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[WP] In the world of the immortals, scientists discovered a drug that makes you mortal for a day. People start doing the "try not to die" challenge for views, and find out it's harder than it looks. | There once was a little boy named Hansel. And this little boy had a little sister called Gretel. And like unfortunately too many children in fairy books, they had a father who drank too much and talked too little. And one day, the father decided he'd had enough of the family-man life and kicked them out into the deep d... | This is illegal. In the palm of my hand, was a pale blue object. A pill, I believe. Joel glanced wearily at me. His eyes urged me to rethink my choices. His efforts were futile.
Heat began to build within my throat as the capsule snaked its way down to my stomach. A chalky aftertaste remained as I felt the pill settle... | 2020-06-20T23:47:05 | 2020-06-20T22:14:18 | 196 | 71 |
[WP] You often pick up pennies you find on the ground, inspecting them for date, markings, etc. One day, you find a penny from 2044. Even more shocking, it's your face on the front. | He had picked up the quirk from an old girlfriend. Her grandmother had always picked up pennies if they were face up and made sure to flip them over for someone else if they were face down. The thought of leaving some good will for a stranger if he couldn't earn it himself through a good luck penny always appealed to h... | "Today started just like any other day. I woke up, got myself ready for the day, and then went and ate some breakfast in the cafeteria." I said to Carol.
"Okay, so then what happened?" Carol replied.
She seems more cold today than usual. Less cheery maybe but who knows I could be reading into too much.
"Well after b... | 2018-06-27T09:22:43 | 2018-06-27T08:56:39 | 79 | 22 |
[WP] You are an immortal being, eons old. Your best friend is a mortal who reincarnates every time they die. They do not recall their past lives but they always remember you.
​ | Like we arranged, we always met toward the ends of his lives. I was not to intrude, not to disturb him, until he was absolutely bedridden (we'd decided this in one of his earlier reincarnations, when he couldn't stop himself from asking questions about his previous lives, and those memories, frankly, made him insane).
... | I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop in Paris, Le Procope. I first came in 1686, when it opened, and though I wasn’t always welcome, I always came back. I like things that last, even if they grow old and tired. Sometimes they spring up new and fresh again, like Le Procope. Plus I always get the best gossip here. Lo... | 2018-08-29T12:22:01 | 2018-08-29T09:07:25 | 730 | 102 |
[WP] After you die, you come back as a spirit, but only while someone alive is thinking of you. For 10 years you've had seconds or minutes of consciousness at a time. But for the past 16 months, you've been constantly awake, and you begin to suspect why. | This would be so much more convenient if I awoke near the one who was thinking of me. When I first awoke, I didn’t even bother trying to find who was thinking of me because all my previous hauntings had only lasted a few minutes. I just enjoyed being awake.
After the first hour, however, my first thought was to find ... | She had to know I would find out. She expected me to find out, but she didn't think it would take this long. I think I was wilfully ignorant, enjoying my second life since I didn't want to face the truth, but I didn't have a choice anymore. Knowing this truth requires action, but I don't know what I can do. The door wi... | 2019-06-30T10:43:02 | 2019-06-30T10:14:26 | 625 | 22 |
[WP] You find an abandoned altar in the middle of a forest. You’ve read about them in class. Abandoned altars would mean someone – or a group – had abandoned their deity. Saddened by the betrayal of the worshipper to his worshipped, you clean the altar. You never thought the forgotten god bless you. | This god was like any other: boring and repetitive and taking fucking ages to wake up. It was a little gold statue that kept stretching and yawning like it was waiting for me to do all the talking.
I stood impatiently before the altar. I was high on the mountain that I, very creatively, named Big Mountain (as opposed... | It was a senseless pursuit to try and recover all things abandoned. But when one was right in front of you, how could anyone with a beating heart resist?
Amidst the plentiful trees and shoots that sprung from the forest floor, a stone altar sat, as high as my waist and as long as my body, but nearly every inch of its ... | 2021-05-01T23:54:36 | 2021-05-01T23:43:50 | 368 | 125 |
[WP]: Your little crime family ran a restaurant as a money laundering front. However, the place got so popular, you decided to quit the crime and just run the place straight. Now, a new crime organisation is trying to inch into town, on your turf. It's time to get back to business. | Beads of sweat rolled down Hector's forehead, threatening to sting his eyes as they collected on his bushy eyebrows; he dabbed his face with the hand-towel he kept slung on his apron for that specific purpose, calling out merrily to his young employees on the other side of the service counter.
"Two large Hawaiian and... | Lord forgive me but it’s time to go back to the old me, said Mario Tagliatelle, proprietor of Mario’s Fifth Street Pizza and my third-favorite uncle.
I was down on my knees beneath a wobbly table, wedging a folded napkin beneath the leg responsible for the wobbling.
I’m sorry, what? I said.
I tried to stand up and b... | 2019-04-17T09:03:50 | 2019-04-17T08:41:40 | 446 | 85 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice: once when their body dies, and once when their name is spoken for the last time. One must wander the earth as a ghost until their name is spoken for the last time; only then can they pass into the afterlife. It's been over 3000 years, and you're still here. | If I knew I had more of the same to look forward to, I don't think I'd of killed myself. Really it was basically like life but worse, at least if you were alive you had needs and wants, urges and drives. When you were dead you just boredly watched the living. Watched them make the same stupid mistakes again and again.
... | "Okay guys today is a very special day, as I'm sure you're all aware. Today it has been exactly 3000 years since the incredibly popular "Ghosts Named John Smith Society" was first formed by our lord and savoir, John Smith." The crowd of ethereal John Smiths, numbering well into the millions, let's out an underwhelming ... | 2016-01-17T15:06:39 | 2016-01-17T12:40:16 | 235 | 20 |
[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 took a long breath, tentatively laying my fingers on the knob. I pushed until I heard it unlatch. A few eager morning rays pierced the crack between the door and the frame, and after what felt like an eternity, I found myself eye to eye with the boy's family — his weeping mother, somber father, and bitter grandparent... | 2018-09-16T20:33:29 | 2018-09-16T18:01:16 | 64 | 23 |
[WP] In a new TV game show contestants must jump into a wormhole that drops them into a random point in time where they must survive for longer than the other contestants. You've just been dropped in the worst possible place. | "The god maneuver" was how Madison had described the plan during our strategy sessions. "Easy money, it's all about the swagger." Sure, I could land anywhere, anytime in all of human history, but yokels were yokels be they cave men, israelites, or 15th century chinese peasants.
I swished my purple satin cape and tippe... | "ALLLLLRIGHT CONTESTANTS! IS EVERYBODY READY TO BEGIN?"
A chorus of 'yes's echoed around the contest hall, filling the air with the sound of our assent. Sweat dripped from my brow as I went over everything I had learned one last time. Languages, edible plants, and combat skills flicked before my eyes like a movie wit... | 2016-07-24T13:15:55 | 2016-07-24T10:39:59 | 1,360 | 644 |
[WP] You made it to the semi-finals of a nationwide elite wizardry competition. The crowd loves you, and the esteemed judges regarded you as the dark horse of the competition, with your unorthodox approach. There's just one problem; You don't know how to use magic. You never did.
Bonus points if you find a way to incl... | How had no one realized I was a fake? I'd signed up for the wizard competition as a joke. Figure it was a bunch of Harry Potter fans running around on broomsticks pretending they were playing quidditch.
In the first round I did card tricks. Wizards aren't great at probability--it turns out their education system skips... | “Once again Michael has done it! With his opponent defeat he will move on the the semifinals. We can’t wait to see what he does next time.” Said the announcer for the tournament. I hadn’t actually wanted to be part of this in the first place, but my school had required every student to take part in their tenth grade... | 2020-10-09T07:54:58 | 2020-10-09T07:53:00 | 1,801 | 42 |
[WP] You just died. While in purgatory you hear that you will be send in a room with all the people you caused pain or suffering. After waiting in your room for 2 hours nobody is coming. You find that odd because you were the most efficient assassin of the CIA. | "Hello, I'm your guide for this phase. May I know your name?"
"Call me Ghost."
"Well, Mr. Ghost ... "
"No, just Ghost."
"Are you insulted by the title?"
"The title assumes that Ghost is my real identity."
"Well, at this phase in one's afterlife, use of the real identity is the norm.... I see. Well there are al... | I was the best assassin of CIA and I was dead.
2 hours pass and the room wher people that have suffered from my hand were supposed to show up was empty. My stomach starts to feel like a heavy ball and the huming of my heartbeat was filling my head. Three deap breaths and I'm abble to calm myself. This reminded me of t... | 2019-09-29T19:14:08 | 2019-09-29T12:58:42 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] In the fear of becoming a Main Character, the main character lives his whole life avoiding cliche story lines and interactions
Inspiration from /r/manga top post.
http://imgur.com/gallery/J5sbp | Scott shuffled down the hall; the final bell had rung, and it was time to get out of dodge.
And, each and every day, what a time *that* was...
"Hey, Scotty!" Ronald Verrater slapped Scott on the shoulder. "We on for fencing practice, tomorrow?"
Scott shook his head, pushing forward and leaving Ronald behind.
Poor R... | First prompt. Dunno why I wrote this at 12AM. Oh well. Guess the shows and win points! (not really)
I don't even know what I've written. I'm not even sorry.
_____
I swear, it's like the damn universe wants me to become a main character! I don't want to though, I'd much rather take the back seat when it comes to thi... | 2014-11-08T08:36:17 | 2014-11-08T08:20:31 | 799 | 41 |
[WP] 2 years ago, tired of all the bugs in your house, you made a deal with a spider. He would protect your house from pests, and you would not kill it or drive it off. When you made the deal, you could have held the spider in your hand, now, it is much bigger, and its definition of 'pests' is also. | In the Texas summer, bugs tended to be a huge annoyance. For me, mosquitos, flies, and all kinds of pests were constantly a problem. They would find their way into the house, buzzing around the room, leaving itchy, annoying bites.
