If that's what you want to do Pink it seems fine to me.

Elaine looks fine now. I'm still a little concerned about the whole quick learning deal and hope it won't be used to have her quickly outgrow everyone.

I was thinking of including some minor steampunk aspects. Perhaps a single race has steampunk technology and rarely shares it with the rest of the world, so it's not something that has spread.

What I meant though is how should we post. Past or present tense?