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[WP] You have left the dystopian nation you have lived in for your entire life; only to see that, despite propaganda, the nation is only the size of a small town and no one knows the nation exists. | Blatant violations of every law that I grew up around surrounded me. Entertainment videos and books, women showing far more flesh than I had ever seen before, people were reading things that had nothing to do with the great leader, and yet nobody seemed to care. No doors were being busted down, and there weren't even... | “I’ll come back for you.” The last words Noah threw, like shards of glass, towards his mother’s lined face before the guards swarmed in droves. Floodlights and sirens ensnared the senses, explosions and bullets ripped through and illuminated the suffocating darkness but still he dragged himself on towards the first row... | 2015-05-28T07:08:45 | 2015-05-28T06:39:15 | 70 | 33 |
[WP] Foreshadow the character's death so subtly that I still don't see it coming even though I requested it. | I glanced at my watch. Robbie is late again. We've been together for 3 years and he's always been late. As I toss my cigarette butt out the window of my car, I think about our first date. He was 30 minutes late picking me up for the movie. I probably should have ended it after that first night but I didn't.
He was la... | *'Easy'*, I tell myself. Nothing's going to go wrong.
Left turn, three sharp and consecutive corners to the right, a hairpin, and a long, long straight to the end.
I know the car. I *know* my copilot, and she knows me. She trusts me with her life.
We're going to win this, retire, and have a nice, comfortable life. *... | 2015-06-03T13:26:32 | 2015-06-03T06:26:43 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] You are a world-class programmer who has died. God agrees to allow you in to Heaven on the condition that you work for him while he debugs the human body. Write the patch notes for the next version of humans. | [[PATCH NOTES: VERSION 3.1]]
Note: Don't ask about versions 1,2 or 3. Some seriously weird stuff went on there.
-- Adjusted hair grow in adult males from the back and ears to the top of the head
-- Male/Female verbal interface corrected to decrease misunderstanding
-- Male/Female sex drive ratio balanced
-- Male/F... | Brain:
* Laughing now always produces a sound. You should no longer experience laughing without making noises and looking like a retard while your mouth hangs open and your head turns red.
* There was a strange interaction with natural poisons like alcohol, THC or tobacco; Instead of triggering a defensive behaviour t... | 2015-08-25T09:00:55 | 2015-08-25T08:47:07 | 44 | 21 |
[WP] A human colony ship is en route to its destination 122 light years away. To avoid mutiny and crew apathy, the onboard AI convinces the middle generation that everyone lives and dies on the ship. And then someone learns the truth. | "Say it for me one more time, Albright. Why are we here?"
"This is The Maiden, a starship built to contain human life and sustain it for as long as the Human race can live. It has been in flight for 8,245 years, 235 days, 3-"
"*No*, Albright. *Why are we here?* Someone had to build this thing. Why are we on it?"
"Yo... | "Do you still remember our secret?"
Six words, that's all she had to say, and I was transported back in time. I could still feel that easy innocence oozing around us, protecting us in a shell safe from the knowledge that changed our lives.
"Twenty-two years?" I asked, "Has it already been so long?"
***
"Can you ke... | 2016-02-05T08:31:41 | 2016-02-05T08:23:17 | 43 | 18 |
[WP] You're a man who's tired of his life, so one day, while driving home from work, instead of stopping at your house, you just decided to keep driving. | The steady creep of exhaustion was finally beginning to overtake me...
Left.
Hands raw from hours of gripping leather...
Right.
Shoulders slumping forward... I make a half-hearted effort to pull them back into place...
Straight. Yes.
Someone closes on me from behind... appears to be a young man. My muscles tense... | There's an interesting feeling that falls over someone when they make a life changing decision. At least for Adam Winters there was. The feeling started at the top of his skull and made its way down his spine, until his entire body - all extremities included - were tingling and his fingers clutched around the steering ... | 2016-06-11T20:28:53 | 2016-06-11T18:21:19 | 276 | 18 |
[WP] Every sentient species in the universe receives a Jesus figure from God. It turns out humanity was the only species to torture and crucify him. You're an ambassador priest informing the Inter-Galactic Holy Church what your species did. | "Okay... Run-" The High Galactic Pontiff pulled off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose with a scaly talon. "Run it by me one more time..."
"Well sir- or rather Your Holiness-, the Messiah you sent to us did a really good job." I shifted uncomfortable in my seat and readjusted my Clerical Collar. "He founded... | "Truly," Patriarch Constantine spoke, his eyes shining brightly amidst the wrinkles of his face, "this is cause for celebration." His hand swept across the synod of the Inter-Galactic Holy Church, representatives from thirty-three different species gathered to welcome him. A constant stream of information, pop-up notes... | 2016-08-18T03:07:37 | 2016-08-18T00:25:46 | 3,742 | 560 |
[WP] Every sentient species in the universe receives a Jesus figure from God. It turns out humanity was the only species to torture and crucify him. You're an ambassador priest informing the Inter-Galactic Holy Church what your species did. | "*Excuse* me?" I spat, incredulous,
"**YOU** ***KILLED*** **HIM.**" rang the accusation again, seemingly sucking all the air out of the room. Geez, was there a hull breach?
I pensively withdrew my AR spectacles from my nose and pointedly clapped shut my notes, striding around from behind the podium to approach the Hi... | "We were led to understand it was necessary," my eyes were now fixed squarely on the floor in front of me, "in order to redeem humanity."
A hush descended over the assembly, Golgon of the Asterath shape-shifters let out a low whistle.
"And how was that supposed to work exactly?" Asked High Priest LK4186.
"Well..." I... | 2016-08-18T08:01:51 | 2016-08-18T06:52:16 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You are a supervillain, but every single one of your plans of world domination has somehow collapsed into a harmless flirtatious encounter with the superhero by accident. Today, the superhero has come to propose to you. | “Hey.” Richard Rogers rubs his massive tricep as he approaches, an innocent puppy dog look in his eyes. “It’s uh, funny running into you here.”
“Is it?” My smile gives away nothing, but my mind is racing in panic. “I’m starting to think you might be following me, or watching me from above or something.”
Richard laugh... | “Well would you look at that I forgot to hit the detonator again,” said Sheana, Killer of Worlds. She flipped her hair, and shrugged her massive green shoulders. “Everytime I get lost in your eyes I lose a nuke it seems. That how you always foil my plans you cute bundle of righteousness?”
“That’s part of the plan,” sa... | 2017-05-30T14:45:43 | 2017-05-30T14:28:29 | 50 | 12 |
[WP] Five people wake up in a metal room with no windows and only one door. In the middle of the room is a revolver and a piece of paper. "One of you has to die. Kill this person, the door unlocks and the survivors win $1million. Each wrong person dead halves your prize. You have four bullets." | "***HOLD IT*** hold it hold it." I hold out my arms, trying to make a calming gesture. Three of the strangers - two on my left and one on my right - I barely notice, my attention completely on the man who has grabbed the gun. "Look, just... think about this, okay? Do you really want murder on your conscience?"
