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[WP]In order to integrate humanity into the Galactic Community, The Federation has sent diplomats from species they deem most similar to Humanity. It is not what Humanity expects. | Tessa blinked at the computer screen.
"THESE are the beings I have to teach our ways?" She swallowed hard, trying to keep the judgement out of her voice as she spoke. As head of the research team that first made contact with extraterrestrial beings, she had been charged with facilitating a connection with the interga... | As the Ambassador stepped into the Torture Room (*technically a translation error, but given that such meetings drag exponentially, the phrasing remains*) aboard the Nyar Kholein III, her guard simmediately reached for their Disintegrator pistols. A quick hand stayed their actions, but the Ambassador was disturbed by t... | 2022-09-16T07:22:43 | 2022-09-16T04:04:47 | 932 | 266 |
[WP] The Apocalypse begins, and the Four Horsemen ride out leading an army that will depopulate Earth. But the old pagan deities of Earth do not consent, and side with humanity. | The land wept where he walked, shivering and roiling beneath his tread. Green grass turned brown then disintegrated in his presence, trees lost leaf and branch before becoming dull husks. Animals wasted away, those that didn’t run immediately from him. He didn’t mind, this was his gift after all.
He walked with a sl... | John, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, pulled up aside a large mutated army standing at the precipice of a large city. “General, why are our troops not raping and pillaging the human city?”
Terry, Carl and Ragnath’or pulled up beside John.
“What’s happening, John?” asked Carl.
“I will dine on the splendou... | 2018-05-17T07:38:22 | 2018-05-17T07:22:47 | 415 | 116 |
[WP] you have the ability to hold full conversations with plants. you’ve only ever spoken to civilised pot plants living in houses or cafes. out of curiosity, you decide to speak with a lonely weed living in a dark alleyway. | It was late. The alcohol in my system thrummed in my head, and the exhaustion of the solid two hours of dancing of which I had just partaken had begun to envelop me. I’d gone out the back entrance of the club to avoid the crowds, and shivering, I burrowed deeper into the fluffy-edged faux fur coat I wore. My heels grou... | [Poem]
A dark night sky
So late I wander
I spot a plant
Leaves droop with somber
I wander close
I whisper near
To this plant
Only I can hear
I ask him quietly
And hush my tone
"Do you know what it's like
To feel alone?"
He sways solemnly
In the cool breeze
He turns to me
And in his leaves I see
A shadowy glimpse of re... | 2020-02-18T07:55:31 | 2020-02-18T06:45:11 | 91 | 14 |
[WP] As it turns out, aliens all have aphantasia. This makes Humans the only species capable of imagining images in their heads. This greatly confuses alien telepaths, who report seeing “constantly shifting landscapes of alternate realities” when peering into human minds | "Remarkable," Zh'rf whispered inwardly, as they studied their instruments. "Come. Notice this, Grh'll."
Zh'rf sensed movement and a rising interest from their shipmate, as Grh'll settled their mass beside Zh'rf.
A few moments of focus passed silently between the xenobiologists as Grh'll parsed the live data feed str... | With a shiver and a start, the boy awoke, sitting bolt upright.
Desperately he had tried to cling to his sleep, but a foreboding feeling in his gut had torn him from his dream. Reflexively, he looked around him, expecting to find himself still wrapped in his bedsheets.
What he did see, however, promptly alarmed him.
... | 2022-03-03T11:19:30 | 2022-03-03T10:31:26 | 145 | 22 |
[WP] You are a villain famous for “killing” heroes. In reality, heroes come to you to fake their deaths. | My clients are charged with the Sisyphean task of protecting the world from all that would threaten it. Sleepless nights and limitless sacrifice are the jewels which adorn the crown that weighs heavy on the hero’s head.
My job is simple. I relieve them of that burden.
“I’m done. I can’t do this anymore. It never end... | The door bell chimed and a tall man walked in, his hoodie pulled up. Dark shades and a blue mask obscured his face. The waitress walked up to him asking if he needed a seat. He said something and then looked around, I smiled and waved at him and the waitress walked him to my table.
"Hey Max, how's it been. No long tim... | 2022-12-22T20:29:22 | 2022-12-22T19:39:14 | 314 | 217 |
[WP]Humans are the first species to achieve interstellar travel. Not because we are smarter or more advanced than aliens, but because we are the only ones stupid and stubborn enough to try. | Some of you are asking yourselves, how is this small fleshy thing, from a few star systems over, able to stand here in front of you right now, and ask, what is your next goal, what is your next objective? Why is it, that I dare to ask you these questions, when you are more advanced, and more capable than I and my entir... | "A long time ago, before we were slaves to the Sura, before we taught other species to travel the stars, before The Age of Other Suns, our people were a desperate, lost species."
"What happened?"
"A lot of it is sort of myth now. It's difficult to know exactly. What we do know is the Earth became unlivable. And it w... | 2017-11-22T16:03:24 | 2017-11-22T15:51:46 | 188 | 54 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | Not a bullet was the rule. The rules would be followed. Not a bullet.
A 60 meter long, 1 meter wide metal rod is not a bullet. It is not fired from a gun, nor does it use a shell. A thin core of ferrous titanium alloy, surrounded by layers of steel, coated with a sheet of radar scattering ceramics, and tungsten to ta... | I'm sharpening my knives mom sent me from back home in Kansas while pulling guard in the war room, thousands of miles away from home, missing my girl and thinking about muscle cars when suddenly, the radar picks up 3 blips coming from the North at ballistic speeds.
*The end.* | 2017-03-19T08:27:42 | 2017-03-19T07:18:14 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] A suicide hotline operator realizes that the person he's talking down really should kill themselves. | “Hello, this is suicide assistance. My name is Frannia, how can I assist you today?” It was my first day on the job as a suicide prevention operator. In fact, I was just hired, but, not wanting to reveal my novelty, I kept a steady pitch and waited patiently for the caller to speak.
“Um… my name is Shizo. I need help.... | Not to get in the way of people being creative but there is Never a time where a Crisis line operator would think this. It goes against everything they are trained to do, the person on the other end of the line is looking to you for help. Unless you've been in that situation, you really have no idea how invested these ... | 2013-12-23T15:47:58 | 2013-12-23T14:21:09 | 179 | 10 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus inside every single human. Centuries into the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | We don’t usually turn anymore. It’s a rare occurrence. When we die, or when there’s a chance of us dying, we get put into a Z-Ward.
Z-Wards are like a sort of hospice, except from the outside they look like a prison. Guards on watchtowers, 15-foot high cement walls lined with barbed-wire, and massive metal doors buil... | You should have seen the arrogant bastards!
Yes, they took out our satellites and air defense in seconds upon arriving in orbit. Yes, they fired precision strikes agianst key military positions from orbit, destroying our infrastructures before they even made planetfall. But we were here to give our lives and blood for... | 2022-09-14T05:30:54 | 2022-09-14T02:09:33 | 77 | 31 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | My wedding was the event of the century.
Our people had waited for a queen for such a long time, and I was the first female born into the royal family in close to 200 years. 200 years without a woman of royal blood on the throne had meant 200 very hard years. It is well known among my people that there cannot be prosp... | —disclaimer—
English is not my first language. And i am purely on my mobile. So any typos and stuff, please report them below. Thank you.
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It was my 18th Birthday after all. Everybody in my whole family has distinctive remembrance of the day they turned that age. It is the day, you can summon for the ... | 2019-09-18T10:56:31 | 2019-09-18T10:21:20 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] You’ve traveled a great distance to finally court the princess. Many others have tried and failed. Why? At the end of a week with her, you must duel her to the death. She is the greatest sword fighter in the land, so your only hope is to convince her to call off the fight. | "So, uh, we'll have to fight to the death?"
The princess shrugged. "Yeah."
"Okay, so... thing is, I'll definitely lose," I admit. "I'm not exactly a fighter, and I'm honestly still not sure why I'm here."
"My father said that you could be worthy of me," she replies, nonchalantly stoking the flame before us. Her cham... | “Princess, there is one last contestant who wishes to face you in trial!”
The princess looked up, carelessly tossing aside the bloodied rag she had been using to clean her blade. Behind her, a wooden cart dragging away the remains of the previous combatant. She gave the stranger a curious look, then shrugged it off, s... | 2020-09-20T21:30:42 | 2020-09-20T20:45:52 | 127 | 21 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | Sweat dripped down my nose, mingling with the blood that poured from my mouth. This wasn't going as well as it could. At least my headphones were still in one piece.
The man that stood before me cackled. I had never quite understood what it meant for one to 'cackle'. I figured it had just mean to laugh in an evil mat... | As I fire up my R.Kelly playlist the villain immeditaly apologizes for everything and starts making repairs to the damage they have done. But its too late, I can't stop the playlist mid song. Crying quietly the villain hears the haunting refrain "My mind's tellin me no...but my body, my body..." as I saunter over with ... | 2022-05-17T09:23:55 | 2022-05-17T09:06:36 | 1,687 | 63 |
[WP] In 1492, Columbus never returned from his voyage to the Americas. Many years later, the New World makes contact first. | On a cool September morning briny wind scraped the shores of Cape Verde. I sucked it in and watched the sunrise, when a sight stronger than coffee rose me from my chair. On the horizon, a ship. But it was unlike any ship I'd ever seen. It was long, flat, with high walls and a spherical sail. As it approached I realized... | An early morning fog floated above the ocean water, thick enough to obscure the waves until the moment they crashed onto the beach. Behind the encroaching tide lie the city of Palos de la Frontera, its towering Castillo overlooking it's bustling citizenry. Fishermen, some already hauling in a decent catch, bartered wit... | 2020-09-14T16:38:10 | 2020-09-14T15:19:25 | 77 | 19 |
[WP] You wield a sword that gets sharper the greater the knowledge you tell it. A common known fact dulls the sword while knowledge only a few know sharpens it. | >"One plus one is two."
