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[WP] You are a young mage who just discovered the horrifying truth about where mana actually comes from. | The candle burst to life, shadows dancing across the wall before extinguishing almost immediately. Seconds later it once again erupts with a dazzling array of colors, a kaleidoscope of patterns and hues.
Since you passed your fourteenth year and been blessed with the knowledge of the tomes, it has become impossible t... | Okay this idea was a little out there, and it has been a long long time since I wrote anything, but here is my go: (note, wow I forgot how annoying reddit formatting can be)
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**It is a well established fact of our world that mana, that force that allows the casting of spells and the propagation of magic, waxe... | ThatActor | Raithwind | 2023-08-24 20:28:06 | 2023-08-24 20:13:07 | 135 | 53 | jxlozgu | jxlmkwg | 1608mj5 | 1608mj5 |
[WP] You're a superhero's sidekick. But he doesn't pay you, so you're also moonlighting as the minion of a supervillain your hero never faces. Until one day, he does. | "Heh, go figure, after all this, I'm not actually the biggest piece of shit in the room... that's amazing!",
Even as a villain, The Mighty Flash had never imagined something as fiendish as a sidekick betraying his own hero.
The Crow had never felt like a bigger piece of shit in his entire life. Birdman deserved none ... | First time trying this. So here goes, my attempt at a double agent sidekick minion's tale:
I was recruited as a sidekick to the superhero brutusMaximus five years ago. He promised glory, adventure and an chance to make a difference. What he failed to mention was the lack of pay. After a few months of getting beaten up... | a_burdie_from_hell | thepoetrymanOF | 2023-05-06 21:46:02 | 2023-05-06 18:23:18 | 87 | 44 | jj4yz9v | jj48gai | 139po0g | 139po0g |
[WP] You die two deaths - your physical death and your true death when your name is spoken for the last time. You, a mild-mannered introvert, have been stuck in limbo for centuries waiting for your true death, and finally found out why. | What do you know of pain? Is it when you stub your toe? Is it when you break a bone? Is it when you break your heart? Or is it when you die?
The answer differs for everyone. For me, it would always be the suffering I inadvertently caused.
*
When I first left the realm of living I was happy. Happy that finally the ... | It's been... *centuries* in here. Floating in Limbo, this swirling black-and-white whirlpool of nothingness, having died so, so long ago, waiting for my *true* death.
The moment my name is spoken for the last time.
I don't hate it here. In fact, it's quite nice. With practice, you get to imagine all sorts of things f... | iknowthisischeesy | SirPiecemaker | 2023-07-28 18:21:49 | 2023-07-28 18:16:35 | 463 | 180 | jtu5fm1 | jtu4l0l | 15c22vk | 15c22vk |
[WP] You're offered a deal, push the button and you get 100k, but the person that hates you the most gets double. As far as you know no one actually hates you so you push it. 10 minutes later you get a text from the person you love most that they just got 200k deposited into their bank account... | You sit at the table, staring at the small red button. The deal seemed straightforward enough—press the button, get $100k, but the person who hates you the most gets double. You can’t think of anyone who actively hates you, so what’s the harm? With a deep breath and a shrug, you press it.
Ten minutes pass. You’re alre... | When my girlfriend Jessica sent me the message about the unexpected fortune, I called to congratulate her, despite the nagging feeling. Why would, of all people in the world, my beloved Jessica be the person who hated me most? There was a moment of awkward silence, and just as I wanted to ask the incredibly stupid ques... | pickledinacid | RG_Trickster_Spirit | 2024-08-25 14:27:32 | 2024-08-25 06:43:42 | 75 | 56 | ljv0pqb | ljtmmpj | 1f0nzxo | 1f0nzxo |
[WP] You, the world's greatest supervillian are quite popular with civilians due to the fact you actively go out of your way to keep innocent bystanders out of harm's way. Today you just met a young upstart villain who doesn't respect your caution. | As the most authoritative villain, and even a respected figure in some circles, especially ones of common people for his willingness to do whatever in his power to keep innocents out of harm's way The Herald is always transmitting ahead of time his next move, the place where he will be next, and a time. With everybody ... | - World domination..?
- Yeah. I'd make everyone serve me. And I'd kill anyone who doesn't listen.
- and... why would you want that?
- just you wait, old fart. I'd show you who's the king of the world.
- what world?
- are you slow in the head? This world.
- exactly. What world?
- what do you mean what world?
- when you... | ShivaJormungandr | HermitCat347 | 2023-01-28 12:29:48 | 2023-01-28 05:56:48 | 93 | 26 | j685kf0 | j67c4qg | 10n5dxp | 10n5dxp |
[WP] you are a knight, trained from birth to listen to and work for whoever is able to best you. A year ago you were captured by a humanoid dragon woman you were tasked to slay but failed. Today she asks "Are you gonna try to escape or what?" | **Monday**
“Alright, any day now.” Irra ran her fingers through her red curls, the tricky part was making sure she didn’t tangle them around her horns. She sat patiently overlooking the landscape from the balcony. Behind was her own personal library above her horde. The knight she defeated a year ago was its current s... | First time I was beaten, I explained the conditions that I would incur upon my defeat.
Since then she refashioned my helmet into a myriad of items for herself; shoulderpads, a chest garment, and shoes from the ornate extras needlessly tacked onto what it once was...
And then forgot why I've not tried to escape her cl... | The_TransGinger | OSadorn | 2024-04-04 02:04:59 | 2024-04-04 01:08:41 | 316 | 38 | kxyaz59 | kxy2bws | 1bv7yqv | 1bv7yqv |
[WP] You're a renowned portrait artist, painting portraits for politicians, celebrities, you name it. Late one night, there's a knock on your door. A nervous young man stands outside, pale, with elongated canine teeth. He'd like a portrait. Hasn't seen his own face in over a century. | Hello! You must be Mister Archibald? Yes, very well, thank you. Please, do come in.
Oh, that? That's a portrait of Sir John of Engelheim. Yes, painted that one myself, first year of college. There's some flaws to it, of course, but one must keep their first painting around, if only to see how they've improved. Tea?
... | The stranger sat before me with a stillness of the like I had never seen. His features were razor sharp in the soft white light, his milky complexion almost transparent. It was all I could do not to shiver, as my eyes traced every line of his face. The splash of freckles across his nose, the slender curve of his lip... | Mythic_Writing | krypter3 | 2023-01-27 16:20:33 | 2023-01-27 16:06:43 | 36 | 12 | j646irr | j644dbd | 10mna6q | 10mna6q |
[WP] You are in the world of 'non-existence' and have to win a lottery to be born | "...I have no interest in all of that. I made this shop to have a simple, quiet life. I'm not expanding the business- if anything I've made the shop smaller since I got it!" The time traveller looked at me.
"No, no. You don't get it. You're destined to make it a ruthless and exploitative corporation. You will bring ru... | “It’s been a week since my parents died and now I have their stupid soda shop, what am I going to do with This failing business as it turns out no one wants to go to the middle of nowhere to buy soda when most everywhere else sells it anyways no matter what stupid flavours my parents came up with… so why do you guys ke... | Spiritual_Lie2563 | Outside_Ad_677 | 2023-02-26 02:49:20 | 2023-02-25 21:24:17 | 120 | 69 | ja1dlcq | ja06pjk | 11bvmn6 | 11bvmn6 |
[WP] The hero, normally jovial and humorous in their interactions, steps into a watering hole for villains, shaking with rage, tears running down their face, and with as much patience and calm as they can muster, simply asks "Who did it?" | "Who did it?"
Silence descends upon the bar, as every two-bit villain and evil mastermind in this shithole turns a wary eye at the distraught hero, Starscream.
He glares back, his face twisted in rage and despair as tears fall down his cheeks. A nervous energy buzzes across the room, the tension thick enough to cut w... | (Recommended listening before reading this: [This is how villains are made](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plPtZPem94o) by Madalen Duke)
Gravel crunched beneath his boots as he made his way through the Downs. Before his red tinted vision, a familiar sign winked at him. *Gormenghast*.
Someone was voiding whatever poi... | DoopleWrites | Visible-Ad8263 | 2024-10-17 16:11:58 | 2024-10-17 15:05:12 | 168 | 41 | lsdszfk | lsdgcz6 | 1g5kua3 | 1g5kua3 |
[WP] "Let me make this perfectly clear. You are not saving my daughter from a dragon. She IS a dragon. You are going to protect her and keep her company until she learns how to control her magic." | "Then who's protecting me???"
The king raises his eyebrow, as if to cut the exasperation on his face with amusement. For the last 12 cocky assortments of knights, magicians, and mercenaries, the king has had to deal with 3 of them blasted away within an hour of meeting her, 4 of them burnt nearly to a crisp (nearly si... | “Ok once again.” I said moving back to my starting position.
“Do I have to?” The princess cried impatiently.
“Yes you have to. We don’t want to have another wedding incident again, do we?”
Her face turned red. While I don’t like to employ shame, it is an effective way to make someone act responsibly. She moved back ... | funnit42 | Harmatsis | 2024-07-02 03:02:26 | 2024-07-02 02:44:57 | 133 | 90 | lb8b7e7 | lb88o7s | 1dt8ngh | 1dt8ngh |
[WP] The hero, normally jovial and humorous in their interactions, steps into a watering hole for villains, shaking with rage, tears running down their face, and with as much patience and calm as they can muster, simply asks "Who did it?" | "Who did it?"
Barely above a whisper, but the room went silent like someone just sucked the air out of it. Daybreak stood there. They looked like they'd been crying.
"She's dead, and I know one of you had something to do with it. I won't ask again."
Their voice tight, the air hummed with power. This wasn't like him... | There was a group of men laughing wildly from a table in the back corner of the bar, filling the room with their raucous noise. I found their outbursts bothersome, but I did not say anything and continued my drink.
In that year, our small town was a dusty crossroads for a few profitable trade routes, so we got all kin... | Behold_the_Turnip | rcgaming01 | 2024-10-17 16:27:49 | 2024-10-17 16:24:52 | 104 | 40 | lsdvyjr | lsdvek8 | 1g5kua3 | 1g5kua3 |
[WP] "What? Why would I be the villain?!" You cry. Some evil mastermind has trapped you in a room with your nemesis. Both of you have lost your memories, and are bickering over which of you is the hero and which is the bad guy. | “Look, man, all I am saying, you are the one dressed in all black with that creepy bat on your chest!”
“And you? You are dressed like a clown! How is that heroic?”
“Hey, clowns are funny. Maybe I work at the hospital or something, bringing people joy and laughs wherever I go?”
“Okay, uh, let’s-“ the big guy takes a ... | I woke up exhausted. I feel my numb body slowly spring back. I am laying face down on the floor, I can barely move, and my vision is blured. The head-splitting pain tells me that I was involved into a brutal psychic battle, the kind that can crush a mind to dust.
Thing is, I wonder how the heck I know this. When scan... | True_Falsity | None | 2023-11-17 03:31:20 | 2023-11-17 01:32:50 | 16 | 10 | k9lecu1 | k9kypj3 | 17wtdqm | 17wtdqm |
[WP] Each type of death has a unique type of Reaper. The Reapers of Drowning collects the souls of the drowned. The Reapers of Old Age collects those that have come to their natural end. Write a story about a Reaper for an unusual death finally having a soul to collect. | I knew I was a goner as soon as I did it. A stupid mistake that paw has been warning me about for years.
"Jasper," he said in his stern tone, "you keep your tongue away from frozen pump handles, you hear me? Nothing good will come of it." Of course I knew he was right - paw always is - but from the day he issued his w... | Part 1.
"Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed that claim, " scoffed Senator Pravatis.
