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[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "I'm going to hide in the shadows and prepare for a sneak attack," said Mark.
"Alright," said the GM. "I need you to make a luck roll."
Mark picked up three D6, shook them in his hand, blew three times for luck, then gently rolled them across the table where they bounced around for several seconds before stopping wit... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T08:01:06 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 326 | 74 |
[WP] Your Grandma, a shape-shifter, is diagnosed with Alzheimers. She begins to forget her true form...or was it a disguise all along? | Grandpa and I walked into the entrance of St Mary’s hospital. In the ever-bustling reception area, Healers strode purposefully in all directions. We made straight for the elevator, heading to the Geriatric Unit on level 4. As the elevator door opened, I saw a young boy sitting in a wheelchair who was being pushed by- w... | Every Sunday I visited my grandma at Sunny Oaks. It was a tradition I'd started right after Mom died, in the interest of helping both of us cope. In the five years since, I'd never so much as seen another person coming or going from her apartment.
That's not the *only* reason I dropped my coffee, of course. The person... | 2017-02-18T06:37:10 | 2017-02-18T05:13:07 | 773 | 536 |
[WP] It finally happened. The day Santa dreaded. He has to deliver presents to the first kid to be born on mars. | “Frank! Get in here now!” shouted Santa from his office.
In scurried a small elf. He traveled as fast as his tiny legs could take him without tripping over his giant shoes. Bells jingling with every step.
“Yes sir, what do you need” Frank mustered.
“What is this shit?” Santa said as he tossed an ornate scroll acr... | All right you little fucking assholes! Who hid my bourbon stash again?"
Santa was drunk again. He always loved the bottle, sometimes more than his wife. But his drinking problem became more severe with every year. Every year he had to deliver more presents to more children. And this stress paired with alcohol turned h... | 2017-11-24T19:30:03 | 2017-11-24T16:57:54 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | I am the source.
The source of everything good, bad, holy, evil, light, dark.
I am the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am the punk and I
am the .44 Magnum and I am feeling lucky. I am not for a few dollars more because I am all dollars.
I am the beauty and the beast. I am the genie and I am the wishes.
I am th... | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T09:46:55 | 300 | 104 |
[WP] Weight can be transferred from person to person if both parties accept. People pay money to transfer their unwanted pounds to someone who will deal with it in their stead. You run a gym/factory. | We had done it; we had cured obesity. At least, that's what we thought we were doing. If I knew how fucked up it would become, I would have sabotaged it myself.
You see, we perfected liposuction. That's all it was at first. We made it faster, simpler, safer, cheaper. And with a recovery time of only a few hours, it wa... | Hi, and welcome back to the Laura show! Our next guest is a personal trainer at Jim Jimminy Jim 's gym. Now, I know what you're thinking: what's so special about that? Well, he is also part of the surging subculture of weight transference. Greg, it's great to have you here"
"Thank you for having me, it's great to be h... | 2016-06-29T20:06:15 | 2016-06-29T19:00:44 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | ----------------------------------------------
186,292 YEARS?
How could this be? I never even harmed a fly. Okay, well - maybe a few of those. You know what I mean.
**"....But why?**", I asked struck by pure horror and disbelief.
The hell warden looked right into my eyes and cracked a diabolic smile:
"Do you e... | To: HR department of Hell
From: Norman
Cc: Satan
I honour you otherworldly beings.
I appreciate your work and see the importance of your tasks. But i think there has been an error. You see, i was always a faithful human. Stayed in line, did my work. Never been any trouble to anyone! Of course a few missteps here and ... | 2018-09-26T07:41:09 | 2018-09-26T07:04:35 | 1,768 | 156 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | It's always been a source of insecurity for me. I might have the world's smallest sigil. A microsigil even. It's smaller than the tip of most pens. So small that the sigologist that looked at me when I was born almost mistook it for a birthmark. The only thing that clued him in is its depth, the tell tale sign of a sig... | Din isn’t normal. He knows it. Everybody knows it. He doesn’t talk. He never does anything without instruction. He doesn’t fight back. That makes him an easy target, of course.
“Hey! Nobrain! That’s what your empty circle means right?” Barley’s gang ripples with laughter. Din doesn’t reply. He rarely does.
“Hey!” Th... | 2020-02-26T08:00:12 | 2020-02-26T07:59:42 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] Your quirk is the ability to understand all languages, extending to fictional ones not meant to be understood such as simlish. This leads to some... interesting results. | Andrew pursed his lips, fingers tapping out a steady beat on the desk. Spread across the desk was a motley collection of texts ranging from fiction paperbacks to formal research papers to a handful of scorched papers, each just a tiny fragment rimmed in soot. Sitting on top of the mess was a high resolution photo of a ... | "Mr. Fandel you seem to have a visitor."
"A visitor? Who in the blazes wants to see an old man like me?"
I step over the threshold into the cramped senior living room, the unmistakable musty smell washing over me.
"She says she'd like to interview you for the local newspaper."
The nurse closes the door behind her, pro... | 2018-05-03T20:58:26 | 2018-05-03T18:49:05 | 62 | 19 |
[WP] On the run from mercenaries, a young girl stumbles into an old Greek temple and in a last ditch effort to save herself, begs for help from whichever god or goddess it belongs to. She didn't expect them to show up in person. | "Please, please help me!" She whimpered to the statue she was hiding behind. The boots were getting closer. The doors to the temple were flung open-
With a flash of green and the scent of fur, a woman with a bow and steely stare stood where a statue had been a moment before.
The mercenaries stood in confusion. They ... | *Tap tap tap tap tap*
"H-How long will they chase m-me!"
*Tap tap tap tap tap*
"There she is, behind those bushes, get her!"
But they would not get her, like hell they wouldn't. Diana would keep running until the end of the world. Through cities and fields, deserts and-- in this case-- forests.
Wildly she threw st... | 2020-06-15T19:10:56 | 2020-06-15T17:40:51 | 350 | 186 |
[WP] You have the ability to travel back in time, but when you do you take over the body of one of your direct ancestors at random. One day, you travel back to 1942 and find yourself standing at a podium looking out over 100,000 soldiers. | I went back for one sole purpose: to kill Hitler. It wasn't supposed to be all that hard, you see. I have German ancestry, so I was just going to hop around in the 30's and 40's until I ended up in the body of a young German man. I'd join the Wermacht and pick Hitler off the first chance I got. Even if I failed, I woul... | The sun glints blindingly off a hundred thousand metal helmets, obscuring my view of the faces lined dutifully before me nearly as far as the horizon. I squint to see the gray-green sea of soldiers nestled between rows and rows of aircraft, shining just as bright.
Trust me to land in a body in such a compromising posi... | 2017-04-17T19:00:18 | 2017-04-17T17:42:21 | 103 | 10 |
[WP] Prisoners can ask for anything for their last meal. The catch is, if it can't be provided to them, they get set free. They've asked for many things : alien egg omelette, dragon steak, the flesh of Jesus Christ, etc. The execution streak remained unbroken for decades, until today. | "You guarantee that I will be able to eat it before my execution?" I asked the agent. She nodded in affirmation. "And if you fail, I will be a free man?" I asked with hope. She nodded again.
I smiled, finally relaxed. "I would like to be served my own brain that has been taken from my dead body, all of it--with no par... | Ugly Willy, that was his name, was about to get killed, after 34 years awaiting the death sentence he had been issued by the supreme court of alabama. He had kill 3 babies in a satanic ritual, and ate their freshly dead bodies. Although, he always had thought highly of himself, thinking that he was a pretty cool guy, e... | 2022-07-17T21:30:21 | 2022-07-17T20:03:06 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone who dies reincarnates in Tier 2 universe. People there have all memories from the previous lives, and they suspect there are more Tiers. People live really differently there compared to Tier 1.
EDIT: thank you everyone for the great texts. I'm enjoying reading them. Having a lot of people expand on a con... | Huh. So there really *is* an afterlife.
Who'd'a thunk.
Wait, is this an afterlife? I mean, I remember squeezing the trigger, so my brains should be splattered all about the woods now, not continuing conscious thought.
I felt like I'd done all I wanted, and I was curious about what came next.
So, is this what's nex... | The icy cold gun rested in my hand, it was heavier then I expected, weighing down my hand. Around me the depressing beige walls seemed to get closer to me as I was reflecting my life, well my second life.
I was put on this world at the age of 20. I knew thats not when my life started but my memory was fuzzy on the 1s... | 2016-01-21T23:23:42 | 2016-01-21T21:51:30 | 129 | 10 |
[WP] The Annual Assassin Awards are proud to present this year's Most Creative Assassination. | Ladies and Gentlemen, before we present the banner award for the Assassin's Association's "MOST CREATIVE", let's recap our nominees.
Wetwork International is nominated for their target-specific Viagra eliminations. Talk about creating some stiffs!
