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Bard Bloom
Mar 27, 2009, 2:49:27 PM3/27/09
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Grudnip isn't the nicest world that ever was. It's not large, which is a good thing: a mere twenty miles from end to end. The world proper is made of liver: living liver, as far as anyone can tell. The outer serface of Grudnip is black and slimy. People generally prefer to live inside, in the net of tubes -- blood vessels? But if so, are people the blood? -- that permeates it.
Outside, the sky is a jagged mess of spattered reds and browns. Dawn comes when ... something ... splashes a side of the sky with a bucket of luminous red paint, which glows bright as a bloody noon sun at first, and fades to a dismal brown stain over thirty hours or so. Then it is dark outside, until -- an hour later, or a hundred -- another bucket of red paint comes.
Outside, the sky is a jagged mess of spattered reds and browns. Dawn comes when ... something ... splashes a side of the sky with a bucket of luminous red paint, which glows bright as a bloody noon sun at first, and fades to a dismal brown stain over thirty hours or so. Then it is dark outside, until -- an hour later, or a hundred -- another bucket of red paint comes.
Terrycloth
Mar 28, 2009, 12:52:40 PM3/28/09
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The people mostly eat the cancerous growths that plague Grudnip --
they're pink instead of brown, and grow back quickly. Too quickly! In
order to keep the entire world from being devoured by the polyps, the
people must eat and eat until they can't eat anymore. Gluttony is the
greatest virtue, and to be thin is to be reviled and shunned, and
possibly exiled to the surface.
they're pink instead of brown, and grow back quickly. Too quickly! In
order to keep the entire world from being devoured by the polyps, the
people must eat and eat until they can't eat anymore. Gluttony is the
greatest virtue, and to be thin is to be reviled and shunned, and
possibly exiled to the surface.
May Wasserman
Mar 28, 2009, 2:06:10 PM3/28/09
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((Hee! I was going to take it in the opposite direction, but this is
actually more cheerful than my idea.))
Chef is, accordingly, one of the noblest professions. There is no
higher calling than to prepare the polyps for consumption. Dried by the
heat from the red sky of day, or baked in ovens made of the stony brown
"pits" at the center of the polyps, or stewed in the thin pink blood of
Grudnip, or fried in the oil of rendered cancerous fat. Thin-sliced or
thick, carved into the intricate geometric shapes, flavored with
fine-ground crystals carefully cultivated by irritating the walls of the
deepest tunnels, mixed with polyps from different parts of Grudnip to
capture the full spectrum of tastes and textures. The ingenuity of the
greatest chefs is impressive, and they zealously guard their recipes and
secrets from imitators as they compete for the throne of Grudnip. For
who better to rule than one who will ensure the productivity of their
people?
actually more cheerful than my idea.))
Chef is, accordingly, one of the noblest professions. There is no
higher calling than to prepare the polyps for consumption. Dried by the
heat from the red sky of day, or baked in ovens made of the stony brown
"pits" at the center of the polyps, or stewed in the thin pink blood of
Grudnip, or fried in the oil of rendered cancerous fat. Thin-sliced or
thick, carved into the intricate geometric shapes, flavored with
fine-ground crystals carefully cultivated by irritating the walls of the
deepest tunnels, mixed with polyps from different parts of Grudnip to
capture the full spectrum of tastes and textures. The ingenuity of the
greatest chefs is impressive, and they zealously guard their recipes and
secrets from imitators as they compete for the throne of Grudnip. For
who better to rule than one who will ensure the productivity of their
people?
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