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[WP] [TT] At 9am every day, you perform the ritual that keeps the monster at bay; just like you were told. Today, at 9:30am, you wake up. | [
"\"Oh shit man! I slept through my alarm,\" I say to noone in particular as I jumped out of bed. I rush to my bathroom and open the medicine cabinet before carefully selecting the bottle I need. I take two and drink some water before going back to bed. \"I'm sure half an hour won't kill me, at least not before the ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always said you feel like you were meant to be born in a different time period. One morning, you wake to find yourself in the muddy trenches of the American army during World War I. | [
"Every day was so dull, life had all just felt so wrong. Day by day I wandered through life feeling disconnected from everything and everyone around me- a foggy haze separating me from the so called happiness that everyone else felt. At night I would lie in bed staring up at the ceiling wishing, sometimes out loud ... | 2 | |
[WP] Highschool can be tough on some, and for the most unfortunate students, things can take a dramatic and irreversible turn. On this day, the nation stops to remember what you did in school five years ago that changed the country forever. | [
"Everyone stopped as the government broadcast came on over the television. it had only been 5 years but the memory burned as fresh as they day it happened. Some folks were angry, others celebrated, but none could deny what had happened as the words scrolled slowly across the screen.\n\"In memory of Columbine High S... | 2 | |
[WP] Ghosts Of The Sanitarium | [
"lonely hall, voice-echoing; \nfaint windows showing \na hint of the otherworld. \nlocked doors with rooms, \nfearful rooms with windows, \ndrawn windows with bars. \nwho strolls here? \nwhat step is that? \nquiet dancing tip-tap, \nfast-fleeting sigh -- \nthe ghosts of the sanitarium, \nthey sob, but th... | 2 | |
[WP]You have the answer to the most important question. The thing is, you don't even know what is the question. | [
"Long ago, a supercomputer named Deep Thought calculated the \"Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.\" \n\nIt took it 7.5 million years. \n\nHowever, the answer was ultimately meaningless, because the people who created the computer didn't even know what the Ultimate Question in the... | 1 | |
[WP] Through a freak accident, you lose one of your senses. What happens and how do you deal with it? | [
"I thought I was close enough away... all I heard was a bang and a buzzing, then eventually silence. All I do is music, where the hell do I go from here?\n\n I put my songs on and I don't recognize them. My words, my melodies? they're all vibrations now. Might as well just be more gunshots - directly into what's le... | 1 | |
You have your other four senses to rely on for now. | [WP] You wake up blind in the street, find out what happened. | [
"\"Cadeus. Cadeus!\" \n\nThe voice comes from a very far away place. His ears are buzzing. His head is ringing. His face feels wet and strange and when he tries to open his eyes it *hurts*. \n\nA trembling hand rests on his shoulder, pulling debris away from him. He pulls himself out, pushing aside a fallen column ... | 1 |
[WP] You find a funky pair of sunglasses at a coffee shop and decide to try them on, when you notice texting floating around each person you look at. It seems to reveal their dating info: relationship status, age, interests, TV shows, foods, etc. A cute guy/girl sits down next to you. | [
"One thing is for sure, you see what you need to see. \n\nOnly an hour earlier, I had sat down at a Starbucks table with a venti skinny vanilla latte and a copy of Neil Strauss’ The Game. I was a desperate man. As a 24 year old virgin with a severe cowlick I had tried everything. \n\nAs I lazily read the pages... | 3 | |
[WP] Humanity is considered the best jailers in the known galaxy. You are either an alien prisoner or the first non human guard assigned his first shift at the highest level security prison ever constructed. Tell us about your day and how you ended up where you are. | [
"I laughed. \"Is that what they told you?\" I asked.\n\nWell, what I actually said was something closer to {Intent to seek source of erroneous information; directed to professional of equal standing in the jobplace despite greater seniority; secondary implication of lower social standing; timeframe of answering i... | 1 | |
[WP] Your father takes you to see your first execution | [
" My father took me here today, \n To see a man out by the bay, \n The man he used to do no good, \n Behind him drifted a figure with a black hood, \n\n\n Cold I felt with no breeze, \n Wishing daddy would help him please, \n Tall the man stood there still, \n I'll never forget that d... | 3 | |
[WP] He smiles charmingly. The sky falls. | [
"\"You wouldn't dare!\" \n\nThe control bot bobbed by his head, circling his wrist like a small moon. The engine of the mechabike gave a smooth purr as it hovered into the air, just beyond the reach of the robots on the platform below. \n\n\"Wouldn't I?\" he smiled. The control bat flashed and the vast panels of th... | 2 | |
Bonus points if the thing is massive and undulating and could never be mistaken for a cat. | [WP] An elderly lady adopts an ancient eldritch abomination, thinking it's a cat. | [
"'Come along now, Sweetums. Eat up,\". The old lady bent over, and lay down a tray full of cat food in front of Sweetums. Sweetums stretched out a dark tentacle, and scooped some food from the tray. It lifted the tentacle to it's shapeless face, and the food disappeared. The old lady smiled. \n\n\"Good girl, Sweetu... | 1 |
[WP] You came back as a ghost after being murdered suddenly. Curious about who your killer was, you followed the detectives trying to solve your case. | [
