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[WP] Christmas has been hard on Santa, ever since humans developed interstellar travel. | [
"At this point I honestly wish he would just die. For centuries it's been the same damn routine every year. I was born into this life. Do you think I, or any of us, want to keep building this garbage for those ungrateful Humans? They did leave us here after all. But he insists. It's Tradition he says. Why won... | 1 | |
[WP] You're pitching a TV show aimed for toddlers, but instead of trying to teach the young viewers morals, your show aims to teach them how to be supervillains. | [
"\"Yes, some parents will make sure their children won't watch it. But honestly, how many parents do you know that actually watch the shows they sit their child in front of?\"\n\n\"No, there isn't any law forbidding us from making this type of show. That decision is up to the networks. Check with your own legal tea... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up, do your morning routine, and walk out the front door to see 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish right outside your house. The sum total of every animal you've ever eaten is here and they are not happy | [
"I had awoken to the terrible, pungent odor of what seemed like a bayside landfill. My air conditioner had faltered at some time during the night and the entirety of my home was a stagnant seventy-nine degrees. I pinched the bottom of my shirt and pulled it away from my body, peeling the dense cloth from my sticky ... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe where the War on Drugs was a physical war, you are an unfortunate solider that has been captured by the Pothead faction. And to extract information from you, they whip up a strange brand of torture. | [
"\"If you don't give us like all the information man, we won't let you smoke some of this dank bud.\" A hippyish creature was flailing his arms with some sort of green-yellowish flower being given the utmost care and attention. \n\"I plead unyielding allegiance to the D.A.R.E faction, not one weeds, not ... | 1 | |
Inspire from Anzac landing in Gallipoli campaign.
You can freely choose your course of action after receiving the order.
You may use the later verse ' In the time which passes until we die, other troops and commanders can come forward and take our places ' too if you want. | [WP] You are the commander of a division defending a strategic point from enemy assault, ammo are low casualties are high but you held the line. You request to retreat and HQ gave out this order: "I do not order you to fight, I order you to die -" before getting cut off. Describe what happen next. | [
"I heard a gunshot.\nI quickly held my pistol and checked each of its cylinders.\n\"We knew it. We killed your partner Mark. You deserve to die, saboteur!\"\nHiding beside a door, sweat drops move down my face as I try to listen to the footsteps of the soldier.\nI kissed my pistol as my hands are shaking.\n\"I gues... | 1 |
[WP]You live in a world where you don't tell people about yourself, they do. Furthermore everything they say about you becomes true. | [
"“Thank you for coming,” Tobias said and, with a weak smile, closed the door.\n\nThe house, after an afternoon alive with the respectful murmur of the wake, was now empty. Tobias stood in the empty hallway for a moment and noticed, bemused, that his sadness at his mother’s passing had left him along with his last g... | 1 | |
[WP] While suffering a crisis of faith, a nun meets a devil walking home. | [
"\"Are you getting on or not, sista?\"\n\nSister Jennifer looked up, her train of thought broken by the bus driver. She blushed and stepped up onto the 4:15 downtown. \"I'm so sorry, I was lost there for a second,\" she apologized, her mind trying to retrace its steps as she swiped her pass and moved further into t... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens have invaded and ask for the entire account of human history to decide if we deserve to live. Your tasked with rewriting it so we look better. | [
"The pen feels heavy in my hand. Most days this pen will glide along an empty page filling it with fictional stories filled with wonder and adventure. Yet today the pen felt heavy. Why wouldn't it? It held the weight of the future of mankind with in it. One more fictional story to determine if mankind live or dies.... | 1 | |
And it's good at that job, even though it likes to knock over the garbage can and eat out of the cat's litter box. The same animal that spends four hours a day biting on a squeeky toy is the best leader the galaxy has ever had. | [WP] Earth stands trial for barbarism/savagery. Races across the galaxy are ready to kill all life on Earth. At the trial a Labrador Retriever is called to the stand. All races see that for their flaws, humanity has bred a perfectly benevolent and loving being. Your dog is now the galactic emperor | [
"\"Emperor Good Boy, your council awaits.\"\n\nEmperor Good Boy walked towards the large imposing door of the council chamber, staff in mouth. He reached the main door but opted to take the smaller doggy door that had been carved in to the grandiose wood. His staff, unable to fit through, repeatedly hit the sides a... | 1 |
[WP] write a story where the narrator is the antagonist. | [
"I stood and noticed there were three mirrors in His bathroom. One of my favorite things is looking at my self in the mirror-even better when there are more mirrors Looking at myself admiring the hairdo I have finally been able to achieve for the past year of training my hair, but my admiration was cut short. I s... | 2 | |
[WP] "Oh", says God. " I guess I should add that to the list of deadly sins. | [
"God was sitting in a plush faux-leather chair and chewing the tip of a pen. A hand with four large gold rings, emblazened with letters and spelling out “THUG,” tapped intermittently on the desk. \n“Run it by me again, Matt,” God said, as he spun in his chair and leaned forward. His white suit crinkled a bit at the... | 3 | |
[WP] The first law of magic is that magic is unpredictable: you never know exactly what a spell will do. The second law of magic is that there is always a price of some kind, though who pays it can vary. You just discovered the third law of magic. | [
"\nI had been hiking up for an hour, my hair matted with sweat and the trees overhead cutting the world into patches of deep shadow and piercing glare. So I hadn't seen the cauldron, I hadn't seen the glass glinting. Tripped and scraped my knee, then still had to walk half a mile uphill to get to her front door. Lo... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a package delivery driver on your last delivery for the day before the holidays. Your last package is big and feels empty. You shake it and hear nothing but giggling and whispers inside. Curiosity strikes and you open the package. | [
"As he turned the corner in his delivery truck, Christian received a phone call. \n\n\"Honey? You almost done? Everyone is here and waiting for you!\"\n\nA smile formed over his face. Outside the weather may have been well below zero, but talking to his wife always made him feel warmth. \n\n\"Almost Sarah, I just h... | 4 | |
