text: > look around
  What do you want Lornedei to dig?
  
  Wasteland (By the Circle of Stones)
  This is the southeastern corner of the field of despair. The forbidden forest is nearly all around her. West, northwest, and north takes her out. The ground sinks into a large hole, a bowl more than fifty paces across, in the ground, edged by crevices and uneven ridges. A broken land. Once at the bottom, the rest of the field is out of sight.
  
  A big round stone lies in the middle of the pit. The fire is gone.
  
  A stone circle is laid out on the ground.
  Lornedei moves a strand of hair from her face and puts it behind her ear.
  
  > Ground
  The forbidden forest stands guard above the rim of the bowl she is in. She can get back to the field by going north, west, or northwest.
  
  > dig the ground
  (the ground)
  Lornedei digs a hole in the dry ground.
  Lornedei glances up at you, uncertain.
  
  > Plant acorn
  "Master! Nothing can grow here." She picks up a handful of dirt but drops it again with a grimace.
  "This soil is poisoned, I can feel it."
  
  > move Circle
  The fire is already extinguished. There is no need to push any more boulders.
  
  > look at debris
  Sad remains of a once great building. Blocks of stone that once made up the walls, smaller rocks, old faded pieces of wood, dust and gravel. A precariously stacked pile is blocking the way northeast.Everything is covered in years of sand that has drifted in from the dry fields.
  
  > search debris
  Lornedei scratches her head, looking at the mountain of rubble.
  "If I could get through this first pile of blocks, then maybe, I am not sure I can though. I am going to need some help."
  
  > Go north
  Castle Ruins (In a Stone Corridor)
  A staircase leads down in darkness and south takes her out to the
  
  > climb the debris
  courtyard. The corridor seems to lead only to the dim light to the north.
  Lornedei moves a strand of hair from her face and puts it behind her ear.
  
  She can't find anything like that. Are you sure it's here?
  
  > drop the spider
  Your wish is her command.
  
  > SPIDER, ,EXAMINE DEBRIS
  The spider straightens to show its maximum height. It taps one of its legs against another and turns away. It is clearly beneath a creature of light to obey common humans.
  
  > move the statue
  The stone statue cannot be moved in any way. Lornedei makes a couple of attempts of pushing the statue but there is not much point in trying.
  
  > examine the eyes
  Beautiful blue eyes dominate her pale and quite thin face. So far, it has that innocent glow that will fade with time and experience.
  For the most part her lips are tightened into a disapproving line. It is most likely an unconscious imitation of her step mother but when she does smile her face changes drastically and she looks like the child she is.
  
  > give Beetle to the spider
  The spider stretches out to its full height and pokes the beetle in the eye. The bug gives off a high-pitch squeal and crawls in under Lornedei's hair.
  
  > give the acorn to the statue
  Lornedei drops the acorn in the hand. After falling halfway through, it stops. The stone hand has turned into a fist. The stone limbs crackle slightly as the hand turns palm side down. After a moment, the fingers flex jerkily and opens. The acorn drops to the floor. The hand turns back to holding its imaginary item.
  
  > get acorn
  As you wish.
  
  > take the acorn and the spider
  crystal spider: The spider reluctantly steps up on her hand.
  
  > Black
  Lornedei looks at the small black plaque. She looks at the hole in the stone hand. She looks at you, smiles a little, and shakes her head.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  Lornedei's magic is currently at 376.
  Lornedei is carrying:
  A crystal spider with shifty, beady eyes (Polishing its underside at the moment.)
  a golden acorn
  a small black plaque
  a large black beetle (Airing out its shell at the moment.)
  a loaf of horrid bread
  a small leather pouch (which is open but empty)
  A blue crystal hanging on a silver chain.
  a handful of white berries
  a small gray plaque
  a leather rucksack (being worn)
  a purple nut with thorns
  a piece of cheese
  "Master?"
  
  > examine the statue
  The stone statue stands against the south wall. It seems undamaged by what ever happened here. It is a woman. She is dressed in a guard's robust clothing and she is standing with her feet somewhat apart, one arm bent to let her hand rest on a stone dagger at her waist.
  The statue is holding up its right arm as if holding something, perhaps a staff or a spear, but the hand is empty. The stone woman looks as if she could wake up at any moment, ready to protect.
  The polished stone eyes are fixed on something in the northeast corner of the chamber.
  Lornedei looks around, biting her lower lip.
  
  > give spider to the statue
  Lornedei looks at the crystal spider. She looks at the hole in the stone hand. She looks at you, smiles a little, and shakes her head.
  
  > give the berry to statue
  Lornedei looks at the handful of white berries. She looks at the hole in the stone hand. She looks at you, smiles a little, and shakes her head.
  
  > give the acorn to the statue
  Lornedei drops the acorn in the hand. After falling halfway through, it stops. The stone hand has turned into a fist. The stone limbs crackle slightly as the hand turns palm side down. After a moment, the fingers flex jerkily and opens. The acorn drops to the floor. The hand turns back to holding its imaginary item.
  Lornedei glances up at you, uncertain.
  
  > give the nut to the statue
  Really? the purple nut with thorns?
  Lornedei carefully takes the nut, holding it with two fingers by one of the thorns. That way she won't get hurt.
  
  > go south
  There is nothing there but rubble and cracked marble walls. She can't go that way.
  Lornedei bites on a nail.
  
  > Examine remains
  These are scattered remains of a tree. Mostly ashes, a few charred branches, a hollowed out trunk lying on its side, all petrified by time and lack of rain. All is covered in years of sand.
  Lornedei looks around, biting her lower lip.
  
  > climb the debris
  There's no way she could.
  "Master?"
  
  > examine the ravine
  The ravine ends here only twenty paces or so to the south, where it narrows and meets the forbidden forest. It stretches north, past the old ruins, beyond which it disappears in a wall of mist. A deep cut in the earth, more than a stone-throw across and deeper than is comfortable to even consider.
  "Master?"
  
  > enter ravine
  Lornedei moves closer to the edge. Against better knowledge she looks down. Immediately she retreats to safe ground.
  
  > talk to the spider
  The spider's shifty, beady eyes seem both shiftier and more beady. It has nothing to say though.
  
  > Stroke spider
  "I fail to see a point in what you ask!"
  
  > ask the spider about itself
  The spider stares suspiciously at her. It is beneath a creature of light to indulge in conversation with lower beings.
  
  > Go north
  Lornedei walks towards the dim light. The corridor ends, the floor drops away, and beyond is the mist. The edge of the cliff itself has dropped off, taking the entire inner castle down with it. The entire northwest corner of the big ledge has slid down to the bottom of the ravine.
  
  Lornedei takes a quick look down the ravine, through veils of mist, but the floor suddenly feels very unsteady under her feet. She returns to the opening to the staircase.
  
  > Go northwest
  Lornedei takes one step but stops. She cannot go there. She can go south or down.