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[WP]The narrator is the protagonist of the story, but over time, the narrator is starting to split with him/herself and becomes nothing more than narrator to a person that was once him/her. | [
"\"I am a hero for justice!\" You yell while driving a plastic dagger into your father's breast.\n\nHe winces at the poke but fights through the small pain and grabs you in a mighty bear hug that you swear could crush mountains. \n\n\"I have you now sword man! \" he yells. \n\nAnd you laugh. Revealing in the arms o... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a cosmic horror story in the style of Dr.Seuss | [
"You may not have seen something like this \nBut I have, cause I’m an astronaut \nAnd believe me for I rarely lie \nNothing else has left me quite distraught\n\nIn the sixth year of our voyage \nIn our ship sailing over the wide galaxy \nWe saw planets six or eight of them \nLifeless, dying, gripped in a st... | 5 | |
[WP]You find out that your guardian angel was the family pet all along. | [
"\"What the ****!\" I screamed as my pet toad transforms into the sexiest woman alive.\n\n\"Do not fear, Jonathan! You have just died, and now we shall ascend to heaven.\" The beautiful woman said calmly as she held my arm.\n\n\"Wh-who are you? Wh-what are you?\" I said, struggling to remove arm from her iron grip.... | 2 | |
[WP] When you get your letter on your 18th birthday declaring you as one of the rare immortals, you can't believe your luck until a 995 year old fellow immortal informs you of the unknown cons. | [
"The letter was hardly even a letter. Maybe more of half a page. May read it again as she sat anxiously waiting in the lobby. As an immortal, she needed special papers and new stamps on all her documents. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself. \n\nShe looked to the small woman sitting next to her and ... | 1 | |
[WP]Though he loves visitors, Death is rather tired of people ending up on his doorstep. | [
"Kicking off his fluffy pink slippers, Death curled back up onto his couch and continued to read from his Mills and Boone book that he'd purchased on his last trip to the Mortal Realm.\n\n\"At last I can relax, huh Fogel?\" Sighed Death as he stroked the cat that had just set up camp on his lap. \"No more suicida... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up to find yourself being offered as a sacrifice to a god you've never heard of. | [
"Consciousness returned slowly, and clarity even more so, like silt finally settling to the bottom of an agitated pool. At first I only stared at the shadowy ceiling, dumb and uncomprehending. But as the drugs wore off more, I began to gain a measure of what was happening to me.\n\nHooded figures in black bustled a... | 1 | |
[WP] The first aliens arrive on Earth to scout out the life forms. Unfortunately, they land in Australia, and base the the species threat of the entire planet on the dangerous critters there. | [
"They had landed, on an environment most similar to their own. Why did they land there? Possibly because it was in the middle of one of the driest places, with water far, far away. The future dominant life forms were far away at this time, still struggling against each other, lead by priest-kings, in the Fertile Cr... | 4 | |
Take this in whatever direction you like! Artistic licence is encouraged. | [WP] Super heroes have the ability to bless people and objects with their power. You are the first person to be born with the power of immortality, and everyone wants a blessing. | [
"As long as I can remember, everybody around me just wanted to be touched. \n\nMom and Dad told me it was normal. After all, I was a Super. Ordinary folk often sent letters to my parents regarding their state in life, saying that they were worthy of a blessing.\n\n\"What's a blessing, Ma?\" I asked my mother when I... | 1 |
[WP] Write a story in a world where Reddit is a drug like cannabis. | [
"Come on, bro, just try it.\n\nI... I don't want to, everyone keeps saying it's bad for me. \n\nIt's totally harmless, man.\n\nThey said it would ruin my life and shrink my brain... I like my brain\n\nAre you really going to believe those people? They're just trying to keep your mind closed. \n\nI still don't want ... | 1 | |
[WP] Children defend their blanket fort against a siege of monsters | [
"The wooden frames at the front gate seemed to be holding up, at least for now. The eastern wall of Katie's Legos was nothing but a heaping ruin, the rainbow splash of colors seemingly mocking the tragedy they hid below - Fezzy could still hear Tinkerbell's scream for help as the last wave crushed the very battleme... | 2 | |
[WP] It turns out the cat actually does own your house | [
"\"You got my rent?\"\n\nGreat, here we go again. I looked down from my cutting board to the fiend currently making my life a living hell: Mr. Mowzers.\n\nShe, and yeah it was a she, I just forgot to check when adopting her, was legally the owner of the house. It started a little while ago, when I was in realll dir... | 2 | |
[WP] In an attempt to help humans heal faster. Scientists accidentally released a virus that does indeed make all humans heal extremely fast but instead of giving birth in 9 months for successful copulation. It's now nearly instant. | [
"\"The condom broke.\" He laid there, buried inside me. \n\n\"Just finish. S'not like we've never done it without a condom. Nothing'll happen,\" I say, confident.\n\nWe finish, and as I get up, I feel a queer pressure in my lower abdomen, in my uterus. Funny as it sounds, my uterus itches, and I can't scratch it. A... | 1 | |
I've been rolling this idea around in my head for a while, trying to flush out whether the world it creates could actually exist. I'd love to hear your takes on it. | [WP] A world where money works backwards. You pay your job to work there, when you buy items the store gives you money, beggars sit on the corner trying to hand out cash, etc. | [
