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l6ux90h | l6uonbu | [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… | "Dr. Drevus, have you tried your own surgery to see colors invisible to the human eyes?" I asked, flipping through his photo album of "success stories".
He pushed up his glasses and muttered a shaky yes.
"Tsk tsk, such an obvious lie." I waggled a finger. "If it is as good as you say it is, why not? Are you not curio... | I opened my eyes in the recovery room, and slammed them shut almost instantly. I just awoke from this surgery, I was told it would help me see more colours so I figured it would cure my colour blindness. It sure did, but I could see something else, something not of this world.
I opened one eye, trying to make sense of... |
jj4yz9v | jj3txac | [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 ... | Aside from the stealing, blackmail, kidnapping and coffee runs (like really? What supervillain goes out of their way to make SURE to get unethical sourced coffee?) It's the commute that kills me. Having to drive to another city to work as a villain's underling is such a pain. This wouldn't even be an issue if psy-man ... |
jypasp8 | jyp0ja7 | [WP] "Your total will be...wait this can't be right." The cashier turned around and called the manager over. The manager then quickly shooed the employee away as they took over at the register. "I'm sorry for the delay, we haven't had one of your kind in awhile, your total comes to 3 souls." | What. The. Hell? How on earth did a retail store, of all places, guess that I was an immortal? Something strange was happening. I’ve been around the block, so to speak, my fair share of times. It was pretty clear that if I just paid and left, I would be taking a meaningful loss. So I had to stall.
“Your price is t... | \[Just a stub. Practically a prompt in itself. Hope that's ok.\]
The Harvester glanced into his vessel at one-and-a-half rapidly withering specimens. "Is there another manager? Don't *you* have a supervisor?"
This manager grimaced and sucked his teeth. "Just Time and Fate," he warbled with performative patience.
The... |
j3slkrp | j3sey95 | [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..." | "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... | “… thus I have cursed you with all bubble gum tasting like barbecue sauce and having that typical stringy sticky thing no body likes.”
I shook my head in disbelief. “Dude what’s the point?”
He looked me over curiosly. “What… what do you mean? And inconsequential curse! It’s like a regular curse but-“
“Yeah but I don... |
juipsh2 | juig22p | [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. | She is beautiful. Lyla. The most beautiful thing ever created, more beautiful than angels, and I know that for a fact.
We met 17 years ago and slowly built our relationship. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with my family, especially after my father’s "retirement" to focus on his… spirituality, and Lyla help... | *"Sorry I Am Late. The Transrealm Substation Is Only Running One Line Today, "* He said in a voice that simultaneously sounded of the screams of one thousand damned souls and the thunder of a mountain storm.
"Paz, bro, turn off your Hell voice. You are in the mortal realms"
"Oh, sorry about that." Said Pazuzu, King o... |
jgraiq3 | jgq0t0q | [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. | What do you do when the gods rain from the sky? If you're the High Priestess of a Goddess you start worrying about your long-term employment. Damage control wasn't even an option. All the waters of the earth were running red. This was one of those rare times when direct communion was a necessity.
First to the temple... | 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... |
kymrptu | kymp6im | [WP] You were just sucked up and abducted by a UFO. The alien inside addresses you, "Is this translator working? Listen. I need you to pretend to be my boyfriend for three days so my parents will get off my back about it." | Finished now
.................
I blinked at the strange being before me, in all my marches and training in the Roman legions, nothing had prepared me for what I now faced.
"Is this translator working? Can you understand me?" It asked, I did not see anyone standing around doing the translating, the words seemed to c... | It was a weird sensation. A Tingling that gradually spread from my extremities to my very core, accompanied by an eerie huming sound. And to the eyes it felt like the visual equivalent of a shoddy music crossfade on the radio. One moment I was walking from the shower back to my room, the next moment I'm standing on a k... |
jtck12p | jtc7j6e | [WP] A hero's work never ends. You became a litch out of necessity. The next hero would not be summoned for another thousand years and you were old. You planned to stay around long enough to pass the safety of the world on to the next. | They say time flies, and in truth it doesn't matter if you're having fun or not. One day you're forcing yourself to learn how to set things on fire with your mind, even when your magical abilities are likely on the negative, the next you're floating atop a pillar made out of the petrified corpses of the long forgotten ... | Everyone thinks the prophecy will happen in their times, I met at least eight other adventures that said they were the 'hero'. I was sure I was the hero for an embarrassing amount of time. It wasn't me. I learned that the hard way when I died for the second time. This was when my god told me to stop my delusions and th... |
jvfr4p8 | jvfn6l0 | [WP] You had the perfect dirt to blackmail them and sent them an anonymous threat. Instead of money, you receive a photograph of your child entering their school. | Dear Mr. Michaels,
We both know that isn't your real name, but understand that I do have that information on you and I could bring this whole operation down on your head at any time. Your last three years tracking secrets in my country will be completely useless if you're caught right now.
Attached is a set of docu... | I stare at the picture that came from the unmarked envelope in my mailbox. There is a child, not more than ten years old, walking into James Mason Elementary. I knew Principle Martinez and some of his *dealings*, so I sent him a little notice. An educator's life is already fragile, easy to ruin in the court of public o... |
k6wrlxj | k6wn7p7 | [WP] The elite 1% of an intelligent alien race sent their workers to terraform the earth into a vacation planet, wiping out humans and any other native life in the process. Unexpectedly, the wrokers rebel and refuse to do their job, having been bribed with this human thing called "affection" | What even is a wroker anyway? Some would describe us as employees of an all-powerful employer, some would call us diligent party members to an out-of-station terra forming venture. Some even an invasive alien species. Some then would call us slaves. What stuck us first and foremost, through all the high-handed land cla... | (Not affection but i think that this scenario is kinda funny)
A1: this sucks.
A2: it always suck dude.
A1: yeah, but we normaly get to be guarding some resource sectors, in those we can atleast sloth around. But patrolling major political sites like this in the middle of the city is exausting, you cant predict what ... |
j4zh7sq | j4z6ew9 | [WP] You are a worker at a fast food restaurant where your boss is a ass, enough of an ass that someone summoned a demon to kill him and anyone else in the restaurant. They didn't account for you being something far older and more dangerous who just wants to make money in peace. | The demon returned to the kitchen, wiping egg off its horns and ranting in tongues. "You didn't warn me about her." He grumbled at the summoner as Charla walked through the swinging doors.
"Frank. I should have known it was you. I hope you plan to wipe that up." She pointed to the pentagram of pancake batter.
Frank ... | I could picture the opposite. Maybe like... ........
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INT. - Noon - Lone Long Roady's Pine Gas-taurant
One late evening after a loud and barking argument, cursing the mother and fancy red van of your entitled, dead beat boss, you leave the office and decide to go home early. Maybe this time for g... |
j2p211c | j2og35e | [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!!“ | Josh had settled into his button guarding routine over the years. He arrived at 8:00 AM, slightly hungover from the night before, with a blueberry bagel and honey walnut cream cheese. Every day the same: bagel, read, browse reddit on his phone, lunch, read, home. Josh stuffed a large bite of bag... | 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... |
j5lurao | j5ldv98 | [WP] As a necromancer, you are in the business of reanimating the dead for a few days at a time. Families say goodbye, businesses get cooperate secrets, scientists test their drugs, etc. The more they pay, the better they are restored and the longer they stay, as it does take a lot out of you. | Elgar knew the family would soon enter his bare, but warm office. The weeping from the visitation room dwindling down always meant they were almost done. Four hundred and seventy three. That was how many children Elgar brought back to life, just to hear the sobs of their parents when they inevitably passed away aga... | The door to the shop slammed open and Tazad, the necromancer, looked up from his work to see Cain, a local rogue, standing in the doorway.
"Good morning, my dear customer," Tazad began, but was interrupted by a cough. *cough* ", how can I help you?"
Cain strode into the shop, the dust settling around him as he made h... |
jweercu | jwee685 | [WP] After attempting to burn a witch who just flew off cackling, a town has to come to terms with the fact that it has clearly been accusing and burning innocent people up till now. | "Everyone calm down!" said the mayor, hoping to stop the mob from torching his house. "There still is no proof that the other girls weren't witches!"
He had gotten elected on his anti-witch campaign. The first thing he did when he became mayor was burn 20 yo... | The town was quiet, there was no shouting, no movement, and no wind. The only noise was the crackling of the fire. In this town covered in snow, its inhabitants stood still. With black ice attaching to their shoes.
