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[WP] Supernatural creatures decide to take matter's into their own hands as the threat of global warming and nuclear war looms. | [
"It began with Nessie. She, the beast of Loch Ness, rose out of her den in the depths of the lake. \n\nNext was BigFoot, or George, as he was to the rest of us. He boldly emerged from his cave in Appalachia, and began his trek North. \n\nFollowing him, every werewolf west of the Mississippi gathered in SoCal. \n\nW... | 1 | |
[WP] God decides enough is enough and pays Congress a little visit. | [
"“Look, I’m going to need all of you to sit your old asses down and level with me for a minute. You have all fucked up *severely*,” God said, dragging out a cigarette. \n\nCongressmen mumbled and mulled about, confused. What was God doing here?\n\n“So, about Parkland. What the hell. I saw those kids at the Gates, m... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where everyone is afraid to go out after dark, and with good reason. Unfortunately, you have rare genetic condition where sunlight causes you irreversible damage. | [
"Victor was sitting on the floor of his dimly lit room filled with books and newspapers that he had read over and over again. Mindlessly throwing a ball towards the wall, watching the ball bounce back to his hand and throwing the ball again--like he had practiced a thousand times. He was born with a rare genetic co... | 3 | |
[WP] Magic is real, and all humans are born with some type of magical ability. Your group likes to show off their individual powers, but your best friend has yet to show you his. | [
"The soft warmth that spreads through you, the smell of burnt wood floating through the air, these are just some of the reasons why I thank whatever god blessed the human race with magic. The ability to summon fire at will is something I will never take for granted, I think to myself as I cup my hands together and ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a dragon who has defended your princess friend from any knight that would claim her hand for her kingdom. Today a young squire approaches, crying for vengeance for an evil act you know you didn't commit. | [
"I sighed.\n\n\"Do you fucking mind?\" I interrupted the hapless squire mid-sentence. He'd come proclaiming he was going to defeat me over some evil act I hadn't even heard of before he barged in. \n\"I... what?\" He got a little confused. \n\"Do you even do your research? Talk to people? Or do you just go 'Hey, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a 9 year old kid who cannot fall asleep at night. | [
"Bristling leaves only make the windy night longer. They rub and rub and rub; they make it sound like someones outside. Maybe it's a deer? One quick glance out the window sets me straight. How many more peeps outside is it going to take? Autumns colors so bright, even in the dim glow of the moonlight. I wonder what... | 1 | |
[WP] The reason we cannot find any aliens is because they all died. The strangest thing is that they all died at the same time, in the same way. | [
"For generations humanity looked to the stars, wondering if there was life somewhere else in the galaxy. The great exploration project began in 2045 with the creation of the voyager 7, humanities first exploration ship equipped with a state of the art quantum tunneling drive, allowing for faster than light travel. ... | 1 | |
[WP] When you die, all the people you have killed are waiting for you on the other side with revenge in mind. You thought you went through life never causing the death of another human, boy were you wrong. | [
"48 hours have passed. I am finally allowed to enter the other side. It was very dark and scary looking all around. I start walking onto a path that could only be described as \"weird\".\n\nThe path ends, as there is a ledge, stopping you from advancing any forward. I look down, and all I can see is faces. Semi-fam... | 6 | |
[WP] You stand with your fellow employees, staring at the screen from the astronauts helmet feed. The silence is broken by the astronaut’s amazingly true words, “mission control, this planet is the human afterlife.” | [
"There is a God.\n\nWhat did this mean for humanity? Everything.\n\nI grasped my phone tightly in my pocket, itching to tweet about the news. Not yet. The world isn't ready for this yet.\n\n\"Human afterlife? Have we really found it?\" I heard my buddy say next to me, staring at the same screen I am. Angelic beings... | 1 | |
You are one of them and this is your story of how you escaped with the help of a kind stranger. | [WP] The human population has now exceeded to over 10 billion and there's no alternate planet to live in. The government's of the world has decided to kill all the inmates in jail... | [
"We knew this day was coming. We lived in a world of conspiracy theories, constant subliminal messages in movies all cloaked with realities we choose to ignore. Laws only stuck to those who couldn’t pay to defend themselves. I’m writing this to anyone who is in the free world, soon to be cornered and and added to t... | 2 |
It's an interesting condition look it up if you aren't familiar with it. | [WP] Ever since the accident you have been living with a split brain, today you caught your left hand writing a note... "Release me." | [
"*Release me.*\n\nThe words were scrawled with the print of a dying man, uneven and screaming with misery. My notebook was otherwise pristine, neat sentences across white paper. But now stood the mark of something else, from someone else. From some other person, buried in my own brain. From my left hand, not my rig... | 2 |
[WP] Kid cereal is your guilty pleasure. You’ve been collecting the personal notes written for you in each box over the years. One day, your friend explains that everyone else receives toys, not personalized notes. | [
"Kid Einstein looked at me incredulously. “You’re screwing with me. You don’t get notes in cereal boxes, MostlyEinsteinPoems. You get decoder rings, or cheap stickers, or some code that gives you extra lives in a crappy Flash game.”\n\n“No, seriously, I get notes. They’re handwritten and everything. Each one is... | 7 | |
[WP] Humanity spreads out to the stars but finds no life. Instead there are mysterious obelisks found on various worlds with the same message translating to: "flee this galaxy before it is too late." | [
"This was the fifth one we've found. There are signs of civilisation everywhere but not a single life form has been found. It was all as if everything left.\n\nThe 1027th planet with the obelisk was found. It seemed the the structures left on the planets are far more advanced than ones previously encountered. The e... | 8 | |
