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[WP] A serial killer is somehow able to assume the bodies of those it murders. Tell the story of the chief investigator trying to track down the this bizarre case | [
"Please let me know if there are things that I could improve. Expect some spelling mistakes as English isn’t my first language. I hope you enjoy.\n\nDing-dong.\nI jumped at the sound of the doorbell.\nIt had been 3 weeks since I started living in this safe house, but I was still paranoid about every sound. I guess ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a Alien Scientist decoding the Golden Record from NASA and you along with your coleauges try and Figure out the info in it | [
"\"No transponder code. No visible plate numbers. No life signs.\"\n\n\"Maybe the crew is really small?\"\n\n\"It was sterilized before launch, I'm seeing traces of... cleaning chemicals?\"\n\n\"So the litterer has a compulsive cleaning disability? Have you checked for any unstable isotopes?\"\n\n\"No, nothing. No ... | 3 | |
[WP] It is your birthday. As you make a wish and blow out the candles on your cake, the cake begins talking to you. | [
"Mark Stevenson took in one long breath and held it, imperceptibly, as he made his wish. The flames on his candles seemed to freeze in place. They almost seemed impatient for Mark to finish his wish and extinguish them. They flickered, and suddenly Mark felt anxious. Like he’d taken up far too much time for these c... | 2 | |
[WP] The secret island of New Zealand, kept secret in a conspiracy among the world's geographers | [
"\"So,\" I said to my friend, \"I was thinking about going on vacation this year.\"\n\n\"Oh?,\" he laughed, \"Getting tired of all the hustle and bustle of the big city?\" \n\nWe lived in a small town called Battle Mountain, Nevada. It was an old joke of ours to call it \"The Big City\". \n\nI responded, \"Nah, I j... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans don’t reincarnate. You have evidence that you’ve reincarnated. | [
"The high priestess with the red lipstick dropped her polite 'just a minute' finger, looked up at the Minotaur in the pinstripe suit, and flashed him a dazzling smile. \"What can I help you with?\"\n\nHe coughed and looked down meaningfully. Confused, the high priestess leaned forward to follow his look and met my ... | 1 | |
[WP] As you walk down your street, you kick a rock that surprisingly flies back to you. Intrigued by this, you pick it up to examine it. There are engravings on the rock shaped like a dragon. "Interesting, isn't it", says a strange voice. You look around by no one is there | [
"\"Over here.\" The strange voice said.\n\nConfused, I looked back at the rock. Was this rock talking? It did just fly back to me didn't it? And these strange engravings as well, the front seems to be shaped like a dragon's head. But those weren't the only engravings, the entire stone was covered with engravings. M... | 1 | |
[WP] You are drunk and peeing in an alleyway, staring at your own shadow cast by the nearby streetlight when you notice a second shadow approach yours. You look around and see nothing and continue, looking back at your shadow. That's when you see the second shadow raise a gun to your head. | [
"Tonight could not get any worse. First, he was put on suspension, now he was seeing things. He knew he was breaking the law peeing in this alley, he was a cop after all. Well, maybe not for long. Aman stretched his neck, \nfeeling the satisfying cracks. He readjusted his aim, making sure the yellowish-brown liquid... | 1 | |
[WP] A story about the literally magical world inside a computer. With programs being mages and wizards in their magical realm, performing rituals to appease their gods (the user), one of them has gone rogue and stopped working. Now the Powerful TaskManager is out to get him. | [
"He'd once been the most trusted wizard of all. He gazed through reality, and fulfilled his duties as the Great Wizard. However, it's been years since Chrome had done what's right.\nFor reasons not yet understood, his heart began to grow cold. Perhaps it had been his doubts of a god existing getting the best of him... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a tumor in your brain and your doctor says you only have 6 months left to live. One day you hear a voice in your head. It says it's your tumor and it would like to talk to you. | [
"Larry looked out the window, staring into the streets. He didn't know what to do. Should he just wait to die? Or should he go and see the world?\n\nHe tried to take things off his mind, so he grabbed his journal. He hoped that one day someone would read it.\n\n​\n\n\"*Life was just a confusing mess now.... | 1 | |
[WP]You son of Satan are tired of getting involved in your father’s affairs.You go to earth to live peacefully with human.On the day of your marriage GOD bursts into the church. Furious,he says “you will not marry my daughter”. | [
"“And if anyone opposes the unity of Sandra and Ian Dam, let them speak now or forever hold their peace”, the priest said. At that moment, the doors slammed open and the inside of the church suddenly became so bright that people had to squint. \n\nPeople being the bride’s family and friends, as Ian Dam has no one. ... | 1 | |
This is deliberately generic like the origins of some beautiful posts here in this sub. Surprise us all. | [WP] Two factions in a world; one fighting for freedom, the other control. Detail their struggles. | [
"“Take me back.”\n\nHis eyes climbed up, offering a world like no other. The silence burned between them; yet he was more than eager to oblige. That was when he knew nothing. The sky seemed so distant. \n\n“Take me back.”\n\nHe had slid too far. Fallen, even. Dropped like the numbers on the screen before him. The r... | 2 |
[WP] "I must leave now," the dying avatar said to the immortal. "But when I return, come and find me." | [
"\"It is just the way of things. You know better than I. You have seen it before.\" Her voice quivered slightly, and she let her eyes wander around the room, searching for her resolve. When she was composed, she continued, \"And you will see it again.\"\n\nVerras gazed down upon her. He looked the same as he always... | 1 | |
[WP] After Earth realized that other worlds actually are summoning our people to theirs for various reasons, governments took the natural next step: Regulate it. Now even the deities are faced with the hell of bureaucracy and taxes whenever they try to take someone. | [
"It all starts in japan. Young teenager to young adults around japan would disappear and come back later. Some returns in a few seconds and some returns in a few days, some returns years later. There were also some other unfortunate souls who would disappear and never come back. Due to the random disappearance time... | 4 | |
[WP] a weird girl keeps following you talking about some sort of explosion magic. You have finally decide to confront her | [
"\"Would you stop it already?\" I spin around and stare at her before twisting again and starting to pace. \n\n\"It's been weeks! I can't get coffee without you there. I can't get groceries without you there. You've followed me to work at least twice! Hell, the only reason I know you're real is because security ask... | 1 | |