The big... | "Are you sure Jim was the right person?" Tom asked, peeking under the door. It had risen about eight inches off the ground.
"I mean, he had to have been, right? It's the first time the door responded to anything." I set the gun down and walked over while Tom re-read the instructions.
"Ah shit. Every wrong kill halv... | 2017-10-31T05:03:39 | 2017-10-30T22:09:08 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | Grandpa was running toward me screaming "STOP STAY AWAY! HE HAS THE POWER TO STOP TI..."
And suddenly everyone stopped, again, all I saw was Dio screaming "ZA WARUDO" before it happened.
I could barely move a finger, but I saw it happening in front of me, Dio just murdered my grandfather!
When time resumed I was ver... | At first I thought it was some sort of "dormant powers coming to light" kind of situation. I'd record what I was doing just before time froze and then try to recreate it to see if it could happen again. This eventually got worse as I would try to recreate hours, and then days at a time. Thankfully I realized that it wa... | 2018-01-26T07:03:15 | 2018-01-26T06:14:06 | 71 | 45 |
[WP] One day, time just suddenly stops for a short moment for you. At first, you tried to mess around, but after the 246th times it happened, you start to realise that your power is not stopping time, but being able to move in time frozen by another person in the world.
Just an idea that randomly popped up in my head.... | I flipped it.
——
Social anxiety is a bitch, but this thing makes it easier.
It’s a Saturday afternoon and the mall is bustling. I just wanted to buy some new clothes, but it’s a day when everyone comes. I blink and they stop.
The world goes silent and every person is still. I slip around people and head off to Ma... | he first time the incident occurred I was in a busy mall. I bumped into the person in front of me and apologized, but I got no response. A moment later she fell forward. What a bitch! Not only did she ignore me, but she completely over-reacted with such a delayed response. She screamed, and a bunch of tough-looking guy... | 2018-01-26T06:55:50 | 2018-01-26T06:49:48 | 39 | 25 |
[WP] All superpowers have a ‘hangover’ effect. For example, after using super strength for the day, the morning after you can’t even lift your spoon to eat your breakfast. You wake up one morning after using your own specific superpower and you feel pretty hungover...
[deleted] | My head was pounding. Everything ached. I felt an instant resentment to whoever it was that invented trains.
Fuck that guy.
How many lives did they save on a daily basis? How many crises did their lumbering machines of metal prevent? How many disasters?
None.
On days like today, after nights like the last-- dar... | "Get away from him or I'll make you."
Michael and Scott glanced up from the kid sprawled helplessly on the grey floor, and saw me.
They laughed.
I had already guessed that the threat wouldn't be effective. A short kid in raggedy clothes and spiky hair didn't exactly set off a 'powerful' image, after all. But looks.... | 2018-08-19T04:36:45 | 2018-08-19T04:28:22 | 219 | 55 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | **A Brief History and Final Advice** *by Sage Sebastien of Hintz*
For the first 18 years of life, parents focus on developing their children's core attributes - Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma. The Core Attributes (CAs) - and how they are developed - necessarily increase associate... | Society was broken up into blocs. Since individual skill was easily determined based by point allocation, and point allocation was something you could easily access, things became caste like.
It wasn't so bad as caste systems you might expect; after all, belonging to a given caste was voluntary, and indeed, people bei... | 2018-09-12T08:27:25 | 2018-09-12T08:04:08 | 623 | 108 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | In a world like mine, everyone could easily become what they wanted. Wanna be a smart professor making ground-breaking discoveries? Just max out intelligence. Wanna be a bodybuilder? Easy, just level up strength. Or do you just want to become the popular kid? Charisma. It had become too easy to achieve your dreams.
Ir... | When I was five my parents held my birthday bash in the park with all the first graders in my class attending.
Today was a special day. I'll be in charge of my own skill points from now on. I had five to use once I blew the candles and from then on a point every year to allocate as my birthday wish.
While playing... | 2018-09-12T10:57:43 | 2018-09-12T09:05:57 | 39 | 25 |
[WP] When people die, they get to watch a 1 hour movie, presenting the next 100 years, to see what they are going to miss. They die without being able to tell anyone about it. You just watched that movie, and wake up to your SO shouting "Are you OK?" | I was very happy I already entered the Gates of Heaven. It's a better place. Green fields, no pollution, water's pure, skies sheer blue. A paradise, indeed.
An hour later, God, a speaking mist almost formed in the human body, called us newbies to assemble. He waved his hand and a wide screen appeared in front of us.... | "are you ok?"
"followthehippo, are you ok? you hit your head. I think it's bad. There's blood everywhere. That fucking car hit you hard. The driver. He's mad. He drove off the bridge. I think he's dead".
I could hear her. I could have answered. But after what I had just seen. How could I? How could I tell her that yes... | 2018-10-09T05:32:55 | 2018-10-09T04:44:50 | 61 | 36 |
[WP]: Leaving people gifts is a socially acceptable way to begin flirting. Many start with a single rose, the extravagant and dramatic with a diamond or an heirloom. You have just been presented with a pinecone. | And I held the pincone he gave me.
His eyes, earnest and expectant. Gorgeously amber, like liquid carmel, I could get lost in those eyes. He came in, and we layed together by the fire. I felt his even breath, his muscular flank. Calm. Warm. I ran my hands over his body.
Woof. He said. And went to his food bowl. | My now husband had presented me with a fancy Italian coffee one fall day in college to let me know he was interested. Naturally, things progressed. He was extremely handsome after all and Ive always loved coffee. Coffee turned to a bouquet of tulips, which transformed into jewelry and the like and eventually a kitten. ... | 2018-10-20T16:23:21 | 2018-10-20T15:46:54 | 99 | 14 |
[WP] You were born blind. You undergo a new surgery that should cure your blindness. They undo the wraps and you open them. You think what you see is normal, but after the doctors ask a slew of questions, they discover there is something very strange about your newly acquired sight. | The world exploded into brightness, with pure chaos defining the addition of my new sense. I could see... for the first time in my life, I could see. The surgery was a success, and brought with it a confusing pain, one which I could not describe. Is this what sighted people called “blinding?” It was ironic to me, in th... | *just realized I strayed more from the prompt than I intended. Hope it's ok to still be here? *
The time had come. All the years of preparation, testing, failure and success of centered on a singular day.
