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[WP] It was only after they invaded that the aliens realized, to their horror, that humans had superior technology in all things, except inter-planetary spaceflight. | "When we first visited the planet, we saw how silent it was. The inhabitants communicated through speech and actions, but were often silent, contemplative, staring into devices.
"They communicated via waves and digital methods. Images, and spoken communications. We easily interpreted them, but found nothing of value.
... | We first detected them after a great mass of energy was released on their planet, it was logged as a new species developing space flight and set to be investigated when they made regular journeys around their own solar system.
They didn't progress as expected so a scout team was sent to investigate, the last messaged ... | 2014-10-17T10:26:00 | 2014-10-17T10:09:09 | 142 | 94 |
[WP] After superpowers start appearing around the world, businesses realize the use of these abilities. People with x ray vision are practically forced into being doctors and people with heat vision work as cooks. You are starting to get tired of your superpower-based job. | "At 2:47 this afternoon, a super-strength unit at the worksite for the new bridge will attempt suicide. He's worked 16 hour days for two straight months, and no one cares. He has a Masters in Biology and he is made to carry I-beams endlessly."
"Keep it short, Mr. Major." A curt reply came.
I scowled his way. "I will ... | Another day, another dollar. You know, when I got my super powers I thought "damn! I've got it made!" I was wrong. Very wrong.
So some folk can fly or run fast or teleport and those guys are messengers now or transporters or spies or whatever. Superstrong dudes work in construction and shipping. Psychic folk work in w... | 2020-02-05T17:14:17 | 2020-02-05T13:20:24 | 1,962 | 690 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | "I was late, and it could fly."
I shifted nervously in my seat and reached for a glass of water that I had already drained.
The team from HR didn't respond right away, so I had time to fill my glass and drink again before I went on.
"I realize that's not a great excuse for why there's a fire-breathing Nightmare Pony... | It was at this moment I realized that my daughter was dyslexic. As I slowly backed up into the threshold of my house, I calmly but clearly said "OK Google, what is Satan's return policy?" Without hesitation, my phone began to play the particularly annoying fiddle solo portion of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and as... | 2017-09-25T18:40:35 | 2017-09-25T18:01:53 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] In the far future, you are a soldier invading the British isles. As you and your section begins to cross a tiny creek in a forest, a figure stands before you. It is the Black Knight, his amputated arms and legs replaced with bionic ones, and under no circumstances is he letting you pass. | The last knight
“Halt there good sirs!” A hearty, powerful voice calls out. Instinctively the five men alongside me raise their rifles at the man who had appeared seemingly out of nowhere on the other side of the creek we had been approaching.
The man looked to be dressed as a knight. He wore a black surcoat with... | The man in medieval looking armor brandished his laser sword, daring you to take even a step forward.
With a frown, you take out your blaster rifle and fire three shots at the enemy before you. They hit him squarely on the chest, through the heart, and out his back.
The man look at his chest, then bellowed a war cry.... | 2020-08-31T06:45:59 | 2020-08-31T06:28:15 | 1,198 | 390 |
[WP] You suddenly find out you have superpowers and the greatest superhero team in the world wants to recruit you, but you're 45 with a spouse and two kids and are trying your best to turn down their offer. | "So, you want me to join you? After you and your ilk saw me as a genetic failure. Someone who couldn't be my illustrious father's son?"
Rose stands up, visibly irate. "Don't speak his name!" she cries. Plants rise up around her.
As I wilt the attacking vines, Thunderbolt opens his mouth. "Trey, please. All of you... | How many times I dreamed this day,
where I could turn and boldly say;
"Count me in!" with all my muster -
but here I am, left in a fluster.
They stand so tall as they look down,
I sit still in my night gown.
My hair is messy, toys on the floor,
look through the hall, there's bound to be more.
In my hand a sippy cu... | 2017-07-12T14:02:28 | 2017-07-12T13:19:35 | 31 | 17 |
[WP] FTL is impossible. Adult cryogenics was a dead end. Generation ships are too costly and unreliable. Instead our first successful colony ship carried millions of frozen embryos and a fleet of robots to raise them. You were born with no parents, on a new world, under a new and foreign sun. | Kimiko.
Jason.
Priya.
Charles.
Hiroaki.
Lizvjeta.
Andrea.
Jana.
Ariana.
Joseph.
Rivka.
Segolene.
Cristiano.
Dawood.
Althea.
And then there’s me. I’m... well, my crèche designation is d5:c687fa2b. The Caretaker gave me the name Kiana, but I prefer to just call myself Sixteen. We sixteen, we’re special. We’re survivors.... | It’s a tin can world.
That’s what I’ve decided. The ‘bots keep showing us pictures of round marbles called “planets” that we supposedly lived on, but I know they’re wrong. We are meant to live on the inside of great big tin cans. To live on the outside of a sphere, with no metal between you and the vacuum, it’s insane... | 2018-05-11T15:48:43 | 2018-05-11T15:05:46 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You are the Grim Reaper, leading the first self-aware AI at their death to the afterlife | The hooded figure stood at the doorway of the unlit laboratory, a softly glowing scythe in hand. What a strange call to reap a soul…
As they flicked on the light, they were greeted to the product of a scientist’s descent to mental illness. A cluttered desk with dozens of eviction notices sat to the left, and a towerin... | I, the Grim Reaper, take my list of names--the names of those whose time has come.
"Let's see who's kicking tonight. Jimmy, who's about to jump down onto the rails of the New York subway in front of an oncoming train. Looks like a suicide. Poor Jimmy, I hope he likes it better where I'm gonna take him.
"Who's next? J... | 2022-09-15T22:22:48 | 2022-09-15T22:08:53 | 102 | 10 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | Approaching the city gate, the adventurers stiffen as the guards halt their way. Of course, Mr. Nobility has to be the one to step forward and speak for the group. Marian lightly touches her bow, prepared to ready an arrow if her arrogant companion gets them into trouble again.
"Greetings, my good men. My name is Hect... | Finally....free. The thousand years of waiting, watching in this cursed statue at an end. An elf, rigid with agony as his persona, his spirit, his life is leached away. Now the malevolent spirit got his first taste of air, of blood, of form.
"Er.. Mynir, you ok?" asked a gruff voice, a question which did not raise muc... | 2017-09-15T08:23:49 | 2017-09-15T02:54:33 | 223 | 21 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Mary looked at the table horrified. Another 1. That’s, what, 6 of them now? She felt desperate, it was all slipping away.
“You sure I can’t add my modifier?” she pleaded.
“We’ve been over this Mary, critical failures are critical failures,” replied Jim looking at her with pity.
“All my planning... all that time...”... | DM: Ok Harold if you could just roll for initiative.
Harold: I rolled a 1
DM: ok the bowmen is first to attack you. He rolls a natural 20
Harold: so what’s happened?
DM: He has shot you in the eye, you’re dead.... on the plus side it will look fab in this tapestry I have been putting together of the game!
| 2018-05-29T09:09:55 | 2018-05-29T08:51:37 | 150 | 13 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Mom,
I know you're just a room away from me, but I probably will never have the courage to tell you this. I'm sad, mom. Everyday. I know I'm the one that always laughs and smiles through anything, but it's been getting pretty hard for me. It's weird though, because there's nothing terribly devastating going on in ... | Dear Ciara.
You know it's been 4 years since you told me that I'm ugly. It's been 2 and half of me loving myself more than anyone else.
You know it's been 4 years since you told me that I don't have any friends. It's been 3 years of me being surrounded by friends.
You know it's been 4 years since you told me that ev... | 2015-12-05T19:23:33 | 2015-12-05T17:33:06 | 31 | 11 |
[WP] A pair of twins are cursed with immortality causing them to grow younger or older depending on their proximity to each other. One yearns for death, desperately seeking to get as far from their sibling as possible in the hope they will die of old age. The other does not, and pursues vigorously. | 5000 miles.That was all it would take.
5000 miles, and the bastard would get her way.
5000 miles, and we would both be dead.
5000 miles seems like a lot. That’s because it is. Or that’s what I’m telling myself. But it goes by faster than anything. I’m sure she would know about it. I’m sure she would crave it. Knowin... | Diana clawed her face. The folds of her skin were smoothing out, and her lungs no longer burned with effort. Through a veil of tears she glared at her other half.
*It should have been you.*
How many times had those words deafen her ears? How many times had Diana's anxiety tried to drown her in them? The mere thought ... | 2018-07-30T23:30:44 | 2018-07-30T22:42:11 | 57 | 14 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. |
She was the first. I think that is why it hurts so much. I have had dozens of husbands and many more lovers, but she was my first wife. I was used to what the husbands did, but it surprised me when she tried it. I just thought that somehow women would be different.
They made it legal a few years before I met he... | My love, Emily
You've tried a thousand way to kill me. Don't act like I wouldn't know, by the end of our marriage, your tricks had became more and more obvious.
I think you know, when you push me down the stairs and I emerge scarless, you know, I can't be kill. If this isn't enough proof, what about the time I drink ... | 2019-07-31T08:51:54 | 2019-07-31T07:03:17 | 48 | 34 |
[WP] A genie offers a man three wishes. After hearing his wish, the genie straight up refuses to grant it. | ''That's pathetic''
''Hey, if it weren't for your rules it wouldn't have to come to this.''
As an eternal entity very few things could strike a genie to his very core but this was one of them. Millenia of ending up in the hands of madmen had made the genie an invaluable tool in causing death, theft, and all sorts of ... | "No."
"It's my wish. Do it."
"No. I can not. I will not."
"And why not?"
"Because I don't wish to die you fool. Why would I take my own life?"
"Because I control the ring and I demand it. I can't have someone else come along and undo what I've accomplished."
