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

[lovelikeyou]

It's not...it's not that.

[Except it kinda totally is, isn't it? She just doesn't like the way it sounds aloud - that she doesn't trust them. There's people here she'd trust with her life...this is just more important than that.]

It's just, I don't...I don't know what I would do. And if the Diamonds ever found out - [She lifts a hand to curl her fingers in her hair.] - they'd destroy everything.

[bolderfell]

...Got a lot to worry about, don't you.

[He nods.]

All right. For what it's worth, you'll probably do okay. No better or worse than anyone else. Let me know if you ever need a thief's help figuring things out yourself.

[lovelikeyou]

...thank you. That's very kind.