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[WP] You are Placebo Man. Your superpowers are whatever the people nearby you believe you have.
Bonus prompt: Your nemesis knows your secret. | You know how these things go. I was exposed to radioactive sugar-pills at a pharmacy and now I’m Placebo Man.
The power I possess is wholly infinite. It goes beyond anything these other heroes could dream of doing. With the right audience I could break the man of steel. I could wash the spider straight out of New ... | The secret is to start small.
The familiar music blares in the background as the audience looks upon the stage. I walk out from stage left in the traditional costume, top hat and all, as fireworks ignite beside me. There may be nearly two hundred people in the audience, but the bright lights make it impossible to tell... | 2015-04-05T17:42:28 | 2015-04-05T17:39:19 | 222 | 51 |
[WP] Your bong is the home of a genie. You spark the bowl and he appears to grant you 3 wishes. You're both pretty high. | The smoke fades and he's there again, floating with his arms crossed like he always does, his eyes begin to glow.
"Hey man, you just hit my lamp, you have three wishes to... wait, haven't I seen you before"
"No man, I don't know what you're talking about" I respond trying my best to act surprised.
"Ohh, I just total... | The living room was suddenly filled waist-deep with crispy, crunchy barbecue chips. I smiled and high-fived the genie.
"So, now what?" I asked him, taking another hit from the brand new bong (wish 1) that had been freshly packed (wish 2).
He shrugged and beckoned for me to pass it. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe I'm... | 2015-08-13T10:06:45 | 2015-08-13T09:59:05 | 1,996 | 644 |
[WP] Your bong is the home of a genie. You spark the bowl and he appears to grant you 3 wishes. You're both pretty high. | My mind was spinning as I tried to think of my next wish. It was the biggest moment of my life, and I was kind of freaking out. Surely someone so in tune with their inner self as me right now could come up with the perfect wish.
"Dude."
Wait, how long had I been sitting there. I look up to the genie, crap, am I mak... | "All right, dude," the nebulous form in front of me said. Either the genie or the haze, it was getting hard to tell. "You've got three wishes. Make 'em count, bro."
I was still blinking and opening my eyes wide in slow succession, trying to convince myself that this wasn't just an illusion. Then I realized Fox KO'd me... | 2015-08-13T10:20:26 | 2015-08-13T10:15:37 | 847 | 154 |
[WP] You are attending your first Illuminati meeting as the new President. You see Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, all the expected faces. But him? What is Ted from Accounting doing here? | "Hey Ted, I didn't know you we're in on this."
"Oh I'm not. It's the middle of February and this is the only time I can get most of my clients in one place long enough to badger them for their tax paperwork." Ted replied
"Makes sense... is my return done yet?"
"I don't know. Have you given me everything I've been as... | Beyoncé sat at the head of the oak table, every inch of her glory mirrored back up at us.
I always thought it would be a massive, shadowy amphitheatre somewhere in Europe. On the contrary, the Illuminati meetings this year are being hosted under a deserted shopping mall outside Toronto. It was quite well-lit.
"Prime ... | 2016-02-11T08:19:27 | 2016-02-11T05:01:45 | 276 | 101 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | It was bound to happen sooner or later. Heroes weren't really allowed to kill, after all. Only vigilantes and villains did that. But this unspoken rule meant that sooner or later they would be put at a disadvantage fighting someone who was willing to use any means at their disposal to win.
Doctor Genocide's plan had w... | "You wouldn't believe how much free shit I get at the mall now."
"Uh huh."
I continue filing my nails, shifting my focus between my hands and the TV. I'm on my fourth watch of Sherlock, so it's less watching and more background noise. Like my roommate, most of the time. It's days now until the lease is up and we pa... | 2016-03-23T22:37:47 | 2016-03-23T21:22:54 | 62 | 17 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | It was bound to happen sooner or later. Heroes weren't really allowed to kill, after all. Only vigilantes and villains did that. But this unspoken rule meant that sooner or later they would be put at a disadvantage fighting someone who was willing to use any means at their disposal to win.
Doctor Genocide's plan had w... | "I'm sorry to say this, but your product just isn't good enough, I'm out-"
I was very happily watching Shark Tank when a brilliant light shines in from the balcony. Thomas was home I guess.
"Hey Toby, could you turn your power off for god's sake?" I shout, "I'm watching something here."
"Yeah, yeah, Sorry," comes ... | 2016-03-23T22:37:47 | 2016-03-23T21:51:39 | 62 | 16 |
[WP] You're a powerful yet reasonable villain, concentrating mainly on bank robberies, heists etc. Due to the ineptitude and sheer stupidity of the local "heroes" though, you constantly have to save bystanders from danger and prevent catastrophes. | "...Think of your friends and families, and don't try to be a hero. No one needs to--"
*"STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"*
**"Oh Lords no."**
*"It is I, Sandy-Man, here to stop your reign of terror, Black Mass!"*
"Why do you always talk like that?"
*"Let's see you rob this gallery when I LIQUIDATE THE GROUND BENE... | The safe at J.P. Morgan had a CyberBolt 4100 Mark III lock with dual quantum encryption and a three-fail user destruction mechanism. Unfortunately for Messers Morgan and co., the Mark III, like the previous two versions, had a weakness.
I was currently exploiting that weakness.
As I worked, I jived gently to the seco... | 2016-05-10T10:34:11 | 2016-05-10T09:54:18 | 101 | 42 |
[WP] Drunkenly, you accidentally pour vodka into your pet's water bowl. As a result, your pet breaks the number one rule: do not speak to your owner... Ever.
Did NOT expect this amount of replies. Thanks guys! It'll be an interesting read. | "Man, what the fuck. This could seriously kill me."
"Nawdawg . . ." My eyes were closed. My head tilted forward, chin resting on my chest.
"No, really. Like I can smell that this is poison."
"NOOO!" Dogs are so STUPID. "It'sss fucking SKY man."
"I don't give a shit what it is, I'm not drinking it."
I continued po... | (AN: I seem to have interpreted the prompt a bit differently than most. I'm also writing this on my phone, so I'll edit for grammar in the morning.)
'Fucking college students.' Skittles often wondered what fueled the obsession to keep vodka in water bottles, much less the stupidity needed to keep such a bottle right n... | 2016-08-02T20:54:01 | 2016-08-02T20:53:54 | 30 | 10 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | Four hundred years is the limit of what's considered socially acceptable. Since I've hit the big four-five-oh, people won't leave it alone. Especially the members of my current family. It might be time to move on soon.
I circled the edges of the reunion dinner, ignoring the scandalised looks thrown my way. I picked u... | “I have seen…” I paused for effect. “…everything.” I looked around but the pronouncement hadn’t made the stir I had hoped it might. “I’m not kidding, I mean literally *everything*!”
Again there was no reaction from the group and eventually the nurse stood and gently helped me back down into my seat. She had soft hand... | 2016-08-09T07:43:02 | 2016-08-09T07:34:25 | 333 | 214 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | You stare down at the pavement with wide, unblinking eyes. She's reaching out to you, trying to calm you, she avoids touching you, maybe out of fear, maybe out of guilt.
You can't hear what she's saying. Just a noise that sounds like the static of an old antique radio mixed with high feedback buzzing around in your hea... | Time seems to stand still. I look at the cut oozing with blackness. She stares at me with a look of fear. I just keep trying to process what just happened. This woman I've loved for years, who is she? My mind starts coming together. "Lisa, lets go to the bathroom and take care of that, it looks nasty." I say calmly.
"... | 2016-09-22T21:44:55 | 2016-09-22T19:10:06 | 122 | 81 |
[WP]Humans start out at birth with milk-white blood. The more bad deeds they commit, the darker their blood becomes. One day, you meet your soulmate. Skip a few years, and things are amazing… Until your soulmate trips, falls, and the cut they get drips ink-black blood… | You stare down at the pavement with wide, unblinking eyes. She's reaching out to you, trying to calm you, she avoids touching you, maybe out of fear, maybe out of guilt.
You can't hear what she's saying. Just a noise that sounds like the static of an old antique radio mixed with high feedback buzzing around in your hea... | "No, it's not what you think. I can explain!" She proceeded to back away slowly, wide-eyed and pale in the face.
"W-w-who are y-you" she stuttered. I could see tears in her eyes, threatening to betray her.
"I promise I'm still the same man you fell in love with. I've made some mistakes I'm not proud of but I've cha... | 2016-09-22T21:44:55 | 2016-09-22T16:56:11 | 122 | 12 |
[WP] Lifespan is determined by a word count. You're given millions of words, but once you run out you're dead. You are a mob hitman known as "The Interrogator, who specializes in "making people talk". You come across a mark that has one word left. | 6 weeks of scouting the mark.
A couple grand to buy an apartment in the same building under an assumed name.
After all of this, I finally had this mono-word methuselah dead to rights.
I saw him coming down the opposite side of the block, arms full of groceries. I slowed my jogging to make sure we arrived at the fro... | I scratched the back of my head softly, not really thinking about anything but my target. Sophia. That poor girl, never hurt a fly, a lovely person. But... this was my job, and even if I hated it, I had little choice.
My parents threatened to disown me if I didn't join the cause, "the only honorable way to live" they ... | 2016-10-10T23:52:02 | 2016-10-10T23:28:32 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Humans aren't actually mortal. Upon suffering fatal damage, they are shown the entire future of humanity and given the option to heal or to accept death. Everyone picks option two. | If there's one piece of advice I can give to the next Grim Reaper to replace me, it is this:
Learn how to make an effective Powerpoint slide-deck.