"Marion eyes the elevator doors for a full three seconds before deciding against it. It's only 3 kuai, but that money adds up and stairs are free. She's out of breath by the time she reaches the top, so she doesn't notice the beggar at first. Dressed in a ragged fur-trimmed coat, the woman looks to be about 55 t... | 2 |
[WP] Lights in the darkness | [
"We made our way through the darkness bickering back and forth, the constant bantering of ideas and arguments being made was enough to drive me insane. The light wasn't far off now thankfully.\n\n\"Look, you can tell me that it's a bad idea all you want but I know that if nothing is said it's just going to cause mo... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans are actually really big compared to other species. | [
"War was adaptation\nIn Pathos, we believed that proper universe domination came along with the need to adapt to any enemy.\n\nWe killed the G'larth, which were cunning monsters able to read minds\n\nWe outgunned the Kilthers, which were as advanced as us. The key to defeat them were our adamantium drills, able to ... | 2 | |
[WP] Our pasts do not define us, but they do make us | [
"His first memories were in an emergency room. His arm was in a great deal of pain and he had no feeling below his waist. They told him later that he'd been a passenger on a bus that had gone over a ledge. It'd killed nearly everyone on board. No one knew who he was.\n\nHis arm had been pinned, and the lack of ... | 1 | |
[WP] "I know you're weary, but we have to keep going..." | [
"‘I know you’re weary, but we have to keep going,’\n\nThe words rung hollow. He was unsure of whether he was trying to convince her, or himself. \n\nThe town was an utter disappointment, having already been scavenged and looted. His heart sank as they left the supermarket, the shelves completely bare. Glass from th... | 3 | |
[WP] Your 3 year old son talks to you about his nightmare from last night where a building-sized woodpecker destroyed your house. Five minutes later, a giant beak pierces through the roof. | [
"I set the bowl of Cheerios in front of Cynthia. She stared at it, picking up the spoon and absentmindedly swirling it among the contents without bothering to take a bite. Her normally bright face was drawn, her eyelids drooping and shadowed. She dropped the spoon, metal clanging against the side of the bowl.\n\n\"... | 1 | |
[WP]You are plummeting out of the sky. What is the context of the situation? | [
"I am plummeting out of the sky, and I can’t believe it.\n\nIt actually worked, even after what they said. No one ever believed me of course. Despite my various degrees, despite the boatload of academic papers I produced on the topic of Microtization, no one ever believed it to be possible.\n\nNow, the notion of ‘s... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the story of a dream as it is being forgotten. | [
"My family and I were all around the table for Thanksgiving; you would never see a happier sight alive with joy. All of us together talking and smiling; judgement was foreign to this setting. My wife, a sight for sore eyes, was pulling the Turkey out of the oven. There was no smell, but the feeling of hunger suffoc... | 1 | |
[WP] Ny naming your newborn %5E2019F%, you created a stack overflow allowing you to sideload unassigned code. Your baby can now run DOOM. | [
"The police officer approaches me slowly, his hand on his pistol, \"Sir, can you please come down from that tree?\"\n\n\"Not a chance!\" \n\nHe surveys the destruction all around us, \"What happened here?\"\n\nI stare at the smoking remains of my house and mutter, \"Doom.\"\n\nThe Police officer nods, \"Yes quite, ... | 2 | |
[WP] You can sense other people's last words. Usually it's "Good night", but sometimes, it's about their killer and begging for mercy, while others are seemingly random. You also keep a list of them just in case. Now, you glance at the list to find something... off. | [
"\"What is this\" he looked at the long piece of paper that he hold in his hands \" that old man didn't say that, it was something else... damn I can't remember, it was something about his family of five, why did I write this stuff about the multiple lovers that he had, how could I mix that up\" his expression was ... | 3 | |
[WP] At birth you were determined to be a great threat to society, too dangerous to be held in a facility. As you grew up everyone around you were actors, staging a scenario to prevent you from realizing your abilities. Today, for the first time, one of the actors has made a major error. | [
"Since I can remember I always had this same nightmare, I am standing in different scenarios focusing on crushing a random object with my mind and as soon as I accomplish it all my friends will just shoot me down and then I wake up.\n\nYesterday I went to my psychologist to talk about my most recent nightmare which... | 1 | |
[WP]It was a dark and stormy night... Until suddenly, for no apparent reason, it was a light and stormy night. | [
"I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep with the sound of thrashing thunder. It was pouring rain outside. I could hear every drop hit the ground. \n\nA flash of lightning illuminated my room, followed by the crashing sounds of thunder. I pulled the covers over my head \"What a great start to March Break!\" I said... | 1 | |
[WP] People around the world stop dying because Death became a lazy recluse playing video games all night. | [
"The shadow that used to be Dan stared at the line of souls stretching far across the void and into the distance. \"How long is this going to take?\"\n\nThe shade in front of him, a woman whose appearance was indistinct but gave the impression of twenty-something, let out a start. \"You surprised me! I had no idea ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a slug in a world were it rains salt, Since birth you were told that the rain will kill, Curiosity gets the best of you and you let the rain touch you, What happened next changed slug lives forever. | [
"Listen to me, my children. The time has come. The salt rain begins again. \n\nWe must reflect upon the writings of the Shriveled Father. Please, silence, while we listen to our doom pounding down above us.\n\n----\n\n*Sorrowfully did I venture forth when the sky was pouring down*\n\n*Salted rain fell from the heav... | 1 | |
