Birth of Mind
by Justin de Vesine (2011)

You awake, the pain in your eyes gone after... you can't even remember how long.

action: %
response: You awake, the pain in your eyes gone after...you can't even remember how long.

Distant flashes of light tumble through the unending dark mist.
action: Inventory
response: You are carrying:
a copper coin
action: About yourself
response: You are Jack.
action: You examine the coin
response: A tiny copper coin, blank on one side and stamped with a thorn on the other.
action: You toss the coin
response: Dropped.
action: You look at the mist
response: Light and darkness tumble over each other in the seething mist.
action: You take the coin
response: Taken.
action: You go to the north
response: You stumble through the endless, changeless mist.
action: You go upward
response: The world-tree's roots span off into the distance, and the branches reach into the heavens. Bleak mist curls up from below the roots of the tree.
action: You go up
response: The trunk of Yggdrasil stretches up to the heavens and down to where the roots are obscured by mist.
action: Up
response: The branches of Yggdrasil mingle with the clouds of the heavens, and the mist below is a distant memory.

You can see an ice giant here.
action: You look at the ice giant
response: One of the ice giants who will stand by you in the final battle. He looks irritated.
action: You ask the giant about his feelings
response: The giant grunts. "Leave me be, little god. I have no reason to speak with you."
action: You give the coin to the giant
response: The giant takes the coin delicately from your outstretched hand and pops it into his mouth. "Very well, little god - what can I do for you?"
action: You give you the the coin
response: You speak.
action: You ask the giant about the giant
response: The giant grunts. "Well, you gave me a coin. Fine. Get the four kernels - self-reliance, belief, thought, and memory - and put them on. Then we can get Ragnarok started.
action: You go down
response: Distant flashes of light tumble through the unending dark mist, and the roots of the World Tree are just barely visible above.
action: Go downwards
response: You meander through the mist, gazing up at the endless roots of Yggdrasil.
action: Search
response: [What do you want to search?]
action: You think
response: Time passes.
action: You look around
response: The branches of Yggdrasil mingle with the clouds of the heavens, and the mist below is a distant memory.

You can see an ice giant here.
action: You wear the belief
response: Foo!

(first taking the kernel of belief)
You reach for belief, hardly trusting it not to vanish, but it settles into your hand. You clutch it tightly, warmth flowing up your arm and into your body.

You wear it close to your heart.
action: You get the kernel
response: (the kernel of belief)
[You already have that.]
action: You check what you're carrying
response: You are carrying:
a kernel of belief (worn close to your heart)
action: You look at the kernel
response: (the kernel of belief)
Brilliant and sustaining.
action: You think about the kernel
response: [I can't understand your entire command: the first part might be an action I know, but I didn't expect the word "about" next.]
action: You examine the giant
response: One of the ice giants who will stand by you in the final battle. He looks receptive to your questions.
action: You think the kernel
response: [I can't understand your entire command: the first part might be an action I know, but I didn't expect the word "kernel" next.]
action: You ask the giant about the thought
response: [Attacking the ice giant would have no effect, or that's not the way to do so.]

The giant grunts. "Well, you gave me a coin. Fine. Get the four kernels - self-reliance, belief, thought, and memory - and put them on. Then we can get Ragnarok started.
action: You wear giant
response: (first taking the ice giant)
[You can't normally pick up other characters.]
action: You think
response: Time passes.
action: Climb giant
response: [He can't be climbed in that way. Sometimes a direction like "up" or "down" works instead.]
action: Wear memory
response: (first taking the kernel of memory)
You wear it over your left shoulder.
action: You examine the memory
response: Brilliant and sustaining.
action: You look at what you're carrying with you
response: You are carrying:
a kernel of memory (worn over your left shoulder)
a kernel of belief (worn close to your heart)
action: Wear thought
response: (first taking the kernel of thought)
You wear it over your right shoulder.
action: You weathe self-reliance
response: (first taking the kernel of self-reliance)
You wear it about your loins.

You have all the kernels!