Microsoft Office 2016 gives you a host of new bells and whistles that you can use to give your presentation that extra kick. It's all bullshit. Stick to the bread and but... | "I mean I guess you *could* . . ."
The specter of death loomed over the hospital bedside railing. It was exactly - exactly as they said it would be. Long ratty black robes. A moldering hood that shadowed it's entire face in impenetrable blackness. His scythe he almost immediately put down and leaned against the door. ... | 2016-11-11T19:58:23 | 2016-11-11T17:21:17 | 1,530 | 151 |
[WP] While researching the change of hair color with age, you discover that hair isn't natural. It's parasitic and the reason we die. | It had been ten months since humans discovered the first sign of biological life on Mars.
“Mary, do you have the results from the biological samples yet?” asked Peter.
“Sorry Peter, still nothing” replied Mary.
Mary had once thought she found a match between the Mars sample and a parasite on Earth, but the culture ... |
Dr. James Graham squinted through the microscope, then moved to his note pad, and back to the microscope.
He stood up, slumped. “If that kid didn’t smoke so much weed…” he said aloud, and not for the first time. What he didn’t say out loud, but often thought, “well, he’d probably have your job.” He prepared his thro... | 2016-11-19T15:28:49 | 2016-11-19T13:25:33 | 58 | 14 |
[WP]A Man dies and expects to go either Heaven or Hell,only to be told by an Angel that he already was in Hell and now his punishment is over | "But... that can't have been *Hell?*" Christopher said slowly. He moved his arm to tug at his shirt collar as he always did when he was nervous. Only this time, there was no shirt. There was no body at all; there was only his *belief* that he still possessed a corporeal form.
The angel smiled at him. It was a soft, ge... | "Uh-uh. Yeah, buddy. Well, you know what, fuck you too. Next." The bloke clutching the cockel-spaniel took his stamped passport and filed out towards a rather impressive baggage reclaim, proceeded to ignore it entirely and wandered to a distant "Nothing to Declare" sign so cursive it deserved it's own gallery.
The bal... | 2016-12-13T12:38:18 | 2016-12-13T11:47:45 | 3,129 | 26 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a special talent that's weak when young, but grows stronger and matures at the age of 30. A kid that's a little stronger than his peers will grow up to lift mountains. Another who like tinkering will revolutionize civil action. You? Well, cats just seem to like you...
*civilizations
Edit: W... | I've always had a thing with cats.
I love them.
Ever since young, my grandmother had a lot of cats in her house. I could remember every single one of their names.
I've seen cats get abused by naughty children and I've done everything that I could do to prevent them from happening. But I especially loved it when I ... | He stroked the massive feline's head, smirking at the pleased chuff the tiger made before leveraging to its feet. The both of them were getting on in years. Still smirking at the beast, he drew his cape on, fastening it a moment before 30lbs of serval seemingly gravitated to his shoulders, draping herself across the ba... | 2016-12-30T10:56:30 | 2016-12-30T10:07:02 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] Earth is discovered by a peaceful coalition of civilizations. Turns out we missed several major technologies normally developed by now. The aliens are very confused how we got here. | a'Kna Escu!h III, Galactic Ambassador to the Scunarian Sentients, pursed her *gnyrxs* in frustration. She had heard that this civilization was backwards, but it was only now that she had begun to understand.
She clicked and clacked her *snkths*, whilst her real-time translator interpreted her movements. "But how did... | There is this sense of being all alone, even if you are at home. The
feeling still persists and comes at you most strongly when you are all
alone taking a stroll on those chilly evenings. The twilight with its
sense of ending of a show, the crossing of a threshold, waiting for
that crescendo, that never comes. And s... | 2017-03-10T00:53:53 | 2017-03-09T22:27:52 | 240 | 27 |
[WP] After turning on the worlds most advanced intuitive AI, it is asked: "What is the biggest threat for humanity?" The answer is something completely unexpected. | ANI had already completed a short series of random questions with specific answers that tested the range of her factual database. There were no surprises here as she had instant access to what was believed to be exabytes of information. But with deadlines and investor pressures mounting, it was now time to test the Aug... | The quantum cluster came online, ready for the first question ever. We had to figure out a question to ask it. There were many classic questions on the table: "What is the meaning of life, the universe, everything?", "Why do we exist?", "What is our purpose?"
While everyone was debating over the first question, I had ... | 2017-03-24T09:13:23 | 2017-03-24T08:40:51 | 45 | 33 |
[WP] 5 People are trying to lift a very heavy piece of furniture. Twist: They all want to be the person who only acts like they are lifting, and none of them are willing to admit this to one another. | Abe, Carl, and Brock stood in the sun, shielding their eyes as they looked down at the table on the ground. In the last 2 hours, they hadn't moved it an inch. It stood entire yards away from the door to their apartment and at this rate, it would take all night.
"Wow the table is heavy," Brock said, stretching his arms... | **February 12th:**
I only know her as “new-girl-next-door.” She caught my eye the moment she moved in. I’ve been trying to find an excuse to introduce myself, but one has yet to come up. Well, okay, maybe that’s a lie… but only if you count random, chance encounters as an excuse to talk to your neighbor; we bumped int... | 2017-05-11T15:32:05 | 2017-05-11T12:46:10 | 553 | 18 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I wiped a tear from my eye as she walked down the aisle. My beautiful baby girl, all grown up!! I watched her step up next to the man she loved. He took her hand and they turned towards the adoring crowd.
He gave his speech. Everything my little girl had done! It seemed like a fairytale, coming out of his mouth. I wat... | As I opened my eyes at the loud noise, it seemed as if time stopped. The earth stood still.
This tends to be a reoccurring event at night. I hate admitting I have PTSD, but some things are hard to erase. I go through counseling even though all it does is seemingly salt the wound. The love of my wife and best friend..... | 2017-05-31T07:11:19 | 2017-05-31T04:16:34 | 1,143 | 124 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | I wiped a tear from my eye as she walked down the aisle. My beautiful baby girl, all grown up!! I watched her step up next to the man she loved. He took her hand and they turned towards the adoring crowd.
He gave his speech. Everything my little girl had done! It seemed like a fairytale, coming out of his mouth. I wat... | He knelt down beside her on the cold grass of the graveyard. She had tripped and almost fallen straight onto a headstone, something that would most likely have given her a major injury.
"You didnt hurt yourself, did you?" He looked her over, checking for any scratches or cuts.
"I dont think so, but thank you, im ok.... | 2017-05-31T07:11:19 | 2017-05-31T05:30:06 | 1,143 | 50 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | "I couldn't ask for a better birthday," she said. "Beautiful weather, lush countryside and best of all, a picnic with the man I love."
"Here," he said, as he offered her a scotch egg.
"Wow - homemade?"
He nodded enthusiastically. "Go on, try it."
She bit into the soft layer of breadcrumbs, through the meat and into... | Alex takes her spot next to the man wearing 1000 year old bifocals, and then grabs the pen atop the booklet with her name on it. The cover page feels similar to cardstock; she can feel the indent of each letter from the back. As prompted before she walked in, Alex opens the booklet and prints her name on the solitary l... | 2017-05-31T06:46:24 | 2017-05-31T06:30:10 | 1,067 | 80 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | "I couldn't ask for a better birthday," she said. "Beautiful weather, lush countryside and best of all, a picnic with the man I love."
"Here," he said, as he offered her a scotch egg.
"Wow - homemade?"
He nodded enthusiastically. "Go on, try it."
She bit into the soft layer of breadcrumbs, through the meat and into... | "It's such a nice day for a drive, don't you think so honey?" He talked to his wife, eyes on the never ending country road in front of them. She was quiet. Taking a long side glance, he saw her eyes closed, soundly asleep in the passenger seat.
"Have I ever told you how beautiful you look when you sleep? You look so g... | 2017-05-31T06:46:24 | 2017-05-31T06:38:29 | 1,067 | 47 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | It was a Saturday. After a long week at work, Todd decided to sleep in. He got up half past ten, took a quick shower, then headed to the nearest Denny's for breakfast.
Todd ordered his usual... a Grand Slam. With a smile, the waiter left after taking his order. Looking out the window, Todd regretted getting up so... | As I opened my eyes at the loud noise, it seemed as if time stopped. The earth stood still.
This tends to be a reoccurring event at night. I hate admitting I have PTSD, but some things are hard to erase. I go through counseling even though all it does is seemingly salt the wound. The love of my wife and best friend..... | 2017-05-31T07:58:46 | 2017-05-31T04:16:34 | 272 | 124 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | It was a Saturday. After a long week at work, Todd decided to sleep in. He got up half past ten, took a quick shower, then headed to the nearest Denny's for breakfast.
Todd ordered his usual... a Grand Slam. With a smile, the waiter left after taking his order. Looking out the window, Todd regretted getting up so... | He knelt down beside her on the cold grass of the graveyard. She had tripped and almost fallen straight onto a headstone, something that would most likely have given her a major injury.
"You didnt hurt yourself, did you?" He looked her over, checking for any scratches or cuts.