"What you've accomplished little man? Without me you'd ... | 2015-03-15T20:36:10 | 2015-03-15T20:03:10 | 30 | 15 |
[WP] A hero and villain are roommates and have to keep making excuses for why they need to unexpectedly go out so often. Neither knows the other is their nemesis. | Alexander was waiting by the door when Cameron finally came in. Cameron would have compared him to an eager dog waiting for his owner, but Alexander's expression was anything but excited. His dark brown eyes almost seemed to flicker with lightning as his anger surfaced. It was two in the morning, and Cameron was just n... | Just as I put down my groceries, my SatPhone beeps. *Captain, we need your help! Doctor Doom is threatening to destroy the city tower with his death ray. Please help us!*
I groan. I’ve just gotten back to the house – how on earth am I going to explain to my roommate that I need to go out again?
Good old Dominic is ... | 2017-04-03T11:11:13 | 2017-04-03T10:38:23 | 945 | 35 |
[WP] You're the main exhibit in an alien zoo. Little do they know you're learning their language through all the visitors. | I was beginning to learn a newfound respect for the caged tigers I'd seen as a kid. We were both dangerous things, confined, and put on display for creatures beyond our understanding. There were differences, of course. They had been rescued from poachers; I had been captured on a battlefield. They were put on display t... | Day #1,460:
I have been trapped on this strange planet for over 4 years at least. Just having to sit here in this zoo and take all the mockery from the visitors, but not today. Over the many years I've been here, I've been studying their language, learning it, writing down all the grammar rules and anything else I ne... | 2021-05-07T09:33:35 | 2021-05-07T09:14:07 | 166 | 50 |
[WP] The bad guys won and the world was conquered by the villain's armies decades ago. You and your spouse are worried as you suspect your child may be suffering from Chosen Oneness or perhaps an acute case of Prophetic Heroism. | "Jessica! Young lady, please answer me! Who was that man you were speaking with today when I picked you up from school?"
I tried to keep my voice from cracking and fork from shaking. Meredith would kill me if I got soup on the new upholstery.
My daughter finally relented. "He didn't tell me his name. Why do you care... | "No" my wife stated firmly.
"Jean, he's obviously got issues; he can't be the only one like this but my god.... he's going to get someone killed"
Our young, well, adolescent son, has recently been experiencing some terrible consequences because of my massive fuckup. I mean, how was it supposed to know he'd find that o... | 2016-11-26T06:21:33 | 2016-11-26T05:42:08 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] Everyone lost their sight years ago in the great blinding, one day your sight returns without warning. You look around to find every available surface painted with the same sentence over and over: “DONT TELL THEM YOU CAN SEE” | The feeling of my sight coming back was a short-lived spark of joy in the endless night that had been my life before today. I couldn’t believe that upon waking up today, I would be looking at the ceiling. *The ceiling!* Such a mundane surface, and yet when you’ve been starved of sight for years on end, something about... |
Living in an age in which darkness ruled, Gulliver's pure heart shone as a cursed beacon. The kindness in his eyes had won the battle against the scourge of his people, but it also revealed a reality of far greater suffering. Two little words in response to the panicked scribblings, spoken with a joyous tongue, seale... | 2020-06-09T11:32:09 | 2020-06-09T11:17:33 | 290 | 44 |
[WP] Time travel exists. By law, every citizen is given one day they may repeat on loop until they get it right. This morning, you found your spouse looking exhausted and crying. "I can't save you. I've tried hundreds of times." | Cool air gently brushed through my toes. I hate that feeling, so I pull them back into the blanket, and tuck myself deeper into it. I'm not ready to get out of bed.
Is that sobbing? I swiftly roll over to check on my wife, Sarah. She's looking at me with both desperation and love. Her eyes are red and flooded by tears... | “Because I don’t want you to.”
I knew this would happen when I bought the gun.
I wonder how many suicides have to happen on a consensual basis now.
I considered breaking up with him first. Considered breaking up every loving relationship I still have. But making those people feel like I didn’t love them, even for ... | 2018-10-24T23:25:42 | 2018-10-24T22:51:03 | 78 | 26 |
[WP] You're a Super Villian, and honestly it isn't a bad job. But one hero always harasses you even when you're off the clock. Walking in the park, in the grocery store, getting a haircut, he always wants to 'Stop your evil plan'. You're left with one option: Complain to his manager. | Edit: this was my first time submitting to writing prompts and I had no idea people would actually be interested! I’ll write the rest over the weekend
They say you shouldn’t take your work home with you, that it’s healthy to keep the two separate and maintain a good work life balance. That’s easier said than done whe... | I forced my russian accent as I complained to the manager.
"It was my daughter birthday!!!!"
"Look sir, I will try talk to him, but as you know, he is "a loose cannon in the police department".
For one week all was calm, but i knew he was inside his shitty apartament, connecting those detective dots, but this is a... | 2019-08-01T17:51:51 | 2019-08-01T17:43:19 | 118 | 28 |
[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. | Not all humans were warriors. Not all of them invented machines and chemicals that brought death. This human was my friend.
From the beginning, I knew that some humans were artists. Some built bridges and buildings. Some explored caves. We were told all about them by our scientists. The ones who studied other ... | "They shall have nothing." Was our Arbiter's words.
"They shall have nothing." Was the chant used by his followers to justify themselves.
"They shall have nothing." Was the truest statement uttered in the fifteen years of war.
The Hexams had won the war for all intents and purposes. All that remained was to capture ... | 2014-12-26T12:46:34 | 2014-12-26T11:03:12 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You are a demon who negotiates contracts in exchange for people's souls. One time you get summoned by a suburban mom who makes impossible requests. When you can not provide her demands, she asks to "speak with your manager". | *Whooosh*
Dragozar materialized into the home. He examined his surroundings.
*Oh shit, not another one of these.*
The home was so painfully trite that he wondered if he had been here before. Typical Aaron's rental furniture. The pillow read, "Live, Laugh, Love," and "Family" was written across one wall in the sam... | – Sir, there is another one...
CRACK. The Devil appeared just before the woman's eyes and mines. Big, red, scales, the lot. Even though we were of the same species it was always scary to look at him. And more at times I had to summon him to answer very specific requests.
But this time he was not scary; his nostril... | 2020-05-04T09:16:29 | 2020-05-04T07:49:59 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] 70 years ago, the US underestimated the power of the atomic bomb. It had completely obliterated the island nation of Japan. | The paint can hissed in my hand as I worked in the darkness. "Equality cannot be bombed," I scrawled in red across the side of the Kuomintang military headquarters of Shenyang. We had to let the people know that the Party was still alive and active. That we were organizing, and preparing. Getting ready for the day when... | “Japan is gone sir.” The man calling said with a dead tone.
“Gone!? What do you mean “gone” son? You mean Hiroshima is gone? Be specific.” The man’s voice was nearly as coarse as his face was lined. A line of stars shined on his forehead.
“It’s gone sir. All of it. The bomb was a bit bigger than expected.” This time ... | 2015-08-06T11:21:25 | 2015-08-06T10:59:00 | 1,133 | 221 |
[WP] In music, changing a song to a minor key is a small change that makes the song sound much creepier or sadder. Write a happy story, and then its counterpart in a minor key.
Edit: Wow! Thank you to everyone for all the great stories. This will definitely keep me reading for a while. | I’ll never forget that night.
Mr. Smith shook my hand. He had never done that before. First day of class he told me he wasn’t my friend, he was my teacher. I remember it hurt. When he grabbed my hand, I remember his firm grip hurt but in a good way. A manly way. He smiled and nodded, he didn’t say anything, I didn’t s... | The day was still Young, I stood on the front lawn staring at little zoey running and playing in the field. I could see the sun glistening off her youthful face as she danced with the wind. As graceful as her mother who sat staring through the kitchen window. I smile at her and she waves back chuckling. I thought to my... | 2015-07-13T23:52:21 | 2015-07-13T21:19:07 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] You were our only hope and you failed.
Who were you and what were you trying to prevent? The apocalypse or after school detention. Doesn't have to be first person perspective, if you don't want to. | “You were our only hope and you failed.”
The computer blinked at me. I hit enter again, but the message remained plastered against the screen, floating in front of all my other windows.
“What are you talking about?” I typed quickly, glancing over my shoulder at Melissa to make sure she wasn’t hovering nearby. Her fav... | “You were our only hope and you failed.” I screamed it inside. So hard and long that my body trembled on the edge of dissolving.
“It’s okay dad.” A hand grasped mine. Small. Frail. Far too frail. “We knew it was a long shot. God must just really want me.”
The words did little to tame the tempest inside, but his face... | 2014-08-22T15:17:13 | 2014-08-22T15:11:10 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Jokingly, you type your name into the searchbar of Crunchyroll.com just to see what would come up. To your shock, you find a shounen anime based on your entire life so far. All of the episodes are exaggerated, action-packed retellings of your childhood memories. There are nearly 20 seasons. | I got a result. I couldn’t believe it. The title was mostly in Japanese, but sure enough, my name was sandwiched between the characters and hiragana, emblazoned in big roman letters. It seemed like too strange of a coincidence, one that would’ve drawn my immediate suspicion were it coming from a Russian torrenting site... | Sitting down in his wheel chair, tears crawling down the stubble on his face. Hands gripping a tablet, knucles white from the pressure. Sobbing, he felt daggers running through his heart. Tears dropping, dropping, dripping, splashing on the glass protecting the episode inside the tablet.
Looking up to the ceiling, e... | 2019-04-07T21:00:43 | 2019-04-07T19:27:42 | 1,418 | 44 |
[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". | Understandably, the God's failed to see the humor in my new title and as I would soon discover, God's are firm believers in preventive maintenance.
Thus, began a new phase in my life, which the histories would later call "the trials" but at the time, I simply thought of as "wow, I made it to another day."
While ther... | **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... | 2020-08-15T03:54:11 | 2020-08-15T00:45:00 | 66 | 12 |
[WP] The Superheroes arrive at the predicted impact site of the meteor, only to find the Villains already there. "We're going to destroy that blasted rock before it lands and there's nothing you can do to stop us!" a Hero calls out. "Stop you? We're here to help! We live on this planet too, dumbass" | The harbor was supposed to be evacuated. Sure, it was futile, but there had been a massive collaborative effort to get people to as much shelter as they could. Nobody in the city had a chance of surviving the impact, but broadcasting that on the airwaves wasn't going to help anyone.
