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k9jtwd8 | k9jsvwa | [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 at the way you're dressed”.
Guy 2 looked down. “What's wrong with my clothes?”
“Purple pants and a green shirt. That's villain stuff”, Guy 1 said as if it was the most rational thing in the world.
“That makes no sense!”
“Yes it does. They're clashing secondary colors. Look at me, blue jeans and red sh... | I woke up in a chair. A red chain was wrapped around me, binding me to the seat. I looked to my left to see a woman in the same position as me, looking confused. A long window was ahead of me. This looked like a room for research or experiments. The scary part was that I couldn't remember anything about myself. A man w... |
jispozg | jisltyv | [WP] "Rules are, you can't—" "Yeah, yeah," you cut off, "I can't wish for more wishes. Should I also assume I can't wish I can wish for more wishes?" At this, the genie pauses. | "Look. Listen here, fuckers. Three wishes. No more, no less. Only three wishes. You can't make me grant you more than three wishes." The Djinn said, pointing a angry finger at Jack and Kyle, who consulted with each other.
Jack spoke up. "We wish for more genies."
"You fucking -" The Djinn frowned. Another Djinn poof... | "....yyyyyyyyyyes. Yes, you should definitely assume that," says the genie, nervously.
"...you seem quite nervous about it."
"It, um, it's in the rules *now*."
"But it wasn't in the rules when I originally summoned you, was it?"
"..."
"I wish that, in any genie-human interaction, the rules that apply are the rules... |
jcu20ng | jct4tkd | [WP] You are a super hero named “Hammerspace” due to your ability to seemingly pull objects of any size out of a magic bag. In actuality, you stop time and just grab stuff from your surroundings. You were captured by your nemesis and he is super confused as to why the bag won’t work when he uses it. | "I mean, it's my power, innit?"
"What?!" DestructoMan snarled at me and I had to work hard to hide my growing smirk.
I was a newer hero on the scene and there was a lot of buzz about my ability. I was dubbed 'Hammerspace' after my first fight where I'd bashed a bad guy with a hammer. After the fight, a newscaster had... | You watch with glee as your nemesis, Churdtogus, The Choad Gargoyle wrestles with your burlap sack. You enjoy his bewilderment and giggle with childlike exuberance as Churdtogus puts his head into the bag. You laugh as he reaches into the bag and pulls out nothing. You snort as Churdtogus tries to cram his ugly wings i... |
k1o2oxf | k1m8wfu | [WP] You accidentally saved a princess from a tower. Now she won't stop following you, blabbing about "true love." | Ever seen one of the stories of a lady pretending to be a man? I'm one of those, having traveled from the land in the east to hone my skill. I've been called a ninja, a martial artist, and many other things, but my current dilemma has been calling me "My True love" ever since I saved her from the tower of a crazy wiz... | "But you saved me that means we are supposed to be together its just how it works sir."
"I have a wife I cant take another we've known each other since we were kids, ive known you for about five minutes and in that five minutes you tried to seduce me fifteen different ways, flashed me so that you could claim that now... |
m5blchc | m5bci5e | [WP] A pretty prince is mistakened by a dragon to be a princess and is abducted, so the king and queen announce to neighboring kindom's that their "daughter" was taken, knowing that other princes are more likely to rescue their son if they think he's a woman | Andrew of Amberwood looked at final door in front of him pondering the circumstances that brought him here, his ragged breath making small clouds in the cold staircase of the tower. This was not his first expedition slaying dragons. Compared to his previous feats, his now former adversaries proved only a half turn more... | I pinch the bridge of my nose as Azeroth’s words sink in. “You’re absolutely certain that’s what you saw?”
“Positive, sire,” Azeroth answers, his eyes glowing from the spell that gave him temporary telescopic vision (saves space for other things in the sack rather than carrying around a fragile telescope) “There’s no ... |
l110850 | l10ph6p | [WP] In 2050, humanity finally developed faster than light engines and were able to travel the stars. In 2051, humanity destroyed all their FTL engines and vowed to never leave Earth again. | The C.R.A.F.T. Drive was humanity’s magnum opus. A machine that could bend space itself, pushing the laws of physics to their boundaries. It was promised that it would change humanity's view of the universe, and it absolutely did.
When the Asgard 4 moved beyond the Kuiper belt, the world cheered. When it reached ... | The once pilots and passengers of the various spaceships that left earth back toward the end of 2050 screamed chained to their beds, inside their isolation cells, they all had seen too much back in that year and even now after the great destruction of 2051, and the de-evolution of technology in general, for humanity ow... |
kuk1s9u | kujqc3j | [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?” | “Oof. You better come in honey.”
Confused, Sierra walks through the door, brushes a stray lock of auburn hair out of her face and fixes me with her emerald eyes before suspiciously perching on the edge of a chair.
“Sweetie, I did you a favor.”
She begins to stammer and protest. My raised hand stops her protest in i... | As I open the door, I see a familiar face with a questioning glimmer in her blue eyes. Her words leave me cold. I realize that today, of all the days she could've knocked on my door, was a reminder of who I thought I would become in a few years' time. It's too late now, I think to myself as I consider closing the door ... |
j5ot2gb | j5oqckf | [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. | "Okay, so, quick question-have any of you tried casting using a glove?" Theo asked conversationally.
"A glove?" Nellis asked. "Why in the hells would you do that?"
"Well, I tried it and it had a tonne of advantages. My casting's faster, it's easier to aim and I can even dial the spell's intensity up or down depending... | "It's a new piece of artifistry." Jolka Fimbir said as she pulled out an odd looking contraption from her robes. "Works on the same principle of Canons and basic fire-arms but with your own magic.
Now that Ysol could see it, she could admit the little kolbold has a point to it; it was shaped like a pistol though it di... |
kerz14u | kequieo | [WP] You’re a park ranger of a very dense forest and you take care of everything, including the supernatural cryptids. One day, a murder happens in your forest and the culprit evades the authorities. You then politely ask the cryptids for their aid in the culprit’s capture. They agree. | One thing the park ranger training doesn't tell you about is the sapient non-humans living in the forest. They're good folks, very reclusive, but with some persistence, and a whole lot of respect, you can form a relationship with them.
Gren is one of those who frequently works with the rangers, he's a Leshen, and a da... | Being a park ranger has it’s perks. The ones I can remember, at least. Like the one Jerry told me about that turned out to be true. The one of the fable, something about a shrew without a shoe, whose name was Sally Poo.
Sally was mystical you see. She lived in a tree by the rock covered in goat droppings from that fl... |
k3fwnxr | k3foz92 | [WP]"This child will not die in a bed. Instead their death will be bloody and violently for they shall fall in war." The witch cursed the child and the king, with a tear going down, says "Thank you..." | The King had tried everything. Physician after physician had examined the Prince, and with each one who left the room shaking his head, the reward offered for success increased. By now, it was common knowledge for miles around that whoever cured the wasting sickness that afflicted the king's only son would receive a ca... | King Harald cradled the newborn in his arms. She was so small and delicate, a far cry from the hardy strength of Harald and Millicent. He was afraid he might crush her with an ill-timed squeeze of his meaty hand. She had come months earlier than expected, and the midwife's pitying look was branded in his mind. She woul... |
jcxc0l3 | jcwwn2y | [WP] Dragons inherently manifest when there is a certain amount of something that people see as precious. You wake up one day to find a very confused dragon in your 40K figurine room. | I finish finally unpacking the last containers of the last tote. There it is, in all its magnificence. My whole collection. Tanks, Infantry, the *in-betweens*. Guard, and Marines, Chaos, Tyranids, Daemons, the list goes on, armies in varying sizes and compositions. The Phantom Titan stands magnanimous over my Elda... | Jefferson Petters had been invited by the billionaire Matty Oswell to see the largest/rarest collection of figurines ever collected. Jeff had no idea the man had any interest in the hobby but clearly, he put some effort into this collection. Not only was it reportedly 40,000 strong (he wasn't about to count to verify... |
j52zw4s | j52tlhn | [WP] You are the only S-Class (god-like) mutant at a school of super powered youngsters. Only the head master knows, and you try like hell to keep it a secret. But one day, that all changed... | I'm just a normal kid. I try to live my life everyday and not muck anyone else's day up. It's hard sometimes, being as powerful as I am, but I hide it well. As far as everyone else knows, I'm a B-class mutant. A little above average, but nothing to write home about. My power is simple. I can walk through walls. It keep... | I expected today to act like every other day. Where I get heckled and looked down on by my peers. Who believe in their own false delusion of how inferior I am compared to them. Little do they know that I can end their lives in an instant with a flick of my pinky.
Alas, I swallow up my pride and enable their delusion t... |
kz3kgge | kz3eqbx | [WP] You were kidnapped by a cult to provide sacrificial blood to summon a demon. They manage to finish the ritual and you see a hunky man standing at the centre of the summoning circle, looking confused as fuck, who goes from confused to enraged as he figures out you did not give consent. | One minute I was roasting a hydra on my barbeque pit, and the next I was feeling that familiar pull. Another summon that demanded my attention.
