unknownseas | There's always a lighthouse

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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It's easy to give in to that much.

[A pause. From the way her face twists, she remembers how happy she was, how it was the only thing that brought her joy after so long. But then this place, and not having that push stoking the fire of hate in her mind, and learning what happened...

All right, let's not think about that, she thinks.]

Keep your head. It isn't easy. But far be it from me to deny you that, after everything she did to you.

There's always a lighthouse

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