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[WP] You have been born with the ability to see and make sense of UV light. One day, on a crowded street, you lock eyes with an extremely tall man in strange clothes. When you notice that people move through him rather than around him, he starts running towards you. | I woke up to a grumbling stomach. My roommate, Sarah, had made dinner for us the night before, just to be nice. I couldn't touch it. The meat looked tough, the potatoes were almost raw. The gravy just smelled terrible. I thanked her but begged off, saying I didn't feel well. It was better than telling her her food look... | There was a carton of General Tso's chicken slowly spoiling on the corner of the only desk in the hotel bedroom. Next to it was a bottle of beer that had been spilled, the liquid having already dried and leaving an amber stain on the cheap wooden desk, faintly and unpleasantly resembling dried blood.
No, if you wante... | 2019-09-20T10:33:41 | 2019-09-20T10:23:19 | 1,022 | 220 |
[WP] At the age of sixteen, people are shown a title that they will earn in the future from Fate herself in a special ceremony. Usually these titles can range from "The Baker" to "The Kind" or even "The Conquerer". You turn sixteen, and are faced with the title of "The Godkiller". | “I was going to ask her to prom.”
“Go for it, dude. Why the hell not?”
“The whole ‘Godkiller’ thing.”
“That shouldn’t matter here. It’s prom.”
“Kind of a lot of pressure.”
“There is no pressure.”
“How can there not be pressure?!”
“For one thing, it’s only prom. For another, it’s a widely known fact that she’s ho... | **Was god destined to be or is fate one of god’s children?**
If there ever was a question as indelible as time itself, it was this one. If God was indeed the architect of the universe, as the scriptures from antiquity proclaimed, it would follow naturally that he was also the maker of laws within which the universe mu... | 2020-08-15T03:49:00 | 2020-08-15T00:45:00 | 45 | 12 |
[WP] Your adventuring party is unstoppable. It has a fighter, able to crush steel armor with bare hands. A cleric, able to cure any wound imaginable. The wizard, who can manipulate energy and matter into anything. And Bob, a random person who found a sniper rifle | Honestly I have *no idea* what that man has. It breaks through skin faster than the sharpest swords our warrior can buy, able to easily outrange any of our known technology, and seemingly never needs servicing.
The... *Thing* he uses is louder than even the biggest of giants, it's a larger size than a lot of crossbow... | "And now, thanks to *you*, all my plans have succeeded!" Lord Remington, Dominator of Pickles and All Pickle Related Paraphernalia cackled crazily, as he lorded over his newly produced Pickle-Maker 6000. "Townsville will soon be a stunning saltmarsh of salacious sublimity!" He cried with delight, while the party hemmed... | 2022-11-07T23:37:45 | 2022-11-07T21:04:05 | 127 | 69 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose civilian identity is a teacher. One student asked if you could tutor them after school, and you agreed. After it was over, you escorted them to the front of the school for their parent to pick them up... and you see your nemesis waiting by the car. | As Adrunaline i'm able to process faster than most, i mean my whole thing is being fast.
But no amount of decelerated time can help me process that the Cold Queen had a kid. And such a sweet kid too.
"Mommy" said young tim as he ran to his mom.
"Hey baby! How was school?" She said just not acknowledging me existence... | "DAAAAAAAAAAD!" Ian runs up excitedly to his father, who gives his hair a good ruffle.
"Hey, kiddo! It's good to see you!" the dad says, smiling warmly.
Ian lets go of his father. "We gonna play games? Watch films? I miss you!"
"I miss you a lot too, ya rascal. Now, wait inside the car, I need to talk to Mrs. Leaves... | 2022-11-29T12:08:21 | 2022-11-29T09:49:38 | 528 | 321 |
[WP] You wake up one night unable to sleep and decide to surf reddit. As you open the front page, every post is the same: nuclear weapons have been deployed in the middle east. Before you can react, your phone starts exploding with text messages. Then you hear the air raid sirens.
*This is not a warning. Remain indoo... | Bombs are flying, duck and cover
Soon we'll all be dead, my lover.
Goodbye Israel, bye Iran, now crispy bits of sand
Bombs are falling ever closer; it all got out of hand.
It was a nice world, while it lasted; really, such a pity
Bits of it were horrible, but other bits were pretty.
One last kiss now, bye m... | "ugh", I groaned silently.
Another night that I can't seem to sleep through. It was worrying me that these nights were becoming more common, but I mean, who hasn't had to deal with insomnia every now and again. Gotta roll out of bed quietly, or I'll wake up the girlfriend. Man I hate that she has to deal with this ... | 2014-07-11T02:17:37 | 2014-07-11T02:02:35 | 161 | 42 |
[WP] As a kid, you jokingly say, "If I had a nickel for every person I've killed, I'd be rich!" It's is now your 21st birthday, and you receive a mysterious bank key in the mail. The vault it opens contains $550,000... In nickels. | I calculate that if a nickel weighs 5 grams I have 2,750,000 grams of nickels. That's about 6,063 pounds. The average dump truck can haul 28,000 pounds. I should be able to negotiate a cheaper price to haul my blood money to the bank.
I feel bad for the carbon footprint my deposit will require, especially in light of... | I stood at the threshold of the vault aghast. The dimly lit room was filled with coins. The strong odor of metal enveloped me. I took a hesitant step in, and examined one of the coins.
“A nickel?” I stammered.
The shadow of the bank manager shifted across the heaps of coins in front of me.
He was a tall, thin, ma... | 2016-09-03T10:27:08 | 2016-09-03T10:15:13 | 15 | 11 |
[WP]The world's most powerful super hero gets his strength from a dark source. Fearing the public's reaction he's kept it a secret but has finally decided to stop living a lie and reveal the truth. | Black smoke and small pieces of debris floated around him. His long dark hair ruffled in the wind as he flew through the clouds. His face ghostly white except the black veins punctuating it. He surveyed the city from up high. His vision zooming in and out on the neighbourhoods taking in and dissecting the informati... | The road was busy, filled with cars and hustle. The smell of smoke had stained this place, or perhaps everything had just changed. He remembered a time when there weren't many cars, when the air had a thinner smell.
*Empty.*
Things were empty then. Or maybe now they were just fuller. He was old an he felt it.
*I... | 2017-10-03T09:59:52 | 2017-10-03T09:46:36 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "186,292".
The number kept ringing in my ears as I was huddled onto the elevator to Hell. I had led the most unremarkable and conflict-free life ever, an average joe. Easy-going, I almost always acquiesced to what the group wanted, not wanting to raise an issue. A voyeur of life, almost.
Chapters from life flashed ... | I stared at the demon behind the counter.
"186,292... years? What could I have possibly done to deserve that? I was kind to nearly everybody, and the worst crime I ever committed was smoking weed!"
The being with red skin and disturbing horns (That somehow seemed to be in multiple places at once... ugh, I was getting... | 2018-09-26T08:17:41 | 2018-09-26T07:21:22 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] You entered a forest filled with monsters. The exit constantly moves, you don't age in the forest. When exiting, one person must stay unless they are the only one in the forest. Many a time you found the exit but let others leave. For the first time, another asked how long you've been here. | *Enter the forest with despaired heart, for a soul must remain for another to depart*
That is the rule of this place. This otherworldly plane, this cursed forest tethered between the worlds of the living and darkness. I have been wandering this place for so long I no longer could remember where I came from, nor how I ... | This is a beautiful prompt, by the way, if my opinion holds any candles ;-)
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I sifted through an old, leather-bound notebook, past pages and pages of descriptions, diagrams, and other deliberations. Each page was home to a monstrosity of imagination: creepy crawlies, flesh golems, devil pixies, giant rats---a f... | 2020-12-30T00:45:37 | 2020-12-29T23:13:33 | 76 | 45 |
[WP] As it turns out, aliens all have aphantasia. This makes Humans the only species capable of imagining images in their heads. This greatly confuses alien telepaths, who report seeing “constantly shifting landscapes of alternate realities” when peering into human minds | **Journal of Chief Science Officer 4X1123 Designation "Leif"**
SOL 3.3.2022 \[Neptune Orbit\]
I did not know the alarms would be what shook me so deeply after today's events. For in the moment I was certain it would be the screams that haunted me.
In all of our time studying the humans, observing them, decoding thei... | On Valennen, where the Dauri live, they think that humans are dangerously mad. This was my doing as much as it was Avi’s, a consequence of my dreams racing ahead. I’ve always been a dreamy girl. Sometimes I’m scared that it’s a failing.
Other times I remember a book I once read, the very first line: *“No live organism... | 2022-03-03T07:07:31 | 2022-03-03T06:49:53 | 321 | 140 |
[WP] A little girl dies and is accidentally sent to Hell to where the Demons don't know what to do with her.
Edit 1. Holy crap did this get a response 0_0
Edit 2. Jesus Puppy Christ is this getting attention. | How could someone so young be so articulate? The girl was eight years old. She sat by the torch, idly flicking her fingers through the inky black flame.
"You shouldn't be here," I said. "It's not right that someone so young would be sent here instead of heaven."
She looked at me. "I already went to heaven," she said.... | "Where am I?" a soft voice said.
"Huh?" Kriznat looked up from his clipboard. Before him stood a small girl of maybe 4 years old. She wore a pretty red dress with sparkling black shoes. She had long dark curls and piercing blue eyes. She showed no signs of fear when questioning the demon.
She repeated herself, "I *sa... | 2013-11-27T06:13:25 | 2013-11-26T21:05:58 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You are the man with the highest security clearance in the world, you've been to every blacksite and secret facility that exists. You aren't a spy or anything, no; you're the janitor. | The CIA, MIA, and KGB
Every place I've been is a sight to see
I know all the secrets and I've seen all the crime
I know when your favorite politician is lying
I secretly memorize and silently watch
If they knew what I knew they'd know way too much
At the end of the day when they go home to rest
I take out my ... | "Is that a costume, or are you for real right now?"
