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I sighed, walking out of the bank with my entire 7.27 in hand. I already told my family, my job, my friends...
These sorts of things were common. A small amount was a signal of a short life to live, but even those were usually at least a hundred bucks! Enough to spend at a bar as I mourned my own death...but what coul... | "Hold on." Derrick Ross asked, incredulously. "You're telling me that my livable wages for the next-
god knows how long-is seven dollars and some change?" The way he stared at the teller just now said so much more than words alone.
"Yes, that's correct!" Sherry, the teller who'd been helping young Derrick, was obliv... | 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. | 730 |
I dash through the city streets, dodging rubble being flung at me from behind. Hot on my tail is Strongman, yet another of your run of the mill "stronger, smarter, faster" heroes. Well, maybe not smarter, with name like that...
Another rock whizzes by my head, missing be my mere inches. Definitely thrown strong enough... | ***Arbitration***
Detective Falcona shut her eyes tightly while rubbing her forehead, she could feel the beginnings of a stress headache bubbling in her brain. She slipped some scotch from her flask into her coffee. She wanted to hold the arbitration session between Horus the Hypnotist and the White Shinobi at Paul's ... | You're a villain who always has to save civilian's lives from the hero's recklessness. Sure you kidnap people, hold them hostage, even hurt them a bit, but you'd NEVER let someone die. The hero only seems to care about stopping you though, not actually protecting anyone. | 707 |
It had been 20 years.
Twenty years since he died. He remembered it vividly. A car accident in a main street that he just so happened to be on. The memory was fresh.
Anthony had woken up on this train, a red velvet cushion next to him on the matching seat with one note on it:
"Don't get off the train until the very l... | The only thing I remember is a kiss. Soft lips brushing my temple, warm breath on my skin, and the words _Until death do we suffer_.
I can't tell you how long it's been since I've been on this track. I was a child when I found myself here, and yesterday I discovered the first strands of gray growing out of that temple... | You wake up to find yourself on a train with a note in your pocket saying "What ever you do, don't get off this train untill you arrive at the very last stop". Its been nearly 20 years and the train still hasn't arrived at the last stop yet. | 543 |
A silence fell across the townsfolk as I stood there, the silver sword in my left hand and the gold in my right. I made eye-contact with Jack, who was standing as wide-eyed as everyone else in the crowd.
'This joke was not worth the 2 silver pieces he gave me,' I thought to myself and grimaced. How was I supposed to e... | A violent, rushing wind filled the plain, coming from all directions with a deafening roar. I backed away from the stone pillar with the two swords in hand and braced myself against the gale while those around me tumbled into the grass. A whirlwind colored with splashes of black and white appeared above the stone where... | Two swords of godly origin lay stuck in stone. One is said to be evil the other heroic it is said whoever pulls one of these blades will be the ultimate force of good or evil. As a joke you pull on both however you and everyone around are in shock when both blades come free in your grasp. | 599 |
As I truged up the long driveway I felt the urge to break into a run. It had taken me 5, maybe 6, years to do it but I was finally back, finally home. Only home didn't look like home anymore, the garage and shed were both half collapsed, the trees lining the driveway were now mostly gone, and most notably, 3 sets of ... | I never imagined I'd finally get to feel like I was part of the military years after I'd gotten out. Something about that mask had brought back all the other memories, but the memory of that feeling is what I come back to.
There's not really a big back story to my service. I saw some stuff and got out. I didnt really ... | Ten years from now you'll put on a jacket and find a mask in the pocket. "Oh man, what a weird year that was," you'll chuckle to yourself. Then you'll pick up your machete and continue across the wasteland, keeping to the shadows to avoid the roving gangs of cannibal raiders.
Edit: I got this text as a cropped image w... | 693 |
"Come on you idiot bitch. Heal me! Im bleeding here."
"I'm out of manna from the healing I did on you 30 seconds ago."
"I'm hurt again."
"Hint. Next time seek cover when they shoot a wave of arrows you muscles for brain."
"Quit yammering and give me some love you weakling. I'm your defender, capiche."
That did it.... | “Hrrr-aghh!”
The paladin cleaved through the captain, who coughed up blood as he stumbled backwards and fell. Flicking the blood from his blade, he deftly sheathed itbefore turning back to the rest of his party.
“Way to show off,” the rogue called, readjusting her hood over her head. “Very professional. I especially ... | The team's healer is absolutely sick and tired of always being insulted or forgotten about so they join the bad guys; they are a much more terrifying villain than anyone thought possible. | 589 |
The possibility of an arranged marriage is something Jonah’s parents and mine had joked about in the past. Never would have thought they’d go through with it though. Yet, here I am. Climbing up this rickety ladder over our garden wall to escape the night before my wedding. To my right there’s some ruffling and what lo... | For the thousandth time that day, I suppressed the rage that had been threatening to overtake me all year. A cavalry regiment! My life for a fucking cavalry regiment! In exchange for my marrying the Khan's daughter and God knows what else, we have been offered a cavalry regiment. Don't get me wrong, the Khanates on ... | On the eve of your arranged marriage, you slipped away into the night. Intending to never be seen again. While scaling the garden wall, you spotted your fiancée doing the same thing. You both stared at each other for a while. | 666 |
"Hmm, that is one option," Tanas said, smoothly, "but surely we could take a moment to consider others, yes?" The tiefling flashed his best smile, the one reserved for disgruntled palace guards and furious mob bosses. "For starters, I might not even stay dead that long. That enormous slab of meat and iron standing over... | It's words fell upon me like bricks. My daze began to clear as I began to remember all that I had done in my short time on earth. What did it mean by multiple claims to my soul? I couldn't even grasp what was happening fully. Was this real or just some sort of coma dream? Am I still lying on the side of that miserable... | "Huh. Looks like you're quite the Overachiever. Made lots of friends." The reaper mutters, sighing. "You have MULTIPLE claims to your soul. All from some pretty big players. That's, uh, not supposed to happen. So... Hm. I'll try and get their attention, and see who comes to get you first?" | 713 |
I'd rather not be kidnapped, all things considered. I mean, I hope this isn't too controversial a statement for a daughter of a King to make, but if I had my own way, everything else being equal, I'd choose *not* to be abducted.
However.
However! When one is faced with the sight of a enormous monster, the stuff of ni... | I came at night to better hide myself against the sky, and because it was the only thing that could complement my beauty. My scales matched the night's gloom almost to a tee, with only that sliver of moon marring the perfect dark I was covered in. I hated it. Looking at it cutting through the wonderful blackness felt l... | You are a mighty dragon, the kind who kidnaps princesses. However, you only do it because princesses inherently have the ability to talk to animals and you're starved for intelligent conversation. | 702 |
"Kind of a lame addition to the Museum of the Millennium, eh, James?"
James shrugged, going back to mopping the floors. "Yeah, guess so."
"You didn't even look at it!"
"Yeah, yeah, Aaron. Just give me a minute." *Don't even know why they make me wipe these stupid floors. Cheapskates can't even afford some basic clea... | Much like a painting in the art museum or a photograph in a magazine that captivates you and makes you cast a second glance, there have always been some artifacts that I just feel drawn towards. The Pharaoh's scepter or an ancient Qin dynasty vase; an aboriginal spear or the flint arrowhead of a Sioux warrior. Sometime... | You are reincarnated 10,000 years into the future. You come across an ancient artifact on display in the Museum of History, where you work. Little is known about it, not even where it was uncovered. Upon touching it, you realize it was yours. | 625 |
I stare down at the sniveling man, strapped onto the altar. "Why am I doing this, you ask? Why, to bring my wife back to life."
The man continues to thrash against his bonds. Shame that leaving him under the paralysis spell would interfere with the ritual. "But... why me? I- I have a wife and-"
"You are single. Never... | *"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."- Confucious*
Something you need to understand about Murder.
You can't plan one perfectly. Even if its a righteous killing of a drunk driving bastard that doesn't mind plowing through a crosswalk at 65 miles per hour in a 20 zone. Even if that bastard kille... | On your quest for revenge, people often said to you, "Killing him wouldn't bring her back." The thing is, you found a way to perfectly resurrect her. You just need a soul to sacrifice, so might as well get the one who killed your loved one. | 662 |
I was used to the constant barrage of cheap insults from kids on Xbox, but this one was really going at it. It started off as the usual "faggot" and "I'll bang your mom" but it began getting really graphic as the match progressed. Since he was being especially obnoxious, I decided to get involved in his little game.