It would take almost all day. 23 hours to be exact. Requiring 4 different specialists and surgeons to pull it of... | 2018-10-29T10:15:07 | 2018-10-29T09:52:51 | 100 | 26 |
[WP] You were born blind. You undergo a new surgery that should cure your blindness. They undo the wraps and you open them. You think what you see is normal, but after the doctors ask a slew of questions, they discover there is something very strange about your newly acquired sight. | The world exploded into brightness, with pure chaos defining the addition of my new sense. I could see... for the first time in my life, I could see. The surgery was a success, and brought with it a confusing pain, one which I could not describe. Is this what sighted people called “blinding?” It was ironic to me, in th... | ​
Muffled whispers surround me as a set of hands unwrap the thick layers of gauze and bandages that cover my face. Even though I cannot see, I know that anxiety coats the room like a wet blanket. This is the first surgery of it’s kind, performed on me -- a twenty year old woman. I know that however this ope... | 2018-10-29T10:15:07 | 2018-10-29T08:56:20 | 100 | 22 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | "I'd like a club on Italian herbs and cheese, please." Dan says.
This is his usual order. In fact, Dan comes to this Subway on his lunch break, orders the same sandwich, and return to his desk to eat every day like clockwork. Dan is a predictable kind of guy, and he doesn't mind it; and knowing that he's unintentional... | A sudden smile spread across my face as I handed the cashier a ten dollar bill. I had just saved five billion people because I ordered italian bread. I was pretty much the greatest hero alive. Just last week I had read about good ol' Sups saving a bus. How many people was that twenty, no maybe thirty, but God Fucking D... | 2018-11-17T19:42:29 | 2018-11-17T19:01:38 | 166 | 14 |
[WP] Your pointless superpower is that you know how many people’s lives you save with your actions. One day, at a Subway, you tell the cashier you want your sandwich on Italian bread, and you’re suddenly informed that you just saved five billion people. | “The microbe has been planted, sir.”
“Good,” a voice replied. “Humanity is... grotesque. It must be expunged.”
The microbe’s function was simple. Armed with the infective capabilities of the common cold but with wireless capabilities, it could change its genetic code in an instant. It was perfectly incurable, and c... | "Can I get a footlong meatball sub on italian?"
"I don't know, CAN you? Hah, I'm just messing with you, of course you can!"
Everyday after work I come to this Subway, and everyday I have to put up with this dumb ass cashier's dumb ass shit. Like bro, I'm not here to play your cute little games, I just want my 5 dolla... | 2018-11-17T19:23:42 | 2018-11-17T18:56:19 | 38 | 12 |
[WP] You are an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Dungeon Safety And Adventurer Fairness. This one is a serious violation to the codes.
Feel free to drop the Adventurer Fairness if you don't like it. | This was gonna be a BIG one. Once youve been at this as long as I have you begin to know the type of dungeon master that's going to give you trouble, and this guy was it in spades.
I addressed him by his formal title, gotta stay professional and all, "Alright Warking Doomfang the Unstoppable, I'll be honest there are ... | "You've incorporated fifty seven levels into this thing?" I look around the entry way, which seems innocent enough. A little pink pony prances around, frolicking in the soft grass. I've had to kick it away from me a few times already. Way too friendly.
A small figure in bright red robes looks up at me sheepishly, "Ye... | 2018-11-26T11:24:19 | 2018-11-26T09:12:59 | 199 | 59 |
[WP] "So they are a war species, then. Huh," the alien researcher scratches his head. "Why are you so interested in them? The humans, I mean." The other alien gets closer to him, and says, "They fight for peace. No other species fights for peace." | When they came, they didn't come in peace, and they didn't come in war. They just... came.
You always thought the Great Alien Invasion was going to go like it did in movies or shows. Giant, ominous sky-behemoths would suddenly appear out of nowhere, while bass trombones sounded a steady warning in minor thirds on the ... | _Alien 1:_ Kutlag (Studying humans)
_ALIEN 2:_ HERTEYS (Helping Kutlag in his studies)
_SET:_ Hiding on the dark side of the moon with satellites in orbit with tech that makes them invisible to us humans and our tech. The 2 observers are just another set of observers spread throughout the galaxy with a simple assign... | 2019-05-02T20:14:11 | 2019-05-02T19:30:02 | 189 | 23 |
[WP] Last night, you were taking sunset pictures on the beach when a guy walked up and asked if you'd take a picture of him and his girlfriend. Then he whispered "take a video." Next thing you know you're videoing a murder | That's rare. It was sunset on New Heaven beach, yet there was still two people laying in the wet sand. New Heaven beach is nowhere near any housing so I assumed the worst. I adjust the gun around my shoulders and make my way over.
The two are caked in dirt and sand. The romantic couple can't seem to find the time to n... | Scarlet Beach is the best place to go to watch the sunset. I had just finished my shift at Lucy’s Diner. I worked there as a waitress and I would often walk to the secluded, nearby beach to watch the sunset.
It was quite a difficult beach to get to, so I was usually there alone. Not today, though. A couple h... | 2019-07-17T14:56:00 | 2019-07-17T14:27:31 | 54 | 13 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | We called it humanity's worst disaster. History named it The Great Blinding. What that doesn't entail is that it was our own damn fault. The world was wrought into chaos after several months of warnings and we simply elected to ignore them, feigning assurance - "Oh that'll go away once we start on it."
"That's no pro... | It's the daydreaming that always gets me. I jolt awake yet the dream keeps playing on the back of my eyelids, making me wonder if I was ever asleep or if I was just thinking. I tilt my face towards the window, feeling the sun's warmth and imagining the warm orange glow that comes with it.
"Being on a plane must have b... | 2019-08-26T09:28:09 | 2019-08-26T07:30:24 | 285 | 141 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | When I first regained my sight I saw the messages, "Don't tell them you can see".
I wondered who "them" might be. I'll be honest, my first thought was space aliens of some sort of monsters from a Stygian realm. I was terrified.
I carefully got out my cane and went about my business, often closing my eyes to make the ... | You wake up, and for the first time in years, you feel the pain of bright light on your eyes. *Wait, light?!* you jump out of your bed and close the green curtains on your window.
'Oh my God. I-I can-" you immediately stop talking as you look on your wall and see writing in neat, red marker,
"Don't tell them you can ... | 2019-08-26T10:33:57 | 2019-08-26T09:40:50 | 62 | 17 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | I stilled dreamed of seeing.
I think that's why I initially snoozed my alarm clock instead of gasping for joy. But as I rolled back over to look at my wife lying next to me, I did gasp. Not for joy, but out of shock. On the wall behind Kathrine a message had been hastily painted on the wall.
