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[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "For many years now, the Islamic State has been a thorn in the side of the Middle East," the President told Congress. "Carving out territory from Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon. Though many nations, including the United States, took *limited* action against this threat, no country was willing to finally commit to cle... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T06:30:22 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 481 | 19 |
[WP]: your seventh son is fated to murder you. You laugh until you remember you used to donate sperm. | *My seventh son will kill me...I have only one legitimate child, so I suppose there's only one real way to go about this, then.*
I looked at the list of names and addresses given to me by the registry as I sat at the dinner table.
"What's that?" Jimmy, my one and only true son, inquired.
"I used to donate sperm fo... | "Ok, so you're certain it's the **SEVENTH** son. Not, you know, the seventieth or something?" Michael asked Vikus slightly desperately.
The local fortune-teller had shot to worldwide fame when his predictions were proven to be 100% accurate. The little boy who had grown up in Michael's town had become a superstar. Kn... | 2016-02-26T11:12:06 | 2016-02-26T10:24:46 | 92 | 52 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist and have just dug up a dinosaur. That's because you've dug up an entire museum.
Since I wasn't all that clear in the prompt, here's a drunk attempt at explaining it:
Dinosaurs get wiped out, humanity digs them up. Humanity gets wiped out, someone/something else digs them up.
Sorry for... | John, a world-renowned archaeologist, known for his work in what was known as the "Modern Era" or the early 2000's, stopped digging immediately. He had hit something that was surely not dirt or rock.
After further, meticulous sweeping of dirt away from the object, John noted that he had encountered a bone, larger tha... | "Woah a dinosaur. I'm impressed, but since I'm an archaeologist, my knowledge of dinosaurs is that of an average person. My area of study includes the earliest hominids and the tools they used to survive and ultimately flourish."
I placed down my trowel and call a PALEONTOLOGIST. I then move on to look at the tools an... | 2016-04-15T10:10:46 | 2016-04-15T09:05:27 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] When committing a crime you are judged by your intentions and not by your actions. You are a serial killer that has never been found guilty. | "Please don't do this." Allison Simmons begged, her eyes brilliant green and puffy. The bags around her eyes looked displaced. Despite wearing nothing but old jeans and a stained T-shirt, she still looked beautiful. She's young, barely twenty.
 
"I'm doing you a favor, darling." I explained, but I know she k... | *Judge others by their intentions, not their actions*.
Those were the words that changed it all for me. Growing up I had always been some freak. Some girl that stood off to the side and shuffled her feet and messed with her hair as she tried to blend in with her surroundings. A girl who captured small birds and killed... | 2016-05-22T22:04:36 | 2016-05-22T22:01:12 | 58 | 24 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by a cult, and they are about to sacrifice you to their god. They don't know that you are that god. | Bewildering.
The humans who stood in a circle, chanting my name seemed to be convinced that I would be happy to receive a sacrifice. That the blood of a young man, innocent but for the sin of rejecting their teachings, would please me.
I had always thought of myself to be a good god. A benevolent, giving god. Not like... | I couldn't believe it had come down to this.
I wanted to create intelligent life. Instead, all I got was morons. Primitive sea monkeys practicing sacrifice and other ritualistic idiocies. The only thing funnier to me than this was that I was now the target of their simplicity. The victim of it.
I am their creator. I ... | 2016-08-14T09:06:55 | 2016-08-14T08:52:22 | 108 | 17 |
[WP] You have the powers of both invincibility and super strength, but only when you're drunk. Last night you blacked out, saved the world, and woke up this morning married to your nemesis. | Ah yes, the hangover. The hangover is one of the many events on the list of terrible things that people foresee but choose to suffer through anyway. Eric being super while drunk doesn't help at all with hangovers. He sat up in his bed and immediately tumbled face first onto the floor. He marveled for a moment at this n... | Most people make pretty bad decisions when they're blackout drunk, yet people still do it. Some people even enjoy it.
Those people are stupid.
Me, though?
I save the world.
See, I happen to have a very special gene that makes my skin harder than diamonds and increases my adrenaline output by 3000%, thus giving me s... | 2016-08-14T21:12:20 | 2016-08-14T18:04:03 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] Someone is reading /r/writingprompts in the middle of Statistics class, but then notices a story directed specifically at them. | The professor's marker squeaked a path across the whiteboard. "P represents the probability of something occurring, with 0 being impossible and 1 being entirely certain. For example, P equals 0.5 when discussing the probability of heads on a single coin flip because the odds of tails are equal. You could write it as P(... | "Josh breathlessly read the prompt aloud and gasped as he saw his name in the opening sentence." Josh breathlessly read the prompt and gasped as he, well... you can read the opening sentence.
It was as if the internet itself was talking to him. Talking might be too strong a word, however. Technology doesn't actually t... | 2016-11-01T11:14:25 | 2016-11-01T11:03:23 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | Today I woke up.
It was 7:38am,
When I looked at the clock.
I got ready for work.
I had eggs,
I ate them with a fork.
Work went alright,
and before I knew it,
It had turned to night.
At a reasonable hour I went to bed,
But not before brushing my teeth,
On my pillow I laid my head.
| Write something literal, they said. A good story is easy to read. A good story is easy to remember. A good story tells you a story. It doesn't preach. It doesn't moralise. It doesn't claim to know more than the eye can see. Write something literal, they said.
The writer stared at his computer screen in front of him. H... | 2017-01-30T08:45:51 | 2017-01-30T08:28:09 | 287 | 26 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | In my stomach
a lurch suddenly hit
a telltale fact
that I would need to take a shit
I made in time
this one is a butt scraper
Then to my horror,
No toilet paper
**NOTE** I may have been a bit crass, but I dare an English teacher to find meaning in a poem about going to the bathroom
| Write something literal, they said. A good story is easy to read. A good story is easy to remember. A good story tells you a story. It doesn't preach. It doesn't moralise. It doesn't claim to know more than the eye can see. Write something literal, they said.
The writer stared at his computer screen in front of him. H... | 2017-01-30T09:54:13 | 2017-01-30T08:28:09 | 139 | 26 |
[WP] You are a god who wants their very own universe, but you don't really know how to make one. | "Look! I just finished it." I said.
"What's that stuff?"
"I just made stuff, all with different reaction to other stuff."
"That's not how it work. Why did you put so much stuff there?"
"Ah... Well..." I took a deep breath "You know, eventually..." I looked at him "You know what, it's because I'm gonna spread it all... | The streams of consciousness from Vorin's people were now cumbersome. How long had it been? Eons, Millions of them, and yet here I was an impotent god. Could I be a god then if no one knew I was there?
I watched disconsolately as Vorin went on to create his tenth universe, now interlinking them. Mari's people had a... | 2017-04-26T08:50:53 | 2017-04-26T07:40:36 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You are a god who wants their very own universe, but you don't really know how to make one. | "Look! I just finished it." I said.
"What's that stuff?"
"I just made stuff, all with different reaction to other stuff."
"That's not how it work. Why did you put so much stuff there?"
"Ah... Well..." I took a deep breath "You know, eventually..." I looked at him "You know what, it's because I'm gonna spread it all... | John groaned as he saw Mike walking towards him, grinning from ear to ear. He already knew what Mike has to say and buried his head behind his book. Perhaps Mike would ignore him if he stayed hidden.
The sound of Mike's bag hitting the table, however, told John otherwise. He lifted his eyes just slightly above the edg... | 2017-04-26T08:50:53 | 2017-04-26T07:36:24 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] An immortal is experiencing the heat death of the universe, when he can hear the sounds of confetti, and blasting music. The music stops with a record scratch, and a bewildered voice can be heard saying: "Wait...one's still here?" | "Now hang on a second, this isn't right. How did you get immortality?"
"Genie."
"A genie? No that doesn't make sense. Wait a second. Guys, did anyone put a genie in this one? No? No, I'm sorry friend, we're quite certain there were no genies in this universe."
"I'm telling you, I found a genie on the planet Earth."
... | So. Much. Sex.
The months leading up to the sun going tits-up was filled with riots, looting, lawlessness. Anyone capable of working on a solution were locked in labs and offices with MRE's and a time-limit, while the rest of the world burned itself to the ground well before things got toasty. About 30 minutes b... | 2017-05-03T06:37:16 | 2017-05-03T06:09:13 | 395 | 39 |
[WP] An immortal is experiencing the heat death of the universe, when he can hear the sounds of confetti, and blasting music. The music stops with a record scratch, and a bewildered voice can be heard saying: "Wait...one's still here?" | Everything went silent. He witnessed as the last supermassive black holes finally faded from hawking radiation, as it has been long since any stars have ceased to exsist.
Tha immortal was now alone, floating through the endless void of space.
"Ok...what now?" He thought, when suddenly he could her ... something....
He ... | After all this the I still remember the experiment. I became something else that day. 3rd May 2030, according to the human dating system back then.
Humans. I remember them. Perhaps my biggest accomplishment was getting in a spaceship before they blew themselves up.
I've seen space empires rise and fall.
I've seen an... | 2017-05-03T06:09:03 | 2017-05-03T05:49:32 | 66 | 33 |
[WP] Humans are one of if not the only species in the galaxy who can heal their wounds naturally. Your alien friend is learning this for the first time after they accidentally hurt you
Apologies for the wordy title | "OH YOUR GODS! I HAVE DESTROYED YOU!" Thorlax the Secretary screamed pitifully. I'd tripped over his tentacle jowls for the seven billionth time since we'd started hanging out. This time the stairs had been on the far side of my stumble and I'd landed badly at the bottom. My knee had dislocated, it was disturbing seein... | nd"Thomas!" Hinx panicked as he ran over. "Thomas! Say something! Say anything!!"
"Owwww..." Tom breathed as he laid still in the dirt. "This could have gone better..."
"I swear that the photon cannon was set to 'Stun'!" Hinx continued.