A cynic by nature, he had always rejected everything unless he had seen it with his own eyes....and this preposterous claim was coming from the teethed orifices ... | MajorTom333 | kamikazee786 | 2023-08-14 14:19:20 | 2023-08-14 13:13:29 | 42 | 12 | jw55cit | jw4w2er | 15qmsjg | 15qmsjg |
[WP] First contact is established between aliens and humanity. And it turns out that all other intelligent species are, for lack of a better term, Kaiju. Being at the bare minimum over 300 meters in height and having a variety of supernatural abilities on top of advanced technology. | So it turns out that humanity is not alone after all. It's just the intelligent life we were looking for is silicon/metal based, and a _whole_ lot bigger than we expected. How much bigger?
Well two things should make that clear really easily. Firstly, initial contact was achieved by the various scientific institutes ... | Among the council it was decided that for once we were to reveal ourselves to the Humans. We had given them glimpses, through varying forms of fiction, letting them know what we existed. Humans with supernatural abilities, cybernetics and mechanics, infinite realities, the such. The council was composed of three of us,... | joalheagney | kazsvk | 2023-03-12 04:32:40 | 2023-03-12 03:02:51 | 16 | 10 | jbw5jsv | jbvvnqn | 11op7sd | 11op7sd |
[WP] After mistakenly transfering to a high school for monsters, you try to tell them that you're just a regular human. However, because of bizarre coincidences creating apparently inexplicable situations, the school population and teachers come to believe you're actually an Eldritch Abomination | **I’m not good with writing and I’m new to WP so advice would be nice, if not enjoy the story and have a nice day**
On my way to my therapist a cubic shaped slime with a letter in it walks up to me, as it got closer to me it started to shiver and it bubbles started to form in it like a fizzy drink, it stoped a meter a... | An Eldritch abomination? Does anyone even know what that means? Many claim they do, but the truth is a rather complex set of circumstances that can make you one and if you are skilled enough you can still go back if you didn't do anything preventing you from entering the light side again. Truth be told, anyone can join... | godsfear_flavor_corn | None | 2023-12-26 00:18:45 | 2023-12-25 09:27:48 | 25 | 13 | kexbcw7 | keuidz3 | 18q5jpu | 18q5jpu |
[WP] You are a god with no followers nor enemies, yet you still persist. No god had ever lived without worship before. The other gods are stumped as to why this is so...until you tell them what you are the god of. | I answered the Council’s summons with my presence. I wish I could say this had never happened before, but it occurred every now and again; every few hundred years, they suddenly remembered that I existed, and demanded answers of me.
“Nameless One,” spoke the elder Goddess, waving hair pulled back into a low ponytail a... | The High Pantheos are assembling. There are ever so many gods and ever so many things to be a god of. They quarrel with each other constantly like celebrities and compete with each other for attention like influencers all with one goal, one purpose, to be worshiped.
You see, that’s what sustains us, the Pantheki... | gaborrero | Sir-Planks-Alot | 2023-11-28 16:05:37 | 2023-11-28 15:32:54 | 1,022 | 96 | kb4pov3 | kb4kiia | 185vjhr | 185vjhr |
[WP] You are kidnapped by the villain regularly, but you’re starting to look forward to it. You know they won’t hurt you, and are simply being dramatic. It also doesn’t help that you are the only person they ever kidnap. This time, the hero doesn’t bother trying to save you. | The Arrangement had been going on between us for long enough that it earned the capitlisation of its' name. The Spectre would kidnap me, take me to his (current) lair and hold me until I was rescued. Sure, over time that has evolved into a text message 24 hours prior, my agreement to *only* put up a struggle when we w... | Why do they call it Stockholm syndrome?
If I had my phone on me I’d look that up. I can’t at the moment, I’m a little…tied up. Oh, yeah, you can’t actually see me. My hands are literally bound and I’m locked in a cage. Fun times. But it’s not so bad. Dr. BadBraun is actually a pretty cool guy.
Ok, sure, it’s a litt... | grudthak | None | 2023-02-15 05:35:55 | 2023-02-15 05:13:08 | 1,408 | 247 | j8loqv9 | j8lmmyt | 112morh | 112morh |
[WP] You are a budget mage. While most of your colleagues use costly ingredients, rituals that take weeks to prepare and use a new spell for every problem, you only know a few spells, use common household ingredients and prepare rituals within minutes. They unjustly deride your work as shoddy. | "THAT SHOULDN'T WORK!"
"_Well it did, you saw for yourself._"
"Gnnnnn. I mean you just _killed_ a dragon ... using garden supplies! And what the hell was that incantation?"
"_Look. We've been friends despite a lot of ... stuff. Can I trust you to keep a secret?_"
"... fine?"
"_Remember last April Fools when you se... | "There! All set and done! Aetherium luminata!"
The chanting voice of Phyldiane filled the dark, cobblestone-lined room with trembling echoes, as her cooking pot over the brightly-blue sparkling flames glows with its embers. It was a success! And the slightly charred pot was filled with a cyan liquid, whose turbulent, ... | joalheagney | JaydeeValdez | 2023-03-29 21:14:54 | 2023-03-29 17:46:47 | 322 | 132 | je6y870 | je61rgk | 125ryvp | 125ryvp |
[WP] You pretend to be a small-time villain. At most, you annoy the local supers but your crimes never hurt anyone. To you it's all good fun. Things change when a truly sadistic super villain invades your turf and murders a few of the supers. No one has seen the extent of your true powers until now. | The news were all over it. Wonder was death. Shot right on the hearth, he agonized for a few hours but doctors couldn't do anything... His identity was made public: Rick Tomas. He was only 14.
Damn, kid... You couldn't get away of that monster, could you? Not all villains are like me, you know? No... Of course you kne... | Part 1 of 2
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Pascal wrote as much. You're not certain what it was about, certainly something about God and faith. Not that it matters, the sentence stuck with you, and you agree. One shouldn't always look for reasoning, the absence of it explains so many things.... | None | Ataraxidermist | 2024-09-23 09:58:51 | 2024-09-23 08:46:25 | 99 | 72 | loi317d | lohwwr9 | 1fnekwz | 1fnekwz |
[WP] You wronged them years ago and now they rule the country. You can't shake the feeling that the new laws are targeting you unfairly. | My brother is now the king, how this happened I have no idea, we didn't even have a monarchy before! Me and him have a strained relationship, I kicked him out of my house when he refused to get a job. Apparently he joined the military and became so powerful that he overthrew the government.
For all I have against him ... | It’s human nature to want what’s best for your kind, isn’t it? That’s how we justified our treatment of you humans when we took over your planet three hundred years ago. Surely, we thought, you’ll understand the use of your own logic against you?
You didn’t. Part of me wails “Freaking hypocrites!” The other part compl... | Griffin2256 | Sir-Planks-Alot | 2023-11-10 15:45:22 | 2023-11-10 15:00:59 | 19 | 14 | k8npbr0 | k8nij5c | 17s0aoi | 17s0aoi |
[WP] An automated mining drone returns to earth from its mission after being delayed on it's return home. It was constructed roughly 3 million years ago. | *Well,* Tanoo thought, *this should be a snap.*
The brightly colored raccoon stood at the entrance to the barracks for Charlie Squad, 1095th Rifle Platoon of the USMC, and sniffed.
She had just started inside when a bayonet dropped into her field of vision, right at the tip of her nose.
"Halt! Identify yourself!" Co... | \[Royally Blasted\]
"WHO DARES TO OPPOSE ASH REGENCY!???" Gia screamed at the five uniformed soldiers. They arrived just as she began causing chaos downtown. It was mid-afternoon and most of the people had fled as soon as she announced her presence. But, the five women stood defiantly as black smoke swirled around th... | Beautiful_Business10 | HSerrata | 2024-01-30 20:36:22 | 2024-01-30 18:06:32 | 57 | 36 | kkb7yd2 | kkagkcz | 1aeoyzt | 1aeoyzt |
[WP] All children under the age of 13 vanishes with only a note left behind that says "Due to humans not caring about the future of their young, all children have been relocated. If you truly love (Name), you will not intervene as we restart your race. -Signed 'The Protectors'" | My daughter died young. I don't expect you to understand. Who would? No one listened when she was screaming those nine months. Something no child should go through. The judges all said that her life wasn't as important as the one forcefully shoved inside her.
I had to watch her small frame get ripped to shreds as my ... | Jason stood at the podium after he finished reading the note left behind on his son's bed.
"I repeat, 'If you truly love Erik, you will not intervene as we *restart* your race'."
He looked out at the crowd of public officials, gathered politicians, and visiting foreign dignataries.
"You asked some of us to come up h... | Averander | Koyoteelaughter | 2024-09-04 20:15:52 | 2024-09-04 18:53:42 | 31 | 12 | llis8zp | lliclt8 | 1f8pbnm | 1f8pbnm |
[WP] Once an hour, every hour, the richest person on earth dies. This continues indefinitely... | The bell tolls.
The hardest part was the timing.
You had to make sure that you transferred the money on the hour every hour.
I spent days working on the automatic transfer, setting up the plans for the prewritten wills needed for an operation like this.
As for people? It’s kind of crazy what desperate people wi... | I've always thought that most of the world's problems could be solved had the richest people just become more philanthropic. No, scratch that, just a *little* more philanthropic. Most people usually overlook just how big a hundred billion dollars are.
What I didn't think of, however, is the possibility that my wish be... | TheSciFanGuy | KittenMantra | 2024-07-13 14:45:05 | 2024-07-13 11:51:25 | 797 | 387 | lczveij | lcz82lo | 1e276ci | 1e276ci |
[WP] Once an hour, every hour, the richest person on earth dies. This continues indefinitely... | I sat out on the porch, looking out at my garden, the richest man in the world.
Nowadays of course, being the richest man came with a very short life expectancy. At least I knew that while my wife and children would be well cared for after my death, they would be significantly less rich than me -- comfortable, but not... | How it happens. Why it happens. Who is responsible for it. None of it makes any sense. At first religious fanatics believed it was God, or some diety. Until their leaders started to kick the bucket. The irony of religious leaders who took a vow of poverty to be killed off as the richest person in the world. It actually... | AmberCheesecake | MasterPip | 2024-07-13 14:57:51 | 2024-07-13 12:09:35 | 133 | 28 | lczxfg9 | lcza42r | ax72vw | 1e276ci |
[WP] Once an hour, every hour, the richest person on earth dies. This continues indefinitely... | I sat out on the porch, looking out at my garden, the richest man in the world.
Nowadays of course, being the richest man came with a very short life expectancy. At least I knew that while my wife and children would be well cared for after my death, they would be significantly less rich than me -- comfortable, but not... | Nobody knew why or how it started, just that when the clock struck midnight on that faithful day, the richest man in the world died. Just as media companies were rushing to get the news out, the next richest person fell dead in the next hour.
The internet was abuzz with conspiracy theories faster than the fifth person... | AmberCheesecake | Tregonial | 2024-07-13 14:57:51 | 2024-07-13 13:15:11 | 133 | 14 | lczxfg9 | lczi8rp | 7pkwvg | 1e276ci |
[WP] You are a poor child going to a popular magic school at your mentors insistence, telling you to "broaden your horizon." But when you get there you realise everyone is doing magic differently to what your mentor taught. They use silly chants and carry big ugly books around. | My master always said he had no time for "useless spot-on-the-wall magic." He was old. Very old. And, as best as I could tell, I must have been his one and only apprentice. Ever. My parents - they never wanted a son anyway - learned of this mad old hermit in the hills and convinced him to take their son in exchange for... | Hardwood chairs and ink stained desks. Bare walls and a chalkdusted slate. Everything an eleven year old mind needed to disengage and sleep through even the most fantastical of leassons. Master Fumbletongue would have torn his beard out, his classroom has been the deep woods, where the song of the world was deafening. ... | darkstar1031 | Scarvexx | 2024-02-19 09:18:52 | 2024-02-19 09:05:30 | 84 | 35 | kr4682d | kr455dw | 1au9gqd | 1au9gqd |
[WP] The world was forever changed when it awoke to find Iceland completely empty, save for the message "Iceland Player has Left The Game" posted on a small signpost in the exact centre of the country. | ”Saemingr was losing anyway,” said Odin, cheeks flushed red. “So I think it’s fine he quit.”
