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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


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

w:40
GONNNNG!

BOUMMMMG!

PTOANNNG!

PANG!

BONNNG!

# scraping hit
SHROANNG!


###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# 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).
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################
%%%%
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@ humour.

@Your_weapon@ dwells on sagas on the glory of old.

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

@Your_weapon@ gleefully confesses its misdeeds.

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!"
###############################################################################
# Weapon noises.
###############################################################################
%%%%
weapon_noises

@Your_weapon@ growls menacingly.

@Your_weapon@ sputters and hisses.

@Your_weapon@ hollers!

@Your_weapon@ pants and wheezes.

@Your_weapon@ barks abruptly.

@Your_weapon@ sighs.

@Your_weapon@ wails.

@Your_weapon@ howls like a wolf.

@Your_weapon@ whimpers.

@Your_weapon@ screams hysterically.

@Your_weapon@ hiccups loudly.

@Your_weapon@ howls with laughter!

@Your_weapon@ erupts into laughter!

@Your_weapon@ suddenly bursts into laughter!

@Your_weapon@ laughs crazily.

@Your_weapon@ starts to sob noisily.

@Your_weapon@ goes tick-tock.

@Your_weapon@ burps!

@Your_weapon@ goes snicker-snack!

@Your_weapon@ lets out a mournful sigh.

@Your_weapon@ yells in some weird language.

@Your_weapon@ makes a horrible noise.

@Your_weapon@ makes a deep moaning sound.

@Your_weapon@ gives off a wolf whistle.

@Your_weapon@ wails.

@Your_weapon@ giggles.

@Your_weapon@ lets out a whoop!

@Your_weapon@ yawns loudly.

@Your_weapon@ cries out!

@Your_weapon@ swears loudly.

@Your_weapon@ coughs loudly.

@Your_weapon@ burbles away merrily.

@Your_weapon@ gurgles.

@Your_weapon@ suddenly shrieks!

@Your_weapon@ cackles.

@Your_weapon@ warbles.

@Your_weapon@ snorts.

@Your_weapon@ makes a deep, guttural noise.

@Your_weapon@ gives off a sizzling sound.

@Your_weapon@ whistles innocently.

@Your_weapon@ makes a popping sound.

@Your_weapon@ yelps loudly!

@Your_weapon@ cheers!

@Your_weapon@ makes a tutting noise.

@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.

@Your_weapon@ chimes melodiously.

@Your_weapon@ chimes harmoniously.

@Your_weapon@ tinkles.

@Your_weapon@ rings like a bell.

@Your_weapon@ imitates a saxophone.

@Your_weapon@ imitates the bagpipes.

@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.

the sound of rushing water.

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!
###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# 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.
#
# 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...
#
# 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.
#
#
# 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@ 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@ practices its scales.

@The_weapon@ makes a painfully high-pitched squeak.

@The_weapon@ sings an ear-splitting high note.

@The_weapon@ sings a sudden staccato note.

@The_weapon@ sings a quivering drawn-out note.

@The_weapon@ trains the @kind_of_scales@ scales.

@The_weapon@ plays a couple of bars.

@The_weapon@ @nearly_or_clearly@ @hits_or_misses@ the concert pitch.

@The_weapon@ repeatedly practises the high pitch.

@The_weapon@ sings @several@ 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.

@The_weapon@ @sings_or_whistles@ loudly.

@The_weapon@ sings off-key.

@The_weapon@ whines plaintively.

@The_weapon@ wails mournfully.

@The_weapon@ lilts tunefully.

@The_weapon@ yodels.

@The_weapon@ hums tunelessly.

@The_weapon@ keens wildly.

@The_weapon@ whistles merrily.

#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 @dance@.

@The_weapon@ intones @an_aria_or_fugue@.

@The_weapon@ gives you a private @audition@.

@The_weapon@ @sings_or_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 @what_kind@ @tune_or_melody@.

@The_weapon@ @sings_or_hums@ an eerie @tune_or_melody@.

w:5
@The_weapon@ @sings_or_hums@ a slow and mournful tune.

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

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

@The_weapon@ sings a lullaby.

