Climbers (969 hits)
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Submitted by JesterLilt (View user info) at 2008-04-18 12:24:26 EDT
In a world far far away live the Climbers. This is a world like no ordinary world. It is a vertical world. You, me and everybody else is used to the rather traditional spherical variety of world. Climbers have adapted to a tall cylindrical world with a very definite top and bottom which they can very definitely fall off.
Stretching up the cylindrical world is a series of ladders, many ladders beyond comprehension, all starting at different points and all different lengths.
Large platforms protrude from the cylindrical world interconnecting the ladders. On each platform there are little communities of Climbers at different stages in their lives. There are hospitals, schools, police stations... All the regular things expected in a successful civilisation. Interspersed on the ladders there are Climbers in transit to different parts of the cylinder.
Climbers are not born in the traditional manner. Climbers pop into reality created from an electrically charged cosmic storm surrounding the cylinder. Liken the storm to our view of heaven and hell. To the Climbers the storm is a mystical entity. They neither know how they arrive into existence nor where they go when they depart.
Climbers come into being on a given platform. Some Climbers believe this is a random occurrence but those who are believers in karma and fate think it happens for a reason. Since neither theory is proven it seems pointless to continue a debate here.
Each platform on the cylindrical world is a social status designation. Where a Climber materialises defines the world they are born into be it lower, middle or upper class. The lower classes populate the nether regions of the cylinder with the higher regions populated by Climber aristocratic high society. There is also the top of the cylinder and here lives the mightiest, most successful, grandest Climber of all.
As the ladders suggest a Climber is not restricted to living its life where it is born. It has a choice to either ascend the cylinder, stay where it is or descend into the nether regions. Descend to far and a Climber will fall from the bottom of the cylinder and be reabsorbed into the furious cosmic storm perhaps later to materialise somewhere else.
So a Climber is born and for the most part a grown up Climber will adopt and raise newly born Climbers. They will pass on their knowledge hoping that the young apprentice will choose to move upwards and onwards, hoping they have done a good job. As mentioned, some will choose to move on, some won't and some will descend.
Like anything, moving up is governed by talent, education and most of all opportunity. Throw these into the pot on any level of the cylinder and a Climber is likely to sail onto dizzying heights. A Climber may choose to go nowhere or perhaps has not been awarded the right opportunity in which case the Climber will remain where it is. Those who choose to descend are those who are not conventional or have been demoted from their current designation.
The nether regions are regarded by most as slums. However, to descend sometimes does not mean to not achieve but merely to be interested in different things. Amongst the nether regions there is the best music, food, drugs, parties, sex... Inhabitants of the nether regions are indulgent and like to have fun. Most choose to descend but some are demoted from their platforms because they do not support the society. The mixture of non-conformists, anarchists and 'Climbers who are a little bit different' make the nether regions unique to the cylinder and popular holiday locations.
The lowest point on the cylinder is the equivalent of our prisons. Screw up here and a Climber will be tossed back to the storm. Only a few will descend as low as the prison regions though many may be thrown here from any of the levels far above.
Each platform has a social structure and each Climber is expected to contribute to the goals of that platform. If a Climber performs well it will be permitted to ascend. If a Climber ascends when it is not permitted, it will be thrown from its destination and usually where it lands is matter left in the hands of the fates.
A Climber will depart on a journey up a ladder for its destination platform and on the ladders it must be careful for it is bandit country. Climbers who do not conform to anything lurk like spectres on the ladders. They may commit some heinous crimes, rape, murder... A Climber must be careful.
Quite often two climbers may be permitted to ascend at the same time. In this instance a Climber should watch their back. Ascending Climbers are extremely ambitious and on the ladders one may choose to throw another Climber from its path.
When a Climber arrives at a new destination the sequence will start again. They will learn, they will work and depending on whether they are good enough or not they will be given the option to ascend. A Climber may choose to stop ascending and settle down at any point, most do eventually. They will find a platform on which they are content and choose to remain there until the storm reclaims them.
Others will battle for the top. The war becomes thirstier the nearer to the summit a Climber gets. Only one will make it, only one can be high ruler of the entire cylinder. At the top of the cylinder a Climber can see every star in the sky and look down on the entirety of the world. In the topmost levels advisers will be stationed feeding the news up from the bottom to the top. Politicians, businessmen, statisticians, analysts... All circumnavigate the topmost levels; all want a pop at poll position.
