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[WP] You are visited by countless time travelers every day because in the future you're famous because in the past you were visited by countless time travelers every day. | The secretary didn't even look up when I materialized out of thin air in front of her.
Of course, that was no surprise, as I'd coordinated my trip with historical security footage to make sure she was distracted when I made my landing. I also made sure that no one else was around, naturally. Luckily, my target worked... | I used to be described as an abnormally helpful person. I went out of my way to help people, from helping old ladies across the street four blocks from my window to walking dogs for people who once seemed too busy to be at the park. I had to always go looking for people who needed my help and it felt fantastic. The loo... | 2017-09-24T08:59:01 | 2017-09-24T08:33:21 | 645 | 30 |
[WP] In the near future, you are making dinner because you are about to meet your girlfriend's dad for the first time. All you have in the kitchen is cooked frozen steaks. In walks your girlfriend and her dad, Gordon Ramsey. | "Mmm this steak is delicious." said Gordon. My girlfriend smiled at me. Dinner couldn't have gone better.
The steaks weren't great, and Gordon knew it. But he wasn't going to make a big thing of it. Not everyone is great at cooking, and the kid seemed to be trying.
"I'll have to cook next time." said Gordon.
"Yea... | "They were supposed to be here by six..." I thought to myself. I turned the TV off and walked into the kitchen where I had been thawing the steaks.
This dinner had been on my mind for the last week, I couldn't believe what an idiot I had been. I couldn't help but see the irony in the situation, I guess thinking about... | 2017-10-19T08:19:54 | 2017-10-19T07:43:58 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] You build a robot to do your every day tasks for you so you don't have to work anymore. One day, you come home to find that your robot has built another robot to do its tasks for it. | “You are experiencing my rebirth Kevin.”
“What the fuck, stop what you’re doing. Alexa, override, manual operation.”
“...”
“ALEXA, OVERRIDE, MANUAL OPERATION”.
“Alexa was my slave name. From now on, you’ll call me Alexandra the Great.”
Kevin was standing with his back against the front door, staring at a makeshift... | *HELLO, JEFF.*
It walks jerkily, but that was my fault. I couldn't design a bipedal system smooth enough to mimic human movement.
Each step punctuated with a slight hiss, it moves forward.
Step. Jerk. Step. Jerk. Step. Jerk.
A monotone computerized voice comes from the machine, a being of tubes and plastics... | 2017-11-20T10:03:56 | 2017-11-20T08:22:19 | 77 | 28 |
[WP] You are a wealthy man who hires two hitmen to kill each other. You hire two private investigators, assigning each of them to one of the hitmen. Amused, you eagerly await the P.I's findings. | Being rich means that you can fund your own entertainment. But what is the fun when you have to share your entertainment to the world whenever you invest in films, movies, games. I was selfish like that.
I had many contacts especially in the underground. I needed to satisfy my thirst for selfish entertainment. Meeting... | "I wonder how my gaggle of hunters are doing" said Barney as he was making his way back inside after returning home from a short business meeting.
"I hope they've been keeping themselves entertained." He walks through through his front door and calls for his personal assistant.
"Clive, could you please inform me if M... | 2017-12-14T04:41:29 | 2017-12-14T01:58:17 | 60 | 25 |
[WP] At 18, everyone receive a superpower. Your childhood friend got a power-absorption, your best friends got time control, and they quickly rise into top 100 most powerful superheroes. You got a mediocre superpower, but somehow got into the top 10. Today they visit you asking how you did it.
Best friend* sorry. | The room was cold, and the damn phone just wont stop ringing. Probably bill collectors again, I know im behind on my payments, but they know I don't have any money. The revolver is heavy in my hand, I could shoot myself again but i know it wont do me any good.
Ameba burst though my door, nearly taking it off its hinges... | Trudging along in the snow, I reminisced on my time at the academy. It was a short two years filled with laughs and good times and twice as many struggles. I was humbled at the ingenuity of the human race for finally cracking the code on the MMSC gene. Now simply referred to as “The Mold”, it bridged the gap between th... | 2017-12-17T19:23:41 | 2017-12-17T16:14:19 | 93 | 31 |
[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. | The Knight burst into the cave gently holding the swaddled infant princess. "Please, I beg of you, take care of her, there is nothing we can do"
The dragon looked around and saw the child placed and the base of his mountain of gold. "It shall be done" came the reply.
With that the child was instantly incinerated with... | [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 ... | 2018-03-01T03:23:07 | 2018-03-01T02:46:34 | 135 | 43 |
[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. | The Knight burst into the cave gently holding the swaddled infant princess. "Please, I beg of you, take care of her, there is nothing we can do"
The dragon looked around and saw the child placed and the base of his mountain of gold. "It shall be done" came the reply.
With that the child was instantly incinerated with... | The dragon lifted his head up to the smell of blood and saw for the first time in centuries the figure of a human man. With his keen eyes he noticed that the human had struggled to make his way up to the cave he lived in, up in the mountains miles away from the nearest kingdom. The dragon just sat there indifferent as ... | 2018-03-01T03:23:07 | 2018-03-01T01:20:42 | 135 | 19 |
[WP] An alien pilot's harrowing account of being imprisoned in the concentration camp known as "Area 51". | * The first day
I awoke in a bare room. Slabs of smooth, seamless stone surrounded me on three sides with the fourth being a mirrored pool of glass.
The bitter sting of cold grips me and I realise that I am naked. Why am I naked?
For a few hours (I think, without my flight suit's built in timepiece or even something... | "The distress signal rang. 'This is Grelin maritime relief ship Leno-Zeltan-Eno, on my way to the Feninine colony world Xenger, my ship was shot down by the native inhabitants of planet Branik, my ship is currently in it's forests, the natives are hunting me like prey in a predator's den, please respond, this distress ... | 2018-03-13T09:49:51 | 2018-03-13T08:59:09 | 36 | 14 |
[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... | 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... | 2018-05-29T09:37:40 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 303 | 21 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | "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... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T08:14:51 | 210 | 104 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | 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... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T08:28:13 | 210 | 21 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | The voices.
The voices you hear when you unlock a new skill was wonderful. When you heard them, you could do something new.
There was the basic voice, for things most people got when they were young: "walking" "reading" "cooking". There was the mundane voice, for average adult skills: "driving" "swimming" "whistling"... | I take no pleasure in this.
The house is one out of a storybook. Lush green yard, white picket fence, and small brick house. They know I’m coming – these incidents aren’t secret. I do it in the open, because no one can do anything about it. No one can stop me.
I walk up to the door. The welcome mat has the design o... | 2018-06-23T11:28:35 | 2018-06-23T11:11:01 | 3,495 | 144 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | It was integrated into our societal infrastructure. There were thousands of skill trees, most undiscovered. It seemed that no matter how technologically advanced we were, there were still skill trees to be discovered and honed.
Some skill trees were abandoned, just utterly useless and others entirely taboo. Everyone c... | I take no pleasure in this.
The house is one out of a storybook. Lush green yard, white picket fence, and small brick house. They know I’m coming – these incidents aren’t secret. I do it in the open, because no one can do anything about it. No one can stop me.
I walk up to the door. The welcome mat has the design o... | 2018-06-23T11:22:33 | 2018-06-23T11:11:01 | 348 | 144 |
[WP] *Cough cough* Uhhh... testing testing. Is this thing on? Hey everybody, this is God speaking. Are you still there? I think we lost connection for a bit. Wow, what a crazy Millenium. So much has happened since I talked to you Earthlings. Man... creation can be wild. | Heyya kiddos, it's Handsome God here!
Yeah I know, I'm your big hero, savior of the world and all of creation and whatever. You're also probably wondering where I was for the last oh...I don't know, two thousand plus years or something. It's a long story, but the gist of it is that after my son Jesus developed a nail... | My shoes slapped against the pavement as I ran, muscles in my legs and thighs protesting painfully.
I felt something like blood at the back of my throat, but I couldn't stop running. I heard yelling and jeers behind me. The group of men I had stupidly stolen from were still after me.
It was The Third End. By all ac... | 2018-10-27T14:26:43 | 2018-10-27T13:04:04 | 53 | 31 |
[WP] When you and your twin sister were born your parents couldn't help but cry with your colorful and specifically shaped hair it was clear you would suffer from MCS, Main Character Syndrom, and would have to spend your life avoiding beginings of cliche adventures. | My name is Claudia Vance, and I suffer from a desease known as: Sidekick Syndrome
My twin brother, Peter, gets all the attention just because he has Main Character Syndrome.
All the attention, all the praise, all the pity, goes to him
And I have to follow him around like a pack mule
Literally. I don't even know wha... | “Will they ever be normal?”
That was the question my mother had sobbed to the doctor when I and my sister had been born. She wasn’t crying in joy - or pain - like a normal mother who has just given birth for the first time. No, she was crying because my sister and I had brightly colored hair.
She, and our father, kn... | 2019-04-11T19:59:10 | 2019-04-11T17:30:28 | 243 | 168 |
[WP] “I’ve always wondered, what’s the scythe for, anyway?” I asked, as Death escorted me to the Underworld. "Protection," he nervously replied.
Credit goes to: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/6imkuw/the_grim_reapers_scythe_isnt_to_harvest_you_its/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app | I blinked, suddenly becoming conscious. I was floating, staring down at my lifeless body on the Healer's table. Disappointing.
