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[WP] Someone has been writing extremely helpful messages on your bathroom mirror in blood. | …and the sentient sponge was left to its own devices, twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
**Chapter 23: The Urban Legend of the Helpful Hemoglobin**
There is a common trope about the wasteful and over-indulgent nature of the upper middle-class always defaulting to replacement rather than repair. A ripped ... | "Run :)". Although I had finally become accustomed to the sight of the deep red blood that appeared on my mirror every day, this particular message still startled me. I checked my watch, which said 6:15 am, the same time I check the mirror every day so that Claire doesn't see the message. I stared at the letters, drip... | 2015-12-15T12:59:19 | 2015-12-15T12:53:36 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Your father left 20 years ago the night before your birthday to get Cigarettes, Milk, and Bread. Today he comes home with long bedraggled hair, weather beaten skin, and a sword on his hip. The first thing he says to you is "You're never going to believe what happened." | I loooked up at this tall, hardened figure.
"You'll never believe what happened," said the sword wielding, bearded man who claimed to be my father. The last time I had seen him was when he went out to get cigarettes, milk, and bread. I decided to listen to him.
"What happened?" I asked, curious.
"I got cigarettes, mi... | "You abandoned me is what happened!" the son quipped.
"What? I'd never! Just hear me out! I may be a little cloudy on the details, though..."
The father, easing into a recliner, sighed. "20 years ago, I left to get cigarettes, milk, and bread. You remember!"
The son nods curiously.
"On the way, I was assaulted by a... | 2016-07-20T08:21:53 | 2016-07-20T03:34:45 | 88 | 18 |
[WP] A horror story that doesn't involve one of the big three (Paranormal, Aliens, or a Psychopath) just to show me it can actually be done. | Harry was curled up in bed when his cell phone rang, tucked in under a sea of white sheets and red flannel blankets. He flung a hand listlessly out from under the sheets, cursing when the hard surface of his nightstand cracked against his knuckles. His sluggish fingers curled around the cracked screen of his phone; he ... | "Run!", the cry broke the dewey stillness of their resting area. *"They found us!"*, Berta's mind screamed. *"Where do we go?"*
Revving engines, coming closer and closer. There was no time. No time! *"GO!"*
They scattered, with no direction or leadership, chaff to the wind. Everyone for themselves, sprinting for th... | 2016-10-04T16:41:11 | 2016-10-04T16:05:01 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] Every night in your sleep you meet a successful-looking future you who tells you what you should do the next day. So far your life has gone well indeed, but one day you fall asleep during the daytime. You meet a tired, disheveled version of yourself who begs you not to listen to the other. | "You will love her more than you've loved anyone else. She will be light of your life. Although you don't know it yet. Sure she may be a bit on the heavy side, and sure she may sound like a beached whale. Not a convincing pitch is it? She's smart. Trust me she is smart. You've always wanted to be great, at what? Doesn... | I am reading this journal one last time before I burn it, for some things are better left in the past.
* **May 15th, 2011, 7:30am.**
Last night was very strange. I sat up in bed, but my room was not my room. I struggled to get to sleep for two reasons: first, because the Law School Admissions Test was the next day, a... | 2017-04-01T07:32:58 | 2017-04-01T06:34:46 | 128 | 91 |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | First contact was made almost ten years ago. They seemed well versed in warfare, in less than a day there wasn't a satellite left in the sky or a cable under the sea. Communication between nations fell to old ground bounce long range radios pulled out of mothballs. Conventional weapons proved to be ineffective and the ... | Kevin listened to the Oracle while sitting on the cloth that covered the pile of rubble beneath it. He's heard the tale more times than he can count: on that fateful day, 25th December of the year 2017, fleets of starships darkened the sky, and leveled the human civilization.
The oracle spoke of times when humans wer... | 2018-05-18T05:29:26 | 2017-12-06T20:39:17 | 47 | 13 |
[WP] FTL travel is very expensive, so humanity creates a web of hyperlanes between systems, that speed up time inside them, making travel cheaper. You enter a malfunctioning hyperlane. When you leave it, you find a galaxy with no humans, full of alien races, that see your kind as ancient precursors. | Humans. Humans are the original super-beings. My people have spent countless lifetimes trying to reverse engineer the technology they used to traverse the vacuumed expanse. We have been successful in understanding their wormhole and FTL technology as of late, mainly due to a strange occurrence. Living humans have grace... | White. All White. All Black. All White. It was always like this. Maybe it wasn't. I don't know, do I know? What did I knew? Was I knewn? Known?
And real. Was I ever real? I'm laughing. There's someone staring at me. I stare back, full of ... being. Curious, I'm feeling curious. Curious, Curious, Ahahahah I'm curious ... | 2018-01-22T07:47:39 | 2018-01-22T07:34:32 | 99 | 44 |
[WP] You knew the adoption agency was a little shady, but when they said "special needs" you thought "autism" or "ms" - not "ork" or "vampire." Still, you're a family now, and you'll find a way to make it work | Not quite with the prompt
Sarah laid staring at the ceiling of the NICU parent room, her baby was dying. There was no argument, she'd been dying since the day she was born.
Luck was about to run out for Skylar, her little body had seen so much pain and Sarah could do nothing to protect her little girl, born see-thr... | *"I just want to hug her! Why must it be so hard?"*
I stand shaking on the porch, sneaking a hand into my coat to pull the flask from the inner pocket. I carefully twist the cap with twitching fingers, but the tips keep slipping. They're slick with sweat but they feel dry as paper.
On the fourth try it comes open and... | 2018-03-09T14:25:03 | 2018-03-09T13:34:43 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] You can see video game-like titles for the people you meet. Usually they are just "The Shopkeeper", or "The Mayor", but today you saw an old homeless man with the title "The Forgotten King". | Everyone has a title. I’ve always been able to see them, but it didn’t take long to figure out nobody else could. Mom heard me sounding out the text shortly after I learned to read, and asked me what I was doing. When I told her, she laughed and said something about how kids had such vivid imaginations. She didn’t laug... | I have a peculiar talent. I know, there are lots of folks that say that. Most of them are people who can, I don't know, play the violin with their feet or do origami with their tongue or something like that. Compared with mine, those talents look commonplace.
When I was a kid, video games were all I cared about. I... | 2019-01-08T11:03:34 | 2019-01-08T10:34:40 | 583 | 124 |
[WP] You can see video game-like titles for the people you meet. Usually they are just "The Shopkeeper", or "The Mayor", but today you saw an old homeless man with the title "The Forgotten King". | I stop in my footsteps. "The Forgotten King"... sitting in the streets, a blanket barely covering him. No one seems to notice him but me. Even I almost walked by. The coffee warming my hands suddenly felt heavy. I turn to him. 'Hello, could I offer you this?' He looks up somewhat puzzled. 'Why?' He takes the coffee. 'T... | Autumn. Leaves are falling down the trees, and if I don't concentrate my eyes, it looks like pieces of amber fall from the sky. I love autumn. Most people say that spring is the most beautiful season of all, but I disagree. To me, walking in the park at autumn is as close to paradise as it can get.
Today is no excepti... | 2019-01-08T11:11:40 | 2019-01-08T10:16:15 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] The day you die, Death comes and asks if you are ready to go. Jokingly, you say no. To your surprise, he leaves. Now every year he comes back to ask again | Its been many years since I told Death no. My job was not complete. I needed to be there for him. Every year Death came back but i was still needed. I watched him grow you see. He was just a little boy when we first met and it was my job to take care him. Everyday we would watch the world turn. I was there when his gir... | The blaring horn, the terrible noise of metal screeching against metal, the flash of lights, the pain.
And then everything was gone. A peaceful stillness filled me and darkness surrounded me.
A figure emerged from the darkness, slowly walking toward me, a hood above its head, a scythe in its hand.
"It is time, Henr... | 2019-04-16T10:21:31 | 2019-04-16T10:03:14 | 63 | 22 |
[WP] In your lifetime, stories of ordinary people being reborn or transported into fantastical worlds of magic and heroes were popular... not that you knew this, being a dog. Then you got hit by a Truck, and now you're a Dragon that just wishes belly rubs were as easy to get as they used to be. | I am a dire wolf. The mightiest creature in all the land! My woofs inspire fear in the hearts of anyone who would harm my humans. The master of all I survey. I stride proudly around the borders of my family's lands. Ready to alert them of any threat. I am majestic. The most powerful creature who ever lived and-- Oooh a... | Biscuit draped his wings over his head, and that helped drown out some of the ruckus coming from the far side of the cave. “Just leave me be, please,” he moaned, as sparks flared out from his nostrils. “If it’s dinner, I’m not hungry, alright? And if you’ve come to try and change my mind, well, I’m… I’m tired. Let’s di... | 2019-04-23T10:13:05 | 2019-04-23T09:41:51 | 34 | 22 |
[WP] You and your friends are goofing around and you decide to catch it on super slow-mo on your phone. When you show the video to your friends you notice a man in a nice suit casually walking at normal speeds through the frame while making eye contact with the camera. He winks. | Tim did a double take and looked at his phone again.
“Yo, Tim! Did you get it?” yelled Kate as she repositioned herself.
“Yeah,” replied Tim as he replayed the slow-mo video of Kate flipping over a low hanging tree branch. Kate and the rest of the school’s gymnastics team recently placed 3rd in a big state competit... | I don’t know how this could be. I took that video on my phone; I was watching every moment as it was recorded. It was just Blake on his skateboard, jumping over stairs and failing hilariously as he tried to look like Tony Hawk. That was when the video was being taken, but apparently, that’s something different from the... | 2019-08-03T11:15:32 | 2019-08-03T11:10:57 | 72 | 16 |
[WP]One day, while cleaning out the attic of your deceased mom's home, you stumble upon an old oil lamp. In clichéd fashion you begin to clean the lamp and a genie appears. "Ah yes,"he thinks. "Another poor sap." Too bad for him, you're a contract lawyer. Quite a good one, at that. Monkey's Paw who? | "Three wishes."