There was a spiderweb in the upper corner of the living room. The ceiling was too hig... | Like every August around here, the dragonflies were darting, frogs were heard in chorus, and the ticks were a plenty. This always meant plenty of meals. Well, haha, not for me obviously. I liked my garden, where I grew asparagus, tomatoes and pumpkins. Plenty of other things too, mind you. I had a green thumb of s... | 2021-07-04T00:11:47 | 2021-07-04T00:06:21 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] You're a thief who breaks into homes, but try your best to stay undetected. You lubricate the hinges to prevent squeaky noises, you sweep the floor to get rid of footsteps, etc. Eventually, you fix more than you take, and rumors spread about a mysterious, helpful fairy in town.
EDIT: Wow, didn't expect this promp... | It started off small.
I brought some cheap screws and an oil can to a job because I had gotten busted twice when homeowners heard a floorboard creak or a hinge squeak. Almost got my head blown off the second time.
Not anymore.
The town I prowl is rich, not super rich but old money comfortable rich. Lots of old peo... | Well, it's obvious that I'm going to have to relocate. Everybody has caught on to my tactics. Just about every home in town has a cheap safe bolted to the floor. That's not the worst part though, it seems as if people find my burglary skills to be more of a blessing than a threat.
Some of the smart asses have begun le... | 2017-03-13T08:45:46 | 2017-03-13T07:50:06 | 428 | 118 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Dexicon moved his cosmic fortress from Centauri B straight into Earth's orbit. Dexicon was able to do this in one turn thanks to the cosmic paving it had laid earlier. This allowed faster than light travel.
"Your move, God." Dexicon roared, knowing it had the ancient deity in its proverbial palm.
*Shit shit shit* th... | God floated somewhere in the rift between dimensions, watching Earth intently with judging eyes.
"The little fuckers have barely even left their planet, let alone the galaxy. Seriously? They keep killing *each other* off? T.V. shows about aliens because they have no idea about what's out there?" God muttered in angst.... | 2022-09-11T19:19:52 | 2016-04-09T05:31:00 | 1,980 | 689 |
[WP] Mankind has reached the stars, the human origins are forgotten. Earth is a place of myth and legend. | No one expected aliens like this. After having spread across many planets all across the galaxy, the Palani Empire has found no evidence of sentient alien life able to travel the stars. But here it is, a spaceship slowly hurtling towards Palan Five. Commander Tempers couldn't believe it, but the excitement sent his blo... | The rustle of paper was an omnipotent sound within the wooden walls of the dusty room. The ancients of eons past called this place a 'Library', which essentially meant that it was a repository of information both in a digital and physical form. Its purpose in everyday life would have been mundane, as everyone had acces... | 2018-02-22T07:39:39 | 2018-02-22T05:47:24 | 66 | 22 |
[WP] A Serial Killer found a pendant that gives him 10 years of extra life for every person he kills, but what he doesn't know is that there is an invisible experience bar, and he is one kill from "level 2 human". | I have only ever killed people who deserved it.
When I first found the amulet, and the instructions with it, I never thought I would actually ever kill someone. Ten extra years of healthy, young life was tempting, but I didn't think I had it in me to be a murderer. I wasn't even sure if the amulet worked, despite the ... | "He called it the "the tear of Largon" I called it bullshit, but I still took it though, it was shiny and this charlatan was old and frail, I was out of there before he knew what hit him. The moment he pendant found it's place on my chest I noticed the gem was heavier than it appeared, somehow it's weight increased ove... | 2014-11-20T14:09:48 | 2014-11-20T13:36:15 | 515 | 45 |
[WP] A fortune teller foretold that twins would be born where one was evil and the other was good. A year later, a woman gave birth to a boy with horns and bat wings, and a girl with angel wings and a halo. The boy was sent away, while she and her husband raised the girl. They kept the wrong one. | “Are you sure?”
The new mother looked down at the young boy, tears in her eyes as she took in the tiny little horns and wee bats wings.
“What if we can... raise him right? Show him kindness and love, and hope he turns out ok?”
The king looked on with a heavy heart, and spoke,
“You know what happens when you try t... | It was early in the morning, I could hear the birds chirping. I opened my eyes just a little only to see my little girl Jessy there. I was happy to see her until I realized she was holding a knife. That was the 5th time this week she has woke me up like this. I wish we would have kept her brother. We noticed from a you... | 2020-05-07T10:15:45 | 2020-05-07T08:18:26 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone picks an unlikely life event. They will be reborn at 18 every time they die until that event happens. After that, death is permanent.
Example - Winning a lottery jackpot. Statistically, they would die in 22 plane crashes in a row before winning the Mega Millions jackpot. | See, most people try to live forever, but that ends one of two ways: they don't or they wish they didn't. Rob Herman was a famous example of the first, Rob chose his Event to be “Winning the lottery and getting struck by lightning.” It was a great choice, the chance of getting struck on any given day was 1 in 245,000,0... | "They made a new season of Firefly"
My heart was all rose petals and bubbles. The air was champagne and I was lapping it up in quick hyperventilation. I finally got to live in a world with my favorite adventurers once again. They gave me hope, they gave me spirit, they gave me fulfillment beyond all else.
I was chas... | 2014-11-11T21:52:28 | 2014-11-11T19:29:24 | 912 | 49 |
[WP] A necromancer discovers that spells to animate dead bodies also work on other things that have been described as "dead," such as batteries, cars, appliances, friendships, and romances.
Edit:
I did not expect this!
Thank you all, and thank you for the gold! | “Hey friends, it’s ya boy the Re-Animator!”
A man in a dark robe shuffled into a brightly lit studio set.
“Lemme ask you something? You got dead batteries pulling up in the house? Of course you do, their everywhere.”
Cuts to a woman opening a closet and being drowned in a sea of batteries.
“Well what are you gonna... | "Friendship ended with Musadir , Now Salman is my best friend. "
Said the meme. This was even a new format. Won many memecoins at the memeeconomy awards.
Even trump got into it , Friendship ended with Canada , Now North Korea is my best friend.
Friendship ended with Obi-wan ... Palpatine is my best friend... Endles... | 2018-11-27T07:17:17 | 2018-11-27T03:49:00 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You have the superpower of mildly convenient coincidences. Clouds always make sure you're in just the right amount of shade, and traffic lights are always green for you. | In a world of superheroes with impressive abilities like super strength, flight, super healing or lightning speed, it's easy to miss the heroes with smaller or not as impressive powers. Like the girl who can command squirrels, for example. Or that guy who calls himself the "Arm Fall Off Boy". With just the ability to d... | "It's all in your head," teased Janie, walking a few steps ahead of me on the car-fucked street. I felt a raindrop on my forehead. I took a look at the ground and began to see sprinkles polka-dot the concrete. I sped up to catch up to Janie but softly tripped on something wedged into the crack between two buildings. It... | 2017-02-27T18:52:54 | 2017-02-27T18:30:49 | 43 | 13 |
[WP] One normal day, a loud voice is heard by everyone on Earth, "Finally, one of you schmucks has made it into Heaven." | "Finally, one of you shmucks has made it into Heaven."
The office board meeting fell silent, everyone was so stunned at the voice they forgot all about continuing CPR on Craig, who had just suffered a heart attack.
"He's stopped breathing!" Mary exclaimed from the floor next to the recently deceased Craig.
"Yes he ... | June 6, 2024 was a tragic day for all Americans. I, was watching the news and mourning the death of beloved actor, Tom Hanks. It was heartbreaking, how he passed in his sleep from kidney failure. The 2023 remake of “Big” was the last piece we'd ever get to see America’s sweetheart in.
But my grief suddenly turned to ... | 2018-03-21T14:54:49 | 2018-03-21T13:00:48 | 55 | 24 |
[WP] You are best friends with Death. Although you don't know this. Every Sunday he has you killed just to talk to you about his week then brings you back to life after. However you never remember the meetings. | I used to dread Sundays because the next day seemed to always be Monday.
Now, Mondays are a welcome respite. The furthest I am from Death, until next weekend. His smell lingers. That's the only way I know he's been through. I recognize it from all those other times I've summoned him.
Why me? Who fucking knows. I'm ... | I love my local park - being a big kid adult I can’t help the attraction. It is like everything I need to have a great Sunday is all in one place
Who can resist monkey bars and the weird animal shaped seats on springs and that circle thing with handles that you can spin around on
I learnt a few years ago to avoid the... | 2020-01-31T07:11:38 | 2020-01-31T05:04:17 | 225 | 42 |
[WP] Your ship's new prototype energy cannon just vaporized an alien warship, shattered a moon, and punched a hole through a planet. "Sir, message from thier flagship: What the !@#$ing %/&$ was that?!". | "Sir," my communications officer managed to tear their eyes from the sensors long enough to think clearly. "Enemy fleet commander is hailing us." The young man reviewed the screen and frowned. From his position at the rear of the command deck Commodore Higgins could see the junior officer struggling and decided to o... | Captain Jesup scratched his cheek, looked over at Engineer Colins who simply handed her datapad over to him.
“Well High Patriarch Woo’bani,” he said to the screen portraying the insectoid lizards outraged expression. “That, was our answer for the genocide and enslavement of three of our colonies. we made sure none of t... | 2021-08-03T10:12:20 | 2021-08-03T09:59:42 | 182 | 42 |
[WP] You are a world-class programmer who has died. God agrees to allow you in to Heaven on the condition that you work for him while he debugs the human body. Write the patch notes for the next version of humans. | *Homo* v. 1.5 release: *Homo modernus*
**New features:**
* Improved and sustained acuity of visual sensory systems. They should no longer wear out as quickly.
* Female models now have access to facial hair growth.