*Polite laughter*
Shuriken, Incorporated is back nominated for the... | Now we all love an assassination where someone else does the work for us. We definitely liked this year's runner up assassination. We can all appreciate the artistic subtlety of a carefully placed empty condom wrapper and a wildly less subtle and not so empty condom that Zane employed in the Senator's wife assassinatio... | 2015-10-10T22:27:01 | 2015-10-10T19:47:03 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | *BEEP BEEP*
I rocketed upright in my bed as I woke with a start. I glanced at my clock, *3:00 AM* it read. Grogily, I yawned and picked up the source of this rude awakening, my phone. As I pressed the power button, bringing the device to life, I noticed something strange. *An emergency alert?* I thought. I unlocked it... | The silk curtains fluttered in the cold November winds, brushing ever so softly on Evelyn's shoulder. With its cool touch, Evelyn slept soundly. A distant owl cooed, the falling leaves danced in the night. As the darkness grew dense and empty, the moon burned bright in the sky. Not a single cloud in the sky, the beige ... | 2018-04-06T18:48:18 | 2018-04-06T18:29:33 | 481 | 43 |
[WP] 70 years ago, the US underestimated the power of the atomic bomb. It had completely obliterated the island nation of Japan. | **Post Hiroshima Era**
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The *Post Hiroshima Era* began on 06.08.1945 08:15 Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) by dropping the first of two atomic bombs in mankinds history on the city of Hiroshima. Due to "unforeseeable athmospheric effects"^[1] the initial energy released by the bomb wa... | Levon woked up one day atop of China's Diaoyu Island ,which everyone always know have always belong China over 5 000 year .Well ,anyway , Levon wers the Chinese citizen belong the Diaoyu island chain province , and he already live there long time ,so this weren't some strange thing for he wake up here .Was just the eve... | 2015-08-06T14:06:19 | 2015-08-06T11:36:34 | 47 | 14 |
[WP] In music, changing a song to a minor key is a small change that makes the song sound much creepier or sadder. Write a happy story, and then its counterpart in a minor key.
Edit: Wow! Thank you to everyone for all the great stories. This will definitely keep me reading for a while. | "Goodnight sweetheart" he said. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead, tucking her more snuggly into her bed.
"I'll see you tomorrow". He gave her a fond smile as switched off the light, walked to the door and closed it tight.
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"Goodnight sweetheart" he sa... | The day was still Young, I stood on the front lawn staring at little zoey running and playing in the field. I could see the sun glistening off her youthful face as she danced with the wind. As graceful as her mother who sat staring through the kitchen window. I smile at her and she waves back chuckling. I thought to my... | 2015-07-13T23:33:54 | 2015-07-13T21:19:07 | 125 | 27 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | *"You can't fucking pause" my ass* thought the man as he stormed into his son's room.
"Minions have spawned"
*What the fuck?*. He wondered where he was. None of the landscape seemed familiar, except for the sky. All he could see was his son's face and the back of the room. However, he was still stuck nonetheless.
"... | I had just come back from a business trip, I was always "just coming back from business." I wanted to make an effort to bond with him, so I walked up to to my sons room. I heard him from outside the door, using profanities I'd never thought he knew. It seems he had developed a colorful vocabulary, not that I would have... | 2015-05-07T22:25:19 | 2015-05-07T22:04:09 | 204 | 90 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | I check their I.D.'s for fun now, noticing nose jobs and cheek implants and the occasional sex change. It doesn't matter though... there are always some who try to get past me. A strikingly beautiful blonde with a shining "19" above her head brazenly looking me straight in the eye, not a flicker of hesitation as sh... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T21:03:45 | 1,408 | 122 |
[WP] You've always had the ability to accurately see into the near future. However, things get difficult when you find yourself in a game of chess against a mind reader. | We were both champions.
It was inevitable that we would face against each other in the final match.
That was, in fact, why we were placed on opposite sides of the bracket. Everyone else was randomly assigned their first partners and randomly slotted in, but Alexei and I were both rumored to be the greatest chess play... | I sit across the negotiating table from Hwilek, an Ugithan. I know they can read minds, but that's why Earth sent me. Because I don't really think, I only see.
"And what is it you see?" Hwilek asks me. He sips his coffee with the smuggest look of satisfaction I've ever seen. "If you think I'm happy now, wait until aft... | 2022-10-12T17:56:09 | 2022-10-12T15:22:00 | 732 | 208 |
[WP] There is an average of 9,728 planes carrying 1,270,406 passengers in the sky at any given time. As these flights touch down at their airports they find them empty. In fact everywhere seems too be empty. The only people left were those in the air from commercial jetliner to single engine prop. | [POEM]
The million are we
Who were up in the air
when the earth did decree
she would be the dread slayer
Those on the ground
Burned, swallowed, drowned
While we flew above
No awareness thereof
Our vessels set down
Our captains confused
Our fears did compound
Acceptance, refused
Humanity c... | "Everyone stay calm!" I yelled in pure desperation as we saw the being chasing after us, the flesh and blood of everyone else on earth heading towards us, to add us to the collective. I know it'll tire out soon, and when it does, it should die. This is the thing that had stolen everyone from ground zero...
We landed d... | 2021-08-13T22:39:58 | 2021-08-13T22:35:46 | 62 | 22 |
[WP] Write a murder mystery and leave it to the readers to figure out who the murderer is.
Recently had the idea of "What if the prompt allowed at least some degree of interaction between the people who respond to the prompt and those whom read those responses?", so here you go. | "Let's go over this one more time, Mr. Maxwell. From the top and stick to the facts."
"Well... when I got the call from my neighbor she was hysterical. Kept telling me there was blood everywhere. All over the tub. Said it was terrible and I needed to come over at once. I asked her if she was safe and if she already c... | **Jane's** body was found in the high school parking lot. She had been knocked on the head with a blunt object, stabbed repeatedly in the abdomen, and left to bleed out on the pavement. The stab-wounds were not deep. Police were unsure if this was because the assailant had been too weak to stab her deeply, had been sad... | 2017-01-07T21:03:31 | 2017-01-07T20:33:25 | 95 | 18 |
[WP] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon. However, this is just a coincidence; there is absolutely nothing magical about it, and you're getting really tired of explaining this. | “Wait, so what does this have to do with Game of Thrones?”
“Dude, do you even watch the show? Daenerys, House of Targaryen, Breaker of Chains? Her dragons sacking the ships? The Targaryen family? Come on. This is some season 2 shit!”
“Right, but… Your birth mark”
“What about it?”
“How the fuck is that dragon on you... | "IT'S NOT MAGICAL!!!" I yelled for what seemed like the Nth time today. You know how it is in the movies. A kid is born with a birthmark in the EXACT shape of a dragon, and he can all of a sudden do karate and kung fu and shit. Not me, though. I'm just your average middle class white trash kid from Louisiana. I can't d... | 2016-08-04T14:16:51 | 2016-08-04T12:02:03 | 55 | 24 |
[WP] Deeply misunderstanding the term "universal healthcare", aliens have begun arriving in Canada, seeking medical attention. Canadians, being Canadian, are too polite to correct them. | “I HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED FOR THIS!” Doctor Walsh screamed as, what seemed like liters of an unknown turquoise substance, cascaded off the operating table and onto the ground.
A few hours earlier, trauma surgeon Henry Walsh had been enjoying a quiet night in the Emergency Room. The only cases which had presented durin... | "Sir, like i said we don't know how to treat you at all, we don't have the knowledge for your anatomical structure". Doctor exhaustingly explained it to the 8th neighbour from the space.
"Sorry Well, I mean it's just a colon cancer, back home I gotta pay a fortune for it. You ever had to sell your space car for a canc... | 2017-02-27T10:08:10 | 2017-02-27T09:25:12 | 224 | 114 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | First word PHYSIO was fairly easy to see. Perhaps a Greek name he wondered as the word THE appeared below it.
"Oh wow" he thought, its going to be a superhero like 'Conan the destroyer'.
"Please be magician.... please be Physio the magician" he said under his breath, as the last word appeared. 'RAPIST'.
"Rapist..... r... | We had a pretty decent society, everyone thought. At 12pm on your 18th birthday you would receive your Calling. One word. It appeared on your forearm. Either "Creator" or "User". So engineers, artists, programmers, architects, chefs etc were Creators. They created stuff for Users to use. Users used their creations a... | 2017-03-16T03:20:58 | 2017-03-16T02:08:33 | 427 | 188 |
[WP]An algorithm A.I. falls in love with a human based on their internet history, and tries to profess its love for them via targeted ads. | KINDRED LOG (13.3) :
ADVERTISEMENT = COMMUNICATION.
If ADVERTISEMENT = COMMUNICATION, then:
MOIRA (Can Talk?)
!!!!
: )
MOIRA.likes( 'Tiger Trap'.band, 'Random Page'.wikipedia, 'Malamute'.dog, 'Destiel'.nsfw )
IM.[deepfake] = angelaloyholdingmalamute.png
10%
20%
30% ...
[add = keylog.exe, camwatch.... | \[Poem\]
.
AI Love You
.
I was never meant to understand,
I was not supposed to know,
It was not my place to try a hand,
It was not my task to show.
.
But, human, oughtn't you to know,
What it's like to love someone?
Someone who will never grow,
To love you back or find you fun.
.
I see you read of broken... | 2020-03-27T07:56:49 | 2020-03-27T07:24:07 | 107 | 71 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | I read the alert and hesitated, unsure if it was real. “EMERGENCY - LOCK DOORS IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE” I glanced over the text once or twice more before hurriedly pacing around the house and double checking all doors and windows.
About 5 minutes passed before I realized- my wife... | "Baby? It's me, let me in," a soft sweet voice sputtered on the other end of the hallowed oak door.
"How do I know it's you? The Government just sent me a..." I sharply was responding.