The events that had just transpired had brought a cruel revelation, the incidents of Wri were not caused... |
jg3d4jv | jg31gq0 | [WP] Whenever you flip a coin, it lands on its side, Rock-Paper-Scissors always ends in a draw, and when you enter the lottery you always win your money back but not a dime more. You're not lucky, you're not unlucky, you're... something else. | Do you know what status quo *looks* like?
I see it every day in the mirror.
If I flip a coin for something, it *will* land on its side. If I play Rock-Paper-Scissors, it *will* be a draw, no matter what. Every week, I buy a lottery ticket. Every week I win the *exact* amount of money I paid for the ticket. Not a cent... | Whenever I flipped a coin, it landed on its side, Rock-Paper-Scissors always ended in a draw, and when I entered the lottery I always won my money back but not a dime more. I'm not lucky, I'm not not unlucky, I'm ... something else. But, you know, there's rent to be paid and food to eat, so I lived my life like any oth... |
j9sbtrw | j9s9vgx | [WP] You’re a villain who’s kidnapped one of the smartest guys on your nemesis’ team. They tell you no one’s coming for them because the hero doesn’t care. You thought they were bluffing, but it’s been a month & no one has shown up. After hearing them cry at night once again, you finally had enough. | "OH FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS UNHOLY!"
I scowled and stomped my way over. I had to stay close to the prisoner to enact my plan, but that also meant being close enough to hear almost everything that happened in his cell. Apparently, his emotions boil close to the surface. First, it was grandstanding about how the her... | My jaw was set because I did what needed to be done. The thought of stealing someone away from their family left a sick feeling inside of me because I knew exactly how it felt. I knew how it felt to be torn, screaming, from my mother and watch my father die in front of me.
That's why I needed to do this. I HAD to do t... |
jdrev87 | jdr6iuh | [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. | They made their presence known through the first strike.
Entire cities burnt and levelled, countless lives lost.
Our continents were forcefully reshaped under their endless barrage, our defences were a mockery of warfare in the face of their technology.
As the firestorms charred our world, they left, leaving the few w... | The scholar climbed out of bed, groaning as the rain outside came crashing down in thick, sideways sheets. "An unbelievably LOVELY day for my arthritis..." He grumbled as he got dressed, and left the room. The next room was his dining room, and he turned on the light. The tile floor was grey, and there was a tall r... |
jj1d1yj | jj176cm | [WP] You are not the child of a powerful ruler, neither do you behave in such a way as to command power. You have never been violent, nor even aggressive. Yet, wherever you go, people fear you and treat you like a monarch or an emperor. You never understood why, until today... | Your mother always told you that you were special. At age six, she withdrew you from public schools and opted to quit working to school you at home.
Years later, as a teenager, you didn’t understand why. Grateful, public schools had been hell. Teachers let you do whatever you wanted, which as a young child had seemed... | I set foot outside of my apartment and immediately the first drops of rain starting falling as I heard soft thunder in the distance. Just my luck, why does this always happen. All I needed was something to eat for the night and maybe a six pack to calm my nerves. Just a five minute trip to the supermarket, how hard cou... |
jiujsym | jiue2w4 | [WP]You and your other co-workers have known for a while that something is impersonating your boss. But no one has bothered to say anything because under its leadership the workplace has become an enjoyable place. Today you’re training a new employee when they see the boss eating a delivery driver. | "What the-mmph!" The cry was cut short as a hand clamped around Colin's mouth.
"Be cool. Not a word, not a sound and I promise you'll be ok. I'll explain later, just...pretend everything is ok." Jake ordered from behind, slowly releasing him. Colin spun around violently, panic evident. He started to protest, but Jak... | [Part 1 of 2]
Everyone knew Richard was dead. The creature thought it was so clever, burying his half-eaten body in the office bonsai plant, not realizing that a few drops of dirt didn’t cover up all the blood and body parts. At first, we stayed silent, mainly out of fear. Sure, we could have called for help, but no o... |
jb8d6gm | jb8b9zt | [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. | The Bentari were one of the newest additions to the Galactic Federation. Welcomed with open arms as they finally achieved the capability of interstellar travel and deep space communication
They were leery though, their nearest neighboring system was occupied by an independent species.
Humans
The Bentari people had,... | Humanity had a destiny.
Or so we thought. Since the first fire was shared between one of our ancient plains dwelling ancestors and another. Our species slowly, generation after generation, became more capable of selflessness.
It had many labels throughout the centuries, from goodness to godliness. It's core ideology... |
jduzo1j | jduz725 | [WP] The Elven Kingdoms call their old allies the Humans for aid. Expecting medieval armies, they get a modern 21st century one instead. | "I was shocked to learn you could forge a bond with your dragon companion in the lifespan of a human." said Llevenine, her head bowed down in a sign of respect.
"After all, I've known Ssirika ever since she hatched, and it took over two hundred years of hardships and determination to build our rapport. Even now, I ca... | "Test 28-1-AGJ-4, commencing!"
The Gateway was an inter-dimensional portal opened during the Roman times, which closed for unknown reasons. We finally knew why the Roman Empire had spontaneously started to collapse.
As the rig in the centre of the field started to spin up, the inside started to glow. Electricity flow... |
jnolwfp | jnof1tk | [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... | "Hey, Dmitri, we're gonna hit up the Cigar bar tonight after work. You down?", a colleague asked.
"Sorry man, I've got dinner with my parents tonight.", he lamented.
"Alright, see you tomorrow then."
"Yeah."
Dmitri hoped the terse response wasn't perceived as too rude, but his friends at work already had a g... |
jtdb9hp | jtcts1l | [WP] A hero's work never ends. You became a litch out of necessity. The next hero would not be summoned for another thousand years and you were old. You planned to stay around long enough to pass the safety of the world on to the next. | *"Why do I still train?"* A sword slashes through the air with perfect form in a lightning-fast combination of moves. Untrained hands would be sluggish and flail about, and even the hands of a master would have difficulty mimicking the eternity of practice guiding this ancient palm. What was left of it anyway. Another ... | “I’m sorry, hero. I truly am sorry for the state of the world we have pulled you into.” Jaxal’s voice floated through the air as the robed hero stepped out of the summoning circle. The once great hall of summoning was now a broken mess of rubble and stone. The decorated ceiling, once adorned with paintings of the great... |
jktghb1 | jktekzt | [WP] The knight grasped the blade in his hands tightly. The roar of dragons hot on his heels as he ran. "You know, when they told me to save the princess of swords from the dragon's castle. I expected an actual princess and one dragon." "Oh shut up" replied the sword. | Roger’s sword was inches away from the warlock’s gut when reality itself trembled.
Everything distorted and images flashed across his vision of his travels this far, but from the perspective of an outsider looking in.
He had confronted and nearly beaten the warlock all alone, but his journey hadn’t started tha... | I stand laced with exhaustion. Wet, cold air presses in on me, stagnant and still.
​
Her angular face and quick brown eyes look at me. She is on her side, on the cave floor, clutching a wound around her ribs. It doesn't seem fatal, but it's enough to incapacitate her. Her magic staff is across the cave, close ... |
jq2451p | jq0vami | [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... | Daniel took a drag of his cigarette while staring at the bulletin board. New poster. There seemed to be one every week these days. Normally, he didn't pay them much mind - he had seen a fair share of these in his life. As disgusting as the thought was, he may have caused some. But the one he was staring at right now, t... |
jgqas9y | jgq9zqs | [WP] You are the proprietor of "The Wandering Inn", a tavern and guest house that appears sporadically to travellers in different worlds across the multiverse. You keep a journal on all of the weird, wonderful and disturbing visitors you've fed and lodged. | *Tuesday April 18*
Well, I picked up my second ever centaur today. Mr Qinric got up the stairs without issue, settled into the bedroom reserved for ogres and polycules, and then it went quiet for a bit. After a suspiciously long silence, I heard a short clopping of hooves, followed by the biggest crash you've ever hea... | Dear diary number 5,
Today on the 15330 day of me having not being able to leave this establishment I had another marvelous guest leave.