"... | "Dickwad, say one more thing like that and I'll fly outta Brenham, Texas and kick you so hard in the ear you'll be smelling the color 9 for the rest of your life!"
My controller hit the floor. My recently eaten lunch followed soon after. I momentarily lamented the mess on my newly laid carpet, but the sudden shock of ... | One night as you play Call of Duty a particularly squeaky voiced 12 year old gives out personal information leading you to discover he is your child from a long lost lover. You must now convince him you are his father and thus banged his mom, through Xbox live. | 638 |
I walk across the street, to the mysterious drive through lined up with seemingly empty cars. As I sneak behind the last car in the line, I not only notice that the cars are, indeed, empty but also that the cars are not making any noise, even when they move. As soon as I get near, however, the line stops moving. The ca... | A runnel of sweat carved its way down the length of my spine, cooling noticeably in the small hours of the night. I inched my right knee forward through the silty dirt at the foot of the trash bin, and leaned around its left side. Ahead of me, and around the corner of the wall I was crawling along, was the sedan. I che... | You live across from a McDonalds that is 100% automated. Every night from 2-4am, empty self-driving cars go through the drive through. Your curiosity is about to get the best of you. | 605 |
She always smelled of jasmine and rosewater when I saw her. Her skin was smooth to the touch, a pale canvas my fingertips could linger upon. Alluring and elusive, she was, especially as tension grew and our lips neared. With our lips only a breath away, she would always turn away and sprint away. Playfully running away... | "Venice, yeah. That's where I'd go If I had the chance". The words slipped out of her mouth like warm chocolate, rubbing all over my ears. Gooey and sensational, my face broke into a smile.
"Really? I've always wanted to go. Never really had the money, or time. Or anyone I really want to go with, you know?". I stared ... | You dream every night about the girl of your dreams. You and her connect on every level and you get excited about falling asleep. Then, one day, you and your SO run into her on the street and she instantly recognizes you too... | 610 |
Happiness was a distant memory for Carl. A few more years and he'd be forty. A soul sucking office job; gazing into a computer screen all day crunching numbers for bosses that didn't care if he existed or not. Family that was either dead or estranged. Friends that had abandoned him years ago. Coworkers that ignored hi... | Hope I’m not too late. This is my first response to a prompt, feedback is welcome
When Tanya looked over at me during art class and said to me, “Hey, what are you drawing?” I thought I was done for. It was like all of the ingredients had been mixed together and put in the oven, and had transformed into a freshly bake... | For months you've had a recurring dream of dating a Demon Queen. Just a silly dream that you joke with your friends about at lunch. Until today when you see her in the cafeteria glaring right at you, and making a bee line for your table. | 541 |
"Tonight our guest is Martin Keen, the first human to reach No. 1 on the New York Times since 2033.
"Martin, you are a human aren't you?" the presenter laughed.
Martin drank water from the mug on the presenter's desk to prove that he was in fact human and the audience responded with a rapturous buzzing whir.
"I'm... | "You requested me, sir?" John entered his boss's corner office and stood before his desk. The elderly, clean-cut man leaned back in his chair. Behind him were a set of windows that also served as a touch screen. Images of digital documents were manifested on the window, against the backdrop of the elaborate and grand c... | In a future where A.I.'s mastered how to write and publish bestseller novels, thereby monopolizing the industry, you are a human who just published a novel that is unremarkable to humans, but hugely popular among the A.I.'s. | 519 |
The police looked at Harry with a bemused expression. "Congratulations. Thanks to you breaking all the vaults in Mob Bank International, evidence against the boss has finally been uncovered. Despite the name of the bank literally telling us what it was, it took us 20 years to bring them to justice. Your efforts will no... | “High level variable processing ability”, the words of the cognitive therapist played on repress in my mind, buzzing around my head like a wasp. I spat on the ground as if wishing I could spit the phrase straight out of my head, my mind already lecturing me on how ineffective this would be. Ineffective both literally d... | You kill a random man and turn yourself in. Turns out he was an international spy about to kill the leader of your country. You are released and rob a bank. You turn yourself in and it comes out that it was a mob bank and your actions revealed a huge crime ring. You just can't get to jail... | 507 |
You always thought how did other's manage to perfectly catch whatever flew into their hands?
Today, you knew. Before the summoning square in the capital of the Great Empire, you stood. As did everyone who turned 18 today. The knights began to call out your names, one by one.
There were 12 names before yours.
The fir... | Above, the clouds are low, heavy and fat with rain, tumbling their way over the wood and farther away.
A young man with tousled hair and dark eyes makes his way to a graveyard, afraid of what he'll find.
*What was that?*
He's confused, and somewhat afraid. Not of being alone, no, for now that seems the best and onl... | 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... | 654 |
I've known about my power since I was 8.
Early bloomers don't do well these days. No one knows when it started but it started here, in Los Angeles, and spread throughout the world. Some powers were benign; talking to squirrels, manipulating telescopes, etc. But even the most subtle, unassuming power can have devastati... | *I'm late to the party, but loved the prompt. Mostly a lurker here, so below is my noob attempt. FYI I planned to write more but had actual work to do, so please let me know if you all liked it and I may continue!*
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An old man is found sitting on a park bench, facing out towards the still lake. His eyes strain fr... | 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. | 687 |
Something was out there, watching us. It was someone familiar ... not good.
"Mom, someone is watching us, right?"
"Yep, can you ask your brother to stay ready? He should be in his room."
She went up to him. Shortly after he looked at me from the stairs "Do you know who it is?"
"Yes, sadly. Can you help your sister ... | Killer Calculator, a cyborg assassin with a peerless analytical mind and instincts so supernaturally honed that people suspected he was secretly magical and not technological at all…
...had buggered off. He’d ran away.
And so Betty Curoz, better known as Blastercaster (it was most definitely not her first choice) was... | The Villain uncovers the Hero's true identity, and targets his family. Unfortunately, the Hero's spouse is a retired villain even more powerful than the current one. | 615 |
Xoloth had begun to shake as he returned to his hybernation pod for the 150 year return journey to the homeworld. The human threat was elevating at an unprecidented level. At his last visit they had barely begun to scratch the surface of fossil fuel technology and now they were playing with atomics like a child with a ... | Qood plonked on the sofa, squishing Meezlat's hmorax.
"Ow! Watch it, stonkface," Meezlat protested, lashing Qood with his spare hmorax.
"Really? You want to start this, broodler?" Qood grinned wickedly with mouths in his hands, holding them threateningly over Meezlat's iynghui gland.
"Leave me alone, Qood! Don't you... | The Alien Federation has been keeping tabs on the humans of Earth since they first appeared. They do surveillance missions once every 300 years to keep track of our progress, the last mission was 300 years ago. The aliens are shocked by our progress since 1714. | 501 |
"I am absolutely certain," I stated.
He nodded, closed his eyes, and snapped his fingers, "It is done..."
He started to leave and paused before looking back at me, "What made you wish for that when you could have had anything in the world?"
I smirked, "I've always liked the term."
The genie looked a little unea... | Crossing my arms, I give the genie an annoyed look. I had made it quite clear what my wish was, and now he's just beating around the bush while he scratches his head nervously. If he really thinks a cheeky grin is going to make me change my wish, well, it won't.
"I told you, bruh." I raise my eyebrow irritatedly. "An ... | Genie: aah, that's... an unusual wish, are you sure?... I mean, it's doable but... you sure you don't want something else? Like richness, or eternal life? Cos this is going to... and all the paperwork. But ok, if that's your wish, well, your wish has been granted | 563 |
No one was surprised by the almost featureless cube of concrete about 8-feet high that appeared in Times Square one morning. Many were perturbed that it was in their way as they were on their to work. Or on their way to get coffee and a B/E/C on a roll before work. Most just assumed it was some promotional display for... | The door stood some three meters tall, an ovoid portal rather than a rectangle, its wood of no tree science could name. It appeared black by some lights, blond by their others, shades of brown by most, though those were interpretable by the viewer. It held no name save The Door, and the long, serpentine hallway that ma... | There's a door with a single key hole - it will open regardless of what key is used. All keys open this door, but what's on the other side, however, entirely depends on the key. | 746 |
The slightly balding man with over-sized glasses takes his seat next to the young attractive host. He clears his throat before exposing the audience to a melodic French accent.
"Tissue samples." he says, "We took small samples from a large number of people afflicted and tested out, oh, one thousand iterations of our m... | 'So, please welcome my next guest, Dr. Andrew Reynolds!'