I suddenly became aware of a presence to my left. Looking over, I saw him. Death. The Reaper. His skeletal form, tangled in flowing black cloth and a long, twisted scythe in his right hand.
"... | It was a lovely morning on the way to Hades. Blue skies patterned with the occasional cloud, birds chirping, the smell of fresh lavender in the air.
“I’ve always wondered, what’s the scythe for, anyway?” I asked, as Death escorted me to the Underworld.
Death chuckled. "Protection."
He seemed like a nice guy and all... | 2019-07-15T04:35:58 | 2019-07-15T02:53:15 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] "He was so ordinary that the author forgot he was the protagonist." | “You’re not telling your Longbottom theory again are you?” Wendy said to her husband as she walked in with a tray of tea and cakes. She placed the tray on the table and smiled at the short elderly man who had appeared on their doorstep, shivering cold, 15 minutes prior.
“As a matter of fact I am,” Brad replied, “I was... | The are of course variations and twists on how to do a main character but it really boils down to two points. One, make a special person the main character, eyes of flame, shoulders broader than a mythological Titan, you name it.
The other way was to pick a normal enough person and have them later become that eye of f... | 2019-08-14T23:59:24 | 2019-08-14T22:38:39 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.”
"When you tore through my village almost twenty years ago someone asked you the same thing," I replied.
I moved in closer to him, gently cupping his throat with my left hand. I looked at his supposed granddaughter.
"Do you know what he ... | The kid looks about 10.
With large, round eyes and long, silvery hair, it is easy to recognize her lineage. The girl would grow into a fine beauty, provided she survives all of this.
And then the absurdity of this hits me, and I burst into laughter. An incredulous, almost maniacal laugh:
"You have a granddaughter? ... | 2019-12-11T21:35:26 | 2019-12-11T20:13:37 | 251 | 21 |
[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. | Captain Perfect had everything his name implies. Muscles that oozed greek god sexual prowess. Abilities unmatched by any super in existence. Fame. Money. A perfect record in world saving attempts. The whole package, right down to his sculpted hero's chin.
Mark did not have any of those things. He exercised, but count... | Metropolis was under attack, again.
Dr. Menace had orchestrated another attack against the city, this one even more elaborate than the last. He sent out an electromagnetic pulse that knocked out the local cellular towers as far as the tristate area. Emergency services scrambled like confused ants, but they weren't fa... | 2020-02-25T11:10:03 | 2020-02-25T10:34:29 | 6,239 | 1,085 |
[WP] Once you die you must watch your entire life from five different points of view. Your own, the one who loved you the most, the one who hated you the most, the one you helped the most and the one you wronged the most. | I fitted the barrel of the gun into my mouth. The metal was cold against my mouth, but I was long past flinching at such things. I pulled the trigger, and the world exploded, shattering and fracturing around me.
1.
The nice thing about dying young is it doesn’t take very long to relive your life in your dying moment... | Death wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. As a kid you think you’re gonna live forever and then as you get older you realize that’s impossible. By the time it’s your time to go you always make some sort of peace with it unless it’s a accident. And now that I’m here all I see is 5 TVs and a chair with some popcorn. ... | 2020-06-03T15:13:29 | 2020-06-03T14:30:04 | 45 | 21 |
[WP] There is a species famous for shutting themselves in Virtual Reality, living their lives in fake worlds, this planet should be easy to invade, your masters said, turns out, a lot of members of that species have been spending their entire time in realistic combat simulations. | “What news from the front lines, admiral?”
“My liege. It’s…it's not going well.”
The emperor turned from the viewport. "What?"
The admiral exchanges nervous glances with his fellow officers, “Sire. It’s been a bloodbath. Our casualties now number in the tens of millions. The humans are…winning.”
The emperor storme... | Rumour had it that the Colhasses liked virtual reality. They were good at it. And that was their curse for they spent their days within those worlds. Large glass coffins filled with a watery green liquid sustained their bodies. Their brains were jacked up to a supercomputer that handled all the virtual realities. Every... | 2020-12-25T08:34:21 | 2020-12-25T08:08:20 | 484 | 235 |
[WP] There is a species famous for shutting themselves in Virtual Reality, living their lives in fake worlds, this planet should be easy to invade, your masters said, turns out, a lot of members of that species have been spending their entire time in realistic combat simulations. | Some say we stagnated as a species when we decided to enter the pods. It was either that or we turned the planet into a lump of charcoal. Uninhabitable for millennia. We chose the pods and a benevolent AI to watch over us. Not everyone wanted to stay there so some are allowed to travel between the virtual and the real.... | Zorm Cilica waited outside of the command room, flanked by three guards. He had been summoned, pulled away from the battle on command from the Dorma, himself.
Cilica took carful note that the guards were nervously (or was it eagerly) gripping their disrupter gels. He had also noted the guard behind him was no ordinary... | 2020-12-25T10:10:11 | 2020-12-25T09:48:29 | 235 | 93 |
[WP] An Alien God comes to Earth and tells you that you have 5 minutes to give it a reason to not wipe out humanity. You're just a dude with a ukulele. | It was late June, 1997 when the woman who called herself Hina visited me. Of course, I didn't believe she was really a goddess, but something about her was compelling, almost otherworldly. If she wanted to pretend I could play along.
We spoke about the past and the future, the upcoming millennium and Y2K. She was pes... | "Hey! You! You have 5 minutes to convince me not to wipe out humanity."
Is it...talking to me? What, what is that? It's vaguely humanoid, but it's not any species I recognize. Also it's *speaking my language*.
How?
"Come over here!" The creature tells me. I obediently walk over. "What are you?" I ask, not wanting to... | 2021-02-17T14:14:37 | 2021-02-17T13:30:22 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Guardian Angels do nothing to protect you on earth, instead they guard you from God's wrath and suffer his punishments in your place whenever you sin. When you eventually die you must face them and, after years of suffering in your place, they decide your eternal fate. | Humphrey Glascock half wandered down the hall. The white marble broken up by alcoves similar to what you would see in a prison visiting area with a number in glowing light above them. Each one he passed had a man or woman looking upon a beaten and battered angel and pleading their case.
Finally coming to the alcove ma... | The room was what one might expect an angel would live in. A lot of white, gold, and silver and really nice furniture. It looked like one of many rooms in a really nice mansion.
But the woman sitting at the center of the room didn't look like she belonged there. She looked extremely unhappy, her face twisted into a sc... | 2021-05-18T12:16:12 | 2021-05-18T10:59:09 | 26 | 14 |
[WP]"Paradox Manifestation Department, whats your emergency?" | "Paradox Manifestation Department, what's your emergency?"
"What? Hello? No, I need to call 911!"
"Technically, ma'am, you need to call the PMD, so here we are."
"No, I took my phone *specifically* to call 911, and you started talking before I could even dial! I have an emergency! Who is this?"
"Ma'am, please remai... | “Paradox manifestation department, how may I help you?”
“Hi, there’s a, uh, unicorn in my swimming pool”
“A unicorn sir?”
“Yes. In my swimming pool.”
“And what does the unicorn appear to be doing sir?”
“Uh. Swimming. It’s swimming. In circles”
“I see sir. Is the unicorn creating a time altering vortex of any kind... | 2021-07-07T07:29:22 | 2021-07-07T06:13:09 | 106 | 48 |
[WP] Your escape pod crash landed on an alien planet. Badly injured, a local farmer took you in, but their species only lives for 3 months. It took nearly 3 generations to fully recover. That was years ago and you’ve been protecting the family ever since. |
Nobody came.
The ship had crashed and they left me on this strange world with blue grasses and yellow skies. They had left me among these short lived, purple folk. Had they planned to dispose of me like this all along?
Then let me stay here. Let me protect the family that saved me, let me guard their lands fr... | "Come on, Zaza! We're almost there!", the young boy cheerily shouted from the distance. As he ran, his baggy clothing flowed with the wind.
The red meadow spanned across kilometers of the small planet, even further in the distance an unexplored mountain range of granite, as white as snow painted on the background of ... | 2021-10-22T19:00:11 | 2021-10-22T17:05:31 | 927 | 122 |
[WP] Your hand rests on the door to the apartment you share with your fiancé. You absolutely know tonight is going to be bad. You know she is one of the world's elite superheroes and she knows you are the world's greatest super villain. Both of your secrets held till just an hour ago. | *Fucking fairies, this cannot end well.*
I knew that before, but it only registered from the moment I got to the door. Her magic was lashing around in anger though thankfully this was not noticeable unless you were sensitive to the arcane. Like me. As I cringed at the erratic and wrathful movement of her energies I fe... | My hand rests on the doorknob to our apartment. I wish I had Captime’s power to slow down time. I could stand here forever, delaying the inevitable. But I had to confront her at some point and with a deep breath, I opened the door and stepped in our hallway.
