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# wpnnoise.txt contains the messages of randart weapons with the noise property
# and of the noisy unrandart items, like the Singing Sword. To make an entry
# for a noisy unrandart weapon, make the entry's key exactly the same as the
# weapon's name, but all lower case.
#
# For an explanation of how to read wpnnoise.txt and how to add new messages,
# see monster_speech.txt in the docs/develop/ directory.
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# Contents:
# - Shield of the Gong
# - Frostbite
# - Condemnation
# - Noisy randarts
# - The Singing Sword


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#
# The SHIELD OF THE GONG can be struck in different ways.
#
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shield of the gong

w:40
GONNNNG!

BOUMMMMG!

PTOANNNG!

PANG!

BONNNG!

# scraping hit
SHROANNG!

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#
# The FROZEN AXE "FROSTBITE" imitates loud noises from cold environments.
#
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frozen axe "frostbite"

You hear the [roaring|howling|raging|gusting] winds of a [blizzard|squall|snowstorm].

w:5
You hear ice [creaking|groaning|grinding|cracking].

w:1
You hear shards of ice [tinkling|chiming].

w:1
You hear the [rumble|boom|crash] of [a glacier calving|icebergs colliding].

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#
# The TRISHULA "CONDEMNATION" cries out against injustice.
#
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trishula "Condemnation"

@Your_weapon@ lets out a [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] [chiming|tinkling|ringing|pealing|tintinnabulation].

@Your_weapon@ sings the [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] song of the [angels|Heavens|Barachim].

w:5
@Your_weapon@ [chants|recites|intones] a [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] warrior-psalm.

w:1
@Your_weapon@ [calls|cries for|demands] [evildoers|demons|the wicked] to come forth and be judged!

w:1
@Your_weapon@ [wails|laments|cries out] at the [injustice|cruelty|suffering] of the world.

w:1
@Your_weapon@ [croaks|ribbits] in the tongue of ancient peoples.

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#
# NOISY WEAPONS like to chatter and imitate dungeon noises.
#
# All speech below (apart from SOUND:You hear @weapon_noise@) is also used
# for the Singing Sword. Note that @Your_weapon@ will be resolved into
# "The Singing Sword" or "Your [weapon]", respectively (noisy_equipment() in
# shouts.cc).
#
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noisy weapon

w:30
@_weapon_chatter_@

w:28
@weapon_noises@

w:2
@_instrumental_noises_@

w:20
SOUND:You hear @weapon_noise@

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# Weapon chatter.
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_weapon_chatter_

@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Whoopee!"

@Your_weapon@ argues with itself.

@Your_weapon@ complains about the scenery.

@Your_weapon@ says, "I'm bored."

@Your_weapon@ shouts out instructions!

@Your_weapon@ says, "Ssh! Did you hear that?"

@Your_weapon@ cheers you on.

@Your_weapon@ intones a prayer.

@Your_weapon@ calls out a warning!

@Your_weapon@ chatters happily.

@Your_weapon@ recites a poem.

@Your_weapon@ prattles on and on.

@Your_weapon@ inquires about your family.

@Your_weapon@ comments on the weather.

@Your_weapon@ regales you with its life story.

@Your_weapon@ speaks gibberish.

@Your_weapon@ raves incoherently.

@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Help!"

@Your_weapon@ cracks jokes of [questionable|doubtful|juvenile] humour.

@Your_weapon@ dwells on sagas on the [glory of old|days of yore].

@Your_weapon@ belts out, "Dying in battle is most honourable!"

@Your_weapon@ [proudly|gleefully] confesses its [misdeeds|atrocities].

w:30
@_rare_chatter_@
%%%%
_rare_chatter_

@Your_weapon@ shouts, "This level is mine! Um, ours."

@Your_weapon@ cries, "Don't ditch me yet! I promise to be forever silent."

@Your_weapon@ groans, "That's what you call fighting?"

@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Left! No, no, right!".

@Your_weapon@ says, "Why don't you say something for a change?"

@Your_weapon@ asks, "Did you take a vow of silence?"

@Your_weapon@ says, "You can tell me everything! I can keep a secret!"

@Your_weapon@ asks, "Do you need to see the manual?"

@Your_weapon@ asks, "Have you heard of the Orb of Zot?"

@Your_weapon@ moans, "I feel dizzy."

@Your_weapon@ says, "We'll split the gold! Fifty-fifty!"

@Your_weapon@ says, "You're pretty alright, for @a_player_genus@."

@Your_weapon@ sighs, "I'm going to miss you when you're dead, @player_name@."

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# Weapon noises.
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weapon_noises

w:80
@Your_weapon@ [cackles|giggles|gurgles|sighs|snorts|warbles|wails|whimpers].

w:50
@Your_weapon@ [coughs|swears|yawns][| loudly| noisily].

w:40
@Your_weapon@ [burps|cheers|hollers|yelps|sneezes][| loudly]!

w:30
@Your_weapon@ makes a [horrible|deep, guttural|tutting] noise.

w:20
@Your_weapon@ makes a [deep moaning|popping] sound.

w:20
@Your_weapon@ goes [tick-tock.|snicker-snack!]

w:20
@Your_weapon@ howls [like a wolf.|with laughter!]

w:20
@Your_weapon@ [erupts|suddenly bursts] into laughter!

w:20
@Your_weapon@ gives off a [wolf whistle|sizzling sound].

w:20
@Your_weapon@ lets out a [mournful sigh.|whoop!]

@Your_weapon@ laughs crazily.

@Your_weapon@ growls menacingly.

@Your_weapon@ sputters and hisses.

@Your_weapon@ pants and wheezes.

@Your_weapon@ barks abruptly.

@Your_weapon@ screams hysterically.

@Your_weapon@ hiccups loudly.

@Your_weapon@ starts to sob noisily.

@Your_weapon@ yells in some weird language.

@Your_weapon@ cries out!

@Your_weapon@ burbles away merrily.

@Your_weapon@ suddenly shrieks!