"Never point a gun at something you don't intend on shooting, remember?" Tom exp... | 2017-05-10T23:10:57 | 2017-05-10T22:40:13 | 237 | 94 |
[WP] You have $86,400 in your bank and someone steals $10. You spend all the rest of your money trying to get revenge. | Jun-18 $10.00 (disputed)- North Hill Cashpoint
Jun-19 $35.99 (card) - Grant's CCTV
Jun-19 $200 (online transaction) - Wiring for beginners E-learning
Jun-20 $140. 50 (card) - Edmund's electrical supplies
Jun-20 $450 (online transaction) - Cloud CCTV storage systems
Jun-20 $1000 (card) - Bennett's Professional PI s... | When you put things down on paper, things sound stupid, this phase usually begins once you start to question your actions. Now this, my friends, is a stupid story and it all began the day I won the darn money.
"34, 37, 12, 96, 25" screamed the radio during the warm and slightly humid month of August. I looked at the ... | 2017-07-18T09:40:22 | 2017-07-18T09:02:52 | 609 | 16 |
[WP] When a twin dies their brother/sister acquires all their strength, intelligence, etc. You've just discovered this phenomena, but so has your brother/sister | I looked up from the book.
He looked back at me.
"You believe this shit?"
He nods.
"If I kill you, I get your powers?"
He nods again.
"And if you kill me, you get mine?"
Another nod.
We sit in silence. His cereal looks soggy.
"You read these books back in high school. So, you knew the whole time?"
Aga... | Jaime looked at me, his arctic irises digging into mine. He sprinted, bare-handed, in my direction. Softly, I position my left foot, in preparation. As the avalanche comes near me, I dart under his outreached left arm, and as he slows in reaction, I kick him in the side.
Breathe. I have to breathe if I'm going to win.... | 2018-02-25T08:05:44 | 2018-02-25T04:45:16 | 5,212 | 22 |
[WP] As a child, every adventurer is assigned a class for their life. You've been assigned to be a White Mage. Dreading a life in the background saving a bunch of idiots that get all the glory, you aim to carve your own path. Tell the tale of the Harmacist. | It is not the wound that kills people. It is the healing. That is the pretext with which I studied the holy arts. An improperly mended bone or muscle, a “heal” cast to close a septic wound without purifying it. That was my preferred method. Monsters with strong self healing capabilities were easiest to deal with. Ramp ... | "Re\-spec," I said.
"Wot's that?" replied the half\-orc quartermaster, his half\-helm resting halfway down the left half of his half\-horned head. He narrowed his eyes and leaned forward, tilting his open ear towards me. "'Scuse me, maggot, what'd ye say?!"
"I *said* 'I want to re\-spec,' half\-breed! I'm not interes... | 2018-05-16T12:09:31 | 2018-05-16T08:53:51 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] You go to hell, only to find out that hell has been overturned by humans. Turns out gathering billions of the most wicked of human, among them are several ruthless but brilliant rulers, commanders, and dictators, whom can no longer die, isn't such a good idea after all. | Hell was a terrible place.
I know that was an understatement but I felt that it had to be said and for the record I’d like to also say that I don’t deserve this.
What was this might you ask?
This, was being surrounded by history's greatest (or worst depending on your definition) killers in human his... | Trumpets blasted in the air. The sound was making the hairs on my skin stand up straight. That plus the view of millions of people screaming and running towards a group of demons.
I tried to keep up while the first humans reached the demons. They may have been dead already but the demons made sure nothing was left. T... | 2018-06-17T19:10:54 | 2018-06-17T18:55:02 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] You're a king who just wanted a day off from ruling, so you disguised yourself and went into town alone. You then find yourself trapped in a meeting about how the people are planning to overthrow and kill you tonight. | I was, as they say, the youngest king to ever rule. It never felt like ruling, though. All the advisers and teachers and so forth knew far more than I did, and it had worked before, so why would I think that I could make a change? It would only go badly, they said. As the king, I could, of course, demand differently; o... | "Your Majesty, are you sure you wanted to go to the town without any escort?"
"Yes, yes. Call it a sabbatical," King Ulbert said as he wave his aide away, "now just make sure to clear my schedule for today and not tell anyone about what I'm doing!"
The aide, putting on a worried face continued, "As you wish, Your Maj... | 2019-06-01T16:12:19 | 2019-06-01T15:19:00 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | What the scans showed was impossible. Unheard of. Three potentially habitable planets in orbit around a single star. All within the acceptable temperature range, all with an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Granted, the readings from the second planet had some anomalies we couldn't explain, but it was hard enough finding a sing... | To find answers.
That was why we were here.
Discovering the marker had just been the start. Relics of extinct peoples were not all that uncommon.
Realizing how ancient it was tough, incomprehensibly so, had shaken our civilization.
The marker had included directions, and a seemingly simply term: home.
However non... | 2019-08-13T16:12:59 | 2019-08-13T16:08:01 | 42 | 11 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | The child stared up at the museum display in wonder, her 'ice cream' dripping onto the floor beside her. The nice lady at the shop had told Bo'tang that 'ice cream' was a treat humans used to eat during the Festival of Boga. The humans called the festival 'summer' in the English language and 'verano' in Spanish. Any... | Cycle 800080, loop 4:32. I don't know what it means. I don't even know how I know it. I'm so confused. Where am I? Who am I? Wait, where's my body? Is this a dream? It must be. I wake up, god knows where, without a body and I'm not freaking out. It must be a dream, yet it feels oddly real. Why can't I remember who I am... | 2019-08-13T15:51:09 | 2019-08-13T15:48:34 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] You'll soon arrive at Earth. The latest reports are from just 4 centuries ago and show a backwards planet, so technologically primitive it hurts. Just wait until those peasants gawk at your wondrous technical displays, like the Talking Box and the Image Viewer! They'll think you're a god! | Ikunna stretched her nine arms in unison, impatiently clicking her talons on a segment of her luxurious chair. She was impatient, and her underlings could tell.
"Ikunna, I have the report you asked for," one of her underlings--a beta female by the name of Orphatrix--called. "You may not like--"
*"Give,"* Ikunna comma... | Herbert popped the ship out of warp at the minimum safe distance, one warp-hour, below the planet's orbital plane. After the loss of the S1-2 and the subsequent destabilization of the Era star system, the Economic Bureau started mandating that ships warp below or above a star system and enter perpendicular to the orbit... | 2019-09-19T10:38:16 | 2019-09-19T10:36:26 | 265 | 42 |
[WP] Fallen angel is a pretty popular trope in fiction. But I want to hear about Ascended Demons. Demons that were too good/ kind/ pious for the underworld and managed to break out. | I never understood the war. We were immortal. What the point of fighting? You can't kill something that is immortal. You aren't going to convince someone of your opinion with a flaming sword. I don't even know what my opinion was anyway. Duty? I think it was duty. Or maybe just momentum. I was in a rut. Running on auto... | And there it was, hanging just above my head, through the smallest of cracks in the rock, sunlight.
I let myself bask in it for a second. Breathing it in and allowing it to wash over me as if I was floating in clear water. That thin cut of light that aligns with the perfect cut of rock so I might see it shine. Only on... | 2019-11-08T10:51:37 | 2019-11-08T10:25:07 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] Your dad tries to toughen you up by dumping you in the middle of the forest with just a pocket knife and a compass. After wandering around utterly lost you come across a stranger claiming to be your dad's first child. | I could barely see the compass by the light of the moon.
"Walk east," Dad had said. But in the darkness, west became north and north became south and even up and down looked the same.
A knife and a compass.
"All a boy needs to survive out here."
If Dad said so, then it was so.
A stick cracked and a shadow shifte... | “It’s Star, by the way,” she rasped. The girl’s hair was short, cut inexpertly by her eight year-old pocketknife. Underneath her furs, she still wore the clothes she was abandoned in, but they were faded and torn with age. She smelled unwashed, which was gross, and faintly like pine.
“Orion,” he replied bemusedly.
... | 2020-05-01T04:50:03 | 2020-05-01T04:45:12 | 1,205 | 623 |
[WP] A dragon shows up at the adventurers' guild after hearing that humans will just GIVE away gold for something called a "quest." | *ding a ling*
The bells chime as the door opened at the Adventurer's Guild and the young man working the desk did not look up from the ledger. Indeed, he did not look up as the wooden floorboards screamed in protest under the weight of the man who entered. Had he bothered to glance at this particular patron he might h... | Us dragons don't make much money these a days. Ever since the famed battle of Urug-tral where dragons were defeated at the hands of wealthy tree-slayers, we've been unable to get our wings off the ground. Not in the same way, anyway. We get by. And it's not like we did not avenge our fallen. Indeed as history shows, th... | 2020-06-08T16:15:44 | 2020-06-08T13:46:59 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] You were an aspiring supervillain and you turned to creating a fake crowdfunding campaign to raise money for your first lair and gadgets. After the funds started pouring in it dawned on you that you’d probably find more success actually releasing the product. | **Target goal** =$10
That was it, give me ten bucks and I'll do the thing.
I heard this crowd sourcing thing was in with the kids but honestly, I didn't think anyone was dumb enough to just hand strangers online money. much less money so said stranger can achieve *their* goal!
Where was the logic in that? My Ol... | "Mwhahhaha hahaha huha!"
My laughs echoed throughout my tiny studio apartment. "I have finally found the prefect plan to raise funds to buy the SUPER CAVE OF EVILNESS, and I will finally be able to destroy the so called hero OverPowered-Man, I will also be able to finally quit my job at the HeroVil-minimart" I exclaim... | 2020-08-24T04:05:18 | 2020-08-23T23:00:30 | 37 | 24 |
[WP] You are considered the wisest man in the world, people all over come to seek your advice. The secret? You actually aren't that smart. You just tell the person about random things in your life, and they twist it into some kind of metaphor for whatever problem they're dealing with on their own. | The young man came bounding up the walk, as I sat on my ‘meditation’ rocking chair a cold beer in hand. The look on his face told me he was one of ‘those’ people. But hey, better than a salesman of some sort or someone asking me to find god or something.