The applause from the audience thundered as a thin man walked out into the studio. He wore glasses and had a well-tailored suit. His hair was gelled up into spikes. He looked to be in his mid-twenties, which made his achievement all the more special.
For Reynol... | The man who found the cure for AIDS is being interviewed on live television. The interviewer is slowly realizing this man doesn't understand ethical medical practices. | 670 |
"I said no."
"You must! She's the true heir-"
"And why should I care about your puny kingdom?"
"Because...if she doesn't claim the throne there will be chaos for a long time...which means war...which means more soldiers to try and slay you..."
"Hey, buddy, are you OK? You're breathing kinda funny, and you got a lot... | "I didn't have a lot to do with the neighbors. We just sort of existed... They had their space and I had mine and that was that. It's not that we didn't know that each other was there because, well, of course we did. The small village had existed for centuries, appearing roughly some 300 years after I found my first re... | You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | 523 |
Andrew was dead within seconds.
I knew who he was and he seemed to have an leery story to tell. I didn't even begin to ask, he just came up to me and said "Andrew outgrew us", he paused. I began shivering at the sight of my friend seething in litres of blood. I felt a combination of the creepiest, weirdest, sadne... | ***June 14th, 1943; Dresden Germany***
I've come back to this night, physically, mentally, and spiritually so many times that one could say it is the true birth of my existence and the person I am today. I think of what brought us here; me an American born doctor and war surgeon thrust into the midst of one of the bl... | You and friend agree that if one of you invents time travel, they will come back to this very moment. As you shake on it, an older and injured you shows up and shoots your friend in the head. | 715 |
The Captain stepped into the garage, ducking under. His sidekicks Shock and Bones was off fielding questions at the press conference, while he could get a few precious hours of sleep, and time with his girlfriend. Of course he told her he was out doing Astronomy Field Studies, studying the weather and the night sky, so... | I look from the shadows. I see her fly in to face the massive gorilla that has been terrorizing the city.
Just another day in Shelbyville.
Stareye flies in, her cape fluttering in the wind as she nails the landing. My heart almost sings in appreciation. I’m completely and utterly smitten by her. But not Stareye, no... | As a superhero, you have worked to hide your secret identity from your girlfriend. As you sneak back into your apartment after a long day of hero work, you find her changing out of her superhero costume. | 521 |
Google
Okcupid
Bing (really, man?)
Amazon
Craigslist
Craigslist (couldn't find a good K site, huh pal?)
Tumblr
Okcupid
Myspace
Youtube
Reddit
The next site on the list after that was xHamster, which I assumed was his subtle way of telling me I'd gotten the message. So I went to Reddit. He had been kind enoug... | People talk about that hollow feeling inside you when somebody you care about dies. They say it's because you miss them or they're no longer in your life. For Leon, those felt like rationalizations. Rationalizations for the delayed pain when something important gets ripped from you. That hollow feeling felt like the si... | As your friend lies on his deathbed, he says to you, "Please, when I die, look at my browser history." | 650 |
I always enjoyed a campfire to warm myself up during the winter, it reminded me of the forests that I used to camp at before I moved to the city. My house had a big yard that was fenced off from a Grove of trees that the neighbors always refused to cut down. I didn't mind this since it added to my felling of the forest... | The warm flickers of the flame offered comfort in the chilly night. My hands outstretched towards the fire, trapping the heat between my fingers, trying to keep my body heat. The others had gone to bed, leaving me to watch the dying flames waiting for their light to extinguish. As a stray yawn left my lips, goosebumps ... | .You are sitting outside your house, enjoying the dying embers of the campfire when two glowing eyes open to stare at you. " Greetings, " it rasped, " may I share your fire tonight?" | 525 |
Ander stood shackled to a post in the middle of the courtroom, tuning his ears for the sentence that would decide his life.
It was hard to see, the walls made entirely of stone- ebonite, as dark as the night of a new moon- and was only lit by sparse torches burning a deep red. As such, Ander’s best bet was to just wai... | "This is my property, so I should be able to do with it whatever I want!" The idiot shouted.
"Fuck personnel property if it can justify this." I replied. "You are subject to the same rules as everybody else, no matter who you are. And the rules in this case are simple: no killing. Send him of to the judiciary." The m... | You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | 694 |
Dreadnaught was the last of the Old Guard. The early heroes who had fought for the good of the world, for honor and justice and other long-dead ideals. they toppled dictatorships, brought aid to disaster-stricken regions and never accepted a penny. Dreadnaught himself had seen the greats of the age, had only been a you... | Henry had been waiting for three hours now to be allowed in. Standing in line next to people who jumped every time the 'hero' called out the next name to see him.
There was a heavy, oppressive silence in the hallway as they all avoided eye contact. Ashamed to be here, of course, to ask for help from one of them. Henr... | A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.reddit.co... | 696 |
I suppose if you'd ask me what I do, I'd call myself an ethical necromancer. But that's not entirely true. I'm no lunatic running around in robes dyed with the blood of the innocents, raising hundreds of dead to serve as minions. But I'm no vitamancer either. I'm the guy in the grey middle region between those two fiel... | “Hey there doc. Mind coming down to the village clinic? We have someone who needs some help and it’s right up your alley.”
“Sure. Let me get my gear and I’ll walk with you.” I said as I went to my closet and grabbed my gear.
With a small black bag in tow, I walked with the village elder down the only road towar... | There's healing, there's necromancy, then there's a grey area in between and that is what you specialize in. | 726 |
It was a normal Sunday morning when the attacker came. Just after I fed my zombies their daily snack, (they actually require very little to survive, which is kind of a given with how they're.. dead) The man came into the house without even bothering to knock. I knew from experience these people are almost never good ne... | I hear a loud slam on my rustic door under me. I press a little, makeshift button three times. Gruff snarls echo over my loudspeaker above my house. I casually stroll to the dirty glass window in the room I’m in, wooden flooring creaking slightly.
I peer out, looking down, I see a group a three or so people decked ou... | The zombie apocalypse has happened. You have a rural farm in the middle of nowhere and a group decides to raid it only to discover that you have done the impossible. You have turned the zombies into pets. They are very protective. | 543 |
I was a doctor. Not a soldier. I didn't hold rifles, or use my hands for combat. I held scalpels, and used my hands to probe the deepest recesses of the human body.
The man in front of me, massive barrel chest heaving, incredible arms, built for crushing, rending, clutched a short sword.
It was explained to me when... | “Are you squeaking with excitement, warrior? I too cannot contain myself. To be chosen for such a glorious event is humbling. To think I get to visit a time where all aliens are united over their desire to see their fellow kind pulled apart in bloody competition, it truly makes me ooze with happiness.” The eight-foot p... | In the far future, a gladiator stadium finds its gladiators by time traveling the greatest warriors of all time into a single arena. You cannot believe you were chosen. | 647 |
''So you're telling me Goudbergen literally summons mountains of gold?'' I ask in wonder at the mage, pointing at the specific spell in the book. Outside I hear a loud crashing and what sounds like tons of metal smashing into the valley just outside the cabin.
''If you're not careful you'll crash the entire gold value... | **(SIDE NOTE: First Time Writer, long time lurker)**
**(ADDITIONAL NOTE: Post contains some curse words)**
**(P.S.S. You will intentionall see words used wrong when spells are cast by the dwellers of the "other world" as they are using broken english, where as the MC will use "perfect english")**
\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\... | You’re suddenly transported to another world where magic is cast by perfectly pronouncing an ancient language. This language happens to be your native tongue | 621 |
The Pop Idols, as they have been taken to calling themselves, count on their catchy tunes and simple melodies to command the weak willed. As such, they have command over most of the land. Only the Bluesmen of the South and the Grunge Lords of the Pacific manage a hold over their lands. As they try to keep life as norma... | EDIT: OH sidenote, this is my first submission to this subreddit ever
You walked through the impossibly complex and massive facility, paying reverence at an altar whenever a new building was reached. Each new portion had a differing architecture style in accordance to their time periods and era. Far Eastern musicians ... | In a world where magic can be cast through song, musicians rule over society. You are the last of your kind, a Scandinavian Death Metal Singer. | 570 |
It took me seventy years, but I'd finally done it. The big man was dead, and I stood over his battered corpse, with his torn red cape as my trophy. I walked out of that ruined city unopposed. I didn't question it at the time. After all, who would dare challenge a man who slew a god?