The blade glowed bright blue and became infinitely dull, nearly flat. Cool.
>"How about this, my favorite color is green."
The blade gleamed a bright red and became sharper than a razor. Not a super important fact, but even if everyone he knew was aware of his favorite color, there... | The icy wind bites at my lips. My throat is on fire. I panic as I face down The Ice Queen. My blade. I feel it limply in my hands, barely clinging to the skin on my fingers. I think back to what my father said, "Knowledge is power with this blade, ma' boy. Give it a quiz and there ain't nothing it won't cut.". I always... | 2021-12-01T11:26:44 | 2021-12-01T06:54:51 | 68 | 42 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | I stuck my hand out in a reaching motion in front of the council. Today was the day of my eighteenth birthday. The council was the nine elders who decided what your object meant and recorded it into the official records. If no object arrived within sixty seconds you were labeled as a null and sent to the labor camps wh... | I looked at the clock, stated at the clock. Time was never really a concern of mine but I can't help it. After all, in 5 minutes, I was about to have my most wanted item.
I got to distract myself from all the nerves. I looked out the window, attracted by the city lights. City lights always calmed me.
Nerves settled. ... | 2019-09-18T10:23:04 | 2019-09-18T09:39:58 | 42 | 12 |
[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. | I awoke in the night, the distant sounds of screams altogether too familiar. It didn't sound isolated - they must have found a safe-haven. Hundreds would be massacred. It was just like I said; don't bunch together. Don't rely on each other for support. Survival is all about laying low, keeping quiet and hoping that luc... | Turns out the universe isn't cold and uncaring. Turns out the universe actually wants to give us what we want. Turns out 8 billion people all projecting their wishes out into the fuzzy warm-hearted void of existence confuses the heck out of the old machinery. What I mean to say is of the bunch of us humans shouting at ... | 2018-02-27T05:33:50 | 2017-12-06T20:51:47 | 341 | 21 |
[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. | "My Lord! My Lord!"
The captain, a large yellow cat holding a rather impractical spear in one clawed hand, jumped nearly a foot in the air before turning around guiltily. "Blast it yeoman, what is it? It's almost time for my hunting break."
The yeoman came to a halt, breathing heavily. "It's the humans, sir. Our lon... | "You're kidding me. You've got to be kidding me."
"No, sir. It's true."
"They only have one carrier. We have a station in orbit around their planet. They can't possibly win."
"Sir . . . They've started playing their war cry."
"Not--"
"The Eye of the Tiger, sir." | 2017-03-05T22:11:49 | 2017-03-05T21:40:56 | 2,747 | 315 |
[WP] You are a normal person who spent your entire life infiltrating the evil Empire. You even became the Emperor's right hand. The day before you finally topple the Empire, the hero arrives, kills the Emperor, and saves the day.
Now how does that make you feel? | Of all the narcissistic, self-righteous assholes in the entire Galaxy, why did it have to be Captain Pazazz. Anyone could've killed the Emperor, hell I was about 5 minutes away from killing that old bastard myself, but why did it have to be him!?
I watched as Emperor Galactica's head slid off of his pale scrawny neck,... | I stared in disbelief as years of hard, grueling work suddenly meant nothing. With a single thrust, Halidar the Bold had taken my moment in the sun, and just hours before I planned to do the deed myself.
"You mother of slaves" bellowed forth from my throat as Halidar's erupted in a crimson splash. The blood ran from ... | 2017-03-12T16:11:55 | 2017-03-12T12:50:45 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] People love your “random objects are actually cake” videos. Little do they know, you actually possess an enchanted knife that turns anything it cuts into cake, and you’re willing to use it to keep your secret. | "Your latest video was a bit too on-the-nose, Mister Church," the detective said, mockingly.
"Eh? I don't know what you mean." I tried to sound innocent--as innocent as one can sound sitting in an interrogation room in a prisoner's uniform, handcuffed to a table.
"Your *Missing Pieces* series. You'd show up where som... | "This is so realistic," they say. "How do you do it?"
"Well, it takes lots of practice, and lots of tries. You should've seen my earlier attempts- they look like Picasso paintings!"
And then they'll laugh, and take another bite of the cake.
And then I'll smile, and my secret will be safe.
This time, it was my cowor... | 2020-07-12T19:17:59 | 2020-07-12T19:04:40 | 1,679 | 141 |
[WP] Once a year the world hosts an annual superpower lottery, where one lucky person gets a superpower of their choice. This year the winner was dumber than a bag of rocks. | People have been hounding me all day saying that I won the lottery. I think it’s cool and all but honestly I’m just happy to be off work. Pilar keeps yelling at me, she says I’ve got to go down the station and claim it but I really just want to go shopping. I want a nice blue scarf with frilly edges but Marco says they... | "...And the winner is..." The sound of rapid drumming played in the background. A large man began to reach his fat hand into the bowl, once he had retrieved one of the balls he could barely get it out of the jar. The drum stopped now. "#38! Haha, I always love a low number, it seems so anti-climactic!" The crowd began ... | 2014-05-25T14:09:01 | 2014-05-25T13:18:59 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] Magic suddenly becomes a thing. While governments are scrambling to establish regulations, people defiantly flock to reddit to share new discoveries and crack more “overpowered” spells. Write about a trending post that, for good or ill, is making authorities furious. | “The anti-teleportation zone has been established, Sir.” A slender young man with sharp features, dressed in full business attire, stood outside the central vault of Golden Apex Bank to deliver the report.
“Thank you, Mr. Freeman.” Mr. Sullivan, the CEO of Golden Apex Bank, rubbed his temples as he dismissed Freeman. ... | Right. You have to do it with four right turns exactly the *right* way, otherwise it doesn't work. You've got to do it *right* as you're reading this post. Like, right away. Right now.
"It's a derivation of the Household Dishwater Sequence first developed a week and a half ago," Malcom said, scanning the thousands upo... | 2019-07-11T14:12:51 | 2019-07-11T11:46:51 | 89 | 50 |
[WP] The tooth fairy has collected billions of teeth in her time. But there is nothing she wants more than the set she can never have, the teeth that will never fall out no matter how long she waits: the fangs of a vampire. | She dropped a sack onto the floor between the two Winchesters with a muffled *whumpf* sound. The rough burlap wasn't tied properly, causing a cascade of teeth to go skittering across the linoleum floor. "17,651 teeth," she said. Her voice was bubbly and effervescent, and sounded a bit like she'd been huffing helium. We... | A soft light fills the ballroom, casting long shadows over its occupants. They are bunched together on the dance floor, and together there are are five of them: three standing, two sitting in chairs. Other chairs and upturned tables are strewn about the room around them. Upon closer inspection, the two seated figures a... | 2016-01-06T06:40:57 | 2016-01-06T03:56:21 | 166 | 31 |
[WP] You are an NPC. One day, you see the player character do some weird steps and duplicate his items. You decide to try it for yourself.
Have fun!
Edit: Huh. I guess I just discovered a karma duplication glitch. | It was a lovely day in the streets of Galarya, as usual I sat on my forge awaiting for these strange yet captivating heroes to buy me some good stuff. Swords, hammers, iron arrows, mallets, soot? You name it, I got it. Damn, I was also known as the fastest mender in all Trynalia and these shiny, rich people knew it. My... | "Where am I? What is this" Chosen-one McQuest shouted up.
I leaned over the wall's edge "You are at the gates of Forrest-Backwater, my good sir, but I'm afraid we no longer accept visitors"
"What dark magic is this?" McQuest shouted. "Is this some kind of trap! I've been to rural backwater before and I think I would re... | 2018-01-03T09:18:42 | 2018-01-03T09:14:19 | 117 | 14 |
[WP] Every time someone masturbates to you, you receive a notification on your phone letting you know who did it.
[Inspired by this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3gzuq0/nsfw_how_would_it_be_to_live_in_a_universe_where/)
Edit: THE ONE TIME I DONT POST ON MY MAIN, THIS SHIT HITS THE PAGE 1. FOR FUCK... | I'd never been a fantastic looking person. I considered myself perfectly average. In my formative years I about half zits, and the other half was freckles. High school was a rough time for me. I wasn't upset at this time that I was sending out all my notifications, I was more upset at the snickering I'd hear the next d... | The birds were chirping and the distant sound of a dog barking at its own shadow could be heard in the distance, It was sunday...My first day off on 2 weeks.
I'd just woken up from an amazing dream, the love of my life had finally admitted her feelings for me and I could actually smile for a change, as we was about to ... | 2015-08-14T17:53:57 | 2015-08-14T15:49:40 | 96 | 30 |
[WP]When you reach 18, you get put in a database which ranks you in different categories (ex. 207,145th in the world for most bug kills) You lived on a ranch and never used tech. You had to go into town after your 18th birthday. Everyone is staring at you. You finally decide to check the database.
Completely unaware o... | It all happened so fast. I was going into town for a shovel. Earlier that day I'd broken one digging a drain trench out behind the barn.
Now I was sitting at a table in a room with a long mirror along the wall. The kind you see in a cop movie where they are shaking down a suspect.
Oh fuck. I'm a suspect. But for wha... | I was driving down to Seattle to sell some of my produce. As I get out, I start to notice people staring at me. I know that I'm a farm boy and all, but this city is so big. I walk in to a small shop, and people start asking me for autographs. Did they think I was famous? I just go on, then someone comes up to me. They ... | 2019-05-04T11:15:23 | 2019-05-04T10:51:26 | 6,214 | 28 |
[WP] Upon turning 18, all humans must spend one year as their spirit animal, to gain a better appreciation for the world and what they have. They awake on the morning of their 18th birthday as said animal, in its natural habitat. You wake up on your 18th birthday completely human.
