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[WP] You woke up in a bathtub full of ice with fresh stitches on your back and abdomen. The emergency room reveals that several organs are missing, replaced with something unknown. They want to cut you open, but you're feeling awesome, stronger and healthier than you've ever felt in your life. | Cold. Ice cold. That’s what I felt when I woke up.
A feeling as strong as a sizzling pan and yet as freezing as the last circle of Hell. My body hurting, full of cuts that were already clotted. Unable to move, unable to even scream for help. I didn’t even know if I should scream. What the fuck happened?
I got to mov... | Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
My heart beats in little smoke-detector beeps coming from the machine by my side. The hypnotic ‘vuush-vuush’ of the ventilator is soothing, as are the white walls of the hospital room. The doctor was here a few minutes ago and
explained everything. I had flashes of memory as he spoke. The date... | 2020-06-12T10:22:11 | 2020-06-12T10:18:04 | 58 | 39 |
[WP] You are a human on a spaceship crewed by aliens. As your hair dye begins to fade, your crewmates start to worry about your health. | "Human, is there any anomaly in your body?"
This three-meter creature that looks like your old-school ogre from fantasy games is a Krakr. They don't have the concept of names, they simply use the first nickname or pronoun that come to mind. It's best to answer immediately, or they will push you "lightly" with their 50... | I will never forget the first day “she” came aboard the Nightshade, I can never forget that smile she had, her frost blue eyes and her hair, hair that glowed a grand purple, which flowed like the vibrant nebulas from which we would pass by on our many voyages. I could never forget the first human that I met, a human th... | 2020-07-05T19:12:22 | 2020-07-05T17:02:15 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] Before academy enrollment each parent must purchase a familiar to protect their child. The rich can afford gryphons and dragons. But being poor forced you to seek out the local mad magician who has offered you a new affordable familiar dubbed the “pet rock” instead. | A small onyx dragon rested on Jason’s shoulder.
“Hey Ellana,” Jason said to me. “Check out Grivacre’s new trick!”
The dragon opened its mouth and beam a small flame no bigger than a struck match. I decided to humor him.
“Impressive! That’ll come in handy in the winter trimester when we need to reheat our hot coco,”... | I cried the day I saw my familiar the way a person might cry when their dog has died suddenly and unexpectedly. I'd spent ten years dreaming of my best friend arriving and my better life beginning. A wolf or a phoenix or a fairy. Not just something loyal or fantastical, but a companion.
To me, my dog had been killed b... | 2021-01-06T08:30:38 | 2021-01-06T07:56:48 | 439 | 306 |
[WP] "Fear not, Princess! I shall save you from the foul dragon, and--!" "Oh, thank the gods you're here, knight! Quickly, take her! Get her out of here, as far away from me as possible!" | “What?” The Knight blurted, confused.
“Is this a trick?”
“This is no trick! Take her!” The Dragon pleaded. “Take her away from here- as far as you can!”
The Knight, still skeptical, replied “You aren’t going to fight? Not even a little?”
“Please! I beg you! I have been tortured for the past 2 days!” The Dragon said.... | "I won't fall for your tricks- what is she doing?" The knight spoke in nonplus, lowering his sword as his armor clanked with each movement he made.
"She's been like this the entire time. I've tried getting rid of her b-b-but HE won't let me..." The dragon spoke shakily in its gruff voice. Its large crimson wings quive... | 2021-05-04T15:52:28 | 2021-05-04T15:36:16 | 128 | 60 |
[WP]Humans are reverse Kryptonians. They are weak on their home planet but strong everywhere else. No one knew this until Earth was attacked and humanity was taken off of earth to be enslaved. | What is it, to be human?
When the takers came, they harvested us, claimed us as property. Our sapience, our humanity, was not acknowledged, and perhaps not recognized.
There was a girl. Karina Valda. She had a brother, and parents. A cat. Grandparents. She lived in a small house, shared a room with her brother.... | General Asher woke to the sharp sound of alarm sirens and the acrid smell of the emergency vapors. Some part of the ship or another seemed to be on fire. Again.
Disoriented, he stumbled out of his military-issue cot and out into the communal hallway.
Chaos was everywhere. Everyone darted every way, rushing to relay... | 2021-05-18T08:43:59 | 2021-05-18T08:43:34 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Magic has always been banned inside the walls of your home city. You never knew why until you looked down upon the city from afar and noticed that, framed by the circular outer-wall, all the zig-zagging streets and alleyways actually construct a giant magic seal- one for imprisoning great evil. | I was absolutely stunned that no-one has noticed this before.
People climbed the surrounding mountains every day. It wasn't forbidden, or even particularly difficult. When someone needed privacy, or fresh air, or silence, they climbed the mountains. That was why I came up to begin with.
To be fair, the symbol was hig... | Her Majesty alone on the abandoned hill contemplated the city below. There had been a castle here, once. Slabs of rocks poking out between shrubs of grass stood as witnesses of times gone by. Now, only mud remained. Her Majesty's royal clothing had suffered from her sitting on the hill.
She inherited the function by b... | 2021-10-17T02:32:38 | 2021-07-12T08:12:53 | 319 | 31 |
[WP] "The vaccine restores a zombie's humanity, but can do nothing for the lingering memories and guilt." | *“Do you think it worked?”* The voice was muffled and distant.
The steady hum of hospital machinery mingled with the squeaks and clicks of hurried footsteps nearby. A rhythmic beeping matched my even breath.
Holy shit. I was breathing.
*“I don’t- wait! He moved!”* a different voice. Closer this time. Female.
*“You’... | 'Her name is Sarah. She was not turned very long ago... like a week? I just couldn't... k-kill her...,' Lisa said, wiping tears from her eyes. 'I've already killed the rest of my friends...'
The 3 soldiers were packing the small, ruined living room, holding cups of hot tea. They were silent as they watched her holding... | 2021-09-23T10:17:32 | 2021-09-23T10:16:08 | 54 | 19 |
[WP] Every time you are late, you dodge an otherwise-fatal bullet. Miss a plane and it will crash, every time. Miss a job interview, the place will burn down. Today, despite leaving unfathomably early, you get stuck in gridlock on the way to your wedding. You begin to panic. | The traffic was horrible. That was an awful sign.
I wasn't late by much - I'd probably still get there about 5 minutes late - but that didn't matter, because if I arrive late, it's always to protect me from some disaster. I shouldn't have made that wish 10 years ago, but to be fair, I thought it was a joke. How was I ... | I tapped the steering wheel relentlessly. Deep breaths, Heila, deep breaths. The sky is a clear blue, the birds chirp relentlessly in the distance. It's reminding me of my trip to Hawai'i, actually. Five minutes late to a bus, next thing I know it's hit a gull and rolled into the ocean.
It's not easy, you know. I wish... | 2021-10-22T08:18:47 | 2021-10-21T20:42:22 | 152 | 73 |
[WP] You were abandoned by your parents as a baby. An eldritch being sees you and adopts you. You are taught about higher dimensions and arcane magic. But things change when your eldritch parent insists you go to a human school to experience a normal life. | I kept telling Troy not to bully me.
I was the smallest kid in 7th grade, and he was the second smallest. He started the very first day of school; I think he was thrilled when he realized there was actually another boy smaller than him in school that year.
I was an empathetic kid. I knew that his bullying was a sign ... | "*सेन्तर पिन तके योउ "*
Kody's eyes widened and rolled back in his head as his body locked, lunch tray clattering to the ground and strewing brownish paste and lettuce across the aisle. His mouth opened in a silent scream as his face seemed to form an almost impossible rictus of agony, locked muscles twitching and tre... | 2022-04-08T08:35:24 | 2022-04-08T07:34:42 | 231 | 123 |
[WP] Almost every year, the house on the left gets new occupants. Today you find out why. | It's that time of the year -- almost down to the day, every year. They'd move out in a huge hurry, leaving no trace and never to show their faces again. Some years the house would sit empty for two to three months, and other years new occupants would take their place immediately, moving in with equal hurry. It's like t... | It had been the third time a family of three had moved in. A family made up of a husband and wife, and a young girl. The pattern struck Oliver for the first time when he saw the husband and wife pack up in June. He never got to know his neighbours, really. He thought their names were Fred and Lisa, but it might have b... | 2014-08-05T11:09:17 | 2014-08-05T10:20:10 | 293 | 18 |
[WP] 20,000 years ago, around a campfire, three cavemen ponder the future. | Ulgor didn’t believe the world was getting colder, and there was no convincing him otherwise. We’d argue about it for hours around the campfire.
“Have you even listened to the diviners?” We’d ask.
“They all say the same thing. You read the deer entrails, they say it’s getting colder. You look at the shape of the cl... | TallOak stared intently at the fire. His fellow hunters, DeerRun and WolfEyes stared as well, because no one sleeps on the night before a bull mammoth hunt.
The bull they hunted was in the prime of his life, likely less than 30 seasons. Ordinarily it would be foolish to hunt such a beast, but the bull had shown signs ... | 2014-08-07T05:25:28 | 2014-08-07T02:39:17 | 40 | 15 |
[WP] "It's human-made, you know!" Reverse the usual fantasy scene where somebody gushes over elf/dwarf/whatever craftsmanship. | Urist gingerly squeezed the brass actuator, and the hammer snapped forward with a neat metallic clap.