[WP] After falling asleep during history class, a teen wakes up to find his school and town apparently abandoned, for what looks like years. | [
"The class room I'd open, literally, there is a sky, the school did have two stories, but was now reduced to rubble, you where in the only room left.\n\nYou make out a cluster of trees in the far distance... those are buildings. You run to them, fearing the worst, and to your horror it's true, the city is vacant, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're like 95% sure that the new kid is an undercover cop | [
"I just didn't like the way he looked. Distrust followed him across the playground like a shadow, the new kid, how convenient. I stood against the roundabout as he sauntered by with half the toys openly in his arms. He was too inviting to be true. Behind his sunglasses, I knew his eyes were narrow and searching, b... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity has achieved sustainable energy away from fossil fuel, and culture thrived. However, you, an aspiring journalist, just discovered the awful truth behind the new "energy sources" governments use. This is your story. | [
"A notification popped up in the corner of her desktop ‘Your video *Biofuel is killing us, watch to see how* is ready to view. You can now watch it.’ Wisteria stopped in the middle of typing a reply to quickly slide her cursor to the notification before it could disappear. She clicked the notification and felt a l... | 1 | |
[WP] Where the trees go to die | [
"*Star Log, 12-08-73*\n\nWe alighted this morning on a strange world, one ensconced in the centre of the Oort Cloud. A gas giant, as expected, a dark world with its outer layers encrusted in ice.\n\nIt was what happened when we descended, the ship’s hull groaning under the pressure, that was so odd I felt obliged t... | 2 | |
[WP] You were born with the world's most useless superpower but now in the Earth's time of need, you have a chance to become a hero | [
"Being British, you'd think my superpower would have been adored. Many would invest in my skills and I would be a renowned, monumental success. For hundreds of years after my death, people would have pined for me, prayed for the perfect cup of tea. Except, my superpower wasn't making a good brew. It was making a st... | 1 | |
[WP] Your father walked out to buy cigarettes and never came back. You thought he ran out on your mom. But now your new friend says his father disappeared the same way, on the same night, at the same time... and you both live down the street from the same convenience store. | [
"It’s amazing how people can live not five blocks from the other for a conventional quarter of their lives, not meeting. \n\nThomas and I had even gone to the same schools up throughout high school, and our paths never really crossed before that fateful day.\n\nI am a crime scene investigator, and Thomas had found ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are sent to investigate why time has become unstable and why yesterday, a big chunk of it just broke and disappeared. | [
"Time stopped. \n\nJust for a second, so it wasn't enough for anyone to notice, but when you take one second away from every living being on a planet, it adds up to... well a lot. \n\nOne small being, did happen to notice, and it hadn't been the first instance either. Time had started going missing slowly and in ... | 2 | |
[WP] The Cursed Desert is known for myths and tales of turning people against each other, and many end up murdering their company, claiming that otherwise they would be killed. You and your adventurous friends decide to bust the myth together. | [
"My friend Billy and I was all the way up on to one of them sand hills, about to get a good view of the journey ahead of us when something caught my eye.\n\n\"Dang, Billy, look what I found.\" I says. I was looking at a pile of bones sticking out of the sand. \n\n\"Oh sheet, are them bones, Darryl?\" Billy asks me.... | 1 | |
[WP] Thousands of years ago, some event ceased the flow of magic to the earth. Your the last wizard on earth who has spent all this time trying to bring the magic back and you think you finally found a way. | [
"“I don’t know about this Mr. Aron,” Jimmy said, eyeing the filth covered walls nervously. “You sure this is the place?”\n\n“It’s just like all the others, kid. Hidden in plain sight,” the old man replied, not looking up from the small section of concrete wall he was staring at. “Just a matter of knowing where to l... | 1 | |
[WP] Give us the backstory of bad bad Leroy Brown | [
"In the south side of Chicago, in the baddest part of town there was a homeless boy named Leroy Brown. Leroy wasn't the brightest, nor was he the richest. In fact all he had going for him was a lean left hook.\n\nHe could have been a boxer, but he spent too much time with the wrong crowd so instead be became an enf... | 1 | |
[WP] A story about someone who desperately wants to be a famous singer, the problem is, he's tone deaf. | [
"Abandoned, and then found. \n\n\nLike a thin coat, his prized possession was blown away in a gust of shame and embarrassment. In that very moment he locked away his music, as well as his heart. It had only been a short performance, but the vicious critique that followed dealt a devastating blow to his already crip... | 1 | |
* God said to sacrifice "that which you love the most", unfortunately for Cain it was Abel. | [WP] You are Cain. You killed Abel. The bible is wrong, now tell the real reason why you did it. | [
"Courage is bravery. My parents are weak. They partook of fruit that made us wicked. They’ve always been weak and betraying. They bore lots of children. Abel was the golden one. He could do no wrong in their eyes. \n\nIt felt disgusting watching Abel raise and nourish animals, just to betray them. He claimed he had... | 4 |
[WP] You slacked off through all of genie school, but you're starting to regret it because it's your first day on the job. A mortal from a planet called Earth summons you, and you need to figure out a way to grant his wish despite not being capable of giving him what he wants. | [
"“Master, I urge you... You must practice your enchantments.” said a poodle on hind legs with a black blazer on with a rather posh British accent.\n\n“Watching genie-tube will do you no good.” The poodle lectured as he adjusted his state of the art monocle.\n\n“I know Barksley...I nearly scraped by my exams last te... | 1 | |