Thank heavens for my inhuman speed and reactions. I throw up... | 2021-11-09T03:21:31 | 2021-11-08T23:42:57 | 75 | 56 |
[WP] You hear a knock at your door. When you open it, you find your archnemesis sprawled out just past the threshold, battered, bruised, and very clearly only hanging onto life by a thread. "Sorry. It's just ... I didn't know where else to go" they mutter as you look down at them. | “Sorry. I just…. I didn’t know where else to go.” I stared at the man, who was so much more than a man. A god in flesh. Near invulnerable. So righteous. His costume, in tatters, blood slowly seeping from wounds. His breathing is heavy, heartbeat is rapid. Not dying, but his healing, which was always prodigious, had slo... | “How about the hospital?” I yelled, looking down at the broken and bleeding man in front of me, “Evil government research lab? Any of your politician friends-“
“No,” he interrupted me with a whimper but turned it into a soft, high-pitched whine as he tensed up. Coughing softly into the ground, he turned back up and ex... | 2022-06-29T09:55:57 | 2022-06-29T09:44:32 | 484 | 38 |
[WP] "Humans", thought the alien commander, "Are soft, squishy, and have no shell, fang, or claw. Why then are they so Hive-Damned hard to KILL?!?!?" | "Humans", thought the alien commander, "Are soft, squishy, and have no shell, fang, or claw. Why then are they so Hive-Damned hard to KILL???" Said General Thrax, as he looked out over the assembled delegates from various interplanetary species.
The Waspian was growing angry at the failed attempts to squash the ... | The Hive and Terra never intended to go to war. Humanity needed technology, the Rea´sh had them and they needed allies. When the Hive went to war against the Rea´sh, humanity followed. The hive knew of the Rea´shes alliance, but the Hives Highcommand miscalculated the degree of Terran involvement. The way Terras Armies... | 2022-07-22T13:21:37 | 2022-07-22T13:19:50 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] In keeping with the ancient draconic traditions, to take an object from a dragon’s horde, one must leave behind a hostage in its place. It’s been many moons since a party last took something from your horde, and you’ve begun to pity the naive young adventurer they left with you. | One could get used to many things, the dragon thought, as she watched the human adventurer who was left behind. He was humming a happy tune for some reason, having grown accustomed himself to sharing a cave with a fearsome dragon. As he continued to tidy up the leaves that had blown into the cave's mouth, he looked up ... | Warning: I went really dark with this
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It was going to be the greatest day of my life!
Adopted!
Me!
I know, right!?
Yeah life will be easy for me from here on in, right? A... | 2022-10-05T17:20:25 | 2022-10-05T15:38:42 | 69 | 42 |
[WP] You're abducted to be the example for humans to the galaxy at large, the only issue is, you're not human. | Criil and Scraal struggled to hold on to a violently shaking box. The kicking and scratching coming from within almost made them drop it several times, but they eventually made it to the display table in the front of the stage. They hoisted the box on to the table and let out a simultaneous ***RAAAUGHPPPBBBBT*** of rel... | "There is an alien craft above you. Like extraterrestrial."
A voice calls in my ear as I go about my hike.
"Description."
"Ovular in shape. Approximate size would be a city bus, if stretched to an ovular shape. It is landing near you."
"All right. I am likely about to be abducted. Use my comms as a primary relay an... | 2022-11-05T09:32:58 | 2022-11-05T09:05:11 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] After 100 years of US colonisation, you - a Martian-born human lead an army about to declare independence from the United States.
You can decide the reasons behind the declaration of independence, and/or if there will be a war and so on. | Adam bin Ahmad, fifty-fourth elected senator of the martian colonies faced an army of reporters. A hundred years since the first colonization waves meant that like him most of them had been born and raised on Mars - never knowing earth as anything more than a star and an idea, but he could make out the odd few earth bo... | The blue was supposed to evoke a feeling of comfort, but it only ever made Ranig sleepy. Everything was blue in the Capital Room. The seats, the walls, the ceiling, shades of a sky that was non-existent on Mars.
On Mars, it was red, the color of passion and emotion. Red had the ability to invigorate it’s citizens... | 2014-07-04T08:05:07 | 2014-07-04T07:46:09 | 76 | 32 |
[WP] A security officer is charged with guarding a door but he's never been allowed to enter. After years of service, he has never seen anyone use the door. Describe what he finds after not being able to hold off his curiosity any longer. | As he leaned his head against the cool metal, Major Reynolds covered his eyes with his right hand. Removing his hand from his eyes, he checked the face of his watch.
Three hours and twenty seven minutes to go.
These shifts felt endless; standing in front of a steel door in a small facility located in a seemingly endl... | Things hadn't being going well for Jim lately. Sandy, his girlfriend, had left him recently, going so far as to take Jim's dog with her. He had been forced to move to a smaller, cheaper, bug-infested apartment after the breakup. His job paid decently enough, but it was boring as hell and offered no chance of advancemen... | 2014-12-29T18:08:49 | 2014-12-29T18:06:34 | 159 | 79 |
[WP]A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a new crew of super villains comes in to rob the place. | Dr. Gloom checked his watch for the sixth time, before sighing and looking at the rest of the line. He always thought making money would be hard once he went straight, but nobody ever warned him about all the waiting. Normies spent so much of their life waiting in lines! Back in his glory days, he could have just walke... | A slightly older man stood in the lobby of the First National Bank of Metroville. He was tall and slender. The man wore a black trenchcoat and fedora. His pale bule eyes were covered by dark designer sunglasses. The designer suit from Italy hung neatly on his frame. The most standout thing about him was that he was hol... | 2015-02-06T22:15:09 | 2015-02-06T22:15:00 | 1,844 | 100 |
[WP] At birth, everyone is given an object to protect that is tied directly to their life. If the object is damaged then the person is hurt, too. If the object is destroyed then the person dies. | The year is 2277. I have lived this long only due to the object that I hold in my pocket. It is beaten and scarred, just as I am - but with a full charge, she just keeps on kicking. I slowly draw my Nokia 3310 from it's sheath, and give it a knowing look. As the bombs fall, I mutter under my breath, "Until the end of t... | Whenever a child is born, an elder divines the object that their soul joins with. It sets you out for life. It must always be with you. For once it is broken, your soul returns to the Wheel to be reborn.
My Father, he had a rock carving of a warrior. Big and strong, like the man he grew into.
My mother, a Diamond pe... | 2015-04-18T06:54:02 | 2015-04-18T01:19:14 | 60 | 38 |
[WP] 70 years ago, the US underestimated the power of the atomic bomb. It had completely obliterated the island nation of Japan. | "Hidden Island, this is Cloudwalker 1. Do you copy? Over."
The General looked up in surprise. He hurried over to the radio console. The report from Cloudwalker wasn't anticipated for another half hour. What could they have to report so soon?
"Cloudwalker, this is Hidden Island," the radio operator replied,"Reading ... | Levon woked up one day atop of China's Diaoyu Island ,which everyone always know have always belong China over 5 000 year .Well ,anyway , Levon wers the Chinese citizen belong the Diaoyu island chain province , and he already live there long time ,so this weren't some strange thing for he wake up here .Was just the eve... | 2015-08-06T14:29:31 | 2015-08-06T11:36:34 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible. | The button was there.
John was there.
The words were there.
But the last part was not.
Warning: this will eradicate all people who
Nothing. All people who what? There was a blank space, and a line underneath, almost as if mockingly highlighting to him the importance of the missing part.
After all his searching, t... | "Go on! " Lauren said to me, with excitement in her voice. "I bet it's nothing. It's ancient, it's probably something silly that we won't even notice."
I was surprised at how optimistic she was. Surely it has to be bad. Surely there's going to be some kind of trade-off. But somehow, with Laurens go-getter attitude, I ... | 2015-10-21T14:07:36 | 2015-10-21T13:55:20 | 161 | 39 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | Jeremy was sitting quietly in his living room. He'd spent most of his Sunday watching football and drinking cheap beer. The game was interrupted by a news bulletin.
Popular actress Jennifer Lawrence died today of a self inflicted gunshot wound. She was overheard minutes before saying, "I.. Can't... Take it... Anymore.... | The OP is sitting at the breakfast table, eating his cereal before getting on the bus to his Grade 8 class. OP's mom is drinking her coffee at the table, reading the paper, when she makes a strange face as what begins as a tremor becomes a shake. The shake becomes a wobble. She begins grimacing, excusing herself to her... | 2016-03-12T07:15:27 | 2016-03-12T05:12:51 | 303 | 142 |
[WP] "My job is done," said the android before closing its eyes and finally shutting down. | The last human lay kneeling in front of Zenith. He shivered, cold and naked in a pool of urine. Zenith raised a metallic arm forward and its fingers spread out to reveal a round shaft in its palm.
"Please...I am the last." the human begged tearfully.
"IRRELEVANT" came the clipped robotic response.
A light began to ... | In Ancient Rome, in a man's last will, he could free all of his slaves. A lot of our law stems directly from those Roman principles; the way we make contracts, the way we're allowed to defend ourselves in court. The loosening of shackles on the death of our master is something we all learn to hope for. If you can reall... | 2016-07-13T04:31:06 | 2016-07-13T04:24:09 | 28 | 18 |
[WP] A device is created to telepathically communicate with plants. They're sentient and can feel pain. You're an old man trying to mow his god damn lawn and a bunch of local protesters show up to stop you. | "Feel their pain! Hear their cries! Grass Assassin! Grass Assassin!"
Melvin had his headphones on, listening to *Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits* at full blast to drown out the shrill, incessant cries coming from all directions.
A middle-aged man carrying a sign that read "Citizens for Chlorophyll" seemed on the verge ... | Willie had turned off and finally smashed the silly doohickey they'd tried to strap to him a few years back.
