Written by Benoit Goudreault-Emond
The story so far
I have attempted to insert parts of what is in this chapter in the overall story; however, I realized later that several pieces were missing. This chapter is meant to give the overall background of what happened after Meteor. I assume you know what happened before; the best way to do so is, of course, to play the game!
It's been two years since Meteor.
AVALANCHE members have separated, attempting to return to their life before Sephiroth entered it.
Nanaki returned to Cosmo Canyon, taking the same role as his father before him. However, he is rather young for the task, and although he tries hard to hide it, he is incredibly bored. Monsters are getting fewer and fewer on the Planet, and Nanaki finds himself spending more and more time in the Cosmo Canyon library, reading older and older books. He is looking for something, but he does not know what, exactly.
Cid returned to Rocket Town. Although he dreams of building another rocket, he has decided to take it slow for a while. Most of his time was spent restoring the Highwind to its older form, and repairing the Tiny Bronco. Shera still lives in his house, and Cid is quite polite to her, but he does not know exactly how to handle her; he feels guilty for treating her badly for all those years.
Vincent has been searching for Lucrecia, with no success. The woman has seemingly disappeared. His heart broken, Vincent wanders in the world, visiting his old teammates frequently. They are, after all, the only family he has left.
Reeve has founded his own company, Locust Inc., and is looking for alternatives to Mako as energy sources. His first big contract was to rebuild Midgar. He would have preferred to relocate its population, but that would have proven quite difficult, so he chose the most obvious alternative. After two years of intensive construction work, Midgar is mostly rebuilt, and people have started moving back up on the plates. Busy with other things, Reeve has left them build the social structure they wanted. Reeve does not use the Cait Sith robot anymore; he feels he must face reality in the flesh.
Barret has moved to Corel, and he is in charge of rebuilding the town. The citizens of Corel had ejected him from the town as a pariah; he came back as a hero. Corel has reopened its coal mines, now that Mako energy is not used anymore. Those are happy days for Barret, spending time with his daughter and attaining what he perceives to be his redemption by rebuilding Corel. Elmyra has followed Marlene to Corel, and acts essentially as the little girl's surrogate mother.
Yuffie has returned to Wutai, and has been mostly training and enjoying the Materia she "liberated" from the other AVALANCHE members. Great things are going on in Wutai. The city is becoming a world power once more, modernizing its infrastructures and philosophy. Yuffie is enjoying great prestige. However, more and more responsibilities are being put on her shoulders, and the strain is causing her to grow up...somewhat.
Cloud and Tifa, having nothing to return to, are trying to make a new life for themselves in the quiet town of Kalm. Tifa has opened a bar in Kalm, which is having rather good success. Cloud is living in the basement of the bar, and is working as an exterminator, killing leftover monsters in the area. However, he has become a shadow of the calm, confident man that had been leading AVALANCHE in the Meteor crisis. Cloud is feeling immense guilt over Aeris' death, and although he keeps telling himself that she's probably happy where she is, he still hasn't accepted it. Tifa is at loss, not knowing why Cloud is withdrawing within himself, and longs for the closeness they shared before Meteor fell. Still, she remains at his side, not daring to confront him in fear of driving him away. Meanwhile, Cloud wonders why Tifa seems remote most of the time, and longs for things the way they were before Meteor as well.
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Benoit Goudreault-Emond April, 9 2001