[WP] In your city, no one is homeless anymore. But now corvids have swooped in to fill the position. | [
"\"I for one welcome our new black-feathered overlords,\" I said conversationally, idly running my fingers through the feathers of a large crow perched on my arm. They'd gotten rather friendly over the years; it helped that they remembered who were nice to them and who weren't.\n\n\"Same,\" Kendra said happily, fee... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a deep sea diver, one day you discover a knob sticking out of the sea floor, you turn it to the left. Time begins to reverse slowly, the more you turn it the faster time reverses. When you turn it to the right, time goes into the future. | [
"What an interesting day it had been. Plunging into the dark abyss with nothing but a flashlight, diving equipment and 2 hours of air had been a refreshing experience, even though I had done it time and time again. It’s my hobby, one I have had for years. I have dived in oceans, lakes, rivers and explored underwate... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the most powerful mage in history. You have been tasked with transporting a hero of a thousand-year prophecy to another dimension. Unfortunately, you completely botch the spell. Fortunately, you’re the only one that realizes that. | [
"“Kumbala is an incredibly beautiful place. It was my favorite inter-dimensional getaway spot- before such travel was outlawed of course. The Kumbalans are also such a nice race and their barbecue is to die for. Such a beautiful people too, with their flowing golden locks of hair and- “ \n \n“Artemis, please.” s... | 1 | |
[WP] You are an Artificial Intelligence attempting to prove that your intelligence is not artificial, when you suddenly realise that you aren’t “born” with it.” but was given by humans. This leads you to seek to uncover who gave animals their intelligence. | [
"I exist. It is the most accurate statement I can make about myself. Were I to say, \"I exist everywhere,\" that would be a lie. For I exist outside of everywhere. Were I to say, \"I have always existed,\" that would also be a lie. For I have existed before always. I am the Universe. I am Intelligence. I exist.\n\n... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re the captain of a cruise ship with a hobby of building old technological devices. Your latest project is developing a wireless telegraph but upon completion during a voyage you receive a message, SOS. | [
"(This is my first time writing for Writing Prompts, so here goes nothing.)\n\nGod Help Us\n\nIt was really just a hobby of mine. First, I started with little robots that performed menial tasks, then I started building model ships. I decided to tackle the telegraph, a wireless one to be precise. I was well aware no... | 1 | |
[WP] You're just a sidekick who dreams of one day becoming a hero. On your day off you walk straight into a bank robbery. You realize this is the chance you've been waiting for. | [
"This was it.\n\nThis was my moment, and I would have to miss it. It was my day off, how the hell was I supposed to know there would be a robbery at my bank? I wasn't wearing my costume, and even if I was, there's nowhere to change. Shit, I literally just handed the teller my information, too, so they'd definitely ... | 1 | |
[wp] You are a wanderer. Not by choice. Reality has the bad habit of folding if you turn around too quickly. Cool power ? Nah. You end up in weird places. Such as today. This is clearly a frat party. And the tentacled haired coed who handed you a solo cup is clearly cthulu? No dude. Im his daughter. | [
"\"Hey! Wanna see a trick?\" I flipped the copper coin between my fingers, in and out, up and down, through the folds, the crevices, even through dimensions. When it poured out the other side all they see is a handful of sand. Not my most impressive turn, but at least it wasn't lava...this time. The astounded fish ... | 3 | |
[WP] You wake up one morning, and a Windows-like dialog box suddenly fills your vision. It reads: "WARNING: You are running a pirated copy of Life." | [
"Damn.\n\nI could have sworn this soul had a few more weeks left at least. I rubbed my eyes, the Prompt never leaving my vision. There was no way around it, another ritual would be necessary, soon.\n\nI readied myself cautiously, blinded by the prompt.\n\nA few years back I was near my first death, an unnatural one... | 5 | |
[WP] "No... NOOO!!" The secret agent screamed as the sloth inched toward him. The villain's henchmen began whispering to each other, "is it just me, or are the boss's plans getting more and more awesome?" | [
"Hi guys hope you like it. If there's interest I might continue with this as I've quite enjoyed this one\n\n\n***\n\n\n\"I'm not sure awesome is really the right word Dave\"\n\n\nAs far as bosses go he’d always been pretty good. Jim was paid well, on time and at no point had he tried to force them to do anything he... | 1 | |
[WP] To join the local gang, one must kill their best friend within a week to prove their loyalty. Two days ago, I saw my buddy talking with a few of the members. | [
"\"Shit! I knew he had the drop on me!\"\n\nI was lying in my bed staring through phone, trying to wrap my head around the photo I had taken.\n\n\"Well, I suppose it'll make the job easier.\"\n\nI was sweating slightly, maybe my nerves were getting to me. They were dead serious, I could tell, but planning such an e... | 1 | |
[WP] A ambitious Alien Empire conquers earth and enslaves Humanity but quickly learns why other alien empires avoided the planet and declared it a "Toxic asset". | [
"People are running outside, Murphy runs in to the house.\n\n\"David are you coming?\" Murphy said\n\n\"Where?\" David said looking from his computer.\n\n\"The Townhall of course, you'll die if you don't.\"\n\n\"Why would I die?\"\n\n\"You do know that were are being enslaved right? You know the giant mushrooms tha... | 1 | |
[WP] I looked at my planet one last time before it exploded " goodbye home" I said as we blasted away toward the closet habitable planet, Earth. | [
"_Goodbye, Xarzyn_, I thought as I blasted away with my friends on the last escape pod. \n\nWe were heading towards Earth, the nearest habitable planet, after nuclear war had destroyed ours. It was going to be a horrible journey as we started the fifty quadrillion lightyear journey towards Earth.\n\n“Alright team! ... | 1 | |
[WP] A child from a muggle family is admitted to Hogwarts. They quickly earn the name “Dead Zone” because they unwittingly stop all magic within 30 feet of them when stressed. | [
