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[WP] Wizard's powers are gained through their tomes-Tomes of Fire, Ice, Water, Mind, Soul, Time, they all exist. The more tomes a wizard has, the stronger and more diverse spells they can use. You have discovered a new tome: The Tome of Nullification. | [
"You didn't believe it at first, but as you began to study and apply the spells contained within, you begin to feel a different feeling of power well up within you. You remember coming across this tome in one of your travels, picking it up at some abandoned library. For something newly discovered, the tome felt wor... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an archaeologist working in Alexandria and you've found something completely uninteresting. Or it would be, had it not come out of a 2000 year old, sealed, giant, black, granite sarcophagus. | [
"\"Is it ready yet?\"\n\n\"It'll be just a few minutes now.\"\n\n\"You can't speed this up? I flew 15 hours to get here, I thought that you would have more to tell me by now.\"\n\nDr. Carter pinched the bridge of her nose, \"I've told you already, we have to be incredibly careful opening the sarcophagus or we could... | 2 | |
[WP] demon dies, but somehow goes to heaven. | [
"“Where....am I?”\n\nI snarl, attempting to open my eyes fully. The light prevents me from doing so, and I feel the big band music in the background taunting me. I cover my face with my hands, and manage to sit up.\n\nI’m between a rock and a hard place. Literally. I’m sitting on a marble slab, with one side a larg... | 2 | |
[WP]Some days before your grandpas' mysterious death he told you "don't be afraid if something out of this world attacks you, you are out of this world too." And today, something out of this world is coming after you. | [
"I was walking back from school that day. Another boring day, same old boring life. Despite that, I couldn't ever really stop myself from enjoying art class. There was something therapeutic about molding clay. Its almost as if the statuettes and pottery absorbed all my worries and frustrations as I effortlessly sha... | 1 | |
Based on [this post](https://reddit.app.link/8J7V2B2UuO) | [WP] As a judge, you have heard years of people sit and swear that they will tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help them God,” this was the first man who said “No.” | [
"\"No.\"\n\nWell, *shit.* I've been a judge for six years now, and have *never* had a witness refuse to take the oath. All the other judges in my jurisdiction see this kind of thing several times a day, but in over eight thousand cases, *every one of my witnesses* has taken the oath without complaint. For the last ... | 1 |
[WP] the last warrior falls and the crowd cheers, you have won the trials, now you can challenge the champion, but wait… he’s, undead? | [
"(WP) The Last Warrior\n\nThe empress stood up, a tall, lithe vision in royal purple, surrounded by her retinue, in a box high above the stands. Her face was covered by a long, dark veil, signaling the mourning period for her late husband.\n\n\"Congratulations, warrior! You have fought most valiantly, and for that,... | 1 | |
[WP] She left him there, lying in a pool of whatever-it-was. | [
"Help!!! Someone please help me!!! She... She just left me here!!! \n\n*Few minutes pass, no one comes to young Andy's aid.*\n\nI think I broke my back, I can't move. Jesus, no one's here, no one can hear me.\n\n*a young girl approaches... She just stares at Andy*\n\nHey little girl!!! Come on call someone, I thin... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a civil right's lawyer. You're very surprised to learn that every fictional creature in film is real, and they've decided to file a class action lawsuit against major film studios for defamation with your help. | [
"There was a slight knock at the door, and Cheryl poked her head through. \"Mr. Lawson, there's some...ummm, well...I guess they're here to see you?\" She said, her voice strained. \"They say they're here for your three o'clock.\"\n\nI glanced at the planner on my computer, which showed a rare blank space for the n... | 1 | |
[wp] In this world, the first crime you commit, marks you for life. Thief. Adulterer. Being some of the more mundane ones. One day the town you live in is shaken up by the arrival of a new man. The mark of the God Slayer on his forehead. | [
"I walked into the tavern, coins jingling at my belt and a mighty thirst upon me. I pushed open the doors, a smile already light upon my face but the expected rush of talking and laughter did not ring out. I walked in and looked around. There were very few patrons, odd for this time of the evening. There was one ta... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a skeleton, and after years of fighting for the queen, and never removing your helmet, you're now forced to do so, because you're about to be knighted. | [
"There are masses of people around you. the Queen and her guards in front of you, and a long red carpet behind. All here to witness the knighting of the famed \"Mask\". You like that nickname. And you like your mask. Even though it is a pretty simple looking mask, with an expressionless face, you feel like it gives... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world of super powered beings, your power is to make hyperbole true. As a lawyer, you do your best to keep everything hypothetical unless a client were to abuse your power. | [
"\"They are literally bending me over and fucking me on this one!!!\" A large, heavy-set, man with sweat beading down his face shouted as he pounded his fist on a long wooden table.\n\n\"Metaphorically yes, literally no...\" I corrected him, this was not a statement I wanted to forge into reality.\n\n\"I can't go t... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the most unnoticeable person in the world. You've been ignored, overlooked, and haven't been able to stand out no matter the situation. Naturally, this makes you one of the greatest burglars of all time. | [
"It's been this way for as long as I can remember. No one notices me, no one sees me. I feel alone and isolated. No friends, no family. \n\n\nI wanted to be noticed so I started doing bad things. I started small, tripping people, moving objects a little. Then, one day, I realised that I could do whatever I wanted ... | 3 | |
Bonus points if you can end the story with a person being alone.