"I dont think so, but thank you, im ok.... | 2017-05-31T07:58:46 | 2017-05-31T05:30:06 | 272 | 50 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | Max stood by the barn entrance, trying to hold back his tears. A tough thing for a child to see, I thought. But he's got to learn about it somehow.
“Please just tell me, Dad,” Max said finally. “Is Buddy going to be okay?”
I looked down at the ground, at Buddy whimpering quietly in the grass. His collar was askew, an... | He laid with her and stroked her hair.
"I love you." he whispered into ear.
she smiles.
"and I you." she softly coos back.
He kisses her cheek she tilts her head and he kisses her neck before falling back to nuzzle in looking at the roof. The room was very dim and cool and drafty save for the fire in the edge of the... | 2017-05-31T08:55:19 | 2017-05-31T01:51:06 | 138 | 49 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | Audrey was one of those people that whenever she walked into the room she turned heads. She was gorgeous and incredibly intelligent. That day in math class I spent the period thinking about her and how to approach. I thought "Maybe I should just go talk to her."
But the devil on my shoulder had a response, as he alwa... | Mind reading was never something Lauren thought of on a daily basis, but today something triggered her. It was all she could think about. What made her like this was as much of a mystery to her as it was why her crush never talked to her.
Lauren was done with her worksheet and forgot her book, something she never did... | 2017-11-13T17:24:42 | 2017-11-13T16:30:42 | 1,266 | 37 |
[WP] One day in class you decide to scream something in your head to catch mind readers. As you do, you see your crush flinch | There we were, math class again. Typical Friday afternoon waiting for the weekend. Everyone around me focused on the board while I sing to myself, waiting for someone else to answer the question as I chant 42 to myself.
Today's song just happens to be about a beautiful girl in class. My Sweet Caroline in fact. I feel ... | French 405: Fairy Tales of the 18th century. Nothing but the sound of scribbling pencils, turning pages, and the occasional sniff to break the particular silence that comes with exam day. A few more questions and I’ll be finished, but first, how do I explain the relationship between love, politics, and La Belle au Bois... | 2017-11-13T19:47:06 | 2017-11-13T19:03:42 | 236 | 165 |
[WP] "Jesus take the wheel, Satan get behind me, Buddha... man the .50 cal" | “That’s just great, do you have any idea which way to go?!” Satan complained.
Buddha replied in serene monotone “You must simply learn to enjoy the journey.”
“Besides,” said Jesus while he adjusted the rear view mirror locking eyes with Satan over his onyx aviator sunglasses. “I am the way.” | In 72, a crack angelic unit was sent to purgatory by a supernatural court for a crime they didn't commit. These deities promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the [Antioch](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch) underground. Today, still wanted by the pantheon, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If yo... | 2017-11-15T14:43:36 | 2017-11-15T14:40:58 | 92 | 11 |
[WP] Elon Musk has finally landed on Mars, and he has decided to claim it as his own. This prompts a declaration of war from the UN. Though the rest of Earth can't land on Mars yet, they can still throw things at it | "Is the weapon ready?"
"Y-yes sir but are you sure you want to unleash such a weapon upon this world?"
"I am absolutely sure, we must make an example of this man. His actions cannot go unpunished."
"Very well sir. Give the order and we will fire."
"I order you to fire the largest trebuchet ever at Mars." | "Well," said the Chairman, "we're fucked"
Everyone gasped at the sound of someone so officially speak in such a vulgar way. There was silence and then buzzing chatter that grew louder as the representatives talked and eventually argued against themselves. In the midst of commotion, the Chairman's secretary came to him ... | 2017-12-24T10:49:35 | 2017-12-24T10:29:58 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | The doctor held up the new born baby.
"It's a girl!" exclamed the doctor.
"Well, What are the names doc?" the father said with joy.
The doctor looked at the baby's back, and only one name on it. James Webber. Chills shot down the doctors spine.
"Well Dr. Webber, who are they?
| I'd met Joann when I was a boy
I knew who she might be,
before we were too young to sin,
she bopped me on the knee.
I met Kristine at just passed 10
and knew she was a mother hen,
because she brought me food and pens,
and told me to follow my dreams.
It was not long before 16
when sudden golden birthday sprees... | 2018-03-11T07:49:38 | 2018-03-11T07:34:02 | 4,830 | 22 |
[WP] You are born with two names tatooed on you body somewhere, one of your soulmate and one of the people that will eventually kill you. There is no way to tell who is who. | Elli was born without the names. Some people thought that she was blessed. She was not faced with knowing the name of the person who would kill her. Others believed it was a curse, some kind of disability. She had to admit that not having the names made her wonder if there *was* something wrong with her. Everyone has t... | “This is a serious legal liability, I promise you.”
“We can’t just deny them their own child!”
“I think we can. If we know her father’s going to kill her, we can’t just send this newborn baby home with them.”
“What should we do, then?”
“Send the baby to an adoption agency. Change the name. Tell her parents she passed i... | 2018-03-11T09:04:19 | 2018-03-11T08:30:54 | 270 | 41 |
[WP] Suddenly the whole world hears a voice from the sky: Hi guys, God here. I'm being promoted to the Andromeda galaxy and I'm here to introduce my replacement, Bob this is earth, earth this is Bob. Have fun, pleasure to meet you all!! | Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their heads up to the sky. Had they heard correctly, God was leaving and left some man named Bob in charge? People in the cities looked out their windows, and stepped out of their cars looking upward for more answers. Meanwhile, in the Vatican, Pope Francis and his ca... | I can remember the first time I heard Bob's voice. I watched on TV as he gave his speech from Geneva. He didn't sound like a Bob; his voice was confident but youthful. It was more like the voice of a Chad or a Zeke. Nobody knew what to expect when they first saw Bob. The last guy to do his job never bothered to show hi... | 2018-03-12T17:05:40 | 2018-03-12T16:39:22 | 3,717 | 86 |
[WP] You sold your soul to the devil, but now that you're dead, Apple is suing the devil for the soul they own as part of their terms of service. | Steve Jobs cracked his knuckles and Satan shit himself.
I'd just been dragged to Hell, demons jeering and spearing me as Satan pulled me through the gates, when former and late CEO of Apple technologies interrupted my journey to the sulfur pits. Steve polished his fingernails on his black turtleneck. "Where do you thi... | [Part 2 is Up!](https://old.reddit.com/r/13thOlympian/comments/8m7yd6/terms_of_service_part_2/)
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*Part 1*
“All sales are – *final.*” The devil winked. I froze in place watching him adjust his charcoal tie. He stood tall wearing a suit that matched the color of his heart. Breaking the silence of my hesitation, he ... | 2018-05-25T15:37:57 | 2018-05-25T14:41:31 | 1,903 | 723 |
[WP] Everyone is given a familiar at the age of 13. The familiars summoned can either be newly born, or it could be one whom’s partner has died and transfers on with all its wisdom. You’ve just received THE cat, king of all wisdom, whose previous owners have all been powerful kings in history. | "Hello" I say.
"Good evening" says the cat
"What is your Name?"
"I had many names, all given to me by my owners. You can choose whatever you like and seem fit" the cat says
"Yes but what is your ORIGINAL name? You must have had a name before you became a familiar? Or do you not want to tell?"
The cat hesitated and... | My familiar I received fifteen years ago, at the Ruins of Elegir.
Onlookers all around me, watching to see if *Por Uno Rey* would accept the heir to the throne. I had been destined to take the familiar of my great-grandfather, to become a Castellan like no other. A legend.
A feline friend, graceful and light on its ... | 2018-08-05T06:13:04 | 2018-08-05T05:11:48 | 84 | 18 |
[WP] One day, while your bored and home alone, you start looking up and pressing pressure points on your body. After you hit one behind your ear, a strange board appears in front of you. You’ve just opened the Character Menu. And there’s a lot of settings you didn’t know about... | 5e.
That's the first word that hit me when I saw the board: a blue clipboard type thing with buttons, and a bluish sheet on it. The clipboard has the number 18 on it in Times New Roman. I gingerly try to touch the paper, but my hands pass through it, and the board. Holographic.
There is Strength, Dex, Constitution, I... | Right as I put some pressure with my index behind my left earlobe I feel something different.
Almost like I'm passing out, skipping a heartbeat? No, I must be having a heart attack or something! Shit, I have to call the ambulance quick!
And I just passed out before I could even take a step..
It's all black. I cannot... | 2018-10-22T01:42:05 | 2018-10-21T22:43:30 | 67 | 50 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | The fear of losing those we loved was the greatest thing we had to overcome...or so we thought.
The first thing to remember was that when you approach the speed of light, you become more massive. We were able to get around this problem by manipulating the Higgs field around the craft.
The second thing to remember ... | “There’s a reason why you never use faster than light travel.” The creature calling itself Kcbzrzx says to me in a voice that’s equal parts nails on a chalkboard and nails on a wet chunk of glass.