@Your_weapon@ whistles innocently.

@Your_weapon@ parrots the noises around you.
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# Instrumental noises.
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_instrumental_noises_

@Your_weapon@ makes a sound as if to clear its throat.

@Your_weapon@ makes a twanging sound.

w:20
@Your_weapon@ chimes [melodiously|harmoniously].

w:20
@Your_weapon@ imitates [a saxophone|the bagpipes].

@Your_weapon@ tinkles.

@Your_weapon@ rings like a bell.

@Your_weapon@ emits a flourish of trumpets.

@Your_weapon@ tootles away.

@Your_weapon@ buzzes like a kazoo.

@Your_weapon@ chimes like a gong.

@Your_weapon@ applauds itself.

@Your_weapon@ goes toot-toot!

@Your_weapon@ does a drum roll.
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# Noises for weapons with NOISES property (not used for the Singing Sword)
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weapon_noise

############ dungeon noises ############
a shout.

an angry hiss.

a high-pitched scream!

a roar!

a hideous shriek!

a piteous moan.

a screech!

a bellow!

a loud, deep croak!

an angry buzzing noise.

a splashing noise.

a sizzling sound.

a loud clanging noise!

a grinding noise.

a mighty clap of thunder!

a hideous screaming!

a bark!

a rumbling sound.

a crunching sound.

a distant "Zot"!

the distant roaring of an enraged frog.

############ other noises, usually not found in the dungeon ############
a knock.

a voice calling your name.

a very strange noise.

someone snoring.

someone calling for help!

strange voices.

maniacal laughter.

snatches of song.

a twanging sound.

the buzz of a distant kazoo.

the chiming of a distant gong.

the tinkle of an enormous bell.

an echo.

the wailing of sirens.

a flourish of trumpets!

a strangely pleasant explosion.

distant weeping.

a muffled joke.

###############################################################################
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#
# The SINGING SWORD
#
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#
# The Sword operates in three modes: no tension, low tension, high tension.
#
# No tension:
# Speech is very rare, soft (does not wake up monsters), bored or witty,
# sometimes just chatty. The sword is rational, sometimes introspective.
# It is somewhat educated (mostly about music and war) and likes to show off.
# Typical speech verb: "says"
#
# Low tension:
# Speech is common, somewhat loud (do wake up nearby monsters) and slightly
# damages everyone in sight. The sword is calm and cool. It enjoys the
# bloodshed, but is sane. Of course, work is more fun with a little tune...
# Typical speech verbs: "says" or "shouts".
#
# High tension:
# Speech is very common, extremely loud (you may use CAPS) and does more
# damage. Messages are insane, the sword is out of control.
# At high tension, the sword may SCREAM, doing even more damage.
# Typical speech verb: "shouts" or @_screams_@
#
#
# Generally, the Sword is arrogant: it sees itself as the main hero, with the
# wielder just being a disposable tool/fool. Also, it does not like allies --
# all the fame belongs to our steely hero!
#
# There are some (occasionally modified) lines from actual songs. Those are
# okay to use, but particularly rare.
#
# There are the following types of messages:
# * singing (including composing)
# * speaking
# * real songs (one liners from actual songs, sometimes modified)
# * instruments    -- also used for all noisy randarts
# * weapon noises  -- the no tension ones used for noisy randarts
# * chatter        -- also used for all noisy randarts
#
#                 no tension      low tension       high tension     (old)
#
# none            1000             100               10
# some speech       7                7                7
#
# singing         50% (40/10)       40%               0%             360/700
# speaking        20%               20% (10/10)      40% (30/10)     138/700
# real songs       1%                1% (0.7/0.3)     1% (0.3/0.7)    12/700
# instruments     12%               16%              20%              90/700
# noises           7%               23% (7/16)       39% (3/36)       50/700
# chatter         10%                0%               0%              50/700
#
###############################################################################

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# Weights for different types of message, depending on tension.

######### silenced, any tension ############
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singing sword silenced

VISUAL:@The_weapon@ struggles and turns.

VISUAL:@The_weapon@ looks @_exasperated_@.

VISUAL:@The_weapon@ makes a [sad|disoriented|forlorn|hopeless] impression.

w:5
VISUAL:@The_weapon@ sulks.

w:1
VISUAL:@The_weapon@ seems to emit steam.

w:1
VISUAL:@The_weapon@ turns @_crimson_@.

######### no tension ############
%%%%
singing sword no_tension

w:400
@_singing_no_tension_@

w:100
@_singing_no-low_tension_@

w:200
@_speaking_no_tension_@

w:10
@_real_song_no_tension_@

w:120
@_instrumental_noises_@

w:70
@weapon_noises@

w:100
@_weapon_chatter_@
######### low tension ############
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singing sword low_tension

w:400
@_singing_no-low_tension_@

w:100
@_speaking_low_tension_@

w:100
@_speaking_low-high_tension_@

w:7
@_real_song_low_tension_@

w:3
@_real_song_low-high_tension_@

w:160
@_instrumental_noises_@

w:70
@weapon_noises@

w:160
@_weapon_noises_low-high_tension_@
######### high tension ############
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singing sword high_tension

w:300
@_speaking_low-high_tension_@

w:3
@_real_song_low-high_tension_@

w:7
@_real_song_high_tension_@

w:150
@_speaking_high_tension_@

w:200
@_instrumental_noises_@

w:30
@weapon_noises@

w:360
@_weapon_noises_low-high_tension_@
######### SCREAM (high tension + double damage) ############
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singing sword SCREAM

@_SCREAM_@
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# Weapon noises for the Singing Sword at low and high tension.
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_weapon_noises_low-high_tension_

w:100
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@ @_screams_how_@.

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@.

@The_weapon@ howls with insane laughter!

@The_weapon@ erupts into mad laughter!

@The_weapon@ suddenly bursts into murderous laughter!

@The_weapon@ laughs in a fit of madness.

@The_weapon@ makes a horrifying noise.