I was more confused the next mornin... | A man in a white suit stood atop a crumbled building. He wore shiny white shoes and a cape dark as the void. He held a phone to his ear and heard the surrender from the last of the US's generals, vowing to dismantle the last nuclear silo without his intervention. A cheer sounded from outside of the rubble, so he climbe... | You are the super villain that defeated the super hero and conquered the earth. You walk out onto your balcony to law down the law for your new subjects. You are greeted by a massive crowd and genuine cheers. | 632 |
I sat in the chair across from Rich. Bowls of various chips and candies covered the table, and two-liter bottles that once contained Dr. Pepper were strewn carelessly on the floor.
Joe, the DM of our group, sat at one end of the table, and Keaton, our Bard’s level-headed player, at the other. Brooke the Monk sat to my... | The party was between level 6 and 8, with Greg being the level 8 paladin. I could tell right away that Greg, was an asshole. No wonder Tyler had wanted me to come in and "take care" of this problem child. He was a rule Nazi, hell a rule Adolf was a more apt description, thankfully though, so was I. albeit far more rela... | The DM hands you the paper. You're just dropping in for the one session, but you know your role. The sheet says you're level 6, but you've got surprises. You have a mission: take out the DM's most-hated player. Well, their fun-killing Paladin, anyway. You're a hired gun. A Character Assassin. | 648 |
As the gates to Hell creaked open a tall, dark figure jumped like a startled cat. The devil cleared his throat. His raspy voice betrayed his surprise. "Hello, uh, welcome to Hell!" He quickly moved to tidy up the desk in front of him. "I don't get a lot of visitors, so this is exciting! Welcome, come in!"
I was taken ... | Of course, it seemed silly at the time that his demons had recommended implementing the new EviSafe Home Security System. After all, in over 200,000 years not a single mortal has *chosen* to come here. I had thought it was so easy, I was the Director of Operations for Heaven and was passed up for that damned promotion ... | In reality, every human gets to choose heaven or hell when they die. Hell isn't actually the realm of eternal torture, but everyone picks heaven because of God's highly effective marketing. After eons of solitude, Lucifer is startled by the first ever human to arrive in hell. | 547 |
"You know, possession isn't that bad." I sigh and take a sip of my "Dirty Bean Water" coffee. I work from home programming stuff for whatever company I'm in the mood for. I have an excellent track record.
But I shouldn't take all the credit. Most of it's becuase the demoness dragon sleeping on the couch can work m... | It had been the first night of real sleep Jake had had in what felt like lifetimes. Jake stretched his arms and legs, his back arched off the mattress. For the first time he noticed that the sheets smelled of stale sweat and something else. A bitter, bracing scent that stirred to mind the image of open graves.
But he... | After being possessed, you jokingly tell the demon that if it really wants to stay it’ll have to pay rent. The next morning you wake up to find a pile of cash on your nightstand. | 668 |
“Seriously? You do realise saying my name isn’t going to make me do anything I don’t want to do. Newsflash, you eejit, I’m a demon not a dog. That’s D-E-M-O-N not D-O-G.”
I gave the human a dry look. My fingers were quivering with the urge to channel some power, to inflict something against this fool for summoning me ... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 6, Part 6: Mare v.s. Bureaucracy)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**"Halt, foul demon!"** The federal-uniformed soldier barked at Mare. "I know of your true name, and so you must ... | "Halt foul demon! I know of your true name and so you must obey my every command!" "Wha- Why would you knowing my name make me obey you all of a suden? What are you gonna do? Call my parents or something? I swear humans myths about demon control are the weirdest.." | 535 |
By rights I shouldn't exist. With the pairing of bear and dove, they expected something smaller. A wolf, perhaps, or an eagle. Something fast, yet powerful. Strong, yet humble. No one prepared for me.
The marks determine one's place in society. My father, with his unequaled strength, led the tribe to greatness. My mot... | It was a pretty quite night for the hospital. Haven Metro-General was one of the biggest in the area, so the calm seemed surreal at best. It set me on edge.
"Mind if I burn one?," I asked my partner, trying to sound more casual then I felt. I obviously failed, as the big jowly man eyed me sidelong over his coffee.
... | Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stories he... | 510 |
As Peter stooped to pick up the shattered fragment of what had been his favorite mug, he groaned internally at having to finally hold the conversation that he had been dreading for fourteen years. "Look, kiddo, I can explain."
"Please fucking DO, Dad!" Maria held her hand, shaking nervously. Her face was pale, and the... | There went my cup of coffee. I guess my friends were right when they said I had no poker face. Frankly, it wasn't like I thought this day would never come. I just thought it'd be much later, and I'd come up with a good excuse. I still considered saying, "It's a trick of the light!" But the tears in her eyes were real(o... | Your daughter marches into the kitchen with an attitude. You roll your eyes thinking here we go again. You notice tears in her eyes and wonder what's happening. "My life is a LIE! What am I?" A large cut she has in her hand reveals moving mechanical parts. You drop your coffee mug on the floor. | 618 |
Lynch regarded the teenage girl in front of him, and barely held back a scoff. Her tattered clothing was in contrast to his grand robes in orange, indicating his status as the Archmage of Recruitment.
“Child,” he said. “I do not want to underestimate you. But I sense zero magic in you.”
“Please,” Thea said, her voice... | Eric stood on the stage assessing the audience. They were mostly drunks, but that’s what you got performing in a pub. He made a show of his search for a willing participant, peering around the crowd in circular motions, like a lighthouse shining into a sea of inebriated slobs.
Not that he minded where he performed. He... | Magicians are quite rare. They are not born; they're made. It is through unimaginable pain that their powers manifest. Their ability is linked to their own personal trauma. So tell me child, what can YOU do? | 694 |
*Making sure the check clears.*
That's always the tricky part, right?
*Timing.*
Of course. And lighting.
*I suppose lighting is important. You've gotta have the right equipment.*
Absolutely. And finding the right subject.
*Ha. Yes. We have to be careful which jobs we take on. I won't do old people anymore. ... | I was born in Washington State and always had this sort of fascination with capturing the Pacific Ocean during the winter. The waters seemed to change with the seasons, regardless of whether the water froze over or not. The color, the size of the waves, and even the smell always had this ability to transfix both my e... | A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | 546 |
Slightly different take. First time don't be to rough please looking for constructive criticism. Thanks, I hope you like.
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Zeus was tired.
He felt old, he had been growing old for three thousand years. He could feel himself fading. The others had already fallen into a slumber. Poseidon, his brother had heav... | When Gaia had arrived on Earth billions of years ago, she brought with her life. Life had started simply, just the beginnings of what would come to be. Over the ages she had watched, as her home had flourished into creations she couldn't help but marvel at. Her pride and joy were the humans. Although they had started v... | The pagan gods watch with amusement as humanity still remember them by naming their mightiest vessels after them, long after they stopped worshiping them. When war against aliens break out, the old gods subtly aid the humans, not wanting the last homage to them to be taken lightly. | 743 |
We were on a holiday in Turkey. After some days of lazying around, we decided to do something more adventurous. Eventually, we ended up in some ancient pub in Yassihöyük. There we met an eccentric drunkard who entertained us with stories about the local legends. He was difficult to understand at first, not because his... | Kaant and Tenor heaved at the chest, pulling upwards with all their strength. Sweat streamed down from the two men’s foreheads, obstructing their vision and making an unpleasant situation even worse. It *stung* as it got in their eyes, and neither could spare a hand to wipe away the unwelcome fluid.
They swore at the ... | After a treasure hunt with your friends, you make it to the treasure. But instead of the wealth you were told about, it was a note congratulating you on your journey and that the real treasure was the friends you made on the way. Only problem is that all your friends died getting you this far. | 683 |
Our species, the zaniles, was a master of everything. Born from the harsh planet of toinate, our race was the rulers of the universe, which every other race looked up to.
But then humans created faster-than-speed travel, and declared a "United Earth Republic"
We told the humans to serve us, just like all the other ra... | The bass, drums, and harmony of Deep Purple's "Highway Star" was running at such a high volume in the pilot pod that it leaked out into the bridge even despite the fact that the ship ran on half the air pressure that the sound would have spread out if it had been playing at sea level on Terra. Hearing the cover with t... | in the universe humans are not the strongest, most resilient, most agile, adaptive, or most warlike. humans are completely average in everything except one. we are fantastic at making ships. war stories come back about how the human made ship withstood everything the enemy would throw and more | 601 |
Hello, Mr. President.
