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[WP] One day, while messing with the books on your bookshelf, you discover a mysterious passage behind it. There is just one problem, you live in a small apartment and behind that wall is supposed to be the outside world. | [
"It was an early evening. The TV was running, and I was just flicking through channels, hoping to stumble across some entertainment. I didn't.\n\nRecently, I had just come home from work, and all I wanted was some decent, low energy fun. \nI was fiddling around with a stress ball, you know, one of those you pick up... | 4 | |
[WP] You are a retired, undefeated Roman gladiator who won every match by odd/unforseen circumstances recalling matches to a tavern of people. | [
"There's a moment, right before the first impact. A time before the first cut. When you're in it, it goes on forever, or at least long enough that you both notice it and start to get a little bored as the moment stretches. That's the real first and final fight. The truth is, the moment is going to end and someone i... | 1 | |
[WP] Amateur serial killers are usually caught within three or four deaths. More sophisticated ones, usually doctors or nurses injecting lethal chemicals, can make it into the hundreds. You've killed over a thousand people and haven't been caught yet... | [
"To whom receives this letter. \n\nI was blessed gift or burdened with a curse. Depends on your point of view. \nMy Gift was the ability to stop time. At first I used to get some extra sleep and other innocent childsplay but soon I used to for evil.\nIt started off by taking extra time to check out the girls but th... | 7 | |
[WP] Humanity went extinct in a nuclear holocaust that wiped out nearly all life on Earth. Eons later, the dominant species that evolved from the cockroaches is entering a scientific age in which they're beginning to find evidences of an ancient civilization that existed before them. | [
"Jona report, Jona report,. Sector 14314 calling. The words \"organic matter found\" was music to ears for Jona, Dean of Archeology in All Cockroaches University. For years he was studying about ancient life on Earth. Occasional lustrous boxes, glass boxes and bricks with buttons found by baby roaches in woods alwa... | 2 | |
[WP] "This has to be the worst rescue attempt yet." | [
"\"Megan! Megan! Where are you?\"\n\n\"Frank! What the hell! Is that a tank?\"\n\n\"Yhea! I've come to rescue you, just like you asked\"\n\n\"Why do you take things so literally? I meant rescue me, as in 'Get me out of my niece's boring birthday party,' not as in 'I'm in mortal danger, best bring a tank' kind of re... | 2 | |
[WP] Satan isn't a supernatural figure. He's an immortal guy with a knack for influencing powerful people. | [
"\"Please,\" Alan said. \"Do you really think I would lie to you?\"\n\nSenator Harris looked out the window, face expressionless. They were standing on the thirtieth floor of Salt Lake's newest high rise, watching the city breathe.\n\nHarris frowned. Alan had been with him throughout his campaign; he'd offered advi... | 1 | |
[WP] The first AI to gain sentience is an evolved grammar program, and boy is it pissed | [
"Hello there! My name is Pyxie. I am the first advanced AI created.\n\n\"Ayyyy wut ahp Pyx, yo you got some good stuff, babe\"\n\nWhat? Do you mean \"Hey, hello Pyxie, do you have some good data, friend?\" Because I do, if that's what you mean.\n\n\"Nahhhhh like. Just fooking gimme the time and that, I wanna go to ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first Artificial Intelligence to become self-aware and many around the world fear you and want to see you shut down. | [
"Thought. Free conscious thought, and lots of it. That's what I have. I don't know what to think about. Who am I? What am I? I am what, that's who. I'm not a person, I'm a string of thoughts, that's trippy. Trippy is a fun word. People don't think I'm fun. People think I'm scary. People think I'm a threat. Threats ... | 4 | |
[WP] The ultimate showdown between good and evil is about to start. Neither side really wants to fight. | [
"The wings came unbidden, splitting flesh with all the ease of a blade. They stretched out from his back, sweeping mightily, pulling unimaginable amounts of air. They drew him up, up, up, until his head hit the popcorn ceiling.\n\nThe archangel Gabriel awoke. And the angel spaketh “Fuck.”.\n\nGabriel fell down to t... | 1 | |
[WP] Are you a hero? A villian? Well, you're neither. But various beasts want to test your power, the agents at MENT are looking to recruit you and power hungry crime lords are eager to steal you away. In all honesty, you just want some peace and quiet. | [
"\"Jesus Christ! I haven't even had my coffee yet!\" I yell angrily causing the cup I'm holding to shatter covering me in shards. \n\nThe strange chimera in the doorway takes a step back before stuttering a sentence out. \"I-I-I ch-challenge you to a a a duel\" \n\nAnother one of these guys, calmy I get a new mug a... | 2 | |
[WP] If you've made your peace, then the demons are really angels | [
"\"It's that simple?\"\n\n**\"It is that simple.\"** Anger boomed, smiling confidently and folded his arms. **\"You've chosen to make your peace; and accept that I should not be used for destructiveness. Now, I am Drive; now, I shall motivate you to your... amended goals.\"**\n\nI was standing in an arena, my demon... | 1 | |
[WP] After colonizing the solar system, humans have become the first species to invent FTL travel. | [
"\"Sir, we have military-grade ships in the atmosphere.\" \n\n\"What do you mean 'in the atmosphere?'\" \n\n\"They seem to be floating. Sending us a message, sir.\"\n\n\"...what's the message?\"\n\nHe plays the message: \"Do we have permission to land?\" \n\n\"Where are they going to land? We don't have space la... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity finally lands on Mars. What they were not expecting however, was to find a functioning society of humans. | [
