Here is a story for Fallout lovers.
Black: …The claims are nothing but a fairy tale.
White: I’m not claiming — I’m just asking.
Black: You’re claiming that the sacred images are fake.
White: I’m searching for the true reality of the sacred images.
Black: Who are you to question the sacred image?
White: As a believer, I must question.
Black: Don’t you believe?
White: It’s not that I don’t believe — I question so I can believe.
Black: How does that work? So you don’t believe.
White: How can I believe without questioning?
Black: Come on, just say “I believe.”
White: I can’t claim it without checking its truth first — without having verified it. Otherwise we’re just a herd following one another.
Black: Cut that mouth. You rejected Khidr’s sacred images.
White: I’m not rejecting them — the documents may be real.
Black: May be? Who are you, seriously.
White: I am a believer; I have to do this.
Black: Don’t bring new customs to the old village.
White: Honestly, I need to trust my reason.
Black: White, repent.
White: That’s not faith — that’s the comfort of disappearing in the grave, as you say.
Black: Trust our faith.
White: I’m saying we should trust ourselves, our reason. Not trusting ourselves is the real unbelief.
Black: How is that?
White: Believing, having faith, isn’t it an act of trust? Especially when it’s a claim about the future.
Black: What are you trying to get at?
White: To believe is to trust reason — that is, to not be afraid.
Black: If it’s human reason, then use your reason and accept the sacred images.
White: That’s not human reason — it’s unexamined repetition.
Black: Come on, question yourself a little too.
White: I am questioning, brother. That’s why I’m here. Have you ever questioned what you understand from the images?
Black: I question — yes, right. It’s Khidr, peace be upon him.
White: Brother, what might have been meant by this? The image is real, but what it’s describing might be something else. Don’t you want to try to understand it properly, with respect for religion?
Black: Look, my dear White, this is getting out of hand. What good is standing before these images that supposedly indicate Khidr’s presence — for example, this blessing of teleportation?
White: Brother, I just want to make it more meaningful.
Black: With daydreaming? Our civilization was destroyed by those dreams. We’re barely recovering.
White: Aren’t our dreams what keep us alive?
Black: Our faith is what keeps us alive.
White: It’s the same thing.
Black: Repent, White.
White: Come on — isn’t believing the same as dreaming? What’s wrong with dreaming?
Black: Earlier you spoke of reason instead of faith. You’re sinking further today.
White: Look, we’re old friends. Just think. What if those images aren’t teleportation — what if they’re describing something else?
Black: What are they describing, learned Mr. White?
White: What do we actually know about this? You ask and I’ll tell you.
Black: You’ve turned into a preacher. What shall I ask?
White: Suppose I’m mentally ill. You’ll have to talk to me to treat me.
Black: Khidr’s sacred images are real.
White: They are real — yes, they exist there.
Black: Khidr was teleported. Miracles are real.
White: Khidr may have been teleported; “miracle” is a concept that’s often misunderstood.
Black: Repent, astaghfirullah. What do you mean by that?
White: Don’t interpret — listen to me, I’m insane, after all.
Black: Fine. Khidr crossed between dimensions and defeated the devils.
White: “Dimensions” can be misunderstood — we can’t be sure what was meant at that time.
Black: There are documents — devils, you see. In the Fallot Realm Khidr saved humanity.
White: We can’t know about other realms; we should believe examples from this realm.
Black: You’re an idiot. These aren’t from this world.
White: I told you I’m insane — continue. The devils are tools Khidr used to teach us something.
Black: How so? That’s too much madness.
White: Don’t we call an unknown illness an “illness”? It’s the same — “devil” is a concept born of ignorance. They even say the devil possessed someone, due to lack of knowledge.
Black: Fine — what do you say about the light of Fallot? Can anyone destroy someone with light?
White: I can create this image in my mind; it could be an illustration.
Black: Who could imagine such a miracle, White? Who would do it and why?
White: We all create images to convey something.
Black: Are you saying the images are fabricated?
White: What isn’t made up? Aren’t we all made-up stories? Yes, made-up — from the fabric of life.
Black: That’s too much — even madness has a limit.
White: Madness has no limit; look what happened in the final annihilation.
Black: This is the result of straying from the path of Sharia.
White: Don’t be angry, but I’ll say something.
Black: I’ll definitely get angry, but say it.
White: I think the images you show belong to a game.
Black: What game? This is a place of worship. All our people know these images.
White: Our whole people are mistaken.
Black: What proof do you have — on what do you base that?
White: I have no proof, I’m just saying I think so. I imagined it; call it nonsense.
Black: A child’s game, then?
White: No — somehow Prophet Khidr put himself into a game. Let’s say in the realm of jinn. He created devils by himself.
Black: Why would he do that himself? Khidr is pure goodness.
White: I’m suggesting it based on ourselves. When we get bored, we invent problems.
Black: What kind of problem would that be? Destroy devils with a light weapon?
White: I don’t know, I can’t know.
Black: What use is your idea?
White: I like imagining. We’ve been copying these images for centuries. Have we ever thought to update them?
Black: What are you talking about? Sacred images updated? Never.
White: Our bodies get updated — there are problems, otherwise.
Black: You should update your ideas, I think.
White: I updated them, and I think these images have lost their meaning.
Black: You seem to have lost something.
White: Also there are ancient theories that came with ancient religions.
Black: Like what?
White: Actually the images and the stories are ordinary people’s tales. The ignorant have exaggerated them, they say.
Black: Why would they do that?
White: Their education may have required it — after all we look from the frame we were taught about life.
Black: So you admit your education was lacking.
White: Don’t hit below the belt — it’s not my fault I didn’t have a family.
Black: It’s not your fault, but the effects are there.
White: The effects are there, yes; I lacked education so I taught myself. I learned to think for myself.
Black: Don’t be one of those who think they think by themselves — who has come by themselves to think?
White: Don’t think you’re a true believer in the Fallot religion either — you believe those who taught you.
Black: Someone will hear, don’t be ridiculous. Why would anyone reject eternal bliss?
White: I’m happy like this too.
Black: You’re not happy — happiness is on this side.
White: Why are you doing this?
Black: Goodness, preaching.
White: You know the great annihilation was the work of people doing good for others, right?
Black: What do I gain from this?
White: You gain nothing — you have unexamined repetitions.
Black: Questioning doesn’t give me anything. Also innovation is forbidden; the old ways were fine. May Khidr help you from Fallot. May Fastaval come to you. Let us raise our hands and supplicate; let us preach the essentials of our religion. 1. Welcome home. 2. Prepare for the future. 3. War never changes. 4. Your destiny will be formed by your actions. 5. Brotherhood wants you. 6. Our future begins. 7. Enjoy it. 8. Tactical, team-based combat is coming to the Fallot universe. My last prayer to you is our religion’s pillar: “CLASSIC RPG.” I hope you feel ashamed of those documents and come back to our fold.
White: Amen, amen…