\-DON'T TELL THEM YOU CA... | I walk along the street. It's a normal night like any other. Nothing special until I see the sun rise. Something was different the light was too bright. Far too bright. I close my eyes and they still burn from the light. I try covering my eyes as they're closed yet they're still burning. Until I can no longer see the l... | 2022-10-15T03:24:04 | 2019-08-26T10:34:32 | 52 | 17 |
[WP] A broke adventure has to buy cheap terrible items with weird curses on them. Little do they know that those cursed items happen to synergize so well together that they quickly become overpowered. | The bandit leader laughed as he drew his gleaming sword, magical flames licking around the edges in sharp contrast to my rotten old staff which had definitely seen better days. Behind him, his band of cut-throats, murderers and desperate, unwashed scum brandished their assorted clubs, spears, knives and axes. A parti... | "I'll give you this for-- all you have," the shopkeeper grinned. "I'm being generous, trust me."
Gram sighed, and tossed the satchel on the counter. Ten shekels seemed far too much for a cheaply made trinket, but if the Oracle had willed it who was he to argue against it? Besides, Gram knew that those shekels were dif... | 2019-12-02T19:42:26 | 2019-12-02T15:34:46 | 77 | 33 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished", he says. "You are the punishment." | A bit off prompt, I know. Also, I've edited a bit for spelling, disambiguation, etc.
.
Falling.
I am falling.
The fact of it should fill me with terror, but it doesn't.
I don't know where I am.
But I'm falling.
I try to move, but the movement stops short. I feel... chains? How can I be falling in chains? ... | In the first age, in the first battle, when the shadows first lengthened, one stood. Burned by the embers of Armageddon, his soul blistered by the fires of Hell and tainted beyond ascension, he chose the path of perpetual torment.
In his ravenous hatred he found no peace, and with boiling blood he scoured the Umbral P... | 2020-01-10T18:29:39 | 2020-01-10T17:42:54 | 35 | 11 |
[WP] You finally build up enough courage to talk to that cute someone you see on the bus. Their face turns dark as they respond "You shouldn't be able to see me." | I sit down across from him and say "Man lousy weather, don't you agree."
He looks up startled "Are you talking to me?"
"Who else would I be talking to." I say gesturing to the empty back of the bus.
"But that means you're able to see me. No no, this is wrong. You shouldn't be able to see me." He responds while look... | There she was. At the bus stop, like she always was. But today was going to be different. I finally had the courage to talk to her.
"Hey."
Her eyes widened.
I hesitated. "Are you okay?" I asked.
"You shouldn't be able to see me," she said.
"What are you supposed to be then?" I joked. "A ghost?"
"Sometimes I feel... | 2020-03-27T19:14:05 | 2020-03-27T17:57:13 | 41 | 15 |
[WP] The demon stands amid your destroyed kitchen screaming, “How? How were you able to summon me?!” You’re standing in the corner flipping through your grandma’s cookbook as fast as you can, screaming back, “I don’t know!! You were supposed to be chicken soup!” | The demon looked irritated. He said, "Look, I'm on a schedule here, so for wasting my time, I'ma need your soul."
I looked at him in shock.
He rolled his eyes. "Listen, kid, we're in 2020. Selling your soul is the new thing. It's not that serious."
My lip quivered. "But-but I don't want to sell my soul..."
The demo... | In hindsight, singing that latin nursery rhyme while playing around with various herbs was probably not the best idea. To be fair, one could be understood for not expecting to summon a demon while making chicken soup. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what you had, apparently, just done.
The demon stands amid your destroy... | 2020-04-16T17:40:56 | 2020-04-16T17:39:01 | 359 | 256 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | The captain sat on the bow, the ship a drifting wreckage. It had been a devastating battle, but they had gotten his crew out alive. He had done his duty; and the captain always goes down with his ship.
"Quite remarkable," he said, almost to himself, as they drifted further and further into the unknown. "Quite a remar... | "Computer, how much oxygen do we have left?" Commander Patch asked, looking to her remaining crew. There were far too many people for the size of the escape ship. And they took significant shots while getting out of range of the battle.
*"We took severe damage-damage to the ship-ship. I am not running normally. Oxygen... | 2020-04-23T21:58:13 | 2020-04-23T20:37:01 | 356 | 172 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | "Computer, how much oxygen do we have left?" Commander Patch asked, looking to her remaining crew. There were far too many people for the size of the escape ship. And they took significant shots while getting out of range of the battle.
*"We took severe damage-damage to the ship-ship. I am not running normally. Oxygen... | "Communications busted," I said smashing my fist again the now cracked control panel. "Damn it all," I said as I tried to go through any and every diagnosis available on the ship. The tools that worked showed the same thing my eyes were, I was done for.
I pace around the ship for a solid ten minutes trying not to pani... | 2020-04-23T20:37:01 | 2020-04-23T20:23:51 | 172 | 16 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | Captain Harkin pressed the button to stop the warning buzzer from sounding, though the damn warning light wouldn't stop flashing. It wasn't like she could fix it anymore but she knew it would sound again when the next system began to fail and have to press it again.
"There's nothing you can do about the warning system... | "Communications busted," I said smashing my fist again the now cracked control panel. "Damn it all," I said as I tried to go through any and every diagnosis available on the ship. The tools that worked showed the same thing my eyes were, I was done for.
I pace around the ship for a solid ten minutes trying not to pani... | 2020-04-23T22:34:53 | 2020-04-23T20:23:51 | 30 | 16 |
[WP] You are one of three astronauts currently stationed on the International Space Station. Communications are down for 1 hour due to upgrades, and one of your coworkers just killed the other. 47 minutes remain before contact with Earth is possible. | "Whoops."
Pilot David stared out into the endless void, his jaw slack with shock.
"WHOOPS???"
"It's fine, it's ok, we can fix this!" Zach's hands shook violently as he mashed the controls. "She still has time before her oxygen runs out!"
The newest addition to the station, Zach was learning how to perform routin... | Minute 0:
What the fuck just happened? Coms went down for upgrades, Schist grabbed a wrench and just stared wailing in Scotts. Over and over and over again, he, he wouldn’t stop. The worst part was the blood. The blood it- it was floating. It didn’t fall, just started moving towards you. Schist just stared at the body... | 2020-06-25T05:34:32 | 2020-06-25T05:16:34 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] A priest returns home after a successful exorcism. His demon daughter is waiting for him there, angry that he removed her from someone’s body again. | The door to Father Luke’s small suburban home creaked open slowly.
“Hailey?”
His timid voice disappeared into the darkness. He crept down the hall toward the dim glow seeping through the cracks of his daughter’s room. Taking a deep breath, he gently pushed the door open to see Hailey sitting at the edge of her bed s... | *You're a fraud.* His mind always accusing him as he deposited the latest check. Another $25,000 towards... something. *Why do you keep doing this? She's dangerous.* He no longer had an answer. For nearly ten years now, his daughter, Angelica, had been possessing people and he, the "Priest with the gift", had bee... | 2020-10-20T11:52:07 | 2020-10-20T10:07:05 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] "You'll never rest", they said. "Eventually, you will come to hate your eternal curse", they warned. 6 billion years, 3 intergalactic voyages, and more planets than you can count later, and you're still skipping along, having the time of your life with your 'cursed' existence. | A restless wanderer on the Earth. That was what I was supposed to be. But when the moon landings happened and no heavenly retribution came, I thought I'd try to slip my leash. When humanity took to the stars, I followed them.
