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[WP] You wake up in a tub of ice with a two insicions on your back and a note that reads "Why don't you have any kidneys? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?" | It sounded like I was in a drink, ice makes the most unusual noise. My hands were so cold it was hard to hold the note with out dropping it, crumpled in my half form fist. The words from the note floated through my head, taking whatever order suited them.
"You don't have kidneys. What? Why the fuck?"
I squinted at th... | "Aww fuck this won't be good. I'm in Chongqing so I'm sure this was done by the koruppted boys. The low level bitches who fucked my back up are being chewed out by their Capo right now I bet. He's going to tell his boss and that fat fuck will know exactly who I am.
It's easier getting lost in mainland China than mos... | 2015-12-31T00:04:58 | 2015-12-30T20:45:14 | 73 | 25 |
[WP] You are an advisor/ guidance counselor for a superpower academy. You are in charge of the students whose powers are not conducive to heroism or villainy. | The day I get an empath who flunked the Slyer-Bocks placement test in my office is the day I kill myself.
Not that you can "flunk" the test *per se*, but if you do a bad enough job you get placed into the "societal supportive" stream. This is where we raise flailing flyers to be excellent window washers, the inept psy... | FADE IN
INT. A SCHOOL CAFETERIA - DAY
*We see a group of a dozen or so students seated on metal folding chairs. They are facing a whiteboard at the front of the room, which is being attended by a tall, slender man in a dark suit. This is MISTER SLANT.*
**MISTER SLANT:** Alright, kids. Do you all know who I am?
*The... | 2015-09-22T08:34:43 | 2015-09-22T08:27:48 | 39 | 24 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. |
> "We need help! The Rogan race is attacking us! We'd do anything for FTL, even consort with the Humans!"
Well, far be it from us, to decline such a request, hello, alien, do you bleed?
We'll gladly provide you with everything you want (but is it what you need?).
Faster than light, wormhole travel, we'll even t... | "Finally, those damned Cetaceans and their ridiculous cylindrical vessels have decided to share the secrets of FTL travel." Admiral James T Kahn sat confidently on the bridge of the newly christened flagship of the Earth Space Superiority services.
Soon, it would be engaged in battle with Rodentia. "They think they... | 2016-05-13T06:43:16 | 2016-05-13T06:26:32 | 56 | 21 |
[WP] One night, you hear loud scratching sounds on your door, like a stubborn cat was trying to enter. In the next morning, you notice two things: The claw marks are way too big for a street cat; and the marks are on the inside. Something inside your house was trying to get out. | "Hey Jim, it's David. You deal with weird shit all the time right? I think I might need some help."
"How much help are we talkin'? I'm kind of busy right now."
"Well, I think something got into my house. I'm standing here looking at my back door, and it's got some really goddamn big clawmarks on it... On the ins... | Maybe I dreamt it.
I'd just woken up, after all. Maybe I was having one of those false reality dreams. Regardless, my heart raced as I examined the damage done to my front door last night. I heard the scratching being done, but I'd assumed it was a stray cat trying to get in. It happens often enough in this neighborho... | 2018-06-18T12:09:12 | 2018-06-18T11:51:50 | 66 | 12 |
[WP] You discover the answer to the question "If time travel is possible, where are all the time travellers from the future?" It turns out just nobody wants to time travel to the 21st century. You go back in time to the feudal ages and find a whole community of nerdy fantasy-loving time travellers. | People thought we were building a thorium regent, seven-step breeder reactor to bring it down to lead. We pushed the media to show the benefit of how this was the nuclear energy that we were supposed to create. The uranium used in Chernobyl was unstable. Plutonium, like that in Fukushima, was easier to obtain but still... | As I stared at the empty space in front of me, I couldn't help but wonder where all the time travellers from the future were. I had spent years trying to figure out the mechanics of time travel, and I finally succeeded in creating a working time machine. But as I sat there, waiting for someone from the future to appear... | 2022-12-03T05:07:27 | 2022-12-02T22:26:16 | 148 | 32 |
[WP] Your parents are ordinary people, so you thought, yesterday you and your father found your mother's old villain costume, he told you he already knew but to not tell your mother. Today you find your father's hero costume and at that moment your mother enters the room. | When she walked in and saw me with the costume, Mom's face flashed through a million emotion. Surprise, horror, yes. But also some softer, harder to identify emotions.
'Mom, uhhh..'
'Your father mentioned you found my old costume and might have questions. I never knew that your father had a...secret.. as well..'
'... | *Your mother scares me Tuchi.*
Tuchi’s mother was laughing like a maniac. “ This had to happen someday Tuchi.” It was a mixture of laughter and scream. “ God like humans loves playing games…”
*Mom, please get back into your senses. Mom, please I don’t like this.*
The laughter reverberated the room.
“ Stop, sto... | 2021-05-29T09:47:58 | 2021-05-29T06:45:07 | 21 | 13 |
[WP]You are on your back porch alone staring into a starry night. Able to read morse code, you notice that a star is blinking a message. "We..can..see..you.." | Colonel Victor Ford silently made his way to the beaten down porch of his childhood house.
He was surprised to find it still standing. It must have been a century old by now, nearly done with its lifespan. It would die with him. The old man hesitantly took a few steps outward, not trusting the wood to keep underneat... | On a night not unlike any other, the boy sat on the porch, his adolescent body juxtaposed against the facade of his 19th century fashioned home. The stars glittered and gleamed in the the expanse of the horizon. It was approximately midnight and all the boy could hear was the enveloping melody of crickets, beetles, fr... | 2014-09-27T14:47:47 | 2014-09-27T14:22:58 | 578 | 41 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | I scanned the horizon once more, wondering when my summoned item would arrive. I also wondered if there was a chance it was a person, and that they would simply appear in the antechamber of my home, like they always do. I shuddered at the thought of another human being forced upon me under the guise of a "soulmate". I ... | It’s my eighteenth birthday party. My mom skateboards out of the hallway with a cake. My father has been dead for 10 years because the town bully punched him to death. We both cry over this. We eat the cake. I have no friends because I am too unique and moody for friends. I only have a pillow pet to keep me company.
M... | 2019-09-18T09:27:31 | 2019-09-18T08:47:50 | 123 | 23 |
[WP] Write about the most high stakes game of "Duck, Duck, Goose" ever played.
Today I saw a goose. Thought of the game, then thought of Reddit. | *I wrote a song for this prompt. Lyrics below; listen/watch here: [http://youtu.be/7AhMQuGC_yA](http://youtu.be/7AhMQuGC_yA)*
**Duck, Duck, Goose**
You pass by men, men crazy for you,
quacking about what they'd like to do
if you made them your goose.
And I patiently sit, feet under my knees,
waiting for your ... | "Lieutenant Jacobs, since you never gave us that helicopter we so kindly asked for TWO hours ago we're going to play a game. With the hostages. "
A smile came across his face as he eyed the hostages, bags around their heads, sitting in a circle.
"Okay there Jack let's be cool about this, I'm working on getting the ... | 2015-03-23T18:52:21 | 2015-03-23T17:26:45 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | There was the sound of water, and an old dead prow washing through it, something dipping in deep and then coming unstuck, dripping back into the river. She breathed in, and the air was stagnant, as if it had just giving up and died. Something heavy hit her side of the river and slid into the mud. Eyes flickered behind ... | Sit now. Sit down my friends. Thank you, thank you.
I see so many familiar faces in the crowd, and I am glad to see all of you return. I am also quite pleased to see almost as many new faces. And to you I simply say welcome. I’m not sure how all of you found your way here, maybe you just saw the sign out front and th... | 2016-09-23T08:02:36 | 2016-09-23T07:20:45 | 88 | 13 |
[WP] You are the only human being left after the mysterious vanishing of the worlds population. Two years later, power and internet starts running once again, you recieve a reply notification on Reddit. | He was diligent.
Every day, he'd wake in his small cabin, ignite the stove, fill the kettle with what little water he had left from the day before, and scoop a couple spoonfuls of coffee into his mug. He'd take a few steps out the back door and relieve himself in the yard and wince at the sun and mutter, "Thanks for s... | There's not much to do as the last person on earth. Eventually blowing buildings up and driving around fast cars on the roads not covered with debris gets dull, the once exhilarating freedom becomes boring. Solitude is a solemn affair. Eventually humans revert to their natural state, picking up old habits as their one ... | 2015-03-20T09:23:51 | 2015-03-20T08:24:27 | 150 | 43 |
[WP] "Every 5000 years, the Dark Lord comes to destroy the world, and only you, the Chosen One can stop him." -said the priest. "So, do I need to get a magic sword from the Lady of the Lake?" - I asked "No, just press this button please, everything else has already been taken care of" | The Priest produced a bright red, sparkly button nestled in a grey box from the sleeve of his long robe.
“Just press it and it’ll all be taken care of, like so.” He snapped his fingers, for emphasis.
“Right-o” I answered, but just as I was about to press it, I hesitated. “Waiiiiiiit a tick. Why do I have to press it?... | I'm gonna be honest, I was a little disappointed. I mean, I'm no fighter or anything, much less a hero, but I don't know.....I just thought something more, well, *interesting* would happen.
Maybe I'd be given some magical armour and sword, and all kinds of crazy powers and knowledge would just be absorbed into me, th... | 2020-11-09T12:45:40 | 2020-11-09T11:06:17 | 286 | 85 |
[WP] In a parallel universe where heavy metal is a classy and exquisite form of entertainment and classical music is rebellious and edgy, a young violinist is trying to make it big and never conform to the lame norms of the society | This was a really bad idea.