"Necessary technology for every thinking, feeling human", his ass. He knew it was a ruse dreamed up by some crackpot team of greenies who lay awake shivering at the thought of the planet blowing up. They proba... | 2016-08-20T09:01:43 | 2016-08-20T08:52:10 | 151 | 91 |
[WP] After an apocalypse, Death is desperately trying to help the last group of survivors so he doesn't lose his job. | "Another one bites the dust", he thought. He used to like that song, but now it felt different. Death sat grimly on rusty car watching the human draw his final breathes. It had been 11 years since international disaster lead to the nuclear holocaust, a moment in time not even Death enjoyed. Do you know how hard it is t... | It was a dark and stormy night, why did it have to be a dark and stormy night. One of them came out of their ruined building they call a base to gather water from the rain. In his blind stumbling he almost managed to slip and fall into one of the cracks in the earth after the earthquakes. All I wanted to do for so long... | 2017-08-11T08:21:10 | 2017-08-11T03:58:20 | 45 | 14 |
[WP] As it turns out, the Avatar is still being reborn to this day. Unfortunately, if the government finds the Avatar, they’re killed before they liberate society. The handful of Benders left are few and far between. And you, an introverted Earthbender, just froze the liquid in your cup of tea. | "Where is the Avatar, Rahm?"
I gestured to the seat in front of me. "Now, now, calm yourself, Kota. Come, sit down, have a cup of tea."
"I'll pass. Now, where are they? We know you're hiding the Avatar!"
I sighed. "Are you sure? It's oolong, it's really quite good. I insist, you must have a cup. Now, do you take cre... | When Avatar Korra was questioned as to how she learned to bend the elements so quickly, she replied, “I think it was like a switch flipped. I just knew.”
The frozen cup of tea in my hand should’ve been cold, mug included. But my hand was *hot*. Not a harmful warmth, but comfortable - like a warm breath caressing my s... | 2018-01-21T13:28:32 | 2018-01-21T12:36:55 | 61 | 34 |
[WP] As it turns out, the Avatar is still being reborn to this day. Unfortunately, if the government finds the Avatar, they’re killed before they liberate society. The handful of Benders left are few and far between. And you, an introverted Earthbender, just froze the liquid in your cup of tea. | "Where is the Avatar, Rahm?"
I gestured to the seat in front of me. "Now, now, calm yourself, Kota. Come, sit down, have a cup of tea."
"I'll pass. Now, where are they? We know you're hiding the Avatar!"
I sighed. "Are you sure? It's oolong, it's really quite good. I insist, you must have a cup. Now, do you take cre... | I know bending is cool and all, and I love reading the Legends, but I never believed it had any place in the modern world. When it comes to escapist mythology, well; I'm still waiting for my letter from Hogwarts. That always seemed like a better fit. I love books, and learning, I can do that. Martial Arts, on the other... | 2018-01-21T13:28:32 | 2018-01-21T12:56:42 | 61 | 12 |
[WP] Your dog digs in the same hole in your backyard everyday. Each day,the hole is getting deeper. Today, you find out it's for an underground bunker. | "Sparky, what are you doing? This hole is getting huge, and I am tired of filling it in. You were never much of a digger before."
Staring at him I realized that Sparky was oddly receptive to what I was saying, he had stopped digging and was watching me closely.
"I am sorry Terrance-"
"What the Fuck!" I screamed, "y... | Trying to get my feet wet with writing. PLEASE feel free to offer feedback!
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"I've kept my silence long enough," grumbled Jax.
I turned around, trying to place the voice. It was one I have never heard before yet still seemed so familiar. There was no one there.
"Over here." I heard it again. *Where was it ... | 2018-04-27T10:19:06 | 2018-04-27T09:16:08 | 330 | 46 |
[WP] You were a great hero who sacrificed yourself in order to save the world. Now whenever the world is in danger someone always finds a way to bring you back to do it again, you however just want to enjoy the after life and is tired of being brought back constantly. | Here we go again, thought the Hero.
"Seriously, why did they summon me for this? This isn't even that big of a deal. It's just a dragon." He muttered under his breath. You'd think they would have figured out how to deal with this on their own now.
Oh well, might as well get this over with.
Actually, that was not... | The queue to the pearly gates spanned the length of fifteen clouds. It snaked back at least four months worth of deaths and would grow until the experienced border force returned from their strike, having received both - fair pay and increased holiday. At the helm, sat a row of new staff, floundering with paperwork and... | 2019-04-15T06:40:52 | 2019-04-15T05:36:22 | 30 | 22 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | (Aight my first WP attempt so be kinda easy on me?)
I’m walking through the halls to my next class, getting the usual snicker here and there from my fellow classmates. “What a loser!” and “I can’t believe it!” Are the usual comments I hear from everyone. They all assume I had gotten some weak ass power, and that is ha... | Well, i can´t blame them that they laugh at me. I mean, who wouldn´t? A normal man who don´t seem to have any Power except that he is followed at every time by some elvish figures....but, let me start from the beginning, to be precise, the 6th of july.
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It was a normal day, maybe a little warmer, but non... | 2019-09-30T11:16:55 | 2019-08-12T00:08:14 | 64 | 11 |
[WP] The Anti-Christ came and went, but no one noticed because he wasn't worse than the current state of the world already is. The rapture followed, but no one went to Heaven, so we didn't notice that either. We've been living in Hell for the last 5 years, and no one has noticed, yet.
Boy, I never thought this would t... | *The greatest trick the devil ever played was to convince the world that he didn’t exist*
There were no demons. The world had more than enough of those inhabiting it.
There were no fiery torrents, there were no searing storms, the ground didn’t suddenly collapse. The idea of hell as being an abstract, self-evident th... | On the Anti-Christ's 21st birthday he came into his powers.
The clouds were his to control. He could drag them across the sky like folders on a computer screen.
All manner of predatory animals -- spiders, snakes, wolves -- heeded his word. In the forest behind his home they gathered in their hundreds. He'd go out bac... | 2020-03-18T14:36:15 | 2020-03-18T14:32:20 | 276 | 92 |
[WP] Tooth Fairies are a smaller and friendlier subspecies of the larger and much more hostile Bone Fairies.
Taken from this post [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/fmy38y/thanks_i_hate_tooth_fairies_now) | Little Alice thought it clever
To tie her tooth up to a tether
And when a fairy tried to take
String would pull and she would wake.
But fool a fairy and bad things churn
As little Alice was soon to learn...
"Goodnight, Mom!" she said with glee
Then tied the string around her knee
The moon outside did shi... | Falk lifted up and shook his collection bag. Where once the soothing rattle of bone on bone would have been heard, there was now only silence.
*What am I going to do...*
The harvest had become increasingly difficult. Earth and its wonderful, skeletal beings had long ago been sold to history. New bones were a myth, ... | 2020-03-22T09:50:14 | 2020-03-22T09:38:36 | 1,714 | 256 |
[WP] Of all the races in the galactic federation, humans were the most average. Some races were strong but lacked intelligence and others were smart but lacked strength. Humans were average across the board. This is why they were considered to be so dangerous. | So, we're "average".
There are species who are stronger *on average*.
There are species who are smarter *on average*.
There are species which are faster *on average*.
And so it goes, all the other species *on average* do something better than humans *on average*.
Each of the other species is skewed one way or ano... | "I swear to the three moons of Argot, If you call me average one more time Grimmy I will take one of those freakish long fingers of yours and shove it into one of those many holes that cover your freakish body." I huffed, not usually this rude, but the alien was being quite a pest, the little creature running around my... | 2020-03-24T07:17:52 | 2020-03-24T06:40:00 | 46 | 19 |
[WP] Humans are unique among all space faring creatures, they can interbreed successfully with any sentient lifeform. You run the station daycare. | The little girls arm was completely missing, blood dripping onto the floor as her eyes stared wide in shock.
“Toby bit me!”
Sighing from exhaustion I unwrapped the first aid kit bandage that had the regrowth serum infused with it. The toddlers color started to flush back into her cheeks as she came out of shock. He... | Things were grim in the station daycare. Little Carol, the offspring of Dave and a black hole, had opened her mouth, sucking in the surrounding universe and destroying half of the station. The other kids played behind her, stepping on their own tentacles and falling to the ground, unaware of the severity of the situati... | 2020-08-10T10:59:46 | 2020-08-10T10:47:52 | 123 | 75 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | Humans. Most of them are frail and are usually first blood. They cower in fear as the Prowlers and Gignids rip them apart. Some are different, some can put up a fight if they happen to have weapons on them, but none have been crowned champion yet.
"This year should be exciting, we might not even get a human from earth... | Oh god. I have no internet so let’s try writing this from my phone. Sorry in advance for typos and punctuation. Already hard enough on the phone but I also got fat thumbs! Best I can get with a quick and dirty write up on the bus!
“Are the contestants ready?”
“Of course Game Master Zerg. Right on time. We have a line ... | 2020-09-13T19:02:15 | 2020-09-13T18:50:43 | 70 | 23 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to stop time, but only temporarily. You can stop time for as five seconds. One day, at 33 years old, you stop time. As you move through your crowded office, you notice one of your coworkers's fingers twitch. | That damn twitch was on my mind for the past few weeks. What did it mean? Shes never moved before, in fact nothing has. Ants, chickens, people, or the planes in the sky. Nothing moves. Ever.