The line is from Bioshock Infinite, but you can take it in any direction you want, this is NOT an EU prompt. | [WP] Bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt. | [
"**THIS INVOLVES CHARACTERS AND STORIES FROM THE GAME- SPOILERS**\n\n\"*Booker. Are you afraid of God?*\"\n\nI gasped as I sat up. I was sweating all over- my blankets were in a bundle, on the ground. I couldn't even remember the damned nightmare- but that unsettling feeling was still there...\n\nA soft cry came fr... | 4 |
[WP] Your entire life you've been told that you were the chosen one, but you don't know what for. Your insatiable need to pull practical jokes has the elders wondering if they had the prophecy correct. | [
"Have you ever met anyone who's both famous and infamous at the same time? Hated and loved? Well, if your name happened to Niles Bruckyln, then you're exactly that person. Quite a peculiar situation to be in, actually, but let us first give some background to the story.\n\nI was born in the Dragon Year of 777, at e... | 1 | |
Grammar Edit | [WP] Everything has a small arrow and the word "upgrade" over it. Press it and you can upgrade the item into a better verison. You've used the abikity sparingly, new phones, better cars, however today you made the ultimate mistake. You pressed the button over a person. | [
"Sarah smiles as she watches the movie, unaware I have stopped watching. I couldn't help it, I was distracted by the dial just above her head.\n\nAs far as I could tell I was the only one who saw them. They hovered over everything: trees, couches, people, streets. When I was young I used to mess with them all the ... | 5 |
[WP] You have passed your trials, made your sacrifices, and surpassed the veil between life and death. Your lifelong goal of becoming a lich has been achieved. Your friend walks up and says, "That was a complicated way of doing it." | [
"I laughed. \"If only it was so easy, right?\"\n\n\"No,\" said Brad. \"I'm serious. It is that easy.\"\n\nI laughed again. Oh, Brad. These mortals were so silly sometimes. Those who hadn't undergone the Trial of Fortean and endured the Slime Pits of Gal'ganeth had such an immature, undeveloped sense of what i... | 1 | |
[WP] A neurosurgeon offers a painless cheaper alternative to plastic surgery by tricking the patients brain into thinking they look beautiful. | [
"\"Welcome Miss Watkins, please take a seat.\" Doctor Green gestured to the chair by his desk, as the well coiffed brunette followed him in to the wood panelled office. \n\"How are we today?\" \n\n\"Spare me the chitchat doctor, I know this is just a formality. Why do we even need to go through this?\" \n\n\"A psyc... | 1 | |
[WP] 'They said they'd return when the world needed heroes again. They lied.' | [
"The first time they came, they saved us all; once the world went back to normal, they left as quickly as they arrived. They said they’d return when the world needed heroes again. We lived with that knowledge, that blind trust, that they would do the same again.\n\nTwenty years later, the day the sky turned red, ... | 5 | |
[WP] "You know, this place held a lot more potential when it was empty." | [
"Jesse leans against a wall and looks, in a rather odd way, at the room in front of him. He feels... Melancholic, without quite knowing why.\n\n\"You okay?\"\n\nHe shrugs,without turning to look at Oliver. \"I dunno, honestly.\"\n\n\"What do you mean?\"\n\nThe other man joins him against the wall, a confused frown ... | 5 | |
You try desperately to survive, having only the resources and capabilities of the ISS and your crew. | [WP] You are halfway through your four month mission on the International Space Station when suddenly, a meteorite the size of the moon collides with earth, destroying all life known to man, except for you and your fellow astronauts. | [
"It was the numbness - the numbness which permeated the totality of my cells as I surrendered my focus to the symphonic destruction of the Earth. I didn't feel the empty version of numbness, though; no - that connotation was baseless here. My sensation of numbness didn't exist within a vacuum of feeling or a void o... | 4 |
[WP] You are an Evil Genius with an awesome island volcano lair, rising sea levels are beginning to get problematic. | [
"The submarine is now permanently below the sea, and my ground floor is starting to grow algae. I have to turn to the oil companies. But not nicely. Not by another letter. This time, by force. So i got in my heli, and left for the harbour. I was given the message to leave, and that police was underway. Not that tha... | 2 | |
[WP] You have the ability to go up to 5 seconds back in time, which has allowed you to say and do anything you want without fear. However, this one time, you realize your power isn't working anymore. | [
"5 seconds had never been enough to rob a bank or steal a car - you know, \"the fun stuff\". But I'd found my ways around that throughout life. Sometimes I'd buy a movie ticket and then jump back just enough to have the transaction never occur and the money remain in my account with the ticket still in my hand. Som... | 1 | |
[WP] The human race has gone extinct. A scout ship from a neighboring solar system lands on Earth, only to find hundreds of millions of time capsules buried every 5 feet in a grid pattern covering all land on earth. | [
"\"What's here?\" Yir asked\n\nThe ship lurched in a reared back angle as it took on more heat from the entry. The sensors were blinking as they always did, all systems reported nominal activity. Wayko leaned over his controls and abscent mindedly tapped a console for more information. As he relaxed back into his c... | 2 | |
[WP] Make us feel how short life is... | [
"In the grand scheme of things we are less than a blink. I don't mean you or I. I mean humanity as a whole. Our sun and the planets around it are but a flash in the lifespan of the universe. \nIf one were to watch the entirety of existence from the Initial expansion to the final spark of time as if it were a singl... | 1 | |
[WP] You're on Reddit writing out a writing prompt, but suddenly it starts coming to life around you... | [
"You are sitting in your tiny flat, listening to Deutsche Welle but try not to care too much about the needless chitchat before the clock turns 18:00. That is the moment, they are legally allowed to show projections about the election. Elections used to be a moment of hope, now they are mostly a moment of anxiety. ... | 1 | |
[WP] Two snowflakes falling from the sky, talking about the meaning of their life and what happens when they get to the bottom | [
"\"Crystallize, fall, melt,\" ❄ said.\n\n\"Huh?\" ❅ said.\n\n\"That's the cycle. All of it. What do we exist for?\"\n\n\"Beauty?\"\n\n\"What beauty? All we see is clouds, other snowflakes, and one spot of the Earth rapidly becoming larger.\"\n\n\"No, I meant, like, we ourselves. We're beautiful.\"\n\n\"Pssh, maybe ... | 1 | |
For those of you that want ideas:
- What does Death look like? Is he (she) mysterious or a normal person?