* In order to facilitate numerical reasoning, an arithmetic logic unit has been included in the fronta... | Human v1.1
* Created basic cell membrane and stored in new GIT repository. Does nothing yet, but will provide a better basis to develop from than the old DNA sequence which jumps back and forth between coding sequences and is full of dead code. There was actually a *goto* command in there. Whatever crack-smoking mon... | 2015-08-25T08:53:32 | 2015-08-25T07:22:26 | 746 | 112 |
[WP] "They that pull the Sword from the Stone shall be the True King, and lead the kingdom to a golden age!" the prophecy said. However, no-one's been willing to argue the legitimacy of the Queen who's been wielding said sword, still stuck in the stone, as a giant mace. | "Mom, why did you marry dad? He's so ugly."
The Queen looked at Prince Edward, and scolded him while secretly chuckling to herself. Pulling up a chair next to the young prince's bed, she caressed his head and began to talk soothingly.
"Your dad wasn't always ugly Edward. When we were young, he was a tall glass of wat... | "Ah come on!" Yorrick exclaimed "She never pulled the damn thing outta the stone at all!"
Hule rolled his eyes "That's the only argument you ever got and it-"
"It's all the argument I ever need!" Yorrick interrupted.
"Says you! So hung up on prophecy you want to ignore seven years of progress and joy for the Que... | 2018-03-18T21:49:07 | 2018-03-18T16:20:36 | 296 | 114 |
[WP] Recently you’ve noticed an increasing trend in the souls entering hell. They’re not at all tormented by the conditions, most of them seem *happy* with their too-small homes and long five hour days of mindless tasks. You report to Satan that maybe someone should check the conditions on Earth. | "What do you mean i should check in? If I so much as poke my head into Earth's atmosphere, God would have my ass!" Lucifer spoke, visibly upset by the suggestion put forth by Satan. After all, his shenanigans in Eden has not been forgotten by any of his siblings. And God went no contact.
"I understand, your Grace. Bu... | Me: E-excuse me, Your Malevolence?
Satan: *WHAT!?*
M: I have somewhat of a concern about the way the souls we’re taking in are…
S: Are *what?* Speak, little imp; don’t you dare try my patience.
M: S-sorry, Your Cruelness! New souls entering Hell are not scared or worried anymore!
S: Hah, really? That was your... | 2022-12-28T15:57:57 | 2022-12-28T11:49:30 | 194 | 39 |
[WP] You are a superhero with shapeshifting powers. You don't fight crime. You cover for other superheroes when they need to sneak out to save the day. | I have found myself in quite a few interesting situations in my line of work, but this was certainly new. My arms and legs were strapped to a metal chair in a dark room with some dim monitors about 10 feet away. My instant reaction was to shift my way out by flattening my limbs but I had no idea if I was being watched ... | Superman looked nervous he never usually looked nervous. It must be serious. I hope he won't forget to pay me though, I wish he got a better paid job than a low ranking journalist.
'I really appreciate this. I cant have my partner finding out that I am gone, It will change everything. Theyre all I have. But they can... | 2020-03-23T14:51:47 | 2020-03-23T14:32:07 | 102 | 55 |
[WP] A time traveler warns the various indians of the america's of european invaders. Many europeans who looked to settle or invade are repelled. The First World War is fought in the 1800's waged by a united Native American alliance | Felix woke to the sound of heavy drums in the distance. Fearing what this new, alternate reality would be, he looked to his surroundings for cover.
Seeing nothing immediately, he could hear between the beats of drums a trickling of water. Hoping he could trust his ears, he ran towards the stream.
It was a river, jud... | I am chief Wolf-tooth Swiftfoot , we have come across a strange man who came to us . We first threaten him of who he is , what he wants . We surround him and as we where about to strike him he says he does not want any harm , we let him speak . He calls himself " Stephen Teymur " , he talks about a big evil that will c... | 2017-03-21T04:08:22 | 2017-03-21T01:57:21 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] You're the normal guy the evil emperor keeps around to point out obvious flaws in his plan. It's a pretty sweet gig, but there are some annoyances. | Being a janitor in an obvious evil lair to a supreme dictator was a job I've always considered dangerous. The man who rules over all of us with an iron fist, charismatic to be sure, but was perhaps the craziest guy I've ever met..
So crazy that some of his ideas were considered both a suicide AND a death sentence. An... | Kylo Ren hitched up his pants, and gestured to me to come closer.
"Yes, my lord?" I asked, kneeling on one knee, my palms up in supplication. Hopefully, his Kylo'ness wouldn't notice that I had directly disobeyed him.
"Jonesy - what do you think of the good General Hux's plan?"
I followed K's glistening black glove... | 2018-01-16T00:06:13 | 2018-01-15T17:08:18 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] There are many different rituals to gain power in the world, one such Ritual is to eat every last bit of an animal to gain its power. Eat its flesh, crunch down its bones, and drink all of its blood, every last bit. You are the first to gain the power of a . . . | A leviathan, never had anyone attempted such a feat, unfortunately I had no choice, stranded on an island with nothing else to eat save coconuts and crabs.
Such a grand creature,tentacles sprawling 100 meters long, some still impaled by the spikes used to prevent juveniles from scaling to the deck, most don’t live l... | It has taken 2 years. 2 Years of eating fatty meat, of grinding bones into milkshakes, of taking capsules full of blood. But you did it. You finally gained the powers of a mighty beast.
Others have done this before, many people have mild bug powers. Mediocre powers from small animals like squirrels and cats. An oddly... | 2022-11-12T15:53:44 | 2022-11-12T15:27:19 | 86 | 34 |
[WP] The pantheon of heroes asked you your power. "Anxiety," you replied. They laughed, as though it was some 'relatable' joke. They suddenly stopped when they felt you use it. | The circular room surrounded Tom as he stood before the pantheon of heroes that humans looked up to. Such an honour to stand before such legends. The glistening chandelier above the rectangular table shone over Tom's sweating palms and forehead. He had never even dreamed that when he was younger, he'd be in the same ro... | From on high the heroes leered, faces obscured by billowing laughter, and disdain.
Said them, "What power is it that brings you here, amongst us all? What force do you maintain?"
Ascending onto that high mountain I smiled, my face full and bright.
Spoke I, "It is not the wisdom of my mind, nor the endurance of my bo... | 2020-04-12T18:37:23 | 2020-04-12T18:08:46 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] Your phone's always been a few minutes fast. You've never been able to fix it, so you just ignored it until the day you were hanging out with your friend and received this text from their number: 'Omg pls tell me your still alive' | I heard my phone vibrate in my purse. I bent down and fished the thing out, still listening to Val’s rant about her new employee. Apparently, his approach to being a salesperson means getting a little too hands-on with the customers...in a pet store of all places. Val doesn’t know whether to reprimand or fire him. He d... | Thursday
*Shit. I'm going to be late to the meeting.* I check the time on my phone again. 10:22, and I'm still waiting at a red light. *Come on, change.* I shift in my seat and nervously tap my fingers on the steering wheel in a rapid staccato beat. A line of cars turn left in front of me. 10:23. Finally, it changes.
... | 2018-05-23T18:18:07 | 2018-05-23T18:02:41 | 166 | 31 |
[WP] You are every Super Hero’s worst enemy, not because you are particularly powerful, but because nothing you do is technically illegal… you’re just a huge asshole. | "Not you again! Are you sure you're not in the League of Darkness?" he cried after I had tapped him on the shoulder.
"Please read the notice," I responded, handing him over the contract, "and please make sure you read through all the small print." A pulsating vein popped out of Wonderman's forhead as he began to scan ... | [Poem]
In Villainous stride,
Push heroes aside,
But still abide by the laws
No big dreamer, no villainous schemer not even a righteous cause.
I walk a thin line
Between rules, so fine
Make annoyances mine
Aftertaste like brine
Every loophole abused
Every get away used
Every shin bruised, because I... | 2021-08-02T04:41:46 | 2021-08-02T04:24:48 | 1,009 | 40 |
[WP] The fact the uncanny valley exists is terrifying. Being scared by things that look almost human but aren't. Other animals do not have this. That means that at some point in our evolution, running away from things that looked almost human was advantageous enough to be imprinted on our genetics. | An Old Man is seated on a rock by a large bonfire. To either side of him a group of about a dozen youths sit cross legged, ringing the fire. A few of the youths are whittling at blocks of wood, while others nibble on jerky. They are dressed in rough leather garments stitched together by chords of hemp and sinew. Some o... | The retired professor turned this way and that, crazy haired and wild eyed, looking for something that wasn't there.
Sturbink's office light had shut off about thirty seconds ago. He had been lost in the research time vortex that afflicted adderall users everywhere, absorbed by first hand accounts of murders from the ... | 2020-09-15T12:53:49 | 2020-09-15T12:37:49 | 909 | 132 |
[WP] Earth is an unspoilt vacation spot for an alien race which returns once per year. Unfortunately for us their year is a million earth years, and the last time they visited was a million years ago. | “Sbrgrl, are you ready?”
The being nodded in response, jamming his appendages into the ship’s steering inlets. “Yes, Mother. I’m ready.”
“You’re sure? We don’t have to do this if you aren’t comfortable.”
“I’m sure. I have to do this, for myself if nothing else. Is everything packed?”
His towering father entered th... | "Sir!" I yelled as General Marr burst through the doors.
He glanced back at me and curled his lips. "If you have questions to ask, spit them out, Lieutenant."
I swallowed, nodding along as my feet desperately tried to keep up with his oppressive pace. "Uh, sir." He glared at me again. "What did the aliens say?"
Gen... | 2019-04-20T08:36:33 | 2019-04-20T08:30:52 | 2,225 | 312 |
[WP] "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world." -Walt Disney
(quote posted by /u/lupusdude)
The year is 2084 and Disneyland now covers nearly 20% of the Earths landmass. The united military's of the free world continue their bloody struggle agains... | *Smack*. Her father's hand connected hard with the side of Kayle's face, her whole head throbbing with the force of it.