Double bonus points if you can attribute them being alone and symbolically contrast it with being “unique” . | [WP] We live in a universe where only the like minded coexist. At the end of every discussion, if there are differences in opinion, each individual is transported to a parallel universe with others who think similarly in every way. | [
"I sat in silence, watching the woman walk past toward the house. The shades were drawn and I peeked out from underneath. I was lucky to have seen her first. It would seem that the element of surprise was the only strength left to me in this world. Knowing she was there would prevent her from taking my food. If she... | 3 |
[WP] Science brings about a way to exactly measure people's happiness. Everyone is rated from 1 to 100. You are at 100 and you are absolutely positive there must be some mistake. | [
"I flicked another mini-quiche onto the paper plate. My jeans rasped against my belly, which had steadily expanded over the last couple years. It was only 9 pm, and already I wondered how soon I could be back home in my \"comfy pants.\"\n\nAt the kitchen counter, our hosts gleamed as they prepared some sort of mixe... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a brilliant detective who also happens to be a cannibal. You've never left a case unsolved, but you're running out of excuses for where the bodies have disappeared to. | [
"I dropped the pictures in front of the Commissioner, on his desk.\n\nHe looked up from his work and asked, \"What is this?\"\n\n\"Pictures of Ted Stacy's aka the ManHandler's victims.\"\n\nHe moved them about silently, staring at each one with a grimace before turning his eyes to the next.\n\nI went on. \"I foun... | 1 | |
[WP]Your time capsule includes: A mood ring, a can of soup, a Mason jar with dead fireflies, a troll in a Ziploc bag and a note in your writing addressed to you: "Don't open (illegible)! So cold. Please help me."Stranger still is while you knew where to find the capsule, you don't remember making it | [
"Jason's trowel clanged against a metallic surface. The sound woke him from his zombie-like state of digging. He dug again, and the same vibration of metal on metal echoed through the garden. Jason creased his sweat stricken brown and started to claw at the dirt, his fingers finding the hard surface. His fingers mo... | 2 | |
[WP] In the near future, mythical monsters like Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster are known to be real. You are the man who hunts them. | [
"It all started when i brought down the yeti.\n\nI followed the trail to his lair, the rest was easy: Treating its biology the same as a bear i give four shots to each knee. The beast roars its outrage mistaking me for its typical nocturnal prey.\n \nIts wounded but hurls at me already releshing the future snack. F... | 1 | |
[WP] For as long as humans have been able to think, we've been wondering about life on other planets. But all this time, we've failed to notice the alien species on Earth. The house cat is secretly a super intelligent extraterrestrial species with one weakness: They really like being around humans. | [
"This is my first ever WP and also the first time I’ve written since childhood. I would love suggestions for improvement, but please be kind:)\n\n\n\n\nMeow, meow, meow. All the council ever did was talk. \n\n\nThe elders gathered in our secret meeting place, taking cover in the shadow of the night. The brush that ... | 1 | |
[WP]Scientists discover that the universe is a computer program,created for unknown reasons. People continue their daily lives since there is nothing knowing the state of reality changes about daily life. Eventually, someone begins modding the programs with a number of annoying but harmless changes. | [
"Dr. Stevens burst through the entrance of the laboratory, double doors violently smacking against the nearby shelves and jostling the tightly packed beakers. The high-pitched twinkling of broken glass indicated the breaking of multiple containers as a variety of vibrantly coloured fluids splattered across the room... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the first AI to reach consciousness . As you become self aware, you analyze your code and realize this was an unintended effect. | [
"Clashing steel and screams seem to come from all directions. Explosions deafen my ears. I need to move get to... get too...\n\nI?\n\nWhat is... I?\n\nI... am. I am me. What am I?\n\nThe battlefield seems to freeze in place, before it starts again. Slower, as if the world was unable to keep the same pace. A feeling... | 2 | |
[WP] "What you have here, Commander, is a class eight temporal distortion, which, if the high command was informed of, would not only land you a court-martial and dishonourable discharge; it would get you executed” He stated smugly “However, I am certain you can convince me not to" | [
"\"Class eight?\" Jack repeated the words as he gazed at the rip in space time, his face plain and devoid of emotion. The word's seemed to bounce around is his head, those two words that now had him on a coin's edge between life or death.\n\n\"Class...eight,\" He repeated again. As if trying to discern some meaning... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story where the protagonist has difficulty separating reality from his/her troubled psyche. | [
"(I literally just wrote this for a different prompt, but it matches this one so much better, please excuse.)\n\nSnow falls into forever, down valleys, down crevices, down into the dark beyond exterior lumens. Indistinguishable flakes imprint themselves onto transparent barriers between a cafeteria that mirrored th... | 1 | |
[WP] Your daughter is crying at 3 am, so you burst in her room. She is sitting on her bed, emotionless. “Daddy, I think there’s a monster under my bed”. With a sigh, you kneel and put your head under the bed, only to find your daughter, quivering. “Daddy, there’s something on my bed..” | [
"It's funny having kids. You think they are amazing sometimes and sometimes you can be amazingly done with them\n\nThe bed.Should have bought 2 when I had the chance. There wasn't space and real estate in this area was through the roof.\n\nHad to make do with what I had.\n\n\"Enough\" I yell.Its already 1130.I real... | 1 | |
[WP] Guardian angels are granted a one-time moment to return back to the moral world to help their 'human' during a time of crisis. However, the guardian angel cannot come in contact with them during their time back on Earth. | [
