Balthazar was close, he was so close... but his vision had already darkened at this point 'I guess this is it' he sighed, but there was no bitterness.

Truth be told, these past few hours had been the best in his life, he'd never felt more alive 'Just wish I could–'

Health: 0/1345 

You are dead

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The last thing Donovan remembered was a feeling of weightlessness and oh, screaming his lungs out, as he fell to the cellar floor, landing with a dull 'thump'

There was no pain, only a sense of numbness, which was more of a comfort than anything else. But then, quite suddenly he seemed to be somewhere else altogether, surrounded on all sides by a blue light.

'Where am I?? How did I get here??' his hands and feet were sluggish, virtually non-existent.

'Is this... The sea??' he wondered, it looked exactly like one of those documentaries he'd seen on TV, though he couldn't be sure.

His current state (no pun intended) was quite unique, low enough such that he had no hopes of making it back to the top, but not so low as to reach the sandy sea floor.

He was literally stuck in between, floating in limbo… everything went white, then the white gradually turned into the darkest of blacks 'Mom, Dad... I'll be seeing you soon' he felt a little consoled at the thought, as he allowed the darkness to consume him.