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

[nothingcanstop]

[ You know, anything's an improvement from that! Della on the other hand can't stop her soft, shy smile from crossing her face. ]

Huh? ...And just what they are you talking about, Anna?

[emberserker]

What do you mean, what they? You were there. Everyone in that room listened to you, and they clearly cared what you thought. The Professor trying to undermine your faith in them and in Angel clearly wasn't happenstance.

[nothingcanstop]

Well, I didn't want to assume! ...We all just worked together. [ Er- ] We mostly worked together.

[emberserker]

Mostly, right. At least you were more together than the rest of us by the end of it. If I have to listen to any more bickering about how we're all going to die, I swear.