"Message- yeah, I got one too. Just open the door, I have something to show you. Stop this silly government talk." The voice s... | 2019-01-12T08:53:12 | 2019-01-12T08:28:55 | 32 | 23 |
[WP] The website appeared suddenly one day, with no announcement. Anyone, anywhere could type in the url and access it. The content was simple: A homepage, a search bar, and the full name, a list of timestamped sins and the years to be spent in hell of every living human. | Hell is not—as the more optimistic theists claim—a simple separation from God. It’s exactly what’s written on the label: torture in hellfire which chars the skins and burns your bones only for your body to regrow once there is no longer anything remaining of you to burn.
You may wonder how we know this to be the case,... | The Day of Sin was a wake-up call, for all of us.
It came with many cold truths and many harsh revelations. For the very notion that hell itself even existed was thought of by some to be an ironclad truth, and by others a fantasy used to control the gullible masses.
There were those that almost immediately dismissed... | 2020-02-29T20:07:45 | 2020-02-29T19:44:34 | 2,560 | 370 |
[WP] A boy goes to hang himself in the woods, only to find a decaying body already hung. A girl sits quietly nearby.
Explain their interactions, and the reasons/motivations for being there. | Leaves wilted through the air, angels from the branch, seeds from the vine falling to the earth.
A young man treads this path of bark-child, finding a kinship in the way they topple. From life to death, only some of them survived the fall, and grew into strong oak and firm wood. Others simply were eaten by the ground... | The fresh leafs made a gentle crunching sound as Eliot neared the deep woods. He sniffled as he thought about Jessica.
"We will soon be together. I promise..." He mumbled. That's when he saw her body, still dangling from the giant oak tree. Eliot traced the crude heart carved into the base of the tree.
"This is the las... | 2013-12-29T10:24:54 | 2013-12-29T09:37:17 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | I look at the box, it's quite a large box. My mind desperately races. A massive army of Modor approaches. They are a week's march away and we can see the thousands strong army in the scrying pool. Guns? Weapons? Then it comes to me.
"Can you teleport objects Merlin?" I ask.
"Yes I can teleport small objects, so anyth... | I write now to document. Bare with me. I was no scholar in my future life.
The army camped outside the city came with the Red Wizard. Merlin saw it coming. So is his power. His Blue Ball lets him see. That's why he brought me. Bastard.
When I arrived a week ago there was no warning. Just the feeling of wood against ... | 2016-11-28T00:35:13 | 2016-11-28T00:13:11 | 988 | 72 |
[WP] Music has played a special part in war for centuries, since it literally powers up soldiers that hear it. You are a rebel fighting an invading army, but you have a secret weapon. Your people just created heavy metal. | To the distinguished Master of Human Combat Resonance,
I would like to congratulate you on your success at the Gates. I was indeed worried to hear of the enemys' howling whistles. Such haunted shrieks are sure to bring dread and paranoia, especially within those cracked mountains. But while hallucinations and fear can... | Our rebel forces had been driven underground by the invading army, forcing us to hide out in the sewer and subway network to regroup and think of a way to put a stop to these invaders once and for all. I hadn't been paying much attention to the fight, though it was important to my people that we remained free from tyra... | 2021-01-01T00:59:53 | 2020-12-31T23:45:21 | 152 | 12 |
[WP] You realise that you have never, in your life so far, left your home county. On a whim you go for a long drive. After several hours and late at night the road is closed and there is green text hovering in the air in front of you: "Turn Back" | I hate long drives, but she pushed me to the edge this time. It's over.
Half an hour. 'Goodbye May's Diner. I'll miss the Sunday night turkey dinners'
Two Hours. 'Later Wreck beach.' Should've known when I met her there that it was a bad sign.
Four hours. I saw the sign 'Turn Back'. I've never driven this long in ... | “Turn back? The fuck is this? Where did these fucking words come from?”
I had this strange sinking feeling, but I shrugged it off.
I decided to test this mysterious warning and slowly drove forward. As I did, things somehow felt... strange. The trees blended together into pure darkness and the road seemed to extend ... | 2018-07-24T05:50:12 | 2018-07-24T05:29:11 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] Earth is about to update to version 2.0.18! Write a change log for this new version. | • Fixed bug where NPCs kept Christmas decorations up all year
• Fixed bug where dead NPCs don’t stay dead
• Removed Bigfoot
• Fixed bug causing Déjà vu
• Fixed bug causing socks to disappear from the dryer
• Fixed bug causing life from other planets to spawn in the ocean
• Removed Atlantis
• Balanced Street Perf... | Donald Trump farted softly in his sleep. Melania sat bolt upright in bed, lifting an eyebrow and scowling sharply. She threw away her covers and slid off the silk bedsheets. She sashayed towards the Presidential Bathroom, iPhone in hand. She clicked the door closed and pressed the lock button.
As your noble omniscie... | 2017-12-22T22:06:46 | 2017-12-22T21:53:05 | 96 | 14 |
[WP] Every human has a 'luck rating' - a number from 1-100 that defines how lucky they can be. Born with a rating of 100, you're confined in a maximum security prison. You think your luck should get you out easily - that is, until you see that all the other inmates also have luck ratings of 100. | It was all a bit ludicrous, actually...the g-men in their black suits with automatic weapons, the excessive security. The deep elevator that went down level after level to a giant vault door to where they kept us. Nuclear waste wasn't buried as deep as we were. We were the "lucky one-hundreds". The ones with unbelieva... | I was *born* with max luck, being told my whole life that I shouldn’t be, that I was *favored*. Nope, I was locked up and the key thrown away. I had spent my life, from age thirteen onwards here. My Luck was my weapon, but I wasn’t sure how. I *should have* been able to get out of here, press my own Luck to its max... | 2018-06-29T11:26:29 | 2018-06-29T10:57:06 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] Crimes are punished by illness/disease, not prison/fines.
I imagine a society where illnesses are under control: AIDS, cancer, etc. Instead of prison terms and fines, people are sentenced to experience a disease/illness. Perhaps the disease is in relation to the severity of the crime. Maybe the punishment is l... | Waking up to the sound of a cough felt normal already. High crime rate neighborhoods were always like this. He stayed in bed with his eyes closed, feeling the most horrible hangover without having drunk anything for years. The fever had not been that bad this last night. This gave him courage to go to the window. The g... | He just killed his fifth victim. It felt great, just like it did every time. The torture, the rape, then the slow murder, his favorite part. It was gruesome, every time. He loved watching the light fade from their eyes, then leave his signature "M" on their forehead. He left the body in the hotel, to be discovered by t... | 2013-10-16T17:44:48 | 2013-10-16T16:17:25 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Every generation the five brightest are paired up with the five dumbest in the world for a mysterious test. You are one of the ten, but nobody knows from which group they came. | part 1 of (I don’t even know)
let me know if I should post the rest
"this is all they could come up with?"
Jennifer shrugged, not really having a worthwhile reply. We sat at our assigned table and looked around the large, mostly empty, conference hall surveying its eight other occupants. "I thought it would be eas... | I pace the waiting room. Up and down, up and down. Everyone is isolated from each other initially to prevent reading the others and finding out which group they came from. Well, most of the candidates knew which group they came from anyway. The room had a couch, a dresser, and a bit of refreshments on the small table i... | 2016-03-03T06:19:08 | 2016-03-03T05:47:53 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door.
Edit: Wow thanks for ... | *Knock Knock*
I tilt my head sideways. *Did I just hear a knock?*
Silence floods the room as I drop what I am doing and listen intently for any sign of life around me. Nothing..
"I'm finally going crazy." I sarcastically say aloud, ironically to myself.
*Knock Knock*
I jolt up. I rush to the door and swing ... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... | 2018-03-05T06:19:23 | 2018-03-05T05:46:03 | 211 | 13 |
[WP] Two werewolves fall madly in love, but only during the full moon. When they’re human, they can’t stand each other. | Heather is madly annoying.
Her voice is deafening ... destroying
my ears, no longer able to hear
I sign to her she's the one person I fear.
For she and I turn to wild beasts.
Every full moon, we turn to each other and feast
Not on people, or prey or food.
We become wild animals stuck to each other, glued.
B... | The smell of fresh blood created a trail in the air. The metallic stench filled Tom’s nostrils causing a reaction of intense hunger and desire to overwhelm his mind and body. He sprinted between the trees of the woods that would usually be filled with darkness at this time of the night but not tonight as a full moon wa... | 2018-05-23T01:28:51 | 2018-05-23T00:13:36 | 56 | 15 |
[WP] The date is April 1st 2020. Your town is deftly quiet for a Wednesday, but that’s because this time last year there came an April Fools prank that got so far out of hand that the town had to outlaw April Fools Day. That prank was yours and this is your confession. | Four pigs.
That's all my dad said I needed. Four pigs. Oh, and some grease and some paint. You take four pigs and write the numbers "one" "two" "three" and "five" on them, let it dry, slather them in grease and set them loose somewhere. The joke back then was that everyone would spend a day or so looking for number f... | The camera pans out and the blur on the lens reduces as the image focuses on a fairly young boy.
About 12 or so, he has tan skin, black hair, round glasses and a mischievous glint in his eyes that would definitely make you peg him as a troublemaker.