I rolled all thirty of my eyes as I responded to yet another unnecessary sacrifice. How many times do I have to broadcast that I can be contacted via social media? Too many ti... | Jane screamed as the dark-robed cultists' chant rose into a crescendo. The circle painted in the middle of the chamber--painted in her very blood--burned with eerie crimson flames, and a plume of smoke erupted. As it dissolved, a tall muscular man wearing a sweat-stained shirt resolved into view. Despite her predicame... |
kedkbkb | kedjk8t | [WP] On a long straight road with nothing of note, there is a four-way traffic light that hangs in the middle. No road crosses anywhere near the traffic light and no sign to tell you why it's there, but it seems to always be green, so no one cared. That's until the day it changed to yellow. | It's just right there, in the middle of Amber Road.
That's what they called that road, heading south out of town, a straight line through the fields until you hit the farmhouses. With the crops rising on either side , blowing in the wind, reminded someone of the line *"amber waves of grain"*. But these crops were cor... | Carris is a gas station of a town. It's not named after the seed, far as I know, but it's a fittin' name. Fill up. Keep goin'.
Technically, it's a two-traffic-light-town, though I'm not sure that's all that much different from a one-light-town. Besides, only one of 'em works, far as I can tell.
Carris is also the hal... |
jd1qa8o | jd17jvi | [WP] "God can come have coffee with me if he's really interested." You said, shutting the door on some irritating guys with pamphlets. The very next day, God taps lightly on your door, to have a coffee. | "I'm a little surprised you brought Dunkin."
The man standing in your doorway is holding a box of donuts and a pair of paper coffee cups. He's dressed plainly, if a little datedly; wearing slacks, penny loafers, and a red zip-up sweater, He resembles nothing so much as a Mr. Rogers impersonator. You can't clearly see ... | "So you're not Rob Benedict?"
"No, I'm not. I came as something familiar to you because seeing my true form has been known to cause some people to lose their sanity."
"Right, and you're here because...?"
"I'm here because you extended the invitation to me for coffee."
"When the hell did I do that?" I asked as I let... |
jv6fhv8 | jv63ska | [WP] A Pirate crew raids a treasure hoard in a cave, finding gold and abnormally sized pearls. The captain decides to examine these pearls and they hatch to reveal baby mermaids, who’s first word is “papa?” | "Oh by the salty siren's hair what am I going to do with you?"
They'd thought they'd hit the motherlode.
Scarlet was a fearsome and upcoming pirate captain. A 'young rebel upstart' if you asked the South Seas Trading Company or any of the more established Lords. She'd been fighting her way up after taking control of ... | “Well, that’d be the last of it,” Redwin spat between mottled teeth, driving his cutlass through the last member of the royal archeologist which had, much to their own misfortune, been dispatched to the island but a week prior.
The blade didn’t enter cleanly. Redwin was a slovenly man, even by the standards of his les... |
j6lwd39 | j6l8j8n | [WP] Out of all the superpowers out there, you consider yours the most sadistic; you can save any number of innocent people from death in the face of danger, but to gain that ability, you must kill an innocent person. Named after the infamous moral thought experiment, you are... Trolley Man. | Are you familiar with the Trolley Problem?
A common moral thought exercise. There is a runaway trolley heading down a track - a track on which there is a group of people, unable to get out of the way. You have the option to flip a lever and redirect the trolley onto an adjacent rail with a single person on it. This pe... | [NSFW] *Inspired by American Psycho*
I am something of a normal guy. When I wake up in the morning, I have an erection that presses into my memory foam mattress in a very satisfying way, and it is not so much that I do not want to get out of bed, but that I want to be inside it, thrusting my hips until the heat is too... |
j9rflg7 | j9r17p3 | [WP] The knight who saved the princess was a 40 year old man with a wife and kids. He doesn't want her hand he just thinks teenage girls shouldn't be held captive in towers in the middle of nowhere. | "You rescued me!" The princess exclaimed, stepping gingerly over the still warm corpse of the beast that had been her captor.
"Huh?...well yes I suppose" the armor clad knight scratched his chin in confusion. "I just figured that *someone* should have come out by now."
The princess leaned in, fluttering her eyes ju... | At first, I tried talking to the hooligans in reasonable terms.
>"You know, locking a teenaged girl up in a tower with no social circle or emotional outlet isn't going to do wonders for her mental health" I noted.
>
>"Yeah. We know. Now go away before our captain calls for the archers to shoot you." one of the out... |
mewz4o3 | mevyrxh | [WP] The Gods have come to a consensus and have decided to take back that fire thing that was stolen from them. Man can no longer contain, control or create fire. Fire is once again solely the domain of The Gods | As the lights dimmed, and planes plummeted, the old gods grew satisfied. Blood would be had tonight. A sacrifice for themselves, fit to match their growing outrage. Darkness fell, batteries began to die, food began to spoil. As fires began to spring from the wreckage of humanity, bullets failed to fire, rockets failed ... | Avanecci was a bastard, but at least he was clever.
"Hold this," he said, shoving one of his devices into Talia's hands. "What is it?" she asked, not expecting him to bother answering. When he got into one of his moods, he rarely interacted with anyone. To her surprise, though, Avanecci was watching her. "Never mind t... |
jadxa1b | jadfpf7 | [WP] "One drip of this poison is enough to kill a whale." The scientist points towards a table, but the beaker isn't there. Instead a silly coffee cup shaped like a beaker sits. You lower the not coffee cup from your mouth. Tastes like lemon-lime. | "Wait, it what?"
That I had made an embarrassing mistake nearly went without saying. That the scientists washed their dishes with the lab equipment, this mistake *couldn't* go without saying, so I said it:
"I told you that your unsafe lab practices would be the death of me, Mike."
Mike and I had been go... | "Hoo shit, Jesus Carl, be more careful about what you-"
"AM I GOING TO DIE?"
"Christ Carl, no; you're fine, you're not a whale, are you? One drop will kill a whale, it would take like a gallon to kill a human. You should really be more careful about what you drink though."
"Why the FUCK did you put this in a goddamn... |
lcepj9y | lcdzpyj | [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. | Samantha didn't believe in the supernatural, much less the afterlife, until one day when she was gifted an Ouija board rug as a gift from an awfully strange friend. At first, it was all fine. The rug looked nice. Just needed a good cleaning, leading Samantha to put her Roomba on the rug to give it a good clean, only fo... | 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... |
j3dnmss | j3d76b7 | [WP] You are an assassin with a reputation for pulling of very public hits without being noticed. You achieve this not by being extremely stealthy, but by making sure that your kills are so absurd and ridiculous that no one would ever believe the witnesses if they told their stories. | I remember my first kill vividly. I had my back against a wall near an alley. I was out of sight—and invisible wire held in my hand. The man was walking across the street when another stranger just happen to trip because of yours truly. The stranger fell in a way that tripped the other man. He fell precisely on the cur... | The stall was all set to go. I walked around one last time. Colours were loud but not obnoxious. The tubes were set. Disposable mouthpieces were in their containers. All the tanks were fully and ready to go.
Take a deep breath, exhale. Control your breathing...
And GO.
_Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Squeak... |
j3dnmss | j3d8kpj | [WP] You are an assassin with a reputation for pulling of very public hits without being noticed. You achieve this not by being extremely stealthy, but by making sure that your kills are so absurd and ridiculous that no one would ever believe the witnesses if they told their stories. | I remember my first kill vividly. I had my back against a wall near an alley. I was out of sight—and invisible wire held in my hand. The man was walking across the street when another stranger just happen to trip because of yours truly. The stranger fell in a way that tripped the other man. He fell precisely on the cur... | Geoff pumped up the each balloon on the cart with hydrogen gas. He had little trinkets clipped on and a box of glow sticks for sale. He had the tracker on his target - the CEO of a biotech firm replacing horse hair with an algae breed one. The horse park owners were annoyed, he was taking their income and these men did... |
j767qhx | j75r3y7 | [WP] You find a perfect human skull while picking flowers one day, so you bring it home and use it as a flower holder. But seemingly overnight, the flowers become one with the skull, making it a new body | Wife: Honey… That skull you put the flowers in? It wasn’t moving yesterday was it?
Husband: Noooo… why?
W: It appears that it’s merged with the flowers & and is trying to get to the knives…
H: Dammit. Every time. I’ll get the shears.
W: Why do you insist on using skulls for flower holders? I really don’t underst... | The floreal creature sat on the desk and with a chilling voice said
"Thank you, noone ever showed me love".
"What?" I asked hardly believing my own eyes and ears.
"Thanks for bringing me here at home and planting flowers inside my skull, finally the curse is partialy lifted"
"A curse? Who did this to you? Who are yo... |
ljoveyj | ljolb9m | [WP] The title of Archmage can only be held by the pinnacle of each magical field, who have spent decades perfecting their magic. As a young genius who invented a new field of magic, you have significantly lowered the average age of archmages. | We slowly settled into our throne like seats - each chair covered in different coloured gems to indicate our speciality…trying not to glance at the leather, oddly shaped construct kept in…rainbow, opals decorating the metal parts. Was that lumbar support? I awkwardly wiggled against the gold behind me.
“So…where is ou... | There was a stillness in the throne room. None of them could have imagined what, or who, would enter through the golden doors.
Suddenly, the king broke the peace.
"*Archmage Vuul'tha... I presume?*"
A young boy, just old enough to reach his teens, raised his head and looked at the king, towering in his throne. He wa... |
kdzhwcb | kdyc6ag | [WP] Nearly all your life you lived on the streets. People ignored you at best and reviled you at worst. Then you got superpowers and those same people begin to lecture you about “altruism,” “duty,” and “responsibility.” | "... which is why we are extending an offer for you to join us in combating these terrible foes."
