Eldritch Grammar

Scrounged from a truly ancient file, and I might want to change some or all of it but I wanted it somewhere I could find it again.
==Mood Modifiers==
Mood modifiers are always prefixes, and must be re-iterated every 5 words if not every word. It is assumed you are speaking in normal mode until you add a prefix, at which point you are obliged to maintain the 5-Word rule or it will be assumed you have dropped back into normal mode.
Mood-modifiers usually add nuance to words, but some drastically change the meanings of the vocabulary. In the courtly and often politically entangled Eldritch world, the mood-modifiers used can often conflict with the emotions generated by an individual, or in turn add richness to the
visage portrayed by emotional emination and word choice.
Mood-modifers are usually used for whole paragraphs or sentences, but using one for only one word in a sentence in not unacceptable and can often add unusual emphasis to a particular
sentiment.
The Seven Modes of Speech
The Modes are in three pairs, with the seventh, Normal Mode, not requiring another half. Each Mode in a pair is said to be the 'foil' of the other.
A Gray (normal) -- In normal mode, no modifiers are required.
Normal mode is self-descriptive; it is the mode that is usually
spoken.
Ei Silver (hopeful) -- Silver Mode is the foil of the Shadow mode,
giving a slightly positive flavor to words.
Ie Shadowed (slightly cynical) -- In Shadowed Mode, most words bear
a distinctly negative connotation, usually cynical, sarcastic,
or ironic.
Ue Gold (joyful) -- In Gold Mode, the best is always assumed of
everything, and all words take on that flavor.
Eu Black (dark) -- Black Mode, the foil of Gold, tends to violent,
angry, or morose connotations of words. Whole groups of words
in Black mode radically change definition.
Io White (ephemeral/holy) -- Words in White Mode refer only to the
spirit-mind, to the metaphysical plane. White Mode is
especially used for weddings and almost exclusively used in the
schools to teach the handling of psychic abilities.
Oi Crimson (sensual) -- Crimson Mode gives a definitely suggestive
turn to phrases, and all words in Crimson refer to the body only.
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