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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[nothingcanstop]

[ There are some things that'll never change!! ]

What's all- oh! Oh, you mean...all the Gem things you can do? ...Hoooow long were you under the water?

[hardnosed]

Long enough.

[ Specific! But there's less of a sense that she's just giving a brusque answer to be rude. If anything, she looks more content than before -- not happy, but secure.

She steps onto the beach. ]

What about you?