I made a show of thinking about it, but I already had my answer, "Nah."
"Wonderful, we have people who can help with your title and costume..." Apparently it takes that long for the leader of the Grand Defenders realize ... | "Child of the heavens," the voice boomed from the sky, yet seemingly only I could hear it.
" You've been blessed with abilities beyond your wildest imagination; use them well." The voice disappears as abruptly as it came.
' I've finally gone insane.' I think to myself, not feeling any difference within me. ' I'm sti... |
j9e9qsh | j9e2lyd | [WP] You're immortal, and have passed the 'hero' phase centuries ago. You enter a small coffee shop one day to find that it's owned by your millennia-old arch-nemesis. You really, really just want a chai latte though. | A door opens, the little bell chimes and I'm awash with easy listening lift-worthy easy listening inoffensive jazz.
I shuffle along to the counter and order "One chai latte please". That's when I notice the eyes. The only problem with a disguise is that it's always a self-portrait. And the eyes always give it away.
... | Davv walked into the coffee shop, the air was crackling.
You can't put your finger on it, you try to shake it off.
Tables murmured with animated figures, a drink is spilled, eyes look up for a second, then back to their phones.
There is no lineup, but Davv wished there was.
The brush bearded barista greets Davv withou... |
jjkkozg | jjkbr1g | [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 detective pushed his way through the crowd on the front lawn towards the front door with a disposeable coffee cup in one hand and his badge in the other. With a quick smirk he passed the uniformed officer guarding the open front door.
"Hey, Frankie. I heard you have a stiff!"
His partner glanced up from a noteboo... | "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining today's town hall. Our guest has agreed to a brief meeting, so without further ado, let's get started. Joining us today via Zoom is our guest, Alazar Zephyr!"
The room erupted in applause as Alazar's image appeared on the projector. Alazar's expression was a mix of surprise... |
jb76pzi | jb70ypq | [WP] Humans are the proverbial "Sleeping Giant," and thus make remarkably good deterrents. A common tactic of the Galactic Federation is to simply call in a human warship, such as the USS "Fuck Around and, FindOut," and simply let it sit nearby. Peace Talks happen within the week. | I'm sure you heard the general concept before.
We finally reached the stars. We met alien life; a Galactic Community, even! They took a quick glance at our history and came to an uncomfortable realization.
*These hairless primates spent a* ***lot*** *of time killing each other. We'd rather not see them unite and figh... | “Zorvax and Xalaxites are getting into it again in Sector 37AZ,” Zorba said while checking reports on his monitor.
“That’s what like fourth time this week?” Yulok asked scratching one of his heads with his middle tentacle.
“Fifth actually,” Zorba said looking over the reports.
“Is it time?” Yulok asked. “Should we c... |
jdw0z64 | jdvr737 | [WP] The Elven Kingdoms call their old allies the Humans for aid. Expecting medieval armies, they get a modern 21st century one instead. | The elves have faded from the human world. Your writer, Tolkien, got that almost right.
Few are the humans that find the way to the lands of the Fay, and fewer return still. Tolkien was one of the only who had come, and returned, and come back again. For years he had wandered among the paths of the fae, and listened t... | With me, the last of the refugees hurriedly run, their eyes wide with terror as my men and I escort them through the city towards the temple. We plan to open a portal and escape to another dimension there, our mages already drafting the summon circles, christening the portal arch, and preparing materials to send everyo... |
j7badzr | j7arv5a | [WP] You wished to find a dragon to slay for its treasure. Now you're not sure how to feel seeing a thumb-sized dragon try to drag its single shiny copper coin with it as it runs away from you. | The heavily armoured man sat down at the bar with a heavy sigh.
"Ale," he commanded simply. The bartender, knowing his disposition just from the tone, obliged.
"Rough day?" he asked and started pointlessly polishing a wooden mug.
"A rumour of a dragon that turned out..." the warrior sighed. "Wasn't what I was expect... | The light glances of the coin as I watch.
This? *This* is the reason I trained so hard?
Every hero slays a dragon. Enormous, fire-breathing, scaly. Evil grin, yellow eyes.
But *this?* This is a joke. What's the glory in killing a dragon three inches long, for the love of the gods! The only things in danger from ... |
j6s9nda | j6rz4ay | [WP] You used to be a powerful and feared supervillain, now retired and set for life. Now, there's a 20-something at your door begging you to teach them to control their rare power since it's the same as yours. They even know your villain name. | She dropped to her knees, words a faint whisper of breath. "Please. Please help me."
This in and of itself was unusual as A, she wasn't even human right now, and B, no one had even come close to finding her in the last 20 years. Well, not necessarily correct, plenty of people knew where Shadow, the black panther who l... | Workflow, quite possibly the worlds most successful villain, was enjoying his early retirement when a someone knocked on his door. A quick check with the cameras showed it was a young man, impeccably dressed in the latest fashion but twitching like a junkie in need of a fix. It was odd enough that he decided to answer ... |
jnolwfp | jnocj6f | [WP] Instead of being a super villain like your parents, you ended up joining a company. Now your wildly successful and quite frankly much more closer to world domination than your parents. Your parents can't handle it. | I remember how pissed they’d been when I signed up with Denver Medical. Don’t get me wrong, flying around in a supersuit, plotting fiendinsh schemes and sinister plots had been fun… but then I grew up. It was too late for my parents, they were in too deep. They still claimed it was about world domination, but these day... | How to make sure your parents hate you so much that they want to murder you?
One might ask, why is it important for your parents to hate you? Or murder you?
Or simply, why? Short and sweet. It conveys every emotion, asks every question and has just three letters. Isn't the English language fantastic?
But I'm gettin... |
jq2451p | jq14ihm | [WP] You managed to retire from the supervillain game long ago, when you became a parent. Now, your grandchild has inadvertently been kidnapped by an upstart villain, and you're about to show them why the world (rightfully) feared you. | I was a good man who made the world a safer place. Throughout my entire career, I never killed anyone, even if some of that filth couldn't possibly be referred to as human. I merely saw that monsters were brought to justice and received what they deserved. It felt oh so good, and somehow I was seen as a villain.
On... | "Dr. Inevitable..." The young man said from behind his dark robes and armor.
"That's a name I haven't heard in a long time..." The older man replied. He too wore armor but his was under a stylized lab coat. A dark domino mask sat situated on his face.
"I thought you were..." The younger man started to say only to f... |
l7cpy1w | l7cgsmr | [WP] You muster up the courage to ask your dwarven friend why you don't see any female dwarves around. He laughs. | “See that dwarf over there?” He asks, still looking amused and red-faced from his laughing fit.
“Yes,” I say, somewhat confused, looking at a burly dwarf man with an impressive, braided beard.
“That’s a female!” He says, laughing again at my confused expression.
“But… but that dwarf has a bigger beard than you!” ... | I knew him for three decades already...and ever since the first day, he always swooned over his wife.
After hearing for so long about his family...and visiting so many dwarven cities, and fortresses, my curiosity could be no longer shackled.
Gathering all my courage I asked my best friend.
"Why don't I see any fe... |
m6nuqhy | jc0gb9i | [WP] 5 years ago, you accidentally ran over a poor school student with your truck. You've carried the guilt all that time until one day, that very student knocks on your door, awoken from their coma. Rather than being angry, they thank you for inspiring their bestselling fantasy series | "Where...where am I?" asked the man in the hospital bed.
"Oh good. You're awake. You talk a lot in your sleep. It was hard to tell if you were awake or not. Here, drink some water."
He drank deeply, coughed a bit, then asked, "I feel like shit. Wait aren't you....from the news.....Lady Thrash....from the Circl... | Jill Ryerson beamed at me from my doorstep, a copy of "Stodgey and the Mushroom Stone" in one hand and a pair of crutches in the other.
"This is my book! Before the accident, I'd never wanted to write. I hated English class. I hated reading. The doctors said I changed because of the head injury. I tell ya, I just star... |
m6nrr34 | jc0gb9i | [WP] 5 years ago, you accidentally ran over a poor school student with your truck. You've carried the guilt all that time until one day, that very student knocks on your door, awoken from their coma. Rather than being angry, they thank you for inspiring their bestselling fantasy series | As my eyes slowly peak open I see a woman in armor and a nun's habit. I recognize her as she spots my eyes opening.
"Ah, you're awake. Good to see you made it, Utgardsloki," Sister Michael, the Victorious Battle Nun, said with an even tone. She was a big name in the super biz.
"What... ? What the flying fudge hap... | Jill Ryerson beamed at me from my doorstep, a copy of "Stodgey and the Mushroom Stone" in one hand and a pair of crutches in the other.
"This is my book! Before the accident, I'd never wanted to write. I hated English class. I hated reading. The doctors said I changed because of the head injury. I tell ya, I just star... |
lojq1vx | loifflc | [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. | He went by the name Smackdown.