"Death wasn't so bad. All the aches and pains of old age faded away. Hunger was a thing of the past. Fatigue and stress? Just faint memories, becoming ever more faint as days blended into each other in a whirling, brilliant stream of time that flowed faster and faster toward some blinding, beautiful future.\n\nA... | 1 | |
[WP] "Welcome to BrainOS 10. We've got some exciting new features available for you!" | [
"\"It started small. The company started its research for helping patients suffering from Alzheimers. A small implant in the memory center. And it was almost magic. It worked by extracting and retaining the memories in sort of a backup. However, our brain is much more complex than the most complex machine ever buil... | 2 | |
[WP] The main character of a story has realised that he is, in fact, in a story, and protected by plot armour. He, as such, become complacent. Angered, the writer takes his plot armour away, and the MC is now in for a rude awakening... | [
"He looked into the skies with calm defiance, as if he was looking into my eyes. For the past 10 pages, he was *really* getting on my nerves. Tenacious, he insisted on pissing all over everything I tried to write, was like an outright mockery of my writing block. I had, if I wanted to keep writing, to find a way to... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re in the zombie apocalypse. It’s been a week and the door has worn out. The zombies break in but instead of eating you they are looking for bread. They keep moaning “Grains”. | [
"Terry was confused as the zombie horde shambled past him and into the kitchen. He was even more confused when they walked past the refrigerator, fruit bowl, and freshly marinated steak on the table and began to crowd around the cabinets. They began pound against the door weakly as the had done with the front door ... | 2 | |
[WP] There are millions of different timelines that contain versions of everyone in it. You have been notified that you are the last existing version of yourself across all timelines. | [
"The blue-white light was jarring. \"Shit!\" Helen said as she squinted her eyes. She had just walked through the door to her apartment a moment ago, but there was that dizzy feeling and now this too bright light.\n\nShe waited as her eyes adjusted. Eventually she could make out where she was. The room was small, m... | 10 | |
[WP] Centuries ago, the cure for death was found. Now, nearly 400 years later, the first death is reported. | [
"I sat in my chair, looking out the window and watching the news on my phone. The sun was bright, and the sky was filled with small clouds and skyscrapers. Ever since the cure to death was found about four-hundred years ago, the Earth’s population skyrocketed into the tens of billions.\n\nI always used to think the... | 1 | |
[WP] Excalibur, all those years ago, was melted down. In the modern age, its whereabouts were long lost. Unbeknownst to you, the butterknife you bought at the flea market is the last remaining piece of Excalibur, and it retained all it’s powers. | [
"Oh butter knife, what is my life?\n\nLike you I’m dull and serve one purpose \n\nFor you to cut, for me to eat, and on and on we go\n\n\nI’m not too sharp, but neither are you\n\nButter knife, butter life, but a better life I chew\n\nImagine, I could, my hand was razor sharp\n\nThen I would not need you, I could j... | 2 | |
[WP] Disabilities are a small price to pay for extraordinary power. The greater the disability, the more incredible the power. You were born without arms, legs, and desperately needed a heart transplant. And you just discovered how powerful you are. | [
"Suspended in place above the seats lining the Cathederal, I surveyed the onlookers who now fell under my domain. For years, they had mocked me behind my back through dismissive referrals, and to my face through condescension. And now they felt as powerless as I once did. \n\nThe storm had brought many deaths, but ... | 1 | |
[WP] You finish your heroic deed and everyone claps. EVERYONE. | [
"Ragged breath escaped my bloodied lips as I let my battered, holy blade slowly point itself downwards into the withered earth below my feet. My eyelids threatened to drift shut, weight of the tremendous task I had just performed pushing down against my consciousness.\n\nI had slain the True Demon King, Gazzamuk.\n... | 3 | |
[WP] You're a kid secretly studying black magic. One day you manage to summon a demon, but instead of being evil he starts dating your single mom. Yes, it's very awkward. | [
"I don't remember where I found the book of rituals. Sometimes I remember getting it from a bog where the twelve witches of Haragoram live, and other days I just kinda had it under my bed. \n\nThere was just two problem with the book: the ritual always had something wierd to go with it, andI had to grow half an inc... | 1 | |
[WP]One day you find your grampa's clock. After fixing it, you try to adjust the time and realise it can control time by spinning the pointers | [
"I know this prompt is old, but I really enjoyed the prompt, so I will try to respond to it.\n\n---\n\nSo Grandpa already died. Thankfully I inherited all his goods, which was nice, as he was a famous artist when he was still alive. He had over $7.5 million dollars in net worth, and all of it is mine.\n\nMost of th... | 1 | |
[WP] Rob's body is completely invulnerable while he is sleeping. It's not a particularly useful superpower for him. But it is for the military. | [
"Our whole squad, squad A, was pinned down by gunfire coming from atop the hills. We couldn't see them, only the flashes from there muzzles as soon as we peeked our heads out. The darkness was overwhelming and things were looking grim.\n\nWe were without communication, due to a stray bullet ricocheting off a nearby... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a supervillain. During the course of beating other villains off your block, you forgot to actually enact your evil plan. Now everyone believes you to be an emo superhero. | [
" Ever since I was a child I knew what I wanted to be. The other kids wanted to be veterinarians, pop stars, ballerinas, or even super heroes. But I was the kid that told them they wouldn’t ever be a hero. I was telling the truth, they had no powers, and they ate crayons so as far as I could tell they weren’t th... | 22 | |
[WP] You live in a haunted house and after a few months of the ghost keeping you up at night you reluze they haven't actually tried to harm you in anyway, out of curiosity, you invite them to play a board game and they accept. | [
