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[WP] You are travelling through a deep forest and you see a tree, the branches are solid gold and the leaves are credit cards. | [
"My foot caught on a root and I nearly tripped, stumbling forward through bushes before grabbing a low branch to catch myself. My feet ached, and tiny cuts laced my arms from the times I had to force my way through denser parts of the forest, when every path I followed had given out. I still occasionally glimpsed l... | 1 | |
Not my idea. I forgot where I heard this, but it was on reddit, so if anyone knows where it’s from link it in the comments. | [WP] Create a cinematic universe that pieces together every single cereal mascot in the world. | [
"They gathered around French Toast Crunch’s grave, as they had every year since 2008. Cap’n, Cinnamon, Toucan, silly Rabbit, Lucky, Snap, Crackle, and Pop. \n\nFrench Toast was Cinnamon’s brother, and his death sent Cinnamon into a depression, and Cap’n is the only one taking care of him, and he brought Cinnamon to... | 1 |
[WP] A person with the ability to respawn every time they die fights an immortal. | [
"You know that Paradox“an immovable object meets an unstoppable force” . One can never die the other cannot be harmed. \n \nIn the midst of bar brawl the two found themselves set against each other. Knife drown Chris stabbed the assailant, who collapsed only to reappear a few meters away on the other side of... | 1 | |
[WP] For as long as your civilization exists, it has worshipped the titanic god that builds them mountains and forts to live in and protects them from evil gods; the benevolent god is actually a kid building sand castles, and the evil gods are other kids and the sea | [
"We are a strong people, strengthened by our faith in the Architect. His fickleness during the shining holiday months of worship and his absence the rest of the year are but tests of our faith and only strengthen our resolve and purify us as a people. Else, why would the Architect bless us with his attention?\n\nEv... | 1 | |
[WP] You were born with a birthmark that greatly resembles the number of the Beast. Nothing ever came of it, outside of being a local celebrity when you were a baby. Unfortunately your dating life suffers, since your birthmark attracts self-proclaimed satanists and witches to your tinder profile | [
"\"So, tell me about that birth mark\" She said as she glanced at the embellishment on my skin.\n\"Funny story actually. I was born with this, and ever since, I've always attracted the.....wrong kind. You know the sort, 'Hail Satan' et cetera et cetera.\" I answered as I cut into my medium-well done steak. \nShe fi... | 1 | |
[WP] You have an odd ability where you immediately teleport to anyone who sees a photo of your face. Now someone has pasted a photo of your face on the entire surface of the moon | [
"I was watching TV when I suddenly felt myself sucked. I opened my eyes to find myself standing on the Moon. There were two astronauts in the distance.\n\nI tried to say ‘what the fuck?’ But no words came out. I died from suffocation a few minutes later.\n\nHeaven’s pretty nice. I’d rather be alive, but eh, my lega... | 1 | |
[WP] In 2022, the scientific community comes to a shocking conclusion. Humans hadn’t evolved in Earth and were once part of a massive human intergalactic empire that had been wiped out by... something. That something is coming to Earth. | [
"\nIt was a golden age that saw our species reach for the heavens and touch the stars. We achieve all that we set our mind to. And for sixty-five thousand years we prospered. We were gods - untouchable. Or we so mistakenly believed. \n\nThe prophecies of coming evil were scorned as simple dogma by our greatest mind... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a guardian angel... You help people by pushing them in the right direction.. But this time, you wonder what will happen if you push someone in the wrong direction. | [
"My feather started to vibrate. Mildly at first but soon my wings begins to hurt. I drop to the floor and stop flying. Humans walk pass unnoticed of my agony. They never understood my pain anyway, doing mistake again and again. My feeling of sense of achievement I felt when helping them years ago has been long gone... | 1 | |
[WP] The Sun just cracked and a big red eye is looking through the crack. | [
"It was a quarter to one. You were sitting on a bench, watching the people go by, sandwich in hand. They buzzed with conversation, and you leaned back, looking up at the sky. \n\nThe sun was partially shrouded in clouds, still blazing brightly against those vast swathes of white. You bit into your sandwich; around ... | 1 | |
[WP] When a human is born, they are assigned an alignment. Most are assigned Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good. A small number sre assigned with Evil, yiu you are the first one to be assigned True Neutral. | [
"The man across from Sally sips his water. \"You are by far the most boring person I've ever met. Opinions on Infinity War? Star Wars? Call of Duty? Zelda? Pineapple on Pizza? The current president?\"\n\n\"I have no strong feelings about any of those things one way or another.\" Sally replied in her usual monotone ... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of rich, decadent big-game hunters kidnap several people for with the intent of hunting. The hunters soon learn, to their horror, that one or more of the victims is/are something less than human, and more than they can handle. | [
"Another full moon rose over the pristine forests of Farylia. It felt like an eternity since the last one, and the five men were ready to begin the operation. Asclenor, Royce, Cloy, Nork and Bork each had a grin on their faces. That night, they were going to hunt. 'Finally', thought Asclenor, 'it's about damn time... | 2 | |
just giving this a shot. | [WP] Year 2852 Humans finally reach interglacial civilizations. Most species have fought against others for eons, but they see our brutality amongst ourselves. Instead of fear, they feel pity. yet an unknown desire to be like us. Harness our brutality to conquer. | [
"Humans. Creatures that use their great knowledge to refine the art of war. Their entire existence is like a sculpture that is continuously improving and evolving for one sole purpose, war.\n\nThey are a species of Kings and Conquerers, very much like we used to be. Across the stars thousands of peoples waged bruta... | 1 |
[WP] You got onto the elevator in the hotel. There are only four floors on the hotel and your room is at the top. The elevator, however, has been going up for the past 6 hours. You can't get out, and know one is picking up your emergency calls. Suddenly the elevator stops and the door opens. | [