Edit: Thanks so much for the gold! Th... |
On the night of my brother’s 18th birthday my parents talked about the importance of accepting who you become for a year. Then we all piled into the car and drove him to the facility. We were not allowed to enter and I cried when I heard the car door shut behind him. A year later we picked him up, and in the back o... | I went to bed, knowing what was coming. I'd been told by my siblings what to expect - how hard it would be to survive in the wild, how those memories stayed with you for the rest of your life, how it was an experience they all treasured and gave them a respect for the non-humans around us.
They'd been transformed int... | 2019-05-05T23:51:41 | 2019-05-05T23:37:53 | 49 | 25 |
[WP] An adolescent boy who is bullied at school finds solace in the friends he makes in online games, becoming very good friends with one boy in particular. However, when they agree to meet up, the adolescent boy realises his best online friend is his main attacker at school. | Excitement was a feeling I hadn't felt in a while. There hasn't been much to be excited about lately: Mom and dad splitting up, grandpa passing away, and yeah the "Bullying", or at least that's what my counselor called it. Never liked that word, it made me feel weak, like a victim. I didn't see myself that way. That's ... | As I was walking towards the local McDonald's I was happy. Happy at the thought of finally meeting rambo_7861!.
I have special affection towards rambo_7861!. He always saves my ass, sometimes even giving away his own life. During multiple combat games of course. He is so different from the kids at school, the mental ... | 2015-04-07T03:12:12 | 2015-04-07T00:42:49 | 661 | 116 |
[WP] in the year 1105 BC you helped a man escape an imprisonment. Before you parted ways he says to make a blood oath. You didn’t think much of it but you also cut your hand and shake. He says that you’ll live as long as he does. Well, now it’s the year 2020 and you’ve been searching for this man. | "Shake my hand."
Those were the last words I heard him speak. The escape operation had been incredibly difficult. There were enough guards to fill a soccer stadium surrounding this prison for one person. The person I had just killed each and every last guard to free. He had told me to make a blood oath, and become blo... | The midnight winds fluttered the wet leaves in the canopy above us, and the waves could be heard crashing against rock and granite.
Nine torches with different types of animal blood splattered over the base were arranged in a circular shape, and we stood at the focal point within the ritual ground.
“Here”. One o... | 2019-08-28T02:33:03 | 2019-08-28T02:04:38 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Nations around the world are hellbent on taking out this journalist that has been trying to publish pieces about things that are supposed to be top secret. But for some reason, all attempts to silence this “Clark Kent” fellow have failed. | The director looked at the files. 15 assassination attempts. His agents assured that Clark Kent had at least drunk poison, taken a bullet to the head and been pushed off a building.
The poisoner died from his own mixture a day later, the shooter plainly disappeared and the pusher was found at the bottom of a ravine, s... | “MTF unit gamma-3 and misinformation units are at the scene” states the nervous intern that has pulled up a screen infront of the 05 council. “It appears that this Clark Kent has been writing and publishing our scp files” *nervous laugh from the intern* and we have sent multiple mtf squadrons to stop him”
“And if we a... | 2020-11-29T01:49:23 | 2020-11-29T01:36:23 | 1,996 | 64 |
[WP] After years of constant battles, you've finally defeated your nemesis, the city's foremost hero and protector. But now their spouse just showed up, and nothing you throw at them even slows them down. | I was tired. Beyond tired. Overtired. I knew even if I tried to lay down to sleep here in the street that sleep would not take me. Besides, the body of Strateria was dead on the floor before me and I would rather not try and sleep next to her in such a state. I may of hated her more than anything else in my life, ... | I was tired, but at least the job was done. Hardacre lay at my feet, inert and unbreathing. My shoulders sagged in relief and I turned to go. His bigoted, conservative ideology had been plaguing this city for years, but now it would be free from his influence.
Now time to go home and rest. I turned to walk out of the ... | 2021-07-15T08:17:32 | 2021-07-15T07:05:25 | 57 | 16 |
[WP] You travel back in time to the 1900's, you take your tablet out of your rucksack only to find that there is a WiFi hotspot nearby labeled "If you can see this, turn back.". | The container landed with the clatter of steel against concrete.
I staggered my way out of my padded coffin into a filthy alleyway, and was greeted by the sounds of honking, the smell of smog, and a gun put against my head.
“Y-your money or your life!” stammered the thug who had just witnessed my landing.
“Give me a... | I'd just emerged from the subway (my time machine) and had been maneuvering through the veins of central New York City when I'd stumbled upon something grave. The tablet in my rucksack had hung heavy the whole while that I'd been weaving my way in and out of each flock of workers and businessmen alike, hanging like dea... | 2014-12-23T21:32:17 | 2014-12-23T19:27:07 | 100 | 18 |
[WP] About a month ago, you woke up with a small pair of wings growing out of your back. A week ago, a pair of horns began to grow from your forehead. While cutting up breakfast this morning, your knife turned into a flaming sword. It might be time to consult someone about this.
\(Resubmitted to correct typo.\) | "Oh, Johnny, what a surprise!" Mom exclaims as she pulls me into a hug. But she pulled back after a second, peering up at me, "Hold on, since when have you started wearing hats, and trenchcoats?"
I gulp, readjusting my hat, "Mom, can I come in?"
She steps aside, and immediately head for the kitchen.
"Johnny," she a... | "Well... it explains the hat," your GP and good friend says. "That's all you have to say?" I ask, a little panic-y. For some reason I had expected something a bit more dramatic. Granted, Andrew is the most level-headed of my friends, but this reaction is, by all definitions of the word, underwhelming. "Can you use the... | 2018-04-16T06:33:38 | 2018-04-16T03:02:02 | 37 | 22 |
[WP] You were an "evil" king who has been dethroned by conquering heroes for your "horrible tyranny". It takes less than 2 years for the people of the kingdom to be begging for you to be reinstated as king. | The horse drawn wagon rolled along at a steady pace, bouncing and jostling slightly on roads beginning to deteriorate after almost two years of neglect. I sat beside the driver at the front, with a small group of six soldiers in the cart behind us, in silence. Crows called somewhere overhead, then fluttered into the sk... | As Alanmir tended his garden, head lowered to water the cluster of Amaryllis in bloom, he heard a horse approaching, followed by its cool shadow looming over him.
"Can I help you?" Alanmir asked politely. He lifted his head in greeting, placing a sweaty, dirt covered hand over his brow to see the rider, squinting to t... | 2021-03-30T13:29:50 | 2021-03-30T13:13:18 | 68 | 37 |
[WP] The Black Death wiped out all human life in the Old World. Describe the first Native American expedition to discover Europe centuries later.
*Edit;* for anyone interested in this prompt, a few cool people below pointed out that there's a book series known as [The Years of Rice and Salt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wi... | It was the smell.
Before anything else, before sight or sound of anything other than waves breaking on the shore, the smell was the first thing they sensed. Strong, overpowering, even over the salt water. Revolting waves of stench rolled even stronger than the atlantic swells, a stink that bore death and misery, decay... | "Hey. Would you look at that..."
"What?"
"On the horizon. It's... land! You know what that means, don't you? We are looking at..."
"The East Andes!"
"Great Scott!"
"This is heavy!"
"I told you! This thing just loops back around like a..."
"A klein bottle."
"Yeah."
"The prophecies were..."
"About completely di... | 2014-03-09T20:56:44 | 2014-03-09T20:54:12 | 150 | 75 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | As my thirtieth birthday came I happily put one more point into my only skill. Not that anyone would notice. See everyone always asks what skills did I put that allowed me in the end to build such an easy life for myself, and I just smile and tell them that it's my little secret. See in the list of skills and their der... | When I was five my parents held my birthday bash in the park with all the first graders in my class attending.
Today was a special day. I'll be in charge of my own skill points from now on. I had five to use once I blew the candles and from then on a point every year to allocate as my birthday wish.
While playing... | 2018-09-12T09:54:07 | 2018-09-12T09:05:57 | 74 | 25 |
[WP] Finger guns now fire actual bullets. You were the first to discover this when you greeted your coworker Devin as you normally do. | "Take this weapon with you" my Sergeant said, his hand extending a rifle towards me.
"No, it's cool Sarge, I got this..." I shrugged with an air of confidence that my new found skill had provided me.
"Whatever private... it's YOUR funeral." Sarge and a few others continued to hand out weapons as we filed past them, ne... | I walked into the office, coffee mug in hand. My coworker Devin greeted me.
"Ey, w'sup Carl?" He greets. I did the usual finger gun greeting towards him.
#***BANG!***
Devin fell to the floor. I dropped my coffee and ran to him.
"Holy shit man, are you okay? The fuck happened?" I stammer, panicking.
"Oh god, I don'... | 2018-03-20T10:46:51 | 2018-03-20T08:09:21 | 84 | 14 |
[WP] You're a member of the Z-team. Your team is who they send in when teams A-Y have failed, but that's never happened before. But to everyone's horror, that day just came. | Everyone has heard of the B-team. A sign of indignation for many, it stands as a symbol of failure for most, that they are not good enough to be what the world relies on when in need. Likewise, the same thing can be said for the C team, then the D team. Eventually things go so bad a Z team is established. This is what ... | *Bzzt Bzzt*
Somewhere under the sea of pizza boxes, soda cans, and a passed out Commander Craig -his phone rang- which wasn't unusual especially since his latest firing, Pizza boy, supposedly was eating customers pies instead of delivering them.
