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.

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[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Angel nods. ]

Yeah, I'm good for right now. Fresh air's plenty.

[ Oh hey, Mira actually knows how little fresh air Angel's gotten in her life! :D ]

[philoxenia]

[ ah..... love that ]

Well, you can't have enough of that. [ She pauses, considering something. ] I-- want to apologize for you. Um, I found that notebook, the one where you wrote about your life.

... It feels like I pried into something I had no right to.

[didntgetdadslooks]

Oh.

[ Angel exhales, thinking on it for a bit. ]

I guess it's an excuse to be a little more open about it, at least. I'm not sure I like dodging it like I have been.