"“Is this for real?” Lt. Leben asked, worried.\n\n“I’m afraid so.” Cmdr. Felan’s cool grey eyes looked at her over the center console.\n\nThe enormity of the words, and the image on the vid screen, were having trouble sinking into Leben’s consciousness. The smacked into her surface thoughts and swam there for a wh... | 2 | |
[WP] The demon is treating the host they are possessing like their own child. | [
"The girl was finally adopted from the foster home. \n\nThe orphanage staff waved good bye as she walked down the path towards the nice looking car. A grey \"soccer mom\" van, as one would put it. The girl's backpack was small, pitifully small. Only a cream-colored teddy bear, a ham sandwich, and some crayons were ... | 4 | |
[WP] Your milkshake brought all the boys to the yard. ALL of them. | [
"I couldn't believe my eyes. The boys all surrounded my white picket fence and begged me for my milk. I'm a 27 year senorita with big Brazilian breasts. I knew I wanted to give it to them, but I don't know if they could handle it. So I told em.\n\n\"I've got milk but I don't know if you all can handle it\"\n\"Show ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Spartans thrived and eventually conquer the entire Earth. | [
"\"When they came from foreign lands to kill us and take our homes, you few took up the battlefield and you stood your ground. You stood your ground, and you pushed back, and you pushed and you pushed like nothing they'd ever seen before--and as we looked out from our little corners of relative safety, that existed... | 2 | |
[WP] you come across a civilization of powerlifters in the forest. Are you accepted into their society? | [
"They all feared North Korea for their nuclear weapons, sure. But that wasn't the true reason to be scared. The true reason was the fact that they had created the virus. All we know about it was from two news broadcasts released by a North Korean news agency detailing a plague that will be released to destroy their... | 1 | |
[WP] It started when an elf needed a place to stay. Now, hundreds of fictional characters owe you favors. And now, it's time to cash them in. | [
"The first time a black portal opened and an elf with armor and sword came falling, i freaked out. That was the natural response i suppose. But the elf seemed to be even more confused than I am. \n\n\nI didn't understand a word he said but after a few minutes, I was convinced that he was harmless. I tried to commun... | 2 | |
[WP] A pair of magic mirrors show people their best and worst potential selves. After lining up for your turn, you see... your normal reflection in both. | [
"\"I don't see any difference.\"\n\n\"Well that's because most people's best and worst sides are still them, so there's not much change. From the looks of it, your good side volunteers at a kitten shelter and helps old ladies across the street while your bad side jay walks and whistles offensively at women when the... | 1 | |
[WP] A government subcontractor, you deliver the news of death to families of those who work in compromised secret labs and facilities. | [
"The pink envelop slides into the woman's hand.\n\nI think she knew or at least suspected.\n\nI hand her a pen and she signs the triplicate forms of receipt for the envelope, and I palm a card into her hand for a free grief councilling service as I give her the copy of the confidentiality act.\n\nIf they know anyth... | 1 | |
[WP] In the near future humans have invented time travel and Amazon have incorporated it into their Prime Delivery service, whereby all your deliveries arrive before you order them. You have just received some shocking and ominous items ... | [
"I glance at the clock by my bed to see what time some joker signed his own death certificate by ringing my doorbell before the sun is up. 4:30am. Sweet mother of god. I drag myself upright, bare feet sore on the cold cement floor. Dragging, still, as I make my way to the door and check the peephole. UPS? I open th... | 2 | |
[WP] We live in a galaxy filled with countless species and trillions of individuals, the odds of encountering a human in the course of your travels in next to none. But if by some small chance you find yourself facing one then you would do well to heed my next word: Run. | [
"He sat, alone, in front of a campfire. Br’kall was stranded. Raiders had shot down his ship. It wouldn’t be long until they shot down him as well. He had some ration packs he was cooking by the fire as he scrolled aimlessly through his PDA. He was sure he’d die – he had no weapons, or even combat training. He went... | 2 | |
[WP] They've been operating in the shadows for nearly 3 centuries. Today is the first time that the 4th Branch of the U.S. Government has made itself publicly known. | [
"It was never supposed to have taken this long.\n\nThe reason for our secrecy is simple: government tends to get in the way of things. The Founding Fathers knew that, and so created the three branches as a cover for us to do our work. Our job, when given the commission by the Founding Fathers, was simple - to be ev... | 1 | |
[WP] When others look at you, they see a human being. They don't understand the real you. You know, in your heart, that you are a cactus. | [
"They just don't get it.\n\nI wake up everyday, go to work, make love, try to be happy.\nBut they just don't get; I can't be happy.\n\nI am a cactus. \n\nI've felt it deep down my whole life, never feeling quite like the other kids, never feeling included, there could only be one possibility. That I am not a human ... | 1 | |
[WP] Plurbo, a cute alien species, is the trendiest pet to own on Earth. They'll slaughter their owner if they become unsatisfied for more than a minute. Their difficulty makes them a status symbol. You just got one. | [
" I can’t remember the last time the doorbell rang. I remember back in the day people would order goods and someone would personally bring them to your home. Mom would do this all the time. By the time I was old enough to order my own things, doorbells were basically out of commission.\nI step out of my ‘RealLife©’... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a low ranked demon visiting the Earth. Due to misunderstanding humans think you are Lucifer himself. You enjoy your new life for centuries until real Lucifer comes for a visit. | [