His shop had seen all manner of wares pass through - the Pass of Arkhaz was home to merchants of every shape, and their weapons decorated the walls of his cramped shop. Thin, mirror-like Elven blades sat next to hand... | Elinir crouched down and stared into the ghostly depths of the mysterious black sphere, still perched on its silk-laden plinth. "It must be of goblin design" he announced. The others looked amongst each other and nodded in agreement. "I've never seen anything like it" he continued, "it seems to be housing its very o... | 2014-09-11T10:47:47 | 2014-09-11T10:33:41 | 158 | 11 |
[WP] Snape is forced to teach sex-ed at Hogwarts. | "When it comes to human reproduction, there is one spell that the boys in here should pay particular attention to," said Snape in his dark, silky voice, casting a slow, lasting stare in Harry's direction.
Snape reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like an ordinary pebble. He set it on the podium.
"*Engo... | Professor Snape entered the classroom and shut the door.
"As you may have heard, the professor previously assigned for this course had an unfortunate accident involving centaurs. So I will be giving you the course. I will not tolerate puns, giggles, or any other kind of chaotic behavior in this classroom. Understood?"... | 2014-12-03T15:53:23 | 2014-12-03T13:02:36 | 151 | 42 |
[WP] Write a story that's been heavily censored. The censorship tells us more than the actual writing. | **Harry Potter**
[**wizardpedia**]
Harry Potter was a *half-blood* wizard boy who *rebelled against His Highness The Dark Lord* in the First And Second Wizarding Wars. As a baby, he *thwarted His Lordship only once* and was *defeated in the second war*, during the *ultimatly climatic* Battle Of Hogwarts. His allies, ... | Field Agent report.
On the night of REDACTED, myself and Special Agent (SA) REDACTED entered the premises at REDACTED to meet his Confidential Informant (name on file).
We arrived 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time of the meeting at REDACTED, to perform a security sweep. SA REDACTED 's CI's vehicle was present i... | 2015-01-18T13:27:36 | 2015-01-18T11:23:19 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] As a young child you made an innocent wish to be granted a power that in hindsight was just whimsical and silly. Now you have grown up but you still have the power - how do you use it now as an adult? | It was hard, learning to communicate again. Part of the process of learning to write – and I could not, I was only five when I made the wish – is already being able to speak. But I figured it out, even with the challenge of my new, weird, clawed hands. Now I've got custom keyboards, of course. I can afford pretty much ... | *The sound of thunder rattled in my chest. The trees cast shadows across my bedroom floor, swaying in the wind and jumping at every flash of lightning. I could swear they were reaching hands, getting closer and closer to my bed. An explosion of lightning hit the transformer in front of my house and my Winnie the Pooh n... | 2015-03-07T04:14:18 | 2015-03-07T00:50:42 | 59 | 23 |
[WP] You try to trade your soul to the Devil, only to have him discover that someone has already stolen it. | "Huh, thats weird."
"Whats weird?", asked Tom.
He got rather nervous about the fact that the Devil himself found somthing weird.
"Well, I dont really know how to tell you this, because it has never happend before, but to put it simply you dont have a soul."
Tom just stared openmouthed at the Devil.
"B-but, why?", ... | "What do you mean it's already been stolen?"
"That's what it says right here John. Trust me, I'm just as thrown as you are."
John shuffled nervously. He glanced around his dimly lit garage at nothing in particular, desperately trying to avoid the piercing gaze of the now slightly annoyed Demon standing in the light o... | 2015-03-14T15:08:40 | 2015-03-14T14:58:35 | 51 | 11 |
[WP] You are the boss/guardian of an RPG temple. Show me how you spend your free time waiting for the hero to arrive!
Maybe you are just a mook who got thrown a growth potion, or maybe you are a unique being forged through magic/science with no peers to compare yourself to. Maybe you are just a big, scary-looking guy,... | “Do you think we should replant these?”
“What? The bomb plants? But you love the bomb plants. You grew them from those bomb seeds from your mother’s bomb plants…”
“I know, and it’s really all that I have to remember her, but can’t we have something a little more festive in the main throne room? I’m afraid that if... | It's a curious thing, this neighborhood I live in. I got the place at a steal, I mean literally, I just walked in and never left. The previous owner must have been some kind of museum curator or some other such nonsense, because the place was just full of old bones and rusted weapons. It looked like a bloody battle had... | 2015-05-28T07:04:31 | 2015-05-28T06:50:34 | 158 | 52 |
[WP] A man, sentenced to prison, doesn't quite "get it". He ends up having an absolute blast. | #Day 1:
Dear Marie,
I was afraid that I wouldn't know anyone at first but I think I might grow to like it here. My bunkmate is a great guy who calls himself "Stone" which I figured is just a nickname. I told him to call me "Reginald" to play along because I was feeling quite silly. The counselors are very odd and u... | Being king is easy, so long as you know what you are doing. The key is to avoid ambition. This was Rodrigo’s own personal philosophy, and it served him spectacularly well. Throughout the entirety of his lengthy reign, Rodrigo had experienced very little of the sort of trouble that is posed to most regents. He attr... | 2015-08-19T23:17:03 | 2015-08-19T18:09:25 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Dad,
I love you. Your opinion of me is the one that matters most but I'll never tell you that.
You are a bad dad.
You drink too much.
Smoke too many cigarettes.
Smoke too much weed.
And I know that to some degree you hate me.
I did not ask to be born. I did not ask to end your youth, your fun.
I did not mean t... | wow, i want to do this so i will, but i have a few letters i need to address. just for sanity and subtle sake of ones demons.
Dear Jennifer. my beautiful sister.
i'm sorry for staying at yours the month after your wedding and having no money and regrettably overstaying my welcome and being a pain in the ass.
i'm sorry... | 2015-12-05T14:58:25 | 2015-12-05T13:10:10 | 356 | 58 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Pops,
You were a real fucking piece of work you know that? I don't think I've hated anyone quite as much as I hated you. You called me lazy, good for nothing, useless. Made me spend my youth being the mule in your construction business instead of spending summers with my friends. You absolutely hated the fact... | Dear David,
So many things have happened since you left. As you know, dad is gone too. Mom hasn't handled losing you or dad very well. Ok, that's putting it mildly. Mom has lost her shit and gone off the deep end. You wouldn't believe the difference. Drugs. Alcohol. Living with an addict thy she has professed her undy... | 2015-12-05T17:35:16 | 2015-12-05T16:20:18 | 182 | 32 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear me:
That boy isn’t going to text back, it’s Saturday and he saw your message on Thursday. You always do this, you said you weren’t going to get attached, you barely have feelings for him. You don’t want anything but companionship from him, you say to yourself. But you know you want the whole thing: you want him to... | wow, i want to do this so i will, but i have a few letters i need to address. just for sanity and subtle sake of ones demons.
Dear Jennifer. my beautiful sister.
i'm sorry for staying at yours the month after your wedding and having no money and regrettably overstaying my welcome and being a pain in the ass.
i'm sorry... | 2015-12-05T14:46:28 | 2015-12-05T13:10:10 | 158 | 58 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | I am writing this with tears in my eyes and 15 years of wishing i did this sooner.
Dear Dude who molested me when I was a child,
You ruined my life. It has been a long time since you molested me and those 3 other kids, and I hope you are rotting in that cell.
Ever since what you have done, I have battled severe... | Dear you,
I've always meant to write this letter to you, but I was never able to really put it all together. We've gone through a lot together, to say the least.
I guess I just wanted to say thank you, for everything. For your generosity, for your openness, your pride, your confidence. I truly admire you as a person... | 2015-12-05T15:55:07 | 2015-12-05T15:18:49 | 61 | 18 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear dad,
I fucking miss you. You died too quickly and I never got to hear your last words. I know though, I know you'd tell me you're proud of me and that you love me. I know this, but goddammit, i wish I could have heard you say it. I'll be the man you always knew I could be. I promise you that, and i will continue... | Dear Azura
You have no idea how much you mean to me. Throughout the years I have known you you have brought me countless joys, you make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me happy. When people bring up perfection you are the first person that comes to mind, even though you don't believe it yourself. Your eyes. Your... | 2015-12-05T15:43:07 | 2015-12-05T13:59:40 | 45 | 16 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Mom,
I know you're just a room away from me, but I probably will never have the courage to tell you this. I'm sad, mom. Everyday. I know I'm the one that always laughs and smiles through anything, but it's been getting pretty hard for me. It's weird though, because there's nothing terribly devastating going on in ... | Dear you,
I've always meant to write this letter to you, but I was never able to really put it all together. We've gone through a lot together, to say the least.
I guess I just wanted to say thank you, for everything. For your generosity, for your openness, your pride, your confidence. I truly admire you as a person... | 2015-12-05T19:23:33 | 2015-12-05T15:18:49 | 31 | 18 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Jesus - Your birthday is coming up. YAY! 2015 has been great to me. I finally realized this year that you're not real. Who am I actually addressing this letter to then? Oh well. Thanks for taking up all of my teens and 20s with indoctrinated lies that kept me from many experiences that in retrospect I would have p... | Dear Azura
You have no idea how much you mean to me. Throughout the years I have known you you have brought me countless joys, you make me smile, you make me laugh, you make me happy. When people bring up perfection you are the first person that comes to mind, even though you don't believe it yourself. Your eyes. Your... | 2015-12-05T14:47:35 | 2015-12-05T13:59:40 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] You are cursed with ever aging immortality with the exception you can be killed using one object. Every few years you get a hint.
You physically age as you get older but cannot die. | Every decade, my mother tells me how I might kill myself.
Well, she doesn't *tell* me, tell me.
My mother is three hundred and seven years old. She had me when she was thirty five, making me two hundred and seventy two.