"\"Oh thank god. You're back.\"\n\nDetective Harris threw his leather jacket onto the back of his chair and took a gulp of his coffee as he looked at the new crime scene pictures that had been placed on the wall.\n\n\"Your partner is a fool.\" I continued \"first of all, tell him to stop texting at work. It's disre... | 1 | |
[WP] after falling asleep in a sensory deprivation tank you awake and find the city in ruins. | [
"*Session Complete, Capsule Opening*\n\nThe tank's lid slowly lifted open, and the all-too-familiar cacophony of the world came crashing in.\n\nOnly this time, it was different. It was quieter.\n\nI removed my sleeping mask, and waited a moment for my eyes to adjust to the light. Once they did, my lungs tightened i... | 1 | |
Write a story set in your favorite time period. It can be about anything so long as it is historically accurate. | [WP] Write a period piece | [
"The eternal disembowelment suffered by Prometheus was merely a pin prick compared to the carnage the uterus inflicted on my body. The terrible rage of the uterus scorned, childless and barren, was enough to send me into visceral fits of pain, terror, anxiety; perpetually hopeful that the torment would cease, yet p... | 1 |
[WP] The sun has just risen for the first time in 14 years | [
"The last time I had seen it I was only four years old. \n\nAnd as with any memory, it faded with age until all i was left with was a vague image and the fleeting feeling of warmth. It was the feeling that had stayed with me all these years, like a memory that my skin held onto, the warm kiss of the sun's rays, and... | 3 | |
I imagine on a larger campus like mine, factions would form based on Majors or perhaps Greek Life, tell me about your own experiences. | [WP] Your university campus is in a pocket of safety from the nuclear annihilation which has devastated your entire surrounding area. How does your campus survive the coming years? | [
"05/16/2032\n It had been 15 years since the Fallout had struck. We still had connection with the outside world, but the radiation in the area around us was so pervasive.... no one could get in or out. But that hardly mattered, since there were hardly enough people in the world left to mount a rescue. We had be... | 1 |
[WP] Trees Feel Pain. | [
"Jon trudged along the snow ridden path. He listened to the freezing gales howling through the dark sky, trying to tear away the warmth clinging feebly to his body. Gathering his arms closer, the grizzled bear of man kept walking. Snow and ice pelted his body. He cared not. Men embraced the cold. Nights started to ... | 2 | |
[WP] You make a surprise visit to your grandmother's house. Much to your surprise, upon arrival you find her locked in highly skilled combat with multiple assailants. | [
"Real talk here—I was never really fond of my grandmother.\n\n...Man, that really makes it sounds like I dislike her, doesn't it? Lemme rephrase that; I've always been ambivalent towards my grandmother. It's not really due to any particular fault of hers, it's just that I've always been pretty unattached when it co... | 3 | |
[WP] It turns out everything anyone ever said on the Internet is true. | [
"I sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter. Ever since I was a boy I dreamed of soaring over the oilfields dropping hot sticky loads on disgusting foreigners. People say to me that a person being a helicopter is Impossible and I'm fucking retarded but I don't care, I'm beautiful. I'm having a plastic surgeon inst... | 1 | |
[WP] After years of asking for ingredient lists from fast food restaurants, you find that you hold the last key ingredient to McDonalds promotional Szechuan dipping sauce, and the company offering you millions | [
"That was it. I found it. The holy grail. The saviour of humanity. One may ask, why should my hard work matter, why should I have sacrificed everything for what seems like nought. And I'll tell you, you don't understand. \n\nIt began on a fateful day. I remember it so well. It was launched. It would change the worl... | 1 | |
[WP] The year is 2028 and everyone has moved on to self-driving cars, everyone but you. This is your daily commute. | [
"Now, here's the thing I want you all to know: I swear I wasn't trying to get a job as a self-driving car tester on purpose. In fact, that might have been the last thing I considered doing in life, considering my inital distaste for them.\n\nWhen self-driving cars started rolling out, I was one of the people who wa... | 2 | |
Note: While Usage Of Sire Indicates Male, In No Way Is This Prompt Meant To Be Limited To A Male As The 'Sire.' | [WP] Your Sired The End Of Humanity, And Now That Very Being Attempts To Console You. | [
"\"Dad,\" He says coming in the living room dressed in white suit and his hair fixed up.\n\n\"Son,\" I say. I keep focused on watching my TV show and eating chips. He walks in and I can hear his leather sole squeak on the wooden floor.\n\n\"How you been?\" He says looking at me and the chips, I push the bag towards... | 1 |
[WP] Deconstruct a famous monster. | [
"EU OFF\n\nThe Batter\n\nHe is fourteen when he first holds a bat. \n\nThe baseball bat fits perfectly into his large hands. The weight of the aluminium is crude and heavy. He is already towering over his peers but he feels himself stand just a little straighter with a bat on his shoulder. \n\nHe will make a good b... | 1 | |
[WP] The first words you hear upon waking up are: "Breathe deeply. And don't forget to not die." Something hard is pressed into your hand, something deadly. | [
"I blink uncomprehendingly for a moment. It's dark, the red lights aren't even on. I reach for the switch on my rack light, but a hushed voice stops me. \"Dammit, don't turn on the fucking light. Let your eyes adjust.\"\n\nI place the voice. \"Chief?\" I realize something is in my hand, something Chief placed into ... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is in a war against aliens but despite their best efforts, humanity loses. | [