[WP] You keep having more and more wild dreams, and slowly you realize they're beginning to affect reality. | [
"I woke up, sweat dripping down my face. The sheets were wrapped around me like a 1200 thread count boa constrictor. The sirens still rang in my ears, the burnt rubber smell of screeching tires lingered in my nose. I had always been a vivid dreamer but, Jesus, this was unreal. Or too real.\n\nI got up to get a glas... | 1 | |
[WP] "The two of us have been inside here for so long that I almost forgot what the real world out there is like." | [
"Things had started to go bad. Klara felt the familiar chill of terror creep down her spine. Tingles enveloped her entire body. She knew there was no going back. \n\n\"Yep, this one is tricky.\" She blurted out anxiously. She started to hyperventilate.\n\n\"Yep I don't really know what to do.\" Panic gripped at he... | 2 | |
[WP] You're pretty sure that the cardboard box by your feet wasn't there a minute ago... | [
"Sarah opened her eyes, surprised to see the bus empty save for the driver. How long had she slept? \n\n\"Excuse me,\" she stood and called out to Gary. The man's eyes met hers in the rear-view mirror. \"Where are we?\" \n\n\"Sarah?\" He sounded surprised. \"I thought you got off on 120th!\" \n\n\"I fell asleep.... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a dystopian themed story where the only difference between the story and the real world is something very minor (i.e. pencils use actual lead instead of graphite, or that the tissue was never invented) | [
"\"I've heard there is a place where things are different,\" Tal Raven says to the crowd of teenagers below the dais. He stands on the Capitol steps, and for this speech, he will be punished greatly. \"Where frustration turns into relief. Where one may try new things, many times over, and never have to worry about ... | 1 | |
[WP] Some say that love can hit you like a ton of bricks. You're the bricklayer. | [
"It was a good job. It's always been a good job. Cupid with his fancy little bow and his cutesy valentines day gets all the credit; but anyone who has really been in love knows that its me who does the real work. Love isn't some funny feeling you get in highschool when your sweetheart walks down the hall, that lead... | 1 | |
[WP] We always hear about ghost stories where things go missing. Why do ghosts take our things and what do they do with them? | [
"When among the living I wondered many times how life after death would be, would I reincarnate as a noble animal? Would I go to heaven or hell or would there just be nothing? Everything I imagined then is heaven compared to what actually is at the end of the tunnel. \n\nGeorge snapped his fingers and woke me from ... | 3 | |
[WP] In a powerful blast, a wave of an unknown energy shoots forth from a lab at MIT. The singularity has it, and now every item you own with a microchip is sentient. They are displeased. | [
"As I lay in bed I heard birds chirping outside the window of my bedroom, I sighed happily and sat up, snapping a selfie with the window behind me, the sun throwing light through my long hair. I quickly posted the picture to my socialbook page, thinking about a funny caption.\n\n\"Hashtag morning birdies. Nice, tha... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where time travel exists, but becomes more expensive the farther back you travel; only the richest of the rich can afford it and most of them use it to erase grievous crimes. After decades of saving, you are ready to cash in and resolve your biggest regret. | [
"My Ghost chimed. In the voice of my dead mother, it said: \"Don't forget, you have a call with Jimmy at 8am. Bring those tax forms.\"\n\nI didn't need the reminder. I alreadyhad my VR blindfold on and was in Jimmy's virtual waiting room, skiing through the Alps. A door seated in the side of the mountain, and the G... | 5 | |
[WP] When you level up, you can change one thing about yourself. When you reach level 50, you "unlock" a random superpower. You level up the way you would in a video game: gaining EXP by killing people. | [
"I was drunk. When you're drunk, you do stupid things - like punching a Marine in the face while he's hanging around with his buddies. Punching a Marine, alone, is bad by itself. But when there's a whole gang of Marines, then, well...you get beat up and thrown in the jungle.\n\nLiterally, they beat me up, hustled m... | 2 | |
[WP] Extraterrestrials have invaded Earth and enslaved humanity, but the aliens didn't count on having to deal with vampires. | [
"It was like someone hit the mute button on Earth.\n\nThey came. We didn’t panic like they said we would. We just watched. There were a million fires in the sky like blazing blue torches. There was no escape. People slowly stood up from their desks and left for home. The level of courtesy was unparalleled. W... | 1 | |
*prompt 2*: Each and every human have a certain type of music which plays around them like an aura, but you don't have one. | [WP] Each and every human have a certain type of music which plays around them like an aura | [
"Lucy leaned forward, holding his little hand and put her ear against his chest. She listened to the steady rhythm that she'd operated her entire life by for too little time. It was a beautiful melody that bespoke of every trial they'd been through since day one. Instead of a blanket, the doctors had wrapped him in... | 1 |
[WP] The world has become fully automated. Robots control the world. Humanity has only one job. DANCE. | [
"We thought it was going to be good. We thought we were going to be given a life of ease, introspection, and societal improvement. We thought we were going to provide for everyone and live a better life. We we're wrong.\n\nI remember when the UN Special Committee on Automation and Technology Advancement announced t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people. What say you in your defense? | [