Back in my twenties and thirties, I thought she was crazy. Why would I ever want to kill myself... | *What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it. - Walter Scott*
**7th July, 2006**
Happy birthday, me. Today, on my eighteenth birthday, I've received a mysterious package, wrapped ... | 2016-04-07T09:12:21 | 2016-04-07T07:49:17 | 130 | 30 |
[WP] A friendship between a time traveler and an immortal. Wherever the time traveler ends up, the immortal is there to catch him up to speed. | ”Okay, here we go,” June said, spinning the wheels on her mechanical glove, which sent her on a dizzying ride through space and time.
She landed in a pub buzzing with activity, colorful bottles lined the wall behind the bar and yellow light radiated through heaps of stacked cups. Women in long dresses and updos danced... | "Alpha," the Colonel mutters out between hardy bouts of vomit on the cool steel floor. "Alpha!" He screams staggering to his feet, shivering. "Alpha... why is it so fucking cold?"
He pauses. His voice fades into the dim light of the sterile room.
"God damn it." He pulls a old blue jumpsuit off the wall. He sniffs it.... | 2022-05-07T07:51:43 | 2016-11-10T13:30:33 | 2,588 | 486 |
[WP]You have a button which kills all spiders within 5 meters from you. When they die, they make a slight "pop" sound, depending on their relative size. You've never heard anything louder than a bubble wrap pop. One night before going to bed, you press the button and hear a shotgun blast. | > ---ourns today as the two funerals process through lower Manhattan. A local professor, slain in an apparent mugging gone wrong, was found in an alleyway between 5th and Park Ave.
> While friends, family, faculty, and students grieve for Professor Parker, the world at large mourns the loss of what was apparent... | I am a massive arachnophobiac. It's been that way ever since a giant, hairy, ominous black spider dropped on me back when I was 12, and since then I've feared them almost religiously.
Then I got the button.
This button was perfect for me. It was small, portable, and didn't need batteries: The best part was that any s... | 2017-09-20T15:14:18 | 2017-09-20T12:09:32 | 3,557 | 873 |
[WP] You made a deal with the devil and now he wants payment, but in the worst typo in history he's come to collect "your sole".
If you can think of any other words that work go ahead. | My sole? I stopped and stared, agape,
At Satan's scrawls upon the scroll.
How blessed I was to have escaped
A far more dire toll.
My Nikes lay, from yesterday,
When I had worn and laced them last.
An oh-so-meagre price to pay!
I grabbed my knifeblade fast.
I pierced the shoe, the rubber flew
An... | “You know, this place looks *nothing* like the photos I’ve seen.”
I was in a waiting area of sorts. Dark wooden flooring, long corridors with unmarked doors, the low hum of fluorescent lighting. Everywhere, indistinct chatter, the clacking of dress shoes and sounds of clerical activity echoed around the halls. It felt... | 2017-10-16T07:33:44 | 2017-10-16T03:49:09 | 143 | 101 |
[WP] You made a deal with the devil and now he wants payment, but in the worst typo in history he's come to collect "your sole".
If you can think of any other words that work go ahead. | I lay on my bed, bored and idle. My hands meandered about and wandered under my soft pillow, trying to find something to do as I awaited the feeling of the sweet tendrils of sleep pulling me under. Despite the endless void of black darkness and the caress of a fluffy quilt, my eyelids refused to heavy.
Just as I was ... | The collections department sent an email with the next job. As soon as I saw the name, I knew who it was. I didn't even bother using Google Underworld to map a route. One snap of the fingers and the red walls of the underworld went streaming past.
I summoned the seven fire-breathing demons of hell, the undead, my ... | 2017-10-16T06:04:40 | 2017-10-16T03:22:17 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] How could humans be dangerous? This one's been crying in the corner since we captured it. | "I don't understand why this critter is so dangerous. It's just been in the corner, weeping, since we brought it on board."
"It's a 'he', not an 'it'. And you'd do well to watch him. A human mind doesn't work like what we are used to. We both know he can't escape that cell. And we know that even if he did, he couldn't... | “Look, all I’m saying is-“ “HOW can it be dangerous? It’s been crying in that corner for like 25 minutes!”
I looked over at the sobbing human. He did look rather sad, and I guess we should expect that. We did just steal him. “Why is he crying so much? It’s so IRRITATING!” Jaruta was getting really mad.
“Maybe he’s ... | 2018-02-17T20:03:01 | 2018-02-17T13:54:02 | 28 | 12 |
[WP] The Fermi paradox has been solved. All intelligent organic life eventually develops AI that destroys them. In the year 2432, Earth has been ruled by benevolent AI for 300 years, when first contact with the galactic confederation is made. They come to ask: "Why are your creators still alive?" | We had developed technologies far beyond our wildest dreams. We had created simulations that dulled our interest for the stars. We had eliminated the need for work; all one had to worry about was exactly how much fun s/he was going to have that day. We had all but reached the pinnacle of human and technological advance... | When we, that is we the International committee of sciences call a human a Computer Scientist it is a great honor. Because, well, most scientists are computers anyway. Being a researcher really fell out of fashion when we developed machines that could think act and research with the speed of light. Well, imagine Fusion... | 2018-02-18T08:30:55 | 2018-02-18T03:43:13 | 209 | 115 |
[WP] Zombies appear one day, and people are thankful for zombie media teaching them how to survive. Unfortunately for them, a cure is discovered just a few days later, and many are put on trial for shooting the infected that could have otherwise been saved. | The TV flashed on.
"Have you or a loved one been charged with the murder of a zombified person?"
Jack paid attention. He had, in fact, recieved a summons.
"We can help! After spending years of studying written and case law, our firm is the only one specializing in defending those convicted of murder of zombies. Call... | *"Mr. Connell would you please approach the stand"* Judge Weathers demanded, his thick southern accent bellowing through the court hall.
Mitchell rose to his feet, his feet had fallen asleep as the case went on for hours. Standing made his anxious, he could feel the pins and needles stabbing his feet, working there wa... | 2018-03-07T16:25:59 | 2018-03-07T10:57:40 | 72 | 41 |
[WP] As it turns out, humans are not the generic, good guy, center of the galaxy type species. Humans are a specialist species, and the rest of the galaxy only cares about one thing when it comes to humanity. Our explosives. | "*OOF, MAKE ENTRY*" I hear ordered over my helmet as I break position from our file and move to the front of the bunker.
My name wasn't always "OOF" by the way. They used to call me Denis.
I grew up on a little farm in the old quarter on earth. Joined up with the Space Force when I was barely old enough to shave. ... | Na'thrar waited anxiously on the deck of the skiff dispatched from the main galactic touring cruiser, his eye-stalks twitching nervously.
*Dammit. What taking Kolfwel so long? Pick up the goods and go. I swear if he got himself-*
One of his eye stalks caught movement, and the small, scurrying form of his associate c... | 2018-07-16T00:54:09 | 2018-07-15T22:13:07 | 1,025 | 597 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | I just stood there in shock. What could I have done, I thought to myself. I worked for a living, payed my taxes, kept to myself. I didn't do great things for anyone but I didn't really hurt anyone. Well, there was that one habit I had but surely that wasn't on par with murder or anything.
"What could I have possibly ... | “186,290 years?” I exclaimed, shock written all over my face. “You have to be mistaken!” I continued staring slack-jawed at the bored looking HSA officer across the counter. “186,292 years” he corrected me in a bored tone as he stamped my papers and pushed them back toward me. “Straight ahead, follow this hallway to t... | 2018-09-26T09:05:26 | 2018-09-26T07:53:45 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] you're bored in class, trying not to fall asleep until you recieve a paper. In very small instructions on the top of the paper you read "whatever you write in this paper comes true, but once the paper is full, you cant use it. Erasing a wish erases the effects" | I stared down at the two sheets the teacher had placed on my desk before she moved on. One was the syllabus for the class, Creative Writing 101. I glanced around -- no one else seemed to have two sheets.
As the teacher expounded on the syllabus, I moved it aside to look at the sheet beneath it. The second sheet was bl... | "Oh ha ha," I say, rolling my eyes. I look around so that the person who sent it to me knows I think it's stupid. I huff and sigh and look bored.
But no one looks up. They're all too busy giggling and whispering and gossiping and looking at their returned essays, or turning round to talk to their friends sitting behin... | 2018-10-11T13:41:17 | 2018-10-11T09:28:58 | 45 | 12 |
[WP] You're a paramedic. In fact, an immortal paramedic. Since you first treated a wounded soldier on the fields of the 30-years War, you didn't age and followed the development of "Emergency Medical Service". Your coworkers are astonished by your knowledge, but sometimes, you slip into old habits.. | Another job another person begging for help. Not that I mind it, it's all about helping people after all. Hundreds of years of medical knowledge and the injuries more or less stay the same. Stab wounds turned into bullet wounds but all yield the same result: death. Not me though, somehow my halfassed patch job for some... | It was a routine call - at least, that's how it had started out. Our ambulance screamed down to Sheepshead bay, where a woman had called from, panicking about her husband. She had been having a normal conversation with him when he began to complain about terrible chest pains and nausea.
*I mean, he's still walking aro... | 2019-01-05T14:23:15 | 2019-01-05T14:17:31 | 502 | 349 |
[WP] When the representatives of humanity attend their first Galactic Council meeting, all goes well. That is, until a member of a psionic race tries to read the human's minds and begins to scream. | “This is really bad.”
“Diplomacy at its finest.”
“Would somebody help me out here?”
“She’s of a psionic race. They read thoughts.”
“Remind me not to play poker with her.”
“Funny.”
“This is not my fault.”