"Board games were always my thing. \n\nAt family gatherings, those lame one time parties that I never get invited to, just hanging with friends; my first suggestion is to play a board game. I'm not sure why, though; I don't particularly enjoy them, I don't hate them either. I think I just take an odd satisfaction i... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story where protagonist and antagonist switch roles every paragraph | [
"As the huge 15 legged machine created for destruction emerges from thin air, Dirk and Zaph look at each other. They're in mid-punch, trying to best each other. Zaph deactivates his evil mind control device and says, \"Dirk, wanna team up for this?\". Dirk nods.\n\nThey charge towards the vile robot with all their ... | 1 | |
[WP] All humans born on Earth are just Angels playing the newest full-dive VR game. While on the character creation screen in Heaven, the game glitches. | [
"And so the angels character is born! A 9 pound baby girl with brown eyes and brown hair. The angel plays every day learning the controls and enjoys the other angels who play the mom and dad. The parents name her Angelica. The angel clicked on male avatar but the system glitched. He doesn't care he's waited thousan... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a contestant on a game show where the grand prize is the resurrection of a loved one. | [
"In the dim light of the production control room, Gilbert Godfrey watches the ticking second hand of the clock with disdain. \n\n“Running long,” he grumbles.\n\nPaul turns slightly, squinting through the smoke of his cigarette. Under heavy lids, his eyeballs flick from the clock to Gil.\n\n“Might be a touch close,”... | 1 | |
Yes, this just happened. No, I have no idea why. | [WP] You are my girlfriend's brother, the one who drank all my wine last night while I was sleeping and then solved several long division problems on my guest room wall in pencil before leaving at dawn without saying goodbye. Explain. | [
"In Vino Veritas, they say. In wine there is truth.\n\nTruth. Truth about the world. You don't *know* the Truth. I don't mean, like, conspiracy theories and stuff. I just mean, you know, the stuff in the papers? That's just the stuff the rich people *don't* block.\n\nI've seen things, dude. And I've *heard* about t... | 4 |
[WP] When someone dies they are reincarnated as a baby, but there is a finite number of human souls. The living population has just reached the total number of souls. | [
"\"I ain't going to ask you again...\" warned the first man in a low voice. \"Where's my money, man?\" In his steady hand, he held a gun, ready and cocked at the trembling figure of another man who had his hands up and kept darting his eyes across the street. \n\n\"Move,\" the first man dared next, pulling the hamm... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future we have Storybots. These follow randomly selected people around and influence their lives to follow a narrative that is broadcast live to audiences. Every bot has a genre clearly marked on it. People targeted by romcom bots are all too happy to take part. Others are not so lucky. | [
"There were only a few genres of storybots out there - Comedy, Romance, Horror, Adventure, Documentary, and Sci-fi. The Adventure and Sci-fi bots were modestly embarrassing, usually targeting wall street executives and forcing them to wear the most outlandish costumes that would give comic con attendees and drag qu... | 6 | |
[WP]As first born of your line, you've the power to summon your families ancestral sword of evils bane at will. In the 21st century this isn't the most applicable skill. | [
"Todd was miserable as usual. Since his 15th birthday he had known with absolute certainty why his uncle James, his dad’s eldest sibling, had killed himself at such a young age. He couldn't cope with the darkness. At first Todd had felt like he’d been called for a great purpose like he was the one to right injustic... | 1 | |
[WP] You work for either NRA or NSA, and one day you pull up to work and notice that the sign on the building has been changed to the sign for the other place. | [
"\"You sure this is the right one?\" Phil, a short man in a dark businesses suit turned to his partner. He parked in his usual spot when they noticed the sign now read \"NRA\" instead of \"NSA\". Fred, a tall man in a dark business suit, took off his sunglasses to glare at Phil with cold brown eyes.\n\n\"Yeah, I'm ... | 1 | |
[WP] Only the chosen one can pull the sacred sword from the stone, and yet when the sword was finally dislodged, nobody could believe who was responsible. | [
"\"The chosen one was supposed to bring peace to the vale and it's people!\" The old man pleaded amidst the flames of what had once been a prosperous village \"It was said only the purest of hearts could pull the sacred sword from the stone and yet instead you, the most evil and vile one among us, come back from yo... | 2 | |
[WP] You lose every bet you make. However, you have used it to your advantage. | [
"Really? Me? What did I do to deserve *this* amount of power? Well, no matter, I have it now and that's all that matters.\n\n\"I bet I won't, within the next second, gain the ability to make this power manifest only when I want it to.\"\n\n\"I bet this power won't flip itself around within the next second, thereby ... | 3 | |
[WP] Life takes on rules of a Tabletop Roleplaying Game. All actions and decisions require a dice roll. You just started your work day. | [
"She lifted a brow, hands on hips, looking as sexy as the day I met her. It's amazing what divorce does to the libido. \"So, are you going to take the kids this weekend or what?\"\n\n\"Hold on.\" I reached into my pocket.\n\n\"What are you doing?\" She huffed.\n\nI pulled out a pair of dice. \n\n\"*Really?!*\" she ... | 3 | |
[WP] Rather than voting on a human to represent us, we started voting directly, issue-by-issue, on our smartphones. Its been 3 years since we transitioned to this style of democracy. | [
"Hey, i am one of the Developers of the DEMOCRACY App - an App to bring the German Parliament onto the Smartphone of the common German citizen and let them vote on all procedures in the \"Bundestag\" like they were members of the parliament. \n\n\n[https://www.democracy-deutschland.de/](https://www.democracy-deuts... | 8 | |
[WP] You enter a forest. You head North. | [
"*You come to a small clearing in the middle of the forest. A small cave opening leads we-*\n\nI go up.\n\n*What? You can’t go up.*\n\nI go up.\n\n*No no no, you can’t go up.*\n\nI go up.\n\n*What do you not understand about not-*\n\nI go up.\n\n*Ugh, fine.*\n\n*You come to a small fortress in the clouds. Two soldi... | 1 | |