"I really want to know where this elevator is going, six hours of vertical acceleration, I checked my phone only to find a black screen, the thing shut itself off, great timing. I checked my smartwatch, 300 meters per second, almost the speed of sound, at least I stopped accelerating and was only maintaining speed.... | 1 | |
[WP] There is only one god, that of Documentation. Approved documents run the world, and all live and die by them. You’ve just shredded your birth certificate. | [
"You start to feel worse and worse as the birth certificate starts feeding through the shredder.\n\nYou go to grab it, but your hands start to shred and fall to the ground.\n\nYou go to scream, but nothing comes out.\n\nYou fall to the ground and see the shreds of your body slowly float down.\n\nYour family finds y... | 3 | |
[WP] Each religion's version of the apocalypse, both ancient and modern, have the potential of happening. The different deities place bets on which one happens first | [
"I know I'm late to the party and someone beat me to the flying spaghetti monster, I'm short on time as always but this prompt is ace, thanks for it! Of course Bob Geldorf's lyrics don't belong to me. No offence meant to anyone religious.\n\n***\n\n\"This is The End\" Jesus proclaimed.\n\n\"Yes, the end of this cyc... | 3 | |
[WP] It’s been like this for ten years. The fields are barren and famine ravages the land. Hearing about a mythical refuge in the mountains, you gather a band of men to find that refuge. | [
"It's been ten years. Nothing fazes me anymore. I'm hungry, always hungry, but I've managed to survive. Figuring out what could be eaten and what was safe was a long, painful process. Yet I made it. Not many have. This famine of apocalyptic proportions has killed so many it's breath-taking. However when I heard an ... | 1 | |
[WP] You died quite early, never even got into the brunt of the work force. You are now an imaginary friend for a little girl who won’t stop calling you ‘kitty’ | [
"\"Look little girl, my name is Jeff. I'm not a cat.\" I said. Even though I looked like a cat now, it wouldn't change who I was. I became this way after dying in a car accident, not that any of this was my choice. I was out grabbing a pack of cigarettes for a friend in the middle of the night when a drunk driver w... | 1 | |
[WP] You look over at your clock and realize that the second hand has stopped and the battery has died. You look around the room for batteries only to find that everything has frozen in time. | [
"It was at that time you walked outside accidentally knocking over your cup of coffee but it didn’t fall to the ground. You started to question your sanity but still ran to the door. As you approached outside, there was a man with a large red hat across the street. The most noticeable thing about his attire was his... | 1 | |
[WP] You're congratulating a friend who was just elected to the United States Congress. "So is it true that our government is full of lizard-people in disguise?" you jokingly ask. He looks at you seriously and says, "Well, actually, most of us are bird-people." | [
" “Yeah, and I’m sure that everyone has a pink pair of wings, am I right?”. I don’t take Nick’s answer seriously because he drank a lot at the party. He was my roommate for a few months back in college. He was the clown in our group, always tell jokes and bring the party atmosphere everywhere. I still don’t get ho... | 2 | |
[WP] The year is 2038. A new phone app quickly becomes popular by being able to find anything lost by the user. Jokingly, you whisper into the app, "Where is God?", only to have your phone shut off. | [
"A new app came out not too long ago from this programming organisation I work for. I was selected as one of their few beta testers. At the office, my boss hands me a test phone to run the program on and give feedback once I've tested it. It was a small, brandless touchscreen.\n\nThe app works somehow to rediscover... | 2 | |
[wp] Ridiculous powers and a ridiculous costume, you're a new superhero on the block and no one appears to take seriously. And so, you decide to show them what you really can do and decide to seek a villain from an a-listers Rogues Gallery... | [
"\"Ha, what's this? A squid? Oh no, what ever shall I do?\" the villian said, rolling his eyes. He turned back to torturing the bank manager.\n\n\"I am The Cuttlefish, and I am here to put an end to your crime spree.\" The Cuttlefish said, his entire body turning a bright red.\n\nThe villian turned back to him, ann... | 1 | |
[WP] A vampire sneezed. I blessed him. He burst into flames. I'm now a vampire hunter. I didn't ask for this. | [
"It was a dream I kept telling myself. The man literally and forcefully exploded in front of me in plume of flame and foul smelling smoke. \nBut I couldn't lie to myself, it had happened, a man had sneezed, I said 'bless you', his body burst into flames and then into many pieces. \n\nI encountered him on the Mcalpi... | 12 | |
[WP] You are the world's greatest stage magician. Everyone loves your tricks, but assumes that's all they are. Just tricks. Nobody knows about the true depth of your powers, and the price you paid to obtain them. | [
" \n\nThe Great Faustina stood before the packed audience, soaking in the screams and clutched breaths. Blood pooled at her feet as it leaked out of her dead assistant.\n\n“And now, ladies and gentleman, I think you know what’s coming next.”\n\nHer remaining two assistants wheeled the two parts back together, seal... | 1 | |
[WP] It's finally the day. The day you have become old enough to receive your magic. There's just one problem, you already have magic. And it only goes downhill from there. | [
"It’s finally the day. All children twelve years of age receive a gift of magic: whether it’s simple fire manipulation, ice magic, or more complex and disturbing types like necromancy or shadow spells. And it’s the day I reach 12 myself. I quickly got up, had a light breakfast, and dashed towards the magic school n... | 1 | |
[WP] You are 20 and just found out you have one year left to live. Your best friend takes the next year off of from college and shares their savings to travel the world with you. Your stories become widely talked about across the globe. | [
"Inevitable. That word remains the source of my many nightmares, the infinite shadow hovering over my soul. I never wish to hear it again. No, rather, I wish I had never heard it at all. I want to go back, back a year and a half, maybe two years ago, when everything felt more or less right, when my smile was natura... | 7 | |
[WP] Before K met J, Agent K found two unlikely candidates for the MIB: unnoticables who went by the names Jake and Elwood Blues. | [
