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By now you have likely heard my sister’s tragic story. Mr. DJ Pon-3 elected to call it Unscrewed Audio Files. I wasn’t about to make him change it since he was doing me a favor playing it on the radio for you, but there were so many better names out there to call it.
Anyways, if he also is likely to broadcast these recordings when I send them to him, so I guess I should introduce myself.
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Shit. This should not be so difficult. In order to tell you who I am, I need to tell you who I was.
Back before the cloud cover was lifted, before the attack of the enclave and the rein of Red Eye, before the megaspells fell and Equestria became the wasteland, before there was even a war I was an earth pony named Shoeshine. I had a loving mother, named Crowning Achievement, and an older sister, named Screwloose–you should know her as the protagonist of Unscrewed Audio Files. We lived happily in Ponyville–back then it wasn’t a raider town or Hellhound refuge. We were by no means a wealthy family, but we were happy.
Mom was a retired teacher and Screwloose had a knack for architectural design. My cutie mark ended up being 2 interlocking horseshoes. Somehow it denoted my special talent for leadership since it appeared after I took control of the school play when the drama teacher up and quit. Honestly I’m not even sure that was what my talent was, but I had a good handle on leading other ponies. I ended up working in town hall for Ponyville’s Mayor, Mayor Mare.
Screwloose gave up her dream of becoming an architect when we were too poor to send her to school and financial aid just couldn’t cut it. Instead she opted to be a construction worker and moved to Canterlot to help expand the city during the population boom. A choice mom was not too happy about, she would have rathered Screwy gotten a job in Ponyville.
In retrospect, I should have urged her to follow her dreams instead of settling. As you may know from my sister’s logs, 2 years before the war she had an accident. An improperly secured steel beam fell and hit her while she was on her lunch break. She survived, but was never the same. Her mental state degraded until she only acted like a dog.
The rest you know, Screwy went to Ponyville Hospital to be treated–if only I knew of the true mistreatment she would endure there. I regret that I only visited twice. Once to tell her about my new job as part of the Ministry of Image–I’m the one who came up with the “Better wipped than stripes” slogan–and once later in the war to see how she was doing. When I was ushed out after 10 min, I sent my friend Pinkie to find out why. I didn’t know until listening to my sister’s logs what truly became of Pinkie’s visit.
I was granted a spot in Stable 1 for my service to the ministry, even if the stable typically was reserved for the canterlot nobles and the princesses. Then the final day happened. The Megaspells fell. The Wasteland was born. Everypony was called to the stables. We thought we would be safe, but Stable-Tec’s ability to be prepared had its limits. They weren’t prepared for the littlehorn agent–know today as the Pink cloud. It breached the stable. We tried to escape when we found the true purpose of the stable. Stable 1 was to punish the canterlot nobles and the princesses for their damned war. The worst part was, the princesses never made it to the stable. We were trapped and we all died.
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Ok, obviously since I’m talking now, not all of us died. That brings me to who I am now–Well part of it at least. Those not outright killed by the pink cloud became what is now known as Canterlot Ghouls. The change was startling to many and some–myself included–changed our names to fit out new appearence. I picked Brittleshine.
The surviving ghouls of Stable 1 went on to form Stable City where we lived safely for 200 years. Then everything changed when the Enclave attacked. In an effort for power and as a way to rid the wasteland of one of it most deadly locations, they shot Canterlot off the mountain.
Thankfully Canterlot Ghouls are hard to kill, right? Those who survived settled in part of Zebratown and the rubble of the city above landed. We formed Recurrence, a settlement for ghouls–particularly the ones who are of the Canterlot variety. I was instrumental in setting up this new ghoul haven and thus I was chosen as mayor, though it was unlikly I was going to be replaced. Nopony else wanted to lead since the Overmare was killed in Canterlot’s destruction.
That is how it went for 10 years. Then Ditzy brought me my sister’s recorder.
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From the day I became a ghoul, I had accepted that the rest of my family was long dead. I no longer had any more attachments to my old life as Shoeshine. I could completely be Brittleshine.
Though shortly after making Recurrence, I did get a message from Dr. Stable Rate–Screwloose’s Ex-Fiance–I still felt I had severed all attachments to my old life.
Then I found out my sister survived the megaspells too. She had even gone looking for me and came so close.
**pipbuck sound**
(Pinkie Pie) You and your sister will meet again. I know it. Just hang in there.
**pipbuck sound**
This one line from the ever mysterious Pinkie gives me hope my sister is still out there. I intend to find her.
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Even if the trail has been cold for 210 years..
**knock**knock**knock**
Come in!
**door opening**
(Sundae) *very raspy** Sorry to interrupt, madam mayor, but Dr. Stable Rate is here to see you.
Thank you Sundae, send him in.
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