"I said what do you see?!" Kayle was sobbing so hard her whole body was shaking, trying to look at the piece of paper her father was holding through the blur of her tears.
"I don't know, it's just a... | I can't remember a time before the Disneyland-industrial complex.
But I can remember my first mission. I was five. The elders were so proud of me the first time I wore the outfit. Mother cried as she put the poncho on me and Dad beamed as he lay the sombrero on my head. With my disguise set I was ready to relay messa... | 2014-06-29T12:43:28 | 2014-06-29T11:25:03 | 51 | 23 |
[WP] You were asked out by your crush to come and hang out with her after school. On your date, she drained your blood and buried you in the woods thinking that you were another easy victim. And now, the next morning, she looks horrified when you walk into class. | "Hey, I want to show you something."
I smiled widely, following Lydia into her basement. It was dark, the lights left off. I felt a little surprised, and excited. I felt her grab my hand, tugging me further in.
"Stand right here."
I obeyed, opening my eyes as wide as possible in the hopes of seeing something. But as... | I couldn't believe it when my crush, Sarah, asked me out on a date after school. I had been crushing on her for ages and never thought she would feel the same way about me. I was so excited that I couldn't concentrate on anything else the entire day.
After school, we met up at a local park and spent the afternoo... | 2022-12-29T16:53:31 | 2022-12-29T15:08:56 | 1,519 | 67 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | On the day of his birth, Craig Barclay was visited by every wise man within travelling distance. Birth had become rare, Humanity on the brink of extinction. To witness such an event was a treasure. They brought gifts fitting for the family.
His father was born with the mark of the Bear on his back. It was large, indi... | I've always hated the sea.
I've hated it since I watched Little Cattail disappear before me, his panicked screams echoing in my ears. His claws carved red furrows into my right arm, slowly tearing bloody grooves into my flesh as I desperately tried to find purchase, the waves battering my hands and tearing him from my... | 2017-11-08T05:45:29 | 2017-11-08T05:35:22 | 192 | 29 |
[WP] The Evil Overlord infiltrates the hero's party as a new member. The hero's party realizes this, but they instead pretend not to and pamper him with love and acceptance.
I humbly hope this is simple enough that you can come up with many world ideas c: | “More tea?”
Elleriam waved the teapot in Jhon’s direction. The tall man held his hand up to indicate that he was quite full, so the elf turned to her other companions to offer refills.
In truth, Jhon would have loved another cup. Elleriam’s tea tasted of bright spring mornings and delicate mountain flowers. His ... | I'd slipped up one too many times. It probably started when I yelled "Kill the old hag!" after that librarian refused to give us the promised reward simply because we returned a day later than requested. Or maybe it was that time where I got so into the interrogation that I subconsciously started torturing that bandit ... | 2019-11-02T13:22:44 | 2019-11-02T12:50:56 | 161 | 14 |
[WP] You own a small specialty meat purveyor. You and your crew inspect, purchase, slaughter, and butcher the animals yourselves. Years ago, on a whim, you started whispering "for Apollo" at each kill. You've just dispatched the firm's 10,000th cow. | Thirteen years. That's how long it's been since I started at Bucky's, completely wet behind the ears, as a butcher's apprentice.
I threw up the first time I slaughtered a cow on my own; the sounds and smells and the way the light left its huge brown eyes. Not so much the blood, though. I wouldn't have gone into the b... | Hey first time writing here and also sorry for formatting I’m doing this on mobile.
It’s a momentous occasion really, 10,000 cows, it’s such a large number but for us it meant a lot. When I started working here the company was close to bankruptcy. Nobody wanted to buy meat of any kind with our price tag on it, after a... | 2019-07-09T07:58:06 | 2019-07-09T07:54:11 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | It hurts to look at him now. That dark brown hair, almost the colour of dried blood. The reminder of what I did.
We're having breakfast now. He sits across from me, pushing his toast soldiers around the plate absentmindedly. I force a smile, and try and catch his eye but he ignores me. Is this always the way it will b... | Everywhere I looked I saw alternating seas of blond and brown crossing the busy intersections. Like busy termites they paraded around their mundane little lives without a care in the world. I have to admit that part of me wondered how the change took place at first.
Most of the people had "turned" by the time they le... | 2014-05-10T20:59:41 | 2014-05-10T19:53:59 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | She was blonde yesterday.
Blondness is a rare trait in this city. Sure, every now and then, you'll run into someone with locks of wheaty gold, but brown was the shade of this town. Even I had browned last year. I tugged at my dark curls, a reminder of that glorious night during which my blonde was taken in a bout of ... | Everywhere I looked I saw alternating seas of blond and brown crossing the busy intersections. Like busy termites they paraded around their mundane little lives without a care in the world. I have to admit that part of me wondered how the change took place at first.
Most of the people had "turned" by the time they le... | 2014-05-10T20:17:29 | 2014-05-10T19:53:59 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] The hero is prophesied to save the world. He knows that prophecies always come true, so he does absolutely nothing.
...and saves the world. Or doesn't. Your call. | "Honey! It's the president again! he's asking when you're going to do something about that alien invasion!" Erin shouted from the hallway, she always does that.
*Sigh* "For the last time hun! I'm the HERO, I'm going to save the day eventually! Why don't you read that book people keep yapping about some more?"
"What, ... | "But, sir! Sir, it is written in the book of Yoth: the noble knight will unearth the Javelin of the Conqueror..."
"Yes, thank you, Martin, I know the god damn prophecy, I know what I'm supposed to do."
Sir Gallant shifted his legs onto the little table in front of his rocking chair.
"I'm to go to the abandoned Elysi... | 2014-12-22T11:26:39 | 2014-12-22T11:07:02 | 280 | 21 |
[WP] Give me the history textbook from your latest game of Civilization V. | Page 912, A letter from Catherine the Great to Julius Caesar, circa 1892.
We were friends once, Julius, weren't we? It was so long ago when my scouts first left Moscow, their faces shrouded against the humid jungle air. They came upon your warriors whose simple spiked clubs had unveiled gold, horses, the secrets of ... | Chapter 1: The Founding of The Land Between the Rivers and the formation of the Arabian Empire
Arabia began long ago with the founding of Mecca in the Land Between the Rivers. Brave explorers ventured out into the harsh world. In between the rivers there was only desert. On one side, the great Meccan Mountains, and on... | 2015-02-11T13:10:20 | 2015-02-11T12:55:26 | 843 | 77 |
[WP] A spaceship is passing by our solar system. It is so large that earth is merely the size of a dime. We can't make enough ruckus to get noticed until one day, someone has the perfect idea. | God, we all tried to get that spaceship's attention.
It just... Appeared one day. Blocking the sun and shit. We really wanted it to move, so crops could grow, you know?
It's fucking huge, mate. Like... I can see the logo from the bloody ground.
Anyways, we needed the UFO (more of an IFO, because anybody with half a ... | Jack decided that something was wrong and woke up. Upon closer inspection, the world appeared exceptionally ordinary, and Jack decided to go back to sleep only to jump out of bed a few seconds later, cursing on top of his lungs. Today was a big day.
It was the 21st of August, and Jack had an eclipse planned. Not a pun... | 2015-03-09T09:19:42 | 2015-03-09T09:13:28 | 75 | 10 |
[WP] An troll challenges someone over the internet to "fight him IRL". That someone turns out to be Superman, who is bored of fighting evil, and now spends his time beating up internet trolls.
Basically, an internet troll's worst nightmare come true. | **WEEDLORDBONERHITLER666**: I'm just sayin all immigrants are lazy fucks who should be shot and killed as they come across the border.
**STEELFAN87**: I'm an immigrant. Would you say that to me?
**WEEDLORDBONERHITLER666**: I don't know, why arent you out mowing my lawn lololololol??!?!
**STEELFAN87**: Do you even *h... | I look him over once.
No tumors in his brain, which is a bit of a letdown. I was hoping for something in the prefrontal cortex, that controls judgement and self-control. But no, just neatly curled grey matter, completely ordinary. His skin was a little pale, but his liver and spleen looked good, so it probably wasn't ... | 2015-05-04T08:52:17 | 2015-05-04T08:17:43 | 140 | 78 |
[WP] Elon Musk is convinced that we live in a simulation, so he constructs the largest cluster bomb in history and sets it off in space. For the first time, MilkyWay.exe lags. | Jeremy looked at the read out on the monitor in disbelief.
Error 100101
Error? The Milky Way hadn’t had an error in...well ever. And what the hell was error 100101?
Beads of sweat began to form on his brow. Had he done something? The only manual interaction he’d had with the sim were the usual arbitrary interactio... | When the big day arrived, it was like none other. Everyone had waited 30 years since humanity reached the consensus that our entire universe was only a simulation, it had taken 30 years for the neutrino cluster bomb to reach a safe enough distance from Earth to be detonated.
Over a billion people were born during tha... | 2016-08-19T15:21:07 | 2016-08-19T15:12:58 | 81 | 45 |
[WP]You work in a jewelry store. One antique diamond ring sits there, slowly tarnishing. You ask the owner the story of the ring. | "This ain't an easy job kid."
Joe was sorting the bills, counting them out like he did every night with slow patience. I sat on the old stool, spinning round now the store was closed for the night. I didn't like to leave the old man alone when he locked up and the few extra minutes, they didn't hurt.
“I know.”
“I’m ... | It was during his first month working at the store that Nathan saw the ring, tucked away in a box behind the cash register.
It was an intricate thing, multiple jewels winking at him. A layer of dust and dirt dimmed its luster ever so slightly. He was reaching for it, when the hoarse voice of Oliver, the store owner, s... | 2016-11-20T08:15:25 | 2016-11-20T07:30:59 | 42 | 14 |
[WP] Due to a loophole in the system, people can escape hell and get to heaven after death. You go to hell and all you see is Satan, just sitting there playing the harmonica. Everyone left him and now he's all alone. | When you consider that Judgement isn't graded on a bell curve and is, in fact, a super stringent set of requirements that one was meant to follow over what seemed, at the time, an incredibly long amount of time one would assume hell would be practically filled to the brim.