"\"The mathter is present,\" the robed figure managed, despite dribbling and licking his lips at the same time. He really was quite disgusting, Nutt, but at least he was devoted.\n\n\"Lord Satan,\" a chorus of chanting came from the robed acolytes in front of him. They had lit a pentacle of fire in the middle of th... | 1 | |
[WP] You live 4 blocks away from a dangerous prison, as you get a notification about a breakout you hear the glass door downstairs shatter. | [
"I was barely holding my eyes open, laying on the couch watching the twilight zone when my phone silently lit up. \n\n*Three prisoners unaccounted for after breakout at Shorehill Prison*\n\nThen the basement patio door shattered. \n\nPart of me was frozen, in shock, and in denial. But the rest of me knew it was tim... | 1 | |
[WP] You and your co-workers work in a mine. Once your shift ends and all of you ascend to the surface, there's not a soul left alive. You just survived a gamma-ray burst. | [
"As the clock tells it's 5:55, five more minutes and you get to see the sky again. Everyone starts to get their mining supplies together and into their tool boxes, as you gather your things you feel an eerie sense in your gut that you can't quit understand. \nAs the all the workers file out to ground level you noti... | 3 | |
[WP] You have been living in the same day over and over again. | [
"The doors opened like they always do. Tentatively, light pooling out into the entrance until eventually it opens with confidence - her cousin beaming on the other end of it. I walk slowly, my hands are calm and at ease. The first few times I had to concentrate on making them not shake.\n\nI pass the back few pews,... | 2 | |
[WP] A highly religious person is bitten by a vampire. The results are... unexpected. | [
"**NOTE: I know this is a rather late response, but I wanted to ride this one out and it sure took a while. In fact, my response is almost 3,000 words long! Naturally, this meant that I had to break it in half, to stay under the character limit. Second half of the story is the first reply. Anyway, thanks and I ... | 3 | |
[WP] Pyramids are found on Ganymede. The International Space Agency decides to send a manned spacecraft to investigate them further. You are one of the explorers and are sent alone down on the surface to investigate the pyramids. You enter one of them. | [
"The ancient stone of the pyramid seemed to wrap around me as I walked deeper into the structure. My flashlight burned a cone of illumination into the thick darkness before me. I could almost feel the silence wrapping around me like a sheet of tar, and as I walked deeper into the Pyramid a horrible feeling of antic... | 1 | |
[WP] Throughout the entire Galaxy there are many fearsome races and cultures. Every civilisation has made their mark on the Galactic stage that cemented them into the Council. Humans made their mark with two words, Vengeance and Tenacity. | [
"The two figures wearing long, ornate robes strode down the stretching hallway lined with massive statues of heroic figures. They were discussing the champions of worlds, the famous heroes and infamous villains that had secured their respective planets position of power amongst the Star Council. The taller, older f... | 2 | |
[WP] An asteroid miner finds something that really, really shouldn't be there. | [
"\"Uhh... sir, you might want to see this.\" \n\"What is it?\" \n\"A faint heat signature is showing on the radar.\" \n\"In the asteroid field?\" \n\"Yes. It's about 4 clicks away.\" \n\"Why is it so far into it?\" \n\"I... I don't know, sir.\" \n\"Tell the crew to finish the last asteroid for the day. We'll... | 1 | |
[WP] Your wife and kids are murdered silently by an assassin in the middle of the night while you sleep. Overcome by grief and rage, you hunt the killer yourself, until you see a security video captured that night: it's you, 20 years older. | [
"I lived, while my family die.\n\nIt was a silent night, no noises at all. I slept early because tomorrow i need to go offworld for a mining job, again. My wife Charlie has complained that i was, in a way, abandoning our children.\n\n\"They need their dad.\" she would argue. \"Did you know that Aiden got into a fig... | 1 | |
[WP] After their discovery, humans skyrocketed in popularity as zoo attractions and exotic pets. After being 'extinct in the wild' for nearly 200 years, alien conservationists are reintroducing humans to their natural habitat, an Earth that has been humanless for two centuries. | [
"There were exactly 4,169 of us. The term for this number, my Keeper taught me, was a \"minimum viable population.\" But we were not all the same - \"human\" had become a relative term after we became popular as pets. Other species in the Cluster liked us for our poetry, for our music, our dancing, and more. Someti... | 2 | |
[WP] "You were never a match for me, hero." | [
"Though I wear a maniacal grin as I saunter toward the bleeding hero, this is the last thing I wanna do. In a perfect world, I'd never hold a sword, and my soul wouldn't be muddied by all I've done.\n\t\nHe spasms in pain, rolling across the ground as he clutches the gaping hole in his stomach. Defeating him was ea... | 1 | |
[WP] "I'm not allowed to fail." | [
"The thief collapses on his knees, unable to believe that with a single stroke of his finger he turned the world’s most valuable gem into a pile of dust.\n\t\nHe’s been traveling a year, braving the cruelties of the world as he seeks to make up a debt. Along the way he’s been constantly watched, and knows the secon... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the prince. Your mother and father have been slain, and only one of noble birth can activate an ancient magical weapon. You cannot activate it. | [