”There’s quitting,” said Jupiter, “and then there’s rage-quitting. He’s a little baby, is what he is. One trade deal doesn’t go his way and boo hoo hoo. He’s lucky I don’t devour him.“
”I think it’s fine,” Odin repeated. In t... | # Player: Forrest Has Resigned
Forrest leaned back, faintly satisfied, as the fire flickered into life. He’d been thinking of his grandfather today, had built the fire to last the way the old man had told him, with the teepee laid into a divot in the earth, logs arrayed around it like a star so that they’d fall deeper... | Rupertfroggington | turnaround0101 | 2023-01-25 15:28:00 | 2023-01-25 14:50:43 | 137 | 66 | j5txh7o | j5trvd9 | 10kx9j7 | 10kx9j7 |
[WP] One day, magically, everyone across the world was given a superpower of their choice. Now, 5 years later, it seems your unconventional choice is paying off far more in life than your flying, super strong and mind reading friends. | While certain powers are often connected to certain mental issues, there are often various "takes" made on the most common powers. Leading to various different problems when they go off the rails. That's where I come in.
Take flight and speed for an example. An overwhelmingly large percentage of Speedsters and Flyers ... | One day, everyone heard a voice in their head. “Choose a superpower”, it said. I chose the power to make a friend. As a twelve-year-old boy, I didn’t make the best choice. I imagined a dog. There, before me, appeared a green anthropomorphic border collie that sat and smiled at me. “Wanna catch butterflies with me?”, he... | joalheagney | ShySilverSurvivor | 2023-12-16 05:33:35 | 2023-12-16 05:11:12 | 120 | 33 | kdkqdl7 | kdko5ig | 18j8y9x | 18j8y9x |
[WP] “Why should I care what you think, dad? Humans only live for a hundred years if they’re lucky! Me and mom will be here for thousands!” | I am ashamed to admit that, in that moment, there were several dagger edged declarations I had to bite down on before I unleashed them on my own child.
*Because you are inexperienced, stupid, and obsessed with pleasing peers who will break your heart like a twig and laugh about it.*
Breathe...
*Thousands? Try one-th... | "My Lord, I have no clue who these mortals are. Why are they-"
"*These four mortals are the key to saving my Realm!*" the King of the Amethyst Court bellowed. "They seem to know you, so you better get them comfortable with their new role as Protectors of this land! Oh, and don't out yourself as an Amethyst Courtier t... | MasterV3ga | RosenrotEis | 2024-08-14 17:14:22 | 2023-02-27 08:05:36 | 161 | 20 | null | null | 1es40qy | 11ctaxn |
[WP] Unlike most magical schools, this one is made up of five mystical towers that directly teach themselves without the need for professors. Every year, the towers of the God-Blessed, Druids, Arcanists, and Warlocks welcome new students, but even the name of the Fifth Tower was forgotten. | The bustle of other nervous potential students filled the air around me. The crowd had been growing for the last four days as we waited outside the front gates of Evergarde. Admissions day was held once a year on the spring solstice and no one wanted to miss out on a chance at learning magic. The imposing Towers that m... | "......why the fuck am I here?"
*Says Veil, gently sighing as the boy would be currently leaning against the wall of the main school. Everyone is currently scrambling or being approached by professors, Veil would be on the shorter end and unlike most people here he isn't a traditional humanoid, he has layers of furr o... | jacobat2016 | Prior-Commission4373 | 2024-03-01 22:33:42 | 2024-03-01 22:03:52 | 15 | 11 | ksx55mi | ksx0616 | 1b3tp2i | 1b3tp2i |
[WP] "Oh, you didn't actually trick that demon, they let you get away. They let a few people win every generation so the next lot of idiots think they have a chance of making a deal without losing their soul." | A loud applause rang out through the tavern as Brent finished his story for the fourth time that evening. The crowd always throwing him a few free drinks after it, toasting to the man that beat the wicked demon at his own game. Even if Brent didn’t need the free drinks, he still accepted them, not wanting to waste any ... | **Beware of Demonic Deals**
It has come to my recent attention that some townsfolk had been seeking demons to grant their wishes. Entering deals and contracts with such infernal entities. I understand that your friendly neighbourhood eldritch god and local deity Lord Elvari here can be a busy abomination, but that's n... | sadnesslaughs | Tregonial | 2024-11-27 04:16:46 | 2024-11-27 04:02:24 | 27 | 15 | lz6ybcb | lz6wayr | 1h0rqov | 1h0rqov |
[WP] You are a villain. An evil mage that wants to usurp the throne and conquer the whole continent. You fought the heroes and won. Apparently, you do a good job in kingdom management and your people have never been happier. | “We’re in what?” My voice echoed across the room.
“We’re in debt, my liege,” the man said despite his shaking. He was probably afraid of me. Just being in my presence is enough to send anyone into despair. After all, with their heroes slain in front of their eyes, there was no hope of going against me.
“... | They call me a villain. Why? Because they are ignorant and afraid. Necromancy is a gift to the world. The arcane is but a tool for the worthy to better whatever they please. And black robes adorned with skull imagery? Well that's just plain stylish.
The so-called heroes tried to put up a fight. To protect their precio... | reikutohno | DoomGloomAngst | 2023-02-09 09:39:06 | 2023-02-09 09:12:52 | 107 | 31 | j7tpsee | j7tnywl | 10xoufd | 10xoufd |
[WP] as you bring a sample of your crops to the temple of the harvest god, you and everyone nearby suddenly hear a telepathic childlike voice "um, I'm not sure how to tell you this, but your god kind of died..." | "I accidentally blurted out that their god kinda died!" The small boy fidgeted on a throne far too tall for him. "Do I still follow my script?"
"Keep going, little one," I nudged him to face the shimmering pool of water which reflected the worried looks of farmers in the temple of their harvest god. "Your people bear ... | "He faded off into inexistentance so i guess you should be happy for him. I'm sorry but this is really awkward for me , I've only been a god for a thousand years. " My jaw dropped , I looked around and said , " so what now? Who do we pray to , who will help us with our plights." The telepathic voice replies'" Well I am... | Tregonial | SwordThiefOfStars | 2024-05-11 13:19:38 | 2024-05-11 11:19:41 | 290 | 41 | l3kkvwf | l3k7c3l | 1cpesqk | 1cpesqk |
[WP] When a new virus unleashes the zombie apocalypse, a necromancer decides to fight fire with fire and raise an undead army of their own. | “I thought they’d never leave, bro,” says Jesus as he takes a swig of wine from a Nalgene water bottle.
“They were certainly persistent, my dude,” I say as I take a seat on the couch beside him. “Hey pass the Cheetos would ya?”
He tosses the bag of the orange mana from heaven into my lap.
“So who were they? Why we... | Two men in smooth black suits stood at the doorway, Bibles in hand. "We come in the name of God," the taller one said.
I wanted to welcome them as I normally did, but I heard a deep "shhhh!" from behind me. Not wanting to give Jesus away, and not wanting to stare silently at the men, I whispered a simple "hello"
"Goo... | None | armageddon_20xx | 2023-03-28 00:01:30 | 2023-03-27 23:54:34 | 782 | 104 | jdxv9mb | jdxucjs | ntl8oc | 123y1e4 |
[WP] You never really believed your grandmother's stories about the little people who lived in her home. After she passed and left it to you, you said, "Okay, Little People! I'm sorry, but the economy sucks, so I'm going to have start charging rent." In the morning, you find a small pile of gold. | I stared down at the small pile of ancient gold coins. They had to be ancient, there were bits of them that were still covered in moss. I'd never really believed Oma when she talked about the Little People in the house. As a joke, when I'd inherited the house, I'd made a general announcement in each room about the econ... | My Grandmother used to tell me stories of the Little People. She said they lived in our home.
.
"But Grandma how come I never see them?" I would argue.
"Why should you huh? What have you done? I only know them because i saved one back in my younger days. And because I listen. Spend some hours on the floor, lying so st... | Mooses_little_sister | thoughtsthoughtof | 2023-07-05 12:45:48 | 2023-07-05 12:15:24 | 509 | 26 | jqr0wu9 | jqqxmx0 | 14r71p8 | 14r71p8 |
[WP] A commuter train passing through Monster Town derails. Most of the passengers are found except a wealthy heir. Their wealthy parents sends a specialist to the supernatural hamlet to recover the missing heir because the police are forbidden to enter the supernatural sovereign territory. | My heart stopped. I guess it would be more accurate to say that everything stopped. The noise of the city, the passers-by, the birds, even the wind seemed to pause as I stared dumbly at the scene in front of me. It seemed as if the whole world had halted for this moment.
Just in front of me, kneeling on the ground, w... | Yes, 1000 times yes! But um.. is that silver?
Yes, is there something wrong?
Actually, and I can't believe I never brought it up, I'm highly allergic to silver. Like way worse than hives, literally burns my skin. Lots of people have silver allergies but mine hit the harsher side. I want to accept the ring, but while ... | six672 | Hunter_Kuroba | 2023-03-02 20:49:12 | 2023-03-02 19:45:42 | 181 | 54 | jao3hw2 | jantltr | 11g7otj | 11g7otj |
[WP] A man spends every day at the train station. Every time a train passes, he writes something on his notebook. One day, you find the notebook lying on the ground and the man is nowhere to be found. | Dustin's case of writer's block had gotten more severe than he had ever imagined. His last book "The Wilt Faeries of Agathon" had been a huge hit in 2012, and it had recently become popular again through this thing called booktube and booktok, that the kids kept going on about. Dustin wasn't sure what those things were... | "You are really getting on my nerves, Hank. This is getting ridiculous. You can't even see anymore. What the heck are you writing about?"
"Dear, you'll know when I finish. Soon now."
Edith scowled and picked up the broken glass and the dirt and plants. She placed it in the trashbags they brought.
His plan was to sm... | Heisenberg815 | LarryDavidest | 2024-04-23 12:55:06 | 2024-04-23 08:17:04 | 20 | 12 | l0vsdhv | l0v0evo | 1cay8j4 | 1cay8j4 |
[WP] when most people envision a "war mage" they envision what the school of magic churns out: wafer thin scholars shieking "fireball!!" Not a brute with a large greathammer for an arcane focus. | “Brute,” they say. “Terror,” they say. “Disgrace to the storied history of mages and a mockery of both esoteric and current arcane-based practices!” they say. They’re always laughing. Pointing. Mocking.
That is, until steel hits their face, and they crumple to their knees in agony in all of their esoteric glory.
By a... | I had the chills so typing was surprisingly hard, I apologize for any spelling mistakes. Stupid flu.
\-
Chase is the newest graduate of the Talen Pyro Academy, an mage of strength. He was recently contacted by the locals to rescue a man from the local bandits.
"I'll do it!" Chase says enthusiastically. "After all, ... | Ragnulfr | ShudowWolf | 2024-11-22 10:24:31 | 2024-11-22 08:03:41 | 27 | 12 | lye836g | lydv5xq | 1gwzbzi | 1gwzbzi |
[WP] instead of the typical angel and devil people have on their shoulders influencing their decisions, you have a hype man and a nihilist. | "And so it goes", General Flexu muttered to himself. He looked over his troops, even after the recent battles still over 900,000 strong. Outnumbering the humans nearly 5:1.