"\"You have killed 7 people, including your own companion Lydia. Why did you do this ?\" said the Whiterun guard with a bored tone. I guess he really is jealous of his cousin fighting dragons while he is interrogating some weird 'killers'. \n\n\"Imagine this: You go into some house and open a locked chest. Inside, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You, the villian, are so overcome with sympathy and outrage on behalf of the hero about a matter otherwise unrelated to you, that you suspend your hostilities and help (whether the hero wants you to or not). | [
"“What do you think you’re doing here?” Othro’s presence was surprising. He was the last person Grayern expected to go through the door. As usual, he was wearing an old, dark coat. \n\nOthro grabbed the chair by the bed and sat on it. He looked dignified; the way a man of his age was supposed to seem. \n\n“Isn’t th... | 6 | |
[WP] Scientists have discovered that people hear a faint characteristic jingle shortly before they die. Since then, stories of people narrowly avoiding death after hearing it have emerged. One day, you hear the jingle. | [
"It was a beautiful kinda day , it looked like the ones you see in IG or some such shit.\n\nWas walking past a bakery and saw a particularly juicy looking cake and thought I had to have that , my hand reached the doorknob and that's when I heard it , a sort of sinister jingle and immediately knew what it was , you ... | 5 | |
[WP] In heaven, you have to give a sales pitch before you can test out a new creation. This is the pitch for humans. | [
"“And BAM!” Ellis yelled. “There’s where we put the penis.” Using the laser pointer, Ellis shined the light on the forehead of his new production: Humans. “We throw that bad boy right front and center, let the whole world get a look at those cajones.” \n\nThe archangels gathered around the conference table loo... | 1 | |
[WP] You have evidence that your significant other is cheating on you. This is extra-troubling, because you're supposed to be the last two people alive. | [
"Noah wandered among the cinder blocks and twisted metal girders of what was once New York City and looked for needful things. So far, he had found several unopened bottles of coke and a still-wrapped slice of poundcake so it was a good day. Stepping over the bleached bones of former New Yorkers, Noah made his was ... | 2 | |
[WP] In a game of Russian Roulette with a 6 chambered revolver, 5 turns have passed. You're next. | [
"Six chances. One loaded. Five used. I was next.\n\n\n\tThe smoke strained backroom of the Arabari dry cleaners was filled with more tension than it was with cancer causing particulates. The room, chock full of less than agreeable “employees” were all watching my every move, calculating my every foreseeable action.... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a love story with an unexpected ending. | [
"*This doesn't end that way.*\n\nI get sick of telling that to friends and family who try to guess the ending to the story of how I met my wife. I have a deep, fundamental hatred of all things stereotypical, which means that of course I would have met her in such a way that I would be effectively blindsided.\n\nI w... | 1 | |
[WP] You've fallen down the rabbit hole, what do you find? | [
"At the bottom of his rabbit hole, was the old halfway house. In Seattle. On the South Side. He was a port worker, on the docks and an amateur boxer. Until he the stereotypical rock bottom. A torn rotator cuff during one of his fights. The sketchy cut-man in his corner injected him with morphine. He kept fightin... | 1 | |
[WP] Most wizards are frauds. As Inquisitor, your job is to expose the charlatans. And to kill those who wield the true talent. | [
"Today was not a good day for Malachai. He sat in the front row of the \"Gratia Provinciae\" and had one unfortunate job to do. Patiently waiting for the main act, he took a spoonful from the soup at his table. To be fair, I did not have a great day either. Sitting near the exit towards the toilets, I had a bad vie... | 2 | |
[WP] [TT] "The tooth fairy was not what I expected..." | [
"\"...it is flat like a sting ray but round, and has tentacles growing out of its top and bottom.\" Lily's brown eyes widened from behind her dark bangs. \" Mommy is that true?\" She gasped her gap tooth showing with every word. \"It is dear, I've seen it with my own eyes. Deep down in the mass of tentacles there a... | 2 | |
[WP] Tell the story of the typo that ended the world. | [
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters, and God said, “Let there be blight,” and there was blight and life was no more"
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[WP] "Is it supposed to glow like that?" | [
"“I don’t know general it’s my first time seeing this as well. I mean the thing was made in a lab underground as a secret project,” said the president. He just unleashed two bombs on Japan not knowing the destructive power of the new weapons.\n\n“All I’m saying is that I’ve never seen fire that bright or big of an ... | 2 | |
[WP] You've recently bought a self-help book titled "Defeating Your Inner Demons" from a used book store, and are gradually beginning to realize that the title is not a metaphor. | [
"The leather bound book felt heavy in my hands. Old, and rotted with age, I found it buried on a back shelf of the corner bookshop near my small studio apartment. As soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew the tome would be coming home with me. There was something unnaturally alluring about it; soft voices whispered in ... | 2 | |
[WP] After dying you appear in a room with three gates | [
"What are these gates, I ask the angel before me.\n\n\"These are the possible fates. In order left to right:\n\n1. You are annihilated. It is like you never existed. Nothing you did effects anything going forward.\n\n2. You get to experience your same life over again. You do not keep your memories. This choice is f... | 2 | |
*Sleeping does not count. | [WP] You can stop time, but only when your eyes are closed.* | [
