human
Make a concise location description of a dreary scene outside of a mountain with a fountain and leaves.
assistant
Laid out like a giant piece of checkercloth, alternating tiles of dark and lightly colored marble fill the breadth of the arched walkway, the once polished surface lost beneath layers of dust and crumbling rock. Ascending from the center of the covered path, a fountain carved from deep blue lapis sits quiet and empty, save for the heavy layers of dried leaves deposited by the passing winds that blow freely through the deserted expanse of forested granite and crafted stonework.