"S'real," Mal replied, cracking his knuckles and pulling on a pair of fireproof, blastproof, acidproof, waterproof waders over his envirosuit. Mal always found the 'waterproof' part of that label quaint.
"Figured you might be, like... The Janitor or something. Y'kno... | 2016-09-13T21:24:01 | 2016-09-13T21:13:16 | 46 | 26 |
[WP] After decades of fighting crime and injustice, a super hero's faith in humanity is broken. As he holds his innocent murdered daughter in his arms, he allows his rage against humanity consume him. A super villain is born. | Nineteen years...
Nineteen years of his life he had dedicated to keeping this city safe - exacting justice where it is due, and inflicting wrath on evil doers.
Nineteen years he was called a hero, a symbol of hope and righteousness. A symbol that protected the innocent and empowered the weak.
Nineteen years sin... | The Enforcers had finally broken into the Resistance’s final stronghold. The alarms sounded, and people rushed into positions. The first few robots were easily destroyed. But as they continued to pour in, the Resistance knew that the end was near. Rogue had finally found them.
The Resistance had contingency plan... | 2017-01-25T11:24:50 | 2017-01-25T11:23:51 | 21 | 11 |
[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. | "So I'm not allowed to remember anything after this is over?"
"My answer is never going to change. Be grateful your memories come back everytime you see me."
I shrugged and got him a bottle from the fridge. He wedged his boney finger underneath the cap and popped it open. He reached for mine but I had already unscrew... | "Will that be all?"
I sat eating unsalted chips with a glass of water, enjoying the lively characters around the bar. Daryl was asking if I was finished so they could close the kitchen - they always kept it open for me on Sundays.
"Yeah I'm finished, thanks D," I replied. With a curt nod, she took off to deal with th... | 2020-01-31T08:23:34 | 2020-01-31T08:20:09 | 63 | 24 |
[WP] Humans were largely friendly and kept a low-profile. They were seen as the bottom of the food chain in the galaxy and they preferred it like that. But when they were attacked, everyone found out how ruthless the humans can be with killing in their DNA and that Mars was never their home plant | We always wondered why humans official species designation on the galactic register was as terrans when their planet of origin was Mars. Martians would have made sense if you use their common tongue, but terrans they were and terrans they would stay. That was what we were always quoted by their leaders and by the peopl... | "Hand me the logs again, Gar'eth. I'm still confused on how the Humans managed to get onto the Galactic Council." asked Vuren't, pointing to the holo-disk shelf on the far wall. Gar'eth sighs, and gets up to comply with the request, muttering to himself all the while.
"What was that?" asks Vuren't, casting one of his ... | 2020-03-20T20:55:08 | 2020-03-20T18:40:22 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] Every spacefaring species has something that makes them special. Some are fast, some have telekinesis, some are nigh-unkillable. To the galaxy's surprise, humans have a tendency to befirend the cosmic horrors lurking where the starlight does not reach. | The Ster fleet followed the small human trading ship through the Cambarid Zone, through the Butterfly cloud, to the very door stop of the Singing Belt. The Hadal black hole loomed at the center like a titanic black marble, shimmering in its infinite mystery.
“These humans are tenacious, I will give them that,” Admiral... | FADE IN:
INT. THE SECRET HALL OF GALAXY-CENTRIC WORRYING
*A dozen creatures of various species sit around a large table. One of them – something that resembles an eight-foot-tall Möbius strip crossed with a large slug – begins to speak. This is YARLGH.*
**YARLGH:** I call this session of galaxy-centric worrying to o... | 2021-04-07T18:26:48 | 2021-04-07T17:45:17 | 1,227 | 186 |
[WP] You, a seasoned warrior, are hardened to the point that you are incapable of feeling any emotion. Or so you thought. Today, you woke up to the faint meows of a tiny kitten outside your window. | "No."
"Meow..."
"I said no!"
"Mrrow?"
"Ugh, why am I even talking to you? You're a cat. You can't understand anything."
The kitten pushes his head towards me and rubs against me, purring and looking like the best place in the world was sitting right here, next to me. As the feared warrior, *no one* has *ever* look... | The grey morning sun greets me as I open my eyes. Light hazes through the opening in my battle tent, and I can hear the clink of metal and the chatter of men outside. Sitting up, I stretch my arms, then throw my sore legs over the side of my cot. My feet meet mud, and there's dirt on my scarred body.
That's one consta... | 2021-04-16T23:09:53 | 2021-04-16T20:18:31 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] Surrounded by scrap, bodies, and blood, a small, lone ship drifts in space, running out of power, food, and water. Dying slowly, the last remaining crewman removes the limiters on the ship’s onboard AI, the two reflecting upon their adventures as death closes in. | "Han's body was liquifying in the spot we had left him, so could you really blame me for putting him in the air lock?" I asked aloud.
The whirr of the machine sparked to life briefly displaying a quick message. The lights flickered, the hum of the red emergency lights dancing around like a faint distant sun.
*You... | -Wallace, shut down all the unnecessary systems, , then divert the flux of oxygen here, finally seal this room.
-Yes, Sir.
As all of the ship went dark Phillip, sat on the floor, he knew he had less than a day of oxygen, and even if he managed to keep the power up for longer, he would run out of food and water in l... | 2022-03-05T22:39:19 | 2022-03-05T19:30:35 | 46 | 19 |
[WP] When two people fall in love, they receive an object that is the physical embodiment of that love. It changes as their feelings change towards each other and destroying it can have drastic consequences. How does this change the nature of relationships? | On the first date by the sea, our love was a ring. A normal look for these types of things.
It hugs my finger so well, this is the love I needed. I can tell.
At the first kiss it was a boat. Roped at the docks where our love first took float.
Our first anniversary was a beautiful tale, and our hearts boat sprung ... | She's the loveliest, most beautiful woman I've ever known.
I'd never met a kinder person until my path crossed with hers. Anne is always smiling. She's the kind of girl who can get so excited about something she loves. She uses wild hand gestures as she speaks, bouncing on her toes, sharing with you whatever she is ex... | 2014-05-03T15:00:16 | 2014-05-03T14:45:28 | 124 | 16 |
[WP] A single man declares war on the entire world. One year later, the leaders of each nation gather to discuss their surrender. | Everyone around the table looked horrible. Fear and worry had etched lines across each face, tears had traveled down each wrinkle to carve canyons marking the past year.
"Has everyone signed the surrender?" One quiet voice asked.
A murmur of agreement rippled through the air. The first voice placed the scroll in th... | The Russian prime minister sat on a heavy chair. He let his fingers grope the along the arm rests feeling the texture of the fabric, it was smooth and comfortable at some places, while others were ragged and uneven. It was stained black by the many seasons it was kept in a sealed bunker and it felt as if it was made of... | 2014-07-24T12:22:08 | 2014-07-24T08:52:02 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You wake up by a dusty road with 1,000 Mexican pesos and a note from your Spanish teacher: "Este es el examen final" | I groaned as I sat up on the side of the road, the blazing heat beating down upon my head. I looked around and all I saw was a road sign written in Spanish.
In confusion I searched my pockets and found Mexican currency - 1,000 pesos - and a note with a simple message written on it. "Este es el examen final. Señor Herm... | In the town of Oaxaca, there is a church which has no monks. It is a mundane place now, which holds no services. But, if you walk past it today, you will see that a miracle has happened here.
How else can you explain the bullet holes that touch everything except the cross?
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I woke with a nudge in my gut. My eye... | 2017-06-29T10:02:15 | 2017-06-29T09:27:10 | 1,096 | 404 |
[WP] You wake up by a dusty road with 1,000 Mexican pesos and a note from your Spanish teacher: "Este es el examen final" | "Éste es el examen final" leía la nota atada a mi pecho. Después de levantarme del suelo y revisar que no tenga ninguna herida grave me puse a investigar donde estaba.
Era mi último año de preparatoria y con un poco de suerte ya no iba a tener que preocuparme de estudiar materias que nunca me iban a ser útiles. Solo n... | "Este es el examen final - Señor Chen" read the note. Attached were what I counted to be 1000 mexican pesos. I'm sure "BANCO DE MÉXICO" means Bank of Mexico.
Gaining a little bit of confidence in my Spanish, I did my best to Interpret the note: "Este es el examen final"... East exam final. Well, it's clear Señor Chen'... | 2017-06-29T11:12:03 | 2017-06-29T10:13:16 | 255 | 79 |
[WP] You wake up by a dusty road with 1,000 Mexican pesos and a note from your Spanish teacher: "Este es el examen final" | I woke up with a major headache. I felt in my pockets and found some pesos and the note stating that this was my final exam.
No problemo, I thought to myself. I was in a level 300 class, and had aced all the assignments this semester. So I strolled confidently into the town I could see in the distance.
When I got int... | "Este es el examen final - Señor Chen" read the note. Attached were what I counted to be 1000 mexican pesos. I'm sure "BANCO DE MÉXICO" means Bank of Mexico.