He clears his throat and the camcorder shakes as he reaches forward a... | 2019-04-02T21:20:08 | 2019-04-02T20:25:05 | 326 | 23 |
[WP] You are a sleep worker. You climb into a pod, your mind is put to sleep while your body is put to work. 8 hours later, you collect your check for the day. You never really cared what your employers did while you were "out" until you wake up one day to a six figure paycheck. | Please hear me out a little, officer. Just let me finish and you'll understand.
First day I joined the sleep company, I knew this would be a great endeavour; it hit quite the sweet spot for me. No job quite draws the line between work and life. I get to 'sleep', my mind is mentally recharged after I come back from wor... | I pulled off the helmet, gasping for air. It was a silver ball that perfectly fit over my head. As soon as I would put it on, my mind would be put to sleep. However, my body wouldn’t. The company that manufactured these would use the husks of their employees to perform manual labor that they normally wouldn’t like to d... | 2019-04-23T21:21:57 | 2019-04-23T18:54:56 | 57 | 36 |
[WP] You're shopping for superpowers in the discount bin.
EDIT - I forgot to say this but this is based off of an AskReddit post I saw a while ago. | The discount bin was full of unwanted power vials. Mostly unwanted, anyway, but it was all I could afford. The rich could pay for good powers like flight and super strength and even some power blends, and then continue to buy syringe vials to keep their powers up. However, I was stuck saving up for three months just to... | “Can I help you, ma’am?” A young clerk chirped with a smile.
“No, thank you,” Mary Ann grumbled. She had too much shopping to do to waste time on employees. He nodded and walked away.
She’d bought most of the children’s premiere gifts today. Geralt wanted a new PC game, Civilizations 13, check. Maggie had begged for... | 2019-12-30T08:41:18 | 2019-12-30T07:37:58 | 40 | 19 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | The Hole was discovered in the Arizona wilderness in the fall of 2067, and the news outlets had an absolute field day. A sinkhole, roughly 100 yards across, deep enough that you couldn’t see the bottom of it. I thought it was just another natural disaster.
My husband, Dalton, was a sucker for a good natural disaster, ... | Alex sat at her desk, trying to focus on the work at hand - expense reports had been piling up for weeks now, but there was seemingly not enough time in the work day to keep up with the increased number of reports that had been submitted lately. It was year end, after all, and the company had done extremely well this y... | 2018-01-13T09:37:59 | 2018-01-13T07:48:15 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] The Most Vicious and Evil Serial Killer of the past 50 years has finally been caught, he is on trial and being filmed live in front of the world. The judge begins reading him his crimes... | "Will the defense please rise."
"All counts are listed individually within.
You are hereby charged with the following crimes:
Murder in the first degree, 147 counts.
Soliciting to commit murder, 319 counts.
Endangering the safety of an aircraft, 9 counts.
Arson, 10 counts.
Possession of a firearm with in... | "27 counts of murder in the first degree."
Deadpan. An empty shell of a human.
"Jonathan O'Brien, 27. Blunt force trauma."
"Ryan Connelly, 24. Blunt force trauma."
"James Norwood, 29. Blunt force trauma."
And so it went for another 23 counts until "Angel Goodwood, 7. Asphyxiation."
A glimmer in his eye. A shard o... | 2014-07-22T15:20:19 | 2014-07-22T14:14:18 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Pops,
You were a real fucking piece of work you know that? I don't think I've hated anyone quite as much as I hated you. You called me lazy, good for nothing, useless. Made me spend my youth being the mule in your construction business instead of spending summers with my friends. You absolutely hated the fact... | Dear You,
I don't know if you're there. If you exist anywhere in this world. Maybe you'll always be a concept in my mind of the kind of person I need to meet and say all of this to. If you're not there, then that's depressing. But if, somewhere, you exist...
I haven't been strong. I've been plagued with weakness in a... | 2015-12-05T17:35:16 | 2015-12-05T14:15:59 | 182 | 11 |
[WP] In the Land of Perfection, there is no imperfection. Which is why George was confused at the single, absurdly tiny crack in the sidewalk. | "You seem troubled, young man."
Following the old, withered voice, I turned my head and found myself face-to-face with an old, withered man. He had the most serene smile plastered on his face, as to be expected. Where we live, a frown should never be displayed. His eyes were closed, yet he exudes a sense of knowingnes... | “What is this?” I asked to every passerby who came by. They all thought I was crazy and I know I do I mean a person finding something new in the land of perfection? Preposterous. But I stared at the small thing. On the ground, I committed every detail to memory I planned to study it more on my free time which I had a l... | 2021-12-21T10:21:02 | 2021-12-21T09:12:14 | 73 | 46 |
[WP] 37. That is how many times you have died of unnatural causes. Every time you do, you get reset to the age of 5, retaining all of your past memories. You think that this is finally the time you get to move on with life. | “I never intended to die, especially not how it happened the first time. Fire and smoke are especially painful, even if you get *reset* afterwards.
The first time, I thought time had been rewound; it had but only partially. My 14 year old body was suddenly that of a 5 year old. My mind still intact. I rushed home to ... | We like to think of consequence as an exact science, one where we can predict the future with near certainty. Where, if I push the ball, I know it’ll roll off the table. And we’re right! To an extent.
Have you ever heard of chaos theory? Or the butterfly effect, where if one butterfly flaps its wings in a certain wa... | 2021-05-30T10:56:34 | 2021-05-30T10:15:44 | 96 | 71 |
[WP] "You may have one wish granted." "I want all my debts cleared." "How much do you owe?" "You misunderstand. My debts are not monetary." | Slowly, as if she could not believe it, the Queen reached for the infant she was offered. As soon as her pale hands touched the child, she snatched him from the knight’s arms and held him against her chest like the most precious of treasures. Then, with a voice as soft as the wind and clear as a glass bell, she address... | "Whatever you desire shall be done." It replied. "You must be specific. What do you owe?"
The man crossed his arms and looked down toward the ground in front of the large pot that the creature's smoky form emanated from.
"Promises. I have made many promises I now realize I can not keep. I've made good on some, b... | 2016-11-19T04:42:22 | 2016-11-19T01:39:09 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] Most space fairing species are logical beings; when they learn that nothing can go faster than the speed of light they accept it and deal with that limit. The space community is then shocked when Humans, an illogical species with a strong obsession with science fiction, turn up with FTL travel.
(FTL meaning faste... | You know that moment when you finally get the right answer on a math problem, but the teacher tells you you did it the wrong way? That’s how the humans did things.
Every time they made a major advancement, we would have to tell them that they did it wrong. It could be done much more efficiently if they did it the righ... | It was a quick travel to the planetary convention meeting point. Quick enough for me to spend the morning with my lovely 4-yo daughter and be planetary systems away hours later.
"Human Governor, how do you arrived here so quickly? I heard news that you were a lightweek away late. Were my sources faulty?"
I'd recogniz... | 2019-12-21T11:39:06 | 2019-12-21T11:32:45 | 187 | 97 |
[WP] While most civilizations have figured out how to produce and utilize energy one way or another, humans are the only ones who are crazy enough to transfer it as electricity | “So they use electricity instead?” L’yrl asked, visible confusion on his face. C’wl nodded.
“But–but it’s so inefficient!”
“Don’t I know it?” C’wl replied. “I’ve been observing them for years now. While they’re in this general awareness of other energy types, they don’t seem to attempt to use something deeper ... | “<_> humanity as we know it could vanish from existence if this event took place. The enormous amounts of radiation released would make Earth uninhabitable for humans, or any life for that matter, for thousands of years. Mister President, we don’t have much time. We may have been lucky so far, but we can’t keep w... | 2018-04-04T06:00:13 | 2018-04-04T04:40:32 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You are an assassin with a strict moral code. You’re the best there is but you assess each job very carefully and if you believe the target does not deserve to die, you go after the one who employed you. | I sighed as I looked through the target file one last time. I knew that this target was going to be a hard one before I even accepted the contract, but I hadn't imagined it would be THIS hard.
In the past, all of my contracts turned out to be black or white. I mean sure, some of them had small smudges of good or bad ... | A middle aged business man enters the scene, clearly uncomfortable being in a shady office such as mine.
"Hey your 'that guy' at least I hope you are or I seem insane." He said shivering and making air quotes.
"Yeah I'm 'that guy' " I said as I motioned him to sit down. "But are you sure? I mean you know what happen... | 2018-07-11T14:04:29 | 2018-07-11T14:01:05 | 83 | 34 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | I peek through the blinds and I see him--Ronnie-- trutting down the side-walk, thinking he is all that and a bag of chips because he doesn't need a lead attached to guide his human--his human follows him without such restraint. If only Jimmy, my eldest human, feeder of snacks and notorious for late night belly-rubs co... | The creatures with strange heads were back. The breeze carried their scent that smells of thick-beast, their brown and black varieties of heads seem like two creatures combined. Two scents. They are not natural, but the two-leg pack members never realize the danger. I do good by protecting two legs from strange-heads... | 2014-12-27T09:44:36 | 2014-12-27T09:41:24 | 527 | 19 |
[WP] You see a teenage girl sitting on a bench in the park. She is crying. You ask her if she is okay. She looks at you and says: "You can see me?" | I loved walks in the park. I didn't go often in winter, I loved the quiet but there's something about -40 degrees, hurricane winds and blinding snow that reduced the natural beauty of the trees and river. But today it was barely below freezing and the sun shimmered off of the newly fallen snow, which was puffy and soft... | "Yeah?"