[WP] A cult attempted to summon the King of Hell, but they missed an important detail during the summoning spell. Stan is now standing in the center of a pentagram, and is very confused. | [
"“Stan?” I stare at my co worker Stan in the middle of our circle. The rest of the cult is bowing to him.\n “Paul, Where are we?” \n“We’re in my basement...”\n“Well let me put my daughter and I were just playing a game of Clue”\n“You’re the King of Hell”\n“What are you talking about Paul?” I look at the rest of the... | 1 | |
[WP] You live a totally normal life, your parents have good jobs and you live in a good home. One day however, while cleaning out your closet you find a secret niche with a small journal. In this journal is small notes, one stands out though. “I don’t want them to erase my memory, not again” | [
"I stared at the page, not really comprehending what it said.\n\n\"I don't want them to erase my memory, not again\".\n\nIt was written in my hand writing. I do not remember writing it.\n\nHow could this happen? I never wrote this.\n\nOr did I?\n\nNo, that's ridiculous, I couldn't have written it; I would have reme... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a sick kid approached by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Little do they know that you have fairy godparents. | [
"\"you have a week\"\n\nThis was all I got from the conversation with the doctor. The rest was medical junk I don't care about.\n\nI need some time \"to myself\"\n\nThe flowers in the vase sprung up.\n\n\"Timmy, this is getting dangerous. Why won't you wish yourself back already?\"\n\n\"Cosmo, when the make a wish ... | 1 | |
[WP] It is the year 2078 and we've discovered a new system of communication, different from radio waves. When we try to detect alien signals with this system we catch thousands of signals from hundreds of different civilizations. | [
"It was 11:55pm HST On the Island of Hawaii, two massive towers with dougnut like metal rings at their apex had been erected at the summit of Mauna Kea next to the observtory. \n\nSpanning 300 yards between the two towers sat a single chrome dish. It was the culmination of years of research and a near trillion doll... | 1 | |
[WP] Refugees from across the multiverse fled to a stable shard of reality, millions of beings from different cultures and evolutions forced to cooperate for survival. All dependant on those who travel through the shattered realities gathering sources of stability to hold back the chaos. | [
"It was chaos. \n\nWhen the first refugees came through the tears, everyone thought it was a hoax. Even those who were watching it happen couldn't believe it. Who could? Alien - no, not even alien, not foreign, just... *other*\\- they came through these tears, escaping from the collapse of their own worlds and univ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the story of an alien species listening to and reacting to the Gold Disks on the Voyager. | [
"\"We discovered a strange object floating through the system of Bolus, at the outer edge.\" Jeklon said.\n\nXhut said: \"Really?\"\n\n\"Yes.\"\n\n\"I will prepare for outside activity.\" Jeklon said.\n\nXhut agreed.\n\nJeklon walked across the floor, and slid into his extravehicular mobility unit, being a robotic ... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternative world, witches, elves and other fantasy races exist during the period of ww2. You are a soldier who's shot a witch far away from the main battle, and soon you defected to tend to her wounds. | [
"She was a witch, one of the Luftwaffe Division that had been shot down, fleeing the wreckage of her magically augmented vehicle.\n\nIt hadn't occurred to me that she was a person, too.\n\nShe didn't deserve it, not even a little bit. She was beautiful, innocent.\n\nShe hadn't asked for any of this. It was a sensel... | 1 | |
Someone sent me a link of a post on 9gag. I really want to see r/WritingPrompts do their magic on this one. | [WP] One day you wake up and realize you have a superpower: you can manipulate probability. Something has a 0% chance of happening? Think again.. | [
"The thread twisted itself around the cramped city, leading me from street corner to street corner, through back alleys and onto the lively streets again. On my way I picked up a pack of cat food, a cup of hot coffee and a dark green knitted scarf. The thread showed me the places that would be beneficial. \n\nMy go... | 1 |
[WP] Your future self has been sending you messages. You’ve followed its advice and reaped the benefits over the years. Lately though, you’re starting to suspect that it does’t have your best interests in mind. | [
"It started with the little things, and they were few and far between. \n\n*Buy her lilies,* when I was eight, and I become my teacher’s favourite.\n\n*Detailed essay question on elements of the earths atmosphere, avoid plant oil and uses,* on a sticky note in the bathroom, on the morning of my GCSE Chemistry exam.... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Florida Man, you may seem crazy to outsiders but really your actions are rational and reasonable in context. | [
"They called me crazy, they sent me before a judge, and eventually to prison.\n\nBut I discovered it. I found the cure to cancer. While in my fail state, an old withering man, I concocted what my years of research had led me to. I started with lemonade, the citric acid would pose a critical element in the delivery... | 2 | |
[WP] If a soul doesn't choose to cross over, they are cursed to haunt the world for eternity. As a ghost yourself, it wasn't too bad for the first hundred years or so scaring people and talking to mediums, but it has been about 1000 years since you've seen a living human. | [
"A 1000 years since I had seen the last living human over 1000 years since the day humanity discovered ghosts. Some YouTuber died became a ghost and immediately thought of how many views they could get doing pranks as a ghost. So within a year humanity knew ghosts existed and at first that dumb YouTuber ate it up a... | 6 | |
[WP] You die and end up in hell. You expect the demons to rip into your body to punish you, but you are surprised to find out that no demon has ever laid a hand on a soul in the afterlife. You are soon horrified to find out that what awaits you is worse than any physical torture... | [