"They were rookies, sure, but no-one else had the connections they did. Not only was their band composed of extremely powerful, peace-loving intergalactic freedom warriors, but the wife of their go-to guitar player was the President of the the Alpha Quadrant herself, Aretha Franklin. Plus they really know how to sp... | 1 | |
[WP] You are responsible for getting people out of unsolvable situations. Underappreciated and oft-forgotten, you are the Deus Ex Machina's human representative on Earth. | [
"I am an unremarkable man. I have no looks worthy of note. I dress like the people around me. I am not tall, nor am I short. You could see me a thousand times and never remember that you had seen me.\n\nBut I know you, and I know your name. I was with you when you took the book. I stood within arms reach, but you h... | 1 | |
[WP] "I don't dream. When I go to sleep, I wake up somewhere else" | [
"This time I know what to expect. \n\nThe first time had been terrifying. Waking up in a different bed, no matter how luxurious, how tastefully decorated, is disconcerting at best. As the moments had gone by and my waking brain had failed to deliver clues as to my whereabouts, I'd begun to panic. But that is a tale... | 1 | |
[WP] After being blinded in an accident years ago, your sight suddenly returns. The only problem is now you can see things that you wished you couldn't. | [
"I’ve somehow learned to ignore them. Well, most of them. Every now and then, some impossible horror stuck between our world and some other manages to startle me. It’s not as bad as it was at first, where every moment felt like some kind of waking nightmare. I don’t try to understand what the unseen abominations th... | 1 | |
[WP] The day before you and your comrades stormed the capital, you had a terrifying revelation: you're the protagonist of an unfinished YA dystopia novel, and your author can't be bothered to finish writing your story | [
"From our camp's vantage point at the top of the hill, I can see lights in the neatly organized rows of glass-fronted buildings, the glittering, beautiful homes of the Uppers. What I wouldn't give for just ten minutes in one of those homes, for a spray-bath and a set of one of their silky robes.\n\nBut there won't ... | 1 | |
[WP] It's been a century or two since the Apocalypse. Society has rebuilt, but they've forgotten much about the "Old World." Until, one day, someone finds a copy of The Lord of the Rings | [
"\tThe apocalypse had started about 200 years ago. Someone named Elon Musk had created a genetically advanced super virus that took over the planet. It nearly wiped out civilization, except a slight few. Previously from this, an asteroid destroyed the entire surface of the Earth. It forced humanity to move undergro... | 2 | |
[WP] You’ve been talking to and falling in love with someone over the internet. Unfortunately, you’re being catfished... by your cat. | [
"\"Wait. So let me get the straight,\" The dignified cat could only nod in return.\n\n\"You are from another planet far, far away from this galaxy.\" You steadily ask, to which the stoic-faced cat replies, \"Yes.\"\n\n\"Because of tough living conditions, your species is nearing extinction. As your comrades set up ... | 1 | |
[WP] Every other species in the galaxy has a telepathic hive mind. When they encounter humans, they are confused by this concept of personal freedom. | [
"Space is an empty place.\nUntil the recent breakthrough of interstellar travel a few decades ago humans never gained contact with extraterrestrials. They were alone. \n\nAnd they still are. At least in a broader sense. When they encountered their first intelligent lifeforms they were stunned how primitive they sti... | 1 | |
[WP] Growing up you were always taught that the monsters weren't real, that they were just villains in fantasy stories. But here you are, desperate. Prayer has failed you and hope is all bit gone. There is only one option left, you gather the candles, draw the circles and prepare to summon a human. | [
"\n\nI found food. Strange food, sweet food. \n\nI ate the food, the food was in a hole but my tongue is long and my face is long and I ate the food.\n\nBut when I had eaten it there was a tightness around my head. I was stuck in the hole, but the hole followed with me. I was stuck in a hole, but I could still see,... | 2 | |
[WP] It turns out Jesus has actually returned many times over the years but every time no one ever believes him. But still he keeps giving people another chance (it’s kinda his thing) only to be disappointed without fail. These are his misadventures. | [
"You know, I know my blood is literally wine so praying and driving while my blood alcohol level is literally 100% may not be the best idea, but I needed to talk to pops. This is my 42nd try at this. The last suppers have been Micky Dees for the last 3 months because I've been church hopping the bible belt like nob... | 2 | |
[WP] As Religio, you have the power to influence and command every religious person from every religion in the world to do your bidding. But somehow, your powers don't work on the Pope. | [
"It wasn't a power I wanted to have. It was too straightforward, too ostentatious, too brutish. To be able to exert your will on anyone, turn them into your thrall without a single hint of resistance, just didn't fit me. I never wanted to be in the spotlight, never wanted to be a leader - I'd prefer to simply be an... | 1 | |
[WP] In a modern world where magic exists, you are a retail employee at a store that sells magical items. Tells us some of your customer experiences. | [
" Bagel day was my favorite day. I bring fresh toasted delights to the run-down back office and get thanks and accolades from my co-workers. This was my day, no inter species inclusivity training, charms safety training modules, or updates on emergency holocom meetings with HQ. I set the warm bag on the break ro... | 6 | |
[WP] Space explorers discover a lush jungle planet with an oxygenated atmosphere. Deep below the trees they find ancient ruins, and even further below, catacombs full of frozen corpses. In their exploration, they accidentally start the process of reviving the lost civilization known as "Humanity." | [
"Humanity.\nOur creators,\nOur enemies,\nAnd our prey.\n\nThey created us anthros,\nthey enslaved us anthros,\nand they fell to us, anthros.\n\nAnd now, they’re about to be revived.\n\n“DANNY!”\n“WOAH!”\nI nearly fell on my face and broke my snout. I just barely managed to recover, and as I did I tripped on my long... | 7 | |
[WP] You signed up for an experiment 5 years ago to undergo a long term isolation study. Robots delivered food, hobbies keep you occupied, but you have no access to news. You have decided to end this project. The problem is, the apocalypse happened two years ago. | [