If you're anything like I was in the first few weeks of my presidency, you'll be getting into everything and looking for answers to all the wacky questions you can think of. I now know where Hoffa is buried, who killed Kennedy, who performed the sex change on Norma Jean Baker, what's going on at... | Hey Dogg,
It’s President Obama. Well, former-President Obama. What’s good? Don’t bother responding to that, this is an email and I won’t be able to hear what you said. I mean, you’re welcome to respond if you want, but it’s really not going to do much for you. Yeah, maybe it’ll make this whole “hey we’re cool dog” ema... | The outgoing President of the United States has written a letter to the newly inaugurated President. Instead of friendly advice, that letter contains the horrible truth that the public doesn't know about. Write that letter.
What is that horrible secret? | 567 |
Ever since the Wizard of the North spoke to him in dreams, Diego knew that he had been chosen as the Defender. Although initially brushing it off as just another wacky dream, successive visions of a desolate wasteland ravaged by malicious ethereal forces had finally convinced Diego that threat he faced was very real in... | The sun was setting over the distant mountains, and the temperature was finally dropping. Airoth basked in the cool air, which felt amazing against his sweat soaked skin. Straightening up, he checked his surroundings. Four wooden dummies surrounded him, all evenly spaced, and all evenly damaged. Wood chips and splinter... | You are the chosen one, but your mom wants you to be a doctor. | 611 |
"So."
"So."
"What do we do?"
"Well we can't very well teleport mindlessly around the place anymore."
"Too true."
I stared at me, and "I" stared back. We smirked.
"It's-" we spoke at the same time.
I blinked, and the other me spoke first.
"It doesn't matter. It was just going to be some chatter about the usefuln... | **\[Part 1/2\]**
It hadn't been easy, but Ayon had made peace with it. The scream of pain and terror. The tears. The cries. The agony of his previous self, each time he used his teleportation spell. But he had made peace with that. It was, in definitive, a small price to pay, for the ability to move freely across the ... | You die every time you use your short distance teleportation spell. You know this because of the short bone-chilling scream of pain and agony from your previous self. You've made peace with this, and mastered it. At least until the spell ranked up, and no longer killed you. | 568 |
So you think you can handle your mandrakes?
*Cue screeching potatoes with faces.*
And your charm for *charm* is enough for ol' country pageants?
*You hear applause.*
Are you ready to put that wand to good (heh) use?
*Haka sounds and some stomping noises.*
Well, we are looking for *YOU*!
*A man in a three-piece ... | The thick door opened, and a dainty old witch with a cat on her shoulder swept out. Her familiar animal hung on for dear life, bouncing along as she stormed down the aisle. The far door slapped the wall as she stomped out, and three dozen waiting crones turned back toward the Mayor's office with renewed interest.
"Win... | Your town has a witch problem. The problem: Not enough witches. Now hiring. Benefits, dental, holidays off. | 750 |
“Hello?”, she said.
“Hello!”, I replied.
“You’re the narrator?”, she said to me, a little awkwardly.
“Yes, I am. But apparently from the writing prompt you have god-like powers, which seems pretty neat.”
“Uh, yes, I guess that’s nice. Can I make a universe or something then? Maybe have people bow down and worship... | Alex is a simple man. He loves his family, he works hard, he likes to relax with a beer and the guitar he got when he was fifteen.
Alex is going to die today. It will be poignant. You'll cry, trust me.
His day starts like any other. He wakes a minute before his alarm clock goes off and is out of bed before the first ... | The protagonist, after achieving god-like powers, attempts to overthrow the narrator. | 686 |
In the December dusk, the bubbles of light around the street lamps, whirling with specks of sparkling ice crystals, looked like oversized snow globes.
“I want to capture the street outside,” Adolf said. “Where do I start? Atmosphere? Lighting? A blitz of color?”
“You start by not painting,” Bob said. “First you need... | Adolf woke.
He wasn’t sure what had awakened him, but he found himself staring at the shadowy ceiling of his tiny flat just the same. It was quiet – so quiet that he was sure neither dawn nor dusk were anywhere close at hand – and yet, still he was awake. More awake, in fact, than he had felt in years. He shivered b... | The year is 1910. Adolf Hitler, a struggling artist, has fought off dozens of assasination attemps by well meaning time travelers, but this one is different. This traveller doesn't want to kill Hitler, he wants to teach him to paint. He pulls off his hood to reveal the frizzy afro of Bob Ross. | 604 |
I was fourteen the first time I jumped. One moment I was standing there, talking to a homeless man, then I was alone, the wind blowing dust into my eyes, nothing on the horizon but dirt and more stars then I'd ever seen. It took a minute (forever?) before I made it back, the homeless man shocked at my sudden reappearan... | The Happy Hour had always been a feel good spot. A hole in the universe that even Satan once said he wouldn't spit in, but that's mostly just crude talk passed from traveler to traveler. In reality it is a hub, where travelers who've been to distant and near futures meet, every now and again you'll meet an odd inter-... | For two decades, you've been bartending at "The Happy Hour", where time travellers meet to unwind, drink cheap cocktails, catch up with each other and sometimes with themselves. Nothing really surprises you any more until one day, in walks a person you haven't seen in 20 years - the owner. | 634 |
I reached for another mini sandwich, but my hand met nothing. *Shit* I knew what had to happen now. I had survived the last week off of sparkling water, sandwiches, and chips. But the time had come for me to venture outside. There was no longer any avoiding it.
A week ago, instead of the normal greeting my roommate’s ... | Day 1 - new world
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Picking Ark Survival Evolved was probably not the best choice but I couldn’t stop myself. When I first loaded up the game and stepped into this beautiful world I couldn’t help but be in awe. I was careful and only spent around half an hour in the world before retreating back into my bed... | Your bedroom became detached from reality and nothing is outside your door, but whenever you load a video game that world appears. Your game library is not conducive to a long and happy life, but the mini fridge is empty so you have no choice. You load up the safest game and gather supplies. | 502 |
Derek was absolutely positive becoming a vampire would turn his love life around. He had definitely read all of the stories about girls swooning over young looking vampire heart throbs, but as the third drained, abducted corpse under his bed would suggest, that wasn't quite working out for him. He could get a girl into... | "This is it..." I say into the dark. "Tonight will be the night."
I've been a vampire for a week now and I've become stronger, faster and more intelligent than I ever could've imagined. Tonight, I will put it all to the test.
I step of my front porch and make my way down to the pier. It's 10:30 PM. I know that ther... | A socially awkward dork becomes a vampire and tries his best to be a suave seducer a la Anne Rice novels, Twilight, etc. | 541 |
"Ah, shit."
"JAMES. WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS."
"I know, I know-"
"NO, JAMES. EVIDENTLY, YOU DO NOT KNOW, FOR YOU WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT AGAIN AFTER MY FIRST WARNING."
"Come on, God, you gave us the gift of 'boundless creativity' for a *reason*. I'm just... using it beyond normal parameters, that's all."
J... | "GOD!! Somebody figured out a way to break our Earth simulation completely.. " screamed Peter on top of his lungs. There are 2 reasons why he had to, for one Gods office was at end of a long empty hallway and he didn't like phones in his cabin or anyone else. So whenever you had to reach him you would have to scream an... | Whenever a person discovers a new life hack, a frustrated God stops the simulation to have a talk with the offender. | 612 |
Like the bells of fate, my doorbell rang just before I was about to take a sip of my delicious, aromatic tea.
"What the *hell*," I grumbled miserably, setting down my copy of *Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian* that I was re-reading for the fifth time.
I opened the door, and my heart just about leapt out of my che... | A deep pounded echoed throughout the house, only now loud enough to rouse me from my sleep. My eyes reluctantly open to allow the morning light in. Fearing the type of man, or men, that would so confidently assault my door I go to the window to check for cars I don’t recognize. Weirdly nothing seems out of the ordinary... | There's a knock on your door. You open it to see your favorite book character standing there. They say, "I know this may be a lot for you to take in right now, but you have to listen very carefully; You are my favorite book character, I know how your story ends, and I need to change it."
My first time posting here. Ho... | 539 |
When mankind made first contact with an alien species, we had already taken to the stars for centuries. While interstellar travel was just beyond our grasp, our home solar system had become our home - more so than just Earth. Mars had been terraformed, Venus had colony cities in the skies, even the various moons of Jup... | The standard intergalactic verbal language word used for our species literally translates to "*Perfect balance*".
The first sentient species we came in contact with was much more peaceful than us, and much more underdeveloped. They had philosophers who would talk about a written language every now and then, but why w... | Surprisingly, it turns out humans are one of the least violent sentient species in the galaxy. Describe a session at the galactic equivalent of the UN. | 684 |
First contact is always bloody. Always.
