The five people in the shrine begin waking up at the same time.
Each of them lies inside one of the many medical pods in the room, made of smooth curves of glass and white metal. Numerous faintly glowing circuit-like lines of purple lay crisscrossed upon the pod's surfaces, pulsing in sync with the heartbeat of the person inside. The pod is roughly cylindrical in shape, lying horizontally, its bottom half opaque but its top half transparent. The inner surface of the bottom half is padded by some unknown white material that is smooth and silky to the touch, yet pleasantly cool, with the person lying on top and the material itself acting as an exceptionally soft and comfortable mattress. The remaining open space in the pod is filled with a nearly-transparent energy of the faintest greenish white, periodically washing over the person's body; it feels like the gentlest waves of the sea and smells of clean, fresh air. As the pod's transparent upper half opens without resistance, the healing energy quickly drains away, and the pulses of the circuit-like lines gradually slow down to a halt.
As the five former humans get up from their healing pods and look around, they do not see much else in the spacious room. In fact, the only things they can see are more healing pods, a total of nine rows of nine, with about two meters between each row to allow for easier navigation. Each pod looks long enough to support a person of 2.5 meters in height, and wide enough to just about fit in two normal-sized people, but there is quite a bit of space around the pod, as though it is anticipating possible expansions in size. Aside from the healing pods, there are only walls, a ceiling, and a floor of the same white metal, with similar glowing lines and runes of purple. On the walls are numerous large windows, through which lush green trees can be seen, along with the outlines of some impressively tall mountains. An ornate, futuristic door is found on one of the walls, while a smaller door is on another wall perpendicular to the larger one.
For a moment, the room is almost silent, with only the sound of the breathing of the five people inside. The goddess's presence is nowhere to be felt, and the whole encounter is beginning to feel like a dream. However, the purple
symbol that is on the walls and every healing pod, identical to the symbol found on the goddess's clothing, indicates that this is no mere product of someone's imagination. Then again, this may be a dream within a dream... but it's probably best to not go too deeply down that line of thought.
The five people look at one another, unsure of what to do. Perhaps the situation has yet to fully sink in. Regardless, the goddess has stated their goals, but not given any further instructions. It appears to be entirely up to the (former) humans at this point.
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