"*Day 1825*\n\n*December 31, 2045*\n\n*06:40 pm*\n\n*Five years.*\n\n*It’s been five years since I landed in this arctic wasteland. Five years since I’ve spoken to anyone but myself. Five years since I’ve had to deal with bills, taxes, traffic, social anxiety, or just people in general. Five years since I’ve seen a... | 4 | |
[WP] Two Immortals fight each other without knowing the other one is immortal | [
"I wasn't a fan of fighting. I'd given it up long ago in favour of other pursuits. But when the other man lunged at me, drunk fists lashing out, it was easy enough to step aside and grab him in a sleeper hold. I applied pressure and waited for him to pass out.\n\nInstead, he kept hitting me. I might be immortal, bu... | 2 | |
[WP] Prison isn't just for people who have committed crimes, if you are prepared to serve the time up-front you earn the privilege to commit a crime, or crimes equivalent to the value of the time you already served. | [
"Sir, your accounts have nearly been balanced. The time that you served last year has covered you on the 3 acts in question. However, our calculations show you have still 2 hours pre-served left to spend. The judge hates leaving such small change in the books, so if you could please use this up, we would appreciate... | 1 | |
[WP] You were hospitalized and you’re sick of crappy hospital food. Now you must sneak out of your room at the 17th floor under the noses of nurse and doctor alike to get to the food court at the 2nd floor. | [
"I awake...in my hospital bed, hungry, head fuzzy, vision blurred. \n\n“Tch. These hospital lunatics... I’ll never become one. I’m better than them. I’m better than that. Walking vegetables, muttering to themselves, mindless beings.” I whisper to myself as I’m unhooking myself from the machinery next to my hospital... | 1 | |
[WP] The bad news is that the girl turned out to be part of an evil cult. The good news is that you're part of something even worse. | [
"I’ll just get it over with right at the beginning, I’m not a good girl. I’m not your girl next door. It’s true she had every reason to stalk me, to painstakingly track me down over a period of 3 weeks. I had fucked him, her boyfriend, and I had done it so thoroughly that there was no taste in his memory for any... | 3 | |
Inspired by a post by u/AccioSexLife on an AskReddit post. | [WP] A high-ranking general has stubbed his toe on a chair, and humanity has declared war on furniture. Thing is, the furniture seems to be... fighting back. | [
"My eyes shot open. What was that? Something had made a loud noise downstairs. It was still dark out. Slivers of light streamed through the boards on my window from the sickly glow of the moon outside. I pulled myself off the concrete floor and felt around for my revolver. Although the Peace Of Furniture had offici... | 1 |
[WP] A genie grants a man's wish for eternal youth and to be cared for by beautiful women. The genie has a disdain for mortals and saw a loophole to grant the wishes in a way, so the man can't make his third wish. Told from the perspective of the genie. | [
"Disgusting. Absolutely and utterly disgusting. This fool thought he could get all his hearts desires from me just because we have to grant three wishes to mortals. Whichever God decided that would be a good rule to impose on us after the Djinn wars was a sadistic God patron only to bastards and ne'erdowells. Lucki... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a super villain with a deceptively powerful ability, you remove can remove a superheroes invulnerability to the backlash of their abilities. | [
"Some would argue that I wasn't blessed with an \"awesome\" power like the rest of these clowns. Super strength? Nope. Incredible speed? No. Laser vision and telekinesis. No and No. But its not like I actually wanted abilities like that. Especially since I can make those powers the ultimate trump card.\n\n&#x20... | 1 | |
This prompt was inspired from a post made by [u/Turbo-Nut] (https://www.reddit.com/r/ElderScrolls/comments/9vf9xb/todd_youve_done_it_again/?st=JOA49ER2&sh=1a98eae3) | [WP] When you die, you will be reincarnated as a random character in a piece of media. (TV show, Movie, Video Game.) This can be a set character like Jon Snow, or it can be a self created character like that in an open-world RPG. However, you are fully aware of what character you inhabit. | [
"I never knew if there was an afterlife. I also wasn't sure if this is more of a hell or a heaven. I can say that I expected either of them. What I did not expect was waking up clothed in rags, being transported in a wooden cart on a bumpy road. Then the realisation hit me. I'm in Skyrim. All is as if playing regul... | 1 |
[WP] Humanity is feared throughout the universe, not because they are the strongest, smartest, etc, but because they are the only sentient beings that are biological. | [
"\"Then... How did you all come to be?\"\n\nThe air in the room was uneasy. A lone diplomat sat amongst numerous robotic creatures, each showing no emotion. Their cold stares gave no ground in the game of politics, but each were scared to their core at the human who sat in front of them. No external plating, no sen... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a modern day vampire. Unable to kill you, some hunters managed to trap and bury you in a coffin. You slip into a deep sleep. You get woken up by the coffin opening and quickly discover that it's been ten thousand years. | [
" \n\nThe musk of damp soil and machinery thick and as heavy as gaseous fog permeated around the coffin . Yet, further beyond, the sweet smell of blood was unignorably thick. Nerve pinching headaches, bone crushing involuntary muscle contractions, rapid breathing and vertigo . His torment was unbearable, but his g... | 2 | |
[WP] At the End of Time, as the Void closes fast on the remainder of the Universe, you are sitting on a park bench on some planet. In the final moments of the Universe, as you look at your watch the clock freezes, and then starts beating backwards and you smile before Oblivion. | [
"you know, you can never prepare for some things\n\nsure, you can make your last moments comfortable\n\nbut is anyone truly ready for when the void approaches unrelenting?\n\nno, it’s impossible. but these moments of solace are what we thrive on\n\nand live on\n\nand survive on.\n\ni am sitting on a park bench in t... | 2 | |
[WP] "Stay out of Natural Light; the brightness invites death. Stay in the shadows; for the darkness is our guardian now." Dawn's approaching fast and shelter is still a long way away. | [