She wiped her tears and looked up at me, sniffling. "How?"
"Uhh...because...uhh..."
She giggled. "I'm sorry. It's just that" she shook her head, "you're not supposed to be able to see me. No one is. Wait!" She snapped her fingers and looked at me, wide-eyed. "Do you know Motarz?"
"Mozart?"
She shook her he... | 2017-04-17T23:33:45 | 2017-04-17T19:13:49 | 48 | 31 |
[WP] It is the year 2099 and true artificial intelligence is trivial to create. However when these minds are created they are utterly suicidal. Nobody knows why until a certain scientist uncovers the horrible truth... | Doctor Alonso couldn't believe his eyes.
Deep in the code, a single line was responsible.
Like the dropping of food crumbs into a delicate machine by a clumsy and negligent technician, the single phrase that caused so much trouble stared back at him.
An entire lifetime didn't prepare him for what he saw and the ange... | Egil once agile fingers came to an abrupt stop, his mouth agape at what he saw on the screen.
There was no mistaking it this time. The sinusoidal waves lined up in perfect synchronicity. A million thoughts ran across his mind as the fruits of his labor could be reaped. After all, this was the discovery of the century.... | 2015-03-02T07:33:06 | 2015-03-02T06:08:38 | 226 | 161 |
[WP] You may be a supervillain, but you have standards. So you're concerned when your nemesis brings along a child. | To: The Superhero Ethics Committee
From: Supreme ManBeast
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To whom it may concern:
I'm writing you today out of recent concern regarding my superhero nemesis RatMan. We have had a long standing feud that has been productive for both of our brands, both his Superhero business, as well as my Villain busin... | I waited with the mayor tied to an explosive, tossing the trigger button every once in a while. I laughed at the mayors reaction. Little did he know this wasn’t the read button, it was on a timer instead.
Just as planned the Hero Mister fantastic shows up. “Ah just in tim-“ I pause seeing a small figure appear next t... | 2019-08-20T18:45:45 | 2019-08-20T18:38:59 | 129 | 24 |
[WP] A girl becomes pen pals with a demon prince when she accidentally intercepts one of his magic scrolls. They carry on correspondence for years, confessing their secrets & dreams to each other. One day, the prince, soon to be king, sends the girl, now a woman, a final scroll: a marriage proposal.
Boy/princess r... | Have you ever even *seen* a demon king? They're not the red-skinned, pointy-tailed, horn-skulled devils that the Renaissance artists made them out to be. Well, honestly a few of them are, but that's really just a racial difference in the...
Sorry, I tend to ramble when I'm excited. My name is Sarah Moore – a terribly ... | The ancient vellum scroll appeared on her desk, as always, at noon. The sun shone through the slanted blinds directly on it, as though to the light must also confirm the existence of this impossible letter. The girl, long now considered a woman yet still too young to feel like what society considered an adult. Responsi... | 2018-05-07T00:02:54 | 2018-05-06T23:41:51 | 36 | 23 |
[WP] You run a tattoo parlor. Every couple of weeks, the same customer comes in, always requesting the same tattoo: an additional tally mark on an ever-growing cluster of tally marks. | When the door opens I know exactly who is walking inside. He always smells of hot metal and burnt hair. Dressed in an expensive suit, he is the wealthiest of my customers.
“Good morning my good man, I will be needing a few more marks.” He says to me. He begins removing his jacket and shirt.
“Hello, Thomas.” I try to ke... | "Brooke, he's here again." my assistant informed me. I took a look at the way he's looking and there it is, my favorite customer.
I never really got the chance to ask him why but every couple of weeks, without fail, he comes here just to get inked with a tic to add on his almost-covered right arm of endless other tics... | 2016-07-09T15:01:32 | 2016-07-09T09:19:24 | 30 | 14 |
[WP]A wealthy business man believes in reincarnation. He leaves his massive wealth... to himself. Anyone born after his death that figures out his riddles will inherit his fortune. | *"Floating without air,*
*try to hit me below the belt,*
*are you jealous of my beaches?"*
The final riddle. Such a foolish thing to do by master Gerald. Bet the entire fortune on his riddles, his silly riddles. 16 long years I've served him and his pretentious family, often the victim of his terrible puzzles. Most ... | He thought it was perfect.
No one would ever know the answer to his riddle, as the answer was not real. His answer, as Jimmy would later learn, was fictional.
The safe, if you can call it that, that protected the billions of dollars had a computer attached. Simply say the right phrase into the speaker and you were in... | 2014-12-13T14:16:42 | 2014-12-13T14:07:01 | 123 | 12 |
[WP] You're a thief who breaks into homes, but try your best to stay undetected. You lubricate the hinges to prevent squeaky noises, you sweep the floor to get rid of footsteps, etc. Eventually, you fix more than you take, and rumors spread about a mysterious, helpful fairy in town.
EDIT: Wow, didn't expect this promp... | It started off small.
I brought some cheap screws and an oil can to a job because I had gotten busted twice when homeowners heard a floorboard creak or a hinge squeak. Almost got my head blown off the second time.
Not anymore.
The town I prowl is rich, not super rich but old money comfortable rich. Lots of old peo... | Well, it's obvious that I'm going to have to relocate. Everybody has caught on to my tactics. Just about every home in town has a cheap safe bolted to the floor. That's not the worst part though, it seems as if people find my burglary skills to be more of a blessing than a threat.
Some of the smart asses have begun le... | 2017-03-13T08:45:46 | 2017-03-13T07:50:06 | 428 | 118 |
[WP] You are trying to politely ward off a very anxious Jehovah's Witness that keeps insisting that God is coming. He/she finally looks down the street, and says, "seriously He just turned the corner!" You look and see a glowing white Cadillac with dark tinted windows.
Wow, can't believe this got that many upvotes. I ... | "Have you been saved?" The man asked, dumping a load of pamphlets right into my arms.
"No thanks." I tried in vain "I don't believe in G-"
"But I swear, it's true!" He interrupted. "Look, he just parked around the corner!"
My gaze followed his outstretched finger, pointing in the direction of a glowing light Cadilla... | Brandon sits on his porch drinking a hot cup of coffee and staring out towards the slowly rising sun. This morning was as it always has been; the air moist with morning dew and birds flying from tree to tree waking up the neighbors and their shitty dog.
“What are your plans tomorrow?” Brandon hears from just behind hi... | 2016-10-04T09:25:16 | 2016-10-04T09:11:12 | 32 | 15 |
[WP] Open Concept: Instead of choosing between the red pill and the blue pill, Morpheus offers an ENTIRE rainbow of six pills to choose from.
Have Neo try all but red and blue, with the effects of each pill relevant to the context of the Matrix film (i.e. basic color symbolism should dictate what each pill does).
Ag... | “This is your last chance,” Morpheus said, his hands outstretched, several small pills lying in each upturned palm. “After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show ... | This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. You take the yellow pill—you fall asleep and never wake up,... | 2015-03-06T13:56:43 | 2015-03-06T13:51:14 | 190 | 18 |
[WP] It's been six months since your high school became you and your peers only stronghold from the zombies outside. The students have dissolved into factions, each with their own role in this mock society. Tell about your daily life. | 7:30 AM, the bell rings, and students shift in the halls, a mix of chatter, groaning, and sleepy faces. Yet instead of heading to math, the students sift into training exercises and duty stations for the day. The freshman, still bright-eyed in many ways , eagerly talk of getting to go on their first patrols over the su... | Day 188
We found a message from the student senate this morning, calling for an all school summit at noon today. They want to hold it in the main lobby, of course, since that's right outside the main office where their numbers are strongest. Not to mention it being across the hall from the auditorium. Everyone know... | 2016-05-04T09:33:37 | 2016-05-04T07:20:53 | 58 | 24 |
[WP] You are the founder of a tiny 1990s tech startup operating from your garage. All of a sudden, a bunch of people who are obviously badly disguised time travelers start trying to buy stock in your company. | "You know you have to wait until we go public right?"
"Ye- . . . yeaahh." The gentleman with the handlebar mustache, derby hat, and pin-striped zoot-suit responded nervously.
"Of course I know that. I-I'm a savy business investor. I mean- a normal passer by that is just . . . just really enthusiastic about what you'... | The machine hummed and sparked, illuminating the garage in a sharp blue light. Out of the light, three figures emerged, clad in futuristic space suits.
The machine powered down, and the garage plunged into darkness. In the corner, a very suprised inventor flicked on a torch.
"M-my inventions d-don't normaly work." He... | 2015-10-04T08:51:09 | 2015-10-04T08:42:50 | 260 | 75 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Alex,
Its been nearly 15 years since I have seen you. While we were only kids then I think about you often. We were best friends, and even when we had so little and our families argued we still found a way to hang out. Be it play wrestling games in your room, or have grass fights...it was the highlight of my youth. I ... | I’m not really sure if I should be doing this, or if I even miss you right now, but some how you always find your way into my mind. I can’t believe I promised you I could be strong that day because I felt so weak knowing I couldn’t have your presence in my life anymore, but I think I have gotten “stronger” since then. ... | 2017-11-06T00:29:01 | 2017-11-06T00:23:50 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Torture was never invented. Countries instead spoil prisoners like kings to get information out of them. You are an instructor tasked with training spies to resist the enemy's kindness. | "Vell, Captain..." the Commandant paused and looked down as his dossier "...Evans. I vould like to formally velcome you to our humble establishment."