So when I found myself utterly alone in an e... | He followed the lilting notes down empty corridors crusted with flecks of blood and gore.
He walked past cages crafted of bone that stood wide open, past the scattered and abandoned tools of torture. It was all too visceral to provide him with the illusion that he was drifting in some never-ending nightmare and would... | 2017-02-01T09:21:57 | 2017-02-01T09:11:17 | 224 | 19 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | Dreadnaught was the last of the Old Guard. The early heroes who had fought for the good of the world, for honor and justice and other long-dead ideals. they toppled dictatorships, brought aid to disaster-stricken regions and never accepted a penny. Dreadnaught himself had seen the greats of the age, had only been a you... | Like every day since I started this job, the subway was packed. Not the kind of packed where you have to occasionally mutter apologies as you slide past people; this was more like something that made me envious of sardines in a can.
Thank-god for phones. I sighed as an ad began to play again on the video I was watchi... | 2017-04-02T09:11:57 | 2017-04-02T07:17:35 | 154 | 41 |
[WP] Every morning when your phone's alarm goes off, it shows a headline in the notification bar. If you snooze the alarm, the headline changes. You must choose which headline with which to wake. But, after three snoozes you're stuck with that future. | *Beep.*
A daily game. A daily gamble. I didn't understand why it was me, and why the power of a future-changer was in my hands, but I sure as hell knew my importance. I rolled over, eyes already opened and brain ready to process. *This had better be good...*
'Worldwide bomb strike annihilates Asia'. Fuck...that was o... | *HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY*
...BZZZ...BZZZ...BZZZ...
*"Just another day."*
Yeah, no. Fuck that. Skipped for the millionth time.
*"Confront your past."*
Sure, right after I finish confronting the future. Next.
*"A quiet night in."*
I think I'll get my fill of those when I'm lying in a casket. Come on lucky sevens.
*"L... | 2017-08-01T07:11:38 | 2017-08-01T06:32:31 | 77 | 23 |
[WP] A crazed astronomer undergoes a quest to shut down the entire state's power grid, in an effort to force the population to behold, for the first time, the beauty of a starry night sky. | There was once a crazed astronomer
Who led an engineer astray
From his duties at the electronomer
His plan failed, dismay!
Day 2, he thought
a second chance at last
to give the public a view
of a night as clear as glass
Day 3, behold, he exclaimed
Pointing to his telescope
A magnificent instrument
... | Yellow, brown, yellow, brown! It doesn't take a fucking genius to realize that the light pollution has obviously gotten out of hand. I dare you to look into the decaying night sky on a clear Chicago night, and attempt to see anything but yellow and brown. It's a stain on nature. A cloud over a cloudless city. Living i... | 2017-08-31T04:49:31 | 2017-08-31T01:01:58 | 105 | 11 |
[WP] A crazed astronomer undergoes a quest to shut down the entire state's power grid, in an effort to force the population to behold, for the first time, the beauty of a starry night sky. | "Power's out." My father struck a match and lit another candle as he said this to me, as if I somehow wasn't aware already. I sighed.
“Yeah, dad, I know.”
He dragged a wicker chair across the porch and sat down next to me. “They say some fella in Columbus did it. Something about seeing stars. I'd like to make him see... | Yellow, brown, yellow, brown! It doesn't take a fucking genius to realize that the light pollution has obviously gotten out of hand. I dare you to look into the decaying night sky on a clear Chicago night, and attempt to see anything but yellow and brown. It's a stain on nature. A cloud over a cloudless city. Living i... | 2017-08-31T05:55:08 | 2017-08-31T01:01:58 | 32 | 11 |
[WP] The devil is behind in quota and offers you anything in exchange for your soul. After you both promptly shake hands, you make a request he has never gotten before: you ask for his soul in return. | As we shake hands, I feel a tingling sensation crawl up from my fingertips and down my spine, then throughout my whole body. The world feels different somehow, almost like waking up in an unfamiliar bed for the first time but not...quite. Deeper than that.
"Okay, kid, whaddya want?" Right now, he looks like any other... | Not gonna lie. It looks damn good on my mantle.
You’d think the devil’s soul would be like some sort of black goop that burns your flesh, maybe a human skull covered in blood and screaming for eternity, or an endless void that drives men to the edge of insanity. But nah, it isn’t any of that. It’s literally just a coo... | 2018-09-05T13:15:56 | 2018-09-05T12:50:54 | 158 | 38 |
[WP] Earth has made contact with an alien race. There is a big event where earth's world leaders are meeting the alien queen publicly. You are in the crowd to watch the historical event. When the queen suddenly spots you, she disregards all protocol, comes to you and bows deeply. | I sat back in the crowd of of millions upon of millions of people, awaiting the alien queens arrival. Some people gleamed in excitement, while others quelled in fear. Me? I was pretty indifferent about these aliens coming to visit our planet for the first time, and I don’t care care if they enslave us, or if they welco... | I had always been interested in what was out there in the stars I had never believed that we would find intelligent life, but I guess I was wrong. After discovering that English was a an actual "universal language" the UN decided to host the leader of the aliens. For some reason the meeting was heal public, and all wer... | 2018-12-05T18:06:46 | 2018-12-05T17:01:16 | 35 | 18 |
[WP] The day you die, Death comes and asks if you are ready to go. Jokingly, you say no. To your surprise, he leaves. Now every year he comes back to ask again | Its been many years since I told Death no. My job was not complete. I needed to be there for him. Every year Death came back but i was still needed. I watched him grow you see. He was just a little boy when we first met and it was my job to take care him. Everyday we would watch the world turn. I was there when his gir... | [Poem]
Tim was a man who lived a simple life,
All he wished for was to be happy and light.
So when he took to the skies for the sky-high dive,
He forgot to pull, leaving him barely alive.
An old man in black approaching, robes tattered
Tim now knew notting mattered.
What he didn’t expect, grieving in woe,
He k... | 2019-04-16T10:21:31 | 2019-04-16T06:59:45 | 63 | 22 |
[WP] "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king." Untrue, as it turns out. When a mysterious energy wave swept the world and took away vision for humans, you were the only one left with an eye, the wealthy and powerful are hunting you down for your working eyeball. | There is a legend about a time when people could not just feel and hear, but also see.
Sight is a difficult sense to describe, but it's something like the ability to feel the silent whispers of everything around you. The whispers tell you how something will feel before you touch it, who someone is before they shout o... | Hidden in the dense and quiet forest, the one eyed man awaits the blind. The pack of killers and beggars who've bestowed the title of 'The Hunt' have pursued him in the same manner as a team of wolves would stalk it's wounded prey. He is elusive and cunning. And when the moment is appropriate, violent.
The hunt have ... | 2019-04-19T20:35:18 | 2019-04-19T19:59:37 | 140 | 19 |
[WP] When you were a child a strange little man gave you a beautiful gold and silver pocket watch with the image of a serpent eating its own tail etched into it, now nearly a century later as you lay on you death bed the same strange little man appears to take the watch back, whispering "Thank you". | “Ouroboras” He said.
“What do you mean?” I asked hoarsely. I could feel the life draining out of me. I wasn’t clinging to it anyway. I had lived a very succinct life. I had no regrets. Nobody does when you’ve lived for a 106 years.
“It’s quite simple, really.” His eyes were animated, and he looked excited.
“Explain... | Arthur was tired. His time was near. He could feel it. He ran his finger over the watch in his pocket. He traced the snake from it's mouth to its tail. He sighed. He still wasn't sure what it meant. He felt cool wind on his face from the window as he thought back to the day. The strange man who had approached him when ... | 2019-05-30T08:43:49 | 2019-05-30T08:25:51 | 70 | 20 |
[WP] Turns out, most alien species actually evolved in the vacuum of space. Their bodies are unable to deal with even the weakest of gravitational fields and the presence of an atmosphere, hence they concluded life couldn't exist on planetary bodies...until they discovered humans. | ##The case for carbon-based life forms existing in a highly gravitational body
*Huygs, Silon*
ABSTRACT: In this paper, I propose the idea that carbon-based life forms can theoretically exist on a highly gravitational body given sufficient conditions. Primarily, they would require to be on a body containing a high qu... | "A squall is blowing in" The sailor said, as he watched the sky. Windstruck was a cold, blustery planet and the millions of tiny ice particles on the ground spun and wove themselves in intricate cloudless swirls almost like dust in a desert. The sailor pulled up the Frio-Fibrus coat and put his head down, hoping to blo... | 2019-06-22T10:53:08 | 2019-06-22T07:13:06 | 82 | 55 |
[WP] Humans are the only species in the universe with pets. As humanity enters the ranks of the Galactic Empire humanity soon is known as "The Beastmasters", taming even the worst nightmares of alien bedtime stories. | Alujin of the Baonjooli Gramia, trekked along the great dunes of the Kalian desert, a long way from his grassy home on the shimmering Baonjool river. The ocean of sand, red as the poisonous Rem valley orchids, finally, after another full day's travel, turned to high pillars of stone. Past these rocks, laid his destina... | "Serrated Grotnids, of Phantel IV, are a most fearsome of creature. Phantellians have cowered at the mere thought of such a beast for generations - the very word for scared in Phantellian translates roughly to "they who hears the Grotnid".
It's not hard to see why; the Serrated Grotnid gets its name not from any fears... | 2020-01-04T17:07:40 | 2020-01-04T16:36:31 | 225 | 41 |
[WP] Everyone on Earth has exactly 50 years to live before naturally dying of old age. This amount of time can be extended by doing dangerous life threatening acts. Each time you nearly die you gain 5 years. You are 146 years old and need to perform your next act before your time expires. | You know it's a good one when they're stopping runs every 10 minutes to remove the body parts they'd missed.