- What afterlife are these souls going to?
- What are the characteristics of Death and the memorable person? How do they interact?
IDK why I typed all that, no one else ever does.
Have fun! (And thanks for reading all of this) | [WP] As Death, you meet everyone you take to the afterlife. Describe a particularly memorable person. | [
"I noticed on my way to my next appointment that I was going to a middle school. I know I get a bit of a bad reputation, what with being death and all, but that always makes me a little bit sad too. I usually only schedule appointments when I really have to, and I try to make sure everyone I meet is at least 70 if ... | 9 |
These two men might harbor some resentment to one another, but they need each other to achieve a common goal. | [WP] A prejudiced, former Confederate crack-shot soldier enlists the aid of a former African-American slave in the American West, who agreed. What could possibly bring these two unlikely allies together? | [
"\"It's simple,\" Cody said, running a hand over his considerable stubble. \"You get half. Buy a plot 'a land out here where the green grass grows, fuck some girls prettier than the ones upstairs- Anything. What about this ain't you getting?\"\n\nSimon stared at the veteran, the corner of his eye lingering on th... | 1 |
[WP] You travel to the future to discover that history views you as a messiah of sorts. Some of your habits and life choices have become integral parts of the world's most common religion. | [
"--step out of the time machine onto the cliff under a bright sun. I squint in the light, brighter than ours, I think. I hear the remnants of far-off thunder. Strange given how bright it is. No, not thunder. And, the rumbling sky is not dying down but building. My eyes adjust to where I can open and finally peer in... | 1 | |
Taken from the Simpsons episode 'When You Dish Upon a Star' S10 E5 | [WP]A killer robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason. This robot, he's got a heartbreaking decision to make about whether his best friend lives ... or dies. Also His best friend's a talking pie! | [
"I never thought it would end like this. Stranded in a desert, not a soul for miles. I knew they were coming for me and Vinchenzio but it really wasn't meant to end this way.\n\n\"Vinchenzio!\" I yelled with a fair amount of energy, considering my predicament. \n\nHe turned to me slowly.\n\n\"Holy shit,\" he replie... | 1 |
[WP] I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, but Santa isn't real and Mommy died last year. | [
"What should I have done? What would you have done? \n\nI come home on Christmas eve after a rough day at work, enter my living room and see two people sit on my couch in the dark. As if they were watching tv except that it wasn't on. A dude dressed like Santa and an old lady it seemed - I only saw the backs of the... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has discovered how to download information directly to our brains. In our haste to learn all there is, we forgot about one thing. Viruses. | [
"They eached climbed in their pods in the black of night, the blue lights of each twinkling in an otherwise dead night. No birds sang, no beasts crawled, and all of man was in dreamless sleep, incubated equally within their own mind and each others. The collective web sprouted deep roots, and each successive wave o... | 2 | |
[WP] "Do you still think about what you did?" | [
"\"Not until you just asked,\" he chuckles back. The laugh is a little too boisterous for the man, the answer a little too swift for the stoicness he so exemplifies.\n\n\"Come on,\" I chide. \"I'm serious,\" I lean forward at him, fiddling with the beer can. In my experience, inebriated on a moonlit night is the be... | 9 | |
[WP] Autocorrect changed your sentence from "I'm good" to "I'm God" an angel appears and says "There you are!" | [
"Responding to a simple question of How are you, resulting in an autocorrect of I am god; I was just way too tired to actually reread what I sent... \n\nMy eyelids fluttered open, when I felt as if I were not alone.. A dark figure staring at me from the corner of my bed.. The closer he got, the more I saw the featu... | 6 | |
[WP]A guardian spirit was summoned to safeguard a very valuable treasure. 50 years of nobody coming for it later, spirit's opinion about value of treasure changes. | [
"\"You seek treasure.\"\n\n\"No.\"\n\n\"What, then, do you ask of me, mortal?\"\n\n\"I need help.\"\n\n\"Why?\"\n\n\"My world is ending.\"\n\n\"What concern is that of immortals?\"\n\n\"It was said that you have guarded something, forever, that will sustain us. There is no other place to turn. What can you give to ... | 1 | |
[WP] Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, Cupid, and the Tooth Fairy are all real. Jesus, God, and your parents are not. | [
"_Dear Diary,_\n\nMommy took me to that big fancy building with the colorful windows again today. I think she said that I should play with my sins, or something. I don't really know who my sins are, but I don't really want to play with them if I have to kneel on the floor like this. \n\nEvery time we go there, Momm... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens find us and think we are so tiny and adorable that they treat us like little pets, but for whatever reason we all love it | [
"Six weeks ago they had landed, declared themselves delegates from some intergalaxial UN that had so happened to hear one of our broadcasts. It took a few days to figure all this out because they had landed in the Milwaukee comic convention and only spoke Portuguese. Once that was all sorted out various leaders f... | 2 | |
[WP] My mom gave me a piece of paper and an essay question in a dream last night, and I thought I would share it with you guys. What would it be like in a hurricane from a baby dragon's point of view? | [