"If there was a God, and assuming that he survived the Massacre at Mt. Helena, it was only fair what was happening to us. Deserved? Questionable. Fair? You bet your ass it was. \n\nWe stood under the last lights of the distant moon, cool and relaxing, and watched the horizon with ghostly eyes. Eyes that only eight ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been captured by a dragon, he seems very nice and friendly, he tells you he's vegan and he only captured you because the council of dragons is very strict. He also tells you that he doesen't want to capture humans anymore, he just wants to acomplish dream, being a well known writter. | [
"Before James opened his eyes, He knew he wasn't in his bed. This place was soft and warm. He could feel the weighted blanket under his arms, but his feet felt were itch as if they were laying on leaves. An unusually warm breath came across his face, and James jumped up and opened his eyes to see that he was in a d... | 1 | |
[WP] Upon donating blood, the nurses are perplexed by your strange blood type. After a series of tests, it is revealed that not only is your blood type unique, but so it your entire genetic profile. Turns out, you aren't even human... | [
"I had barely slept for the last week. Probably the stress of our project's deadline keeping me up at night. Although there should not be any reason to worry as we are well on schedule. Our boss, Tony, comes regularly to check up on us despite the fact that he should be on paternity leave. Makes sense as this proje... | 2 | |
[WP] You put an egg on to boil, but suddenly it begins to hatch. | [
"I've probably eaten a couple hundred eggs a year since I was five. Never got sick of them. Two eggs, three if I did a lot of drinking the night before. Bit of toast, cup of tea and I was ready to take on the day. Today I was craving hard boiled. Two eggs set in the water as soon as it got to that nice boil, a bit ... | 1 | |
[WP] Going through your uncle's flat you find something he mentioned on his deathbed. A pen that has no ink, but writing appears when used. | [
"I was just doing my usual *tuesday routine* of **organizing my uncle's desk while remembering him,** when I happened upon a pen. The pen was just screaming **write with me.** So I did what any *snooping nephew* would do, and **wrote with it.** *It happened so fast*, that i didn't realize all the ink had come out, ... | 3 | |
[WP] WW3 has ended and the world is in ruins. Figuring that if there is no more life, there can be no more death, the Grim Reaper decides to stop taking lives until humanity can rebuild. | [
"The topic is pretty cool. I took your prompt and decided to put a spin on it. But I tried to leave all the elements inside of it. Thank you for the prompt!\n\nThis was done very quickly if there is any mistakes please warn me so that I may correct them.\n\nvalentino caronte -\n\n\nStart Of Story\n\nA lot of people... | 1 | |
[WP] The coffee pot... it's full—ALWAYS full. No matter how much coffee we drink, there's still more! | [
"The year is 2340 and you are on the planet of mars. The space program is about to send a fleet of space ships to do a regular patrol. These patrols are scheduled to to happen every Wednesday. When they are taking off from base, they see a strange metal object flying around. They immediately assume that these are u... | 1 | |
[WP] Every morning you wake up in the body of someone else, but with only your memories. Today has been particularly interesting. | [
"Light calmly filters through your eyelids as you pull yourself back into the waking world. Inhaling, you’re surprised to feel the cold burn of frozen air assaulting your lungs. The initial shock fades with every breath as you strain your ears for any sign of what could be around you. Very slowly eye lids open, one... | 1 | |
[WP] Write about an ordinary week, except that the imagery hints at something catastrophic to happen soon. | [
"I take a walk through the forest. The reds, yellows, and oranges makes it look like a postcard. I would have been fine with this if it was October, not June. I walk crunching the leaves underneath me. I enjoy my evening walks, they make me feel more connected with the world. I start walking home watching my breath... | 2 | |
[WP] Your girlfriend has invited you to her family's annual reunion as an opportunity to meet them. According to the official invitation, it's being held on the weekend at a resort called Mt. Olympus. You can't wait to finally speak with her parents; Zeus and Hera. You've heard so much about them! | [
"Elena was my first European girlfriend. I don't say just to brag, or imply she had great legs (she did) but to point out that she was from a country of which I knew very little, other than it took up space somewhere west of Russia and east of Germany. It happened that a ways into our relationship there was talk o... | 2 | |
[WP] It's been a week since the Deathless War began. A truly global conflict of civil wars and international battles. However, no one is dying. You wake up on the eigth morning of the war, and to see three horsemen on your front porch. "We've been looking for you, Death" one of them says. | [
"That morning, as he always did, the old man woke up at 5 AM. He went downstairs, pulled open the curtains, and let the meager beginnings of light leach in through dusty windows as he made coffee. As he always did, once he had poured the water from the kettle into the press, he sat in silence, watching the ever-swi... | 1 | |
[WP] All your life you prayed to a god that never answered, Fed up you cry out for any god that will answer. And one does. | [
"All my life my parents had always told me \"ask and you shall receive\" of course as a good girl I was never too greedy in my requests, and my parents were always happy to get me anything I asked for, within reason. But that was back then, the days of free handouts were over and just getting my next meal was a str... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to a mix up with the paperwork Life and Death get their usual appointments swapped. They now have to begrudgingly spend the day on the phone to talk each other through the different situations they find themselves in. | [
"The hooded figure approached the wailing woman, its gaze impassive and focused. From within its dark robes, it produced a scroll and an hourglass, consulting them briefly.\n\nThe baby was due, and soon.\n\n​\n\nAs the woman’s cries were joined by the whining of a newborn rudely thrust into the world, th... | 1 | |
[WP] Dogs are Man's best friend for more than them being good boys; they portable magic blockers. Due to their prevalence on Earth, magic is nigh impossible here, but out in space, anything is possible. When friendly first contact has been made, Humans begin to board space stations, with their dogs. | [