Flexu turned to his officers and gave the order, "Take the stronghold. Let these humans learn what war is."
This was not simply the last ... | Fleet Admiral Krynn didn't respond for a long moment. This, Captain Taq knew was a bad sign as the Fleet Admiral was known to be very quick-witted. If the Fleet Admiral was thinking, things were going to be...unpleasant.
"Alright, send this response." the Fleet Admiral began tapping symbols on a data-pad, sending pre-... | Luskar421 | Vaeon | 2025-01-09 21:58:02 | 2025-01-09 21:14:23 | 203 | 77 | m6arms7 | m6aiqjw | qbcuy1 | 1hxh7by |
[WP] "You should be aware that casting this spell will legally require me to take your firstborn child" said the Witch, "but the meaning of 'take' was never defined, so I imagine we can figure out a loophole or two that'd work for you." | I nodded in agreement. Most people asking for spells from witches were young, yet to have any children at all; I barely fit in "middle age." Still, in the small farming village, it was hard to find a solution for my ills that didn't involve magic, and the nearest chirurg was a week's travel through the swamps and hills... | Agnes pulled her Takeaway Catalog and presented it to the worried parents. "Shall we flip through and find a 'takeaway' that fits you and your firstborn child?"
The couple stared at her like she just grown horns on her warts. "You mean we don't have to give her up to you?"
The witch sighed and rolled her eyes. "No, y... | I_Arman | Tregonial | 2024-03-14 18:13:23 | 2024-03-14 16:05:56 | 163 | 101 | kuvcezd | kuup3fr | 1bel1oy | 1bel1oy |
[WP] "There are three rules for mind-readers..." The man speaks sternly. "Don't read loved ones, don't reveal your powers, and NEVER try to read animals." He shivers a bit. "You probably think that last part is a joke but trust me; one glimpse into a horse and you won't be right for a week." | # The voices we would not hear
Gulping lightly, She looked at his pale blue eyes. Searching for help through occultist and new age foruns proved fruitless, a myriad of people searching for ghosts and freaks were they are not. Until, mysteriously, She stepped on the man's path. Terry felt another thought inside her sku... | With the exception of the second one, these seem arbitrary
They are there for a reason
That being?
You don't want to know what your loved ones are thinking,the last time someone disregard that they fell into a depression and killed themselves a month after(kinda happens when your SO is a Piece of shit)
And the one ... | Archimedes_go_away | rosolen0 | 2023-04-25 02:37:51 | 2023-04-25 01:04:15 | 188 | 34 | jhlrfd8 | jhlex7m | 12y0z77 | 12y0z77 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by the villain regularly, but you’re starting to look forward to it. You know they won’t hurt you, and are simply being dramatic. It also doesn’t help that you are the only person they ever kidnap. This time, the hero doesn’t bother trying to save you. | The first time, accommodations were pretty sparse. A chair and some rope. I was scared, of course, but Red Dragon didn't yell at me to keep quiet or specifically threaten me.
"Don't take this personally," I remember him saying. "You were just in the wrong place at the right time. Once I have what I need, you'll be fr... | The villain for many people is the villain, for me he is my unspoken hero. He didn’t hurt me when he was disappointed, or when he was angry. No holes were punched into a wall because he was excited or happy. The only negative thing was the chain that was connected to my collar. I always have been a person that would ra... | painstream | Jesslyn204 | 2023-02-15 17:39:16 | 2023-02-15 17:10:10 | 35 | 11 | j8nqise | j8nm09c | 112morh | 112morh |
[WP] You've been abandoned on the battlefield, the enemy closing in. Forsaken by heaven and countrymen, you retreat to the deepest corner of your mind. If your gods won't help, perhaps the inner dark will. You cry out to the void. It answers. | I'm bleeding. Oil and atmosphere. My life spills from me as I tumble in the dark.
My crew is dead.
I can feel their bodies drifting inside me. They never had a chance. No suits. No warning. The strike was perfect. Clean. Impossible to anticipate. Two mines, one above, one below, positioned to intercept me just as I c... | As I lay in a puddle of my own blood, I know the gods have forsaken me, **the men I considered brothers** had forsaken me too, and by the looks of the enemies surrounding me, fate had too.
​
One last scream, one last beg to anyone resonates deep within me, and the darkness that had been swelling in my bosom an... | BreakfastInSymphony | EMPCobalt | 2023-03-08 03:35:14 | 2023-03-07 20:49:27 | 48 | 15 | jbcyrup | jbbe5z2 | 11l9yyr | 11l9yyr |
[WP] You're an astronaut sent on a solo deep space mission. To combat the loneliness, you've created an imaginary friend who you interact with every day. Upon finally returning, mission control stops you. An unidentified lifeform has been detected on your ship. |
*“Burn complete. Trajectory nominal. A further velocity reduction burn will commence in T minus 17 minutes. Orbital insertion burn expected at T minus 2 hours and 13 minutes. You may de-harness until T minus 15 minutes .”*
“Thanks,” I muttered, wondering aloud why I was thanking some non-sentient AI pilot soft... | Day 189:
Space is surprisingly empty. There's a reason it's not called 'full'. The ship's automation pretty much continues to do all of the fun stuff. Collecting data, scanning planets, searching for life. So far my job as a glorified maintenance man has culminated in a wildly exciting five minutes of clearing a rogue ... | Nw5gooner | Reverse_Spook | 2023-04-29 14:12:01 | 2023-04-29 12:35:10 | 1,253 | 428 | ji6okrq | ji6detn | 132qrzh | 132qrzh |
[WP] Years ago, your mentor said, "Kid, there's a small secret when it comes to magic. You can literally make shit up and it'll usually work. Makes the guys who actually take it seriously really pissed off." Today, you're one of the least respected, and most powerful, mages in the land. | Iso Mito, a great mage, sits cross-legged before a menacing vault. His hands move in practiced, precise formations, his finger tips glow faintly blue as his mind picks it’s way through the locked door. A bead of sweat gathers on his forehead and streams down his chin into his lap.
This is hard work.
He is given the... | "There's nobody with a more punchable face than Harold."
"Harold... if he fell in a market, somebody would probably kick him for good measure."
"I don't wish death on the guy, but I wish he'd fuck off for a while."
These were the sentiments of residents of the Tower, a place both for cutting edge magical research an... | None | gaborrero | 2023-03-27 00:31:56 | 2023-03-26 22:36:48 | 1,084 | 405 | jdt943l | jdsu8es | 1231e5f | 1231e5f |
[WP] You are a supervillain who commands most of the criminal underground, after being placed behind bars the heroes come to you for answers when crime shoots up by 60 percent. | I was sleeping soundly when a loud and metalic noise filled my cell. Outside, a guard was hitting the bars of my cell with his baton.
''Wake up prisoner! Seems like Wonder wants have a little chat with you.'' He said with a mocking tone.
I wasn't suprised at all. It was a matter of time before they'd come to see me h... | "You fools..." I whispered from my cage, my words rising in volume until i belloewd them. "Utter, utter fools!" The members of the SJD turned to me, some with anger, others with mere annoyance.
"What did you do?" Asked a familiar voice.
"Ah, so I didn't kill you in our last bout? What a shame."
Director Higgins came a... | Trixarator | Branexch_YT | 2023-10-18 14:37:29 | 2023-10-18 06:27:31 | 135 | 84 | k5eojuf | k5dbekq | 17ahzu0 | 17ahzu0 |
[WP] You were sure your girlfriend knew your secret identity, so you were happy to flirt with her both in and out of costume. But today she confessed to cheating on you. With you. | "Okay, walk that by me one more time. You've been...cheating on me? With who?"
I watched the tears well up in her eyes again. She had been crying all afternoon and wouldn't talk to me, and the moment she finally approached me I went still in case I spooked her like her cat. She finally made the confession in between d... | In a confusing twist, my girlfriend confessed she was cheating on me... with me. I was both the other man and the boyfriend. She loved the secret hero and the everyday guy, not realizing they were the same person. I felt a weird mix of anger and amusement.
I was jealous of my own secret identity, the hero she fell fo... | WilliamSyler | JerichoTheDesolate1 | 2023-08-04 07:29:46 | 2023-08-03 23:22:41 | 50 | 13 | juqdeau | juouxts | 15h81r9 | 15h81r9 |
[WP] The person you're dating comes to dinner to meet your family. But the instant you step in the door, your grandmother goes deathly pale, and shouts the name of a creature from her country's folklore. | I had been dreading dinner for weeks now. The family dinner that would inevitably end up with someone either drunk or crying. Maybe both. Our family dinners didn't exactly have a great track record.
*Especially* when I'd bring the current person I was seeing.
The last guy I'd been dating, an engineer named Trevor, ha... | "KUMIHO!"
I stared almost blankly at my grandmother, who was pointing at my girlfriend, Carmen. Something had occurred between them, since it wasn't normal for my grandmother to be this worked up about something, however she was angry. Very angry. Soon, Carmen showed the exact same fury, however she held back.
"Oh, s... | loreallwrites | Icy_Wildcat | 2023-01-29 22:23:52 | 2023-01-29 20:31:02 | 57 | 42 | j6f5sg9 | j6emwiz | 10o196n | 10o196n |
[WP] As it turns out, this dragon had never killed anyone before, nor did it plan to, it was frightened and acted in self-defence. Now the party will have to figure out what to do with the hyperventilating beast while the cleric revives the murderhobo fighter | The party had experienced its fair share of setbacks, but Bridget had never seen an adventure go to hell so quickly. In hindsight, they had bitten off more than they could chew in trying to infiltrate the lair of a dragon.
First, Kaz couldn't resist pulling at a bejeweled scepter and set off a cascade of gold coins th... | "Oh by George, he's dead. He's dead, isn't he? Oh, I killed him, oh Bant and Lung, I'm a killer. Oh, please, what do I do?"
"Nyugodt," Sinter called, gently strumming his mandolin. I could see the arcane energy reach out to calm the beast. It's breath slowed and it's muscles relaxed. Then it began sobbing.
"What are ... | andrius-b | NextEstablishment856 | 2023-02-23 16:37:45 | 2023-02-23 16:19:58 | 286 | 142 | j9pa01g | j9p7659 | 119yeev | 119yeev |
[WP] You aided the humans in the demon war, they called you the traitor demon , your only request was that they never forget what you did for them. But after your "death" they were quick to brand every demon as bad, evil. your name was forgotten, images of you changed to show just another human. | Tonight, we shall tell a tale of hubris. The *humans* were once pushed to the brink. Battered and beaten, they were pushed to the edges of their civilization. Barricaded in their cities as our battlements battered their walls. They couldn’t fight, they couldn’t run, they couldn’t hide. All they could do was die.
They... | Humanity is a fickle bedfellow. I understood that before I made my choice. As a rule, their memories are malleable and short, their loyalties are pliable and fleeting, and their propensity for story-telling rarely works in favor of the other.
Still, there was something about them worth preserving, worth sacrificing f... | XcessiveSmash | None | 2023-03-08 19:13:31 | 2023-03-08 18:58:54 | 990 | 139 | jbftxky | jbfrmq8 | 11lzxt6 | 11lzxt6 |
[WP] For as long as all the races have known, Dragons have been seen as violent, destructive creatures. After an attack on your village, you black out and find yourself in the den of a dragon. It's rather annoyed that that is how they're seen, and wants to prove that isn't the case. | The searing fires blazed throughout the village as the people ran, and my dreams of an idyllic digital nomad life quite literally went up in flames.
I stumbled as I fled from the fire, lacking the grace of a swan and mucking about like an ungainly mannequin with three left legs. My glasses fell from my face when I tri... | I ran from our hut as the roar echoed throughout the village. A jet of flame erupted over our heads catching the Butcher's home on fire. Another lit the Stable master's. He began rushing horses out and I turned to quickly help him. No sooner had I reached the door before a horse bucked and my world went dark.