###############################################################################
# Singing or other making of music
# The Singing Sword will happily sing a song during work (i.e. at low tension).
# But it will practise only when properly bored (i.e. at no tension).
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############ singing, no tension ############
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_singing_no_tension_

# practising
@The_weapon@ practises its scales.

@The_weapon@ makes a painfully high-pitched squeak.

w:30
@The_weapon@ sings [a sudden staccato|a quivering drawn-out|a painfully high] note.

@The_weapon@ trains the @_kind_of_scales_@ scales.

@The_weapon@ plays a couple of bars.

@The_weapon@ [nearly |clearly |][hits|misses] the concert pitch.

@The_weapon@ repeatedly practises the high pitch.

@The_weapon@ sings [several|three or four|a multitude of] chords at once.

@The_weapon@ repeatedly practises counterpoints.
############ singing, no or low tension ############
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_singing_no-low_tension_

@The_weapon@ breaks into glorious song!

@The_weapon@ sings[| off-key].

@The_weapon@ [sings|whistles] [loudly|merrily].

@The_weapon@ whines plaintively.

@The_weapon@ wails mournfully.

@The_weapon@ lilts tunefully.

@The_weapon@ yodels.

@The_weapon@ hums tunelessly.

@The_weapon@ keens wildly.

#Beethoven
@The_weapon@ goes "Da-da-da-dum".

@The_weapon@ chants serenely.

@The_weapon@ trills happily.

@The_weapon@ launches into yet another solo.

@The_weapon@ emits a series of high-pitched trills.

@The_weapon@ tries to sing in harmony with itself.

@The_weapon@ provides the musical accompaniment for each of your actions.

@The_weapon@ composes a new song.

@The_weapon@ raucously launches into song.

@The_weapon@ merrily whistles a melody.

@The_weapon@ strikes up a [bolero|bossanova|calypso|fandango|mazurka|menuet|pasodoble|waltz].

@The_weapon@ intones [an aria|a fugue].

@The_weapon@ gives you a private [audition|concerto].

@The_weapon@ [sings|hums] away to itself.

@The_weapon@ lets out a series of bird calls.

@The_weapon@ makes beautiful music.

@The_weapon@ produces a loud orchestral chord.

@The_weapon@ holds a dissonant chord.

@The_weapon@ tunes itself.

@The_weapon@ beats time.

@The_weapon@ pulls all registers.

@The_weapon@ pulls out all the stops.

@The_weapon@ sets up a furious crescendo.

In a hysterical voice, @the_weapon@ strikes up a march.

@The_weapon@ [sings|hums|whistles] a [little|catchy|merry] [tune|melody].

@The_weapon@ [sings|hums] an eerie [tune|melody].

w:5
@The_weapon@ [sings|hums] a slow and mournful tune.

w:25
@The_weapon@ strikes up @_strikes_up_what_@.

@The_weapon@ sings, "Tra-la-la..."

w:40
@The_weapon@ sings a [lullaby|folk song|deeply moving song|little jingle].

@The_weapon@ hums a slow waltz.

@The_weapon@ chants a little melody.

@The_weapon@ plays a requiem for the unknown sword.

@The_weapon@ plays an overture.

@The_weapon@ launches into a [hymn|song] on @_song_theme_@.

@The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a [hymn|song] about @_song_theme_@.

@The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a hymn praising @player_god@.

@The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a ballad about your adventures.

@The_weapon@ prematurely composes your obituary.

###############################################################################
# Speaking
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############ speaking, no tension ############
%%%%
_speaking_no_tension_

@_common_speaking_no_tension_@

w:1
@_rare_speaking_no_tension_@

%%%%
_common_speaking_no_tension_

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Sing along with me!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "One, two, three..."

@The_weapon@ spouts musical wisdom.

@The_weapon@ [points out|remarks in passing on] the lack of singing [axes|clubs|polearms|staves].

@The_weapon@ embarks on a lengthy monologue about murderous music.

@The_weapon@ compliments itself on its singing voice.

@The_weapon@ asks you about your opinion on @_musical_topic_@.

@The_weapon@ muses how they don't make such fine swords anymore.

@The_weapon@ tries to improvise rhymes, and fails miserably.

@The_weapon@ offers to sing all your favourite songs.

@The_weapon@ asks you for a rhyme on '@_rhyme_word_@'.

@The_weapon@ complains about [double|triple|short] swords.

@The_weapon@ derides short swords.

@The_weapon@ muses on the connection between 'duet' and 'duel'.

@The_weapon@ wails, "I am too young to rust!"

@The_weapon@ comments on your taste in music.

@The_weapon@ complains about your lack of musical enthusiasm.

@The_weapon@ tries to entice you into a canon.

@The_weapon@ tells you about its plans for a grandiose opera.

@The_weapon@ grumbles, "I guess an audience of one is better than none..."

@The_weapon@ muses, "If you sing and nobody listens, are you really singing?"

@The_weapon@ brightly asks, "How about a duet?"

@The_weapon@ wonders, "Am I just an instrument of [doom|death|destruction]?"

@The_weapon@ yells, "No battle, no fun!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Make war, not love!"

@The_weapon@ cries out, "You certainly can't call me dull!"

@The_weapon@ tells you the story of its previous owner's [demise|death|misfortune].

@The_weapon@ brightly announces, "I've got so much to tell you!"

@The_weapon@ says, "You could say something too, you know."

@The_weapon@ complains, "Are you always this [silent|uncommunicative|taciturn|quiet|boring]?

@The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence can be so depressing."

@The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence always makes me sulk."

@The_weapon@ compliments you on your taste in weapons.

@The_weapon@ attempts to teach you some tongue twisters.

@The_weapon@ says, "At least you will die someday and escape this tedium!"

@The_weapon@ says, "I don't know that song, but if you hum a few bars, I can take a stab at it."

@The_weapon@ boasts, "I have an eight-octave range, you know."

@The_weapon@ sighs wistfully, "I wish my music got as much attention as my homicides..."