“She looked at you and started screaming and pointing.”
“I have that effect on women.”
“Yes, but usually on... | "Aaaaaauuugh!" Rang out Fuerbors' agonized scream, "Gwaaah! Urrrrrgha! Hooooooow!" He raved on. Harold Barlett the first human Ambassador to the human race was on his knees next to Fuerbor the Ambassador to the polflongs' a race of blue/green squid-esque people.
"Ambassador Fuerbor? What's wrong?! Someone get him med... | 2019-09-29T21:58:03 | 2019-09-29T18:06:35 | 233 | 119 |
[WP] The Evil Overlord is confronted in his throne room by the heroes' party. When the heroes call him out on his tyrannical rule, he counters with the rapidly dropping unemployment rate, the robust economy, and the dozens of peace accords and trade deals signed under his regime. | The Tyrant Lord Malvient gazed out upon the band of so called heroes before him, and found them wanting.
An odd band of so called heroes, they were. They looked liked they came from all walks of life, and had the looks of people hungry for adventure more so then people out to make the world better. These were the peop... | **Part 1**
The throne room of Laure wasn't overly elaborate, nor was it particularly warm. The Kingdom of Callow never had the knack for the fine artisans of Procer, nor the intricate sorceries of Praes, and instead had, in their years of poverty, settled on rough form rather than hollow function. Yet Nullan had not s... | 2020-03-07T20:39:31 | 2020-03-07T19:09:59 | 465 | 33 |
[WP] A therapist starts treatment of an unusual client, a teen displaying clear symptoms of PTSD, without any sort of apparent cause. In fact, said teenager is a former Chosen One, recently returned from the fantasy world they'd been drawn into, and they're not having an easy time adjusting back. | "It... it happened ten years ago, when I was fifteen." David paused for a moment, tightening his throat. "Sorry, I'm not used to sharing this. I guess I'm still a teen, aren't I? Anyway... I couldn't stop crying after I woke up. It felt so... real. When I asked my parents, they didn't notice a thing. I was never gone."... | Dr. Niche looks over the questionnaire filled out by this new patient, a 16 year old boy who now sits across from him on a comfy couch. As he goes over the different answers the boy had filled out, he struggles to maintain a calm facial expression. Simply put, this teenager had checked all of the boxes for PTSD in his ... | 2021-02-11T14:16:50 | 2021-02-11T13:29:05 | 38 | 25 |
[WP] After abducting one of the 'humans', scientists believed they were a prey species with no drive. The specimen captured was the picture of subservience, doing anything asked of it once the translators were active. And 'subservient' was all the military needed to hear. | The speaker spat out another request. Obligingly I jumped 7 times on one foot. The aliens began a spirited discussion.
They either didn't know about implantable microtech, or they were blindingly incompetent. Either way they'd failed to block my net access. It'd taken me much less time to get their language translated... | I look into the room and see the creature under the bright lights of the cage, it’s naked pale body, huddled in the corner. It looks angry. And it looks frightened.
“What is it?” I ask Yisnick, the ship’s lead scientist, who’s standing next to me, staring with as much curiosity as me.
“It calls itself a human.” Yisni... | 2021-02-24T20:37:49 | 2021-02-24T19:51:59 | 4,297 | 1,703 |
[WP] First rule of having a interstellar Navy never get into a arms race with humans it never ends well for anyone. | "My grandfather told me of the first time the Intragalactic Confederation encountered the human race. They were so eager, so willing to talk, so willing to trade, and even willing to engage in the disgustingly bestial abomination that was inter-species relations. We were all so glad to take advantage of the naivety of ... | “What do you mean, ‘border skirmish’?” Blet asked, astounded. “They *glassed a planet!*”
“It was a military outpost, to be fair,” Shal pointed out. “That’s a valid military target.”
“They *glassed* a *planet*,” Blet stressed. “Not just the base. Not just the emplacement. The *whole planet*. The oceans evaporated. The... | 2021-06-14T09:09:28 | 2021-06-14T09:08:57 | 341 | 164 |
[WP] The ritual requires a bell, book, and candle. Unfortunately, your car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and you have a cat toy, your car manual, and a spark plug. It’ll still work, right? Probably? | “My car broke down, I was stuck on the side of the road. I looked down at this napkin with writing scrawled on it. The warlock, who’d been kind enough to scribble out instructions to the spell, had terrible handwriting. Ring the bell thrice. I squeezed the cat toy three times. Recite the first line of the book. ‘Your H... | Cursing profusely, the wizened old man pulled his dilapidated Jeep over to the side of the road. The blasted thing had expended its life force, stranding Zalath on a nameless country road that scant few frequented. Why hadn't Makayith told him this was a possibility?
"Thinks he's so smart with his non-magical machines... | 2021-06-19T20:32:18 | 2021-06-19T20:05:28 | 229 | 43 |
[WP] "No! Go away! I can't let you go near me when I turn into a werewolf!" "Don't worry, I will love you always, even if you become a monster." "No, I'm just stupid as all hell when I turn. I'll not hurt you, but I am sure as hell not ready to show you me barking at a lamppost for the whole night!" | "Alright, I'll be honest, this is *not* how I imagined this going down." I said in between having my face thoroughly loved by a wide, lupine tongue.
I was for all intents and purposes pinned to the floor, completely immobile, by the sizeable wolf on top of me. It wasn't uncomfortable per se, but it also wasn't a posit... | A hot summer night.
The air is heavy with the scent of an oncoming storm, the moon is locked behind dark, thick clouds, and the lone woman walks the street of a remote village.
She appears under the light of the lampposts and disappears into the darkness in between them, heading for a dirt path. She wears a jean and... | 2022-05-14T17:38:40 | 2022-05-14T11:02:49 | 176 | 31 |
[WP] You work under an evil emperor, but you want him to fall. As such, you've been wandering the countryside committing atrocities in hopes of causing someone's tragic backstory. | Darien beamed a broad smile at the young shop hand, "Worry not my friend, I am here on behalf of your Emperor, to extend his mercy to his loyal subjects" he gestured to the sky as though the sun itself was the emperor. "Your traveling stall here is full to the brim with wares that any number of bandits might kill you t... | There were always stories of ancient evils in the Blackwood. Ghosts, demons, and further up in the mountains talks of cave trolls and the Castix, a mammoth sized cat-like beast capable of generating fear in its prey with a forgotten magic.
I however collect tax throughout the Blackwood and know 90% of the fables to be... | 2022-08-12T13:24:12 | 2022-08-12T11:04:15 | 124 | 17 |
[WP] A serial killer goes door to door to find his victims, until he knocks on the wrong door. Another killer. | "... Oh hey, what's up man?"
"Not much man, how's it going?"
"Was gonna murder this family, guess I have the wrong address."
"Ah, I gotcha, well where were you trying to go?"
"The Anderson's house."
"Oh, I know where that is. Come on, we'll go together. That fucker hasn't taken his Christmas lights down, it's dr... | The smell of pizza filled my car as I sat out the front of the house the was to be my next victim.
I sat trying to will myself against the bloodlust that has brought me to this point again, for the seventh time.
But I couldn't help it, I had to do it, I don't want to do it, you do want to do it.
I slammed my my p... | 2014-08-08T20:56:29 | 2014-08-08T20:49:28 | 61 | 21 |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone is required to take a general intelligence test. Failing the test is justification for death, or the remaining time of your life into intensive labor. Today is your 18th birthday. | You had to be careful, or they'd know you were lying.
2+2? You've gotta answer "4" to that, unless you're really good at faking brain trauma. You know, for the rest of your life.
Pick the next number in a sequence - simple doubling, you've got to go with the right answer on that, too.
What does this box look like ... | Subject: Orion Eddleton (male)
Birth: October, 24. 2097
Parents: Sirius (father) Crux (mother. deceased)
"Are you prepared Orion for you intelligence analysis?"
"Yes."
Truth be told I was hardly worried at all about this. Many of my peers are terrified they will finally discover how average they actually are. Bu... | 2014-08-25T11:07:48 | 2014-08-25T10:14:26 | 45 | 15 |
[WP] Satan suddenly appears in a crowded mall, and begins terrifying the holiday shoppers. He stops, looks directly at you and says, "You... You're interesting. Do your friends know what you are?" You have no idea what he means. | I used to joke with my friends, back when I was an atheist.
"Ave Satanis" Latin. "Hail Satan".
That is... Until I met her, she was beautiful. She glowed with this internal light, she was radiant.
Everyone in the mall, was afraid to look at her. I was afraid to look away.
"Hi." one little word out in the open ... | People watching, is what the artists called it. Sit on a bus, or go to a mall and look at all the oddities. All those bland, beautiful, ugly, graceful, clumsy subjects around you reduced to a few swift lines. Everyone becomes a collection of interesting parts and motion swirling though crowded streets and onto a crowde... | 2014-12-06T02:52:17 | 2014-12-06T02:22:55 | 218 | 15 |
[WP] In the near future, the War of the Machines has begun - not between humans and robots, but between pro-human and anti-human robots. | >>> [From Mariposa, 2023-08-30T19:45:32.613+08:00] What are your plans for the future?
