Chronicles of the Crystal Caravans

*I'm surprised that there aren't many Crystal Chronicles stories. It was a REALLY fun game. Well anyway, spoilers if you didn't get to the actual plot in Mount Vellenge. Just complete the side quest in Lynari desert to get the Unknown Element if you don't know what I'm talking about*

PROLOUGE

I sat on the edge of the cliff and reflected on the past 8 years. Since that fateful day when I joined Tipa's caravan I had become one of the most powerful warriors in the land. I had set out, my three childhood friends st my side. Many of the adults made jokes, saying that since I had done such a good job leading us into mischief, I should be just fine with leading them do do something actually productive.

"Hey Ios, dinner's ready. Although it may benefit you to miss a couple," a female voice said from behind me.

"You really want me to complain about being hungry, Anamken?" I said without turning my head.

I was answered by a giggle as the owner of said voice came up and sat next to me. I wrapped my arm around her. She sighed and leaned into me. I turned and looked at her. Her black hair was tied up in a pony tail, leaving her blue eyes free to gaze out over the view that I had been enjoying. Unlike most Selkies, she wore a white robe over shin-length white pants and a high necked dark blue tunic that had sleeves that reached her elbows.

"The world's so beautiful. It's a shame that no one's been able enjoy it," she said, her normal flirty and joking attitude falling away to the gentle and caring girl that I fell in love with.

"I know. The inhabitants of this world have lived in fear of miasma for far to long. And because of us, everybody can finally live in peace and enjoy the world," I replied.

We got up and made our way back to our camp. The last half of our caravan were serving up dinner. Crysial, a female Yuke whose literal personality and mindset combined often fool people into believing her to be an innocent fool oblivious to innuendos, similes and the like, and Denoto, a male Yuke with a dismissive and flirty attitude that commonly caused us trouble, were wearing their normal crimson with blue highlights and black with silver highlights robes respectively. Their faces were covered with helmets like the rest of their race, Crysial's gold and Denoto's silver

We all sat down and dug into our lunch of meat and striped apples.

"Have we made any progress in finding any cities or towns?" Denoto asked.

We had come upon city after city devoid of life and in ruins thanks to the Miasma. The only living creatures that we could find were various moogles. Our current objective came from one such inhabitant of this wasteland. He had informed us that a small village had survived the Miasma because of a small crystal. We were headed there in hopes of finding them.

"Nope. Hopefully we'll see signs of civilization soon," Anamken replied.

We finished eating in peaceful silence. After we were done, we packed up and headed out. We carried the hope of finding others who devised ways to survive the Miasma for the past thousands of years in our hearts.