Fiction, Ltd. Story #030 explanation and main page

CHALLENGE: Dispatch as many enemies as possible within the time limit.
TIME LIMIT: 20 minutes.

Ninja 1 was lost at sea. Ninja 2 died of comsumption. Ninja 3 fell into a
deep stupor on the death of his mother and never recovered. Ninja 4 was
trampled in a soccer riot. Ninja 5 got cancer. Ninja 6 poisoned himself
accidentally. Ninja 7 perished of the vapors. Ninja 8 went to Canada and
was never seen again. Ninja 9 collided with Ninja 10 rounding a corner.
Ninja 11 ate some bad meatloaf. Ninja 12 had to be escorted away in a blind
rage. Ninja 13's eardrums shattered in a PA-system accident. Ninja 14 was
smothered in his crib by a cat. Ninja 15 fell from a great height. Ninja 16
gradually imbibed too much and contracted cirrhosis. Ninja 17 took the
wrong train. An angry mob set upon Ninja 18 late one night. Ninja 19
tripped over the doorjamb. Ninja 20 was just a little TOO sneaky. Ninja 21
caught her finger in the briefcase at a critical moment. Ninja 22 licked
the windowpane. Ninja 23 tried to steal a police horse. Ninja 24 played the
lottery daily until dying of old age. Ninja 25 got stabbed. Ninja 26 was
killed bare-handed. Ninja 27 was also stabbed. Ninja 28 had a suicide note
all written and everything, but decided to become a waiter. Ninja 29
breathed too much smoke. Ninja 30 drowned off the coast. Ninja 31 overdid
it in Rio. Ninja 32 overdid it in Iowa. Ninja 33 prayed and prayed, to no
avail. Ninja 34 disgraced himself and was visited in the night by his
teachers. Ninja 35 was thrown into a cement-mixer. Ninja 36 got MS. Ninja
37 forgot which wire was live. Ninja 38 disappeared into the shadows. Ninja
39 was put down by Animal Control after his owner could not be found. Ninja
40 got shown on national TV and had to resign. Ninja 41 wrote a tell-all
and changed his name. Ninja 42 had a heart attack. Ninja 43 was strangled
by his brother. Ninja 44 adopted an incompatible philosophy. Ninja 45
couldn't feel his hands. Ninja 46 broke a leg but thought it was gangrene.
Ninja 47 ignored the signals. Ninja 48 was just glad it was over. Ninja 49
lost his handbook. Ninja 50 believed the liar instead of the truth-teller.
Ninja 51 phoned the rest of the ninjas, every last one, and suggested that
the time was not yet ripe. The end.

RESULT: 51 x 100
        5100 points!

See #20 for the whole explanation. This was a good warm-up for what turned out to be a long afternoon at ABP. Okay, maybe a really good warm-up would have led to good stories. My fingers got nice and warm, though.

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