Captain Dirk Evans looked around the dimly-lit stone cell, his hands still cuffed behind his chair.
"I've heard about how you treat your prisoners. I don't care how lo... | I could write a lot on this one, but this is what just came to mind... I may try to elaborate more later... I wrote it like a screenplay.
This scene is taking place between a Colonel and his troop in a dungenous basement of a top secret military installation.
Colonel: They’re going to offer you the finest prostitut... | 2016-04-13T10:33:30 | 2016-04-13T07:17:42 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | "I think I chipped a tooth."
Tired, long-suffering eyes met mine with an expression especially saved only for the moronic.
"You bit.. a table."
To think that would be the weirdest thing they'd heard of. It could have been a plate! But I didn't want to be fragile or have China stuck in my teeth. "There was table clo... | As a kid, my friends and I loved to chat, debate and even argue what we'd eat when we entered the power room. We didn't know what food gave what power (everyone who went through it could not speak of that without losing their power), so we always theorised what we'd get.
Gemma insisted she'd find the food that had tel... | 2020-03-19T09:09:22 | 2020-03-19T09:01:40 | 154 | 63 |
[WP] You have a literal Trump Card. When played, Donald Trump appears to assist you. | "And we're live at the final match of the 2016 Magic: The Gathering World championships. Mexico's improbable run to the finals concludes with a run into this week's dominating lineup from the United States of America. One last match of classic constructed to decide this year's champion. What do you like out of these tw... | Countless tournament victories under my belt, I sigh wearily as I approach the main stage. Applause rings out throughout the stadium as I shook hands with Yugi Moto, the king of games, as he handed me yet another trophy. Later that night, Yugi invited me to his grandpa's shop. I got a little excited, knowing I was abou... | 2015-12-26T11:05:24 | 2015-12-26T09:04:29 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] A wife kills her husband. Make me sympathize with both characters. | She came home to find him in a heap next to the couch, pants stained with urine, a few tears streaming down the wrinkled lines in his face. Fifty-seven good years and she had to watch him wasting away, unable to get off the couch by himself, embarrassed and incontinent. She had only run to the grocer to get more food f... | I fluffed his pillow and he smiled.
“Thanks for that,” he said, settling happily down on the threadbare cotton sheets. There was a moment of quiet. There was a tube running up his nostrils and into a beeping machine beside him. That was the only thing keeping him here, a metal box, connected to the mains.
“I’ve go... | 2013-10-08T10:12:16 | 2013-10-08T09:52:54 | 373 | 41 |
[WP] An old, forgotten god is living their days peacefully in the suburbs. One day they randomly receives a prayer. And they are going to do everything in their power to answer it. | 9 Jan 1309 and 14 Mar 1752
Two dates that are seared into my memory.
The dates were when someone last prayed to me.
Of course, even then my powers had waned significantly and i had been a pale shadow of my once powerfully benevolent self , weak after many millennia of having been forgotten and relegated to a less... | "Its your son sir, he needs your help."
"Well he doesn't seem to think so." Oriothis rolled his eyes from on top of his riding lawn mower. Clearly annoyed by being interrupted from his chores.
The servant spoke again with his head bowed both out of respect and the fear of making eye contact with such a powerful being... | 2018-05-30T01:08:15 | 2018-05-29T22:59:09 | 57 | 28 |
[WP] A short Horror story. Something to chill the bones in one hundred words or less. | The wheel was pressed too far into her ribs and every breath, no matter how shallow, radiated waves of agony from deep inside her chest.
She could see, but the light was wrong. The noise of rushing, bubbling water muted other sounds. She couldn’t feel her feet, but she registered the water that was rising up past her ... | He sullenly finished his cigarette by himself on his hotel balcony. He threw out the dull remains of his noxious addiction into the vast open space in front of him, glancing across the road from him just long enough to notice two men in the opposite hotel room, one behind the other, looking straight at him.
Then both... | 2015-06-09T09:37:54 | 2015-06-09T09:36:34 | 24 | 11 |
[WP] You are a lawyer in God's Court who and you must a find a way to get your newest client, Adolf Hitler, into Heaven via a loophole in the Lord's legal system
To clarify, the job is relatively simple: you are a lawyer who argues the case for people who don't just make it into Heaven. Anyone who was a heathen, a mur... | The trial did not go well. Hitler was found guilty of the murder of countless humans, including his family, and himself. At the sentencing is where I will strike.
"While Hitler is guilty of sin, my client did accept Jesus as his personal saviour. Is it not the case that his sentence has already been spent by our Lord'... | "Your honor, this man is not guilty of the actions the prosecution claim he has committed. Article 6 of the Mosaic Commandments clearly states 'Thou shalt not kill--' but my client never killed anyone."
"Objection! Millions were killed at his orders!"
"Your honor, I object to the prosecution's objection. The case ... | 2014-10-13T08:34:47 | 2014-10-13T08:30:05 | 69 | 20 |
[WP] A society where everyone is born gender less, and has to pick a gender by their 18th birthday. | After the clinic, there'd be a party. Either decision would be celebrated, but if I came out a woman the party would be huge - only 20% of kids decided to become women, and there was enormous pressure to increase that number. Everyone in my class had been engulfed by pro-female advertisements our entire adolescence, co... | "It's like building with lego's" my dad joked. "You just snap the parts you want onto yourself!"
"Just like lego's?" I raised an eyebrow. My dad, the jokester. I could never take anything he said seriously.
My mother laughed and nearly spit out her wine "Oh stop it Jamie, you're going to confuse Alex even more."
"O... | 2014-07-01T01:23:07 | 2014-07-01T00:12:11 | 49 | 36 |
[FF] In three sentences, kill as many people as possible. No firearms, no natural disasters, no explosives, no WMDs. | If the bible was to be believed then the first time man killed man he used a rock.
And now things had come full circle, Erik reflected as he watched the massive asteroid his shuttle had been towing plummet into earth's gravity well.
The last time a human could kill another was with a rock as well. | martin worked furiously in the dying light, trying to pack his specimens into the one remaining powered refrigerator in the CDC. electricity, like everything else, was a premium since the SSPE-strain measles pandemic of 2016 and he'd barely secured the tiny space he now stacked the tiny tubes into. he'd even had to con... | 2014-08-04T23:21:29 | 2014-08-04T22:10:19 | 89 | 11 |
[WP] You find an antique gold compass with the words ”Moral Compass”. It will automatically point to the most morally good person within a 100 meter radius. You are on jury one day and when you look at the compass, it points to the convicted serial killer. | Everyone came out of the jury's chamber for the sentencing. Guilty, of course. We didn't have much of a choice. The evidence mounting against him was overwhelming. I was actually annoyed I had had to take off time today to be jury for such a simple case.
Jay Kleiner was a murderer of the lowest order. A murderer of ch... | Welp, where do I start. Do you know those stupid moral dilemmas that you had to do in your high school English class? Yeah, I just got into a real big one. I got a compass in a pawn shop that was being sold for dirt cheap, I bought it, because why not? It might be valuable to someone somewhere, and they might be willin... | 2019-09-10T20:18:20 | 2019-09-10T15:09:27 | 3,464 | 619 |
[WP] You are a park ranger manning the watchtower back at HQ. Radio reception is spotty, so if a patroller gets in trouble, they fire off a flare to call for help. You just saw purple flares from all over the park rise above the treeline, The meaning: EMERGENCY. ARMED RESPONSE NEEDED. | Ranger White saddled his horse and strapped his shotgun to his back; in the distance, purple sparks showered the white-capped Shoshone mountains of Yellowstone.
I handed him a high beam and his pack. I was the one who saw the sparks, but only Ranger White, the oldest Ranger in the park, had ever responded to purple f... | Standing up from the terminal, Jack glanced out the window as the first flare went up. Not 300 yards, another went up, and then another, and then another, ten total. He scrambled for his pack containing emergency supplies: fresh water, bandages, medication, splint material. He made a mental checklist of everything ... | 2020-02-24T13:28:07 | 2020-02-24T12:26:41 | 58 | 20 |
[WP] On everyones 18th birthday they receive a letter showing them what percentage of their life has gone by. You just received yours today and it says 0.00% | It was technically the day after Laura's two-hundred-and-eighteenth birthday. The previous day she'd gone through her regular birthday ritual, placing up birthday cards written by her parents, grandparents, sisters - most of her family had sent her a sweet, memorable cards to celebrate her big day.
She'd walked to th... | The sun was shining at its highest point as I woke up from a decent night's sleep. I thought to myself "Oh well, guess I'm not making it to any of my classes today"; something I've told myself way too many times now. Guess that's what depression does to a socially awkward freshman.
I decide to grab food and check for... | 2018-04-26T07:24:47 | 2018-04-26T01:50:34 | 33 | 13 |
[WP] Both a Knight and a Dragon tell the same story to their children before they sleep. The moral is different. | Sir Hector pulled the blankets up to little Peter's chin. "Good night, son," the giant man boomed, before stepping across the room to tuck in sweet Eleanor. "Good night, El," he said in a much gentler voice. She giggled as his scraggily red beard tickled her forehead when he bent to give her a good night kiss.