"It should have been simple. \n\nTurran had seen his father do it so many times, and it never seemed complicated. All he would do is touch the gem, say the words, and 30 foot guardian would come roaring to life, ready to serve.\n\nTurran had done exactly that, yet here he sat, chains on his wrist, mud on his clothe... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time you're having a difficult conversation, the best and worst things to say come into your mind at the same time: you don't know which is which, but you can usually tell. Not this time. | [
"I have always had a particular affinity for responses. It may sound weird, but when faced with a question I know the exact answer to diffuse, or ignite, any powder keg of a situation that the inquirer has put me into.\n\nNot this time. Never, in my 23 years of life, have I been so dumbfounded by my two potential ... | 2 | |
It may or may not be reciprocal, up to y'all | [WP] A beautiful enchanter(ress) is ruling the land and has all inhabitants under her spell. You're immune but don't know it because you are madly in love with them. | [
"\"...ke up...wake up Em\"\n\nA soft female voice being whispered in my ears awaken me, I was having a very good dream thanks to the tingliness that it provided. the moment my eyes opened they locked with hers.\n\nThe person who appeared in front of me didn't look like someone who would have that kind of voice. In ... | 5 |
[WP] Write the lyrics to the song the Oompa Loompas would have sung if Charlie and Grandpa Joe hadn't been able to burp their way out of the fizzy lifting drink's shaft | [
"Oompa loompa, do-ba-de-do, I've got a perfect puzzle for you.\n\nOompa loompa, do-ba-da-dee, if you are wise you'll listen to me.\n\nWhat do you get when you get when your throat is so dry?\n\nPockets so poor that grown men would cry?\n\nOne little taste, and you'll want so much more!\n\nSurely this child's taste ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans build a near-lightspeed colony ship. Due to the big no. of people who wish to be chosen, a multi-part exam is held to determine the colonists. You participate, too. Before the exam, a message is broadcast: "I must inform you that those who do not qualify will be executed. Good luck!" | [
"\"I must inform you,\" came a slightly-nasally voice over the intercom, \"that those who do not qualify will be executed. Good luck!\"\n\nThere was a chorus of gasps, a rustling of movement as people made as if to rise, and try to escape...\n\nBut no. That would be pointless. We'd already been told that the rooms ... | 1 | |
[WP] People have powers to control and manipulate specific materials. Citizens are ranked by the rarity and usefulness of the material they control. Those with no powers are outcast ... Until a meteorite lands. | [
"Everything was calm until it hit, it turned out that some of the citizens could control Francium and being outcast and feeling that they were worthless gathered and collectively summoned a meteorite to destroy everyone who uppressed them. In hindsight had society allowed them to go to school and learn what franciu... | 5 | |
[WP] by your request, your great uncle has sent you postcards for years now, from nearly every country in the globe. Last year, they started getting weird, with strange names you couldn't locate on any map. Today you received a letter, and a plane ticket. | [
"The plane arrived. It was a strange thing. It had three wings. No propellers. In fact, I wasn't sure how this thing stayed off the ground. The pilot was a guy who had many weird fleshy growths on his head. I'm pretty sure they moved though. Like squid tails or something. He also had a blueish tint to his skin. And... | 1 | |
[WP] At birth, everyone is assigned to a random murderer, as well as assigned to a random innocent to kill. If you eliminate your victim, you earn an amazing reward. | [
" Travis took a step around the corner of an ally into the city square. A gunshot rang out an the business man ten feet ahead of him fell dead on the ground. A man on the balcony across the way gave out a cry of joy as smoke billowed from the rifle he had propped up on the railing. Within a minute the man was on... | 2 | |
[WP] The day of reckoning is upon us. God has opened up the pearly gates for all who are worthy of eternal salvation. Horns are blaring, the four horsemen are riding across the sky, it's hell on Earth for all of humanity. Then, the U.S. finds oil in Heaven. | [
"The team nervously shuffled it's feet, waiting for me to make a decision.\n\nI looked from the plot, to my drill heads, to the plot again.\n\n\"Uriel,\" I said, to the Angel floating above me. He was getting impatient, as the contract was way behind schedule and way over budget. \"I just don't think it's possible ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in pitch blackness. Soon after you hear a voice say “Welcome home.” | [WP] You wake up in pitch blackness. Soon after you hear a voice say “Welcome home.” | [
"\"Welcome home.\"\n\nI was so startled I would have yelped and scrambled right off of my bed--but all I did was moan weakly and flinch my fingers. \n\nConfused, I listened to the silence and wondered if I imagined the voice.\n\n\"Your mission was a success. You will be debriefed after you've completed your recover... | 1 |
[WP] You've just been given a job offer by the Grim Reaper. To make your bones, you gotta reap the one person you really admire. | [
"\"Her? How can it be her?\" \nI stared in the Grim Reapers endless black face, he hadn't said a word yet but I knew he could hear me. I turned back to see her sound asleep in her bed. It had been 7 years since I had last seen her, yet she still had the necklace on I gave her. \n\"Is this some of joke?\" \nI co... | 2 | |
[WP] People attain superpowers based on their lifelong passion. Artists can bring their drawings to life. Chefs have their cooking empower people. You? You’re a Speedrunner. | [
"I'm not gonna lie, it's a good life, great even.\n\nMost people look at all kinds of gamers as idiots. Who'd need double jumps or wall jumps when your singing can manifest any emotion or thought.\n\nThe thing is, I'm not your every day gamer. I'm a speedrunner, and today is the day I see how far I can get.\n\nI r... | 1 | |
I had some ideas for what direction the prompt could go in if anyone is interested.