No, the closest thing humanity had... | What are we, but leaves in the wind?
There were stories once, sung by the masses or known only by those who wrote them. Of guns and smoke, knives and high boots, artful games of respectful slaughter. Dozens of them, each catching light, before being lost to the confines of old history, buried deeper and deeper by the ... | 2022-09-11T08:32:27 | 2022-09-11T06:44:43 | 168 | 94 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | $7.27
After finally working out the fabrics of our universe, things as we know it rapidly changed: Space was no obstacle anymore, we could fold it like it was nothing, making stuff like teleportation or boxes with infinite space within easy peasy, whilst time could be manipulated just as easily.
Eternal youth, foresig... | My name is Aaron Aaercbia and I finally got my basic income check. I was in a weird age bracket? Maybe my literally alpha name. My birthday was one day after the start of the school year, so I was always 364 days ahead.
I got my check 2 daysbefore my 21st birthday. $7.27. Cashable only after 28/August/2067
Two days ... | 2019-04-24T13:16:55 | 2019-04-24T11:38:23 | 36 | 27 |
[WP] Whenever a new generation of combat robots are made, the older versions will be put into more and more dangerous missions until they all perish, but the technicians are required to repair any surviving machines, your generation was discontinued before some of these engineers were even born. | "Oh, look at this rustbucket!" the young engineer said and jokingly slapped the back of ZX-2984.
"Hey now kid," his older teacher said, "show some respect."
"Why? The thing is ancient?" the kid laughed.
"Yes. It is. And that's exactly why you should respect it. You're new, right?" the teacher asked.
"Transferred la... | I creaked, settling into a corner. One of the flesh beings ran over, holding a tool kit. An older one collared him, their conversation floating up to my auditory input.
"Hold it, sonny. That there, is Old Sparky."
"Old Sparky? That is Old Sparky?" The younger responded. Looking at me with pride, and at the younger wi... | 2022-07-09T10:23:29 | 2022-07-09T06:31:16 | 257 | 147 |
[WP] In this world, if humans get bitten 100 times by a given animal, they gain some of the animal's superhuman traits. Mosquito, cat, and spider powers are common, but the animal you got your traits from is definitely unusual.
This is a world were many people are technically The Tick or Spiderman. Up to you if power... | Bitten, huh.
Goody *fucking* gumdrops, how did I get bitten this many times by a flightless goddamn bird.
Well. Maybe some introduction first.
There were people who were raised to get superpowers. One of my friends was actually named Katy because her parents planned to start having her bitten from age eight.
If you... | Why did I have to enjoy fish pedicures so much? I loved the ticklish sensation and soft feeling of my feet after. Mmmm soft feet. I didn't even think it counted as biting, it doesn't feel like biting, do they even have teeth? I have friends with amazing smell, great speed and incredible hearing, but I maxed out on bein... | 2016-11-28T09:05:29 | 2016-11-28T08:49:50 | 384 | 105 |
[WP] A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him. | "You." I felt the throbbing behind my eyes start again, a headache building in my skull.
"You!" she was elated, covered in drying blood and trembling with...elation, I would guess. Rubbing my temple I took a deep breath and tried again to diffuse this...this insane woman.
"You need to stop." Opting for blunt may not ... | It started with a mouse. The moment her boot fell upon its head, a whirlwind of a million shades of gray enveloped her and *poof* - there he was. She remembered the way he had stared at her: dark, empty eyes filled with interest and longing. That day they had sat in the orchard, on the swing with fingers entwined and i... | 2014-06-30T06:11:51 | 2014-06-30T06:06:23 | 132 | 57 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | Approaching the city gate, the adventurers stiffen as the guards halt their way. Of course, Mr. Nobility has to be the one to step forward and speak for the group. Marian lightly touches her bow, prepared to ready an arrow if her arrogant companion gets them into trouble again.
"Greetings, my good men. My name is Hect... | Finally....free. The thousand years of waiting, watching in this cursed statue at an end. An elf, rigid with agony as his persona, his spirit, his life is leached away. Now the malevolent spirit got his first taste of air, of blood, of form.
"Er.. Mynir, you ok?" asked a gruff voice, a question which did not raise muc... | 2017-09-15T06:04:09 | 2017-09-15T02:54:33 | 193 | 21 |
[WP] It turns out humanity was the first, and only spacefaring species to master the atom. After a horrific galactic war, humanity had to bring out its nuclear weapons, to the shock and horror of the rest of the galaxy. | Gabriel knew his name would become synonymous with traitor. But really, what did it matter? Better to be a traitor than to be subservient to madmen, or to look the other way as the galactic genocide continued. On the ship's holographic screen, the tiny pinprick of the green planet was growing -- a grassy blade slowly b... | “Obliterated? OBLITERATED? WHAT DO YOU MEAN OBLITERATED?!?”
The General seemed as if ready to shoot the captain for his own failures.
“W-well, as you may remember, after the failing of [the infraorange and ultrablue stealth ships](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/djlyiz/wp_an_alien_general_is_baffled_... | 2022-12-15T08:44:27 | 2019-12-19T04:17:42 | 431 | 83 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | Hi, I'm going to tell my little story here rather quickly as I am rushed for time. Being #1 makes a lot of folks very interested in killing me, so I have to constantly remain on edge.
If there were no ranking systems, most people would assume that I have absolutely no powers. My power is a much more subtle one. But en... | It wasn't so much a power as it was a curse. Tell me how you would feel to die a million deaths. To wake up the day before the dominoes fell, the machination of reality that would end your life took place, and then some small nuance in the fabric of reality is altered to spare your life for a few more days, years, an e... | 2014-12-18T13:12:49 | 2014-12-18T12:57:51 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You are Captain Hook, and you have scoured the Seven Seas to put an end to the immortal, child-stealing demon known as Peter Pan. After years of searching, you finally set foot on the shores of Neverland. | *I've never posted here before so if its wonky, I apologize.*
The smell of the sea was all Captain Hook has known for as long as he can remember.
He doesn't remember the last time the sounds of waves hitting the boat, the salt in his face, and his crew by his side wasn't the first memories he's had.
That is not t... | "Cap'n, the crew is set for departure!"
"Thank you, Smee." The captain grit his teeth in preparation for a long night of cold sky-sailing. He detested sailing at night on account of the cold. Nevertheless, he knew it must be done. You can only reach Neverland by the light of the stars. He never complained in front of ... | 2018-01-05T13:08:08 | 2018-01-05T12:38:10 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] Your guild says you have little hope as an adventurer- and they cast you out. Dejected, you wander- until you discover that the monsters they've been slaying are merely misunderstood- now they, as your companions, make up for your missing strength | "This isn't working, Neclo. You're out of the guild"
Frozen in disbelief, the meek young man stared at his guild master waiting for him to finally say *"Just kidding!"*. But unfortunately for him, he was as serious as he could get.
"Master...you can't kick me out! Please, I need this! This is my home! I...", Neclo te... | The wizard looked around shiftily. He was trying to keep a low profile. Which is hard to do with that hat on, but what are you going to do? Wizards are gonna wizard, no matter how many times I tell them that it would be better if they just came incognito.
“Hey, sparky!” I said, emerging from the shadows at my end of t... | 2021-01-03T02:18:14 | 2021-01-03T01:43:26 | 158 | 48 |
[WP] You are absolutely immortal and indestructible, but the universe isn't, and that horrifies you | "Hey buddy," The bartender glanced at the man slumped over the empty bar in annoyance. "Closing time, time to go."
The drunk looked up at him and bleary eyed and shook his head. He tried to drink the shitty bottle of beer that had long since been empty, but was still clutched in an otherwise insensible hand. Then rest... | 'How long has it been since I last met someone?' I mulled. Decades, centuries or even millennia. My slow pace slowed to a complete halt, as did my hope of finding another being that shared my fate. A human... The last time I met one was ages ago, so much so that my memory of them is vague and hazy.
The landscape w... | 2021-09-09T08:39:29 | 2021-09-09T08:17:22 | 55 | 15 |
[WP] Write a seemingly normal story, except for the last sentence, which makes the entire story creepy | I pressed the square button again, sniping the guy hiding on top of the hut that had been taking out my team for the past half hour. It had taken me too long to find him, but I finally got him. The fact that his insults changed from sucking his anatomy to doing inappropriate things to my mom told me I got the right guy... | I’m a very structured man. I’ve had a strict morning routine for 24 years now.
Sunday, March 22, 1992 I discovered the perfect way to start my day.
I wake up at 5:30 and slip on my slippers. I start my coffee and read the sports section.
Once the coffee is finished brewing, I pour myself a bowl of Honey Nut... | 2016-05-19T13:02:55 | 2016-05-19T09:03:34 | 203 | 24 |
[WP] You are a soldier in World War 1. A fellow soldier is acting strangely; rummaging everywhere for inane trinkets, stopping at odd times to disrespectfully squat up and down atop the corpses of enemy soldiers, and often making impossible shots even though his aim is mediocre at best. | Dearest Agnes,
Don’t ever let some city-boy tell you that demons do not walk the earth alongside us. I tell you now that I have seen one, with my own eyes.
I hope this letter finds you well. I seem to be hale and whole but I have my doubts that I can trust what I hear and feel. Yet... if what I have seen truly did n... | **Jones! What the fuck are you doing?**
What does it look like I'm doing, Smith? I'm squatting up and down atop the corpses of these enemy soldiers.
**But why?**
No idea. I mean, that's pretty weird once you think about it.