I tried not let my fear show as I walked towards the stage, that is to say I didn't have a heart attack and pass out. *Calm down, Mark. Calm down. You can do this.*
I stopped hyperventilating and closed my eyes for a second, and took a deep breath. Everything went quiet, and the only feel... | "We don't have good reason to remove her," Mrs. Malloy sighed for the third time that week. She'd spent a lot of time up to bat for me lately. Mr. Hersch was the third teacher to speak up about my inclusion in the talent show, and he wasn't going to be the last. There was a month before the event, and it'd been three d... | 2017-03-06T13:47:44 | 2017-03-06T13:41:02 | 183 | 20 |
[WP] You notice a pattern, anytime your child is recorded they inevitably look directly at the camera and say one word seemingly random word. You begin to listen to the videos from first to last, as you finish the last one your child walks in and makes eye contact. "today." | **My(37M) wife(34F) has been looking through videos and has found that our son (7) only speaks one word in each video. The words in order of the videos seem to make a sentence. She thinks our son is trying to tell us something. Like a warning. Help!**
My wife has been all over this Facebook thing. Recently she has be ... | It really started to freak me out when little Ella started the habit, at first, I told myself it was just the odd babbling of a baby. That was until I recorded her walking and caught several of the words in separate videos.
I strung them together to get, “on black wings.”
I sit here now trying to string them toge... | 2018-04-15T09:50:27 | 2018-04-15T08:15:07 | 1,181 | 104 |
[WP] We were warned when we hired our first human crew member that they would pack bond with almost anything. We didn't listen, and now have an apex predator somewhere in the ship, that the human won't stop calling Kitty. | "Hey!" The hairy biped barked across the dining hall. "Put. Him. Down."
The Jzakish stopped gnawing on the cook for a split second and turned to the human. Our planets history is a litany of blood written by the forepaws and teeth of this gigantic ... Monstrosity. How, the fuck this primitive had the power command a ... | „Here kitty, kitty, kitty...“ said the human while being in the cargo bay. I never understood that creature, but I’m still fairly new to this crew. But that human is still a mystery to me. However, the captain ordered us to get some of the cargo we need to ship. As I grabbed the inside of the crate, something damaged m... | 2019-11-21T08:21:02 | 2019-11-21T06:21:21 | 72 | 21 |
[WP] You are a demoness that fell in love with a female paladin, however when her order discovered her affair she was murdered. Now, despite how her arms and armor burn you, you set out to continue her work. | Fire.
Ashelma had always dealt in Fire.
From the ashes of her birth in the heart of Mont S'Elanie, to the towering Fireballs she cast as Lady of the Red Waste, Ashelma knew Fire well.
She was molded by it. She was built by it. She weaved it through spells and chants to throw others onto it. Fire defined her. She kne... | The platebody stings me. Even through the heavy linens and canvas under-layers that once smelled of her, and still do if I pretend well enough, I can feel the bite of the steel and the symbol upon it. The sword she once carried burns at my side, and chars my hand when I wield it; The symbol on the hilt, same as on the ... | 2022-08-18T02:38:10 | 2022-08-18T00:54:52 | 175 | 125 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | James was waiting just outside the door - the door to his future.
It all started, years ago, when he began working for an incumbent Senator from New York - trying to keep his position despite the massive swelling of support for the Republican opposition. He did simple things - phone calls, passing out fliers, until o... | "Your last mandate saw town debt increase by 15%. Are you REALLY going to halve it like your campaign says if you are elected this time ?"
*Crap, this guy is tough. I'm not gonna last the whole debate at this rate...*
Article 14th of the constitution of our nation ensured our right to keep the three lies. But lying wa... | 2014-11-15T10:17:36 | 2014-11-15T10:16:53 | 47 | 27 |
[WP] One day, in an industrial accident, fire is found to have a new use. One we would have never expected. | Farming became an industry sometime in the twentieth century, chickens grown on conveyor belts were 20% fatter. Contrary to the commercial belief, happy cows do not produce better milk, cows milked by robots borrowed from the auto industry made 6% more milk and the milk was 2.5% better according to numerous focus group... | Screams of pleasure and acid
Wash over the little children
Leaving nothing but bones
.
Shattered fingernails and teeth
Rip my eyes from me
And give them to the poor
.
"It's okay, Ma'am"
Brilliant darkness is unpure
Licking at my toes
.
Orange agony fills them
But pain is not present
Fire cle... | 2015-03-25T11:10:09 | 2015-03-25T10:15:32 | 86 | 16 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | At that moment, I was happy. I bring my pricked finger to my supple lips, and my tongue caresses the wound with warm tenderness.
Sweet. Like a strawberry lollipop.
It started off as one good deed a day. Picking up trash, volunteering at the senior home, removing hate graffiti, giving some water to construction worke... | i was shooked to my very core on the first sight of my blood now turning into TAR.
how can this happen i said to myself it was liquid, so pure, just yesterday.
as i ran toward the mirror and stripped naked my eyes started to turned black as a intricate maze of my thick sludgy nerves started to form around my heart.
eve... | 2018-08-04T10:18:07 | 2018-08-04T09:55:07 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] An immortal is experiencing the heat death of the universe, when he can hear the sounds of confetti, and blasting music. The music stops with a record scratch, and a bewildered voice can be heard saying: "Wait...one's still here?" | There he stood, alone in the void. Distant in the nether the last star flickered. Cain closed his eyes, welcoming the embrace of entropy in all of existence. Darkness swallowed and the universe came to a halt, all atoms staying still, all matter and energy ceasing the infinite ballet of changing states. Each and every ... | As he stood wincing, he looked out over the vast plain of space and time. Billions of light years of matter and energy begin hurling themselves inwards. The immortal looked out. Where, once there was an infinite sea of stars, now is a rapid influx of heavenly bodies and dust. His pain intensified. Yet, he couldn't help... | 2017-05-03T08:13:31 | 2017-05-03T06:31:42 | 38 | 16 |
[WP] You're a supergenius-level robotics expert. Your neighbor is a godlike magician. You use your abilities solely to prank each other. | Alright, I've had it up to here with him. Our families have never been on best terms, but once the prank war began, the hostile words between our fathers settled down before they both passed. At least, we carry on their old tradition.
Just recently though, the dangers of our pranks became real. He almost used his pho... | “Damn you, Great Magico,” I screamed. I shook my fist at him from the kitchen window.
Great Magico laughed at me from his driveway. He twirled his mustache and flourished his cape. “Technology will never overcome magic.”
I pointed at Great Magico. “Get him, AnnoyBots,” I screamed.
Great Magico stood there. He clear... | 2015-02-18T20:52:55 | 2015-02-18T20:07:00 | 59 | 38 |
[WP] We contact alien life and find that the vast majority of aliens exist in a slower time frame. Humans are perceived as extremely agile, mentally quick, and have very short lives. | Humanity's name will live forever in the pages of galactic history. Not any one individual, of course, their lives are too short to have a meaningful impact. No, they have given the Federation the greatest cultural gift in memory. A ballet of sticks and balls that takes place in almost no time. When we first contacted ... | Corgnack turned to his life mate. "Those humans are quite remarkable creatures."
Sazine blinked her fourth and sixth eyes, their color a resplendent silver, "Yes. They might be technologically backwards but they make up for it in such surprising ways. It's just a shame that they only die so soon. You barely have time ... | 2016-08-22T20:52:32 | 2016-08-22T20:48:31 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] A young man is going into a surgery with a 50/50 shot of dying or living. The night before he leaves two letters on his desk, one labeled "If I live" and one labeled "If I die". What do the letters say?
How do you write a goodbye letter to the world? How do you write a letter after you've been given a second chan... | As Collin was wheeled out to surgery he pressed two folded pieces of folded cardboard paper into the hands of his favorite nurse.
**If I liv** No one getz my toy bo^x and mommy get me icream DaDDy have to smile more Docter haz to stop hurting me
**if I dy** All my toys go to DaDDy | If I Die
Mom, if you're reading this, I'm probably dead. If I'd survived the operation, you wouldn't be reading this. You never come into my room. Not even to clean. So I know that I'm dead. Please don't be sad. There was no way to help it. The doctors treated my heart as soon as they could, and even with a transplant... | 2014-05-03T08:09:40 | 2014-05-03T04:14:18 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You can see video game-like titles for the people you meet. Usually they are just "The Shopkeeper", or "The Mayor", but today you saw an old homeless man with the title "The Forgotten King". | David was opening up his shop when I arrived that morning. He was a fine book seller, always had the most compelling tales of heroism and adventure. I browsed his shop for only an hour that morning, I had too many books already.
I looked around the shop aimlessly as he bagged my purchases, my eyes settled only momenta... | I haven't told anyone about it.
Not my mother and not my father. They already sent me to a shrink after they found my collection of Johnny The Homicidal Maniac comics and saw me playing Doom on my computer.
"Violent Fantasies", they'd told the shrink.
That wasn't the only thing going on in my head.