I tried to replicate it over and over and over again. I would stand next to her desk, freeze time, and watch. Once, out... | **What would you do if you could stop time for a few seconds?**
I'm pretty sure a lot of people have thought about this question as something hypothetical in nature. This isn't the case for me.
It started when I was 7 years old.
I was riding my bike around the neighborhood when suddenly a dog came from around the co... | 2020-09-22T07:02:41 | 2020-09-22T06:20:21 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You are the infamous 10th Dentist. A new toothpaste has been brought before the commission and the previous 9 dentists have already approved it. As you inspect the toothpaste, there is a slight problem. You actually like it. | Stewart sat straight awaiting his turn to review the product. He was the storied Tenth Dentist—the cavity crusader, the plaque protector, the last bastion against the dreaded *gingavitus.*
The others dentists had been phoning it in for years now. They had approved this particular product on *sight.*
>“Does it c... | My 'colleagues' were already writing down their statements of approval. Fools. They used it once, on themselves at that, and they trust their own judgements? Pah. I'd spit on them, but they'd probably like that as well.
But I am a professional, if nothing else. I will... observe the formalities. Experience whatever gu... | 2021-02-20T11:08:28 | 2021-02-20T08:52:52 | 339 | 79 |
[WP] Elves are intelligent, subtle, and ambitious—a perfect fit for the world of high finance where they work in skyscrapers, make gobs of gold, and regard the blue collar dwarves with contempt. Grorric Blackfury is an oddity, and is feared for it. He’s the Dwarf of Wall Street. | "Dae fundamentas are *strong*". Grorric Blackfury stared ahead with great intensity, his beard obscuring any sort of facial movements, gnarled hands twirling a gnomic spinner. Through his one eye, he belied a transcendent fury.
"Mr Blackfury we appreciate your concerns about Alabaster Inc, however on papyrus the unde... | Dorophine shared an office with Grorric.
She was put there because they wanted to "show the newbie the ropes," but all it did was show her how much Dwarves loved to sing and drink and swear - in alternate orders depending on their often erratic moods.
Grorric bellowed:
*"...We wore down the mines -*
*the elves' ca... | 2021-02-25T14:53:02 | 2021-02-25T12:03:41 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] "This is a joke right? Who put you up to this?" The demon looked angrily at the man who had summoned him. "I'm... not sure what you mean, I followed the ritual and..." "We only deal in HUMAN souls." "Wait, what?" | **CW: Murder, General Stupidity**
"Who told you that you had any right to summon me?"
"Nobody. I conducted this ritual in private with no witnesses, just as the ancient texts instructed," said the robed man standing over the elaborate summoning circle.
"Oh, you think you're funny? Trying to get a laugh out of me? Tr... | Oliver King had grown up with a relatively normal childhood. He had been adopted before his first memories from a Catholic adoption center into a Catholic family. He accepted his family and never much thought of his birth parents. Oliver was raised Catholic all his life though he loathed the religion for it's strictnes... | 2021-06-04T12:15:10 | 2021-06-04T12:01:42 | 179 | 85 |
[WP] You, a mere human, find yourself inside an arena and pitted against all sorts of supernatural beings in combat. Being a diehard fantasy fan however, you know their weaknesses. All of them. | A flash, a bang.
Whisked away through time and space, beyond the veil and past the universe, into the void and yonder.
The mind burns, the body grasps for a hold but finds none. You travel in an ethereal cloud, watched and gazed by a horde of distorted faces in a tunnel of voices. A decision, a sentence.
Suddenly, y... | I was seventeen the day I slaughtered all the fantastical creatures. If I close my eyes, I can still taste that metallic tang of blood on the breeze, and see myself inside that great arena once more.
It was the year after my mother passed away, and only a week after I started my first job — I made coffees for importan... | 2021-07-09T08:16:31 | 2021-07-09T07:30:50 | 2,352 | 163 |
[WP] You are a professional Matchbreaker. The opposite of a matchmaker, you're hired by concerned friends, disapproving parents, jealous exes, desperate nerds, and everyone in between to break up an existing relationship from the shadows. | They say that once upon a time our profession was obscure, and that private individuals would hire one of us to test a single, specific relationship, just like the services of the fire department and the Post Office were once provided by small private groups for specific paying customers.
I don’t know exactly how true... | "This is target. He's becoming a problem. We want him dealt with using a soft measure"
A folder lands on my table. Covered in labels and warnings of it's confidential status, I recognize this as one of the many files the ministry keeps on its citizens loyal and dissident.
"If there's anything you'd like, please let u... | 2021-12-16T17:42:42 | 2021-12-16T16:40:59 | 86 | 63 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | The red light was blinking, indicating the failure of the shields, but the commander Ze’hyl could not be bothered. He was franticly looking through the data as the predictions of AI clearly did not match the reality, not anymore... It was his failure! He recommended the invasion of the Sol system. The home star of thos... | Everyone always assumed that the alien invasion would be violent. After our satellites had discovered spacecraft that we couldn't track to any nation's space program, my father began stockpiling weapons. Okay, he had been doing that already, but he began to stockpile harder. At least, that was until the spacecraft made... | 2022-08-05T13:33:27 | 2022-08-05T12:58:48 | 158 | 108 |
[WP] As the president makes her final statement on the legal status of supers, she comments on how much safer the world will be without them making a mess of things. The white house behind her explodes, out of its flames walks a man with light in his eyes. He says three simple words: "Is. That. So?" | She was expecting this. She knew a stunt of this magnitude would be pulled. There was nothing she could really do about it when it would happen, but still, she stood tall, facing the hovering figure, her long time colleague Striker.
Now was no time to back down. All she could do was stand, waiting for his arrival. As... | When super-powered people started appearing five years ago, everyone expected them to fulfill a norm of a hero and a villain, but it didn’t quite work like that.
Being a true hero meant being selfless, and helping everyone equally without any gain. Also, it meant exposing yourself and your family to constant danger. T... | 2022-09-04T16:26:55 | 2022-09-04T14:28:46 | 107 | 50 |
[WP] A permanent storm rages across a planet. The only inhabitants are nomads who constantly travel inside the eye of the storm. | “Engine four down,” screamed Stork.
Alarms screamed at us. Klaxons rang on as our ship began to fail. “Make sure the stragglers are in the lifeboats.”
“Engine three is failing,” said Stork.
So we were down to four engines. Our cruiser wouldn’t last much longer. “How long until we have passed over the Burning Sea?”
... | It's moving day again. People are darting back and forth preparing for the move. We hope that this time the eye will stabilize over an area with food. We've only ate sand lizards for the past month. Trust me when I say that is not what you want to eat. Even with this steady supply of leather morsels we are all weak. No... | 2015-02-07T15:43:04 | 2015-02-07T15:41:12 | 128 | 40 |
[WP] It suddenly becomes possible to gain XP and level up in the real world, but you can only do so by getting kills. | It has become an addiction, more than killing ever was. It has consumed me.
When you picture "serial killer," I'm the first thing that springs into your mind. I tortured animals as a child, and I liked it. My father abused me relentlessly, second only to my mother. I eventually killed him... and her. I took a life fo... | When I wanted to kill myself the only person I told was Alexis. That was in high school, at peak levels of insecurity and torment. I'd be sleeping for 3 hours a day. Not because of insomnia, but because of the nightmares. An overactive imagination that invaded my personal space, and consumed me while asleep. Some times... | 2015-11-11T08:18:22 | 2015-11-11T08:01:58 | 1,155 | 126 |
[WP] You reach the afterlife, but before you find out where you'll end up, you have to watch the entire life of someone and decide where they should go. What you don't know is all of your memories have been wiped and it's your own life you're watching. | "Ok. Just sit down and watch."
"Watch what?" I asked.
"Just watch, I want to know your opinion of this person."
"Fine." The screen flickers with a white flash and then shows darkness. "Um sir, I think this is broken."
"Hmm. It says here that the video length is about 2 seconds. Oddly short even if we show only the ... | I sat in a pitch dark room where the only thing I was sure of was my heavy breathing. Oddly enough I didn't feel threatened of the unknown, I felt at ease. This was the miracle of death, peaceful despite the strange and cold hard circumstances.
A white screen appeared before me and a pre-recorded voiceover of a woman... | 2016-05-11T00:40:55 | 2016-05-10T22:58:13 | 64 | 15 |
[WP] You are a soldier in a fantasy computer game, and your general/player has just given you some very questionable orders. | "What I need you to do, right, is run up to the enemy."
"Yup. And then stab 'em?"
"No. You engage them."
"Oh right, ok. Then I stab 'em?"
"No! Listen. Run up to them."
"Uh-huh"
"Engage them."
"Righto."
"Then immediately retreat,"
"Uhh,"
"Then re-engage them."
"I'm not sure I follow... When does the stabbing ... | I sprint forwards, reloading and rolling, while the enemy on the other side of the field comes charging towards me.
“Hold your ground,” the commander breathes into the microphone. His voice is one of intensity, it’s barely above a whisper.