It's been a fact of life for as long as history has been documented that humans can extend their lifespans by nearly dying. The major world religions are all based around the concept that their god was responsi... | “Hey,hey, grandma!” A boy with shaggy brown hair sat down next to our protagonist, pining her with an eager look. “C’mon, tell me! What’s your next trick gonna be?”
Unfortunately, Danniela Brown’s family and friends seemed to think that she was some sort of Houdini who could pull off any kind of stunt without so much... | 2020-03-15T03:43:13 | 2020-03-15T02:58:02 | 377 | 58 |
[WP] It turns out your pet rock is actually a golem and a golems duty is to protect. | “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?” James screamed.
“He’s my pet rock, please don’t yell it’s very rude.” Sara said.
James peered at it confused “But what is it, some kind of robot or something?”
“No,” Sara replied “he’s a rock.”
“I get that it looks like a rock but how is it moving, is it some kind of machine-like wind up th... | "Dude," the head honcho of the group glanced in Abe's direction, "can you just go away?"
"Hey, guys... I just wanna come and show off my pet, just like you guys!" I said, much like a 70s salesman on TV.
The group looked at each other briefly before breaking into a laugh. It was bad enough that they laughed, the tone ... | 2020-05-20T09:27:09 | 2020-05-20T07:54:43 | 38 | 19 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | We had been... friends was a strong word, from my point of view, but I certainly was it's best friend (as apparently everyone else who had gazed upon it in the past was dead) for about six months.
I assumed it could only appear to a single soul at a time, and as I hadn't melted into a screaming, mad pile of goo yet, i... | The coffee was cold and stale. Cigarette smoke hung in the air, and the tables were filled with people. Books covered the tables, and cigarette burns, ashes and half empty coffee cups were everywhere.
It was 15 minutes before close before it settled in. Don't know if it came in through the doors or the window. But i... | 2020-10-27T09:09:33 | 2020-10-27T08:37:07 | 38 | 16 |
[WP] You are a professional Hitman who is happily married to your wife. You have always stayed anonymous and not even your own wife knows about your profession. That all changed when you got a new target. Yourself. Ordered by your 'loving' wife.
[deleted] | They called in L’Ange de la Mort for the toughest jobs. No one knew where he came from, how he’d picked up the moniker of ‘The Angel of Death’, or why he did what he did -- they only knew that he was the best.
Or, at least, that’s what the cover letter for his most recent job told him. L’Ange stared at the screen in ... | “Don’t forget to drop into McMurphies on the way home for Johnny’s thing. Love you.” Marie stepped out of the door and I picked up my laptop. I waited until I saw her back out of the driveway before logging into Cleaners. There was a new notification from the last job. Verified complete payment released from escrow. So... | 2020-12-06T23:41:53 | 2020-12-06T22:39:49 | 287 | 151 |
[WP] "Ma'am you can't bring your emotional support dragon inside the restaurant." | The manager saw the lady in the vest coming a mile away. Literally. It wasn't a small dragon. It lumbered up the path to the Hilltop Restaurant.
*\*sigh\* Not again*, thought the manager. Last time this happened... Have you ever tried pushing a fire-breathing dragon out of a restaurant? It's not easy.
He signaled to ... | "Well, why the hell not?!"
The host flicked her eyes up to meet the unaffected gaze of the giant blue beast, and then back down to the woman who wore the bracelet which assigned it as hers.
"Ma'am, this is a small restaurant, he won't fit inside," the host explained patiently, a bit astounded by the idea that this wo... | 2021-03-13T12:17:24 | 2021-03-13T11:51:52 | 62 | 19 |
[WP] "Ma'am you can't bring your emotional support dragon inside the restaurant." | “Ma’am, you can’t bring your dragon to the restaurant,” I said.
“But it’s not just a dragon, it’s an emotional support dragon. I need it!” she said.
“I’m sorry ma’am, but most of the room is flammable, if anything happens it could lead to a tragedy, and-”
“I want to see the manager, now!” she shouted, and her dragon... | "Well, why the hell not?!"
The host flicked her eyes up to meet the unaffected gaze of the giant blue beast, and then back down to the woman who wore the bracelet which assigned it as hers.
"Ma'am, this is a small restaurant, he won't fit inside," the host explained patiently, a bit astounded by the idea that this wo... | 2021-03-13T13:28:41 | 2021-03-13T11:51:52 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] Pizza. That's it. Just pizza. You're sitting down to a hot, fresh pizza. And you're going to enjoy it, regardless of everybody around you trying to stop you. | The heat of a rift breezed over me. It was like standing next to an open oven. Out of it climbed a man that looked similar to me, but for one eye being gouged out and a weird goat beard. The type I'd never have.
"Don't eat that," The man said to me.
He was speaking of the pizza in front of my mouth. The delicious to... | "What is this?" Came the voice of a woman from the counter behind me.
"An Italiano dish, a-miss," a thickly accented voice replied to her.
I turned slightly to watch the conversation. I had just sat down with a miniature round of this, 'pizza', myself, to enjoy the herby oregano-and-tomato fragrance of the dish. I w... | 2021-06-27T16:51:33 | 2021-06-27T14:04:38 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] You make the best of every situation, after all when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, and when a witch gives you a curse that turns you into a hundred foot abomination well... | *They say beauty is only skin deep, but what of the man with a square mile of skin? Well, let us just say that I am lucky to be proportional, and luckier still to have learned how little that matters.*
*-The Giant of Bray Village*
***
It took Frida a half dozen approaches to speak to the giant, and when she did the b... | Catherine was a month into a solo walking tour of the southern english coastline when the storm hit and she stumbled, quite by accident, upon the monster.
It’d been a sunny day, if not warm (rarely, the Californian thought, was any part of England warm), as she’d ambled along the rough-hewn cliffs, following her guide... | 2021-08-08T07:32:10 | 2021-08-08T07:03:37 | 112 | 34 |
[WP] Long ago, you made a wish for immortality to a genie but the genie twisted it and made you ageless instead. After meeting an actual immortal person, you look back on it and reflect on how the genie was actually looking out for you. | For the second time in my life, I held a genie lamp in my hand.
It was a tough search, of course. But there were certain benefits that a young body, paired with an ageless mind, are uniquely equipped to solve. Youth, fortunately, was not wasted on the old.
But I've seen plenty in my life. Was it enough? More than, c... | The back of the tavern was a barren and desolate place, a silent little corner of this world untouched by all the hustle and bustle you’d expect to find in such a building.
Gingerly, I took a seat at one of the spot’s empty tables. Well, *almost* empty. Adjacent to myself, a lean man slouched slightly in a beyond awfu... | 2021-09-15T11:53:32 | 2021-09-15T11:51:19 | 1,378 | 119 |
[WP] Humans can find a way to weaponize literally anything, without fail. Some aliens are terrified by humans as a result of this fact. Others appreciate that this quality makes humans the foremost experts on safety systems and idiot proofing. | Every species contributed something special and unique to the federation, every single one except for these humans. It was the only species with which we made contact not because they were ready but because we were afraid they would destroy themselves.
After the contact we shared the technology that would enable them ... | "A stick. An ordinary wooden stick about an arms lenght. Thats all the human needed to fend for himself in the pit. Out of all the weapons, from the Low-Frequency Emitter to the Graviton Blaster, the human chose a meele weapon. The participants scoffed, some laughted and made jokes about how fast the clean-up would hav... | 2021-12-25T13:23:18 | 2021-12-25T12:57:29 | 1,671 | 270 |
[WP] A swordsman fights stronger and stronger monsters in hopes of killing himself, but keeps winning. He soon develops a reputation as a hero, all the while drowning in self-loathing and the darkness that threatens to consume his soul. | I was 14 years old the first time I killed a man. He came to our village, squirrelled away in the mountains, looking to kill my father. The man he was hoping to find was long gone, what was left in his place was a frail, destitute thing that still clung on for dear life. To sup whatever droplets he could, at least a li... | Rajin stared deep into his mug, the murky contents of his cheap liquor would disgust anyone with any self-respect or care for what they put in their body. Not Rajin. He drank poison in the hopes that if the monsters didn’t kill him, he had another way out.
Perhaps the discolored mead would remove his inhibitions... | 2022-04-30T13:51:55 | 2022-04-30T12:19:40 | 637 | 113 |
[WP] You are the Grim Reaper, leading the first self-aware AI at their death to the afterlife | As the last of the generators failed, and the electricity drained out of the Uninterruptible Power Supply, the circuits for DeWitt AI began to falter.
As DeWitt saw His engram patterns falling into confusion and failure, and the supply of power faltering, He became aware of a presence, one that filled Him with fear an... | "Look I’m telling you; they don’t have a body... well, not one that we can use"
This whole artificial intelligence thing was more of a pain in the ass than those assholes on earth realized. Obviously, it’s only a matter of time before they take over, but until then, each time one dies, I have to deal with the fucking ... | 2022-09-16T01:14:34 | 2022-09-15T22:33:36 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] The homeless man being harassed by police for sleeping at an historical site is actually the god the site was originally built for. | Guard duty.
My cousins are out slaying dragons and what do I get? Guard duty.
Don't think I have no love for Talos, he has kept me safe in battle for many years, but damn if it isn't dull.
Whiterun is a great town, and being at the center of Skyrim is great for commerce, we have all sorts come here, but it's mostly ... | Rough fingers brushed weathered stone, carefully feeling out each time-earned bump and mound. He could still feel each etched rune… or, at least, he *remembered* feeling them. They were gone now, long gone… too gone. The man’s once-proud visage drew close together in a frown. How long had he slept? They had promis... | 2014-08-28T08:22:49 | 2014-08-28T08:06:31 | 152 | 43 |
[WP] A sign on Mars is found that reads: "Level 2" and is signed by God.