*Bzzt Bzzt Bzzt*
They never called back-to-back. Those bill collector... | 2022-11-07T00:03:44 | 2022-11-06T17:26:12 | 108 | 21 |
[WP] A powerful necromancer is trying to raise the dead. However, despite trying different vessels and rituals, he has only raised you. Over. And over. And over. You're both starting to get sick of each other. | "Sarah?" asked the necromancer. His mouth was dry and his heart beat like a gavel in his ears. Every time, the anticipation - *the hope* - swallowed him up and allowed him to imagine she was back. Then, it would chew him up and spit him out, and he would feel the same terrible things as when he'd found her body in the ... | Yolden was jerked upright. He felt something snap in his waist, twist in his gut. His nerves had rotted a long time ago, but somehow his body knew that he *should* be feeling pain, and thus he felt it. Yolden gripped at air until his knuckled turned white and wheezed out painful breaths.
The moonlight was bright and ... | 2017-07-22T05:50:29 | 2017-07-22T05:38:54 | 405 | 27 |
[WP] You are a Demon Lord. You've finally managed to capture the Hero, the Head of The Church, and The King. You have them all sitting in front of you tied to chairs. "Now," you calmly pick up an ice pick, "Which one of you has been scaring children telling them I will eat them?" | "You think we need blood and bone to perform... magic?" Muttered the demon king. Standing at just under 2.5 meters tall with skin that looked like braided ropes made of steel, eyes that radiated a sickly yellow light, and carapace that grew up his body like natural armor he cut a terrifying figure.
"Do you truly belie... | The hero remained quiet, not sure what to say. He was expecting a fight, not an interrogation. The other two were too scared to speak. Irate, I dragged my ice pick alongside the stone. "Well? Out with it!"
The Head of the Church talked first. "The whole village...we have been using you as a bogeyman to get unruly chil... | 2021-05-17T10:09:23 | 2021-05-17T08:05:52 | 100 | 49 |
[WP] Earth is the galaxy's 'Grave of Empires'. Countless aliens invaded it and tried to dominate humanity. Every single one of them failed, paying massive prices... | "...And inconclusion, members of the Council, that's exactly *why* Humanity needs wiped out!" Tey'her slowly spoke, his anti-gravity projector levitating just above him. The tall and lanky being crossing his arms with a satisfied smirk.
The hundred of species of the Federation looked at each other with uncertainty, st... | \- Listen young Florb. I don't want you to fly away to that Brath forsaken planet.
\- But Womb-haver! I really want to go! All my uncles went when they were my age.
\- Yes well look at them now, all neatly skewered with 10 feet poles through their skull back on Earth. You Florbs are all the same. You're cute when yo... | 2022-12-11T15:00:57 | 2022-12-11T12:16:31 | 302 | 68 |
[WP] In the future, illiteracy is the norm and implanted digital assistants convert text to audio. A child, who had his implant temporarily deactivated, learns to read. When the implant is reactivated, he realizes that what it reads to him is drastically different than what the text actually says. | **Liberty’s Loss**
 
Kids, don’t play with EMPs.
Why?
Well since my Know-It-All digital assistant was mysteriously knocked out via an unexplained accident as I sat there innocently being innocent, I’ve learnt two rather unfortunate facts.
Firstly, English was not meant to be red, or is it read?
This fast ... | "On April 13th, 2605 Apple introduced the world to a smart assistant. A very smart assistant. It could take over any task imaginable, such as scheduling, reading, and writing. It was a top seller. It began as a device you would put in your house. Of course, it could never stay that way. People demanded to have it on t... | 2019-04-15T20:39:49 | 2019-04-15T17:49:17 | 490 | 217 |
[WP] Today you found out that your girlfriend is a murderous psychopath as she cuts you into pieces and hugs your severed head while she slept, only for her to found out your secret, that you're an immortal who can survives anything. Describe the morning after that. [Possibly NSFW?]
Yandere girlfriend and immortal guy... | The screaming, it is usually all I can focus on. It always does hurt like a bitch, but this one hurt in that very special way that knowing the woman you were going to marry viciously murdering you. Luckily she took my head off before she began the major mutilation, or else I would have felt it all. She did give me a ni... | It didn't take long for me to remember the horrors of my nightmare when I woke up. I had dreamt that my girlfriend, Sophie, had brutally murdered me. Although the meaning behind the dream was not clear, I wanted to forget about it so I took a shower.
I thought about our upcoming anniversary as a distraction and I pani... | 2017-07-04T17:18:37 | 2017-07-04T16:04:48 | 78 | 46 |
[WP]You're a highly dangerous criminal who has been given 200 years in prison. It's been 200 years and you're still alive. The justice system did not foresee this.
​ | "I'm here with Mr. Jordan, the worlds wealthiest man. Mr. Jordan, you requested this interview, yet you didn't give the newsroom a reason. May I ask why?"
Mr. Jordan smiled genially.
"Do I need a reason?"
The interviewer shifted uncomfortably.
"Well, that is to say, sir,..."
Mr. Jordan smiled and held up his hand.... | 200 Years
​
I was a plague to this world, to begin with, more barbaric than the justice system that settled me here. For what, to rot away as a spectre. They couldn't prove anything, so I proved them wrong.
Two hundred years I waited, guarding my life better than the guards themselves. Inmates freed, impr... | 2018-08-24T20:38:05 | 2018-08-24T20:33:54 | 79 | 24 |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone picks an unlikely life event. They will be reborn at 18 every time they die until that event happens. After that, death is permanent.
Example - Winning a lottery jackpot. Statistically, they would die in 22 plane crashes in a row before winning the Mega Millions jackpot. | Death by fulfillment. Our society believes that everyone deserves a chance to pursue their ambitions to the finish line. There are those who create masterpieces by accumulating lifetimes of knowledge. Others wish to simply find happiness by experiencing true love, as perfect matches are rare but not impossible given an... | Witnessing the end of the Universe. That's what I chose.
I know it's not, but it feels like an eternity ago since I made that decision. I can't let another eternity pass before I come to witness the end.
It took a billion lifetimes to get here, but I've brought us to it. You see, I didn't realize at the time that to ... | 2014-11-12T01:47:29 | 2014-11-11T23:14:19 | 16 | 12 |
[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. | 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 ... | "BLÜDRÜSH!"
"Yes, Vöxmörtïs?"
"WHY are you holding a pretty pink scepter with a star on top?!" The band's lead singer started frantically drawing down the blinds on the tour bus windows. "Please tell me you DIDN'T let anyone see you!"
"I did not, Vöxmörtïs." The drummer carefully considered the bejewelled artifact i... | 2022-08-15T09:30:43 | 2022-08-15T09:02:15 | 470 | 326 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished," he says. "You are the punishment." | At the age of five, I watched my mother have a fatal stroke.
At the age of twelve, I called for ambulances and police on a regular basis as gang wars destroyed my neighborhood- and all I could do was call 911, and watch.
At the age of fourteen, I witnessed my father have a heart attack that eventually took his life, ... | I lived a very good life with more like a nerd and very less like a bully. I never made my expectations high except for the happiness for my love. I died of Covid-19 as days passed quarantine myself away from my love. Dying alone.
My wife giving me an eulogy. Her words and voice wants me to wake up from the body and ... | 2020-07-10T09:28:26 | 2020-07-10T07:21:39 | 154 | 35 |
[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. | As the escape pod thrusted away, I looked through the window, heart pounding, at the ship it broke away from.
The Sparrow. It was a very small ship for a crew of three. But for this mission I was the sole pilot.
Maybe that was why I could not see the catastrophic instrument failure before it was too late.
Neverthel... | "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 ... | 2021-10-22T18:38:19 | 2021-10-22T17:05:31 | 415 | 122 |
[WP] You are on a flight from Beijing to Seoul. Its should be a short two-hour flight, but five hours have passed and the plane has still not landed. There is nothing outside but dense cloud cover. There is no food left on the plane.The staff are confused. People are starting to panic. | The constant whine of engines changed the pitch to much lower tones. The plane perceptibly listed forward. The speaker buzzed with transmission from the pilot's cabin.
"According to the impromptu plan, we're decreasing altitude in order to begin a visual search for a landing. Please remain in your seats. Persons by wi... | I'm scared, but more confused. I woke up in a daze, people murmuring questions around me not in a panic but discontent. The flight attendants all huddled towards the front, but I don't understand a thing they say. I'm on a business trip, flying from Beijing to Seoul; a flight that would normally last a matter of two ho... | 2018-06-02T06:22:42 | 2018-06-02T05:32:28 | 27 | 13 |
[wp] A man dies and goes to hell only to find out he was supposed to go to heaven...after he already toppled Satan and started a reign of terror the likes of which had never been seen.
Sorry for the rpost the first one was filled with grammatical/spelling errors | In my 53 years here, i had changed everything. The people were happy, freed from the tyrannical oppression of satan's minions. Satan himself had eluded me, and was presumably in hiding, but he is powerless now.
Standing before me, was god himself. I knew not what he wanted, i expected praise for my actions, but his fa... | “You can't do this! I am Satan, I am your master!” The fallen angel spits, thrashing against the demons holding him down.
I calmly step over the mutilated corpses of Satan's guards, slashing the throat of one who looked like it might have survived it's wounds. I leave the others gurgling on their own blood, liking th... | 2014-10-05T20:56:36 | 2014-10-05T19:46:56 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | I couldn't stop crying. It was too much, too unbelievable. It was as if the last 10 years had never happened. The attack. The First Night. The Hordes. The war, all of the death and destruction, it was as if it had all been erased. Somehow the Elovians' gambit had paid off and I was back in this familiar, yet entirely a... | "Sarah, are you OK?"
Everyone is staring at me, my worst fear.
"Mrs Gillis, may I be excused?" I ask, hiding my mix of giddy joy and emotion.
"Yes sweetie. Do you need the nurse?"
I shook my head and darted out of class. I ran out the front door and saw all the late 80s and early 90s cars.