The realization that your species is not alone in the universe is terrifying. The understanding that, out there in the vast dark, there exist trillions of beings with a culture unlike yours, customs unlike yours, aspirations unlike yours. It is truly terrifying. When faced with ... | The standard intergalactic verbal language word used for our species literally translates to "*Perfect balance*".
The first sentient species we came in contact with was much more peaceful than us, and much more underdeveloped. They had philosophers who would talk about a written language every now and then, but why w... | Surprisingly, it turns out humans are one of the least violent sentient species in the galaxy. Describe a session at the galactic equivalent of the UN. | 673 |
**It's a short one, but here it goes:**
Everyday Jane woke up to the startling sound of her home telephone. Punctuality was the signature this women with strangely familiar voice had, and for some reason it amazed her in such an incomprehensible way that she made of it a routine; she didn't resist those phone calls, a... | "The job is simple." Jorge thinks to himself. In fact it is too simple.
"Listen carefully" the voice of an automated message beckons on the phone. "You will receive a call at 8:34 am on your home line periodically. We will supply you with a new secure house phone and you must be prepared everyday. You will not receive... | The job is simple. Every day at 8:34am you will get a phone call. You must answer before 2nd ring and write down the information given to you. On NO ACCOUNT must you engage in conversation with the caller. | 552 |
"This..." The drill sergeant pulled back the charging handle and released it with a loud *KLACK.* "... Is the M-16 assault rifle. One of the finest weapons America has ever made. Easy to clean, easy to make, and easy to fire... that is, if you had *traditional fingers*." He sneered at his students.
"Here in a moment,... | The Rixators scribbled notes dutifully as the human, Bob, pointed out different aspects of the galactic map. Bob was a simple man, one who was easy to understand and much appreciated by Rixators when it came to intergalactic diplomacy instructions for their species.
"Professor Bob?" one Rixator raised his blue paw to ... | Humanity has been called in to teach an up and coming species how to defend themselves from the others in the galaxy. While there are much better, and more suitable, trainers- humans are the cheapest. | 592 |
Coyly, I looked into the two orbital sockets that I assumed Death used for sight. "Fine. But, I need 24 hours in this realm's time, a notebook, and a pencil to make my selection." Death's black hood dipped slightly in assent. "I also need you to leave during that time. When my time's up, I'll choose."
Death seemed sti... | It was a relatively simple deal, and I had no reason to push the issue. One game, winner takes my soul. I nodded.
"Good. So then, what do you want to play? Think carefully - the stakes are high, and you don't want to have regrets."
It was almost as if she wanted to give me another decade - but it could also be a tric... | "This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | 585 |
“Mmhmm, okay lets play!” Emma squealed excitedly. Death shook his head involuntarily under his hood at her enthusiasm but caught itself before letting its reaction show on its face.
“What game shall we wager?” Death asked.
Emma being freed from the excruciating pain from the events earlier in the day was smiling and ... | It was a relatively simple deal, and I had no reason to push the issue. One game, winner takes my soul. I nodded.
"Good. So then, what do you want to play? Think carefully - the stakes are high, and you don't want to have regrets."
It was almost as if she wanted to give me another decade - but it could also be a tric... | "This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | 548 |
"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... | : "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." | 564 |
The Princess noticed the knight's glistening armor long before he reached the keep. She walked down the stairs and into the courtyard to greet him, as she had done with so many before.
"Sir knight," she exclaimed, "present yourself."
The knight dismounted, drew his blade and knelt before The Princess, offering his ... | "Maybe... you should put a bell on him."
"Maybe you could knit him a giant sweater."
"All the wool in the kingdom wouldn't be enough, and he'd probably just set it on fire."
"I feel like we're blaming the victim here."
It was a lazy sunny evening. The smell of burning wood and ash filled the air with a faint appeal... | You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | 521 |
"My brothers, I hope this message reaches you. We never should have come to this place. This...jewel of a planet, with simple creatures living simple lives. None of them followed the Ardok's Logic, 'the strong take through combat, and by taking they get stronger.' Our empire's founding principle, that has guided us thr... | K- 1210 had long ago been logged under observation by the deep range scouts of Zel ‘Ot expeditionary forces. This tiny blue planet near the far edge of known space had been written off of strategic plans for longer than an intelligent species had existed on it in a meaningful way, due mainly to the remarkably harsh con... | After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | 740 |
"You boys are going to be pretty deep behind enemy lines," I shouted to the crowd of fresh-faced recruits in front of me. "It can get hairy out there, and I know what you're all thinking right about now: 'Sure, I'll just get captured *for a little bit*! What *harm* could do it?'"
I was greeted by a few dozen sheepish ... | **The drip of water echoed like gunshots.**
Blindfolded and bruised, Luce tried squash the fear that threatened to grab hold of her stomach, and fling it out of her throat.
Her wrists and her legs were bound tight enough to make her limbs numb. To her left and right, she could make out the sounds of at least two oth... | 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. | 557 |
"Scusi?"
"I SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING?" Space Deputy P-ion shouted at the bearded old man standing in front of him... in what seemed to be eccentric pajamas, *perhaps we should give this planet a breathalyzer too*
"Mi scusi." The man repeated.
This was going nowhere, P-ion still leaned in to ... | The only thing worse than regular traffic court is intergalactic traffic court. All the same bastards and weirdos, but with more... evolutionary creativity.
Lucky for me, the planet's judicial court fitted me with a universal translator that hooked into my brain stem with the tiniest sting. So I understand everything... | Humans finally broke physics by travelling faster than light in an experimental spaceship. 8 alien civilizations visited earth to issue a speeding ticket and 3 more sent strongly worded letters about safety in their school zones. | 606 |
The old woman leaning on her odd staff with one hand and her claws on her other hand. Wait are those sharpened rib bones? Caleb shuddered. "Ahm well have a seat. Miss?"
"You may call me Zevanna. Expecting some naive things sculpted by her god to look a right tempting bit? Those young 'clerics' ain't real healers."
"W... | "Ma'am" came the voice that seemed to grip his earlobe and twist upwards. He looked up from the stack of paperwork to see a looming shape hanging over him, not really blocking the light inside the pub, more like eclipsing it. Finding his senses after what seemed liked far too long, he realized his mouth was open.
... | When you were trying to recruit the best healer healer around for your adventuring party, you were expecting a gentle, pretty healer girl. Not a grizzled middle aged woman who looks like she can wrestle a bear and has an attitude to match. | 632 |
I stood in front of the cashier. My items were on the black conveyor belt, quietly chugging towards her. She was beautiful. She had a short black pageboy haircut. Glossy black lipstick and fingernail polish. A tattoo of a rose on her neck. A stud piercing above her lip. Pale skin that looked so soft. As I looke... | She was the best I'd ever had. A brunette with hair that smelled like cinammon and a body you could trace your eyes over again and again without getting tired.
She had these bright green eyes that shone in the dark, despite the emptiness that resided behind them. They fixed on me and she ran a hand through her hair a... | "Please don't leave." | 598 |
"No, you can't," laughed Taylor.
"I can!" shouted Anita back.
They locked eyes, rivalry flaring in their spirits, the desire to be better, to vanquish the foe and go down in history as the winner. An iron will, wrapped in agile muscles.
Anita, 6 years old, stood at the bottom of the mighty tree that Taylor, 7, had c... | “Dad, I’m into girls.”
“Huh? Really?”
It wasn’t the most royal of conversations, but for Princess Yvette Constantia, newly engaged, it had gotten the job done.
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The royal ballroom was a massive toroid of exotic, extinct wood and ornate carvings overhanging tables festooned in the scarlet and gold of House Con... | Instead of a marriage to unite the two kingdoms, the rulers decide that their children should just be like, best buds. Tell the story of the grand adventure that formalizes their BFF status. | 674 |
"For your own safety, you seriously should've let me complete that ritual." The shackled villain protested as the hero pulls her to a carriage.
"You were gonna sacrifice 27 virgins, Theia, I'm not gonna let that slide." The hero replied as he lead her into the carriage and locked the door behind her.
Theia sighs as s... | *OP's aside:* Wellp, this exploded. Maybe I'll try Addi g my own reply to my own prompt. What's the worst that an happen?
Pan's heart jumped with joy as she watched Glory girl somersault out of the way of yet another attack. Pan admired everythibg about Glory girl. Her figure, her smile, how she fought, how she alway... | You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | 536 |
Ampere was strapped to the rocket with copper wiring, as the Warlord stood at a console.