"She hatched in the eye of a hurricane, when there was only quiet, and a discolored sky above. Her violet scales never glittered, for there was no sun for them to reflect their brilliant colour off of. She never saw the island she hatched on for there was a yellow haze surrounding everything. This truly was a sad t... | 2 | |
[WP] Being conscious at night time corrupts you. Insomniacs are awful people, and owls are horrific beasts... | [
"I used to be good. I used to hold doors and smile at cashiers; you know, the little things that make the world go 'round. \nBut that was then. That was before the change. Now I'm pretty sure Santa Clause pulls an entire cart of coal just for me and my jump to the top of his notty list! \nIt all started one Wednesd... | 5 | |
[WP] While renovating the historical home of Ben Franklin, numerous corpses are found in the basement. | [
"Jack Johnson couldn't believe his eyes.\nThere, in the basement of Ben Franklin, were eleven corpses. All of them were decapitated. \n\n\"I have to call this in... Dammit.\"\n\nAn hour later, the local police were asking the same questions, again.\n\nJJ (As everyone called him) said, calmly if exasperatedly \"My ... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe a game of Sorcery Soccer, where the field is filled with ley lines. Activating them creates a wide array of affects to help- or harm- your team. | [
"The first rule to change was the number of substitutes. Once we learned to tap into the ley lines, once we realised how dangerous some of the interactions could be, we needed more than three substitutes. Ley lines come in a variety of colours, ranging from the generally safe blue lines through to the high-risk, ... | 1 | |
What constitutes an OC is completely up to you.
OC stands for "original character". | [WP] You meet your first OC | [
"It was a Tuesday morning.\nThe sun was shining, and the air was warn.\n\nNaturally my guard was down.\n\nStill, I was not expecting this.\n\nI went outside to ride my bike to the coffee shop.\n\nThe sun was occluded, but the event was not silent as from a cloud.\n\nNope.\n\nI clearly heard a tearing sound then two... | 2 |
[WP] You have the ability to freeze and unfreeze time, unknowingly to you it has a finite number of uses. You freeze time for the hundredth time only to realize you can not unfreeze it. | [
"And... freeze! You grab your spoon from the air and safely embed it deeply into your cream bowl. Thanks to your handy dandy time freezing power, you won't miss a moment of Gazorpazorpfield. Okay, time to unpause time. You press the play button on your magic remote, but nothing happens, Gazorpazorpfield remains fro... | 1 | |
[WP] You are beginning to suspect that your car is actually a bear. | [
"Shit. I'm late for work and my car won't start again. I'm going to have to make another one of those awkward phone calls to the boss man and explain the situation again. He never understands. He told me I should buy an FJ cruiser. On my salary? So delusional.\n\nBesides I love my Moskvitch Ursula. It's basically o... | 1 | |
[WP] When your medical nanobot was sabotaged, the 'accident' left you immortal. The occult immortals of your city have reached out socially. | [
"Surrounded by the beautiful, rich, and wise folk, I wonder what my place is here. \n\nI know what powers my immortality, science stealing away matter to a permanent perfect state, aggressively willing to destroy everything, a broken fundamental, the Three Laws bent to my unwilling advantage. \n\nBut for these im... | 4 | |
[WP] It's the first New Moon of 2017 and you can see city lights on the Moon. | [
"So we just sat there, pops an' I.\n\nIt was a clear night, like everytime we sat out here. Supprinsingly, there was nothing else but the sound of nature and the small transistor radio, that kept playing the same old song over and over surrounding us. We came out here quite often. To be honest, almost every clear n... | 1 | |
[WP] Mirrors allow you to look into an alternate dimension where 99% of everything is the same... you suddenly notice the 1% that isn't. | [
"\"Goddamnit.\"\n \nReaching up I angrily yank the silver chain to the whirling ceiling fan above my head. As the room falls into complete darkness I feel the chain snap off and slide past my fingers, landing gently on the floor in front of me. \n\n\"Goddamnit.\"\n\nAngry and with the uneasy feeling of defeat I sla... | 2 | |
[WP] Its becoming clear that that snail was a decoy... | [
"It inched along, slowly at first but gaining speed. Well I guess I shouldn't say speed, it was getting slightly faster, well it was a snail, so probably even less than slightly, but anyways, it was quite fast for the normal snail. I tried to touch it, but blood erupted from my skin. I swore under my breath before ... | 1 | |
[WP] An artist with amnesia reviews thier work not knowing it is theirs, how would they react? | [
"\"What about this one? Tell me what you see\". \n\nThe psychologist lifted a rectangular piece of cardboard from the desk. On it, was a miniature painting of what appeared to be a train steaming into the distance, seen from behind. Swirls of light and smoke cornered the edges of the square. \n\n\"Train. Smoke. Bo... | 2 | |
[WP] A couple of aliens crash on Earth and demand a rare mineral to repair their ship, but the aliens were actually human thieves. | [
"In hindsight, it was a rather silly scheme. \nHow could no one notice that all was not what it had seemed? \nThe phony dialogue, the oddly misshapen clothes, \nHow anyone could have believed them, til' now nobody knows. \n\nThe alien ship \"crashed\" around half-past-three, \nIt was parked in a remote ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are, unknowingly, the best programmer on the planet. One day you get an interesting job offer: being the new head programmer of "earth". | [