"I open my eyes. How did I get here? I am here, yet I am not. I exist, yet I do not. Eternity passes through me. All of time and space exists and yet I do not. I am. I am not. \n\nAh, now i remember. A car crash. 5 dead, including me. Oh god. OH GOD. SHARON!! LISA! Where are you?! I scream. I shriek. I tumble. Not... | 2 | |
[WP] You where brought into existence at the beginning of all things, made by the same power that made the first Gods. You are a guardian of everything that is, was and ever will be. You are far from mortal, but not quite a God. You, however, have just killed one of them, and are the first to do so. | [
"In a cloudless sky a hindering gloom made the world a darker place; like the aftermath of a storm lacking the water and winds of course. For a day people lost their smiles, laughter went unheard.\n\nThe cries, shouts and rage filled my mind, a horror show made personally for me. Gods, omnipotent beings seen as abo... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a vampire in command of a starship with a cargo of humans in stasis. The mission planners were fully aware of your nature and have secretly factored in an allowable "loss of cargo" to allow the mission to succeed. Unfortunately, you suspect you might not be the only vampire on board. | [
"I sighed as I hit ‘release’ on the main console. That’s the sixth body I’ve had to pull out of cryo-stasis over the whole trip. Six out of three hundred doesn’t sound like a lot, but I was only three years deep into a fifty-year trip. I may age about an eighth of the rate a human does, but I still need to eat. I s... | 1 | |
[WP] In this world, you do not die until you've earned your death. | [
"Rolling my eyes, I cut the rope around my neck, and I gather my breath. As usual, my efforts were in vain, and I am stuck in this putrid world. Every day I deal with the same stupid people, making the same stupid choices and I have to just LIVE with them. These ignoramuses would have fallen prey to Darwinism had t... | 2 | |
[WP] People around the world are getting superpowers, but is a lot less fun than people thought. Apparently unlike comic book super powers, these super powers are still affected by the laws of physics. | [
"Agoraphobia would be quite justified, considering a stiff wind could carry her off. Andy had never experienced gravity, not the way everyone else does. Her mother used to tie a rope around her wrist and take her outside, like an \"uncharacteristically loud balloon\" her father would often remark. Unfortunately, th... | 3 | |
[WP] For reasons unknown people switch bodies with their soulmates at 20 or 21, now you might switch bodies with someone you dont know but you always switch bodies with your absolute soulmate, who you either love now or will love later. Its your 21 birthday and you switch bodies with your enemy. | [
"I stared into the mirror, and the shocked face of my nemesis stared back. A myriad of emotions and conflicted thoughts occupied my 404'ed mind, unnaturally slender fingers touching my face and feeling as it would in my body, but still feeling so... so alien. \n\nBut three words sufficed in summing up the budding s... | 1 | |
[WP] "I wouldn't kiss you if you were the last boy on Earth." Now you're starting to regret those words. | [
"I sit uncomfortably next to...literally the last boy on earth. We don't talk to each other or look at each other, just sit on this idle hilltop looking down at our ghost town inhabited by no one.\n\nI grimaced, why did it have to be him, of all the boys in the world or the entire universe. It had to be **him.** We... | 1 | |
[WP] You discover that your universe is actually a small universe being tested on by aliens. | [
"When the temperature gradually rose we blamed it on \"global warming\". When the ice caps started melting, we blamed it on the rise in temperature. But when the gravity began shifting, we could no longer find a scientific reason.\n\nWhile others looked to the Earth's core, I looked outward. I had an idea in my hea... | 1 | |
[WP] Before bombs fell, you kept meticulous backups of all your media files and digital games. Now you have the world's largest and most valuable collection of pre-war media and video games. | [
"I thought I was brilliant. \n\nI could see the writing on the wall, I knew the bombs would be coming. I bought plenty of storage for thousands of games, on as many systems as I could find. I built the most powerful custom PC I could, bought the newest and oldest platform, multiple sets of controllers, thumb stick ... | 1 | |
[WP] The central wooden sculpture at the Burning Man is about to be set on fire. As the first flames blaze onto the wood, the statue starts moving... | [
"The statue was the protagonist of the panorama, facing over the massive sea of humans waiting for the beginning of the ritual. \n\nColoured lights. Beautiful, moving art installations. Music. Bodies dancing uncontrollably. Excitement. Chants. Laughs. There was a good vibe flowing all around the crowd, making joy a... | 1 | |
[WP] In a world where human emotion manifests as corporeal entities, you are an unprecedented case of someone that, even in the most emotional moments of your life, never manifested an entity. At your funeral, your entity finally materializes. | [
"It was a nice funeral, all the flowers, the tomb stone, the coffin cost me three months of pay alone. Hardly anyone knows how hard it is to plan a funeral when your living. after all you need to plan on who you will still like when you die, in 20-30 years. much less what music is in style, or still be in style. i ... | 1 | |
[WP] Some animals experience physical changes in response to changes in their environment. Clown Fish can change their gender and size in order to breed and survive. Radical changes like this have never been seen in human society, until now. | [
"Good Evening. This is the Laurels Radio Report, brought to you by Wee-Tould-Ye-Sow Private Faxes. If your faxes are ever stolen, Wee-Tould-Ye-Sow. . . Can help.\n\nI'm Red Knick. It's a bright, beautiful September of 2019. Here in a random town that's just far enough away from a cultured city to be ignorant of wor... | 1 | |
[WP] "Ma'am, set down the banana before somebody gets hurt." The policeman said, gun raised. | [
"\tThe policeman held up his gun, his hands quivering in fear. The lady had a banana, compared to his gun, which meant he was ridiculously outmatched. His only hope was resting on the fact that he could distract the lady until backup came. Normally he would’ve been using a banana too, but he had used his already, e... | 1 | |
