SING Responses

August 2009. In the spirit of the PLUGH and XYZZY responses pages, I thought I might try a SING responses page as well. SING is a standard verb but it's a rare game where it's actually useful. Responses to SING are often as whimsical and pointless as any response to XYZZY, but somehow, a lot fewer people complain that SING is "old" or kill the PC for daring to SING, regardless how inappropriate singing might be within the context of the game.

Authors and beta-testers should take note: a default response to SING might not make much sense if the player character is not human, is gagged, is carrying something in his or her mouth, doesn't have a mouth, is mute, has laryngitis, is seriously ill, is underwater or swimming, is in airless space, is choking on noxious or poisonous gas, is using a snorkel or other breathing apparatus, is hiding or sneaking around, or if any other people are nearby.

69,105 Keys

You sing:
"You can't ride in my little wagon,
The front seat's broken, and the back wheel's saggin'.
Chug. Chug. Chug chug chug.
Next verse, the same as the first!
A little bit LOUDER and a little bit WORSE!"

Adventurer's Consumer Guide

Absolutely not. On your last product-testing mission you had an accident involving a bunch of drunken cultists, a defunct Mind Control Ray Weapon and a mutant sacrificial goat, and therefore you happen to be the high priest of the Temple of Tentacles, and thus any singing you do would result in the summoning of He Who Must Not Be Mentioned (Hastur).

Acheton

sing what?
> sing song
OK, 'song'!

[Note: SING seems to be a synonym of SAY in this game.]

The Act of Misdirection

The crowd is not here to hear your arias. They are here to see your Ariel.

[hm. Are there other responses in other locations once off the stage?]

Aesthetic Deletions

Alas! You sound awful.

Aggravatron

Being an accomplished opera singer, you regale the empty room with a beautiful aria.

Aisle

Sing a sad song... You start off singing softly to yourself; what must appear to be but a mumble to the other shoppers. But then you slowly get louder and louder until everyone in the shop is glancing nervously at you. It seems the more you sing the more uncomfortable everyone gets. You stop, chuckle. Then continue with your shopping; the aisles seem more empty somehow.

Alcohol solves everything

If you could sing, you would have tried for a career in the music business - as it is, you choose to only display your abilities (loudly) in the privacy of the shower room.

[Note: There is a shower, and you can remove your clothes, enter the shower, close it, and turn it on, but you still can't sing.]

All Things Devours

You sing out a few clear notes.

The Amazing Uncle Griswold

The desire to burst into song is one best suppressed considering the state of your singing voice.

Anchorhead

You try, but your heart's not in it.

an apple from nowhere

i sing, aloud, and the music lifts my spirit.
music has lost its power to move me -- or perhaps i have lost the power to be moved by music.
Hums to himself.

The Art of Fugue

[NPC] sings "Frère Jacques, frère Jacques,"
[NPC] sings "Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?".
[NPC] sings "Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!".
[NPC] sings "Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don.".

Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies

Singing is for sissies!

Augmented Fourth

Singing was never your forte.

August

It sounds as if the minstrels have things well in hand. No need to go spoiling things.

Aunts and Butlers

You're not in the mood.

Authority

You could hum any song or piece of music in a low voice.

Back To Life... Unfortunately

Funnily enough, you're not in the mood for singing.

Blue Lacuna

You sing quietly, an old song you learned as a child, forgotten for years until surfacing now.

Broken Legs

[Cycle through:]

You attempt a few lines of "What I Did For Love." It is both forgettable and regrettable.
You go into "Defying Gravity." It brings you down.
You practice "Prima Donna" from Phantom. It always made you feel better. Why isn't it working?
You start on "Good Morning Baltimore." The sound is nothing like a symphony.
You trill out the chorus of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly." It isn't.
You warble a bit of "Someone Like You." Your heart does not take wing, nor do you feel alive.

[If Alexandra is here, add one of:]

"If you could please caterwaul somewhere away from me," Alexandra starts.
"Please caterwaul somewhere else," Alexandra starts.

[If Kassie is here, add:]
"It's OK," Kassie offers. "Sometimes I fuck up too."

[If Seraphina is here, add:]
Seraphina's stopped singing. Too bad she's also got a vomitous glare-face. "I went here to get away from bad singing," she snaps. "Not to hear more."

The Bryant Collection

Your singing is passable.

Business As Usual

You sing a song about your most recent adventures.

Byzantine Perspective

Although you certainly feel inspired by the grandeur of the [name of the current room], you feel that it may be tactically unwise to burst into song.

Cheeseshop

You haven't sang in public since that incident in Liverpool, and you're not about to start now.

Couch of Doom

Something by the latest teenybopper runs through your mind, but you're not willing to admit that you know that song, even to yourself.

Critical Breach

Your mouth...it doesn't open.
...let's be professional, please.

Degeneracy

There is a reason why you serve in God's Army, rather than His Choir.

The Duel in the Snow

You have never had a terribly good voice, Victor Pavlovich. Better not.

Fate

You are too shy to raise your voice, and just hum tunelessly.

The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread

Your singing is delightful.

The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode

You sing the theme song to the Care Bears.

The Grand Quest

You don't feel like it.

Interface

You have no external speakers with which to produce noise such as singing.

It's Easter, Peeps!

You bellow the first song that comes to mind, which is, oddly enough, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town."

"You may be rushing the season just a wee bit," the shopkeeper comments.

'Mid the Sagebrush and the Cactus

You get ready to sing Billy the Kid, but cough up a little blood instead. It's worse than you thought.

Rover's Day Out

[Cycle down, repeating the last:]

You quietly sing a short song that Tomasz had taught you. The song is about a lonely colony ship engineer who pines for his sweetheart back on Earth.
You sing a slow ballad,"The Orange Hills of Mars".
You belt out a bawdy drinking song, "Bartender, set me up a Barsoom".
You hum (because you can't remember the words) a short tune that children learn to remember the order of the planets in the Solar System. Obviously, the song missed its mark with you, although you still remember the catchy melody.
You bang out a respectable version of "A Common Hope", the anthem of the People's Government of Mars.
You sing a short tune.

Snowquest

You have no songs to sing.

Yon Astounding Castle! of some sort

Ye singeth of ye tuneless ditties & melodies.

Default responses to SING

Unrecognized responses to SING

The following games don't recognize the verb "SING" at all and give whatever default response is appropriate for a command where the verb is not understood. See the NOTUNDERSTOOD page for the actual responses.

1981; Arid and Pale; Amusement Park; ASCII and the Argonauts; The Ascot; Babel; The Nemean Lion;

Can't input a SING command

Some games replace the usual I/O standards, and it might not be possible to type in arbitrary commands. Here are some games where SING just isn't a choice (for whatever reason):

>sing

Default responses to SING

Unrecognized responses to SING

Can't input a SING command