He gets to my steps and stares at me, looking for his words. My ... | “I’ve come to the conclusion that I am to die at the end of the year.” Said the peasant oaf in front of me.
I have been at this line of work so long that my ego has now worn in my old age and I have grown quite jaded.
He inched forward on his knees. “If the crops continue to yield undesirables then I have decided I ... | 2020-10-01T13:41:27 | 2020-10-01T11:23:06 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] You are happily alone in your boat in the middle of the Pacific with no other soul within a 500 mile radius. One morning you wake up and there is another person standing on the deck of your boat, smiling at you. You look around and there are no other boats in sight. | I stared as the boat creaked and swayed with the swells. Salt water stung me eyes but I could not help meself but stare for there she were. The most beautiful lass I'd ever set me eye on, and I'd seen many beauties in me life! As a young man I hadn't questioned it but now... well now I wonder lads, how had she managed ... | I woke up as usual to the sun rising to a morning mist and the breeze blowing. I had taken my boat out at least a week ago. Finally alone on the open ocean. Food was probably running low. And I maybe could have drank less beer. But when you're by yourself you kinda just don't care.
As I step out onto the deck I'm met ... | 2021-02-02T10:05:01 | 2021-02-02T09:07:24 | 19 | 14 |
[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. | There’s nothing I can do.
He is stronger than me. Faster than me. And while my ability to influence people with music is strong, there are limits to what I can do.
He turns to face my city. Mine. Neighbors, friends, hell, even my enemies lives have meaning. He’s going to destroy it all, and I have only one option lef... | I'm gasping for breath, knees, palms and iPod shuffle on the floor. Somehow, I find the energy to look up.
There stands Suc Kon, a delinquent who dropped out of Spawt Eefy, school for the auditarily attenuated. He now wants to eat all the music in the world.
Me - I didn't realize you'd gotten this powerful...
Suc - ... | 2022-05-17T10:44:20 | 2022-05-17T10:01:07 | 43 | 15 |
[WP] When new planets are introduced to the galactic community, there is typically a rush from the elite to procure expensive and rare pets, which are promptly discarded after a few months. This is normally no problem, until Earth was discovered and the universe learned about invasive species. | **Mudan**
\- Sir, they're still in the fields. They already destroyed over half the crops.
\- I don't get it! I was told they would go back to the sea after their mating period!
\- We believe they were attracted by the richness of the fields, sir. They're eating everything.
\- Stop them!
\- Attempts have been made... | Hello everyone, thank you for attending, whether physically or via G-net. I hope everyone is having a satisfactory revolution about their respective planet's axes.
During this session we will be discussing Intergalactic Resolution E89350229b, "Removal of Earthling Hominids from Protections for Purposes of Domesticati... | 2022-08-31T12:49:56 | 2022-08-31T10:29:48 | 167 | 88 |
[WP] Humanity has finally achieved interstellar travel and has been acknowledged by other intelligent alien civilizations. The aliens were accepting and shared many pieces of information with the humans. However, what was most surprising is that they called us the "Second Colony of Humans." | Only the soft hum of the working machinery filled the silence left by the ambassador's remark. Everyone had heard the same thing in their earpiece, and the gravity of the information, it appeared, hadn't been lost on any of us. I turned to the joint chief of staff who was standing next to me and the two of us shared a ... | "Second time?" asked the Chairholder of the Board of Nations. Other members murmured amongst themselves.
"That's what they say." The High Ambassador spread her hands. "The Galactic Confederacy's diplomats mentioned several times in passing about another human space-faring polity they've encountered."
"Preposterous... | 2022-11-04T07:17:37 | 2022-11-04T06:31:17 | 1,483 | 172 |
[WP] You die and learn that Earth is the universe's prison colony where beings are sent time and time again until they are rehabilitated. Two "prison wardens" are discussing your fate when you appear in the room. | “I was thinking about passing him,” Oglethorpe said.
“You were?” Falstaffo asked.
“Yeah,” Oglethorpe said, widening his lonely eye, “That life was B+ work,”
“I disagree most strongly,” Falstaffo said, “C- at best.”
“Well, if you ignore all the masturbation stuff, he actually did pretty well,” Oglethorpe opined.
“Y... | There was the slow, digital beeping and the rasp of breath. Dull yellow light pooled along the plastic floorboards on the hospital room. A nurse, her nametag read Diane, stood above Issac and offered the kindness of contact against his forehead. One never wants to die alone. It had been so long in coming but finally th... | 2014-08-27T12:58:24 | 2014-08-27T12:53:21 | 46 | 19 |
[WP]The entire human population are put into induced comas in underground facilities. You don't dream or age. Today is "The Awakening" and humans will walk the Earth for the first time in 25 years. The doors open and you take your first step into the world you used to call home. | The lights came on in stages. For decades what had resided in darkness became illumined, the floodlights stepping through the long tunnels. The generators whirred at a higher pitch now that the Slumber was over.
It took a month of slow recuperation within the pods while consciousness seeped back into the people, their... | Sunlight streamed into my repository. A dull groan escaped my lips as I turned over, away from the light. *Sleep...*
A small, slimy object poked at my back. I tried to spring up to defend myself, but my legs collapsed beneath me and I struggled against a tangle of sheets within my repo. Chest heaving, I gave up on fre... | 2015-04-23T05:44:19 | 2015-04-23T05:36:26 | 132 | 20 |
[WP] An asteroid is about to destroy Earth, The Onion reported the news without losing their sense of humor. | US Congress: "It's about time we did something about climate change"
JUST IN: Escape spaceship that everybody but you was invited onto just left Earth's atmosphere like a second ago
Donald Trump's DNA preserved underground as perfect specimen of "a piece of shit"
Blockbuster Video cancels "7 movies for 7 dollars for... | **The President states "the future is grim, as usual"**
WASHINGTON - The President took to the airwaves today and announced certain doom and destruction. The tear laden President spoke of "imminent death" and "a fireball of meteorites that will consume the Earth". Going on to say "This asteroid will be our end, and t... | 2015-04-30T02:35:00 | 2015-04-30T00:18:47 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] It's been a month since you discovered that every time you wake up, you have a new body. | My alarm goes off. Its 7am. I sit up to turn it off. The first thing I notice is my hand is thin and small. Not bad, I think to myself. I hit the snooze button and lie back down for a few more minutes. I've taken to preparing myself before I actually get up in the morning. Even though its been a month I still h... | no native English speaker here, be easy on me ;-)
The first time *it* happened, I was mortified. I went to bed as Jonathan Parker, 31, single and without anyone I would consider a close friend and woke up as Desmond Kent, a middle aged man in a dead-end job with a loving wife and a little daughter, Esmeralda. I called... | 2015-09-20T13:05:59 | 2015-09-20T13:05:21 | 31 | 10 |
[WP] In an alternate universe, dogs live as long as humans. At birth, every person is assigned a "Companion for Life".
Edit: WOW! I didn't think this would blow up like it did! Thank you for all of those incredible, heartbreaking stories! | Dino whines and paws at the screen door, asking to be let inside. He *knows* that I am cleaning the floors, and he's probably been rolling around in the mud out back just for the occasion. He wants someone to come out and play with him, as always. I don't have the energy to handle a dog like Dino, though. I could play ... | Alexis updated her files and tossed her poodle, Harriet, a dog sandwich. "Number 183," she said into a microphone. A young couple came in, the father holding a grey cradle with a newborn in it. Their dogs, a St. Bernard and a pit bull followed them.
"I want Haley to have a German Shepard. They're so nice," "No, Mother ... | 2015-11-20T14:37:44 | 2015-11-20T14:28:56 | 457 | 132 |
[WP] You just got fired, you're pretty sure your girlfriend is cheating on you, you're 75k in student loans debt, rent was due last week, and to top it all off? You're all out of beer. Oddly enough, you just got an email titled "Would you like to change the difficulty? Current setting: Very Hard."
EDIT: muh front page... | "Hell yeah."
I clicked the link below, and the browser started loading the page in a new tab.
http://your.life/settings/difficulty
A pretty crude interface, just a token menu bar on top, a couple radio buttons and the Submit button.
~~( ) Very Easy - Dubai~~
~~( ) Easy - Finland~~
~~( ) Medium - France~~
~~( ... | Her head was against the wall. Today was falling apart. She lost her girlfriend in the cruelest way possible: a thirteen second voicemail clearly recorded at a party. A voicemail that awful girl clearly hadn't meant to send. Her head hurt. She was all cried out and had exhausted her Taylor Swift playlist.
If that was... | 2016-03-30T21:46:33 | 2016-03-30T16:54:04 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] The vaccine for autism has just been announced. Your anti-vax family does not know how to handle the news. | The reading was drab, but I read it all. The vaccine series would sensitise the immune system to the modified cholesterols produced by the CL332-Marcove mutation, causing the body to keep it flushed. This in turn prevents the P332A40 protein complex from accumulating in the myelin in the sensory nerves. This in turn p... | "Breaking news, a cure for autism has been found. The groundbreaking discovery was announced today by the genetic science firm, MercuroCor, after researchers discovered the missing link in a search for a cure to this debilitating disorder which affects so many.
Testing has been successful in over 3,000 test patients s... | 2016-06-07T01:33:35 | 2016-06-06T20:23:09 | 54 | 22 |
[WP] You have just died. You find that there's an option in the afterlife to revert to your last save. You discover that each "save point" was whenever you hugged someone.
You can choose what save point you want to resume on. | “Reset to last save point.”
The first time I saw the message – hanging in the air, glowing fluorescent blue like a neon sign on a dive bar – I had no idea what it meant. But it sure as hell seemed like a better option than sticking around the black, endless void I’d found myself in upon dying.
It’s a shame I didn’t r... | "Welcome to the Afterlife" A disembodied female voice spoke.