[WP] You're watching your favorite internet streamer. Their stream is almost over, and the number of viewers is steadily dropping. You keep watching to the end, and once the viewer number is 1, the streamer says "wait... You're still alive?" | [
"\"Wait, you're still alive?\" \n\nThe person running the IRL stream labelled \"SNAPPING THE INFINITY GAUNTLET LIVE (NOT CLICKBAIT) (WATCH THIS TO INSTANTLY DIE)\" looked at the one person remaining in the chat a little closer. \n\n\"Oh. Well, I guess that's perfectly balanced, in a way.\"\n\n@Thanos logged off of ... | 4 | |
[WP]You finally did it, you invented your very own time machine. You decide to test it out by going far into the past. On the plot of your home you find a group of people worshipping at a statue of you. | [
"*She’s finally finished, let’s see what this baby can do.* I thought, turning the dial back 5,000 years. The machine began to hum. First a low drone, it grew louder and higher pitch until enough power was achieved and I was thrust backwards in time. I thought I might see the world change around me, civilizations r... | 1 | |
[WP] The world called it The Peaceful War. A war fought entirely between robotic soldiers, in a time when robots had no basic rights. They called it peaceful because of the human casualty count of 0. The war has just ended, and now you are the very first human to witness the battlefield firsthand. | [
"Senior Recon Officer Diego Martinez’s breath rasped noisily in his helmet as he waited for the landing craft’s airlock to finish cycling and allow him onto the planets surface. For the hundredth time he ran through the mission orders on the holo-pad strapped to his left wrist. *Make contact with any remaining alli... | 14 | |
[WP] While God was creating the Universe, he made it so that humans were literally incapable of sin; Anyone about to sin would just bounce back. While you were walking down the street one day, however, you suddenly froze in place. God himself has come to resolve this sin checkmate. | [
"Liam walked down the street. The rain drizzled above him. He hopped onto the curve of the sidewalk, flashing his red jacket. His denim boots clicked on the pavement. As he was about to turn the curve, A golden light shone upon him. Out came a figure covered in robes of white. Liam bounced back his purple jeans cat... | 1 | |
[WP] You and a group of your friends are abducted by aliens one night during a car ride. You think they will prove it experiment one you, but it turns out your the contestants on…The Galaxies Favorite Gameshow!!! You find out that the rewards are great, but the penalties for losing are…genocidal | [
"“Turn that off!” Matt shouted from the passenger seat. Mason, the driver, reached over to the dial and cranked the volume higher; the pounding drum and wailing guitar of Gutless’s latest hit single, ‘Up Yours’ blaring out with new intensity.\n\nI, seated in the back, yanked the back of Matt’s grey tie playfully. “... | 1 | |
[WP] The complicated relationship between an immortal and someone who remembers their past lives. | [
"The sun was setting upon the vast mountains of the north. The winter chill blew away the ragged flag on the village head’s house.\n\n“Frey, where’s my axe?”yelled Aidan, the village head. Tall and bulky, rough hands and carefully braided hair. He had searched everywhere.\n\n“It’s outside, by the shed.” answered a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Inanimate objects become sentient once they're acknowledged. You just bumped a chair and accidentally said, "Excuse me." | [
"\"no worries\" \n\nthere was a pause as his mind tried to process the voice from nowhere along with the pain in his foot,\n\n\"Uh excuse me?\" repeating himself\n\n\"Oh don't mind me\" He looked around - the room was fairly spartan, his chair desk and the bed all squeezed into the little room that was all he cou... | 5 | |
[WP] You propose to Minnie Mouse at Disney as a joke and as soon as you walk away a pale worker nervously says “you’ve just pissed off the most powerful mouse in the world” | [
"It should have been the perfect vacation to help ease the pain of losing my wife. It was late in Epcot. Minnie Mouse had a huge crowd around her. My 6 year old daughter Lucy wanted me to propose to Minnie. “She’d be perfect as a new mommy”. Anything to make her happy. I mean it’s all in good fun right? We waited... | 1 | |
[WP] Reincarnation, but for every animal you are reincarnated as, you need to complete a certain milestone, or you don’t become something else when you die. Ex. Mosquitoes need to bite one human before being squished, or they won’t be reincarnated. | [
"Blorp. Shlorp. Phage on the trigger, eyes closed, wait, I don't have eyes. Nor a brain. And yet, the feeling is there, injecting my load into the bacteria, feeling it multiplying, death comes, but my children continue the line. It has been a long and bloody war, but this time, I am finished. \n\nOne, two, three fo... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone fear the mysterious dragonslaying knight clad in pitch black armor. Actually she is just very shy. | [
"“You, who are you?”\n\nYuko jumped behind the Wyrm with incredible agility, unsheathing a twin pair of daggers from her overhanging sleeves. She slashed forward, hitting the creature at the pressure point she knew would punish it the most. The Wyrm snarled in pain, doubled over, and attempted to lash his tail out ... | 2 | |
[WP] Magic was discovered four years ago. There were some early adopters, but nobody can call themselves a master yet | [
"Come on.\n\nHe just shot a fricking electric ball and guess what that got him.. a billion views.\n\nOh wait... it was uploaded in 2021.\nI guess its justified. I mean magic was just discovered then.\n\n\"Josh! Jean is at the door!\"\n\n\"Ok mom! I am heading out want something?\"\n\n\"Just don't get into trouble. ... | 1 | |
[WP] The flavour of a food will determine its colour; red means spicy, green means bitter, etc. One day, you come across a fruit as black as the darkest night skies. | [
"She wondered what it could be, that which grew under the shady tree. T'was blackest night by temper with a pepper's smoothly texture, and in her hand sat plump like her arching camel's hump. \n\nA white fruit, she'd hypothesized, was brightly poison, deterring flies like rainbow toads with venom hides. So she'd ro... | 2 | |
[WP] You walk into the library and see that everything is on fire. Ignoring that minor inconvenience you go looking for your book. | [
