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

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Yup, out of one difficult job and into another. I'm going to be pretty busy for at least a few more months.

[Hmm...]

Forensic expert may come in handy. You'll have to bring it up with Bla- Carmen, I think.

[snackooed]

I think I'll do that. I don't exactly have anything pressing going on at home, unless there's been an explosion of casework back at the precinct since I've been away. And that's assuming I still have a position in Criminal Affairs, after over two months of no-call no-show...

[ Of course, these are extenuating circumstances. ]

If she'll have me, I'll do what I can. No reason not to have each others backs, after everything, right?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

I'm pretty glad I didn't have any major responsibilities around the time I got kidnapped.

[Besides the start of her new, big journey of re-discovery. Searching for her destiny. Normal things like that.]

Heh, right. [Having each other's back is the least she could do now.] I can't say I know her too well, but she seems the type that likes to work as a team. Basically what VILE hates.

[snackooed]

And what a good chunk of us don't seem to like very much, either...

[ No wonder why Maelstrom went after a good batch of them. ]

Luckily, in my line of work, you learn pretty quickly that if you're not a team player, the whole investigation falls apart. If one link in that chain of custody breaks, or the evidence gets lost in transit somewhere, the whole case might just slip through our fingers...

I'm not gonna weigh anyone down. I got careless here, and it wound up putting everyone in a tighter spot than they needed to be in. So I'm gonna make sure that doesn't happen again.