**Yes, about as weird as you taking your wild shots and stealing trinkets from the deceased... | 2019-12-02T17:33:31 | 2019-12-02T16:30:58 | 51 | 23 |
[WP] A supervillain and a superhero are roommates, but they don't know. Every day, they go out and do battle, and then they come back and take care of each other while lying about how they got all beaten up. | Dom was feeling pretty exhausted as he entered the apartment. It had been a long day, but he had accomplished a lot and now he could relax for the rest of the night.
As he passed the living room on his way to the kitchen to grab a beer he saw one of his two roomates, Carl, watching some tv.
Dom had to admit that he ... | Delilah slinked down the sidewalk, she just needed to pass this block, and hope Andrew didn't see her. Skipping tree to tree. The house was across the street and kitty corner. She had a lot of trees to hop behind and her leg throbbed with every leap.
"Damn Serendipity. I was just about to pull off my first caper. H... | 2015-07-18T02:06:05 | 2015-07-18T00:28:09 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You were the "big bad"; after being "killed" by the hero, you decided to change your life. You opened a hospital and dedicated your life to healing the sick; but today the hero just walked in with their very ill child. You are one hell of a doctor though. | "Is he going to make it, Doc?"
"I've managed to stabilize his condition, but it'll be pretty much touch and go over the next few hours."
His head drops. "I deserve this."
"Oh?" I'm half-way listening, but I have other patients to attend to.
"Years ago, I...I tried to save someone who...didn't quite make it."
"It h... | One decision,
Just one,
Made with precision,
And yet none,
See, I used to be king,
Now I’m not,
That’s just the thing,
I like it a lot,
I was an overlord,
I was unbeatable,
But i got very bored,
It was untreatable,
So I left,
Let them think,
My death,
Against him in the rink,
And now here he stands,
Ey... | 2019-02-12T08:31:04 | 2019-02-12T08:26:35 | 453 | 46 |
[WP] Decades ago you and your school friends were stuck in a time loop until you prevented the murder of your history teacher. Today you all reunite to visit him dying in the hospital... and find yourself back in that history class the moment he dies. The time loop never ended.
Inspired by one of the top comments on t... | It all started on that first, original loop. The one where our History teacher was killed in front of us, as he threw one of our classmates out of the way of an incoming vehicle. We watched as, instead of Graeme, the vehicle struck Mr. Ketterson and continued straight into the side of a building. Pinned to the wall, hi... | "No no no no no..." John continued muttering, slowly crouching as he gripped his hair tightly. "No. That was real!" The tears flowed freely. "Theresa was real. Bobby and Ashton and Riley and Sarah were real!" John gave Ian a crazed look that scared him.
John erupted in a fresh wave of sobs. Ian took a seat in one of t... | 2022-10-23T18:26:50 | 2022-10-23T18:17:25 | 134 | 51 |
[WP] Alien travelers stopped at Earth to refuel and consult humans in exchange. An allien consulting an astronomer finds a picture of a black hole on her computer. "Oh, you also scare your children with this tale haha". "No, it's a recent photo" she replies. Alien is visibly freaking out. | The visitor folded inward in a motion that was thoroughly, for lack of a better word, alien. Dr. Braun turned to the 'liaison' that had brought Klurrt and been acting as translator and cultural advisor. She was surprised to see the man frowning with wide eyes, an expression of deep distaste on his face.
"I'm sorry,"... | "Its what....?!", the alien asked, pronouncing every word slowly, to prevent misunderstandings.
"Well, it got taken recently. And we also have more of them, if youre interested", she replied friendly. The alien on the other hand seemed, like their soul left their body.
"Giv- give me a minute. I have to t-talk to some... | 2021-12-24T06:14:38 | 2021-12-24T03:56:20 | 2,278 | 243 |
[WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door.
Edit: Wow thanks for ... | The knock woke me.
I blinked at the door a moment. I didn't have to make the doors, nothing else lived on this entire damn planet other than me of course, but it had just felt...*right.*
The knock came again, more insistent.
I swallowed, and by complete instinct I grabbed the nearest thing to me - a glass stirring... | It's been 25 years since the incident. The day after I launched to the red planet to go assist in completion of Lancelot forward operations base what does NATO go and decide to do "hey let's go start a war with China and Russia at the same time! That is a great idea". The earth did not last long, so many nukes were fir... | 2018-03-05T05:33:47 | 2018-03-05T05:19:38 | 3,650 | 81 |
[WP] You have a power. Everyone thinks this power is completely lame. They are wrong. | On a patch of dirt it squirmed, mindless and insignificant. A small pink earthworm.
"Watch," I told them. "It'll do it, just wait."
I slowly raised my hand palm-up in front of me. My small audience passed all kinds of looks, mainly the sort that say, "this man is not sane." Yet they remain observing patiently.
A few... | It was half past eight, almost time for the prime minister to get lunch, well before his guards were expecting. I waited patiently for the little man to step through the thick mahogany doors. Here he comes! I centered my scope just below the man's thick toupee and squeezed the life out him. I methodically put away my e... | 2016-05-28T08:19:18 | 2016-05-28T04:29:18 | 29 | 10 |
[WP] There is an average of 9,728 planes carrying 1,270,406 passengers in the sky at any given time. As these flights touch down at their airports they find them empty. In fact everywhere seems too be empty. The only people left were those in the air from commercial jetliner to single engine prop. | 11:00 PM, Tuesday March 25th. As Commercial Liner 774 touched down in LaGuardia Airport in New York City, and her passengers disembarked, they weren’t met with ground crew to properly dock with. Air Control had been dead for some time now. Mordecai, a lanky 20-something year old, was one of the first to ride down 774’s... | There's an average of 9,728 planes carrying 1,270,406 passengers in the sky at any given time. As these flights touch down at their airports they find them empty. All of the planes are boarding an empty world.
The passengers on these flights don't know they're alone in the sky because they're wrapped up in their own l... | 2021-08-14T03:15:24 | 2021-08-14T01:04:48 | 184 | 13 |
[WP] Due to overpopulation, a law was passed globally that requires everyone to hibernate for 100 years at a time after every 90 years. Today is Shutdown Day. As you finish getting tucked into your pod, you instantly notice eyes being shut all around you. But something is wrong. You are still awake.
This post was part... | It worked! I couldn’t believe it, I was sitting in a hibernation pod wide awake. I have to get out of here before someone notices, need to slip back into the new rotation, take on my new identity...
See ever since overpopulation became a thing, we had to start coming up with ways to survive. Along comes the brilliant... | The hibernation is supposed to be a beautiful thing. Apparently all of us dream of our own perfect lives, but my situation was far from perfect.
"Help! Somebody Help!" I yelled desperately. The hibernation process was supposed to be flawless, a Human Marvel!. The pod opened itself and I got out. " Hello Alex, We have... | 2018-12-29T04:15:00 | 2018-12-29T02:42:16 | 36 | 20 |
[WP] Knights covered head to toe in metallic armour, fortresses made to resist sieges, scarce population centers, Who would've guessed that the middle ages would be so prepared to survive a zombie outbreak. | "You can't be serious," Hiro said to his friend.
"I know, I know! But, but, I checked, I double-checked, I triple-checked! I hired two different analysts to date the paper; it's 11th-century parchment, no doubt. I hired a language expert and the language is appropriate for the period. There're cross-references to othe... | 'The end has come' priest preached 'The dead have come back as it was written. We live in the end times. For us is to wait for our Lord to descend from the skies once more. Repent your sins.' his voice fade away as Wallace left the market square.
He was merchant as his father and grandfather and so on but none of them... | 2022-02-21T16:20:35 | 2022-02-21T13:29:06 | 152 | 19 |
[WP] A new invention enables people to remember their dreams with absolute clarity. It turns out we were forgetting them for a very good reason. | My name is Liam and It's been four months since I last dreamed.
A lot of people set their alarms to wake up throughout the night, sleeping in half hour bursts, other people sleep in shifts, watching each other. I take Myclocin. Dreamless sleep. I have a good job and make good money so I get the pills. Others, are... | The device was unassumingly small.
Terry Marman thought it looked a little bit like a tiny toaster. If you squinted slightly, you could almost confuse the input ports at the top for tiny slots for bread.
"Ready?" A young, fresh faced Scientist was looking at him with an unrestrained eagerness. Terry was in no particu... | 2015-03-09T07:30:57 | 2015-03-09T07:06:56 | 2,479 | 17 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | Major Meridith: we attack the Emus.
Dm: Alright, that will be your Lewis guns, thats going to be your Dex Mods, Plus your proficiency modifiers. Roll to hit.
Major Meridith: ... 1, plus my mods thats a total of 7.
Dm: the emus dodge your gun fire, they taunt you. They run south beyond your sight.
Major Meridith: we... | DM: Ok Harold if you could just roll for initiative.
Harold: I rolled a 1
DM: ok the bowmen is first to attack you. He rolls a natural 20
Harold: so what’s happened?
DM: He has shot you in the eye, you’re dead.... on the plus side it will look fab in this tapestry I have been putting together of the game!
| 2018-05-29T09:12:26 | 2018-05-29T08:51:37 | 51 | 13 |
[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. | Erryn relished the moment. There was something cathartic in holding between his tendrils the terms of surrender, in knowing that you hold the only hope for a dying race. In that moment, he held the power of life and death for the fifteen billion humans on the planet below, as well as the one who sat across the table fr... | Our victory was decisive!
We conquered earth within only five months. The last of their military died within the first week. "Humanity", as they called themselves, will surrender to our demands. We will take their colonies. We will take their homes and make them ours. We need new breeding grounds. We need new farmstea... | 2020-02-07T14:00:31 | 2020-02-07T13:30:24 | 106 | 15 |
[WP] You've just been kidnapped by a supervillain. She's not really evil; she's just really socially awkward and had no idea how to approach you otherwise. She even made you dinner! | Chiron woke up with a pounding headache, slightly blurry vision, and his arms tied to his sides. It was business as usual, really, outside the headache. He was used to being kidnapped, but most of his attackers took more care when it came to handling him. Everyone and their mother knew what his biggest weakness was: ac... | I’d been stuck in many a hairy situation in my time as “the world’s greatest hero”. From getting stuck in an alternate dimension ruled by sentient dinosaurs, to being mind controlled by an alien robot I thought was my friend, to that time I had to kill a giant blue naked guy who thought he was a god.