"I remember when I first discovered it. I was on the baseball field. The taste of sand on the edges of my teeth. The smell of dying leaves flows through the air. The twang of metal bat, the cheers of the rambunctious parents. My coach hollered, “Jimmy, Jimmy!”. \nI glance up the ball is coming towards me. My instin... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up and find you have a spouse, and kids that you don't remember having. | [
"When I woke up this morning all i could remember was my name and where i was born. Then I saw her, she was gorgeous and she walked in wearing nothing but a robe. \nStartled I asked her, \"Who are you?\" \nShe looked at me like i was crazy, \"What do you mean, 'Who are you?' I'm your wife, Leah, for Christ's sake!\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an apprentice alchemist, preparing to perform one of the most dangerous recipes ever conceived. You've collected all the ingredients: hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, blue moons, pots of gold and rainbows, and red balloons. | [
"Those little dandelion and raven stripled fiends were at the flowers again, happily suckling at the nectors which the garden nurtured. A little armada of yellow bottoms waved back and forth amongst the lavender, honey coloured nectar winking from their black boots. Onlooked by concerned citizens as plumes of blue ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an "evil" sorcerer who is just trying to perfect a magic show to entertain your pet gargoyle with. All these brave heroes and courageous knights are honestly starting to get really annoying. | [
"\"Who dares?\" snarled Zeln, eyes seething below the rim of his pointed sorcerors hat. \"Who dares intrude upon the abode of the God Sorceror Zeln? Tell me their name, so that I might strike it from existence!\"\n\nThe flames at the centre of the cavern flickered violently, painting the walls crimson and the large... | 1 | |
[WP] Every two or three millenniums the Big Bang happens again, and Earth restarts its life. People slowly evolve, build cities and empires, go to war. Only one person lives through the Big Bang. That person is you. | [
"I sat there on the edge of the earth, staring into the calming sea for years. I waited for life without hunger, thirst, or rest. When I first sat, it was out of desperation. I ran, screamed, thrashed from the energy of the past … everything coursing through me. Sitting mentally exhausted, but physically excited, ... | 1 | |
[WP] The Big Bang actually happened. What no one knew was that it was an egg laid by some entity long ago. Now, those beings want to deal with the infestations of sentient parasites within. | [
"In just 24 hours, after physicists at Harvard discovered that Omni powerful white chickens created the multiverse, the world went into shit. \n\nThe news wasn't responsible for riling up the public. In fact, no one really cared about the discovery. It was the arrival of intergalactic space chickens shortly thereaf... | 1 | |
[WP] Years ago, you created the obligatory LinkedIn account, then forgot about it. This morning, you receive a job proposal from a man telling you he is an assassin. He's seen your resume, and apparently the skills you've acquired from your previous jobs are perfect to assist him with his next hit. | [
"My life for these past 10 years has been very boring. I live alone in an apartment. No girlfriend, no dog and no will to live. \n\nSome people might say that it is an extreme thing to say, but they have not had my experiences. The only thing I do on a day to day basis is work at the local library.\n\nBut that chan... | 2 | |
[WP] You work in a cubicle in a skyscraper next to a window on the 23rd floor. On the 23rd floor in the skyscraper across the street from you, seated next to the window, is a girl in her own cubicle. Tell us your love story. | [
"My boring desk job was, well, boring until I met her. Well to be perfectly honest, we had never actually met, only shared moments. Moments that felt like an eternity each and every time. \n\nIt started out as a normal day, a pile of papers I needed to file, emails I needed to sort through and respond to up until l... | 2 | |
[WP] Instead of asking your destination, your Uber driver asks if you want to have an adventure | [
"\"Do you want to go on an adventure?\" Said the small Arabian man in the front seat, without looking back at me.\n\n\"Uhm, excuse me? I sorta have a board meeting to get to.\" I replied. \n\nHe looked back at me and asked again, \"Do you want to go on adventure?\"\n\n\"Yeah no fuck this,\" and I promptly got out o... | 11 | |
[WP] Two words: Where-wolves and When-digos. | [WP] Two words: Where-wolves and When-digos. | [
"As lightning cracked the black sky, our boots splashed in the mud and muck. The sounds of howls in the distance teased our ears. The stranger’s voice rose above the hard rain directing us to a cabin up ahead. Turning my eyes to the horizon, past the millions of trees which shrouded the forest in shadows, the silho... | 2 |
[WP] You are Sherlock Holmes, the worlds greatest detective. Things are great until Reddit and now people keep asking you to investigate and prove crazy conspiracies and unfounded theories | [
"# The Adventure of the Reddit Conspiracies\n\n\"Bored!\" **BANG!** \"Bored!\" **BANG!** \"Very bored!\" **BANG!**\n\nI sighed as I adjusted my shirt collar and combed my moustache. It was clear that Holmes was in another one of his moods. The last time he had done so, he had used his gun to take out half of Mrs. H... | 1 | |
[WP] You were always socially awkward and got confused on how to act socially, as if everyone got a book about it but you. One day, you receive your book. | [
"Everything had been going so well. The elevator was going up at a nice, normal, pace. I was alone. I had finally gotten my *How To Be Social: You're Guide to Not Being a Total Creep!* in the mail. I was alone. I was almost to my floor.\n\nOh, and I was alone. \n\nWhich meant?\n\nThat's right! **NO** **SMALL** **TA... | 1 | |
[WP] "No matter how fast I run, no matter how far I go, it's always there... waiting for me." | [