I always assumed... | 2019-01-08T16:21:07 | 2019-01-08T14:18:19 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] A horror story that doesn't involve one of the big three (Paranormal, Aliens, or a Psychopath) just to show me it can actually be done. | I heard a noise downstairs and a knock of a hard object against the living room table. Chills ran through my body as adrenaline surged through my blood. Quickly, I edged under my bed and grabbed my 9mm pistol. I could remember on the news about a series of break-ins recently and shootings had increased 25% in the last ... | "Run!", the cry broke the dewey stillness of their resting area. *"They found us!"*, Berta's mind screamed. *"Where do we go?"*
Revving engines, coming closer and closer. There was no time. No time! *"GO!"*
They scattered, with no direction or leadership, chaff to the wind. Everyone for themselves, sprinting for th... | 2016-10-04T16:37:27 | 2016-10-04T16:05:01 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] Following World War III, all the nations of the world agree to 50 years of strict isolation from one another in order to prevent additional conflicts. 50 years later, the United States comes out of exile, only to learn that no one else went into isolation.
People!
A few things:
1. Found the prompt on Pinteres... | 50 long years. Thomas rolled out of his bunk. Today was the day America was going to join the rest of the world. He was excited, but a little afraid. As an American, it had been schooled into him that what had happened 51 years prior was one of the largest wars known, World War III, and that America had been the first ... | The calm winter breeze slid along the surface of the Earth as the clock struck midnight, an orchestra of death preparing itself as the aggressors of the last war came out of isolation, prepared to reclaim the throne upon which they once resided.
Except the throne has been dismantled decades ago.
They sought to use t... | 2018-01-18T00:43:07 | 2018-01-17T23:33:14 | 139 | 13 |
[WP] You gain EXP for everything you kill and you know when you gain EXP. Easy kills like bugs get you only a couple of EXP, tougher kills give more EXP. One day at home doing nothing, you unexpectedly gain 1500 XP... | Nobody took me seriously, who had ever heard of a grown adult with less than 100xp? No one, that's who. Here I am in my late twenties with only the odd accidental insect death that can never be avoided. It wasn't that I wanted to avoid gaining xp though, it's that I just couldn't bring myself to be around death of a... | *Plghrt*
> Kill confirmed
*Sigh*
Another bug down, 1XP. Lovely, I'll never reach 10k, not at this rate. It started with the mice and rats, then the cats, fish. It's a privilege to work at a slaughter house or deliver lethal injections. I never could do that, not intentionally. The look in their eyes, the helplessn... | 2017-05-15T09:46:57 | 2017-05-15T06:23:41 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] Dwarves are notorious for their love of alcohol. One day a dwarf goes sober and discovers it grants them amazing powers such as being able to remember what happened the night before. | "Magni, I think I'm on to something." said Wendel.
"And what is that?" replied Magni.
"Now hear me out, if you don't drink any alcohol the night bef--"
"Not drink any alcohol!?"
"Right, listen. You know how you can remember what you did this morning, aye?"
"Well, of course I can!"
"Of course. But, I think if you ... | Libash was fishing. He loved to fish, even if other dwarfs would make fun of him for it. In the dwarven society many jobs were considered useless, but fishering work was considered one of the most. At least he did his job well, purging the life out of lakes and rivers in moments. He was able to feed the fortress for ce... | 2017-12-31T08:17:48 | 2017-12-31T07:55:00 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] "Unfortunately, you do not meet the requirements for this particular heaven however, I can provide you with a list of afterlifes that you may qualify for." | Heavenly Direction
Lynda limped up to the gate, her bad leg still aching, even though she knew that the young punk who had run her down had killed her. She didn't really like this grey clouds and gates version of the "afterlife" - little exclusive clubs of people who believed just so, yadda yadda, had their own gated ... | I flipped through the book I had been given, that was only in my head. My head, which I guess I technically did not have any more, but at some point there had been a voice telling me to keep thinking in terms of my physical body, if I found that it helped. I'm not sure how long it took me to learn how to turn the pages... | 2020-02-13T13:57:46 | 2020-02-13T13:44:32 | 29 | 11 |
[WP] As it turns out, 70-s scifi was right. Aliens have all sorts of unimaginable technology, ftl, teleportation, even moving planets. And yet, the human smartphone is by far the most capable handheld device, rivaling the computational power of entire fleets. | Ten billion bits per second.
Not ten thousand, not even the record one million that Relo engineers managed on superconducting twisted pair. The issue wasn't the medium, as the loss was negligible. Rather the problem was the noise floor on the circuitry itself and the limited switching rate of the electromechanical rel... | Throughout the Milky Way, there's a human expression known to instill fear and anxiety in any being that hears it. It is an expression that sums up the strangeness of the humans, the almost psychotic attitude permeating their culture. No matter the technological innovation you can be sure that when, presented to the hu... | 2022-06-04T10:54:22 | 2022-06-04T10:46:56 | 419 | 118 |
[WP] You are an unimportant background character in Hogwarts. It's Harry Potter's third year and while he is off dealing with dementors and the imminent threat of Sirius Black, noone else seems to notice that Dumbledore has been replaced by a completely different old man except for you. | Kevin squinted suspiciously at the Headmaster during the welcoming feast.
He hadn't seen the man that many times since he was sorted into Gryffindor last year, but he felt certain something was wrong all the same. This guy did *not* seem like the Dumbledore who had been so concerned about attacks against students last... | "It's *Dumbledore*, mate," Anthony said through a spoonful of oatmeal. "He's always doing weird things like this. Remember that time he wore a Muggle military uniform for a month because he wanted to understand whether the camouflage was more effective than an invisibility cloak? Remember how he used to stand in the ha... | 2016-07-07T09:15:57 | 2016-07-07T09:02:03 | 1,601 | 438 |
[WP] For years, the hero and villain's rivalry continues with seemingly no end in sight. You are the hero's sidekick and are frustrated with them and often rant about it to this nice girl you've gotten to know at th cafe, who unbeknownst to you is the villain's minion, who feels the same way. | Kenny downed his latest cup of coffee, drinking it like it was water. He desperately needed the caffeine, craved the taste, all under the watchful eyes of Samantha, who raised her eyebrows at his alarming speed.
“Tough night?”
“That transparent, huh?” Kenny smiled. “Is today a busy day?”
Samantha chuckled and scanne... | You were never the brightest, but you worked hard and did your best, you are a sidekick, you are supposed to give backup to the hero and help them defeat the dark forces, otherwise the world could be in jeopardy or at least that was what they taught you at the academy, but this! This is f*cking ridiculous, at this po... | 2022-06-16T12:19:21 | 2022-06-16T10:28:05 | 106 | 20 |
[WP] You are a world-class programmer who has died. God agrees to allow you in to Heaven on the condition that you work for him while he debugs the human body. Write the patch notes for the next version of humans. | git diff
similarity index 72%
rename from incentives.h
rename to motives/incentives.h
index f3e63d7..e8f44ba 100644
--- a/incentive.h
+++ b/incentives.h
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
- #include "greed.h"
- #include "power.h"
- #include "exploitation.h"
-
+ /*
+ Seriously,... | Update available!
Patch notes for humans below:
General
- Fixed a bug which made liquids spray out of the nose when humans laugh and drink at the same time
- Tweaked cognitiv memory settings that fixes random amnesia when subjects enter rooms or opens the fridge, causing them to forget their task or stare for hours ... | 2015-08-25T07:52:12 | 2015-08-25T07:46:47 | 69 | 51 |
[WP] You're an exorcist, and this is your most conflicting assignment yet. The demon possessing the child seems to actually be protecting it from abusive parents.
[removed] | The boy sat at the edge of the bed, kicking his feet as he watched me come in. I'm not what people expect from an exorcist. They expect a pair of preists. I'm one guy, and I'm certainly not holy. I believe there's a God, I just don't sweat the details.
I'm more concerned with the other side of that coin. And hence, he... | Monsignor Michael Benedictine felt the disturbance long before he was summoned. A new demon had arrived into the mortal realm. He could sense the ripples, little pulses of energy that made his hair stand on end and told him where the source resided. This one was very powerful, the ripples having more the character of c... | 2018-09-22T01:14:53 | 2018-09-21T21:49:11 | 759 | 312 |
[WP] You've loved an immortal for a long time, and they loved you back knowing your time together would be short. Doesn't make learning about the dozens of past lovers they've had, and the fact that their descendants are still alive any less upsetting, though. | ##My Sunrise
I wake up feeling empty and look over at my husband's body. I watch his chest rise and fall, and I see him stir and turn on his side. His back contains a multitude of scars that are older than this building. The flesh that holds the scar does not look older than forty.
Sunlight peaks in through the curt... | It's a touchy subject in any relationship. It can fray even the strongest bond. Sure, there are secure fellas who can listen to their their girlfriends list ex-lovers and be completely unfazed. But there are also many who cannot help but crumble in the face of their girl's romantic past.
At first, they ask for convers... | 2021-05-18T18:32:49 | 2021-05-18T17:58:48 | 47 | 22 |
[WP] Your teleported to 44BCE Rome in your everyday street clothes. You're brought before Caesar and he believes you're from the future, hoping to bring him fortune. One day he questions you, asking "How do I die?"
Weewwww never knew my prompt would gain so much attention, thanks guys for all the interesting stories a... | “How do I die?”
“Well Caeser mate, you decide to mix chicken lettuce and mayonnaise together with some hard bread bits called croutons. Turns out it was so good, your head literally exploded and that’s how we got the Caeser salad!”
“So if I avoid the mixture of chicken, mayonnaise and Salad then I’ll be fine?”
“Well... | Scenario 1: "Oh. That's an easy question. You die an excruciatingly painful death, by the hands of those who you call friends."
This would probably result in him killing me in a rage. Oh, and would probably result in the history of the world since 44BC changing beyond recognition. But who cares about that last part.
... | 2018-02-15T21:37:23 | 2018-02-15T20:35:40 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] Everyone has powers locked within them. Each power is different, and the longer it takes for a power to manifest, the greater it is. A 100 year old man is being hunted by the government for still being powerless.