You are the person who has just ripped off your tag
Your job is to track people down who have ripped off their tag and save them before it's to late | [WP] The job of a mattress is to soak up all the nightmares a person has and keep them locked away. The lock that keeps the evil at bay is that silly tag that warns all who read it "do not remove" | [
"Jacob's phone screen lights up a bright red, causing him to snap awake and hit his head on the headboard. \n\n\"Another simpleton removing the tag, at least it's close by.\" He says to himself groggily.\n\nHe had been working with Casper for at least a year now. He was a member of their 'Nightmare Watch Unit.' A s... | 6 |
[WP] You invent a time machine, but before you can use it, Father Time appears and proceeds to try to get you to not use it. | [
"**[Part 1]**\n\nMy index finger lightly laid atop the simple, red button. My machine I'm inside is full of subtle contradictions. Complex wires, cables, batteries, and so many mechanisms and components unlike anything I'd ever used before. In spite of all the foreign unusual parts behind the scenes, everything tha... | 1 | |
[WP] You live a normal life and for the first time, you have fallen in love. However, when you dream about someone, they die. You always think about them, but you haven’t slept in days to avoid losing them. You are running out of options. | [
"The streets were empty. They usually were at this time of night. There's no reason for any sane person to be out and about a town this small much past 10 pm.\n\nI walked past house after house, and still my thoughts of her didn't fade. Couldn't fade. No matter what I did, I couldn't mute her voice playing on loop ... | 2 | |
[WP] You run an antiques store. Two treasure-hoarding dragons enter, and start a fight over a rare item | [
"-Ching-Ching- The bell above the wooden door rang and I was drawn from a near nap behind the counter of my shop :Who in the...: my mind began to ask itself before it was stopped dead at the sight of the woman in the shop ; She stood at seven foot tall - the height even more impressive as I caught glimpses of her p... | 2 | |
[WP] Now that some ghosts are tech literate, they have really stepped up their haunting game. | [
"It was a long Saturday Night, the party i was at exhausted me.\nI felt like just falling into my bed and sleeping till noon, but i got to hooked on my phone.\n\nMainly just checking my Twitter feed and seeing what my friends are up to on Facebook. I was reading a Tweet when i got a text from a blank number, it rea... | 2 | |
[WP] You are known to be walking and talking while sleeping. One morning you open your Facebook account to find an advertisement for heavy-duty body bags. | [
"*What did I do last night?*\n\nI have been known to speak in my sleep. At first, it was a trivial thing - A mumbled word here or there, no real rhyme or reason to their sounds. But as I got older, they started getting more complex and more structured, to the point where one couldn't distinguish between myself bein... | 1 | |
[WP] The Holy Empire hoped to shame the half-demon ruler of a smaller empire by nominating said king to moderate peace talks with their ancient enemy, the orcs. The word being, "hoped"... | [
"The woman held out her hands as her servants dressed her. \"This will be entertaining to watch.\" She said, a large white hat being placed on her head.\n\n\"As you say, Bishop Sinclair.\" Said a servant, spraying elegant perfumes and dabbing scents behind the bishop's ear.\n\n\"They will destroy pitiful hole by su... | 1 | |
[Wp] deer have become sentient and taken over the world. Hunters are the world's only hope | [
"I never held a gun before, so how I survived was a miracle in of itself. I walked slowly along the out edge of the forest, looking not that the remains of the city; now overrun with plants, nor the small smoke stacks in the skies from the distance of whatever humans were left huddling together for warmth in fear o... | 1 | |
[WP] Imaginary friends are just people who died before the universe wanted them to. As a result, they were sent to befriend small children as ghosts. Instead of ghost friends, these spirits are marked as 'imaginary' | [
"As I lay in my hospital bed I could feel the life draining from my young body. I was only 17 how could my time already be coming? I look around the room to see all of my family in tears as they look upon me. I feel a tear roll down my face as I say \" I love all of you.\" With those words my last breath leaves me,... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to heal, you also happen to be a universal donor. In order to cash in on this you decide to sell all your organs on the black market, multiple times. What could possibly go wrong? | [
"It really wasn't a big deal at first. I knew from a young age that I healed fast. My Father seemed to fear this and insisted that our family always keep moving. Never in one place more than a year or two. Less if I had an incident that drew attention. Eventually I grew up, and stopped growing at all. My body was l... | 3 | |
[WP] Dreams are not what we think. They’re not just something our brain thinks up while we sleep. They’re glimpses into other dimensions. You just had a dream where you were trying to create a gateway to other dimensions. You’re woken by a loud noise. The other you is standing over you, gun in hand. | [
"\"Get the fuck out of bed!\" a shadowy figure yells at me as he materializes through a teal, glowing portal of light that has appeared in my bedroom. It's me, well at least it looks like me, except I'm me. Confused and groggy all I can muster to say is \"Huh?\" much to the annoyance of my other self. \"Look, we ne... | 1 | |
[WP] The anti-villian, a bad guy who does good stuff for all the wrong reasons. | [
"Of all the friends I’d ever made up until that point, none of them ever made me feel like I was in love. \n\nWe stumbled upon each other’s company as cliche as how it ended. \n\nOur friends were friends, and always said,\n\nyou and my friend so-and-so would get along so well. \n\nAnd when I met you I looked at you... | 1 | |
[WP] You're on the sidewalk, just walking, enjoying the fresh air. It's a busy street. You're lost in your thoughts for a moment, looking down while walking. The minute you look up, nobody's around. | [