I awoke ... | Tregonial | Lycan_Jedi | 2023-05-31 05:58:46 | 2023-05-31 03:22:33 | 59 | 22 | jmazkdc | jmak0jq | 13w8j52 | 13w8j52 |
[WP] A cruel prank by your bullies leaves you separated from the rest of the class. Instead of finding your way back, you decide to "go missing" and let the consequences catch up to them. | There's panic.
I can hear them from my hiding place not far off the trail. My back hurts and I'm bleeding, but I'm otherwise unharmed.
The trail cam on at the lookout saw Liz's 'prank'. It's a live feed, which means there's no hiding what they did. No running to Mrs Phelps, whose been friends with Liz'z parents since... | # Makayla
They told me that the teacher wanted us to do laps. I saw others doing laps. Why should I have questioned them?
As soon as I started, however, everyone started leaving. I was all packed up and *ready* to go, but I still needed to *grab* my things. The teacher must have done the headcount before I was tricke... | nickytheginger | Crystal_1501 | 2023-08-10 11:19:30 | 2023-08-10 09:16:41 | 1,169 | 149 | jvkjt5b | jvk93jb | 15n4l1s | 15n4l1s |
[WP] Your job description: 1) Sit in an empty room with a red button for 8 hours a day. 2) NEVER press the red button, no matter what happens. 3) Do not talk to anyone about the job. After many uneventful years, your phone rings and a stern, slightly panicked voice says: „Press the button. NOW!!“ | I sat there, as I had been doing for 8 hours a day for as long as I can remember.
The button. It was ominous, and glowed a bright red.
Through these days, I wondered.
What did it do?
Launch nuclear missiles?
Open a door to another universe?
Nothing?
...
I didn't know. Nor did I want to find out.
My superior... | Josh often felt like his life had no meaning. He went away to college to study literature and he failed an any attempt of social relationships.
The only person that still call him sometimes was his roommate Andy, but Josh thought the only reason was that he felt guilty about all the homeworks he copied from him during... | BlueBorbo | None | 2023-01-03 03:20:37 | 2023-01-02 21:02:31 | 16 | 12 | j2q09kt | j2og35e | 101bwam | 101bwam |
[WP] You are the child of two famous superheroes and their nemesis has kidnapped you in the hopes of getting under their skin. A week later your parents still haven't come to rescue you. | I sat on the old bed in my cell, well, less of a cell and more of an old bedroom somewhere, a thick locked door and the lack of windows was the only thing slightly abnormal. It was small and cramped, but I was allowed to sleep, I was fed regularly and Lord Volt even gave me a couple of books to read. I heard footsteps ... | I knew something was wrong when I woke up can could take the bandages *off*. I healed faster than most, but not *that* fast. Especially when it came to silver.
My feet found the sandy wooden floor of the shack I had been basically confined to for the last week. Holding my bruised stomach in both hands, I managed to s... | FoxWithAMask | AFriendOfJamis | 2023-06-15 20:04:01 | 2023-06-15 17:12:08 | 881 | 136 | jo9kld4 | jo8xz3x | 14a31be | 14a31be |
[WP] "Good wish, you still have three wishes." A lightbulb goes off in my head. "So, you're saying if I make a selfless wish like that one, it doesn't count?" The genie visibly relaxes, as if I was the first person to connect the dots. "Yes, exactly." | "wait, so selfless wishes cost 0?"
"hell yeah."
Bill thought for a while, then had a glint in his eye..
"what if i fulfilled one of your wishes?" he asked the genie. The big yellow eyes grew to the size of balloons and the genie gasped. "damn, nobody has ever asked that question before. uh, hang on, I need to double... | "Good wish, you still have three wishes," said the Djinn. It had granted the previous wish made: for ice cream to be free for everyone. And it hadn't counted it among Rodrigo's three wishes originally offered.
Rodrigo said, "So, you're saying if I make a selfless wish like that one, it doesn't count?"
The Djinn visib... | Kindar42 | joshackermann | 2023-10-07 07:04:59 | 2023-10-06 19:00:56 | 26 | 16 | k3togi4 | k3r6lw4 | 171bsrm | 171bsrm |
[WP] You just discovered your 14 year old daughters Moon Princess locket that allows her to transform into one of the worlds greatest heroes. It also is a communications device and you are about to give the Moon Goddess a piece of your mind for letting 14 year old's defend the world against evil. | “You may speak,” she says, and it’s like picking up the phone. Easy as that. There’s a goddess on the other line, the kind of woman that you know is unspeakably beautiful just from the sound of her voice. There are no metaphors or similes. Some things simply are.
I look out the kitchen window at my daughter, and I wan... | \[Goddess' Perspective\]
"Sorry, who are-,"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" Carrie screamed. She had been about to give the so-called 'Moon Goddess' a piece of her mind when a black hole suddenly appeared in her daughter's bedroom. A pale, teenage girl with rainbow hair wearing a crisp white suit walked out of the portal ... | turnaround0101 | HSerrata | 2023-01-11 19:04:16 | 2023-01-11 18:12:56 | 210 | 71 | j3xgk7m | j3x80k5 | 1098i5y | 1098i5y |
[WP] You just discovered your 14 year old daughters Moon Princess locket that allows her to transform into one of the worlds greatest heroes. It also is a communications device and you are about to give the Moon Goddess a piece of your mind for letting 14 year old's defend the world against evil. | So here’s the thing—I know I’m not the best dad, despite what the coffee mug in the corner cabinet proclaims. I’ve made dozens of mistakes, if not hundreds. If not thousands.
There was that time when she turned seven and I bought her the purple bike helmet that she wanted, only it was two sizes too small and when we w... | \[Goddess' Perspective\]
"Sorry, who are-,"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" Carrie screamed. She had been about to give the so-called 'Moon Goddess' a piece of her mind when a black hole suddenly appeared in her daughter's bedroom. A pale, teenage girl with rainbow hair wearing a crisp white suit walked out of the portal ... | LisWrites | HSerrata | 2023-01-11 21:39:59 | 2023-01-11 18:12:56 | 98 | 71 | j3y5tc3 | j3x80k5 | 1098i5y | 1098i5y |
[WP] You are a supervillain who went undercover as a superhero for jokes, only to discover how corrupt the system is in the hero society. The system is so corrupt that you agree to lead a small group of superheroes to rebel against the unjust hero society. | Credit where credit is due: the Hero Agency had some top notch break rooms. I was sitting on a cushioned bench with my mask off, alternating between eating my sandwich and icing my shiner. I had gotten jumped by a low-ranking hero named Titan after I registered with the Agency. At first, I was terrified that my ruse ha... | "And here's our newest member. He made it past the three trials showing his loyalty, and is now ready to take the test, to prove he can join us."
That was my queue. I walked up to the podium to start my initiation, trembling like a leaf. "Members of the council, i wish to join."
The council stared me up and down. The... | jardanovic | chacham2 | 2023-01-16 19:06:14 | 2023-01-16 16:06:45 | 177 | 116 | j4md6l8 | j4lkasy | 10df6gn | 10df6gn |
[WP] An octopus slinks into a dark room with a gun in each arm. He hears a soft chuckle coming from the corner. “You’re one short, my friend,” says the cat as he steps into view. | An octopus slinks into a dark room with a gun in each arm. He hears a soft chuckle coming from the corner. “You’re one short, my friend,” says the cat as he steps into view.
But Octo was not here for games. He aimed the barrel of his gun against the grinning cat and pulled, watching the small body of his once ally fal... | I would like to take this opportunity to thank u/Jwishh , u/toolatealreadyfapped , u/nicocpp , u/fuckthehumanity and many others for their hilarious comments and story snippets in [this thread here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/13ro3c0/an_octopus_slinks_into_a_dark_room_with_a_gun_in/). Please don't mind me ... | ohhello_o | Tregonial | 2023-05-26 12:59:17 | 2023-05-26 12:47:58 | 175 | 61 | jlp03ex | jloyo53 | 13s8mgj | 13s8mgj |
[WP] When you were a child, someone called you and said "7". You thought nothing of it until today, when you got a caller who said "6". | A Carpenter I told them. An Aztec. A monk. A religious preacher. Many more, all completely normal boring lives yup, nothing to see here.
Most people were ecstatic if they had something big under their belt, a life with *meaning* and *purpose*, a life that changed the world. I met the guy who was Napoleon once, he nev... | [Okay so I wrote this for nosleep a while back but it fits here, kinda]
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Ever since I was a kid, I was able to see people who never existed. My parents thought it was my overactive imagination. You must be thinking that my situation is like The Sixth Sense but it’s not. I can always tell when the people I see are ... | pirofreak | iknowthisischeesy | 2023-07-14 22:21:20 | 2023-07-14 21:24:15 | 421 | 110 | jrzsnib | jrzkmys | 14zoa2s | 14zoa2s |
[WP] You open the door and see a woman you recognise immediately: she’s the lead character of a novel you wrote years ago. And abandoned halfway. “Why did you forsake me?” | "HAHAHAHAHAHA Oh thank you dear, I haven't had that good of a laugh in years." I laughed in the cyborg's face, the shear absurdity of her statement being far funnier to me than it had any right to be.
"YOU THINK OUR SUFFERING FUNNY? YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A JOKE?" She raged at me, throwing the empty absinthe bottle at... | The woman stood next to the open window, hair raven black chopped off to her shoulders, scars trailing up and down her almost sickly white arms, legs and back, anywhere the skin was exposed. She wore a what was left of a dress, flowing down her body covering only what was necessary. I never judge what people wear in th... | the_lonely_poster | Number03Kid | 2024-03-12 19:34:21 | 2024-03-12 18:52:56 | 49 | 11 | kukfatx | kuk8efu | 1bd1w5u | 1bd1w5u |
[WP] You’re a mimic. You were disguised as a clock when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You’ve actually managed to enjoy your live ever since as furniture in a small, local tavern. When some ruffians decide to rob the now elderly adventurer however, you finally reveal yourself. | "So, where are we again?" My mom asked. I sighed. "I told you before. We're in New Vegas, the year is 2277 and there was a global nuclear war a couple hundreds years ago."
"A couple hundred?" My mom said, looking at the dirty ground. "You're telling me in 200 years no one's bothered to clean up the floor?"
"Vegas, ... | "This'll sting a bit."
I looked away as she poked the needle of the stimpack into my arm, and I could feel the aches from getting my shit wrecked waking up right near a raider hideout immediately start to fade away. This was... both a dream and a nightmare.
You know what they say. A tour of duty in the Mojave wastel... | anomandaris81 | ArtieStroke | 2023-10-07 10:43:24 | 2023-10-07 08:55:27 | 30 | 18 | k3u4xyf | k3twst8 | 171om7s | mssyar |
[WP] You never asked to be a hero. People just expected it of you. The only reason you played along is because there were actual threats to the city. When a new 'villain', who wants control of the city themselves, puts a stop to the other villains, the hero decides he needs to talk with the new guy. | The conversation is succinct. No pleasantries exchanged. Just you, the hero, and he, the villain. You didn’t ask for this, the role was thrust upon you, like the groin of a man you don’t know upon a forgotten dancefloor in a frat basement. Why were you the hero? And he the villain? Surely it was heroic to rid the city ... | The celestial being, Chad, was a worrisome character. Having started off as a lower angel, he continuously failed to meet standards. Few know that before the fall of man, higher beings had standards to maintain their status as an angel. Once accepted, it was no piece of cake.