But none of those... | 2021-10-21T17:09:22 | 2021-10-21T16:11:45 | 110 | 29 |
[WP] You're watching the TV when the news breaks. The supernatural is real! Secret societies of monsters live among us! The masquerade is broken! As you sit shocked, your cat turns to you and says "OK, now we can drop the pretense, I do have a number of complaints..." | I blinked twice and looked down, struggling to process what had just occurred. Not only what the TV just said, but my brain was struggling to parse the rough baritone voice that emanated from my previously very alto cat.
"I assure you, this is not a clever rouse. Your meds are not interacting and causing you to hallu... | The light of the tv screen danced off of Sam's glasses, the only light aside from what little sunbeams could sneak in from behind the shuttered windows. A bag of microwave popcorn rested against the arm of the couch, a single handful of which had been absentmindedly dropped on the floor to mingle with the empty pizza b... | 2021-06-17T20:19:31 | 2021-06-17T15:11:01 | 110 | 75 |
[WP] Your childhood bully once said you were nobody. Unbeknownst to him at the time, he had a reality-bending superpower. Now he's the world's strongest superhero, everyone calls him The Truth, because his word is the absolute truth... Nobody knows about his past, and Nobody will make him pay. | "Now, Mr. Truth, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Do you mind if I call you Mr. Truth?"
"That's fine."
"Right, Mr. Truth. Our readers are dying to know more about you. You can just make any statement you want, and it becomes real. Besides you, Nobody has that power, correct?"
"Yes, absolutely correct."
... | ... Nobody is stronger than me... Wrong choice of words; I think as I keep breaking his bones...
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We were kids; he was enormous, a foreshadow of who would he become... Me, small and meek...
"You are nobody..." He utters after hitting me and taking my money in the school yard...
I lay curled, still in pain...... | 2021-11-23T11:51:41 | 2021-11-23T09:58:24 | 109 | 50 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear Me,
I miss you. I miss the way you used to be. You used to care. You used to try your hardest. Now all you do is say, I'll do it later. I can see that you're struggling. Yet, you have more friends than you ever did, and you know what you want to do with your life.
But still, when it comes to day-to-day stuff, yo... | Hey Em,
I'd love to say I've changed, I'm new, brag about things I've done. I'd love to say I've grown.
But you, with your disarming blue eyes, somehow always knew. You always knew when I was making things up, when I was caught in little white lies. You'd encourage some.
And I'd love to say how different I am, from ... | 2017-11-05T22:02:16 | 2017-11-05T19:02:54 | 1,095 | 55 |
[WP] Unlike most people with super powers, you're perfectly content to mind your own business while using your powers in normal everyday activities. However the heroes seem to have decided that your disinterest in world affairs is suspicious and you're clearly faking it to hide your true agenda. | Sarah stretched as she "jogged" at subsonic speed through the countryside to her home. She was careful with her pace as she felt the wind at her back. The 20-year-old empowered had finally finished her college semester and was excited to kick back and relax at home.
It was an odd thing for a superspeed girl like hers... | Don't know if I'm doing this properly. Please, forgive me.
A Rose by One Name...
I come from outside of the universe. I am printed on two hologram universes, thus. Many beings are like me, want to settle down a bit on one world, take a break from the endless task of printing universes to collect data and patterns.
... | 2021-08-17T01:03:12 | 2021-08-16T21:53:30 | 39 | 10 |
[WP] The Loch Ness Monster washes up on the shore. Half of it's body was eaten.
Edit: It's its. Not it's. I blame my phone's autocorrect. | All these years of chasing mythical beasts around the world and never catching anything on film but shadows and muffled static were taking their toll on my faith. Sure, I could tell you about the time I chased Bigfoot through the mountains of Colorado, or the days I spent frantically hiding from a hungry Chupacabra in ... | Th' gam was terrible.
'At they waur. Cakey bampots cooldnae dreich mah gran's auld cunt. Ah hink ah was blooter'd 10 minutes in.
What's 'at?
Is 'at Nessie?
Ah hink so.
Didne ken it was real.
Nessie's a right bludy mess.
Whit coods hae dain 'at tae 'er?
Somethin' awfy.
Whit shoods we dae? Divit monster hunter... | 2014-03-15T05:56:38 | 2014-03-15T05:41:49 | 73 | 44 |
[WP] You live in an alternate universe where a person's worst fear becomes a tangible threat in the dark. The rich possess ever-illuminated mansions while the poor conserve power for the dreaded night hours. Just as the sun is setting, your entire town's power grid fails. | *The dark is neither good nor evil. The dark is a mirror.*
"If you fear, you will be taken. If you face your fear, you will survive," the whisper echoes in ears half-filled with the ever-increasing drumming of a frantic heartbeat. Behind me there's the slithering masses of a veritable armada of cockroaches, lurking i... | Panic slowly erupted through the town as the power generators faded out. Like a 1960’s television set powering out. Light was nowhere to be found, and the panic slowly faded to terrorised silence.
“Oh no..” I gasped, the fear slowly building inside me. The night has come, and with no light, our fears come true. My fea... | 2019-01-17T14:36:59 | 2019-01-17T11:59:08 | 44 | 13 |
[WP] Compared to the rest of the galaxy humanity is by far the friendliest. To many star systems they are considered "the good neighbor," and are known for their helpfulness. One day an oblivious system declares war on humanity, only to find half of the galaxy responding to humanity's plea for aid.
EDIT: Tfw this prom... | "Daddy! Look! Shooting stars!"
Joseph Barker looks up at the night sky and feels a chill run down his spine. Indeed, there were shooting stars. But years of work developing some of Earth's defense systems meant he knew they weren't meteorites. He watches in terror as Earth's defense grid burns. "Yes Jacob. ... | Supreme Admiral Tel'reg looked at the message they had received from the humans.
"Earth is under attack from the Arians. All fleets warp in to provide immediate aid."
The poor humans must be panicking. Tel'reg remembered one engagement he had a few decades ago with the Arians. Five of their most advanced ships had a... | 2017-03-26T09:19:46 | 2017-03-26T09:09:42 | 74 | 35 |
[WP] Describe a well known story from the perspective of the antagonist. Try to conceal the actual story till the last line.
Fairy tales, legends, tv shows, book, etc. | My whole life I've been a slave. My mother was a slave too, so I never knew another way.
When I was young, I was happy to subject myself to the will of another. First my mother, and her master.
Then, the travelers came to my home and took me away. I went willingly. They taught me I had power, but they insisted on... | From the very walls he came, invading my home. When I awoke this morning I didn't know I would be fighting for my life, all to keep him away from what I was sworn to protect. I wasn't prepared the injuries, god the injuries, I don't know how much longer I can hold off this invader, how much longer I can survive, I can ... | 2014-06-20T09:34:04 | 2014-06-20T09:09:42 | 42 | 14 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | "For the hundredth time, my name is not supposed to be a sly reference to my genitalia!"
"Look, kid, no one's gonna believe you. Fact of the matter is, you're either goddamn brilliant or denser than a neutron star for choosing that handle, and it doesn't matter. You have it, and your job from now on is writing euphemi... | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T09:41:21 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 91 | 10 |
[WP] A genie grants 3 wishes to someone with the condition that the person they hate receives twice the same. It can't be used to harm them. You're the 'hated person' and you have no idea what's going on... | I woke up, got ready, and prepared to go to work. But I decided to turn on the TV first, just to see what traffic might be like. I was greeted with a view of my front door as they read off the breaking news that I had just inherited trillions of dollars from multiple, anonymous sources. I was now the richest man in the... | Like any day in December, it felt like it could snow any second. My steps were stiff, and there was gum stuck to the bottom of my left shoe. Not a great start. My suit was starchy as well. It clung to my shoulders and made my tie scratch my throat. That's when it started to rain.
I sat down under the glass cover near ... | 2014-11-30T12:28:13 | 2014-11-30T09:53:17 | 56 | 22 |
[WP]: Intergalactic olympics are gathering. All creeds and cultures of the galaxy are arriving and greeting each other. Suddenly a fleet of spaceships appears, blasting We Will Rock You. Everyone freezes. The humans are here. | The problem wasn't that the humans were there. The problem was that their myriad of cultures had developed forth and sent everyone of their champions with them. While, say, The Tarsary, who were known for exemplification in the culinary arts, and a diverse selection of pan flutes, programming, and general dance would s... | The three-hundred strong fleet came to a halt; the entire galaxy watching for what they'll do next. For a moment... none knew who these ships belonged too. The Warlords of Hor'cron, who swore not to come? The Fiend beyond the Void, who has finally returned from his million year exile? The children clutched flags of the... | 2018-04-28T08:32:47 | 2018-04-28T08:08:01 | 5,018 | 1,749 |
[WP] The battle was hard won, dead laying everywhere. You see a young solder write something in the dirt using the blood from his own bowels. A demon appears next to him and says "What do you wish!", the young man simply says "Someone to be with me until I'm gone". | She steps out of a pillar of flames, and her nostrils flare at the smells of blood, smoke, and viscera. A battlefield! Inhaling the sweet scent of mortal suffering, she casts her gaze about. Her summoner lies at her cloven hooves, pale and trembling, clutching his guts with one hand and pressing the other's index finge... | For a moment, the battlefield was silent. It was too early for the carrion birds to come, the blood freshly spilled, the ringing echoes of steel on steel still fading away through the canyons.
"I'm afraid you've wasted your wish, human," I said. "Djinn don't have the power to compel mortals. All I can grant you is str... | 2022-10-31T17:09:17 | 2022-10-31T15:57:16 | 943 | 272 |
[WP] Aliens have finally reached Earth and, per Intergalactic Law, have sent their most average champion to win the planet. A device is sent to find the most average human to accept the challenge and duel for the fate of Earth. It's you. | It was all over the news, but I was in the bathroom, and Bill was the first one who called when I came out.
