Five Gods Exiled — 36 of 191

Carolyn VanEseltine

Release 1

Part 9 - Terrain-Shrine Sentences

To write a terrain-shrine sentence:

now the current terrain is a random terrain in the current room;

[now the current landmark is scenery;]

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

if the current terrain is grass:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "Clumps of [current terrain] grow around the base of [a current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current terrain is moss:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[A current landmark] hunches down as if it were trying to blend into the scattered [current terrain] growing here.";

otherwise if the current terrain is fallen leaves:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[Current terrain] lie scattered before the entrance to [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current terrain is sand:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[A current landmark] rises from a sere, swept landscape of [a current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is mud or the current terrain is bare rock or the current terrain is bare earth:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[A current landmark] stands sentinel over an unprepossessing landscape of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is pebbles:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[Current terrain] litter the area around [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current terrain is slush:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[A current landmark] hulks amid a sea of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is snow:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[Current terrain] partially covers the roof of [a current landmark] and shrouds the nearby scenery.";

otherwise if the current terrain is ice:

now the terrain-shrine sentence is "[A current landmark] glitters with a thin layer of [current terrain], just like everything else nearby."