EDIT: Thanks for all the replies everyone, I had fun reading all of them. | Agent Powell scrutinized the group closely. Every wrinkle, sunspot, and greyed hair in perfect detail. Yet again, he regretted that his only power was good eyesight, just a bump above 20/20 vision. As with nearly all early bloomers, no one had even noticed when his "ability" had manifested at age six.
"John is on the... | I held the hand of the little wizened man in front of me as his breathing laboured; each rattling wheeze making me feel sure that this was his last. A long pause made me feel out again with my mind, testing to see if he was slipping away, but I could feel the cold steel of his thoughts locked away, he was still very mu... | 2015-10-26T08:04:25 | 2015-10-26T08:04:09 | 686 | 147 |
[WP] "We have ancient elven magic, and even the dwarves have their ugly mountain forts. What do YOU have, human?!" "Napalm, and high-explosives, mostly..." *grumbling beard in the background* "....our forts are aesthetically pleasing though..." | “Who invited the humans to this conflict?!” Grumbled the dwarven general, clad in his armor and wielding a war hammer, his banner swirling in the wind.
“Now from what I understand”, says a human commander, walking up and wiping the dust off his pants. “Looks like you guys are going to partake in what we call a war gam... | After the meteor destroyed Europe, the ancient races awoke.
The monsters being monsters just didn’t care, it was in their nature to hunt, eat, sleep, and create offspring.
The Elves and the Dwarves and all those others, the good races I guess, they were outraged.
They saw the state of the Earth and declared war. ... | 2019-02-03T22:26:15 | 2019-02-03T21:33:54 | 28 | 16 |
[WP] You don't remember it, but before you were born, you went through an RPG-esque character creation and determined your attributes, virtues, traits, natural skills etc. You have died and realized all the wrong choices you made from the very beginning. | I was a tank. That was the idea, anyway. I remember it all so clearly, now; I had studied intently what would have been my first twenty years of life, and tank seemed the way to go. I loaded up on charisma, strength, and constitution, and I gave a pittance to intelligence and wisdom—just enough to navigate my early hur... | "Hmm... Int and Agility are fairly high, extremely high Wisdom. Strength is low, but not too bad overall. I don't know where all of these points came from because my endurance is impeccable too.
Oh...
I see...
'Name: atwork, Charles
Attributes:
STR - 5
**CHR - 1**
INT - 8
AGI - 10
WIS - 10
END - 7'
That's wh... | 2015-01-09T10:45:40 | 2015-01-09T10:24:35 | 99 | 35 |
[WP] "You get 10 wishes." "...isn't it supposed to be 3?" "Well, it varies. 3 is the baseline for a person who's doing fine. People doing really well only get 1 or 2 wishes. And if you're doing poorly... well, you looked like you could use some more wishes than usual." | "Can I wish for more wishes?"
The old man looked solemnly at the Djinn who was shaking his head. He was a red spirit with a velvet vest, gold jewelry and an intimidating mustache. He floated with his arms crossed, the bottom half of his being still connected to the tube of Bengay he flashily appeared out from. Ernest,... | Someone had kept a genie on the fire escape. Henry didn’t know what to do with that information.
Music thumped behind him, loud, drunk voices filled the air, spilling out into his cold quiet. Somewhere, Bells would be looking for him. She always did when he slipped away; Henry wondered when she would give up. Probably... | 2021-09-20T17:43:08 | 2021-09-20T17:12:45 | 464 | 128 |
[WP] Occasionally ships in deep space going undergoing faster than light travel just go missing, a tragic but well known and accepted fact. One ship managed to come back however years after disappearance with extremely disturbing reports | “What am I looking at here?” Captain Michaels asked, looking not at what he referenced but at the lone figure before him.
The man, the Fleet officer, sat silently in the middle of the spartan compartment, staring past Captain Michaels at the projection shimmering across the far bulkhead.
“Captain Tyler,” Michaels sa... | "We didn't..." The voice trailed off, out of the cone of light illuminating the table to be smothered by the darkness beyond.
A hand reached out into the light, toward a glass of water sitting motionless on the steel table in the debriefing room aboard the Terran Space Ship TSS Elliott.
The hand, spindley... | 2021-10-10T07:27:37 | 2021-10-10T06:44:14 | 157 | 113 |
[WP] You turn over a sheet of white paper, only to find the other side is green. Puzzled, you turn it over again, and now it is red. You decide to tear the paper apart. | I flip the paper over, multiple times. Each side becomes a different color, each color more vibrant than the last. Now one side is green, I flip it over. The other side is a deep magenta, I flip it over. Now the side that was green is a vibrant saffron.
Absolutely beautiful, I feel like I'm watching a show. I should'v... | "What *is* this?"
Little specks of every colour, nestled in every little piece of confetti. I gather the pieces into my hands and I crumple them up. I let them go, and they sparkle in the light.
"Huh. Hey Kim?"
I'm smiling when she comes in. "Yeah?"
"Look at this. It's so weird."
She looks at the paper. "What is?"... | 2015-05-23T16:12:47 | 2015-05-23T14:20:05 | 154 | 60 |
[WP] Write a story that literally makes no sense while reading it until the very last sentence. | Pynffvsvrq vasbezngvba: Yriry Erq pyrnenapr erdhverq. Abirzore 22, 1963- Gur cerfvqrag unf fcrpvsvpnyyl erdhrfgrq gung n fcrpvny ohggba or vafgnyyrq ba uvf qrfx. Gur ohggba jura cerffrq jbhyq unir fgnss oevat uvz n Serfpn. Abirzore 24, 1963- Vafgnyyngvba pbzcyrgr.
Possible security concern- While reviewing the archive... | I am the most important person. I'm happy when I hear something from the outside world - talking, musik, anything. Then I know that I am not alone. It's always dark here, but warm. I know, that I have to leave this place soon, though I don't want to. They wait for me to come, they are very curious about me. The world r... | 2022-04-09T08:53:35 | 2015-01-12T18:17:13 | 88 | 10 |
[WP] All of the "#1 Dad" mugs in the world change to show the actual ranking of Dads suddenly. | Word had quickly spread through the country about the bizarre mug changes. A whole host of dads were waking up to vindication or disappointment as the numbers of their mugs changed from #1 to some indiscriminately high number. Those who placed in the low hundred thousands were those few dads who had always seemed stabl... | James was not a great man.
Great men walked up to the world and bent it to its will. Great men looked at challenge and laughed.
James did his 9-5, came home, and sat down. He typically would stand back up a few times, to use the toilet or get a beer, but no more than a few.
His son had stopped asking him to play w... | 2021-12-03T09:27:18 | 2017-06-11T09:29:45 | 828 | 159 |
[WP] You accidentally kill a person. Instantly, you absorb all of their memories, feelings and talents. It feels quite addicting to you. | The first time was an accident. I'm ashamed to admit I fled the scene after I hit him. Hosed the car down in the driveway, tried to pretend it never happened.
I chalked up the dreams to guilt. Memories of another life. Memories of a kind and better man than I. Memories I thought I had imagined for the man I had hit...... | I've forgotten who I was.
The first few times there was still an original 'me' in there somewhere, a coherent narrative buried under all the rubble. I'd dig it up occasionally and despair at how far I'd drifted from my original identity.
Seems kind of foolish, now that I think of it. Why grieve something that might... | 2018-09-23T06:39:07 | 2018-09-23T05:33:19 | 176 | 72 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | The newly minted King Agralin stared at me, eyes red from Kastian ale. Half a goblet of that fine vintage stained the front of his doublet. I grimaced at the dreadful waste, my nose wrinkled at the scent; it had been a while, but my senses were slowly returning.
‘What are you doing here? I kicked you lot of wastrels ... | A week ago I was an elite member of the royal guard, doing my duty as always. I was the leader of the four female guards in the defense troop. That was until the new king, Harrion the fourth, decided that his troops would be better off with new recruits and decided to fire all of us who served for more than a decade.
... | 2021-02-28T04:13:58 | 2021-02-28T03:11:04 | 1,113 | 310 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | "Oh my god, noooooo," Katy said, burying her face in her hands. She was blushing, but smiling through her embarrasment.
"So you can see the kind of girl she was back then," Maurissa continued, gesturing at the screen behind her, over the laughter of the assembled families. "Don't worry, though... her spelling and ta... | Katy's heart ached. Feelings of sadness and pain as she remembered her care free youth, full of unexpected and unpredictable wonder. All gone now. Only the pain remained. It was clear.
_____
"Single gun shot wound to the chest. Pistol lying on her stomach..."
^(*shutter click*)
"I've got a bag, pass it here."
^(*s... | 2014-11-19T10:04:44 | 2014-11-19T09:04:44 | 69 | 31 |
[WP] You've curled into bed after an exhausting, chilly day with your typical assortment of pets. Large dogs, cats. You hear a close by growl and snuffle you aren't familiar with, but decide to just shift over, pat the bed and sleepily say "come on, then". | I threw the covers off of me to allow whichever one of my animals was requesting access to scramble underneath the covers. In my sleep-hazed mind, I vaguely felt the sensation of someone climbing into my bed but I brushed it away. I wrapped my arms around Cletus, my big, warm, white pit bull and relished in the warm sq... | Was the most soft day of the month so far, and even then I was terribly sleepy and exhausted.
Meg, Rog, Gin, Genny and Buzz were on my bed waiting for me.
They're my friends. My only friends.
I took the little kitty Genny and put her on the left pillow, the yellow one.
