On March 15, 2014, the residents of New York City buried a time capsule. Their hope was that on March 15, 2114, it would be opened and the future residents of NYC would see what life was like 100 years in the past. Locked away in the titanium cylinder were important artifacts from the present day. The objects were chosen by citizens from all walks of life and professions: librarians, teens, computer programmers, medical professionals, research scientists, gardeners, biologists, and more.
Etched onto the surface of the time capsule were the words of a famous author, William Faulkner: "I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail….because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."
The capsule was buried with much hope for the future.
Sadly, things didn’t turn out as they had hoped.
By March 15, 2514, New York had become a desperate place. Something big had changed. The city was a nuclear wasteland the people that were there had changed and those who didn’t, tried to survive. Citizens were terrified, many hid away others went to bunkers and some embraced it hoping for the best.
Two teens named Matthew and Jessica– or wastelanders, as they were called now – were on their way to base from a meeting with another settlement involving a truce. As they walked in the shadows to avoid detection, they tripped on a huge titanium cylinder. Etched into the surface were a series of scratched-out words. The only words they could make out were, "He will prevail."
The wastelanders dragged the heavy cylinder into a hidden alleyway and twisted it open. The glow from their flashlights revealed what was inside. With gasps of relief, they looked at each other with hope in their eyes for the first time in years, what was in the container you may ask, well, it was a cure for the people exposed to the radiation, and so they set off many people tried and failed to take it way from our hero’s they went to find some high ground to set up a base and use the machine.
The morale is no matter how bad a situation is it can get better just wait for the right moment. Written by Taj A. Wilson