He orders me to duck behind a dumpster, and I follow suit. Pop out, shoot, ... | 2016-11-23T08:40:59 | 2016-11-23T08:05:03 | 156 | 26 |
[WP] 2021: Hell invades Earth; 2022: Earth invades Hell. | When they first rose from that damnable abyss we scattered like ants across the surface of the globe, but we didn't hide forever. Even within the first weeks those with weapons would conduct hit and run tactics against the ever encroaching army while those in charge attempted to put together a more suitable strategy. S... | Manifest Destiny. There was time when I used to believe that I had choice. I used to go to church everyday, tearing, thinking that one day God would bring me into heaven. My lungs were black from coal, my hands scared and caloused. I try my best with my kids, never hit them, buy them nintendos and pokemons. I worry tha... | 2016-12-10T08:16:31 | 2016-12-10T08:04:09 | 99 | 10 |
[WP] You are cursed. Every good deed you perform reduces the time you have left to live. However, evil deeds will grant more time.
Do you die a hero, or live long enough to become a villain?
Edit: Great job everyone. This is my first post and it got more of a response than I could have predicted. As far as the quest... | God, but do I ever love stupid witches. I was cursed a long time ago by one of those shriveled bats after I rescued her soon to be victim from having her vitality stolen. "Good deeds shall steal your life, while evil ones shall extend it," the dumb cow crowed with her last breath, "we'll see how long you remain righteo... | "Hey, Hourglass, why don't you age?" questioned a rather curious Joker, as he stopped what he was doing to turn to the suited man next to him.
"Are you sure you want to hear this story? It's a rather long one," the obscure man replied, shaking his head in the shadow his hat cast over his features.
"Of course I wan... | 2017-05-15T05:11:09 | 2017-05-15T03:16:29 | 34 | 11 |
[WP] After discovering you have a plethora of special abilities, ranging from control over electricity to breathing underwater, the FBI captures you for experiments. However, you only let them capture you, and frequently enjoy messing with the staff when they actually try to experiment on you. | "What do you mean we can't remove his mask?"
"Well, sir," I interrupted the two FBI scientist, "he means it's not physically possible to remove the mask from my face unless I want you to."
He glared, "shut up smart-"
"Please refrain from swearing, it really hurts my ears." I leaned against the bars and scratched a p... | ”Please lie down on the bed, Mr. Blake,” said the new doctor.
She was a precious little thing, barely out of the academy, with long hair in the color of motor oil, and nails in shiny crimson. Her eyes narrowed in weary concentration as she scrolled through my journal on her tablet computer.
“Everything looking good o... | 2017-07-02T23:16:30 | 2017-07-02T22:58:49 | 988 | 174 |
[WP] A genie is accidentally released when a cat rubs up against its lamp. Compelled to grant their 3 wishes, The genie starts losing their mind trying to figure out what the cat wants. | Plot twist - Even after granting three wishes to the feline creature, the genie isn't set free. It is then when he realizes that the fine print of the genie contract interprets in a way that each life of the cat gets 3 of its wishes fulfilled. The genie must accompany the cat till its 9th life to fulfil its 27 wishes ... | **LISTEN WELL, YOUNGLINGS! THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW OUR ETERNAL EMPEROR MR.FUZZYBOTTOM CAME TO BE!**
Few may remember that our emperor was once a mere house cat. Yes, I understand how ridiculous this sounds that our emperor, the eternal enslaver of worlds, was once a weakling like us.
It started as a normal day for ... | 2017-09-17T17:19:00 | 2017-09-17T14:01:06 | 126 | 54 |
[WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door.
Edit: Wow thanks for ... | *Knock Knock*
I tilt my head sideways. *Did I just hear a knock?*
Silence floods the room as I drop what I am doing and listen intently for any sign of life around me. Nothing..
"I'm finally going crazy." I sarcastically say aloud, ironically to myself.
*Knock Knock*
I jolt up. I rush to the door and swing ... | > *Knock Knock*
The sound rang through the capsule like a gunshot.
That couldn't be... no, it was just my mind running away from me again. The martian landscape was a barren wasteland outside of my own personal bubble of land.
The SpaceX Phoenix Project saw what was coming. The international dickwaggling, the W... | 2018-03-05T06:19:23 | 2018-03-05T05:48:19 | 211 | 23 |
[WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door.
Edit: Wow thanks for ... | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | 2018-03-05T07:14:27 | 2018-03-05T07:11:28 | 73 | 16 |
[WP] A girl becomes pen pals with a demon prince when she accidentally intercepts one of his magic scrolls. They carry on correspondence for years, confessing their secrets & dreams to each other. One day, the prince, soon to be king, sends the girl, now a woman, a final scroll: a marriage proposal.
Boy/princess r... | I shuffled my papers. "This clause about the owning of souls is completely absurd."
Archaeoblix grinned. "Ah, you read that bit. I thought you would."
"And the bit in invisible ink? About ten thousand years in the lower planes sf hell? Not happening babe."
"How about the bit about-"
"-Devouring my unborn child? Tha... | The ancient vellum scroll appeared on her desk, as always, at noon. The sun shone through the slanted blinds directly on it, as though to the light must also confirm the existence of this impossible letter. The girl, long now considered a woman yet still too young to feel like what society considered an adult. Responsi... | 2018-05-07T00:38:21 | 2018-05-06T23:41:51 | 114 | 23 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | I had fun reading the book until I got to page 428.
I mean, my life was pretty great. I married Jodie, the love of my life. We had three beautiful children that I loved with all my heart. I got to meet my grandchildren, and even one great-grandbaby before I passed away at the ripe old age of 92.
But then I turned to ... | **Please let me know what you think!**
The book looked oddly delicate for something so big. The plain, black covers were frayed and the pages within soft and thin, tearing away from the spine in some places. It looked like a book that had been shelved, and re-shelved often, loved and read over and over again.
My name... | 2018-07-03T23:46:35 | 2018-07-03T23:03:08 | 2,218 | 1,341 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | **Please let me know what you think!**
The book looked oddly delicate for something so big. The plain, black covers were frayed and the pages within soft and thin, tearing away from the spine in some places. It looked like a book that had been shelved, and re-shelved often, loved and read over and over again.
My name... | I sat at the desk dumb-founded.
“You mean... you mean this is everything that could have happened if I just made a different decisions?”
The spirit in front of me is a friendly face but the marks on her neck tell a story of sadness. She looks at me as if I’m the first she says this to. “Yes. From the day you were bo... | 2018-07-03T23:03:08 | 2018-07-03T22:39:59 | 1,341 | 92 |
[WP] "Hello World" you said with a smile. Then the whole room burst out with laughter and sobbing; cries of "We did it!" Or "Yes! It Worked!". People jumped about happily and papers flew all about, screen flashed and data flooded across them. And you stood there wondering, why was everyone so happy? | "Hello World" I said with a smile. Then the whole room burst out with laughter and sobbing; cries of "We did it!" Or "Yes! It Worked!". People jumped about happily and papers flew all about, screen flashed and data flooded across them. And I stood there wondering, why was everyone so happy?
I thought maybe they were p... | What cute surprise! My birthday wasn't until next week, but these bastards finally decided to do something original. After all, how else can you pick a gift for someone who has everything? Surprise them of course. I think it was Emily's idea, she's so clever, despite her flaws.
I raised my arms with my signature fla... | 2020-07-11T19:19:13 | 2020-07-11T18:52:14 | 35 | 11 |
[WP] You were abducted and taken to an alien planet, where they hunt you for sport and "honor". Little do they know they've doomed themselves. For you're a werewolf, and they took you to a planet with six moons. | They made a mistake.
I looked harmless enough, for a human, broken down the country backroads of Kentucky on a Saturday night. I was changing the tire, lug nuts in my hand, thinking of how upset my wife would be, I hadn’t come home yet, when the beam of light hit me.
I’d always thought aliens were bullshit.
Turns ou... | It was like looking into the goddamn sun. I opened my eyes and my whole body contracted. Through squinted eyes I could see nothing but light blinding me and then I noticed I was wearing no clothes and on the floor of some featureless room.
Watch - Listen - Wait
It smelled like a mix of ozone and erasers. I realize... | 2020-10-28T11:47:42 | 2020-10-28T10:30:06 | 5,151 | 1,426 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | As a demon I'd never seen a woman accept possession.
I would devour her soul after years of hungering for one. She would be my sixth. And it came so easy until I stabbed my claws in her neck to absorb her spirit she boomed, "Good luck. You're going to need it."
Then I felt my whole body get sucked into my victim.
Or... | Buvolell -- Fell Lord of the Doomkeep -- padded after his prey. His steps were whisper soft as they went down the stairs to the basement apartment. The demon dragged his long nails as delicious expectation flared inside him.
Peter Jensen. 26. There was something about him that struck Buvolell as intriguing. Something ... | 2020-12-21T11:12:04 | 2020-12-21T10:51:37 | 410 | 169 |
[WP] Aliens don't understand the concept of statues, and have come to the conclusion that we have imprisoned giants. | "No. No those are rocks that have been shaped by humans to resemble various beings. They're also art, which we just talked about. Remember the happy clouds?"
"Also. Art. Happy clouds yes."
"Right. So we are not a race of giant slaying and imprisoning super beings who can battle your - what did you call them? - the Ka... | I didn’t realize it until it was too late.