"Huh?" Zack said confused. He scanned the room he was in. It was an empty room with a door on each side. One door said 'Revert to last save'. The other said 'Continue'.
He was completely alone in this white room with no memory of how he gotten there. His ... | 2016-08-09T13:22:54 | 2016-08-09T13:14:19 | 65 | 44 |
[WP] You gain the ability to stop time, but you don't know how long the timestop lasts. To avoid a potentially fatal accident you use your power again, despite your reluctance. It's now been ten years and you're still waiting for time to continue. | In the End
Thursday. July 6th. 2017. I boarded a plane. My family is waiting for me at Portland International Airport. They are waiting for me.
Like a ritual I remind myself why I'm here. It had been some time since I last saw my parents, my aunts and uncles, the cousins, all of them back in Ohio. My mother begged ... | Today’s the ten year anniversary. I’ve donned my party hat and birthday suit, or lack thereof, and I’ve picked up an ice cream cake from whatever shitty, gimmick store, that says, “Fuck, it’s been that long?” I know, how uninspired. Since, what I’ve been calling “The Great Time Stop of Whenever” (in an ever so slightl... | 2016-09-28T23:10:29 | 2016-09-28T20:49:17 | 34 | 25 |
[WP] Starting at the age of 10, humans are given companion animals that develop along side them. These animals can range anywhere from a goldfish to a horse to even a dragon. The only catch is that they are assigned based on your behavior during childhood. | Everyone watched me as I walked up to the podium. It was my 10th birthday and everyone was invited to see me receive my companion animal. I insisted that all of my classmates sit in the front row, especially Billy.
Most of my class were already 10, and their animals ran around in the grass beneath their feet. Billy ha... | Edwendir stared at the clock. *Tick, tock*
It was always like this, around Christmas time. For whatever reason, children born in late December and early January were always a bit... odd.
This one, the one he had been stuck on for the last - what time was it? - *three hours and eleven minutes* was named Sam. He swore... | 2017-01-13T12:02:30 | 2017-01-13T11:50:37 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] Starting at the age of 10, humans are given companion animals that develop along side them. These animals can range anywhere from a goldfish to a horse to even a dragon. The only catch is that they are assigned based on your behavior during childhood. | Everyone watched me as I walked up to the podium. It was my 10th birthday and everyone was invited to see me receive my companion animal. I insisted that all of my classmates sit in the front row, especially Billy.
Most of my class were already 10, and their animals ran around in the grass beneath their feet. Billy ha... | Jensen was a sweet and rambunctious boy born and raised in the southern most tip of the Gilded Peninsula. Barricaded by impassable mountains and surrounded by the frigid waters of the Adelphin Sea, the insignificant village, who was largely forgotten by the rest of the world, were as tight knit as any. The summers we... | 2017-01-13T12:02:30 | 2017-01-13T11:57:37 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You have the ability to double jump. Scientists are still trying to figure it out. | They studied me every day. They would ask me to perform the jump for them as often as I could muster. They would arrive at my house early in the morning and leave late in the evening. They all drove black cars and scarcely mentioned their employers. When I asked they would say it was in my own interest as well as my co... | The people in comic books have so many cool powers: flight, super strength, laser vision. My power is pretty mundane, but I like it that way: I can use it subtly without people freaking out.
I learned of my power in Junior High, when I tried to impress my father at long jump; he was upset that I was always second to ... | 2017-02-11T08:54:03 | 2017-02-11T08:42:45 | 66 | 39 |
[WP] The year is 1910. Adolf Hitler, a struggling artist, has fought off dozens of assasination attemps by well meaning time travelers, but this one is different. This traveller doesn't want to kill Hitler, he wants to teach him to paint. He pulls off his hood to reveal the frizzy afro of Bob Ross. | It pained him to say that Adolf had become increasingly used to the attempts on his life. Every time he blinked an eye, there was someone out to end him with poison, a knife, or something he didn’t recognize. Regardless of time, regardless of the position Adolf was in, they were always there. They seemed to know everyt... | Adolf woke.
He wasn’t sure what had awakened him, but he found himself staring at the shadowy ceiling of his tiny flat just the same. It was quiet – so quiet that he was sure neither dawn nor dusk were anywhere close at hand – and yet, still he was awake. More awake, in fact, than he had felt in years. He shivered b... | 2022-09-20T01:45:25 | 2017-02-16T17:29:01 | 92 | 18 |
[WP] Throughout the galaxy Humans are well known as being the most peaceful race--and have become well respected as diplomats and traders. But that's because up until now, no-one knew of the three World Wars we fought before first contact. | Our first spaceport was opened on the eve of 2200. This sparked a fever of colonization, as soon as scientists Identified a habitable planet, people lined themselves up to be boarded onto colonization ships. Even after we came to occupy 5% of the milky way, we hadn't met anybody. It took 75 years of spacefaring before ... | Breeblebox, representative of the great and glorious Homunculan Empire sat on one side of a conference table in the City of Tranquility, the Human Capital on the surface of Luna, across from Zzz$%$ZZZ, the Alteran Polity representative. Aside from the table and chairs that they sat in, the room was devoid of any decor... | 2017-05-01T13:58:51 | 2017-05-01T13:41:50 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] A man buying 24 watermelons and 36 apples becomes self aware that he's in an elementary school math problem.
The fruits and their quantities are arbitrary.
Edit: My first post here, so any feedback on the prompt is much appreciated. | 1. If each watermelon costs $5.50, and John wants to buy 24, how much money will he need?
2. How many apples will John be able to buy if John only buys 15 watermelons but has money for 24, and each apple costs $0.50?
3. John realises he doesn't remember when he left the house. If it is 5:30, and he knows he has been ... | Mr Johnson has 24 Watermelons, and 36 apples. As he prepares to catch the train bound for Oklahoma from Vermont going at 100 miles per hour, he wonders why he's taking so much fruit to Vermont. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now he thinks that there's so many variables going around in his head that some mu... | 2017-06-05T16:06:52 | 2017-06-05T13:59:37 | 40 | 16 |
[WP] You were an immortal wizard so powerful that opponent's magic is cancelled in merely your presence. Unfortunately, you have long since turned to bones and some doofus hero is carrying you around in a sack as a magic charm while you snarkily berate him. | “I wouldn’t do that, if I were you.”
“Why not?”
“Because it won’t work.”
“Pah! You were the most powerful wizard! Even your bones are still powerful enough to break this stupid fire spell!”
“Although I appreciate your absolutely adequate estimation of my abilities\- I am telling you, it won’t work in this case. I... | "Ow."
"What was that?"
"Nothing." George leaned against the table giving his best smile, a smile that he had practiced for years as a bard. One that had people give him the benefit of the doubt and girls throw themselves at him. Yet underneath his composure he was anything but calm, as he tried hard to silence the sk... | 2018-06-14T01:12:42 | 2018-06-13T23:46:15 | 1,974 | 720 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | How do you feel son?
Hungry.... can I have pizza mommy?
Where’s spot? I miss him
“I would give anything to trade places , im so sorry.”
I said it and I meant it. But it meant nothing.
They walked away broken , changed and full of hate. I did this to them. I took their son. And that was that .
I was sober when I... | I opened the door and there they were. As I knew they would be after I'd seen the big reveal on the news for weeks now. But it was alright. It really was. I didn't want to live this life with what I'd done after all.
They looked haggard, just as I imagined they would. But I could see a glimmer of hope in their eyes a... | 2018-09-16T20:33:29 | 2018-09-16T20:04:53 | 64 | 23 |
[WP] While driving you hit and kill a boy. You feel terrible, and at the funeral you tell the family you wish you had died instead of him. 3 weeks later, a new surgery comes out that can bring someone back from the dead at the cost of another's life. You hear a knock at your door. It's the family. | "No."
I left them speechless on my front porch as I closed the door on their faces.
I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There were two ice cold beers waiting for me in there.
I brought them both into the living room and dropped my ass down on the couch.
Death's a bitch I thought, popping open the first... | "...yeah. I'll do it. And again, I'm so sorry." I said slowly.
"Are you sure? We expected an argument. I know this is difficult for you, and we're...just not sure what to do."
"The fault is mine...and besides...uhh. I was planning on doing this anyway."
"Wait. What did you say?"
"I was planning on ending it. Long b... | 2018-09-16T19:59:36 | 2018-09-16T19:01:41 | 62 | 20 |
[WP] Magic exists, however with a catch. Everyone can only use magic the way they expect magic to function. Harry Potter fans MUST do weird wand waving while Call of Cthulhu players all end up going insane. Write an interaction or duel between two vastly different magic users.
Honestly if magic did exist in our world,... | Today was supposed to be the day.
I was never sure were this magic came from. Where those that believed in Harry Potter got their fancy wands and ridiculous Latin spells. Mine came in the form of a couple whispers, that day I killed that abusive prick who called himself my father. The moment his blood spilled I heard... | *This was...a mistake.*
That was all Carry could think of as she clutched her Nimbus 2000 in one hand and a twelve inch hawthorn, dragon heart string wand in the other. She, loved Harry Potter, so to her, this was magic, and her rapid wand waving won her many duels, especially against Call of Cthullu fans, but she had... | 2018-10-16T00:47:31 | 2018-10-15T22:55:54 | 62 | 14 |
[WP] For your 10th birthday you received vr goggles. You tried them, thought they were dumb and went on with your life. Its only now, decades later looking back, you dont actually remember ever removing them. | “No reason to panic. This is normal. It was just a dream. I am not going to die. No reason to panic. This is normal...”
Over and over she repeated the words in her head while lying awake at 3am in the morning. What had sent her into panic and prevented her from sleeping even though she very much had to be at work the ... | "Happy birthday buddy."
Here it is again. I can hear him but I can't see him.
My father's voice resonates within my ears every April 6th, my birth date.
The day was April 6th 2020, I was laying on my hospital bed when my parents surprised me with this jet black and bulky VR goggles.