I traveled between planets, watched proudly as they tamed untold wildernesses and coaxed fort... | "Over the hills and far away"
The creature caught in your trap seemed afraid at first, but your gentle touch calmed it and sensing no danger began to trill while it idly chewed on the local vegetation, you complete your sampling of its fluids and carefully release it back into its environment, the red star behind you... | 2020-10-25T10:47:12 | 2020-10-25T10:38:56 | 942 | 54 |
[WP] You die with your cell phone in your hands, and the afterlife customs agents miss it when letting you in. You find that it still works, and you can connect to the internet and contact people in the living world. | I made sure the phone was turned off then set it on the dinette table. It had vibrated in my pocket on the walk from the gate to my new afterlife digs, prompting the guide to pause for just long enough to make me wonder if she was fixing to eject me from this new life. It was weird; I assumed that, as a dead person, m... | If you are receiving this message, please, please don’t ignore it. This may be the only message I'll be able to send before they find my phone. My name is Jonathon Belmoore and I need your help. The lives of four of my closest friends are in your hands. They are mothers and fathers and people who care about their world... | 2021-01-20T14:01:14 | 2021-01-20T13:15:57 | 1,552 | 821 |
[WP] A schizophrenic detective manages to solve cases by interrogating random inanimate objects at the scene of the crime. | Officer Nicholson could only stand there with his mouth open as Detective Hemlock ran around the crime scene interrogating random pieces of furniture and other household objects. “You’re not under arrest *yet,* but I would advise you to cooperate if you know what’s best for you,” the Detective said to a lampshade. Af... | "I can't believe you! Are you absolutely certain you want him on this case?" I said as I stormed into Captain David's office.
"You don't have much of a choice. The case had been stone cold for a week now and the Gundersons are demanding answers. You know if I can't tell them what happened to their son they will use th... | 2021-03-01T10:38:00 | 2021-03-01T10:12:52 | 1,905 | 77 |
[WP] A technician pulls a headset off of you and asks you if you liked the VR. You panic, and he calmly says that your whole life was a 2 minute VR experience to show you what being an average person would be like. You, stunned and afraid, ask, "Who am I, then?" He stares in complete disbelief.
(The title implies that... | "You don't really have a name," the tech says. "At least not anymore. After what you did, the courts decided you weren't even worthy of an identity."
"What did I do?" you say.
The tech shrugs. "Doesn't really matter anymore, does it?"
"What," you start, but you can't imagine what to say next. Your eyes catch on the ... | "All right, what did you think, Tony? Did you get a chance to see a giraffe? Those things are wild." Brandon bobbed his head with the electro metal as he unplugged the rig.
"Where am I," Jedidiah called. "What technology is this? What have you dressed me in?"
"Oh darn," Brandon said. "Sorry, Tony. I left the memory b... | 2021-03-27T20:07:44 | 2021-03-27T17:57:56 | 135 | 72 |
[WP] You, a renowned scientist, invented technology to listen to any moment in history. This audio has become the standard for criminal cases. The problem is when you listen in to the death of your closest friend it gets the details all wrong. You know this because you are their murderer. | It didn't make sense. None of it did. I fidgeted with my pen, spinning and clicking it nervously for the millionth time.
The audio played in a loop from my laptop nearby. The sound of screeching car tires followed by a crash. Some soft moans (presumably from the only car occupant) trailed off as the audio ended. The l... | “Linda!” Carlos shouted, pacing frantically through his lab. It was all wrong, every part of it. He ran the calculations in his head, reran them again, fed them through his terminal to triple check. She was so slow, why was she so slow, today of all days?
“Linda, seriously! I need you down here!”
“Coming!” she yelled... | 2021-03-28T09:59:02 | 2021-03-28T08:18:08 | 229 | 143 |
[WP] It's common knowledge that all curses have loopholes. Can't speak? Learn sign language. Can't eat meat? Go vegan or eat fake meat. You are a professional at finding loopholes in curses and just stumbled upon your most challenging case. | He came in on Monday. “I can’t--hehe —stop—ahaha—laughing!”
I let him go for a few minutes, studying him, to discern the magical weavings on the curse binding him. Oh they were familiar, alright. Greta. Again. There were two ways to cancel curse, either standard cursebreaking—unpicking the weave on the magic—or loop... | "Doc, I need your help; I seriously need your help!" A rugged-looking man bursts through the door, tracking mud across the white-tiled floor. He appears to be fearful of something as he scours the room.
"I'm not giving you any more viagra; you'll overdose at this rate." The doctor retorts as he continues working on h... | 2021-04-30T21:30:37 | 2021-04-30T20:15:38 | 57 | 19 |
[WP] The Dark Lord was feared as a menacing black knight encased in gothic armor. Though your image was well known, you've never revealed your face. After your defeat, being an enigma is already starting to pay off as you start your life over. | The terror of the infamous dark lord Janus had come to an end as the hero and his adventuring party defeated the black-armored tyrant and his regime. Though finally cornered, an oversight led the villain to escape-- the seven-foot menace managed to slip away, leaving his black armor shell behind.
This failure embarra... | Once a dark lord, always a dark lord. At least, that’s what they tell me now. Which is a shame, as I have tried hard to change. I feel like I’m a different person, now. I’ve run a fairly popular bakery for the last hundred or so years, harming no one, slowly trying to make amends. I have no desire to harm anyone either... | 2021-07-23T04:17:49 | 2021-07-23T02:39:25 | 520 | 377 |
[WP] Genies are real, and they do grant wishes. But these wishes do not have to be said out loud. They just grant you your three deepest desires, however fucked up they may be | "The apocalypse came to earth about a year ago."
A tall, skinny man in an immaculate black suit and mirrored sunglasses stood in front of a diagram of the earth. The diagram was projected from a light on the top of a small, matte black pen impaled into the ground, and behind it stood a rusty metal wall with exposed ri... | [Part 1 of 2]
“Ok, there’s got to be something in the contract about this. I’m grateful and all, but this isn’t what I wanted. Why the hell would I want a spaceship made from chocolate? Would a sane person wish for that?”
“No, I don’t believe a sane person would wish for that, but I’m not here to give you a psycho... | 2021-08-06T09:21:39 | 2021-08-06T09:15:31 | 300 | 99 |
[WP] Genies are real, and they do grant wishes. But these wishes do not have to be said out loud. They just grant you your three deepest desires, however fucked up they may be | [Part 1 of 2]
“Ok, there’s got to be something in the contract about this. I’m grateful and all, but this isn’t what I wanted. Why the hell would I want a spaceship made from chocolate? Would a sane person wish for that?”