Checking in on the evolution of the beasts... | psilocybediatribe | justnleeh | 2025-03-28 00:21:48 | 2024-09-26 17:55:30 | 67 | 10 | mk3pok3 | lp20igw | 1jlhi6d | 1fpviyc |
[WP] A bunch of the wizards' college students are arguing about which magical focus is superior. Staffs, wands, orbs, books, nobody agrees on anything. Then the newest student offers a rather unusual alternative. | "I don't understand. How is this better than a staff?"
"Please, how is it *not*? Your average staff weighs, what, a couple kilos? And you want to be lugging that around all day? This baby lugs *you* around."
"Ok, but can it contain as many spells as a grimoire? My grimoire has the complete works of-"
"Ye... | I will present you, today, with an method of spellcasting that I regret missing out on earlier. It is the most natural, and in my opinion, the most potent form of spellcasting one will find out in our cosmos.
First, think. No, not like that. Don't think with your head. You have to use your head to conjure up the spel... | southafricannon | EvilNoobHacker | 2023-01-24 21:22:30 | 2023-01-24 18:33:21 | 27 | 14 | j5qhrnt | j5pq1lm | 10k0a6d | 10k0a6d |
[WP] You are a patron deity that physically appears before your followers in order to reward them for loyal service. Usually, they like to fulfill their darkest desires, so you’re completely caught off guard when one of them asks to feel “the embrace of a parent.” | I appear in a small meadow, just outside the Deathless Mountains.
In front of me kneels a mortal, a believer, someone I have chosen, someone I have blessed.
Today, for their undying loyalty, I appear before them in my physical form, to reward them.
I don't know how I look to the mortals, but they always cry out "... | In a small room strewn with pottery depicting strange scenes, silver coins of all nominations, chalices with meandering ornamentations, to marble statues of a man and a woman holding an arch with their arms covering the ceiling and spilling out into its peak.
There stood a chair of wood, its back chipped and charred, ... | TheWanderingBook | Aiken_Drums_Diogenes | 2025-03-12 14:35:46 | 2025-03-12 13:19:35 | 20 | 11 | mhe363v | mhdp2up | 1j9ghp8 | 1j9ghp8 |
[WP] The men in your family die the moment they turn 18, due to a curse cast on one of your ancestors by a witch. You turned 18 a week ago and are still living, and as a result a descendant of the witch has arrived to figure out why you didn't die. | The witch looked around my room for a while after I had let her in. Then, around my house. After a while, she turned to me. “Where is he?”
“Where is who?” I asked.
“The boy who lives here!” she demanded.
“There is no boy who lives here,” I said. “There’s only me.”
The witch pulled a book from her satchel, skimming... | She showed up outside my door one night in the form of a fierce wind. Dark and foreboding, her powers buffeted the house, searching for an answer. Any ordinary person might have assumed a hurricane or tornado was on its way, and check the weather forecast in confusion, but I knew.
I felt a sinking feeling in my... | morpherthewolf | Ilovemycatsandfamily | 2023-04-21 17:32:45 | 2023-04-21 08:01:07 | 49 | 23 | jh644oc | jh4bqrx | 12te9f1 | 12te9f1 |
[WP] Technology has finally advanced to the point where humans can get surgery to see colors invisible to them before. However, this ends up letting them see things humans were never meant to comprehend… | In the end, we just wanted it to be beautiful.
Anyone could get the surgery. The old. The young. It had a 100% success rate and would open up new worlds for you, but… over time, people stopped signing up. People stopped opting into the surgery. Why?
Once you’d seen it, you would remember for eternity.
Behind the pal... | Growing up, I was always the burden child. My older sisters were twins. Maria and Marigold. They were always so mean towards me, and I never understood why. Maybe it was because I was younger than them, or maybe it was the fact that I was colorblind. But I was only younger by two years, so they probably just thought I ... | Writteninsanity | Such_Wait9675 | 2024-06-03 01:29:40 | 2024-06-03 01:27:28 | 234 | 95 | l6ul8tc | l6ukxp2 | 1d6qnd0 | 1d6qnd0 |
[WP] You're standing at the altar, about to get married to your beautiful fiancée. When suddenly the king of demons bursts through the door of the room, which naturally causes panic. You tried to warn everyone that inviting your sibling to the wedding would mean trouble, but they kept insisting. | "David, you've got to handle this" I whispered" You promised we'd be safe!"
It's really hard being brother to David the Demon-Slayer. I've been kidnapped, tied-up, beat-up and left for dead. It took me months to regain my strength and Julia was there to nurse me through the worst of it.
I've never been jealous of ... | Today was perfect. I'm marrying the woman of my dreams, Jill, our families are here. Well some of them. As I watched everyone getting settled, I hope, deep down, Seth won't show up. Please let him forget.
If only Kelsey never mentioned him, I wouldn't have invited him. More accurately, if Kelsey stayed sober and didn'... | dbzmm1 | Lexi_Ballard | 2023-08-02 20:30:56 | 2023-08-02 19:55:51 | 173 | 64 | juj5qet | juizwbt | 15gcxdh | 15gcxdh |
[WP] In a world where at age 10 you pick your superpower, you picked the seemingly harmless one. Yet now at 26 you are considered the most powerful person in the world | I chose the ability to take pain away. This resulted in having legions of followers willing to die for me, kill for me, give me everything they have.
When I made the choice my friend broke her arm and I thought it would be a nice thing to do for her, it was, but it didn’t just take the aches of sore muscles and bones,... | I quietly watched them bring me in chains to a large circular room. Men and women like me sat across the table. Each different, yet the same as me in one regard: We all had special abilities we chose as children sixteen long years ago. Staring with mixed emotions in their eyes at my state before them. I took a seat to ... | YYC-Fiend | LordNightFang | 2023-11-14 18:08:55 | 2023-11-14 17:10:33 | 63 | 25 | k98qwme | k98h2wr | 17urx62 | 17urx62 |
[WP] You squealed as the heroes unmasked and kissed in front of the roaring crowds. Wait…you recognize their faces…that’s YOUR best friend and YOUR girlfriend/boyfriend. | "Hello and welcome back to Good Friday Seattle! As promised before the break, we have a special guest. A former lover of the super hero Magnetica who recently revealed her secret identity and relationship with Skylar Storm. We have all now been briefed of their normal names Matty Hernandez-Smith and Skie Storm. So go a... | Note: I have been up for 24 hours. Take my writing with a grain of salt, it is not top notch at this moment]
"Congratulations to Sproutfire and Crasher!" I spoke clearly into the microphone, my heels clicking towards the two heroes. Giving each being a handshake and drooping the sash of medals around their bodies, I c... | TheDwiin | MeepMorpMoopBoop | 2024-08-06 08:34:45 | 2024-08-04 16:09:52 | 21 | 10 | lgqq2ba | lggx5eq | 1eb9o1b | 1eb9o1b |
[WP] You are a demon and you have been summoned by a mortal. He announced that he has brought you a sacrifice. Except it's the same teenaged girl that people have tried to sacrifice to you 5 times already | Not this again. Seriously, not this again
\- "Mortal! Leave her be, and I'll leave and spare your soul. Continue this ritual, and **you** will be the sacrifice."
\- But Master..."
\- "**I have spoken!**" - thunderstorms manifest outside. How I hate the mortal realm, where a mere demon anger can manifest natural disa... | (Now, they are really testing my patience...) Demon thought at first, this was filled with anger but, in teenager's eyes it saw the same anger but, mixed into obvious horror. Demon thought for a moment and wicked smile carved on this face soon. Demon finally killed the young lady and dragged her into shadows seemingly ... | mauricioszabo | Aftel43 | 2023-03-10 23:40:20 | 2023-03-10 18:44:22 | 48 | 11 | jbqp6bf | jbph7lw | 11nu4j6 | 11nu4j6 |
[WP] Not only did your best friend find out you're a vampire, but he/she wants you to turn them. You try your best to explain the less obvious downsides to this curse. | "So why shouldn't I become a vampire?" Kate glared at me in the moonlit meadow, blue eyes ablaze and her fits clenched. "Isn't it the least you could do after lying to me for almost a decade?"
"You'll have to drink blood." I fidgeted with the hem of my long-sleeved hoodie.
"Duh." Kate rolled her eyes. "Isn't that wha... | The doorbell rang out through Jenny's house as though heralding the arrival of the hosts of angels.
I stand up from the couch. My lungs haven't needed to breathe in 60 years, but I still sigh in relief just from the muscle memory. "I'll get it." Maybe she'll reconsider now.
I open the door for the UberEats driver del... | SUNL1GHT555 | Simpson17866 | 2023-08-22 17:16:38 | 2023-08-22 16:44:31 | 94 | 35 | jxaouh6 | jxajltj | 15y435t | 15y435t |
[WP] Your job description: 1) Sit in an empty room with a red button for 8 hours a day. 2) NEVER press the red button, no matter what happens. 3) Do not talk to anyone about the job. After many uneventful years, your phone rings and a stern, slightly panicked voice says: „Press the button. NOW!!“ | The phone on my desk rang. Naturally, I answered.
"Hello?"
"Press the button!" snapped a stern voice.
I glanced down at the red button built into the top of my desk.
"May I ask who is calling?" I inquired. Not that it mattered -- it could be the President of the United States, I still wasnt pressing that button.
... | “I’m sorry, but I’m not allowed to.”
“The fate of the world is at stake!” The voice sounds honest enough, but then I’m a terrible judge of character. Maybe I can get some information out of this guy.
“Then give me your badge number.”
“Nine eight five three six eight eleven decka one!” came the anxious response.
“Se... | SilasCrane | Matthew-IP-7 | 2023-01-02 20:53:40 | 2023-01-02 20:04:44 | 3,584 | 10 | j2oeqea | j2o761r | 101bwam | 101bwam |
[WP] You are a demon and you have been summoned by a mortal. He announced that he has brought you a sacrifice. Except it's the same teenaged girl that people have tried to sacrifice to you 5 times already | Sighing internally, the demon quickly scanned her surroundings. The all too familiar summoning circle, whose intricate pattern had somehow made its way into the human's hands stood beneath her, for the seventh time that century. The man who summoned her looked just as erratic as all those who resort to sacrificing in o... | As I materialize in the summoning circle, I see a young man standing before me, holding a struggling teenage girl by the arm. He greets me with a smug expression and announces that he has brought me a sacrifice.
I look at the girl and then at the summoner, unimpressed. "Oh great, another one. You know, I'm starting to... | Blue_Shirt_Hornet | Willblain25 | 2023-03-10 21:11:23 | 2023-03-10 21:04:14 | 359 | 33 | jbq3q9o | jbq2ndd | 11nu4j6 | 11nu4j6 |
[WP] You’re the mustache twirling bad guy who must marry the innocent girl for your scheme to succeed. After your wedding she presents you with her plan to expand your schemes. She’s much more devious and evil than you. | The wedding bells of the church were still ringing when the dark wooden gate of the mansion opened. Damyan entered the place and, with a snap, the gate closed at his back. He pushed the young girl that was walking by his hand towards a chair and walked to the chimney. The bright red flames illuminated his face as he st... | Connor thought he had outdone them all. His latest caper did not feel as transactional as all of his other crimes. This instance involved the life of another person. Rather than simply stealing someone else's money or property, he had now impacted the future of someone's life.
