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Carolyn VanEseltine

Release 1

Part 8 - Weather-Prop Sentences

To write a weather-prop sentence:

now the current landmark is scenery;

now the weather-prop sentence is "(This is a weather-prop sentence for an unknown case involving [a current landmark] and [current weather].)";

if the current weather is sunny:

if the current landmark is the patch of dead weeds:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Sharp sunlight bleaches [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

if the current temperature is hot:

now the weather-prop sentence is "There is [a current landmark] here, heated with such force by the implacable sun that the air above it shimmers.";

otherwise:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Sunlight glitters from tiny quartz nodules in the surface of a rune-carved boulder.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the stairway to nowhere:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Sunlight illuminates the shape of a stair amid brief ruins. It rises briefly and then terminates in thin air.";

otherwise if the current temperature is hot:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Sunlight glares down on [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current temperature is temperate:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Sunlight shines down across [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current temperature is cold:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Not far away, [a current landmark] glows in the winter sun.";

otherwise if the current weather is cloudy:

if the current landmark is the patch of dead weeds:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] stretches forlornly toward the clouded sky.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] looms beneath the clouded sky.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] hulks silently beneath the sullen sky.";

otherwise:

now the weather-prop sentence is "The low-hanging sky casts a gray pall over the area, stealing all color from [a current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current weather is misty:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Mist forms odd, translucent mazes among the empty ridges in the barren field nearby.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Mist twines slowly about the shape of [a current landmark] and stretches long tentacles in all directions.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Mist coils with ethereal slowness around the bottom of an empty stream bed.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Grey mist shrouds [a current landmark] standing here and weaves its way across the landscape beyond.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the patch of dead weeds:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] shivers in the shroud of grey mist that envelops the landscape.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Tendrils of mist weave back and forth within [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Tentacles of mist caress the surface of [a current landmark] half-buried in the earth.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the stairway to nowhere:

now the weather-prop sentence is "A stairway rises through the tendrils of mist. It breaks off at shoulder-height, having gone nowhere at all.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the vacant grave:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Thin gray mist shrouds a vacant grave not far away.";

otherwise if the current weather is raining:

if the current landmark is the patch of dead weeds:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] grows soggy in the persistent rain.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Rain washes over the sides of a rune-carved boulder nearby.";

otherwise:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] looks bedraggled in the rain.";

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

if the current landmark is the patch of dead weeds:

now the weather-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] gradually disappears beneath the falling snow.";

if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Snow shrouds the surface of a large boulder nearby. Intricate runes have been carved into its surface.";

otherwise:

now the weather-prop sentence is "Snowflakes drift down around [a current landmark]."