"\"Can you tell me a story dad?\" Christian asked as his father watched something out of the bedroom window. An eerie, orange glow filled the room, and Christian felt butterflies in his stomach as he watched the colors dance as the glass in his window projected the colors on to the white walls of his room.\n\n\"You... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a newspaper story, and within it put in a hidden message that you, the writer, are being held captive and need rescued. | [
"MAN IN BERKSHIRE ARRESTED FOR TREASON\n\nThe Federal Intelligence Service today arrested a Hishamberry man in Berkshire for what they claim was treason, prompting the Republic of Hishamberry to recall its ambassador to the United Union of Cracksworth. UUC government officials from the Ministry of Peace and Eternal... | 1 | |
Possible [TT] as well. | [WP] Your commanding officer called for loyalty beyond the grave. Well, now you're dead, and your loyalty is being called upon. | [
"*My troops*\n\nI wake up, digging through dirt and rock. My body seems jumbled, disoriented. Where's my legs? \n\nMy hand seems to have made it past the dirt, clawing at air. I grip the ground, pulling to get more out. My limbs become heavy, raw and painful then cold. \n\nI keep digging, fingers scrapping over dir... | 1 |
[WP] Every night I tell my girlfriend a bedtime story by the end of this one I'd like her to be my fiancé. | [
"\nThe Prince and the princess\n\nThere once was a prince who loved a princess. But it was not to be, because this princess was already betrothed to another. But this prince could see that this princess was not truly happy. She was married to a dragon and her and that dragon were able to sire two children together.... | 2 | |
[WP] You must explain the meaning of Thanksgiving to a blissfully unaware, talking turkey | [
"\"Well, Ed it's time I tell you why I invited you over here in the first place\" David said reaching for my coffee \n\n\"Yes quite\" responded Ed siping his tea that was somehow supported by a few feathers sticking out of an impossibly contorted wing, but David had given up trying to apply logic to the talking tur... | 1 | |
[WP] You're an NPC in a video-game world, charged by the creators to give aid to the hero, unfortunately for you, this hero is a speedrunner. | [
"The worst thing about being an A.I. that has to aid the Protagonist is the inevitable sentience one gains. It doesn't always happen, of course. It depends on the game, and it depends on how many times the protagonist comes through, forcing the A.I. to endure the same situations, over and over again.\n\nCyrus di... | 1 | |
[WP] An Alien Civilization has mastered the ability to put an expiration date on every living thing. | [
"“What’s this?”\n\nJim picked up a package that had arrived at his door step.\n\n“I don’t recall ever placing an order to be delivered.”\n\nJim had not thought of any friends that might’ve given him a gift. He hadn’t known anyone since he had moved out in the middle of nowhere in Montana. After opening the package ... | 2 | |
[WP]Here lies the Great Machine: A monolithic structure composed of rock and metal. Etched into it's godlike frame are symbols and words in alien languages you don't have time to understand. Nobody, not even researchers, know what the Great Machine is for. | [
"Nobody knew what the great machine was. Nobody knew what it might do if it ever was activated. Well, the remnants of humanity can now say, with total certainty, we messed up.\n\n It was huge, in a mountainous, brooding way, absolutely massive, larger than anything humans had ever created. It was so obviously not ... | 2 | |
[WP] What they could never have in life, they found together in death. | [
"The man looks so handsome without that meanie-mean glare.\n\t\nHe’s on the ground, all stiff like a board as his ocean blue eyes gaze into the ceiling. I never knew he could look this peaceful. In fact, I never knew *anyone* could look this peaceful.\n\t\nHe isn’t breathing, but that’s okay. Whether he knew it or ... | 1 | |
[WP] You and 2 friends are stranded on an island, while you've been toiling away building things to survive and return to civilization, your 2 friends have been secretly building a life together, and are planning to convince you to stay | [
"I grabbed the berries and went back to the beach. I had set up some traps now, hopefully we wouldn't get suprised by a stray animal invading our home now. Hey, maybe we would get some meat to roast over a fire now, if the traps caught something.\n\n\"Did I just call it *home*?\" I wondered to myself. I really shou... | 1 | |
[WP] After you die and get to heaven you see a small paper sign on the pearly white gates. It reads "Please use other door." There are no other doors in sight. | [
"Ted looks around for a moment for this other door. He looks around the free-standing Pearly Gates to see if maybe this other door is on the other side. Nope. He then pulls on a bit of cloud. like someone lifting up a rug or table cloth. Nothing.\n\n\"Well damn,\" Ted announces. \"I knew this religion thing was bun... | 7 | |
[WP] In cases of unavoidable accidents, self-driving car companies realize it's cheaper to allow people to die rather than incur a permanent disability. Cars now actively try to kill you after an accident if the computer thinks your non-fatal injury is costly enough. | [
"It was in slow motion.\n\nThe car lurched on the breaks an instant before I saw the semi-truck slide on the ice, rolling straight for me at a speed that seemed slow, as if time itself had stopped. \n\nThen I felt the car lurch forward, directly away from the truck. I held my breath as the semi-truck rolled straigh... | 1 | |
[WP] A huge nuclear war breaks out and destroys all human life. 300 years later, aliens find the ruins of a long lost civilisation. | [
"It wasn’t the first time Clup had seen the dead colony of a long forgotten species. He had been science advisor to the Gunglost Empire for the last 10 cycles. 10 cycles of prodding the galaxy for secrets that might save his own slowly dying species. Ever since they had found the unlikely cure to Trux fungus in ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are on a peaceful sailing excursion with your significant other. Suddenly you hear orchestral music playing from an unknown source. You feel uneasy. | [wp] you are on a peaceful sailing excursion, it's just you and your significant other. suddenly orchestral music beings to play from an unknown source. you feel uneasy. | [