The ruling Climber must at all costs protect his position because at the top there is only one way to go and that's down. The most successful leaders have been the ones who have fought the hardest to get there. They have gained more respect and exposure up the platforms and generally have their wits about them. Those making the top from already heightened position through fortunate birth placement are not so well respected and not great rulers in the history books.
This is how the Climbers live, different but not very much different to us...
User Reviews
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2008-06-09 17:54:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Didn't read, but +2 for the pretty pic
Submitted by kristy (user info) at 2008-06-09 17:34:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
idiot
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-22 14:15:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Barry that bit of wisdom came from ME of course!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-04-22 10:07:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:25:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:22:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Fighting on uber is stupid. None of us really know each other, so it makes every insult shallow and meaningless.
so fuck all of you, losers.
(see what I did there?)
This story was hard to read, but again, I appreciate having a new user on this site who actually writes and doesn't just post random bullshit.
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Great review.
Er...Banjo: It's "raining" crap. Just an FYI. :)
How'd you manage to write this without mention of shit running downhill?
Also i agree with whoever said you got too comfortable too fast, i like that you're writing and i think that's great but don't pull out the claws just yet if you're not ready to take it.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-04-21 07:51:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Banjo FTW.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-04-21 06:34:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"Stretching up the cylindrical world is a series of ladders, many ladders beyond comprehension..."
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This is all very good and everything but this statement is akin to saying "There are lots of roads, so many roads that is beyond comprehension. HEAVY MAAAANNNN..."
SO, you know, fucking think for just a fucking minute before you start slapping the keyboard with your deformed flippers you atavistic goon. I mean seriously, what is WRONG with you?
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2008-04-19 10:05:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I bought my first pair of rock climbing shoes second hand, which is usually a bad idea as they stretch to fit the first wearer's feet - and usually take on their aroma too. However I bought them off a guy with prosthetic feet, so it didnt matter that they werent new.
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Good post
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2008-04-19 08:20:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Worth reading. That last line could probably be cut. The metaphor is fairly apparent so the last line kind of makes it heavy-handed.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-04-19 01:12:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
This started as an interesting analogy and just became more and more obvious and force-fed until i couldn't bear to finish it. Sorry.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-04-19 00:58:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Intriguing, even if it did have a slightly "holier than thou" feel to it.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-04-18 19:20:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
I've read this very same idea in atleast 20 different 'worlds' and i must say it gets quite boring.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 18:57:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Definitely not plagiarised. I'll even tell you why I wrote it.
My dad is off to his 50th school reunion next weekend. I'm going with him. He was telling me about the speech he'd written for it. Its all about how some climb up in life but some people fall off or some are thrown off. How everybody is born at different levels, some stop where they are, settled and content while others drop down or conversely never stop trying to get to the top.
Anyway, its a really nice speech and I got a bit sentimental listening to him read it to me. All his friends are scattered far and wide and I thought to myself that they're all pretty old now and this 50th reunion is probably the last time most of them will see each other. It was also really interesting to listen to my dad tell me how they all started, what they were like and where they got to.
I probably didn't do his speech justice, it was lovely but there in again, I'm not as old and wise as he is and wouldn't expect to.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 18:55:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-04-18 18:52:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
H stands for "honest", you fucking mouth breather, go brush your tooth
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No need, asslick. They are sitting in a cupful of bleach as we speak. You want a drink?
:D
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-04-18 18:52:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
H stands for "honest", you fucking mouth breather, go brush your tooth
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 18:28:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-04-18 15:35:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Experima is an incredibly annoying twat, IMHO, which no one asked for anyway
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IMHO: NOTHING about you is humble, you fucking slimeball.
Submitted by jasumthin (user info) at 2008-04-18 16:46:10 EDT (#)
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I have read a story way too similar to this in a college lit course. I'm not sure if you are creative or plagiarizing.....
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-04-18 15:35:11 EDT (#)
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Experima is an incredibly annoying twat, IMHO, which no one asked for anyway
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 15:01:11 EDT (#)
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wtf? Not me though...
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:57:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
6 comments in. BAMN.
Awesome.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:56:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by skidmuncher (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:53:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
God Experima, get a grip, as if you haven't insulted me personally. What is your problem? Lost your vibrator?
May as well add that to the list to throw back at me later while you're spitting your dummy out.
Rob - Rubbed people up the wrong way... I dunno what I'm supposed to have done! I haven't said anything horrid to anyone except Experima and she started and therefore deserves it. I don't mind -2s if they don't turn into this. Sometimes they're good, I try not to use the word whilst so much anymore...