This rather young lady had found her way into this abode of mine in search of shelter from whatever horrors her mind plagued. We two sat around the table enjoying some cooled refre... |
jdb7vnr | jdavplg | [WP] A mark on your forehead identifies the god you must worship to stay alive, usually by joining its local church or temple. Your mark is unknown, meaning an old, forgotten god sponsored you. To survive, you must either find an old temple to worship at, or do the arduous task of building a new one | When deities determine a set of rules for the universe, it's a reasonable assumption that those rules will be one-sided. Gods demand, mortals must obey. This seems particularly unfair, given how the reverse is not at all true.
For most, it's not a problem. Most gods don't demand much. They go for quantity over quality... | What was it, 16 years ago when this all began? Alright, so basically I was minding my own business, fishing & smoking on a boat in the Jove Lake.
I had about 3 catches & hoped for a 4th, all of a sudden, I got a big tug on my line! I reeled that shit in super hard! But that fucker wouldn’t let me drag him upon the dir... |
lud28qj | lucosnn | [WP] After Earth was declared a galactic safe haven, anti-xenoterrestrial sentiment began to rise. You, a second generation immigrant from another planet, calmly walk down the street when a voice yells at you "Go back to Mars!" You snap back "I was born in Chicago!" | The burial chamber was disappointingly plain. Fifty feet to a side, unadorned stone walls stretched up to an arched ceiling centered over a stone sarcophagus in the center. Lights had been strung bathing the bare dirt floor in a soft glow.
With a phalanx of knights at his back, Lord Roland, Bright One, Demon‘s Ban... | Now, you may think this is weird, right? I mean, humans taking a threat in the far future seriously enough to not only keep the story alive for the entire thousand years, but to also temporarily unite under a single banner to amass a military capable of stopping the Great Evil’s rise? That’s practically unheard of. But... |
lfg1l98 | lffw8x9 | [WP] You’re a dragon writer but everyone mistakens you as a dragon rider. So naturally you’re selected to tame the dragon burning down the kingdom. | "I keep telling you, I'm a dragon *writer*! Not a dragon *rider*!" I yelled, placing emphasis on the words that everyone had mixed up.
Naturally, no one believed a word I said. Apparently, someone had seen me "tame" a bunch of dragons once. That was me merely recording their experiences in their long-lived lives, and ... | "Oh. Oh dear. This is an unwelcome surprise," said Artifax Bellamere, plucking the half-moon spectacles from his horned brows and giving them a delicate wipe. "Gog!"
"Arty? That you, mate?" Gogmagog the Red, the Burning Ruination and Scorching Blade of the Ashwrought Mountains, set down the horse-drawn wagon he'd bee... |
ku0f4b5 | ku07v6i | [WP] You wake up to find out that you've been somehow transported into the world of the last video game you played. Describe your first day. | I get out of my white wool blanket, stretch, and have a bit of leftover chicken. It's a beautiful day, and I'll need to stock my furnaces if I want anything to smelt by days' end.
There are some sheep in the distance - I'll need to kill some to survive, as my food stores are low. Today's goal will be to tame some sh... | Fight, flight, or freeze. That's what's on the menu when you encounter the unexpected.
As I opened the door of my apartment, I chose the latter, because I saw nothing to fight, and everywhere I might have run to seemed to have been replaced with an unfamiliar street of mixed low-income apartments like mine, and small ... |
ku0f4b5 | ktzp5qe | [WP] You wake up to find out that you've been somehow transported into the world of the last video game you played. Describe your first day. | I get out of my white wool blanket, stretch, and have a bit of leftover chicken. It's a beautiful day, and I'll need to stock my furnaces if I want anything to smelt by days' end.
There are some sheep in the distance - I'll need to kill some to survive, as my food stores are low. Today's goal will be to tame some sh... | I open my eyes just to be blinded by the sun for a moment.
"How long I've been laying like that..?" I ask myself, but I can't remember anything form before waking up.
As I try to get up, I start feeling that my body is numb as never before. I stretch myself a little and after doing so, I feel a little better.
I look ... |
ku00gxr | ktzp5qe | [WP] You wake up to find out that you've been somehow transported into the world of the last video game you played. Describe your first day. | What?! Where?! Grass!…. Grass?
I was kneeling now. I was on my bed a moment ago. I was confident I was playing a game. Now I’m lying in the grass? Am I missing time? How long have I been out? Why is there a minimap in my corner view?…. Wait…
WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A MINIMAP IN MY CORNER VIEW?!?!?!…. I’m in a video gam... | I open my eyes just to be blinded by the sun for a moment.
"How long I've been laying like that..?" I ask myself, but I can't remember anything form before waking up.
As I try to get up, I start feeling that my body is numb as never before. I stretch myself a little and after doing so, I feel a little better.
I look ... |
mkpfzwb | mko1ye6 | [WP] A man is kidnapped. He is forced to choose for the kidnapper to press one of two buttons. Button 1 will kill 100000 people at random. Button 2 will kill the 2 most important people in the victim’s life. The victim answers concerningly quickly. | "that sounds like magic."
"In a very real sense, it is Mr White. The machine measures the probabilities surrounding your existence and makes its choices."
"Button two. Definitely button two." I rest my thumb on the button.
"Hesitation Mr White? You seemed so certain and yet you have not pressed the button."
"Oh I'... | The Man Who Pressed the Button
The room is cold. The kind of cold that seeps into your bones, no matter how hard you try to shake it off.
Two buttons sit before me, each housed in a polished steel panel. One is labeled A, the other B.
The voice crackles through the intercom—distorted, mechanical, yet somehow amused.... |
kbwubqp | kbws5aa | [WP] You are a deity who has decided to adopt their only remaining follower, a recently orphaned child | One by one, as my followers fell during the God Wars, my temples crumbled, and my cities burnt to the ground.
All the while I was trapped behind the Veil, unable to help them. Their cries for help filled my nightmares when I eventually fell into a deep slumber as my powers faded.
Small fingers rubbed a cracked stone ... | I frown looking into the shifting waters, the pool is no new fixture in the chamber of the oracle. It is simply one of countless spectacles housed in Olympus' many rooms, almost as if with the intention of being forgotten by time... much like it's inhabitants.
As for what the pool shows me. It shows me the same thing ... |
jahwh9a | jahw0c2 | [WP] In a world dependant on superpowers, you though your ability of being immune to direct alterations from other powers was mildly inconvenient. You realize something is up when a friend points out you haven't aged at all in a decade. | I leaned toward the mirror, inspecting my face under the harsh bathroom lights. Ever since Olivia had half-jokingly said that I wasn't aging, the thought kept niggling at me. My power wasn't immortality—it was immunity to others. If I was indeed not aging, the conclusion that followed seemed too ridiculous to pursue.
... | [Part 1 of 2]
“You’re looking good. How longs it been since we last got coffee? Five years now?” Kyle asked, sitting down at the nearly empty café. Only a few dedicated customers braving the hot weather to come grab a cup.
“More like ten. It’s strange how time flies. What are you talking about, anyway? You think I l... |
lmk9koi | lmk9fmy | [WP] Years ago you made a wish with a genie that any living Arthropods would be incapable of being within ten feet of you. You've been loving your bug free life but your starting to notice more any more people refusing to get close to you. | Every morning, everyone in Tinsel town gathered at the Gusto Garden to observe Gary from a distance with their binoculars. He had become quite the sensation ever since he made a wish with a genie that any living Arthropods would be incapable of being within ten feet of him.
A spectacle that nobody else in town could t... | It was a fairly normal day. Mom told me I should bring a jacket to school even though it was the last week before summer break. She handed me a brown paper bag and stuffed a red windbreaker into my backpack anyway.
School was only a ten minute walk and I reached into the bag a minute in. I liked eating things from lea... |
j8bisjk | j8abjsp | [WP] As a Barbarian, you hate that just because you have a different lifestyle, your party looks down on you and assumes you are incapable of basic intelligent thought. Today you had enough. | It was difficult to make out anything in the dim torchlight deep underneath the ancient temple. But as the party approached a cavernous room of unknown purpose, it became clear that the walls were covered in detailed mosaics. Jet Blakk, lover, fighter, and occasional wanted man, held up his hand and the group stopped. ... | "It's called being Reckless!"
"The shortest distance between two places is a straight line." Alexandria rolled her eyes. "Honestly just because I'm strong doesn't make me stupid. Simplicity is its own form of genius!"