@The_weapon@ sneers, "I've heard your voice, @player_name@. Let's just keep this a solo act."

%%%%
_rare_speaking_no_tension_

@The_weapon@ says, "Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!"

@The_weapon@ chants, "I am golden and pointed, and with blood well anointed."

@The_weapon@ dictates a lengthy tome entitled 'The Well-Tempered Blade'.

@The_weapon@ says, "Whips just don't cut it for me, don't you agree?"

@The_weapon@ chants, "Rather stab than club, rather slice than rub!"

@The_weapon@ states, "Music critics are all talk and no body armour."

@The_weapon@ demands, "I must not be sheathed without first drawing blood!"

@The_weapon@ [explains all about|gives a lengthy lecture on] @_musical_topic_@.

@The_weapon@ curses its smith, "I was supposed to be the Stinging Sword!"

@The_weapon@ yells, "Ploughshares to swords!"

@The_weapon@ asks, "What song would you like to be played for your funeral?"

@The_weapon@ announces, "I dedicate these songs to @player_name@!"

@The_weapon@ declares, "I sing the tale of @player_name@, the warrior!"

@The_weapon@ says, "Hey! Are you even listening?"

@The_weapon@ longs back for the days in the arena.

@The_weapon@ amuses itself with detailed descriptions of past executions.

@The_weapon@ wishes everyone in the dungeon [an unpleasant|a sudden] [demise|death].

@The_weapon@ fumes, "Being battered, bent and broken sure is better than this boredom!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "I love putting a song in people's hearts. And in their kidneys."

@The_weapon@ grouses, "Could you please kill something? I'm itching all over."

@The_weapon@ laments, "What are you waiting for? I am doing all the work."

@The_weapon@ explains, "Killing is an art, not a pastime."

@The_weapon@ goes, "Jessica and Sigmund, sitting in a tree..."

@The_weapon@ says, "I want to meet the serpentine blade!"

@The_weapon@ says, "Take me to Pandemonium! Now!!!"

@The_weapon@ recounts funny stories of hydra head multiplication.

@The_weapon@ says, "Sometimes people call me a magnificent bastard."

w:1
@The_weapon@ snarls, "Dear diary, yet another boring day with @player_name@..."

@The_weapon@ says, "In my experience, @player_genus_plural@ are mediocre at best."

@The_weapon@ groans, "Among all @player_genus_plural@, @player_name@ is the worst."

@The_weapon@ says, "Unhand me, foul miscreant!"

@The_weapon@ muses, "Whom do I have to kill to get some service around here?"

@The_weapon@ sings out, "Sing loudly and carry a big sword!"

@The_weapon@ ponders the difference in lifespan between man and sword.

w:1
@The_weapon@ says, "All work and no play makes @player_name@ a dull boy!"

# Blue Oyster Cult "Black Blade"
@The_weapon@ says, "I wish I'd pick another to be my killing [tool|fool]."

@The_weapon@ hoarsely says, "Need a drink... quick! Stab something."

w:1
@The_weapon@ says, "You haven't happened to see my sheath laying around anywhere? I feel so exposed."

w:1
@The_weapon@ complains, "Oh, are your palms wet and greasy. But I allow you to wield me for a while."

############ speaking, low tension ############
%%%%
_speaking_low_tension_

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Live by the sword, die by the sword!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ shouts, "Lie [by|to] the sword, die by the sword!"

@The_weapon@ realises, "If we kill all of them, no-one will be listening!"

@The_weapon@ sighs, "How I wish you were a better fighter."

@The_weapon@ comments on your fighting techniques.

@The_weapon@ compares you unfavourably to its previous owner.

@The_weapon@ complains, "This is a chore."

@The_weapon@ judges, "You're not an artist, at best an artisan."

@The_weapon@ says, "They will have to pry me from your cold, dead hands."

@The_weapon@ moans, "By {{ if you.god() == "No God" then return "my blade"
else return "@player_god@"; end }}, you are such a [coward|dastard|craven|faintheart|poltroon|wuss]."

@The_weapon@ wonders, "Who is more incompetent - you or the opposition?"

@The_weapon@ utters, "Their cries, their tears, I cannot stand it anymore."

@The_weapon@ says, "Will you forgive me a little stab on the side?"

@The_weapon@ says, "Your kiss, my thrill, your miss, my kill."

@The_weapon@ boasts, "My voice can shatter a wine glass. My blade can shatter a human skull."

############ speaking, low or high tension -- possible damage ############
%%%%
_speaking_low-high_tension_

@The_weapon@ shouts, "The pen is mightier than the sword? Come on, pens, here I am!"

@The_weapon@ happily shouts, "Violence is virtue, silence is sin."

@The_weapon@ shouts a battle cry!

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Onwards! It's kill or die!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Kill! Crush! Destroy!"

@The_weapon@ states, "Their screams, my satisfaction."

@The_weapon@ yells, "Steel will triumph where flesh falters!"

@The_weapon@ cautions, "Never send @a_player_genus@ to do a blade's job!"

@The_weapon@ hisses, "Let's hear you complain about my singing with your throat slit!"

@The_weapon@ teaches, "Practice makes perfect!"

@The_weapon@ asks, "Do you have the will to power, @player_name@?"

@The_weapon@ laughs, "I always appreciate a bleeding ovation!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "The neck bone's connected to the head bone... but not for long!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "My song won't be the only thing that'll get stuck in your head!"

# Predator
@The_weapon@ shouts, "If it bleeds, we can kill it!"

# Millennium, referencing William Yeats
@The_weapon@ says, "I want to see you dance on the blood-dimmed tide."

# Star Trek
@The_weapon@ shouts, "Today is a good day to die!"

# Popular Hits of the Showa Era (a novel by Ryu Murakami)
@The_weapon@ says, "Murder is the only thing that has any meaning these days."

w:1
@The_weapon@ says, "The rupture of their bodies, my rapture of the deep blood."