The genie stared at me, a smile on his face. Seconds ticked by. Then minutes.
"Well?"
"I'm thinking."
"Thinking?" His long, unnaturally slender fingers rapped across the wood. "Come on. Surely you want *something...*"
"Oh, I do. I'm just thinking how I want to phrase it." I rubbed at a spot of grea... | "Another genie!" I almost moan as I just finished dealing with another genie that popped out of my neti pot. Blowing the remnants of that last beast out of my nasal cavities took the better part of a larger Kleenex box. Luckily for me _this_ genie came out of a lamp, and not my nostrils. I throw the lamp to the side an... | 2020-10-19T20:51:35 | 2020-10-19T19:53:22 | 515 | 68 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | We had been... friends was a strong word, from my point of view, but I certainly was it's best friend (as apparently everyone else who had gazed upon it in the past was dead) for about six months.
I assumed it could only appear to a single soul at a time, and as I hadn't melted into a screaming, mad pile of goo yet, i... | "Man, 7:00 already?"
I only had a little time before my bedtime (I get up pretty early), and I needed to finish my paper for my structural engineering class. I Closed Reddit, and pulled open Notepad (I don't like microsoft word.) I was beginning the process of staring blankly at the computer screen, when I heard a sof... | 2020-10-27T09:09:33 | 2020-10-27T09:05:54 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] For most of college everyone thought you were deaf when in reality you just don't like talking and learned sign language at a young age. You never corrected anyone until someone confessed their love for you, thinking you couldn't hear them. | "I love you" he whispers.
He stands up and faces the window and lets out a small fart he thinks I can't hear.
He turns back to me, "I've loved you since freshmen orientation, when you dropped your orientation folder and I helped you gather up the papers blowing in the wind, just like my heart."
He looks down, he fac... | What do I say?
Do I say anything?
I just finished my powerpoint presentation, in lieu of a speech, a request that was granted by my public speaking professor. My topic was surrealism and after closing with a slide featuring Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Time", the bell rang and it was time to head across campus... | 2020-12-01T17:59:26 | 2020-12-01T17:46:27 | 33 | 13 |
[WP] You fill out a job application for a job where the only information is 'must have excellent abillity to adapt to new situations and follow instructions. Will involve travel.' You were not expecting the travel to be time travel. | "So... first day huh?"
The woman driving looked back at the road, accelerating to overtake a black Jeep.
"Um, uh- yeah," I mumbled from the passenger seat, looking out at the desert rush by.
"So how'd your interview go?"
"It was pretty good, yeah."
"That's good."
"I'm David."
"Elena."
There was a moment of sile... | Sarah scribbled out the rest of her information, excited to undertake this new business venture. The interview went well, even if they're probing questions about her travelling habits caused her some slight discomfort. Of course, she travels, she has her license. What sort of question is that? Yet, they kept asking abo... | 2021-01-05T04:01:05 | 2021-01-05T03:57:53 | 850 | 103 |
[WP] A wealthy man dies, leaving his most of assets spread out amongst his children. The reading of the will goes well until the lawyer reads the last part: "To my adopted son Michael, I leave you the contents of safe deposit box 824. You know what to do." | My father, Howard Brown, was well-known for his philanthropy, so it wasn’t a surprise to any of his family or those who followed his life in the papers and on the news when he adopted a young boy. It was only surprising to me.
As the family driver sped along the highway, I sat in the back of the Rolls-Royce Ghost, ref... | Like static, the contents of the last 2 hours buzzed through Michael’s head, jumping up and down in a flurry of confusion. He barely registered his feet hitting the pavement, nor the light drizzle that had begun, staining his lenses with needle thin lines of water. When his father’s condition had taken a turn for the w... | 2021-03-07T17:55:31 | 2021-03-07T17:46:23 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] You can stop time. However, during your vacation where you have stopped time for a year, someone runs up to you and asks “Dude, why have you stopped for this long?” | He didn't look like the sort of guy to be able to stop time. None of the telling features, like a third eye or that light-bending aura the Others dragged behind them. In fact, he was only wearing board shorts.
"It's been a whole year dude!" He pleaded.
I blinked, at first digesting that I was talking to another human... | Jack rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't allucinating. He even pinched himself to see if he was dreaming, which ironically was the same thing he did when he first discovered his power. But the person in front of him was undoubtedly real.
"Come on Jack, *a whole year!?*" The teenager in front of him says with exaspe... | 2021-08-14T20:19:58 | 2021-08-14T16:49:43 | 582 | 118 |
[WP] You awake to find yourself in a room with a multitude of people. After some confusion a voice speaks over the PA system. You've somehow been placed in a death game for the entertainment of the rich. You begin to laugh hysterically, as this is SOOO not going to go the way they want it to. | Today was not going my way at all. first, i find out that i was kidnapped by some wackos and placed in a room with a bunch of strangers and next i'm being told that this is a death game and i am going to be competing whether i like it or not.
the people around me are starting to panic, some curling up into the fetal ... | Continuing to laugh hysterically as the first game was announced, Sam fell off his bed while everyone either listened intently to the announcer or stared at the crazy man. “The first game you will be playing, is baseball!” The announcer said, as Sam began to snort loudly while laughing. “You each have a number on your ... | 2021-10-30T20:00:59 | 2021-10-30T18:45:41 | 91 | 26 |
[WP] It was supposed to be a routine software upgrade, but now roombas are tracing pentagrams and summoning minor demons all across the country. You work in tech support. | If there is anything that is a surety in this capitalist hellscape we live in, is that exploitation will occur no matter where. It is a given. An inevitability.
A rollout for a simple software upgrade for the roombas resulted in strange ramifications.
The software upgrade itself was not anything major. Just an effici... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 5, Part 4: Professor Hale v.s. Every Single Roomba)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections. That being said, [these](https://www.reddit.com/r/bubblewriters/comments/mrk4lm/wp_it_seemed_like... | 2022-01-30T07:56:03 | 2022-01-30T07:47:40 | 63 | 24 |
[WP] Poor man's teleportation is to summon a demon, grab him, and have somebody else summon him to your desired destination before the demon can buck you off, then run like hell and hope you don't get caught. Popularization of this has become quite the nuisance in the netherworld. | “Slow down slow down.”
Balzlaburlub reduces from 100 unintelligible clicks per minute, to about 70.
“Ah the humans are using hell as a ferry?”
Something about this angered me, was it my workers being put in danger? Humans getting one over on us?
No, neither of these really bothered me, both had honestly been encou... | Demon announcer: " place your bets, everyone, place your bets!"
Demon: "What kind of human is it this time!?"
Demon announcer:" this time it's three healers and a hell hound."
Demon:" 50 soul coins on capture and decapitation"
Demon female: " 100 soul coins on the human escaping"
A few moments later a demon atten... | 2022-03-17T21:29:40 | 2022-03-17T20:02:15 | 51 | 35 |
[WP] You are Functionally Immortal, however your life force is connected to a cat that can die to anything but old age. You must protect the cat to stay alive. Having lived alongside the cat for centuries, one day it disappears. | "Ah, Pudding, we've been together for so many centuries. So many." I stroked the cat's silky black fur and warmly peer down into her golden eyes peering back at me like a pair of yellow lanterns.
~Stroke~
~Stroke~
~Stroke~
~Stro--
Realizing my lap is empty, I looked down to find my hand cradling empty air about to... | Red seal, black ink, parchment crisp, still warm from the tanner’s, the letter before me is not much dissimilar to those delivered before.
‘Lord Hawkridge, I address thee as such only in title due to thy station and by no means as reflection of honourable character of which I dare say thou are deprived. In hope most s... | 2022-08-08T04:55:53 | 2022-08-07T21:30:44 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] You are arrested by a mysterious agency for the “illegal use of a magical and or supernatural item” after stumbling across a Genie lamp. But, the agency is stunned to find you only used one wish. An odd one in particular. | "You people really need to relax my wish was ironclad." I said leaning back in the chair.
"What WAS you wish?" Asked one of the agents.
"What anyone should wish for if they ever found a genie. For them to ALL be free." I said laughing as the agents around me all turned pale, one rushed to the nearby trash can and... | Toby was a little overwhelmed with the events of the last few hours. He knew MANA was a thing, everyone did. They were the ones who handled out of control supers and mages. He never thought he’d be in their crosshairs though. It was one little wish. Then woosh he was surrounded by armed agents, three of them in po... | 2022-11-02T11:15:02 | 2022-11-02T07:21:32 | 136 | 74 |
[WP] You are arrested by a mysterious agency for the “illegal use of a magical and or supernatural item” after stumbling across a Genie lamp. But, the agency is stunned to find you only used one wish. An odd one in particular. | "You people really need to relax my wish was ironclad." I said leaning back in the chair.
"What WAS you wish?" Asked one of the agents.
"What anyone should wish for if they ever found a genie. For them to ALL be free." I said laughing as the agents around me all turned pale, one rushed to the nearby trash can and... | I finish putting on the rest of my costume and open the doors to the giant stadium-like building. I am greeted by a cool breeze and the smell of old sweaty white dudes. I look around to see tons of fellow comic book lovers, and my heart beats faster. WOW. Comicon is as impressive as Reddit makes it sound. Before starti... | 2022-11-02T11:15:02 | 2022-11-02T07:31:34 | 136 | 21 |
[WP] The homeless man being harassed by police for sleeping at an historical site is actually the god the site was originally built for. | Guard duty.
My cousins are out slaying dragons and what do I get? Guard duty.