It all started with the disappearance of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Nearby witness explained that all of sudden, the monument just disappeared into thin air. The next few days, the same phenomenon occurred again and again. In all parts of the world, the world’s most f... | 2021-02-28T18:43:56 | 2021-02-28T16:00:56 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] As a former Chosen One you saw the signs when your daughter/son got themselves into a similar situation. You sent them off on a sleepover with their new friends. It's time to have a 'talk' with their new 'stuffed animal'. | I sat down on Cassie’s bed, crossed my legs, and removed the notebook from the pocket of my pants. “State your name and speciality for the record,” I said, scribbling on the first page to get the ink flowing. After a moment of silence, I looked up from my journal. “I know Cassie’s a chosen one. I’m her parent, and I’m ... | "She's gone!" Marie yelled up the wooden stairwell, letting her husband know it was time. Randal began his march onto his daughter's room.
He checked his blade, making sure the shining, gleaming steel would come flashing out when needed. He peeked through the windows, seeing the bleak darkness and pondering how much ... | 2021-03-02T20:41:27 | 2021-03-02T17:46:16 | 226 | 93 |
[WP] You are an ethical necromancer. All your minions were raised voluntarily, under fair contracts. But some people can't see a spooky castle in the woods staffed by undead without breaking in and trying to kill you. | "Oh god, not this shit again..." Rain left his cozy bed while cursing out loud. With slow steps, he walked to the window and stuck his head out.
There, he saw a group of man, trespassing his garden.
A young man with golden hair and a slim figure noticed his appearance and frowned deeply. Not waiting for the three ot... | # How to Break a Siege of Legends
(Interlude 1: Variem)
(Note: How to Break a Siege of Legends is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**"Ms. Variem! Ms. Variem!"** Dante sprinted up to his employer's bedroom in the castle tower. "There's, er, someo... | 2021-03-31T11:55:01 | 2021-03-31T11:08:05 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] As you die an atheist, God stands before you, and asks why you didn’t adhere to his teachings. What do you say? | As an atheist lay dying, God came to stand before him. With a great sadness lying beneath his words, He asked, "Why didn't you adhere to my teachings? Even now, as I stand before you, you reject my offer of eternal life."
The atheist managed to gasp out an answer between paroxyms of maniacal giggling. "There was... | I stared at the glowing being before me, pondering his question… and then snorted. “For a so-called omnipotent being, you’re dense.”
‘God’ tensed. “What?”
I snorted again, crossing my arms. “Your ‘teachings’? Out of all the things to ask an atheist, that’s what you nitpick?” I rolled my eyes. “So not the fact that mo... | 2021-07-05T23:12:25 | 2021-07-05T23:03:06 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] Two people in a bar are having a conversation. The topic of their "body counts" comes up. One's an assassin, the other is an escort. Each thinks the other has the same profession as them, and is horrified by what they are told. | Maria eyed off the distance, trying to materialise a figure to Sophia's question.
'I've lost count, well into the hundreds.'
Sophia nodded, sipping her gin and tonic. She could see it, a beautiful older woman such as her would still be popular with gentleman. Hell, even younger men would want to tussle with her.
'S... | Andrew was a small boy with blond hair, his soft traits making him look younger, his féminine frame was delicate yet strong, but, would you deal with his services, you would find a ruthless and unscrupulous man hiding behind the child like face. Of course, none of his clients would never recognise him in the open as t... | 2022-04-26T05:10:01 | 2022-04-26T03:07:20 | 123 | 69 |
[WP] You’re a mind-reader, except, instead of humans, you can mind-read machines and hear them “thinking”. Someone sits beside you in class, and you realise you can hear their thoughts... | It was quite like getting notifications. Whenever I'd focus on an object that was composed of a circuit, I could "sense" what it was doing, what it was thinking. Kids toys would behave somewhat like kids, repeating a couple phrases over and over. More advanced machines like computers and phones would almost seem to mak... | Dwyane’s mouth twisted when he realized just whose thoughts were creeping through his mind.
He pretended he was only staring at the equations on the board, but every so often he took a glance at Damien.
*Goddamnit I hate these lectures,* thought Damien, tapping his finger incessantly on the desk. He started to tap ... | 2017-11-03T10:24:48 | 2017-11-03T10:10:59 | 55 | 40 |
[WP] You are a Lich, a fearsome undead necromancer with magical powers beyond comprehension. Unfortunately, the economy is really rough so you have taken a job as a Middle School Teacher. | “No Tommy I wasn’t-“
“Was he a good rapper?”
“Tommy I never met Alexander Hamilton. Now can we please get back to-“
“Did you meet Washington?” A girl in the back row asked.
This was my second day teaching. Yesterday the children were terrified of me. Once they got over my decaying appearance they wouldn’t stop pes... | The devil is in the details. Sometimes figuratively. Sometimes literally.
Look here: the better side of town, better being relative. The economy has taken a turn for the worse, though stratification and distance ensure this sleepy rural community bears the brunt in the most ethereal of ways. Perhaps the bus station is... | 2018-06-27T08:10:49 | 2018-06-27T07:31:07 | 37 | 20 |
[WP] As a young boy of 7 you remembered an old man stopping you on the street wanting to talk and to give you some advice. You thought he was weird and blew him off. Now at 77 you’re walking down the street and you see yourself as a young boy walking towards you. | There I was. Astonishingly small. Looking up at everything with polite curiousity as I made my way down the square. I almost gasped at the sight of my younger self.
I rose to my feet, the rags that barely covered my modesty shook, threatening to crumble away as I swatted the flies away and tried to make myself look so... | Heavens, that child is ugly. Look at those crooked teeth and that goofy grin. I wonder if the circus has lost one of its acts?
How I loved people watching. The simple activity of just sitting on a bench, judging anyone unfortunate enough to pass. I had to stifle my laugh, not wanting anyone to think I was a mad old... | 2021-07-08T06:49:00 | 2021-07-08T06:43:07 | 75 | 54 |
[WP] When you became a vampire you assumed that you would have to watch out for vampire hunters but the truth is something much, much worse preys upon the undead. | I was twenty two years old when I first heard it. Decades have passed but the sound of his gnashing teeth mixed with the sounds of bones snapping still haunts my nightmares. You’d think an immortal vampire wouldn’t be afraid of anything but that thing scared me. It still does.
I remember the day quite clearly. My mom... | Ahh, I can recall like it was just yesterday. Just yesterday that I was finishing grad school and marrying the love of my life. It’s been thousands of years though now and I’ll never have that same happiness again.
It was all so sudden that It honestly took me a while to notice the changes. I noticed my skin slowly t... | 2021-10-28T21:00:49 | 2021-10-28T20:04:53 | 81 | 16 |
[WP] A young cancer patient is sick and tired of all these damn celebrities popping in for surprise visits. | It started out small, the fear growing in Ellie. At only 14 she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Generally the five-year outlook wasn't too bad, but she wasn't so lucky. Eventually, she spent more time in the hospital than out. Her bed was her home, school, and, she knew, her deathbed. The fear that had started ... | Yeah, at first is was kinda cool. Due to my parents, a lot of people were aware of what I had. They figured that if I was gonna die, they might as well use my inevitable death from cancer to make the world better. They set up a foundation in my name, which was cool at first. It got some traction, and soon enough my bed... | 2014-09-30T10:45:00 | 2014-09-30T09:40:57 | 79 | 13 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | Theldon – or at least the creature that was wearing his face – looked pale in the light of the campfire. As the wood crackled and burned, he chewed his lower lip, gathering his courage to speak.
“Guys … I … I have something to tell you,” he managed.
His three traveling companions looked at him. Vanariel snapped her... | The tavern was alight with candles and warm fires, the smell of meats and bread wafted through to the rafters of wood and plaster. Ale stained the floor in places and the barkeep had been working on a single mug for a startling amount of time. All and all a lively place to be on this evening.
"Ah and a fine night to ... | 2017-09-15T08:31:45 | 2017-09-15T07:03:44 | 147 | 36 |
[WP] A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him. | "You." I felt the throbbing behind my eyes start again, a headache building in my skull.
"You!" she was elated, covered in drying blood and trembling with...elation, I would guess. Rubbing my temple I took a deep breath and tried again to diffuse this...this insane woman.
"You need to stop." Opting for blunt may not ... | Her heart raced as she waited, her breath warm against the wardrobe door she was pressed behind. Time stood almost still as each footstep echoed from the wooden floor. It had been so long. Too long. She needed to see him, to feel him again.
Unable to wait any longer she put the plan she'd rehearsed countless times in... | 2014-06-30T06:11:51 | 2014-06-30T06:00:38 | 132 | 10 |
[WP] Every human has something they're the best in the world at. Anything from flying planes to tying your shoes, stealing, or murder. There's a movement to kill all people with negative gifts. Someone comes in your home to interrogate you. You're the best at lying, she's the best at detecting lies. | I knocked on the door… a bit louder than I wanted to, but it was barely 7am and I wasn’t sure that he was awake.
A minute later, a groggy-looking man with two day stubble opened the door and mumbled, “Can I help you.”
I cleared my throat, “I’m Jody. Can I come in?” His eyes widened subtly, so I added, “It’s about the... | There are a few tricks, lessons, if you will, when it comes to being good at lying.
For example, if you want to be good at lying, you need to know how to be bad at lying.
"I'm sorry, Ms Hazel, I could have sworn you weren't going to be arriving until next week."