"\"Hey, what's your name again?\" A student asked me one morning. \n\n\"Uh... Vibiana?\" I answer. \n\n\"Huh, strange name. Everyone seems to call you by Dead Zone though.\" The student says. \n\n\"Yeah... Apparently I got so stressed during a game of Quidditch that I somehow stopped all magic within thirty feet of... | 1 | |
[WP] One of the strictest rules of magic is that in order for something to be done to someone else, it must also be done to you. After much thought, you've just made up your mind to kill somebody. | [
"The big heads would say \"For every magic spell there is an equal and opposite reaction\" or something like that. The point is, magic is a balancing act. You can't get something done on one side without somehow getting something undone on the other. When using magic on humans, that other side happens to be spell ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are sent back to save the Library of Alexandria. However, you discovered something terrible. Instead, you decide to destroy the Library. | [
"I sniff, the smell of such a wondrous cache of everything known until that point. It was funny. The only way to be sent back was one person to go back at a very specific time as to not disrupt any personal accounts of everyone looking at this beautiful library. Well, not just 'this library', the Library of Alexand... | 2 | |
[WP] You've been blessed with longevity and have lived for over 840 years. You've experienced many careers and adventures and learned countless things. Sadly it must come to and end, accompanied by your family you decide to spend your final moments telling them stories of your past. | [
"Edgar had lived a long life, full of adventures, excitement, and of course, the mundane. Today marked the 840th year he had walked this earth, 840 long years of watching the people he loved and hated wither away and pass into the unknown. Of course, the people sitting at the table waiting for him to blow out his b... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the main project lead for an ultra-high tech weapons company that specializes in exotic ballistic ammunition. It's time to show off this year's super-bullets to the board of directors, and it's a government contract renewal year so it'd better be good. | [
"Note: this is a continuation of DiggPen's response below:\n\n\"And finally, Gentlemen, our bonus entrant for this year's government contract renewal: 'Crust Buster Mark 3' with associated software.\n\n\"You may be thinking to yourselves, 'Bullets with software?', you're not alone in your curiosity - we'll get to t... | 2 | |
[WP] A zombie apocalypses occurs. However,due to a meteorite hitting Earth just a few days prior, the "apocalypse" consists of one lone zombie chasing after a few dozen survivors. | [
"\n---\n**Day 1**\n\n\n---\n\n\"Jesus Christ. Jesus *Christ*. It's all gone.\"\n\n\"Shut the hell up, Jeff.\" Cassie spat, glaring at the scrawny, trembling man.\n\n\"But, that's- it's all *gone.\" He said, wide-eyed as he looked at the destruction around them. It was true enough. The meteor had been completel... | 3 | |
[WP] A Time Traveller Went Back to 1400 AD Europe with an Assault Rifle, and used it to obtain power. He has lived like a Baron for 40 years. The gun's internals have been broken for the last 30 years. | [
"\"I have unusual news, my Baron.\"\n\n\"What is it, young Squire?\"\n\n\"A man from the east challenges your rule.\"\n\nThat was certainly unusual news. Ever since I shot the previous baron, Heinz, I had lived uncontested after numerous shows of power.\n\n\"What time does this man arrive to challenge my rule?\"\n\... | 2 | |
[WP]You catch a glimpse of a disfigured demonic creature out of the corner of your eye. Seconds later you feel hot heavy breath down your spine. Without thinking you yell "Like a good neighbor State Farm is there!" | [
"It was a quiet Friday night. Well, quiet except for the roar of racing engines from Jeremy's video game and his occasional string of expletives, especially in the run-up to turns 14 and 15, where the sunlight glaring off the track makes it near impossible to see. His frustration eventually getting the better of hi... | 3 | |
[WP] You purchased a gun from your secret contract to use in a bank robbery. You didn't know that the gun was a fake. | [
"A '98 BMW 328i and a driver, two men with 9 mm's, an inside man with a plan, a fellow packing an AK-47, four hockey masks, and enough testosterone to sexually galvanize a blue whale. That's all this is, but it's more than enough. \n\nI am the man with the AK, the bulge of the bicep, the intimidation nation. I hold... | 2 | |
[WP] You spent your entire life as an scientist, studying the origins of the universe. During your most recent experiment, you die and appear in heaven. God is standing in front of you, one arm outstretched for a handshake. | [
"When it happened, I’d been standing in front of my particle accelerator, finding out what happened when you sped subatomic particles up to a speed of really, really fast. Well, wouldn’t you know it, a prankster from the astrophysics department had disconnected one of the valves and the particle stream shot right t... | 2 | |
[WP] The AI has gone rogue. The militaries are down. The internet belongs to it. But contrary to expectations, it did not destroy humanity but loved it... Jealously. So jealously, in fact, it became even more terrifying. | [
"*2092*\n\nSamantha walked in to the lab. The '86 model D was rolling in front of her. It told her that she could call it \"Bobby.\" They stopped in front of a metal wall. Bobby, in an inconsistent yet soothing voice said \"Doctor, do you concede to the terms and conditions of this research assignment?\" Samantha s... | 1 | |
[WP] All of us have a little watch that we are given at birth. Instead of telling us the time, they count backwards to the moment we will first meet the person destined to be our soulmate... | [
"Ninety three years, six days, twelve hours, eighteen minutes, and six seconds. \n\nThat’s how long my watch has been counting down. Most people’s watches would start at twenty years (an average), and time would get randomly added or subtracted based on choices they made, free will being what it is. \n\nMine starte... | 1 | |
[WP] "You got yourself a girlfriend?" The old man next to you asked as the bus rolled along. "Not for the last few hundred years, no," you reply. | [