Then I put under the blanket my cold feet, and... | 2022-11-01T07:50:45 | 2022-11-01T07:27:15 | 78 | 21 |
[WP] You're born in one of the richest families in the world, but have been homeschooled so you have no idea how rich you are. Recently, your parents decided to transfer you to a private school with rich kids bragging at you all the time.
[deleted] | It's almost the weekend, so I've been coming to this school for almost a week and I've finally realized something: I'm very, very rich. It wouldn't be an issue, but I've been designated as the poor, scholarship child who must be told by everyone on what I'm missing out on. I'd hate to break their hearts. Let's go back ... | "How was school today?" Dad asked.
"It was, ummm interesting" I replied.
"Would you care to explain?"
"Is it wrong to wear clothes from walmart?"
"Well no, there's nothing wrong with that."
School went a little something like this. I walked in to class and the first kid that came up to me said "Where'd you get... | 2019-03-18T16:35:12 | 2019-03-18T16:19:17 | 406 | 87 |
[WP] The gritty realistic R-rated movie adaption of your favourite show as a kid. | Fade in on a boy, beat to hell and bleeding from a head wound, stumbling up a hill. He can’t be older than 10. He’s gripping a tattered baseball cap in one hand and clutches his side with the other. He trips, cries out in pain and drops the hat.
The wind catches the red hat and it gets carried off into the smoke and d... | She was running down the halls. "Ha Ha" a voice laughed down the hall. "There's the exit, if I could just get there" Suddenly the floor gave out underneath her, and she broke her legs when she hit the ground. "Ha Ha" The voiced cackled again A large, bloody mouse emerged from the shadows, knife in hand "Ha Ha"
Mick... | 2016-05-13T10:40:01 | 2016-05-13T07:48:07 | 33 | 19 |
[WP]Write a story that isn't scary until the last line is read. | It's true what they say. Fall is really the best time of the year. To my family and I, it's really the only time we get to enjoy together. Especially halloween. We LOVE halloween so much. It's our favorite holiday. Getting to see all the kids dressed up in their scary and funny costumes. I really think my mother enjoys... | It's so cold here in this tundra. The summers are great for farming, but the winters are terrible. My baby, to my right, and I have no food. We ran out of crops since the beginning of winter, and ran out of meat yesterday. I would go hunting for bears and wolves right now, but I don't have a rifle. Without one, taking ... | 2017-06-05T20:28:18 | 2017-06-05T20:15:06 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] God is actually just 3 smaller gods in a trench coat. | Brahma was the "legs" of the operation. However of course, this meant his face was always concealed. In other words, no one ever saw him as the Godhead. Vishnu and Shiva often bickered about who should sit at the top. The Vaishnavas always saw the Absolute when Vishnu was sitting on Shiva's shoulders, and the Shaivites... | "My prayers, they've been answered!"
God decended from my ceiling light and stood before me in all their glory. Before me, they were enveloped in light, making it hard to see.
"Please God, please heal my grandma's sickness. After all she's done for this city, she deserves at least a painless passing."
God shook thei... | 2018-08-03T01:43:27 | 2018-08-03T01:21:32 | 31 | 20 |
[WP] Realizing that only a dozen or so users browse the 'NEW' section of /r/WritingPrompts, you understand their roles as gatekeepers. They decide whether the masses ever even see your prompt. You've found these 12 users accounts. And you want that God damn post karma. | "Well that sounds suspiciously like vote manipulation," Lexi said, reading the prompt out loud. "I suppose I should bring it to the council of mods."
And so she walked to the grand hall, to stand before the twelve shadowy seats that surrounded the great stone table. She threw the prompt before them, and the mods gre... | 'But it'll be meta,' I thought first as I began to type. 'Don't give them the satisfaction of piquing your interest, of bating you into replying.'
But it was too late. Their strategy had worked, almost too well. But I've been laying in bed for two days down and writing is the only thing that's kept my brain from saggi... | 2017-09-07T14:54:54 | 2017-09-07T13:34:20 | 77 | 15 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | "Right sir," his adjutant, Major Thompson replied. He readied his sword and shaved the head clean off the nearest grunt he could find. "Now for the spell..."
The Major wiped his blade clean and drew strange symbols in the blood, mixing it with the cold earth. Minutes passed as he mumbled to himself the insane rambling... | John MacGillis saw a lot of shit in his life. First was the ‘nam, as a captain, and then came desert storm as a major. Always on the front, for the greater good of his great nation. Now in his 70’ he was meditating retirement. If his thought were to put into words, after all these years would be something on the line o... | 2017-09-26T12:26:15 | 2017-09-26T11:43:45 | 50 | 21 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends his Christmas letter to Satan. Satan is touched by this gesture and decides to write back. | Dear Paul,
Thank you for that lovely letter, I'm glad to hear you're waiting for me and prepared me an offering of cow udder excrement and a traditional mixture of sugar, flour and chocolates.
Although not what I usually get in offering I shall gladly accept. In return I enclose your Christmas wishes for this year... | Dear Timothy.
I've gotten the list of things you've asked for.
I assure you I am very capable of bringing your dog back. Just as well, I can stop the teasing and jeering of your elder sister.
I was informed as to what a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" is, and I believe I can acquire that as well.
However, I'm not cert... | 2018-10-28T10:18:04 | 2018-10-28T10:08:58 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens establish first contact with the government of another country. The White House gets offended.
Bonus cookies if the government in question is either of a really tiny country (geographically) or is a generally insignificant player in international politics. | Caveat Emptor- I haven't written anything in decades. What follows is imperfect in grammar and punctuation. It's an off the cuff musing, an insignificant "what if". My first attempt so for what it's worth.
"Icelandic? You mean the aliens are from Iceland?" a very upset President bellows. Thinking to herself "this is... | **Situation Room, 04/22/2016 0300 Zulu**
"North Korea? Do you take me for a fool? You know April Fool's Day has passed, Jerry." the President said, with a look of as much surprise as amusement.
"Sir, this is not a joke. The aliens have decided to make contact with Kim jong-Un." I managed to stammer out.
*Why doesn't... | 2015-04-27T09:28:12 | 2015-04-27T08:03:31 | 75 | 47 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | “So you’re storming the beaches of Italy in his game. Did you bring the WW2 character sheets?”
“Uhh... shit I brought my fantasy sheet for my ranger.”
“...”
“It’s okay! We can still play. Who was important in WW2 again?”
“Winston Churchill...”
“There we go! I’ll call my character Jack Churchill, and he’s storming ... | 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... | 2018-05-29T09:44:43 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 35 | 21 |
[WP] Write a Lovecraftian horror story where YOU, writing the story, are the incomprehensible cosmic horror tormenting the protagonists.
EDIT: Wow, so many different ideas already! You guys would be excellent at destroying worlds! | I barrel past crooked boles and thick undergrowth. The sharp branches of the trees biting into me. The pain blossoms in my mind as blood flows without end from the countless grazes. It feels muted and distant. My adrenaline drives me forward now. My desire to be away from that accursed house and its endless horrors eno... | I write to you... Reader... Savage... One of those who think themselves ruler of this decrepit rock. The rock of which was thought ruled by those you call 'The Elder Things'. The rock of which was thought ruled by those you call "The Outer Gods". The rock of which was thought ruled by he you call "Cthulhu"...
Like all... | 2016-06-21T09:52:17 | 2016-06-21T09:27:45 | 96 | 26 |
[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 | Through the years the great coming of age feast was always looked forward to by everyone. Every power was known due to having being tried at least once and due to variety of different cultures. The people all knew very well what they know they will get before hand. Some families pick a food that is their traditional ch... | I might be a lil crazy but I’m thinking I shouldn’t bite anything . Everyone always bites what’s in front of them and the powers range from making seeds grow into flowers to making clones out of water to jumping through time for hours. Sarah’s right beside me and she just bit into this banana and now she’s teleporting ... | 2020-03-19T10:28:48 | 2020-03-19T10:15:15 | 103 | 44 |
[WP] There's a law when you divorce, the children from the undone marriage get killed
So only children from lasting marriages remain. | I tried to cry quietly, but he still woke up.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We need to break up," I said through my tears. I couldn't have picked a worse time to say it, but I couldn't have picked a better time either, so fuck it. Fuck everything.
I'd never get to fuck him again. Knowing that was one of the thousand th... | My name is David, David Halligan. You might know me from H&H Attorney at law. We typically run late night infomercials on sleezy networks that convince people to get a divorce. I'm the good-looking, charming guy that smiles into the camera and give a little wink, yea...
I'm a divorce chaser. What that means is I c... | 2014-06-15T04:16:52 | 2014-06-15T03:57:43 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] The local museum is run by an eccentric old man who knows the opening pieces like he was there for their whole history. His secret? He’s a secret dragon who figured out if you display your hoard, people will give you new things to display. | The old man enjoyed his evening walk around his museum that night, like every other night he usually does. Walking amongst the greatest treasures he had collected in his unnaturally long life. For among all the history and mystery each and every artifact on that room held, he himself was the most interesting one. The o... | #The Claws of History
"Welcome! Welcome! To the Godfried Grave of Gotten History, where all of the relics of the world with true significance are collected for your enjoyment. You are free to peruse at your heart's content but please, let me show you our most precious items first."
Towering over my fellow patrons, ... | 2021-07-01T05:38:16 | 2021-07-01T04:16:30 | 137 | 38 |
[WP] You survive a brain transplant and now have a teenager's body. Unfortunately, the law dictates that you have to go back to school. | Amanda Patterson looked like she was wearing a denim hand towel around her waist, and the tank top wasn't much bigger. *How could her parents let her leave the house like that?!* Her tanned, taut stomach seemed so smooth and sculpted...