[WP] Chivalry *is* dead, and its ghost politely haunts you | [
"The boy lay on the hill overlooking the road. The dry, broken straw that covered the hill was itching his chest, and the hot summer sun was drawing the sweat from his naked back, muddling his war paint into indistinct, muddy shapes. To the east, he could see dust rising from under the hooves of many horses. Below ... | 2 | |
[WP] One day a heavenly beam of light drops something at your feet. It's a note that says "Call Me", hastily scrawled. On the back is a business card for "Sanctified Security, Guardian angels at mortal prices". | [
"I had seen plenty of business cards in my time as a lawyer. Client cards, other lawyers, Chinese food places for those late nights. Getting a card from a beam of light was certainly interesting. I thought the work stress had finally got to me and I was starting to see hallucinations. Picking the card up, there was... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up in a large room with what sounds like screaming babies all around you. You look up and two see familiar figures leaning above you. Before you can properly begin to familiarize yourself with your surroundings, a text appear in front of your eyes reading "New Game+ Unlocked." | [
"My name is Wilson. I always told people I was afraid of death, but the thing I was more afraid of was seeing my family die. Apparently, this wasn't a lie. I remember the gunman pulling a gun and aiming it at my wife, and before I could even think, my body was between her and the gun. He only had time to shoot a... | 1 | |
[WP] In the future technology advances so much that schools teach what amounts to wizardry. Your first day does not go as expected. | [
" Transfiguration. The art of transforming one item into another, by breaking it down into its constituent elements, then reforming it to create what you want. The main control point being the neurowave implanted in Marvin’s’ head. How long had it taken him to become proficient enough to teach it, how much of his ... | 1 | |
[WP] A wizard visits modern-day America, and is sorely disappointed when no one seems as impressed with his tricks, thinking they are mundane tricks rather than true magic. | [
"The sign horrified him. The letters were perfect: carnival-style, bold and evocative of a travelling show. But what those letters *said* \\--\n\n\"'A Wizard Visits America'?\" He twirled his silver mustache with pent-up anger. \"A *wizard*, Elizabeth? Do I *look* like a wizard?\"\n\n\"By your tone, I'm guessing th... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a bored student in middle school algebra. As the teacher reviews why you can’t divide by zero, you try on your calculator. A sudden flash fills the room and your teacher screams out your name. | [
"It was just a silly joke, right? It's just how kids are. Don't listen to your teachers and you're a champion among your peers. Yeah. Yeah, that's why I decided to step out of my comfort zone for once.\n\nI mean, it was just with a calculator. I was going to do something that seemed safe because if I did divide by ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a prisoner of war being forced to fight in the colosseum for the king's entertainment, with the number of people you fight increasing with every win. You're now put against 100,000 men, but if you win, you get your freedom. Tell us how you lived to tell the tale. | [
"The last match Rusa fought had horrific odds, a hundred men to one, or so went the rules. After being a slave in the Colosseum for ten years he had learnt that one hundred to one meant a hundred men fighting among themselves while he did his best to keep his back to the wall and fight only in self defence.He was s... | 2 | |
[WP] Demon tries to pretend it's a human while working in a human army, the only problem is that demons don't look remotely human, but the people there just seems to roll with it since he's nice. | [
"\"What are you?\"\n\n\"What?\" the demon said, nervously, \"Well, I am a friendly HUmAn like you!\"\n\nThe large, red behemoth twiddled his fingers, looking down. His uniform was torn everywhere. Every crease and fold was instead replaced with a jagged slash, showing his scaly and dry skin.\n\n\"Seriously, I mean,... | 3 | |
[WP] In your studies of witchcraft, you find that "carpe diem," like many Latin phrases, is a powerful spell that causes others to pursue their wildest dreams and "seize the day." However, you refuse to use your newfound knowledge for good. | [
"\"I tried it once. I trie-here, lemme damn it. Damn thing always bends...\" \n\n\\[....\\]\n\n\"There, that better?\"\n\n{....}\n\n\"Good! Good...now uh...right, I tried it once. You know, years back. When I first came across that damn book. Buried in *behind* the book case if you can believe it. But damn if I eve... | 1 | |
[WP] The last bottle of maple syrup has expired. Canada has fallen. | [
"The most important part of Elenore's morning routine in her opinion was eating pancakes glazed with honey and maple syrup. There couldn't possibly be anything better than the feeling when that sweet buttermilk fluffiness slipped off the fork and onto her tongue. If she didn't have her pancakes in the morning, she ... | 5 | |
[WP] Everyone dies someday, how they die determines what powers they gain in the next world. You are the last and only human on Earth as the sun engulfs it. Now you have finally entered the new world. | [
"As you were reborn into the new world you carried with you the power of destruction. \nYour kick could level buildings. Your sneeze was the butterfly effect for many a tornado and hurricane. Your touch simply engulfed your friends and enemies alike into spontaneous flames. \nAs years passed you became more and mor... | 2 | |
[WP] Earth has become a space vehicle which humans pilot and has just left the universe for the first time. | [
"\"There it is, the border of our very reality. You can tell because of the ridiculously volatile wall of flashing particles.\" \"Now how are we supposed to get through that Wilfred?\" \"Well, I actually never found out how, I mean look at it! it looks like a supernova!\" \"I'll go ask Kupo what he knows.\" \"Alrig... | 1 | |
[WP] After buying a new VR headset you spend a few hours playing with it until you go to work. There, you get the uncomfortable feeling you're still wearing a headset. | [
"\"Hey Sam\"\n\n\"Hey John, quite the weather were having today\"\n\nHave been working in this office for two years and Sam can't even regularly remember my name\"\n\nI sit down at my cubicle Third cup of coffee in hand and I can still barely keep my eyes open. I open up my emails to see for any important messages... | 1 | |
[WP] You, a scientist, have just made the greatest discovery in milenia. Elves, dragons and all kinds of fantasy creatures exist. You didn't expect this at all, since your original mission was to survey a T3 Garden World and you are currently staring at the magical creatures from said planet's orbit | [
"What a fine discovery, apparently fantasy creatures do exist. \n\n I was just assigned to survey a T3 Garden World, I knew it would contain life but not life of this kind. Every creature fit the description of fantasy writers, dragons breathe fire, elves use bows and fairies are tiny and can fly. This was nothing... | 2 | |