"Happy birthday!" they exclaimed... | 2018-12-23T04:24:20 | 2018-12-23T03:58:50 | 716 | 316 |
[WP] The year us 3235. You live in a society that has discovered and perfected time travel. It is customary for people who turn 18 to spend a day in the present with their future selves. When it's your turn, you start to feel that the person you're talking to isn't really you. | My friends couldn't wait for their Meetings, but I, for one, dreaded its coming. Meeting my future self? What if I become some kind of failure, or a terrible person? What if I'm sick and broken or hysterical? I don't want to know how it all falls apart, what becomes of a guy like me. I've already gotten a glimpse of it... | The man across the table looked like me. Or, he looked like I presumably would, in a few decades. He had a full beard, rather than my patchy, thin one. There were lines and wrinkles permanently visible on his face. Nothing huge, but... they were there.
"You remember David? And Maggie?" I asked.
"Oh, of course. God, i... | 2019-05-23T12:06:21 | 2019-05-23T11:52:33 | 521 | 319 |
[WP] You can absorb 1 power at a time from any animal nearby. Bird? You can fly if you want. Snake? Use their venom if you want. Terrorist have invaded Australia and you're going to stop them. They have no idea what a huge mistake they made messing with your country. | people always forget about history.
they like to think that what happened long ago doesn't affect them anymore.
they're wrong.
foreigners look at the history of Australia and laugh, "there's no way that actually happened!" they dismiss with a slight amount of hopeful fear, "how could the Aussies actually lose a w... | I’ve always had the gift. Passed down in my family since my dear ol departed pap pap’s grand dad got dumped on these shores for stealing bread to live. Too right lucky he was. Wasn’t till he got here that he found out about the gift. Made him the most feared bloke in all of Queensland. He was nice enough alright, but a... | 2019-09-07T10:20:46 | 2019-09-07T10:13:06 | 51 | 21 |
[WP] "Are you the Tooth Fairy? You don't look like a fairy," the child said accusingly. Death, who had been on his way to the goldfish bowl, began to sweat. | "You—you can see me?" said Death.
"Well duh!" said Moira with a roll of her eyes.
"This is not good," muttered Death, twisting the hem of his long black sleeves. "Surely not—"
"What are you saying over there?" said Moira, frowning. "It's not nice to whisper, you know—"
Death paid no notice. Surely, *surely* this ... | He closed his eyes and counted slowly to ten. His scythe longed to fulfill its purpose, to reap the souls of the living once more. He felt his temper and his shame rising as he gripped his eternal weapon in his boney grasp, letting the anger flow out of him and into the surroundings as he'd learned to do. Ever since th... | 2020-01-24T14:52:43 | 2020-01-24T12:47:37 | 46 | 29 |
[WP]You receive a message, "Reply Yes if you can survive the last video game you played." You answer Yes. Your vision blanks and you open your eyes finding that you are at the beginning of said game. You hear a voice "To leave you must win. Your prize is all you gain in this world. Good luck" | You look down it your phone, and upon it is a notification, "Huh, weird email. who even uses yahoo mail anymore?" you say to yourself.
As you look at the text, you realize that the background is a mosaic of moving gears, flashing lights, and bubbling tubes.
You are given a choice, either be transported into the game ... | I opened my eyes to a warm sun shining from outside a stone arch, and promptly freaked out: *Warm? Sun? I was in the freezing north seconds ago, waiting for the water to boil so I can get some heat inside me with some tea, Where the fuck am I?*
Unprompted a different perspective opened, like a third eye that shouldn't... | 2020-02-16T23:15:41 | 2020-02-16T23:11:27 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | “Order! Order! There will be order in this chamber!”
The Grand Vizier’s voice was projected across the large rotunda. Delegates from across the galaxy bickered and clamored over the fact that the representatives from Andorus Major invoked the Defense Alliance, something that had not been done in thousands of years.
... | "You know what you don't understand about people?" Fleet Commander Astrea stomped up to Archgeneral Hughes of the First Human Empire. "About civilization as a whole?"
"Fleet Commander Astrea." Hughes projected his booming voice over Astrea's. Though he was a baseline human, he'd evidently picked up some training in pu... | 2020-03-21T08:46:43 | 2020-03-21T07:39:56 | 156 | 96 |
[WP] In most of the galaxy wars are often just shows of strength with fighting as a last resort. As such weapons are designed to be elaborate and flashy. Turns out humans, whose weapons are built with efficiency in mind, have a different understanding of war. | Admiral Joseph Nakamura looked over his fleet with trepidation. They were outnumbered 10 to 1. The quickly cobbled together international space force (ISF) was a miracle of humanity's ability to come together in a crisis.
In 2048 the Borxite had made themselves known to Earth by beginning a roughly 3 minute orbital bo... | Montana's always had clear skies, used to love lookin up at night and watchin the stars. Not anymore though, those bastards changed that. I was out chasin down a cow that got loose one night when I saw them.
Those ugly things came right down, like a fireball from heaven. Apparently they were after the same thing I was... | 2020-03-21T12:44:48 | 2020-03-21T11:39:12 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] Every time someone lies to you, money is deposited into your checking account. The larger the lie, the larger the deposited amount. Your account balance increased a million dollars since yesterday. You’ve only spoken to your significant other since yesterday. | I don't know where the money comes from, I just know how it gets there.
Every lie, every untruth, every falsehood just serves to make me richer.
It is dirty money. Every cent just makes me more paranoid, and here was more than I have ever seen at once.
I look at my wife. "Honey, we are rich."
My wife looks at me.... | I have an amazing new power that I thought made all the difference. I call it Midas’s Ear - when somebody lies, my wallet swells with green in accordance with the magnitude. Since those first days, I’ve been gauging my power; $10 from the guy who said he’ll only be ten minutes late but thinks he’ll actually be fifteen;... | 2020-08-28T13:41:59 | 2020-08-28T12:29:00 | 68 | 20 |
[WP] You were once the demon king. "Defeated" by the hero, you went into hiding to pursue a simpler life. Today the "hero" has appeared, threatening you family to pay tribute, not realizing who you actually are. Today you show them what happens when you have something worth fighting to protect. | I bowed before him, hiding my face - not that this pompous oaf would recognise me. Years have not been kind to him, while I remain youthful in appearance through magic that courses through me. " Kind sir, we are but farmers, who barely make ends meet. If you take your tenth of our crops, we might not survive the harsh ... | it was a nice rainy day when it first hit me, i learned to find confort in peasant work. lived a simple life for many years in the outskirts of the city, using human tools, as well as finding joy out of their entertainment, grew a farm and learned to sell it to some city merchants and wonderers crossing by. I became mo... | 2020-09-22T22:29:04 | 2020-09-22T22:12:22 | 77 | 24 |
[WP] An exorcist arrives at your door, and says "I'm here to remove the demon." Confused, you say you didn't call for an exorcist, then suddenly a demonic voice says "I did." | Oof. My body hurt again this morning. Which you know, not unusual. I have what the doctors call non epileptic seizures. They have no idea why, and it's just something I learned to live with. You would be surprised what you would get used to as time goes on.
Waking up and taking a HOT shower, I get out feeling a little... | I was eating chips on my couch, watching a movie I'd enjoyed a lot a few years ago. A short knock came at my door, and reluctantly, I rose from the comfortable cushions.
A man was at my door, black hair combed neatly, holding a large bag in his hand. Once he'd noticed I'd opened the door, a smile broke out across his ... | 2020-09-28T15:48:20 | 2020-09-28T12:06:42 | 88 | 19 |
[WP] Your SO confesses to you that they are a werewolf. You, a human, respond with a simple okay and proceed to go on. They, in huge shock, can't grasp your easy acceptance. From that day, in various ways, they began testing if you are a mystical creature yourself. | "I don't see why you were so insistent on cooking dinner tonight," I chuckled as Luna sat me down at the dining table. "I thought you hated cooking?"
"Eh, you know, I decided to try picking up more hobbies," she shrugged back at me. The corners of her mouth were turned up a bit too sharply as she smiled.
I gazed down... | She looks at me shyly, her dark brown hair falling over her face as her sapphire blue eyes peer out through the strains timidly. She does this when she's nervous. I lean forwards and push her hair off her brow so I can see her gleaming blue eyes. She smiles lightly, but there is something about her that's making me ner... | 2021-08-17T11:15:15 | 2021-08-17T10:06:53 | 315 | 62 |
[WP] "One day," the prince reiterated to the peasant girl. "You're fed and clothed like a princess for a day, we attend the ball and dance together, and we make just enough of a spectacle that my father won't mind so much if I go on to court a 'lower' noble. What do you say?" | The Prince looked out over the crowded hall with a sense of deep satisfaction. Scandalized nobility snuck glances at him when they thought he wasn't looking, and whispers followed him as he passed by each knot of horrified, confused courtiers. His peasant girl had done well.
Oh yes, he had been angred at first when s... | A young woman looked at the prince befuddled. He wore a smile as if he just revealed a master planned; a *ta-dah* moment in a magic show.“It sucks,” she said.The young prince winced.
“It certainly does not! We pass you off as a princesses from a faraway land at the ball this weekend. You charm my parents as you have c... | 2021-08-27T15:54:55 | 2021-08-27T13:53:42 | 413 | 90 |
[WP] You don't know what you do for a living. Literally. Five days a week, you get up, get in your car, black out, and then you're back in the driveway in the afternoon. And a paycheck arrives every 2 weeks. | Andrew pulled his car into the driveway. He then paused for a moment. Pulled down the sun visor and studied his reflection in its little mirror. In it, he saw the same features that he always did. His tired eyes. His short dark hair. His neatly pressed shirt. And his tie, which was a sombre shade of navy blue.
He cou... | "...I don't like it."
I stare at myself in the mirror for a while. I *look* fine. I *feel* fine.
Quite honestly, I feel... Better than I ever have.
And that's terrifying.