Don't think I have no love for Talos, he has kept me safe in battle for many years, but damn if it isn't dull.
Whiterun is a great town, and being at the center of Skyrim is great for commerce, we have all sorts come here, but it's mostly ... | The man chuckled as he saw the police officer approaching him.
"Sir, we are going to have to ask you to leave, this site is not currently open to the public."
The man stared up at the officer with eyes that seemed to have seen more than any human could comprehend.
"My child, what makes you think I am a member of the ... | 2014-08-28T08:22:49 | 2014-08-28T08:15:39 | 152 | 65 |
[WP] Write out a murder scene where the victim is the only one speaking, but have the murderer speak one word in the end that justifies the murder. | "Oh you're here!", she exclaimed in a raspy voice. She always seemed so cheery, even near the end.
"Why does this have to happen during the holidays?" she asked.
There was so much that I wanted to say but I couldn't find the words. I'd pictured the scenario in my head a thousand times, maybe more. I always pictured ... | Through the window, that's where he came in from.
Broken, shattered glass, I woke up startled from my sleep. I heard the crash and got up, wishing I had bought that gun I was looking at in Wal-Mart yesterday.
At least my wife was on a business trip. She was safe.
Just as luckily, Sammy was staying at Amanda's tonig... | 2014-12-21T19:56:07 | 2014-12-21T19:03:58 | 40 | 22 |
[WP] Death comes to collect one final life - God. | God watched as they discovered the violent elegance of flame and stone.
God watched as they built steel towers that stretched into the very heavens.
God watched as they destroyed each other.
Over...and over...and *over.*
God listened as billions prayed.
Over...and over...and *over*.
But he did nothing. As always.... | The Universe was empty.
I mean, it had always been empty—what with all the SPACE and VOID and all—but now it was *really* empty. Not a breathing soul on a single planet, a single space station, a single over-stellar chariot.
It was all gone.
And you could chalk it all up to the man in the pale starship.
He used to... | 2015-05-07T09:43:12 | 2015-05-07T09:23:42 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] One second your in your house, the next you're standing in a living room surrounded by three demons. They drop their Ouija board and scream as they run to their bathroom and lock the door. "I told you we shouldn't have touched it!" | I had just filled up my cereal bowl and was about to enjoy a late breakfast when that familiar feeling came on me again. Dang-it, I already regretted that deal I had made with that thieving “Ouija the Fantabulous”.
At the time it had sounded like easy money – As a member of the Dimension Monitoring Security Divisi... | *Part One: The Grand Entrance*
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"By the Lord of the Deep you've summoned Michael." Pog whispered. His eyes were wide with terror. They gleamed yellow in the dark of the closet as he scooted towards Lard. His wart-ridden claws gripped Lard's shoulder so tightly that Lard bled. "You've summoned the bloody Archangel hi... | 2016-08-08T13:18:10 | 2016-08-08T11:12:00 | 40 | 16 |
[WP] You see numbers above people, telling how many people they will kill given they keep on the same track. Last month you met a seemingly ordinary person with the number 7,431,323,210, or the total population of the Earth.
Edit: Well this blew up.
First of all, I'd like to thank all the talented writers for taking ... | "Z-zero. Nine. Four. Zero. Four." I stammered out, as the agent continuously showed me photos of people. We did this often. Very often. For eleven years I have been held prisoner by a top secret United States organization, after they somehow found out about my power, and after months of torture, they have figured out h... | Deep breath.
It was dark out. Nobody should be out this late. The bars had emptied. The drunks had all stumbled home. The nightlife had even quieted.
It was this time of night Atticus relished. A time when everything was still. No noise but the buzzing of the streetlights, casting their ruddy orange pools onto the s... | 2017-01-08T02:04:03 | 2017-01-07T23:16:35 | 142 | 95 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | "Field medic? Why are we humouring the new prospect anyway? We have body labs." Muttered Zelska. Zelska was what the humans would call "A fucking idiot." Jorax reflected.
"Well," Jorax began "Aahii are the greatest builders and engineers in the universe,right?"
"Of course!" Snapped Zelska.
"But, Aahii don't repair a... | Late to the party as usual, but here goes.
In the human history there is man named Alexander whom they call 'the Great.' Alexander lead a vast army, which worshipped him, with which he conquered hundreds of kingdoms. He spread his noble culture to the far reaches of the world in an unbelievably short amount of time. ... | 2017-03-06T01:01:31 | 2017-03-06T00:34:43 | 379 | 171 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | Lexicanum Galacticum
Chapter 67
"Humans"
The human species are famous for their insanity and general lack of responsibility,but still they became one of the dominant species in the galaxy after their victory in the War in Heaven.
The human species are divided into 3 grand factions:
1.The Commonwealth
2.The United C... | The highest Generals of the United Human Systems sat in their chambers, a dark and rather cramped room in the back of the Capital Parliament. They were comprised of many generals from across Human worlds. Three from Earth, one from Mars, another four from orbital colonies, and the other seven from a number colonised st... | 2017-03-06T02:11:41 | 2017-03-06T01:54:02 | 99 | 27 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | The Galactic Council were at war. A vicious reptilian species were pushing deeper and deeper in to their systems, killing all as they went. There were a few massive repair docks, and one in particular had been considered a lynch pin. Plans were formulated, and the odds calculated. They had no hope of taking it down.
A... | "Sir, evacuations procedures are complete, we have to leave, NOW!" A furry quadruped yowls at her commander, who is staring at the flickering monitor of their dying homeworld.
30 star cycles ago, an semi-aquatic species opened a permanent wormhole into the Calarian system in the name of conquest and forcibly started t... | 2017-03-06T02:55:03 | 2017-03-06T01:32:02 | 61 | 43 |
[WP] Water is the most dangerous fluid in the galaxy. Earthlings drink it like it's nothing. | "Ma'am, I think you should come look at this." The crinkled old hag that sat at the console pointed with a green, bony finger to the screen.
"What am I looking at?" asked the green figure.
"Humans. Drinking. Water."
There was a silent pause as the entire room froze, the quiet squeaking of one fool with her headphone... | Faith by its very nature is absurd. Not in a way that implies it’s something not worth pursuing, but that by requisite it forces you to accept something you cannot see. To leap whole heartedly into something that you cannot definitively prove. And this is where it becomes something uniquely suited to the human conditio... | 2017-04-06T09:10:31 | 2017-04-06T08:21:49 | 37 | 26 |
[WP] Everyone on Earth was infected with a disease with no cure. The only thing keeping humanity alive is a drug that fights the disease, but can't kill it. When you run out of money to keep buying your daily dose, you notice something. You're not dead.
Edit: Woh, this blew up. I wasn't expecting that to happen.
Than... | "How do you feel?"
I opened my eyes, and turned my head toward the source of the voice. The silhouette was faint, and blurred, but the outline was vaguely recognizable. Whoever it was, was sitting. Relaxed.
"Porter?"
Up and down movement. He was nodding. It was him.
"Thought we were going to lose you there, for ... | As I laced my tattered shoes on my aching feet, I could feel my heart pulsating in my ear drums. I'd never been so afraid. Never felt so alone. It even took me a few moments to realize that I'd been fumbling hopelessly with my laces because of how much my hands were shaking. I took a deep breath and repeated the same w... | 2017-07-14T13:42:30 | 2017-07-14T12:52:49 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You're a special genie. You allow whoever finds you to re-experience three events that happened in their life for the first time again. Some people choose to re-experience a great movie as if watching it for the first time, some re-live their first kiss. Your latest request sounds quite odd. | I had already granted the poor frail child her first two wishes. The first, to re-live the memory of being told her disease was in remission, the joy she felt that day. The second, to re-live her first kiss, a fleeting moment of happiness from the few days age was able to attend a normal school witha young boy named J... | First it was the noise. People talking softly, as to not wake me up. Somebody's kid was crying afar, and some of the machines went beep-beep beep-beep.
I decided to open my eyes. Even before the light hit my corneas, the smell of a hospital bedroom entered my nostrils with nauseating speed. What was this? What is going... | 2017-09-16T15:25:54 | 2017-09-16T15:17:56 | 57 | 32 |
[WP] You're a special genie. You allow whoever finds you to re-experience three events that happened in their life for the first time again. Some people choose to re-experience a great movie as if watching it for the first time, some re-live their first kiss. Your latest request sounds quite odd. | "I don't need three. One is enough." I said.
"Are you sure? People usually long for more. So many experiences to re-live, and you only want one?" The genie asked, eyebrows raised.
"I only want to know what happened to my best friend, Jen, who died 4 years ago." My voice had become hoarse. "The police said it was suic... | Being a Genie of memory I'm used to having all sorts of odd requests. Some people want to relive love, other wish to relive pleasure, others wish to relive happiness, others still wish to relive hope. Each person using their three wishes to relive some moments of joy. So when a haggard young man around the age of 20 wa... | 2017-09-16T18:44:20 | 2017-09-16T17:25:30 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Light is the natural state of the universe. The Earth revolves around the Sun; an orb of black, emitting rays of darkness.
Saw it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/7qhmas/its_weird_to_think_that_nighttime_is_the_natural/dspkqbh/ | A tiny flicker of light blinked in Raga's somber yard. She sprung to her feet, snatched a jar of glass and bolted toward the blinding darkness. The dirt underfoot hurt her dry and bare feet, but it didn't matter, for now two glints of blue danced like beacons in the shadows.
The clouds⸺a shade lighter than the engulfi... | She’s there – I can see her, tied to the stakes, writhing, moaning, suffering.