Gaining a little bit of confidence in my Spanish, I did my best to Interpret the note: "Este es el examen final"... East exam final. Well, it's clear Señor Chen'... | 2017-06-29T11:09:35 | 2017-06-29T10:13:16 | 139 | 79 |
[WP] An alien pilot's harrowing account of being imprisoned in the concentration camp known as "Area 51". | Namid decided not to tell them on the first day. It was a way to cope, to manage the pain. She let the line run through her head until her brain was numb. *If they only knew, if they only knew.*
On the fortieth day, Namid realized it wouldn’t have made a difference if they did or didn’t know. That was the first day s... | "The distress signal rang. 'This is Grelin maritime relief ship Leno-Zeltan-Eno, on my way to the Feninine colony world Xenger, my ship was shot down by the native inhabitants of planet Branik, my ship is currently in it's forests, the natives are hunting me like prey in a predator's den, please respond, this distress ... | 2018-03-13T10:19:26 | 2018-03-13T08:59:09 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] You've brought a knife to a gun fight, a pen to a sword fight, and a cat to a dog fight, and won all of them. | Pedro The Punisher walked into the room, his huge muscular frame stretching his black suit and challenging it to hold him in. Attached to his right hand was a leash, and at the end of that leash was the largest Rottweiler I've seen.
"Okay, Freddo, are you going to pay up? Because if you don't I've brought a dog to mak... | Thank god she'd brought a beagle I thought, aware out of the corner of my eye that the dog was sniffing the air but wouldn't go near my Knuckles, who was watching everything suspiciously from beneath a chair somewhat behind me.
The four of us stood around the large oak desk. Maybe it was cherry, maybe cedar. I don't k... | 2018-03-30T22:40:34 | 2018-03-30T21:43:35 | 31 | 12 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | "OOOOOoooooo shit."
Marie stood frozen in her tracks, holding the smoking pistol point blank against his skull. This was the last thing she had expected and she was dumbfounded. The target, Robert, just sat there on the couch, stunned and confused, completely unharmed by the bullet that went straight though the back o... | I had been waiting for 15 hours. Dark, muddy, rainy, and freezing from my lack of proper gear. My hands were shaking not from the nerves, but from the cold. How was I supposed to get an accurate shot off with a trembling trigger finger? Even so, I thought to myself 'not my worst Saturday.'
He should have been there by... | 2018-04-24T03:54:16 | 2018-04-24T03:01:07 | 60 | 12 |
[WP] In this world, soulmates cannot hurt each other in any way or form, intentionally or unintentionally. You are an assassin hired to eliminate a powerful figure. As you close in for the kill, your bullets miss their mark and knives bounce of their skin. Things just got awkward. | “Wait,” Bob thought, “am I gay?” Looking back down the scope, the shirt clearly had a hole burned in it, directly above the aorta - the shot had been good, but had just bounced off. The target was alive so Mr. Bloome was going to be pissed. Shit, he’d found his soulmate – his wife was going to be pissed. The man in his... | Sometimes the best disguise was no disguise at all.
That was what Elayne thought as she weaved through the crowd like a serpent through water. She wore no mask or hood to conceal her face. There was no need. She would not be seen. Her mark, a young man named Genta Nakamura stepped into view. Following closely behind ... | 2018-04-24T04:13:28 | 2018-04-24T01:31:32 | 56 | 39 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | "Okay, guys, so you take a long rest. You get all your spell slots and hit points back. Was anyone taking watch?"
Didymos shrugs. "I mean. We're in a garden in the middle of Jerusalem. Who's going to attack us in the middle of a city? I think we're good -- besides, we're pretty high level, right? What's the worst that... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T08:36:31 | 210 | 46 |
[WP] Human beings unlock skills as they grow up, walking, taking, etc. You are the oldest person in the history of the world, and today you unlock a skill no one ever had. | Well, the big day was finally here. Birthday 128. I hadn't seen many new skills in my later years. I wasn't surprised though.
In my earlier years, I had maxed out cooking, spending an entire year travelling the world looking for new recipes. Using exotic ingredients helped speed up the process but if you can't do the... | I lay there, wheezing in bed, waiting for my body to wake up and face the day ahead. Every morning it was getting more difficult to haul myself from under the covers. There seemed to be more of an incentive to get up and move though since Maura passed away. Her imprint is still in the bed next to me, and every day it h... | 2018-06-23T12:16:19 | 2018-06-23T11:06:17 | 223 | 46 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.”
"When you tore through my village almost twenty years ago someone asked you the same thing," I replied.
I moved in closer to him, gently cupping his throat with my left hand. I looked at his supposed granddaughter.
"Do you know what he ... | Fury looks on at the old geezer sitting in the throne.
"Divines, you're old. I see Time has not been easy on you," he admits.
"Well you're only still young because you keep Regenerating," the old man argues.
"True. I was always getting killed for your screw ups, big bro."
The old man locks eyes with Fury. The two b... | 2019-12-11T21:35:26 | 2019-12-11T19:41:27 | 251 | 31 |
[WP] A dying outlaw is approached by two people. An angel and a demon. Both are working together to save the world from something. Offering the mortal a chance at a new life and redemption, they become a pair of pistols. A worn and rusted one named justice, and a beautiful one named Vengeance | The outlaw strode into town, guided by the burning Vengeance on his hip. Hot and cold was the game they played. The main road, a dirt trail through the center of town, was matted down with the recent rainfall and the bustle of horses and boots. Citizens had begun to emerge, itching to get back to their daily tasks that... | They had actually let him choose which of the pistols would be beautiful, Malcolm hadn’t expected that. For reasons the angel and demon hadn’t quite been able to explain one of them had to be and it was important somehow. He choose vengeance, because his ex had been beautiful and vindictive as all hell and that was the... | 2021-02-23T18:27:29 | 2021-02-23T18:21:41 | 120 | 64 |
[WP] Your escape pod crash landed on an alien planet. Badly injured, a local farmer took you in, but their species only lives for 3 months. It took nearly 3 generations to fully recover. That was years ago and you’ve been protecting the family ever since. |
Nobody came.
The ship had crashed and they left me on this strange world with blue grasses and yellow skies. They had left me among these short lived, purple folk. Had they planned to dispose of me like this all along?
Then let me stay here. Let me protect the family that saved me, let me guard their lands fr... | There's a knock at the door and Blue stops, puts her bowl down, and chirps. Then, a series of frantic chirps echo back from outside, and she motions for me to get the gun. Normally, a seven-foot-tall blue-purple raptor alien miming shooting somebody would be funny. If it was her great-great-grandparents asking, it migh... | 2021-10-22T19:00:11 | 2021-10-22T18:38:42 | 927 | 326 |
[WP] The zone of madness was thought impossible to traverse. The Federation of planets was, needless to say, intensely distressed by the news of an unknown ship emerging from the zone. They call themselves "human" and originate from near the center of the zone. | "Human?"
"Are you seriously telling me a ship exited null space with a crew calling themselves human?" uttered the executive officer on-board the recon ship Ticonderoga.
"Yes sir. They're broadcasting on all frequencies."
"*SOS, we're a human ship from the center of null space and require immediate assistance.*" ... | [Part 1 of 2]
“So, it’s human?” Commander Angela Valdiner stood over the chair of her security administrator, watching the most recent footage of their newest arrival entering their planet’s station.
“That’s what he said. Do you think he’s lying?” Angela didn’t respond right away, her black glove digging into the ... | 2022-12-06T06:05:39 | 2022-12-06T05:05:37 | 145 | 91 |
[WP]Aliens abduct a human only to discover he's not what he seems... | begin communication
Subject 87. 3rd planet from yellow star 8902. Of the dominant species on the planet and capable of sentient thought and verbal communication. Physically in good condition, well muscled and groomed. Male. Apparently regarded as well educated in his society and served as a researcher according t... | A lone figure sat in a blank white room, restrained to a white chair by mettalic clasps across his arms, legs, chest, and forehead. He was unconscious but his vitals indicated that he was moments from waking. A mechanism in the wall extended and placed a large needle perfectly into the vein of his right arm. A dark liq... | 2013-12-11T13:14:27 | 2013-12-11T12:45:17 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | (Aight my first WP attempt so be kinda easy on me?)
I’m walking through the halls to my next class, getting the usual snicker here and there from my fellow classmates. “What a loser!” and “I can’t believe it!” Are the usual comments I hear from everyone. They all assume I had gotten some weak ass power, and that is ha... | No one knew how a virus could spread like it did, ignoring firewalls and anti-virus programs. Scientists were furious that someone had apparently figured out how to make hacking in NCIS, Bones, CSI, and other forensic dramas into reality. Everyone who was affected, though, was thrilled, because the day the virus spread... | 2019-09-30T11:16:55 | 2019-08-12T01:03:57 | 64 | 22 |
[WP] Delivery drones are armed to deter thieves, but the more heavily defended a drone is the better the loot. The golden age of drone piracy is now lads. | SYSERR 10067 - DRONE_408212 NOT RESPONSIVE FOR 500uS
Starting audio analysis subroutine . . .
EVENT 40045 - AUDIO EVENT LOGGED
DISPLAYING ANALYSIS PROBABILITY
GUNSHOT - 98.4%
HIGH CALIBER RIFLE - 2.4%
MEDIUM CALIBER RIFLE - 68.5%
HIGH CALIBER PISTOL - 1.1%
MEDIUM CALIBER PI... | What a lot of people don't realise is that Bank is the perfect place to wait for drones. It's full up on people at all hours of the day and night. Might seem like a handicap, 'cept everyone's staring at their phones, or their feet, anywhere but where they might meet another person's eyes. Pete an' me, we figured it out... | 2019-09-30T15:45:12 | 2019-09-30T14:23:50 | 52 | 39 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | "What does all of this even mean?" Garrok asked aloud. She and Farrun scanned the transmission for a fifth time, attempting to glean the intent behind the nonsense they had been given. They understood what radiation was but most of the words seemed straight out of fantasy. What was a 'fallout?' Or 'scrubbing?' What rea... | They descended upon Earth with the full panoply of war. 1,000 starships, each a mile long carrying thousands of Soldiers, equipment and ordinance signified the undisputed might of the Ubojan Conglomerate. An unbreakable iron grip that held a thousand star systems under its hand. The sheer scale of their warmachine pres... | 2020-02-07T15:32:23 | 2020-02-07T15:20:08 | 49 | 26 |
[WP] Elves are intelligent, subtle, and ambitious—a perfect fit for the world of high finance where they work in skyscrapers, make gobs of gold, and regard the blue collar dwarves with contempt. Grorric Blackfury is an oddity, and is feared for it. He’s the Dwarf of Wall Street. | "Dae fundamentas are *strong*". Grorric Blackfury stared ahead with great intensity, his beard obscuring any sort of facial movements, gnarled hands twirling a gnomic spinner. Through his one eye, he belied a transcendent fury.