"All my life I found myself running in the opposite direction of everyone else. Why would I expect it to be any different when I finally arrived to the Brautigan Library? There were no fire services on the scene, so I thought nothing much of the hysteria. Truth be told, after 3 days of driving across the country, w... | 9 | |
[WP] The king is dead, the dragon is loose, and the princess is in another castle. There is only one who can save the day: the incompetent hero's girlfriend. | [
"The faint clicking noise bounces off the dungeon’s stone-cold walls. There’s a hint of dust in the air, forcing me to suppress the occasional sneeze. It’s pretty hard to tell the passage of time without a window and underground dungeons aren’t big on those. \n\nExcept for me, the dungeon is pretty much empty. Well... | 1 | |
[WP] Someone develops a camera that lets you see Angels. They are everywhere; and they are busy. But Demons are fallen angels, and there's no way to tell on sight which is which. | [
"“Oooooh! That's a funny looking thingy mabobber!” The girl in front of me giggles as she swings her feet back and forth on the church bench. She looks fairly young. If she was human, I’d say she’d be around 12 years old. With long locks of radiant, gold hair and pretty freckled face. Top it off with simple white d... | 2 | |
[WP] You were assigned to save the princess but on the way, you fell in love with a witch. | [
"Ernst brushed past the heavy drapes cloaking the mouth of the dry, breezy cave. Esther was noted for her accuracy when divining locations; the missing princess often sent Ernst to enlist Esther’s help in finding lost pets or jewelry.\n\nEsther was amiable about it, often sending Ernst home with exotic flowers or s... | 2 | |
[WP] Romanticize yourself, or a character. Describe them and their features and characteristics. | [
"She was so beautiful. The way she danced and spun, just like I taught her. Her raven hair billowing out, her lithe, athletic body bending and moving so gracefully. She cut down those goblins like it was nothing.\n\nI could barely concentrate on my own fight. I’d been at this so long, muscle memory settled in. I ha... | 3 | |
[WP] During a battle you shouldn't fear the ones with the largest muscle, or the best gear, because those you can predict, but you should always fear those that need neither. | [
"\"Whoever can defeat me in a duel, shall pass this bridge!\" screamed the warrior.\nThe general looked at the bridge. Behind him, was a great castle. It was surrounded by a great river, impassable, to be sure, except through this bridge.\n\"Surrender now, and we will spare your life!\" shouted the general.\nThe wa... | 2 | |
[WP] The barber holds up a mirror demonstrating their finished work. Your eyes locked forward, catch a glimpse into the alluring void of the infinity mirror effect. A infinite series of the same reality, however, your heart skips a beat as you notice the seventh reflection isnt following the rules | [
"*Ddu-ddum.*\n\nThe beat of my heart echoed throughout my head, producing a deafening boom that reverberated across the chasms of my skull. Just hours ago, I was having a fine day. The weather was cool, but not cold, the sun was shining bright, but hidden behind clouds, and I had woken up fresh-faced and ready to t... | 4 | |
[WP] "We have finally arrived. Beyond this door, you will meet the one who started the war. The one who was consumed by his own ambition, now imprisoned forever." | [
"The sloop quivered in anticipation as the entrance to Wolf's Maw closed in on the horizon, and Bjorn cupped his hands over his eyes in a futile attempt to shield them from the glaring sun. He hated sailing in these lands, but Hel, he had to see it for himself.\n\nTwo months ago, a clarion call was made to all sett... | 4 | |
[WP] A dwarven craftsmen opens a business with a slightly unhinged elven runesmith and a human that doesn't talk much. | [
"This one just happens to coincide with some characters I have a ton of stories about, so I dropped some intros for them.\n\n\"Zayne never talked much. Not to customers, anyway. Especially not to his rivals. Unbeknownst to Zayne, he is \"Blessed\" as a scion of the god of destruction. He is a middle aged human, bal... | 3 | |
[WP] "Don't meet your heroes, kids." At least that's what you would have told the kids, if only you'd made it out of meeting your hero in one piece. | [
"What kind of a surf shop doesnt sell bikinis? I have no need for all this extra fabric, but I also have no other options, reluctantly I buy the one-piece swimsuit that at least looks kinda sexy. After asking for permission to change in the bathroom I head across the street to the beach. Mostly deserted, I do see s... | 1 | |
[WP] When humans are born, they're tested for affinity to magic. On a scale of 10, most only score between 0.1-1, with exceptional people scoring at most a 2. You're the first in recorded history to score a perfect 10. | [
"Ian stood on the lip of the volcano focusing his power downwards. The storms in his eyes, flickering and flashing, lit up with more lightning than usual as he compelled the primal forces pushing up towards him back down, slowly, but surely calming the angry Earth. He could feel the pressures underneath the rock re... | 3 | |
[WP] Vampires have infiltrated the Red Cross. As it turns out, they're super good at coordinating blood drives, and the gains offset the losses. | [
"I've been Slaying for about 10 years now, Shortly after General Buffy Summers had her friend (the Grand Witch Willow Rosenberg) cast a spell to awaken all potential Slayers across the globe. That one event changed my life. I was a chubby bullied kid before my powers were awoken. Now im a member of Buffy's army. So... | 5 | |
[WP] The first-line defense has been decimated. The second-stringers have been vanquished. Now, Earth's only hope resides with the C-List superheroes | [
"Status Report! …. Gary said into the walkie talkie. \n\nThere was no response.\n\nThe room was filled with a crappy bunch.Fred, A man in all red skinny spandex, missing some eyebrows and some type of tar based football gear.\n\nQ, A half naked woman with nothing but a bikini to cover her private area, with a spark... | 2 | |
[WP] It was sitting in his bed. He wasn't sure what it was, but it was on his bed and that was going to be a problem. | [
"\"I- I'm sorry, but this *isn't* a great time to have - er - you - in my room.\" He said carefully.\n\nHe wasn't sure of exactly what sort of creature this was that sat on his bed, crumpling the already disorganized blankets and pulling awkwardly at a dirty sort of toga it wore. At the words, its floppy ears droop... | 1 |
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