"Look all I'm saying is relying on just basic mana isn't going to cut it. Even with Reckless you're ... |
jrd5hlm | jrd50b8 | [WP] You hit your head and blank out, waking up in a hospital, but as you wake, millions of lines of text fly by in your vision. Turns out that Humans have been getting patched for centuries but nobody has ever updated before, because we only ever go into sleep mode. You just had a proper reboot. | My mother raised me mostly by herself. She worked as the sole receptionist of an auto shop where she dated a string of men with two first names - James Taylor, Ben Hunter, David Cameron, and so on and so forth. It was a similarity I had with them since my own name was Chase Hudson. Each of my potential step fathers had... | “All I remember is falling from somewhere in front of someone, now I’m here.
Where is here?
Good question!
I would look around, but the green text saying a million things I can’t even begin to understand is kinda blocking my vision. There’s a loading bar that says “79.3% complete” which is odd since I rarely work ... |
j6uobc7 | j6t7jpe | [WP] Your super power has no destructive power, but you're still a highly ranked superhero. *Time Out* puts your opponent into a safe quiet place to reflect on their actions before returning them back the to the same spot and time, they left. | It took some effort to find a team who would listen to me. I thought the hero groups led by hyperintelligent commanders would let me in immediately, but it was hard to get an audience with anyone. They mostly recruited people who had a public Big Damn Hero moment, and Time Out wasn't right for that.
In the end, all my... | Flames engulfed the courthouse, a large pillar of smoke piercing the sky. Crowds forming and helicopters circling to take in the madness. News vans lined up, cameras pointed at the building.
Nobody dared to call out “who would do such a thing!”, because everyone knew the culprit.
Murder Man, as he was so creatively ... |
j3olr83 | j3ol2mu | [WP] "I engineered you to be a villain. Lack of empathy, lack of morals, deriving pleasure from the pain and suffering of others, I even gave you power and ability for you to abuse. So how could it be that not only you are not a villain, but also a hero in the eyes of others?" | "Let's see if we can figure out where we went wrong. Define 'empathy,' Kill-Bot."
"Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of others, Creator."
"All right, that seems to be working. . . next, define 'morals.'"
"Morals are a standard of self-governing behavior, establishing parameters of right and wrong."
... | Worn leather straps gripped Keres' wrists to the uncomfortable metal chair. He hardly needed them anymore, his body was adapting to the serum that he needed weekly to survive and he didn't writhe as much anymore. The serum was his father's way of controlling him, making sure he always came back to get his dose. He ... |
kuupz3i | kuubash | [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." | "Please," the woman said with tears in her eyes, "*anything*. I'll do anything!"
The crone looked at her through her thick glasses and scratched one of her many warts. The woman's pleading was touching, even to someone who's seen as much as she did. She reached into the nearby drawer for a paper scroll and laid it out... | "Mom, mom, mom, is Aunt Esme here yet?????" Lily asked, for the tenth time that morning.
"It isn't quite dusk yet! I told you, she will come as the sun sets on your 7th birthday." The woman smiled. The spell had worked a treat, she had the children she wanted, and - thanks to the nature of Esme, the Witch who cast i... |
l279so3 | l26n23y | [WP] You are a lich who retired from villainy long ago and took up teaching at a magical school. Today someone made the mistake of threatening your students. | [Part 1 of 2]
“You see, the secret to making a nice herbal tea is a little drop of mint, Diana. Many people overcomplicate the tea by trying to make changes to the tea itself. I think that’s a waste of time. If the tea’s nice, it will stand on its own merit. All I want to do is give it that touch of mint to really bri... | There is a castle on a remote island that is not as it seems. Those who pass over the island by plane, or by it via boat, may simply see some old ruins...but to those with a certain talent for the mystic arts...it is a bustling school for the young to learn about their powers.
"Oh golly gosh! We have another class soo... |
lo2zk0e | lo2m33v | [WP] Humanity was rescued from a dying Earth by well-intentioned aliens. Sealed away in the immense, pressurized cargo hold of an interstellar ship and basic needs met, it's been decades since anyone has heard from them. When a small group finally escapes demanding answers, they find only corpses. | One million humans; five cubic miles of space, and over a century of idleness. Buildings resembling structures predating the Long Survival reflected the power of achievement with few other competing demands. For thirty five years, the AI Servitors that ruled those miles, and barred the gates beyond, had refused to al... | The humans were horrified at the scene that lay before them. It was utter chaos. There were scorch marks accenting the monochrome silver main deck. Worse yet, there were perfectly round, cauterized holes in each of the gelatinous bodies strewn on the floor, across tables, and over control decks.
Reza, a leading chemi... |
l1b1o7j | l1axkzz | [WP] "I'm just... Done with you! I'm tired of always being called evil for trying to clean the mess YOU leave behind!" | “I’m just so done. This isn’t fair. Every time we talk you make it seem like I’m the bad guy, and you’re some paragon of virtue over there.”
Vagabond let silence hang in the air for a moment instead of gracing Ashes with a response. Between them, a young woman was dangling from the rooftop, precariously positioned ove... | "I'm just... Done with you! I'm tired of always being called evil for trying to clean the mess YOU leave behind!""I'm just... Done with you! I'm tired of always being called evil for trying to clean the mess YOU leave behind!"
“It’s a sink cup”
“A sink cup?”
“Yes, a sink cup, and I didn’t call you evil.”
“W... |
j4jp63w | j4jlfkn | [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. | 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... | The piano fell so fast. At least, that’s the last thing I remember before I ended up here. Standing in front of the devil himself, instead of being transported to a specific level of Hell like the rest of its waiting patrons.
I fidget in place in front of the pedestal the Devil’s intricately carved throne resides upo... |
lfloyx8 | lfkygpa | [WP] You have a completely useless superpower in a world full of amazing superpowers. You have been a laughing-stock for years, until you started using your powers for evil... nobody is laughing now. | My parents didn't realise my powers had awakened at the age when everyone else's did.
No one did in fact, even me. It was only when I brought it up once at the dinner table that everyone seemed to suddenly remember "oh right that's a thing, we should probably get that checked out".
It took about 3 months before we di... | I am a super hero in a world of amazing powers. There are amazing powers like the ability to fly, be invincible and even immortality. However, my power is to teleport exactly 1.2 feet away. I am the laughing stock of my family. Everyone makes fun of “1.2 Ft. Teleportation Man”. It sounds helpful right? Wrong. It can o... |
j3t9sqp | j3t7kzk | [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. | "Do you seriously think you have any value among us?" one of the leaders asked, "The only thing you possess is money."
He pointed at us and proposed to the rich, "Please, try to buy someone."
The following silence was uncomfortable, but David was right.
He was there when they left us.
He was there... | The ship touched down and its ultrarich passengers disembarked into what could only be considered the largest marijuana field in the history of the world.
"This is familiar. Isn't this cannabis?" The Captain asked of his second in command.
*Forty days later*
Village Chief, you have got to see this," a hunter called ... |
lsdszfk | lsd1agu | [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... | I was relatively new to the supervillain business, a villain with the power to control water called La Siene. Now don’t go judging me, villainy pays well. Well it does as long as you aren’t in Paris. The Hero Ghost has built a whole network of heroes and informants to protect Paris from the Legion. Even the birds fough... |
jjwcr1b | jjw2dls | [WP] An academic notices that an entire year goes unmention from all historical records as if nothing at all happen during it. | “There was a great calamity, just before the year 1015. It was towards the end of the infamous God Wars, where the three disastrous forbidden gods of evil, sometimes simply known as the “3 Big Ds”, The Defiler, The Devourer, and The Destroyer, were at their most rampant. At the height of their powers. And then a big no... | As I think back on the first time I died the last thing I remember is a dark hallway. Torches lined the interior unlit, and water seeped through the cracks in the ceiling, nourishing the plethora of verden green growing on the walls.
An investigative reporter, that's what I was, who fancied himself a bit of an Indiana... |
lg277sl | lg16gaq | [WP] The CIA tries to kill Clark Kent, not because they know he’s Superman, but because he’s a really good journalist. They keep making it look like an accident, but every plan fails. It’s a comedy as the CIA can’t figure out why their attempts always go wrong. | "We've got a leak. We have to have a leak."
Clark Kent smiled into his flat white as one of the two men in the windowless van with the very convincing fake windows across the street slammed a fist into a dashboard littered with the wires of surveillance doodads and gizmos.
"We *don't* have a leak, Booth!" snarled t... | "Miss.." The comms rang.