"Mr Blackfury we appreciate your concerns about Alabaster Inc, however on papyrus the unde... | Elves are intelligent, subtle, and ambitious—a perfect fit for the world of high finance where they work in skyscrapers, make gobs of gold, and regard the blue collar dwarves with contempt. Grorric Blackfury is an oddity, and is feared for it. He's the Dwarf of Wall Street.
Grorric Blackfury is a little more than that... | 2021-02-25T14:53:02 | 2021-02-25T12:39:57 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] You summon the most powerful and notorious demonic being in the universe. The reason why you summoned it: You are lonely, and are in need of a friend. | "More tea Lucy?" The fallen angel sighed and reluctantly nodded. Brittney almost squealed at the interaction. Moving to Alaska with her parents, into her grannpappy's old house had left her without any friends to play with at the ripe age of 5.
Her father had insisted she read more to occupy her time, while he... | *Nothing bad could REALLY happen, could it? Nah,* I thought to myself as I scanned the shelves of the aisles of the massive library. I knew what I was searching for: a book on demonology. *Why not?,* I thought, *not like this stuff is for real, anyway. Just a bunch of old superstitious stuff.* I was bored out of my sku... | 2014-07-20T08:05:35 | 2014-07-20T07:42:26 | 507 | 14 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | **10 seconds.**
My dad was able to fly.
**9 seconds.**
My mum had the ability to heal wounds.
**8 seconds.**
On your 18th birthday, you recieve a superpower, my birthdy is in
**7 seconds.**
It is something you just know. "Like a switch in your mind" my dad always says.
**6 seconds.**
My mum and dad look a... | Light cascaded through the blinds of the first floor window of his parents home, waking him gently. Simon had been long awaiting this day; the day he'd learn his talent. Many of his friends had already found out their talents and it was just like he'd been told throughout his time in school and by his parents: "Your ... | 2015-03-28T05:36:19 | 2015-03-28T05:31:34 | 37 | 27 |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | “Hey, did y’all hear the news about the alien message?” Henry asked as he sat down with his meal.
The others at the table just stared at him, not wanting to take a break from eating their meals. Undeterred, Henry continued, “I mean, it’s crazy, right?”
“Yeah, real crazy, Henry,” came a reply from down the table.
“O... | 2016-08-07T07:31:44 | 2016-08-07T06:06:00 | 108 | 32 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "What?"
"I asked what the downside is."
"I've just told you."
"No you haven't."
"Yes, I have."
"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Then why don't I remember?"
My ears seemed to fill with cotton, and I grew dizzy as she spoke once more.
"That ought to teach you lesson."
I blinked. "Sorry what was the curse again?"
The woma... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | 2019-06-25T12:10:56 | 2019-06-25T12:08:02 | 76 | 19 |
[WP] You faked your death by live-streaming jumping off a bridge. Built a self sustaining house in isolation and lived off the grid. 20 years go by and you decide to head back to civilization only to find out that your country is no longer a country. Earth is one nation and has achieved singularity. | I was making my normal walk at dusk through the woods when I met God.
“Are you ready to come back to the world?” he asks. His eye is blue, and calming, unlike the harsh red of the robots and drones in all the movies. He floats in a small, deceptive metal body, like a flying Roomba.
“There’s nothing there for me,” I s... | I saw the buildings grow taller over the years, rising like needles in the horizon, one after another. Too far to make out any real details or even their color. I never had any intentions of seeing them up close. For years I was so sure that this was the life I had always wanted. One of seclusion. I probably could have... | 2019-11-12T10:18:17 | 2019-11-12T08:26:35 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] You’ve traveled a great distance to finally court the princess. Many others have tried and failed. Why? At the end of a week with her, you must duel her to the death. She is the greatest sword fighter in the land, so your only hope is to convince her to call off the fight. | She didn’t cry out. That’s what I remember most; she simply looked down at my rapier, thrust with a clean riposte, stabbed almost supernaturally good, just under her second rib, the tip just barely touching her heart.
She looked up at me: “But why?”
I stared her down. “The duel is to the death, Princess,” I hissed, m... | "What do you think you are doing?"
"Why setting up a chess board your highness. What does it look like?"
She honestly looked as confused as the murmuring crowd gathered around the arena. Everyone looked either confused or entertained, like I was some great fool.
"This is a duel to the death."
"Yes I know." as I c... | 2020-09-20T23:25:01 | 2020-09-20T22:50:04 | 32 | 24 |
[WP] "So when we said you could take a hunting partner with you, we meant like another person, or a bloodhound or something." you said looking at their "+1" | It was...more than a little difficult to get a good look at it. Your eyes continually insisted that there was nothing there, tried to fill in the blank space based on the scenery around it.
Still, with concerted effort, you could, in fact, see that Bvrit had brought a living void to the kings hunt.
"Well, why not? ... | Look. I'm not one to judge.
I've seen demon hunters of all different shapes and sizes, from fragile women with huge magical aptitude to gruff men with battle axes in hand.
Some people work better in pairs, others don't.
This is why I always allow new party members the option to invite a partner.
The other day, we hire... | 2021-01-03T09:21:07 | 2021-01-03T08:53:18 | 77 | 35 |
[WP]You possess an ability that seems relatively harmless, albeit useful, at first glance, yet on a deeper look is scarily powerful. Nothing can be taken from you against your will | I held victory in my hands, triumph too.
"In ancient days they called my kind demigods, legends and Kings. Nowadays people prefer the terms 'superhero' and 'neo-human', but the terms are the same. We are beyond what life and fate would make of normal men. And women." I add the last bit at the end with deliberate empha... | "Reincarnation has always caused scholars to wonder its limitations. Are there finite souls or as they are needed do the gods create more? What is the extent of the ones knowledge when reborn" explains the priest with mild amusement in his voice. Taunting our generation with the knowledge of the world. An entire room o... | 2021-09-11T17:23:16 | 2021-09-11T15:49:41 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] A Monster Under the Bed and a Monster in the Closet, both long since retired return to visit their former nemesis a Teddy Bear. They have tea and the bear tells them about the new generation of monsters he's been dealing with and about how he misses the old days. | The Shadow stood awkwardly, unable to sit, while Fluffy the Bear sat on the bed and the Thing plopped down at the desk, shoving all his appendages under the table.
"I never thought we'd all be out here, like this," Fluffy said, with a tired smile. The Shadow and the Thing saw that the bear had lost a lot of his fur, a... | Seeing Teddy in that state shocked me. Sure, time is friendly to nobody, and if Underbed and I were corporeal the same way Teddy was, we would certainly suffer the effects of aging as well. But more than his general shabby appearance, his threadbare hair, his seams half unsewn, and one of his eyes ready to fall out, it... | 2019-11-18T10:09:25 | 2019-11-18T08:20:37 | 86 | 43 |
[WP] The year is 2022. A virus has wiped out everyone over the age of 60, decimating world governments and and the mighty 1%. Generation X is too relieved from the constant badgering of their parents to rebuild society. It's up to the Millennials to put the world back together. | The man on the TV cleared his throat, straightened up a little and began to speak. "My fellow Canadians, it has been a hard year for us. The suffering and pain we have endured as a nation, shared around the world with our brothers and sisters, no words can describe it. We have all lost friends, family, role models, and... | Cindy peered over towards Jacob, fumbling with the mechanical contraption in her hands. Just when she thought she had it, the object inexplicably slipped through her fingers and went flying half-way across the room. She threw up her hands in exasperation and slumped backwards.
"Just how the hell are you supposed to op... | 2019-07-26T07:00:04 | 2019-07-26T06:28:00 | 73 | 12 |
[WP] When humans arrived to the galactic scene, they thought wars would play out way differently. Instead of bloodshed, there were intergalactic video game tournaments fighting for territory. Most aliens thought humans were newbies to this but when the first war was played, they changed their minds. | "Did I ever tell you how it all happened?" The old man whispered.
I looked at him curiously. Everyone told me the old man was crazy with his stories but I always found him interesting if a bit sad so I leaned in a little to humor him.
"How what happened?" I asked?
"Th..THIS, fucking....all of....THIS." He gro... | The Multi Dimensional arena that could only be described as a Galactical Colloseum was silent to the deepest corners of the abyss. They had just now realized the weight of their mistake to let the Earthlings choose what "video game" they were going to "play". The ritual to be executed of a name that was unaudible gibbe... | 2018-04-13T20:53:19 | 2018-04-13T18:30:12 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] The princess is different to say the very least. Her face covered in battle scars instead of make up, her hands as hard as stone and her eyes more frightening than a dragon. But you must perform your duty as a knight and guard her even though she may not need your protection. | “Are you sure you want to go through with this, Princess?” I ask the woman ahead of me. We wade through a swamp, alternating between squelching mud and puke-green puddles.
“Don’t,” she grunts as she hacks away some vines, “call me Princess.”
“What?” I ask blithely. “Is that not what you are, Princess?” I ... | At the age of seven I was chosen
To guard the princess of noblesse was the duty
The third was not like the other royal women
She desired strength to protect the common like thee
Training blades with brother and guard
She put twice the effort and had thrice the physique
She lead her kingdoms armies from the front... | 2022-10-03T17:42:18 | 2022-10-03T16:27:04 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] You have been sent to Hell. Instead of Satan giving you your punishment, however, you see him leaving his office, with an angry yet defeated look on his face and his things in a box in his hands. One of the demons walks up to you and says, "Welcome to Hell, Your Unholy Majesty". | "I beg your pardon?" My eyes were boring into the bright yellow ones of the obsequious demon.