"*Just remember her on our wedding day,* Lin told herself - and sighed longingly at the thought of it - The flowing pearlescent dress, the train floating gracefully (yet carelessly) on the small waves of the beach. Aurelia looked beautiful then, and once she was done retching over the side of their boat, Lin was su... | 1 |
[WP] Humanity has finally achieved interstellar travel. Our first communication with another intelligent species is just two words. "Welcome back." | [
"It has been about 100 years.\n\nIt was 1977 when we first made extraterrestrial contact. Sure, we did not know it yet, but 100 years of communication, starting with the Arecibo message, revealed that we now talk--albeit using pictographs--with other intelligent life forms.\n\nAnd now they want to meet us.\n\nThey ... | 4 | |
[WP] The New World Order just passed a law: one free murder for everyone. | [
"**Nobody Broke the Law**\n\nJake came home to find his wife in bed with another man. He stabbed that man to death. \n\nThat man's brother hunted Jake down and drowned him in a shallow pool. \n\nJake's father electrocuted the brother. \n\nThe brother's nephew gunned Jake's father down in the street. \n\nJake's fath... | 1 | |
[WP] You open your eyes and take you first few steps in the new world. You have died but have been resurrected by transferring your mind into the body of a robot. | [
"Bullet shells hitting the rain-soaked pavement. The surprised honk of a hover car. These were the last things Li-On Amarga heard. His body fell, arms and legs spread against the black ground.\n\nHe was annoyed. His killers hadn't been patient enough to wait for him at the club. At least there, his lead-riddled bod... | 2 | |
[WP] You're in a rush to get to an interview towards the top floor of a skyscraper. When you press the up button for the elevators in the lobby, the only one that opens has a sign reading "OUT OF ORDER". Due to your rush, you decide to get on the elevator... | [
"They knew. They must have known!\n\n\"OUT OF ORDER\", something so simple... it doesn't let on to any passerby what *really* happens in that elevator. It just...\n\nKeeps them out. So the accident that must have been made once before never happens again.\n\nI stepped in, mashing the button, only caring for the sim... | 2 | |
[WP] Something destroyed every city in New Zealand at midnight their time. Every city in Australia went at 12:00 local time. And so on along time zones. It's midnight in your city soon. | [
"March 31, 2017, 11:57 PM:\n\nTick, Tock, Tick, Tock.\nThe gathered group of our terrified family members huddled together waiting in fear for what would happen next. The room was silent, yet two things could be heard. The ticking of our 1983 pearl grandfather clock counting down what we believed would be the last ... | 1 | |
[WP] You've always faded into the background of any photo you're in. Most of your college friends can't even remember who you are. You are... the Least Conspicuous Man In The World. | [
"They needed me more than I needed them. God, I hate people. There are so many problems in the world and all these guys care about is the barista at the coffee shop didn't put enough sugar. They literally complain about the dumbest things.\n\n\"I want to talk to this cute girl but i'm so nervous\"\n\n\"Ugh, i'm too... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is filled with dragons and monsters. You are one of the heroes that protect humanity. Most adventurers use sword, bows and magic. A few of them have sacred weapons, weapons of the gods. But you, have something a lot more powerful. An anti material rifle. | [
"Samuel the barkeep was a simple man with a simple job. He had been running his rustic, dimly lit hole-in-the-wall for decades after his father and his father's father. While the liquor Samuel sold was often low-quality and didn't garner much profit, he could always rely on the monthly stipends the Global Hero Asso... | 1 | |
[WP] You arrive at Grandma's funeral to find thousands of people from around the world also in mourning. You are entirely unaware that Grandma had 16.4m followers on Twitter. | [
"I woke from a small bed to the menacing vibrations and sounds from my iPhone. I peered through my eyelids fighting the depolarized muscles fighting to keep my lids shut at my phone as I made a clumsy effort to hit the snooze button. I spun my head around to gather my surroundings, but the alcohol the night prior m... | 13 | |
[WP] Perish the thought. | [
"\"You mean *cherish* the thought.\" Jake smiled gently at her, sunlight glowing on his face. His tanned skin caught it in a golden sheen and it made his teeth look even whiter in that handsome grin. \n\n\"No, Jake.\" She whispered, looking down. \"I mean perish it.\" \n\n\"The thought of you?\" He leaned forwar... | 1 | |
[WP]It's 2050 and gladiator fights are now popular again, except instead of choosing a weapon you may choose a superpower. You are set to fight the crowd favorite 10 time champion and all odds are against you. You pick a superpower that no one expected. | [
"It was the year 2050, and Gladiator battles are now allowed again. After WWIII we captured prisoners, many many prisoners. We had them fought. But we were more advanced than the original Gladiators. Instead of weapons, we had the fighters use superpowers of their own. It could be entertaining, indeed. But it’s not... | 1 | |
[WP] You're one of the best lawyers in the magical community. Curses, murder, fraud, you do it all. A client just came into your office and asked for your help. They made their three wishes on a genie, whixh all turned out horribly wrong and caused them more harm than good. | [