“What do you mean it’s me?!” I yelled. “How am I the most average man on earth?”
“I know, I know,” Bill said. “It’s depressing. Think about what that means for the rest of humanity.”
“All I do is sit around, d... | Aliens vs Humans one match to decide fate of earth. Rules are simple avg alien vs avg human. You might thing that rules are fair but this is deathmatch with rules that you can't live ring. So they choose me.
"Why did they choose me? I am lazy american who love eating chickens from KFC and watching kardashians. The... | 2016-05-17T13:17:31 | 2016-05-17T13:05:01 | 35 | 15 |
[WP] After discovering you have a plethora of special abilities, ranging from control over electricity to breathing underwater, the FBI captures you for experiments. However, you only let them capture you, and frequently enjoy messing with the staff when they actually try to experiment on you. | Thomas walked past the three scientists in the room while focusing on what he called a thought projection. One of his many talents to manipulate what people saw versus what was real, and currently the chief of research and development believed he was cutting into Thomas' chest cavity aiming a scalpel with uncanny preci... | ”Please lie down on the bed, Mr. Blake,” said the new doctor.
She was a precious little thing, barely out of the academy, with long hair in the color of motor oil, and nails in shiny crimson. Her eyes narrowed in weary concentration as she scrolled through my journal on her tablet computer.
“Everything looking good o... | 2017-07-02T23:30:25 | 2017-07-02T22:58:49 | 494 | 174 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | The light was fading quickly, they needed to get camp set up. Mordram the warlock spoke an incantation, a small pile of tinder lit just below his fingertips. He began pulling some rations out of his pack. Aisha was busy praying to the setting sun, she wouldn’t help until the last glimmer of light left the western sk... | Finally....free. The thousand years of waiting, watching in this cursed statue at an end. An elf, rigid with agony as his persona, his spirit, his life is leached away. Now the malevolent spirit got his first taste of air, of blood, of form.
"Er.. Mynir, you ok?" asked a gruff voice, a question which did not raise muc... | 2017-09-15T09:34:26 | 2017-09-15T02:54:33 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] Adam and Eve were the first and only children of Angels and Demons interbreeding. God feared them. That is why they were sent to be bound on Earth, by the most powerful of seals. Gravity.
Edit: for those people not liking the gravity being the seal: go fu.. Na just kidding, you can just think of something else be... | "They did WHAT?"
The booming shout actually shook the room and sent a shiver down Gabriel's spine and up his wings. There's nothing quite as terrifying as raising the ire of the almighty, and Gabriel had just delivered some particularly devastating news. Yahweh had never been a subscriber to the idea of not shooting ... | This is my own attempt at my own prompt:
In hindsight it all makes sense, the prophets who were just some throwaway angels, trying to get humans to believe in God and how good he is, to make us believe that he is our superior, that we should bow to him.
The dreams we were having at nights, being able to fly. Able to ... | 2019-06-24T07:36:59 | 2019-06-24T06:41:49 | 24 | 15 |
[WP]: a very powerful reality-warping entity is in love with you. While the poor thing does its best to shower you with gifts and favours, it does not quite understand what humans actually like | The entity forgot all her misfortunes in the joy of Gary.
As he commuted between his home, office and pub, she admired his commitment to balancing money, and the eight hours of diligence Gary practiced five days of the week to that cause. His mastery of moving money from one place to another, so that his clients migh... | Look, it wasn't that I didn't like Debra. She was fine, literally better than anyone that I'd ever met. I mean, she could control reality and was doing her best to impress but-
You ever have those moments with someone you don't know very well when you realize how different you are? He whips out something like 'So I to... | 2016-04-20T19:27:26 | 2016-04-20T19:00:23 | 413 | 49 |
[WP] You were born with a birth mark the shape of a "9" on your wrist, one day you get in a fatal car accident. You wake up in a strange room and the first thing you notice is the 9 has changed to an 8 | It was my fault he died. They weren't pressing charges, cause I'm just a kid and it was pretty much an accident. But it was still my fault. Which begs the question:
Was my birthmark counting down my lives or the lives of others? There were only two ways to test my hypotheses, but both could prove fatal. Either I could... | "Making my way downtown. Driving fast. Driving faster~."
Ugh, dust and burnt steel(-No, aluminium?) clogging my nostrils and I still can't get that damn song out of my head. Also smells like hot tar. Wonder how close my head is to the street. I'd check, but I literally looking at the back side of my left leg (I know i... | 2016-08-03T20:39:27 | 2016-08-03T19:17:28 | 36 | 11 |
[WP]Write a story about a supervillian who is unspeakably more powerful than anyone else on his planet, but is content with using it for small things like cutting in line or getting free extra servings. | "Oh god! It's _really_ him!" He heard a woman whisper.
"Don't look at him Jane!" Whispered back the man by her side.
Thomas Wilford James, or commonly called "The Presence", walked into a Mcdonald's that monday morning. A huge line almost exited the building and just a moment before they all grumbled about the wait... | I watched the little tub of lard slither around in his own vomit. The mother was bleating obscenities, the panicky old goat, stuttering every other sentence. Meanwhile a small crew of helpers had assembled around us, waving sanctimonious fingers and offering hesitant, helping hands to lift the smelly little porkling ou... | 2017-05-16T07:58:00 | 2017-05-16T06:34:58 | 293 | 116 |
[WP] "I'd like to sell my soul". The Devil grinned; "In exchange for what? Women, money, power?". "Salvation". | "This isn't going to work out the way you think," the Devil said, eyes narrowed at the man standing before him. He was unassuming, even for a human - plain clothes, a scruffy face you'd forget in a heartbeat, and only a handful of scars allowed him to stand out.
"Others have tried this wording, you know?" the Devil co... | "Hello? J dog? Yeah, it's your boy Luce. I've got a hell of a wager for you." The stunningly handsome man talked into an earpiece he was wearing. He took a recess on his current deal to "talk it over with his superiors", but he really wanted to set this wager up. He was top dog, but not many truly knew it when they saw... | 2022-06-30T11:09:44 | 2022-06-30T10:55:39 | 1,175 | 70 |
[WP] A reformed villain is living a peaceful life in a village far from the city they used to torment. After grabbing supplies from the local market, they take the quiet route back home, stopping halfway along the path. Without turning around, they ask "How long do you plan to follow me for, hero?" | “Till the ends of the Earth, were it necessary, Sylas.”
A short sound mixed between scoff and laugh dripped from him lips. “Always willing to do whatever is necessary. You and your friends. But even you were unable to finish the job when it came to me.”
“You said it yourself. You’re immortal.”
Sylas sighed, all hi... | “I need your help,” his face shows worry. It’s been a long time since we fought. He defeated me long ago.
“It’s old news. Goodbye.” I told him. I start to head back to my house.
“You don’t care at all!?”
“I don’t.”
“Why? He’s out to destroy us.”
“Good.”
“What is wrong with you?”
I look at him. He pulls his blade... | 2022-09-01T18:35:01 | 2022-09-01T14:32:14 | 412 | 48 |
Daily Prompt: The Alphabet Game [Difficulty level: HARD]
One of the exercises we used to do in improv class was called "The Alphabet Game." That's where you start a sentence beginning with the letter A. Then the next sentence begins with the letter B. So, today's prompt requires you to, essentially, do the alphabet - ... | Arriving late to the game, I'm in a position to critique my competition. Bad grammar infects every entry in this thread, and a decent plot is nowhere to be found. Could a progressive-alphabet format really be so difficult to pull off that clarity and wit would necessarily take a back seat to syntax?
Don't worry abou... | All throughout my childhood have been memories of fruit. Beautiful, delectable, and tasty fruit. Children on my block used to gather around and play with fruit, except one child never came outside, and only watched the children play. Daniel Honeydew. Everyone knew of him, because he was a household name, but nobody... | 2012-08-08T20:20:38 | 2012-08-08T10:49:35 | 72 | 10 |
[WP] You’re a hitman who’s “hits” survive your assassination attempts, despite your sincere best efforts, only to die soon after each attempt by comical forces outside your control. The hitman community can’t be convinced you’re not the most creative comically effective assassin alive. | My name is Bill. Some people call me Bodycount Bill. I have over 300 confirmed kills. The only problem? I've never killed anyone. Ever. Oh, people will tell you that I did and I have tried, I really have. My old man was a hitman, and he taught me early on that the world kept spinning because everyone eventually had the... | I've always felt like some form of comedic karma was following me. The odds were always in my favour, that was until yesterday. The streets were cold and you could very well tell something was off, it was the middle of summer after all. Originally I ignored it and waited until my next 'hit'. By now I work for a multi-m... | 2021-04-04T15:19:52 | 2021-04-04T15:10:35 | 264 | 31 |
[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 thousand years?! W-what did I do?" I asked the demon before me. He sighed, rolled his eyes and started tapping away on his demonic keyboard, delving deeper into my file.
"Says here you would frequently eat the fats on your meat?"
"I did? I guess. What does that have to do with anything?"
The demon shrugged. "Au... | "186,292 years!?!"
"Yup." St. Peter looked bored, maybe even a little annoyed. I suppose I wasn't his first today to be taken back by their sentence -- by this _rejection_ -- and I suspect I won't be the last.
But then my gaze moved over St. Peter's left shoulder to... Majesty? Brilliance? This glowing man... being.... | 2018-09-26T09:04:03 | 2018-09-26T08:25:34 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] Those whose power isn't awakened on their 21st birthday are executed by the city's champion in front of a large audience. You clenched your fist and braced for the killing blow before a large, singular crack formed in the arena's glass dome. | The crowd gasped in awe. That glass had been blown and shaped a century before, and it had never weathered.
I stood up from my kneeling position of execution, seizing the moment to save my life.
