Status: Victorious!  Riding high.<br/>HP 70 of 72<br/>Spells remaining: 5 of 7 1st, 4 of 4 2nd<br/><hr/>That was better... for the first time the runes responded, and Rayne realized she was finally on track.  She stood there, staring at the illuminated arrow back in her hand a moment.  "Yes!  That's more like... oh?"  She watched the bridge rise, her face still aglow from the receeding magma.  She almost pirouetted again, something she never did in real life, but the way the game had a sort of quasi-emoticon-translation, it became more and more natural, innate, to respond as a character might.<br/><br/>Striding across the remaining bridge, she felt excited, pleased with herself - her earlier flubs as good as forgotten - especially as the next room was clearly not another challenge, but a place of celebration.  It was beautiful too, even if these artificial stone trees were no match for the wondrous, living trees outside; still they were majestic, as were the statues she passed.  This was... a nice touch, it really felt she was joining the ranks of an elite, having proven herself worth for membership.  "Well!  I... look pretty good up there!"   She gazed up at her own statue with pride.  She felt like a drink... but wasn't about to delay now, not until she had sealed her ascension.<br/><br/>First her name... kneeling before the plaque, not for the first time appreciating the greaves that protected her legs from the hard stone, she used the glowing arrowhead to print "Rayne" boldly across the tablet.<br/><br/>"The seventh age?  I wonder what that means... maybe nothing really."  She had to stretch up, the statue being a bit larger than the real Rayne, but she set her arrow in its place, matching the other six.<br/>