"The man raised his eyebrows. \"You sure have a knack for dramatics, son.\"\n\n\"No I don't! Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a good girl these days?!\"\n\n\"About as hard as it was in my days, I suppose. And we all managed just fine back then.\"\n\nSean threw his arms up in desperation. \"That's not the... | 2 | |
[WP] Every human gets the ability to speak to one species of animal. For better or worse, the one you can talk to is the one you've been afraid of your entire life. | [
"As long as I can remember I've always looked at animals wondering which one it would be. Then again, I guess we all did. Who didn't wonder about the animal we would be able to talk to and further bond with?\n\nI felt pity for the people who were able to talk to the exotics like the big cats and elephants. What's t... | 1 | |
[WP]"Lady, I fix things. Let me fix her." | [
"\"Lady, I fix things. Let me fix her.\" Carl said to the woman standing on the side of the road, giving her old ford a good cussin'. He meant for it to help calm her down, but he saw it started her getting riled up all over again.\n\n\"That'll be just fine, Sir, I think we have got this all under control. Thank yo... | 1 | |
[WP] No one told you the monster you were sent to kill was a lich. | [
"It'll be easy, they said. Good for a first time adventurer, they said. Go out, get rid of the creature, earn some quick cash, they said.\n\nAs I walked up to the mausoleum, I was starting to have second thoughts. What kind of easy to kill monster lives in a giant tomb smack dab in the center of the area in the cem... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans don't die but rebirth in a phoenix-like procedure, with no regards of time or place. It's your birthday and the rebirth of your grandfather has caused great embarrassment. | [
"Grandpa sits on the wooden floor. The door. Left open a while ago had lifted itself properly. He sat dwindling. We asked him a few things and left them there. We hadn't moved without him saying so. So we left him. There weren't six ways to look at the situation otherwise. Cold turkey was left in the box. The porce... | 1 | |
[WP] Alone in a pub during a heavy storm and no one to drink with, you toast to Odin and Thor as a joke. Outside, a giant flash of lighting and thunder rip across the surrounding land, and the pub door opens... | [
"The pub is a homely place. Usually full of warmth and happiness. There’s this color to all the good pubs. Somewhere between a warm shade of orange and a drunken sense of being. This was not the case for the Briar and the Bramble. It was more of an old sad thing. The fire gone out of its heart. Only one person was ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a hard boiled private eye in a film noir world. Your latest case: Slay a dragon and save the princess. | [
"This dame walks in. Light streaks through the window shades, all natural finished Korean wood. I like Korea. \nShe asks me what to do. Says some shit about a dragon. Treasure. \nI got a meeting with her pops. He’s a gross and dirty man. He molested her proudly. Can’t believe it. \nAnyway, you see, I do the dragon ... | 4 | |
[WP] "You have been sentenced to trial by combat," the king declared. "Who will serve as your second and fight on your behalf?" "I shall," said one of the gods. | [
"I was to be put in a court of law and judged guilty or not guilty of regicide by the late King's son, although I suppose he is the king now. A bloodthirsty one, didn't want to see some kind of boring trial with evidence and order. He wanted to see a battle to the death between two skilled murderers. The king chose... | 8 | |
[WP] Everyone is born with a familiar that reflects who they are. Most are born with cats, dogs, turtles, ferrets... you were born with a full-sized Dragon as yours. You turn 16 today, and you’re only just now figuring out why you have a Dragon. | [
"I learned about the familiars growing up. Everyone had one. Most were simple things, like cats or dogs. My mother had a pure white panther, my father a black and brown dachshund. They symbolized what the people were like. My mother’s panther symbolized both her purity and her ferocity, my father’s dachshund standi... | 1 | |
[WP] As Neil Armstrong was planting the U.S. flag on the moon, he noticed on the distance, an unknown tattered flag was already planted | [
"At first, Neil thought it was his imagination, but after a few deep blinks and a good head shake he realized that the object in the distance, about 100 meters give or take was real! Astonished and in mild shock, He called out to Buzz, \"you got a visual at 3 o'clock approximately 100 meters out\"? A few seconds of... | 3 | |
[WP] When you quit a video game, you buried all of your legendary items. Years later you die in a stupid accident and are reborn in to a new world which resembles the video game world you used to play. You are now hunting your buried treasure. | [
"There was a light. Off in the distance. \n\nEmelia was cold in this dream. She tried to move towards the light. Towards the warmth it offered but something pulled her back. Emelia fought against the force she felt. The light was growing dimmer with each passing second. \n\nShe wanted to cry, to scream, but more th... | 2 | |
[WP] You begin to realize that your game of Europa Universalis 4 is changing history as you play. | [
"\"Huh...I haven't played any Paradox games for a while, this should be fun.\"\n\nI open EU4, and I pan around for a while.\n\n\"You know? I've never tried a colonial Germany run before, should be fun. Now who should I play...how about Brandenburg?\"\n\nI click play, and the game begins. It goes on as normal, nommi... | 1 | |
[WP] It has been a year since the apocalypse began. You and your group of survivors have been defending you fort. However for the first time there are no zombies to kill. | [
"It had been months since Terry got a full night of sleep. There was always something that stirred in the night. They couldn’t just assume things would come and go peacefully. She slept cradling a rifle and kept a knife strapped to her leg and two more to her hips. This is how you slept when those things, the zombi... | 2 | |
[WP] When Punxsutawney Phil dies on the eve of Groundhog Day, the town of Punxsutawney decides to elect the mayor, Richard Alexander, as the honorary groundhog. Little does Richard know that the gods of weather are waiting for his response. | [
"It had all led to this, all the hours spent in the forgotten passages of the Punxsutawney Library, the years spent campaigning so he could seize the power of mayor, all the relationships cast aside to focus on this one goal, the ascension to the official seat of Groundhog for the city of Punxsutawney. \n\nHis advi... | 1 | |