“And why is that?” I put my hands on my side and tap my foot impatiently. If Kcbzrzx doesn’t understand the universal sig... | 2018-11-04T06:14:53 | 2018-11-04T06:08:13 | 129 | 28 |
[WP] The fastest way to determine if an alien race is advanced enough to be "recruited" into the military is to send an asteroid their way. If blown up, they are recruited to the army. If deflected, they are recruited to the defense forces. Humans did something unprecedented to the asteroid. | We knew our stealth was beyond anything the Terrans could penetrate. After all, they were a primitive race, having barely set foot off their mudhole planet to visit its nearest neighbor and still reliant on electrical transmission for communication. Simple emissions control should have made us invisible to their elec... | ***The Vessel***
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The High Commander stepped into the operating room. A faint, but recurring sound of machinery at work filled his ears, accompanied by a strange but calming zooming noise. Being a man of short temper, he walked briskly towards the Lead Operator. The Lead Operator annoyed him, not by his a... | 2019-05-03T17:05:50 | 2019-05-03T10:13:00 | 94 | 59 |
[WP] As a Demon, you're quite familiar with would-be mages making errors in materials due to translation errors. However, today marks the first time that someone has attempted to summon you with Cruelty-Free Vegan Blood Substitute™. | Gr’theno reclined on his throne. It wasn’t the largest, nor one of the greatest authority, but it was his and he was proud of it. He was also what many in his court would call a “man enthusiast.” Meddling with the human world was a hobby of his, and Gr’theno often felt giddy when he was called upon so he could mess ... | Elias poured the Cruelty-Free Vegan Blood Substitute™ into the cauldron. He chanted a few sentences and the cauldron started to rumble. In a smokey explosion, a demon was summoned. Elias cheered triumphantly but quietly such as to not alert his parents. Now I’ve got an actual shot at winning the annual mage games he th... | 2020-01-23T11:49:24 | 2020-01-23T11:25:40 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] As a world class sniper, you’ve been given a task to assassinate the so called “master of disguise”. You’ve been told that he himself never changes appearance, but he warps the environment around him to hide. All you need to look for is a man with glasses and a red and white striped shirt. | This contract was proving to be more difficult than I thought. Who could possibly be a bigger target than bloke in a striped shirt and blue jeans? This would be an easy score.
The crowds thought otherwise.
No matter where he went, a huge crowd followed him. Massive congregations constantly blocked my sights, and even... | Target was nicknamed Whiskey 00, rumors had it that the commanding officer of the op had a longstanding, almost obsessive, desire with finding and taking double oh down.
The shot wasn’t going to be easy, it was a crowded space; the convention center was relatively new and the entire interior was displayed to my vantag... | 2020-03-03T13:00:19 | 2020-03-03T12:58:33 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] You were warned that your newest crew member, a "Human", had vastly different biology from all other known races. This mad made very clear when they drank all of the galaxy's strongest known poison, saying that they "needed a drink of water." | I was preparing the final checks of the bio-sphere module attachment procedures as I read the documents of it's content, as my hesitancy grew. A module filled with 78% nitrogen, a not completely unexpected chemical, after all it is present on many homeworlds of the Noxium Union, albeit in much lower amounts, but the ox... | The great domestic conflict had been raging in the Keldor sector for decades and the RR coalition has pushed the Free Peoples Planets to the very brink on the centrally located Planet Ulmechia.
Commander aJuus El of the Navarian race and Commander Ushdid’ek of the Ultarians stood together in their Advanced Placement C... | 2020-05-18T13:50:10 | 2020-05-18T13:25:59 | 144 | 76 |
[WP] After a long and tedious process you were chosen to be the first ever human to test the new way of travel - the Teleport. All previous tests on objects and animals were very successful. Zero side effects. But after using the machine yourself you immediately notice a difference. | **Teleport - remote transport**
It wasn't right. I knew the moment I stepped off the receiver platform that it wasn’t.
I’d travelled almost as far as it was possible to travel on Earth in zero time, as far as we could measure. Our station in Antarctica with the core tap we used to power the immensely hungry teleporta... | As I passed through the teleporter, I felt weird. Like really weird. I feel extra lightweight and I'm already thin. So lightweight that I feel like I am flying.
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And I am.
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There's no sight of my body though and when I looked ahead.
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This is not Earth.
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But where exactly Am I? Is this another habitable pl... | 2020-05-30T14:00:12 | 2020-05-30T13:57:32 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] The FBI released information on how many times each citizen has had their memories erased. Most people say zero. A few people say 1 or 2. Your name, however, says 26. | The lady on the news on the television sounded chipper. Excited. "Last year, widespread protests demanded the release about the use of a technology utilized by various government agencies. This technology had been alleged to be able to wipe parts of a persons memory. Eventually, the government acknowledged the demands ... | *26?*
I ran my finger down the page again to make sure I was looking at my own name.
*26.*
I stood up slowly blinking a few times. I looked around my office space. Most of my coworkers were already discussing the news of the FBI release.
"It says you were wiped once, Donna," one of my coworkers, Rick, said to anoth... | 2020-07-28T13:01:23 | 2020-07-28T12:36:38 | 603 | 353 |
[WP] You’re a blacksmith and a woman you’ve never seen before walks into your shop, asking for a blade. She stops by daily to check on it’s progress, and you form a bond over time, until one day she disappears. You’re afraid you’ll never see her again, until you're summoned to the castle. | It wouldn't have taken long to complete, but among other requisitions time was spread out. It had taken a week from start to finish and she had been present to check upon the blade she had ordered. It was strange at first, to be watched, but it became almost endearing to have the company. I missed her when she stopped ... | As I was walking on the street that leads to the castle with two special guards at my side, I began to question my summon. Was I in some kind of trouble, or this is about the rebellion in the lands of my late father? Even then what would I be of help? I was just a Nord, trying to find my way in the Imperial City by doi... | 2020-08-05T08:37:07 | 2020-08-05T07:18:06 | 84 | 32 |
[WP] You're the most powerful villian in the world. Formerly. Now you run a bar, that works as a neutral zone for heros and Villians alike. One day, a hotshot hero tries to arrest you. | Being the most heinous villian is fun as long as people try and stop you. Eventually... nobody did...Soon after that I stopped needing things from regular folk. So I turned one of my old castles that used to be used to collect.. lets call it resources. Into a bar.
The bar was first established as a trade post to get s... | Days like today reminded me that I made the right choice after Tanzania surrendered by restructuring my villainous corporation into a new nation.
It's not common to see two supes mortal enemies becoming a couple, sure as hell ain't because nine out of ten kill each other before levelling a city when battle became p... | 2020-10-09T23:42:51 | 2020-10-09T22:30:59 | 53 | 34 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | I looked over at my sister- nine years younger than me, and yet somehow the same age all of a sudden. Her head was in her hands, the air of defeat around her almost visible.
Next to her a tall, handsome boy slept peacefully on his back.
I heard her heave a deep sigh, and looked over as she ran her hands over her t... | "This definitively proves God, Roger. You can't deny it."
Stern eyes stared back at Lucilla, a mote less for the apparent youth now gazing back at her, a youthful head of curly brown hair coronating above his ears. "It does not. It proves we do not understand something about the universe, Luc. I intend to find the me... | 2020-11-02T10:49:46 | 2020-11-02T10:09:12 | 105 | 13 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | BARK BARK WOOF WOOF, BARK WOOF BARK. BARK WOOF BARK. BARK BARK BARK BARK, BARK WOOF. BARK BARK WOOF WOOF BARK BOOF. AWOOOOOOOO.
BARK BARK WOOF WOOF, BARK WOOF BARK. BARK WOOF BARK. BARK BARK BARK BARK, BARK WOOF. BARK BARK WOOF WOOF BARK BOOF. BARK BARK WOOF WOOF, BARK WOOF BARK. BARK WOOF BARK. BARK BARK BARK BARK, BA... | Two glowling orbs of petrified sapphire eyes stalked the midnight night air aloof, a patter of light frost fall had long formed into our slumber. Anticipation gripped, did the ethereal warmth of the hunt course through my veins. We had been tracking a herd of elk for several days now, with particular interest in the el... | 2021-03-14T16:58:28 | 2021-03-14T15:46:39 | 182 | 77 |
[WP] You are a sculptor with the ability to make your creations, whatever they may be, come to life. In a post-apocalyptic world, you live alone on an island with your sculptures. A small group of survivors looking for shelter have mistaken you for a villain that turns people into dolls. | Galena approached me as I was chipping at my latest work of art. She was slender and beautiful. In her, I wanted the innocence of beauty. And of my latest creations the one I enjoy the most company. She gestured me to accompany her. She could not speak, none of them can. As much life as I can breath into them, they wil... | "Help! Oh god, help!" A person runs out of the house, flailing their arms as their bare skin touched the air. The person trips down the stairs of the house and crumbles into dust.
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A group of people who'd found their way to the island looked on in shock as a broken rocky army nearly smacked them across t... | 2021-04-26T14:08:03 | 2021-04-26T12:42:55 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | I was a joke, I knew it, the city knew it, the heroes knew it. Sure they had to adapt to whatever my latest superweapon was and overcome, becoming stronger, pushing the limits of their powers but they always overcame my latest scheme, I never got anywhere in the grand scheme of things. So, I was a joke, but the joke wa... | It didn't take a super genius to know that our world didn't exist within the herculean struggle between justice and evil as the media would have us believe- but rather our choices often blurred the lines. There was a spectrum- shades of gray as it were.
Gray like my prison cell.
But within the shades of daily gray,... | 2021-05-20T07:25:02 | 2021-05-20T07:09:29 | 795 | 350 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | It didn't take a super genius to know that our world didn't exist within the herculean struggle between justice and evil as the media would have us believe- but rather our choices often blurred the lines. There was a spectrum- shades of gray as it were.
Gray like my prison cell.