"\"So what you're telling me is that, instead of granting your wishes the way you would have liked, the genie basically fucked you, and everyone else, over a bit,\" I whispered, tapping my pen on the mahogany desk in front of me. The pen made no sound for the same reason I had to whisper, the idiot in front of me h... | 1 | |
[WP] He hadn't planned on hurting anyone. Plans had changed | [
"The room was dark, as dark as the night sky. Jason's head was hurting as he lied on the floor. He was desperately trying to go over the previous night's events in his head. \n\n\"I said I would never hurt anyone. When I became a cop, I vowed to protect the people, not hurt them.\" Jason thought to himself. His tho... | 1 | |
[WP] You've been cursed to only speak in metaphors and idioms, right before your big meeting with an alien race who takes everything literally | [
"I stood, a minuscule rat, under a humongous, green, one-eyed tower. Its single eye pierced through me, and its tentacles dripped down a huge throne, barely large enough to seat it. The human race has made me its sacrificial lamb; they sealed me into its lair and locked the door shut behind me. I took a deep breat... | 1 | |
[WP] You and 5 friends start a game of "Would You Rather" that goes out of control | [
"\"Would you rather incur the wrath of Superman or Satan?\" I asked.\n\n\"Satan of course.\" Tom replied foolishly and it was at that moment the devil appeared before the 5 of us.\n\n\"You're little game has caught my interest. I will make you follow through on your choices so picky carefully. I'll start with you T... | 1 | |
[WP] It's your 16th birthday, the day everybody awakens their superpowers. Yours should be activated any second now... any second now... surely... | [
"\"Daddy\", the little girl said turning to her father, \"where's uncle?\" she continued while pointing at the family gathered at the annual reunion.\n\nYou think back to several years before, to your 16th birthday. Everyone was excited; your powers would awaken today!\n\nUnfortunately, they did.\n\nThis little gir... | 1 | |
[WP] You are able to go into space but have to sign an Non-Disclosure agreement. You are surprised why. The earth is in fact flat. | [
"\"You good at keeping secrets, Mr. President?\" Walker asked President Dorsey, consulting his checklist and flipping switches. Dorsey stared at the gray square covering what Walker said was a window. The well-renowned astronaut had said that he would open it once they were in orbit.\n\n\"It's all part of the job,\... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a story. It can be anything you want, it just has to mention a lamp in some way. | [
"Liam Neeson stood on top of Torchiere Tower, his cape flapping magnificently in the wind. A pattern of gold floor lamps shone in the evening sun. He turned to his army below, which was comprised of clockwork lamp golems, and pointed beyond the Tower's defensive wall. \n\n\"They come!\" \n\nThe golems began fli... | 2 | |
[WP] You cling to the cliff, desperately trying not to fall. You feel yourself slipping, and as you look up one last time, you see HER eyes. | [
"Of all of the people I expected to see tonight, *she* was the last one I expected. Pedestrians? Sure. Police? Definitely. Hell, I even expected to see the local fire department before I saw her. But I am not a cat stuck in a tree. I am not a criminal who finished pulling off a robbery. And, I am not a spectacle to... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the fiercest demon in the Netherworld. You were not supposed to be accidentally summoned by a...cat? | [
"Raiklysh stepped around the summoning circle, bending down to examine the shattered spice jar. I drummed my fingers upon my elbows. Gods, I itched. Being summoned always did and after the fifth time you'd think I would get used to it. I shifted and one of Raiklysh's golden eyes swiveled toward me.\n\n\"Well?\" I s... | 2 | |
[WP] Armed with the ability to steal the happiest memories from anyone, you live the life of an addict, always needing another fix. Write your deathbed confession. | [
"\"You can come in now,\" the nurse said quietly. \n\nThe woman followed her, fighting back tears, ushering her son past the rooms filled with sick, sick people, complex machines, grieving families and the smell of disinfectant.\n\nThe nurse turned her sympathetic, professional face to the woman, and indicated the ... | 3 | |
[WP] And so the world ends. Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a honk. | [
"The world was going to end. Nukes were flying, robots marching, planes falling from the skies.\n\nA white beared wise old bald man walked along the shore of the Thames, pondering the mysteries life.\n\nA life which would soon end.\n\nHe recollected a distant memory of a faint conversation \"If you knew with certai... | 1 | |
[WP] you can see into the future, but cannot tell anyone else without altering the space time fabric. you can't change the future, just live through it while knowing everything. after countless failed relationships, you finally find the one, and it's the last person you'd want to spend forever with. | [
"It usually takes one date. Just one date. We'll be casually chatting over dessert, he'll smile at me and all of a sudden-- BAM! In my mind's eye I can see us, three months from now. He feels threatened by my higher salary. I feel threatened by how many close female friends he has. We implode. Sometimes we don't ev... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a regular person watching TV when a piercing sound hits you from all directions. When the sound dissipates, a voice is heard. "Timeline simulation corrupted, reverting to 2016." | [
"I flicked through the cable channels trying to find something to watch. Most fiction seemed a little tame now after the events of the last 18 months.\n\nIt all started with David Bowie dying. Someone on Twitter joked that he was holding together the very fabric of the universe, because within a short space of time... | 1 | |
[WP] You spend your life training to defeat the Anti-Christ, only to find out on the day of Rapture that it's actually you.. | [