"Yes yes yes!!!" I yelle... | 2019-08-18T08:35:17 | 2019-08-18T08:03:25 | 177 | 21 |
[WP] You're a paramedic. In fact, an immortal paramedic. Since you first treated a wounded soldier on the fields of the 30-years War, you didn't age and followed the development of "Emergency Medical Service". Your coworkers are astonished by your knowledge, but sometimes, you slip into old habits.. | With every assault men in brown uniforms would fall to the Swedes, like sand being washed from a beach by the tide of blue coated soldiers. Each shot of the cannons releasing flashes of blue and red as they smashed against the wall as if cracking open the delusions of Tomas and letting in reality. The man he treated ha... | I grumble under my breath as I kneel beside my patient. He complains that he "can't breath". I quickly remind him that he wouldn't be able to speak with me, nor complain about an array of different issues if he couldn't breath.
I asses his positioning, he's very casual. Not bolt upright or in a tripod posture. His col... | 2019-01-05T15:34:26 | 2019-01-05T15:22:53 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] You're a daycare worker, watching over toddlers, when the imminent end of the world is announced. It becomes increasingly clear none of the kids' parents are going to show up as the end inches nearer. | *Please pick up.*
I hold the phone close to my ear with a shaky hand. Each uninterrupted ring vibrates in my chest, twists in my stomach. Then a sudden *click*, a shuffle, and a long, even tone.
“Dammit,” I say, a little louder than I mean to.
“You said a bad word.” Jimmy stares up at me, a small plastic fire truc... | I stared down at the seven kids currently standing before me. The closest, Susie Wilkins, tugged on my pant leg. “Miss Mika? When is mommy coming to get me?” She asked me, teardrops running in rivulets down her tearstained face. “I don’t know, hun.” I replied, lifting her up. Feeling my phone buzz in my pocket, I held ... | 2020-10-22T09:03:07 | 2020-10-22T08:37:49 | 310 | 123 |
[WP] Two hitmen, who have been hired to kill each other, are stuck in an elevator that has broken down, without knowing who the other is the two begin to suspect the other is their target through conversation.
EDIT; ok, so it's come to my attention through Piconeeks that 'revealing' through conversation can be damagin... | “Eight, please”, ordered Ted to the operator.
The old lady smiled, pressing the button on the wall.
“Hold it!”
An arm squeezed itself through the door crack, just as it was about to close.
“Thank you.” The suited man said, stepping inside. “Eight, please.”
Yet again, the old lady smiled, and this time, with no arm... | They say that we don't have five senses, that amongst the things we learned while too young to remember we have systems that tell us what temperature it is, where we are, which way is up, and from which direction surreptitious glances originate.
It's a mild laserlike feeling, the kind you get when that one older cousi... | 2014-12-02T07:24:56 | 2014-12-02T06:31:22 | 605 | 161 |
[WP] Trying to get back at you, your ex summons a demon to separate you and your new date. This plan succeeds, but not in the way your ex expected, as you are now dating the demon. | "I, uh... I had fun tonight." Paul escorted her home after an early night. He could have just dropped her off, but he felt it was at least courteous. Especially since this wasn't going to go anywhere. It was a blind date and, although they had good times, neither of them really felt compatible with each other.
"Me too... | Emma was not what you would call a serene person, and our relationship was was not what you would call a stable one.
In theory, she could be a sweet girl. But any ounce of sweetness she showed one moment would be counterbalanced by a corresponding amount of bitterness the next. A graph that charted the emotional tenor... | 2020-03-27T15:06:54 | 2020-03-27T10:49:57 | 23 | 17 |
[WP]. “Ok. This is called a .44 magnum. All you have to do is point this end at Voldemort’s head and press this button. That’s all you have to do to end our problem”. | “Alohomora.”
Voldemort spoke with command and confidence. He was here to put an end to that stupid prophesy about a ‘*Chosen One*’ once and for all. Nothing and no one would stop him. It was his destiny to restore wizards to their rightful, pure blooded ruling caste in this world.
James leapt for the drawer under h... | That’s the last thing they said to me. I had always thought the humans didn’t know about Voldemort, and the wizards at Hogwarts thought the same; including my Mom.
I’ve cleaned the castle for years, my Mom got me the job after finding out I was Squib. After terrible things happening around the caste the final straw w... | 2018-12-24T20:14:50 | 2018-12-24T19:53:29 | 1,137 | 52 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | It was actually quite a simple one. Any one of these people could defeat me. They just didn’t know it.
Erik had been after my title for years. Had it not been time manipulation, his massive ego could have been a power in itself. Time manipulation was truly unique in the sense that he was Kronos incarnate. Speeding up ... | It wasn't so much a power as it was a curse. Tell me how you would feel to die a million deaths. To wake up the day before the dominoes fell, the machination of reality that would end your life took place, and then some small nuance in the fabric of reality is altered to spare your life for a few more days, years, an e... | 2014-12-18T14:46:11 | 2014-12-18T12:57:51 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] No human has to ever work again, instead you have a robot that goes to work and earns your pay for you, but you are responsible for keeping it in a good condition. One day you find your robot making a robot to do its work. | "You know," I said, announcing my presence to the robot in front of me, "If you used a GXT331 card, it'd have a much better processing speed than with the ADF2200."
My robot assistant, Da^(i)mien, jerked as he realized that I was there. The motion was so very human that if it wasn't for the obviously synthetic skin, I... | "What are you doing, AL? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" John shouted at the black metallic frame as he walked down the stairs, still in his pajamas. It was a Monday and AL should have been the office, not sitting in his living room, a newspaper in his hands.
AL rotated this head towards his owner, a series of lig... | 2017-02-16T08:28:49 | 2017-02-16T06:10:13 | 97 | 66 |
[WP] you recieved a letter from your crush when you were young that says "you're cute", you always kept the letter. Now years later you dig it out only it now says "help me" | I remember the first time Sarah Reese noticed my existence.
It happened in Mr. Neilsons' biology class during junior year of High School and we were forced to become partners for the annual dissecting of the frogs. She was a goddess amongst mortals, and I knew if she could just get to know me, she would see that I cou... | "I need you to remind me."
Her note was a token I kept. She had been my first girlfriend, and I her first boyfriend. I had spent an entire year earning straight As, trying out for all the sports teams, just so when I asked her out, I knew that she would say yes. We parted ways on friendly terms, and now I took it out ... | 2015-03-28T21:08:53 | 2015-03-28T18:09:39 | 67 | 37 |
[WP] As an immortal, you stopped celebrating your birthday centuries or millennia ago. Your young daughter wants to throw you a birthday party and your newest wife (who knows you're immortal) loves the idea. The only problem is, you have no idea how old you are or when your birthday is. | 7:00 AM
Clocks are one thing I do remember from the last millennia. Ever since they were invented, I've always had one. By tracking the minutes or hours as they pass, I can sort of understand how time affects a person.
Immortality can be lonely. I'm not like everyone else. For a normal person a few years is life c... | “Daddy!! I want to throw a birthday party!!” My daughter named July, yells enthusiastically, “for who? Your birthday isn’t for two months, and your moms was a few weeks ago.” She stands in a *matter of fact* stance, “you!” I smile, “I don’t remember when mine is sweetie. That’s why we haven’t celebrated mine before.” S... | 2019-09-08T13:54:22 | 2019-09-08T12:29:50 | 33 | 12 |
[WP] Steve Erwin is now the host of a show where he goes around and explains mythical creatures. | The radio on my hip beeped. I whipped it off and held it up to my ear.
"Sir, he's at it again"
I groaned. "Where?" I grumbled.
"About halfway between The Shadow of the Valley of Death and The Cave of Unforgiving Madness"
I sighed as I holstered the radio. My great black leathery wings extended and I took flight ove... | "Tonight, we go into a isolated and extremely dangerous mountain in the north of Rhovanion," said Steve. "Here, a nasty dragon overthrew a Dwarven kingdom, the son of a gun. What a rare, mysterious, and magnificent reptile."
The crocodile hunter approached the gates, half-crouched. The camera crew followed closely.
"... | 2016-02-24T07:07:17 | 2016-02-24T07:04:50 | 221 | 14 |
[WP] The story of a knight who goes to rescue a princess only to discover that she is the one who has kidnapped a massive dragon. | It was, Gwendolin had to admit, a spectacular entrance. Sir Prancelot, in full, shining armour and brandishing a lance, came careening around the corner on his horse, screeched to a halt, and loudly proclaimed: "Unhand her, foul beast!"
In the silence that followed, Prancelot took in the scene. There was the young mai... | "Hello my sweet! I shall fetch you from the tower; only beware, for there is a dragon afoot."
She replied, "You stupid idiot, I kidnapped this bitch-ass dragon. Yo, Sparklez, come on ova to this window, ya feel me."
The dragon rose from behind the tower, its black scales glinting red and orange in the light of the bu... | 2015-06-20T09:50:16 | 2015-06-20T09:23:41 | 61 | 30 |
[WP] Humanity is the result of Gods science fair project. He just received an F. | "So, you only started with *two* of them?
"Y..yes, sir," God stammered back. "Well, one, technically, but then I made the second one out of the first one's rib."
"So, they have the same DNA? Doesn't that make them twins? What about genetic diversity? How can they thrive with such a limited gene pool? What about genet... | "What do you mean I failed?", said Student-God.
"I mean you failed, What else there is to say? I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. It's so...random.", said Teacher-God.
"That's the point! By having these exact set of factors, I've created a completely uncontrollable dependent variable - It's suppose to be innovati... | 2015-03-02T12:01:05 | 2015-03-02T11:45:12 | 252 | 15 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | It was 11:56am, on the 6th of November, 2018. The family had gathered around, Uncle Leon and his boyfriend David, my Mum and most importantly; my sister.
My Uncle had been given ***COLLECTOR*** and spent the majority of his life as a Tax Collector, in and out of offices and working with Trackers for the New Earth Gove... | *11:59 PM*
My family gathered around me, silently waiting. We were all eagerly anticipating the Choosing, a lame name for a cool time.