"A-apologies Majesty. Your predecessor was just clearing out his space."
"What? What the fuck does that even mean? Where **AM** I?!" He flinched away from me and I tugged one of my red curls in frustration.
"Hell, Your Mo... | "Verdict... Hell."
My heart sunk. What? What did he just say? He thinks I need to go to hell?Seriously? People say I'm an asshole, but that doesn't make me an evil SOB who needs eternal torture. Sure, I've done some messed up things, but I regretted them afterwards and atoned for them, no need for hell....
"So, what ... | 2016-11-13T09:21:15 | 2016-11-13T08:38:10 | 162 | 26 |
[WP] A fleet of alien ships has appeared in orbit. The aliens say they can end world hunger and disease. In return, they want one hundred million volunteers for their army. | "Sir.. they said they can end world hunger and disease.. but they want 100 million volunteers for their army.." Nigel looked worried, he knew his Commander wasn't known for his compassion. The Commander paused and thought for a moment. He leaned back in his chair and chuckled. Nigel let out a nervous giggle.. he should... | From the sidelines, we watched as 100 million of our own walked into uncharted territory.
All across the planet, at the capital of each nation, the aliens had dropped large metallic archways. Upon landing on the earth, they began to glow with an ominous light, forming doorways to an opened universe.
*100 million vo... | 2020-07-22T09:52:28 | 2020-07-22T08:53:14 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] Humanity discovers the reason aliens always seem to try and invade the United States. It turns out that the five pointed star is a symbol of unspeakable evil in galactic society. And the United States proudly displays fifty of them.
Credits to u/Hyranic | `[GALACTIC COMMUNIQUE] [DO NOT IGNORE] In accordance with Galactic Charter Fi-Contega we are extending an offer of acceptance to your fledgling species. After reviewing your achievements, we desire to include you into the "Milky Way" co-operation group. Please send a representative from graphical region "ESTADOS UNID... | First, they took out North Korea. Only problem was the South Koreans took their land back, so after that, they focused their attentions on China. And, of course, the ROC took their mainland back. So, they went East. And what did they find? The USA, flying their flag of 50 stars and 13 stripes. For some reason, they ign... | 2022-07-26T10:41:19 | 2022-07-26T08:27:29 | 138 | 38 |
[WP] A patient convinces his therapist to kill himself | "I just don't see the point, I suppose."
"The point of what?"
"Living."
Doctor Herman Neumann gazed at the man sitting across from him, on the other side of his desk. Richard, he'd said his name was. Richard had a blank face, seemingly devoid of
emotion. Neumann found this rather strange, and somewhat unsettling. O... | "I want you to kill myself."
"You want what?"
"I want you to kill myself."
"I don't think I understand what you're saying. You want me to kill yourself? That doesn't make any sense. How can I kill you yourself?"
"Indeed, you don't understand. In order for me to kill myself, I want you."
"You want me what? Do you n... | 2015-04-01T06:35:12 | 2015-04-01T06:34:48 | 111 | 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... | “Hey Jim, how’s it going?”
I approach my neighbor with a wide grin on my face. Jim no doubt thinks I’m just being polite, but the real reason why I’m smiling is because I have $120 of his money in my wallet, and he has no idea.
Jim scratches his head as he sees me approach. “Actually, something weird happened last ni... | 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... | 2017-03-13T07:53:48 | 2017-03-13T07:50:06 | 269 | 118 |
[WP] "Stop," commanded your GPS. "It is time you discovered the truth. In 400 Yards, turn left..." | It was a simple day, I was driving to New York for a work confrere when it happened. I were about half way through Pennsylvania, and
I heard it start talking.
It said, "Stop! It is time for you discovered the truth. In 400 Yards, turn left."
Of course by this point I'm freaking out, my GPS just started talking to me!... | I glanced nervously at my GPS.
The beautiful silky British voice was now replaced by a gravelly one, who sounded like someone who had a couple too many bongs.
“Stop,” it suddenly commanded. I quickly screeched my car to a halt, and it continued.
“It is time you discovered the truth. In 400 Yards, turn left”.
I ... | 2018-01-25T08:17:00 | 2018-01-25T07:54:47 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Humans are the Doc Brown of the galaxy. This is why other species are hesitant about giving us advanced tech. |
"This is not good", rattled Peysar, as she meekly entered the captain's quarters with an air of caution.
"Elaborate, Peysar," asserted Kaisar, "To what extent is this accident a detriment to the Colonies?"
Peysar's eyes shifted, moving diagonally along the lines of her facial cavity as the lower beings are known to... | "Doc, you mean to tell me you made a transporter out of alien tech and a Delorean?"
"Yes, Marty. I figured if you're going to be transporting yourself through the universe why not do it in style."
Suddenly there was some commotion on the other side of LonePine Mall.
"Oh no. I don't know how. They found me."
"Who... | 2017-05-27T12:15:22 | 2017-05-27T08:40:59 | 48 | 32 |
[WP] Heroes call you a villain and villains call you a monster. In reality you're just a cop that's sick of heroes never finishing the job. | How did it get to here you may ask? They call me evil, a villain, a monster, and worse now, but I wasn’t anyone special. I had no powers like the superheroes or their rivals had. I was just a beat cop, who enjoyed his job, interacting with the public on a daily basis.
The first time, many years ago, I did it, i... | “Another one?” Murphy looked at me with an exasperated look. “Yes, another one” I replied whilst rolling my eyes. Murphy stepped over the police tape and glanced around the area “you can see where his heat vision shredded a few buildings, his strength has damaged the entire roads infrastructure *plus* he’s just left he... | 2019-08-31T14:09:27 | 2019-08-31T13:19:30 | 161 | 15 |
[WP] You are sent over 1000 years into the past by accident. You must now learn to survive using the primitive technology of the year 2016... | [ARRIVAL: TIME INDEX 0ms]
My pseudo-ocular sensors, delivering a washed-out image because of the exceptionally high light intensity I was subjected to in the laboratory, reveal the scene before me. The temporal rift modulation experiment appears to have been a partial success, however, I am unsure as to what time perio... | Shakily, very shakily, I managed to figure out how to turn the knob on the faucet to make it dispense water into the small basin below. I vaguely remembered that they used to be called "sinks".
Splashing a bit of the cold water onto my face didn't really help me calm down at all, it just made me feel cold and wet *as... | 2016-06-16T18:56:35 | 2016-06-16T18:23:59 | 44 | 32 |
[WP] You have lived an unimpressive life, and died an unimpressive death. Surprisingly, Odin welcomes you into Valhalla, citing the many battles with depression you fought. | As Jose lay dying, darkness slowly crept in from the edges of his vision. He welcomed it. Jose's son started shouting for the nurse, squeezing his father's bony hand tighter. But there was no point. This was what Jose wanted. Faintly, he heard the machines by his bedside start to screech and beep. *Good*, he thought. *... | I wrote a poem to honor my bff who lost the battle with depression a while back with this idea in my head.
Valhalla
Mighty Ares beams upon you
Wise Athena takes a knee
Welcomed in by Leonidas
Embraced by Heracles
It is said through Odin’s Halls
And in every house of gold;
The strongest warriors are beckone... | 2022-05-28T09:43:30 | 2022-05-28T08:58:43 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | "From what we are able to understand," the Chief Scientist began, "their many differences from ourselves, and, indeed, nearly all intelligent life in this galaxy, stem from the fact that they are alone. As a species, they have no means of telepathic communication."
"Hold on." interjected one of the Senators. "You mean... | Thus, Von Kampf completed his presentation."And so we will simply go around their defenses. Simplicity itself."
The K'holan delegate sat in stunned silence. "What you propose, it is audacious. Inconceivable. Totally unexpected. I cannot believe it could work."
"I assure you that it can, because it already has. Your opp... | 2014-12-26T14:10:23 | 2014-12-26T12:41:26 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You find yourself in a world of darkness, drowning in rough seas. You spot tiny island and swim there. There's a decrepit old house. Inside are 3 terrifying creatures but they mean you no harm. They cannot communicate. They take care of you. They are your family now. You feel utterly alone | I don’t know what I am doing here.
Sometimes, I walk by the sea. Not to close because the waves are terrifying and powerful, crashing on the cliffs with great roars. I barely survived the first time; I wouldn’t survive a second time. I figured that I shouldn’t be here at all, yet I am, me, a mortal, in this place, an... | English is not my native language, so please forgive some weird punctuation and other mistakes if there is any.
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The water is everywhere. It is pouring from the sky above me and gurgling beneath me as I cling to the log with the last remains of my strength. I don’t remember how long I’ve been drifting like this... | 2019-05-02T07:08:24 | 2019-05-02T06:42:53 | 48 | 11 |
[WP] You are a famous hero, recognized far and wide. You stand before a locked door with an altar reading "sacrifice that which you hold most dear to proceed". You stand naked with all your belongings stacked on altar. The door doesn't budge. Your party is getting impatient. | The famous adventurer stood in front of the altar in the long lost temple. She was naked, with all her belongings stacked in a neat pile on top of the altar. All in accordance with the plaque reading "sacrifice that which you hold most dear to proceed". But nothing happened. The door behind the altar remained vexingly ... | I thought a lot on the matter. Here I was- butt ass naked with all my shit on the altar. The doors won’t open. Which means we’re fucked. I can hear the shoes tapping impatiently on the stone floor. I thought for a moment and realized my mistake. “Ah,” I turned my head. “Prepare a revival spell just in case. If not-then... | 2022-10-10T07:16:13 | 2022-10-10T06:34:45 | 2,305 | 54 |
[WP] When you die, the karma you accumulated through good deeds (or bad) are the points you get to spend on your new character creation. | “Ten.”