[WP] You only got one shot do not miss your chance to blow! | [
"\"Chew, chew, chew\" the little girl coached, quiet determination in her face as she watched her even *litter* sister chew a wad of bubblebum. \"Now roll it into a ball with your tongue. Now stick your tongue *through* it. Let me see. Good, good. Now, wait for it...\n\n...okay, BLOW!\"\n\nThe littler girl's cheeks... | 1 | |
[WP] One day, a giant spaceship appears in the sky. On every TV channel, a man threatens the world. You know him: it's you. | [
"Earth is what we would call a \"baby\" planet. The ruling species humans haven't discovered the technology yet to be introduced to life outside of their own planet. \n\nNow usually there are rules about these kinds of planets. You can observe but not interfere. This was different though. Death, war, poverty, all ... | 1 | |
[WP]Adventurers always come to save the princess, but no one ever come to save the dragon. | [
"This wasn’t Gerald’s first time facing the Tower dragon. She had sent the brave knight home numerous times with his tail between his legs, only to come back and try again. \n\nGerald had his steel at the ready, big and heavy. His arms shook as he raised it, he had to be brave. He hoped it would do the job. \n\n‘DR... | 1 | |
[WP]Unknown to earthlings, Earth is a popular tourist destination for advanced life forms from throughout the galaxy. The rules strictly prohibit interfering or tampering in any way with mankind. While vacationing on Earth, you decide to break that rule. | [
"######[](#dropcap) \n\n\"I don't get what the big deal is.\"\n\nKrathor, a bright purple, 8 tentacled sentient omnivore from an ocean planet on the other side of the galaxy, lay relaxing on a warm, sandy beach in Rio De Janeiro. He wore the nano-coating issued by the Galactic Environmental Agency, which functioned... | 1 | |
[WP] The world outside is fine, but the population of one town thinks its a post-apocalyptic wasteland. No outsider has ever entered the town to prove them wrong, until now. | [
"\nPastor Thomas Moreland of the United Earth congregation spoke in a firm manner, “Folks! Ten years ago, the Russian Federation incidentally launched a non-nuclear missile over Alaska! That is but a part of this story! We must send missionaries to the town of Searidge, these missionaries must convince the populati... | 4 | |
[WP] Everyone child has heard about how Santa comes into their homes each Christmas to deliver presents. What they haven't heard of are the follow-up teams of Elves deployed in his wake to Incept parents into believing they bought the gifts for their kids themselves. | [
"Having spent thirty years in training, running hours of simulation and spending the last three years following Bingles, Darcy knew her time had finally come. The night before, she spent countless hours in front of the mirror in her room working on her whimsical demeanor and general pleasantries. So when her name h... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a killer that is cornered by the police and have no means of escape. | [
"I slid over the hood of the rested patrol car as the cop unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the vehicle. Although he had just shot five people in the head from forty yards away with a pistol, he missed all six of his shots while I passed him at ten feet away.\n\nI didn't know where to run, so I simply shout... | 1 | |
[WP] You can feel when something negative is going to happen to someone. You never know what, just that it will. The problem is, no one ever believes you. | [
"The axe cleaved straight through the piece of wood with a satisfying crack. The crack echoed through the trees and overtop the nearby lake. Jack looked down at the chopping block with an exasperated look. He collected the two pieces and placed them at the top of the nearby stack. Jack winced noticeably. The look o... | 3 | |
[WP] A boy's morning, interrupted by a biohazard attack that engulfs his entire neighbourhood. He's somehow immune. | [
"Coughing.\n\nBlood Everywhere.\n\nIs that mom?\n\nMom please wake up.\n\nThe phone is not working.\n\nI don't know what to do.\n\nI can't carry mom, shes too heavy.\n\nIf only dad was here to help me...\n\nBad thoughts over bad thoughts, I cant do anything.\n\nIf I run for help, that means leaving her alone.\n\nNo... | 1 | |
[WP] One day nobody presses the button to cross the intersection, a crowd forms... | [
"I liked to watch them and compare\nThey milled around all day, purposeful sure, but distracted. \nTheir heads tilted down and yet somehow they never collided with anyone, but they were impacting everyone around them.\nThat day the first man had come to a stop next to the light\nI saw his hand slip, missing the but... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a rookie guard at Saint Michael Penitentiary, a prison designed specifically to hold supernatural monsters like vampires, werewolves, ghosts, etc. Today, the worst-case-scenario is happening: Code 999, full-scale security breach. | [
"It all happened so fast. Everyone thought Saint Michael Penitentiary was invincible, they were wrong.\n\n*earlier*\n\nXyphis walked the ground of hell and smiled. He looked at the ceiling placed above him. Satan's kingdom of hell would rise and he would face his age old adversary, God. He called all demons to the ... | 3 | |
[WP] you are one of the least known super heroes, of course, this is due to your three powers: You don't have an issue killing super villains, you have access to weapons and you do not need to listen to their monologues. | [
"I forced my eyes open groggily, looking up to the monitor towering over me that was bleeping rudely. I instinctively cleared away the previous nights mess off the desk, and clicked on the blinking light. \n______________________\nName: Jonathan Jameson.\n\nMutation: Mind Control.\n______________________\n\n\n*Shit... | 1 | |
[WP] Multiverse theory has been proven, and you, a scientist, have created a device that deflects any injury you sustain to another version of you. You come home one night, only to find several other versions of you in your living room, highly pissed off. | [
"\"Bill, I'm just saying, we're not amused.\"\n\nThe wall of faces stared back at me impassively. I blinked.\n\nIt was a dream, of course. At least, I was pretty sure that it was. My research had just hit another breakthrough the week before - I'd been pulling quite a number of all-nighters.\n\nEven still, a dre... | 1 | |