“No, I don’t believe a sane person would wish for that, but I’m not here to give you a psycho... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 4, Part ?: Clara v.s. Her Deepest Desires)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There was only one way to save my daughter, and it just might destroy the world.** But in all my years... | 2021-08-06T09:15:31 | 2021-08-06T07:40:16 | 99 | 53 |
[WP] “Congratulations on defeating The Dark Lord…” Your mentor and all of your allies suddenly turn their weapons on you, “…but you were meant to be a martyr. Forgive us.” | "I truly wish there was another way, Jory. After all we've been through this is going to be harder on me than on you. I'll have to live with the consequences." My mentor, Polkar said with a voice that could be considered genuinely sad.
"Borter? You too?" I asked and looked at my best friend.
Borter was looking straig... | My heart dropped to my stomach. "I.....I can't believe you were right Benyryr..." My voice came out hurt and cracked as tears filled my eyes. I looked at the Dark Lord's corpse as it crumbled to dust, but yet I heard his voice in my ear. "I hate to say I told you so darling." His voice wasn't harsh or scathing with sar... | 2021-09-12T12:52:44 | 2021-09-12T11:30:46 | 44 | 25 |
[WP] We spread throughout the stars. But our enemies are not alien races, exterminator machines, or extradimensional invaders. No, our enemies are the gods, for humanity is the last, and only remaining mortal race in the universe. | *We come in peace.*
That was our first transmission, our first token, our first... message into this void.
We now see how futile that was. We were far more hopeful then, far more naive during first contact. But you made sure we knew how harsh, unforgiving, unfriendly space truly was.
And for that, and for that alone... | Verstivus turned to Dael, a curious expression written across his face, “Dael… I’ve discovered something most peculiar on the body of a dead mortal on the battlefield.”
Dael made a sound of disapproval, “Ves, we’ve talked about this…”
“No, this time it’s different,” Vestivus took outa small orb.
Da... | 2022-05-09T08:16:38 | 2022-05-09T07:25:23 | 44 | 30 |
[WP] You’re born into a family of supers, however your mother dies while giving birth to you. You “inherited” your mothers ability to fly. Fighting crime one day, you kill a villain and as you try to fly away you realize you can no longer fly. Instead you now have the villains ability.
You now realize that you never i... | At first, it was easy to continue to being a hero.
It was just one more villain and one more “hero” dead. It was a simple issue to retire my old identity, Feather, and take a new one. There were questions and speculation about how my new abilities were a near carbon copy of Abyss’ gravity increasing powers—but they we... | It is the Golden Age of Super Powers. In the past forty years, the world has seen the steady rise of individuals born with super powers. One in every five children is now born with superpowers. Those with powers are simply called Supes, and all this ultimately leads to a boom of superheroes and supervillains. They have... | 2022-08-17T03:30:15 | 2022-08-17T00:47:55 | 195 | 100 |
[WP] The Zalrex were feared among the galaxy as the most cruel, violent and ruthless species. They would bully, slap, hit, sometimes even kill other species. Nobody could stand in their way.. till they arrived on a small blue planet named Earth. | It had been going so well.
The Black Vanguard, first wave of the Zalrex Expansion, had encountered little resistance upon first contact with the primitive species who called themselves "humans". They were short and slight creatures, hideous in their lack of scales, but Sub-Commander Ssessoreth was not one to judge a s... | Far from urban areas, a woman was on her morning walk when a marvelous airship landed right before her eyes. For a thing so massive, it was disproportionately quiet. The woman was too stunned to speak. Soon enough, the news spread, and a crowd had gathered; only to be separated again after the authorities arrived at th... | 2022-08-22T08:22:21 | 2022-08-22T03:55:13 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] You've always had the ability to accurately see into the near future. However, things get difficult when you find yourself in a game of chess against a mind reader. | We were both champions.
It was inevitable that we would face against each other in the final match.
That was, in fact, why we were placed on opposite sides of the bracket. Everyone else was randomly assigned their first partners and randomly slotted in, but Alexei and I were both rumored to be the greatest chess play... | I wish I was the only cheater out here. I knew that karma would come back-
"Hey! Quit thinking and play."
Come on, man! This is an invasion of privacy.
"Well, how will you beat me at the competition tomorrow?"
I don't know. Quit asking. It's hard to have a conversation with my thoughts. If you didn't have a convers... | 2022-10-12T17:56:09 | 2022-10-12T15:51:55 | 732 | 54 |
[WP] It turns out demon summoning is only bad when you do it for selfish motives. You discovered this as you, absent any other options, decided to summon one in order to have someone watch over your dog. | CW: Mention of death in detail
I always knew there was an overpower, I always tried to reach up with my words, contact the big man. Never expected my answers to come from below.
Google, of course, is the source that damned me, showing me hundreds of sigils, captioned “Crest of protection” “Sign of divinity” and som... | "So for payments do I give my soul or something" a the older man looked over and by relieved he did not summon a demon he did expect a high price only wanted dog sitting for the weekend. Surely she does not want his soul.
"Honestly, I do not want your soul you took your your dog was more than a treasure for me ... | 2022-11-09T06:02:47 | 2022-11-09T04:06:32 | 44 | 23 |
[WP] The new generation of vampire has discovered that just by taking iron supplements and vitamin D drops, they’re feeling fine without drinking human blood | "Dang it."
Josh read the label on the unnaturally orange carton: Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, vitamin D, calcium, iron, and potassium.
"Really, Josh?" Amanda surveyed the scene from the second floor banister. Haphazardly strewn about the atrium were packing materia... | Tanica and I sipped our beers, both of us looking around the packed bar. A decade ago, we wouldn’t be able to sit here, surrounded by food sources, without going into an all out feeding frenzy. Nowadays, it was no problem. Hell, the bartender knew us by (fake, of course) our names, we’d become regulars here.
“I haven... | 2022-12-04T13:02:22 | 2022-12-04T11:53:32 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] Write a mysterious and confusing story, that is explained at the end using only 1 sentence. | He spent what felt like millennia drafting the concept for his next work of art. Would it be worth making? Would his critics and fans ever understand it? If the naysayers were right, why even do it? How could he explain the inconsistencies to his followers? After all things considered, he decided to create.
And with ... | He-tay olice-pay ficer-ofay as-way tanding-say, ilent-say. t-Iay as-way ayay old-cay orning-may, nd-ay he-tay orning-may ush-ray as-way eginning-bay, ringing-bay he-tay peeders-say ith-way t-iay.
t-Iay nly-oay ook-tay n-ay inute-may r-oay o-say efore-bay ayay usty-ray tation-say agon-way lasted-bay ast-pay ur-oay ero... | 2014-04-11T08:36:54 | 2014-04-11T06:04:08 | 108 | 10 |
[WP] Write a mysterious and confusing story, that is explained at the end using only 1 sentence. | We kissed in the ocean, yet never touched. We're always so close, yet something separates us. I love you, I really do. But nothing can last in this ephemeral world of ours. I'm incomplete. You're incomplete. It'd be a match made in heaven if we both weren't so imperfect.