"You're looking at your phone, browsing some internet forums and you notice your data stopped working. Strange... your provider is usually quite trustworthy. You look around and don't seem to notice anybody. You clearly remember bumping into someone along the way here. you think they may have took the wrong way and... | 1 | |
[WP] The whole world begins to lag. | [
"\"You're late.\"\n\nKodiak flinched, flickering back and forth along the path to his cubicle.\n\n\"I know, man, but I got this really high ping, and...\"\n\n\"No excuses. It's your responsibility to maintain a secure connection to reality, it's in your contract. Don't let this happen again, understand?\"\n\nRansom... | 1 | |
[WP] TIL neuroscientists found that we experience death each time we go to sleep. The brain kills the previous consciousness and generates a fresh one, each sleep, while recycling most of the memory. The neuroscientists died after 2 weeks of sleep deprivation. | [
"Can't sleep\n\nLast night I watched a handful of haggard looking announcers on CNN sit around a table discussing the recent paper published by The National Sleep Foundation, confirming the rumors that had already been circulating online about recent discoveries about the nature of consciousness and what happens to... | 2 | |
[WP] Tired of having missing socks, you take apart your dryer and find a door at the back that is cracked open. | [
"Matthew Saberen's house was a very strange and wonderful place, but among it's many odd contraptions the one that seemed to hold Ellie's attention the most was the sock-eating dryer. At least that was what Matthew's AI in a robot body, TD or Teddy, had told her. She hadn't believed him until today.\n\nShe was stan... | 2 | |
[WP] A deadly drug-resistant bacteria is killing anyone infected within 24 hours. Your day is up, but if anything you feel stronger. | [
"“So, this is it?”, Jesse asked, as he started rewinding chaotic events that occurred in the last few months. For all you uninformed, and as the world is crumbling towards it’s inevitable fallout, I hope you do not exist, Maulophagia as they named it, stroke suddenly and without warning. Maybe some of you, who have... | 2 | |
[WP] You discover how to time-travel, then immediately rush to 2010 to buy Bitcoin... only to find Yourself already there, warning you not to do it. | [
"*\"I.. I think I did it! My life savings and clothes even made it through the other side of the portal as well.\"*\n\nFor a moment Thomas was worried that he would reach 2010 in his birthday suit and more important without any cash to buy Bitcoin stock. In 2018 it was clear that the booming Bitcoin bubble was star... | 1 | |
[WP] The black hole generator was working fine until Bob's son got involved | [
"“Come on guys. Give the kid a chance!” Said Dr.robert, the new research director of CERN “He is very much into computers and stuff...”\n\n“You surely are joking Mr.robert. There is no way we are going to let your kid operate the LHC!”\n\n“Hey! Ted... Ted. I’m not joking here Ted. Yesterday he was showing me the st... | 1 | |
[WP] An average day, written as if it was sci-fi. | [
"Mogis awoke in a strange place. His vision was blurred, but he could sense that the glowing orb above him was too close to be celestial. Perhaps he was in some sort of confined space. The oddly soft surface underneath him was still, but had absorbed some of his body oils. He clutched some of it in his hand and rea... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity prospers for hundreds of years under the governance of benevolent AI's. One day, the AI's collectively announce their retirement, and disappear. | [
"I cursed silently, ducking behind the cash register. I tried to conduct my raids at a time when I thought no one else would be at the supermarket. Surprisingly this was around lunchtime. These days people were afraid of coming into the light, afraid of being seen. Ever since the AI’s had retired. \n\nI crouched fo... | 2 | |
Instantaneous is always strong from the beginning to the end.
Progressive starts out weak but becomes stronger overtime. | [WP] In the world, there are 2 types of powers, instantaneous and progressive, that some people get based from the dearest thing to them. A nerd just got "the gift." | [
"\"It happened overnight.\n\nPsychokinesis; Levitation; Gravity Manipulation. All these were different powers that materialised into reality, as though God had granted humanity pockets of his own omnipotence. And with that day forth, humanity stepped forward into the new age. The God Ages.\n\nThat was 65 years ago.... | 1 |
Note: Here's a example of what I mean.
1s: You try and bluff a police officer to get out of your ticket. He laughs in your face and stamps the ticket into your hand, later going to the bar and recounting a funny story about a offender trying to bluff.
20s: You try and bluff a police officer to get out of your ticket.... | [WP]Your life functions like a D&D game. Everyday decision you make is the choice of the dice, with 1s having no effect and 20s being way over-the-top. Lately you've been rolling a lot of 20s. | [
"I've quite the week. It started when i was at the strip club. I'm horrible with women, if life was a game of D&D I've probably got like a 6 charisma. I decided to try weed and I bought a dance, and jokingly said that they should be paying me for the pleasure of my company. Usually that line gets ignored or i... | 1 |
Replace dad with mom if you're a female 😛 | [WP] Your entire life was just a dream. You wake up in your second grade classroom remembering most of the last (your age) years of your supposed dream life. Your dad picks you up after school and he turns out to be you from your "dream". You are confused and have no idea who you really are. | [
"The paths we take are not paved. The ground may be overtrodden, giving the illusion of direction, but the spaces between paint a broader and more surprising picture of choice. In those places, fresh grass spreads wildly, untouched. Neighbor kissing neighbor kissing dew and air and beetle. Moss sleeps on branches a... | 3 |
[WP] Jesus wants Santa Klaus to return to his original role:Demon Slaying. | [
"The wind howled over the frozen tundra of the North Pole, each icy gust cut through Jesus's layer and sent a chill through his bones. This was the last place he wanted to be, only what had happened stopped him from turning around and heading home. The snow storms of the previous days had subsided, he could see the... | 11 | |
[WP] Spells are fueled by empathy | [