Of course, there were many more names he’d been given over the years (not given, *earned,* he’d proclaim), by groaning, irritated heroes and villains alike. The Wildcard, the Battle-Junkie, the Rookie-Punter, the Mad Duelist, to name a few. He’d made a name for himself (several names eve... | "The heroes and i,had had a friendly relationship at times. really my journey into so called villainy, started with My youngest sons Milos 6th birthday,him and his friends wanted it to be super hero themed,so i dawned my pirate suit,i haven't worn,in years,since i was captain of the Infamous Black rose pirates,i want... |
lomp8db | lom1zmx | [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. | I am Ammit, the devourer of souls. A great demon beast, I have broken loose from my cage time and time again, hunting the mortal world for souls to consume so I may add their power to my own.
But hold on, I hear you immediately cry; that doesn't sound like a harmless small-time villain at all!
I shall expl... | I always made myself a nuisance. Not a full-on threat oh no. What good is stealing money from a bank when the whole dang country gets a good look at my face that even rival nations, no matter how antagonistic they were to mine, saw me a threat no sane person would want to work with? What good is murdering someone like ... |
jwmm3ax | jwmgck8 | [WP] You partner in crime has pulled a gun on you. "The truth is, the game was rigged from the start." You know that very well, mostly because you did all the rigging. | Jack pulls out a handgun from his waistband. Him and Russell are sitting across from one another. Scheming. Stacks of cash line the table.
Russell: “Woah, what the fuck!”
Jack: “Surprised? I bet. I covered my tracks pretty nicely. Now, it’s time for me to take the lead”
R: “But - Where’d you get a gun??”
J: “Doesn’... | "Woah, woah, woah!" I blurt out, raising my hands into the air as quickly and cleanly as I can. Fortunately I was only carrying a small box of valuables that won't break from simply being dropped. Or is that unfortunately? Perhaps if the box had broken, I could have used the spillings as a distraction or a trip hazard.... |
jouo1w3 | joulh5q | [WP] One can easily distinguish a true veteran adventurer from the masses, for one doesn’t fear those who show to the start of a dungeon with gleaming weapons and polished armor, but those who show up wearing casual clothing, looking like they just got done shopping in town not 5 minutes earlier. | "Is that a carpenters hammer?"
Bob smiled. "Keen eyes, dear leader," he said. "I couldn't find my sword so I borrowed this from my neighbor." Garrick the Stern looked Bob up and down. "*This* is what you choose to wear into the cursed mines?" he said, gesturing to Bobs common attire. Bob shrugged. "I had a piano recit... | Archibald lazed in the sunlight outside the dungeon. People mistakenly thought goblins enjoyed the musty, damp confines of the caves, but that was foolish. It would be like assuming men preferred the odiferous walls of the stable simply because they worked there for most of the day.
No, give him a nice spot of dappled... |
k3a4n38 | k38pcjl | [WP] You're on a hike and find a sign, it reads: "WARNING DO NOT LOOK AWAY. There is a danger here, the danger is based on sight. The danger cannot see you if you cannot see it. Help will arrive every half-hour. DO NOT LOOK AWAY." The sign has a built-in clock, it's 3:15pm. | "Come through, children!" I smiled. Another sunny morning, another day of showing children the wonders of the World Tree. We stepped through the entrance and into the atrium; various wizards and mages buzzing around their day, carrying files, tools and whatever tools befits their living.
"The World Tree is the source... | Giggling maniacally, the most powerful mage of the common Era fires an absolutely behemoth water balloon at the nearby kingdom. The balloon lands smack dab on the snobby kings castle. Cackling like a mad man, the mage falls on his back and rolls around. Serves him and his guards right for banning the mage from the capi... |
jdo1t17 | j5ljb8l | [WP] You realized your house is "haunted" by a poltergeist, but upon closer observation the ghost is actually helping you out with your day-to-day house chores | I flipped the hall light on, peering up and down the corridor, looking for the source of the noise. "The floorboards creak," the realtor had told me, "but in a hundred-year-old house, that's par for the course."
It wasn't the creaking boards I'd had a problem with. It was that they creaked by themselves, in the tempo... | Pullman’s ears were ringing. Despite being familiar with the echoed ringing in his ears from gunfire and explosions, the silence that accompanied this ringing was deafening. His questions on why he was plagued with a foreboding feeling in the back of his head all day – that sixth sense that so many parents seem to have... |
lrkosou | lrjrp7c | [WP] The year is 1901, and Napoleon has escaped for the fifth time. However, the European powers have a trick up their sleeve; the freshly resurrected first chancellor of Germany, Bismarck. Prepare for Napoleonic Wars Part Two: Electric Waterloo. | "Thank you for calling Clean Robotics. How may I direct your call?
The voice on the other end of the connection sounded human, but probably hadn't been heard in the 200 years since the Great Clensing started.
The Customer Service number had been buried so deep in the corporate site that it took months of traveling t... | We simply dubbed it the 'Bringer of Extinction', for none who came before survived it.
At first, we thought it was simply tasked with annihilating our kind.
Until its legged infantry began to spit out a crude string of sound reminiscent of a marching cadence whenever you find them on patrol.
We managed to slip past ... |
j4c3aze | j4c0tf9 | [WP] Your life flashed before your eyes, and you saw something you didn’t remember. Now you seek near-death experiences so you can find the truth. | I tell the therapist all about it: how many minutes I was dead for before they got my heart pumping again; how I hadn’t even been forty when it happened. *Not even* f*orty*, I tell her. *There can’t be anything natural about almost dying pre-forty. If you have a heart-attack before forty then there’s something else goi... | “Is this about that man again? I was hoping we might have been able to move past that topic this week. Did you try the medication I prescribed? It should have helped with those feelings.”
“Those feelings? I’m not crazy. Stop treating me like I’m some insane bloke. I’m only here because they keep forcing me to meet wi... |
jbaw6fw | jbakey3 | [WP] The wizard in your party only knows one spell. It's effective, but even the assassin feels bad about it. | "I just feel like I don't have any direction in my life. I go through the motions, robbing travelers and all that, but what do I get out of it? I live in a tent in the woods with a bunch of stinking criminals, I haven't been back to visit my mother in years, I have a massive drinking problem... it's all just too much, ... | The party was weary, it had been a long road. A long journey and they were attempting to finish the final leg of their journey. Their bounty was contained in small chests and strapped to sheep, not horses but sheep. They had horses when they began their journey, however after the wizard mutcer had a nightmare induced b... |
m1iitiy | m1ib1jq | [WP] "And so I was cursed with immortality. Cursed to walk the earth for eternity, never aging past twenty five and never dying." "How old are you, then?" "...Seventy. It was quite recent actually." | "Seventy?"
"Yeah."
"For real?"
"Yeah."
"Not thousands of years?"
"No, like I told you it has been fourty-five years, I'm seventy."
"You said that. I thought vampires lived for thousands of years."
"Well yes, hypothetically they can, apparently, but I am only seventy."
"Fine."
'What do you mean fine?"
"It's f... | I saw him by the river. He sat there, throwing rocks into the water. He appeared to have been doing it for ages. I have no idea why I stopped. Something about him felt wrong.
“You been here long?” I asked.
He didn’t look up. He turned a rock over in his hand. “A long time,” he said. His voice sounded heavy, like he d... |
mhoe4y7 | mhlu53l | [WP] There is a dungeon deemed "coughing baby easy", used by everyone to train rookies, test spells, and as a hangout spot for ordinary children. A roaming frenzied super monster from the MOST dangerous region just took one look at it, froze, became scarily aware of where it was, then fled. | The dungeon was known far and wide as the one used for training. Officially, the name was "The Old Grotto," But it had visitors from all over, and the name varied based on the location they came from. Usually it was translation mishaps, "Elderly Cavern" or the like. Everyone knew what was being talked about.
The dunge... | "Yo Saul, did you see that just now!?" Evan called over to me in disbelief, breaking my trance. "Holy crap man, literally! You saved my undies yet again!" - Queue the party's JOAT being loud as ever.
"Of course I did, though I'm sure whoever sent it is dealing with a splitting migraine right about now. I severed the... |
k4rfrwu | k4rdsqm | [WP] Once in a lifetime you get to select 3 words to describe you, and those traits are relatively normal amongst others, like “Strong, Fast and smart.” You don’t pick 3 different adjectives however, you make a 3-word sentence. | "Excellent at everything." You decide, staring up at the formless creature above you.
The dark creature watches you with fascination, though how you know this you don't know. The creature has no eyes. It looms closer to you, almost a metre away.
"That's not 3 words..." It booms, tone thoughtful rather than the anger... | You choose, without hesitation you say, I am I. You say it out loud and all the air leaves the room.
"Ok," says the facilitator, "kind of a new spin, I guess, but it is three words and they do describe you, so... ok!" Everyone in the circle looks at you as if you just farted a big loud stinker.
"So," says the faci... |
lodllqz | loce74x | [WP] The king has been acting a bit strange lately; specifically, he has obviously been possessed by a demon. The thing is, while the demon is very bad at pretending to be the king, it is otherwise a much better ruler than the king ever was, so everyone is playing along with it. | Being a butler in the Kings castle can be dangerous. Especially when the King is possessed by a demon.
I'm almost certain that the king wants to be found out and denounced.
He keep leaving blatant hints when he speaks.
"The *devil* is in the details".
"The road to *Hell* is paved with good intentions."
And yet he... | One morning, when one of the servants went to greet our king at the usual time of rising, there was an otherworldly scream.
The king has been possessed. So the servant says.