"You-"
"I, what, Ampere? I won't get away with this? I'll get what's coming to me? Please. You're better than these clichés. I'm not going to reveal my plan, I'm not going to engage in some cat-and-mouse game, I'm not going to gi... | You are either born with powers or not. That just how it is. Don't ask me why you did not get powers while I did, okay? Because I don't know, but what I do know is that I used mine to perfection! Nobody had a chance against me in my time, and to be frank, I don’t think anyone will ever surpass the accomplishment writte... | You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | 712 |
“Nobody’s spoken that language in thousands of years.” Whispered the cashier, dropping my McNuggets. “I thought I was the last one! I can’t believe there’s more survivors! I mean, you skin is a little more pale than I would expect but who cares? Follow me, we need to talk!”
“But my McNuggets” I said
“Don’t worry, I’l... | I've always had to pretend I was mute. When I was very small, as soon as I hit the milestone to talk, I had been fluent in English. I remember bits and pieces before everything changed. That day I remembered clearly, well the important bits at least. I don't remember that morning, but I remembered the afternoon. Mum an... | Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | 545 |
“Nobody’s spoken that language in thousands of years.” Whispered the cashier, dropping my McNuggets. “I thought I was the last one! I can’t believe there’s more survivors! I mean, you skin is a little more pale than I would expect but who cares? Follow me, we need to talk!”
“But my McNuggets” I said
“Don’t worry, I’l... | I froze up, my go-to whenever anything significant happens in my life.
"Yeah, well, that kid's mom gave him such a whooping for it, we *all* learned a lesson!"
Stupid joke. That's my other go-to. I was about to apologize for it when I realized: she's catatonic. Her eyes fixed on nothing a couple inches over my left s... | Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | 545 |
Leonard stood outside the door for a solid 5 minutes, but it felt like an eternity. On the other side of this door sat a panel of his peers. Some of them were new, but many of them he had seen far too many times before.
He drew a deep breath and pushed through the double doors into a dimly-lit circle. The door he just... | I looked around the curtain of the emergency room bed where Gill was being seen, he locked eyes with me and scowled; the parts of his face which hadn't been covered by safety glasses were a mess of torn flesh, bloody raw chunks and visible bone. He couldn't talk while the medics attended to him but his short-range tele... | You are one of the most powerful wizards in the continent, but because style points make up half of the Wizard License examination, you’ve never passed. | 742 |
I looked around at all of the eerily similar faces. There was Black Me, with long dreads. Male Me, surprisingly tall and a bit handsome. Is that weird? Standing right next to him was Dwarf Me with pudgy limbs. Some of them weren't too different, though. One version of me had the same physical features, but wore tattere... | The first thing I noticed about the two men standing in my apartment should have been that they had entered my living room through a rip in the fabric of spacetime but I can be slow on the uptake. The fact that there was a gaping hole of impossible size and infinite darkness glowing chaotically a few feet from my couc... | You wake up in a strange room, only to find alternate universe versions of you there, each different in their own way (gender, race, background etc). You have no idea what brought you here. | 562 |
"Mr. Halbeck! You can't leave, sir. Come back to your room, please." The young nurse trotted after the elderly dementia patient, urging him to get back into his bed. Ignoring her calls, Mr. Halbeck trudged stoically down the hall, a man on a mission. As he reached the locked double-doors that led outside, the other nig... | Birch Tree Drive, 1984
"Mom, why's Daddy taking so long to get milk?" 6 year old Joey asked his mother. A tear rolled down her cheek as she answered "He's not coming back." "What do you mean?" Jody asked. His mother sniffed and and said "He's a lousy dirtbag and he doesn't care about you or me." Joey cried, drowning o... | In the year 1984, your father said he was popping out to buy some milk and never came back. Eighty years later, you lie on your deathbed as your father walks in, confused and a jug of milk in his hand. | 551 |
"KILL!"
I sprang up in my bed. My heart, racing.
"What?! Who–"
"Kill! You have to. It's the only way to survive!" said a sweet deep voice desperately.
"You must kill it. Destroy it!" said a harried shrill voice with an edge of glee.
I'd had these two opposing voices in my head for as long as I can remember. They... | 'The book says 'forgive the one's who wronged you'. I solemnly believe that officer but...'
'All i need is a confession Tom'
'You listen to me and listen good officer, i am not confessing to anything, it was not me... I could never do this...'
Tom suffered a great loss an year ago and was slowly recovering, losing a... | You have always heard two voices in your head, one telling you to do good, and one telling you to do evil. Today, however, you awaken to them both screaming the same thing at you... | 587 |
"How about you grab that lady's purse?"
"You should tell that lady she's left her purse there."
I continue to chomp on my fries and glance up at the lady that has gone and then at the purse she has left on the table. I get up swiftly, grab the purse and walk out of the building. She is walking away from the restauran... | 'The book says 'forgive the one's who wronged you'. I solemnly believe that officer but...'
'All i need is a confession Tom'
'You listen to me and listen good officer, i am not confessing to anything, it was not me... I could never do this...'
Tom suffered a great loss an year ago and was slowly recovering, losing a... | You have always heard two voices in your head, one telling you to do good, and one telling you to do evil. Today, however, you awaken to them both screaming the same thing at you... | 552 |
"Oh. My. God. I CAN TELEPORT!?"
Gebann looked at his arms in shock as if unsure whether he truly disappeared before reappearing in a new location. It was a neat experience and all but surely all first-time teleporters had to ensure all their limbs were attached upon arriving at their destination. *Pretty sure it sai... | "Who the hell are you?" I asked.
"Where in hell are you from?", the neckbeard responded.
I took a look at him: scrawny, pasty, frail. I bet in one punch I could blast this ole buzzard into next Tuesday, but something told me I wouldn't make it past the 10 thick friends, and the regal looking bro in the back right cor... | You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased with your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell and we're the demons. You have just been summoned... | 592 |
Jaimie dropped her pink piggy bank to the counter forcefully, causing a loud crack. She picked up a book and slammed into down over the damaged pig. The container broke open, coins and paper money flew everywhere.
"Is this enough?" the young girl asked the stunned clerk.
"I'm sorry, miss," the clerk answered. "It ... | I remember that day, that kid, in retrospect I shouldn't have paid attention. It was a Saturday afternoon, I usually give myself weekends off but it was hard back then. So many regulations, rules to abide by; I just wanted to make some money, you know how it is. I had a bitch ex-wife, who took my kids from me in court.... | You are The Memory Broker. You copy other people's memories and sell them to people who want to remember things they never did. Your latest client is a ten year-old girl who slides you her piggy bank and begs you to help her grandmother remember her. | 661 |
You want to know about the best business in the world?
Lemme tell ya about it.
I used to be a prison guard. Me, if you can imagine, working a job like that, people treating me like crap all day long...
But then BodyRight came out. You pop one pill to lose as much weight as you want, and that weight gets transferre... | I had expected my walk home from work to be uneventful, that I would ride the subway from tenth to to thirty eight street and maybe see a movie at the theater that night. Payday had been today at work, and I had gained twelve pounds from it, the fat clinging to my figure and making me slightly more rotund than usual a... | 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. | 575 |
Tlaloc completed EDL without incident, dropped its heat shield, deployed its chutes, and dropped cleanly into the liquid methane with only a tiny splash. Tlaloc's skin was of course designed to glide through the methane oceans with minimal drag and disturbance and it slipped into the methane with barely a ripple. An ho... | OPERATION: Titan Plunge 2066
Captain Lance Minkel of the NASA Titan Expeditionary Force double checked his equipment. At the floating deck he gave out his final orders to his crew.
"Ok, I want those wirings double checked. We'll be under water for 48 hours." he pointed to his men at the bulk engine station.
"And I ... | 50 years from now and NASA finally launches a submarine into Titans ocean to find other life. However, the first sighting is another submarine. | 556 |
"Jesus *FUCK*!" If I could gag, I would. A dead body, torn and ribboned like a frayed cloth doll dipped in scarlet lay discarded in a cheap motel room.
A woman steps out of a shower, her hair up in a towel and no other apparent form of modesty, save for the steam that rises from her skin. I, out of a shame that she di... | Maria was only eleven when she first crossed paths with him.
It was a shooting. A drunk, fueled by rage and too much bad alcohol, had burst into a theater. What should have been a humorous showing of the year's latest animated comedy had quickly turned into a nightmare.