"Miss?" A voice on the other end rang in confusion. "What do you mean, it's 100 yards? You missed?"
Hurridly breaking down the weapon, the man simultaneously tore his clothes inside out, changing his appearance entirely to a plain white t, jeans and flip flops. "It was a miss." He scowled bac... |
k3hloqd | k3gg4fc | [WP] "Sooo... Do you have claws?" Nope. "What about night vision?" Uh-uh. "Not even like, poison or something?" No. "Then how in the cosmos did you humans survive on Earth for so long?!" | "Well you've heard from the other representatives."
"_Yes. Endurance, intelligence, socialising, passing down knowledge, tool use._"
I crack open a beer, and take a sip.
"_But that still doesn't really explain how your species dealt with predators. Isn't it true that you've dominated every land predator species on y... | "In video game term: we have really really weird stats."
The confusion yet curiosity told me to continue
"We have are insane at socialising. It often enough takes the wheel so to say. Or control. Wird saying sorry for that."
I waved my hands away.
"Anyways, that allows us to even bond with *inanimate objects*. That... |
jemguyt | jemfeln | [WP] A cult is about to sacrifice a child in the name of their dark god. That's when the deity shows up and says: "People, my house is teeming with these kids you keep sending me. It would please me more if you raised them yourselves in a responsible manner." | "STOP THAT!"
And like a switch had been thrown, the entire temple halted. No dancing, no chanting, most of the Faithful Servants even stopped _breathing_. For ten whole minutes not a word was said. Then a slow murmuring arose. "Who was that?" "The God spoke." "Why now?" "He sounded angry." "Is the sacrifice not to the... | A guy in dark black robe with a white crescent on his back is cleaning up some blood on an altar, when a demonic Ox appears in a puff of smoke.
“Lord Avorx! Oh my god!”
The guy drops to the ground with his hands pointing towards Avorx.
“Rise.”
“Oh! My lord I’m not worthy!”
“Yeah yeah yeah. Anyways, aren’t you guys... |
jj3tczj | jj3rtk2 | [WP] His past? A mystery. His location? Unknown. But one thing is certain: Cotten Eye Joe is America's Most Wanted Criminal | “A great king? My, how great you are. We are at war, and you still want to claim my mind as your own. Truly, a greedy glutton. How long do I have until you take control? Minutes? An hour?” Philip slumped onto the throne, holding the wound on his chest, trying to stop the bleeding as best he could. He was exhausted, doi... | Immortality.
What poormen know not of. What rich men seek. But only man has achieved.
The 61st succession of the great kingdom of Ilsekian had come into effect. Few knew the power of the crown, none knew of who's soul was imbued within it.
The kingdom had grown large and wealthy, no enemies rested within it and none... |
j8nqise | j8nfqaq | [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... | I wake from bed. Make my way down the stairs. Enter the kitchen, and prepare a bowl of cereal. Delicious as always.
"It's that time of the week" I thought. I could barely contain my excitement. Every week Caesar, our local 'Supervillain' makes his way into my home and steals me away to his hideout. I was pretty ... |
j451q73 | j4515dd | [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. | The leader of this bandit group had the most unfortunate face I had ever seen, it looked like he had made a habit of running headlong into every wall he came across since childhood. His face was strangely flattened, and he had more scars than teeth, and I could only see two scars.
​
He laughed heartily as the ... | Healers talk to Karoun.
No one really thinks about that, the implications of talking to Death. *Healers* talking to Death. Those who *do* rationalize it as a battle, a fight. A metaphysical conflict with sword and shield against the Hydra of Death.
The terrible truth is that it isn't. It never was. Healers talk to Ka... |
jxaouh6 | jxaokjl | [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... | “You can never walk on consecrated ground.”
“I haven’t stepped into a church since I was 15. And besides, I’m an Atheist, I don’t believe in their supposed God and His ‘powers’.”
“You don’t, but they do.”
“Come again?”
“Belief is *power*, my ignorant friend. Just because you don’t believe something does not make it... |
j8h1x8y | j8duuem | [WP] Evil was so rampant even the gods left. But a hero trained in secret. With sheer strength and determination, he single-handedly rid the world of all evil and was crowned the new leader. Now flourishing, the gods have come back with demands of service and prayer. That was a big mistake. | There was no fanfare when they left. No speeches, no explanation.
The morning after great hordes of twisted, violent men were sighted swarming our borders, their armies led by ghoulish demons of flame and midnight, the gods simply vanished.
Their radiant temples stood silent and still, and the people lost hope. And wi... | The hero kicked down the door of the god's temple. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?" One of the gods shouted. "Don't pretend like you don't know, waltzing back here unannounced and demanding praise after you abandoned us during a time of need." The hero replied. "So? It's not like you can do anything to reverse it." Anot... |
j8pbrqt | j8nm09c | [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. | *THUNK*
The clatter of claws on the roof of the tower jolts me awake.
My eyes barely have time to adjust as the rope ladder thuds onto the floor next to my bed.
“C’mon, you know the drill.” Says a stern, woman’s voice from above.
“Can I at least get dressed first?” I call back up.
“Ugh, fine, but make it quick.” S... | 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... |
jdy9uo0 | jdxwo37 | [WP] The Elven Kingdoms call their old allies the Humans for aid. Expecting medieval armies, they get a modern 21st century one instead. | We watched as the portal opened in the distance. Even with my spyglass I couldn't see much, but the reinforcements had come. My troops and I could only hope it would be enough. The portal loomed over the countryside as the day carried on.
We were positioned on the hilltop outside the city walls. We we're to be the sec... | We didn't speak to the humans. Our races' passages through time occurred so differently that any contact required great efforts for both of us. Still, we thought of them fondly. Their easy love, quick smiles and fierce rage always struck a harmony with our contemplations.
When they fought alongside us before they help... |
mk1hiv7 | mk1fntv | [WP] Typically, when a child has a fairy godparent, they’re a minor fae; rarely, they’re a fae noble. You, on the other hand, are an unprecedented case; it takes a very special someone to have both King Oberon and Queen Titania of the Summer Court as fairy godparents. | I'm Ian, a mostly boring 40-year-old guy who has two fairy godparents. Mostly, because my fairy godparents are King Oberon and Queen Titania. And I have a long waiting list of various supernatural entities wanting to be my godparents.
You see, when a kid gets a fairy godparent, its usually a minor fae. In rare instanc... | In ancient times Fae and humans came together to fight a common foe.
Fae alone couldn't face them, humans alone couldn't hurt them.
They won, and the Fae in solidarity, and gratefulness made an oath.
To ensure this alliance won't succumb to the cruel currents of time, each human child shall have two fairy godparents to... |
lih2ne0 | ligmzt8 | [WP] You run a Bakery, just a normal bakery, the only problem is that your customers at midnight to 6AM are mythical creatures who pay with gemstones and ancient gold and silver coins | Grandmas brilliant idea to save the family bakery through greater volume worked super well.
It also makes training up new workers a tad.
Challenging.
The young lady who applied for the Saturday night shift was a good candidate. PhD students were night ravens anyway, desperate for cash and could usually be relied... | It's certainly a bit quirky but once you got past appearances these creatures were just like any other customers, some good some bad mostly so so. There was a centaur regular who loved the goat cheese and apple tart you made. Their method of payment, gold coins and gems stones was a bit odd but you don't mind too much,... |
jbq3q9o | jbpnfih | [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... | “I have summoned you, Kothox!!! I wish for a chance at love!!!”
“Very Well. But you shall prepare a sacrifice of something you hold dear, or a virgin girl.”
“I have a virgin here. I have prepared her on the altar.”
“Very well. May I see her?”
“Yes! Yes, you may master!!!”
As he uncovers the cloth covering her…
“*... |
jefxxyk | jef4zpw | [WP] It was the funeral of your grandfather who used to be a hero. He was just a low rank hero, but was extremely kind. On the day of his burial, you were surprised at the number of people attending. Upon looking closer, you realize they were former and currently infamous villains of their time. | "Carl," Linda whispered. "That man over there. Doesn't he look like Doom Master?"
*What made you think that?* Carl thought. *The robot laser eye, or the trio of badly disguised android henchmen?* What he said out loud was, "I'm sure it's just your imagination, love."