Yet, the servant claims the thing possessing the king has been actively talking -with- the king, like there's been an accident.
After a good w... |
j34g7u9 | j34fuo8 | [WP] Your fairy godmother isn't a wise old woman or cute and small with wings. She's dressed in a business suit, holding a briefcase and coffee cup, and has a very no-nonsense attitude. | Ta tap. Ta Tap. Ta Tap. Ta Tap.
Once upon a time those sounds triggered a sharp relief of joy. Musical, a small metal tip ricocheting off hard ground. They triggered a new sense in me now- relief, with a little apprehension.
Little Ryan didn’t recognise the sound and looked around, surprised and unable to fin... | Long ago, before the Earth died, the Chinese used a drop of water to torture their enemies. The beat could be steady or irregular, it could land on your skin or beside it. It might, as now, occur outside your view.
Sitting primly in her stiff backed wooden chair, Nessa listened for the drop. It was there, behind her e... |
m6do750 | m6buvk5 | [WP] instead of the typical angel and devil people have on their shoulders influencing their decisions, you have a hype man and a nihilist. | War, War Never Changes.
This was held as a universal truth.
When war was made, battles were fought, and when the losing side had lost enough, they surrendered. This was war.
Yet, these creatures. These "Humans", on this third planet of a yellow star midway out on an arm of their galaxy, they refused the natural orde... | Conductor Greamalean of the Most Profound Ssyphian Orchestra sighed deeply. Well, he moved his antennae in a sputtering quiver which translated the same general emotion to his surrounding compatriots.
"Google? Seriously?"
"That’s what they said." The reply was professional but there was a definite amused tone. Greama... |
jh4tijz | jh3bmei | [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. | It has been a few days since my 18th birthday, almost a week in fact. This is something that was not supposed to happen. Which is why an ancient enemy has decided to meet me.
“Well speak of the devil, you’re actually still alive.” A young feminine voice from behind me said.
“Amen to that.” I say as I turn to look b... | PT 1.
One dark day my five times great grandfather ran across the wrong witch. He was a player to say the least, he charmed her then left making it clear he did not care for the witch. He was unaware the witch had cast a curse on him, it was not till he had a son that the curse was recognizable. Every man would die at ... |
me2ws20 | me2f3j3 | [WP] You have found a peaceful village. The angel on your shoulder is enraged, however, and is demanding you slaughter everyone there. The devil on your shoulder looks genuinely afraid of the angel but also has no clue why they're so mad. | "I'm sorry, what?" Del blinked the afternoon sun out of his eyes, thinking he'd misheard. He'd long been 'blessed' with advice from a celestial entity, but their messaging had usually been fairly clear. Minimize harm, maximize good, help people because it's right and good. The last thing he was expecting from that side... | After the villagers presented me with my room and wished me a good night I gladly thanked them and set down my sword near the bed before waving goodbye as the girls giggled and closed the door.
After they had left I took off my armor and soon set my helmet on the table that showed my shoulders and up. As my fingers dr... |
j2tou5b | j2tn1wj | [WP] The morning after your birthday wish to "Make the world a better place" you wake in a strange realm. A voice begins, "Don't be alarmed, I'm part of the Fae that grant wishes. The best way for you to improve the world was to remove you from it." | When my eyes shot open I was no longer in my bed, but rather laid out in a soft field of green. "Why am I here?" I spoke aloud to the sky as I looked to my strange new surroundings. To blue colored hills and lush plains, to trees of purples and pinks. To an unnatural forest weaved across the land set in by a sky with a... | “The best way for you to improve the world was to remove you from it.” Her tone was soft; non-judgemental. With a flourish of her wrist the fog surrounding us began to thin and dissipate, revealing a lush meadow stretching on for a mile in all directions until the tree-line. Towering pines encircled the clearing; birds... |
kpbikx9 | kpb251k | [WP] After years of training, a farm boy becomes a knight and slays the dragon. He returns home to find a wealthy nobleman has taken the throne and married the princess. | The heavy boots rung in the Great Hall, as the young man walked towards the throne, to the seated, slightly rotund noble.
The young man stopped, and briefly nodded to the noble. While protocol clearly stated the young man should bow, somehow nobody seemed to react.
"Lord Esler."
"Master Flynn. I understand congratu... | My name Absolve-thyself, my family were farmers, landed people with access to our kingdom’s greatest of all treasures. Water, not clear but full of clay and silt. I was born in the kingdom of the Clay God. A small land hidden in the sands gifted only the luxury of a single great oasis.
As I grew older I dedicated mys... |
jqh0ydp | jqgxbxb | [WP] "So, Hero, who will you save; The love of your life, or the bus of innocent civilians?" "The civilians." "...What?" "I choose the civilians." | "Why?"
"What do you mean why? What kind of psycho prioritises one life over many just because they happen to have feelings for that one? That's madness"
"But..."
The hero had stopped listening and sped off towards the bus. The villain was dumbfounded for a moment but rallied. He freed the hero's love to gloat.
"Wel... | Like animals in a zoo, people pressed their faces, their hands, their bodies, to the grubby windows of the yellow bus. Sobs and screams alike rent the air as the civilians struggled, a mass of panic.
To the side, a man with curly blond hair, and wide, glassy brown eyes, was tied up and bound.
And the Fiend’s lips cur... |
jdogvpj | jdoe63k | [WP] An agoraphobic princess is a extremely sick and tired of all knights who are breaking into her castle and trying to slay her emotional support dragon. | "Out! NOW!"
The knight before me reached out his hand, ignoring what I had just said to him as he replied, "Princess Andrea, you need not be afraid! I can get us out of the castle before the dragon wakes--"
I slapped the knight with the back of my hand and yelled, "Shut up and listen to me, you damned moron! I don't ... | "Boru!" Princess Beatrice yelled from her tower, as her draconic companion was slashed once again by the knight's blade. The champion didn't seem to understand that she cried out in defense of the dragon, shouting in response:
"Don't worry Princess! I'll slay this nasty beast for you!"
"Stop you idiot, I don't want tha... |
jkhf8vd | jkhdreu | [WP] Long ago, you tricked a demon into giving you immortality. Enraged, the demon placed a curse on you. Every door you walk through takes you to a different place, but never where you want to go. Several years later, you're just trying to get back home. | At this point, I don't even know which universe, plane, or dimension I have arrived in.
It's been almost a century since I tricked the demon Lord Zepar into granting me immortality. Should've read the fucking fine print before signing that contract. Of course, every gift from a demon has its drawbacks, regardless if i... | James missed home. He had gained immortality and been cursed and had not been mature enough to deal with it. At first, the random nature of where he would end up really appealed to him; he went through every door he could just too see where he would go. Then he realised the enormity of what was happening. His entire li... |
jwng63k | jwmtia4 | [WP] You partner in crime has pulled a gun on you. "The truth is, the game was rigged from the start." You know that very well, mostly because you did all the rigging. | You'd think there'd be some honour among thieves, but he looked *far too* smug with that gun pointed at me. Too much for him not to be enjoying this.
"Alright, Miles," he said in a condescending manner. "I think it's time for us to go our separate ways. Specifically, me going towards luxury and comfort with the rest o... | "Really" I muttered, as Ryan the one who I had trusted, my partner in crime pointed the gun on me. Without hesitation, he let out the first shot \*BANG\* .... a burning sensation quickly swallowed my chest, I fell to the floor.
Ryan slowly walked closer to me, his eyes gazed in mine .... those eyes. We were both in ... |
j9ag6zl | j9a87dq | [WP] An alien empire has just abducted the President of the United States. The problem? That President is Theodore Roosevelt - and the Bull-Moose isn’t one to be held captive. These Extraterrestrials are about to face the fury of a wronged Rough Rider. | “The humans on the continent of this leader are rather active,” the intelligence officer says as he calmly observes the human pacing side to side in the containment unit. They are reminded briefly of the behavior of captive predators back home, a thought which is quickly dismissed.
“I fail to see how a bunch of triba... | The bemused group stayed behind the viewing glass, and were amazed that even with their sound holes blocked they could STILL hear the outraged roaring coming from the rather immense leader of humans. They could not understand what had angered this large human so. They saw that this being was intelligent enough to allo... |
kedu20a | kedm1li | [WP] On a long straight road with nothing of note, there is a four-way traffic light that hangs in the middle. No road crosses anywhere near the traffic light and no sign to tell you why it's there, but it seems to always be green, so no one cared. That's until the day it changed to yellow. | The roar of the engine in the dark, quiet night was Sarah's favourite sound.
Rubber gripped and danced on the asphalt as the 64 Mustang powered down the desert road.
The night air shimmered in her headlamps. Sarah drove this road every night. A road to nowhere, in the middle of nothing. Half way down this long, empt... | A hundred years ago everyone knew what would happen if the light ever changed, but slowly, we forgot. We forgot about the sheltering tunnels. At first no one realized, it had been green for so long that no one even noticed it changed, then Jessie asked about it when she stopped for gas on her way home. Our town was sma... |
l79f38n | l79581s | [WP] “One of us tells only the truth. “the other nothing but lies.” You kill the first guard and ask “Is he dead?” | The guard stares at you in shock for a fleeting moment before drawing his sword and bellowing, "No backup! I don't need any backup right now! Everyone is fine!" He jumps between you and the other guard, knocking your spear out of the way and raising his shield. "Approach right now!" He shouts. Given his defensive postu... | I yelled at our ‘illustrious’ party leader to wait, but as usual the impatient knight was already in motion. By the time I was halfway through my warning, the severed head of one of the twin magical guardians had hit the ground.
