It was fierce, like a wave crashing into him with the wrath of the oceans, burning his head in searing debilitating pain, and dragging his soul away into the depths of the ocean to spiral downwards towards a cold, hopeless end, ever drowning, ever falling.

It was quick, and just as a wave, it washed away, leaving him in the shores of emptiness, staring into nothing but a piercing light, still falling..

[i]what was that smell.[/i].

[i]was this death?[/i]

[b]
"eeeeeEEEEEEE!"[/b]

Lalna's eyes shot open as the scream pierced his ear, and his surroundings flooded him.[i] where am i?[/i] his eyes drifted onto a card, fluttering towards the ground as he heard the sound of the cloth being pushed aside and hurried footsteps. slowly he raised himself to a kneel and picked up the card he was watching from amidst the others that rested on the ground. a Joker from a simple print deck. It wasn't long before his attention fell onto the embers and coals that heated a pot in a corner of the tent he found himself in.

[i]something seemed off..[/i] Lalna slowly stood up as he watched the embers, walking towards the warmth and allowing it to embrace him with a smile.

[i]what is it..[/i] He checked the pot, nothing but boiling water, someone was probably going to use it for something, maybe the one who screamed?
[i]
this light..[/i] His expression shifted as he realized it, the room's lighting had a soft, greeninsh tint, quickly he turned around and found the source, a table, specifically, a lantern resting on it. a curious lantern infact, upon closer inspection. The sickly green light emanated from within, yet no flames burnt inside, only some sort of egg. alongside that, the lantern itself had an interesting layout, symbols and runes etched on its surface, he had never seen any like these before.. [i]curious indeed..[/i]

his right hand slowly grasped the lantern, as thoughts flooded his mind, all of this was so foreign to him, he found himself in a tent, he had no idea how he got here, or where he quite was.. was this judgement? the thought crossed his mind but he quickly shook it away, he could not have failed Kall, his life had been dedicated to her, if he had truly died, he would've been in paradise.. [i]surely..[/i] Lalna decided to take the lantern, bringing it to his side, as a token of sorts, it represented this dilema he'd found himself in, in a 

Bringing his left hand to the symbol upon his chest, he quickly whispered a few words in prayer, but decided not to spend to much time here, he had to figure out where he was, so lantern at his side, Lalna made his way outside the tent. towards the voices.