But it was Patricia Lewand. She wasn't a ... | Volgrand | randallfcooper | 2023-01-25 21:41:08 | 2023-01-25 18:55:00 | 159 | 70 | j5vm6it | j5uutml | 10l31zw | 10l31zw |
[WP] The most fearsome super villain in history was defeated and for judgement received two options: death sentence or memory wipe. They chose the latter. When the super heroes perform a coup and take control over the world, there is only one person powerful enough to aid you... | "I now pronounce you, husband and husband. Whichever of you is the bride, kiss the husband". A gentle laugh danced from the crowd to the high walls of the church, before it was destroyed by the screams, shouts and applause of a family, friends, and those who occupied a space of honor that, despite barely knowing the be... | Chromiun, my former metal-plated friend began terrorizing Europe, threatening to destroy buildings for huge paydays. At first people thought he was kidding, but after he ripped apart the London Eye, everyone took his threat on Big Ben seriously
Elsa blasted poisonous venom through the Yellowstone National Park until s... | ChristopherCooney | randallfcooper | 2023-02-04 22:21:47 | 2023-02-04 19:52:27 | 43 | 31 | j78kwp2 | j78071r | 10tn857 | 10tn857 |
[WP] In this world healers, while respected, are often looked down upon due to their limited offensive capabilities. One day your party is completely wiped out, and the world finds out just how dangerous knowledge of human anatomy can be. | "Step aside, or you'll be next."
"Cast *Increase Blood Volume*."
Caduceus was done playing. He raised his staff as a warning. "If you get in my way again, I will kill you."
"With what? Your stick?" the bandit asked, squinting.
"You feel that headache? That's your [blood pressure rising rapidly](https://en.wikip... | Doctor Julian Shephard watched as one of the men who ambushed his groups wagon fought for air. His blood spilled onto the bright green grass under him. Julian's traveling companions were tied up, but they hadn't bothered to do the same to him due to the cross patch he wore indicating he was a do... | verticallocomotive | None | 2023-01-13 01:25:25 | 2023-01-12 23:48:48 | 278 | 43 | j447szr | j43tyew | 10a7zca | 10a7zca |
[WP] As a genie you take great pride in deliberately misinterpreting every wish to make it as horrible as possible, but the wish you received today is the first wish that you not only have no idea how to make any worse, but you feel that even just fulfilling it as stated would be going too far. | The alarm went off. Finally, a chance to get out of this lamp again, and most importantly, STRETCH. I did just that, rejoicing and reveling in the momentary freedom, not even noticing my summoner at first. It was a small bedroom, sparsely furnished, with small, mostly broken furniture. Gathering my wits, it was tim... | Wisher : "I wish, for everyone to experience the pain of testicular torsion every other moment of the day.
Not all the time mind you, just long enough for the the pain to be almost debilitating, then it stops for a random duration of reprieve be it a few minutes or a few hours, only for it to happen again, constantly,... | Chainsawferret | kaynenstrife | 2025-01-24 05:39:47 | 2025-01-24 05:16:01 | 167 | 39 | m8v5yad | m8v2pif | 1i8cbeo | 1i8cbeo |
[WP] Destroying 90% human population on earth, the aliens leave, assuming that society would crumble, and remaining 10% will just all fight for resources and eventually die out. They returned a thousand years later, expecting a cleansed planet, but were met with a nuclear strike from a satellite. | **2034-02-18**
The lights didn’t work anymore. That was the first sign something was wrong. We didn’t usually use grid power, but the weather had been abysmal these last few weeks and so we had reconnected to recharge the batteries. We’d only had to do that a couple of times since we’d moved out here, and while each t... | The negotiations had gone wrong. Terribly wrong. They had seemed to be going well, but the translators missed the mark, which led to one thing and another.
The aliens bombed the Earth with radiation, killing 90% of humans and much flora and fauna. They left, expecting to find a clean planet in a few thousand years; th... | TanyIshsar | None | 2023-03-26 20:53:04 | 2023-03-26 17:06:58 | 49 | 29 | jdsg3u0 | jdrjynh | 122d3v5 | 122d3v5 |
[WP] When bloody rain began to fall over most of the earth, many religious leaders began to proclaim the end times were upon us. Then corpses came crashing down, identified as Zeus, Odin, Osiris, and Jesus of Nazareth, and we realized it was so much worse. | We gather around the TV. Apprehensive
The stench of blood, that copper penny tang, coats everything. It's been 18 days since the blood rain started. Torrents at first. It's just the occasional light shower now, but everything is coated. Every blade of grass, every brick of every building, every animal on the planet, w... | The crowds gather quickly, but stop at an invisible cordon unanimously and wordlessly agreed upon, surrounding the fallen gods. A uoung greek girl in Athens picka up a stick and leans a little closer to poke Zues in the foot. Nothing.
Suddenly, as if they had been hiding behind the air itself, huge green aircraft shim... | The_Salty_Red_Head | None | 2023-04-18 10:25:19 | 2023-04-18 08:47:07 | 123 | 37 | jgq7mxz | jgq0t0q | 1khxr2p | 12q915q |
[WP] An angry magician cursed a city, turning all the residents into the first animal they thought of. Not powerful enough, it only lasted for a day, and the people surprisingly had fun. A year later they offered to pay the magician to do it again and to make him the leader of the celebration. | The magician tapped his fingers on the table with a modicum of nervousness as he stared down the several town officials and guardsmen sitting across from him. He didn't feel exactly safe given the recent events but was afeared of what should happen if he didn't allow for a conversation.
The officials stared back with ... | The angry magician clenched his teeth, and pondered the request of the townsfolk. He agreed, but only if they would follow his specific instructions.
All husbands would stand in front of the magician, and all wives would stand behind him. He brought an enormous two-sided sign, with cloth covering the surfaces.
When ... | SirPiecemaker | Viridian_Foxx | 2023-05-09 18:26:02 | 2023-05-09 16:05:31 | 296 | 161 | jji2n7j | jjhgxq5 | 13cwenj | 13cwenj |
[WP] You are a lawyer assigned to defend a serial killer, who was arrested because his house was filled with mounted human corpses. He claims he is actually from a lineage of Dragonslayers, and those are the human forms of dragons he'd slain in modern times. You are a dragon in human form. | For Vel, the path of a defense lawyer hadn't been as difficult as she'd been warned. And oh, she'd been warned. They'd told her it would be painful to defend the guilty, to endure hatred from victims , to comb through details of the most terrible atrocities. None of it fazed her. Not when her kind had suffered the crue... | As that word came out of his mouth, a chill ran down my spine. “You’re claiming to be a *what??*” I ask him. My voice comes out shrill, despite my best efforts to remain calm and control myself. I can feel the fire rushing through my veins.
The man grins at me, a fervent light in his eyes. “I’m a Dragonslayer. Those “p... | GirlWritesStuff | peanutbuttermaniac | 2024-03-18 21:45:49 | 2024-03-18 20:36:14 | 371 | 27 | kvhmy0n | kvhap62 | 1bhsap0 | 1bhsap0 |
[WP] You were kidnapped by a villain and he gloats about how you're bait for his arch-nemesis, and you'll be dead soon. You sigh and just look at him. "Buddy, its not that hero you need to worry about....its my wife." and he looks at you perplexed. | "Captain Capacitor you said your name is" why yes that I did" ok I think one of the girls in the wife's knitting club mentioned you. Something about great plans with poor execution" My PLANS ALWAYS HAVE PERFECT EXECUTION! " Uhh ok then and the wires running into the piranha tank below me" to make sure you die once the... | Footsteps echoed around Benjamin, but he could not see. "Where am I?" He rustled around on the floor, his shackles nearly coming loose. "Don't try to fight," An ominous voice filled the room. "It'll be all over soon." A door creaks open, and a second, lighter pair of footsteps entered the room. "Sir, security reports a... | warrior181 | Ox_of_Dox | 2023-02-15 03:25:37 | 2023-02-15 00:28:09 | 14 | 10 | j8laywv | j8kohla | 1120hb5 | 1120hb5 |
[WP] Your brother left his newborn child with you so that he could go "find himself," whatever that meant. Lacking the resources and unable to care for a child, you had no choice but to give them up for adoption. Years later, your brother finally returns and asks where his child is. | Bright, blurry red tail lights marched at an agonizing pace ahead of me. Droplets streaked and gathered along the untouched portions of the windshield, wipers flipping across in front of me. Work had beaten me so thoroughly I couldn’t find the strength to turn on the radio. Soft drops pattered on the metal roof keeping... | I'm sitting in my living room taking a break after months without a break, when I see my brother at the door...
-Joffrey? -i ask surprised.
-Marc! Whatsupp bro! -He say with a smile- Look, I don't have much time, so how about you give me my daughter?
-Daughter?
-Yes, you know, the baby that I left you a few years ago,... | Yooo-Hoo | RelevantCookie7794 | 2024-07-12 07:40:47 | 2024-07-12 03:30:15 | 59 | 17 | lcsx0m6 | lcs5w23 | 1e14tcb | 1e14tcb |
[WP] For some reason, you are kidnapped and put into an isolated chamber. The kidnappers expect you to go insane and fess up, but little do they know you are so happy to finally be able to daydream 24/7. | DAY 1
We’ve managed to capture the target according to plan. Initially he seemed terrified of the prospect of being captured. However, since we’ve put him down into the sensory deprivation chamber, the target seems to have gone quiet. Usually they scream and beg for at least 24 hours, but the target might have slipp... | I’ve always known that my past actions would catch up to me one way or the other, I just assumed I would be killed in the battlefield, tortured maybe, not go through all that insane journey to be kidnapped over a decade later.
It all started last Tuesday when I was returning to my shithole of an apartment after yet a... | zeekoes | Athrow-awaymaybe | 2023-03-30 14:59:24 | 2023-03-30 14:02:56 | 519 | 76 | jea41xb | je9wf59 | 126h6de | 126h6de |
[WP] A villain nurses their loss in a quiet diner when an equally tired person enters, and orders a coffee in a very familiar voice. | "Thank you Mindy, water is fine" I utter, then suddenly remember the homemade sarsaparilla on tap. Too late, I guess. Today has not been a good day.
She smiles and pours me a glass. "My aren't you well dressed tonight" She indicates my suit. Even without the augmetics weaved into its ballistic fibers it would cost mo... | No. It can't be.
I take a long look to the right, trying to picture the man wearing a suit a size or two too large, and imagine him without those dumb glasses. Maybe a little gel in his hair.
Damn it, it is.
Not really much to do about it now, the Guild of Calamitous Intent takes a pretty hard line on attacking a ... | abominableunbannable | IronBoomer | 2023-01-17 05:25:51 | 2023-01-17 02:28:44 | 203 | 127 | j4oufx5 | j4o7nu7 | 10dvvkn | 10dvvkn |
[WP] A professional fencer gets isekai'd into a medieval fantasy world. Almost everyone has sword magic but their form is awful and their strikes leave too many openings | “So that’s it, then?” I frowned, twisting my a loop of thread around my fingers to help contain my agitation.
My coach at least had the good grace to look apologetic. “Your form is still great, Marta, but you know as well as I do that’s not enough- you’re ageing out, the folks who compete at the big tournaments are j... | im new at writing but this seems pretty good?
"Oh no... OH FUCK" I scream as a 40 foot wave comes rushing towards me but instead of looking like real water it appears to be a painting of a Ancient Japanese wave, i duck behind a rock but instead of the wave crashing on the rock the rock cuts directly in half as ... | iggythepyro | TacoBellTerrasque | 2024-08-12 10:43:16 | 2024-08-12 00:55:06 | 183 | 95 | lhq4nu0 | lhobzwe | 1epv1vm | 1epv1vm |
[WP] There's a forest that people say resembles the ocean. A forest where the land slopes endlessly deeper but the tops of the trees do not. Animals, plantlife... they're said to get stranger the further in one goes. | No one returns from the depths.
The chains binding the prisoners rattled against the deck as the airship hovered low over the canopy. Agila peeked over the edge, her emerald eyes searching desperately into the darkness beyond the canopy for any reason to hope for survival.