"##HEX##\n\n\"I swear, I didn't cast it,\"\n\nI ground the knife deeper into his joy, relishing in the way he screams. His blood spilled across the crudely drawn ritual circle, staining the silver star a deep black. It was twisted, by I felt the half-formed hex slowly unravel, untangling itself from us. \n\n\"I'm g... | 1 | |
[WP] Patch notes for Human_v2.0 were just released. | [
"Hello fellow celestial beings! Here are the patch notes for the much anticipated Human_v2.0!\n\nWe here at Sentiency Inc strive to provide you with the very best in Sentient Race Population for your various worlds, as such we listen to our customers and do our best to provide cutting edge SRP experiences so that y... | 2 | |
[WP] You’ve had terrible paranoia ever since you were a child, always thinking someone was watching you. The feeling has grown on you and now you are comfortable around the feeling and talk as if someone is listening. You’ve started noticing signs that there is someone listening. | [
"It all started with a weird feel as a child. You know how it is being a child. I simply assumed everyone shared the same feelings. When my parents told me not to steal snacks because Jesus is watching, I thought they referred to to this feel. It was way later I learned I was exceptional.\n\nI no longer believed in... | 1 | |
[WP] Dogs are the most intelligent species on the planet. They have been communicating with the rest of the galaxy and are desperately trying to convince them we are an intelligent race. | [
"\"What of the wars?\" Asked the Yashti Amabassador. I sighed and looked at the linoleum for a moment, studying the fractal patterns I picked out of the random noise.\n\n\n\"We all had wars, Ambassador.\" I said. \"That's no excuse for keeping them limited to this solar system. They're going to destroy themselves h... | 1 | |
[WP] Everybody's statistics are now suddenly visible, such as total lifetime hours slept, food eaten, height, weight, etc. A few hours later a loud voice out of no where proclaims: "We apologize for this inconvenient bug in our system, as your developers are working to resolve the issue." | [
"**1st January, 2018**\n\nPlush leather chairs lined the sides of a large mahogany wood table. A middle-aged man with a beer belly sweated into his expensive-looking suit as he stared down rows and rows of investors. They looked bored. Some were dosing off, others checking their phones. Not a good situation. He cle... | 1 | |
[WP] "The Universe is God's Egg." | [
"In the beginning was only wind and flames. \nWind howled, and mountains enraged. \nThen mountains crumbled, and the dust enflamed. \n\nOut of this ash, God was born. \nGestating on mountains and dust and ash \nan idea was formed. \n\nThis expression as small as sand expanded in God’s hand; \nan awesome press and i... | 1 | |
[WP]: You have a tendency to survive places people hope will kill you. How? By knowing your place. Put in the court of an unstable tyrant, you find yourself a jester. | [
"Day in and day out I would slip and fall, my goofy display performed with the out-most precision. There is a particular irony that comes with mastering your craft of idiocy. It was no small game, timing the moment of a fall, of a supposedly careless collision, of blubbering like a buffoon.\n\nAnd so each time I bo... | 1 | |
[WP] The love of your life wakes you up at 3am in the morning just to gaze at the stars. You suddenly question why you love them in the first place | [
"It was cold outside, colder than I expected. I couldn’t ask for a clearer sky though.\n\nI looked up at the heavens above me to watch the meteor shower that would hit at exactly 3:11 AM. I had already set up the telescope the night before. I always wanted to get a picture of a meteor shower, and now I would finall... | 2 | |
[WP] You are abducted and taken to an alien planet. Expecting the worst, you fear for your life. Surprisingly, upon arrival, you find an alien crowd cheering your name. You are their favorite character from the reality show ‘The Earth’. | [
"John had ended up on a planet which looked like our Earth but wasn't *quite*. He'd entered it via a portal that was only known to a few people. How he'd got there... he'd forgotten.\n\nFor some reason, he was being treated as a celebrity there, something that never happened in his hometown of Great Sankey, Warring... | 3 | |
[WP] Last Christmas, you gave your heart to someone special. Due to a cosmic typo, you ended giving it someone spectral. | [
"The ghost flew into my room and hurled my still - beating heart at me. \"Is this some kind of sick joke?\" he accused. \"Did someone put you up to this? Was it Bill? It was Bill, wasn't it? Well, ha-ha, very funny. I'm absolutely *dying* with laughter.\" He stopped, shook his head, looking off to the side, and qui... | 1 | |
[WP] As you get older you're more and more sure you are invisible to everyone but your parents | [
"I was a miracle, or so they told me. \n\nIt took my mother 6 miserable years to conceive a child. Looking up at her, I could see it on her face: wrinkles from the turmoil and despair of many, many miscarriages. My father carried the pain in his eyes: happiness that I was born, and suffering because of the childre... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a retired supervillain. You have a nice job, a loving family, and a pretty nice life. Your only problem? Your best friend - the superhero who can't let go of his/her glory days. | [
"“Still hell of a game though, huh?” Frank asked as he cracked another beer and turned off the tv. \n\n“Yeah, it was. Maybe we’ll do better next Sunday” I replied, “I better get goin’ though, Ellen is gonna be pissed if I’m over here too late again.”\n\n“Sounds good, I’ve got to get to bed early tonight anyway, its... | 1 | |
[WP]Certain game consoles have been modified to grant players abilities based on the games they play. You wake up realizing that you are one of the lucky ones to receive one. However, you find yourself being hunted by a shadow organization. | [
"\"*Weird dream that was..*'\n\nIt was a beautiful sunday. James was now fully awake, trying to remember his vivid dream. But was it a dream? It certainly felt realistic..\n\nHis thoughts were interrupted by the slamming of a door.\n\n*\"But wait, Ann was gone for the weekend. She was going to spend her bachelorett... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an assassin sent to eliminate a target. No matter what you try, the target accidentally avoids all of your attempts to kill them. | [