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Damn. I think that was the fastest alter outing of all time.
I have always enjoyed the word 'whilst'.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:54:47 EDT (#)
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haha @ alter outed below
Submitted by skidmuncher (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:53:39 EDT (#)
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God Experima, get a grip, as if you haven't insulted me personally. What is your problem? Lost your vibrator?
May as well add that to the list to throw back at me later while you're spitting your dummy out.
Rob - Rubbed people up the wrong way... I dunno what I'm supposed to have done! I haven't said anything horrid to anyone except Experima and she started and therefore deserves it. I don't mind -2s if they don't turn into this. Sometimes they're good, I try not to use the word whilst so much anymore...
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:42:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:39:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
oh, please don't compare me to her.
anything but that.
i'm out.
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Tiger is the one who called Experima a snotty snatch. It's been downhill since.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:42:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The problem (wait wait, why am I still on this post pontificating? I dunno) is that this chick came in here and didn't pay her "dues", and she got too comfortable too fast, and people dont like that.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:41:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:31:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Rob - so I keep hearing but all I've seen are the talons encrusted with the blood of a fresh kill = How sweet.
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Dude, its a few -2s and some creatively arranged words. I appreciate the imagination, though.
I still think it's super - but just so you know if there was some sort of entourage I would be in it.
There is not - I think you just obviously rub people the wrong way.
you = a DIRTY RUBBER.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:40:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i hear you're a slut, experima.
can i get your number?
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:40:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:39:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
oh, please don't compare me to her.
anything but that.
i'm out.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:38:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Experima reminds me of how tigerlily used to be.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:37:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 11:29:47 PDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And really, how you managed to incur the wrath of one of the sweetest and nicest contributers this website has ever had is remarkable.
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it is remarkable rob. she couldn't leave well enough alone and had to insult me personally.
shallow twat with my head inside my own vagina, with rose coloured glasses on, whilst being self righteous, arrogant, and heartless, and wearing a bitch hat, and not jumping into life with my feet...oh, and a slut. that's what she said.
so i'm all kitted out and contorted it seems.......and promiscuous!
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:33:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
i have an entourage? you think i called these people to "reign" on you?
i thought we were cool until you posted that bullshit on my last post.
hey, bitch, i like your hat!
ps: insulting everyone here, and insulting everyone's writing, and insulting everyone's looks in general is a) retarded and b) not the best way to debut in a forum with comments enabled.
just sayin'.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:32:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
haha, i actually laughed at bubba.
he MUST be on his meds
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:31:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:29:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And really, how you managed to incur the wrath of one of the sweetest and nicest contributers this website has ever had is remarkable.
God bless this dump.
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What? She didn't incur my wrath. :)
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:31:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Rob - so I keep hearing but all I've seen are the talons encrusted with the blood of a fresh kill = How sweet.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:29:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I think you should repost it as the ninja story.
: )
...of course then you would get all the uppity nerds screaming about how it's only one post a day, etc.
And really, how you managed to incur the wrath of one of the sweetest and nicest contributers this website has ever had is remarkable.
God bless this dump.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:29:29 EDT (#)
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And then you sign off gmail chat, like I mean nothing to you.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:28:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i am dishonoured, you scoundrel!
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:27:36 EDT (#)
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Scourge, you lack conviction!!!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:26:02 EDT (#)
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you're the fucking loser, nuggsie.
fuck you, you goddamn whore.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:25:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:22:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Fighting on uber is stupid. None of us really know each other, so it makes every insult shallow and meaningless.
so fuck all of you, losers.
(see what I did there?)
This story was hard to read, but again, I appreciate having a new user on this site who actually writes and doesn't just post random bullshit.
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Great review.
Er...Banjo: It's "raining" crap. Just an FYI. :)
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:25:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Thanks corn_nugget, appreciated.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:22:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Fighting on uber is stupid. None of us really know each other, so it makes every insult shallow and meaningless.
so fuck all of you, losers.
(see what I did there?)
This story was hard to read, but again, I appreciate having a new user on this site who actually writes and doesn't just post random bullshit.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:22:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Well do you know what, its getting a bit sickening you all coming along reigning crap on me when I've done jack shit to any of you. I put some posts together, fair enough they might not be the best but they are far from the worst looking at some of the shite posted around here even looking at some of the shite you lot have posted so why not just give me a break.