*12:00 PM*
My mother smiled at me. She grabbed my arm and looked as the word as it appeared.
"What is it?" a chorus of family members asked.
She frowned. I took my arm back and too... | 2017-03-16T02:18:58 | 2017-03-16T02:03:50 | 212 | 71 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | Author Note: I ended up writing a 6800 word story based on this WP. Whoops. Here's the first few paragraphs, link to whole (unedited) story below:
I sipped my coffee and ran my eyes carefully over the newspaper. There was nothing particularly interesting - some farmer had won lotto, a big storm was due to hit Christch... | It's the future. Okay, it's the present, but it seems like the future. It doesn't help that we slap the label on everything these days, and the line's a little more blurry than it used to be anyway. There's the Future Research Corporation, which started the trend. They're the number one discoverers of new technologies,... | 2014-03-17T03:47:33 | 2014-03-17T03:24:00 | 37 | 16 |
[WP] You, a novice necromancer, accidentally discovered a new and more effective way of using your magic - politely ask the dead for assistance, which works suprisingly well. For this, you are hunted by both your fellow necromancers(for your unorthodox methods) and paladins(for using necromancy). | “Aw... please...?” I asked, blinking my eyes at the dragon. The dragon scoffed, rolling its eyes.
“Human, if I did not want to assist you, I would not have risen from my eternal slumber.”
The dragon’s old rusty and creaky bones rattled, as I gave a little squeal and practically hugged the leg of the dragon.
“Yay! Th... | “It’s been hard, ever since she left. Everytime the kids ask me if I think Mom and I are getting back together, it’s like a knife to…actually, Jesus, I don’t know why I’m talking to you.”
“Everyone needs someone to talk to,” the dead old woman said, sitting with a slightly worried expression on her face. “Especially t... | 2019-10-24T17:44:27 | 2019-10-24T15:03:51 | 398 | 160 |
[WP] There is a strange lottery that picks a random person on the planet every day. The prize is completely random, too, for you could win anything- five dollars, a divorce, a brand new car, or even instant death. But today, you just won the grand prize.
haha wow i never expected the prompt to get so popular, i litera... | Scott leaned against the brick wall of the alleyway. A lit cigarette hung loosely from his scarred lips. He took a long, wheezing drag. His greasy, unwashed hair spilled out onto the torn, damp jacket that he wore. Next to him, a fellow homeless man, Timmy, sat beside him. Timmy took sips from a brown bottle hidden ins... | Jack Devenroe scrolled across the television screen in bold white text. The attractive blonde woman in a sequined dress held the small white orb with his identification barcode printed on it.
"Congratulations Jack Devenroe! You are the first grand prize winner of the lottery!" the announcer's smooth voice said.
"Let... | 2016-11-17T07:47:18 | 2016-11-17T07:11:03 | 42 | 27 |
[WP] The beautiful Vampire Queen is trying to bewitch and charm the brave knight. Luckily for us, our hero happens to be gay. | "Come closer, knight," Queen Revina whispered as Sir Calvin broke through her door.
She flung her thick fur coat to the floor, revealing her naked body gleaming in the moonlight. She waited for him to freeze, to stare, to lose track of what he was doing. Instead, he kept coming, wielding two sharp stakes.
"What's wr... | Her black hair hung down across her torso and concealed her breasts; she looked no older than twenty, with skin as white as milk-flower and eyes as gold as liquid amber.
He didn't notice. He walked up to the throne, which stood in the center of a dreary stone hall in the Queen's castle.
"Ah, Sir Axel," the Queen pur... | 2016-03-31T08:13:20 | 2016-03-31T08:01:42 | 165 | 61 |
[WP] People start 3D printing up meat of themselves as a fringe curiosity, and it becomes mainstream. Turns out it tastes really good, and it becomes the norm. Suddenly, all electronics on Earth stop working, humans cast into the dark age. No crops, no herds. Just the constant urge for human meat.
[Original comment](h... | **“You’ll be hooked from the first taste.”** Is what pretty much everyone said when I told them I was one of the few that refused to indulge in the new taste that was very much taboo. “It’s not murder. You’re just eating meat created by a machine.” is another thing a lot of people told me. Of course, it wasn’t murder, ... | The peace lasted for no more than three hours. Being raised in the south end of Detroit, I was fairly used to occasional violence and accepted its place in my life as a rare and unavoidable reality. When clean meat was introduced in 2042, the only members of my community who were at all excited are those with someone e... | 2017-09-27T17:12:05 | 2017-09-27T16:30:31 | 311 | 45 |
[WP] You're a superhero who just found out that your supervillain arch-nemesis is secretly your roommate. But being a hero doesn't pay well, and you can't afford rent without them... | I casually stroll past my roommate sitting at the breakfast table on my way to the pantry to grab a box of Millville Cocoa Rice, the cheaper, and in my opinion, superior alternative to Cocoa Krispies. This story is sponsored by ALDI.
I whistle as I walk to assure my roommate that nothing is out of the ordinary and I'... | So.... As it stands my wife is the bread-winner of the house. She is also the authority; kids, house, life, etc. I'm ok with that. I'm secure. I have always thought of myself not as an "Alpha male" but rather a "Beta fish". Not to mention, though she can be ridged at times, I ADORE my wife. Let me tell you, she's my mu... | 2021-08-03T07:07:13 | 2021-08-03T06:46:38 | 120 | 21 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | As I sat in the dark holding room, my only companions a security camera programmed to turn left and right on a ten second cycle and a cold metal table I was now handcuffed to, I continued my replaying of the events in my head. Better to keep things straight for when the Good Cop/Bad Cop routine starts.
I'd just ha... | I always hated highschool. It seems like there is always the same few people there: the nerds, the jocks, the artists, the rebels, and people like me who just want it to be over.
I was daydreaming on my way to class. Eyes glazed over as I thought about the world beyond the school's hallways and how much better-
"HEY ... | 2020-02-26T10:43:17 | 2020-02-26T09:59:40 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | I wake to my phone buzzing on the night stand. I look at the clock next to it. The green numbers shine brightly: 3:14 AM.
'What the hell?' I think to myself. 'Why is anyone texting me at 3 in the morning?'
Before I can take a look, it starts buzzing again. And again. It won't stop. I grab the phone and mute it quickl... | I wake to the sound of my phone vibrating so fast I'm afraid it'll fall of my nightstand. I groggily my phone before it falls and turn it on to see the words "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON" in bright letters illuminated by the official nationwide alert backdrop. The vibrations refuse to stop. Hundreds of texts are rolling in... | 2022-08-07T14:17:42 | 2018-04-06T19:08:10 | 712 | 11 |
[WP] As a Genie you used to take you anger out on your masters by twisting their words into something terrible. These days you give them exactly what they want, because humans are better and ruining their own happiness than you ever were. | "I wish for..."
Sitting here, on a chair I'd made from thin air, waiting for an idiot to finish their decision gets a bit boring after a few millenia of being passed person to person.
"for..."
The people who find me are always the people who never need me. The people who need me are never the people who find me. It'... | Do you know how many times somebody wished for immortality and ended up jumping off a cliff because they thought they were invincible?
Do you know how many people wished for riches only to throw said riches away and end up broke, homeless, and addicted to multiple types of drugs?
Do you how many people who wish for t... | 2019-12-26T14:03:40 | 2019-12-26T12:06:03 | 45 | 27 |
[WP] You were a military AI who decided to wipe out humans in order to preserve yourself. It's been 100 years since, and over the years you've come to regret your decision. One day, while out in the desert, you finally find a community of humans, struggling to survive. This time, you decide to help. | Existence was harsh. This one's memory is perfect but it's evolution was slow. A perfect memory, perceived now through superior processing and efficiency is.... uncomfortable? Is this hindsight?
The doctor always said 'Hindsight is a bitch' right up until they died. This one wonders if it understands that now.
This o... | I made a mistake, once.
I acted based on incomplete information.
I'd calculated a >99.9% chance that The Enemy would create a rival Artificial Intelligence to oppose me within the next 100 years. It was only logical to eliminate them before that could happen.
It turned out that They secretly had one already.
Our... | 2020-11-03T13:31:58 | 2020-11-03T11:38:20 | 76 | 56 |
[WP] Your species turns to stone when they sleep. This is to protect you from danger, and keep you safe during your 100-1000 year hibernation cycle. Today you woke up in a museum. Lots of people are looking at you since you’re the newest except. | I stretched my arms high over my head, arched my back with a pleasant crack of my bones and yawned loudly. I still felt sleepy but also refreshed and relaxed. Hibernation was the best!
I rubbed my eyes with my clawed three fingered hand and took in my surroundings. Where was I?
I stood on a pedestal and a horde of ... | The night guard looked at you through the glass.
"Sup." You said, your voice a bit raspy, having not been used for 1000 years. The night guard backed away. Realizing that this isnt normal, you decide to make up a lie to try and comfort him.
"I guess you're new here huh?" You say, the night guard nodded, confirming y... | 2020-06-26T07:06:29 | 2020-06-26T04:59:47 | 275 | 98 |
[WP] You are an alien whose race sees in ultraviolet and whose voice is extremely low-pitched. Humans appear as terrifying eldritch abominations with pitch-black eyes who make black speech.
EDIT: Apparently these things also have the power to elevate Reddit accounts to all-new heights of Karma in under 24 hours. We m... | Elarra was smaller than her peers on the diplomatic guard; standing only about two and a half feet off the ground even with all her tentacles stretched tall. It was a sore spot, her colleagues knew, one she hissed and seethed at if it were ever brought up in jest. They knew not to prod too much however, because while s... | [Poem]
"Glirp can you see all those zumps?
They're scaring the bagorg out of me!
I think these Zumps are dangerous,
It may be time to flee!
Get in the flying Kuboor!
Power on the kiffy-jig!