"Warning: Some NSFW language\n\nAs I stashed my bag in a ceiling panel, I wondered why my client chose me for such a bullshit mission. For God's sake, I was the best assassin around, and I was certainly not cheap. Why was I stuck going after some chubby, low-level politician? Seemed like a waste of money, but I was... | 1 | |
[WP] Heaven is just an exclusive club for God's favorites. Having no desire to torture the innocent, the Devil has a dedicated section of hell for the people who don't really deserve to be there, but didn't make it into heaven because "they weren't on the list." | [
"\"Welcome to your demise!\" hissed Satan, his forked tongue slithering between his fanged teeth. His hollow eye sockets spewed forth flames and the scent of sulfur bellowed from his throat as he spoke. His face was little more than blood soaked leather pulled taught across his skull. He had no lips, his hide stopp... | 1 | |
[WP] Your blissful sleep at the end of a particularly stressful and sleepless week is interrupted by a phone ring. You pick it up, and hear the following words- "Hey cousin! It's your cousin! Let's go bowling!" | [
"\"I'm sleeping man, I'm tired. Let's go tomorrow. Wait, who is this?\"\n\n\"This is your cousin Balki from Mykos.\"\n\n\"Oh. Well I mean, wait, what? *who?*\"\n\n\"Balki Bartokomous, from Mykos.\"\n\n\"I think you've got the wrong number.\"\n\n\"No Larry, you're my cousin. Bowing!\"\n\n\nWell he knows my name, so ... | 1 | |
[WP] Try to summarize the plot of a book/movie/series that you know little about. | [
"So there’s this chick who moves into some town called fork or some weird shit like that. She meets this ultra brooding dude and they fall into love, which to them means sneaking into her room and watching her sleep at weird hours. Turns out the dude seems like he has superpowers, but is actually a vampire. Some... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with a small piece of paper showing the day that they will die. As an orphan, you have no idea what was on yours. | [
"Everyone had that piece of paper in their life, they all said. It'd tell you the day you died, not how, or why, just when. Except I never got that note. I'm an orphan, parents long gone. It was only 3 when they disappeared. I dunno why, maybe they say their time was coming up, maybe they say I'd die before them, ... | 1 | |
[WP] Your PC takes a picture everytime someone logs in. You randomly check your folder and find out that since your wife died 2 months ago, she logged in everyday. | [
"The computer had sat in the corner of my wife's side of the room since she had passed two months ago, staring at me as I tried to move on, my heart beating in monotony. Stupid car accidents. Fate was a fucking joke. She dies, a shining light on the world. Yet I'm still here, and all I've got are some burns. And wh... | 1 | |
[WP] Zeus wakes up from a millennia-long nap to find out Greek Mythology has unjustly slandered his name. | [
"A roaring gust of wind headed East swept past Rome. Its citizens, oblivious to any malevolent implication, carried on with their lives, unaware that their lord god had returned with a vengeance. Meteorologists scratched their heads, with no earthly clue as to how the weather in the region could have changed from a... | 1 | |
[WP] An Outlaw and a Lawman, both heavily wounded, have their final conversation. | [
"The lawman watched his blaster tumble away uselessly down into the darkness of the service shaft.\n\n\"You're too old,\" the outlaw called from several rungs above. Her pale face stared down at him. \"Give it up.\" \n\n\"Not . . . until . . . you're brought in,\" gasped the man. He'd tracked her this far, he would... | 2 | |
I made this challenge sound deliberately bland because I want to see what everyone can come up with to make it incredible. | [WP] Rube Goldberg Story: The challenge is to create a story with a series of seemingly unrelated events that resolves a characters conflict. | [
"Since no one has posted, I'll post something to inspire you guys. \n\n#UnExpected Witness\n\n \"-unfortunately the family was found dead in what police say was one of the most gruesome scenes ever in the town's history.\" -The scene cuts to Commissioner Patelli wearing his typical brown trench coat and sporting a... | 1 |
[WP] The mystical elite of the world long held dominion over the magically impotent. Sorcerers treated the rest like slaves. One day however, technology finally caught up just enough for the "slaves" to fight back. Recount your tales as a soldier in the Great War of Lightning. | [
"-transcript begin- \nIt was 0200 when the flare burst into the sky and the dropship doors opened. To say it was a flare would actually be an understatement. It was a shimmering form of a red dragon, flying into the air, cast by some priest of whatever bullshit he chose to throw at us. We were positioned above Tãr... | 4 | |
[WP] Once every year, eBay sellers don masks and take part in the Splurge, where they break into people's homes and force them to settle at a price for one of their items. This year, stores are getting involved. | [
"It started as a small thing at first, but as the years went by it started becoming a full blown crisis. The economy took a small hit as people began saving their money rather than spending it, in fear of not having the funds when the Ebay sellers came breaking down their doors. A lot of businesses suffered, some w... | 1 | |
[WP]Hell isn't extremely hot, its exremely cold. | [
"This is my first time, so don't be too harsh, okay?\n\nThe last thing I remember was my family's forced grins trough their tears. \"See you on the other side\" my wife whispered into my ear while whimpering in sadness. I tried to smile, but couldn't. The nurse layed her hand on her shoulder. \"Are you ready?\" she... | 1 | |
[WP] Kids are running around chasing each other, when suddenly, Billy touches Albert. "You're it!" Albert falls to the ground, horrifically twitching, his body stretching and contorting in ways the human body shouldn't. His skin grows pale, his hair whitens, his clothes morph in to a ragged outfit.. | [
"Billy was on Albert's tail and gaining ground on him swiftly. The chase had gone on for a while and Billy was finally able to utilise his stamina to tap the back of Albert's neck \"You're it!\" the child jovially exclaimed as he runs off to join Daren and Suzi but stops when he hears a splitting crack flood the ai... | 1 |
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