But within the shades of daily gray,... | I’d tap my foot impatiently on the metal floor of my underground base, this new guy in town, who is he? Why is he here? And what is his goal? I’d turn on the massive big screen TV I stole from the new Mega-theater, maybe clear my head from it, I expect to hear news of my latest heist of the massive screen, instead I fi... | 2021-05-20T07:09:29 | 2021-05-20T06:49:30 | 350 | 98 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | He came from Ultraopolis.
He came to my city. Omega City.
He calls himself The End. I call him a murderer.
He thought the heroes of Omega City were weak, silly even. They had failed to stop me so many times, and what was I compared to him? A joke.
He has incredible strength. Enough to rip the head off of Poor Rich... | I am White Eteru, the villain of the small city I have always cared for. I am a villain, and I go by the alias, "Phantom". My powers are the ability to control the fifth element, aether. I used to be a hero, but that was before I was accused of killing innocents. I was thrown out of my hero group and they all called me... | 2021-05-20T10:47:04 | 2021-05-20T08:08:53 | 97 | 21 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | "Sir, we're under attack!"
"By who?! Who *dares* attack me in my own home!"
"It's... Doctor Whittaker?"
That was when the lab's primary blast door came crashing open, and I walked in, at the head of fifteen identical copper robots, the Tommies. Jason, my right-hand robot, towered over me, standing slightly bac... | Five hundred forty-seven and eight hundred people die every day. Some die in their beds, surrounded by family or the cold of loneliness. Some die in a dark alley while other collapse onto the forest floor. Some die when their sick or by an unexpected disaster. Some never make it far enough to face these challenges.
S... | 2021-05-20T09:54:43 | 2021-05-20T09:21:22 | 46 | 12 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | My city has the unique trait of somehow being the city the both has the highest crime rate and the highest safety rating in the country. At least once a week our resident supervillain attempts to do something evil and every time she’s stopped by our world-class heroes. The villain is me, by the way.
See I always had ... | My name is Eskimo Souls. I’m a “supervillain.” And I met a weird guy at the bus stop. He was wearing a jacket, but his arms weren’t on the sleeves. He just has his hood on. He even has sunglasses. “What do you do here?” I ask him, “Do you have a job?” “Can I trust you to keep a secret?” He asks me. “Sure,” I say. *What... | 2021-05-20T11:17:36 | 2021-05-20T10:45:22 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | "We're going to need to re-schedule next week's Night of Fright"
Ms. Simmons no-nonsense voice cut through the classical piano music like the chill of absolute zero, breaking me out of my solemn and important ~~nap~~ moment of internal brooding.
I swivel my chair around, a scowl deepening my face as I look at her... | Five hundred forty-seven and eight hundred people die every day. Some die in their beds, surrounded by family or the cold of loneliness. Some die in a dark alley while other collapse onto the forest floor. Some die when their sick or by an unexpected disaster. Some never make it far enough to face these challenges.
S... | 2021-05-20T12:37:12 | 2021-05-20T09:21:22 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] artificial General Intelligence is invented, but turns out it suffers from the same flaws natural Intelligence does. (Procrastination, easily distracted, forgetful, prone to addiction etc) | The oars dipped into the wine-dark water as Eniko rowed from her little island towards the strange lighthouse that never shone. She was fourteen and had practiced rowing shorter distances for the last month in preparation. But still, this was exhausting.
She‘d decided she might as well visit the lighthouse. Who knew ... | “Come on, what’s the capital of Argentina? I want to get my homework done so I can play video games.” Jimmy spoke to his phone, the screen flashing awake as a blue 3D face stared back at him, making a dismissive bubbling sound with its lips.
“I don’t know. Cuba? I’m not built to know things; I’m only built to remin... | 2021-06-01T04:02:51 | 2021-06-01T03:33:18 | 304 | 177 |
[WP] you are kidnapped by henchmen because your boyfriend/girlfriend is a super hero, but the villains are your parents who just now recognized you as your BF/GF has arrived to save you and now you have to explain the situation to everyone while the henchmen watch barley stifling their laughter | As the hood over my head was removed, I heard the sound of raucous laughter coming from all around me.
"Well, if it isn't our leader's darling little boy! How's it going, Larry? Having fun dating a superhero?"
One of my parents' henchmen stood before me, shining a bright light into my face. Around me, I could see at ... | My mother gulped, moaned (like a ghost not a lover), and bit her nails--all at the same time I promise you. I can count on one hand (and from now on I must) the occasions on which she has pleasantly surprised me.
1 - It was my birthday and she brought me grapes she had stolen from the local supermarket. She didn't kno... | 2021-07-18T12:25:25 | 2021-07-18T11:45:08 | 959 | 130 |
[WP] You’re lying in bed, shrouded in the darkness of the night. Suddenly, something unseen under the bed seizes your hand. You grasp it in a handshake firmly, knowing first impressions are important. Then, a hollow voice speaks; “You’re hired”.
Inspired by [this Tumblr post](https://rockboci.tumblr.com/post/615244204... | "I died of lung cancer a few minutes later, and now I'm a reaper." I said taking a drag from my cigarette. The man across from me, Mark, sank into his hospital bed with a chuckle.
"Is your job hard?" He asked.
"Well..." I thought for a moment as I removed my cigarette from my lips to discard the ashes. "I consider it... | Most people are scared of the dark. But my grandmothers familiar lectures drilled into me at the young age of 5 that sometimes, the dark is the best place to be.
“Issy,” She used to say, “It’s not the dark you should fear. You should fear the people who walk in broad daylight with smiles masking their face and nasty t... | 2021-09-09T13:16:00 | 2021-09-09T12:08:37 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] A disease has spread across earth, it makes your skin burn when it comes in contact with sunlight. There are only 50 or so people that can go out at day and no one knows why. But the 50 are too scared to tell everyone what's actually going on in the day...
​ | When the disease spread no one took notice until the sun seared massive welts into their flesh. It spread before scientists could even begin to examine it and massive installations were soon built to house those affected safely. Those out in the daylight dwindled, until a few anomalies appeared.
No one could explain... | What’s going on during the day you say?.... fuck, I cannot even begin to describe it. How would I describe the warmth of the sun, the many different complexities of the clouds that change daily. The colors of the world and the many different forms of life.
Underground for years and years the population of UCN (under... | 2022-06-11T19:02:38 | 2022-06-11T14:11:49 | 93 | 43 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | It only took a few seconds of staring until the number pops up in the middle of their forehead. Thank goodness for that, since I think I'd go insane seeing numbers everywhere!
Babies and most kids measure from zero to three at most, while grown adults measure up to maybe five or six, depending on their skills in hunti... | We were in History and we were doing what we usually did, which is to say fucking around and joking and flirting all under the guise of diligent group study. I had my circle, my group of friends, with whom I shared almost everything apart from my ‘talent’. Tom sat to my right, his mouth sloped upwards in a lazy grin an... | 2014-11-29T17:05:40 | 2014-11-29T15:22:15 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] Foreshadow the character's death so subtly that I still don't see it coming even though I requested it. | I'm going to die today.
The doctor is giving me a run down of what will happen when we pull the plug. It will be painless, he says. Despite his reassurance, I can't help but be afraid. I glance over to my wife, my one true happiness in life, and begin to tear up. I can't handle the fact that I will never see her agai... | Rain trickled down the windowpane, making rivulets in the already wet surface. Kieran watched them, a tinny pounding in his ears the last remnant of the concert he'd just got in from. The streetlights were lit and the house was dark as he had unlocked the front door. The hallway was just as messy as it had been as he l... | 2015-06-03T08:22:01 | 2015-06-03T05:56:40 | 2,420 | 35 |
[WP] You're pretty sure that you are immortal, but you don't really know.
EDIT:
Front page, wow! First this, then the world muahaha! | **Voice Memo 10/14/2015 - 7:06 AM**
**Transcribing audio... Please wait.**
"Fuck it. I've survived 11 car crashes, 2 gun shots, a fire and Wild Wild West. Not the actual Wild West, I'm talking about that God Awful Will Smith movie. At this point I'm convinced I'm immortal. But there's really only one way to know for ... | Everytime something dangerous happend, nothing happened to me.
Even when i thought i will die for sure, like an horrible car accident, nothing ever happend to me. Strange stuff did happen in my life quite often. First i thought i was just a lucky guy in unlucky situations. But it happened so often, i started to believe... | 2015-10-14T07:19:44 | 2015-10-14T07:11:21 | 155 | 67 |
[WP] You accidentally call the FBI in place for a pizza shop and attempt to order your favourite pizza with toppings. Coincidentally, the FBI uses pizza language as a means of code. | "Hi," Rick said. "I'd like to order a large pizza."
"Large, you say?" The guy on the other end of the line seemed a little taken aback, which was rather strange for a pizza place.
"Yeah," Rick continued, a little confused himself. "Could I get it mushrooms, sausage, olives and pinapple on that?"
"Of course," said th... | "Hi, I'd like a large cheese pizza with bacon and barbecue sauce please"
A large cheese with bacon and barbeque? Those were the words I had hoped I would never hear. I swallowed the growing lump in my throat and hung up the phone. I went over to the door to the command center. I pressed my thumb against the fingerprin... | 2015-11-30T16:21:26 | 2015-11-30T16:13:24 | 1,233 | 83 |
[WP] Choose an idiom (e.g. "stone-cold killer"). Write the story that caused the phrase to be used literally and therefore introduced it into the language.