"I receive an email, notifying me of a job offer. Working as the head programmer of Earth. I raise an eyebrow, I've never heard of a company called Earth. I decide to make an appointment for the interview. \n\nI get dressed and ready for my interview. I show up and walk up to the reception desk. A beautiful young w... | 1 | |
[WP] The voice in your head that relays your thoughts and helps you read mentally suddenly decides to rebel... | [
"I rubbed my eyes tiredly and stood up, feeling the heavy mathematics textbook slide off my lap. I took a look at the clock next to my bed, the glowing numbers seeming red and alien to my sleep-deprived mind. They slowly swam into focus.\n\n*4:31 AM*\n\nI stood unresponsive for an indeterminate length of time, then... | 1 | |
[WP] A taste of evil... Just enough to whet the lips | [
"Mark took a sip from his tumbler, the whiskey burning into his throat as it cascaded to his stomach. He stared at the eviction notice in his hand. It had been months since he received any income, but his wife was working. He hadn't expected this.\n\nHe took another sip. He hated whiskey, but the jaded, masochistic... | 1 | |
[WP] In an alternate reality where candy takes the place of drugs, you are the world's largest dealer. | [
"There was a man kneeling on his knees in front of me. He whimpered as he said, \"Please just let me go, I have a family, I have kids.\" \"I wish I could do that,\" I replied, \"but Wonka massacred my men, and now I have to send a message.\" I shot the man in the head and let his body drop to the floor. Blood spill... | 1 | |
[WP] You're taunting the guards at Buckingham Palace with no avail. As a last ditch effort you whisper, "I know the Queen's darkest secret." You wake up in a dark room with a sack over your head. | [
"\"Hello, and welcome!\" trilled a high pitched and cultivated voice you had only heard on television once a year. You couldn't place the source of the voice as it reverberated around the stone walls but there was no doubt it was her, with a capital H. Apparently what you had said had earned you the right to be a... | 1 | |
Tell the story of one character or even what caused this event. Go nuts. | [WP] Several years into the future, New Year's has manifested as a giant wall of fire that sweeps across the earth for one day, killing anybody above ground in a true 'new start'. | [
"\"What's the craziest thing you've done lately?\" The girl looks to the other one with her hand held out. \n\n\"Wha.. What?\" The other girl looks at her, confused. She keeps looking at the girl with her hand out. She reluctantly accepts the girl's hand. As soon as she grabbed her hand, they were off. The cold win... | 1 |
[WP] Your parents are infamous super villains but you have dreams of being a hero. They found the colorful spandex costume under your bed this morning...it's time to have the talk. | [
"\"Emma!\" \n\nI hear my mother yelling from downstairs. Great maybe another lecture on how my grades are dropping. Or how I need to start building a good villain persona. My parents are widely regarded as the most ruthless super villains in the country. While it has made my childhood a little bit different then ot... | 1 | |
[WP] When a person is born on the extra day during a leap year they age 4 times slower then everyone else. | [WP] When a person is born on the extra day during a leap year they age 4 times slower then everyone else. | [
"There are always fewer of us at the meetings as the years go by. I know thousands of us are born ever 4 years, but it doesn’t feel that way. Despite our common condition, we don’t all feel the need to commiserate, or wallow, or whatever you want to call it.\n\nThis year I’m going to one in Chicago: “Leapers Unite!... | 1 |
[WP] You're a knight who goes to save the princess from a fearsome dragon. You slay the dragon and reach the tower, where the princess informs you that the dragon wasn't keeping her hostage, the dragon was protecting her. | [
"I Sir Robert Gallantry\n\nHave traveled far o’er land and sea\n\nA damsel in distress to free\n\nThis is my quest.\n\n\nThe fair princess is trapped alone\n\nWhoever frees her wins the throne\n\nI’ll call this great kingdom my own\n\nI shall not rest.\n\n\nLo! At last - a tower up ahead\n\nWith stones of grey and ... | 6 | |
I'm not sure if this is quite or not but I heard it at work and thought it'd be a fun write. | [WP] "Eat, Drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die!" | [
"My stomach gurgled as I sunked my sword through the wench's eye. The female of the species were 5 times as large as the males, so it's fitting that they would be the main warriors of the species. \n\nWhat were known as the Kro'naa came to our land 4 suns ago on flying huts made from the same metal as our blades an... | 1 |
[WP] You are an Elder God that has risen from the Oceans depths. The only problem is humanity doesn't really care... | [
"I awaken naked and cold as my face crashes against the freezing oceans Atlantic shore. My lips are cracked from the constant moisture of the sea and the smell of that day reminded me of my first day on earth. Memories begin to flood my head and suddenly I remember I'm on a mission to save us from ourselves... Da... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a apolcaplyptic wasteland. One day, while scavenging in a building, you discover a computer. It's powered on and you find that it's somehow connected to the internet. You go to Reddit to discover that it's still very active... | [
"\"By the gods, how the hell is this even possible?!\" I whisper, trying to avoid catching the attention of unwanted guests. \nI scroll through the new posts and discover r/apocolypse is trending lately. I click to see that the newest post was actually a few minutes ago and how a guy name TheKewlMiester would like ... | 1 | |
Don't take it the easy way out by having the character have multiple personalities or something along those lines. | [WP] Write a story where the same person is both the antagonist & protagonist. Bonus points if they don't have a mental disorder that causes it. | [
