Unfreeze. The beat drops. The HOODED FIGURE hits the first arrow — dead on — and the hood flies back.
THE PAYOFFS, ALL AT ONCE
TONY (horrified) — It can't be— you're DEAD— you took the long way, the long way took you—
OZZY (never missing a step) — The long way took a lot from me, Tony. But not my feet. And not — (he looks at Penny) — not the one thing that was worth the whole trip home.
PENNY (breathless, tears) — ...Ozzy? (and somewhere, the porch light blazes back to full, steady gold — dark since Scene 11, flickering since Scene 12, home at last) ...It's YOU. It's really—
OZZY (dancing toward her, flawless) — It's me, Penny. It's Nobody. I came home.
TELLY (leaping up, vindicated) — I TOLD you! I TOLD all of you! Nobody came home!
The suitors fall back. WINNER flashes. PENNY runs to him — and OZZY catches her. The uncatchable man, finally caught. Home.
OZZY (holding Penny) — ...told you a pretty Penny was waitin'.
PENNY — ...you took the long way, you idiot.
OZZY — ...never again.
They kiss. The porch light blazes. — into the FINALE (the recognition duet + the reckoning + the company bow).