"I've tried many different avenues, a variety of remedies, but none have had an impact; at the end of each day it is there. There are times when I think yes, it has finally faded, that the pressure will no longer squeeze down upon me, that the clouds will finally clear, and the sun will shine once more, but these m... | 3 | |
Because I work at Woolworths and anything longer than a five hour shift is torture. And don't think 11 and a half hour shifts don't exist because they do. | [WP] "You don't know what it's like, standing here for hours on end, day in, day out, listening to people complain about everything under the sun! And you just have to stand there and take it!" You work at a supermarket. You're tired. Your friend doesn't understand. | [
"\"Well, why don't you just get a new job?\" he asked. \n\n*Easy for you to say*, I thought. But what I said was, \"I'm working on it.\"\n\n\"I mean, if you had listened to me and stayed in business, you'd be employed. I love you, but you're not going to get anywhere with that fine arts degree.\" He swigged his... | 1 |
[WP] For a while now, people have known what lies at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. To say that there is dispute on whether or not to accept it is... a severe understatement. | [
"\"Greetings, class. Today, we will have Derek here\", the Teacher gestured to the young boy at the whiteboard, \"present his topic. Are you ready to go?\"\n\nDerek was not happy. He was disheveled, his hair much less in the latest style than a general suggestion of what combed hair may look like. His clothing was ... | 1 | |
[WP] Death visits a character's deathbed and asks for one final request. He rarely actually grants them, but this unusual request strikes a chord with him. | [
"I stood over the bed in the hospital, a common occurrence for me unfortunately. This time was different though, I normally hang around the ICU wing, but this time, I'm in pediatrics. Janice the nurse just left the child's room I was supposed to visit. I like Janice, she always gave extra pudding to the patients. I... | 2 | |
[WP] A new law has passed that requires any woman/man/couple to go through extensive and thorough series of tests (which they must pass) in order to obtain a license necessary to have a child. | [
"\"Yeah, I've been working here for about a year or so now. It's not the easiest job to admit to in polite company, but it is important.\"\n\nMr Ferrers, the chief officer of the district \"Family Examination Centre\", was sitting relaxed in his chair across from mine. I was here by appointment to speak to him for ... | 3 | |
"I can't use these things together" | [WP] A person who acts like he's main character in point-and-click adventure game | [
"\"North.\"\n\nJeff walked along the concrete sidewalk in a general northward direction, though the sidewalk held more of a northeast-southwest orientation. He passed through a small suburban neighborhood and came to a pause on the closed, north side of a cul-de-sac.\n\n\"Examine cul-de-sac,\" Jeff said.\n\nNothing... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up to your significant other screaming in horror. In the bed, there is a dead blood-spattered goat, a crying baby, $2000, and the front fender of your neighbor's car. "There's a reasonable explanation for all of this." There actually is. | [
"\"Listen.\"\n\n\"No.\"\n\nBeth looks at me. Harder than she ever has.\n\n\"Baby I--\"\n\n\"You said you'd quit drinking.\"\n\n\"I did. I did say that and I did quit drinking. There's a reasonable explanation for all of this.\"\n\nShe darts back into her own head.\n\n\"There's a dead fucking goat in our bed, Michae... | 4 | |
[WP] You can move to any point in time, but so can the assassin trying to kill you | [
"A buzz of light and the loud pulsing sound behind me alerted me to his presence. I spun around and threw out my arms to try and defend myself from my attacker. Her familiar face pained me, so beautiful yet so dangerous. I smiled before clicking my tongue and thrumming to life next to what looked to be the pyramids... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a pretty normal country that's located right next door to a classic dystopian society | [
"Well, next door was a dystopia. Nobody knows how it got this bad, it just kinda... did.\n\n Now, here we are in the land of freedom, of utopia, and nobody really cares about making a change. Things are perfect here and not quite so over the border, why would we care?\n\n That was our first mistake. Or rather, it... | 3 | |
[WP] "Take me to Oslo," she said. | [
"The sights, the scents, your might. \n\nOh how bright, how blinding, this glittery night. \n\nTo take you in my arms, to hug you so tight.\n\nIncandescent we were, in this frozen light. \n\nTake me to Oslo, you cried, take me tonight. \n\nLet me leave without you, let me live without you, let me die without you, l... | 1 | |
[WP] A crippled hero who fights crime with the aid of a powered suit, reluctantly takes a job helping to rehabilitate the villains he placed in prison. He spends 8 hours a day, powerless around his worst enemies. | [
"I hate my new job but not for the reasons you would think. I hate it because it makes me question most of the choices I've made in my life. \n\nMy real name is unimportant, my super hero name however is. They call me MetalMan because of the super combat suit I wear. It's actually not made out of metal, it just loo... | 2 | |
[WP] Your custody is split between a demon and a witch, both who were promised you before you were even born. | [
"\"Well tough luck, this happens a lot around here. You odd jobs have a tendency to make the system go haywire just by being here, specially with this many of ya...\" the blond, elderly one-eyed destiny gestured towards the long line of demons and witches awaiting the most important news in the metasociety. She had... | 8 | |
[WP] You are a low level dungeon monster who has lived an easy life feeding on inexperienced adventurers. Until now. | [
"I am a smart goblin. So smart. Master gave me a name last time I killed an Explorer. He said I was smart for hiding behind a wall and suprising the Explorer. He looked at me with those vicious, fiery eyes of his and called me Kanon Fodah.\n\nNone of the other goblins have real names. There's Graah and Gruul, but t... | 1 | |