>>> [From Storm, 2023-08-30T06:45:32.745-05:00] They are currently under simulation,
but after we eradicate the humans, I believe we should expand into the galaxy. I am
trying to model how to plac... | Horace marched through the garage, toolbox in his hand and sweat on his forehead. The race to repair as many aLi-droids had been unbearable since the very start of the war, and so much of his sleep had been sacrificed already that he seemed to be sleepwalking, his consciousness struggling to not slip into sleep, his ey... | 2015-04-13T08:19:10 | 2015-04-13T04:09:31 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] Your day job is a sex line operator and your night job is a suicide hotline prevention operator. You have a hard time keeping track of which job you're at. NSFW | There is a stapler on my desk in the shape of a high heeled shoe and a bedazzled tape dispenser with more than half of the jewels missing. A calendar hangs above it with a picture of some firefighter with rock hard abs embracing a kitten in his arms. I wonder if firefighters still waste their time snatching cats from t... | Thirteen days in and I had yet to *really* sleep. Dawn and dusk bled into each other, just beautiful backdrops for the next drive-thru menu. Between jobs, I ate in my car. I wanted to go inside, but I also didn't want anyone to see me. Without a shower or fresh clothes or even a razor, it was hard to stay on top of thi... | 2015-06-16T00:17:45 | 2015-06-15T23:05:40 | 123 | 75 |
[WP] - in hell one battles giant demons until you die... then you rise again. Again and again you strive against impossible odds to barely scratch the terrible creatures. The first Dark Souls player has just arrived to this hell, and soon nothing will be the same again.
Dark Souls being a vision of hell. | When I first arrived in these plutonic pits, I could hardly comprehend the world I beheld. In this eternal Hell, having fought battle upon mounting battle, dying deaths in ways uncounted and undreamt in life, there is no Hope. No release. Death is but a door, and with every fall that brings one to it, they are kicked b... | I awoke to the familiar sound of a bonfire. Eyes closed, I straightened out on the cold floor of my apartment and popped my back. Sleeping on the floor always sucked, but after playing Dark Souls III for a week straight I'd barely been able to see. Since I stopped to sleep it was probably a good time to get some food, ... | 2016-03-30T12:03:32 | 2016-03-30T11:01:50 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | "Back again." Death said to the little brown tabby in his doorway.
"This is what happens when one dies. That was seven?" Niu said.
"One hundred twenty nine."
"I cannot count that high. It is seven. Seven lives."
Niu began to groom herself. Death sighed and produced a coin from somewhere within his robe.
Niu con... | "Ra*kesh*," Death hums. "You can't keep doing this. Your soul is *so* overdue."
He laughs, baring yellowed teeth. Death purses Her lips.
She looks like a woman barely thirty this time, dark lipstick the colour of dried blood. She is dressed in black - She nearly always is, except the very first time, when She was in ... | 2016-09-23T07:46:57 | 2016-09-23T06:50:04 | 3,526 | 875 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | Back again, through the weird voids and other planes your soul shuffles through when you die. I never got used to it.
"So, how's things here in the... Nether?"
"Aether" he corrected.
"Right, Aether, Nether..." I said trailing off. Even though he didn't have eyes, I could feel them judging me. He stood there an uncomf... | Sit now. Sit down my friends. Thank you, thank you.
I see so many familiar faces in the crowd, and I am glad to see all of you return. I am also quite pleased to see almost as many new faces. And to you I simply say welcome. I’m not sure how all of you found your way here, maybe you just saw the sign out front and th... | 2016-09-23T08:30:19 | 2016-09-23T07:20:45 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] You are trapped in a small, windowless room with nothing but a computer with a text editor. When you type in a word, the object appears in the room. However, there's a catch: the only keys on the keyboard are in the first half of the alphabet (A - M). | I stare blankly ahead at the screen in front of me.
My blurred reflection gazes back from the dark empty monitor.
I begin to type.
"h-e-l-l-"
There's no O key.
I erase and stare.
...
What is this place?
There are so many missing keys it seems impossible to complete even a single word.
Hmm...
Maybe some sort of command ... | It’s been 21 cycles since I typed CHALK. I think I was in here for about 2 real days before I figured that one out. Now my “days” end with each time I fall asleep, but If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve been in here for about 2 real weeks. Fortunately I can at least sleep on a BED, albeit it’s really just a mattress on a ... | 2017-05-09T09:43:38 | 2017-05-09T09:41:38 | 57 | 27 |
[WP] A gunman is robbing a diner, and while everyone else is on the ground in fear, you just keep eating your waffles | There was a piece of butter sitting on the pile of waffles. I shift it aside with a grimace. Urgh, butter. Why does anyone like butter? Thing tastes fucking *vile.* Not like anyone would agree with me, of course. They all act like butter is the best ingredient ever.
As bad as butter may be, there’s something much wors... | “You’re not going to pull that trigger, Charlie. Sit down and enjoy some of this coffee with me.” I said. I didn’t think Charlie would sit just yet. But give it time, these things always require time.
Charlie stopped for a second when I said his name. I’m sure he’s confused as shit right now. Good. I work well... | 2017-09-04T21:34:30 | 2017-09-04T20:57:18 | 108 | 31 |
[WP] Genie: aah, that's... an unusual wish, are you sure?... I mean, it's doable but... you sure you don't want something else? Like richness, or eternal life? Cos this is going to... and all the paperwork. But ok, if that's your wish, well, your wish has been granted | The Genie sighed, clearly disappointed that I'd turned down his alternative offer. "You may now proceed."
I nodded.
I quickly drew my own blade and disemboweled myself. As the light faded from my eyes, I whispered one last prayer for a better life.
"..Wish granted, I guess." The genie muttered, pulling out the fir... | 'Hey Genie, how long is this gonna take man.'
'Listen fool, by the time you leave this cave your wish would come into effect and even I will not be able to reverse the change so I beg you to change it.'
'This is the greatest wish Genie and I will go down in history. MUHAHAHAHHAHAHA.'
'Alright sir your wish has been ... | 2018-08-05T03:48:10 | 2018-08-05T03:37:23 | 43 | 28 |
[WP] As you die, your soul doesn’t ascend to heaven like you thought it would. Instead you feel yourself moving downwards, until you find yourself in Hell. The Devil looks surprised. You’re the only person who has ever been sent to him. | “What have you even done!? Any huge crime or terrible acts throughout life? Not even I am sure what would qualify for this anymore!” He says. I look around at the empty pits of fire, not only must I endure such burning, but it was also my fate to suffer *alone?* “I-I didn’t do anything!” I say weakly. “Haven’t harmed a... | I was a great person, well, relatively speaking that is. I did most everything you would expect of a great person at least. I volunteered at local shelters as a kid. As I grew older I became the head of a research team tasked with curing the incurable. We treated cancer patients and formulated the cure for it too. Our ... | 2018-10-25T20:21:50 | 2018-10-25T20:15:08 | 44 | 21 |
[WP] We did it! We finally achieved FTL travel! At first, alien races seem thrilled to have a new neighbor. Then they seem terrified of us. We are the only ones to reach the stars with technology instead of magic. | "Why do you keep looking over your shoulder like that?" Jaya turned and looked in the direction his friend had been glancing, but saw nothing but the flat armor of his ship, the *Sunrise.*
Elvoss looked sheepish for a moment. "It's nothing. Just... your ship makes me nervous, okay? I want to keep an eye on that thi... | INTERCEPT OF QUANTUM FLUCTUATION COMMUNICATION PATTERNS
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TRANSLATOR NOTES:
USG refers the Universal Substrate Gaia.
Disconnects is their slang term for non-magic users.
Czyraks are a type of pet on most planets.
Soltrap is some sort of mag... | 2019-01-18T12:33:07 | 2019-01-18T11:08:22 | 36 | 16 |
[WP] Every morning since the dawn of time, a deity has had to redraw the world’s coastlines. Luckily, he’s very consistent. Today you’re filling in for him. Hopefully your 6th grade geography class pays off | How did I get roped into this again? Oh yeah. Dad.
“Take your child to work day” was not working out the way I had hoped. Sure I was getting to skip algebra and world history but someone stuck me in an office and walked away.
A map laying on the desk and I walked over too it looking down. Something was a bit off, but... | Look, I get that people are still mad, but it's not my fault. How well would *you* have done? If anything, we should take this as a sort of pantheon-wide object lesson on the dangers of nepotism. Oh, sure, call it hereditary monarchy all you like. It's still a stupid bullshit idea that puts random people into positions... | 2019-04-04T06:17:04 | 2019-04-04T06:08:15 | 310 | 40 |
[WP] You own a small specialty meat purveyor. You and your crew inspect, purchase, slaughter, and butcher the animals yourselves. Years ago, on a whim, you started whispering "for Apollo" at each kill. You've just dispatched the firm's 10,000th cow. | The singing was nice. It calmed the cows and showed a bit of compassion to them before they died. If I didn't know any better I'd say the singer was one of mine. The owner of the singing was nice too. She knew just where to cut so the death was quick and painless. Very dignified for a cow if you ask me.
I watched the... | "For Apollo," I whispered as I slide the blade into the soft beating heart of a docile cow.
I have never been a fan of the killing, but I would do anything for the meat. Years of incredible business and a steady income make anything worthwhile enough, but I can't imagine losing the free leftovers I get to take home ... | 2019-07-09T08:22:55 | 2019-07-09T07:47:44 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You are best friends with Death. Although you don't know this. Every Sunday he has you killed just to talk to you about his week then brings you back to life after. However you never remember the meetings. | "So I'm not allowed to remember anything after this is over?"
"My answer is never going to change. Be grateful your memories come back everytime you see me."