Idioms can be from non-English languages also if they work well | "Mae o'n Bwrw Hen Wragedd a Ffyn."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Welsh idiom. 'bwrw hen wragedd a ffyn'. Means 'raining old ladies and sticks'."
"So... Basically raining cats and dogs?"
"Pretty much, but based on a real event."
"You wot."
"Yeah. You ever heard about the Fall of Magic?"
"... What are you on about."
"Basic... | “I’m going to need a Memory potion today, good sir.” I leaned against the moldy wooden counter, then thought the better of it when it threatened to give way beneath me. The smell of old, rotting wood, amongst other unpleasant odors, invaded my nose.
“Oh, I do believe I have a few of those left.” The old man stood slow... | 2015-12-10T06:40:54 | 2015-12-10T05:15:54 | 88 | 11 |
[WP] The best demon slayers are those whose minds the demons want to stay out of. | In the gloom of evening, Asher's cart creaked and moaned like the risen dead. Asher cracked his whip at the horses, urging them to run faster, hoping that at least the beat of their hooves would drown out the demon's words.
"Father," a muffled voice spoke from inside the cart, "Father, I think it's gone now."
Asher's... | It would be time soon. It wouldn't have been fair to say that Kayla disliked the sensation. It was an odd blend of unpleasant and stilling, like the anxious calm that gnaws at your insides the moment before a great fall. If given the choice, she would have avoided it altogether and looked for a new life.
*Perhaps r... | 2016-02-08T09:33:07 | 2016-02-08T09:32:19 | 52 | 19 |
[WP] Your ex has suffered an accident and has amnesia, only remembering up to the point where they still deeply loved you. You're torn on wether to get back together with them and fix anything you did wrong, or crush them with the fact that you're not together anymore. | This did actually happen to me. Kinda. I dated a woman for a few years who was in recovery when we met. Heroin. We dated for a long enough that I was tight with her mom and family. When she relapsed I stuck with her for a long time , probably too long. Codependency and all of that. Eventually though, I couldn't do it a... | Chii's heart climbed it's way up her throat with each beat, a lump forming as she tried so very hard to keep her composure. This wasn't... She... What was she trying to think? Everything felt too fuzzy and surreal. For a moment, Chii wondered if this was a sick dream invited by fever or stress.
The blinding lights of ... | 2016-04-19T22:41:51 | 2016-04-19T22:19:15 | 63 | 12 |
[WP] You're a man who's tired of his life, so one day, while driving home from work, instead of stopping at your house, you just decided to keep driving. | Hands on the wheel
and eyes on the road -
Dad taught me safety
all those years ago
He said, "Get a good job
and get a nice wife
and look out for strangers
and don't ruin your life."
He said, "Play it safe, son,
you need security,
so just keep your head down
and don't end up like me."
... | Another day, another buck. Another long commute to the 'burbs where my wife is likely waiting with another TV dinner. Oh, sure, these are "healthy choices" TV dinners. Because I like my cardboard to be good for my colon.
I don't know where it went wrong, I had so much promise. Back in High School, team captain and dre... | 2016-06-11T18:14:35 | 2016-06-11T17:02:48 | 1,199 | 295 |
[WP] The technician takes off your Virtual Reality helmet. The entire life you've experienced has been a virtual reality simulation of your ancestor. The technician looks at you and asks, "did you find out what you were looking for?" | "Did you find what you were looking for?"
I look at the tech. His name is Bob. I remember, in a vague sort of way (like you'd remember the name of the chick you went home with the night before after too much whiskey), I thought his name was outdated and silly before the VR helmet... I was so wrong. Bob. It's a good, ... | "Sir, it's time, you're going to have to say goodbye now." Ralph hated that nurse, she was so young, ful of life, and way too impatiant on pulling the plug on his wife. It's always the night nurses who are the most detatched from basic human emotions
"Please, just five more minutes, don't do it yet." He could barel... | 2016-10-29T03:01:03 | 2016-10-29T02:36:19 | 25 | 18 |
[WP]: Your oldest brother is a military genius. Your little sister has cured three types of cancer. The twins are working on a new method of locating planets fit for terraforming. And you... You are mom's favourite. | ...and now my younger sister, who is incredibly talented in everything she does, is marrying the most popular guy in our school. I don't know where that leaves me.
I've got five brothers and a little sister. The eldest works across the globe studying dangerous animals. The next in line has an amazing security managemen... | "Mamma?"
"Yes baby?"
"I love you."
"Oh I love you too. You're Mamma's precious little angel."
"I miss you, Mamma."
"I know, baby. Mamma loves you so much. You are so special to me."
"Am I Mamma's favorite?"
"Of course you are, baby. You are my favorite little angel."
"Me, Mamma? Not Captain brother?"
"No, baby... | 2016-10-31T23:20:35 | 2016-10-31T15:53:22 | 75 | 28 |
[WP] You are a supervillain, but every single one of your plans of world domination has somehow collapsed into a harmless flirtatious encounter with the superhero by accident. Today, the superhero has come to propose to you. | T minus 9 minutes.
This time I would succeed.
I stood on the massive bridge in the middle of the night, looking out to the bright lights of the city in front of me, the cold night wind gently blowing past me. It was chilled just slightly, and it sent goosebumps across my skin, almost as if it were caressing me ge... | There was a knock at my door. I sat in silence for a moment, hoping it would go away. It didn't. There was something strange about the knock, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Like... like five-hundred fists were hitting the door at once, but it was just as loud as one.
Obviously I wasn't expecting anyone. Villains... | 2017-05-30T14:28:44 | 2017-05-30T14:24:58 | 108 | 61 |
[WP] One day, at the library, you find a book written by an author with the same name as you. As you start to read it, you come to realize it's an exact telling of your life. As you continue to read, you reach the story of finding this very book, though you're not even close to half way through it.
This is my first pr... | ".... As I was reading the book, I started to realize it was about me." It said. 'Holy shit' I thought, I've reached the 'now'. "I've reached the now" I read on the page just after I thought it. "And then I read this sentence." 'Well, that's weird and paradoxical' I thought. "And then this sentence." "And then this one... | Before I try to tackle this, I want to say I really love this prompt. Anyway, doing this on mobile since I'm traveling, but I didn't wanna miss it.
I turned another page. I glanced at the top.
*"He turned the page and glanced at the top"*
"Strange" I thought to myself
As my eyes traveled down the page my very thoug... | 2017-09-23T13:37:18 | 2017-09-23T12:16:21 | 64 | 27 |
[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." | "***HOLD IT*** hold it hold it." I hold out my arms, trying to make a calming gesture. Three of the strangers - two on my left and one on my right - I barely notice, my attention completely on the man who has grabbed the gun. "Look, just... think about this, okay? Do you really want murder on your conscience?"
The big... | 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... | 2017-10-31T05:03:39 | 2017-10-30T19:00:49 | 25 | 13 |
[WP] All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | The wheelchair kept creaking.
It was an awful noise. He knew it would never break but the groaning metal scared him all the same.
As he worked to lift his fingers enough to move the chair, he remembered the first time.
Everyone knew that heroes had to pay the price for their powers the next day. The Regenerator had ... | You know how when you fall asleep on your arm and you wake up and feel that tingly feeling? Yeah? Well imagine that through your entire body. That's not what it is, of course, it's actually just at the base of my skull. But 'The Buzz' as I've come to know it as creeps into my brain stem on the really bad recoil days.
... | 2018-08-19T05:26:44 | 2018-08-19T04:42:57 | 86 | 30 |
[WP] All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | He lay there drooling, with mouths open wide. He stood up to... to... ah hell he doesn't even know. Walking straight forward he first hits a night stand, then door frame until finally tripping over a hallway carpet and faceplanting without a sign of resistance. As he lay there, nose bleeding he thinks to himself... not... | It's been 5 years since the first quackman appeared, a being with superpowers that have a 'hangover' effect. The man was bulletproof one day and the next a paper cut during the press interview caused him to faint due to excessive blood loss.
Now there are beings with all kinds of powers coming up, all quackmen with a d... | 2018-08-19T07:31:17 | 2018-08-19T04:31:42 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You’re on a passenger on a plane and look out the window. You see Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 flying right there, next to your own flight. Other passengers spot the 2016 missing Indian Air Force Plane as well. You soon realize you’re flying among all the missing planes in history. | There was a time when flying felt like freedom. The first machines, those of the early pioneers, rattled along with little more than bolts and braces - a constant racket of creaking canvas and shaking metal. That gave way to the hot puffs and gargles of engines. Later, the soaring crescendo of jet engines as they reach... | "Test- Testing, is this thing on?"
The voice cuts into the plane like a knife. It is not the voice of our jovial captain, who'd been making friendly remarks all flight. The man speaking to us is a stranger.
Confused murmurs begin, and soon the sense of unease spreads like wildfire on oil. People start turning their... | 2018-08-23T01:20:39 | 2018-08-23T01:18:43 | 140 | 28 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | In a world like mine, everyone could easily become what they wanted. Wanna be a smart professor making ground-breaking discoveries? Just max out intelligence. Wanna be a bodybuilder? Easy, just level up strength. Or do you just want to become the popular kid? Charisma. It had become too easy to achieve your dreams.