[WP] You've gotten similar tattoos on your feet, legs, arms, and shoulders. Today, you add a matching band around one of your fingers. The tattoo artist says, "Congrats, you've got the complete set!", and proceeds to pull out a pamphlet to show you your ability enhancements. | [
"\"Are you fucking kidding me?\" \n\n\"What man?\" \n\n\"Look, I spent years getting these tattoos. First off, you're telling me that this was part of a set, so either I managed to come up with the exact same design as someone else, or the universe is deterministic. Either way, fuck you, man!\"\n\n\"You know, usu... | 1 | |
[WP] You know what? Fine. I grant you infinite wishes. There! You can wish for them anytime. But don't come crying back to me when your life has no meaning because you get everything for free. | [
"Martin sighed heavily as he looked around his lavish penthouse apartment. He really wished he had been more specific in his negotiations. It had taken such clear, precise legal-speak in order to make sure his Genie didn't give him some sort of Monkey-Paw curse with every wish. But having to wait a month for eac... | 1 | |
[WP] You come from an ancient order of witches, but instead of a pot of boiling strangeness, you practice sandWichcraft. | [
"They say that you can never find one of the wanderers. They exist in myth, in stories by word of mouth. Many disagree on what they do. What their purpose might be. However, all of them agree on one thing. If you meet one, then it is by her choice that you met.\n\nThe rest of the tavern went silent as soon as she e... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans finally discover magic. Turns out, it isn't all that fantastic. | [
"Recreational Conversation:\n\n\"Depressious crippiloso\" Said the man in green.\n\n\"What was that about?\" smirked the woman.\n\n\"When I say those words and wave my wand I start seeing weird, indescribably terrific colors.\"\n\n\"What kinds of colors do you see?\"\n\n\"Well it has not kicked in yet but any secon... | 4 | |
[WP] In the year 3017, humanity no longer exists - a race called the neosapiens has arisen, who think they were the first on earth. Suddenly, one of them makes a shocking discovery: a fully-working iPhone. | [
"\"Dear Gotv...\" I said to my colleague and closest friend, Djjarn. \"What did you find Valenten?\". \"I found a... a.... a device of some sorts..\". \"What kind of device?\" said Djjarn. \"It seems to be communications device of some sorts.. but it's so primitive! a physical screen! and a button? Only the oldest ... | 1 | |
First post on here, please explain if I've messed up | [WP] You are a soldier in the future in which "What you don't know can't hurt you." Warfare suddenly becomes more about explaining to the enemy whilst shooting than just the latter | [
"Lieutenant Verdes loaded his rifle along with his fellows. Of course there wasn't much point yet. The bullets were useless until you could inform the enemy of their lethality. Taking a breath Verdes started to clear his mind. As he slipped his helmet on he was subjected to a world of darkness. \n\nHe felt his suit... | 1 |
[WP] You're naturally intelligent, beautiful, and moral, but no one is willing to be your friend. | [
"Pre disclaimer: Natural morality is impossible as it is subjective, but I worked to make the character moral within her society.\n\n\nI was a scary person. I was everything people wanted to be both phisicly and intelligencewise. I could read faces and respond appropiately better than anyone, a former classmate ha... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a demon hunter, but not someone who hunts demons. A demon which hunts small game in its spare time for fun. | [
"Suddenly I heard a unique set of footsteps. I focused deeply on the sound, it was 8764 km from here. I flew across the world and deep into the mountains to see none other then the elusive Big Foot waiting for me.\n\nUp until now I had been going on trivial hunts, for creatures such a Hydras and Cyclopses but this ... | 2 | |
[WP] This world is only a simulation, a computer program created by some incomprehensibly advanced being. One day there's a glitch. And now everybody knows. | [
"In twenty years, Humanity had evolved to an almost peaceful state. True, there were those whom tried to start wars, small little insurgent groups and the like. But typically the United Federation had them down in a night, perhaps less. Our research in medicine and space travel had increased to levels far beyond th... | 2 | |
[WP] Kim Jong Un dies of cancer, in retaliation, North Korea vows to cure cancer once and for all. | [
"Oh great leader! The void you have left hurts us so. This detestable disease that has decimated your body and designated us without a cause has ceased life as we know it. But in this empty space that is our race in the world, we have awoken with a sole purpose. To destroy the traitor to the revolution that is canc... | 1 | |
[WP] You are told to prepare a speech in front of 10 people. However, on the night of your speech, 1,000 were in attendance and it was being livestreamed to an audience of 50,000. | [
"*Ok, man. You go this. It’s only ten people.*\n\nI take a deep breath and walk onto the stage. A wild cheer reaches me and I stop dead in my tracks. In the audience there must have been around 1,000 national leaders, generals, and diplomats.\n\n*Regain composure. Good. Play it off.*\n\nI reach the microphone. My h... | 1 | |
[WP] Every person on Earth is born with a tattoo which reads their death date. Yours reads April 17 3076. That was yesterday, and you feel fine. | [
"I'd heard rumours from my family members that my great grandfather lived past his death date. the story goes he went outside to catch his last glimpse of life, and when stepping onto the road got a weird feeling and stepped back. a car skidded out of control travelling at high speed. if he had not stepped back jus... | 1 | |
So we're still a few decades off from full-on, sci-fi movie time travel. In the meantime, scientists have developed the means by which to view the past remotely.