“Well, is he dead?” the knight ‘leader’ asked the remaining guardian smugly.
I didn’t eve... |
ld2nzm2 | ld2fumi | [WP] In an attempt to decrease the number of super villains with post-grad degrees, laws were passed requiring all college and University students pursuing a STEM degree to take and pass an ethics course. | 1. You're days from publishing your research when a well respected colleague in your field publishes an article using your data. The paper does not credit your work and goes on to receive nomination for the Nobel Prize.
Do you...
A) File a complaint with the Nobel Prize ethics committee in Oslo?
B) Reach out to the ... | "What if you're stealing art that itself was looted in the war?"
Amy wanted to be a curator of her own museum. As a villain, that seemed appropriate. Art is an asset class; it is movable, it is easily disposed of in the darkest places. Or, it can be stored in a freeport warehouse or in Geneva. Or put on a mega yacht ... |
l87kx2j | l86w7la | [WP] Saved the Princess. Killed the Dragon. Happily ever after. But before that, you have to attend a funeral. For the dragon you just killed. And you can't refuse since his will asked for you specifically by name. | You only have one shot at first impressions.
Shawthorne Academy students were not easily impressed. They were the best of the best, admitted to the nation's most prestigeous academy of the arcane arts. That being said, in my experience, most students just want to blow things up.
"Any sufficiently advanced magic," I... |
*"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science."*
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"No don't touch those reagents! They're very sensitive to light!"
The bespectacled and wiry-haired professor screamed from behind a desk covered with open books and instructional diagrams.
The young student sheepishly plac... |
kzyz5ko | kzwy9ju | [WP] As one of Zeus bastard children, you are doomed to be targeted by Hera, however you found a way to get on the queens good side before she found out who your father is. | Hera Olympiad was someone who looked like she belonged in a world far above my own. There was no other way to put it. There was just this quality about her; if she told me to jump, I felt as if my body would move before my mind did. With her presence, she chased away all of the intricacies and sophistications of modern... | (This is my first, and a nice exercise for my english, so please be patient. Also, disclaimer, I like Percy Jackson. Anyway, here it goes).
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I have read Percy Jackson. Hera was NOT that pacific. I heard of stuff about my paternal siblings that weren't storybook worthy, but were as gruesome as a stepfather coming... |
mjz67n1 | mjyncxv | [WP]"Get rid of them." You hiss to your servant. You were the least favorite of your royal parents, which suited you just fine. You ruled a once destitute border region, which flourished due to your abilities. You hate when any family member visits you. | "Get *rid* of them," I hiss to David, his impassive face somehow slightly disapproving. "I'm *busy*." The huge stack of reports slides on itself, tipping precariously, and with practiced skill I catch and stabilise it. "Dammit. Is this the report on the canal project?"
"It is, my lady."
"Only three weeks overdue, Sim... | I stared at my servant, and she just smirked.
"Get rid of them, Alice, for real this time." I said.
She giggled.
"I got rid of them last time as well, my Lord.
I got rid of them from the hallway, and sent them to the dining hall." she said.
I sighed.
It's not enough I am the least favorite of my royal paren... |
kdpzpnw | kdotcnz | [WP] A benevolent dragon provides rain to the people, and they give the dragon offerings and such for it. A non-local dragonslayer refuses to understand this, and goes after the dragon. | Softly came the rain, with a thunder that was no thunder. John Stalwart listened closely to the rhythmic sound, and watched the grey skies. If the beast was up there, it was hiding well.
"That's far enough. I can track the beast from here."
His guide raised an eyebrow. "Track...?"
Stalwart said, "Your courage is a... | Zucoatl was an old red dragon. Escaping his larger and more wicked brothers, he had flown for weeks before he found the high valley he would call home. Dotted with small villages and farms, it had been protected by a pair of storm giants. 1000s of people. High in the tallest mountain, the giants had carved out a massiv... |
j3b2fgo | j3aep07 | [WP] "The human engineer costs HOW MUCH?" the captain was shocked. "Well, the human's rate itself is cheap. I'm including a week's worth of food. They're ludicrously expensive to maintain, but I'll be damned before I board a ship WITHOUT a human crew as well," said the broker. | Tip flipped the panel shut, satisfied when the airlock indicators on the security board flicker back to life. Her assistant, a young apprentice engineer of the same species as the rest of the ship, nodded in approval. Being the only human on board could get lonely at times, but the Narr'l made great company. They remin... | "The human engineer costs *how much?*" the captain was shocked by the figure named.
"Well, the human's rate itself is cheap. I'm including a week's worth of food as well. They're ludicrously expensive to maintain, these humans, but I'll be damned before I board a ship *without* human crew as well on board it," said th... |
lesvyh2 | ler9dkp | [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. | The room felt like it was spinning as Rachel watched the scene on her TV. Ultraman and Captain Liberty stood on the stage, hand in hand, their costumes gleaming under the bright lights. With the government calling on the Guardians and other superheroes to reveal themselves and register as government agents, opinions we... | [POEM]
Amongst the gush of impossible love,
Standing there was Mr Frale,
With a pale heart and an empty squeal,
He wandered back home wondering if,
He hasn't serenaded about her eyes,
And the allure they bring in his weak life,
Or do strong bodies have pulp for a heart,
And why didn't she wonder, that woman,
T... |
j3u650d | j3u2q7x | [WP] A millennium ago, only the wealthiest were allowed to board the ship, allowed to escape this dying planet into space. In their absence the world healed and humanity built a new utopia. Now, the ulta-rich have returned and want to reap the benefits of the new world. | “This will be your apartment Mr. Bigsly.” The man in a red one piece uniform said. John Bigsly looked around. The apartment was a large open design overlooking the ocean. Well appointed. In the distance he could see rain falling from the clouds. Clean clouds, clean rain. John opened a door and stepped out into the pati... | “What?” Asked Lucy as she stared at the radio that had just produced the worst message she had ever had. The rich that left the planet all those years ago were coming back. Lucy glanced up at the worlds six leaders and saw the most powerful one, Cosmic, massaging her temples. Cosmic had been there when the rich left, a... |
j7wlot5 | j7wdmpj | [WP] Bartenders only serve drinks as a side job. Their real profession? Hunting down every bastard named Bart. You are now the last Bart alive, and they will stop at nothing until you’re dead. | Do you have An clue how it feels? Trying to hide. It's not my fault. I was born this way. I never hurt anyone. I am always on the run. I miss the steady life and my old abartment.
It first started with Bart the bard. He was a nice fellow, a tad bit loud, but very charismatic. He didn't heed the warnings. I still reme... | "'Ey 'ey," shouted a man in his forties, holding a drink and swaying from side to side. "I 'ere d'ey be coming around the corner a'er you next."
I dart my eyes from side to side. "What do you mean?"
The man cackled. "Ehh- yer name's Bart in't dat right?"
"It's Bartholemew!"
"Well, looks like 'dey don't care 'bout t... |
lsc94vx | lsc6mpy | [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?" | I am a low-rank villain, and I am considered a villain, just because my power is to alter the strength of drinks around me.
No legal bar wanted to hire me, because they were afraid I would be a liability, so I came to work for the villains, whom happily agreed to hire me, at one of their most popular bars, and gather... | This hell hole, fit for only the lowest of low. And by god its the lowest of pieces of shit that im looking for now!
I cant believe they'd go this far, to stoop so low......
Ive done my best with them, treated them with respect even though they are the lowest of filth in this society, yeah ive had them locked up and ... |
jxa808l | jxa4t76 | [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. | "What do you mean I'll never orgasm again?!"
"You'll be *undead* Peter. Blood flow will only be the first issue you have." I said, rolling my eyes. Our positions from the start of the conversation had reversed. It started with me pacing and ranting as he layed on the couch without a care. Now, I sat reclined in my fav... | "Dammit girl you don't want this!"
"But I'm already a night owl, I love the style, and my community will love it!"
"And that is why! Do you know why mirrors don't reflect us?"
"The silver?"
"No, that's werewolves and the like. And no, weres have more problems and less benefits than vamps do. It's the glass."
"... |
jl5ycdr | jl5ed4r | [WP] The protagonist picks up a cursed sword, which simply convinces them to pick up an expensive and time-consuming hobby. This hobby drains their time, energy, and wealth more efficiently than any cursed item. | Rothgar the Glorious flicks his wrist to remove the blood and ichor from his sword as he walks into the heart of the dragons lair. From atop it’s pile of gold Gothar the Red looks down at him.
“How strange, I never thought to see a wielder of the industrious blade darken my doorstep.”
Rothgar looks up, “You speak... | I wandered past the various curios in the strange shop, until I saw it. Gleaming steel, with an oddly curved pommel, the cross guard sharp and disjointed. The sword was terrible, and strange. I had to have it.
"Excuse me sir?" I said, flagging down a salesperson. "How much for the sword?"
"Oh, that? Forty nine n... |
ja8l7nv | ja84oyq | [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. | The humans stared in surprise. "I'm sorry, perhaps we misunderstood - I thought that each sentient species got a single senator?"
