Darkness.... as he had expected and hoped to see, darkness enveloped the space around him. Dajh slowly lifted the goggles from his eyes and walked forward confidently. The ground beneath his shoe-less, callused feet was smooth and dusty. The smell of fresh air and the warm glow of the sun signaled an exit. His hunched figure laboriously made it's way toward the light. Intentionally lowering his goggles back onto his eyes, he stepped with full intention towards his goal. The sound of wind chimes pervaded the air with light, slow, patternless clinks. They disturbed him, simply because it was not a sound to which he was accustomed.<br/><br/>"You." Came a voice, clearly deep and deserving of a male, yet the one who possessed it seemed effeminate. This came as no surprise to Dajh; the porcelain face mask and pale appearance was another matter.<br/><br/>"Interesting." Dajh croaked in a monotonous voice that gave no hint at the word's true intention. His  eye's scanned the area around "The elder's have granted to me the chance to attain great wisdom by transporting me here," Dajh refocused his attention toward the pale entity in front of him "Tell me what this place is." the words were command but they were spoken without aggressiveness.<br/><br/>"This is the Tower of Babel. Alpha section, the first level." The pale figure proclaimed rehearsedly.<br/><br/>"As intended..." Dajh said to himself but spoke it as clearly as anything else he had said.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"You are looking for something," he said with strong certainty. "I do not know what, but I can tell you this, wiseman, the answer always lies at the top." A pale finger, like a spear, pointed upwards to the ceiling. "Any answer, <span style="font-weight: bold">any</span>," He emphasized, "Will be answered at the top. Infinite wisdom and intelligence resides at the top. And from intelligence comes much more." He paused for a moment, "You may still turn back if you do not possess the will or reason to climb. Otherwise," He pointed at the far end of the circle, where it met the wall, "You should proceed to the first test. But once you enter the doorway, you may not leave the Tower until a test's rules determine it so."</span><br/><br/>"Very well, for now I will scale the tower but if circumstance demands a change then I will not hesitate to take my leave," the statement seemed cowardly but it was spoken with deep gravity; as if he knew what he could not.<br/><br/>He walked toward the tower, each step slow and intentional.