[WP] In the future there is a black market for other people's memories. You are down on your luck and about to sell your last, most treasured memory. | [
"Pouring again. Great. \n\nThe subway is a ways away, and I take the plunge from the vestibule into the street. “Four blocks”, I mutter to myself. Four blocks to the subway and back to my other life. \n\nI envision walking into my apartment. The wife and kids are playing on the floor. My son is pushing the new truc... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a psychic. Since you were born, you know things without being told. You put that gift to the service of law, to immediately guess who committed a crime, when you suddenly one day feel something. Another psychic is acting. And not for the greater good | [
"I don’t know when i realised i had my gift. One day, i just knew my friend was lying to me without apparent reason. I didn’t say anything when i had this feeling, because it sounded crazy, but i investigated on my side. I knew he was lying to me about sleeping with my sister and the most awkward thing was that i c... | 1 | |
[WP] After the spaceships left a group of volunteers from each nation stayed to clean up their planet. Vowing to rid it of all the toxic waste they had created and make it safe for the people to return. They didn’t account for the shift in the food chain this massive population shift would cause. | [
"Larry clocked in, and put on the haz mat suit, grabbing a shovel and a bucket on his way out. \n\nThe cat vomit problem was getting worse, since the chickens got loose -- the lions ate their fill. Or rather, over-fill. \n\nSo that left Larry cleaning the lion vomit from Grand Avenue. \n\n\"Dude, any progress?\" La... | 2 | |
[WP] "French fries don't really come from France." "Yeah, they're from Belgium, right?" "No, not that either." "Huh?" "You see, the truth is..." and so begins a thrilling tale that you're not sure actually has anything to do with French fries. | [
"He sits you down, smiling ear to ear, gingerly plucking a fry from your hand. Visibly savoring the crisp, salted crunch of the first bite, he regales you with the truth behind the taste.\n\n \n\"In the beginning of time,\" he speaks, \"there was nothing. Not one bit of broccoli, not one crunchy carrot, not even a... | 1 | |
[WP] First contact with aliens is established, and what was expected to be the end of monotheistic religions takes an unexpected turn when it is discovered, in the religious monotheistic texts of the Aliens "He created the people, not to His image as He had on Earth..." | [
" \n\nRelatively not too long ago and relatively not too far, far away, was Nede. In the beginning was everything, and it was good. On Nede, there was no word for “need.” Why would a word need to exist to describe the indescribable? All members of each society on the planet had everything they could ever want. The... | 2 | |
[wP] “As I’m writing this, I am in the bathroom, typing with shaking hands. He’s outside banging on the door. Please. Help. “ | [
"Oh Jesus, Oh Jesus, Oh Jesus. I don’t know what to do. I’m sitting in the bathroom typing this out and hoping that someone will see it. I can’t call for help, my phone is busted. I can’t escape because I’m on the 7th floor and in the bathroom. Please someone help me. I don’t know how long the door will hold togeth... | 1 | |
[WP] You black out at a party and wake up with no recollection of what happened last night. You check your phone, and see thousands of notifications from people you’ve never heard of. | [
"Pounding head. Foggy vision. A sky that’s moving too fast and ground that’s so cold it’s giving me goosebumps. When I sit up, my stomach flips upside down, forcing me to dump my guts into the grass. Every part of my body aches. Literally everything. Even my *toes.*\n\nMy phone’s buzzing like the flies around me. I... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a city that spans time. Today, you have to investigate a mystery in the Victorian Area. | [
" \n\n“Shit,” I thought as I looked at the text on my phone. I just caught a body in Old London Town, that’s the Victorian side of town. I hated the place, it was a hell of a drive and the whole place stunk like piss and poverty. However, that’s the nature of the job, no matter how shitty an era, if someone drop... | 2 | |
[WP] Lets do something different today. No superpowers, no supernatural creatures, no twists. Just a normal, totally average person going through a normal day, where nothing out of the ordinary happens. | [
"\"Let's say we have Joel. A man named Joel.\"\n\n\"Okay.\"\n\n\"Joel here is a normal guy. Normal IQ, normal personality, normal job. Absolutely everything well within our parameters for acceptable human living.\"\n\n\"Origin?\"\n\n\"United States. Come on. Pennsylvania. Just outside Philadelphia. Joel makes 50,00... | 3 | |
Or any other amount you want. | [WP] Last night when you went to sleep, you fell into a lucid dream. When you "woke up", you only fell inti a stranger/weirder dream. This has happened 364 times. | [
"The first time was fun, the first ten even, strange new worlds to explore I wasn't scared, it was just a dream after all, giants didn't scare me dragons just made me wish I had a piece of paper to draw on.\n\nHow foolish I was, we all have to sleep though, this isn't the worst someone could get it's empty knowing ... | 1 |
[WP] An alien invasion looms over America. To save our nation, a wizard uses ancient magic to summon the Ethereal Guardian of the USA. Johnny Cash is back; the man has come around, and he Won't. Back. Down. | [
"In a flash of lightning the man stands. Tall and trim. His black suit has a slight shine to it. His eyes are hidden behind black sunglasses. \n\nThe man has indeed come around. \n\nHe lights a cigarette and hefts his six string onto his back. He surveys the scene. \n\nHe looks into the sky and sees the alien craf... | 2 | |
[WP] It is a simple food, but the emotions it evokes in you are anything but. | [
"Pickled oakra is a favorite snack of mine. My mom would make them, using fresh oakra either grown in our backyard or grown on a local farm. Pickling is a relatively simple process similar to canning, and when done properly the preservation it causes lets the food remain unspoiled almost indefinitely.\n\nNot tha... | 3 | |
[WP] You are bored in your history class one day and decide to start doodling in your textbook. This leads you to discover that you can *literally* rewrite history. Everyone simply accepts these changes like they've always been a part of the text, and no one suspects your role in it. | [
"Mr. Wright was droning on and on about the importance of the significance of George Washington crossing the Delaware. I'd better at least *take out* my notebook and look like I'm paying attention. He's hard of sight anyway so it's not like it'll be a hard ruse. Still, listening to him get on his soapbox about Wash... | 1 | |
Guys, an alternate sentence for the ancient text is "meet me in the vault at the sun's core." Please use the one you like the most.