Finally, my shadow extends and grows, until it stands beside me - My 'guardian', or so it calls itself.
"...Don't like *what*? You look **gor... | 2021-09-26T19:54:38 | 2021-09-26T17:02:12 | 324 | 127 |
[WP] You don't know what you do for a living. Literally. Five days a week, you get up, get in your car, black out, and then you're back in the driveway in the afternoon. And a paycheck arrives every 2 weeks. | I know I *have* a job, but I don't really know what that job is. I remember going to an interview but all I can recall is that it went well. I know that I get a good paycheck deposited directly into my checking account every other week. More than enough to live in comfort with some occasional luxuries, but not enough t... | ...
I'm a normal person, right?
I pay my taxes, i drink coffee made from tap water, i pee while seated...
I think i only smoked **ONCE, a**nd it probably was painted hair!
The first thing that i say after waking up and drowning in a sea of *zeroes and zeroes* was, of course:
"It's either Drugs or Murder..." ... | 2021-09-27T02:29:05 | 2021-09-26T18:08:03 | 38 | 16 |
[WP] Before receiving the serum that unlocks latent powers, subjects take a battery of tests (physical exam, DNA analysis, a VERY intrusive questionnaire, etc.) to determine their likely abilities. Your testing process drags on and on as you are sent to higher-ranking (and increasingly tense) staff. | "One more question, girl, and we'll be done for today."
"Caitlyn. My name's not "girl"." She glared through her bangs at the Interviewer. He, the looming middle aged man with the unfeeling eyes. Her, the scowling teenaged lump of acne and psoriasis. She felt anger, irritation, frustration. He felt only fear.
"Okay, C... | ( go easy on grammar, typing from my phone may edit later)
Dan woke up practically jumping out of bed, with all the youthful exuberance of a kid on Christmas. He had been counting down the days to the 1st of the month after he turned 25. The day had finally come! He had been striking off days on his calendar and losin... | 2021-10-29T15:18:08 | 2021-10-29T12:35:13 | 1,466 | 166 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by three female vampires who claim that they're your wife and two daughters from your past life, who miss you and have been searching for your reincarnation for a hundred years, so that you can be a family again. | I could see them, my captor and two others, just outside the unfamiliar vehicle she had trapped me in. I had been stuffed in the trunk first, but managed to force my way between the back seats, causing her to quickly stop the car and get out. She had been joined by the two new figures and now we stared at each other th... | You know, I've always had a troubled relationship with the nightahift. On one hand, most everyone was asleep, brass and politicians up at city hall especially, which made my job all the more easier. On the other, something about the night always brought out the crazies, and I can't say how many times I've been stuck, b... | 2021-11-05T10:35:37 | 2021-11-05T08:48:55 | 41 | 30 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that’s when you realize you’ve been dating a dragon in human form. | Steel wedding rings. She insisted on them, rather than the traditional gold. When I suggested even 10k rings, less than half purity, she frowned and said no.
A few times I bought her jewelry, and she always thanked me, but never wore it. After a while I learned to just get her flowers, which she loved. She never wore ... | "Honey ! Where is my guitar's cable ?" I shouted from downstairs. "Where should I know ?" Check the basement !" she shouted back. She was the one who asked me to play some songs for her... Well, I do everything for the love of my life.
I stock everything in the basement... My guitar equipments, dead pc components,... | 2022-09-10T12:08:01 | 2022-09-10T12:03:51 | 45 | 30 |
[WP] You're a vampire hunter. However, upon finally being accepted into the Hunter's Guild, you realize something. All the other hunters are unwilling vampires who want revenge against the one who bit them, and they want to know what YOUR reason for hunting is, seeing as you're only human. | "*All of you?*" the newly initiated vampire hunter hissed as he looked around at his fellow slayers.
"We didn't ask to be vampires," the... *vampire* vampire hunter before him said. "*None* of us. It is a curse, a blight upon our hearts."
"But why do you hunt your own kind?" the human continued, hand on the hilt of h... | # Soulmage
**"Not all hunters seek to kill their quarry,"** I explained. "For instance, you do not seek to kill me."
That was up for debate, considering that Silver On His Soul had pinned me against the wall, fangs bared, with three of his cronies in the alley behind the Hunters' Guild. But hey, if they wanted me dea... | 2022-11-10T13:19:13 | 2022-11-10T11:36:46 | 749 | 375 |
[WP] 100 25 year olds have been chosen. each must choose a super power that cannot be repeated and cannot exceed the power of god. The goal is to see who can conquer the world. You have the number 100. The best powers have already been chosen. Then it's your turn and you choose..... | 100 people. Who can conquer the world first. I was never lucky. I only won one thing in my entire life and that was a large stuffed bear in a raffle 4 people entered. We were given an hour to consider, then they gave their boons.
Immortality was gone. Persuasion too. Self multiplication. Material conversion. Super in... | "Welcome to the Super Powers Depot, what can i do for you?" The clerk never looked up from their smart device. They couldn't be any more disinterested in the task at hand yet were still complying with the bare essentials of the minimum wage day laborer.
"My name's John. I was chosen to come pick out a free super powe... | 2022-11-17T08:01:45 | 2022-11-17T07:26:44 | 63 | 14 |
[WP] A man lies on his deathbed, memories of his favorite videogames flashing before his eyes as he expires. Death watches, and intrigued, offers the man a deal if he can best him at his game of choice. | 'Do you do this often?' asked Frank, somewhat bemused. 'YES, IN FACT I JUST HAD A LOVELY GAME OF CHESS WITH A TEMPLAR KNIGHT.' replied Death.
'You... have a slightly different, uh, perspective on time from me, don't you?'
'I SUPPOSE SO.'
'Yeah. Ok, well the deal is quite tempting, another go at life in a younger body... | "... and that is the deal. Do you accept these terms?" said the black cloaked man. "I have a few terms of my own, if this is going to be a fair challenge." I replied, thinking fondly of a particular game. "Very well. Let's hear them." was the answer of my final challenger. "First, I want the reflexes and form I had in ... | 2014-08-16T10:33:53 | 2014-08-16T10:12:32 | 157 | 34 |
[WP] It is the end of days. God and Lucifer stand before the last human being. You are the first neutral soul who is neither good or evil enough to pass into a afterlife and thus must be judged personally. Unknown to them, you are Death and have come for them instead. | I reclined in the dark room, feet up on the table.
The chair was hard wood but I was too deep in the bottle to care. I puffed on my cigar, the feint orange flicker competing against navy light filtering into the room through the window.
It was completely quiet with nobody else left on earth. I was gonna miss those c... | (not completely the prompt but eh close enough)
It is a common misconception that God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and the one and only ruler of the universe. It may seem like that to a mere mortal living on Earth’s surface, but in reality there are many deities that coexist with the one great benevolent being. Satan... | 2015-10-19T13:01:34 | 2015-10-19T12:53:02 | 1,159 | 36 |
[WP] All doctors must carry a staff. The staff must be hand carved by the doctor, and for every patient a doctor can't treat they lose an inch off their staff. When a staff is gone, so is their license.
X-post from /r/crazyideas and /u/BrassDidgeStrings | She bent over and lifted a beautiful, pale, wooden staff from under the operating table. Her scrubs were soaked in blood and sweat, chemicals and tears. It was only Doctor Silvia Nite and her most recent patient. The room was quiet. In her gloved hand the staff carved with great care years ago as a bright eyed medi... | The law created inefficiency, but laws often did. Medical school still lasted four years. Residency another four to six after that. But now, while studying for the board , each doctor spends a year carving their professional staff. The law didn't specify how long the staff could be - just that every death would cost an... | 2015-11-12T20:03:09 | 2015-11-12T18:42:27 | 812 | 154 |
[WP]You sold your soul to the Devil some years ago, today he gives it back and says, "I need a favor". | Todd woke up one bright Monday morning and was very surprised to find Satan standing next to his bed. Again.
"What are *you* doing here?" Todd asked, or tried to. In his drowsy state, it came out more like "Wheryoodooinear?"
"Yes, yes, very nice..." the Devil replied absently. Suddenly, the demon leaned forward unt... | I was splayed out on a filthy hotel mattress, at least two other naked bodies tangled in my limbs, every brain cell in my skull burnt out, when the devil came for me.
He'd gotten fatter since I last saw him, putting on the pounds of middle age, his hairline receding up past his horns. His beard had gotten thicker, jo... | 2016-06-27T09:11:14 | 2016-06-27T06:47:57 | 148 | 89 |
[WP] Something with a happy ending. Anything at all.
[removed] | I imagine many of us will spend the day shaking our heads in disbelief at this morning’s news. With that in mind, I’d like to share a small vignette from my 15-hour day working as a Cook County (IL) Election Judge yesterday in my town.
The clock hits 7pm and the Civic Center is empty, no one waiting to vote…kismet for... |
As the dawn’s light lanced out through the sky she knew it was finally over.
All night the battle had raged. She had fought the demon without pause or pity. She fought until her limbs were sore, her mind was exhausted and her breath barely came.
It was a fight for her life, and she would give no quarter to this de... | 2016-11-09T07:56:08 | 2016-11-09T07:39:21 | 35 | 15 |
[WP] The bad guys won and the world was conquered by the villain's armies decades ago. You and your spouse are worried as you suspect your child may be suffering from Chosen Oneness or perhaps an acute case of Prophetic Heroism. | "GET DA FUCK OFF MA LAWN!!!!!!"
I shouted at those crazy worshippers. From time to time there were people in my garden kneeling and praying and hoping someone would safe them from this new management of the country.
It began when some blind witch suddenly had a vision about the dark lord being beaten and the lands li... | The sound of the oracle’s footsteps, a soft, unremarkable shuffle, reverberates throughout the air, filling the silence with a sense of utter dread. My hands begin to shake, a bottomless pit forming in my stomach. I hold Elina close as she shakes in my arms.