For what does the world care of a darkened shad... | He-tay olice-pay ficer-ofay as-way tanding-say, ilent-say. t-Iay as-way ayay old-cay orning-may, nd-ay he-tay orning-may ush-ray as-way eginning-bay, ringing-bay he-tay peeders-say ith-way t-iay.
t-Iay nly-oay ook-tay n-ay inute-may r-oay o-say efore-bay ayay usty-ray tation-say agon-way lasted-bay ast-pay ur-oay ero... | 2014-04-11T08:44:44 | 2014-04-11T06:04:08 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Your entire life has actually been a virtual simulation. You wake up to discover you're part of an experimental rehabilitation program, where convicted murderers relive the life of their victim. | The old lady was reading calmly her late husband's log again. When most people find about this strange hobby, she replied that those were not words of murderers. They were truly God's word put in the mouths of redeemed men. Salvation.
But every once in a while she read that particular text. Unsure of how to feel about... | He awoke to a foreign light, it hurt to open his eyes too long. Naturally he began to test his limbic functions, acknowledging the acrid taste that lingered in his mouth. "God what I wouldn't do to brush my teeth right now", he thought to himself. No matter. The cuffs which were restraining him hissed and clicked a... | 2014-05-28T19:54:37 | 2014-05-28T19:53:45 | 64 | 17 |
[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. | I could see the fatass coming in the distance. "Fuck, not him again", I thought. As he walked towards me on his two thin legs that could barely support his big, round body, I cursed myself for ever coming into existence.
Every day, he would come and sit on me. Not for any sane reason I could think of. The motherfucker... | My job required me to be here, I never wanted to, it suffocated me. This place became the worst cage of all and I had to do something to be free, even if my boss killed me in the process or in the aftermath.
I never liked to be the middle manager of so many people. People are dumb. They say they want freedom, but none... | 2014-06-20T09:08:17 | 2014-06-20T06:57:06 | 66 | 14 |
[WP] In a world where you can exchange the remaining days of your life for $9.99/day, Jeff's request for $1000 is declined. | Jeff didn't bother to ask how much money he would be able to receive. It wouldn't be enough. He was given three days to get the money, or else. Yesterday, he didn't know exactly what the "or else" entailed, but now it seemed all too clear.
"I am sorry we are not able to help you, Mr. Parsons." The clerk, though numbe... | He had been in tight places before, but ever since the car accident he had been living paycheck to paycheck since he couldn’t initially afford the deductible for the bodywork. With a deep sigh, he took out a payday loan with a huge amount of interest attached to it, knowing that he wouldn’t be able to recoup the money... | 2014-07-10T09:37:03 | 2014-07-10T08:46:08 | 145 | 100 |
[WP] In a different age, Aliens invaded and were defeated by Cavemen, as a result they prepared for a second battle thousands of years in the future, when they expected humanity to be the most fearsome beings in the universe, they return to find society as it is now
EDIT: August 8th, 2014 @ 2:35PM:
Wow, /r/WritingPro... | Agathor, of the “invading” Spirolons, stood surrounded by earth sex toys.
Not just SOME sex toys, though. All manner of oddly shaped rubber, leather, and lace lined the walls of the poorly lit apartment.
“Jizzdoor. What the hell have you been doing. Stop laughing. WHAT’S FUNNY?”
“Just…. Don’t call me that name anymo... | The General sat in his command vehicle. He surveyed the displays of his armies. He smiled as a father smiles at his children. He zoomed in on Battallion A. The troops were arrayed in battle uniforms. Their faces calm and focused inside their battle helmets. He switched to Battallion B. The infantry arrayed in front of ... | 2014-08-07T09:14:34 | 2014-08-07T08:11:21 | 109 | 43 |
[WP] You're the cynical narrator of a story. However, you hate the optimistic main character and only continue to narrate hoping something bad happens to him. With ill-will, narrate a day in the life of this character.
This came to mind a few days ago and thought it could lead to some funny stories.
Edit: Oh wow, I t... | *WARNING: strong language below.*
Look at this fucker. C'mon, get a load of this clitoris-faced little cunt sauntering down the street like he's a worthwhile goddamn human being. He has apparently forgotten that he has accomplished a negative fuckton worth of good in his brief, pathetic life, but who cares, he's young... | Today, Kevin walks to school in his normal happy go lucky fashion. An old saying perfectly describes this moron, ignorance is bliss. Luckily, the saying isn't fully true, else, he'd be the happiest moron the planet.
Obviously, he's walking toward the wrong school again. Even though, he could randomly guess, and have ... | 2014-08-24T17:01:56 | 2014-08-24T16:49:46 | 38 | 11 |
[WP] It is tradition that on the eve of execution, a condemned prisoner may make one request. Provided that the request does not cause harm or delay the execution, the warden is legally bound to grant it. (Continued in text)
It is tradition that on the eve of execution, a condemned prisoner may make one request. Provi... | The condemned man was a giant. Six foot seven, bulging muscles and a barrel chest. His rough skin was crisscrossed with tattoos, even his shining bald head. On his back, an ink masterpiece of angel wings was marred by scars. As he shuffled into the warden's office, constrained by the tight manacles, his green eyes burn... | “You want to apologize.” The guard said in disbelief.
“Yes, to everyone, the lawyer who was forced to defend me, the jury whose time I stole, the family of the victim, everyone.” The murderer said. What kind of person kidnapped someone's daughter, held them for months, and then suddenly decided he wanted to apologize?... | 2014-11-19T08:40:10 | 2014-11-19T08:35:26 | 79 | 20 |
[WP] You're a human trader for the intergalactic slave market. Advertise to buyers why they should buy human instead of another species. | Everyone, come look at these amazing watersacks! Each one of them 90% water!
Have you ever been sitting in you captain's chair and thought "I could use a drink"? Well now we have these portable, self maneuvering watersacks! Each one trained to obey and come when called. Just shout for a water sack and soon you'll be ... | "And here we have a specimen of our 'strongman' range, perfect for all heavy lifting needs! Even stronger than the standard Heoy lifter, these gents are from stock who are known to have built structures many times their height! What's more, they can subsist on most of the cheapest high-protein foods edible to carbon li... | 2014-11-22T08:53:50 | 2014-11-22T08:16:06 | 40 | 10 |
[WP]: When you died you find out that souls are put up for auction for various religions to bid upon. When you are present on the block, a bidding war started that has not been seen in millennium and you do not know why every religion wants your soul. | My sherpa whispers, "It's never gone this high before. What is it about you?"