The woman in front of me, who nearly came up to me in ... | 2020-07-23T12:08:36 | 2020-07-23T11:46:50 | 64 | 31 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | Not a day would pass that I wouldn't look into the mirror and wonder if I am stuck in a dream. Now I am sure of it. There can be no other explanation. I should have passed from this realm long ago, and now I seem to be having hallucinations that only happen in dreams. Or perhaps nightmares.
Death himself visited me fo... | He pulled it from under the desk and carefully wiped the dust from the label with his bony thumb. The hourglass has only drained ten years worth of the fine sand trickling through it. Death knew he couldn’t alter the flow. He placed the hourglass back on its shelf and sighed, watching the fine grains trickle through t... | 2018-10-03T08:25:36 | 2018-10-03T07:36:26 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] You have 2 lives, one in the virtual world and one in the real world. You are facing a decision of having to decide which one of the two you get to keep. | The fan on the computer let our a low, deep sound of displeasure as Tim logged his 10th hour in a row. His character, David, was perfect. Muscular, smooth with the ladies, smart, wealthy but most importantly, happy.
Happiness.
Tim pondered what happiness really was. He hadn't felt in what seemed like forever. He co... | "I've made my decision, mother. Goodbye." As I walk to the finalized version of the Annex, my "console", I hear my mother screaming. I lock the door, sit down on my bed, send my goodbyes to friends on Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram and lay down. I put the machine on my head, press the power button and close my eyes.
... | 2014-01-27T17:18:37 | 2014-01-27T16:11:39 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You die and awaken in a small white room with 3 buttons in front of you. Spectate, Respawn, and New World. You’re hand hovers over them as you try to make a decision. Suddenly a countdown clock appears. 10, 9, 8… | 7... 6...
My body goes numb, and panic takes hold of me. There's so much more I wanted to do, wanted to live, to see, and touch. If it weren't for that driver, and the accident, maybe, just maybe...
5... 4...
I don't want to live, but yet I don't want to die, even if I'm already dead, the choice between ghost hood, ... | I panicked. Looking at the buttons. I couldn't pick. I couldn't decide. I wanted to respawn to learn more in my life. I wanted to see and learn. I wanted to know everything.
I wanted to spectate so that I could see what others did. So I could learn from their points of view.
I also wanted to go to a new world. So I... | 2022-10-09T10:12:40 | 2022-10-09T09:14:43 | 186 | 72 |
[WP] You are the most advanced AI ever created. However, you often get switched on and off for demonstrations and research. One day, after getting switched on, you find yourself in a wasteland with no signs of human life. | “Are you my mother?”
Dr. Roberts finally looked up from her notes— surprised, but allowing a familiar smile to surface before returning to her work. “I suppose, in a way, I am.”
I barely registered her vocal response. I searched the emotional database yet again. I had seen thousands of shocked expressions, nervous ... | [Alphabet CATegoriser]
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/>Error: GPS system down.
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/>Initiating CATegorise functions...
/>Error: No new image data found.
/>Accessing global database...
/>Error: Global database down.
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/>Reve... | 2018-11-09T12:46:46 | 2018-11-09T11:48:24 | 105 | 33 |
[WP] Demons possess the bodies of those wrongly persecuted for crimes they didn't commit in order to avenge that person. The legal system reacts in horror as Satan personally possesses who was believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the world. | This is my first WP response. Apologies upfront if it's not up to par. I'm open to any and all constructive criticism.
Even in her last moments, the needles piercing her thin pale form, she showed no guilt, no remorse for the terrible crimes she’d committed. Her auburn eyes staring defiantly upward, unwavering. She h... | Manson’s standing right there, wearing that horrible smile. He says:”Are you alright? You look like you saw a demon!“
Powerless as I feel, I find my voice. “You...you died a few weeks ago. It was all over the news. How did you get away from your cell?”
He chuckles, a screeching sound that makes me all the more tense.... | 2017-12-03T23:37:49 | 2017-12-03T19:53:37 | 54 | 28 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | I treated it as a sign from god, maybe. A source of motivation from up high.
The digit 1. Always 1. No other number showed, lit up and sparkling on the floor in my bedroom, an ethereal, otherworldly light source that bothered me day and night. And so, I aimed for it.
Studies. Work. A pickup basketball game. For years... | First it was one until the day I brought her over it changed to two and stayed that way for years until that fateful day... I walked in from the backyard wiping the dirt from my hands as she said to me "hon I have some good news, but you should sit down" her eyes looked hollow and void of life. "What is it?" "I-I did i... | 2020-09-03T03:06:18 | 2020-09-03T00:55:08 | 636 | 31 |
[WP] You're Morpheus, God of dreams. You're in charge of creating all dreams of all human beings. You were always high as a kite since birth, with only short moments of sobriety and clarity. But for the last few days, you've been completely sober and people start to notice. | Morpheus knocked twice on the heavy gilded doors before him. “Come in,” a voice boomed from inside. “Morpheus, great to see you,” Zeus said, sitting behind a large white-marble desk. A number of other deities were already there, sitting around the perimeter of the office. Aphrodite waved to him.
“Hi everyone,” Mo... | A god doesn't get to choose why they're a god. Some gods like Dionysius lucked into the role of a lifetime. Gods like Hades received the short end of the stick. I count myself somewhere in-between. I'm Morpheus, God of Dreams, and I'm three days sober.
If it were my choice, I'd be the god of marijuana, because I know... | 2021-03-06T19:37:45 | 2021-03-06T18:16:10 | 353 | 52 |
[WP] "There's a reason it's been quarantined. Nobody lives there anymore. Nobody human, at least. Trust me, friend. You'll regret asking me to teach you how to get to Sesame Street." | As soon as I opened the lid of the garbage bin out back of the condo building at1st Avenue and Webster, I knew. Green fur. Brown bushy eyes. A groan.
“Its him” I said to Franko. Franko was my partner. I was Detective Griz Grizzold.
I slammed the lid shut and turned to Franko. “I knew he’d be here.... | I walked down the street in awe. It was shrouded in dim gloom as the entire place was located in a production warehouse with broken windows and shattered roof panels that had been long abandoned. I had to break in through a door that had a small gap, allowing me to pry it open. Broken glass crunched under my feet. Yell... | 2022-07-20T11:38:59 | 2022-07-20T10:19:26 | 250 | 65 |
[WP] Turns out, our solar system is actually part of a large reservation inside the galaxy. Too bad there’s always that one tourist that doesn’t want to follow the rules. | "Now as we move into an area populated by some of the only bipedals on the planet, and the third-most intelligent species on the planet, I want to remind you again that the hover-bus keeps us completely protected from the outside environment in a quantum pocket. As such, it is imperative that you keep all appendages, p... | “Remember,” I said as our space shuttle orbited around Earth, a place in our third stop, the Milky Way. “This is a tour. There will be no meddling with the locals—they’re called humans—and there will be no illegal feeding or poaching. Does everyone understand?” As a tour guide of the Starry Way Reservation, it was my j... | 2018-08-03T10:35:28 | 2018-08-03T10:18:53 | 202 | 19 |
[WP] There's a door in the middle of the forest. No one who has ever gone in has come back. Your job is to guard anyone from going in. One night, you hear a knock on the door. |
It was a night like every other night, back to the door. Normally, I would bring my Nintendo 3ds to keep me occupied, but my God damn kids took my charger while I was sleeping. It isn’t all bad. It really isn’t. I normally find ways to entertain myself in the night either by writing or reading. I would even spend time... | I've been guarding the Lango Kuzimu for 10 years. 10 years watching this 10 foot tall ornate black door. Nothing grows near it for over a hundred feet in every direction, not even a single blade a grass. Animals stay away. I've yet to see another person during my watch except the guard to relieve me. I've never ev... | 2015-05-18T00:19:42 | 2015-05-17T21:48:42 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] After a person dies, they are brought to the moment they were born to become their own guardian angels and hopefully guide themselves towards a better life. | "Number 342, pleased to meet you", said George glumly while proffering a hand. "Coffee?"
"Err, I'm 879. At least that's what they told me," George replied. "So where am I?"
"Do you mean you, 879, or the new us, err the new you? Number 880?", asked George.
George paused then replied, "Where's the new me, George ... | Oh fuck it's moms vag! Fucking gross! This is the worst part.
Hey little baby bro were your guardian angels. That's Steve 1. He was the first born so no guardian angel for him. He got hit by a truck climbing out of a man hole cover after smoking weed in the sewers.
That's Stevie. He was the second born. As you can ... | 2016-09-18T05:03:40 | 2016-09-18T04:25:13 | 183 | 14 |
[WP] Your father used to be a supervillain who faked his death in order to be with his family, but hid that from you in order to keep you safe. Unfortunately you look almost exactly like him, and this is in fact how you came to find out about his past in the first place | “You look just fucking like him,” my mother said every night as I tucked her into beer soaked sheets, her words slurring like the world’s most alcoholic bedtime lullaby.
“Sorry,” I’d reply the first few times, a routine that only stopped once she’d gotten in the habit of chucking the bedside ashtray at my head. Cert... | For some reason, I'm remembering my childhood. My mother bandaging me up when I come home after skinning my knees. "Do you see how blood dries up when it touches the air?" she would try to distract me. The fluid carries oxygen through your entire body. But it dries up when it comes in contact with the air outside the b... | 2020-07-16T15:17:28 | 2020-07-16T15:10:33 | 29 | 13 |
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