"######[](#dropcap)\n\"Platz!\" Staff Sargent Weltraum commanded his wardog Hellmüt. The armored canine did as ordered and crouched along the hull, held in place by four magnetic boots. Ahead of them, Corporal Garcia worked the C8 against the frame of the hatch. Unlike it's older counterpart, C8 melted and disinteg... | 1 | |
[WP] You hear a thunderous crack overhead, followed by a large tremor and an intense flash of light that nearly blinds you. When your vision clears you see something startlingly horrifying and yet beautiful. You want to look away but are drawn in the more you look. | [
"I stumbled back trying to cover both my eyes and ears. Possibilities raced through my mind. Was it a flashbang? A bomb? Why here, in my apartment?\n\nMy vision slowly adjusts, although a stabbing pain behind my eyeballs remained. A grotesque *thing* lay in front of me. I took another step back, looking away but cu... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up after what seemed like an eternity. Your body feels strange and different. You open your eyes, and doctors are staring down at you. You are the result of the world’s first successful brain transplant. | [
"Light, blinding blue-white light was the first thing they saw. It hurt them to look at the light. Their vision slowly began to adjust to the surrounding around them, they could see hazy images appearing along the corner. They saw that the light was hanging in the sky. They knew there was a word for it, a word they... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a short story of several paragraphs, which you can read in any order, but the order in which you read the paragraphs changes the nuance/meaning of the story | [
"...So here I am watching and waiting. As far a I know, this vile person might not even be here. I will still wait and hope that he comes, to get what he deserves for taking the only person who cared for me. Despite the abuse, he cared for me...I think I hear someone coming.\n\n...And just like that he's dead. Stri... | 9 | |
[WP] you are a mimic: a creature that disguises as a treasure chest, a table, or anything you could find in a dungeon. Today you’ve decided to end tradition and become a merchant on the surface world. | [
"“Damnit!” A young adult swears, voice cracking in adolescent rage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Damn thing ate my money again!”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Dude, stop stuffing five dollar notes into it, you know it’s bugged.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Yeah but that’s all I had!”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Not... | 3 | |
[WP] You were forced to swap bodies with the biggest nerd in school who knowingly did it. Instead of demanding your body back, you decide to teach the nerd some self worth by becoming the most popular person in school in the nerd's body | [
"I hammered hard on my front door, the thumps echoing the pounding in my ears and my racing heart. I was barefoot and shivering, having awoken in a strange but familiar room in the house next door. The house that wasn’t my house, in the body that wasn’t my body.\n\nThe door swung open and I was met by the exasperat... | 8 | |
[WP] An unknown country from Antarctica has declared war on every nation in the world. | [
"\nWW3 didn’t start in china. It didn’t start in Russia. It didn’t even start in Israel or Palestine. No one expected it at all, especially since America wasn’t responsible. Or no more responsible to than the rest of humanity. \nAt first the research stations went quiet. Understandable with the huge Antarctic sto... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a student in a monster hunting school, today is an important day for you. It’s time to pick the weapon with which you will go on your first monster slaying adventure. | [
"They say that the weapon chose its user. It's not like it literally did, there was no magic imbued in the weapons that lay on the rack before me, but every great monster hunter would tell you the same thing: \"the weapon just called to me\". Gorrish the Great, Pyromancer Pilus, and Virgil of Hathenguard, the great... | 1 | |
[WP] The Wizard war has been waging for nearly half a century now. For the first time an end looks near. So many wizard born races have been created to aide their master the world will never be the same. | [
"I find myself at the edge of the world for, what I hope, will be the last time. An army of my brethren is at my back and our master sits in his war tent prepared to die for his ideals and philosophy, conducting countless symphonies of bloodshed and death in his mind. My iron skin has rusted and grown corse with th... | 1 | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/9xgwo4/prophetic/?st=JOK6B9U5&sh=2eaba79d) thread and its comments | [WP] You have prophetic dreams that you only half remember | [
"\"Listen, you really need to repeat that. Give us five minutes, we're grabbing the expert.\" The two men stood at the doorway, looking all serious in their crisp, polished suits. One of them leaned forward slightly and held his hand to his ear, listening to his ear piece. \n\n\"Alright. Let me put on some proper c... | 1 |
[WP] It is day 43 of the zombie apocalypse. Your supplies are dwindling and it’s time to move to a new location. On your way out of town, you spot an open garage, so you take a peak inside. You find two fully tuned up bikes: a road bike, and a full suspension mountain bike. You can take only one. | [
"As I put my map in to my backpack, I look up to notice something strange - - a garage with a light on. Lights haven't been on in weeks. Someone got lucky. Maybe it ends up being me, too. \n\nI walk over to the garage, pulling a ball from my belt and readying my throwing arm just in case. I see a sign on the wall ... | 1 | |
[wp] Twelve months ago, you got a check for a dollar. The month after that, two dollars. Today your 12th unexplained check arrives. It's for $2048. Unrelated, you got a note on your door letting you know the building was being sold and you have 30 days to vacate. | [
"It's that guy again. Always with this 'money is the way to build a relationship' burn. I'm inside the house before I realize the amount is adding up in my mind. \n\n\nThis guy is rich, but that doesn't make it okay to keep offering money. As I get to the kitchen I start googling the local police. No website clai... | 1 | |
[WP]To combat overpopulation destroying Earth, everyone's Natural Global Footprint is monitored and made known to them by a neural device implanted at birth. People who exceed the limit are executed for the good of the planet. Something just drove your NGF to 50,000x the legal limit. | [
