Five Gods Exiled — 37 of 191

Carolyn VanEseltine

Release 1

Part 10 - Terrain-Prop Sentences

To write a terrain-prop sentence:

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

now the current landmark is scenery;

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

if the current terrain is grass:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Blades of [current terrain] investigate the edges of [a current landmark], but the field itself remains dead and bare.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] curls about the base of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] sprouts on the banks of [a current landmark] wending by.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Blades of [current terrain] grow up around a [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] curls over the feet of a [current landmark] standing here.";

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

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] pokes out of the [current terrain].";

otherwise:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] sprouts from the [current terrain] here, an ugly ornament to the bland scenery.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] grows in and around a ring of boulders.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The [current terrain] covering the ground fails to thrive in the lee of a nearby boulder.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the vacant grave:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] fringes the edges of a [current landmark] cut into the earth.";

otherwise if the current terrain is moss:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Not far away, there is [a current landmark], which is completely free of the [current terrain] covering the ground here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers the ground and part of [a current landmark] jutting from the ground.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] grows along the banks of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers the ground and creeps up the sides of a [current landmark].";

otherwise:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] spreads over the ground and up the sides of [a current landmark] half-embedded in the earth.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] grows over the feet of the [current landmark] standing here.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Blankets of [current terrain] cover the ground and encircle the base of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] grows along the upper surfaces of several boulders set in a ring.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers across the ground, but it avoids growing on the surface of [the current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current terrain is fallen leaves:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] have collected along the dead ridges of [a current landmark] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] cover the ground and mound up against the base of [a current landmark] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] litter the ground nearby and collect at the bottom of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] shroud the form of [a current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] stands ankle-deep in a drift of [current terrain].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] juts from the [current terrain] blanketing the ground.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] collect in piles at the base of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current terrain is sand:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Like a monument to foolishness, the [current terrain] underfoot runs up to the edge of [a barren field], where the rows stand dismally and eternally bare.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] projects from a flat landscape of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] borders the banks of [a current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current landmark] lies half-buried in the expanse of [current terrain].";

otherwise:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain], shifted by some past breeze, has mounded against the side of [a current landmark].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] clings sadly to the sweep of [current terrain] underfoot.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] sits at the center of a landscape of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the stairway to nowhere:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Windblown [current terrain] mounds shallowly against the base of a short stair. The stair rises to shoulder height before terminating to nowhere.";

otherwise if the current terrain is mud:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers a broad square of ridged earth, but no seedlings poke up along the barren field's rows.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] projects from a sea of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] encrusts the bottom of [a current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] lies in a sea of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] stands ankle-deep in the [current terrain] here, posing boldly, but seeing nothing of [one of]his[or]her[at random] surroundings.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A doleful [current landmark] droops in a broad swathe of churned mud.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] juts from a homely vista of [current terrain].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] is half-buried in the [current terrain] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the vacant grave:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The darkness of [a current landmark] gapes from a sea of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is pebbles:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The [current terrain] underfoot have been cleared away here to expose earth, and the earth has been cut into the long ridges of a farmer's field, but the field remains completely bare of life.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A sea of [current terrain] covers the ground, with one [current landmark] rising like a shipwreck's mast on that sea.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] cover the ground and line the bottom of [a current landmark] not far away.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] surround a [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] cover the ground around the base of a [current landmark] standing nearby.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A sole [current landmark] projects from among the [current terrain] covering the ground.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Runes have been carved into the surface of [a current landmark] resting among the scattered [current terrain] covering the ground.";

otherwise if the current terrain is bare rock:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The [current terrain] underfoot is interrupted by a broad square of dirt, which has been layered over the rock to form a seeming field. The field's ridges are barren of life.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] rises from the [current terrain] with no sign of how they join. The [terrain-type of the current terrain] simply flows upward into the shape of the pillar.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] cuts through the bare rock.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] lies on the [current landmark]. The stone of the bench differs from the stone upon which it lies.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A single [current landmark] nearby found enough dirt secreted among the [current terrain] to grow, but not enough nourishment to survive.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A [current landmark] rises from the [current terrain]. The boulders are made of a different rock than that underfoot.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark], crafted from the same stone as the [current terrain] exposed here, sits nearby.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the stairway to nowhere:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A stairway rises seamlessly from the [current terrain], but it cuts off after only a few steps.";

otherwise if the current terrain is bare earth:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The natural slopes and flatnesses of the [current terrain] are interrupted by the even ridges of a [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] projects from the [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] curves through the bare earth here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current landmark] lies upon the [current terrain].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A lone [current landmark] pokes from the [current terrain] exposed here.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] protrudes from the [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the vacant grave:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "The desolate shape of [a current landmark] gapes open in [the current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is slush:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] fills the furrows of the [current landmark] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] projects from a marsh of [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers the ground and melts at the bottom of a nearby [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] lies half-buried in the [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "Ignorant of the cold, [a current landmark] stands ankle-deep in [the current terrain].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] lies half-frozen in a pool of [current terrain].";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] protrudes from the [current terrain].";

otherwise if the current terrain is snow:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] fills the furrows of the [current landmark] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] nearby stands out starkly against the [current terrain] covering the ground.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] conceals the bottom of [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] lies in broad drifts around [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] obscures the feet of a [current landmark] standing here.";

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

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] clings in unlikely mounds to [current landmark].";

otherwise:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] collects in clusters amid the seed pods of a [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the ring of boulders:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] caps [a current landmark] nearby and spreads over the ground.";

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

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] has collected upon the ground and the surface of [a current landmark] nearby.";

otherwise if the current terrain is ice:

if the current landmark is the barren field:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] fills the furrows of the [current landmark] here.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the broken pillar:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A layer of [current terrain] covers both the ground and the [current landmark] rising from it.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the empty stream bed:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A fine glaze of [current terrain] conceals the bottom of [current landmark].";

otherwise if the current landmark is the fallen stone bench:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] has frozen into the [current terrain] covering the ground.";

otherwise if the current landmark is the headless statue:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A thin layer of [current terrain] encases a [current landmark] standing here.";

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

if a random chance of 1 in 2 succeeds:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[A current landmark] is coated in a brittle layer of [current terrain], just like everything else in view.";

otherwise:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "[Current terrain] covers the ground and rattles in clumps amid a [current landmark].";

if the current landmark is the rune-carved boulder:

now the terrain-prop sentence is "A layer of [current terrain] encrusts both the ground and the [current landmark] rising from it.".