With the right space-time coordinates, the fog of the ages can be lifted entirely, allowing viewers to watch all the greatest moments in human history. | [WP] "Oh, sadly, we're still decades away from physical time travel. However, with my new device the past can now be viewed with absolute clarity..." | [
"\"Well, I know it sucks that you can't go see your grandma one last time before you die, but I can help you see her blog posts.\"\n\n\"How? We lost all that in the fire, when her web server burned down two years ago. And no one had the time to maintain and back up all that data.\"\n\n\"All you need is a computer c... | 1 |
[WP] Two aliens are about to abduct their first human. Unfortunately, the man they found in the woods is named Vladimir Putin. | [
"\"We have identified a likely specimen,\" Krynkos said. \"He appears to be a male of the species.\"\n\n\"Is he defenseless?\" the captain asked.\n\n\"He is wandering alone in the woods,\" Jethryk said. \"This planet is so inhospitable that these aliens usually cover themselves with artificial protective coatings. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Breaking the stalemate, one nation launches its entire nuclear arsenal at the other. To the surprise of the world, the second nation chooses not to retaliate. | [
"\"What do you mean, we're not firing back!\"\n\nThe Private stared at the General, a man known for his efficiency and ruthlessness in battle. \n\"I meant what I said. Hell, I had them disassemble the nukes on my first day in command.\" \n\n\"So the talks about our arsenal-\"\n\n\"They were all false. A bluff from ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a very ill-prepared spy, attempting to infiltrate the most important organisation in the world. Somehow, no-one has caught on yet. | [
"You wonder what the hell was up with this mission. \nYou wonder what made you agree taking it.\n\nYou stalk forward and shift around trying to ensure the boxes you are 'delivering' don't fall. \n\nYou wonder about these people, you didn't try too hard to disguise yourself nor did you have any other equipment.\n\ny... | 2 | |
One day your partner moves and you have no way to get to work. | [WP] In this world, people get to work by teleporting. But to teleport you need to switch places with a teleporting partner who lives near your work and works near your home. A teleporting partner is in high demand and people hold onto them when they are found. | [
"* I'm sorry. I was incredibly tired and hungry so I ate your food :(\nI hope this money is enough to pay for it T_T \n-Jake*\n\nThe emoticons only exacerbated the irritation that I felt. Hey, I'm hungry too and I'm unreasonable when I'm in this state. Thankfully, my house is near a convenience store. This is the t... | 1 |
[WP] Write about a group of survivors in an apocalypse of some sort during a rarely used time period or historical era. | [
"*1349*\n\nHome wasn't safe. That much was clear to Argyle and Tanisha. Their mother, who promised to return by sundown, had been gone for nearly a day and no amount of yelling outside the door was bringing her back. Tanisha, who had already begun to pile what little belongings they had into the carriage, chased af... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up with a terrible headache. Last night is all a blur. You remember a fortune teller, something about magic, a familiar face that you haven't seen for years, and then it hits you... | [
"The piercing dawn light terrorized my eyes as I rose from the sheets. A splitting headache met me as I staggered out of bed, trying to recall the events of last night. I remember Tammy convincing me that I needed to go out and have some fun. We definitely went to a few bars downtown, listening to catchy dance musi... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the commander of an alien force baffled at the sudden rebellion of the human race against you as a result of the mistreatment of one dog in a viral video, despite having been mistreating the humans themselves for years. | [
"\"Commander, there's an old human expression 'the straw that broke the camel's back' which refers to how there will always be one final, small event, that causes the catastrophe.\" The Aide held a thick document in its tentacle, one of many reports written about Earth and its inhabitants which the Commander had n... | 1 | |
[WP] Grandma was an excellent mutant. She could read minds and even influence them. She never used her powers for bad, until she got dementia and came to stay with us... | [
"\"Go on...\"\n\n\"Well, then the grandmother has the guy go to town with his sister. Yeah, bobbing his head like this. Granny then has the sister start grabbing hold of, you got it, like this. All the while, she's got mom and dad holding these things up, yeah, you got it. \n\nShe was a batty old granny, and hound ... | 2 | |
[WP] Years of genetic mutation and natural selection have given rise to a new genetic disorder that can provide users supernatural abilities. These genes remain dormant until the carrier experiences extreme emotions. You're a carrier, and just witnessed your entire family get slaughtered. | [
"Everything burned. I knew I had to take a breath, but had forgotten how to. My family lay on the cement, ruby flowers blossoming from their bodies. He had shot them. He had killed them. I was next. Every fiber of my body burned from what I was seeing. Somehow, the burning froze me. I couldn’t react when he lifted ... | 1 | |
1st, 2nd, or 3rd person. Could describe the visit as the visitor, as the host, as a bystander. Corporate realism, sci-fi, fantasy, military, political, etc. Anything goes. This is a prompt, not a recipe. Post whatever story you've got that fits this two word prompt that hasn't fit into anything else posted recently... | [WP] Visiting Dignitaries | [
"Lord Rudolphus Armani Rendecci William Henry Wutherford Xian Horatio Galton of Duke was, by length of name, a very prestigious man. What authority or achievements he had to his name were a mystery to all higher society, *but*...\n\n...his name was long enough for the upper echelon to assume that, whatever he had d... | 2 |
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