"Years of physical training. Thousands of hours of research to discover the strengths of the heavens, the weaknesses of hell. Days of listening to sermons, helping people with their problems, building connections and alliances. All worthless.\n\nI was supposed to be the line of defense the church relied upon to sav... | 1 | |
[WP]You wake up in a cell captured. Your only hope? The main characters from the last animated show you watched the previous day | [
"'Hey!'\n\nI shout\n\n'HEY!!'\n\nI shout louder. Still nothing. He's sat there leaning back on his chair taking an afternoon snooze with an AK-47 on his lap. I knew I shouldn't have come out to the back and beyond of Brazil. Now I'm sat here in yesterdays t shirt, jeans and boots in some crummy cell in the middle o... | 1 | |
[WP] "This is why we changed." | [
"The cave was small and cramped and not at all like what the children were used to.\n\t\nThey sat huddled around a dim fire, jittery with excitement, buzzing eyes bouncing around the dusty walls as they waited for their teacher, Mr. Rodam. He’d told them today was going to be a special lesson, and though they didn’... | 1 | |
[WP]As of late, North Korea has been awfully silent; no threats, no nuclear tests, etc. Spies are sent into the country to investigate. | [
"**Warning:** 2spooky4me. No seriously, it's spooky.\n\n\nDo-Hyun gazed at his monitors, something was unsettling him. He didn't know why, in fact, he should feel blessed, there were no signs of enemy activity, no radio or television signals, no heightened communication between the known battalions recently gathere... | 1 | |
[WP] All you know for sure is that the face in the mirror is not your own. | [
"You took my gift too eagerly, thief.\n\nSuch careless trust, all-encompassing pride.\n\nDid you really think stealing from me would come without consequence?\n\nDid you really think I was impressed by your arrogance?\n\nDid you really think I would *reward* you for your insolence?\n\nI kept my word.\n\nI gave you ... | 2 | |
[WP] Humans have always had magic. Modern magicians are those who try to restore the lost artes. Scientists are the ones trying to replicate them with technology. The two sides have disputed over this for 500 years, until... he happened. | [
"I remember the first time I expounded my will on the world. So minuscule in comparison to today's problems.\n\n\"Why did those sticks light on fire?\" they asked.\n\nMy only response was, from youth and innocence, purely out of logic: \"I moved the heat from the air around them to the sticks! It is easy! You sh... | 1 | |
[WP] Aliens arive on Earth. Instead of interacting with people they just begin to establish a colony on uninhabited land only talking to humans when they are forced to | [
"Year 2026, the year it all began. I remember seeing the first Cube slowly approach Earth. And they kept coming and coming. One after another. First one landed on the Amazon. And when it left the following Cube landed on the same place.\n\nWe called them Cubes. Because, well, they were giant cubes. Once they land, ... | 3 | |
[WP] You've been living in North Korea for your entire life, surrounded by a wall on all sides, where nobody can see in or out. One day, the regime collapses, and the wall collapses with it... | [
"Park could only watch, paralyzed, as he saw the stone horizon crumble. It had been there for every memory, each colorless moment of his life. He remembers imagining such a day as a kid, daydreaming of going beyond the wall during grueling mathematics and science lessons. It only ever got him reprimanded, each thou... | 1 | |
Take in consideration space trips are months to years long. Other than that do whatever you want from that. | [WP] An astronaut finds out she is pregnant in the middle of the space | [
"**Transmission** *International Space Station log, April third 2020.* This is Croftford speaking. I've been getting random periods of nausea recently. During exercise today, I almost felt myself faint I was so tired. I've drawn blood and I've attached the results to this log. There are none, my sickness is unlabel... | 1 |
[WP] Unbeknownst to the general populace, LARPers are actually protecting the world from unseen threats, under the guise of roleplay. You join your local club, only to find out more than you bargained for.... | [
"\"Welcome to our Live Action Roleplay group. You here for a session or two or you in for the long haul?\"\n\nThe teenager standing in front of me asked the question casually. He didn't look like someone I imagined LARPing. His build was sturdy, perhaps even fairly athletic. My parents were pushing me to join a clu... | 5 | |
You can bring your whole family. | [WP] Museum of Unnatural History is now open for educational sleepovers. | [
"The Museum was there one day without warning. No one seemed to remember what building stood in the same spot yesterday, or if one had been there at all. There had been no signs, no construction, and no adverts. Yet today there was a building with a single door, and on the door a single poster consisting of only el... | 1 |
[WP] The aliens came neither to invade nor to harvest organs. They came to get high. | [
"Three friends gathered outside gazing at the stars smoking a bleezy, at this moment a rather usual pastime every weekend. The Three Bluntskateers,as they to call themselves, had seen their fair share of stars (basically the same ones every weekend dude) while higher than the fucking ISS but this night was no doubt... | 2 | |
With "The Real Ghostbusters" hitting Netflix and a second Beetlejuice movie in the works, it has me wondering about this particular matchup. Lydia has moved on, and a new family is fed up with their unwanted guest. Who are they gonna call? Does the Ghost with the Most stand a chance? You decide! | [WP] Betelgeuse meets the Ghostbusters. What happens? Who wins? | [