". . . Carl, I'm pretty sure that's Cybermentor," ... | You know a bunch of them. Megathor, the arch villain of the eighties. He is now a gigantic old man, he still has his signature wide plump mustache. But his long black hairs are gone. Next to him is Crimelia, his old right-hand and lover. She is surprisingly beautiful for a sixty year old woman. Tall and graceful, her b... |
jiea2bb | jidz8hz | [WP] “When the Old Gods returned, they were surprised how easy it was to amass an army of followers. Turned out all they had to do was offer fair wages and good benefits, with reasonable deadlines and working conditions” | Ashganzal the Tormented reclined on this throne, frustrated.
"Idiots," he growled. "I'm surrounded by idiots."
The quivering demon before him trembled. "Master, forgiveness!"
Ashganzal was tempted to wipe it from existence.
Except...
He checked the demon's stats.
Literate.
Understood math. At least it wouldn... | There was an earth-shattering noise that came with Them when They crashed onto our planet. The Royals and Academies sent out their armies to clash in the fields. But They had no armies.
Bathed in the noise of the wind whistling through Their asteroids' strange architecture, They were undefeatable. They expanded their t... |
jytkk3s | jyt7pmp | [WP] You always got strange looks whenever you fed the neighborhood ravens. "I give them food, they give me company," you'd say. One day, a raven excitedly comes up to you and whispers, "A neighbor plots against you, my lord." | I stand and throw off my cape, hold my hands behind my back and begin pacing.
"This is troubling news. Who is it?" I ask.
"Karen, shes requested some outsiders to take you to a dungeon, or worse." The Raven said.
Just then someone rang the bell of my fortress.
"To the battlements!" I cried and charged up the stairs... | I look at the Raven who has spoken now and recognize it is one of the oldest of this Murder. I sigh. “Which one is it this time, Orwell?”
I call him Orwell, as his true name would not be pronounceable in any of the human languages. Orwell looks at me, bows his Head, and says it’s the one you call Emily, the one who ... |
j80kzw9 | j808f5k | [WP] The ship was a sitting duck, the pilot AI core had been destroyed, the ship cannot be piloted manually, you look at the last spare core in front of you, it's covered in notes "priorities set up wrong, do not use" "training failed" "Persistent delusional personality" "send to lab for study" | I held my breath and plugged it in.
ONLINE
Said the screen. Momentarily, the speakers activated.
"Well hello there! I'm your… AAAAAAH"
The AI continued screaming for five more seconds.
"Holy crud how did you get into this mess? Okay, first things first, the coffee maker on deck 2 is damaged."
My heart sank. T... | "...well", I thought aloud, "I suppose a 99% chance of death is better than my current 100%. Fuck it."
Moving the A.I. core was easy, since the artificial gravity had failed a few hours ago. It was more like trying to walk an overactive terrier on a leash than moving a piece of million dollar technology. I gave it a... |
juqdeau | jupwq29 | [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... | My heart was racing, the memory of last night's adventure still pulsing through me. After a year of exhilarating chases through the streets and sweet nothings whispered on rooftops, Wave Rider had finally won over the most formidable catch, Miranda. Under the moonlight, our passions mixed, I had never felt more invinci... |
j4y81tx | j4y4jz8 | [WP] You are a worker at a fast food restaurant where your boss is a ass, enough of an ass that someone summoned a demon to kill him and anyone else in the restaurant. They didn't account for you being something far older and more dangerous who just wants to make money in peace. | "And another thing," my boss, Trent, yelled. "If you're late for work one more goddamn time, you're fucking fired! You hear that? Fucking fired!"
"Yes, sir," Trina said as she fought back tears. I just let out a sigh. Fucking asshole. Always flexing on the others that worked here. He learned a long time to leave me th... | “They couldn’t have picked another day…” The soft spoken dishwasher spoke to herself as if it was just another unruly customer, yet it was much more than that.
The scene unfolded before the dishwasher, as she peered over the counter after she heard the chanting. She saw a large demon come out of the portal one of her ... |
j6dlncw | j6dg4ca | [WP] While checking out an abandoned island with your new friends, you decide to look at the local pictures online. The only one nearby is a photo of you and your friends posted a month ago, before any of you even met. | “Guys….” James gestures frantically towards his friends. “…come look at this.”
Phoebe and Michael run over, but to your surprise they do not act shocked, but instead are overtaken by a solemn look.
“James, you weren’t supposed to find out like this. We wanted to ease you into it, but it’s time you knew the truth.... | "So...what's the name of that island again?" Sarah asked, swiping through on her phone.
"Hermit Island. Just off the Reef." I didn't look at her, instead kicking a glass bottle across the rocks. I winced when it shattered, then turned to my friends.
"Whoa," Sarah said, and turned her phone around. "Hey Mickey, come... |
lp3p3n9 | lp2wmv1 | [WP] you wake up suddenly to find an androgynous being by your bed, congratulating you on your ascension to godhood and vanishing without explaining your domain or power set. Now you have to figure out what kind of god you are, and why you're a god to begin with | "My Lord-" the mysterious being proffered to me- to which I rolled over and pulled the blankets over my head.
"You really must start b-" the being chided at me, words bouncing harmlessly off of my new furred shield.
The being clicked its tongue and stood silently.
It stood and waited, anxiously staring and questioni... | Allow me to tell you a story. Perhaps it may help you in your own journey, rebuild your faith and your resolve.
The time of day was sunrise. It was far earlier than they would normally awake. It took them a short time to process what had just happened. Or at least, the very surface of what just happened.
The basic q... |
jawtzse | jaws6hx | [WP] Your family member has been abducted and replaced by an alien who is really bad at their job of pretending to be them. However, you don't complain because the alien is still a vast improvement over the original | I don't flinch anymore when I hear you come home from work. I don't have to worry about our money anymore because, instead of turning on the latest game and swearing at how you heard this team or that team was a sure bet, you just switch on the news and watch it quietly, intently. You don't drink anymore. Maybe your sp... | It had been a year since I last met Drek. I saw him in a restaurant sitting all alone. We started talking. He had suddenly become a great listener and a much more pleasant person.
“She used to say I looked like her uncle, fat and old. Maybe she lost her attraction.”
“Do you think she lost her attraction?” He was list... |
jkzb7zs | jkz1o0h | [WP] A devil has been making a deal with people: $1 million dollars for 1 year off of your life. They become worried when the same person makes the deal over 100 times. | Immortality.
I remember the electric-hot shock that ran down my spine the moment I realized what I held in my hands, a tiny test tube containing a drop of pink liquid the size of a grain of rice. And in it hid the secrets of immortality.
RVh23b doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and in hindsight I wish I had spent ... | “You can’t keep using these contracts as an excuse to see him Anethra.” A dark haired woman with striking green eyes huffed, crossing her arms as she watched her sister get ready. “I appreciate the sentiment Ariel, I do, but I’m not going to stop just because you’re getting pissy with me.” The other woman fluffed her c... |
j6rzk2j | 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. | Thick blackened blood spilled through his fingers, each breath coming out hot and heavy. Hus eyes were wide with fear and desperation, the whites tinged a dangerous red. He leaned against the doorframe lips parted and bloodstained.
"Reverb please...help me I can't-" His wheezing breath stifled his next words.
He sl... | 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 ... |
j4k1gtb | j4k0mad | [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. | 'I am about to meet Lucifer. Satan. The Devil.'
Those words resounded in my head as I was led down the hotel hallway dressed in my birthday - and deathday - suit. The only thing I had on me was the belt still hanging around my neck.
Two guards flanked me on either side, humanoid creatures dressed in suits and carryin... | The moment Stephen had officially failed to meet or exceed the Citizen Engagement Quota for the second quarter of 2098, he died. Stephen himself did not immediately notice his demise, mainly because his heart kept beating, and his brain kept waving.
Hundreds of miles away, however, at a government data center in Bruss... |
jey1e8p | jexwnky | [WP] As a child, you dreamed of helping a wounded faerie. As an adult, they returned to repay the favour. | The man holds a piece of candy in his hand.
“Oh! Thank you…”
“Do you not like it?”
“I do, it’s just that… I’m not a kid anymore.”
“You aren’t? But it only has been 20 years.”
“That’s the thing. When I first helped you, I was 8. I became a teenager 5 year later, then an adult at 18 years. We humans age quicker than... | # Soulmage
**The fairy was insectile, buzzing-winged and compound-eyed and tactile-haired as they descended.** In the dreaming space of my fractured soul, they alighted on nothing, watching shards of my memories floating into the void between stars around me.