They’ve taken her Shelter away. She’s not been long away from the Sun, but already she’s burning. I see the heat rising from her skin, the sweat beading down in angry scars of steam. Her hair hangs limply from her forehead, but it does litt... | 2018-01-15T09:22:40 | 2018-01-15T08:42:21 | 92 | 19 |
[WP] You died today. Turns out you are the 100 Billionth person to do so. To commemorate the occasion, you are given the chance to undo a single decision. Any decision. | When I was 23 I killed a man. He was being an asshole. I was too; we were both drunk. He hit me. I hit him better. When he fell his head bounced off the bar. The bar cracked.
He lay there slumped under the bar with his arms up like he was hugging a ghost or tryin' to do a sit up, but while asleep. I learned later it'... | I was bathed in light. It washed over me like a wave and images started to surface in my mind.
I was six surrounded by all kids in my class as they sang the birthday song for me. Over the light of the candles I watched him mouth the words with the others, made my wish and blew.
I was nine, sitting next to him dur... | 2018-12-22T15:04:23 | 2018-12-22T14:35:13 | 198 | 113 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | Scientists have been baffled by the discovery of the Stormborns 30 years ago.
I've never met one myself but I was there when the first Stormborn was found. I was a volunteer when a wildfire came over California. It took us days to completely extinguish the fire. Sometimes I imagine if the baby would have been found if... | ‘Meghan, we’ll be late!’ Cynthia’s voice had that tone of angry desperation that made me want to throw something against the wall. I sat on my bed, taking one last look at my attic sanctuary.
I liked it here.
I recognized Cynthia’s careful steps climbing up the stairs. I knew she would pause somewhere in the middle, ... | 2019-08-06T07:56:08 | 2019-08-06T07:31:22 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | *Dear Dr.Anderson*
It has been the fourth day at the new facility and I am enjoying everything so far. Although the new researcher is more strict than you, he has a ridiculously long and thin moustache. Me and Iris could not stop laughing because every time he said: *Good day kids, because you'll never know what time... | The woman was confused. She spoke little english, but she was not stupid. That baby had to belong to someone. The cops had escorted the shooter away. The bodies were covered now. She had given her statement in Spanish to a translator who just HAD to check her papers one more time. ICE was not showing up here today. Ba... | 2019-08-06T08:23:12 | 2019-08-06T06:58:17 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] At age 21, you and your SO cast a strange love spell to swap bodies one day a week. 8 years later, your fiancee is really sick of you body swapping with your ex, but you don't know how to undo the spell. | Addie jerked upright in bed sputtering and gasping. Sucking in lungful after lungful of cool air she slowly began to relax as her head started to clear. Making herself look down at her current body she felt an all too familiar nausea rising inside her but pressed the sensation down. The last thing she wanted to do was ... | "We're bonded."
"Mind, body, and soul," the man took his lover's hands and kissed them before continuing, "forever."
A purple glow enveloped the couple. Flashes of white pulsed as they share a kiss. After a while, the bizarre spectacle subsided. Both, looked towards the other in amazement.
"So this is the lover's bo... | 2019-12-15T12:25:34 | 2019-12-15T10:05:47 | 548 | 198 |
[WP] “You’ve reached 911. This service is no longer operational. All citizens are advised to seek shelter. Goodbye.”
[deleted] | “You’ve reached 911. This service is no longer operational. All citizens are advised to seek shelter. Goodbye.”
Clark had the cellphone held out at arm's length as though he thought it might explode at any moment. Gathered in a circle around him we all began to breathe again, and after a moment the circle broke into s... | I woke up in cold sweat, searching the room around me. Part of me hoped that the last three days were nothing but a nightmare. But when I looked at the calendar I had on my bedroom’s door, the only thing the red marker spelled out for tomorrow was doom.
I heard the tip taps of something coming to my room from the hall... | 2020-09-12T10:34:09 | 2020-09-12T10:25:45 | 197 | 29 |
[WP] Humans are the first species to enter in the galactic federation to be considered the apex predator for its home planet, something that isn't talked loud by the others but easily causes fear and confusion when other species interact with then. | They never check over their shoulders. They don't glance at the sky above before they step out from shelter. They don't layer their ships with armor; they laden it with weapons.
Humans. Though they only recently broke onto the Intergalactic stage, they were causing waves- reckless, irresponsible waves. A reputation wa... | The cold wind quietly blew through the winter forest it's soft gust rattling the snow-covered red leaves above. This is tranquility the freedom and absence of the uneasy gazes cast my way in the colony miles away. Slowly my quarry a white stag it's slow meandering path taking it amongst the trees as the periodic puffs ... | 2020-10-20T12:23:55 | 2020-10-20T11:25:39 | 243 | 103 |
[WP] You’re immortal. The only problem is, you’ve lived so long humanity died out and a new intelligent species evolved. Now you’re forced to live in the forest as a cryptid. | I do not speak their language. I never had the chance to learn. With their instinctive hostility to the outsider, I was driven away from their settlements as they grew from the cinders of human civilisation. Survival for me is simple; I only require blood to thrive. From where it is sourced, it matters not. Forest crea... | Forever I would be the monster behind the tree. Which sounds like I’m being dramatic, but these new inhabitants of the planet literally see me as a monster.
I remember the other day when I was walking through the forest to find food and this fucking- I don’t even know what it was. I had never seen one before, I had on... | 2022-11-26T20:40:07 | 2021-05-14T22:00:23 | 516 | 18 |
[WP] "So when you said that your curse would bind your arch-nemesis for all eternity..." Your companion holds up your hand to inspect the newly appeared magical wedding band on your ring finger. "Yeah, I didn't really think that would mean 'to me'." | The hero and his apprentice appeared to be muttering amongst themselves, but Eliza had her own problems. A white light had materialized around her left hand, and now a ring was stuck to her finger. It would not move. This made no sense, she was the demon queen. Nothing was beyond her power, but this damn ring. She gave... | -warning, got a lil sexier than expected. No NSFW tho-
"What are you saying, Jason?" Said Jason's best friend and companion Liza as she grabbed my hand forcefully to look at the solid, deceptively simple gold wedding band.
"Yeah, well, that spell we found? It bound the Arch Mage, as planned. To me, though. It bound ... | 2021-10-02T03:33:58 | 2021-10-02T00:25:30 | 48 | 16 |
[WP] You are a young Elf. You've just been awarded a scholarship at one of the most prestigious magic schools in all of the Nine Realms. The... Massachusetts Institute of Technology? | Zana Ljosa hated it. A common reaction for a Light Elf so far from home. And a natural reaction for the First Princess of the First Family of Ljosa.
She always hated the very idea Midgard, the middle realm of mortals. Now she hated the clingy fog draped on Boston. Quickly she came hate the noisy cars and stalking bicy... | 16.
I worry I wrote the elf too childish.
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“May I ask you where the “lecture room is?”
Countless of humans walk beside you. All of them approaching a building build out of the finest stone you ever saw. Its gigantic. You imagined tha... | 2021-11-10T11:29:46 | 2021-11-10T11:01:12 | 44 | 31 |
[WP] You sold your soul to an otherworldly being, hoping to gain the powers needed to go on an adventure and maybe even save the world. As your Patron calls in the first of never ending favors, you find yourself at a candlelit dinner with them sitting in front of you in their best outfit. | Morgan stares at the Flame of Hidden Wisdom. The being's robes are covered in crow's feathers traced with gold while the mask shrouding Their blinding light is a solid eyeless obsidian plate dappled with silver and trailing rainbows of bismuth.
\[\[BE SEATED\]\]
He does, if only out of sheer confusion. Is this a te... | Can someone die from starving for love?
The Devil’s twisted horns cock to the side slightly as his wide, horse-like eyes bore into my gaze.
If anyone could, he might.
I’ve never seen such romantic desperation outside of a cheap rom-com. Between the candle flames and rotting white roses, he wears a fine suit. His ch... | 2022-04-03T13:34:23 | 2022-04-03T12:22:52 | 110 | 76 |
[WP] The Magical Girls were defeated, but before their capture, they released their instrument-weapons. Formerly, they always landed in the hands of either J-pop, or K-pop girl bands but this time -for some reason- the weapons choose a Finnish Death-Metal boyband. They were PAINFULLY efficient. | It always happened, eventually. Such was the fate of the warriors on the side of light- they were granted powers, but they were mortal. They would age and they would pass their tools and duties onwards.
Not this time.
The monster sent to them was a living nightmare, and an old one at that. It ... | The people of Little Town had long been used to the pattern. First, the sky would darken, and one of their neighbors, now mutated into a grotesque reflection of their own inner turmoil, would cry out for vengeance. Then the Sparkle-Glitter 5 would emerge from somewhere, with earnest defiance and deep concern for the ... | 2022-08-15T11:07:33 | 2022-08-15T09:30:43 | 1,486 | 470 |
[WP] Many years ago, an alien invasion nearly wiped out Humanity. Now, the galactic government is desperately trying to reason with a vengeful Humanity by saying that it was a rogue mining company that attacked without their approval or knowledge. | "It's a virus"
"What do you mean"
"It's a computer virus, it is a small computer program that enters a system and destroys it from the inside".
"That's ridiculous, the hegemony has had computers for 3,400 years and no species has ever created software designed to destroy them. It is suicide. Computers run outside ... | "Just 5 years before Terran ambassadors arrived on Keplar 9 for the annual galactic summit, around 46% of Terra's population was annihilated in a, by galactic standards, military grade plasma ray attack. This devastated the population and left them unable to find food and shelter as at least half of all the water where... | 2022-12-17T21:51:38 | 2022-12-17T19:40:45 | 150 | 24 |
[WP] Many years ago, an alien invasion nearly wiped out Humanity. Now, the galactic government is desperately trying to reason with a vengeful Humanity by saying that it was a rogue mining company that attacked without their approval or knowledge. | \-"This is preposterous!"
