Trapped Words

The Echoes of History
Crystal Skull Kingdom was a relatively small empire that had managed to become a member of the World Government despite its size because of its wealth. Befitting its name, the kingdom was home to several rare and precious jewels that its citizens had mined for centuries, and had yet to truly even begin to dwindle their incredible reserves of minerals. These gems were usually fashioned into jewelry that were sold at titanic prices, but also were given and sold to scientist, the World Government, and whoever else as material to use in their parts for machinery.

Because of its wealth, Crystal Skull was a popular tourist destination that attracted people from all over the world who desired to purchase clothes bedazzled in rare gems, as well as witness natural landscapes and canyons of diamond and crystal that the country was built upon. As much as Laszlo enjoyed sight seeing, alcohol, and good food, he unfortunately had no time for any of those things. Since he arrived to Crystal Skull nearly three days ago, Laszlo hadn't done much of anything except to pinpoint the location of an Instructional Poneglyph that he had heard was somewhere on this island.

Most of the populace of Crystal Skull was unaware that Poneglyphs even existed, and even those who were aware of their existence didn't realize that there was actually one on Crystal Skull. From his research, Laszlo had only determined the location of the Poneglyph due to being in close proximity of one of the ministers of Crystal Skull, who had expressed concern over someone accidently finding the Poneglyph during the Crystal Festival. Every year, Crystal Skull hosted a festival where visitors from all over could explore the infamous Crystal Cavern which housed literal tons of diamonds, crystals, sapphires, rubies, etc., The floors of the caverns were composed of them. Usually, because the deeper portions of the cavern were used as mining grounds, it was closed to the public. However, once a year, the monarch of Crystal Skull ceased operations and secured the cavern so that everyone could appreciate its beauty, as well as charge for entry into a natural beauty.

Laszlo had paid his fair share to enter the cavern, but had long since splintered off down the narrow pathway from the main group nearly minutes into the tour. Hours had passed since his initial arrival, and after what seemed to be an endless descent, Laszlo arrived to a massive room, where the Poneglyph rested, having been chained into the diamond floor bed of the cave. He smirked.

"Ah, there you go. My beauty!"