When in Rome 1: Accounting for Taste
An interactive fiction by Emily Short (2006) - the Inform 7 source text
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Section 1 - Some Phrasing Helps
To say forcefully:
choose a random row in the Table of Forces;
if the gravity of the creature is negligible, say "[smallest entry]";
if the gravity of the creature is fractional, say "[small entry]";
if the gravity of the creature is Marslike, say "[medium entry]";
if the gravity of the creature is Earthlike, say "[large entry]";
if the gravity of the creature is vast, say "[huge entry]";
Table of Forces
| smallest | small | medium | large | huge |
| "very softly" | "softly" | "with moderate force" | "strongly" | "quite forcefully" |
| "with considerable effort" | "with effort" | "easily" | "forcefully" | "quite forcefully" |
To say quickly:
choose a random row in the Table of Speed Adverbs;
if the creature is not moderate, say " ";
if the creature is fidgety, say "[quickly entry]";
if the creature is slow, say "[slowly entry]";
Table of Speed Adverbs
| quickly | slowly |
| "rapidly" | "ponderously" |
| "quickly" | "slowly" |
| "swiftly" | "laboriously" |