This was the only clearly audible response, the chaos erupting in the Councill's Halls drowned out everything else. Every race wanted to express their discontent at the same time, creating an unprecedented cacaphony of yelling, hollering, screeching and howling. The only silent figure amidst ... | “All rise. The Intergalactic Federal court is now in session. High Judicial Archon Irk’nCzrwyon presiding. Please be seated and come to order.” A being of nebula, serves as the bailiff, towering in its enormity vibrates sounds and light as they were being translated to the floating balcony’s desk, where seven humans ar... | 2022-12-17T22:53:06 | 2022-12-17T17:34:16 | 48 | 34 |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | "Well, I can make it so every pair of socks she owns has a narrow heel."
"...a narrow heel? I don't...what will that do?"
"Well some people experience an occasional discomfort for the first few moments after they put on a sock with a heel that is too narrow for her foot, though the discomfort quickly cedes. I... | 2014-12-13T14:17:47 | 2014-12-13T12:37:41 | 89 | 11 |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It was a freezing morning in New York.
I slipped into the local Starbucks for some coffee.
There was a new cashier today.
"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?", She asked, exasperated.
"Soy un federale, tengo un gato en mis pantalones," I replied.
The disinterested look on her face vanished instantly.... | The one moment of the day that made it all worth it was just hearing her voice in the morning. Always starting with those same 8 words. Stiff and corporate sounding, but he thought he detected a new hint of warmth behind them the last couple of weeks.
They'd had their share of jokes and small talk at the counter the... | 2014-12-17T23:12:07 | 2014-12-17T22:16:22 | 2,270 | 24 |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The traditional "You're 18 now" letter lay in front of me. It is delivered by our life sucking, future seeing, freedom restricting leaders. They control everything. Cameras in all locations, GPS ankle bracelets on all citizens. But these letters are despised above all.
They give us these letters telling us who our "so... | “It’s hard to tell if it’s all the caffeine I drink or this life path I’ve been forced on which leads to my high blood pressure, exhaustion, and ragged willpower. You know, leading scientific minds have argued that one of the great variables in determining overall emotional stability is how much control you have in you... | 2014-12-17T21:55:59 | 2014-12-17T21:39:09 | 279 | 52 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | Snorri, Fjol and Hurg sat around their meager fire, the cold wind cutting through their fur and leathers. "Have you heard about all this nonsense with Dragons?" Fjol asked, adjusting herself and spitting into the fire.
"It's no more ridiculous than the war with the imperials," Snorri replied, running a whetstone acro... | *Where the hell am I?* That was my first thought waking up. It reminds me of the cabin that the family and I would escape to once a year for our break from technology and city life. It's so peaceful here. I don't even remember going to sleep. Maybe I died. I had a bum lung from years of inhaling diesel smoke, but I nev... | 2015-05-08T04:17:06 | 2015-05-08T02:48:23 | 87 | 21 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | Snorri, Fjol and Hurg sat around their meager fire, the cold wind cutting through their fur and leathers. "Have you heard about all this nonsense with Dragons?" Fjol asked, adjusting herself and spitting into the fire.
"It's no more ridiculous than the war with the imperials," Snorri replied, running a whetstone acro... | My son recently started playing Minecraft and though I didn’t understand the game, I made an effort to learn the basics so we could play together. He showed me how to make some tools, what they were used for, and how to smelt metals. I thought it was all pretty simple, but I decided to take it upon myself to learn a li... | 2015-05-08T04:17:06 | 2015-05-08T03:26:05 | 87 | 10 |
[WP] A father gets sucked into the world of his son's favorite video game and has to rely on his meager knowledge of it to survive. | "Good Lord this game is complicated", Daniel thought to himself. "It's so realistic... I mean you could go to a bar and play bar games, or you can walk around and do nothing. Who would enjoy this? Why not just live a normal *real* life? Welp, whatever. I have better things to do."
Daniel powered off his son's PlaySta... | *OK... calm down. Don't panic. Think. Use your brain. Figure it out rationally. You can do this.*
Dan wiped his damp, quivering palms on his sweatpants as he took in his surroundings. He'd already confirmed that he wasn't dreaming; a stinging, red welt on the back of his hand from when he pinched himself a little too ... | 2015-05-08T06:02:17 | 2015-05-08T05:28:50 | 61 | 14 |
[WP] You are a Rule 34 Enforcement Officer. Your agency's sworn duty: If it exists, there's porn of it. No exceptions. | "What do you mean it's not there?" Asked Agent N, leaning down to shoulder level, staring out from behind cold, expressionless sunglasses.
Agent L shook her head, exasperated, the glare of the data onscreen did not lie.
"There's nothing there! No cartoons, no bad cosplays, there isn't even a discussion board or a fan... | I awoke as a I normally did, 610 hundred hours on a dreary Tuesday. Pulling myself from my warm bed and happy thoughts I started the routine of getting myself ready for the day.
Honestly I'm no longer aware of the first part of my day. After I kick the covers off and stand up I don't remember anything other than th... | 2015-06-15T00:43:14 | 2015-06-14T20:17:27 | 56 | 13 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | On Sep’juen 5 there lies a city of towering skeletal spires laid out against an ashy gray sky. Streets lie deserted save for the wreckage, rubble and detritus of a long erased culture.
Yet still a message plays across the apocalyptic landscape in that haunting language of the Janude across the cities PA system.
“We ... | "Fucking humans are at it again." Said Prok as he dipped his proboscis into the fetus slaw before him.
"I see that." Replied Ghyd, his half wife. She shifted her earlobe and toenail salad listlessly. One of the earlobes still had a diamond earring in it. "Waiter! Someone in your kitchen isn't properly dejewelrying the... | 2016-03-13T17:22:19 | 2016-03-13T16:09:35 | 36 | 21 |
[WP] You're a single father, forced to become a supervillain to support you and your child. One day, the heroine follows you to your home. | “I guess the jig is up,” I said, trying my best to smile. “Welcome to my evil lair, a flat above a chip shop.”
Her eyes darted around, unwilling to look away from me. “It's… cosy.”
“Yes, well, I'm on a tight budget. Hence all the bank robbing.”
“I'd imagined you could afford something a little bigger.”
I looked to ... | I stood at the front of my door, my heart felt like it was six feet below me in some gutter. Today was a pretty terrible day. I was supposed to use my telekinesis to rip a vault door off and get as much money as I could. I brought the intern with me, he called himself the Wrecking Ball. He lived up to the name, conside... | 2016-07-18T15:49:54 | 2016-07-18T15:23:54 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] In a world where magic can be cast through song, musicians rule over society. You are the last of your kind, a Scandinavian Death Metal Singer. | The Pop Idols, as they have been taken to calling themselves, count on their catchy tunes and simple melodies to command the weak willed. As such, they have command over most of the land. Only the Bluesmen of the South and the Grunge Lords of the Pacific manage a hold over their lands. As they try to keep life as norma... | Out there, everything is beautiful and lush; music lifts the spirit, enraptures the common folk, puts us happily to rest. There is a melody for every disappointment and every fear and every sour mood or sore thought. Songs that quench thirsts and invigorate appetites. By all accounts, human civilization is ripe and flu... | 2016-11-01T15:42:04 | 2016-11-01T14:33:13 | 41 | 20 |
[WP] The human attribute generator placed 1 on all your stats, but 11 on your luck, the max should have been 10. God watches in anticipation as you unknowingly went to your first boss fight. | "What are we looking at dad?"
"A little experiment of mine."
God and Jesus were sitting in front of the screen that was showing me.
"Yeah but why did you give him 11 points in luck but only 1 in strength, agility, endurance, charm, perception and every other minor stat? And wasnt 10 points the highest you could get ... | "Can we talk about this?" I asked as I took a step back in the alleyway. Why had I gone down here? Sure I wasn't the best with directions, but alleyways were never the right way. You never clicked into google maps and got 'left down sketch ave'
"How about you just hand over your wallet and nothing needs to happen?" th... | 2017-02-13T12:51:43 | 2017-02-13T11:08:36 | 507 | 68 |
[WP] Jesus actually had 14 disciples but their behavior was deemed inappropriate by biblical scholars, so they were removed from the final versions of the Gospels. They are Brad and Chad, the Bro-ciples, and these are their stories.
Apostles... Dang it, I meant Apostles. | Brad 25 : 17
The path of the Bro is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of non-bros . Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the alley of darkness, for he is truly his bro's keeper and the finder of lost Bros . And I will strike down upon thee... |
“You’re kidding,” Brad said, awed, “Vipsania, like *the* Vispania.”
Chad grinned. “The one and only, Emperor Augustus’s wife.”
Bard shook his head in disbelief, “N...no way man, there’s no way you pulled that off, the guards, the emperor himself…”
Chad looked hurt. “Brad...you’re doubting me? You would think *I* w... | 2017-02-25T10:27:38 | 2017-02-25T10:14:33 | 528 | 147 |
[WP] Jesus actually had 14 disciples but their behavior was deemed inappropriate by biblical scholars, so they were removed from the final versions of the Gospels. They are Brad and Chad, the Bro-ciples, and these are their stories.
Apostles... Dang it, I meant Apostles. | **B's Before H's 2:1**
ِAnd yea Chad sayeth unto Brad,
"Bro, art thou not pumping the iron?"
And Brad sayeth back,
"Surely bro, iron will not pump itself."
Sayeth Chad, "Lo, were not we to be with the Lord to-day?"
"Bro, dids't thou not remember thine oath to the Lamb? Pump every day, every eve."
