path: root/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/wpnnoise.txt

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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.
###############################################################################

# Contents:
# - Shield of the Gong
# - 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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#
# 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@

###############################################################################
# Weapon chatter.
###############################################################################
%%%%
_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@."

###############################################################################
# Weapon noises.
###############################################################################
%%%%
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.
###############################################################################
# Instrumental noises.
###############################################################################
%%%%
_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@ chimes like a gong.

@Your_weapon@ applauds itself.

@Your_weapon@ goes toot-toot!

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

an irritating high-pitched whine.

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 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.

###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# The SINGING SWORD
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# 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 belong 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
#
###############################################################################

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

######### silenced, any tension ############
%%%%
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 ############
%%%%
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 ############
%%%%
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) ############
%%%%
singing sword SCREAM

@_SCREAM_@
###############################################################################
# Weapon noises for the Singing Sword at low and high tension.
###############################################################################
%%%%
_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).
###############################################################################
############ singing, no tension ############
%%%%
_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|an ear-splitting 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 ############
%%%%
_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
###############################################################################

############ 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 sulking."

@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."

@The_weapon@ laments, "Ugh, being used to hack up chunks of meat... it's undignified!"

%%%%
_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!"

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."

@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."

############ 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!"

# After the crusader's "deus vult" battle cry
@The_weapon@ bellows, "{{ if you.god() == "No God" then return "@_godless_sorter_@"; else return "@player_god@"; end }} wills it!"

@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 Old Ron
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BUGGRIT, MILLENIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!"

###############################################################################
# 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..."

############ 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..."

# R.E.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
%%%%
#### "...looks @_exasperated_@."
_exasperated_

exasperated

bugged out

unnerved

irascibly

nervous

unruly

truculent

refractory

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

crimson

blood-red

w:1
purple

w:1
ensanguined

w:1
violet
%%%%
_MISCREANTS_

MISCREANTS

IMBECILES

w:3
SCUM

w:1
FILTH
%%%%
_PETS_

GUINEA PIGS

CAVIES

PUSSY CATS

POODLES

w:1
SPERM WHALES
%%%%
_corpses_

corpses

w:1
tasty carcasses

w:1
exquisite cadavers
%%%%
_body_part_

skin

w:1
hairy skin

carcass

flesh
%%%%
_glorious_

glorious

spanking

noble

exciting

thrilling

w:1
erotic

w:1
moving