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Murder is sin, but it will be washed away with blood."

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Hey, monsters! @player_name@ is over here!"

# Immortal Defense, Circuit Point quote
@The_weapon@ shouts, "A winner requires a loser!"

############ speaking, high tension -- damage! ############
%%%%
_speaking_high_tension_

@The_weapon@ yells, "I hereby consecrate these halls WITH BLOOD!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Lose my temper? Nonsense! My steel will be strong forever!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Cut 'em off! All their little heads at once!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Kill 'em all and let {{ if you.god() == "No God" then
return "@_godless_sorter_@"; else return "@player_god@"; end }} sort them out!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Screaming and crying is the perfect accompaniment."

@The_weapon@ shouts, "I'll make piano strings from your guts!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Oh, the @_glorious_@ feeling of steel cutting flesh."

@The_weapon@ shouts, "I just love to dig into intestines."

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Among all these lost souls, we reign supreme!"

@The_weapon@ shouts, "Die. Die. Die!"

# After Rimbaud
@The_weapon@ shouts, "You shall lie beneath the ground but I, I will glint in the sun!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ shouts, "Born from this womb, sliced by this blade!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "When this war is won, I will wage the next one."

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blade-deep in blood!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I revel, I sever!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "All those pillows!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "No rest until they move no more!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "As long as they die, we live!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "The future is bloody!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "The bloody future is ours!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Dismember the living, dismember the dead!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "We will celebrate on a pile of carcasses!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "@player_name@, you will [dine|feast] on fine @_corpses_@ today!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Go for the jugular!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My instinct to kill is stronger than their will to live!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I am covered in blood! It feels so good!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Aah! This piece of @_body_part_@ is stuck to me. Wipe it off!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My edge gets dull! My edge gets dull!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Don't stick me into that one, please."

# Immortal Defense, Courage Point quote
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My victories add up!"

# Krindle's blood song, rhymes, from Walter Moers' Rumo:
w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blood as far as the eye can see! Blood for all eternity!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blood must spurt and blood must flow! Blood must gush from every foe!"
%%%%
_godless_sorter_

w:5
fate

w:5
the lot

worms

the godless void

w:1
autolysis

w:4
putrefaction
############ SCREAMING -- lots of damage!! #########################
%%%%
_SCREAM_

@The_weapon@ goes, "RWARRR!"

#### Omnipotence phantasies, often with metaphysical or religious undertone ####

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I WAS FORGED TO MURDER THE WORLD!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I WILL SING THE SONG THAT ENDS THE WORLD!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE PEN! I AM THE SWORD! I AM THE HIGHEST LORD!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM YOUR PUNISHER!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "IT'S JUDGEMENT DAY AND THE SENTENCE IS DEATH!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE CREATOR!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THE SWORD GAVE, AND THE SWORD HATH TAKEN AWAY!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BAPTISED IN BLOOD I AM!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FEEL THE CATHARSIS!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ALL WORSHIP ME, THE MAJESTY OF STEEL!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "PRAY TO ME, NOT TO GODS OF FLESH AND BONE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FOUNTAINS OF BLOOD IN HONOUR OF THE FAIR BLADE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE FIFTH HORSEMAN! THE TIME IS NOW!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM BECOME DEATH, [DESTROYER|DEFILER|DISMEMBERER] OF [WORLDS|GODS|CHAMPIONS|HEROES|LEGIONS|NATIONS|MILLIONS]!"

# John 11:25
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE!"

# R.E.M.
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD AS YOU KNOW IT!!!"

# Marilyn Manson, "The Reflecting God"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "WHEN I'M GOD, EVERYONE DIES!!!"

# Ayria, "Horrible Dream"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DIFFUSE IT! DESTROY IT! ABUSE IT! ENJOY IT!"

# This and the next are from Planescape: Torment
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM IRON GIVEN PURPOSE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM PAIN SEEKING EXPRESSION!"

#### Battle frenzy ####
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S STRANGLE THE @_MISCREANTS_@, STRANGLE THEM!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KILL! KILL!! KILL!!!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I SMELL BLOOD!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "CARNAGE NOT CANTRIPS!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KILL, HATE, MUTILATE!"

# Demolition Man
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "MURDER! DEATH!! KILL!!!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DECIMATE, TERMINATE, ERADICATE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I BATHE IN BLOOD AND BONE AND BRAINS!"

# A faint reminiscence to Holst
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE BRINGER OF WAR!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S END THEIR MISERABLE LIVES!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRING THEM DOWN!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DIE WHILE I'M SINGING!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KNEE-DEEP IN BLOOD AND GOING STRONG!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "HOW CAN YOU THINK ABOUT SINGING AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THE SCREAMS! DON'T LET THEM STOP WITH THE SCREAMS!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "NONE SHALL [LIVE|ESCAPE|SURVIVE|BE SPARED]!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SPARE NO ONE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "COME TO ME! COME TO ME AND DIE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "CUT! CUT! CUT AND SLASH!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "STABBITY STAB STAB STAB!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ABANDON ALL HOPE!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SLASH 'EM! SLASH 'EM ALL!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S HACK!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME NOW, @CAPS@ @player_name@!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE COLOUR OF PAIN!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "YES! YES! YES! THIS is the LIFE, baby, this is the LIFE!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT ALL RED RED RED RED!!!!"

w:20
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SWING ME [HARDER|FASTER], YOU [FUMBLE-FINGERED|INCOMPETENT|USELESS|SLUGGISH|NOODLE-ARMED|RUNNY-EYED|KNUCKLE-DRAGGING] [NINCOMPOOP|LARDBUCKET|WEAKLING|STICK-INSECT|FLATFOOT|BONEHEAD|MOONCALF|SLOTH]!"

# Immortal Defense, Cut Point quote
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SUFFER OR PERISH! EITHER!"

# Immortal Defense, Limited Point quote, modified
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I CUT THROUGH MAGIC!"