"World is recovering from that catastrophic events. It almost eradicating all the humanity, bring almost 5 billion of lives with it. World leaders, well, the remaining of them, referring it as \"The Event\".\n\nThe Event, being airborne, is one of the fastest \"desease\", more than influenza. It's more lethal, so i... | 4 |
[WP] Write a story of a child getting lost in a toy store in the style of a detective film noir. | [
"She came to me like all dames come to me. In tears. Her Elena of Avalon shirt covered in something like mustard, but it could’ve been something else. Something worse. \n\n“Where’s my mommy?” \n\nAlways the same questions with these little ones in tears. They never ask how I’m doing, and it’s a good thing too. I co... | 1 | |
[WP] I was falling to pieces. Literally. I had a manual on how to put me back together, though. | [
"*Pieces, Part 1*\n\nThe week-long, tropical storms finally hit Shenzhen. \n\nA wall of rain turned the Deep Bay into a foggy void, smudging the ragged line of high-rises into barely discernible shapes, and as the bus ferried Asher away from the city center to Huangang Port, he watched streaks of murky water slide ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are tasked with creating the greatest mystery ever in 744 hours, which anyone can participate in. | [
"*A man has been marked for death. First person to identify him wins. You have 744 hours, now go.*\n\nThe amateurs searched through official records for persons on death row. They submitted two hundred entries at once thinking it's a lottery. \n\n\"But it's an unreasonable challenge,\" the bystanders said. \"It doe... | 1 | |
[WP] Two people talk in a room. | [
"Of course I wish that you'd left her, she said.\nBut that she could never regret it, or get it out of her head. \nBut if I had never have met you, she went on.\nThen surely I would never have got to enjoy you, as I have, and I never would have written this song. And then a sad laugh more like a mutter, like Autumn... | 4 | |
One Punch? | [WP] Your punches contain the force of a nuclear explosion. You are unexpectedly kidnapped. Your captors? Kim Jong Un and his international agents. | [
"I woke up after having been knocked unconscious. \n\n**3** I was bound and gagged. My hands secured above my head with both fists pointing skyward.\n\n **2** I was tied to a rocket and standing on a launch pad.\n\n **1** The rocket ignited. I made it about 300 feet before I crashed into the ocean.\n\n The enemies ... | 1 |
[WP] You've been reading a chapter of a book before bed every day for years now. You're beginning to suspect that it doesn't end. | [
"**Chapter 33220: Tuesday, 3rd January, 2017AD** \nDear Diary, I have been dutifully filling in your pages for many years. Many, many years. They track my growth, from the day I was born. Course, those first few volumes were filled in by Mother (my penmanship was notoriously poor at that age). It has not always be... | 3 | |
[WP] Human beings inhabited the earth many times, only to die out many times before recorded history. You just uncovered a time capsule carbon dated eons before the supposed beginning of our planet. | [
"Jim held the crystal against the ceiling lighting, turning it slowly and looked through it, absorbed in thought . A voice nearby startled him. \n\n“The results of the round robin test are unambiguous, all laboratories support our analysis.”\n\nSteffi didn't even try to contain her excitement, almost bouncing on he... | 1 | |
[WP] Year 2022. As soon as Elon Musk's ship lands on Mars, the crew finds out what the REAL mission is about. | [
"I gasped for air as I heard a distant hissing sound. It's bright and my eyes are burning like fire. I stepped down and fell hard. The floor is icy cold. Cold steel is very unforgiving to bare hands. As my breathing begins to steady a large hand grabs my arm with a tight grip pulling me upwards. Looking up revealed... | 4 | |
[WP] As the sole survivor of a downed fighter jet in the Pacific Ocean, you've managed to elude death for 2 months. It's only now you're realizing that the diet of rainbow colored sea life which has nourished you, is *changing* you | [
"I looked out into the ocean around me seeing the waves tumble over each other and combine until they crashed into the white sandy shore. The sun was rising and it was almost time to hunt for more fish. All I had to eat was fish. Scaly, colorful, bland tasting fish. \n\nI hated eating it. I had always despised the ... | 2 | |
[WP] It is the year 2022, and for the past five years, every single baby born has been male. | [
"\"Ladies and gentlemen -\"\n\nCarl was addressing the board. He was wearing one of his more expensive suites that day. A 3 piece, stark black, with one of this big red dumb power ties.\n\n\"Growing up, they told me that I was a positive thinker. A critical thinker, too. Very business minded.\"\n\nHe shuffled with ... | 1 | |
[WP] You open a door and see a creature incomprehensible to the mortal mind. This is how your brain interprets what you saw so it doesn't break: | [
"I can't express to you all enough how little I understood what I actually saw. Because I saw a lot of things. I saw what it wanted me to see: how it's been jumping from person to person frantically. I hadn't thought much of the panic that had started out of the blue downtown, but I guess some sort of sentient brai... | 4 | |
[WP] "Hello, I’m your twin," said the stranger who stepped out of the bright white light. | [
"Dark clouds and nimble waves crashed against the jagged rocks. The storm and ocean wrestled for power and turned the large grey stones into nature’s punching bag. Cracks of thunder tore through invisible, airy fabric. There was pandemonium and turmoil in all directions, yet she floated peacefully. \n\t\nShe str... | 2 | |