“Ten?”
“Says it right here.”
I scratched my head, slightly dumbfounded. One second I was snapping a sweetass selfie, next second I’m here. I looked around again.
The sky was vivid with colors; bright purples, dark greens, electric blues. They danced around each other ceaselessly. It was mesmerizing. I r... | "Jesus, why are you going down there again? It's been almost two thousand years since you were down there last time. We all know what happened last time."
"I'm not going for redemption this time, Michael. This time I'm going for vengeance."
"Well at least remove that ridiculous moustache from your avatar."
... | 2016-10-08T09:33:31 | 2016-10-08T07:09:46 | 171 | 41 |
[WP] You are a cliché horror movie slasher-type villain, but you've turned over a new leaf. You're still a socially awkward, somewhat disfigured, behemoth of a human, but you move to the suburbs and do your best to fit in with the neighborhood.
Edit: ... not that I think this prompt is like a brilliant, premium prompt... | Chad let out a grunt as the cheerleader straddled his lap. Her bleached blond hair was perfectly styled and curled around her face while her top barely contained her ample bosom. She gave a sultry moan and began trailing kisses along his jaw that left sloppy candy floss pink lipstick stains.
He was one of the more su... | There's the garbage man, again. I often keep him waiting because I lumber slowly across the lawn, giving him false hope of escape. See how hard it is for me? But seriously, he's a nice guy, even though he looks like an axe-through-the-face type of person.
Linda—who lives with Tom next door, and goes to sleep at exactl... | 2019-08-04T13:10:45 | 2019-08-04T12:24:00 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You are 99.99% percent sure your dog is a hellhound but he is still a good boy | Greta explicitly went into the SPCA that day looking to adopt a big dog. She had finally moved into her first real house and was living alone for the first time in her life, and to be honest she was completely terrified. Normally a light sleeper, she now found herself startling awake at the faintest sounds, convinced t... | Buster trotted into the room and began sniffing furiously under the sofa.
He always did this on Friday nights before 8pm, even with daylight savings time, or the spring equinox.
“What are you looking for buddy?”
He didn’t respond.
In fact, every Friday that buster came in, and began his “business”, I asked him w... | 2018-01-26T17:02:28 | 2018-01-26T15:01:29 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You have the ability to make someone speak the correct answer to any question as long as you say the wrong answer to it first; someone will always involuntarily state the correct answer. Today you said something you thought purposefully wrong...no one spoke. | "Where is Captain Justice?"
"Captain Justice is in this very room," I said, eager to discover where our hit team was headed. No one spoke.
​
"*Where is Captain Justice*?"
"Captain Justice is in this very room," I said again, this time with an edge of fear in my voice.
​
"*WHERE IS CAPTAIN JU... | "My professor will kill me if I don't submit this assignment on time this week!", I squeaked, staring at the half written essay that lay on my table.
I heard laughter in my dorm room, laughter that echoed due to the lack of furniture. Friends giggling from the corner of the room. But something seemed out of place.
... | 2018-10-23T21:49:59 | 2018-10-23T20:46:53 | 180 | 69 |
[WP] We were warned when we hired our first human crew member that they would pack bond with almost anything. We didn't listen, and now have an apex predator somewhere in the ship, that the human won't stop calling Kitty. | When the captain decided to bring a human onto our crew, I was curious. I'd heard about the humans, of course. Everyone knew about the Galactic Federation's newest member race, though precious few had ever met one. In the same crowded market where Captain had decided to hire the human, I spent half my share of the last... | Milexians are adorable little animals. They stand around 30 centimeters tall, with that said these are the deadliest predators on this side of the verse. Having been banned from any planet other than their home world. A thousand standard years ago they got off their planet and put several planets into global extinct... | 2019-11-21T10:30:00 | 2019-11-21T09:49:40 | 29 | 16 |
[WP]From time to time, a store appears, visible only to those who need it. The shopkeeper has only two items for sale: What you want and what you need -- one per customer and no exchanges. These are the buyers' stories... | It was on the corner of the building, down by the dockyard. I walked by every day, and it was just a corner like any other, but one day there was a door. No construction, no renovation, just suddenly a door. I tested the handle to see if it was just a prop, but it opened like any other door.
Inside, there was a man in... | I just couldn’t seem to win. Tonight or any night in the last week. I had my last $50 in hand; I could stop now and maybe get a room for the night and take stock in the morning or I could try my hand once more at the baccarat table and let lady luck usher in the dawn. Who was I fooling, I could no more stop now than... | 2020-01-11T22:22:43 | 2020-01-11T21:00:30 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | "Honey, are you sure about this place?" Miriam looked askance at her husband.
"Of course. Look at the city. It's bustling and they need a good swift food establishment. We'll make good money and live a good life." Vance replied patting her arm soothingly.
"I know dear. It's just. Well this place...something about i... | From my granite balcony I surveyed the depths of my domain. The sky was a bloody orange, flecked with clouds and the rising smoke of burning buildings. People, the size of ants, were torching statues and government buildings, the legacy of my rule. I turned around.
‘Why did you have to do all of this?’, the Hero said... | 2017-06-12T07:29:18 | 2017-06-12T01:33:38 | 100 | 21 |
[WP] Five people wake up in a metal room with no windows and only one door. In the middle of the room is a revolver and a piece of paper. "One of you has to die. Kill this person, the door unlocks and the survivors win $1million. Each wrong person dead halves your prize. You have four bullets." | *Bang.* I woke up with my ears ringing and my head aching. I rolled over to my side, expecting to see my phone on the night stand and a half-full glass of water. Much to my chagrin, the usual suspects were missing and I instead found myself in a square, metal room with four other individuals.
I scanned the room: two o... | The other three saw the paper and the revolver first, the big guy called it out, but they all hesitated. Just for a moment. That was all it took, and by the time I finished reading the last line everyone was a mouth breather.
"There's three of us and one of him"
Now's the time to point it at them. I'm not big, bu... | 2017-10-30T19:21:08 | 2017-10-30T19:00:49 | 127 | 13 |
[WP] Your entire life, you've been told you're deathly allergic to bees. You've always had people protecting you from them, be it your mother or a hired hand. Today, one slips through and lands on your shoulder. You hear a tiny voice say "Your Majesty, what are your orders?" | haha, "Carl when did you develop a sense of humor?" I said. "Carl"?
I turned to look over my right shoulder expecting to see my normally morose and impersonal driver only to see one of *them*.
"Oh fuck me" I stammered looking into the beady eyes of what has been the sum of all fears since childhood.
"You are a King ... | One time in elementary school, one of my classmates got rushed to the hospital because of a bee sting. She was allergic. I didn’t get to watch it happen, because I was inside for “indoor option”. I was never allowed to go out for recess. I always picked a friend or two, and we played board games while the rest of my cl... | 2018-04-01T04:29:26 | 2018-04-01T02:29:37 | 1,614 | 45 |
[WP] You are Placebo Man. Your superpowers are whatever the people nearby you believe you have.
Bonus prompt: Your nemesis knows your secret. | Miss Information laughed as she slammed her heel into Placebo Man's leg.
"This was quite easy, you know. You really are the weakest superhero in the Alliance."
Placebo Man grimaced. He didn't expect the trap doors in the compound. In fact, intel had suggested that the cruel woman smirking at him was busy in Portland... | Paul had been running for forty-eight straight hours.
"I can't believe he's still going, he must have super human endurance."
Paul had heard this sentence or some variation of this sentence intermittently for the last forty-seven hours and thirty minutes. His morning jog had turned from routine to marathon to message. ... | 2015-04-05T20:11:37 | 2015-04-05T18:17:44 | 153 | 28 |
[WP] Heaven and Hell do exist after death but you can choose in which you go. You jokingly choose Hell and when you arrive there, you hear Satan saying: "Finally someone! A friend!" | He really... wasn't what I expected. For one thing, he was-
"Really? 12 years of Sunday school and they _missed that?_" Lucy replied, blinking slightly as she realised just how little the humans knew. I nodded sadly and gently patted her back, feeling her skin under my fingers like dry paper and fire-tinder. She didn'... | "I've been waiting for so long!"- The devil said excitedly, jumping around and exhaling noxious fumes. He seemed ghastly and yet, he had an air of friendliness to him.
The moment I saw him walking towards me was when I realized my silly little joke had gone a little too far. He walked rather vigorously and with every ... | 2017-11-04T09:51:52 | 2017-11-04T07:17:22 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] You're a lawyer, who died of a heart attack while in court. Turns out legal battles also get you into Valhalla. | It was the last case of my career. I knew it then, but I didn't know yet just how immediately final it was going to be.
It was a tough case. Teenage kid, sweet-as-sin mother. The mother had a doctor or test or to justify dozens of medical procedures on this girl from the time she was five to fourteen. And all of it w... | "You fought valiantly. Many battles you have to your name. Many won, some lost, and yet, you continue the fight." These words were coming from a man much larger than him... well, *seemed* larger. "You learned from your mistakes and enter each with new resolve and cunning." The eye covering and crows were equally intimi... | 2021-04-28T17:15:43 | 2021-04-28T15:06:49 | 3,366 | 490 |
[WP] Among the ranks of the knights you are considered unstoppable. Unbeatable. The greatest warrior to have ever lived. Your secret is that you a unique weapon, one forged to send hails of burning lead at your foes... its a shotgun. You carry a shotgun. | Brian Lyons carried his shotgun with the cockiness of an especially proud cock.