@The_weapon@ sings a folk song.

@The_weapon@ chants a little melody.

@The_weapon@ sings a deeply moving song.

@The_weapon@ plays a requiem for the unknown sword.

@The_weapon@ hums a slow waltz.

@The_weapon@ sings a little jingle.

@The_weapon@ plays an overture.

@The_weapon@ @composes_or_sings@ a @hymn_or_song@ about @song_theme@.

@The_weapon@ @composes_or_sings@ a hymn praising @player_god@.

@The_weapon@ launches into a @hymn_or_song@ on @song_theme@.

@The_weapon@ @composes_or_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@ the lack of singing @not_swords@.

@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_or_triple@ 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 @demise_or_death@?"

@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_or_death@.

@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@?"

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

@The_weapon@ compliments you on your taste in weapons.

@The_weapon@ attempts to teach you some tongue twisters.
%%%%
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!"

w:5
@The_weapon@ explains all about @musical_topic@.

w:5
@The_weapon@ 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@ 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 @unpleasant_or_sudden@ @demise_or_death@.

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

@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."
############ speaking, low tension ############
%%%%
speaking_low_tension

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

w:1
@The_weapon@ shouts, "Lie by the sword, die by the sword!"

@The_weapon@ complains, "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 @player_god@, you are such a @coward@."

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

@The_weapon@ utters, "Their cries, their tears, I cannot stand it anymore."
############ 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."
############ speaking, high tension -- damage! ############
%%%%
speaking_high_tension

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

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@ 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!"
############ 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 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!"

# 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!"

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

# 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!"

# 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!"
###############################################################################
# Lines from real songs.
###############################################################################
############ real songs, no tension ############
%%%%
real_song_no_tension

# 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..."
############ 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_or_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?"
############ real songs, low or high tension -- possibly damage! ############
%%%%
real_song_low-high_tension

# 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!"
############ 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!"
###############################################################################
# synonyms used above
###############################################################################
%%%%
sings_or_hums

sings

hums
%%%%
sings_or_whistles

sings

whistles
%%%%
sings_hums_whistles

sings

hums

whistles
%%%%
composes_or_sings

composes

sings
%%%%
screams

screams

booms

roars

bellows

howls

yells

shouts

clamours

exclaims

shrieks

vociferates

thunders
%%%%
screams_how

w:120
like a @beastly_adjective@ @beast@

hysterically

angrily

w:60
@loudly@
%%%%
loudly

loudly

deafening

ear-piercing

ear-splitting
%%%%
beastly_adjective

hungry

enraged

raging

furious

irate
%%%%
beast

dragon

frog

lion

bull

beast

w:1
beast of prey

predator

carnivore
%%%%
what_kind

little

catchy

merry
%%%%
strikes_up_what

w:5
a slow and mournful tune

a merry @tune_or_melody@

a funeral march
%%%%
hymn_or_song

hymn

song
%%%%
several

several

three or four

a multitude of
%%%%
kind_of_scales

pentatonic

chromatic

diatonic
%%%%
not_swords

clubs

axes

polearms

staves
%%%%
points_out

points out

remarks in passing on
%%%%
dance

bossanova

waltz

menuet
%%%%
an_aria_or_fugue

an aria

a fugue
%%%%
nearly_or_clearly

nearly

clearly
%%%%
hits_or_misses

hits

misses
%%%%
tune_or_melody

tune

melody
%%%%
unpleasant_or_sudden

an unpleasant

a sudden
%%%%
demise_or_death

demise

death
%%%%
questionable

questionable

doubtful
%%%%
double_or_triple

double

triple
%%%%
audition

audition

concerto
%%%%
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
%%%%
silent

uncommunicative

taciturn

quiet

silent

boring
%%%%
coward

coward

dastard

craven

faintheart

poltroon

wuss
%%%%
#### "...makes a @sad@ impression."
sad

sad

disoriented

forlorn

hopeless
%%%%
#### "...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
%%%%
dine

dine

feast
%%%%
corpses

corpses

w:1
tasty carcasses

w:1
exquisite cadavers