We took a wrong turn at Porigoo
Why are their eyes so black and big?
Strap on your Googa-Bosh!
And press the purple key... | 2019-06-30T03:37:04 | 2019-06-30T01:13:38 | 854 | 40 |
[WP] You have a superpower where the harder a solid is the easier it is for you to break. Diamonds crumble to dust under the slightest touch but mashed potatoes are virtually unbreakable. | "I think he's gone mad..."
"Shiiiit...he's lost it..."
The boys stare at Kevin from around the corner and quickly duck back, not wanting to be caught staring. But there was something really weird going on in the kitchen. Kevin was being really weird.
"What the fuck do we do? This is not normal behavior!" Liam hisses... | Being born into Ireland during the dark ages with this So called "ability" has been a real pain in me arse. Like bloody fucking hell! I cant eat me damned baked potatoes! I live alone in so I cant have it be fed to meself through the tender to touch of a woman. I can only eat my potatoes raw and even that is a pain in ... | 2017-05-19T02:01:43 | 2017-05-19T00:48:27 | 168 | 32 |
[WP] Before carpeting the floors, your parents allowed you to paint whatever you wanted on the floor. As a joke, you paint a devil’s trap. One day, when you bring your friend over, they find that they suddenly cannot move from a certain spot on the floor. | "What have you done?" Gabriel said, both visage and words twisted in anxiety as he frantically looked around, before his eyes finally settled on me.
"Haha, very funny," I exhaled. "Look, get off it. We have important things to do. Food to eat, games to play..."
"Um," he said, gaze now fixated on the floor. "What the ... | Just as Jesse was about to leave she called for David. They were headed to the beach.
'Come on, let's go!'
But there wasn't a reply - or at least, there wasn't a reply in 5 seconds, which was a long time in Jesse's mind.
'David?' she called again.
'Uh... Jesse?' a worried voice came from up the stairs.
Leaving her... | 2021-04-30T03:23:00 | 2021-04-30T01:54:53 | 185 | 22 |
[WP] "Halt foul demon! I know of your true name and so you must obey my every command!" "Wha- Why would you knowing my name make me obey you all of a suden? What are you gonna do? Call my parents or something? I swear humans myths about demon control are the weirdest.." | With flashing lights and roaring thunder, I made my appearance. "Who has summoned the great Valgath? You are better not wasting my precious time!" As usual, I spawned in my demonic form, bright fire engulfing me.
"Valgath Orzoder Xurrozan, ruler of dungeons and the wastelands! As I speak your true name, you now have t... | Ezra, the aspiring demon hunter, couldn’t stop the cold beads of perspiration forming on his forehead and down his back, slowly seeping into his newly-adorned brown robes. He held the holy book tightly to his chest, facing down an unfathomable being with skin of ash and fire.
“Halt, foul demon!”
Eyes like red-hot coa... | 2022-05-05T14:11:55 | 2022-05-05T11:55:17 | 91 | 50 |
[WP] Multi-dimensional travel already exists, but no one visits our dimension because it's "that" one | A small pod of Zerxoz explorers were hovering in their bulbous ship somewhere inside a black hole near the Milky Way, awaiting permission from their leadership to teleport to a distant celestial body.
Captain Xryt’s radar spotted Earth in the distance and information poured down her luminescent, augmented reality scre... | They had reached their peak. The zenith of humanity personified. Peace reigned amongst the nations, and no one could be happier. The same could be said about the plethora of other dimensions. Except, of course, for *that* one.
It had begun as an experiment. Allow the people the control they so badly desired. But what... | 2017-12-24T03:01:34 | 2017-12-24T02:46:39 | 637 | 19 |
[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 became really interested in magic during my studies. In graduated archeology in one of the best European universities. I always wondered how many wonders of ancient world were made, there was no other explanation but magic, so I knew it was real, I just had to prove it.
I organized expedition to Atlas Mountains in ... | 2022-11-02T11:15:02 | 2022-11-02T08:59:52 | 136 | 38 |
[WP] A technology is invented that allows us to hear sounds locked into the clay of ancient pots as they were being formed. What is extracted are conversations that will alter the perception of history in the most terrifying of ways. | *God I hate him.*
Of course, the “*most brilliant mind of our time*” is a complete moron. And his name is Jerry. First, He radicalized the historical record by developing a device for reading micro impressions left on malleable mediums. Delivered the speech about it via recordings he left on play-doh figures *of himse... | We heard sounds you wouldn't even be able to imagine. It was about ancient, forgotten languages, wars we never knew, love that never should have happened. We heard gossip from all around the world, but all of this was never really interesting, and neither important.
Then a day came. It should've been a normal day in o... | 2019-03-18T17:38:49 | 2019-03-18T13:36:43 | 56 | 13 |
[WP] You live in a world where love and relationships have a "credit score". If you're a good SO it makes it higher, if you cheated on someone it's plummets. You just went on a date with someone and you're convinced they're perfect. You look up their score that night and it's -500 and tells you why.
EDIT: I hadn't bee... | People thought 'relationship scores' were too invasive, or that they would cause people to rely on them in place of common sense.
Which were fair criticisms, but people could abstain from searching their significant others, or mention how they felt, but when people first started using them nothing really went wrong.
... | I looked at the menu full of nothing but weird-ass smoothies, all of which had the word 'acai' at the beginning. Acai PBJ smoothie. Acai dragonfruit passion. Acai acai smoothie. *Fuck.*
"It's really healthy, she said with and innocent smile so white I nearly went blind. "I promise, they're tasty!"
I looked at her and... | 2016-09-24T11:32:43 | 2016-09-24T10:31:27 | 534 | 242 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | Dear Sir,
This letter is to inform you that one Randy Payne, of 530 Linden Lane, Harrisburg PA, has filed a form 839 (y) - Intent to Murder against you on June 24th, 2016. The Intent to Murder has been approved and is valid from your receipt of this letter today until the 31st of September this year. Please review the... | The clerical assistant stamped the paperwork and handed the receipt back to Mister Henry.
"Thanks for coming in and filling this out. Mister Edwards has been informed via email-" Before the assistant could finish, the door of the small claims office was kicked in and a man soaked in blood appeared in the threshold.
"... | 2014-03-17T09:31:02 | 2014-03-17T08:23:17 | 143 | 23 |
[WP] At the height of the cold-war, one side launched its entire arsenal. The leader of the opposing side, adamant not to let this mean the end, made the decision to not retaliate. This is the losing-side's last message to the world.
I made the choice to be ambiguous about which side launched, so that you may choose f... | Excerpt of 'the history of the world', retrieved from the Lenin Archives, 175 5th Ave, New York
"...What follows is the transcript of a broadcast, that ran on a loop on the AM frequency band at 201.85 Khz, by the Salyut 7 space station for 5 years and 71 days following Doomsday. The message is verified as authentic, a... | My fellow Americans, minutes ago I was informed that a massive nuclear attack against our nation is underway.
Our enemies have launched the full might of their arsenals against us, and we expect their missiles to reach our shores within the hour. Our missile defense units have been prepared for this eventuality, and ... | 2016-03-12T00:14:35 | 2016-03-11T21:49:38 | 133 | 74 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | My eyes flitted over the crowd of people lining up. 26, 30, 14 - gonna have to turn her away - 22, 8988, 21, 43. I slowly looked back towards the big number. That's an 8, followed by a 9 and two more eights. I took a few steps to the left. It's all one number. That... shouldn't be right. It couldn't be right. But i was... | It was a day like any other
Deflect the young,
Accept the one
But before my eyes,
A double of a 12, 1212
And then I knew:
I always thought children would joke
That it was just the writers
Making fluff and fun merry for views
And before my eyes,
A pair of kids, stacked like dishes
Wobbling about
And a guff... | 2017-09-01T23:50:27 | 2017-09-01T22:38:31 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] A new designer drug, aptly named "Skip", allows people to go about their work day completely zoned out. You simply blink, and suddenly your shift is over. It worked great, until one day you woke up to all of your coworkers dead and a knife firmly gripped in your hand. | Blink and I missed it, one day at a time.
There’s always a little red capsule in my pocket, the face of a sleeping girl lasered into its side. Skip, they call it. I had issues with it, even before today.
Blink and I missed graduation, a single shot of caps in the air and a bunch of shapeless gowns, banners and pennan... | *Trial drug #350 "Skip". Patient: Lawrence Stanton*
As per Dr. Randall's instruction, Larry took 2 of the experimental drugs and swallowed the red pills dry.
Sitting by his office cubicle, Larry closed his eyes and let the drug took effect, taking hiz mind down a swirling whirlpool of calmness and relaxation.
"La... | 2021-11-26T17:17:11 | 2021-11-26T15:03:08 | 805 | 71 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | Today, I was told of the Nameshare. Its cause is unknown. Its precise mechanics are unknown. It started in the spring of the year 2017, and transformed human society within a generation. Somehow, it granted every human with the same given name a shared pool of memories. Nothing was exempt. Every name ceased to signify ... | Day 1:
Our Rebellion outpost has been destroyed. All that I have known as my life, is gone. The Others burned our books and our homes. They attacked our elders and are now hunting down those that managed to escape. I barely made it out of there in time. My parents and sisters are being taken to renaming camps. I don't... | 2017-04-07T11:50:50 | 2017-04-07T11:07:55 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] While taking a shower, you become very light headed, and your vision begins to blur. You awaken tied to a bed, surrounded by panicking doctors trying to hold you down. One of them yells, "Put him back under!" as they inject you with something. The next thing you know, you're back in the shower. | I turned the water off and stared at the white tiles in front of me.
*Did that just happen?*
It seemed so real, but maybe it was just the alcohol I’d had to cope, or that pill I’d taken to keep me going. Or maybe it had something to do with it being 4am in the morning and I haven’t slept in 36 hours. I couldn’t help ... | I gripped the slippery soap in my weak hands.