[WP] Humanity has reached a "Game over" and must decide on their next game | [
"The flash was brilliantly bright and, for the briefest of moments, Mark assumed the sunlight was bouncing off something very reflective. \n\nOf course, Mark thought that for less than a second. The blast from the thermonuclear warhead erased any thought from his head with definitive precision. And, with that blast... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always been able to see the number floating over their heads. A number that indicates how many years they have to live. One day however, you see the number -1... | [
"I stood in the coffee shop, waiting for my flat white with Joanna.\n\n\nThe Barista gave us our coffees. She had a large number floating above her head. It read “63”\n\n\nPoor girl. I’d actually started to get upset lately about it again. The number was about half a foot tall, and only reflected light around it. I... | 3 | |
[WP]On a normal r/askreddit thread, "What was the creepiest thing you saw as a child." Everyone recounts seeing the same black figure wearing a hat. | [
"*So I was maybe eleven years old, maybe heading into middle school. I wasn't doing much that day. Just playing some retro shit or anything else. I heard some kids yelling outside and I peeked out the blinds, then I saw him. A black hated figure staring from the side walk. His clothes looked like something you'd se... | 4 | |
[WP]You have extremely powerful photographic memory, and you've been working for the NSA for ten years now. Meeting new people gets pretty awkward when you know the entirety of their search history by heart... | [
"\"Hi there what can I get you?\"\n\n*Clarence Everdeen, Eighteen, current Barbie Doll forum administrator.*\n\n\"Excuse me, sir?\"\n\n\"Oh, I ah- yes, umm... One number 12 large please and a diet coke thanks.\"\n\n*A diet coke. A shipping pallet of Diet Coke goes for five hundred dollars. Clarence would know, his ... | 1 | |
[WP] A shady, illegitimate underworld organisation is taking place right under our very noses. So far we know only their code word for each other, so commonly used it took years to find... "Bro" | [
"\"'Sup.\"\n\n\"How's it hangin', Bro.\" The dealer remains half hidden in shadow, sitting on a wooden crate at the end of an abandoned alleyway.\n\n\"All good, man, all good.\" Moonlight glinting off of his lapel, the suit makes a visible attempt at casual speech.\n\n\"Bro, sure you doin' alright?\" Something shif... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been long well-known in society that magicians are just illusionists, without magical power. However, the least popular of them all is actually the one that actually defies the very foundation of laws and physics, A True Magician. | [
"It was one of those days. I could tell. He usually waited till much later before beginning his daily rant but, not today. Today the barrage started early. \"Do you know what you could accomplish?\" he asked. \"Everything you mortal imbicile.\"\n\n\nI ignored him.\n\n\n\"Others recognized this gift. And yes, that's... | 1 | |
[WP] Your whole life has been a dream, you wake up for the first time. You are a Potato. | [
"After the initial shock wore off I attempted a full body thrust away from a nearby pot of boiling water. Man or vegetable, I decided that I would not want to be submerged in anything warmer than a lukewarm bath. My efforts did lead to a successful roll away from the pot, but also a few inches closer to the glimmer... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up one day to find that you are not yourself anymore. You are a famous person. | [
"I fell asleep gazing at the New York City skyline, the view being the only admirable amenity in my 200 sq ft jail cell of a studio apartment. So many lights on in Manhattan at this hour. Who can afford to be up at this hour in Manhattan, let alone afford to live there? They must be celebrities or geniuses. And I'm... | 2 | |
[WP] At 16 you entered your story about a time traveler into a short story contest, you're now 42 being interrogated by the CIA for reasons currently unknown. | [
"The door creaked open as a man in black and white suit sat down opposite the table in front of me. Opening his briefcase revealed some pictures in a file of a man in his early 40s.\n\n\"Have you ever seen this man?\" He asked me\n\n\"No I haven't\" I stammered back.\n\nThey had requested I come with them in the de... | 1 | |
[WP] A brave dragon has to save the dragon princess from the humans. | [
"Haragor scuttled along the wall and squeezed through a crack in the door to the guard room. It wasn't supposed to be how a dragon attacked a castle. No, a Dragon was supposed to fly down from the clouds, with a roar and flash of fire, the Avatar of Armageddon for the witless humans. \nThen again, most dragons wer... | 1 | |
[WP] You find yourself in a fantasy world, and the only way to return home is to become the most successful cabbage salesman, in the world. | [
"Can you guess what I did before I came to this world?\n\nThat's a trick question, there's your one big hint.\n\nStill nothing? Really now, no guesses at all? Well fine. I'll just tell you. The answer is: *\"Not slaying monsters.\"* \n\nYes. Almost unimaginable, isn't it? You see, in my world there were no monsters... | 1 | |
[WP] You are Stan, a completely normal guy. People keep sending messages meant for both Santa and Satan to you. You aren't quite sure what to do. | [
"I've never had great luck at the post office. Maybe it's because my handwriting isn't the best, maybe it's because I don't live in a nice part of town, maybe it's just bad luck. I don't know. It was bad enough when I sent my favorite musician some fan-mail and never got anything back. And now, since Thanksgiving, ... | 5 | |
[WP] You find irrefutable proof that your spouse faked their own death. You're just climbing out of the grief and depression. You decide to go find them. | [