The gelatinous alien wobbled. "Yesyes, quite right quite right. One senator one senator. Everyone gets one, everyone gets one."
The feathered, multi-eyed creature standing next to it nodde... | "Four? But why?" Slyggzen asked, waving his upper tentacles in agitation. "Everyone else has one. ONE. Even that planet with two sentient species has one senator, and they start a war every-time they need to send a new one."
I ruffled my feathers, hoping the octopod could understand my body language as easily as I cou... |
kdnkefm | kdmzrer | [WP] By law, those born with the mark of slavery are to be sold as property. Your son, born with it, resists capture at 15 and escapes. Imprisoned for his defiance, you worry only for his fate. Years later, he returns to free you—revealing the mark’s true purpose, shattering everything you believed. | "Sir... are these translations... accurate?" lieutenant Smith asked looking at the title of the report.
"Lieutenant, I can assure you this is the most accurate translation our AI has been able to produce thus far."
"This is insane, we need to..."
The general cut him off. "For the safety of Earth, it is imperative t... | Kim-Tat was seething with anger. He clenched his fist so hard he got a warning pop-up about the structural integrity of his suit.
His suit showed his metrics and force output, and the assassin was breaking records for his biofluid pressure and pulse.
He replaced the representative's snakle drink with dihydrogen oxid... |
j94741c | j94051d | [WP] God, demigod, guardian--Every time mankind finds you, during a different age, they give you a title representative of your otherworldly power. You aren't getting weaker, yet your title gets diluted each time until finally, a group of humans think you're just a homeless person who needs help. | The God of growth, that is who I am - that is who I was... it has been time immemorial since I was called who I once was.
We gods all exist no matter the moment. We may die, but what is death, but an old life lived well. When we gods die, we are simply born anew to be renamed, and we adjust to what life we live. And a... | I've been searching, waiting, trying to get my fishing hook back for 500 years. I've tracked it to the Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Venice, but I cannot enter for now. I have other matters to attend to, like this security guard.
"I am not homeless you damned mortal, I am a god!"
"Miss, if you would please leave before... |
jknh9gi | jkn91hd | [WP] Humans have a reputation amongst the other sapient races. Not just for being ambitious and adaptable, but also for being monstrously disgusting. Most view them as lumbering hives of parasites, diseases, dead skin cells and bacteria. They are biological weapons; children of pestilence. | A horror arrived on my homeworld today. From my window, I watched them stumble out of their ship, so sleek and silver, all rounded edges and mirrored surfaces, now so juxtaposed from the creatures residing within. At first, I thought them beautiful. They had bulbous, radiant helms that shone in the light of our sun, st... | "Chaos has claimed them!"
"Do not get any closer!"
"By the gods, the Rotting One has marked them!"
These are the usual ramblings of the aliens I walk past by everytime I, and my colleagues show up.
Who am I, to earn such a reputation? I am simply Liam of Alighieri; and the reputation really only got worse after I ... |
j2zbrfp | j2z8zvy | [WP] He came to my pond every day to play with his "imaginary" friend. years later he returns beaten and bloody on deaths door so he can die in the only place he had happy memories, little does he know she is very real and very angry | At least three of Orion's ribs were broken, he guessed. He could feel the broken ends grinding against one another with every limping step he took towards the pond that lay behind his family's home.
He had spent many hours out here, and though he had 'saved' his home for today, he knew he would not be able to replicat... | Vinny pulled in to the driveway of the old now-abandoned farmstead his sedan sliding to a stop on the loose, bumpy gravel. He opened the door immediately and stumbled out as fast as his broken body could. He knew they'd be right behind him. How had his life come to this? When he left home for the city three years a... |
lxwu6cn | lxwooyc | [WP] You clocked in like any other day. Grabbed a cup of coffee, walked to the lab, and entered JUST in time to see Ted press the red button. | I clock-in as usually, and then go and make myself a nice cup of coffee to start the day.
Walking into the lab, I arrive just in time to see Ted press the red button.
I take a sip of coffee, as the alarms start blaring.
"Here we go again.", I mutter, walking forward.
"Hey Dave.", he greets me.
"'Sup Ted, so..... | And I think not this s**t again, but at least this time I have coffee and a maple donut to keep myself occupied while I’m stuck in here with Ted. For the third f*****g time this month. I hear the doors behind me lock in place, the steel window blinds grind down the floor to ceiling windows. The alarm goes off like it’s... |
lsdl13k | lsdgcz6 | [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?" | I sat at the bar in the speakeasy, nursing my drink and a headache. The light show this morning hadn’t done me any favors, nor had the earthquake that followed. While no one claimed responsibility for the crime spree, the celebratory laughter from the back booth suggested the likely culprits. I glanced in their directi... | (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... |
ju4ndym | ju48jnw | [WP] You are a werewolf and everyone in the village knows. When its nearing the full moon they all help you baricade yourself in your home since you are the only wheat farmer in town. Everything was fine until some self righteous lord takes over and demands not only your land but your home as well. | I'm the only brewer and baker in town. Everyone gets their beer and bread at my pub, women bring pies and stews to bake in my oven during the day, and in general the village relies on me. It's a little village on the edge of nowhere in particular, so we don't really have anyone else to rely on or trade with. I alway... | You're body, though appearing young feels the years of transformations. As you walk across the floor you can remember your first time being stabbed, your first time changing even. The night you changed not knowing what your body was doing. Feeling like your body was going to explode. Now here You are in what some would... |
l3kk5g3 | l3k7c3l | [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..." | Antigone had always been a loyal servant to the gods. It was her job as a woman. She was supposed to wait. To serve. To be pretty and perfect and patient.
She had been.
She HAD been.
Then they brought her brother back, or at least his body, and left it to rot in the fields outside the walls. She’s lost both brothers... | "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... |
jjbjbug | jjb85d5 | [WP] "This... is your treasure hoard, Dragon?" "Yes. Nobody pays with gold and jewels anymore, it's all paper money or stocks and bonds. I miss being able to lay down in a pile of loot, but I am forced to adapt to modern times." | Shifting uncomfortably the dragon prodded the pile of documents with a talon, “It is no longer as it was. Change has happened too swiftly.”
Some scales around her eyes shifted position, the dragon equivalent of a frown. “The adventurers of this region seem also to have changed.”
“I’m Arthur, the.. uh, barbarian warrio... | Cryptoz’iliax shifted his body, a pile of hard drives tumbled lightly.
While mostly sure of the answer already, he couldn’t exactly understand why so many, so he asked “Why choose the hard drives?”
“Ohhh.. that is a bit of a tale, I will start with a few years ago..in Venezuela.” Imagining his brain one of the hard... |
j5awg12 | j5any10 | [WP] You can see how long someone has left to live. But a classmate of yours has a deathdate that keeps on changing everytime you see them. One lesson, they have 15 minutes left, until they ask to leave. They come back later with an added 20 years. | The numbers that crowned their heads were not curses but gifts that counted down the days to their new lives. Halos. That's what the adults told them as they grew up. They smiled at the children and said, "When that number ticks to zero, you won't die. You'll begin your eternity of paradise."
What else could the... | I didn't think it would happen to me. Nobody does. I remember laughing and goofing off with my classmates during the active shooter drills, thinking that I had a better chance of winning the lottery than seeing "Buddy" Bunson Holiday with a double-barreled hunting rifle pointed at Ms. Rizzo's head. I knew something was... |
lsms3hb | lski42v | [WP] They call it the 'Elephant's Foot', a terrifying monster that lives in a cursed metal labyrinth— and your village elder believes that it is guarding a long lost secret | It had become something of a game to her. Most of her fellows had been imprisoned by one hero or another. She supposes either she is that brilliant or her hero is just as fond of their game.
She enacts her plans meticulously each time. Today was the day she'd set the perfect one in motion.
Taking down the Healthy Air... | You twist the tail of your new giant mouse costume in your hands, nervously watching the urban horizon. If Winulon doesn't show up soon, you'll just look foolish.
You feel a tug on your great upholstered backside and turn to find a small child. He looks up at you in wonderment. "Are you Chuck E. Cheese?"
Dare you rev... |
jp8kjxr | jp8f1sf | [WP] Whenever you die, you have the ability to reincarnate at any point in history with full memories of your past lives. Billions of lives later, you realise the truth: Every person ever in history is either your past or future reincarnations. There is no one out here apart from you. You are alone. | ***1.***
Rock, fall. Big, *biiig* rock. **Whoosh**. Fall far. Fire, much fire, closer, closer. Burned. Big burned. Air bad. Hot. Tired. Less pain when eyes close. Fall asleep. Pain... no more.
***2.***
I... had the most *peculiar* of dreams, dear. I- I was a caveman, you see? A proper caveman - like one you'd see in... | At first there was nothing, so much nothing, in fact, that the universe was full. Filled to the brim, spilling over with nothingness. A blank slate. Blanker than a slate, blanker than anything that could possibly be imagined and stretching further than a clear night sky. It wasn't that nothing existed, it was that ther... |
ltrtwm2 | ltqpw1v | [WP] When you were a child, a mercenary made you watch as he killed your entire family in front of you. You swore revenge. Decades later, you've finally tracked them down- ...only to find they're now a pacifistic geriatric who's beloved by his community. | **Part 1 of 2**
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Chimera lifted his left foot, and let gravity tip him until his shoulder bumped against the brown brick wall. He put a cigarette in his mouth, and pulled out his lighter, pressing his thumb harshly on the gear. It turned, and with a satisfying *click,* a flame spurted up an... | "I... Apologize." Says the old man, refusing to look you in the eyes as he does so
.