Maria sat with her arms around her knees, cry... | After witnessing a death, a young girl falls in love with the Grim Reaper. She becomes a serial killer just to see him more often. | 511 |
I'd rather not be kidnapped, all things considered. I mean, I hope this isn't too controversial a statement for a daughter of a King to make, but if I had my own way, everything else being equal, I'd choose *not* to be abducted.
However.
However! When one is faced with the sight of a enormous monster, the stuff of ni... | I flew to Castle Marovia on a cold, wintry night. The storm -- a mix of rain and sleet -- ensured few humans would be out and about. They're never much of a danger, but can be a nuisance.
​
I swept over the ramparts, tilted a bit, and smashed through one of the towers, the one they traditionally kept polit... | You are a mighty dragon, the kind who kidnaps princesses. However, you only do it because princesses inherently have the ability to talk to animals and you're starved for intelligent conversation. | 702 |
"Come i- *oh come on*," I sighed as I saw who just walked into my office. Mr Williams. *Again*.
"Tobias!" he cheerfully greeted me. I did not share his most likely faux upbeat mood, knowing full well what he wanted.
"My answer's the same," I said. Despite this, he sat down in the chair across of me and made himself c... | \[Zero Income\]
"If you have a moment...," the teenager surprised Miles. He looked young enough to still be in high school and a mess of wild brown curls sat on his head. His hand was stretched out as a greeting and he continue once he had Miles' attention. "... I'd like to talk to you about your Super power."
... | Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | 621 |
The man sat down at the table. He turned the lamp toward my face. I smirked, retracting my eyes into my flesh. At the same times, i elongated my fingers, each one reaching five inches in length as I turned each nail into a new eye.
The man flinched. He knew of my powers, he saw me using them a few times, but never this... | \[Zero Income\]
"If you have a moment...," the teenager surprised Miles. He looked young enough to still be in high school and a mess of wild brown curls sat on his head. His hand was stretched out as a greeting and he continue once he had Miles' attention. "... I'd like to talk to you about your Super power."
... | Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | 626 |
Things seem to be going good, minimal bugs, nice graphics. Wait, what the hell? I keep telling them to knock it off with this cartoon bullcrap. I told them how many times, I want the games we make to be realistic.
*BZZZT*
Damn that intercom is annoying. “What’s up?”
“I have an Agent Price from the H.R.C. here for yo... | “One creamy deluxe chocolate cake for the little princess,” I say, my water clone smiling at the little toddler sitting in her booster seat. The family looks up at me all smiles.
“Thank you so much!” says her father. “Look Alice, your cake is here!”
She starts to cry. See, that’s the problem with my ability. Though I... | Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | 522 |
As I washed the drying blood off of me, I felt the pain as the water and soap suds washed through the claw marks on my back. I winced for about five minutes straight, groaning for some of that.
The way it ran gave me time to think how lucky I was. I had been voluntold for the Long Door project as part of my exobiology... | "So, Klonk, who you thinking we add to the team? We can't do it just the two of us." I play about with my magic as we walk to the nearest town, black wisps dancing at the tip of my claws. "I reckon we should look for Clara - she's smart, quick-witted and aggressive." Klonk nods. "She could be a useful asset, but we nee... | "Of course I'm not scared of you just because you have claws. Sure, you could kill me with them at any moment... but, like, so can any random human with a knife." | 592 |
I was the odd case. Everyone has super powers, nobody knows why, even the people with super intelligence as a power can't figure it out. There really is no way to observe it. Which is why I am so different.
Everyone has a power, it sort of just come, like puberty or growth spurts. What can I say, we solved the e... | I couldn't believe it. I had so much hope for the big day at the Academy - all my friends were talking about it during the morning of Announcement Day. It was chaos, and everyone was laughing and talking over each other. I remember Peter, who was 6'0 at the age of 14, was bragging about how he'd end up with super stren... | You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | 682 |
“Finally, the Museum of History,” he said. “Not like there’s a couple thousand,” he added under his breath.
The wastefulness of the 23rd century had left behind lots of junk, as did the 27th and 28th. All had a strange obsession with emulating previous centuries, sort of like a come-back of the Romans (in some cases).... | I quickly learned after getting my first adult job at the Royal Museum of Ages that asking about the strange artifacts from thousands of years ago was more or less pointless.
“Jay, be a good lad and go and sweep the chamber containing the objects from the twenty first century.” The blue-skinned curator I worked for g... | You are reincarnated 10,000 years into the future. You come across an ancient artifact on display in the Museum of History, where you work. Little is known about it, not even where it was uncovered. Upon touching it, you realize it was yours. | 714 |
"I've never seen such foul Magic. They can point at our men and kill them instantly!" Commander Bogrik yelled, slamming his fist onto the table. He was an odd creature that appeared mostly Humanoid, save for the head of a dog that sat upon his shoulders.
The gathering around him consisted of the council of the Walrest... | Eagle screech echoed across the windswept plain, the sort she had fought, and died, on many times before. Arrayed across the centre were the mighty corps of warriors assembled from many nations, the sort who bent the knee when her guards rode through their puny towns, the sort who dared not make eye contact lest they s... | A world of fantastic creatures cross dimensions to invade our Earth; but alas, they battle us with medieval swords, bows and magic. We have guns, grenades and missiles. Lots of them. | 634 |
Finally, the last day of exams then I could get away from this hell even for just the summer. Today seemed to drag on forever. After lunch I only had 2 more exams then I was home free. The downside was my exam for science, my worst subject. I just didn't understand.
I took my time answering the questions on the god a... | "Mr. S?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I just get something off my chest?"
"Sure, kid. 'Course you can."
"Band class is fucking boring when nobody actually tries. You just sit there with your instrument on your lap, staring into fuckin' space, listening to the poor teach' tryna get the attention of the class while everybody just sc... | One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | 542 |
"What in the holy hell?" I asked, I imagined I could hear the whirring coming from my sheared off leg. Why was I not going into shock. Either from the accident or from finding out I'm this, or that part of me is, anyway. Was I some kind of cyborg? How would I not know this?
I reached down and tugged on a sheared p... | When you were young - no more than a child who reached the height of your mother’s hips - you remember waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of a doorbell. You pull back the soft covers that swaddle you away from the rest of the world and slip through your bedroom door into the dark, cold hallway. You follo... | So this is what being in a car crash felt like. Not as painful as you thought it would be. But you can't feel your toes. You look down, your leg is missing from the knee onwards. There's no blood, no bone, no muscles. Instead you see mechanical components. | 570 |
"Da dum, da dum, da dum-a-da-dum" the catchy Pop Goes the Weasel song that announces the arrival of many ice cream trucks across the nation could be heard at the neighborhood entrance. This would be a normal scene in a normal suburban neighborhood, except it was 2 am.
My mother always told me nothing good ever happen... | The little girl could hear the ice cream truck approaching her street. She put down her toys and ran to her father. “Daddy, Daddy, can I get some ice cream. Paweeeease?” The father put down his sports magazine. “Now Matilda, we have some ice cream in the fridge. Your father bought your favorite flavor of gelato, and pl... | You just moved to a new neighborhood and you hear the music of an ice cream truck coming down the street. As you and your family walk outside you notice all your neighbors rushing inside and locking their doors and windows. | 672 |
The chatter was loud and incessant, like a fly that wouldn’t stop buzzing in your ear.
Or several flies. Hell, a whole cloud.
Anyways, Aunt Sandy turned “33” for the fifth time and my mom wanted to throw the party at our house because she wanted to flambé (torch the living shit) out of her “famous” Baked Alaska pie... | Max had just woke up from one of those long naps that leave you feeling heavy and confused. Slowly he moved his feet towards the floor and got up with a stretch. He opened his phone to see 17:00 staring at him. Shit. Max had missed the most important time of the day for the 3rd time this week. His new job left him exha... | Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | 539 |
I walk into yet another interview, expecting the worst as always. In the lobby, people were heckling me as I walked across the hall to the interviewer's room. Room 208, she told me. Someone told me to "go back to hell" and someone even threw holy water on me... again. Ninth time this week, and it's only Tuesday. Twelve... | The secretary sent you to the CEO's office, because he wanted to talk with you personally. The old lady smiles at you, and says "You got the job, you are already hired, he just wants to talk" and she winks at you as she buzzes the elevator doors to open and take you up.
Taking the moment to thank you, to enter into th... | As you grew older horns and a tail started to appear. You have been splashed with holy water more times than you can count and now your going to a job interview with someone who is HIGHLY religious | 515 |
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