"Surely, bro, ... | Long regarded as the oldest of the four Gospels and the primary source of Matthew and Luke, the Gospel According to Mark is traditionally considered to be the work of a disciple of the Apostle Peter. In a recent find, biblical scholars have found a much older version of the book (circa 62 CE) that has caused quite a co... | 2017-02-25T11:33:10 | 2017-02-25T11:17:05 | 40 | 23 |
[WP] Where do bad guys get their legions of goons? Well, it's all thanks to you. You specialize in supplying grunts of a wide variety to aspiring super villains, whether they need masked men with bad aim or hideous/sexy merfolk to guard their underwater lair. | "Hello, thank you for phoning Mooks-Я-Us, purveyor of fine-quality mooks and baddies. How can we help you?"
"Hello. Yes. Um. I'd like to place and order for 500 uncommon red mooks please... that's 3000G right?"
"I'm sorry, but it appears we have a shortage of red mooks at the moment."
"Oh. It didn't say that on the w... | The dial phone ringed with its classical tune. In the age of smartphones, I insisted to use this old and heavy design. I mainly had two reasons: first, I didn't care about who's calling and was rarely mobile; second, it was beautiful. I grabbed the receiver.
"Hello."
"Yes, I'm your guy. Who referred me to you?"
"Oh,... | 2017-03-23T07:56:51 | 2017-03-23T06:40:56 | 124 | 63 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | "What was that?" asked Jen. Just as I opened my mouth the ask what it sounded like I saw a figure slowly turn away from the window behind her. "I think there's someone outside" I replied. Visually shaken, she asked me if we should call the police. I responded with, "well they could just be passing by let's see what ha... | Years ago, when visiting a "haunted" house in the oldest neighborhood in the city, Dave had first felt what he now referred to as "The Pressure". It was a sense of dread, a prickling of the hairs on the back of the neck. Every sense in his body would key up, warning him that Something was coming, and it wasn't friendly... | 2017-05-05T07:38:18 | 2017-05-05T07:22:19 | 280 | 31 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | It wasn't until the van door shut behind me that I realized my mistake. I guess the skin mask should have tipped me off.
It's getting so you can't trust anyone anymore.
We drove for a long time. I felt the road getting rockier. By the time he opened the door it was dark out.
He yanked me out by the arm, hard. He k... | "Another day another dollar," Bob Saget whispers to himself after a long night of shooting his latest motion picture: Horror Directly Following Late Night Movie Shoots.
"You be safe now! Don't want any sort of horror scenario happening to you on the way home!" chuckles the director.
"What the fuck did I tell you ab... | 2017-05-05T08:56:55 | 2017-05-05T07:10:06 | 41 | 21 |
[WP] Suddenly, all sea life vacates a 300 mile wide area in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. A ship is deployed to investigate. | **Containment:** As of now, SCP-4032 is self-contained. Should the effective zone of SCP-4032 begin to increase, all measures should be taken to stop it. In case of a doubling in radius of the effective zone, Procedure 432-Kimmel will be undertaken by any nearby personnel. A ship is stationed outside the effective zone... | They call it "Verne's Abyss".
Which ironically didn't inform just how deep this 'hole' went, considering Verne's 20000 leagues measured the distance travelled and not depth reached.
It was as if a large spherical shadow suddenly appeared over the Pacific, chasing away all life in it with a ferocious vigour. Prelimin... | 2017-11-17T08:00:30 | 2017-11-17T07:27:57 | 195 | 25 |
[WP] You were born into a society where permanent augmented reality contact lenses are fused onto every newborn's eyes. You're unaware of this until one day, a lens falls into your left hand. | The tree outside my window is dying. Soon it will match the others in our street, in our city. The bushes outside didn't flower this year. There weren't enough bees. Humanity has destroyed them.
Every year is the same. Plants die, pollution gets worse, crime rises, and another species disappears. We all do what we can... | What is it that makes a proper adult? Is it a stable job? carrying responsibility? Is it family? age? the number of achievements they made throughout their life? Or is it their ability to lie? to children, especially. To live life just for the sake of lying.
*Welcome child, to this wonderful yet cruel world*
Those we... | 2017-12-17T19:00:21 | 2017-12-17T17:01:17 | 3,613 | 261 |
[WP] *Picks up Phone*: Hello? *Voice*: In 5 years, you will have 30 seconds to talk to YOU, right now. Make sure you have something good to say, because I'm stumped. *Hangs Up* | "Hello?"
"In five years, you'll have thirty seconds to talk to YOU, right now. Make sure you have something good to say, because I'm stumped."
I set down the phone, confused and uncertain. That certainly *sounded* like me, but... time travel was impossible, right? Time isn't a *direction* - no physics grad student w... | It was a crisp winter morning and Jack was cold. He watched the snow fall from the heavens with mild disdain, his eyes as glazed as the donut he'd just eaten.
He let the phone ring and hoped it was Sarah. The bitch. He had no intention of speaking to her. Not today. Today was a day for ennui. He embraced the nothing... | 2018-02-04T13:40:12 | 2018-02-04T12:48:25 | 3,000 | 315 |
[WP] Aliens are afraid to invade Earth. Not because of humans but because our solar system is a nest for 8 Guardians/Leviathans. | Slumber.
Then I wake. Slowly. For me I am just me, neither big nor small. For others, I am close to unfathomable.
The small creatures on the little rock nearby do not know me yet, or my brethren. It would be dangerous as well. They are not yet at a point where they would handle it. There would be worship, there woul... | “This is straight from Gollar’s account of the Earth: ‘The Earth grows smaller and crueler with each passing year; detached from it’s inheritance. They’ve built great cities, but their lights drown out their stars. They’ve progressed in science, but they’ve forgotten about Magic. Most humans now lack the imagination to... | 2018-02-05T21:33:03 | 2018-02-05T18:57:44 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] After getting home from a long day at work, you find a demon sitting on your couch, sobbing hysterically, snuggling your cat, and eating from a tub of ice cream | “Again Caleb? Really? We broke up months ago. You need to stop doing this,” I sighed in frustration. I mean, finding my ex boyfriend death gripping my cat and sobbing on my couch again is never a fun surprise after a hard day at work, but he seems to just keep haunting me.
I should have gotten a restraining order aft... | Edit: some swearing in this one. Heads up.
" Mom, I'm telling you. They write stories about the day I've had. I was pulled over on the way to work, every single person I spoke to asked for my manager. I even met a cute guy who was funny and charming and then I met his beautiful wife. Ugh. Like I don't even know how it... | 2019-04-06T20:47:08 | 2019-04-06T19:10:59 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] A clang came from the engine room, followed by a string of curses. Most of the crewmembers stood far from the doors, fearfully looking in. It was their first trip out to deepspace since they had taken on a human mechanic, and they were all pretty sure that those were not good noises. | *BONG BANG BONG*
The Zscruex ship-family cringed, a ripple of tendrils as the reaction to the noise passed across the empathy net from those closest to the engineering section.
Many Terran words, each dripping with more intent than the last. Malice. Focus. The ship-family did not know these Terran words, but they cou... | "Fuck!" rang throughout the metallic ship as the rest of the crew gathered around the entrance to the engine room. "You stupid pile of shit!" echoed out quieter this time followed by a series of clangs, sustained like the buzz of a tuning fork. With one of their three hearts in their throats the crew waited, clutching ... | 2019-05-31T05:46:32 | 2019-05-31T03:23:31 | 41 | 26 |
[WP] You've heard of Fallen Angels, but have you heard of Ascended Demons? | I alighted next to Terzael, watched with him the damned and forsaken thronging below, put to him my question.
“It cannot be done,” he told me, never looking away from his charges. “To desire it is a crime.”
This and only this I had expected, all that could be said. Yet…
“I was patrolling the Abyss and there came a m... | "I'm sorry, ascended what now," I asked the man before me. Despite the slick, oil, black eyes staring back at me you'd never be able to tell he had just been summoned through a satanic ritual by my idiot cousin. "Yeah ascended demons," he reiterated. The playful ebony curls bounced before his face unbothered by the phy... | 2019-08-28T17:58:25 | 2019-08-28T17:42:50 | 40 | 17 |
[WP] start your story with a sentence that is upbeat and happy. Then end it with that same sentence but this time is dark and chilling. | the sea is beautiful.
thats the only thing i could think about this whole trip. three weeks of travelling on the shoreline spending each day in a different fishing town. my friends stayed close to shore, always, but i found a new fisherman or boat lender to take me into the deep sea even if just to see the sun sinkin... | (Can i make this undertale cos Im making this undertale lol)
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Its a beautiful day outside, birds are singing, flowers are blooming. Im going hiking today. Who cares if people say Mount Ebott is dangerous, people come back all the time! I get out of bed and get dressed into my favourite striped jumper. I g... | 2019-09-07T05:38:28 | 2019-09-07T04:42:58 | 23 | 12 |
[WP] You are a former secret agent, now retired; today, you just found the beautiful and dangerous femme fatale that always tried to kill you at a pizza parlor, dressed in a nerdy hoodie and eating an extra-large pizza. | I was right, her beauty would never fade. Not even age was enough to take the vaitality from her eyes, a now fading, yet still bright blue. How many times I've seen rage and destruction behind those somber gates ways to the soul. Replaced now by a twinkle of nostalgia.
"Do you still go by Kat?" I inquire as I sit do... | " ’Don't you think that's a little bit too much for you, Larone? ’ I said and took a seat right in front of her. She checked me for a milisecond, and kept chewing her bite. "
"Woah, that's so cool!" the kids cheered.
"What she did was even cooler. She said 'Never too much for a cover, Sarge.' while her mouth was ful... | 2019-10-05T13:02:45 | 2019-10-05T09:22:09 | 35 | 22 |
[WP] In reality, every human gets to choose heaven or hell when they die. Hell isn't actually the realm of eternal torture, but everyone picks heaven because of God's highly effective marketing. After eons of solitude, Lucifer is startled by the first ever human to arrive in hell. | Hades took in the woman before him. She was a rather average specimen. She was pale, short, with long red hair and a black dress. He was about to question her choice when she noticed him, sitting in a shadowed corner.