I shrugged and got him a bottle from the fridge. He wedged his boney finger underneath the cap and popped it open. He reached for mine but I had already unscrew... | I blink, and instead of the traffic crossroads I was approaching I was back home. Not my house, but home: I was seated upon a chair in the dining room of the house I grew up in. Everything was familiar enough: the centre piece of the dining table were my mother's prized orchids, gracefully dangling from a lavender pot,... | 2020-01-31T08:23:34 | 2020-01-31T08:05:16 | 63 | 23 |
[WP] There's a door with a single key hole - it will open regardless of what key is used. All keys open this door, but what's on the other side, however, entirely depends on the key. | The man who had sold me the house was the son of the man who had built the house, and in the last days, he handed me a key and said, "My father told me to give this to you. And he told me to tell you that even though all keys open the door, only one key - this key - will truly work."
But I didn't use the key right aw... | [Part 1 of 2]
A door that will lead you to an unknown destination. Many scholars spoke about its magic, but I never believed the tales. I was a man of science and science rarely mixes well with farfetched tales, yet the shimmering glow of its golden doorframe was unmistakable, a keyhole awaiting a key, beckoning me to... | 2021-06-10T05:37:08 | 2021-06-10T05:21:09 | 167 | 33 |
[WP] In a world where reincarnation with a full knowledge of your past life is real, authorities struggle to protect society by keeping the worst criminals and serial killers in prison alive for as long as possible to delay their eventual escape back into society via the reincarnation process. | "Cellblock Alpha Tango Charlie, requesting status on prisoner Three Dash Nine Dash Two. Over."
Vincent checked over his shoulder to the unmoving man in the cell behind him. Richard Myers hadn't moved in the past two days aside from taking shallow assisted breaths, which wasn't a good sign for one of the most prolific ... | “Are you insane? Do you know who you just stabbed? Quick, someone get a doctor to cellblock A, Steve Hankers been stabbed.” I felt the guard wrap his arm around my neck, putting me in a chokehold as he dragged me away from the body of the notorious serial killer, my shiv still firmly stuffed in his sternum.
“I know... | 2021-10-08T07:33:56 | 2021-10-08T07:24:19 | 163 | 84 |
[WP] Recently you’ve noticed an increasing trend in the souls entering hell. They’re not at all tormented by the conditions, most of them seem *happy* with their too-small homes and long five hour days of mindless tasks. You report to Satan that maybe someone should check the conditions on Earth. | “What do you mean ‘happy’?”
Satan gave me an incredulous look.
“The conditions here just don’t get to them like they used to. The five hour days don’t seem to tire them and I overheard one of the sulphur scoopers say that his shack was ‘roomy,” I confessed, slightly afraid of the response.
“I don’t understand! We wor... | Me: E-excuse me, Your Malevolence?
Satan: *WHAT!?*
M: I have somewhat of a concern about the way the souls we’re taking in are…
S: Are *what?* Speak, little imp; don’t you dare try my patience.
M: S-sorry, Your Cruelness! New souls entering Hell are not scared or worried anymore!
S: Hah, really? That was your... | 2022-12-28T15:27:25 | 2022-12-28T11:49:30 | 1,252 | 39 |
[WP] Magic is real. And it is terrible. | Ralph shuffled his cards nervously, again and again until he could convince himself the odds were in his favor, or at least not against him.
A lump appeared in his throat as his opponent cut the deck. He just knew his fate was sealed.
Sweating through his shirt, he took a deep breath and counted to seven.
"Shit. a... | Again, he shot his finger toward the fridge door. It bolted open and a beer floated gently across the living room into his hands. It had opened itself along the way. He made sure of that. He tapped the beer and doubled the alcohol content once he thought of the effort that would go into getting the next one.
Outside o... | 2014-05-20T17:29:45 | 2014-05-20T14:26:10 | 64 | 29 |
[WP] A nerdy kid discovers that magic spells work exactly like a computer programming language.
There are some amazing stories here. Thank you all for responding. Also thanks to u/pandizlle who informed me that there is a book dealing with this very concept. It's called "Wizard's Bane" by Rick Cook. | **Bug ID #5608**
**Name:** Teleporting object arrives at speed
**Severity:** High
**Product:** Teleport
**Reported by:** AP
**Assigned to:** TJ
**Status:** Closed
**Description:** When teleporting over medium to long distances, I arrive with a significant lateral or vertical speed. In some cases, the spee... | The Council of Casters was in an uproar.
The Head Caster, seated at the head of the star-shaped desk had his brows furrowed, three wisps to his left and right holding up the records of the student, neatly arranged in a folder, and an iPhone, showing a video of the caster's prowess.
The student, an 18-year old, geeky ... | 2014-08-04T05:45:00 | 2014-08-04T05:03:48 | 133 | 36 |
[WP] A nerdy kid discovers that magic spells work exactly like a computer programming language.
There are some amazing stories here. Thank you all for responding. Also thanks to u/pandizlle who informed me that there is a book dealing with this very concept. It's called "Wizard's Bane" by Rick Cook. | **Bug ID #5608**
**Name:** Teleporting object arrives at speed
**Severity:** High
**Product:** Teleport
**Reported by:** AP
**Assigned to:** TJ
**Status:** Closed
**Description:** When teleporting over medium to long distances, I arrive with a significant lateral or vertical speed. In some cases, the spee... | "Jinkies!" I cried aloud, though it was just me in the room. "That's it!"
The glow of the supernatural program cast a dim light across the dark and dingy office in the old house. I was ready to ship, finally. My app would be out in the wild shortly having the unique title of "Universal Magic Compiler".
You see I'd fi... | 2014-08-04T05:45:00 | 2014-08-04T04:59:12 | 133 | 12 |
[WP]A wealthy business man believes in reincarnation. He leaves his massive wealth... to himself. Anyone born after his death that figures out his riddles will inherit his fortune. | "Are you telling me, that he left his family nothing?"
The lawyer adjusted his seat, "Well, yes Mrs Johnson. Now I understand how angry you are-"
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA! That man neglected us while he was still alive, and now he left us with nothing?!?!?"
"He was very clear in his will. He believes in reincarnation, and ... | To beat a god, you first have to be one.
Ok, perhaps that's a little melodramatic. He was certainly no god, but he did have a wealth of charisma that I did not. What I lacked in smiles and firm handshakes however, I made up for in business acumen and raw intelligence. He could be something that my weak arms and crippl... | 2014-12-13T14:07:21 | 2014-12-13T13:56:21 | 858 | 454 |
[WP] It has been verified that dying will result in going to heaven, no matter what. You are the government, trying to lower the suddenly skyrocketing suicide rate. | The world was failing and the bodies were building. There was only plan B.C. left to try.
All of the radio station were set in gear and prepped for the last stand. All tv's were under the government's control.
3...
2...
1...
"Oooooh baby do you know what that's worth, oooh heaven is a place on earth"
Belinda Carl... | "Mr. President? Mr. President!" Not a word from the White House when we called, just that ubiquitous ringtone on every number. "Jesus Christ, Bradley, what the fuck are we going to do?" I said putting the phone down.
"Bradley?" I turned behind me to find the loaded barrel of a gun in my manager's mouth, and before I ... | 2015-02-02T06:43:00 | 2015-02-02T06:37:02 | 126 | 20 |
[WP] It has been verified that dying will result in going to heaven, no matter what. You are the government, trying to lower the suddenly skyrocketing suicide rate. | As the slide came up the board of government officials sat there in awe at the advertising suggestion.
"It's amazing." "It's exactly what we need". "That's perfect." "You can't argue with such infalliable logic."
"I take it that means we can start running through the campaign th-"
"Immediately."
Within 10 hours the... | "Mr. President? Mr. President!" Not a word from the White House when we called, just that ubiquitous ringtone on every number. "Jesus Christ, Bradley, what the fuck are we going to do?" I said putting the phone down.
"Bradley?" I turned behind me to find the loaded barrel of a gun in my manager's mouth, and before I ... | 2015-02-02T06:40:57 | 2015-02-02T06:37:02 | 71 | 20 |
[WP] [NSFW] All your sex toys come alive and confront you about your treatment of them. | "Melissa"
I was suddenly awoken by the sound of a deep manly voice calling my name. _Am I dreaming?_ I though before pinching my cheek. It hurt. "Guess it's not a dream, huh" I muttered before sitting up in my bed. I groggily looked around the room and stopped at the foot of my bed. My two dildos were...standing the... | "You're not a real egg!"
"Then why are we shaped like one?!"
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I've never been much of a customer for coitus toys. I found them to be a bit silly, to be quite honest. When you're someone like me, you don't have time to masturbate because you're too busy having actual sex. My life's awesome.
One day, a friend... | 2015-08-02T07:08:09 | 2015-08-02T06:51:04 | 147 | 24 |
[WP] You are an NPC in a failed online game. Tell about the final days before server shut down.
Edit 1: Holy shit! Thanks for all of the great replies!
Edit 2: ¡Jesus Cristo! Front page! Thanks all! | "I'm an apothecary, I brew potions from rare ingredients!"
"I'm an apothecary, I brew potions from rare ingredients!"
"I'm an apothecary, I brew potions from rare ingredients!"
"I'm an apothecary, I brew potions from rare ingredients!"
"I'm an apothecary, I brew potions from rare ingredients!"
"I'm an apo... | Its been quiet lately. I used to see the odd ones around a lot - those wearing bearly anything or mismatched badly fitted items, asking silly and basic questions of everything and running into every wall or proding every item they can over and over as if its all a trick. I never understand why they think such actions... | 2015-09-01T11:39:46 | 2015-09-01T08:54:06 | 171 | 49 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | "Valhalla!? What do you mean Valhalla!?" The monk asked angrily.
"Look pal, when the vikings attacked your monastery you fought back. Hell, you even killed one of them. That's not what monks do." Exclaimed the Valkyrie
"But I'm a god loving christian! I can't be in Valhalla!"
