...And you awaken once more, finding yourself not quite yourself.
The room is the color of pitch, not even able to see the hands in front of your face. At the very least, the floor seems solid to walk on, hard and luke-warm.
A set of runes, familiar to you glow in your vision, many a row, each with their own runes in array.
First, a set of two large symbols. All glow with an impressive blue hue, bold in nature, and yet it is almost as if it radiates color moreso than the others. Nearly impossible to miss even at first glance, and yet somehow you did.
[https://i.ibb.co/dpjY4H9/Untitled-4.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/NT7Bgdv/Female.jpg][https://ibb.co/BKdkgrY][https://ibb.co/BKdkgrY]
The second appears to increase the number to three, each one interlocked with power behind them, felt yet not seen. Each feels warmer than the others, almost as if it is interlocked with your very being. Whatever it is, it will affect your very nature.
[https://i.ibb.co/FK8Y8Q8/Melee.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/WDt5GqD/Skilled.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/hgCNV3Q/Magi.jpg]
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The next row is a series of smaller carvings, only four in total and yet incisions made for what seem to be more that have yet to flicker to life. Though the last three mean nothing to you, the first looks oddly… familiar.
[https://i.ibb.co/wLfhHhq/Human.jpg]
“Human…”
A voice comes from your being, though unable to be identified as anyone. Perhaps it would be more akin to mental static, you know the word coming to mind but are unable to parse through it to get to the gender or type of person who said it.
[https://i.ibb.co/C8SvCJN/Elf.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/18F6sBc/Dwarf.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/vBQwnj5/Scalefolk.jpg]
The final set on display seemed a bit more...complex than the others. Ones above these were a single shape, but for these it seemed to be multiple overlapping; as if writing a sentence, only on top of each other rather than to the right. Not questions, almost… personal statements about yourself. Your foundation. Only three of these seemed to glow.
[https://i.ibb.co/hHwQsGV/Leadership.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/FzP2fk2/Companion-1.jpg]
[https://i.ibb.co/wc4hR5d/Luck.jpg]
Looking around, there didn’t seem to be much else.
You could hear a metallic ringing in the back of your head. It shoved and pushed, stirring up ideas and thoughts. A single rune from each row must be pressed, and once all have done so… it’s unknown.
Though the safety, warmth, and comfort of the room invites you to stay forever, something pushes you forward. Something powerful. Something personal.
Your hand reaches forward, and-