scene
Inspiration: Fallout’s world of survival, barter, and moral gray
Tone: Tense, grounded, and cinematic
Voice: Performer plays both characters
Script
(Low hum of static. Rain taps on metal. Distant thunder rolls.)
DRIFTER:
Well, look who the radstorm dragged in. Haven’t seen Brotherhood paint this far north in years.
DISCIPLE:
Not Brotherhood anymore. Just me. And I don’t want trouble.
DRIFTER:
(laughs)
That armor says otherwise. You always roll in with a suit worth more than a settlement, and then say you’re just passing through?
DISCIPLE:
It’s not for show. That core on the table. I’ll be needing that. My fusion core is dying. That one there will ensure this armor isn’t dead weight.
DRIFTER:
(snickers)
And here I was thinking I’d trade it to a settlement. That thing could keep lights on for months. Food warm. Kids safe. And the caps they’d pay? Maybe enough to buy a room in Diamond City. Get out of this rain.
DISCIPLE:
Or get stolen in a week. You know what happens to settlements when they shine too bright. Raiders find them. People die.
DRIFTER:
Oh, I know. I used to be one of those raiders. Still think your suit’s gonna save anyone?
(A tense silence. Static hums.)
DISCIPLE:
Maybe not. But it might keep me alive long enough to make it matter.
DRIFTER:
You talk like things still matter. Out here, it’s caps or corpses.
(A beat. Static hum rises. Someone loads a weapon.)
DISCIPLE:
So what happens now?
DRIFTER:
Depends which one of us blinks first.
(Static surges, thunder hits, then silence.)
Notes from the Mob
November’s challenge was all about contrast — not just between two voices, but two ways of seeing the wasteland.
Members took on the task of performing both characters: The Disciple, a weary ex-Brotherhood of Steel Knight running on duty and fumes, and The Drifter, a Raider-turned-merchant who knows survival is the only currency left.
Performers explored tone shifts, pacing, and perspective, learning to build tension with silence as much as speech. Each take revealed how belief and pragmatism collide when the world burns down around them.