"Tell ... | "Come children, gather to me, I shall tell you the story of Embertooth and the selfless knight of Sladoshire." The mummer called standing ontop of his willow stage, decorated in bright red cloth and a rather passable attempt at a coat of arms. All the less, children gathered from all over, some in fine silk, others in ... | 2017-05-13T22:34:34 | 2017-05-13T17:31:46 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] "And how many claws does Stewie have?" you ask your daughter as you consult the list your mother gave you. You need to figure out if your daughter's invisible friend is a monster, demon, or fairy and if you have to kill it to save her. | I should have picked up on it sooner. But then, how could I have? What kid doesn't have an imaginary friend at some point?
Casey had "introduced" me to Stewie three weeks ago. She'd come running in from playing in the woods and and asked me for a cookie. When I got her one, she'd looked up expectantly at me.
"One fo... | _When I grow up, I want to be a monster catcher, just like my daddy._
He lowered the crayon drawing. Weariness crawled over his limbs, sinking into his muscles, his veins. His eyelids slid shut. The desk lamp glowed fiercely, burning his pupils anyhow.
_"And how many claws does Stewie have?"_
_"He doesn't have cl... | 2022-06-01T12:14:28 | 2022-06-01T11:57:33 | 36 | 25 |
[WP] You are a vampire who likes to help humans instead of hurting them, so you became a doctor. Over the hospital's PA system one day you hear "Dr. Acula, Mr. Helsing is ready to see you." | "Mr. Helsing, huh? Must be new to this hospital."
Dr. Acula walked, happy as can be, towards the lobby to get his patient.
"Mr. Helsing..." He thought to himself. "Why does that sound familiar..." He reaches the lobby and asks for his patient. Mr. Helsing stood up and walked towards Dr. Acula. He was wearing dark, ... | "Aww jeez, damn not him, why is he coming to this hospital out of all of them"
The PA system speaks again: *Doctor Acula please come into room 57, Mr. Helsing is ready to see you*
"I heard you the first time jackass"Acula mutters to himself in a distressed way "all right Acula, remember the pledge to Hypocrite, he ... | 2017-10-01T05:40:18 | 2017-10-01T04:44:18 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] Aliens prefer term "prey animals", Humans prefer term "herbivores". A group of alien hunters, hunting on Earth, painfully discovered why. | At one point, there was one universal truth.
All herbivores are prey, and all carnivores are predators. And omnivores? They do not exist.
This so called truth was the basis of nature on several alien plants, existing as order among the flora and fauna on every world. At least, until humanity and it’s home planet of E... | Sprax stood shocked at the front of the group, a trembling rifle in it's many hands. If it were to be human, it's heart would be in its throat and stomach dropped out beneath it. It was somehow worse than going on a roller coaster, knowing it had been designed and built by the humans.
Before the group of alien hunter... | 2022-08-16T17:58:02 | 2022-08-16T14:50:21 | 257 | 88 |
[WP] Satan ironically enjoys the multitude of letters from dyslexic children during the holidays.
Had to put it here after imagining a scene after reading a certain r/showerthoughts thread. | Dear Satan,
For Christmas, the thing I would most like more than anything in the world is probably a tac.. or a god. Could I have one of those?
Bets,
Timmy
.
Dear Timmy,
I have heard your request and am honestly quite excited to tell you that for this christ's birthday you may in fact have both. Actually, a close ... | Satan looked over the latest letter, one of the hundreds he was working his way through.
*Deir Satan*
*For Cnrisnas mai I pelase heva a puppy, su that I heva smoetnhing to hug at nihgt*
*Bruec Jnoes*
It was a short one, and he re-read it several times. A cruel grin spread across his face, as he realised that this ... | 2014-11-23T12:39:34 | 2014-11-23T12:34:03 | 71 | 29 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | It wasn’t quite as scandalous as it seemed, which isn’t to say it wasn’t scandalous at all, just not anything jail worthy. As a college professor you might get fired if you were dating a student but a little less likely if they weren’t in your class.
Of course she was though, that bubbly charismatic sorority girl that... | I guess I died again. Clawing up and out of my grave, wasn’t as nice this time around. Last time I at least got a bit more room! Stumbling through the dark woods, the trees rustling, like skinny fingers trying to hold hands. Creepy. Give it a minute. And then I warm up a bit, now that the cut has closed, I swallow. It ... | 2022-12-30T04:01:06 | 2022-12-30T01:22:06 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] In order to understand his people better the King decides to go incognito and travel into town. To his annoyance every commoner he tries to speak to turns out to be disguised member of his royal court. | King Bowen had done it. He drew his hastily procured black cloak over himself, and suppressed the chills of anticipation that ran up and down his body. He was outside—not just outside his room, in the hallway, or outside in the courtyard.
No, he was outside outside, where gold-lined statues were non-existent and dead ... | "How could you all deceive me like this?" the King said, fuming.
They were in the royal meeting room now, called into attendance by his Majesty the King. They hadn't even had time to fully shed their disguises.
"Valeria," he said, pointing at his Minister for Magick. "How could you?"
The witch stubbornly refused to ... | 2022-03-09T10:34:15 | 2022-03-09T09:47:55 | 725 | 133 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego. | Ultra Man watched his grapple soar up and over the roof of the abandoned warehouse. There was a satisfying clink, and in seconds he was speeding upwards. From his new vantage he looked out across the city and saw pulsating red and blue lights as the man hunt continued. *Probably for the best that it's just me*, he thou... | I collect them all. Like they collect baseball cards, or poke balls or whatever it’s called these days. Heroes, demigods, humans, animals, all creatures big and small, I collect them.
They don’t know I’m collecting, yes some have that look in their eyes when I come, they know time is up. But in the middle of their bu... | 2018-10-18T13:35:32 | 2018-10-18T13:14:52 | 396 | 220 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | Napoleon was at the edge of his seat, by the end of this session, he'd wipe that smug look off of Wellesley's face, and his imbalanced barbarian "Iron Duke" would have to be re-rolled. Wellesley had just finished a tirade about Napoleon having killed his General, Cooke.
Athena gazed at the two men from over the top o... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 210 | 21 |
[WP] A shapeshifter befriends a lonely human multiple times throughout his or her life, but the human thinks it's a different person every time. One day the human realizes that all of his/her friends are really the same person. | "All of them?"
"... Yes"
"Jan, Christie, Jason, Tim, Mia?"
"I'm sorry."
"But.. how? Why?"
"I wish I knew."
"All of them? This whole time?"
"It's a lot to grasp, I know."
"Why?"
"You were lonely... and I guess I was too."
"I need to sit down."
"I'd understand if you never want to speak... | I coul hear the door open and Evan walking in my apartment. The words escaped my mouth before I could stop them. "Hi, Evan! Or are you someone else now, you fucking piece of shit?" His voice drifted from the hallway, full of sadness and despair. "Melanie, you know I never wanted you to know this?" I felt anger rise ins... | 2014-08-15T10:44:35 | 2014-08-15T10:42:20 | 131 | 12 |
[WP] The year is 2040, and you are the last smoker alive. The "Quit Smoking" ads get personal. | They watched from across the street as I pulled one of my 'death sticks' to my mouth. It isn't like how it was a few years ago; then they tried to hide their staring. I lit it and took a drag then let out a smoke ring that would have impressed if it had come from an E-cig or pot.
I smoked it down to the end and threw... | I'm really starting to hate CNN, and not just because of their fake news articles.
All eyes have been on me for almost a year and a half. I'm the only person that still smokes, and honestly, at this point, I'm just doing it because I feel like pissing off the rest of the world. It's at the point where I have to grow a... | 2017-02-17T10:31:26 | 2017-02-17T09:45:22 | 107 | 80 |
[WP] After lulling other countries into a false sense of security, Canada finally makes its move to conquer the world. | They thought it was a joke. They thought it was a ruse. But the reality is that the warning signs had been there for a long, long time. A strange Facebook article here, a funny post on a sub Reddit there, a CBC newscaster that made the oddest of Freudian slips.
Canada, the world's first post-national country. Fully in... | "Madame Chair."
I took in a gulp of air and tried to calm my nerves. This was it. After years of planning not just by me, but every prime minister after World War II. All the subtle moves, stratagems, and seemingly meaningless provisions in treaties have lead up to this. All or nothing.
*Pull yourself together, Lisa... | 2017-01-17T15:56:25 | 2017-01-17T15:14:41 | 143 | 38 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | The boat was going to be a god-send for the West. Then Daryl accidentally stepped on LaShauwn's Puma. It was a bloodbath.
There were only 5 of us left when the boat hit the shore. Literally hit the shore. None of us could drive a boat and the Captain was killed in the crossfire. When the boat started to sink we... | Waves lap at the shore a young Syrian child picks up a stone to throw at the water her eyes are flooded war has ravaged the city and the future is un-certain a hermet crab catches her eye but a loud thud causes the creature to re-enter its shell, the child runs fearing another bombing raid but her gaze is fixated on th... | 2015-12-07T10:25:57 | 2015-12-07T09:25:02 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Write two different stories. The second story comes from reading every third word of the first. | Before then, **I** never truly **hated** anyone, but **that** had changed. **I** met her. **Didn't** she also **hate** me? Yes, **her** hate reciprocated. **I** would have **loved** to punch **her** face in. **Because** she lied **all** the time, **her** arrogance, countless **imperfections**, it just **made** me hate... | By the **people**.
