There's always a lighthouse

[wheremst]

And just like that, you wake up in the basement of a lighthouse in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There's a circle of 25 pods in the middle of the room, and two more in a room off to the side, and you can imagine who is in which.

An elevator to the side of the room leads up to the ground floor (or to the first sub-basement, if you want to check out the machine that brought you here), where you can for the first time in weeks look out a window and see the sky. Its a beautiful sunny day, with a strong breeze on the grassy ground of the island where the lighthouse stands. Have you ever been this happy to hear seagulls?

You're free. Whatever comes next, you're free and you won. Take some time to relish your victory, won't you? Reunite with friends you thought you had lost, go forth and just... well, enjoy this.

Comments

[pimpplan]

[ Well, that was fun while it lasted. He stands up straight, and moves to head back down. ]

Don't worry, I'll get out of your hair. Or, scales. Whatever.

[archboxer]

Do what you wish, Zelos.

[Hey!]

I just thought I would say that... well. I suppose I finally can say that I forgive you for what you have done. We all are alive now, after all.

[Kirei can go jump in the sea tho]

[pimpplan]

[ No, Kirei's cool. He can stay. ]

I wasn't exactly looking for your forgiveness, but thanks, I guess.

[ He doesn't mean it, obviously. ]

[archboxer]

[The weird obsessive priest is okay? Okay, Zelos, you need to go into the sea.]

Would it hurt you, for a moment, to just accept it and leave?

[She will not burn the lighthouse. She will not burn the lighthouse.]

[pimpplan]

From you? Absolutely.

[ He stops at the top of the stairs, turning back. ]

Honestly Rhea, I'm done. Obviously we can't have a conversation without one of us getting pissy with the other, so it's better if we just don't bother. Cool?

[ he mad, bro ]

[archboxer]

Very well. I did try to be the bigger person.

[Hey, it's not much but... it's something. She guesses.

Goodbye, trash man. She's just going to continue to climb and sleep on top of the lighthouse.]