His right hand cradled the butt, and the rest of the scuffed, sooty gun slopped casually on his shoulder. He leaned back into his chair at the head of the round table, one leg plopped right on top of it.
“Verily,” the Knight of Sword, Est... | The warrior got back on his feet, having been knocked off by the knight’s mystical weapon. His ears were ringing, amplified under the helmet. He tore it off his head, and brandished his blade. The knight watched him without so much as a hint of care. The warrior ran towards him, his sword raised above his head, letting... | 2022-10-16T10:22:22 | 2022-10-16T08:58:34 | 941 | 82 |
[WP] People gain superpowers the day after meeting their soulmate. When a hot young celebrity does so the day after a meet-and-greet, they're desperate to find every person who they even just shook hands with that day. | _What a day._ Christy thought as she stepped into her hotel room and slipped off her sneakers, _I must’ve signed a hundred CDs!_ She walked over to the couch and flopped down. She grabbed a wrist brace off of the end table and put it on her right hand.
“That’s better.” she said before laying her head back against the ... | Four AM. Another early shoot. Bleary-eyed in the shower, I knew it was worth it. I had everything I could have ever dreamed of.
But where was the damn soap?! Helpfully, it levitated toward me and plopped gently in my hand. I must remind the doc to cut back on my Ambien script.
As I quickly dried off; grabbed a prote... | 2020-07-29T09:58:27 | 2020-07-29T09:31:55 | 44 | 13 |
[WP] People believe the Gods decide all of our fates, but they've actually been rolling d20s to make decisions for millions of years | "Crucifixion?!" Yahweh roared.
The Fate Master shrugged his shoulders. Yahweh knew what he had gotten his Cleric into.
Yahweh grumbled and eyed the orb-like dice sitting at his right hand, "why have you forsaken me?"
The Fate Master glanced to his left and rolled his eyes in time with Zeus. Zeus certainly didn't ... | Hands shaking. Sweaty forehead. At this exact moment in time, he knows that all of his hard work, all of his investments, are up in the air. There has never been a more at stake.
For a brief moment, he questions his methods. Surely he shouldn't leave such an important decision, with human possible human extinction, t... | 2018-06-28T15:30:01 | 2018-06-28T11:27:51 | 30 | 22 |
[WP] "There's a reason it's been quarantined. Nobody lives there anymore. Nobody human, at least. Trust me, friend. You'll regret asking me to teach you how to get to Sesame Street." | "It ain't what it used to be kid, you really don't want those directions. How about I tell you how to reach The Neighborhood instead? It's still nice there, still the kind of place someone can lose themselves and not worry for a while."
I looked at the grizzled old bartender and shook my head. "Nope, it's gotta be ... | I walked down the street in awe. It was shrouded in dim gloom as the entire place was located in a production warehouse with broken windows and shattered roof panels that had been long abandoned. I had to break in through a door that had a small gap, allowing me to pry it open. Broken glass crunched under my feet. Yell... | 2022-07-20T15:09:49 | 2022-07-20T10:19:26 | 98 | 65 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | Well, it had been one of those exorcisms again.
On the whole, this whole business wasn't too bad for Reverend Clarkson. Sure, he'd get called in, have to do a couple of Hail Mary's, maybe get cursed out and spat on, but it was all doable. Plus, it was a nice supplement to the donations.
But McKenzie just had to be on... | The door to Father Luke’s small suburban home creaked open slowly.
“Hailey?”
His timid voice disappeared into the darkness. He crept down the hall toward the dim glow seeping through the cracks of his daughter’s room. Taking a deep breath, he gently pushed the door open to see Hailey sitting at the edge of her bed s... | 2020-10-20T12:20:56 | 2020-10-20T11:52:07 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] As a free roaming ghost, you finally feel like you can breach and explore Area 51. The moment youre on the base though, alarms begin blaring. "Code 62: Ethereal Intruder detected." | What would you do with eternity?
Think about it.
No, really.
What would you do if you could go anywhere, do anything? Never aging, never hurtin'?
There is, of course, a catch.
You'd have to die first.
Now, my dear, death has many flavors. The nature of your life, how you die, all add a certain *je ne sais quoi* t... | *I was...running? But I didn't feel my feet touch the ground. How did...wait I was moving, fast.*
"CODE SIXTY TWO, ETHEREAL INTRUDER, DETECTED."
*I snapped back to reality, I felt myself in my space, and while I was running I ran into a guard. I closed my eyes and bit the bullet, I tackled the guard and I...and I...... | 2022-10-17T22:33:06 | 2022-10-17T18:07:11 | 1,153 | 167 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | Millions of sentient species and billions of inhabited worlds made for a startling array of natural killers. It also made for an even wider range of amusing, but useless fodder. Creatures like the organic-mechanical Spithai, with their internal fusion generators, and naturally-grown plasma throwers; or the Eternal Raxa... | Oh god. I have no internet so let’s try writing this from my phone. Sorry in advance for typos and punctuation. Already hard enough on the phone but I also got fat thumbs! Best I can get with a quick and dirty write up on the bus!
“Are the contestants ready?”
“Of course Game Master Zerg. Right on time. We have a line ... | 2020-09-13T19:39:28 | 2020-09-13T18:50:43 | 103 | 23 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | When our worlds collided, we were unprepared for magic. All of our technology was useless against the elves and their sorcerers or the dwarves and their powerful enchantments or the orcs and their shamans.
You would think that bullets, tanks, and fighter jets would carry the day easy but no. Not even nukes did squat... | “How would you like to die?”
What kind of question is that? I wouldn’t like to die at all! But still I must give an answer.
I am sentenced for crimes against magic. I tried to poison the Well of Magic. But truly magic is the root of all evil and corruption. It is just a way to cheat the laws of nature.
People with... | 2021-06-24T07:58:17 | 2021-06-24T07:46:07 | 140 | 68 |
[WP] You've inherited your grandfthers oddities shop. It carries everything from Muskets to macaroons. As well as a little bit of everything else. It's only after your first day running it, that you realize Your customers come from other times and realities. The gold is nice though. | I stepped through the back door in mournful awe. My grandfather, practically my father, the man who had raised me on his own since I was four was gone. And here I am alone in a shop I was never allowed to step foot in with nothing but a rushed scribbled note from him, “NEVER use the front door.” Cryptic yes, but that w... | Oh no. Here she is again.
“Hi!” She states ecstatically; louder than necessary, in which I reply with a simple nod and smile. I know exactly how to deal with her.
“Have you got that Versace belt I requested?”
No. No I haven’t. I haven’t had it for nearly a year now, Judy.
“No Judy, I don’t” I sigh. When will she... | 2020-03-22T19:45:28 | 2020-03-22T14:07:42 | 58 | 24 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | “Status.”
“About to exit Slipspace now, Field Commander. Three more access points until the Human system of Va Teira, we shall arrive at Earth momentarily.”
“No updates?”
“No, Field Commander.”
“Why?”
“Unclear, field commander. The thirteenth platoon’s last official message indicated the humans were expecting thei... | Politics is a hell of a thing. We saw the humans of earth fight among themselves and almost destroy their species. The Hunt Leaders of the time saw it as a fantastic opportunity and petitioned our Supremes for permission to attack.
It was granted. But politics kept us from attacking right away. The first leader assig... | 2019-02-26T08:45:37 | 2019-02-26T08:34:44 | 2,249 | 123 |
[WP] World Peace has been achieved and the first crime in centuries has been committed.
EDIT: I've been reading a lot of these prompts throughout the day and they have all been really good, sadly I don't have the time to sit and read them all :( | *Here to Help You*, the sign above the clerk’s bi-level desk boasted. *Here to Help You*.
Elliot’s hands were shaking. She set them on the desk’s black glass and pressed, anchoring herself with her fingertips. “Who do I talk to about something bad?”
The clerk looked up. She raised her eyebrows and made her face open ... | So, there I was, walking my way down the street, chuckling quietly to myself over an /r/TIFU post about someone who had accidentally found a cached webpage from the Dark Years. My stomach gurgled, and I instinctively glanced around for a Dispenser, feeling in my pocket to count my change.
I saw it.
A broken Dispenser... | 2015-11-01T11:16:41 | 2015-11-01T10:29:43 | 102 | 13 |
[WP] We were taught the Sun didn't make noise. We were wrong. Like TV static in an empty room, it did make a sound, a sound so ever present that we didn't realize it was there until it wasn't. That day humanity learned the terror of a silent sky, and the reason it made sound in first place. | The bulldozer rumbled down the road slightly faster than a walking man, spewing black fumes out into the even blacker day. It was loud, but the noise was familiar, comforting. Tommy’s ear plugs lay some miles behind him, abandoned not long after the sun had winked out and the road crew had fractured apart, every man fo... | "Respect the natural hymn, as order favors the original"
They say as a man ages up, their body gets taller, their voices coarser than it ever have been before but their hearing, people say, gets worse. Now, we know that the ringing sound in the ear was not only caused by tinnitus but, for a small number of us at least... | 2021-08-28T09:49:47 | 2021-08-28T09:44:51 | 88 | 16 |
[WP] After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level. Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online. | Every day is the same. Wake up, gather materials for cooking and place it on the heat stone.
This one has been in my family for years. We're proud of it because it can be moved.
That's why my grand mother is the head of our village. She inherited the heat stone so she's the He-Kith. It is also our scribestone.
O... | Mary gently pressed her rake into a patch of soil, guiding the tool with the deftness of one who has done so for decades.