"I don't forgive you." You reply, through gritted teeth, as you stand from the seat across from him. His eyes widen in fear, face painted with regret."
"Please," He begs, "my family-"
"What about mine?!" You nearly shout, trying to k... |
k81hj3z | k815o88 | [WP] “Mom…Dad…I’m…” “Gay? We know sweetheart. And we still love yo—-“ “No I’m—“ “Trans too? Oh don’t worry dear we always kind of knew…” “No for the love of god I’ve been turned into a vampire!!” | "Relax, honey, we're not entirely surprised..."
"You're not surprised? I'm a vampire! I suck blood! I burn under the sun! I'm a monster! And you're not surprised?"
"Your 1st cousin Trevor was bitten by a werewolf. Your 2nd Aunt Hazel married a skinwalker. Your 3rd Uncle Robert works for an eldritch god and was turned... | Mom, pausing a moment, mouth stopped mid motion, Dad comes in for the save, holding a hand up.
“Well…who turned you? Wasn’t any of our family. They would have told us.”
“Wait…what?”
Mom raises a finger, Rob…are you sure?”
“Well, what is the point in hiding it anymore?”
“Mom! Dad! WhatEVER are you talking about?... |
mkqxsws | mkqu6jr | [WP] You have worked your entire life to become the world’s greatest mage, almost comically however your annoying little sister just so happens to be a natural talent beyond even the best mages comprehension and everyone loves her. | “And in this demonstration, we have Kryne Bauthorn! A studied mage hailing from Bruswall School of Arts Magic.” A man said, sitting behind a pulpit with a wrinkled piece of paper.
I walked through a small archway into the circular room. The floor marbled with designs of a man holding a sword in one hand and a ring in... | I worked. Gods, I worked.
I bled my hands raw copying spells by candlelight, muttering incantations until my throat cracked, subjecting myself to every grueling test of will, endurance, and intellect imaginable. I studied the tomes of the Ancients, deciphered the lost languages of forgotten civilizations, mastered mag... |
mwty9up | llul0wz | [WP] As the princess and heir apparent of the kingdom you are the most sought after woman in the whole kingdom, with suitors lining up every day to ask for your hand in marriage. Today you finally accept the proposal of a suitor, causing a massive scandal. | It was once again...Thanksgiving.
Our family was renowned across the universe, for birthing the strongest magicians of all fields...yet they didn't know something.
During holidays...when the entire family gathers, we compete in a different way one might expect.
Those who mastered fire spells make the perfect roas... | \[Poem\]
I dreamt of a butterfly
Adrift in the winds of summer
Free from the confines of 'er own mind
To think as it wished
To love as it may
Yet in the shadows of Autumn
In those oppressive shades
Lay hands awaiting
Strings snatching wings away
And so fell the butterfly
Into the eternal dusk of Winter... |
j3b4ok2 | j3auu38 | [WP] Aphrodite is talking to Ares. "Y'know, Persephone gives Hades flowers everyday. I wish you'd do that." The next day, Ares goes to the Underworld and gives Hades flowers. "Yeah, I'm not really sure why Aphrodite wanted me to do this, but here you go." | Persephone stopped in the doorway, looking at the sight before her. Ares held the flowers out before himself for a second more, turned to look at her, and hastily jammed them into Hades' hands.
"Well, isn't this cute. I swear, Hades, you never had as many suitors as you've had since we wed."
"Hi, Perse," Ares said, ... | Hades:out of curiosity nephew, how did that conversation go?
Persephone:*currently rolling on The floor while ares explains*
Hades:it was a Mather if syntaxis i see. *Grabs some flowers given to him by his wife*,dear is it okay if I send ares with these?
Persephone:* makes an approval gesture with a hand while reco... |
jiqh552 | jipp7o7 | [WP] In a world of dragons, sorcery, war, and monsters, there are many risks and even risk takers. Everyone though, elf, monster, or man knows to avoid those few ancient ruins that contain symbols of suffering and a word of the ancients, RADIATION. | # No Place of Honour
*Part One of Two*
“I have a bad feeling about this place.”
Freya shot an annoyed glance over her shoulder. “Keep it down, Marik. I’d rather not alert those guards we passed earlier.”
The little wizard wrung his hands, looking up at her with wide eyes. “That’s just it – I’ve never seen armour li... | The ancients before us were better. We've known that for as long as even *can.* Ironically, the pursuit of what came before only drags us farther from it. War, fought over and over for what our ancestors had.
Grand flying machines, beasts of unfathomable speed, steels of unparalleled strength. We scavenge the ruins, p... |
kca08o5 | kc9laf2 | [WP] “You said she is an elemental mage, what element she specializes on? Fire? Earth? Water?” “Actinides.” | There was a bit of an air of emptiness around this fairy. Her mismatched look indicated that she was an outcast, but Alex could not understand why. Was it three eyes? No, some other fae had three. Was it the wing shape? No, just uncommon. Alex saw other fae with such traits. And four hands was as common as it got.
"Pr... | At Maki Corp., they hire the greatest magical assassins. Og and Barry sat at a desk, next to each other, in Og's office. "About that Sara girl...", started Barry. "Yes?"
“You said she is an elemental mage; what element she specializes on? Fire? Earth? Water?”, said Barry. “Actinides.”
The door opened, and Sara, the ... |
lq5ieoz | lq4wzgl | [WP]The humans go into the dreamscape and survive for 8 hours and they do it everyday....according to all that we know...this is impossible. | In the 25 years since humans developed the ability to travel at light speed, so much had changed for our species. It took a bit, but once we found other "people" and joined the Galactic Federation, life as humans once knew it on Earth completely changed.
I was one of the first Earth kids to attend a Sector University... | As Sam's consciousness drifted deeper into the realm of dreams, reality began to warp and bend. The confines of his bedroom melted away, replaced by a kaleidoscope of impossible vistas and phantasmagorical landscapes. His mind, free from the constraints of the waking world, soared through the skies.
Sam found himself ... |
j3t2wv4 | j3shryz | [WP] A millennium ago, only the wealthiest were allowed to board the ship, allowed to escape this dying planet into space. In their absence the world healed and humanity built a new utopia. Now, the ulta-rich have returned and want to reap the benefits of the new world. | I’m an old man now, but I was young when they left. You have to understand how bad it was in those days- the air wanted to choke us, the earth wanted to drown us and anyone upset enough with things to want to change them was too tired to do anything about it. Early 30’s news started telling us there was a plan to get u... | The whirring sound had reached decibel levels loud enough to turn mellowists, misaphonic. It was more probing than piercing, returning periodically beginning last month, each time lessening it's past half-life.
Most commoners knew not what this alarm meant. But it was worth alleviating the headache to find out. The co... |
ktwc2fu | ktwaq8j | [WP] You, a side character, watch in horror as the MC forgives and doesn't kill the main villain, who murdered your friends and family, saying, "If I killed them, then I'd be just like them." | My eyes popped silently. How could Carla do this? How could she stand in front of that man, expressionless, yet so full of compassion and kindness, after he slaughtered my kin.
“You-can’t—“ I tried, my heart aching underneath the weight of my dead ancestors.
“If I killed them, then I’d be just like them,” Carla... | It was almost over. It'd been so long but we were so close now. Twenty years spent hunting down this piece of shit. He wasn't getting away this time. Not on my life.
My lungs were on fire. Straight battery acid ran through my veins. My heart was about to detonate. I kept running.
He could only run straight for a bit ... |
jet29wt | jes20i9 | [WP] When the king sent out the berserker to save his daughter from the castle she's in with a ferocious dragon, the Last thing he expected to find in the pile of severed heads the man brought, is the head of the princess herself. And yet it's here, displayed proudly dangling on his hip. | The kingdom of Mechanka, as is well known, is often beset by dragons of various sorts - from the relatively tame but irritating Zujats (resembling a jeweled bee) to the monstrous and destructive Zmaj, which devour whole ships, gnaw on mines and burp out dangerous gasses which they light. After all, they note (as dragon... | **Established Universe**
“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?” screamed the King: “HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?”
The Berserker smiled: “Foolish king, what would you have offered me for your daughter? A pot of gold? A title? Half your kingdom?”
“The Behelit offered me so much more. All I had to do…was to offer a sacrifice.”
“YOU MONSTE... |
jyp3ro1 | jynnmcu | [WP] Years ago you came up with a nonsensical code phrase that you would use if you ever went back in time and needed to convince yourself of who you were. You never wrote it down or told anyone what it was. Today a young woman you’ve never met walks up to you on the sidewalk and speaks the phrase. | When I was a kid, my folks made me memorize a secret word. That way, they could send someone to pick me up or something and I could make sure they were legit with the password. My sister and I had a second word just for each other to say when we were super serious for real I swear you guys, because we talked so much sh... | *I wonder what would happen if I had another cat. Would Molly be happy about it?* But mid-thought, a woman looks at me and rushes towards me. Her hands are full of paper and odd objects such as a guitar and a dying flower. Her small dress flows through the air as she moves.
She pauses for a second, then opens her mout... |
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