*Stop it!* I berated myself as I made my way back to my locker. *They're 16, for g... | The accident wasn’t really half bad when I think back on it. Free morphine. Free place to sleep. Free food. I couldn’t complain.
The only part that really sucked was waking up. But then that always sucked so again no complaints.
The doctor was a woman. Which made me nervous for some reason. She was a cute woman. This... | 2015-08-06T09:50:51 | 2015-08-06T09:44:59 | 265 | 40 |
[WP] You are the host of a popular children's show. You are live on air when you, and the rest of the country, have just received news that nuclear weapons have been deployed against your nation and can't be stopped. There are only minutes left. | Every member of the crew is frozen, eyes wide with awe. They have each and every one abandoned their regular duties and are fixated on one of the multiple screens scattered throughout the studio, which have been switched from the show’s playback to a live news feed. Some cover their dropped jaws with their hands, shaki... | I feel my eyes start to water as I feel the gravity of the situation. I know I will never see my family, friends, or lovers again. I turn away from the camera, wipe the tears from my eyes and take a deep breath. Anyone who did not run out of the studio is sobbing, and holding onto one another. I catch my sound producer... | 2014-07-29T14:59:42 | 2014-07-29T13:15:51 | 348 | 12 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | When Daesh had exploded a bomb right in the middle of the sambodromo, the world was shocked.
Fortunately, nobody was killed, but Rio´s carnaval was destroyed. Brazilians demanded a strong answer from their government, but they had not fought a serious war for at least 150 years, so how to react? How to succeed where ... | The President, the joint chiefs of staff, several different D.O.D members and some individuals from agencies you don't have the clearance to know about sat in the situation room in various states of shock and disbelief. After several awkward, quiet minutes, the President cleared his throat and began to speak.
"...Well... | 2016-01-29T07:12:39 | 2016-01-29T06:30:49 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | "Hello this is Jenna, and I'm here to help. How are you?" I answered several calls like this daily. Keeping my voice friendly, but not cheerful. Always willing to listen. Listening is key. You see I'm a suicide prevention operator. Listening is so important because often people will give away hints of things they don'... | Alan had been working with Project Outreach for nearly two years now. He could still remember his first week, how nervous he was and how excited the thought of helping people like him made him. He had been in a very dark place before that. It was Project Outreach that had saved him; now he wanted to give back and ma... | 2013-12-23T14:42:59 | 2013-12-23T14:29:49 | 1,112 | 10 |
[WP]: "I'm not here to arrest you. I just want to know how someone heads out to build a criminal empire and ends up producing a functional democracy." | "Democracy suggests equal distribution of power. It is a dream, not a physical thing." I said, barely looking up.
"Nah, you're livin in one you mook.", the inspector said with a short laugh. I put down my glasses and looked up from my book.
"Dear god. You live in a Republic. 'And to the Republic, for which it stands... | I laughed. The Commissioner was startled and visibly paled. I am not known for my emotional outbursts but those I have had are legend, I'm told.
This man was appropriately scared and not afraid to show it. That means he's honest. I decided to confide in him, perhaps show this law man what world he serves.
I clapp... | 2015-11-24T09:05:11 | 2015-11-24T06:55:54 | 33 | 21 |
[WP] The real reason the dragon kidnapped the princess? They've developed a crush on the kingdom's top knight, and wanted a reason for that knight to be sent to their lair. | As the knight entered the forest, he couldn't help but notice just how at peace the forest was.
Sir Gerrick Mason couldn't help but reflect on his father's words, *"Being the best comes with a cost."*
He wasn't sure what exactly his father had meant; at the time he received the words with a mix of frustration and con... | It was a dark and slightly rainy night as the princess brush her hair before looking at the window nervously once more. 'Where is he?' she thought curiously as she stood up and took a deep breath before jumping in shock as something crash against her window.
"Princess are you alright in there." She then heard, her he... | 2022-01-21T15:45:36 | 2022-01-21T13:49:08 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] “Well Death,” you say, “I never thought it would end this way. But it’s definitely in my top three, you know?” “It’s how I’d want to go.” Death agrees supportively. | "You know what I have always liked?" I asked the impeccably dressed gentleman sitting beside me.
"Cheesy romantic comedies which you pretend you hate." He said wryly.
I looked at him with a look of faux betrayal. "You didn't need to say it out loud."
He looked at me confused. "But you asked."
I rolled my eyes. "D... | Death stood over me as I laid face up in a bloody puddle of mud. His face was hooded but he seemed pensive. Watching that pompous aristocrat, who watched the battle from his throne, being carried by prisoners so he could see over the crowd.
"there's nothing I am so passionate about as much as your hatred for this king... | 2021-12-15T10:15:09 | 2021-12-15T10:04:57 | 608 | 81 |
[WP] Now that video games are considered art, English teachers need to include them in their classes. | "Ugh, have you *seen* the required games list?" I groused. "It's a whole bunch of indie crap. We never get to play anything *fun* like Halo or Minecraft. I've never even *heard* of Life is Strange."
Jessica nodded. "Tell me about it. I mean, they could at least give us Skyrim or something. That's fun *and* it's ... | I'm a new teacher, fresh from university, This was my first year teaching English for elementary schoolers. Fifth graders, to be exact. It's also my last year teaching English for elementary schoolers. Wanna know why?
Day one. I enter my room. "Hello students, I am your new teacher. And I..."
I didn't finish my sent... | 2015-08-20T19:59:45 | 2015-08-20T18:11:48 | 40 | 11 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | People don't work for a villain if they don't like him. I for one always made sure of that.
Holidays. You bet your arse you'll be getting them.
Childbirth. You can bet I'm gonna be that weird but cool uncle.
Having an off day. Pool party.
My company is my home. And my profession is to be a villain. Rank C. Code na... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T08:53:21 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 21 | 11 |
[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. | Luck governs our lives more than most care to admit. Those born with high luck scores become world leaders, wealthy, and succeed where others fail. Those born with lower scores often lead unlucky lives and often fall victim to unfortunate accidents.
Me I was one of the luckest of all, a 100, from a young age everyone... | The intake was as expected - a bit rough, a little too handsy, and a small inkling that the guard liked me a bit more than was necessary. I'd heard of full body cavity searches, hosed down with icy cold water, being pushed naked and wet into rooms of other people. You know, general Hollywood type stuff.
I managed th... | 2018-06-29T10:05:15 | 2018-06-29T10:01:31 | 308 | 183 |
[WP] The precursor civilization sure left behind some weird artifacts. Things like a mountain with faces carved into it, strange reflective discs with runes on one side, and black rectangles made of glass. Researchers strive to understand such things. | There has been a recent breakthrough, as one small team of researchers managed to reverse-engineer one of the small flexible lightning rods that seemed to prevalent in precursor culture. Another individual researcher found a seemingly undamaged glass slab, several holes in one end, one of which matches one end of the s... | "Huh... Looks like another dingle-hopper for the scrap pile, Boris." The canid barks twice, and I shrug. "Hey, last time we got lucky and found one of those hymn plates. Maybe we can find something cool today, like a sifter block or one of those weird bang-makers." Boris whimpers, and I scratch his ears. "Don't w... | 2021-03-24T00:48:48 | 2021-03-23T22:16:29 | 117 | 76 |
[WP] You've been teleported into an unexpected deathbattle. Your special ability...is your username.
EDIT: You guys are awesome. Alot of funny and interesting ones so far! I might want to start this prompt every year or something (if that's allowed). | "SEND IN THE LEGION!" I cried. The battle cries soon followed.
"Oh. Crap." It said. With a cry of "MAAAAHHH!" my troops had arrived. It was time to get down to business. The Legion set to work instantly. With a few commanders riding, but mostly a lot of spitting from the troops, it was trampled. Whatever it was, I did... | It was the middle of the night.
As I was preparing to sleep, a bright light flashes outside the window. I had no time to react, and was instantly teleported to some sort of jail cell.
Through the bars, I could see that there was some sort of arena outside. "nah." I say to myself and lay on the floor to sleep. Just be... | 2017-07-17T21:47:57 | 2017-07-17T20:12:27 | 39 | 17 |
[WP] A Genie has cursed you with one year left to live, however he also gave you the power to convert each clap meant for you into 1 hour added on to your life. You cannot tell anyone about your curse and you are determined to live as long as possible. | The Clapper was a breakthrough, as far as lighting options go
no switch or button needed for it's warm fluorescent glow
it made the choice quite obvious, when the genie did appear
and inform me of my newfound curse, that would shape my coming year
and so I set up shop that week, in the nearest shopping mall
stoppi... | James adjusted the microphone, and took a deep breath, as he looked out over the crowd in the packed student auditorium. It was now or never.
"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you. Let's get this out of the way first of all. My name is Jessica. I'm a genderqueer lesbian trans-woman." he said.
He ... | 2018-10-02T17:25:51 | 2018-10-02T16:49:06 | 286 | 65 |
[WP] Your gf invited you to meet her parents. You told her that you're a veterinarian. Her father is a computer repairman. In reality, however, you are an assassin. A very good one at that, too. When you see her father, your heart skips a beat. He's your boss. | **Well then... this couldn't get any awkward. Could it? No it definitely can.**
"So..." I said.
"So..." my boss replied.
"This isn't going to be weird, is it? I mean I know she is your daughter, and she is also my girlfriend. So..."
