// Item offer messages for the gods:
// & is replaced by "is" or "are" as appropriate for the item.
// % is replaced by "s" or "" as appropriate.

    // No god
    " & eaten by a ravening swarm of bugs.",

    " glows silver and disappears.",

    " glow% silver and disappear%.",

    " glows a brilliant golden colour and disappears.",

    " glow% a brilliant golden colour and disappear%.",

    " rots away in an instant.",

    " rot% away in an instant.",

    " crumbles to dust.",

    " crumble% to dust.",

    " is eaten by a bug.",

    " & eaten by a bug.",

    " explodes into nothingness.",

    " explode% into nothingness.",

    " is consumed in a burst of flame.",

    " & consumed in a burst of flame.",

    " is consumed in a roaring column of flame.",

    " & consumed in a roaring column of flame.",

    " glows faintly for a moment, then is gone.",

    " glow% faintly for a moment, and & gone.",

    " is consumed in a roaring column of flame.",

    " & consumed in a roaring column of flame.",

    " glows with a rainbow of weird colours and disappears.",

    " glow% with a rainbow of weird colours and disappear%.",

    " evaporates.",

    " evaporate%.",

    " is consumed by the void."

    " & consumed by the void."

}
static std::string sacrifice_message(god_type god, const item_def &item)
{
    const char *msg = sacrifice[god];
    const char *be = item.quantity == 1? "is" : "are";
    // "The bread ration evaporates", "The arrows evaporate" - the s suffix
    // is for verbs.
    const char *ssuffix = item.quantity == 1? "s" : "";
    return (replace_all(replace_all(msg, "%", ssuffix), "&", be));

                 sacrifice[you.religion - 1]);

                 sacrifice_message(you.religion, mitm[i]).c_str());

                 sacrifice[you.religion - 1]);

                 sacrifice_message(you.religion, mitm[i]).c_str());

                 sacrifice[you.religion - 1]);

                 sacrifice_message(you.religion, mitm[i]).c_str());

                 sacrifice[you.religion - 1]);

                 sacrifice_message(you.religion, mitm[i]).c_str());

         sacrifice[you.religion - 1]);

         sacrifice_message(you.religion, mitm[corpse]).c_str());