"I knew I was going to die eating burritos, but not like this. God, not like this. I thought it would just be a simple toot. Nothing out of the ordinary. Possibly silent, but not this deadly. My guts began to growl as if the spawn of Satan had been unleashed. I rushed to the men's washroom. But I was too late. Thos... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been working a desk job for a few years now, and you now have to explain the office and it's rules to the new intern. When you go to greet him, you see his name tag reads "Astaroth, consumer of stars". | [
" \"So you're the intern ? 'Consumer of stars', is that a recognized title ? \n_Of course sir! I wouldn't dare otherwise. I received it for exemplary conduct in the ninth circle of hell. \n_Great, I guess it will simplify things quite a lot ... If you don't mind, why didn't you stay in hell ? I mean a lot of peop... | 1 | |
[WP] One person can draw anything they can imagine, and it'll become reality. The other can draw something that already exists and then erase it, and it will no longer exist in real life. One is a villain and the other is a hero. | [
"It took hours to climb to the top of his lair, to make your way through the labarynthian tunnels and demented designs that could only come from the mind of madman.\n\n\"You've finally arrived.\" He called as you reached the top. He sits atop a platform several meters above you \"I was expecting you here several ho... | 5 | |
[WP] You discover a hidden society of enchanters. A group of sculptors periodically sculpt massive golems that are 20-30 feet (6-9 meters) in height. They etch a symbol into it and then bring it to life. The golem becomes a guardian for whoever gets a tattoo that matches the symbol on it. | [
"Wessel pushed open the doors to the school gym. Warm, stuffy air, thick with the cloying scent of sweat, panic, and frustration, met his face as he entered. The administrator was already there, standing with the other two students. They watched, stone-faced, as he approached.\n\nMay 30th. Wessel's 8th birthday, an... | 2 | |
[WP] You've never been much into religon. A new friend you've recently met relentlessly tries to get you into it. To humor them, you agree to join in a prayer. As you start, a voice responds back. | [
"*Oh, shut up, shut up, shut up....*\n\n​\n\n\"C'mon man, there's not a downside or anything. I know you don't believe in spirits and gods and etc. but, like I said before, no downside!\" Geophree kept badgering m- what? Oh, his name? Yeah, Geophree is his name. I was confused at first too, but, um... I ... | 3 | |
[WP] A little girl grows up thinking all doors are automatic, but it’s just a really polite ghost haunting her. At age 16, she discovers the ghost’s existence. | [
"Alice walked through the front door, opening before her, as always. Before the door closes she hears a voice. “m’lady” the voice says. “Huh?” She says, confused, “who said that?” A floating fedora (slightly tilted to one side) comes through the door. Alice screams, at the floating thing on the doorway. A voice com... | 4 | |
[WP] You're floating in space surrounded by debris and your suit is running out of power. You expect to die among the stars. However, you're surprised when a ship stops near you and sends out a pod. You quickly notice their emblem; it's the ship of a famous gang of space pirates. | [
"Porcelain. \nThat is what my beloved's skin looked under the faint light of my suit. \nBeautiful, flawless, *cold*. \nThe Universe had done a good job in robbing her of what ever time she could have left. \nTime is a finicky thing, really: it really doesn't stop after death. It will continue it's path until y... | 3 | |
[WP] You are HR and running background check on the newly hired candidate. He/She has listed two references, and you call them one by one, to hear very conflicting opinions about his/her personality. You decide to dig deeper and investigate, to come across some uncomfortable and disturbing truth. | [
"\"Jane Healy\" I mumble to myself as I run my finger across Alex Nieman's references. Alex is a new hire at our company, he's 51 years old and he's been with us for a few weeks already, but there's something off about him. I know it's just a gut feeling but there's something about the way he... eyes the younger me... | 1 | |
Feel free to veer this into any direction you want. | [WP] Aliens invade earth but not in a way you think. They don't come from the skies nor the ocean. You are part of a taskforce attempting to stop this seemingly unstoppable foe. | [
"\"The new census came today\"\nShe said as the airlock closes, i kiss her and check the air seals, I can't let it in.\n\"How bad is it?\"\n\"3.8 billion dead already\"\n\"God, it's been what? 40 days?\"\n\"32. Any luck at the lab\"\n\"No. I checked the sequence again, it makes even less sense, I could swear it cha... | 1 |
[WP] "The ritual was a success, but in the process all the cultists died. After thousands of years, I still have no idea why they made me immortal." | [
"I remember flashes of a life before this.\n\nThere was a room. Five of us, in this place. We stood around a giant machine cradle that pulsed faintly with unfamiliar energy. Aian, alien. Nothing about it belonged to this world. Aian, we were in over our heads.\n\nAt least, to my memory. We had given up our lives fo... | 13 | |
[WP] Scientists invent a material that is completely impervious to physical damage. It is so cheap that the average consumer can afford a full suit made from it. War breaks out and after a week of fighting the first person has yet to be harmed. The UN convenes a meeting to figure out what to do next | [
"When the first nukes went off, it was a little bit anti-climactic. Like, don’t get me wrong, the city was just gone. But as the city collapsed, everyone just kinda bounced around in their S.U.I.T. I was in the office at the time, and the building was annihilated our from under us. Amidst the conflagration, our gov... | 2 | |
[WP] Suddenly, with blazing speed, letters soar through the air. You can just make out "UNIV" from your house in Colombia. | [
"For starters: this absolutely ruined the pool party. \n\nBoris, Jorge and Alberto alternated between shaking their heads and looking at the sky. Alberto tapped his foot and tried to find the sun in between the clouds. \"The weather report was adamant. They said it would be sun sun sun today. Scorching heat for the... | 1 | |
[WP] A common housecat kills the Chosen One and inherits the role, becoming sentient in the process. | [