As she walked, she shadows behind her ankles seemed to ripple.
When she arrived beside his throne,... | As I descended into the depths of darkness, I could only hear the echo of what happened on that terrible day. The scene played out over and over like scene of a horrific movie that just would not stop.
Being a human, the path to Hell was oddly strange. No fire or brimstone or demons poking and prodding you on the wa... | 2020-01-30T12:35:06 | 2020-01-30T11:49:57 | 279 | 65 |
[WP] As an Aztec priest, you've been trying to conjure a god in your temple with human sacrifices. One day, you succeed. You present the god with the heart of a sacrificial victim. The god takes the heart, holds it at arm's length, and he asks "what the hell do you want me to do with this?" | The heart gets thrown back at my face and I wipe the blood off my eyes. I can hear the gasps of the people down below the pyramid and I feel the glares of the royalty behind me. I still can't believe that an actual God has made an appearance. A giant blue figure in the dark clouds. Just as it was told in the stories of... | I stumbled for words as the God I praised so dearly asked, “Like, why would I even touch that? It’s all slimy and gross!” The God frowned in disgust.
“Oh, mighty Huitzilopochtli, isn’t it you who requires the blood and beating hearts of Man in order to keep the ultimate darkness at bay?” I reminded them, as they ... | 2020-04-23T01:26:42 | 2020-04-23T00:33:28 | 123 | 74 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | Guardian was among most well known and loved super heroes. The media never had anything bad to say. And on top of that he was one of the few heroes without a secret identity. His warm, smiling face was a symbol of hope.
Paul Crumb was a new villain with the power to turn invisible. Petty theft, harassment and assault.... | 'He is new!' this thought played in my head as I heard the new kid on the block brag about how he finally got over on his nemesis.
'He is new!' had become my mantra of sorts for the last fifteen minutes as I listened to him retell his plan with great enthusiam. Apparently missing the look of horror on the surrounding ... | 2020-07-12T13:54:18 | 2020-07-12T13:39:06 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Almost giving up on love, you are set up for a blind date. Upon meeting up, you notice your date is literally blind. They ask for your name and you faintly say "Medusa" | "Medusa" I said. "Well, you can leave now, if you like. You won't be the first." The man gave a hearty laugh. "Medusa? Like the myth?" He replied. "Well, you have a very interesting name. If I only could see you, I'd love to look at your snakes!"
I scowled. He didn't know who he would be dealing with. "Fool! You are... | “Medusa, huh? Like that Greek mythology chick with the snake hair, right? That’s a pretty badass name, if I do say so myself. Better than Kelly, at least.”
A faint smile formed on the Gorgon’s lips as she adjusted the silk headscarf holding her hair, the snakes underneath wriggling at her cold touch. She continued to ... | 2020-08-27T08:02:57 | 2020-08-27T07:26:40 | 42 | 21 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | Jackson fell to his knees, blood pouring from his broken nose.
“You were supposed to be sleeping. What is this?”
“My ship... my...” Jackson struggled, trying to get the words out.
A beep distracted the pirate leader. He addressed his companions. “My vitals suggest I need to rest very soon. We must finish this up q... | C'Xanna rode the emissions trail to their quarry. It shouted its existence to the black with a brazenness that C'Xanna had never seen before.
But this is the Uncharted Frontier, the stars beyond. The place where not even the reach of the Imperiana could extend. It was here that the scavengers were forced to ply their... | 2021-01-26T23:35:09 | 2021-01-26T23:29:07 | 740 | 250 |
[WP]Just because one of your chicken eggs hatched a fire breathing dragon people think you’re evil. But you’re still just a regular farmer trying to make a living while dealing with an overprotective dragon, heroes that want to kill you and fanatics who want to worship you as the new Demon Lord. | It had been 3 years since Dracona (I'm not that creative, but she seemed to still like it) was born, and we were wiping out yet another group of "brave adventurers". In reality they just wanted the glory of being able to say that they were the ones to take us out. Most people who had at least an ounce of sense in their... | Time seemed heavier for Jenhi Farmhand.
Once upon a time, Jenhi's day consisted of feeding the chickens, tending the crops, and relaxing on the porch to watch the sun set. A visitor might come by once a week; Jenhi might have to chase off a chicken thief once a month.
But ever since Cooper had hatched, thing after th... | 2021-03-21T14:12:00 | 2021-03-21T13:42:50 | 180 | 61 |
[WP] The superheroes and supervillains are angry with you because you help them both but they can't kill you because you're too valuable. You remind them, "look, I'm a doctor with healing powers following the medical code, it doesn't matter who my patients are! Stop whining about it!" | I would say that the hardest part of my job is saving lives.
Namely, saving heroes and villains from killing each other in my spotless hospital rooms the moment they wake up.
"Why am I in the same room as this creep?" said the Liberty Lancer, or better known as Rachel Weiss while in hospital clothes.
The creep, in t... | Where is the new patient?"
I asked my nurse.
"Right her, Doctor."
She said, leading me to a young man, who had 2 limbs missing, and was bandaged all over just like a mummy.
I sighed.
"One of you again?"
I asked, while starting to treat the man.
"Yes, Doctor, it was those "heroes", l... | 2021-08-01T11:11:47 | 2021-08-01T09:12:56 | 650 | 225 |
[WP] You're pretty sure that the gas station you work at is a hotspot for eldritch beings beyond mortal understanding but this job doesn't pay enough for you to care. Also they are more polite than your average customer. | \[Poem\]
And as the walls did warp and sway
When I attended work that day
Those that I could not comprehend
Who caused reality to bend
Paid for their drinks, paid for their gas
They paid with cards, they paid with cash
I could not move, I could not stray
Upon my ground I stood, that day
No courage here
Nor wa... | “-and you just… drink it?” The man across the counter asked, shaking the Gatorade curiously. I rolled my eyes and let out an exaggerated sigh before speaking.
“Yeah, I mean, my roommate used to mix it with vodka but he was kinda an alcoholic.” The man turned the bottle upside down and watched the bubbles float to the ... | 2021-12-14T00:45:21 | 2021-12-14T00:14:49 | 34 | 25 |
[WP] All souls in Hell are given the same test upon arrival. If they can create a punishment worthy of being added to the Pit, they get to ascend to demonhood on the spot. You are the first to succeed in 200 years...
[deleted] | "Democracy."
The demon Adjudicator, a green-skinned multi-gutted blob with the unfortunate name of Kikmahbutte, frowned. "There is no Democracy in Hell." Using a claw to pick at one of his three nostrils, he leaned forward and gestured with a crusty chin for me to continue. "Explain yourself, soul."
I'd only been dow... | I awake after falling out of my body into a dark pit were I quickly lost consciousness. I know I wasn’t the best person ever. In retrospect I was kind of a dick. I made people mad on purpose and spent my time on the internet being the antagonist of all the sides.
However when I awoke I was on a stone ground it was Ja... | 2021-12-22T17:07:26 | 2021-12-22T16:53:51 | 864 | 27 |
[WP] All souls in Hell are given the same test upon arrival. If they can create a punishment worthy of being added to the Pit, they get to ascend to demonhood on the spot. You are the first to succeed in 200 years...
[deleted] | "Well?"
I looked up at the demon, all twelve feet of him... which put my eyes level with his crotch so looking up was a better option.
"Gimme a minute... "
"Ya got thirty seconds, lets see if you can come up with an idea worthy of Hells punishments, or it's down in the pit with the common lot for you!"
The demon so... | I awake after falling out of my body into a dark pit were I quickly lost consciousness. I know I wasn’t the best person ever. In retrospect I was kind of a dick. I made people mad on purpose and spent my time on the internet being the antagonist of all the sides.
However when I awoke I was on a stone ground it was Ja... | 2021-12-22T18:04:30 | 2021-12-22T16:53:51 | 242 | 27 |
[WP] You are the weakest member of a famous superheros family. Villains kidnapped you for a ransom, unfortunately hostage situations don't work when your family is already neglecting you... | “You kidnapped me? Hahaha! I haven’t spoken to the “family” in years.”
“You’re there son! You’ve got to still be worth something.”
“Call them.”
The villain Injustice held the phone up to Adams face. It unlocked. He scrolled down to dad and pressed call. Straight to voicemail. He tried mom, sis, both didn’t ev... | So, imagine you're some medieval peasant going up against a knight. Dude has a huge fuck-off sword and enough plate to be a walking tank. Hell, in those days they may as well have been. And you have to kill him. What do you do?
I say go for the joints. You can't go through the armour, and the sword will cleave y... | 2022-02-14T02:57:15 | 2022-02-14T00:21:21 | 50 | 29 |
[WP] Humanity has been issued a challenge. Either an all out invasion by the alien fleet or unarmed single combat by champion. While reading the rules a lawyer noticed that it doesn't say that Earth's champion has to be a human. Just a living resident of the planet. | Zeta had been studying humanity's history; Z had no gender and still had problems comprehending it, yet found that all humans were capable of combat.
Z started with the the stories of old like David and Goliath, read Earth's primitive books about the Spartans and Knights.
Zeta even watched documentaries of every war ... | One of the advantages to the universal translators was you could just speak in your own language and the words were translated into the language of the receiver. This was very useful for humans who just referred to alien species by whatever title those who made first contact decided to call them. Since it was a mining ... | 2022-04-23T07:36:38 | 2022-04-23T07:26:58 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] Your Galactic zoo just received a shipment of 24 humans. You have to build a habitat base on very little information. | "They must be defective" sighed Argak, overlooking the weary and shaken humans in the spacious jungle simulacrum.