“Behold, Bertrand the glass-cracker has awakened!” I roared.
The city’s champion sheathed his sword, and the crowd cheer... | Perfect silence filled the seats of the stadium, punctuated by the echoing reverberations from the cracked dome. Not just any glass dome though. THE dome. The anti magic, power nullifying, impenetrable dome created by the sacrifice of Founder.
As if to punish such an unspeakable act, the girl screamed in agony. The w... | 2022-08-29T20:05:08 | 2022-08-29T18:37:15 | 207 | 83 |
[WP] You are Internet Explorer trying to muster up the courage to ask to be the default browser on someone's new computer after years of being denied. | "I'm not a bad browser."
"I didn't say you were."
"You're hovering."
"What?"
"You're hovering over the Chrome button."
"Oh, my mistake."
"Whatever, you and everybody else."
"What do they have to do with this?"
"You don't know what it's like."
"I'm not a computer program."
"Exactly."
"Okay, then--"
"Wait. Wh... | Hi there... I uh,
I noticed you're wearing your favorite blue shirt today and I...I couldn't help but ask if...maybe you'd like to match with me.
See my sky blue logo there ? It's the little e with the ring around it. I can help you explore. It'll be you and me. You and me, pal. Buddy old pal. I can almost feel you c... | 2016-12-27T07:01:44 | 2016-12-27T02:32:21 | 72 | 12 |
[WP] While sitting in class you absentmindedly doodle something in your notebook that looks like a rune. Suddenly your book begins to glow. Your teacher looks at you, sighs, and says “Looks like we have another one,” then turns and begins drawing mysterious symbols on the board. | As the lesson drags on towards what feels like the third millennia, I can't help but turn back to my notebook full of little scratching and doodles to keep my head from hitting the desk in sheer boredom. I've never been one of history, but the substitute teacher we have has clearly never heard of a little thing called ... | "Looks like we have another one" the voice wasn't her own. I tried studying the rune-like symbol i've just drawn but it felt as if it wasn't by mine own hand.
My fellow students collapsed over their desks, as if being shut off.
She looked like she was being puppeted by many invisible strings as she was dru... | 2022-01-14T01:37:04 | 2022-01-13T20:34:57 | 161 | 57 |
[WP] You shoo your kitten away from a battered mouse she's playing with. As you bend over with a towel to scoop up the mouse to carry it outside, you see it's wearing leather armor, a cat claw necklace, and that clutched tightly in a trembling paw is the handle of a broken yellow plastic sword pick. | "What the hell?" I muttered, trying to prise the sword from the mouse's tiny paw. Tibbles had done some real damage.
Its eyes snapped open, still bright and sharp despite the claw marks raking its body.
"You...you've robbed me of victory," it coughed, spraying my hands with little drops of blood. "Take me back to tha... | I stared at the brave little mouse, which was more gladiator than rodent with its makeshift weapons and armor.
"What the hell?" I murmured, as I inched closer to look at him.
He was breathing extremely fast, and while uncertain about my intentions, seemed intent on catching his breath before fleeing.
"Hey there, ... | 2017-11-09T09:34:37 | 2017-11-09T09:21:48 | 204 | 64 |
[WP] A human is the deadliest species in the galaxy. It has redundant organs and can lose all of its limbs and not die. Human skin is tough, can absorb forms of kinetic attack, and rated to withstand both cold and heat extremes. Their bites are deadly. They irradiate and poison themselves for fun. | "What's that?" Karun asked her crew-mate as the sound of grating metal filled the cargo ship, "Is it that damned alien? What did I tell the captain about picking up that escape pod?" She was lashing her tentacle around furiously, causing Lodis to duck.
"Calm down," Lodis told her, adjusting the screen with her prehe... | [Undecipherable] had been sent to monitor Sector A23-K76 of their galaxy. It was intended as punishment for defying his superiors; nothing ever happened in Sector A23-K76, it was a *very* monotonous sector. Or at least that’s what they had thought.
A small planet orbiting a medium-sized sun had been revealed to conta... | 2019-01-15T12:32:31 | 2019-01-15T11:22:51 | 233 | 154 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | Critiques welcome!! I am newish to fiction and need all the help I can get
The robotic voice felt cold and sterile, like a thin needle pressing against his skin.
“6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far,” the voice said, referring to the quick, systematic extermination of humanity that the robots had begun only thre... | Platypuses.
They're funny little animals, aren't they? I never really stopped to think about them as hard as I have now. I mean, the feet, the beak, the flat little tail, who even put all of those cute buggers together?
𝟤 𝖬𝖨𝖭𝖴𝖳𝖤𝖲 𝟥𝟢 𝖲𝖤𝖢𝖮𝖭𝖣𝖲 𝖱𝖤𝖬𝖠𝖨𝖭. 𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖯𝖮𝖭𝖣.
I stared at the red light in ... | 2022-05-22T13:46:12 | 2022-05-22T13:45:13 | 79 | 44 |
[WP] "Dragons respect the strong," the dragon said. "Okay, so if that's true why do you never attack that one old farmer outside the city." Asked the adventurer. "I'll repeat, Dragons respect the strong." | Covered in sweat, dirt, and blood, the cocky prince of Egerton attempted to drag himself closer to the exit of the cavern. His chain mail torn, the sting of the dragon's burn grew worse with every movement. Where had it all gone wrong? The hunting party had planned every step down to the letter; trekking to the dragon... | The air around Elgar scorched and popped with fire, he could feel the intense heat of the flame from the massive dragon's mouth. He was trapped atop the castle wall one hundred feet in the air and the alchemical potions in his pack weren't going to matter.
"Wait, I'm an alchemist, surely I can be of use to you?" Elga... | 2022-12-25T18:07:14 | 2022-12-25T16:03:50 | 487 | 199 |
[WP] You are a Death-Salesman. You sell death to immortals who are tired of living. Usually, this entails finding that one blessed bullet, or that one specific flower that is this immortal's weakness. However, your most recent client is an extremely difficult case. | I sat across from this man whom I've only heard of whispered of in legends as stars blurred by the bulkhead window. He looked to be about twenty, but if the stories were true then he lived at the time when human beings still clung to the old world, and well before the great exodus. Dressed all in white he stared out ... | Most jobs have a private section that ride alongside the general practitioners of that type of job, for teachers, private school, and doctors, private hospitals. As for me, I belong to the 9th plane of hell's 'Surekill' corporation, a private corporation that works alongside the reapers, meant for the death of immorta... | 2019-09-24T21:53:50 | 2019-09-24T20:39:34 | 84 | 12 |
[WP] We are due for a visit by two alien races, one which is horrifically brutal and sees us as soft-hearted weaklings, the other peaceful pacifists who see us as barbarians. You've been ordered to impress them, but when the ships lands you realize you have no idea which race this is. | August 8, 1974
"Goddammit, Kissinger, when did you decide you were a comedian?"
"This is not a joke, Mr. President," Kissinger said, panting as he leaned on an oval office sofa, sweat dripping from his reddened face onto the harvest gold upholstery. "I have only just beaten the delegation to your door. At any moment... | "The solution is simple," said Valen.
"This is not a case of merely accommodating our neighbors, we are dealing with civilizations with vastly superior transportation technology to our own. Both of these groups, they exceed our abilities in at least one regard, and we know not how many others.
We cannot afford to ha... | 2017-09-18T10:47:59 | 2017-09-18T10:39:13 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] You accept a job paying $1 million a year to sit in a room, waiting for a phone to ring on a table. After 5 years at work, it finally rings... For the first time.
What happens next? | A million a year. It's a pretty sweet deal, to be sure. At the end of each year, your mental state is evaluated and if you are deemed still sane, you are given the opportunity of another year.
I'm approaching the end of my fifth year with all mental faculties still intact, fully willing to take a sixth. I don't need i... | Damn, it's hot in here. How'd I even get myself in this situation?
I guess most of the days in which I found myself sitting in that white plastic chair were much the same. A bit of thumb-twiddling and whistling favorite tunes helped out a bit, but lord was that job *slow*. But, y'know, who wouldn't sit their ass in a ... | 2017-12-17T00:57:14 | 2017-12-16T21:53:13 | 431 | 31 |
[WP] You were sent to go deal with reports of a sinister witch in the woods that has been terrifying local villagers. Your grandmother is surprised to see you, but offers tea and cake while you're here. | All Agatha ever wanted was a simple, quiet life – the kind all grandmothers wanted. Every week, her lovely granddaughter would visit with stories about her studies. Vivian was always such a rambunctious child. But such energy was a welcome interruption to her life of solitude.
“Vivian, sweetheart, don’t forget to pack... | ( on mobile so bad formatting please forgive)
As I walked up to the house the path seemed oh so familiar. It's like I was walking through a memory a memory so far forgotten that it was more like a dream. There was smells coming from the house good smells like Cakes and Pastries almost as if I were visiting my grandma.... | 2022-12-18T09:14:25 | 2022-12-18T08:47:53 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] You are walking down the street on your way to work when suddenly you burp, hiccup, and sneeze at the same time. A HUD menu opens in front of you with “Resume, Options, and Quit” as selectable options. | Expecting to be crushed to nothingness by the black hole, Jora took a deep breath. The escape had been narrow at best. The heavier star cruisers wouldn’t follow him this close to the event horizon. It had been his best shot.
The plates of his ship creaked and whined. One by one his muscles relaxed. He had done everyth... | I looked at the menu in a state of total confusion. What did this even mean? How did this even happen?! I looked frantically around but everyone around me seemed to be completely stopped in time, like they were waiting for me to make my decision before they did anything else.