"\"So she's alive, you're sure.\" \n\"Yeah Aiden, she's alive. You were right, we excavated her grave. The DNA doesn't match the preliminary reports.\"\n\"Thanks for the call Rick, I figure you'll have to make some calls about this.\"\n\"Screw the calls Aiden, how are you feeling?\"\n\"Honestly Rick, I dunno. I'... | 1 | |
[WP] You can visit any fictional world from any book, movie, video game, etc of your choosing. The catch is that each time you visit a world, you have to stay in it for exactly one year before returning to the real world. | [
"'So, you can go to any universe?' the alien asked in disbelief.\n\n'No, not really,' I said as I wiped the blood from my baton. 'There are rules - I need an object to focus on so I can go to that universe from my own. To the uninitiated, it'd be like traveling into a fictional universe like those seen in a book or... | 1 | |
[WP]The person or people see the death of everyone they touch, They also know the date and time. | [
"\"Mom I..\"\nI couldn't bring myself to tell her, I had never used my gift on her before, why would I? who wants to know how or when a person they love will die, especially their own mother.\n\n\"what is it, what did you see\" There was fear in her eyes, as she desperately wanted an answer.\n\n\"Mom\" I struggled ... | 1 | |
The self aware AIs of the future are all derived from these two [AIs talking to each other](https://www.twitch.tv/seebotschat). | [WP] A future where mankind is dead and the world is now populated by a society of robots derived from these two AIs (See text) | [
"Our race of Ninja and Pirates are proud. Our honor begins much long ago when humans created us. All started with a joke. An playtime of humans a fusion of two of his aspects: Science and Boredom.\n\nOur mother is Mia and our Father is Vladmir. After a couple days talking each other. They realizes that are watching... | 1 |
[WP]You live in a world where self driving cars are everywhere, and accessible to anyone. You leave work as always and enter one. As you are about to tell your destination, it starts heading somewhere else, disobeying anything you say. | [
"\"Yes...Yes...It's all taken care of, no one will ever know.\"\n\nFirst time clients are always a bundle of nerves, but once they realise their privacy is paramount to my business, well, the sick and twisted side of humanity really shines through. Most become repeat customers. \n\nI stepped out into the sun and ha... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world similar to ours, where superpowers do not exist. You one day find yourself with the ability to change your gender at will. | [
"What was most astonishing to me was how I ever discovered I could change my gender at will. \n\nI was at the mall busting to pee and raced to the to the toilets. The ‘Ladies’ and ‘Gents’ signs had fallen off and no one had bothered to replace them, so I just ran into the one closest to me. By the lack of urinals, ... | 1 | |
[WP] The protagonist learns about the twist of the story earlier than intended, and ends up completely derailing the plot of the story. | [
"Harrington Fisher slammed his fist onto the table. It shook beneath his vehement might.\n\n\"That's not good enough, Gradwitz!\" he shouted, half screaming. \"Where the hell is my partner?\"\n\n\"Oh, you'll find your partner soon enough,\" the wizened old criminal replied, an immortal grin plastered on his face, g... | 1 | |
[WP] A royal food taster who has developed an immunity to every poison in the world continues to get employment | [
"\"So what are your qualifications?\" The Captain of the guard asked me, while his green eyes looking me over. I could feel the sweat-bullets rolling now. Four monarchs in the last 3 years have died under my taste testing 'expertise'.\n\n\"I-uh. I.\" I pause, the words of my best friend came to mind. 'Confidence ma... | 1 | |
[WP] For generations, every first-born of your family has been bestowed a Magical tool to fight the forces of evil that threaten to destroy the world. It's your birthday, the coming of age ceremony has now finished with the summoning ritual, and you've been bestowed the mighty enchanted.... Ladle? | [
"The day had finally arrived for Dyman's 20th year. The 20th year was the most important in a human's life, or so the Sect believed; each and every person raised in the Sect became a whole being on their 20th birthday. It was tradition to ring in the 20th year with feasts and relaxation, for life was about to begin... | 2 | |
[WP] Write an angsty teen love poem about an inanimate object | [
"Though I will change you'll stay the same,\n\nAnd like my dad forget my name.\n\nBut it's my heart in holes for you\n\nMy sixteen foot Grumman canoe.\n\nI'll never steer you wrong my pet,\n\nHowever much I bleed regret.\n\nCome rocky shore and darkest depth\n\nYour curves release my little death.\n\nI'd trade it a... | 3 | |
[WP] The Dutch Tulip Craze never stopped, and by 2017 a single Tulip is worth millions. You run an illegal Tulip growing ring, and are being hunted by Interpol | [
"I twisted the airtight case around in my hands. The flower was more beautiful than I'd ever imagined. There were sparks of teal and periwinkle across the light blue petals with a stem speckled in gold. It was the rarest tulip in the world, and worth more than the entire country of Thailand. My warehouse was worth ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a tree. You witness someone's life. | [
"Every afternoon, the little girl came to swing from my branches. Every night, her father snuck behind my thick trunk to drink a beer and smoke a cigarette. Some days, the girl would cry quietly to herself as she sat on the swing's wooden seat. \n\nSome nights, her father cried too. \n\nFrom my place in the bac... | 1 |
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