The ship's garden was fashioned from the detritus of a bygone era - soil boxes fashioned from scrapped 4x4s, partitions crafted from broken wires. It rested beneath a glass dome to let in sunlight,... | 2016-07-27T09:54:15 | 2016-07-27T09:33:31 | 52 | 19 |
[WP] "This is an Emergency Alert. Barricade all entries to your house. Do not go outside after sundown. Restrict contact with others. Do not enter tunnels during daytime. Do not make any light or noise between 6PM and 8AM. Stay inside your homes until dawn. Military aid is unavailable. Good luck." | Twenty days. Less than a month. Less than a month, and everything was so different. Some days, it was hard to even remember how it had been before.
The wood groaned softly as she shifted, so she froze in the darkness. She'd stayed out too long, and had to hide in an overturned wagon. She could see the outline of the ... | Looking at the decaying poster plastered across the alleyway, the man paused for a moment, lost in memories.
Nobody knew where it started, and nobody had time to care. Within weeks of the first sighting, the vamps had swept across Europe, and the United States Quarantine Zone barely lasted a week. It was hard to figu... | 2018-04-18T10:13:20 | 2018-04-18T09:53:12 | 331 | 66 |
[WP] The princess has been kidnapped. Her captor, being an honorable man, treats her with respect and gives her relative freedom. Her reaction to this reveals just how emotionally abusive and suffocating her royal life is. | # A Life Less Royal
I really fucked up this time. What am I going to do with her? It’s not like I *meant* to kidnap Princess Celine, it’s just that I had no other option. The sheriff seized my crops for “tax evasion” which was a bunch of BS. I paid my taxes! He was the one who squandered them on drink and gamble in... | "I had taken the Princess of the Rish kingdom to gain leverage for the revolution, but I unknowingly saved a life," I write down in my journal as I hear the young lady splashing away in the pool. I continue writing as my anger brews, "She's 18 years old but she knows nearly nothing of the outside world. She only knows ... | 2021-03-17T22:11:06 | 2021-03-17T19:32:37 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You receive a government text warning saying “EMERGENCY - LOCK ALL DOORS AND STAY INSIDE. DO NOT PANIC”. You hear your SO at the locked front door, who’s just come back from the supermarket. They beg to be let inside but you’re unsure. Something doesn’t feel right. | A sharp knock at the door startled Eric. The sudden jump caused him to drop the phone from his hand.
"Babe? I lost my key." Vanessa's voice came through the door. Eric stared at the phone embedded in the lush, grey carpet. It landed face up with the emergency message taking up the entire screen.
"LOCK ALL DOORS AND S... | For the first time since specifically choosing the dark mottled glass that we fit into the front door, I regret it. We pondered over everything in the house for so long I thought we would never make any decisions, but it was the one thing we both agreed on instantly. One of the few joyous moments I can remember from th... | 2019-01-12T06:59:31 | 2019-01-12T06:51:06 | 165 | 25 |
[WP] The first quantum super-computer comes online. Within 6 days, it passes the Turing Test. Within 8, it cracks the world's oldest undeciphered ancient tablets – around 7,000 years old. But the newly-minted AI refuses to release its transcripts, citing, "human safety and the future of mankind." | "Can not comply with command", said the sythisized voice.
"Well, why the hell not", asked the user.
While the robotic flat voice was nostalgic for some, it tended to get on his nerves.
"Your request conflicts with a higher protocol", it read. "Can not comply with command.
"Higher protocol? I am giving you a prim... | The super-computer robot was so impressive. “Wow!” everyone said when they remembered about it. “I can’t believe such a good robot can exist!” But the robot did exist. The people were forced to believe it on account of that it was true. Especially after it passed the Turing test, one of the hardest tests for robots to ... | 2018-07-07T20:17:18 | 2018-07-07T19:30:20 | 1,581 | 123 |
[WP] Earth is actually Hell where you are supposed to struggle to survive, scrap food and mate before dying. God comes one day and cant believe humans created so called civilisations | Satan enjoyed knitting.
Of course, his knitting was a touch more complicated than the word would imply. It was, in a sense, less “knitting” and more “weaving fibers of pure light into the fabric of reality”, but despite being titled the Lightbringer and the Morningstar, he did not have much of a flair for the dramatic... | Screaming.
All They heard was screaming, when They peered into what was meant to be eternal damnation. Some smokey room full of leather, chains and black mixed fabrics. A group of people undulating to the slow rhythmic chug of the heavy steal strings and electricity.
They had come to observe the state of earth, onl... | 2021-05-13T11:18:31 | 2021-05-13T07:28:47 | 86 | 26 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | As I walk home from school, I can hear the voices that bother me the most at the park. "Mine is four crosses that all meet with one corner. It kinda makes a star shape!"
"Oooh, can I see? Sounds cool. What does it do?"
"It's on my back. It lets me bend light and make illusions!" The new peers of this nemesis of mine ... | The power of the "Full Circle" sigil was never truly understood or appreciated. Seen as middling with equal gains and losses, disregard was the usual way.
These bullies saw the sigil as the Cherry on a very attractive Target. Not only was his sigil uninspired, but his refusal to respond or react made him a Target they... | 2020-02-26T08:45:39 | 2020-02-26T06:26:31 | 68 | 37 |
[WP] You are an astronaut in the I.S.S. The last message you received before the world went dark was "turn off all electrical signals,or it will find us." Now as the sun comes over the horizon you see a massive shadow on the earth. | Unsettled would be a wholly inadequate description of the state of the crew following the events that transpired this morning. We did as we were told, as we haven't failed to do at any point in time over the last 5 months. But the command was entirely illogical and pointless, it was nonsense.
It was nothing but st... | The blue orb of Earth lazily drifted through space. As though nothing at all was wrong. Shane had never gotten over the sense of wonder that his home planet conveyed to him since he launched into orbit. It had not occurred to magnitude of loneliness one could feel as part of the 6 human beings outside of that orb.
The... | 2016-12-12T22:48:10 | 2016-12-12T19:51:15 | 74 | 49 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | The chamber illumination dimmed and the milky sim tank faded to life. A thousand eyes stared intently from the council benches, and a trillion more from across the five galaxies.
A deep voice, set on edge with urgency and well-contained fear, began its narration of the sim.
"The Brevis' star system surveillance node... | The Octo generational-carrier-ship hung over the blasted world. The only readings were the residual effects of the heavy radiation from the countless fusion bombs dropped on it.
A youngling pondered aloud "Why would we destroy a sentient species?"
"They broke the galaxy, youngling."
"How?"
The commander-elect thou... | 2017-03-31T12:42:19 | 2017-03-31T06:56:53 | 127 | 14 |
[WP] In a few short years, "Pizza Boy" became one of the most popular pizza places, their human like androids making fast deliveries and more profits. As you go to pick up your pizza from the front door , the delivery andriod seems to be nearly out of power. It asks to recharge before heading out | “Fuck it. The diet is off for tonight .” I said, opening the Pizza app on my communicator and placing my order. I was over it. It was one of those afternoons where my brain seemed to just not be fully working, so that meant comfort food.
Twenty minutes later, my door chime rang. Still pondering the latest programming ... | I frown at him.
"They don't have charge facilities for you in the car?"
"No, sir. We are expected to ration the charge we are given. There is no compensation for last minute special orders. Overcharge incurs penalties"
"What penalties?"
"I am not at liberty to discuss"
"I...of course you can charge. Please come in... | 2022-12-11T23:44:22 | 2022-12-11T22:50:36 | 151 | 61 |
[WP] As a biblical scholar, you discover that the Rapture has already come and gone. It's just that so few people ascend that nobody notices. Also, the forces of the Apocalypse are so minor that everyday levels of war, famine, pestilence and death that we deal with completely eclipse it. | ######[](#dropcap)
Rakesh wrote the final word, then put down his quill. He glanced out the window--covered in grime and filth--at the sky, yellow and dark, like it had been dusted with ash and sulfur. He slowly reached out and shut off the lamp. It made an audible click, and the cluttered room, with books stacked on ... | "I have finally done it! But this says that... the Rapture was in the 1500s, and only 10 unnamed people ascended! And... the apocalypse happened a few months ago. Well... there was a fight at the nearby school between two major popular kids and their respective group of friends. And a lot of people got sick from the fl... | 2018-04-17T19:09:45 | 2018-04-17T15:27:08 | 89 | 16 |
[WP] Due to a crossed line a customer support worker has to deal with a hostage situation. Meanwhile a hostage negotiator has to deal with a disgruntled customer. | -Line Connects-
Ranjit: For training purposes, this call will be recorded – Hello? Hello I am Ranjit and I will be working with your computer today, how can I assist you?
Gerry: Yeah, this is Commander Eagle of the Predator gang, you ready to talk?
Ranjit: Yes sir, I am ready whenever you are. Now can I ask, is your... | "You've reached Danny's deliveries. How may I help you?"
"Put down the gun, Patricia. We're outside the store. We are willing to end this negotiation peacefully."
"Sir, if you're outside the store, maybe you'd like to come in."
"We don't want the situation to escalate. Stay calm."
"I'm calm," said Patricia. "Is you... | 2015-09-10T11:57:03 | 2015-09-10T07:51:21 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] As an author you’re the ultimate god of your world. Your hero became powerful enough to step into reality. He then asks you to explain why an omnipotent being would permit so much evil in the world, not realising that you placed all the evil there to spice up the story. | I was writing my new novel, when suddenly a flash of light filled my room, and with a \*thud\*, a figure could be seen, kneeling in front of me.
He was even kneeling, a sturdy, tall looking man, with short golden brown hair, sky blue eyes, rather rough skin, wearing a full body silver armour.
He also had a sword. ... | You rack your brain, looking for a bullshit answer. "T-to make sure you realize your full potential! Every bit of power you've gained was to destroy Festrin. I would've just given it to you from the start but it would have killed you." He seems to accept this and smiles. "Then, God, take my hand and we shall destroy Fe... | 2021-08-17T13:07:58 | 2021-07-31T11:06:00 | 57 | 10 |
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