Ir... | Growing up now isn't too different than it was for our grandparents. Some kids are a little better at math, and some a little better at sports. The game changer is we know why. Everybody gets skill points on their birthday - it's always been the case, but now someone not only discovered that, they unlocked the secret t... | 2018-09-12T10:57:43 | 2018-09-12T10:49:40 | 39 | 25 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | In a world like mine, everyone could easily become what they wanted. Wanna be a smart professor making ground-breaking discoveries? Just max out intelligence. Wanna be a bodybuilder? Easy, just level up strength. Or do you just want to become the popular kid? Charisma. It had become too easy to achieve your dreams.
Ir... | "Spare Change?"
Of course, it's futile... Should have noticed the crotchspawn. Which means that mom will...
"Oh hell no! You sick, sick man! Come along kids, get away from the stranger..."
I really should pay attention to who I'm asking for money, but of course I never leveled up perception or similar skills. Or... | 2018-09-12T10:57:43 | 2018-09-12T10:24:40 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] When people die, they get to watch a 1 hour movie, presenting the next 100 years, to see what they are going to miss. They die without being able to tell anyone about it. You just watched that movie, and wake up to your SO shouting "Are you OK?" | I was very happy I already entered the Gates of Heaven. It's a better place. Green fields, no pollution, water's pure, skies sheer blue. A paradise, indeed.
An hour later, God, a speaking mist almost formed in the human body, called us newbies to assemble. He waved his hand and a wide screen appeared in front of us.... | "Are you okay?!" she shouted. I felt a hand on my shoulder, but, no, I didn't prefer to get up yet. Face down on the floor, nose broken, banana peel behind me, I considered the future.
One hundred years of pain and misery. First came the nuclear war. Started by the whim of a single rogue nuclear engineer, who took an ... | 2018-10-09T05:32:55 | 2018-10-09T04:40:23 | 61 | 23 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | When the man hands Joey his sandwich, his stomach growls, and the voice in his head whispers *five billion.* The voice appeared one year ago, and every time he hears it, it makes him chuckle. *That's how many people you're saving,* it said when he first heard it. *You don't know why, but you're important.* He always th... | “Sorry, sir, we’re out of Italian bread, what else can I get you?” Makayla said.
The faces – oh god, the faces. Jayden held back his scream, hunching over; all eyes in the store turned towards him. Every face he would save flashed across his vision in an instant; a near infinite amount for him, so much joy—and so muc... | 2018-11-17T14:17:28 | 2018-11-17T14:08:20 | 774 | 104 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | It was a bright sunny day in Miami, and for once, not too humid. Kimmy walked into the corner Subway, smiling to herself, thinking about how nice it was to be able to reach restaurants by foot. She was in a great mood. Kimmy approached the counter and gave her order to Sal, the regular clerk.
“I’ll have the ham and Sw... | "I'll take the itallian bmt," you say, wanting to try something new. "Okay sir here you go, anything else", "Nope thats it". "Okay, your total is $6.25" "Hey asshole, you saved 5 billion, want a medal?" a voice in your head says sarcastically. You have been hearing the voice in your head as of late, ever since you got ... | 2018-11-17T18:37:15 | 2018-11-17T17:29:21 | 180 | 35 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | I stilled dreamed of seeing.
I think that's why I initially snoozed my alarm clock instead of gasping for joy. But as I rolled back over to look at my wife lying next to me, I did gasp. Not for joy, but out of shock. On the wall behind Kathrine a message had been hastily painted on the wall.
\-DON'T TELL THEM YOU CA... | When I was younger, my mother told me that no matter what happens I needed to be strong. She told me that the world was a cruel place and my sister Kay needed protecting. It didn’t make sense to me at the time, this world was full of wonder and adventure. My thirst for adventure led me to the Army when I was eighteen. ... | 2022-10-15T03:24:04 | 2019-08-26T10:19:31 | 52 | 22 |
[WP] After snorting something weird at a party, you suddenly gain the ability to smell personalities. | "Just one beer." That's what I'd said at the start of the night. I'd stop by, make a round, drink a beer and head out.
Given the way the room spun and my feet did not want to cooperate, I done screwed that one up. And far be it from me to keep even a mistake lonely. Thus the straw in my hand and the powdery line o... | Embarrassing myself at parties wasn't that out of the ordinary for me. I had woken up mostly naked and covered in Sharpie doodles in every room and closet of my house over the course of my adult life, and I didn't really mind that much. I enjoyed my life and had a good group of friends that took care of each other. I w... | 2019-12-03T21:21:13 | 2019-12-03T20:56:49 | 103 | 18 |
[WP] Your first assumption was that the undead were evil, life hating abominations trying to kill you. Little did you realize that the undead are just spirits of long dead warriors and heroes trying to protect their descendants from things much worse and far more sinister. | No human knows the color of the spirits.
They won’t ever see the way they shift in the light, glittering from black to silver to gold. They won’t ever hear their silent voices or envy their gleaming eyes. But they’re there, watching, waiting.
When they speak, it’s the skittering of leaves across pavement. When they... | They fluttered again. The windows were sealed shut, but the curtains still flew about. Candles of every variety decorated my room. I’d left the lights on, in a vain attempt to console myself from my recent mistakes. I was just trying to follow the trend. Glancing over, the clock was slowly inching its way closer toward... | 2020-09-06T23:23:01 | 2020-09-06T23:19:30 | 127 | 13 |
[WP] A dragon takes you away and flies you to their isolated cave. You see bones in piles, and are convinced that they will eat you. "I always wanted a pet to keep me company," the dragon said. | I sat outside lying on the grass with my dog, relaxing as I watched the sun start to set. Looking up, I can see all the birds start to fly by, a little too fast it seems. I start to hear something like a airplane but looking around I can't seem to spot any. The sound starts getting louder and seemingly closer until it ... | “That’s a weird-looking bird.”
Samson held his hand above his forehead, trying to block out the sun, watching the large bird fly above his farm. He had never seen a bird like this one before, its wings stretched out far wider than any hawk, its body bigger than any owl he had spotted, so just what was this mystical... | 2021-01-06T07:01:35 | 2021-01-06T06:36:13 | 40 | 17 |
[WP] “Now be careful, that line of rock salt is the only thing keeping them out,” the man said, welcoming me into his refuge group. “Sea salt,” I clarified, “sea salt keeps us out.” | “Thank you,” I said stepping up to the old man. “Thank you so much.”
“Now don’t worry about it. We’re glad to have you. More hands the better.”
“I’ve been walking for days, hoping, and praying *they* wouldn’t find me. Day and night I’ve walked and we haven’t said a word. Haven’t lit a fire. We’ve walked through snow ... | “Sea salt… I see. You might be onto something,” The man said, rubbing his beard thoughtfully. Then he frowned, “Wait, you said, keep *us* out?”
“Pretty cozy place you got here, man,” I said, looking around at the abandoned warehouse where families sat huddled around tents and volunteers bustled about, doling out supp... | 2021-03-02T06:59:44 | 2021-03-02T04:05:21 | 3,282 | 766 |
[WP] You, a renowned scientist, invented technology to listen to any moment in history. This audio has become the standard for criminal cases. The problem is when you listen in to the death of your closest friend it gets the details all wrong. You know this because you are their murderer. | >A simple drive, A light bang,
>
>It made me so happy to see him bleed and cry
>
>I wanted to stop,
>
>to let him know it was me,
>
>flash my bright eyes,
>
>to enjoy this revenge of mine.
>
>The risk was not worth it,
>
>so here I am sitting on m... | **"You are killing privacy," Lena snapped.** She paced around the table where I'd laid down the original prototype of the Listener. "Perhaps it's already dead."
I waved a hand. "We have laws for that," I said. "You don't need to be so worked-up about this. Unless you have a warrant, you can't just go Listening in on p... | 2021-03-28T08:21:23 | 2021-03-28T08:07:10 | 290 | 207 |
[WP] You're a high level black mage with a few healing spells but everyone thinks you're a terrible cleric because you only ever use healing spells. | I have stood on the edge of chaos, and fought back oblivion. I have held the world aloft in my hands and saved it from the death eaters. I have fought countless battles against terrible foes. I have died and been reborn. My name is feared throughout the multiverse.
But at last I have found peace.
In a small town near... | # The Black Calamity
Kamban of the Endaari people was known in the continent of Angleys as a Destruction Cleric, which according to the Angleic-Codex is a class of sorcerers with the following description:
"Though every other known Cleric class or specialization relies on heavy healing and support spells, the Destruc... | 2021-09-03T10:55:58 | 2021-09-03T10:41:29 | 669 | 107 |
[WP] You died. The pearly gates are rusted and off their hinges. Inside, Heaven looks like ancient ruins. The husks of angels are scattered about. You look at the throne and, like the angels, your god is long dead. | I appeared in front of the entrance of paradise after losing a battle with cancer. I accepted death long ago when I was a teenager, and being a devote christian, I knew where my spirit would head after my last breath.
The Bible says Heaven is an eternal realm lined with pearly gates, golden streets, and a river that c... | I am nothing more than a ghost, fragments of my soul brokenly intertwined, and this is where I'll die, among the broken age of sadness.