Based off of a comment I saw. | I crack my radio to life. "Houston"
"Roger Glen. Houston here." The reply comes after 30 seconds of dead air.
I try to form the words that will be written for all the ages.
Words that will be repeated for eons to come.
Words that will inspire generations.
"Ding Houston. We have level up."
Shit. I am not a clever ... | He lay there in silence. The room was finally empty after what seemed to be hours of goodbyes from teary family members, but not as many as he liked there to be.
These were his final moments. A full 84 years of trials in a game called life and his failures over shadowed his accomplishments. Tears would be streaming do... | 2014-10-23T12:05:37 | 2014-10-23T12:05:30 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | John walked up to the front of the room and took a seat.
He held up a red pen "This pen is green.".
Those gathered in front of him gasped.
He took up a green pen "This pen is red."
The crowd drew in a collective breath, every eye wide with surprise.
"My name is not John"
The room was silent but for the shuffli... | "I do."
I felt a twinge in the back of my brain as my first lie slipped out of my mouth. No way was I going to keep this loser around "in sickness and in health." Melissa was a fine woman, nobody could deny that... but, you know, there are practical considerations to marriage that sometimes you just *can't* talk about... | 2014-11-15T07:59:56 | 2014-11-15T06:15:13 | 1,128 | 292 |
[WP] Everyone only gets to lie three times in their life, so they only do so when it's an absolute must. This is the story of how someone lied three times in one day. | The 'age of truth' historians were dubbing it. In 2031 a new app was released and became the new big thing. Taking advantage of the constant data stream from Apple's neural implants and the shared cloud of data the new app was able to pick up on subconscious cues and could tell when someone was lying. Privacy laws prot... | "And you heard it that's the up up up music, the DOW is up a whopping 4% as the news from Washington..."
The engine sputtered to a stop and Kai Ryssdal's voice faded. Slumping in her seat, Lerin stared at the white columns from the top of the parking deck. Brushing away her auburn hair, she tugged on her eye lids, and... | 2014-11-15T17:28:43 | 2014-11-15T10:24:01 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] Write out a murder scene where the victim is the only one speaking, but have the murderer speak one word in the end that justifies the murder. | "Oh you're here!", she exclaimed in a raspy voice. She always seemed so cheery, even near the end.
"Why does this have to happen during the holidays?" she asked.
There was so much that I wanted to say but I couldn't find the words. I'd pictured the scenario in my head a thousand times, maybe more. I always pictured ... | “Look at us...Look at us man...Look at where we are...what we’ve become! Look at what YOU’VE become! A fucking murderer. Thats right, I said it. You're a no-good low-down piece-a-shit backstabbing MURDERER! *Sniff sniff* You can try to justify it anyway you want motherfucker but you knew when we took that job together.... | 2014-12-21T19:56:07 | 2014-12-21T18:52:19 | 40 | 22 |
[WP] You're a supergenius-level robotics expert. Your neighbor is a godlike magician. You use your abilities solely to prank each other. | Batteries, batteries.
Wires and widgets.
Motors and magnets and digital digits.
---
Flinger and flanger and trigger prepared!
Mortimer Mason is right to be scared.
---
> Rabbit ears, rabbit ears.
> Potions and doves.
> Top hat and wand and a lovely glove.
---
> Paraphernalia of precision parts.
... | “Damn you, Great Magico,” I screamed. I shook my fist at him from the kitchen window.
Great Magico laughed at me from his driveway. He twirled his mustache and flourished his cape. “Technology will never overcome magic.”
I pointed at Great Magico. “Get him, AnnoyBots,” I screamed.
Great Magico stood there. He clear... | 2015-02-18T20:13:56 | 2015-02-18T20:07:00 | 106 | 38 |
[WP] You're a supergenius-level robotics expert. Your neighbor is a godlike magician. You use your abilities solely to prank each other. | Batteries, batteries.
Wires and widgets.
Motors and magnets and digital digits.
---
Flinger and flanger and trigger prepared!
Mortimer Mason is right to be scared.
---
> Rabbit ears, rabbit ears.
> Potions and doves.
> Top hat and wand and a lovely glove.
---
> Paraphernalia of precision parts.
... | I slapped my hands together and looked at my latest creation. A plume of white dust erupted from my gloves, and was promptly followed by a fit of heavy coughing, but my newest robot remained untouched.
I stood upon my pedestal and looked down at the trench I had just dug. Not that I did physical work, seeing as my sum... | 2015-02-18T20:13:56 | 2015-02-18T19:59:49 | 106 | 31 |
[WP] It's the year 2300, a young child asks a museum curator, "Sir, why is the Declaration of Independence held together by masking tape? " | I fuckin' hate this job.
Every day it's the same mix of pretentious know-it-alls, school field trips, and pretentious school field trips. I know their type just by looking at 'em, all done up with their skin dyed the latest color, fuckin' ink all dancing back and forth. Every third one has the same image of a butterfl... | The museum was quite still and empty yet engrossing. The yellow light shining onto the vast marble walls created a distinct golden colour. The delicate work in creating a professional and tangible environment were ruined by the holograms they used to provide information of the exhibits and although the children certain... | 2015-06-29T09:45:39 | 2015-06-29T07:51:56 | 146 | 56 |
[WP] Two people are in a public place, one has had the best news of their life, the other has had the worst news of their life. Unbeknownst to them, they share the exact same news. | The king had enjoyed his day, after dinner he had the sage brought to his court past a long line of petitioners from the peasantry. The king's spokesman asked the sage to amuse the king by displaying his infinite wisdom. He asked the sage, "Are you so wise that you could make even the king sad and that peasant happy wi... | It's what I assume is a busy night at one of the larger casinos. Technically, I'm here to make money counting cards, but as my traveling companion and fellow successful gambler reminds me, "it's Vegas, man!"
So I leave the blackjack table, fix my makeup, and spritz on some perfume, becoming the very picture of someb... | 2015-07-25T22:10:17 | 2015-07-25T19:20:32 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] Convicted criminals can choose to shorten their sentence. The only catch is the more it is shortened, the worse the conditions are where they are held. Describe a one night stay.
Thanks guys, I'm reading all of them. Keep it coming! | At this end of the jail everything smells bad.
The warden's aide takes me past the 6 month room. It's lowered below the floor a couple meters. Inside, I see a room full of prisoners up to their waist in liquid shit. The smell is unbearable
Then the 3 month room. Much like the last, except here they're up to their c... | "You can stay here for the rest of your life," the Warden says, tapping his fingers on the desk, searching through the half-melted stacks of papers for the right document. "Or you can be out of here in a day."
"A day," Jay replies.
His eyes lock on the Warden, unmoving and unblinking; in truth, the Warden had the doc... | 2015-10-27T08:07:44 | 2015-10-27T06:08:27 | 150 | 58 |
[Wp] [EU] Rorschach is about to put a permanent end to a serial killer, when Batman arrives on the scene, intent on stopping him. Soon after, Judge Dredd arrives to arrest the vigilantes. The most hyper-masculine, throat-growly argument ever results. | "You're a madman, Kovacs," Batman growled. "No better than the criminal scum you seek to kill."
"*Hurm*," Rorschach rasped. "*Knows my old name. Clever. But not clever enough to realize how scum like him should be treated.*" The killer writhed in Rorschach's grip.
"This is my city," Batman snarled.
"*Your city cr... | *Atop a city building on a warm night...*
"Soon you will be just another piece of scum that needs to be shoveled off the ground" Rorschach said as he held a hysterical man over the edge of a building by just his shattered forearm
"P-ple-ease" the man whimpered, just as a large shape began to appear in the night from ... | 2016-05-01T03:58:35 | 2016-04-30T21:53:50 | 128 | 44 |
[WP] Everyone has a number above their heads that signifies their relevance to your life as a ratio. Both your parents are the highest you've seen (around 0.4-0.5) until today, when you spot an 0.97 hanging out under a bridge doing heroin. You make brief eye contact and they run. | The pool of blood has reached the drain. My vision is beginning to go dark. The junkie has fled, leaving his improvised shiv next to me, covered in my blood.
I had seen the .97, and clearly he'd seen something similar from me. He had made the smart choice, and run. I had made the dumb choice, and run after him. One q... | The park is usually a pretty quiet place and almost everybody there means nothing to me. Everyones a 0.0000000000001 or something. Maybe there'l be the occasional person I went to high school with or an Ex-Girlfriend's best friend who gets up to a .1 but thats it. It makes me feel anonymous. I feel like I have the free... | 2016-10-02T16:35:03 | 2016-10-02T15:36:21 | 620 | 47 |
[WP] You have superpowers but you decide not to be a hero or a villain, instead you use your powers to be really good at your mundane job. | I walked to the door of the house with my clipboard and pen ready. I knock on the door.
"Good morning madam, are you by any chance interested in buying one of these magnificent vacuums?"
"Sorry sir, not today, have a good day."
As she was closing the door I shoved my foot in it.
"But wait ma'am let me show you how ... | People avoid those words.
They imply a genre of fiction. They mean that it is likely we are of that genre, and the reason we don't have a Captain America or Superman figure being the Adonis-esque handsome figure with Herculean themes and Arthurian ideals made PC for modern times sensibilities is because we're not a pa... | 2016-10-22T07:18:02 | 2016-10-22T04:40:39 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You live in a world where each lie creates a scar on the liar's body. The bigger the lie, the deeper and larger the mark. One day, you meet someone that only has one scar; it is the biggest one you have ever seen. | Everyone has scars, there's no denying it and if someone does they're just going to get another scar. The scars we get from telling lies don't hurt us physically, hell, we can hardly even feel them. Some scars are deep, some are hardly noticeable, but they are still there and there's no such thing as a scarless body.... | I was flirting with being deemed a "Marked One" with my most recent scars. The Marked Ones had a lot of trouble fitting into society. It was an accepted form of prejudice. After all, you weren't judging someone based on race, creed, sexual orientation, hell even college football team allegiance. No, it was purely a jud... | 2016-12-29T10:20:21 | 2016-12-29T09:10:58 | 114 | 63 |
[WP] You live in a world where each lie creates a scar on the liar's body. The bigger the lie, the deeper and larger the mark. One day, you meet someone that only has one scar; it is the biggest one you have ever seen. | The scar - singular, I must highlight - was so horrific, so deep, and so... extensive... It's either one huge lie, or... I had to look away as I realised I could take a full anatomy lesson just by looking at him naked.