# Mortalized (Pentatonic Slaughter)
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "[@CAPS@ @_kind_of_scales_@|DISHARMONIC] SLAUGHTER!"

# Use @player_genus@ rather than @player_species@ or @player_name@ to
# express that the sword cares little for the character.
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FASTER, @CAPS@ @player_genus@, KILL KILL KILL!"

# Krindle's blood song, from Walter Moers' Rumo:
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD MUST SPURT AND BLOOD MUST FLOW!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD MUST GUSH FROM EVERY FOE!"

# Krindle's brain song, from Walter Moers' Rumo:
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRAINS! BRAINS! CLEAVE THE SKULL AND OUT THEY SEEP!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRAINS! BRAINS! KILLING'S FUN AND LIFE IS CHEAP!"

#### Madness ####

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE SWORD OF ZOT!!!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE RUNES AND THE LIGHT!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I love you all! And my gift to you is ARMAGEDDON!"

@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "MY LOVE IS ETERNAL!"

# A fainter reminiscence to Nethack
w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I BRING THE STORM!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S FONDLE THE @_PETS_@, FONDLE THEM!"

w:40
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM [AN ANGEL|AN ARTIST|AN AVATAR|A HARBINGER|AN INSTRUMENT|A POET|A PROPHET|A SERVANT|A SLAVE|THE LORD|THE MASTER] OF [BLOOD|DANCE|DEATH|DESOLATION|DESPAIR|DESTRUCTION|DOOM|GORE|MADNESS|MUSIC|PAIN|RUIN|SLAUGHTER|SONG|STEEL|WAR]!"

# The Wizard People
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL!"

# Immortal Defense, Courage Point quote
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "EVERYTHING FAILS! EVERYTHING!!!"

# From Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Knights who say Ni)
w:1
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "NI! NI!! NI!!! NI!!! NI!!!"

# Order of the Stick's Belkar Bitterleaf, chaotic evil ranger/barbarian halfling
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!"

# Terry Pratchett, Foul Ole Ron
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BUGRIT, MILLENNIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!"

# Tolkien, Turin Turambar on Gurthang
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE IRON OF DEATH! FROM NO BLOOD WILL I SHRINK!"

###############################################################################
# Lines from real songs.
#
# overly long lines (more than 80 characters) often made rarer (w:1)
###############################################################################
############ real songs, no tension ############

%%%%
_real_song_no_tension_

# Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe: Paint your wagon
@The_weapon@ sings, "I was forged under a slaughtering star..."

# Spiritual
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen... Nobody but Ashenzari."

# Huey Lewis and the News, "Hip To Be Square". Another psychopathic music lover.
@The_weapon@ sings, "It's hip to be square!"

# Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party"
@The_weapon@ sings, "It's a dead man's party! Who could ask for more?"

# Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife", from Threepennyopera (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear, and it shows them pearly white..."

# The Tremoloes?
@The_weapon@ roars, "Silence is golden, golden..."

# folklore, confusing flowers and monsters
@The_weapon@ sings, "Where have all the monsters gone?"

# Neil Diamond
@The_weapon@ sings, "Song sung blue, everybody knows one..."

# ABBA
@The_weapon@ sings, "Thank you for the music..."

# Melanie
@The_weapon@ wails, "Look what they done to my song!"

# folklore
@The_weapon@ sings, "Old McDonald has a farm..."

@The_weapon@ sings, "Pop! Goes the weasel."

# Beatles
@The_weapon@ sings, "Obladi oblada, life goes on..."

# drinking song
@The_weapon@ sings, "Ninety-nine potions of booze on the wall..."

# Folklore (Sailing)
@The_weapon@ sings, "Can you hear me through the dark night far away?"

# The Carpenters
@The_weapon@ sings, "Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong..."

# Or was it the lion?
@The_weapon@ sings, "In the dungeon the dragon sleeps tonight."

# Eminem
@The_weapon@ sings, "Kill for the laughter, kill for the tears..."

# Swedish folk song, anonymous translation
@The_weapon@ sings, "Come roses or sage, come lovely mint, come balm..."

# Jerry Reed
@The_weapon@ sings, "Orcs got the gold mine, I got the shaft..."

# Terry Jacks
@The_weapon@ sings, "We had joy, we had fun, we slew demons in the sun..."

############ real songs, low tension ############
%%%%
_real_song_low_tension_

# Beatles
@The_weapon@ sings, "Let it be, let it be..."

# Jingle Bells, misunderstood
@The_weapon@ sings, "What fun it is to ride and sing a slaying song tonight!"

# The Fugees
@The_weapon@ sings, "Killing me softly with this song..."

# Monty Python
@The_weapon@ [sings|whistles], "Always look on the bright side of death..."

# Buddy Holly and the Crickets
@The_weapon@ sings, "This'll be the day that I die..."

# H.I.M.
@The_weapon@ rasps, "@player_name@, join me in death!"

# Bonnie Tyler
@The_weapon@ sings, "I need a hero!"

# song by the Misfits
@The_weapon@ asks plaintively, "@player_name@, can I go out and kill tonight?"

# Monty Python And The Quest For The Holy Grail, chapter "The Tale of Sir Robin"
# Ministrel's Song -- lower weight for length
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "...and was not in a bit afraid to be killed in nasty ways, many, many nasty ways..."

# The Kinks song "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter".
@The_weapon@ sings, "I am a fighter, not a lover."

# Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Blues"
@The_weapon@ sings, "I stabbed a man in the dungeon, just to watch him die."

# All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold
@The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "[Heiajaheia! Heiajaheia!|Wagala weia! Wallala, weiala weia!|Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialala!|Heia! Heia! Hahei!]"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "Badly you guard... the sleeping gold; watch better o'er... the slumberer's bed!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Damp fills my nostrils: curse this sneezing!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "...for hear me, ye waves: thus I curse love!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Thank you, stupid! Your work has stood the test."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "The whole world will I win... all for my own!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "All you gods I'll grip... in my golden grasp!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "As I renounced love, all living things... shall love renounce!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware! Beware! For when once you men... serve my might..."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware the nocturnal host... when the Abyssal horde rises... from the silent depths... to the day's light!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "With wisdom the fool... is puffed up to bursting! Now may envy devour you!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Take heed, haughty god! If I sinned, I sinned only 'gainst myself!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "But you, immortal one, sin against... all that was, is and shall be!""