I can take a hard time as well as anybody but its the same fucking thing all the time. Change the record because none of you are that brilliant.
Experima - I don't know what your problem is, I hardly care. I've even tried being nice to you but you've put your bitch hat on so what's the point. If you don't like me, fair enough, I'm not looking for friends, I have plenty. You don't need to come along and be a dick with your wee entourage. It doesn't make you big, clever or cool.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:19:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Why can't we all just get a bong?
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:09:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
auto +2 cat fight
Submitted by skidmuncher (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:08:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Room mates pillow fighting next door, bitch fighting in here.
This place is brilliant!
Pull me up a chair I'm staying for dinner.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:08:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
i'd also watch who you were calling an ugly, pallid bastard, baby.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:06:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
you're a touchy fucker, aren't you?
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:06:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
you have a dirty poop mouth.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 14:05:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
anything i said to you you deserved.
and you ARE a presumptuous bitch. if you weren't, you wouldn't have made that "arrogant, self righteous" judgment on me on my last post. I responded to you very nicely on that post, although you didn't deserve it.
but now you tell director that i'm a slut? i think there is a big difference between earning a "presumptuous bitch" title and calling me a slut for no reason.
although i don't mind, since it was the best you could come up with on a shortage of brain cells.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:57:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Jealousy, hardly. She was the a fucking twat to me first and has been a fucking twat ever since. Well she, Dickhead of the Whole World and Uber Slut of Century can fuck off. If she hasn't got anything nice to say then don't bother fucking saying it. I don't come along a reign a load of harsh insults on your posts even though you are all ugly pallid bastards witch dancing around boob posts, reminiscing about how many of you never get laid.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:49:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Someone who looks as much like a fucking horse as you do should probably give more of a flying horse fuck about things.
Jealousy doesn't make you any more attractive, horsefucker.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:48:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
you didnt convince me.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:47:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
napalm maybe?
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:47:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
weak.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:45:34 EDT (#)
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Your words are so heartfelt and kind you might imagine I gave a flying horse fuck about what you think.
Get lost Experima, your heads been stuck up your vagina so long it probably feels like you're giving birth to it.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:39:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
this wasn't heartfelt or emotional enough for me. notice i took my rose coloured glasses off long enough to read this!
you're a rude, presumptuous bitch.
and this story was very, very boring, the word "climber" was overused, there was no humanity to it whatsoever, it was competely non-relatable, and i mean every word of this no matter how i feel about "you" personally.
you get a point for including a pretty picture that you didn't actually take yourself, and for effort, which is always appreciated. a solid zero.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:37:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Annoyed, irritated, same difference. Do you have a cream you'd recommend Scourge?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:36:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Do you know what Rob, you are bloody awesome. I love ninjas, why the hell didn't I think of them instead of my fat jackass Climbers.
No matter, you live and learn eh?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:35:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
God bless Word and it's find and replace feature.
I just got annoyed reading "Climber" and gave up early on. I mean really - its a terrible fucking word.
But NINJA?
I changed it to ninja and suddenly it became MAGIC.
I actually enjoyed it.
So thanks.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:33:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
'annoying' not 'irritating'
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:32:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In a world far far away live the Ninjas. This is a world like no ordinary world. It is a vertical world. You, me and everybody else is used to the rather traditional spherical variety of world. Ninjas have adapted to a tall cylindrical world with a very definite top and bottom which they can very definitely fall off.
Stretching up the cylindrical world is a series of ladders, many ladders beyond comprehension, all starting at different points and all different lengths.
Large platforms protrude from the cylindrical world interconnecting the ladders. On each platform there are little communities of Ninjas at different stages in their lives. There are hospitals, schools, police stations... All the regular things expected in a successful civilisation. Interspersed on the ladders there are Ninjas in transit to different parts of the cylinder.
Ninjas are not born in the traditional manner. Ninjas pop into reality created from an electrically charged cosmic storm surrounding the cylinder. Liken the storm to our view of heaven and hell. To the Ninjas the storm is a mystical entity. They neither know how they arrive into existence nor where they go when they depart.
Ninjas come into being on a given platform. Some Ninjas believe this is a random occurrence but those who are believers in karma and fate think it happens for a reason. Since neither theory is proven it seems pointless to continue a debate here.
Each platform on the cylindrical world is a social status designation. Where a Ninja materialises defines the world they are born into be it lower, middle or upper class. The lower classes populate the nether regions of the cylinder with the higher regions populated by Ninja aristocratic high society. There is also the top of the cylinder and here lives the mightiest, most successful, grandest Ninja of all.
