Rayne's cantrip provided light, not warmth, so she was somewhat chilly in her wet clothes as she made her way down the tunnel. Not just the meaning, but also the way to read the elven runes out loud entered her mind; if she tried she would have found herself able to speak and understand perfectly a language that at the same time somehow still felt completely foreign to her. On one wall, the runes read:<br/><br/><em>THETESTOFMIGHTHASBEENPASSED</em><br/><br/>And on the other side,<br/><br/><em>THETESTOFMINDBEGINS</em><br/><br/>The tunnel opened up into a large chamber, the pathway becoming a stone bridge standing high above the bottom of the underground room by pillars of stone. The moment she stepped within the chamber, the rock face behind her began to slide shut, sealing off the tunnel from which she entered. The floor far below (but not nearly as deep as the chasm had been, for comparison) began to bubble and melt, turning red-hot and giving off a dull glow that illuminated the rest of the room and enough heat that she could feel it drying off her clothes even as high up and relatively safe on the bridge as she was. At least the columns supporting the pathway didn't seem to be melting anytime soon...<br/><br/>At the centre of the chamber was a raised platform, upon which was carved a magic circle into the floor. A compass was inscribed within the circle, with an arcane symbol located at the tip of each of the four compass points, just inside the outer edge of the circle. North was seven concentric open half-circles, east was a stylized disembodied hand, south was a lightning bolt above a flame, and west was a closed semicircle with one more line dividing it into two equal halves that extended beyond both ends of the semicircle. In addition, A short verse was carved into the middle of the magic circle, in flowing elven script.<br/><br/><em>Step forth and take the test of mind;<br/>Twice six is twelve, less three is nine.<br/>Look south at noon and read the clock,<br/>To cast the key that fits the lock.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>(OOC: If you are stumped, you can roll Knowledge (Arcana), once for each symbol you want to get a hint, or Linguistics for a hint on the verse.)