"Oh, I am well aware of that. And I'm also aware that she is more than old enough t... | - Hello, sir, it's so nice to meet you. My name is Charles.
- Oh, so nice to meet you, Charles, said Mr. Thompson. Ella has told me you are a veterinarian. Could it be that we have met before? I have a small computer repair shop in 3rd Street, wouldn't you be the one that brought an old Mac computer past month?
- Yes... | 2020-06-05T14:10:03 | 2020-06-05T13:31:52 | 85 | 22 |
[WP] A vampire knocks on your door, seeking permission to enter in order to kill you as their next meal. As a house-bound ghost, however, the prospects of a guest after so many years intrigues you. Smiling darkly, you welcome them inside. | The vampire entered, satisfaction blooming on its face. "You don't know how grateful I am to be here today," it said.
In previous generations it was considered courteous to allow a stranger in need into one's home. Today even asking for such a thing is considered taboo. I wondered idly how long this vampire has been s... | It was dark. So dark it almost seemed alarming. The grounds were still, only the occasional rustle of the wind in the old trees made its way to me as I sat in the window overlooking the front yard. In the summer, they always left the windows of the upper floors open, exposing the house to the cool night breeze and my p... | 2022-08-01T15:01:14 | 2022-08-01T12:41:33 | 118 | 59 |
[WP] A new President is elected, only to resign within minutes of being sworn in.
Why? What is the country's reaction to such an event? What happens next? | It was a cold day in January, with an additional chill of foretelling in the air. There were thousands people in attendance to watch the most popular politician get sworn in and billions watching it on Television. The air was electric and filled with history as it was being made.
" I John Abraham do solemnly swear to... | It was the first time in the history of Washington, D.C. that a politician had kept his word.
President Franklin Sharpton had gone to the Oval Office, picked up a single piece of paper and a pen, wrote a short statement, then rose from his chair and walked out.
The Vice President watched as the most-powerful man in t... | 2014-12-08T21:36:26 | 2014-12-08T20:03:10 | 33 | 22 |
[WP] when it was discovered that all alien civilizations were destroyed by eldritch gods we wondered why they hadn't done the same to us. Then we learned that the human mind can drive an eldritch god insane. | There's a fairly simple (if *very* difficult to actually pull off) recipe for making an advanced, intelligent species. Take a social species and get them to exploit something so effectively that survival is no longer their primary concern. Social competition takes over, driving intelligence along until you've got a s... | The Ticonderoga was humanity's most advanced ship. Two centuries of scavenging the leftover pieces of long-dead alien civilizations had made most of Earth's ships into a hodgepodge of bolted on second hand parts, but the Ticon had been designed from scratch to integrate the best technology from a thousand worlds.
Nest... | 2022-02-28T09:25:04 | 2022-02-28T09:14:22 | 731 | 84 |
[WP] People level their skills in an RPG fashion and are conscious of their sudden jumps from novice to journeyman and so on. You've spent your life training a skill that is entirely useless until becoming invaluable once mastered - and you just mastered it. | "The thing about ADHD is not that the brain is unable to focus, but that it is trying to *constantly* focus. It needs some type of stimulation at all times. If the task-at-hand slows down even for a little bit, it doesn't use up the brains full focus and becomes boring, so the brain starts to wonder, searching for some... | so lyk i just strted riting bcuz my nan told me i should work on my riting skill or w/e its gr8 cuz i can tell when ill get good but idk wut 2 rite about so w/e gonna come back 2moro 4 more skillups
Ive been writing 4 a while now and i can totes tell how much better i am @ it. Like spelling words and fullstops and stu... | 2015-10-06T09:27:27 | 2015-10-06T09:08:09 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named "iɔniV ɒᗡ" | I walk around with my phone out trying to find the source. The people in the streets are visibly uncomfortable and I hear them mumble about "Black magic". Finally I have a full signal and I look up from my phone. Before me stands a larger building than most.
I knock on the and at first, nothing. I knock again and I h... | Would you like to join network "icniV aD"?
I took a beat, "how is this possible?" then I saw the Wifi list began to populate itself with other ssid's
Venice is Nice in spring
La dolce Vita
InVinoVeritas
EncryptedForHerPleasure
I'm translating from t... | 2016-11-15T06:16:54 | 2016-11-15T06:13:42 | 92 | 14 |
[WP] Scientists invented a pill that enables dogs to fully speak and understand English. It lasts for ten minutes, and will only work one time. You give a pill to your 12 year-old Border Collie, whom you've had since they were a pup. Your dog immediately says "Alright, listen very carefully..." | "Alright. Listen very carefully."
I sat there, riveted. Quinn had been with me for so long I couldn't imagine life without her. She was my best friend in the truest sense... always there, up for every adventure, a shoulder to cry on.
I was more than happy to listen. After all, she had been on the receiving end of a t... | Alright, listen very carefully. Have you seen the movie Inception? This is one of those situations. You’re locked inside what you might think of as a ‘dream’ and this is the only way I’ve found to talk to you. What’s actually going on is pretty complicated, involving comas, wormholes to alternate realities, and quantum... | 2017-02-23T05:50:11 | 2017-02-22T22:49:20 | 219 | 117 |
[WP] After been missing for 12 years, the duke's daughter (now 16) is sent to the royal accademy and immediately targeted by bullies. What the bullies don't know is that the lady spent those 12 years with a clan of orks
If you get why orks is spelled like that... good.
If you don't, it doesn't matter | Most orks would simply kill the child or leave it without much thought. Luckily for the duke's daughter Priscilla, the clan of Freebootaz that found her was inclined to slightly less... traditionally orkish behaviour.
Such as taking in a human child. It wasn't charity, of course; they'd assumed having a human child on... | “So, then Mother decided to buy the restaurant itself. All the finest heroes stop by, and the previous managers always seemed to treat them as though they were beneath them. They work so terribly hard, you understand? The least she could do was be more accommodating. They've earned that,” junior lord Revick Kendral sai... | 2022-07-15T17:06:02 | 2022-07-15T16:44:45 | 666 | 108 |
[WP] Your name, age, height, weight, and race all flash across the T.V. screen. You look in horror as you see your dead body being dragged out of a river as a reporter announces that you've been brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer who has been on the run for years. | _Missing person found: Caucasian female, 170cm, 72kg. The unknown woman was found in the Island River this afternoon. Police are investigating the cause of death and ID of the victim. It's suspected to be the next victim of the Island River Killer._
I looked up from the tv and furrowed my brow. The report on the tv so... | The news knocked me on my a**. I couldent keep the shock from crossing my face, like it mattered. Sam dident even know I was in the room watching the news with her. I just wanted to reach out and hold her. Instantly the thought drew tears from my eyes, I’d never hold her again. Frantically my mind searched for the last... | 2020-08-01T03:05:05 | 2020-08-01T02:47:27 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] When you go to an alternate universe. Your multiverse-traveling machine rates how different each universe is from yours. Today this universe got a 10/10 on the difference scale, and you can’t find a single difference. | **Caution. 10/10 Reality Difference rating. Proceed at own risk.**
Luciano frowned, smacking the monitor a few times. The screen stayed as it was, flashing the red text in a threatening manner.
A cold feeling washed over him, and he cautiously opened the door, sunlight streaming in from outside. Ever since he and Dan... | *Calculating…*
The rating popped up.
**Difference Rating: 10/10**
“Huh? That’s interesting.”
I couldn’t let the rating distract me for too long. There was a time limit as to how long I spent here. It was just a cautionary thing, considering how clumsy I can become. I could mill about, but I refrained from interacti... | 2020-09-23T23:12:36 | 2020-09-23T21:57:05 | 320 | 81 |
[WP] A team of scientists have successfully teleported an apple. It reappears with a bite taken out of it. | The screams of joy pierced the air. the group of men and women congratulated each other and hugs were thrown about as everyone seemed to get caught up in the jubilation.
"We did it, we finally fucking did it!" came a desperately happy cry from Steve, the head scientist. This had been his project for over 20 years, and ... | "It has a bite taken out of it..." one of the lab techs mumbled with surprise as they entered the whitewashed windowless room where the apple had appeared.
Drew Jamison frowned as he pushed his way through the group of techs and assistants. "What the hell do you mean it has a bite taken out of it?" The initial excitem... | 2016-01-12T16:26:24 | 2016-01-12T15:39:06 | 285 | 46 |
[WP] You die and now it is day of judgement. To your surprise, the day of judgement is where gods get judged based on how well they did (How fair their world was, pleasant... etc). The judgement of our god is about to start... | It is the day the first human died.
It is also the day the last human died.
In fact, it is the day every human died.
For one reason or another, in most cultures it is believed that as soon as one individual dies, he or she will reach some form of afterlife. And every day, some more humans would join.
But if the end... | The day that David lived his whole life, and died, for was finally here.
He had been part of an eight car pile up on the 401 and was pronounced dead on the scene. One moment he was listening to the musical styling of a young Rihanna, and the next he was being brought forth before the Lord our God.
Except His throne w... | 2014-08-03T13:04:30 | 2014-08-03T11:22:59 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] Write about you writing the writing prompt response you're writing right now | "Ohh, look at me, I'm so meta" he thought, his eyes already searching for a more interesting title.
"Then again..." It *could* be fun, if done right. And Hearthstone wasn't working. He clicked on the link and started reading the first reply, only to stop himself before finishing the first paragraph, not wanting to be... | Ok. Let's see...