Lord Ivrus’ reign never was a bad one. Maybe his armies were... | 2016-11-26T06:54:54 | 2016-11-26T05:50:27 | 46 | 23 |
[WP] You gain EXP for everything you kill and you know when you gain EXP. Easy kills like bugs get you only a couple of EXP, tougher kills give more EXP. One day at home doing nothing, you unexpectedly gain 1500 XP... | There I was, sitting in my designated chair at home, making memes and singing along to this old game I used to play which tells you how good you were at singing the song it gives you.
"OH DAMN! THIS IS MY JAM!!" I exclaimed having heard the first few chords of my favourite song. As I began singing along I noticed a sm... | *Plghrt*
> Kill confirmed
*Sigh*
Another bug down, 1XP. Lovely, I'll never reach 10k, not at this rate. It started with the mice and rats, then the cats, fish. It's a privilege to work at a slaughter house or deliver lethal injections. I never could do that, not intentionally. The look in their eyes, the helplessn... | 2017-05-15T08:57:56 | 2017-05-15T06:23:41 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone is allowed to murder once in their life, but you must file your intent beforehand. You're in line to file and overhear the stranger in front of you give the name of their intended target... you. | "Why won't you accept my application? This is my first time, and I've got the right permits!"
We all looked up then, torn out from our private worlds. She was an elderly lady, white hair tightly wrapped in a bun, walking cane shaking in the air as she made her point. Nothing wrong with that, there was no age restrict... | The queue was eerily quiet and still. Yet, the atmosphere of the lobby wasn't that of calmness, and had this been a bank, everyone in line would be regarded as possible bank robbers from the way they behaved and dressed. People were fidgety, wired, clad in clothes and headgear that covered them too well for what the we... | 2017-05-30T16:38:47 | 2017-05-30T16:11:17 | 155 | 28 |
[WP] The devil on your shoulder: "Nah, dude. That's fucked up." | "Nah, Man. That's fucked up." said the devil on my shoulder.
"I know. Fox canceled the show without even giving a reason or resolution." I said.
"But River was just getting interesting!" said the devil.
"Tell me about it. They took the sky from us. Least till the movie came out. Never satisfied me much though. Have ... | "Nah, dude. That's fucked up." Hoove now digging into my shoulder. "I see it this way, you leave now and everything goes back to the way it was. You stay any longer? Shit." He chuckled, the laughter was enough to make you sick to your stomach. "You'll be one seriously screwed individual!"
"But I can't leave her here! ... | 2017-06-16T21:40:14 | 2017-06-16T21:33:18 | 62 | 28 |
[WP] You are a Billionaire. One day you realize that you have literally the most ungrateful children in the world, so you resolve to become a superhero. Not for the greater good, but because it seems the fastest way to waste their inheritance. | They didn't come back for Thanksgiving. I forgave them after eating the turkey myself in silent anger. But Christmas alone? The sweetness of the cake was a sharp contrast to my feelings. The cold enveloped me as my children hung up on my angry calls. I didn't see them unless they were forced to meet me. Not like I want... | "Master Johnson, the mayor requests your assistance again. He says the largest bank in the New York City area is being robbed and it's a job only you can handle."
"Ah yes, of course. Thank you, Walter. You've never let me down one you know. Here's a little tip."
I gave my butler fifty-thousand dollars as his tip righ... | 2017-07-20T22:30:38 | 2017-07-20T20:48:05 | 906 | 64 |
[WP] Your father leaves the house to buy milk, 50 years later he comes back with milk in hand and hasn't aged a bit. | I couldn’t understand why he was smiling. I watched as my father looked around almost uncertainly before setting the jug of milk on the counter. There was no apology in his smile. There was only the same warmth I remembered as a boy when he watched me score a goal in soccer. Nonetheless it did nothing to diffuse the ra... | My dad was the best. Ever since I was young he would always wake up before me and make breakfast. On top of that he and I would always go on adventures like hiking and camping, and when I was old enough skydiving and mountaineer.
He'd always carry around this small flask and he would never talk about it. I used to as... | 2022-05-13T11:22:44 | 2017-11-19T16:15:34 | 1,516 | 19 |
[WP] Despite having pink hair, a tragic backstory, and untold magic power, the narrator refuses to make you the main character | The story of Josh
A mighty fine lad
He lives in Kentucky
With his friend Chad
 
And every day
On his way to work
He walks past this loser
God, what a jerk
 
Some kid with pink hair
An orphan at birth
Some say he’s magic
No way on earth
 
He’s just a nobody
Don’t focus on him
... | "Why not?"
The girl with the pink hair and the blue eyes was standing behind ou hero, Tommy the baker. Tommy was...
"Seriously, Tommy? He is the most boring person in this entire village!"
Tommy ignored the girl, who was begging for attention and continued with his daily routine. Little did he know that...
"Ah, fuc... | 2017-12-18T20:19:09 | 2017-12-18T16:11:33 | 415 | 25 |
[WP] The end is nigh as the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse ride. Just as humanity loses hope, the 4 horsemen of wholesomeness descend in a beam of light: Mr. Rogers (love), Jim Henson (life), Steve Erwin (nature), & Bob Ross (peace) | The dawn cracked once again, brushing away the last red remnants of the apocalypse, bathing the ruined nations with its tender golden tint, caressing the faces of the four men that stood amidst the ruins, watching the sunrise with heaving chests and bright smiles.
One of them strayed from the group, headed to a vast d... | Kyle cringed behind what was left of his living room wall. The ashen sky roiled above, and the chatter of gunfire was punctuated only by the occasional *clang* of metal on metal. Most of the neighbors had made due with whatever household or gardening implement was within reach. It would have been a massacre if it had b... | 2018-11-10T05:35:20 | 2018-11-10T05:17:27 | 74 | 23 |
[WP] You been shot through your helmet. As you lay in the sand you hope for a quick death. Minutes pass. You reach your hand back to pressure the wound. Instead of blood you feel exposed wiring.
sorry about the grammar mistake in the title, I’m on mobile |
I could taste the metal of the bullet. Weirdly, that was the first thought that came to mind as I stared up into the blue sky, watching as the occasional puff of smoke meant yet another of my companions met their untimely demise far, far above me. War wasn’t even supposed to have happened yet, but try telling that ... | "What the ... Ouch! It shocked me. My head, shocked me." My hand darts away in reflex but curiosity acts like a magnet drawing it back to the opening in the back of my head.
I approach more gingerly this time. Is that a wire? It feel like a wire. This bit feels like the outer coating and near the end it probably - "Ou... | 2018-11-28T05:29:46 | 2018-11-28T04:42:09 | 342 | 44 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | "So your power is you can talk to animals?"
The police officer looks incredulous. I shake my head.
"I can talk to crows."
"Crows. Only crows?"
I nod. It's not easy to explain such a seemingly useless power. Well, useless until today.
An image of flurried wings and blood flashes through my mind. And the screams. ... | "Where'd you go. . ."
The boot came into view first. Hard to imagine that thing used to be stark white, but then again it's even more difficult to find a reason why he even needed white boots anyways. Covered in a mix of dry and wet mud coming off the sides. Must be a nightmare having that guy as a roommate.
I held m... | 2019-09-08T09:54:34 | 2019-09-08T08:59:29 | 822 | 111 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | I've bought peace to the Middle East.
I've reconciled broken families.
I've ended addiction to opioids.
I've made suicide irrelevant.
And it's the greatest curse anyone can imagine.
While a select few humans have had superpowers awaken, mine is by far the most corrosive to society. My inability to feel possessive ... | The names Bond. Just Bond. That's my name. Don't wear it out! It's just my personality showing through my powers, the name is merely a reflection of that. You know what I mean, we all have a power or a quirk of some sort, matches the personality. I've told you this before, but you keep forgetting. Or maybe I keep forge... | 2019-09-08T10:01:27 | 2019-09-08T09:58:43 | 61 | 32 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | Mike was leaning on me rather heavily, as the office Christmas party began to die down. ‘So,’ he slurred, ‘Whatss yo-your ability, Amily?’ Instead of words, I decided it was better to show him. I tentatively touched his arm, and we were transported into a world of our own. We were sitting beneath a palm tree, on a sunn... | My power is unique to me, and me alone. You see, I’ve always believed that current modern society wasn’t for me; it always felt like I was stuck in a prison, and as “free” as I was in this prison, it was still a prison. I’m very introverted, you see, so I’ve always had a hard time expressing myself, and it didn’t help ... | 2019-09-08T11:37:20 | 2019-09-08T11:02:00 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] As most wishing stars are hundreds of light years away, it takes millennia for wishes to come true. The year is 2835, and strange and confusing things have begun to happen. | Once upon a time, a boy wished upon a star.
*I wish I get the Neo Featherman Ranger collection for my birthday please!*
Once upon a time, a girl wished upon a star.
*I wish Godzilla was real so he could destroy my school so I won't have to do any homework.*
Once upon a time - well. You get the idea. Unfortunately, ... | So I got to go now but there's a start here. Let me know if you want to know how it continues!
“They’ve found another one.” Said Felix as he walked into the office. “This guy had almost no clothing and whirling a spear around”.
“Where are they taking him right now? And again the strange language?” Detective Rosemary ... | 2019-11-25T10:36:52 | 2019-11-25T10:28:36 | 43 | 15 |
[WP] 50 years ago, NASA determined a rogue planet would hit earth, destroying us all. The rich poured their fortunes into space travel and fled... but the rock missed, and now the survivors won't take them back. | How would you react if you learned you had 50 years to live?
Some of us dedicated ourselves to volunteer work and charity. Others quit their job and began travelling the world. For me, it didn't change much -- I just didn't think about it.
But for a very small minority of us, they reacted far differently. They, too, ... | "Well thank GOD for Daddy's "rainy day" fund he put together for us before he passed away. If it weren't for his company, we'd have been blasted into oblivion 50 years ago, amiright, Christine?"
​
"Ohmigosh Willy you are SO right. Daddy was the best. We're so fortunate."