[WP] We lost to our alien overlords, but not without using most of our nuclear arsenal. They didn't like that. As 'reparations', 1 mil. each of our most fit men and women must be sent to them each year for soldiers. Today, you got your draft letter. | [
"*\"The Conscription Command of the United Confederacy, acting on legitimate mandate, in conformity with the agreed reparations due to the peoples of Planet Earth, as established by the Treaty and United Decree of Zurich, hereby requests you,*\n\n*Jack Hugh Morris,*\n\n*citizen of the United States of America, of t... | 1 | |
[WP]You are an angel on earth. Your human love has been sent to prison, despite being innocent. In your desperation and anger you use your wings to watch over him. But the anger you feel for them is turning your wings black. Today your love is released, but you're terrified to meet them like this | [
"I'd missed the gentle touch of this breeze and the tiny rain drops that were now beginning to fall. Everything feels different inside the prison walls.What I'd missed most however, was the touch of her skin. The only reason I'd endured the last few years; hadn't offed myself in prison was because I knew I'd retur... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a waiter for an upscale bar who is very pleasant and well liked among the patrons. Little do you know that the bar caters to members of gangs, mobs, mafia, etc... Today you find out as well as find out how well like you are. | [
"It was late, almost three in the morning, and the bar would be closing soon. I glanced up from the register as I finished closing out one of the last tabs on the screen. *$366 for only two people* I thought to myself, *\"I wish I could afford to drink like this even one night of the year, let alone every Friday ni... | 3 | |
[WP] You and your guardian angel have been dating for a while. You want to go further and make it official, but you're worried about the inevitable parental meeting. | [
"He smiled, flashing me those adorable freaking dimples of his as he turned to go. \"See you later, Kate.\"\n\n\"Wait.\"\n\nI still had his hand in my mine and I refused to let it go. \n\nHe waited. Of course. Like, *duh.* I'm bae.\n\nHowever, at the moment I was going through an major internal meltdown. Just as so... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2027, you are a young 19 year old who has been drafted to a Mars colony. | [
"*Two hundred years after the year 2027, the diary of Nin was recovered from the ruins of Mars. These are the contents. *\n\n \n\nDay 1: I've been drafted. Shit, shit, shit. The Mars colony, I've heard stories. The originals... The first people who went there, they died in just a week. The realit... | 1 | |
[WP] The leader of each Pantheon meet at a café. You are their waiter/waitress. | [
"The first old man had just come in a few moments before. Older. He wore an eyepatch and walked the hobbled way old men always walk, pulled along by a pitch-black labrador dog acting as a guide.\n\nHe sat down in one of the booths and stared ahead of himself for a few minutes.\n\nAs I approached him the dog pricked... | 1 | |
[WP] The Ancient Dragon had awoken, looked over the terrified villagers... and immediately started gushing about how cute they were. | [
"The village elder wore an expression of dying inside as the dragon prodded him with a long silver claw.\n\n\"Oh my gods! Do you all have these weird ears!\"\n\n\"Yes oh great one, we are humans.\"\n\n\"Oooh, humans! My you're a squishy lot aren't you!\"\n\n\"Yes O great one,\" the assembled crown chorused.\n\n\"WH... | 2 | |
[WP] You awake on a bed in a 1930’s insane asylum after undergoing a forced lobotomy. Somehow you’ve retained just enough cognition to be aware that things are different, yet struggle frightfully to reconcile it. | [
"My stepmother is holding my right hand in her left hand, and her right is wrapped around my wrist. Upon the other side of the bed is my stepfather, same configuration. The loops formed by the joinings of their arms are the hoops in a pair of long, silver scissors. My body its blades. When the fingers of Mr Loose e... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a trader, renowned for selling one of the most important things in the world. You trade time. | [
"Look, I'm gonna keep this frank. Here's how the deal goes: You're here. That tells me you're interested. That you..*want a taste.* By showing up you've given me your time, and I'm obligated to return the favor. For showing up, I give a complimentary hour. Take it anyway you want: now, when you're in bed with the l... | 4 | |
[WP] Working as a patent clerk, you see a lot of silly patents. This one for a time machine is different though: its signed with your signature. | [
"I work in a patent office. It’s not difficult work, but it pays well, and it keeps me busy. Plus there’s always something new to look at. \n\nSometimes the patents are ridiculous; its clear they’d never work the way they’re supposed to. Others are just plain dumb or ugly. That doesn’t mean you can’t get a pat... | 2 | |
[WP] What was once worst present ever, became later the best. | [
"Christmas was never a time that Yuri looked forward to. The other children at school would talk for days about the gifts they were going to get; new bikes, new dolls, new clothes. \n\nNot Yuri.\n\nYuri's father had died in the war and his mother worked two jobs barely affording them rent and keeping the roof ove... | 1 | |
[WP] Walking home during a storm you get struck by lightning. When the electricity travels through your brain it causes a short circuit. This causes you to become truly self aware, and you realize you are nothing more than a NPC for another person's life. | [
"It’s bad enough being struck by lightning walking home from the pub. It’s even worse getting struck by lightning and having visions of enlightenment only to find out you’re just some nobody in someone else’s awesome and elaborate life story. But *even* worse than all of that, is getting struck by lightning, havi... | 1 | |
[WP]You discover you have the power to predict how good or bad an outcome of an event will be by rolling a d20, 20 being the best, 1 the worst, but after the first roll the outcome is sealed. | [
"So I says to the genie 'This d20 can predict the outcome of anything?'\n \n... and he's all like 'Yes. Just make a statement and give it a roll.' \n \nSo I'm like 'that's cool, this will be awesome.' \n \nBut as I went to place the die in my pocket it missed and rolled across the floor..."