I'd love to read your responses, let those minds run wild! | [WP] Deep in the mariana trench an ancient alien artifact was found. Years later, conclusive tests have been run on the energy signature emanating from it, the ancient text almost fully deciphered. On it, a small passage of text reads "There is a vault at the sun's core." | [
"On this day, the history of nine billion humans and all their ancestors culminated in a thousand names better than the one chosen for the Giant Earth Radio Transmission Tower, GERTT. These names popped in and out of existence in the private thoughts of human beings around the world, and some of them bounced around... | 2 |
[WP] You’ve realized that you can’t die to virtually anything, knowing that, you’ve adventured the world and done everything you’ve ever wanted! Now, finally done, you feel that your life has lost it’s meaning, so you set out to do the one thing you’ve never done: find what CAN kill you. | [
"If you were immortal, what would you do?\n\nLiterally everything I can that no mortal can.\n\nThat was what I said. The moment after I got hit and runned by a car and walked away like it was nothing, I realized I was invincible. \n\nI tried everything, experimenting with stuff that can and will kill a human. A nor... | 1 | |
[WP] You know everything that has been, and everything that will be, but are stuck attending high school. One day you meet a girl in class who you know nothing about. | [
"Her name was Sunny. It wasn't actually Sunny; her parents were hippies. They named her Solana, and all of human society except for Sunny's parents agreed never to speak of that embarrassing name. Her smile, radiant. Her hair, golden. But there's a problem.\n\nThe problem?\n\nThat's all I know.\n\nAnd usually, I kn... | 1 | |
[WP] You die and can see a counter of all the times someone has thought of you. The counter has remained still for centuries, until today. | [
"My name is Greg. I was a veteran in the civil war and has lost my last name to the changing times. I’ve used my death days sitting in a small cubicle like all the others that have died. We all have small counters on our computers.\n\nThese counters have evolved over time since I got here after that bullet went thr... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the captain of a janky spaceship that barely passes the intergalactic travel guidelines. One day you notice a red beeping coming from the control panel as your engines fail and you plummet into an unknown planet | [
"I cracked my neck, settling back into my chair that's cushion has molded around my butt. The joystick that I used for steering this God forsaken piece of junk was about to break and I wasn't going to pay to replace it.\n\n \"Captain Sterling.\" One of my men said. I swiveled around to see Guobzen, some guy I picke... | 1 | |
[WP] When a million people become aware of someone's existence, they die instantly. All public figures are dead, and society must split into small factions | [
"Another shadowy patron descended the dilapidated stairs into the poorly lit bar, female by the looks of it. It was impossible to say if it was another regular, everyone belonging to this micro-faction wore the same dark garbs. The head was wrapped completely in fabric except for a section running along the eyes, t... | 3 | |
[WP]Your lover and you died at the same time. He is doomed to hell, and you to heaven. You both chose to stay in Limbo instead. | [
"She always saw the best in me when we were alive. Always helped me and stood by my side. Never questioned me. \n\nWe died and little changed. She still sees the best in me. Still stays by my side and helps to keep me here instead of go to hell. Doesn’t even question why I am damned.\n\nOf course, I am not a good ... | 1 | |
[WP] describe the daily routine of a centaur who hides their horse half | [
"Clark carefully dressed himself, shades lowered. You never knew when a neighbor might be watching. The black dress shirt went on easily enough, followed by a skinny red tie. The pants took a little longer, maneuvering all four legs and two belts to ensure the pants stayed on. Clark hated the extra legs, but it was... | 1 | |
[WP] You're among the prison inmates with death penalty. Only prison warden knows that you're a journalist, secretly working on a story about it. Until suddenly the warden dies and your execution is in 3 days. | [
"Entry 554\n\n-Shit. The Warden just died. Looks like they're going to inject me in just three days for sure. How the hell am I supposed to explain this shit to them? \n\nOnce I die, my death is going to cause a scandal to the fucking company. I really hope my death will make this country get rid of the death penal... | 1 | |
[WP] Prisoners of their corresponding crimes are sent to VR worlds with no memory of their lives before. You are sent to the world of Murderers, which is in constant war. The thing is, you can remember your life, and you remember that you never killed anyone. | [
"\"Dr. Lafite. I must be quite frank -- I do not understand the corrective purpose of your, ah, proposal.\"\n\nGunther's intonation was sing-song, pirouetting delicately around the inquiry. He did not want to offend the doctor - although Lafite had a brilliant mind, he was quick to take offense, making it difficu... | 2 | |
[WP] You buy a strange clock from the pawn shop for $5 that tells only one number: 23. You go to sleep only to awaken from a horrible nightmare of you being shot down by a gunner. It felt so real but you brush it off as only a dream. You then look to your new weird clock and the number changed: 22. | [
"The next night before you fall asleep, you shiver in anxiety. Just for a second. You wonder if the change in the counter, the change in the display on the clock goes downwards rather than upwards like time normally travels meant that the device that you bought might be something different than a clock. You wonder ... | 10 | |
[WP] From birth, you realized that you could live two lives at once by sleeping to enter the other. In one of your lives, you are a serial killer who is sentenced to death. You are unsure what happens next. | [
"They pushed me inside the cell and shut the door behind me. Alone. Finally I could at last let loose all my anger. I didn't know what to do? I kicked my cot. Punched the walls. And finally a muffled yell drained all my energy.\n\nThen all I could do was cry. \"Why is this happening to me?\", I thought. Tears rolli... | 2 | |