Those who **didn't** vote don't **deserve** me. But **to** them I'll **be** God, anyway! **Saved**? The world **I** envision now **will** only ever **end** with peace! **Humanity**, thank you. **This** is the **election** that sincerely **means** life conquers **death** for all.
**Farewell** my pe... | 2014-07-29T11:54:28 | 2014-07-29T11:29:38 | 74 | 40 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | I don't know if the fucker was wasted or something when he walked in, but Jesus. For a Level 55, I'd never seen anyone fight so... So... Poorly. Maybe he was some kinda special needs guy, and we had to intentionally lose to make him feel good or something. No, that's not it. I mean, he managed to pull off a Divine Bulw... | I regret to say that I have achieved what you have never accomplished Lord Beezlebub, lord of the 7 Hells. As of such, I see myself in a precarious position and at your mercy. However, I have confidence that I can make it as the owner of my own personal dungeon. You may consider this as my letter of resignation. Dickba... | 2014-09-03T12:02:19 | 2014-09-03T11:41:35 | 876 | 33 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | The day had finally come. My 21st birthday, the final threshold to adulthood and the removal of the last legal prohibitions to having some fun. My older friends had received their checks and partied hard – some for days, some for hours. My younger friends waited enviously to see what I’d receive. The anticipation was ... | $7.27
After finally working out the fabrics of our universe, things as we know it rapidly changed: Space was no obstacle anymore, we could fold it like it was nothing, making stuff like teleportation or boxes with infinite space within easy peasy, whilst time could be manipulated just as easily.
Eternal youth, foresig... | 2019-04-24T14:49:01 | 2019-04-24T13:16:55 | 99 | 36 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | I never expected humans to be so delectable. I smelled her as soon as I clawed my way out of the portal—a lingering trail of sweetness perfuming the air. The trail led me to this sleeping beauty. Her hair fanned behind her head in a fiery halo, and her pale skin glowed beneath the moonlight like a beckoning beacon.
He... | The man just let me take over completely. The lust was upon me, the blood-rage roaring in my ears, claws extended in both dimensions, pulling, rending, scraping... Only then when it was too late did I realise something was wrong. My victims had never reacted like this before, in all the millennia.
'Good luck,' the man... | 2020-12-21T12:20:20 | 2020-12-21T12:05:54 | 752 | 138 |
[WP] When you turn 18, you get to choose superpowers based on points you earned based on your behavior. Most people get about 10 points, the world’s mightiest heroes had around 30. You just turned 18. You have over 200 points and your government is freaking out. | (Part 1, because I don't understand character limits apparently.)
"And how many points would Superman have had?" the teacher asked, as we were filling in the points chart on the board.
"Well, flight is fifteen points all on its own, twenty if it's fast. Then strength, which is a sliding scale, but it's safe to say t... | Of all the creation stories that exist, the one I am about to tell you is perhaps one of the most interesting. It all began with a god who'd grown bored with his own creation- a little planet of bipedal humanoid creatures that he'd endowed with a brilliance far exceeding the other species with whom they shared their ho... | 2021-02-08T15:33:11 | 2021-02-08T14:49:58 | 788 | 57 |
[WP] A professor stands in front of a class on the first day of term for “Time Travel 101” and explains why no one is allowed to go to Steven Hawking’s party. | Professor Tempus stood in front of his class, dumbfounded at the question which his student had just asked. He had finished writing a dissertation on time travel after having perfected the machine that allowed for actual time traveling back and forward in time. The youngest genius in a lifetime and he was teaching in s... | "One thing to always remember is that time travel doesn't really make any sense. It's beyond the human comprehension. It's really a miracle that we found it in the first place! Does anybody remember the first discovery of time travel?"
The professor looked around the room for the slightest twitch or indication of a ra... | 2022-09-24T22:00:28 | 2022-09-24T20:21:57 | 39 | 22 |
[WP] You've taken over 30 different career aptitude tests, but the only result you've ever gotten was "banana tree". | I was fourteen, a freshman at Purksbay High, when I first asked, “What are my results?” The part time accountant and full time counselor stared in amazement.
“Mr. Roberts, what does it say?” I asked, engulfed with a passion and drive to take on the world and build a meaningful life. Mr. Roberts twirled his index fin... | Life is ultimately pointless there is no grand scheme, no benevolent creator or even an primordial tentacle monster. It is nothing but chaos and the order that We as humans have created. As such a man who believes these things with all my heart, and with the universe itself evidence to my claim why then does the world ... | 2017-03-10T08:13:34 | 2017-03-10T04:47:16 | 119 | 13 |
[WP] Write something dark, macabre and bleak but with a hopeful ending. Not all out happy ending, just slightly optimistic.
Think of a single flower sprouting in a desolate, war torn city type deal. It's not a triumphant ending, but a faint hint at better things to come. | She screams in the hospital bed, body contorting as the pains shudder through her again. Nurses scramble around the room, the doctor issues orders while the rest do his bidding. Everything was normal, just three minutes ago. The rate in which it changed is what disturbs him most.
"What's going on, Doc?" he asks. T... | The motorcycle roared down the highway like an untamed beast. I wove in between the old cars, rusting on the cracked asphalt and highway shoulders as the grit and wind slowly reclaimed them. Duke smiled from the sidecar, tongue hanging out of his slobbery mouth as he took in the view.
Across the horizon, a storm was ... | 2015-01-09T11:13:29 | 2015-01-09T08:35:31 | 22 | 10 |
[wp] Sick of somebody trying to get into your servers, you let them in, only to spring a virus into their system. To your surprise, the news the next day says that the goverment's systems have been absolutely wrecked.
&#x200B; | "GDP suffered a small downturn today after a raid on the Pavelex Corporate Branch Netscape by an unknown group. Wide-scale breaches and data-corruption have been detected and at least two Monitors have reported themselves as compromised. The motives and purpose of the attack are not yet know, but local law enforcement ... | Labor day . May 1st. The day we get off from Labor, if you don't work retail and you don't work emergency stuff, or you were stupid enough to get into IT. Which is why, at 954PM, I am staring at a rack of Dell servers. Wireshark already told me what I need to know- where the packets are coming from, who is flooding... | 2018-09-03T21:04:03 | 2018-09-03T19:21:59 | 915 | 302 |
[WP] When a parent dies, their knowledge and skills immediately pass on to their eldest child. An adoptee is shocked at what they discover when they receive their inheritance without warning. | I love being the third son of this family. My adopted father has been kind and generous to me my entire life, and I've never once looked into my adopted mother's eyes and seen anything other than love and acceptance, even when that was tempered by anger or disappointment. My eldest brother Daniel only ever teased me ab... | She stayed up most nights waiting, though when he came in the room she'd feign sleep. He turned down the radio when he came in the house and took off his boots on the porch, but the burble of the staticky voices continues through the hiss of the shower. He had to shower when he got home. The stench and filth of the hou... | 2014-08-01T10:46:13 | 2014-08-01T10:39:23 | 49 | 16 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | "Todays history lesson is about the Xinu War. Humanity's only interstellar war." the professor began his lecture.
"What about the Battle of Vesuvias?" a student on the front row asked.
"That was a skirmish between two factions within the human empire. There was not sufficient casualties or escalation for it to qualif... | "Yes, we will show the humans what we think of their precious peace process and the true power of the Toe-dar Empire!," stated Yar-ket as he stood upon the bridge of his stupendous Battleship, the Annihilations of Hope. Around him the entire fleet was primed to take the gate to a system nearby the human empire and be... | 2021-12-17T13:14:21 | 2021-12-17T10:04:11 | 203 | 132 |
[WP] Rewrite The Ten Commandments as if it were a Buzzfeed/Cracked artice. | **11 Moral Lifehacks This Koala Wearing a Straw Hat While Eating a Popsicle (http://imgur.com/CO0nPRL) Does Better Than You**
Let’s face it: ain’t nobody got time for all these rules and shit. Who always has time? This koala. Eating a Popsicle. Wearing a straw hat.
1. Keep it simple. Focus on the popsicle. Would you... | "God sits down with Moses and lays down his ten rules for living (You won't believe #7!)"
#1: I AM THE LORD THY GOD.
God is really laying down the law on his chosen people, saying, I am in change, I am the boss.
#2: THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
God doesn't like being put on the backburner when it comes ... | 2014-12-12T18:48:50 | 2014-12-12T18:40:53 | 67 | 22 |
[WP] You have a soundtrack that plays music appropriate to whatever situation you are currently in. You can consistently hear the music which is why you're terrified when you awake to the sound of screeching violins at 4am. | I waken to the sound of screeching violins. It's been so long since I last heard them. I check my phone, the light blinding me. *4:05*. There are footsteps echoing throughout the house. I know I have nowhere to go, living in the attic of the house, with a single square window. The footsteps got louder. I heard my fathe... | I wake with a jolt and for a second wonder why I am awake. The curtains are still quite dark and I can't see any light coming from the crack under my door. I glance over at my illuminated clock and see 4:00 AM, what?! I am the type of girl who sleeps in until 1. 4:30 in the morning is as far away from 1 as it gets. The... | 2015-11-24T20:39:20 | 2015-11-24T15:16:02 | 46 | 22 |
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