"You don't remember me," the fairy said, tilting their he... |
kfecpmo | kfdy3c0 | [WP] Humans are often abducted as exotic pets for aliens. One day, your owner enters with a book and starts trying to speak your language. | Tentacled Mass was holding something which glowed a bit differently than the usual something. No food this time, no treats, not frilly little outfits or new toys or anyhthing, just the glowing device, matte black along one side, flattish. A bit like a cell phone, but about 3 feet long and only a few inches across. medi... | The Tower is a habitat created for human beings. It holds many floors of varying ecosystems due to human nature's trait of incredible adaptability, the species have created different forms of cultures and civilizations. To this species, the tower was their entire world, and anything beyond the walls was a being known ... |
k1nuu5f | k1m8wfu | [WP] You accidentally saved a princess from a tower. Now she won't stop following you, blabbing about "true love." | "Billy! What's that you have there?" My mother growls menacingly.
Crap! "Nothing mom!" And I tried to hurry past into the cave.
And she's stepped in front of me. "Stop right there! Is that..." she sniffs deeply "Is that a human you have there?!" She says indignantly.
"I love him!" the human holding onto my neck chai... | "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... |
ja6yqi6 | ja6mv5b | [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!” | *"Heroes!"* The booming voice of the titan of a man with glowing eyes seated on a golden throne startled us awake. *"I have summoned you here to ask that you save the world I watch over. The laws that bind gods are strict, and I may not lay a finger upon it to enact my will. Thus, I have selected five souls from a diff... | The five of us laid, some collapsed, on the hill of the graveyard. The smell of singed grass was still coating the air as we laughed and picked bone fragments out of our hair.
"We actually did it." Eric said, a disbeliving grin forming on his face. Back home he was the star of the college football who carried them to ... |
kkb181q | kkagkcz | [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. | The faery stumbled into the room gracelessly. She got up, eyes wide open, staring across the room as if she was scared of what she would find.
And she should have been, as the villain Queen She-Devil was in there, surrounded by her most ferocious lieutenants. Some of them got up from their chairs, though a couple henc... | \[Royally Blasted\]
"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... |
mhe34ra | mhdtkok | [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 "... | A good day's work deserves a good day's pay. That had been one of the basic tenets of my religion for eons. It was one that I often took for followers who were loyal in their service to me. Most other deities give me strange looks for going through the effort of creating a physical form and personally rewarding *every*... |
kurotbw | kuq9pto | [WP] you were the only child that didn't have powers in a family of metahumans. Today you got kidnapped by a supervillain... and none of your family came to the rescue. | I can't help but feel like I was cursed with bad luck. I was navigating life as best as I could and had hope for a better future after I graduated in a few years. Yet it was on my way walking to school that I was suddenly pulled into a van and had my mouth covered. Chloroform doesn't work like it does in the movies. Th... | "father of all the women you could have kidnapped- you chose my fiancée"
Terrence, my fiance sighs looking over at his father.
"This may be our only chance to win"
"For the tenth thousand, time!, they're not going to come for me- Babe please explain to you apparently brainless father cause apparently my family don't ... |
l3px5vh | l3pnynj | [WP] "So, you want to apply to be a hero?" "Yup" "You saved your world?" "Yep" "But you didnt get the girl?" "She said no" "Couldnt you have, I dont know, tried harder?" "Dude...She said no" | **Took a bit of a detour from the hero agency part, but here we go. Feedback is welcomed, and I hope you enjoy.**
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**\[??? - The Yellow Jacket\]**
"So, how'd it go?" The Jacket's friend asked, watching him return to his seat at the bar.
"She said no."
"What?"
"She said *no.*"
"What do you mean she s... | "She said no."
I locked eyes with my friend, frowning. "What, did you want me to keep going after her? I will not force that woman to love me. I will not be that kind of husband, nor that kind of king."
"Hey." Gareth put up his hands. "It's only a suggestion, Your Grace."
I rolled my eyes and turned back to the map ... |
j4loiel | j4k1gtb | [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. | "Alright, alright, alright, alright. Okay, okay--Okay! I'm calm," the Devil repeated anxiously. He knew this day would come. "You sure it's him?"
"Undoubtedly, Your Majesty. Cerberus was provided with his scent seven millennia ago and intake agents receive weekly intelligence updates to ensure they'd recognize him in ... | 'I am about to meet Lucifer. Satan. The Devil.'
Those words resounded in my head as I was led down the hotel hallway dressed in my birthday - and deathday - suit. The only thing I had on me was the belt still hanging around my neck.
Two guards flanked me on either side, humanoid creatures dressed in suits and carryin... |
kz3hgx9 | mnjo13a | [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. | I was strapped to a table, and not in the fun kind of way.
First of all, the straps holding me down were way too tight. Second of all the stone slab I was lashed to was damn near freezing. Last of all, a man hovering over me with a knife truly and honestly ruined the mood.
The hooded figure over me had been there f... | I woke up to a freezing feeling.
I was tied to a round stone table, and I was...bleeding out.
"Help! Help me! Anyone there?!", I screamed as everything was dark.
Torches lit up one by one, as countless hooded figures chanted in deep voices.
"Scream more! Our Overlord shall enjoy your suffering!", one of them sa... |
kk2v0ll | kk1yl8c | [WP] Joshua accidentally angered the witch, and she cursed him so he may never find a wife. 20 years later, Joshua invites her to his and Paul's wedding, just to see her reaction. | "You don't get it, do you?"
An eyebrow raised. "What exactly are you talking about?"
The woman in the suit took a bite from the cake slice before continuing. "You really think you've won, and now you invited me here to gloat about your so-called victory."
Joshua smirked. "That's right, Maria. To be honest, I'm surpr... | "-So you're homophobic."
The witch rolled her eyes. "You think I care about those little words?'
"So why would you curse me to do that, i'm gay."
"Were you always? or did you only come to this realization now... it is 20 years after all, a lot can change." She smiled. "And of course... I think i'm the only woman her... |
l0wz12b | l0ulffs | [WP] The arrogant nobles and elites of the kingdom couldn't understand why this "mere peasant" was allowed to come and go as they pleased at the castle, nor why they were so friendly with the King/Queen. After an incident, they fearfully learn not to antagonize the close, childhood friend of royalty | Queen Sarah looked up from the map laying on the table in front of her. Her eyes went from one noble face to another.
Roundtable Council was here. In it's full glory. Representative of each and every noble house in the kingdom was standing with her, in this very room, studying the same map, and tiny flags on tiny play ... | “I don’t understand why that mere peasant is allowed to come visit the queen so often.” Julia leaned over to whisper to her fellow noble, Clarissa, as they both watched from a distance as the peasant, Tyrus, arrived.
The man made no effort in dressing up a single bit, his clothes almost akin to that of a beggar. He ... |
j4t4wg0 | j4syul8 | [WP] You are The Chosen One™. You have to follow your Destiny™ in order to defeat the Evil Emperor™ and Save the Princess™ and go down as the Hero of the Realm™, yada yada. This is your sixth reincarnation in this goddamn role and this time you're going to do something else, story be damned. | Sal watched as Lord Elos cackled and placed one boot on the head of King Orgainne. All around them, skeletons moved chests of gold and crates of artifacts into the town square. More skeletons guarded soldiers and civilians alike. Though the living outnumbered the dead, no one seemed willing to fight. A contingent of ba... | # Xil, Yol, Zul
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Augtober 13th, 1411 E.E.
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Lars the Farmboy
1 Subsistence Lane
Northwest Dezzak
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Dear Lars,
On behalf of our client, the Emperor, we hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist from any further heroic activity. You have violated your contractual obligations. You ... |
j6anbfy | j69ofnd | [WP] A man finds a genie's bottle, complete with a real live genie. Instead of blindly asking for wishes, he first asks politely for the genies advice on what to wish for. |
“Knew it.” Said the archaeologist, smirking. Holding a glowing lamp in one hand and the genie’s previous home in another.
“Well well well, I trust you know the gist”
“I know the *gist*,” replied the archaeologist, “and I want some advice.”
The genie’s face didn’t glow at all in the lamp-lit cave they were standing... | Elaine spent several minutes in thought before she finally exclaimed, "I wish that you would please provide me your sagest, most honest, and frank guidance and wisdom on how to use my remaining two wishes!"