As the ladders suggest a Ninja is not restricted to living its life where it is born. It has a choice to either ascend the cylinder, stay where it is or descend into the nether regions. Descend to far and a Ninja will fall from the bottom of the cylinder and be reabsorbed into the furious cosmic storm perhaps later to materialize somewhere else.
So a Ninja is born and for the most part a grown up Ninja will adopt and raise newly born Ninjas. They will pass on their knowledge hoping that the young apprentice will choose to move upwards and onwards, hoping they have done a good job. As mentioned, some will choose to move on, some won't and some will descend.
Like anything, moving up is governed by talent, education and most of all opportunity. Throw these into the pot on any level of the cylinder and a Ninja is likely to sail onto dizzying heights. A Ninja may choose to go nowhere or perhaps has not been awarded the right opportunity in which case the Ninja will remain where it is. Those who choose to descend are those who are not conventional or have been demoted from their current designation.
The nether regions are regarded by most as slums. However, to descend sometimes does not mean to not achieve but merely to be interested in different things. Amongst the nether regions there is the best music, food, drugs, parties, sex... Inhabitants of the nether regions are indulgent and like to have fun. Most choose to descend but some are demoted from their platforms because they do not support the society. The mixture of non-conformists, anarchists and 'Ninjas who are a little bit different' make the nether regions unique to the cylinder and popular holiday locations.
The lowest point on the cylinder is the equivalent of our prisons. Screw up here and a Ninja will be tossed back to the storm. Only a few will descend as low as the prison regions though many may be thrown here from any of the levels far above.
Each platform has a social structure and each Ninja is expected to contribute to the goals of that platform. If a Ninja performs well it will be permitted to ascend. If a Ninja ascends when it is not permitted, it will be thrown from its destination and usually where it lands is matter left in the hands of the fates.
A Ninja will depart on a journey up a ladder for its destination platform and on the ladders it must be careful for it is bandit country. Ninjas who do not conform to anything lurk like specters on the ladders. They may commit some heinous crimes, rape, murder... A Ninja must be careful.
Quite often two Ninjas may be permitted to ascend at the same time. In this instance a Ninja should watch their back. Ascending Ninjas are extremely ambitious and on the ladders one may choose to throw another Ninja from its path.
When a Ninja arrives at a new destination the sequence will start again. They will learn, they will work and depending on whether they are good enough or not they will be given the option to ascend. A Ninja may choose to stop ascending and settle down at any point, most do eventually. They will find a platform on which they are content and choose to remain there until the storm reclaims them.
Others will battle for the top. The war becomes thirstier the nearer to the summit a Ninja gets. Only one will make it, only one can be high ruler of the entire cylinder. At the top of the cylinder a Ninja can see every star in the sky and look down on the entirety of the world. In the topmost levels advisers will be stationed feeding the news up from the bottom to the top. Politicians, businessmen, statisticians, analysts... All circumnavigate the topmost levels; all want a pop at poll position.
The ruling Ninja must at all costs protect his position because at the top there is only one way to go and that's down. The most successful leaders have been the ones who have fought the hardest to get there. They have gained more respect and exposure up the platforms and generally have their wits about them. Those making the top from already heightened position through fortunate birth placement are not so well respected and not great rulers in the history books.
This is how the Ninjas live, different but not very much different to us...
Plus they run around freaking out and killing people all the time.
THE END.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:32:22 EDT (#)
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An irritating cunt... I think that's the most unpleasant thing anybody has ever said to me... Excuse me while I run off and find cream for my irritated cunt.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:25:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
this was...what? some attempt at social commentary?
there was no real commentary so much as just basic observations thrown out with an attempt at placing them into an ever so slightly different setting than the one in which we all live.
mostly that made this blah.
something that bothered me about it was the shift in language that popped up here and there. most of it was fairly standardized in an attempt to abstract the observations a bit. make them come across as - i don't know - an almost anthropological or scientific observation of this society. then there would be some turn of phrase like 'keep their wits about them' that didn't quite fit in with the rest of the language.
either way, you can put words together to form whole sentences and paragraphs and that puts you a leg up on 90% of uber.
ps, you're still an annoying cunt for the most part
Submitted by skidmuncher (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:20:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pschaedelic tree, fucking awesome!
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-04-18 13:18:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i.. i don't know.