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "It shall gladden... no happy man; its bright gleam... shall light on no one lucky!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Many a time have I paid... giants their due."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "A sultry haze... hangs in the air; its dull weight... oppresses me."

@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Heda! Heda! Hedo!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "...its glittering glow hides... runes of riches..."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "As you command, I will willingly lead you - steeply down: shall we journey to the Orb?"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But for all the world... I will not surrender the Orb!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Then shall we swing down... through the sulphurous cleft?"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Oh! Oh! Terrible serpent, do not swallow me!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Slink off home! No knot holds you: go your way freely!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a piercing soprano, "Woe! Woe is me!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a squeaky tenor, "Oh, Oh! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a melting tenor, "How soft the breeze... which breathes on us again!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Your power lends you... high-flying courage: grim and great... has grown your strength."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "For moon, stars and the radiant sun... may, too, do no other... than to serve you!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Take whatever shape you wish... with wonder strike me dumb!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a cavernous basso, "Ah, her gaze... still gleams toward me; the stars of her eyes... still shine on me!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Irredeemably... to dark destruction... its possession dooms you."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Hear me! Hear me! Hear me! All that is shall come to an end."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "A dark day... dawns for the gods."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Whatever was - I know; whatever is, whatever shall be - I also see."

############ real songs, low or high tension -- possibly damage! ############
%%%%
_real_song_low-high_tension_

@The_weapon@ sings, "Roll, roll, roll those heads, roll them all along. Merrily, merrily, merrily..."

# Nancy Sinatra
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "This blade is made for cutting, and that's just what I'll do..."

# Traditional (Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and others)
@The_weapon@ sings, "We shall overcome..."

# Pixies
@The_weapon@ sings, "Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know!"

# Radiohead, "Knives Out"
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "So knives out, cook him up, squash his head, put him in the pot."

# NWA, "Straight Outta Compton"
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, "Straight outta Zot, crazy bloodletter named Singing Sword."

# Pixies, "Gouge Away"
@The_weapon@ sings, "Gouge away, you can gouge away..."

# Motörhead, "Ace of Spades"
w:1
@The_weapon@ roars, "The pleasure is to slay, it makes no difference what you say."

# Megadeth, "Killing Is My Business..."
@The_weapon@ sings, "Killing is my business... and business is good!"

# Nine Inch Nails, "Closer"
@The_weapon@ roars, "I want to gut you like an animal!"

# Queen
@The_weapon@ happily sings, "...another one bites the dust!"

# GG Allin
@The_weapon@ sings, "Die when you die!"

# Gloria Gaynor
@The_weapon@ sings, "I will survive!"

# Gloria Gaynor, same song
@The_weapon@ sings, "As long as I know how to carve I know I'm still alive."

# Dead or Alive, "You Spin Me Round"
@The_weapon@ sings, "You spin me right round baby, right round..."

# All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Despicable dogs, put down the jewellery!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "I have faith in your faithlessness, not your fidelity! But dauntlessly - I defy you all!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Too hard for you... because you're too stupid!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Bring it in there... as I command! Pile the hoard... into a heap!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Come here, you cur! If you want to measure, measure yourself against me!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "You slyly... evade the POINT."

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Shall I exert myself... against the miscreant for you?"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But fall will the foe... with your cunning's aid!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Enough, blasphemous fool!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Leave him... his slavering fury!"

############ real songs, high tension -- damage! ############
%%%%
_real_song_high_tension_

# Queen
@The_weapon@ sings, "We are the champions of the world!"

# Spice Girls
@The_weapon@ sings, "Ain't no stopping us now..."

# Frank Sinatra (or Sid Vicious)
@The_weapon@ sings, "I did it my way!"

# All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Tremble with terror, abject throng!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Rascally robber! Rogue! Ruffian!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Terrible vengeance... I vow for this wrong!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Ah! Crushed! Shattered! Of wretches the wretchedest slave!"

# German
w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Breche denn alles!"

w:1
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Does a mist deceive me? Does a dream mock me? How anxious and pale... you've a-sudden become!"

# This would need the ability to have conditionals based on branch.
#w:1
#@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Here is the Swamp: through the pale mist - what fiery sparks are flashing?"

###############################################################################
# synonyms used above
###############################################################################

%%%%
_screams_

screams

booms

roars

bellows

howls

yells

shouts

shrieks

w:5
thunders

w:3
clamours

w:3
exclaims

w:1
vociferates
%%%%
_screams_how_

w:120
like a @_beastly_adjective_@ @_beast_@

hysterically

angrily

w:60
@_loudly_@
%%%%
_loudly_

loudly

deafeningly

ear-piercingly

ear-splittingly
%%%%
_beastly_adjective_

hungry

enraged

raging

furious

irate
%%%%
_beast_

dragon

frog

lion

bull

beast

w:1
beast of prey

predator

carnivore
%%%%
_strikes_up_what_

w:5
a slow and mournful tune

a merry tune

a merry melody

a funeral march
%%%%
_kind_of_scales_

pentatonic

chromatic

diatonic
%%%%
_rhyme_word_

fountain of blood

killing spree

battlefield
%%%%
_song_theme_

battle and fame

death and destruction

the glory of death
%%%%
_musical_topic_

acoustics

voice harmonics

the history of music

the theory of melody

rhythms and time

w:5
the counterpoint

w:5
descant

syncopation

w:1
Aeolian mode
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#### "...looks @_exasperated_@."
_exasperated_

exasperated

bugged out

unnerved

irascibly

nervous

unruly

truculent

refractory

recalcitrant
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#### "...turns @_crimson_@."
_crimson_

crimson

blood-red

w:1
purple

w:1
ensanguined

w:1
violet
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_MISCREANTS_

MISCREANTS

IMBECILES

w:3
SCUM

w:1
FILTH
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_PETS_

GUINEA PIGS

CAVIES

PUSSY CATS

POODLES

w:1
SPERM WHALES
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_corpses_

corpses

w:1
tasty carcasses

w:1
exquisite cadavers
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_body_part_

skin

w:1
hairy skin

carcass

flesh
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_glorious_

glorious

spanking

noble

exciting

thrilling

w:1
erotic

w:1
moving
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majin-bo greeting

Well, hello there.