Huh. This is harder than I thought. Prompts usually have a little more substance on them, with moments, characters or scenes to inspire a writer. Things to stimulate the imagination, you know?
But the prompt I'm responding to right now has none of these. How unique.
The only context I have to ... | 2016-04-28T14:16:40 | 2016-04-28T13:49:43 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] You have a very mundane talent, so mundane that you've never shown it to anyone. The first time you do, as a party trick, you're told that your talent is physically impossible. | "All right, so it goes a little something like this," I said. I'd just been dared to do something that I didn't think people would be able to recreate. Yeah, I know that truth or date was a stupid game for a 20-year-old to be playing, but we were trying to hook up Jason and Erika so it was part of the plan. Also, yes I... | "Uhm"
Everyone at the house party was staring at me.
"What?"
"You shouldn't be able to do that"
"Do what this?"
Everyone recoiled.
"No don't do it again"
"What it's not that…"
"No"
"Why not?"
"It's weird. It's like, you know when you're in class, and some raises their hand and their double jointed so their ar... | 2015-11-28T11:24:51 | 2015-11-28T11:02:56 | 117 | 20 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | Walking into the room when the boss calls you is always an..."eventful," one. You never truly know what will happen. He could gift you, he could tell you to do something, or sometimes you could just hear a gunshot as soon as the door closes. Me, being on my toes, looks at the boss with a blank expression, but inside wa... | "Does chaos excite you? You have been with me for quite some time, after all."
The joker sporadically arose from his misappropriated desk with a tightly gripped fist and an even tighter smile; pacing, the joker began mumbling about the bat, about Gotham, and about nothing at all. His scattered thoughts entrained his ... | 2016-11-21T03:05:27 | 2016-11-21T02:49:57 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] You are the officer in command on a Navy Nuclear submarine. You dive to the depths of the ocean and don’t have any connection to the outside world, when you surface two weeks later nobody is responding and you can tell something went terribly wrong. | "Diving Officer, make your depth 20 feet,” the XO ordered.
“Make my depth 20 feet, aye, sir,” I heard in reply.
Very Low Frequency depth. Two way communications depth. I kept my face calm.
My XO continued. “Make your depth 20 feet, five degree up bubble.” The bow planesman repeated, “Make my depth 20 feet, aye, sir,... | "Sir?"
I stood unmoving, hands clasped behind my back. I stared ahead as if considering what the petty officer had said with great thought. Inside, however, I felt a deep worry start to tear at my gut.
"No response? None at all?"
"No sir," he confirmed. His eyes bounced worriedly around the small communications room... | 2017-12-19T06:20:55 | 2017-12-19T05:47:34 | 145 | 24 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | Post-mortems become a lot easier when you know the answer in advance. They change from an exercise where you are searching for small pieces to solve a much larger puzzle to one where you know the answer which tells you what to look for to support the thing you already know. I figured out around high school that patholo... | He worked alone, he always had. Not because he wanted to, but people just had a tendency to not notice him. It was depressing really. Every person he ever met instantly forgot him, or tried to ignore him, it was hard to tell sometimes. As for his work, well, he worked in travel, a mostly administrative position.
As ... | 2015-03-31T11:16:39 | 2015-03-31T09:57:05 | 22 | 10 |
[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... | The Whaler
The clock strikes 12:00
A word is writ
Upon my arm
My life is split
One-half of me on the shore
The braver half, it longs for more
For every day out on the sea
Another hunt, and life for me
Half the life is black and cold
Its skin and bones, bought and sold
Fortune, spoils, warmth, and greed... | Something happened in the past... A curse on all humanity, yet still a blessing. Every human now, on their eighteenth birthday at noon, magically knows their purpose in life. It's not a secret for just them, though: it takes the place almost of a tattoo, leaving no way to hide your destiny. My mother's word was "Banker... | 2017-03-16T04:24:31 | 2017-03-16T04:18:55 | 18 | 11 |
[WP]“We burn the present for the sake of a brighter future, then act surprised when all that’s left is ash.” | ‘November 2023-A Forecast of Riots
Angry citizens line the streets of DC, protesting the government’s recent bill banning the use of oil in manufacturing. Many claim that this will disadvantage our economy compared to foreign competitors, which burn four times more oil annually than we do. The bill will go into effect... | Everything was falling apart around me, around all of us. That's what I remember most, that impression, formed of what felt like a thousand sensations at once: the klaxons, the screams and scrambling of the crowds around me, the smell of ozone, the dirty-stale stench of air filtration catastrophically failed; the feel ... | 2019-06-21T21:58:56 | 2019-06-21T19:13:36 | 145 | 21 |
[WP] Time slows down every time you are in danger. The more serious the danger is, the more time you have to save yourself. During one terrible car accident, you had almost a minute to react. And now, time has almost completely stopped for a whole month, and you don’t know why. | The first time I noticed time slowing down was when I was a little girl, 8 years old.
I was clenching my new teddy bear tightly in my arms.
My father was screaming at me and my mom for "using his money" on something other than for his drinking. I remember his enraged expression so vividly. I remember how he reached f... | The world behaves strangely when time crawls to a stand still, did you know?
*It's been so damn long already ..*
No, I don't suppose you would - at least I hope not. Sincerely, I hope no one else ever has to experience this.
*How long have I been staring at ya?*
You see, for as long as I can remember, I've had this... | 2019-09-27T21:46:22 | 2019-09-27T21:45:05 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] You obtain a device that tells you exactly what choices to make in order to lead the "happiest" life possible. Some of these choices get hard to make. | The App's tagline was: "**We'll get you where you where you want to go.**"
It had offered Consolidation, Confidence, Closure, Peace.
He entered his choice.
"*No.*"
and The App went to work. A single tap and it had accessed his life.
His accounts,his cloud storage and accounts, his social media presence. The en... | The artifact the old man gave me seemed more like a rock than anything mystical at the time, that was until I touched it.
On contact I was filled with knowledge, maybe even premonitions that never came.
The first thing I learned was that I should put down the artifact and leave it, but that was something I couldn't ... | 2016-05-05T08:20:03 | 2016-05-05T04:51:37 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him. | Eons had passed since Wyrben built the academy, and each year the harvest of fine young warriors was the same. Zero. The powerful yet arguably dull-witted magician accidentally caused his own demise through the mispronunciation of the common water spell, rendering him immortal. He lacked the courtesy and courage to tak... | Once there was a powerful creature, which few had ever seen and lived to tell about.
Its name was Zulsamon, the Nefarious. It had destroyed all of the world’s kingdoms, with the exception of one, the kingdom of Alda.
Now, Zulsamon’s siege against the Kingdom of Alda had started while many of its elders were still onl... | 2015-07-25T06:12:55 | 2015-07-25T05:08:26 | 23 | 15 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | The doctor held up the new born baby.
"It's a girl!" exclamed the doctor.
"Well, What are the names doc?" the father said with joy.
The doctor looked at the baby's back, and only one name on it. James Webber. Chills shot down the doctors spine.
"Well Dr. Webber, who are they?
| The names were always generic. That's how the craze started to give kids weird names. It was a lot easier to find an Appel or Zucchini or Brickhaus. The names on me were Jangela and Jongela. It was nice when the name was the same. It meant that you could choose your death. That the final act was not one of vengeance or... | 2018-03-11T07:49:38 | 2018-03-11T07:36:53 | 4,830 | 118 |
[WP] You were an aspiring supervillain and you turned to creating a fake crowdfunding campaign to raise money for your first lair and gadgets. After the funds started pouring in it dawned on you that you’d probably find more success actually releasing the product. | **Target goal** =$10
That was it, give me ten bucks and I'll do the thing.
I heard this crowd sourcing thing was in with the kids but honestly, I didn't think anyone was dumb enough to just hand strangers online money. much less money so said stranger can achieve *their* goal!
Where was the logic in that? My Ol... | "Mwhahhaha hahaha huha!"
My laughs echoed throughout my tiny studio apartment. "I have finally found the prefect plan to raise funds to buy the SUPER CAVE OF EVILNESS, and I will finally be able to destroy the so called hero OverPowered-Man, I will also be able to finally quit my job at the HeroVil-minimart" I exclaim... | 2020-08-24T04:05:18 | 2020-08-23T23:00:30 | 37 | 24 |
[WP] Humans left Earth a long time ago. In their place, dogs have evolved to be the new sentient species, but they never lost their love of humankind. Their technology has finally caught up to space travel, and they take to the stars in search of their human precursors.
You've all fallen for one of the classic blunder... | The Keepers of Stories recount, when the moon is fat, the stories of the Friends. They tell many stories, but the most popular - for at least as long as I can remember - has been The Leaving.
Back when the world was hot and the waters rose, our People left. We had been with them since we stepped away from the Others t... | The stars floated around him, beautiful objects too far away to reach. The light illuminated his cabin, and all around him was made crystal clear. There was no one else, nothing else here.
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[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. | 28, 34, 21, and 54.
I remained where I stood, nodding to the guests in silent affirmation that they were allowed in. As they trudged past me and through the door of Barney's Strip Club, I reached into my pocket, fumbled for a cigarette, and stuck it in my mouth. Now where was my lighter? It would be so much easier i... | **July 12, 1994**
Um what the fuck?! That man couldn't have been 1056 years old, there's just no way; the i.d. couldn't have been a fake and he looked exactly like his photo. Man... maybe all this drinking is catching up to me.. drowning out what brains I do got, I definitely should try to lay off the liquor for a wh... | 2017-09-01T23:18:34 | 2017-09-01T20:21:47 | 189 | 13 |
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