"\"A star.\"\n\n\"Yep.\"\n\n\"You want us to take on... a star.\"\n\n\"A ghost star. Don't forget the ghost part. We have it on good authority that this star is actually a ghost star. According to my calculations it should have died around 500 years ago and yet it's still there, we can still see it!\"\n\nBill Murra... | 1 |
[WP] Most superheroes can fly or have super strength. You, however, have the ability to change the odds. | [
"How do you win a fight?\n\n\nThe universe is out to get you, one hit and you are out. But what are\nthe odds of that happening. It is all about numbers and how many are\non your side.\n\n\nThe opposite example would be to partake in a lottery contest\ninvolving like thousands of other partakers, the odds are sta... | 4 | |
[WP] You are actually not an arch wizard. You are just a very skilled stage magician. | [
"The voices of the instructors float out into the hall on what must surely be some spell. \"She's so talented she's moved beyond using standard foci before the end of her first year!\" The high pitched nasal voice nearly squealed with delight. I looked embarrassed out from behind the hoodie at the rest of the ch... | 1 | |
[WP] It's villain appreciation day, the villains now have to deal with the numerous things people send them, more than usual anyway. | [
"Ever since Captain Cosmic and Silent Knight kicked off the tradition, it had been custom for heroes to give gifts to their rivals on Villain appreciation day, and villains to give gifts to heroes on Hero appreciation day. The fact that the two were secretly in a romantic affair with one another, something that see... | 2 | |
The bigger the better, | [WP] Write a story with a huge Deus Ex Machina that you try to sneak past the reader. | [
"Schroeder's call for action at the United Nations didn't go as he had planned. He now only had half a day left to battle the monster asteroid hurtling towards the Earth, and there was no escape, with few countries agreeing on the specifics of the coordinated robot attack that he had planned out. He had lost hope, ... | 1 |
[WP] Turns out humanity is the only civilization to know what a surprise attack is. | [
"'Well here I am then' Michael James Dridge thinks to himself.\n\nColonel James, commander of the 21st fighter squadron. His wrists, endowed till recently with a silver Rolex watch on his right; a gift from his Old man, and a digital data pad; a mark of his command, on his left were now both bare and cuffed in fron... | 2 | |
[wp] What we interpreted as "evolution" was actually an advanced alien race making "tweaks" to DNA as the environment changed. They've come back with a patch update for humanity. | [
"When I awoke that morning, I had no idea what was to come. None of us had any idea. No one could have predicted it, unless of course you consider conspiracy theories accurate predictions. The first indication I had was a small flashing in the corner of my right eye. At first I thought the light in the lounge, bare... | 1 | |
[WP] You're waiting for your microwaveable spaghetti dinner to finish cooking when the microwave stops with time left. You open the microwave to see that your spaghetti has become a portal to an alternative dimension. | [
"It was a typical day. \n\nWork was fine, traffic was backed up, and dinner was leftovers. Louis liked these days, for he was a man who didn't like surprises. He scanned the open refrigerator, and after a while he reached to a plastic container filled with last Monday's spaghetti. \n\"Spaghetti it is.\" he said as ... | 1 | |
[WP] They drown their demons in a bottle. Literally. Demons are tiny and they're a demon hunter | [
"\"See, the trick is... well its just that, its all in the trick. Those little fuckers are smart. Real smart, and if you don't out think them and you cant out drink them, well, you had better have your fiddle and be damn good at playing it because when you find yourself face to... (Goat mask? Seething mountain of... | 1 | |
[WP] "I burn through friends like a flame does gasoline fumes. A great flash of activity and camaraderie, which slowly fades and dies as they slowly realize who I truly am. That I never change. That I never learn from my mistakes. That the person they first met is always exactly who I am." | [
"I reached for her. But she was surrounded by a forcefield of fire that charred my flesh, and I drew back.\n\nEverything she had said was true. We took her in with open arms. We had known who she was, the bad things she had done -- but we believed in her, believed that she could be *better*, and she had betrayed us... | 1 | |
[WP] You are suddenly given the choice to become Death, Time, or Space. Which do you become and what happens? | [
"I was a fool. \n\nBack when the Eternities were split and the Light of Reality spilled forth, the Great Eye of the Monarch revealed itself to me and offered me a grand choice. \n\nI was a mere spirit then, a slip of an existence and the last hateful remnant of a prior reality. I was lost and empty, seeking a conce... | 1 | |
[WP] Inside an old diner, in the middle of the night, two strangers strike up a chat. Through the course of time, the topic of religion is brought up. One person looks at the other and says, "there is no God." "How do you know?" "Because I killed him." | [
"I smiled, completely confused and caught a little off guard. I was expecting him to suddenly laugh, or wink, or… anything that would tell me he was joking.\n\nBut he held my gaze. His long dark brown hair fell over his blue eyes as he took a drink of his coffee. He left it there for a moment before sweeping it bac... | 2 | |
[WP] Write a short poem/story that is either very happy or quite sad, but we have no idea which until the very last word. | [
"The clouds are beautiful today.\n\nRight now, I lie on my back and stare at the firmament, the grass tickling my back. My arm lazily supports my head while the other holds a fragile, white dandelion. Why am I here, wasting my time on the ground instead of, I don't know, taking a walk? I try to stand up, but my thr... | 13 | |