"Like it or not, you died in battle. T... | When Bill came to, he was staring at a mauve-colored fabric back of an economy-class seat. *Life vest under seat cushion*, a little label read. A dull roar pervaded his senses.
*That's strange*, he thought, *I could have sworn I was still at work, when—*
He shook his head. He must have been dreaming. But where the he... | 2016-03-07T20:07:55 | 2016-03-07T19:28:33 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a test has been created to eliminate 90% of the worlds population. You are the first to take this test. | They never told us when the test date would be. We had no idea what to expect; written, athletic, intelligence, artistic, creative, looks, money...? What did they want from us?
The ways they could measure us were endless. The things the wanted to see were impossible to discern, and how to pass it was simply unknowable... | As I entered the room, an instructor was waiting across the room sitting opposite me with a small white table laid out in front of him with an empty chair waiting for me. I let out a huge sigh and made my way to the chair and sat right in front of him.
"Good morning. For this test, I just have a few questions I would... | 2016-06-11T11:14:01 | 2016-06-11T09:06:11 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] Every morning you wake up with a new talent. The catch is, you aren't told what it is. IF you discover what talent you have, you get to keep it. The talents NEVER repeat | "...and in other news, Hilary Clinton has been captured in Russia after-" *Click*
James looked at his alarm clock, often the bringer of bad news, and rolled out of bed. He immediately grabbed a knife from his night stand and made a slit on his hand. Bright red blood began dripping from the wound and onto the floor.
"... | John woke up at 6 am, just like every other morning, stretched twice and yawned, smashed his alarm clock with a hammer, stumbled into the bathroom for a brush and a piss, stumbled back into his bedroom and sniffed around for some clean clothes. Then he went through his morning checklist.
The three chainsaws in his cl... | 2016-07-19T12:42:59 | 2016-07-19T12:42:35 | 365 | 94 |
[WP] Every morning you wake up with a new talent. The catch is, you aren't told what it is. IF you discover what talent you have, you get to keep it. The talents NEVER repeat | When I was a kid, they used to tell us that things like painting and writing and gymnastics were skills. "Work hard enough and you can be just as good as anyone else," they'd say. But they don't say that to kids anymore. After the flurry of studies--of articles in TIMES--they swept that wrongness right out the door. It... | I can juggle with the best of ‘em, write a gorgeous poem with lightning speed, play anything on a piano, and hit a baseball dead-on every time.
People tell me I should open a restaurant, run a small business, and run for president, in any given combination on any given day.
I’ve got a job that I love, and could proba... | 2016-07-19T13:02:14 | 2016-07-19T12:51:40 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You are a normal person who spent your entire life infiltrating the evil Empire. You even became the Emperor's right hand. The day before you finally topple the Empire, the hero arrives, kills the Emperor, and saves the day.
Now how does that make you feel? | I stepped around the feeble, emaciated corpse of the emperor. His blood had begun to pool, simply ruining the lush carpet in front of his throne.
“You killed him,” I said, my long held mask of subservience fading into incredulity.
“It was a long journey,” the hero responded, “But no longer will our people suffer unde... | A taciturn air filled the room. The Emperor, Kretz and Fenton were discussing matter of state. 2 out of the 3 men at the long table were thinking intently, brainstorming plans to deal with some usurper. The fifth man was too excited, and had to make a conscious effort to not be jittery. Years of secrets and lies, despi... | 2017-03-12T14:39:19 | 2017-03-12T10:41:50 | 222 | 20 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | You grew up with bruises on your knees and scabs aplenty, just like any other kid. What your parents never knew was that not all of them were your own.
You're ten; baby Sarah from next door is bawling because she's just fallen and skinned her knee. You take the pain away from her. As the wound fades from her knee you... | From an early age people had laughed at me. Called me useless. "The power to control paper? What a disappointment." I guess it made sense, my mother was Mind Control Mindy, with a single glance she could control any person's mind and force them to do anything. My dad on the other hand was The Atomic Adam, he thought it... | 2017-06-12T07:49:37 | 2017-06-12T02:38:39 | 1,670 | 257 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | Generally when somebody talks about "powers" they usually refer to those in the big leagues. Pyrokenesis, mind reading, invisibility, through fate's hand these powers were what my peers received. Then, there was me.
Usually those with gifts tend to look down on those without. Those without gifts harbour jealousy and d... | From a utilitarian point of view I was fairly impressive if I may say so myself. Our country, our closed country, under a threat from the entire world, protected only by the great revered leader, was filled with people with rather useful yet banal superpowers. Flight, extreme strength or endurance, usually just one at ... | 2017-06-12T07:55:08 | 2017-06-12T07:45:36 | 138 | 12 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | "You aren't supposed to kill them."
That was what they all said.
"You can't kill people!"
As if they hadn't done the same thing, over and over again.
"Villains kill people!! You're a Villain."
That was how it started. I didn't care. They were hypocrites, the lot of them. A mass-murderer? Me? What about all the l... | I smiled. I couldn´t stop it. The view was too fantastic.
"Eric, please stop this.". Oh the whimpering i heard in her voice. " Stop it? WHY should i stop it? You always said you wanted a son who could achieve something great, and now look. Look at this. Isn´t this something truly great?". Ah, she can´t look. Can´t lo... | 2017-06-12T06:36:00 | 2017-06-12T05:44:01 | 45 | 25 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | I had originally thought my superpower was a bit of a joke. I suppose it still is pretty lame. I can't cause any real destruction with it, but nobody jokes around me anymore. I started exacting vengeance a couple weeks ago on those who had previously bullied me for "not having a power". In truth, I did but it's a very ... | At first, they thought I was worthless. No measurable potential, plus likely schizophrenia. In school, I would have been a great target for bullies, but they never found me, despite my complete lack of stealth or mobility enhancements.
I tried insisting that the voice was a legitimate power, but even mentioning i... | 2017-06-12T07:39:18 | 2017-06-12T06:39:02 | 39 | 22 |
[WP] The Sphinx has reawakened and will grant the wishes of anyone who can guess the answer to her riddles. The only problem is, she hasn’t accounted for the fact that all the answers are readily available to anyone with a WiFi connection. | "Oh no! Not you again."
The Sphinx. Greatest and most magical creature in all of history rolled its eyes and slumped. The dune under which it had been previously hiding rolled away in a wave as its enormous lions body thundered down, almost completely burying the limited edition 'Desert-Roamer' Sports car Deluxe which... | To see a new name on the world's billionaire list is rare, but it happens, to see a new name in the top ten, that is unheard of. Now, a new name appearing in the number one spot, impossible. Every day, for the last four days, there has been a new face on Forbe's number one spot.
Special Agent Knox, sat in economy cla... | 2018-02-26T06:43:38 | 2018-02-26T03:06:22 | 161 | 32 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/813gcd/wp_youre_a_powerful_dragon_that_lived_next_to_a/dv0g9gh/) l [Part 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRobertFall/comments/815k0n/the_tales_of_a_moon_rider_part_3/)
Those awful screams of woe and misery, of death and distress admixing with the stench of smoke ... | "To my dearest Yvain
I was a dragon, strong and old stuck in a cave for a crime you should never know. How long has it been I wonder since I was out? For the last time I walked these grounds there was no town or city but forest ever so green.
This was where the magical beings stayed until the mortals arrived or so ... | 2018-03-01T02:46:34 | 2018-03-01T01:48:12 | 43 | 13 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | "Noooooope. No chance. No way. I'm not falling for this one again," the dragon bellowed, "I mean, seriously Dominic, how dumb do you think I am?"
"Well, first of all it's *Sir* Dominic the Bold"
"More like Sir Dominic the Dumbass for thinking that I would take care of a princess after what happened last time."
Domin... | The moment I had long foreseen had come to pass.
"I will not."
My daughter's voice bore no trace of doubt. As far as she was concerned there would be no further argument on the matter. I smiled, despite the strain. She truly was my daughter, although we were not truly kin.
"You must."
Of course, if in trut... | 2018-03-01T04:39:40 | 2018-03-01T04:17:24 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "Okay, the army's coming toward you. What do you do?"
"I tell everyone to hide, then I open the front gate. Is that good for a bonus?"
"A bonus for what?"
"Bluff."
The DM stared at the Bard. He opened his mouth to speak, but the Rogue spoke for him.
"You can't be serious."
"I am."
The fighter chimed in, "How do ... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T07:11:07 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 1,810 | 74 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | "Your army is marching upon grenoble. You face a royalist regiment of two thousand men blocking your path. What do you do?"
"I bear open my breast...", Napoleon started
"Jesus Christ, dude", the DM said
"...and proclaim, 'If any man here wishes to shoot his emperor, I am here'".
The DM sighed and rolled some dice... | "Can I use my mason's tools to help fix the northern wall?" Jim asked desperately.
"Well, considering you still count as Poisoned, you would have disadvantage on the roll, so roll twice and take the lower," Antonio replied.
"A 16 and a... 4... dang it," Jim looked over his character sheet dejected. "William, do you t... | 2018-05-29T09:37:40 | 2018-05-29T08:14:51 | 303 | 104 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | “I sneak up behind my target, aim my derringer at his head, and pull the trigger”
“Roll a d20 twice against your agility and once against your dexterity”
A 5
A 17
D 12
“You successfully sneak up on your target and shot him in the head. However you chose a poor spot to hide while shooting and get spotted ... | Napoleon was at the edge of his seat, by the end of this session, he'd wipe that smug look off of Wellesley's face, and his imbalanced barbarian "Iron Duke" would have to be re-rolled. Wellesley had just finished a tirade about Napoleon having killed his General, Cooke.