​
Captain Pierce shook... | 2019-12-07T06:54:50 | 2019-12-07T04:12:49 | 981 | 640 |
[WP] 50 years ago, NASA determined a rogue planet would hit earth, destroying us all. The rich poured their fortunes into space travel and fled... but the rock missed, and now the survivors won't take them back. | They returned from their eliptical orbit, tangential to earth's, intended to survey the destruction of their home as they pulled a slingshot towards Alpha Centauri, the nearest though very long shot.
To their surprise, the Earth they found was not just intact but much the same, even down to a new crop of trillionaire... | Dear Mom,
Today is the day. The most important day of my life up until now. Today, I will set foot on Earth for the first time! I'm excited, but quite scared too. How will the masses react? What can we do in the first few days? How do we settle forever? I'm glad Papa has given me many of his notebooks, but we were slo... | 2019-12-07T06:59:56 | 2019-12-07T06:54:26 | 94 | 39 |
[WP] 50 years ago, NASA determined a rogue planet would hit earth, destroying us all. The rich poured their fortunes into space travel and fled... but the rock missed, and now the survivors won't take them back. | **19 August, 2086**
*Istanbul, Capital Autonomous Region, Terran Federation*
The city has ground to a halt for the last time. Nobody's at work, nobody's at school, despite it being a Monday. Everyone is at home, their family in their arms. Five minutes until contact.
It was 2036 when NASA, the North American Space A... | The finding of rogue planet SKHE-1115 was one of little fanfare. An astronomer in Pakistan began to track an object that did not have a stellar twinkle, but wasn’t any of the known solar planets. After reporting his findings on several local websites for astronomers, the findings were confirmed by other small-time hobb... | 2019-12-07T07:52:39 | 2019-12-07T07:32:28 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] All good stories need conflict, but your whole life has been abnormally peaceful: Everyone agrees with you and would never fight you; whoever you like always says yes to you; you live comfortably in a town with perfect weather. YET YOU ARE TIRED OF IT ALL. YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR DRAMA. | I sat at the coffee shop I visited every Sunday. There was something inherently relaxing and perfect about it, but then again there was something perfect about everything in my life. I started to realize how nothing wrong every happened, even remotely. The soothing jazz music stirred my mind like a pot of soup.
Sudden... | James slouched at the dinner table, frustrated. Looking around at his
family and friends, he couldn't help but feel ungrateful that they were
all there to celebrate his promotion. Sure, everyone patted him on the
back and congratulated him for his successes. But then again, when did
anything ever go wrong for James... | 2020-02-20T16:43:32 | 2020-02-20T14:28:55 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | Have you ever tasted mahogany?'Cause I have. It tastes exactly how you'd imagine it. You see, I turned 16 a couple of months ago. And, as you know, 16 is the age of the Table. I'd thought about it for so long...My Mom chose a cup of ice cold water, and everytime Dad pisses her off, the house freezes over. I ain't going... | The Arbiter was looked tired of our shit. Me and my friend, Melty still hadn't decided much to the annoyance of literally everyone else.
"C'mon guys, just pick one!" yelled Clarissa, shooting a blank at us with a finger gun. One more reason to hate licorice bullets, I suppose.
"Kids, there isn't a time limit here b... | 2020-03-19T12:34:09 | 2020-03-19T10:47:29 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You are a mutant in Xavier's school for gifted youngsters with the power to teleport, well that's what you tell everyone. In reality you can pause time and you're not ready to be an omega class mutant. | All the students were getting up to leave class when he heard, "Matthew, might I speak to you for a moment?"
"Of course, Professor."
Professor Xavier had always been kind to him. Matthew long suspected that Xavier knew he was hiding his full potential but the professor never pushed the subject and treated Matthew li... | Time is a weird concept.
We all can see the effects of it's passage. We feel it in how the new replaces the damaged, the young take over for the old, the slow inevitable shift of all things around us. Time has a grip on all that cannot be broken.
Or rather, we have a grip on it.
Imagine for a moment that Time does... | 2022-11-09T16:36:25 | 2020-07-15T08:19:27 | 9,106 | 26 |
[WP] You are a demon trapped in an ancient temple build by a long dead civilization. Today, after millennia, an archaeologist finds you. Now you need to convince him to free you from the magic circle. | "Perhaps I can offer you a dea-" The scholar rudely cuts me off with her laughter.
"What, all the world's knowledge including the 'dark arts' so you can carry me off in a few decades?" She scribes notes upon a thin black tablet with a chisel that can can inscribe effortlessly. I notice she pays more attention to the s... | My crumpled form lay hunched over on the sand stone floor. The room is unnaturally cool for being in a desert wasteland of sand and sun, a characteristic abused by the Egyptians when making tombs for Pharos. Lower chance of decomposition. How demoralizing. A god placed into a chamber for kings. My knees are bent, my fo... | 2020-12-06T14:37:19 | 2020-12-06T14:21:45 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] The biggest warmongering race of Aliens declare war on the local Galaxy cluster. The opposing group of peace-loving Aliens, who had befriended most Alien races, are finally forced to reveal their secret weapon, a 'classified' species called Humans, and their tenacity as persistence predators. | Thrixal drummed his clawed fingers on the aluminum table, absently poking small holes into the soft material. He pondered to himself why, for the life of him, was he waiting for the soft and fragile ambassador from Andromeda to appear.
Killing them didn't even seem worth it. It was too easy. Their race was not like h... | I look down at my hands, twirling them, observing them in a new light. Everything is...brighter. Clearer. More lovely.
More intense.
Two hours ago, I came out of surgery. I sit in the same chair I passed out in, allowing them to continue to run their barrage of tests on my body. First they tested the muscular change.... | 2021-05-25T13:25:07 | 2021-05-25T11:02:44 | 1,068 | 426 |
[WP] A demon just devoured your soul. You are both very confused as to why you are still alive. | "You should be dead."
"Think so? I feel okay." Ted looked up into the glowering face, a face from comic books and dungeon manuals.
"This is new to me." The demon loomed, its size and general air of menace diminished by its quizzical expression. "Usually my snacks gasp, some might scream a bit, crumple up and die.... | "Mm, why, that was far from the most underwhelming burden of sin that I've been made privy to"
I could feel its evil presence, grasping and caressing the very essence of my existence
It would have disgusted me, if I still had a heart to care
The demon made a show of smacking his lips, seemingly delighted with the q... | 2021-10-06T10:53:35 | 2021-10-06T08:41:55 | 95 | 68 |
[WP] It is said that the cursed princess can only be awoken by true love's kiss. To wake her up, the king has had princes from all over the world come to kiss her to no avail. One day, a peasant boy walks up to the sleeping princess and splashes her with cold water to wake her up. It actually works. | Princes, princesses, kings, queens, and even self-proclaimed deities came to kiss Princess Celia. None woke her up from her cursed slumber.
For those many years, the princess had been kept under the watchful eyes of a litany of guards. Predictably, the eyes got less and less watchful as time wore on. For few would dar... | The Royal Court stood silent, judging the lowly peasant bowing before the King. The boy, escorted on each side by the Royal Guard, looked up from his bow as the King beckoned.
"I am told, boy, that you have come to wake the Princess? That you wish to kiss her, and that you believe that you are the one to wake her?"
T... | 2022-08-07T04:19:58 | 2022-08-07T03:41:07 | 1,340 | 379 |
[WP] It is said that the cursed princess can only be awoken by true love's kiss. To wake her up, the king has had princes from all over the world come to kiss her to no avail. One day, a peasant boy walks up to the sleeping princess and splashes her with cold water to wake her up. It actually works. | "Plain water." The peasant laughed as the princess stirred from her sleep. "Had no one in this kingdom thought of it?"
"Of course we had." A voice from behind the boy said making him flinch. It was the king's. "So tell me, how is it that your 'plain water' broke the sleep?"
"Perhaps the witch lied." The boy said lazi... | The beautiful prince stepped back with a solemn loneliness lingering on his lips. The maiden princess remained sleeping.
"Stand back, boy. What are you doing?!" One of the prince's guards attempted to stop a young paige from interfering. He was holding a bucket.
"My nan always got me to wake up like this!" Before any... | 2022-08-07T06:14:52 | 2022-08-07T05:47:16 | 470 | 310 |
[WP] Your oldest child, who had been your daughter has informed you that she has transitioned to male. Problem is, you promised your first born son to the devil and his younger brother has been in Hell for years. This could be complicated. | "So is this gonna be a problem?" She - er, *he* - asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You know. The whole 'first born son' thing."
"I don't follow."
He shook his head. "My little brother, Dad." He hesitated. "He would've been twelve tomorrow."
I look at him sternly. "Wendy- er, Sean," I paused. *That's gonna take some get... | Stephen...Stephen....I hear my name being called. And it sounds glorious! I'm no longer that weak little girl anymore. I am now the man that I always knew I was.
Stephen...Stephen....Please say it some more! The life is slowly coming back into my body. I am feeling stronger just having my name being called out. My tru... | 2022-08-31T20:44:25 | 2022-08-31T19:48:31 | 70 | 46 |
[WP] On this long-haul interstellar supertanker, cloning is used to replace dead, dying or aged crew. The strict "1-clone at a time per person" law was temporarily retracted with all hands on deck to prevent a catastrophic failure. Crisis averted and law restored, there will be a culling. | "Let me get this straight," said the Security Director. "We have to kill all but one clone of each person. Starting with this guy," he points at an image projected by the holo lens, "let's run through the positions each clone has so I know which people are important or not. Who is in engineering?"
Captain: "How did yo... | I was the last one to be cloned of five. I had memories of being on the tanker for more than five-hundred years, and my original was long gone. I had no memory of her, or my life before the tanker. But I had the same name, and I wore her uniform.
"All hands on deck!"
The words echoed through the ship. I knew what wou... | 2022-09-26T13:49:28 | 2022-09-26T13:41:35 | 107 | 67 |
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