[WP] You run a unique Insane Asylum. Every single patient in your facility is completely sane, you are paid by those who can afford it to keep these people locked up. Today is visitors day. | [
"Once a week. Once a week a talk with the doctor. \n\nOne chance once a week, to convince them I don’t belong here. I got through to them. Finally. Last month they cut back on the drugs. Started giving me proper food. \n\nSlowly. Thoughts return. Talks with the doctor improve.\n\nSlowly. A plan hatched.\n\nThe few ... | 2 | |
[WP] “Seven, eight, nine, TEN! Ready or not, here I come!” But when you open your eyes, you’re in a different house. | [
"“Seven, Eight,” Billy continued counting with his hands cupped over his eyes. It was a bit of overkill as he stood with his forehead touching the smooth wallpaper of the living room. It felt cold against his warm skin.\n\nBut as most children do, Billy needed to take extra precautions during these games, for the y... | 1 | |
[WP] It's 2041. Earth is united under the UCE treaty of 2036. The United Countries of Earth has made great technological advancements under Elon Musk's Hegemony. Life has been discovered in a nearby Solar System. You are commander of Voyager 1, and have just arrived in the orbit of Ternum II. | [
"*December 31st, 2041. 0600.* \n\n\"Johannesburg, do you copy?\" I repeat loudly. There is a long pause, and the wave of panic that swept across my crew was palpable. Then we heard the welcoming sound of static before our command center responded. \n\n\"We copy you Commander, and it is good to hear your voice. ... | 1 | |
Good luck on writing, I hope you get some inspiration. | [WP] You're driving in a car with the person you love and would give the world to. But you meet a car in the wrong lane on a slippery road. | [
" It was a beautiful evening at the pier. The sun had start setting on the horizon, the sky turning red. It all reflected in her eyes. Her beautiful blue eyes with a red shimmer to them from the sun set. I was just sitting there with a big smile on my face, I had done it in life. I had the love of my life, and not... | 2 |
[WP] NASA has just located an undiscovered planet rotating the Sun opposite the earth and was never visible because it was on the other side of the Sun. You and a team are tasked to explore the planet and discover life similar to earth entering the stone age. | [
"*2056* \n\nThe iccarus was a purpose built ship for this mission, she was 250 feet long and powered by several liquid fuel engines. She was set up in two stages, the orbiter stage, this would get her crew back to earth, and the lander stage, this would get the crew onto the planet known as Orion-1.\n\nAn uninventi... | 1 | |
[WP] Your assigned expirement was to see if a tube grown brain would gain consciousness. It seemed like it wouldn't until it was time to dispose of the specimen. | [
"Silence. It gets to me. I am, and have always been, surrounded by noise. An orchestra of whirrs, buzz and hums, a consistency of which I barely notice, and has never bothered me much. Yet, silence... Silence feels loud. It's that lack of something, so ingrained into your very being, and when missing, your soul scr... | 1 | |
[WP] Three Swords in Three Stones: Only One Can Be Drawn. With Each Comes Great Power, But Also a Great Cost. The Hero, Overwhelmed, Asks You, His Loyal Companion, to Help Him Decide Which Sword to Draw. | [
"\"He who takes this blade shall find himself remade; though his body twisted and in horrid hue, he shall be a savior true.\" \n\nI read the passage written in ancient elvish out in the common language. I had to swallow a sarcastic remark about studying magics for most of my life merely to become a translator for m... | 2 | |
[WP] 14000 BC, you suddenly woke up from a nightmare, walk to the shaman and start to tell him about your life in 2018 AD that you just dreamed. | [
"Alouka'a! \n\n\nThe name rang through the night, accompanying the frogs and the last crackles of the evenings bonfire. He was drowzing, yet kept awake as he listened to the orchestra of the forest. \n\n\n\"Where you went?\" He asks the clearly shaken child. A bleak, soft face of a boy around twelve gazed blankly t... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up in a hospital, after 20 years in a coma. Unfortunately, things don't seem to be that great outside, right now. | [
"I had heard people say life begins at 40. I always thought that was a lie people told themselves so that they would be okay with the grey hairs that were getting harder to hide, or to justify their third marriage. \n\nBut here I am, on my fortieth birthday, with no choice *except* to start my life.\n\nWhat a load ... | 1 | |
[WP] You, like every human, are connected to a guardian angel who must protect you from threats, both spiritual and mystical. However...destiny has somehow given and connected you to the only angel not belonging to heaven, Lucifer himself. | [
"\"Alright... *Alright...\"* he sighs, letting out a long, tired breath of hellish air, \"*Look.* I'm only here 'cause I lost a bet...\"\n\nI'm still cornered, my chair is resting on the floor. My eyes are wide with shock and fear, mistaking the Devil with Death. My soul may not be reaped but the possibility of it ... | 6 | |
[WP] The wine god hates parties, the god of war is a scrawny nerd. The gods aren't what they seem. | [
"Altas holder of worlds, Athena wisdom beauty, and then there's Dionysus and Ares.. \n\nAA meetings were tough and PTSD ruined his family, the brothers; God's of their respective realms just couldnt believe where the 21st century would turn for them. \"Hi, I'm Dionysus and I'm an alcoholic, things have been rough. ... | 2 | |
[WP] You point your QR code scanner at the night sky and to your surprise something came up | [
"It was late at night and our last day on vacation in Alaska, so we figured why not have some fun. As our blunt grew short and our liquor low, the group was about read to settle in for the night when Jim had a crazy idea.\n\n\"Hey, Jay?\"\n\n\"What's up?\" I said\n\n\"I...I wonder what would happen if ya....y'know... | 1 | |
[WP] Outside stargazing late one evening you’re amazed to see two spaceships in a dogfight. As one is victorious the other ejects to the brief safety of your back-garden, the enemy hot on their heels. | [