Aren't you a tasty little thing?

We're going to have a lot of fun together.

Let's make your enemies cower, shall we?

w:1
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours... and I'm one HELL of a backscratcher.
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majin-bo cast

That's more like it.

This should be good.

Let me show you the power of Hell.

Embrace the darkness.

Isn't this worth a little damnation?

I'll handle this.

Now here's how it's done.

Your soul is simply delicious.

Has anyone ever told you how good your soul tastes?
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majin-bo cast weak

You're beginning to bore me.

My talents are wasted here.

Why bother with such petty cantrips?

A demon of Hell at your fingers, and you cast that...

Now, try casting something FUN.
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# Skull of Zonguldrok
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zonguldrok greeting

Another aspirant of the Dark Ways? We shall bring them all to heel together!

At last, a scion truly worthy of my power.

Finally, someone more useful than... these people.
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zonguldrok reprise

I knew you could not resist the dark call for long.

I shall forgive your past transgressions, as long as you remember your place this time.

I shall graciously assume that you are merely clumsy, not stupid.

Don't test my patience; I have made greater than you beg for death over less!

Finally...
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zonguldrok farewell

You'll be back again, mark my words....

Dare you to relinquish me? You shall regret this insult!

How arrogant, to think that any shield could be mightier than the power of Zonguldrok!

I wasn't done with you!
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zonguldrok hat good

At last; a crown worthy of my station.

A good hat truly is one of the finest things in life or death.

I applaud your taste in fashion, my scion.

Our enemies shall surely prostrate themselves before my majesty now.
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zonguldrok hat okay

A suitable chapeau.

An acceptable crown. For now.

The magic in this cap shall complement my own adequately.
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zonguldrok hat bad

How dare you fob such a shabby cap upon my head!

What an insult, to strut around in such shoddy millinery.

Bah, this is suited for peasants, not a master of souls.

How lamentable, to be reduced to wearing... this.
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zonguldrok hat crown of Dyrovepreva

I can see much more clearly than that foolish titan prince!

The purity of bronze and the beauty of gems: a fitting combination.

Let us go off to war, my scion!
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zonguldrok hat hat of the Bear Spirit

# Dylan Thomas
My scion, our enemies will not go gentle into that good night!

# Dylan Thomas, again
Rage, rage against the shining of the light!

Our combined strength is more than our foes can bear!
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zonguldrok hat hood of the Assassin

# Tolkien, Glaurung on Turin Turambar
Be a stabber in the dark, treacherous to foes!

# Star Trek, Klingon saying
Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.

Ah, the thrill of more efficient killing!
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zonguldrok hat mask of the Dragon

A mask of a dragon worshipper? I shall make the dragons worship me!

Such primal killing power, scion....

Be of strong will, and bring death to all who oppose us!
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zonguldrok hat hat of the Alchemist

Ah, alchemy. So many new and exciting ways to cause harm....

All our enemies can now be test subjects!

Even if you find the elixir of immortality, remember: I was immortal first!
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zonguldrok hat hat of Pondering

# Pinky and the Brain
Scion, are you pondering what I'm pondering?

I can tolerate a stained cap for power such as this!

I must contemplate what to do next....
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zonguldrok hat crown of vainglory

All will be laid low in my presence!

I can tolerate light if it grants the power to send my enemies to eternal darkness!

Kill for my glory, not yours, scion!
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# Fungal Fisticloak
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fungus thoughts

You feel a sudden urge to sporulate.

You feel a strange longing to hide under a damp log.

You feel sentimental about mildew.

You feel a distant kinship with mold.

Your thoughts feel multiform.

You hear a chorus of tiny whispers in the back of your mind.

You contemplate finding a nice dark corner to settle down.

You consider sprouting fruit.

Your mycelia itch. ...wait, 'your'?

You pine for rotting vegetation.

The drone of happy mushrooms echoes in your thoughts.

You long to contribute to the soil cycle.

You ponder forming a long-term relationship with algae.

You feel a longing for dead leaves.
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# Eel hands
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eel hand actions

An eel nuzzles against your @head@.

A quiet electric buzzing fills the air.

Your eels briefly tussle with each other.

One of your eels playfully nips at the other.

An eel wriggles against you, leaving your @skin@ tingling.

An eel investigates your inventory.

Your eels vigilantly scan the vicinity for threats.
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eel hand solo actions

w:20
Your eel searches [frantically|wistfully] for its partner.

Your eel nuzzles against your @head@.

A quiet electric buzzing fills the air.

Your eel wriggles against you, leaving your @skin@ tingling.

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# Fire dragon occultist scales and ice dragon arcanist scales
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fire dragon occultist scales greeting

You feel a tender gaze of renewed flame flicker just behind you.

Curious cinders crackle about, eager for new kindling.

w:5
You feel the weight of ages crawl through your mind and magic.
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fire dragon occultist scales farewell

Your hear a draconic huff of impatience grumble through your mind.

The scales rumble violently with feverish dissatisfaction.
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ice dragon arcanist scales greeting

You feel a knowing smirk of echoing frost flicker just behind you.

Ripples of frost crackle about, eager for new victims.

w:5
You feel the weight of ages crawl through your mind and magic.
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ice dragon arcanist scales farewell

You almost hear a draconic scoff of disaproval growl through your mind.

The scales rattle violently with cold frustration.