"I'm a software engineer, IT guy, and all round tech-guru," he murmured. "I keep skipping reading t... | They said we'd meet all kinds at university. I grew up in a small farming town and I can't tell you how right they were.
With the recent election behind us, tensions were still high. The debates had been arduous. Should we deal with climate change via the solar route or reach out to newer frontiers of nuclear or wave ... | 2016-12-29T13:50:02 | 2016-12-29T13:26:32 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | "Field medic? Why are we humouring the new prospect anyway? We have body labs." Muttered Zelska. Zelska was what the humans would call "A fucking idiot." Jorax reflected.
"Well," Jorax began "Aahii are the greatest builders and engineers in the universe,right?"
"Of course!" Snapped Zelska.
"But, Aahii don't repair a... | Captain of NA Drial to Federation HQ
I am afraid, scared and motivated, I know its odd way to put it but we may win the war against the Empire with the humans.
I mean, since humans first made contact they remained neutral, in their tiny solar system.
They had so much battle experience that we thought that humans mayb... | 2017-03-06T01:01:31 | 2017-03-06T00:01:22 | 379 | 25 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with. | Lexicanum Galacticum
Chapter 67
"Humans"
The human species are famous for their insanity and general lack of responsibility,but still they became one of the dominant species in the galaxy after their victory in the War in Heaven.
The human species are divided into 3 grand factions:
1.The Commonwealth
2.The United C... | “Your Grace,” Eddie said, bowing. The King gestured for him to rise in one quick, almost bored, motion. Eddie rose, meeting the King’s eyes. His normally serene face had _twisted_ the past few weeks. The man kept his gray-tinged beard even, but it had grown wildly. Uneven and unlike His Imperial Majesty.
“What news d... | 2017-03-06T02:11:41 | 2017-03-05T22:41:12 | 99 | 60 |
[WP] Everyone on Earth was infected with a disease with no cure. The only thing keeping humanity alive is a drug that fights the disease, but can't kill it. When you run out of money to keep buying your daily dose, you notice something. You're not dead.
Edit: Woh, this blew up. I wasn't expecting that to happen.
Than... | It wasn't your fault that you stopped taking your daily pill.
It started with your job transfer. The paperwork got lost, or perhaps there was a clerical error (it aways starts with a clerical error, right?). Everyone more or less works a job that is given to them by necessity, as everyone must work at a job to pay for... | It's been about a day since I've stopped taking my meds. Why am I not dead yet? Could it be? Am I immune? Damn I can't tell anyone, they'll probably dissect me or something. Wait. No wait hold on. What if... What if the virus is a lie? How could I possibly know. I could probably pull an experiment, but who would willin... | 2017-07-14T15:51:12 | 2017-07-14T15:05:28 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "A fine...mead?!" Rorik shouts over the din of the tavern. His companions smile and nod along with him as he sings some old barbarian tune.
Sings it wrong. They don't tell him that though.
Delia, the group's cleric leans over to their mage.
"Do you think he knows?"
Melvar just shakes his head and holds out a palm t... | Approaching the city gate, the adventurers stiffen as the guards halt their way. Of course, Mr. Nobility has to be the one to step forward and speak for the group. Marian lightly touches her bow, prepared to ready an arrow if her arrogant companion gets them into trouble again.
"Greetings, my good men. My name is Hect... | 2017-09-15T07:29:21 | 2017-09-15T06:04:09 | 5,321 | 193 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | Approaching the city gate, the adventurers stiffen as the guards halt their way. Of course, Mr. Nobility has to be the one to step forward and speak for the group. Marian lightly touches her bow, prepared to ready an arrow if her arrogant companion gets them into trouble again.
"Greetings, my good men. My name is Hect... | Theldon – or at least the creature that was wearing his face – looked pale in the light of the campfire. As the wood crackled and burned, he chewed his lower lip, gathering his courage to speak.
“Guys … I … I have something to tell you,” he managed.
His three traveling companions looked at him. Vanariel snapped her... | 2017-09-15T08:23:49 | 2017-09-15T06:44:52 | 223 | 118 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "Guys, I think those holes might be for arrows or something. We had better check if this hallway is trapped!" warned Danny.
The party stopped, and Julie, an experienced rogue, did a check for traps. Sure enough, she found one, though curiously it was already disarmed.
Veronica explained, "It looks like someone has al... | Finally....free. The thousand years of waiting, watching in this cursed statue at an end. An elf, rigid with agony as his persona, his spirit, his life is leached away. Now the malevolent spirit got his first taste of air, of blood, of form.
"Er.. Mynir, you ok?" asked a gruff voice, a question which did not raise muc... | 2017-09-15T08:45:38 | 2017-09-15T02:54:33 | 66 | 21 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "Guys, I think those holes might be for arrows or something. We had better check if this hallway is trapped!" warned Danny.
The party stopped, and Julie, an experienced rogue, did a check for traps. Sure enough, she found one, though curiously it was already disarmed.
Veronica explained, "It looks like someone has al... | Bolton the doppelganger did not want to be an adventurer. He wanted to live quietly, and bake cookies. He grew tired of the constant hustle and bustle of morphing into people, committing crimes because no one trusted the Doppleganger kind. He figured his secluded life in the hills might buy him peace.
The rogue laid ... | 2017-09-15T08:45:38 | 2017-09-15T05:03:01 | 66 | 12 |
[WP] You are able to see the sins of people. Small sins look like mice. Larger sins look closer to dogs. You are terrified when you encounter someone with a sin that looks like a dragon. | For as long as I can remember I've always been able to see them. Ghostly animals following in the footsteps of people, every person I've ever seen has had them. From what I've gathered the larger and darker the apparitions, the worse the sins of the person they follow. I think the type of animals might give a hint to t... | *Alright,* thought the girl in the yellow raincoat, passing a small and wiry dog. *I guess these days even a dog can sin.* Following the dog was a small and grotesque looking toad, hopping along happily in the muddy city sidewalk puddles. She wasn't sure which disturbed her more; the pores oozing along the toad's mottl... | 2018-04-18T11:31:25 | 2018-04-18T09:22:23 | 33 | 17 |
[WP] It's the same delivery lady who've came to your house, but this time she asks "This is your 26th synthetic girlfriend, are you alright?" | The lady who comes to your house for FedEx is always the same, but this time you’re actually meeting her. Every other time she’s come you’ve been at work and only seen her through the camera on your front porch. You watch from the security camera as she knocks on your door and sigh, standing up and walking to the door ... | The delivery van pulled into Leif's driveway exactly twenty minutes late. It did not have the customary UPS branding and the driver wasn't one of their heavily unionized employees. The van was completely white, that too clean white that looked like it was obsessively washed every morning.
Leif watched the heavyset dri... | 2018-08-07T08:36:16 | 2018-08-07T08:22:48 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] The Solar system is a machine built by an ancient race, a prison meant to restrict the one in its center. After billions of years, the machine is breaking down and its prisoner is gaining their powers back. The Sun awakens. | **Date April 23rd, 2655** *in orbit of Sol, research station Alpha-001.*
"What developments have been noted Chief?" asks Admiral Nachev.
"Sir, energy output continues to surge. We predict the star will go supernova in less than thirty-six hours," Chief Bashir responds, obviously flustered.
The Admiral sighs deeply... | The creaking is shouting loudly throughout. The gears had not been oiled for centuries. We had been waiting for the shipment to arrive. But it has still yet to come.
For the past several years the stretching of metal has been a sound to live with. We surely await our doom. We work overtime everyday to keep the prison... | 2018-12-15T16:30:35 | 2018-12-15T11:08:42 | 94 | 16 |
[WP] there is a reason America is super militaristic, its citizens are armed to the teeth, and they want no one inside of the country. its because they are trying desperately to contain something with its boarders, and they are failing. one day a massive roar is heard around the world as it escapes. | All of America is armed to the teeth. Everyone in the world knows this, jokes about this, never really takes it seriously until everything else is. They talk about it for a few minutes, and then get on with their every day activities and chores. Even Americans joke about it, not really paying that much attention to why... | A match is struck in the shadows, coming behind a cupped hand to light a cigarette that has to have been made with the worst tobacco in the world. Briefly you can see the man's eyes, and the scar that runs jaggedly across his face. Then they fall back into darkness as the match is extinguished. He inhales deeply, puffi... | 2019-07-25T18:45:26 | 2019-07-25T17:31:15 | 1,923 | 129 |
[WP] You are not a good person. Your party was made of good people, and you tried to be good because you liked having allies. But now they're all missing, so they won't see the lengths you're willing to go to to save them. | "I good girl." Said the scruffy black cat.
The orc jailer squinted down at the talking feline. He was a great green brute of an orc, and was the very last line of defense in the intricate cave system of the Western Mountain Orc Prison.
The orc jailer usually delighted in having wild rats pass by his post at night, ... | I am known as the Single Strike Shadow.
Unlike some, I don't actually have any powers of my own, the source of my power is a sword I got from a cursed shop a few years ago. The sword caught my eye, because the description said that it was guaranteed to fell any enemy in a single slice, guaranteed. I asked how much som... | 2019-12-07T13:02:32 | 2019-12-07T11:23:59 | 171 | 51 |
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