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Edit- After Millennia, you have gotten incredibly bored and decide to spice up your routine | [WP]You are the last member of an ancient order of cosmic beings that guide the dying into the afterlife. After millennia, you have gotten bored. | [
"Looking out over the downtown core, Minos sighed. His shoulders slumped and he tilted his head slightly back, just enough to see the slightly cloudy blue sky above. Fisting his hands, he looked down to the cement ground, clenched his jaw and shook his head. Anyone looking at him might think he was mad by the way h... | 2 |
[WP]...And this is your tape | [
"\"thanks\" his voice cracked, as he stared at it.\n\nA faded blue label read *'1002907'*. Its sharp corners were worn smooth, its ridges rubbed out. He clutched the VHS to his chest as if it were dragon's gold. He hurried home, not wanting to linger in the streets, near shadows that seemed to wait for any opportun... | 1 | |
[WP] Immortals playing Russian roulette. | [
"Mortimer spun the barrel, eyeing his opponent. They stared across at each other. Mortimer slapped his hand against the gun and the barrel stopped. Mortimer cocked the gun and placed it down. He spun the gun on the table, in the middle, right along a white chalk line. It slowly came to a stop pointing to his oppone... | 1 | |
[WP] ''Hold my beer'' - God | [
"Ted sipped the god beer, and contemplated his existence. It was middling beer at best. Cold enough, maybe a little flat, light and hoppy but far too light. Kinda pisswater, really. If it hadn't descended from the clouds to a sea of cherubs singing its praises it would be a pretty average beer. Ted would probably n... | 13 | |
[WP] A human colonist ship has been sent to the far end of the galaxy to represent Earth in the Galactic Federation. Due to time dialation, upon arrival, they're told that the representatives of Earth are already here - the Dolphin People. | [
"\"Synchronizing to brain waves. Checking. Checking.\" The insectoid alien suddenly spoke in English. \"Oh. Look at their faces. I think it's already working!\"\n\nI step forward from the crowd of confused humans. It is my job to represent earth and all of humanity to the federation. \n\n\"We come from the planet e... | 1 | |
Inspired by /r/totallynotrobots | [WP] You're an undercover robot working in customer service. | [
"While discussing the mundane weekend of my pod mate I am interrupted by the flash of light from my phone, and the incoming call information fills my monitor. \n\n\"Welcome to Guardian Insurance, where we provide tailored coverages to fit all of your needs, my name is Ron, how can I make your day better?\" I say in... | 1 |
[WP] A casted society where only the upper caste is allowed to eat food, the lower castes all have nutrition injections. You're a part of the lower caste, and have never tasted food, until today when a piece of bread falls from the sky. | [
"Anna wasn't quite sure how to describe the slovenly mess in the town square. An older man, dressed in mismatched rags, sat by the fountain, which on its own wasn't that unusual among underfolk. But he was burying his face in something. No, inhaling it. He tore a piece off it with his mouth, ground it in his teeth,... | 1 | |
[WP] The world wakes up one day to discover that all objects that could be used for violence- i.e. nukes, guns, slightly sharp butter knives, etc -have disappeared from existence. | [
"The President covered his shame with a Ty Beanie Baby™ as he walked through the empty Oval Office. Turning his back to the two generals seated on the carpet in front of him, he glanced out the window onto the lawn. The glass was gone and he felt a cool breeze blow on his face. \n\nIt had been a week since the majo... | 1 | |
[WP] You thought the old superstition about the ravens in the Tower of London was a bunch of hooey and a bad reason to keep ravens in captivity. You snuck in yesterday and released all of them, and are about to learn just how wrong you were. | [
"I've slept in haunted houses, walked under countless ladders often smash mirrors for fun. I'm a man of science after all. How was I supposed to know this old wives tale was the real deal?\n\nThe moment I realized how monumentally I'd fucked up was roughly 10 seconds after those black feathery bastards had been tho... | 2 | |
[WP] The human body no longer produces the chemicals for love. Now, love is a rare and powerful drug, and you are the last person whose body naturally produces the chemicals. | [
"I sit alone, and waver \nin the dark confines of my mind \nthis beauty only I can savour, \nscorned and hated by my kind.\n\n\nWretched demons smile, \nlust is on their broken face, \nfor them am I exiled, \ndue them is my disgrace.\n\n\nI have not forgotten, \nfor I am NOT disgraced, \nin love was... | 2 | |
Seemed cool. I hope you have fun with this one | [WP] You died, only to be revived centuries in the future. You don't know why you were chosen, and nobody will tell you. | [
"I've always been a work-a-holic.\nI started programming in the 70's, lived through the explosion of computers in everyday life. Had a wife, kids, watched them grow up in between my work gigs. Made a killing for Y2K, watched tech implode in 2000 ... lived through the ups and downs of working mostly in the insuran... | 9 |
[WP] I have three unopened gallons of milk in the fridge, and you have an umbrella. | [
"The man opened the fridge. On his face he had an expression which was a little bit cheeky. Kinda like a kid who's planning a prank on his grandma. He knows that what he is doing is wrong, it will probably hurt he just a little bit, but at the same time he thinks that it will be funny so he goes and does it.\n\nTha... | 1 | |
[WP] The teashop at top of the mountain. | [
"John Riley was dehydrated, breathing with much difficulty, and was extremely dirty and sweaty.\n\nThis time, it was due to another one of his solo outdoor mountain hiking adventures. He understood that these were risky. Being sick and/or injured would more easily escalate to death in the unforgiving wilderness.\n\... | 2 |
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