With little warning, a red-clad warrior and his accompaniment of soldiers would materialize next to a long-disused gate in the Nexus of Worlds. Over two-hundred souls lay motionless on the ground where they appeared. Cathak Talon lay there for just under a minute before his eyes snapped open and he sat up. [B]"Am I... dead? Is this..."[/B] he scanned his surroundings before continuing with his confused ramblings. A lush landscape, animals, fruit trees, water... it was oddly similar to the lands outside of Lookshy. So where was he, really? Had Yuri maybe reversed time, or transported Talon and his soldiers away from the city of Nexus? What in the name of the Scarlet Empress was going on? Where was he?

Rising to his feet, Talon sighed heavily. It was situations like this that he was not good at dealing with. Sure, he had the senses of a hawk... but when you're confused about where you are or what happened, all the senses in the world can't help you much. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he spied something unusual. A skeletal form, as unfamiliar as it was ageless. Normally, he would assume such a thing to be dead... but that was where his sharp senses came into play. He could tell simply by looking that the being was not the traditional definition of dead. No... something was different. There was something to this being. Something... more. [B]"You there. Identify yourself!"[/B] Talon drew his blade as he approached, ready for anything at this point.

And then the being spoke... and then stood. His voice rang out through the air as if it was a clap of thunder. Talon was instantly ready to combat this being. Someone with such a presence, such force of being... could only be Anathema or of the Fair Folk. As he was preparing to rush into the fight, his potential for motioned over the land around them and continued to speak. Its words were intriguing, to say the least. A moment of contemplation followed, though Talon kept his weapon ready. [B]"Then tell me this, being.Or, Dreamer, as you seem to call yourself. Tell me why I am here."[/B] he lowered his weapon and returned it to the ring holster at his belt. After all, there was little honor in keeping a weapon drawn during conversation.

[B]"I know not of the Dreamers you speak of, nor these 'other worlds'. I know only of Creation and her sister realms. I've not come here by choice, I seek only the way back home, and I care not if I remember this place. In addition, I seek not war with you unless you..."[/B] he paused for a second, thinking back on his friend who had been "anathema". Were they really so bad as the Immaculate Order made them out to be? Perhaps not. [B]"... I ask you not to threaten me, for I will not take another mention of my death so lightly."[/B] One hand gripped tightly on the hefty blade at his hip. He was more confused than ever at this point, and an animal that was confused and afraid was not always the most reasonable thing.

The fact of the matter was that Talon and his men were strangers in an unknown world now. They had yet to realize it, as they were all still down for the count... but Talon was staring the truth in the face. Either he would have his answers soon... or he would be forced to cut those answers out of someone. [B]"Tell me... what in the name of Yu-Shan am I supposed to do? I need to know. Now."[/B]