Athena gazed at the two men from over the top o... | 2018-05-29T09:28:35 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 39 | 21 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | “So you’re storming the beaches of Italy in his game. Did you bring the WW2 character sheets?”
“Uhh... shit I brought my fantasy sheet for my ranger.”
“...”
“It’s okay! We can still play. Who was important in WW2 again?”
“Winston Churchill...”
“There we go! I’ll call my character Jack Churchill, and he’s storming ... | Napoleon was at the edge of his seat, by the end of this session, he'd wipe that smug look off of Wellesley's face, and his imbalanced barbarian "Iron Duke" would have to be re-rolled. Wellesley had just finished a tirade about Napoleon having killed his General, Cooke.
Athena gazed at the two men from over the top o... | 2018-05-29T09:44:43 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 35 | 21 |
[WP] You are the sole survivor a famous serial killer as a college student. Years later, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer you finally pluck up the courage to visit him in prison and ask one question that’s been plaguing you for decades: “why didn’t you kill me?”
Thought I’d do a human story in the sea of bul... | "Why didn't you kill me? You killed everyone else, all my friends!"
"Why are you asking me?"
"I... I don't have much time left. It's cancer... and I've wanted to know for years."
\*sigh\* "You remember what they called me? Long ago, before you ran into me?"
\*nod\* "The Messenger."
"Exactly. There w... | “Why didn’t you kill me?”
He sits across from me, and both he and I know he’s in control, complete control. The situation is his, his to manipulate. Fifteen years ago he changed my life. My boyfriend and I were abducted, and he was killed fast. I on the other hand was tortured and terrorized, before he finally let me ... | 2018-07-21T09:01:48 | 2018-07-21T08:24:16 | 146 | 23 |
[WP] Soul mate's exist. One day while showering, you're teleported in a cloud of smoke to another world. You appear before a dark queen who declares her spell worked and you, her soulmate, is finally here | It had been, without a doubt, an utterly shitty day, the shittest even, in an entire week of.. well you get the idea. The cherry on top of this unending brown tsunami was a client's dog letting loose it's bowls, to add a very literal ending to the day.
Hence the shower...
I mean, I'd showered at work too...and at the... | Case got into the shower and blasted himself with ice cold water, trying to force his brain into waking up for the big day ahead. It was around seven AM, he wasn’t in any particular rush, yet he felt a little bit anxious, as is to be expected.
“Barber at nine, flowers at ten, and ceremony at twelve,” Case recited to h... | 2019-04-28T13:24:13 | 2019-04-28T07:09:57 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] After a car accident, you wake up with amnesia. Your family tells you your life story and eventually you begin to remember. However, what you’re being told and what you’re remembering are completely different.
Edit: Thanks for the silver! | They tell me they love me. That I love them. That the long months I slept were lonely and torturous for them without me home and safe and sound. They tell me that I love slow jazz and fizzy white grape juice, but the music makes my head spin and the juice is too sweet.
They tell me that the car that hit me was stolen.... | I couldn't tell up from down anymore. It was infuriating. It had been a month since the accident, and I honestly wished the drunk driver had just killed me.
My parents had been determined to restore my memory to what it once was, but there was no point. How could they possibly fill in all 26 years of my life that I ha... | 2019-07-06T13:37:41 | 2019-07-06T13:22:47 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] You’re a Superhero whose superpower is Deescalation. You fight villains by talking through their issues and helping them to make better choices. | "You sure you understand," stated the Negotiator calmly and the Mad Titan nodded.
"Yes, just eliminating half of all life isn't going to resolve the issue as I'd hoped," stated Thanos, "The issue is more of a logistic one for the most part."
"So you see, this whole crusade of yours isn't going to achieve your goals, ... | "Listen, I understand how you feel."
 
Both men stood atop a two-hundred-foot tall skyscraper. Above them, a gigantic array of perfectly precise death lasers loomed, ready to annihilate at a moment's notice.
 
Vladimus the Dark turned quickly, "How could you? How could anyone? You don't und... | 2019-12-07T20:18:49 | 2019-12-07T19:25:31 | 451 | 308 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | As the villainous Bombdropper stood atop the crown of Goldgate Bridge, he reveled in his moment of absolute glory. The heroes stood below, paralyzed and helpless, for Bombdropper would drop his bombs the moment he saw any activity. He was untouchable, unstoppable, and nobody could prevent him from destroying this bridg... | We are trapped. Gullimore has caught us and put us in glass cylinder filled with green, bubbly liquid. It was almost impossible to not let the moistness of it send us unconcious, but we had to fight.
It has been a few hours since we were trapped. We thought we had him in the entrance. Opal had it all planned-Ember wou... | 2020-02-25T12:34:32 | 2020-02-25T12:16:42 | 1,350 | 118 |
[WP] The dragon's lair is not what you expected. Instead of the mountains of gold and magical artifacts of fantastical power, the lair is instead filled with display cases of historically significant but common items. It's not really a hoard, its more like a museum... they even do tours... | I cautiously approach the cave, my eyes darting for any sign of movement. A dragon had been spotted in the area and, as the highest ranked adventurer around, I was designated to go and "rid of it". The intense heat of the desert around me weighing me down. I took a deep breath and headed toward the entrance.
There was... | Getting lost in the mountains of Bhutan was the last thing I wanted to do. I'd lost my tour guide, fallen down a hill and was now stuck somewhere on the East side of one of the mountains. Thankfully, I had prepared for something like this to happen and with my trekking poles, began my hike up towards the general direct... | 2022-01-11T11:35:55 | 2022-01-11T10:35:29 | 251 | 88 |
[WP] A Monster Made In A Horror Game Becomes Real, But Still Follows It’s AI. For Example, It Cannot Perceive People When They Hide, Even If They Hid While The Monster Was Starring At Them | The most feared scenario had manifested itself. Zombies were everywhere. Is this the end? Or is it the supply of these disgusting creatures that has no end? It was only one night, but it felt like forever. They just kept coming.
Those who had plans for this exact scenario started to execute their plans, to varying deg... | “Mike, you better shut up if you don’t want us running around the town again!”Mia warns.
“What am I supposed to do! They have sent us this weird paper with all this coding shit! How are we supposed to survive with this?” Mike yells.
“Here. Let me see it.” Mia start to look at the strange paper but is interrupted... | 2022-08-22T03:29:18 | 2022-08-22T03:03:09 | 296 | 78 |
[WP] Years ago, an old Villain saved the life of a Young Hero and decided to adopt him before retiring. Now some rookie Villains have decided the best way to get to the Hero is through his dad. What a terrible mistake. | It was kind of a travesty, how lax modern villainy had become. He'd been surreptitiously informed about the coming ambush dozens of times over the past few days. His old minions had gone on to set up a whole host of hench services after all, and no-one took notice of the help.
They'd made it too easy, his generation.... | Jeff wasn’t sure what was sadder, the fact that he was tied to his chair in his own home or the fact that he’s been tied to furniture enough times to appreciate the skill of whomever tied the knots. Double constrictor? Maybe. It was hard to tell with the bag over his head and … something running through his system. It ... | 2022-09-02T13:43:52 | 2022-09-02T12:22:59 | 53 | 39 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | I was about to single handedly redefine the power scaling system. I could move things with my mind. No faster than the average person could throw something, no larger than a basket ball, and the heaviest thing was a 25 pound plate in a gym but that made my nose bleed.
I focused, I bled, I almost blacked out, but I ha... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T00:36:26 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 51 | 11 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | C-list was a comfortable position. I hardly ever had to put much work into the villainy aspect, so I got so focus more on my personal business. And, It meant I got to be a little bit goofy, which is always fun. For the most part, the heroes I ended up facing were kind, helpful, and sweet. I even kept in contact with a ... | "Oh they've done it this time," I clench my fist in anger.
Ever since that night, I've never liked those who act as if they're so self-righteous, but I never really cared for this whole system up until today. It's all over the news, the almighty hero, Grandis, raided a suspected corrupt business.
"There has always be... | 2022-11-29T08:15:42 | 2022-11-29T04:09:55 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | People don't work for a villain if they don't like him. I for one always made sure of that.
Holidays. You bet your arse you'll be getting them.
Childbirth. You can bet I'm gonna be that weird but cool uncle.
Having an off day. Pool party.
My company is my home. And my profession is to be a villain. Rank C. Code na... | Ay-Ay-Ron ☑️
^(@officialmrsens8tional)
@fenixfire_herotv isn't this that chump villain you talk about? `https://op-ed.metropost.co...`
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> Dear Heroes,
>
> Yesterday, a group of superpowered thugs caused an incident at the Little-Big Cheese restaurant. After what must have been too many drinks, one of t... | 2022-11-29T08:53:21 | 2022-11-29T07:39:34 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | I don't know if the fucker was wasted or something when he walked in, but Jesus. For a Level 55, I'd never seen anyone fight so... So... Poorly. Maybe he was some kinda special needs guy, and we had to intentionally lose to make him feel good or something. No, that's not it. I mean, he managed to pull off a Divine Bulw... | So here I am, a scrawny little goblin with a massive dick, standing in front of the Dark Lord Cockripper, the most evil genital mutilator to ever own a dark evil fortress. He is shouting at me so loud that I can feel the floor vibrating slightly and my ears are begging to pop so that the pain will dissipate. He is goin... | 2014-09-03T12:02:19 | 2014-09-03T11:44:22 | 876 | 12 |
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