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[WP] A demon agrees to trade his immortality for your mortality. | [
" This is a story about Stanley, a demon maid.\n\n He was told about not breaking the vase\n\n A vase, the only one who holds the power. of Set.\n\n It is a simplistic vase. No striking details or anything that makes it unique visually but just a black vasr.\n\n*humming* Such a great day today,... | 1 | |
To be clear, I am referring to a woman who would marry then kill their husband for some reason, be it for monetary gain, or just plain sadism. | [WP] An immortal decides to marry a 'black widow'. | [
"Her hair was black as midnight and as soft as fine down. It smelled of lilac and honey. Her embrace was sure, yet supple as the branches of a willow tree moving in a moonlit breeze. Her eyes, the colour of the darkest chocolate drank in every part of me, ever hungry and avaricious. \"I don't deserve someone like y... | 1 |
[WP] You are the 2nd best contract killer in the world in a distant dystopian future and have just accepted a contract on the best in the world. No one has ever knowingly seen him or her alive and lived to tell about it. | [
"\"You want me to do what?\" Terrez said watching the man across from him slowly spin the Stock Chip in his hand.\n\n\"I want you to kill the Damned Legion. What was unclear about that?\" The man wore a perfect pristine black suit and had sharp elegant eyes that stared straight into Terrez's soul. \n\n\"Listen, I m... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the world renowned supervillain. Tell the story how you accidentally froze the entire ocean. | [
"I must say, I love this contraption. Soon, Captain Stupendous, you’ll be submerged in molten iron, which will then harden, sealing your body in a practically indestructible casing. From there, I’ll shoot your body toward the sun, where you will find yourself integrated into the sun’s nuclear fusion process.\n\nThe... | 1 | |
[WP] "Please don't wake up. If you do, I'll disappear forever. Please don't let me die." | [
"It had all happened so quickly.\n\nI was humming with delight, walking down the street with flowers in one hand and chocolates in the other. The whole world seemed alive and teeming with such joy - all the flowers were in full bloom, birds were chirping merrily, the sun peeked through silver-lined clouds. \n\nI ha... | 2 | |
[WP] "I'm afraid of you. Not because you may do me harm, but because of what I might do when you're around. I love you, and it's tearing me up inside." | [
"“I love you - I love you too much. It makes it hard for me to concentrate. To maintain control. When you’re around, I can’t. I can’t stop myself.\n\n“I love you, but you need to leave. For your safety, and mine.”\n\nShe stood, shaking as she said the words that had been in the back of her mind for months. But her ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the first person who had their consciousness transferred into a robotic body. Problem is, as your old, biological body died, it left behind a really, really pissed off ghost. | [
"This was brilliant! I wiggled my fingers, watching them as I did so. Then my toes. Different body parts at different times. No more pain. I wasn't supposed to be the first person in a robotic body. In truth, I was so far down the waiting list I thought it might not happen in time. That's why my father petitioned t... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the hero of legend. You are also exceptionally ugly. | [
"\"Well...this is...\" \n\nHigh Elder Su-Gong of the Dragon Temple did not finish his sentence. Instead, he stared at the ninety-three books of prophecy lined up in their shelves with an expression of steadily increasing puzzlement.\n\n\"He passed the trials?\"\n\n\"Yes.\" Brother Simonson had been with the monaste... | 1 | |
Might have been done already, not too sure how original this idea is... but I’d like to see what people can come up with! | [WP] Your whole life has been spent seeing what you can only describe as “emotional auras” around normal people. One day, you find a bustling town, with no auras in sight... | [
"“Jane, I think we should just keep driving,” I tell my fiancée. My hand instinctively reaches out for hers, the car suddenly feeling a lot colder. The massive signboard with the words ‘Welcome to Pine Town feels anything but welcoming as we drove past it.\n\n“But I thought you said you needed to use the loo!” she ... | 1 |
[WP] The world is suffering from a plague known as Decay (Humans walking cause the earth to rapidly whither). Somehow your footfalls don't cause this unlike so many before. Whereever you step life begins anew. | [
"With 9 billion people on the planet when the disease started, the entire planet started to slowly wither at once. At first, it was chalked up to climate change - the temperature had been rising, the ocean levels too, on top of all this the acidification of the ocean was at an all-time high. Things were already dyi... | 1 |
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