A young salvager, clad completely in bright blue gear, swam through the cloud sea. He spent a little too much time wondering at the sights underneath the clouds, understandable as it is one of his first solo salvaging operations. Hearing a ping come through his depth probe he refocuses on his task. He swims towards the crate he was after. Hooking it up to a floatation device, he sends it up to the surface. He was about to jump off the seabed to catch up to the crate when he catches a glimpse of something pure silver out of the corner of his eye. What was covered up before by the crate and dirt was now visible.
The object was large, larger than anything that the salvager had taken up before. It was a large metal cylinder that he could not fathom the purpose of. Deciding that his curiosity was worth more than his floatation devices, he quickly hooked up the cylinder as well and brought it up with him. He reached a hook that was dangling beneath the clouds. He hooked up the metal cylinder first then realized that he only had one hook. He looked at the crate regretfully and decides that whatever the metal cylinder was would be worth more and lets go of the crate.
The crane brought the cylinder and Rex onto the back of a small island, or rather, the back of a small titan. The titan turned his head backward in interest at the arrival of something new, a metal marvel that looked sleek unlike the majority of Alrest's clunky and rusting metal. Rex grabbed his crowbar starts inspecting the cylinder for any seams. It was like nothing he had ever seen before. A piece of metal that seemed to be for storage, after all why would it have been crafted to near perfection if it was just a chunk of metal to be used later, but there was nothing to indicate that it could be opened. There was no seam to it so he couldn't just pry it open with his crowbar. Seeing no reliable option, he takes off his gloves and starts to feel around. Suddenly, a green dot of light appears near the base of the cylinder.
"Human life detected, beginning decompression and defrosting sequence."
He jumped back at the sudden declaration of a mechanical voice. The light started to travel outwards in lines until it resembled a sort of rectangle on the side of the cylinder. That section suddenly hissed as steam flew out. A line cut across the middle of the rectangle as the rectangular section rose out of the cylinder. The rectangle split in half, opening up like some futuristic door. A groan was heard echoing from the small cylindrical life pod as a young teen was made visible as the last of the mist faded away, shocking both the young salvager and the old titan.
The young teen looked around in confusion as he stepped out of the pod. He stared at the salvager, perplexion on his face. The salvager looked up to the side. The young teen's view follows. He suddenly collapses in shock at the massive head staring back at him. He crawls backwards slowly in fear when the young salvager kneels down next to him, smile, and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. Reassured, the young teen gets back to his feet shakily, this time regarding the titan in amazement. He then realizes something important. He looks back to the pod and presses his palm into a spot, causing another section to light up. He reels back in shock when seeing the information. He breaks down to his knees sobbing: thousands of years had passed in his cryostasis. His world was dead and only Alrest remained.
Hey, what's up guys, first time writer here! Please don't judge too hard, still in high school so the writing is definitely sub par. It's just that this idea has been bouncing around in my head so hard if I don't get it out my head feels like it's going to explode. No other video game, movie, T.V. show, or book has ever made me itch to write like this one: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, has. There is just so much more that can be done with the game, plot and character wise at least. I wish that Monolith Soft was more willing to do more than spiritual successors but alas! That's why I'm stepping in here today, to give a take on the story if a character was injected in. Not a self-insert, the character will have little in common with my personality or reactions, though a little might bleed through. Also be prepared for much more Nia, personal favorite character, just slightly above Morag and Zeke. I felt that while the Burdened No Longer cutscenes was one of the best in the game, as well as one of the most emotionally impactful, it just isn't explored more than that. I feel like that one little post game dialogue between Rex and Nia isn't enough.
Edit: This is the start of my editing process. I want to make the story as good as possible so there are going to be some updates to the story here and there. They're not going to be plot changing but they'll fix grammar and some plot holes.