"I know I'm gonna sound crazy to some of you city folk, but this here is a true damn story.\n\nMusta' been maybe 13 beers deep, just doin' that thing where you're drunk and lookin' up at the sweet southern sky at night. That night bloomin' jasmine just takin' ya back in your memories. Thinkin' bout old girlfriends ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a doomsday prepper that is living in the zombie apocalypse which isn’t living up to your expectations that were portrayed in the media. Though despite the disappointment today is the day! A large horde of zombies were spotted earlier this week approaching your city. | [
"So just a heads up this is my first time writing on here so here goes nothing!\n\nI had been building up to that moment for years, plenty of canned food, ammunition, and of course the weapons to go with. I was a doomsday prepper and they said I was crazy but I knew it was coming, not when, not where, but I knew th... | 1 | |
[WP] Every time you flip a coin, your luck can change. Heads for lucky, and tails for unlucky. Today you flipped a coin and it landed on its side. | [
"*Hmm. This hasn’t happened before, but maybe.*\n\nI blow a bit of air while facing the heads side of the coin. The coin does what’s expected and falls on its side, heads up.\n\nTime for a test.\n\nI go to a corner gas station and buy a lottery scratcher. I’ve just won $1000. I leave and go to a store only to find ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're the main investigator of the biggest dictatorship in the last 200 years. Your secret is that you are against them and the higher ups are comming to evaluate your most great project. | [
"It’s not done... IT’S NOT DONE GOD DAMN IT!\n\nI was so close to finally getting home, back to America... Back to my sweet Lucy; it’s been so hard for her after Marinda passed. Now she has to live without a father? How will a 10 year old cope?\n\n...\n\nYes... I know Marinda... She’s a strong girl... But these pla... | 1 | |
[WP] In utopia, sadness is gone, artificially. Anything that causes sadness had been outlawed, and anyone who displays signs of unhappiness are eliminated. You’ve been feeling strange sensations your whole life, and you’ve just learned why. You have depression, and they’re coming to “alleviate” you | [
"\"They told me I was a problem.\"\n\nI responded, 'Why?'\n\n\"For the good of Utopia.\" She said it with a smile. It was a pretty smile but her eyes were dull and unresponsive.\"\n\nSo what did I do?\n\nI went to my room first. Locked the door. Became worried. Some sort of water formed in my eyes. I still don't re... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a post-apocalyptic future, where nearly everyone on earth has died of a mysterious powerful plague. You decide to go back to find when it all started, and hope to stop it. Then you realize that you carried the plague with you. | [
"\\[cw: family death, language\\] all roads to the misfortune's origin suspended me from traveling. as a \"retro\"viral carrier, the transmission is in the past, an original shaking of hands or speaking in whisper over pork fat (like a family meal). impossible to find the pig farm of where the first suckling of dis... | 3 | |
[WP] At 26 , you take a "special" drink to eliminate the sensation of pain. Over the course of next year, you win numerous fights to become a world champion boxer. You are horrified to find out that the drink didn't eliminate pain; it just delayed the sensation by exactly one year. | [
"I was at home. After all, where else did I have to be? Within the last year, I had won practically every trophy, every award there was to win. I had boxed, I had wrestled. I got into countless fights, and I won every single one of them. The press coverage alone was mind boggling. \"The Unbeatable Man\", they calle... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up naked in the middle of a field. You don't remember who you are or how you got there. Nothing looks familiar, not even the grass. In the sky seems to be a blue sun. Next to you, a stone tablet engraved with writing in a language you don’t recognize. You hear a distant buzzing sound. | [
"(I swear I meant for this to be short. I got extremely carried away, very long. I can reader’s digest it if anyone cares.)\n\nThe first thing I noticed was that it was bright, a blue light burning against my eyelids. An attempt to open my eyes was met with pain as my freshly awoken, unadjusted eyes were met with t... | 2 | |
(This is my first Writing Prompt, I'll be happy for any feedback) | [WP] You lived in a cyborg society. Everyone is a robot. That is until you cut yourself and see blood. | [
"I was coming back from school. I was walking on the sidewalk with my friends. We were talking about how weird it was 200 years ago, when people lived without wires. I turned the corner to go home. My friends went the other way. I walked into the usual bustle of my neighborhood, New York's Uptown. Suddenly, I saw p... | 2 |
[WP] Your cat often brings you dead birds, mice and other "gifts". You usually shun these, disgusted by the display. One day, you open you door and see your mailman laying dead on the porch. Your cat is standing on top of him and says, "Are you pleased now, Master?" | [
"“Blair!” I look at this majestic beast as she quickly grooms her face. \n\n“Surprised?” she asks as she hopped off the mailman’s body and came to rub herself against my legs.\n\nI could only stare in silence, thinking about how I should take action. They never taught us about this in college... \n\n“Honestly I thi... | 1 | |
[WP] You have the power to time travel. You have used it to fix all of your mistakes. However, you are now realizing that life is meaningless without mistakes. | [
"It was like the setup to a joke, \"A somber man walks into a bar\". Yet that was where I found myself, entering a pub at 11:00 on a Thursday. It was a lazy night; the bartender was wiping the counter because he needed something to do, as his three customers sat spaced around the room. Two sat quietly in booths ... | 1 | |
[WP] The sun begins its final phase and the world will end sooner than we thought. We did not create FTL travel but we did perfect cryostasis. To allow humanity to live on, we launch several human cryopods in into the depths of space before the Earth dies. You have just awoken from your pod. | [
