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

[emberserker]

So those without envy those with. That makes sense. It's always been like that.

[archboxer]

Yes. Even if a new system of governance is put into place that part of nature will not change... it will only change what that 'something' is. Money, skill. Appearance.

[emberserker]

That's always how it is. You know, I always thought I was supposed to be something great because of who my family was. But sometimes it's never enough, is it?

[archboxer]

No, sometimes it is not. I understand... before even Nemesis I thought I understood my role. Yet things kept changing.

[emberserker]

And then everything just ended up the way it did.

...I'll come and see you, then, if you tell me where you end up. I wouldn't say no to your help, like you said.

[Maybe she'll finally stop boiling bathwater.]

[archboxer]

[Stop abusing bathwater!]

I may go with Mira... she seems fond of me still. I cannot say what's wrong with her.

[emberserker]

She likes keeping faith in people. No matter how well-advised. It's something very important to her, that's all, and so are you.