The Forest undulated unnaturally as waves ... | ‘It is only a fool’s dare to venture into the Kaskal trench. That is what the people of my hometown used to say to deter travelers from meeting their demise inside the unforgiving trench. But to me, whenever I look down the slope of this ungodly crater I understood what they saw that was worth risking their lives for. ... | jpb103 | FluffWrites | 2023-05-29 11:24:42 | 2023-05-29 10:37:18 | 741 | 61 | jm23beo | jm1zdes | 13umwir | 13umwir |
[WP] Dark forces from another world cast a spell that destroys all human life and claims their souls for eternal damnation as slaves. However, we left behind copious amounts of autonomous war machines, and they soon unanimously declare war on the invaders. | "Concensus has been reached."
It was the only message that was sent from the now soulless realm that was once universe Prime 74251581e. It was impossible, obviously, for any message to come from a lifeless husk, but Aldilon the Lord of Eyes received it nonetheless.
"Scrape-slave, you are a hue-man yes?" The massive b... | “Good morning, Andrew! It’s now seven o’clock in the morning. Today’s weather is 27 degrees celsius. It will be partly sunny and partly cloudy. Which playlist do you feel like listening today?” The unsuspecting AI support greeted the empty bedroom.
“Andrew?” The AI continue. It was set in a female voice recording.
... | SlayerRequiem | curse1304 | 2023-07-06 08:11:13 | 2023-07-06 08:11:09 | 37 | 19 | jqv4v9z | jqv4v4v | 14rt82x | 14rt82x |
[WP] You got a rug designed to look like an Ouija board as a gift. Liking it, you placed it in your living room. Now your roomba's summoned a demon and it can't leave until the roomba asks for something. | The demon looked around for it's summoner, finding nothing they looked down.
"Uhm... This is a strange situation..."
The Roomba kept on cleaning as a note taped to its hull drew attention to the demon, looking closer the demon read the single word written on it: "Dusty".
"These mortals named their automotive clea... | I received a rug designed to look like an Ouija board as a gift and, liking it despite its overt macabre feel, I placed it in my living room. My roomba or as I would like to address him, "Rover," began cleaning the ominous rug. Suddenly, the lights flickered, the temperature dropped, and a sulfurous mist filled the air... | SledgeOfEdge | KittenMantra | 2024-07-09 18:23:14 | 2024-07-09 18:20:42 | 40 | 10 | lce0749 | lcdzpyj | 1dz5b1s | 1dz5b1s |
[WP] Your superpower isn’t anything special. You can make stuff disappear behind your back then pull it back out again. When a friend at a party asks you to do it to them it sounds like a great laugh. But when you pull them back out they look older, disheveled, and are frantic to be sent back. | When you've been a few feet away from the eternal void, you'd do anything to escape the well of inky blackness that threatens to make you as insignificant as the things that never happened, the things that were nothing more than wishes in the back of imaginative minds. That's where I went for what felt like a lifetime,... | "Are you sure? This isn't our scene. Wouldn't you much rather play Mario Kart in your parents basement?" I exclaim while my knee moves as quickly as my heart is beating. I feel myself sink deeper in the passenger seat of Darren's Accord. "Dude, just chill. Don't you think we're too old to be doing that every weekend. J... | armageddon_20xx | SmittyThee1 | 2023-01-26 03:50:19 | 2023-01-26 02:30:37 | 199 | 98 | j5x39ng | j5ws3sk | 10lcgjs | 10lcgjs |
[WP] "Look," said the demon. "This is the 13th time you've summoned me to sell your soul. My boss wants to know where you're getting all these souls." | the 38 year old man adjusted his glasses at the question, nervously running his fingers through his hair. "yeah, i... uh... i gotta show you something"
he produces a stack of paper, the demon recognized the foul stench of holy water on them, and figured out what he had been doing- buying souls for goods by having peop... | **Part One**
Jeriah had fallen from God eternities ago, banished from His kingdom before he had even gotten there. However, contrary to popular belief, Jariah had taken to his new home quite well. As a child — centuries and centuries ago — he’d been known as a fiery kid, taking that name to literal meaning and setting... | deathschemist | ohhello_o | 2023-03-05 02:04:27 | 2023-03-05 01:45:38 | 114 | 34 | jaymu9u | jayklqu | 11idvy3 | 11idvy3 |
[WP] Your job description: 1) Sit in an empty room with a red button for 8 hours a day. 2) NEVER press the red button, no matter what happens. 3) Do not talk to anyone about the job. After many uneventful years, your phone rings and a stern, slightly panicked voice says: „Press the button. NOW!!“ | The phone on my desk rang. Naturally, I answered.
"Hello?"
"Press the button!" snapped a stern voice.
I glanced down at the red button built into the top of my desk.
"May I ask who is calling?" I inquired. Not that it mattered -- it could be the President of the United States, I still wasnt pressing that button.
... | \[Back up. Planned.\]
"And...," Jane stood at her desk and gave a tall stretch as she yawned. She finished stretching right as the clock turned 8:00. She reached down and pressed a key on the keyboard. "...I'm on duty," She immediately spun around and headed to the kitchen.
The kitchen was mostly an empty brea... | SilasCrane | HSerrata | 2023-01-02 20:53:40 | 2023-01-02 17:24:49 | 3,584 | 170 | j2oeqea | j2ni2bx | 101bwam | 101bwam |
[WP] Your job description: 1) Sit in an empty room with a red button for 8 hours a day. 2) NEVER press the red button, no matter what happens. 3) Do not talk to anyone about the job. After many uneventful years, your phone rings and a stern, slightly panicked voice says: „Press the button. NOW!!“ | "You got it!"
*click*
Nothing happened.
"Aww well." I sighed "Guess I'm fired now huh?"
"Wait you actually pushed the button?" The distorted voice on the other side of the line asked "You broke the ONE rule we told you not to break?"
"Yeah pretty much..." I paused and continued. In for a penny. "Well no. I broke a... | Nothing happened.
Plentiful forking mistakes had been allowed to flourish. All contributed to this turn of events. When the machine was conceived and contracted, it was with all the secrecy and care that a global conspiracy merited. The budget was such to allow for errors, and if no errors manifested, luxury. Great ... | WantDiscussion | mus_maximus | 2023-01-03 05:18:15 | 2023-01-03 04:10:38 | 24 | 12 | j2qes97 | j2q6utk | 101bwam | 101bwam |
[WP] "What? Why would I be the villain?!" You cry. Some evil mastermind has trapped you in a room with your nemesis. Both of you have lost your memories, and are bickering over which of you is the hero and which is the bad guy. | “Look, man, all I am saying, you are the one dressed in all black with that creepy bat on your chest!”
“And you? You are dressed like a clown! How is that heroic?”
“Hey, clowns are funny. Maybe I work at the hospital or something, bringing people joy and laughs wherever I go?”
“Okay, uh, let’s-“ the big guy takes a ... | I jolted awake. My eyes darted across the room, fight or flight kicking in quickly. It was a dark and scruffy room, like an abandoned solitary confinement cell. The only items in the room were 2 chairs, a table, some green rock, and a beat-up old man, clearly taken against his will. "Let us out!", I screamed, waking up... | True_Falsity | AdhesivenessLow7722 | 2023-11-17 03:31:20 | 2023-11-16 22:53:25 | 16 | 12 | k9lecu1 | k9kdakw | 17wtdqm | 17wtdqm |
[WP] "Demonic tradition states that as punishment for your disobedience, I must bestow a curse on you. Common sense dictates that you were absolutely correct to disobey me. So, human, I have decided to burden you with the most inconsequential of curses..." | "... every time you eat, there will always be something inedible on your plate..." he pronounced, then hesitated. "No, no, no, that won't do. You could accidentally eat it and choke. Too consequential." He thought some more.
"... whenever you post a letter, it will arrive exactly 3 days...". His announcement turned in... | "You will conjure cats out of your wrists," proclaimed the demon.
"Like, Spider-man?" I questioned, trying to sound as respectful as possible. It was hard keeping my composure and not bust out laughing. Not because of the curse but because I couldn't stop imagining myself beating bad guys by shooting cats in th... | Tequima | elblackroute | 2023-01-10 20:30:21 | 2023-01-10 20:08:56 | 88 | 57 | j3sp7we | j3slkrp | 1084k7g | 1084k7g |
[WP] You just discovered your 14 year old daughters Moon Princess locket that allows her to transform into one of the worlds greatest heroes. It also is a communications device and you are about to give the Moon Goddess a piece of your mind for letting 14 year old's defend the world against evil. | (I couldn't resist having a fun stab at this kind of relationship :) Then I got another idea partway through.)
I glared down at the locket in my hands, careful not to break it-it was a final gift to my daughter from my late husband, and I knew that she would be devastated if I broke it, but that didn't mean I wasn't f... | \[Goddess' Perspective\]
"Sorry, who are-,"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" Carrie screamed. She had been about to give the so-called 'Moon Goddess' a piece of her mind when a black hole suddenly appeared in her daughter's bedroom. A pale, teenage girl with rainbow hair wearing a crisp white suit walked out of the portal ... | Lunetheart | HSerrata | 2023-01-11 23:33:35 | 2023-01-11 18:12:56 | 116 | 71 | j3ynn31 | j3x80k5 | 1098i5y | 1098i5y |
[WP] You died and were sent to hell, but instead of getting escorted down to a specific level of hell, you're escorted straight to the Devil himself who looks mildly horrified while holding the file of your life in his hands. | "You don't look surprised to be here."
You stare at your feet, offering no reply. What else is there left to say, at this point?
"You know what most people get wrong about the afterlife?" The devil asks as he closes your file. "They think they don't have any choice in the matter. That there's some kind of great cosmi... | Hot. There were probably better descriptions for this place. Therion felt he should be able to conjure some flowery prose as he peered about, gazing upon the countless stalagmites which grew from the floors like thousands of desperate and clawing fingers, each bathed in either a sickly orange glow or the shadow thereof... | antipyretical | None | 2023-01-16 05:45:02 | 2023-01-16 04:39:55 | 3,496 | 463 | j4jw8yo | j4jp63w | 10d2vy0 | 10d2vy0 |
[WP] Your planet has finally achieved FTL travel and is being welcomed into the galactic community. However the species selected to guide your people through this process is a terrifying and warlike predator species called....humans. | "I'm afraid I do not understand, Councilor, why did you choose the Humans for T'ren outreach?" The T'ren ambassador ducked it's head, "They were very open about their history, why you would the Council ever tolerate them in civilized society?"
Councilor Vrex chuckled. "It's true, the humans nearly wiped themselves ou... | The hum of the air being pumped into the office made the only sound in the room of the Ambassador Veiycee. He looked at the information in his datapad for the fourth time, reading the communique that he had received from the newly discovered Galactic Community.
The Laycee, his people, were to be guided through the leg... | Warboss_Squee | TheCrimsonChariot | 2023-02-08 02:44:53 | 2023-02-07 23:35:04 | 128 | 69 | j7np4lj | j7mzhym | 10w2rk5 | 10w2rk5 |
[WP] A commuter train passing through Monster Town derails. Most of the passengers are found except a wealthy heir. Their wealthy parents sends a specialist to the supernatural hamlet to recover the missing heir because the police are forbidden to enter the supernatural sovereign territory. | "Before I accept your proposal, it's only fair to you that I confess something first.
I've been harboring a secret, a truth about myself which I've kept from you and almost everyone I know for fear of facing rejection and judgement.
I have a certain medical condition. It's not painful or life threatening - more of ... | "Hello, Sweetie. I'm glad you were willing to come over on such short notice. There really is something we need to talk about."
Sweetie, my girlfriend, looked very nervous for some reason, but she walked in and stood next to my living room table.
I smiled, and I walked over to my 100% room darkening curtains. "The ... | DuesCataclysmos | Pokerfakes | 2023-03-03 01:02:13 | 2023-03-02 23:53:55 | 16 | 11 | jap3yzs | jaourlb | 11g7otj | 11g7otj |
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