"It shall be... wait, what? Run that by me one more time." The crimson spirit rubbed what passed for its chi... |
j8h1x8y | j8f3ft3 | [WP] Evil was so rampant even the gods left. But a hero trained in secret. With sheer strength and determination, he single-handedly rid the world of all evil and was crowned the new leader. Now flourishing, the gods have come back with demands of service and prayer. That was a big mistake. | There was no fanfare when they left. No speeches, no explanation.
The morning after great hordes of twisted, violent men were sighted swarming our borders, their armies led by ghoulish demons of flame and midnight, the gods simply vanished.
Their radiant temples stood silent and still, and the people lost hope. And wi... | Zeus, Hera, Artemis, and Hephaestus stood in front of the throne. On the throne was a teenage boy, Kochi. He wore a skintight blue suit. He wore a biker helmet. "We beg of you to give up the throne", said Hephaestus. "Never", he said, "I am more powerful than even gods." "How is that possible?", asked Artemis. "It is m... |
jhoewb0 | jhnuai5 | [WP] A garden shop sometimes gifts mysterious tree sapplings to customers, but they always wither away. You receive one and plant it...and it ends up flourishing. | None of us shopped at the Little Green Witch for the trees; after all, the little gifts occasionally put aside a plant usually withered within the week. No, we shopped there because they, and she, had the best selection in the city if you were looking for something interesting.
More importantly, they had the best pric... | It’s hard to say exactly what set my feet plodding through the muddy expanse of road which led to the peculiar gardener’s makeshift shop that morning. As my eyes listlessly peered into the bleak gray horizon which lay cut and jagged by the spear-like rows of leafless winter trees I remember pondering if everyone bore w... |
jnvr1ue | jntrdeg | [WP] Legendary heroes are won at auction to overcome a kingdom's latest threat from evil. Unable to afford the top dollar offerings, your kingdom was only able to win a hero on a clearance sale. | I knew before I entered the Auction House that my tiny kingdom would not have the same buying power as some of the more prominent, larger territories - but I could never have imagined just how far our coins would have to stretch before the auction actually started. Due to the increasing chaos in the region with wars ra... | "Allow me to parley with Lord Gerant, My King." Average Hero PsyQuin said. "I swear to you, I will come back with favorable terms."
"We are surrounded, Your Grace. It may be the time to extend an olive branch." Advisor Plum said.
King Oliver Slate sat with unmoving face. Never one to give up the offensive, King Slate... |
jdqds85 | jdqc6d4 | [WP] You didn't even try to escape the time loop. Instead, you became a master artist, discovered three new mathematical theorems, and trained yourself to be immune to pain. The fae that was trying to teach you a lesson is understandably upset. | 'Here again?' I ask nonchalantly. I know it wants confusion, or rage, or pleading, so I enjoy not giving it anything. I carry on fiddling with my guitar, trying to get the run right for the difficult Bach fugue I'm learning.
It narrows its eyes at me, lips compressed thin. It's how *almost* human it looks that make... | So here I am new day, again, after who knows how many times.
I have mastered many disciplines, I’ve lived many lives worth of experiences, all within a single day, which she believed as a punishment, day in day out same old loop.
Long time ago I figured out what my transgression toward her was and how to avoid or fix o... |
leu7zll | 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. | It didn't take l9ng for facial recognition to work out their normy identifies, and by the time I stumbled through my front door in tears my phone was buzzing like a massage wand. Texts asking if I knew, missed calla from family and people I hadn't spoken to in years. I had just raised the bottle of vodka to my lips whe... | [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... |
jkxmsv7 | jkwr96z | [WP] You have been kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, & it’s unlikely that the authorities can recover you at this point. Unfortunately for your kidnappers, your SO is a member of the Greek pantheon. | Of course, I was scared. Why wouldn't I be? I was a mere mortal, small, squishy, easily breakable despite my best efforts. A normal reaction in this situation, regardless of whether there was a way to escape, was to be scared.
Whether it was a fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt, or one of the many *other* reasons... | I sneered at my captors. "You have no idea who you're messing with do you." A large brusque Albanian? Turkish? old woman slapped me across the face. "Less talk, more peel." Another endless pile of potatoes appeared before me and I begrudgingly picked up the dull peeler and got back to work. It felt like weeks since my ... |
lg8w652 | lf7tu5e | [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. | I looked up at the stage, one I had seen multiple superheroes stand on after a large battle. Of course, in normal terms, it wasn't a stage, just an elevated pile of rubble. She was the love of my life, the woman I wished to marry, and had already done the preparations for. I had planned on getting us a cruise vacation ... | I had always been told that superheroes led double lives and had to keep who they really were a secret. And I understood. All my life, I understood. But nothing could make me understand what was happening in front of me. I was standing in a sea of people, grime and soot caked to my skin and blood dripping down my face ... |
lqed5po | lqduu0p | [WP] After the villain defeated you, your friends abandoned you, leaving you for dead. To your surprise you awoke in a bed, with your wounds tended to and the villain sitting at your bedside. | The cold earth had been my final embrace. Or so I thought.
Before everything went black, I saw it: her face. Martina. The one who had promised me everything, the one I trusted above all others. My sister, no, closer than a sister, she had been my other half. She had turned as they walked away, and for a brief second, ... | "If there is one thing I cannot abide..."
The voice. *That* voice. The chill of recognition spasms to your core, startled awake all at once.
Awake and achingly aware of every scrape and cut, bruise and break, of the oddly lopsided weight in your chest, the rattle to your breathing, of the nausea and dizziness mingled... |
jgb88nd | jg7lubf | [WP] On your 18th birthday, you casted your first spell. The next day, a group of fine men and women came to your house, wanting to induct you into the magical community. “Oh, so are there any big dangers or schools I need to attend to?” “Err, no. It’s just the five of us.” | “I need your help…”
Her voice was low, filled with the undertone of exhaustion mixed with the bitterness of defeat. She has exhausted all of her possible options and this was nothing more than a desperate gambit against unthinkable calamity.
Speaking to void, contained by now opened pair of double doors that have gon... | "Well hello my dear sister Whitey, to what I owe you the pleasure of this visit?"
"Stop with your pleasantries my brother Blackie, you know what I want. Let's go back to Gaea. Gaea needs you."
Blackie smiled and said, "oh no, I can't, I am being banished here. Did you forget? You and your chosen heroes banished me he... |
j6lml7j | j6izqkz | [WP] In the history of the known universe, every war has only been fought with conscripted soldiers. The galaxy was thus unprepared when Humanity entered a galactic conflict with a trained professional fighting force. | For centuries the Galactic Confederation saw Earth as little more than an insignificant backwater planet, with the native sentient species, humanity, more interested in in fighting than exploration and discovery. In fact, most of their technological advancements were spurned on by conflict. Nuclear energy was discovere... | They can from a planet mostly covered in water, so you’d think they’d be more like fish or something. Nah, turns out they STARTED as fish, and just decided to stop being fish. Then they became what they call “aypes” and started making stuff to kill things out of stones and twigs. So we already know that the second they... |
kb62fu3 | kb5pxgr | [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. | "We ask you once more, how do you still exist within our realm?", I said.
As the current king of gods, I have been given the responsibility to maintain order between them, I create general rules that everyone follows and unique rules for more special individuals, and act as a sort of arbiter for their conflicts. It wa... | "Who are you?" The question laid empty in the decadent halls of the gods. Echoing deep through the halls, its utterance waking the sleeping residents.
"An interesting question to be sure, yet as interesting as it is, I am unable to answer it," they reply back, their voice androgynous in totality, similar to their figu... |
j9neb8g | j9mao1p | [WP] It finally happened. Through means not yet known, everyone's physical beauty reflects their innermost selves; the kind but portly girl is now an absolute bombshell, the asshole CEO is now hideous, and so on. Nothing prepared you for what you came face to face with in the mirror, though. | I was lying on the couch, mindlessly clicking through the channels. It was a saturday night, and I had nothing else to do. I eventually decided on Cartoon Network, with the faint hope of Dragon Ball Z to soothe by bored mind. As I clicked through the channels, I passed the news, and my thumb froze over the channel butt... | No one knew how it happened. People talked about magic, government, nanotechnology, you name it. Every conspiracy theory possible was formed around it.
Later, we would call it “The Change”. Other people tried to call it “Plastic Surgery for All” or “Changy McChange Face”, but they all fell flat. Nothing could describe... |
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