If you have thought of Worlds of Carnage as a second home (rl escape?), then I am sure you have 'been there, done that' all over the lands. We may hurry around, mindlessly leveling. But I wonder how many take the time just to be fascinated by the room descriptions. A lot of thought and imagination that has gone into them throughout the realms.
Take just the city of Cythera for example. Sure, most of us know it by heart, but I (well my character has) walked within its walls and begun to take notice of the rich and colorful narratives and scene-setters.
At the risk of boring the hell out of everyone, I have amassed a few random tidbits that particularly caught my eye as I sped around (at the rate of one level per 10 char years) town. Tribute is worthy
of the authors. Enjoy or flame on
Phrases
sooty fog
they chase the air
belching chimneys
black sails and red banners flowing arrogantly
a great tholus
drips tea-colored water into a basin
seem to undulate with the passing sun
nearly ten men high
creating a lust for drink in your heart
the Gonloring army of the North
the wicked breed like rats
stinks of bubbling pitch
stinks of deceit
invisible island in a sea of nonexistence
used for abacinations
an improbable perversity
A vile waterfall
casting knifelike shadows
(Sewers)
violently slapping flesh nearby
A Plutonian gloom
endless circular parade of filth
their precious flesh long since gnawed from their bones