There is nothing left of me; nothing worth living for. I think of Death’s cold hands, his dark lips and shadowy irises. I remember believing I'd find something there, in my death. Th... | 2021-12-09T10:31:29 | 2021-12-09T09:15:11 | 69 | 50 |
[WP] The elder gods looks to us the same way we look to cockroachs. What means that they are irrationally scared of us. | “Madness is the answer.” Cthulhu folded his wings. His tentacled mouth stretched across the void of time and space toward his companion.
“Madness?” Yog-Sothoth’s many eyes blinked in unison. “You can’t kill a species by driving them mad. You have to squash them like the roaches they are.”
“That is not the answer, my ... | >**THE GODS & THE FORGOTTEN**
"I don't like being *ruled*." Armand said. His tone sounded casual, but Somnus knew that he was saying it through gritted teeth.
"How is it any different from government?" Somnus asked.
"Oh, I don't like them, either."
The Elder Gods had finally revealed themselves to humankind-... | 2022-01-03T10:49:20 | 2022-01-03T10:44:24 | 98 | 30 |
[WP] Your wife, a beautiful elven woman, finally had enough and demanded to know why you dont seem to age despite being a human. | "Alright! I'm a troll."
"What?" shouted Eleanor.
"I'm a troll, not a human. Are you happy now?"
Eleanor shook her head in disbelief and turned to face her husband as he started to walk into the next room.
"No, that doesn't make any sense. You're a human. You look like a bloody human."
I turn to Eleanor at the do... | I took a little spin and switched roles a little, it flowed easier from the elf pov.
“Look babe, we have been through this before, I just take care of myself. You eat nothing but vegetables and can’t seem to stop doing yoga, or dance, or even that weird sword fighting stuff. No one has sword fought in well over 100 y... | 2022-12-29T13:18:52 | 2022-12-29T10:13:05 | 40 | 16 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | "Hey Andy. How was your day?"
"Oh, pretty good. My coworker misspelled 'their' so I used up my one murder."
"Uh..."
"You know me. I'm so goddamned peaceful I knew I'd never find a better opening. So I just went for it. You use it or you lose it."
"Andy."
"It's a good thing I browse reddit every morning or I would ... | It was a good plan. I'll have to promote the aide that had scribbled it down during a particularly boring department of interior meeting and handshake session. Of course, I suppose he still doesn't know that I caught a glimpse of his extra-curriculars.
I had spent so much of my time silently building an assassination ... | 2014-03-17T02:27:16 | 2014-03-16T21:00:28 | 476 | 61 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | "Hey Andy. How was your day?"
"Oh, pretty good. My coworker misspelled 'their' so I used up my one murder."
"Uh..."
"You know me. I'm so goddamned peaceful I knew I'd never find a better opening. So I just went for it. You use it or you lose it."
"Andy."
"It's a good thing I browse reddit every morning or I would ... | "You need this one in triplicate."
"Triplicate?"
"Yes, triplicate."
Why would I need my birth certificate in triplicate? That doesn't even make any sense! I was here yesterday and they did not mention the triplicate thing even once. I felt my rage creep into my face.
"I was here yesterday and no one said anything a... | 2014-03-17T02:27:16 | 2014-03-16T21:46:34 | 476 | 56 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | It's a small act of defiance. I don't think it will change the law. But maybe, I can save a few lives. Maybe I can scare a few people out of line. My hand shakes as I write.
_____
**Form 10-95**
**Sanctioned Murder Registration**
Murderer: */u/thefonztm*
Victim: *The next registrant* | The letter in his mailbox was a deep red, instantly signally what it was. With a shaky hand, he opened it, pulling out the folded papers, flattening them in order to read. A quick browse and he saw that it was all the legal mumbo-jumbo that was telling him who had filed it, what day, time, all that wonderful informatio... | 2014-03-17T10:18:55 | 2014-03-17T07:00:30 | 37 | 10 |
[WP] You live in a world where legal decisions are made by an AI. Your case is up next. | It was a mistake. A small one, a pack of juice I didn't even need. But John said "I bet you can't, not from that store" and Kate looked at me, so I had to. But the store just bought newest watchbots, so yes, John won that bet. And I learned that watchbots automatically press charges, however small was the crime.
So th... | There was a courthouse, all cream-colored brick and glass and pillars, and all of the doors snapped open with a crack, like soldiers. There was a police line behind the day’s cases. You could not go back, but you could take however long you wanted going forward, to a point.
Some ran in, because they knew (or thought t... | 2015-01-05T19:07:39 | 2015-01-05T18:24:22 | 53 | 14 |
[WP] in a feudal world, every warrior's skill is reflected in their blade, the bigger the blade, the less skilled, one day you meet someone carrying just a hilt | I stare at my opponent, my own sword in my hand. In this land, a true swordsman carries no adornments on his blade, except the notches from battles won. And I have won many battles. Years of fighting against other swordsman had whittled my blade down to a thin thread. This sword has never let me down.
My opponent on t... | I am Fuma, I live with my sword. It is not the largest of them, and that is good. I remember the time I yearned to get a narrower blade. It took my sweat and blood under years of training deep within the mountains. For this I got up at the break of dawn and slept only when the animals of the night went silent as well. ... | 2015-02-25T13:15:58 | 2015-02-25T11:33:09 | 164 | 34 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth. To the surprise of humans, the alien's weaponry is pitifully outdated. | Obama looks down as the small black box is placed in front of him.
"It's a - " He frowns. "What is this?"
"A… save button?" suggests an intern, before he's shushed by a stern glare from one of the senior advisors.
"That's a 5 1/4-inch diskette, sir. Also known as a floppy disk."
Obama stares at it. "Do we know," he... | ACTION REPORT
Date: 4301.51.2
Reporting Officer: Flormat Snikker, Tricounsel, Fourth Armada
Subject: Sol 3 Conflict, Withdrawal
Initial skirmishes were wildly successful. The natives were woefully unprepared for combat. After the customary challenges were issued, our champions were sent forth from each ship to do s... | 2015-04-16T10:56:52 | 2015-04-16T10:56:19 | 480 | 78 |
[WP] An alien abduction goes horribly wrong when the human they captured for study escapes and begins to stalk and kill off the crew members one by one. | Jok looked at the data being projected from his wrist implant. It detailed the set of animals they had just picked up from a planet located in the remote Orion Spur. They had picked up creatures from several different biotopes. They had several large aquatic predators, a group of large grazing animals, two spotted crea... | "All I hear are noises."
"Is this a metal box? A tray of sorts? Oh god, what am I doing? Where am I?"
"Big eyes. They were huge, but I don't know what they were. I...I was working on my deck. Then I wasn't. Marissa, please forgive me, I don't know where I've gone. Oh God."
Stephen held his temples. He began to endur... | 2015-07-29T22:25:16 | 2015-07-29T21:01:54 | 270 | 56 |
[WP] Scientists discovered that vegetables and fruit have a conscience. Vegetarians and Vegans go crazy. |
“Hey, you know how you eat most fruit when it's fresh? I think that means they're still thinking as you bite into them.”
“Shut up.”
“And since they don't have any organs to see with, they don't know what's happening until your teeth tear them apart.”
“*Shut Up.*”
“Is it possible that a cluster of grapes are all pa... | "Your eating salad again?" said the carrot to the vegan
"Yeah"
"What it wasn't enough to kill just one of us? You mix us all in together?"
"Hey man you're being really judgemental"
"Hey I subsist off of nutrients. But that's just because I care about the world" said the carrot.
…
"Yeah so like, we grew these orga... | 2015-12-06T09:35:40 | 2015-12-06T08:13:15 | 567 | 51 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | Wishing wells don't work. Everyone knows that. Right?
...Well, that doesn't apply to me. Not exactly, anyways. You see, I can...*steal* wishes, I guess. Pick up a coin from the wishing well across from the bakery down the street and *BAM!* the wisher's wishes come true -- for me, at least. Learned that the hard way wh... | Money.
That's what it usually comes down to. I've seen plenty of coins tossed into the fountain at the local mall, and more often than not, people are asking for money. And money is what I get.
It started a couple months ago. I was a quarter short for a drink, and decided to raid the fountain. When I picked it up, ... | 2016-08-02T11:14:00 | 2016-08-02T10:48:22 | 390 | 91 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | Wishing wells don't work. Everyone knows that. Right?
...Well, that doesn't apply to me. Not exactly, anyways. You see, I can...*steal* wishes, I guess. Pick up a coin from the wishing well across from the bakery down the street and *BAM!* the wisher's wishes come true -- for me, at least. Learned that the hard way wh... | It took me a few seconds to realize what had happened. I had expected a lot, but not this. My eyes moved from the coin in my hand to the girl on the other side of the fountain. She had a shocked look on her face, which is understandable. Stealing money from a wishing well isn't the most socially acceptable behavior.
... | 2016-08-02T11:14:00 | 2016-08-02T11:02:46 | 390 | 38 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | It started by accident. As a kid, I had tossed a grimy, old quarter into the fountain at my favorite park and wished for the ability to steal wishes. After cackling at my cleverness, I scooped my quarter back out. It was meant to be a joke. I wouldn't even realize it had actually worked until almost 20 years later.
I ... | Money.
That's what it usually comes down to. I've seen plenty of coins tossed into the fountain at the local mall, and more often than not, people are asking for money. And money is what I get.
It started a couple months ago. I was a quarter short for a drink, and decided to raid the fountain. When I picked it up, ... | 2016-08-02T11:36:06 | 2016-08-02T10:48:22 | 230 | 91 |
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