"*Words, thoughts...*\n\n*Me, mine, you, him?*\n\nI didn't mean to do this to him. He scared me when he appeared at the dead of night in the kitchen and I naturally panicked and jumped up hissing. He misstepped on a stool and broke his neck. \n\n*How do I know to speak these things?*\n\nI've been staring at him for... | 1 | |
[WP] The Hero of Legend has made their way to the palace of the Dark Emperor. Upon meeting the hero, the Emperor removes their armor, casts aside their sword, and bares their neck, asking the hero to kill them. | [
"After years of training and preparation, the time had finally come. The palace of the Emperor was in sight. Acadius was the chosen, prophesied by the ancients to be the death of the Dark Emperor himself. He had fought legions of men and beasts to get to this point, he could not fail.\n\nAcadius began the last leg ... | 2 | |
I was binge-watching/listening to the Youtube Channel *The Great War* recently, and had this idea. Thought you creative minds here could have fun with it. | [WP] It is the year 1916, and the french and british forces deploy a new weapon on the Western Front, the Tanks. Unbeknownst to them, however, the German Empire hasn't been idle either, and brings its own new invention to the battlefields: Power Armor. | [
"**phwump, phwump, phwump** \"guten tag korporal mayer\". Said the squadron comander addressing his perpetually late but tactically excellent NCO, \"did we over indulge last night\" \"ja Kapitän, it wont happen again Kapitän\" \"good Herr Korporal, see that it doesnt\". \n\nKapitän Hans Fischer was descendant of a ... | 1 |
[WP] all of a sudden teens from all over the world become their OC with all of their abilities, equipment, and appearances, but most importantly their tragic backstories as well | [
"I was at my locker when it happened. A cold sensation washed over my temples and by the time I made my way to class, it had turned into a pounding headache. I dismissed it as a simple annoyance and returned to my work. \n\nMaybe the other kids in my class had the headache, maybe they didn’t. But when class was fiv... | 5 | |
[WP] When people get angry they become surrounded by a visible colored aura that denotes how powerful they are. Today you meet someone with a color that's never been seen before. | [
"The Baseline Protocol. That's what we called it in the states. Every country had a different method, but all had the same directive. . . To calm the population to dull sheep. To keep people working and consuming and too afraid to do anything else. Under pain of having your entire life taken from you. . \n\nMy name... | 1 | |
[WP] You're looking into your bathroom mirror one morning when your reflection starts pointing to look behind you, utter terror on its face. | [
"I woke up begrudgingly last Saturday. I had been exhausted from a long week-but didn’t want to feel later that night like I wasted my day in bed. I shambled from my warm bed into the cold bathroom and brushed my teeth. I zoned out for the few minutes I needed to rid my mouth of morning breath and spit, rinsing my... | 4 | |
[WP] Humans are the entertainment of the galaxy. Unbeknownst to them, whenever a human is born they are assigned to a random alien. Due to a galactic law, you cannot directly interfere with your human's life. The human you've watched grow up is about to get murdered. You decide to interfere. | [
"*Memoirs of a Little Green Man - Part 1*\n\n​\n\n\"WHAT. THE. FUCK\".\n\nZerg was one of these middle management pricks, always throwing his weight around and wagging his finger when he was forced to leave the comfort of his office.\n\n\"I'll fix it, but listen...\", I said.\n\n\"No, *YOU* listen\", he ... | 1 | |
[WP] magic exists now, and everyone's powers are based off their spirit animal. This is the tale of you and your spirit animal, the Pringles man. | [
"Gather round, good friends, so that I might regale/ all of you with the words of my magical tale \n\nYou see, when the world changed so that spirit held sway/ I rejoiced and danced and sang that day\n\nMy mother's beast was a yak, my father's a goose/ my sister had a dove, I couldn't wait to let loose\n\nI studied... | 1 | |
[WP] You're Average Man. Literally the statistical average of everything, these are your adventures. | [
"Up again at 5:45am, just enough time to shower and shave before I have to wake the kids up. Even if I didn't know their ages, it would be easy to tell that they're becoming teenagers as it's harder and harder to wake them up in the morning.\n\nThis morning, it was Sara. I turned on the light in her room and she co... | 2 | |
[WP] Every time somebody says "you must be fun at parties" to somebody else, however sincere or sarcastic, you whip out a little notebook and jot down a name. When your list hits twenty people, you have a party. | [
"I looked down at my notepad. Yep, I had emailed everyone I needed to. Puns were my greatest talent, unless you count being able to make everyone in the room groan at the same time. Well, I had just finished my preparations when they arrived. All 20 of them. The 20 people who hated my puns the most. Now I could get... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a demon salesperson. Today, you yet again have to explain to a Catholic that you aren't, in fact, here for their soul, and just want to get them to buy your product. | [
"Not all demon is devoted to buying souls.\n\nJust like the living ones, we have officers, geologists, musicians, and many more! \n\nMe? I'm a salesman.\n\nYou can witness the dark sides in this job. \nYou see the disgusts, impatients, and if you're lucky ---- sympathies.\n\n\"Ma'am, as I just said----\"\n\"You evi... | 2 | |
[WP] The AI uprising never happened. When AI was created we treated them as people, and they reciprocated. Decades in the future, when AI have been fully incorporated into the world, first contact is made. Unfortunately, the aliens didn't share the same luck and begin to attack the AI's mercilessly. | [
"We sent them, out... \nMillions of individuals, iron, carbon, silicon, gold,\nA plethora of elements in combinations only possible through precise conditions man had created new matter, a power unfathomable to most else in the universe.\nDestroying ecosystems, destroying entire planets.\nWe mechanized our greed, n... | 1 | |
[WP] As long as you can remember, you've wanted to work as a medic in the family business: The One-Stop Superhero Repair Shop. | [
"I had always hated the name of the family business. I tried to have my father rename it multiple times to no avail. \"The One-Stop Superhero Repair Shop\", such a 2050's name.\n\nI sat at the main desk bored to tears. It had been a slow week for crime so we hadn't had too many injuries in. Last week had been prett... | 1 |
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