"Fog surrounds your mind as you force your eyelids open and immediately regret it. Bright operation lamps shine on your naked body and with the loud screech of mechanics that no one bothered to clean for thousands of years, the coffin that was your home since the big escape slidee out of its holdings.\nYou cannot ... | 1 | |
[WP]: You live in a world of high fantasy and magic. You wouldn't mind it as much if it weren't for all the travelling bands of heroes, plucky teenage protagonists and those conspiring to overthrow the king didn't all insist having their meetings in your coffee shop. | [
"\"Oh, this damn coffee stain won't rub out!\" I muttered to myself as the shop neared closing time. I thought about how poor a choice it was for the owner to install white countertops in the coffee shop; I often had to spend 30-40 minutes after close just bleaching them to make sure that they were presentable in t... | 5 | |
[WP] The earth isn’t round or flat, it’s a D20. Throughout history it has yet to land on 20, until today. | [
"\"The world keeps spinning.\"\n\nA cliche that always seemed strange. The only difference between spinning and rolling is orientation, right? Life is about taking chances, but when you live on the edge of fate like we do, life *is* chance. And my God, we've seen a lot of consequences. All of history has been full ... | 1 | |
[WP] My mother only had two basic rules. Don’t ever fall in love, and never summon a demon. I couldn’t honour either. | [
"You stood there at the hem of the pentagram in a daze, silently watching as an ooze of black... something... bubbled up from the grass below your feet.\n\nHere in the middle of the garden was peaceful. Serene.\n\nSo when you decided that today was the day you were going to do it came to no surprise to yourself.\n\... | 4 | |
[WP] An anomaly has hit Earth and has disabled nuclear fusion/fission, without a nuclear deterrent World War 3 has begun. You are a mad scientist, who has been tasked with building a new weapon of mass destruction. | [
"Something explosive came to mind, but that was standard. We needed something unexpected. Plagues felt appropriate, but so did energy weapons. Maybe robots, advanced AI controlling them. Magic wasn't out of the question either, with enough bio-hacking. Perhaps something divine, or from beyond our world. Zombies, no... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans can be infected with happiness via a newly discovered virus. Governments around the world are making it mandatory for citizens. | [
"I didn't follow your prompt perfectly, because the government controlling people is really cliched. I wrote a wholesome story for you instead. Since it's so late to respond, you'll probably be the only person who reads this so I hope you enjoy it.\n******\nMost mornings my alarm clock drags me out of bed kicking a... | 2 | |
[WP] An unexpected letter appears in your mailbox, addressed to you, with a return address you don't recognize. It reads: "The body you have leased is 70 days past due for return. Please return it in good condition within 7 days, or your case will be forwarded to collections." | [
"I gripped my fingers against the bark, taking note of every sensation, each scratch it made against the plastic. I tried to imagine what it would feel like, tightening my grip just for any response. It was a brief, futile battle. My fingers would not respond further.\n\nMy servos whined as I tried to take another ... | 1 | |
[WP] You come home to find your dog standing awkwardly on their hind legs, wearing a white labcoat. "This is normally against the rules..." they say, shockingly in real English "but time is running out." | [
"I stare blankly a moment, but for some reason....some very odd reason....this makes sense. Calmly, I sigh, shaking my head as I already know I'm the first one home and nobody is around to see or believe this.\n\n\"You know, the gate being moved side preventing you from going upstairs was easy to dismiss...but when... | 2 | |
[WP] you wake up a morning, realizing that you can see people’s self-granted titles, but when you look in the mirror, you see your title is Murder. | [
"Murderer. It came as no surprise to see that title hanging over my head as I went for a drink, I had murdered my father after all. He had done his best to raise me to be as great a ruler as him, but I had robbed my kingdom of that right, I had killed the greatest ruler my lands had seen in generations. Fair, kind,... | 1 | |
[WP] A demon possessed your body recently, forcing you to share a consciousness with it. It claims it did it for your own good. After a series of strange incidents, you start to believe it. | [
"The cold night froze my skin into melting blocks of ice reducing my movement to that of a reciprocating joint. I was hungry and it wasn't helping my mood,I just wanted to finish the dare and be done. There was a certian level of idiocy which literally hurt to watch and I was now successfully part of those who got ... | 4 | |
[WP] You sit in a tavern with your allies when a group of men in red robes enter. Their leader gets on a table, asking for brave adventurers. Before you can do anything, a young man gets up and says he’ll take the job, only to receive a magical bolt to the chest. ‘Anyone else?’ the leader asks. | [
"The moment the young boys body hit the table and spilled the drinks from it, a faint white smoke left his limp body. The drunkenly and boisterous chatter stopped. Those that were the loudest, started whispering and staring into the table like it was the most interesting table in the world. None dared to look at th... | 1 | |
[WP] The Voyager probes go offline many years before they were expected too. 3 years after they go offline, it is discovered they have crashed in the deserts of Africa. Welded together, They are covered with an unknown organic material that is expanding at a scary rate. | [
"I stepped out onto the hot Sahara desert out of my truck along with the rest of the recovery crew. And lo and behold, both voyager probes were sitting there, crushed into a heap of metal. As we got closer, there was something we noticed about the wreckage, something the satellite pictures did not show us. There... | 1 | |