"I built it exactly like the documentation said, even gave them the right gases and everything!"
"Can I see your report?" questioned Fresa
"Sure, gave them that uhh" Argak scanned the document " 'candy' ... |
“No one’s buying tickets to see humans anymore” Gnarjkal snarled to the carrier droid that was making the drop off for his new attraction, mucus sputtering from his mouth, hanging on by a thread without breaking free. “They’re not even worth the trip here,14 jorguns for wasting my time.”
“18 jorquns for the lot, this... | 2022-06-28T19:46:06 | 2022-06-28T17:38:15 | 284 | 49 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | You stick out when everyone else in your school has some kind of insane, physics defying power and you have nothing. Like a normal horse in a herd of rainbow colored unicorns.
It was nerve wracking to adjust to having classmates who could effortlessly lift you off the ground with their mind, labmates who used their ey... | "You shouldn't be here, powerless freak." Growled John, the new kid at the school. He's been harassing since he got here. He really hates people without powers.
"Back off John"
"And what if I don't? What are you gonna do about it?" And he flicked me in the face, causing me to fall backwards into my locker with a bloo... | 2022-11-02T09:54:56 | 2022-11-02T03:58:00 | 706 | 476 |
[wp] Write the story of a tortoise as it gets passed down form generation to generation of a family and the bits of history that it saw. | I've seen many things in my time. I'm over 300 years old. My eyesight, poor to begin with has faded even further with time. But, I have no complaints. I have always been treated with kindness and my pace while teased, has never been insulted.
I am Hamwise the tortoise, known to my current owner Madison as Hammy.
... | "Happy birthday, Billy."
"It's 'William,' Dad. I'm not a *kid* anymore."
"Well, son, that may be. There was a time - not as long ago as most folks might think - when being ten years old meant that you were an adult."
"... Okay?"
"I reckon you'd like your present now, wouldn't you?"
"Yeah! Oh, man, yeah! What'd you... | 2014-10-08T08:18:13 | 2014-10-08T08:02:00 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Everybody in the world has a superpower that compliments their soulmates superpower. When together, both their powers increase in strength exponentially. You have the most useless power ever, when one day......
Edit: Wow! This has blown up.. Massive thanks for the gold, it's great to see my prompt inspiring so ma... | My friend Hilary and I have this running competition on whose power is the worst. Hers is that every time she hiccups, she teleports randomly. I admit, that sucks really bad, she once disappeared in the middle of play that she was the pianist for. But Hilary at least has some control over it. She’s induced hiccups to g... | Cups. Motherfucking cups. Not super strength, not teleportation – just bloody *cups*. It had always been this way, ever since I could remember and it pissed me off. Only I would get such a useless superpower! We had more than enough mugs and glasses in my house and it’s not like there was a shortage of plastic cups in ... | 2015-10-10T10:40:47 | 2015-10-10T09:43:23 | 69 | 26 |
[WP] When you were a child, you saw your parent(s) get killed by a delusional man who claimed he was a time traveler. You thought he was just crazy, but as years pass and you grow older, your best friend starts to look eerily similar to your parent(s) killer. | "Why, Kent?" I said, voice low and raspy. "Why go back and kill my parents?"
He didn't answer; just stood and stared at me. Was that pity in his stoic blue eyes? I wanted to tear him apart, and almost by rote I recalled all the various ways I had planned to do it already, with every contingency accounted for.
"The... | I'd suspected it was Irene for some time. At least, someone who looked exactly like Irene. That was why I'd befriended her all those years ago. Not out of some crazy prescience but out of some strange pull that told me she would be important in solving the case of my parents' murders.
It was because of the birthmark,... | 2016-06-13T07:51:36 | 2016-06-13T05:55:44 | 89 | 23 |
[WP] Eye colour means everything here. Brown control the earth, blue controls the water, white controls the sky. There are so many colours and each important but you were the first born with yellow eyes. | In a life lived as a pariah and outcast, she was the only one. People had feared him when he was younger, for he was an unknown. It was common knowledge to not anger someone with blue eyes near the ocean or to buy your vegetables from a farmer with green eyes. However, nobody knew what to make of his yellow eyes.
Ove... | I had always been jealous of the others. Being able to cause earthquakes, raise and lower the ground, rolling the ground underneath my feet as if it were a skateboard. Or what about being able to make water appear wherever you wanted it to appear. Make it rain and shower the pastures for the farmers or being able to gi... | 2016-08-08T11:37:11 | 2016-08-08T10:59:12 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] Humans are born with a mark around their wrist which has a matching color with that of their soulmate's, but can change through their life. Your mark has had a blue hue since you were 14, but one night, while you're out, people start looking at you funny. You realize that your mark is gone. | "Hey, Peter," Max calls out from across the street. He waves in his usual jubilant manner. Beside him, Becky stands. She's dressed particularly pretty tonight. Classy, like a dame from the 30s. It complemented Max's casual suit quite nicely. I call out a greeting and cross the road to meet them.
"Where's Jill?" Becky... | My friends and I approached the venue with excitement and curiosity in our veins. This was it. Today was the Uncovering. On the year of your 21st birthday, the government throws a sort of "unmasking" party for the Mark.
Everyone has it. An individual is born with a Mark that determines their soul mate based on its co... | 2016-10-04T20:36:20 | 2016-10-04T18:53:13 | 1,532 | 559 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | Barack stared at the letter for a moment,"for fucks sake Donald" he muttered. He could tell it was Donald the gold sharpie and orange stain gave it away. He stood up and went into his office shaking his head in disappointment and began writing dear Donald this is the third letter this week please stop it's not funny an... | I've wanted to get into writing for a while now, my first attempt a writing since school!
Contemplating how much easier his life had been since Donald Trump took over, Barack rolled over to kiss Michelle as he does like clockwork every morning. Something caught his eye this morning. On the bedside table he saw a note... | 2017-05-14T10:29:45 | 2017-05-14T10:10:47 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You, an atheist, have died. All the gods that have ever been line up to offer you their version of heaven if only you believe in _them_. Turns out souls are currency and yours is up for grabs. | I'd spent days listening to them all, as they explained why *their* afterlife was the perfect choice for me. I was already tired of it and almost wished the nihilists had been right. Mercury, the final of the representatives, was making his case for the Roman Heaven, which seemed to be nothing more than eternal food, ... | It was a bright and glowing soul, strengthened by the hardship it had endured and overcome. On the crowded plane of limbo where souls were claimed, the Gods spotted it at the same time: it was a plain, blinding white, not tied to the colours that indicated any of the religions.
Atheist.
Kali's nostrils flared as sh... | 2017-07-09T01:58:07 | 2017-07-09T01:16:16 | 855 | 396 |
[WP] Once every year, soulmates glow the same color as each other for one hour. | I've been married to my husband for three years now. We've been together for four. We were young and in love, and here we are now. No kids, as of yet. I trust that our marriage is real. He's the reason I get up in the morning, and the reason I sleep well through the night. I have no doubts in my mind when it comes to t... | "big day tomorrow," her father called as she climbed the stairs to go to bed. he was sitting at the kitchen table, still facing the chair she'd vacated a few moments before.
"i guess. never really saw what all the fuss was about."
she opened her bedroom door and walked the few short steps to her bed, landing heavily ... | 2017-10-21T15:28:11 | 2017-10-21T15:13:48 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] A man watches his girlfriend repeatedly fail the “I’m not a robot,” test while checking out during online shopping. He comes to the realization she is indeed, a robot. | Dan had a nice life. Eve’s head rested on his lap while he read the book she’d gotten him for Christmas the day before; he brushed the hair out of her eyes and watched the laptop on her chest as it rose and fell to the pattern of her breathing. It was a simple sort of joy, but Dan had always been the type who seemed to... | James looked down and closed his eyes.
"In a minute, James. These things are getting way harder than they used to be, huh?"
The man moved his head, opened his eyes, and stared at the girl sitting at his desk as he sipped from his mugful of coffee. He waited. His focus sat inquisitively upon his younger lover as she, ... | 2018-01-07T11:59:31 | 2018-01-07T10:46:19 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] You are a feared warrior called the "Silent." Why? Because you do not shout out your every move you're about to make. | Slash. Stab. Repeat. They all fall one by one, and the sand of the arena drinks deep of the blood.
My foes are resilient, and fearful. Their "Blazing Phantom Strikes" and "Sonic Trauma Cannons" go wild. I dispatch them quickly, with as little pain as I can give.
The world is alive with Mana. It is alive with magica... | My opponent stood there listening, instead of watching me. We circled each other, adding to the patterns that remained like scars in the matted blood dirt. My weapon, a modest rapier, glinted in the high sun. The crowd chanted hungrily from the Colosseum pews, shouting my opponent's name.
'BARB. BARB. BARB.'
My eyes... | 2018-07-08T06:56:28 | 2018-07-08T02:53:01 | 140 | 60 |
[WP] Everyone is born with 1-100 tally marks tattooed on their arm. The higher your number, the more valuable you are and the more successful you will be. You bully a kid because he is obviously hiding a low score. One day, he rolls up his sleeve to show an infinity symbol. | It was the first of January. The day of the Reveal. The day every person turning sixteen in the next twelve months will find out the number that will determine who their friends will be, where they will live, the jobs they will work. I wasn't worried. Both of my parents were in the 90's, my sister too. I was almost gua... | I grew up in a tough household you learnt to be quick, 'lessons' were taught with fists, mostly the lesson was to stay out of his way. My tally was high in the 70's but this only seemed to piss my dad off, he never let me see his. But judging by our small run down flat and his dead end job it wasn't very high.
Scho... | 2018-12-27T18:27:11 | 2018-12-27T18:25:50 | 287 | 99 |
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