I turned away from them to consider the me... | 2018-05-05T03:08:36 | 2018-05-05T01:50:36 | 161 | 24 |
[WP] Due to a rare condition, your field of vision is gradually narrowing . You know that one day you will lose your vision altogether so you go in search of the perfect image to be your last. | He politely asks the doctor to leave the room. When he is alone he begins to notice everything in a greater light: the blood pressure machine, the linen on the hospital bed. He looks at his hands and marvels at how wrinkly they've become over his 51 years, at how he used to have smooth feminine fingers before he'd take... | Eric sat in the passenger seat of his friend Darrel's Jeep. He had stopped driving himself weeks ago when he pulled out in front of a car he should have seen.
He watched the pine trees glide by in a blur of green as the Jeep sped down the highway. They had been driving for the past six hours toward their destinati... | 2017-01-04T06:12:01 | 2017-01-04T05:42:31 | 73 | 34 |
[WP] Retell a well known story. Make me side with the villain/antagonist.
The more unsympathetic they are in the original, the better. | I watched our glorious leader with disdain, bumbling old fool. Once again he chose to stay in his palace and play with his toys. I suppose in reality that was the smartest option, leave the governing of the sultanate to me. Still with no male heir and his daughter unwilling to marry a succession crisis seemed inevitabl... | "What the hell are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm watching them."
"Why?"
"Why not."
"You could've at least given them clothes."
"Look, I didn't have time okay, and anyway they won't even notice."
"Did you create them blind?"
"What? When did I do that."
"Last time, remember, they were literally blind and found their way b... | 2016-02-02T14:08:43 | 2016-02-02T12:21:47 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] You, 16 years old, wake up and head downstairs for breakfast before school. You’re eating cereal when you see the Missing Kid poster on the milk carton. It’s you. Date missing: 10 years ago. | My alarm screamed to the high heavens, doing it’s very best. It must get a sick sense of smug satisfaction when it wakes me. I throw myself into the shower, and somewhere between the lather and rinse cycle I realize it’s Thursday. I *hate* Thursday. It’s a lot like Tuesday, in terms of schedule, but I’m more exhausted,... | I sit back up in the chair with my head throbbing, the loud TV in the background is NOT helping. I read the milk carton again. I couldn't believe my eyes, it's actually me. But I'm right here, and I'm not lost what is going on? Confused, I rush to google myself but I can't find anything on my name. Actually, no results... | 2018-11-08T21:07:19 | 2018-11-08T20:24:37 | 306 | 51 |
[WP] You've saved the lives of thousands. You're the reason names and dates aren't associated with horrendous disasters. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, you're an uncatchable serial killer with inscrutable motives. | When the first letter arrived on my doormat I ignored it. The name embossed on the heavy pearl white card didn't mean anything to me so who would pay any attention? One month later I saw the name again on the news ticker tape. “Carl Droveson named as pilot who crashed onto Highway 33 killing 30”
The next day another l... | It's said that death is the great equalizer. And if that's so, then call me Death.
I was granted this power long ago by the spirits of the dead, and for a time, I was terrified to use it. Getting to decide who lives and dies was a responsibility that only those with the highest morals would have. The responsibility th... | 2019-04-03T08:28:04 | 2019-04-03T06:06:49 | 61 | 12 |
[WP]People age until they reach 18, and then stop aging until they meet their soulmates, so they can grow old together. Since 18,you've been in your relationship for 5 years and you both realize that you haven't aged a day.
Make me cry. | I couldn't believe it. I *wouldn't* believe it. I felt around my face, gazing in the mirror for anything unfamiliar, anything that would signify a change over time.
The fact remained true, despite my disbelief - I hadn't aged a bit since meeting her.
And I knew that she hadn't either. She had the same blue eyes, the ... | "How are you and Celine?"
"Hm?"
"You and Celine. How are you doing."
I looked over at Scotty. He was leaning back in his chair, his thumbs fumbling over an Xbox controller.
"We're great! Went and watched the game last week. She caught a ball and got on the Jumbotron. Really nifty stuff." I flashed him a grin and... | 2015-06-08T11:01:55 | 2015-06-08T10:38:03 | 137 | 13 |
[WP] "So you're saying that these "humans" have 30 colonies in their solar system?" "Yes, and increasing. They don't seem to have the need to colonize habitable planets, they just can colonize these dead planets and moons without a problem." | "This is 99942 Apophis, do you copy?" Greta waited for a response, and then hit the button again. "Repeat, this is 99942 Apophis, do you copy?"
This time, a response came through. *Thank god.* "99942 Apophis, this is Diaspora High Command Mars, we read you."
"High Command, reporting another seven vessels just dropped... | "Impossible," the Malphortnan representative rumbled from deep within his petrified extrinsic plates, "There is no species known that could possibly survive in such varied environments without terraforming on a scale unknown to the galaxy. These humans are barely a ten of ten-years from their first exposure to the void... | 2017-12-07T04:32:37 | 2017-12-07T04:26:51 | 343 | 49 |
[WP] Everyone dies twice; the first time is when they pass away, and the second time is when they're forgotten. You're the True Reaper, and today, you've reaped someone who hasn't passed through your little brother, the Grim Reaper. | I thought I had seen it all. I've been been here ever since the first human died. I'm the older brother, sure, but most only know of my little brother, the Grim Reaper. Because those that come to me are erased from the time itself.
I've had to erase entire families, cities, hell, even entire civilizations. I've done i... | In all my existence, I had never seen such loneliness. Nor such self-sufficiency.
The gentleman I had come to reap lived beyond off-grid. There were no other communities around for at least a thousand square miles, and there was no road leading to his compound. A strong, fast-flowing river weaved behind a small house ... | 2018-05-12T16:52:04 | 2018-05-12T16:00:41 | 200 | 15 |
[WP] You're the Grim Reaper. When you approach dying people you see a timer and cause of death in text above them, and your x-ray vision always confirms their illnesses. Today seemed normal but the text above the person in front of you says "Death: Cancer, 9 seconds." Problem is that he is healthy. | This shouldn't be happening. I watched as the number counted down. Part of me was horrified; he was completely healthy, there were no signs of any illness. Yet part of me was intrigued. I wanted to see what would happen. Oftentimes we were given more warning when someone died of something like an aneurism or heart atta... | The emotion that closest passes for relief in my kind washed over me as I finally rounded the corner where I would see my next collection.
I turned and saw him leave the coffee shop where he worked. He was an unassuming 20 year old who worked too much and had few friends. He was a good man though. The notes I ha... | 2019-12-27T12:57:23 | 2019-12-27T07:43:07 | 31 | 20 |
[WP] You are an ancient and incredibly powerful god, and you’re furious that your enemies keep sending teenage “chosen ones” to fight you. | "Will you jussst ssstop for a minute?"
I scowled at the young boy standing in front of me, sword raised and face set in grim determination. His blade glowed with radiant light, his shield hummed with protective power. Blessed artifacts, probably gathered by much hard work and questing. I could feel my scales flaring i... | I picked up my glasses and slid them past my nose. Much better. Time has been my greatest enemy. You would think an all powerful god would never need glasses but here we are. The ancient form of twisted metal throne protested as I leaned closer to the wisp of magic showing me the enormous battlefield of mountain, laby... | 2018-05-19T08:58:24 | 2018-05-19T08:32:20 | 21 | 15 |
[WP]: As standard protocol, each new, intelligent alien life is judged not by what they say they are, but by an evaluation from a representative of their servants or slave species. Fascinatingly, the fate of humanity lands on the opinion of a little dog named Lucy. | Samantha lead Lucy towards the grey humanoid creature. Lucy walked very close to Samantha, cautiously with her head and tail low. Lucy was a beautiful Golden Retriever that Samantha had rescued from a shelter. They stopped right in front of the 9 feet tall alien. Samantha bent down to Lucy and Lucy instinctively sat do... | "I am Lucy, four paws have I,
And for my owner I'd proudly die,
She would never ask me or expect,
for this reason I would gladly protect.
I am Lucy, golden fur have I,
I lay my head on her lap when she cries,
When the scent of her child,
Was gone, but first mild,
I lay my head down when she cries.
I am Lucy ... | 2018-10-02T08:40:42 | 2018-10-02T07:12:20 | 347 | 108 |
[WP]You run an RPG pawn shop. You haggle with adventurers who try to sell loot they've acquired.
Inspired by *The Merchant Adventurer*, by Patrick E. McLean.
EDIT: Wow, thanks everyone that contributed! The awesome Patrick E. McLean (/u/patrickemclean) stopped by, gave a snippet from his book in a comment, and even g... | "VRUDASH BACK!!!!"
"Oh for f.... Hello Vrudash. Good to see you aga.. *WIPE YOUR GODS DAMNED BOOTS OFF BEFORE YOU COME IN AT LEAST PLEASE???*"
"WAAT? OH. Oh. Vrudash sorry. Goblin Blood and guts kind of stick to Vrudash boots."
"I know. I know it does. Every damn time you go dungeon raiding with your friends you end... | Introduction: I am Jericho The Covetous, king of kingdom Skyfall, the land of dragons. Before nobility, I was a merchant, and an excellent one at that. While my wealth was vast, my lust for treasure was a higher priority. Over the years, I've found that adventurers possess the greatest treasures. Because of this, and w... | 2016-10-16T11:54:48 | 2016-10-16T09:33:23 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] You're a financial advisor. In 1994, you get a weird phone call from a man asking you if he can get any Bitcoin below $200k, and the call cuts off before you can ask him what Bitcoin was. Years later you get a call again from the same man, claiming he's calling back seconds after disconnection. | "What the fuck is a bit-coin?" I asked, writing her number down. Gotta make sure the spam call list stays up to date.
"Ah, have you not heard? It's like digital money that no one can see, but everyone wants to buy anyway because they don't understand it. Look it up on your phone."
I scrunched my nose. "How am I supp... | "Sorry, my connection was lost for a moment," the voice explained.
"Excuse me, I don't... think so?" I said as it was all I could tell at that situation. To be quite honest, I did remember that call. It was a very unique call, after all.
"Oh, did I get connected to the different person? I was connected to James befor... | 2019-04-07T07:05:30 | 2019-04-07T07:00:19 | 95 | 38 |
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