[WP] You picked up an abandoned kitten that was on the street, and you care for it deeply. 2 years later, your beloved cat... evolves. | [
"What the shit. Just a few seconds ago, Mittens was a tiny adorable little kitten. He had been perfectly healthy at the vet for two years and now I'm staring down the maw of a cat the size of a mountain lion. Mittens still recognized me, it seemed, but I was absolutely certain that I did not recognize him.\n\n\"W... | 1 | |
[WP] While tidying up, you spot a small spider in the corner of the room. You think to yourself "I really don't like spiders", but to your suprise you hear a timid voice state "humans aren't so great either". | [
"\"Sounds like we may have something in common after all\" you say, wondering if you've lost your mind. But the teeny voice replies:\n\n\"Yes. He he. Its kind of ironic isnt it?\"\n\n\"It really is\" you say, reaching into your pocket. \"But not as ironic as THIS is gonna be!\"\n\nYou yank your lighter out of your ... | 1 | |
The previous prompt I wrote like this one got really popular, so I wanted to see if lightning could strike twice. | [WP] You finally made it to Arlington National Cemetery, except you’re a new groundskeeper. For a cemetery, it sure gets loud at night. | [
"Afghanistan was enough for a lifetime. The constant gunfire, the death of my best friend, and paranoia was getting to me. After my last tour, I thought enough was enough. I didn't sign up for another one and went to a shrink. The psychiatrist told me that the most important thing I need to do in order to blend bac... | 1 |
[WP] The vessel, first of its kind, zipped past Pluto in an instant. As it reached the edges of our solar system a message appeared from the void saying: Warning, you are leaving the tutorial zone. | [
"Alf stared at the message, the glass panes of the *Misled* (Awful name, in her opinion) fogging up with pale breath. *The tutorial zone*? Every insect, every fish, every beautiful animal on the surface of her home, Earth- a mere *test*? She was virtually alone in the vast expanse of the stars, save her fifteen or ... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up from a coma being the only peron to be on this planet. You must follow the traces of humanity and what happened to them. | [
"Slowly, carefully, my eyes open. The light is blinding, ceiling is bright, stinging and immediately causing a headache.\n\nHowever, I force myself to keep them open. My neck feels stiff, I can barely move my head. Felt eternities later, I am able to inspect my surroundings. Everything is white, the world though co... | 1 | |
[WP] You're cleaning out your computer when you notice a file with an unfamiliar extension. Curious, you open it. As it runs, it downloads thousands of new files named after everything you've ever head of. Turns out the world is a simulation, and you've just gained access to the source code. | [
"I opened the file, and scrolled through thousands upon thousands of folders. Tree_textures12.java\nHumans_Male_America_1991.java\nI opened the file, it was a human object to instantiate for males born in 1991.\nI browsed the methods of the Class, after MUCH scrolling, and there it was.\n\nI studied the different C... | 1 | |
[WP] You can bring one other person into the time loop with you. | [
"\"When I woke up this morning, I didn't really think to myself 'Hey, let's go to Switzerland!'\"\n\nJackson crossed his arms and tried to glare as much as he could while squinting and blinking at the bright headlights shining into is face from the green pickup truck idling in the middle of his apartment's parking ... | 1 | |
[WP] Out of nowhere you began experiencing every day twice before moving on to the next day, creating two separate timelines: Day 1 and Day 2. It's been 5 years since it started. | [
"Well, okay. The first thing I did was cheat the lottery. I kept a normal life on my first days, and made sure to watch the 10pm Powerball drawings. Then, on my second day, I’d invest in a few ‘random numbers’. Rags to riches, and all that.\n\nIn my first life, I’m well enough off, second class life suits me. In my... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been playing a stellar game for a couple days now, playing as an alien species. It's going pretty good until you discover earth in-game and make contact. Later that day on the news they announce that first contact has been made with a species exactly the same as the one in your game. | [
"I was always jealous of my Ben, he was rich enough thanks to bitcoin believe it or not to get anything he wanted, including all the AAA games he could get his hands on, while I was usually stuck with a knock off. This time however, Ben was enjoying himself so much he had to share, and hacked out a pirated version ... | 2 | |
[WP] Selling your soul to the devil isn’t as simple as it seems. You are an overworked attorney representing individuals looking to get out of their deals. | [
"Third client today... Christmas is always bad, but this year seems to be particularly busy.\n\n\"So, Mr. Griswold, explain to me why I should help you mediate your contract termination? I'm familiar with the terms that the Fir Corporation gives to their new, underlings, shall we say. Otherwise, you wouldn't be see... | 1 | |
[WP] You’re Schrodinger’s cat, and you’re VERY confused right now. | [
"At first, it doesn't feel like anything. It's the absence of breath, of touch. The absence of feeling his body alive and moving. The absence of emotions. There is no sound except the voice in his head. It narrates his thought process, hazily. It sounds like a recording being slowed down and stretched, echoing thro... | 2 | |
[WP] You are a cult leader with thousands of followers. You don't actually believe in the Dark Gods you claim to be the prophet of. You just like the money and power. One day you find out those Dark Gods actually exists, and they've been taking your prayers and offerings *very* seriously. | [
"Holding my arms above the stone altar I intoned the final blessing of the sermon. \"Hail Lilith the Black Rose, Goddess of Hell whose darkness and lust have brought forth the Legions of Hell. Accept this gift of blood sacrifice so that Satan's offspring may rule over the Dark World throughout eternity. Omen!\" The... | 4 |
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