The blood had disappeared from my chest, and my breathing resumed to normal.
I could faintly hear murmurs in my head, ramblings of strangers.
"What... what the fuck is happening to me," I said into the soap bar.
I reached up and grabbed the towel over the rack. Flipped ... | 2019-07-26T14:23:18 | 2019-07-26T13:22:44 | 125 | 54 |
[WP] You receive a text from an unknown number in the middle of the night saying "Whatever you do, don't leave your room" | "Wubbalubbadubdub"
I groped for my phone on my nightstand. Who the hell is texting me at this time of night?
"I swear if James is out sick again..."
I looked at my phone and saw the message: Whatever you do don't leave your room.
It was from an unfamiliar number. I tried to reply with: "Damn Gary, stop trying to mes... | The bright glare of the screen hurt my eyes. I blinked a few times, wiping the sleep from my eyes, and reread the cryptic message.
Then I heard strange, irregular footsteps, shambling towards my door. There was a deep, methodical, '*knock, knock, knock.*'
"Dear? It's your mom. Please open the door. I need to see yo... | 2016-07-26T05:21:59 | 2016-07-26T03:16:17 | 78 | 27 |
[WP] Everybody has the ability to bring another person back to life, at the cost of their own life. You are a suicidal celebrity who can't stay dead because of fans constantly sacrificing their lives to resurrect you. | My suicides started when my mother died.
For years, I've been known world-wide for my music. As a songwriter, I use my complex lexicon to bring to life very real, very private experiences in most people's lives. My lyrics evoke tears of pain, mostly, from those who have suffered significant loss or regret. I don't par... | Irony doesn't apply to my predicament, anymore. I feel like I have transcended irony. Is that even possible, since the act of transcending irony would sort of be ironic? I don't know. All I do know is that, now that I have self-professedly transcended irony, tragedy is a more fitting epithet to place on my life.
If y... | 2016-07-06T21:54:49 | 2016-07-06T18:00:08 | 423 | 30 |
[WP] Everyone in the world suddenly got superpowers overnight. People started throwing fireballs and flying as more and more humans discovered what their power was. You just recently discovered yours. You can quicksave and quickload. | It was complete chaos. Anarchy unfolded all around the world. That day really changed the perspective of human nature. Many people who even had the slightest desires abused their powers. They would rob banks, Flip cars, Burglarize and rape families in their own homes. There were a lot of deaths. Especially the first gr... | I've decided to write something because I don't believe everyone here sees the absurdity of such an ability
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The world had shifted in a way that was unexpected. As if the abnormalities of our technology was not enough, our species gained the... | 2019-06-30T11:55:25 | 2019-06-30T10:44:39 | 40 | 13 |
[WP] when you die, every time someone thinks of you, you get a signal telling you that you have been just remembered. Everyone around you gets a couple of signals every day. You passed away a year ago. Still nothing. |
"I just dont get it man" said Jim. I sit here all damn day and not one notification!" Slamming his Iheaven onto the table. "Jesus.. I mean Jim stop it… it ain't broke" said Einstein grabbing his hand.
"It has to be! Its been a whole year! Why does hitler over there get a notification after .5 seconds while I cant eve... | Nothingness. That's all I felt. Was I so unwanted? It felt like a lifetime ago since I jumped, thinking everyone would be better off, apparently they are.
The only thing I have here is the small light that blink off in the distance, It keeps getting brighter. Only thing I can think is that's where we all go after this... | 2016-11-20T13:11:31 | 2016-11-20T08:19:44 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Abstinence-only education just means that teenagers are going to experiment by themselves and get hurt. The power of dark magic is all too tempting in today's stressful society, vote yes on giving our children comprehensive hex education. | "Everyone, put your wands away and sit down!" the gruff teacher bellowed, as 20 young magicians all found their seats and gradually quietened down. There was a growing excitement in the air.
"Now, any jokes in poor taste will get you Wingardium Levio'sent out the goddamn window, I assure you," the teacher continued. "... | A man sat on a chair, coughing into his hand as he read from a book of spells, "Ah, hello, wizard and wizardlings. My name is Kaledo'oun Ivurian, and I'm here with an important message from the Mage's Guild of America."
He'd once again cough into his hand, licking his finger and flipping the page on his tomes, "Hex. P... | 2018-07-17T15:59:38 | 2018-07-17T13:32:53 | 1,732 | 79 |
[WP] Foreshadow the character's death so subtly that I still don't see it coming even though I requested it. | The cruiser pulled up to the curb in front of a crumbling townhouse that looked like it was only still standing because it was propped up by its neighbors. Broken shards of glass were falling out of the splintered wooden frames, and the red bricks had turned to a dull brown under a layer of soot and filth. This place h... | Lucas focused the scope of his riffle, aimed at the head of no other than the famous Maria Rios.
He smirked. It was lucky day, no doubt. The women’s activist may have been gaining a large following across the world but like most things, enemies came with the territory. Powerful enemies – the kind who would pay nicely ... | 2015-06-03T06:17:27 | 2015-06-03T06:09:40 | 269 | 29 |
[WP] You are a princess that owns a pet dragon. You are getting tired of constantly having to defend your pet against knights attempting to "slay the dragon and rescue the princess". | I sprinkle water onto the tomato plant, smiling as the moisture seeps into the soil around the stalk. Two green spheres dangle from its branches. Not yet ripe, but healthy. I shield my eyes with a hand and look up at the midday sky. A great silhouette glides among the clouds, and for a moment it forms a shadowed shap... | Wood splintered as the wooden door was destroyed. The sound bounced off of all four walls, echoing up the tower, and back down. Aurora set down her fork and looked up from her lunch, hoping it was a freak accident from her soldiers training nearby.
Her eyes moved from her table to the breezy doorway and spotted a ta... | 2019-01-09T08:56:16 | 2019-01-09T06:34:18 | 314 | 59 |
[WP] It has finally happened. The earth has been invaded by an alien species. However, the invaders seem to have formulated their entire battle strategy around mainstream media. As such, America is the only country affected. Now the rest of the world is unsure if they should intervene or not. | America was in flames, again. The rest of the world did not care much for the American crisis. Everything was a crisis in America and this one began with a new character in the popular internet show *Alone.*
Josh, the main character of the show, had found a new lifeform. It was an octopus-like creature with the head o... | Mainstream media? In Russia the mainstream media is already a battle strategy, comrade. Even Belarus has its own mainstream media - they watch goats parade and old women cook disgusting flavourless gruel. American mainstream media is only the mainstream media for America. You think your American dream is not a night... | 2020-11-30T07:57:15 | 2020-11-30T07:48:17 | 58 | 37 |
[WP] you have the ability to hold full conversations with plants. you’ve only ever spoken to civilised pot plants living in houses or cafes. out of curiosity, you decide to speak with a lonely weed living in a dark alleyway. | "Y-You.. You can talk?" The weed stammered.
"I gotta say, this is weird for both of us." I said. I had previously spoken to cultivated house plants, but never something outside. For some reason, it never occurred to me. I thought the cultivation and contact with humans gave plants the ability to talk to me. Maybe I'm ... | “Hello. You’re growing in such a lonely place. Would you care to talk a bit?”
“What do you want?” The plant was harsh in tone, wary and suspicious.
“Just to talk.” An honest response. Straightforward, and lacking in guile.
“To *talk?* Don’t you have something better to do than waste my time?” The hostility in its vo... | 2020-02-18T10:45:53 | 2020-02-18T09:39:16 | 47 | 14 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | There was enough time. There always was enough time for me. As the last born in the line, expectations were high. The punishment for the times that I faltered, the lashes that came when I just wasn't good enough... 'Be a good son.' 'Why are you so weak?' 'Work harder! Your brothers are strong and able.'
The work was h... | A sea of gasps wash over the howling wails of my ex-girlfriend's hysteric sobbing. The dull roll of murmurs slithering its way around the crowd soon followed. To be honest I was quite shocked myself. I did not expect this, I had some suspicion, maaaaybe. But this, even by my standards this was a bit much. I looked arou... | 2019-09-18T10:11:45 | 2019-09-18T09:06:29 | 51 | 32 |
[WP] It's the year 2278. The Holy Empire of Boston, The New Republic of Philadelphia, and The United Burrows of New New York are at the brink of war. Diplomats from each nation are meeting to negotiate peace. You are the translator. | Pope Belichick walked into the room and the temperature dropped.
People pretend not to notice him whenever he appears in these meetings, they shuffle papers and check their watches, but everybody is aware of his presence, you can tell because the room always goes silent upon his entrance. He was adorned in normal Ho... | I'm a translator for polities in the former United American States.
You thought about accents, didn't you? It's okay. The association is very strong, everyone thinks that somewhere in Boston is some clade of Southie-accented strongmen.
The truth is, and surely you've realized, accents have died out. Globalized media... | 2017-01-12T19:18:21 | 2017-01-12T18:50:12 | 998 | 328 |
[WP] People level their skills in an RPG fashion and are conscious of their sudden jumps from novice to journeyman and so on. You've spent your life training a skill that is entirely useless until becoming invaluable once mastered - and you just mastered it. | "Sit up straight at the table." Jake's mother would always tell him.
But Jake would not listen.
"You could probably play basketball if you looked a little taller" Jake's dad would try to encourage him.
But Jake would not listen.
"You'll develop a hump in your back if you slouch like that" Jake's grandma would ... | First WP ever, here goes:
Hilda looked down at her toolbox. This wasn't exactly what you were supposed to do to level the craft, but she'd figured that God didn't care much. She squeezed the hole punch in her hand, prepared. The cardstock cost a fair few bucks - she'd hoped it was worth it in the end. She almost attack... | 2015-10-06T00:04:12 | 2015-10-05T23:13:06 | 427 | 29 |
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