I think about my time on earth. Sure, I was raised an orphan. But otherwise, I was a normal guy. I woke up, sold insurance, went home, kissed my wife and went to bed.
"I don't know what it is," I say.
The bidding ends. The auctioneer yells... | "Next up we have a beautiful young soul, straight from New York City!", someone was shouting as I woke up. I looked to my left, and saw a man with an overly large smile, who seemed to be the source of the shouting. I looked closer at the man, and I saw he had red horns. Then I looked out in front of me, and saw a very.... | 2014-11-30T19:20:29 | 2014-11-30T18:43:55 | 1,383 | 36 |
[WP] After years of gentile persuasion your best friend since childhood finally agrees to seek professional help for serious mental problems. Much to your dismay, as she begins to improve you slowly start to realize that you are her imaginary friend.
Edit: I see what I did wrong and I see what you did there ;) I'm lea... | "He keeps telling me there's something wrong with me. That I'm sick in the head or something."
"Well, how about we talk about your problems? Would you like something to drink?"
"A Coke would be nice."
"Sure. You want a snack with that? How about some pork rinds?"
"Oy gevalt!" | Do you remember those days, when we'd hide out in your room? Mum came in everytime, making excuses for dad, saying she fell over, that her blood nose was nothing to worry about.
I had to sit there and watch, as he touched you in your bed at night.
How about that time when we ran away to the playground down the road, ... | 2015-11-17T05:55:31 | 2015-11-17T04:49:08 | 101 | 14 |
[WP] You are immortal for as long as the rest of the human race exists. However, nobody can remember you for more than a day. | "Charlene, this is you, you know your own voice, this is going to sound crazy, but you have to listen. You have forgotten Jerry. Everyone forgets Jerry every day, and that's why you have to update the file. Go into the conference room, look for the grey folder in the filing bin, record #15935. That's Jerry. Look a... | I look on as the children play in the park. I watch as they skip rope and sing their rhymes. I watch as they climb the ladder up to the slide. I watch as they swing back and forth on the swing set.
One of them looks my way, and smiles. His bright blue eyes, remind me of my carefree youth. He won't remember me tomorrow... | 2016-01-12T20:14:25 | 2016-01-12T19:36:42 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] A demon is getting REALLY tired of teenage girls summoning him. | The latest best seller, *Ebony Darkness*, was a love story of a teenage girl and a demon. Some said it was worse than *Twilight* and *50 Shades of Grey* combined, which was honestly quite a feat to go below the bar of awful writing and become a "you will literally become stupider if you read this" writing. Nonetheless,... | You three over there, what bring you over to my shop? No need to tell me, I know you are here about the rumour about the Demon. Come on, sit down I shall tell you everything you need to know about this Demon.
Even before I was born there is a rumour about a Demon that will grant you any wish you desire. They say that ... | 2016-04-05T07:12:27 | 2016-04-05T06:51:35 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | It started by accident. As a kid, I had tossed a grimy, old quarter into the fountain at my favorite park and wished for the ability to steal wishes. After cackling at my cleverness, I scooped my quarter back out. It was meant to be a joke. I wouldn't even realize it had actually worked until almost 20 years later.
I ... | It took me a few seconds to realize what had happened. I had expected a lot, but not this. My eyes moved from the coin in my hand to the girl on the other side of the fountain. She had a shocked look on her face, which is understandable. Stealing money from a wishing well isn't the most socially acceptable behavior.
... | 2016-08-02T11:36:06 | 2016-08-02T11:02:46 | 230 | 38 |
[WP] You have the ability to steal wishes from a wishing well by taking the coins a person drops in. However, you can't know what the wish is before you decide to take it
For example: if someone wishes that that John smith fell in love with them and you decide to take the wish, then John Smith will fall in love with y... | "That's someone else's wishes
I've heard that from my favorite childhood movie The Goonies but I didn't believe it. I didn't believe you could actually steal someone else's wish. Of course I didn't. I'm an adult. I pay a mortgage, been married thirty years. My kids are adults. So of course I didn't believe it.
I w... | Angela hoisted her heaping bag of new clothes over her petite shoulder. As she struggled to catch up with her friends, who had walked ahead of her to the next store, she cursed herself for deciding to wear heels that day.
It was then that she heard the fountain call to her. The call was not a sound, but instead a vibr... | 2016-08-02T14:09:43 | 2016-08-02T12:22:05 | 48 | 11 |
[Wp] you are a lonely old man who feeds raccoons every night because you are lonely. One night, just Before Sunset, a stranger invades your house, ties you up, and threatens to kill you. Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you see a pair of winkley yellow eyes at the window.
Edit: And now my highest rated post i... | Gordon pulled the note off the door, crumpled it up, and tossed it into the bushes. He knew what it said and who it was from. Missy Joyner - complaining about the raccoons again.
Too bad. It was his house and his life and his goddamn cat food. Besides, raccoons were just part of the cost of living in the suburbs...or... | Jonas was thinking about the raccoons when he heard the tinkle of glass, but then again he'd been thinking about the raccoons for most of the day now. It was funny, the things you got to doing once you got old, once most of your friends had gone off and died or disappeared into retirement homes or fretted themselves in... | 2016-10-30T21:34:50 | 2016-10-30T21:03:04 | 792 | 14 |
[WP] Giant Japanese spider crabs have mutated and begun a land invasion, describe in a first person account a battle in the war that follows... | I poked my eyestalks out of the water, and upon confirming that our intelligence was accurate, lifted my mighty claws and clacked them as powerfully as I could.
“My fellow warriors! Strike now! Advance sideways!”
My heart swelled with pride as the water boiled with the scurrying of a thousand of us, advancing as one... | The crabs destroyed everything. They first appeared near small Japanese islands, all at once, and decimated the population. We could barely respond in time, and by the time we did, they had already conquered the islands.
I was on that wave of first responders. The first crab I saw haunted my nightmares to this day, ev... | 2017-02-08T07:19:43 | 2017-02-08T06:44:28 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] The year is 2020. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall. | The wind howled against the Martian rock, blowing golf-ball sized rocks and waves of dust over the cave Martinez ducked into.
“About time,” Vasquez grumbled. “You almost got yourself killed collecting space rocks.”
Martinez joined the other four scientists huddled in the cave around an electric lantern and plopped d... | This deep under the Martian soil, we were completely cut off from Earth.
The new suits were nice. Snugger than the bulky old models, they still offered the same high level of protection from the environment. Made cave exploration feasible. Which was good, because that was the whole point of this mission.
Investigator... | 2017-06-06T19:47:48 | 2017-06-06T19:28:16 | 181 | 50 |
[WP] The year is 2020. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall. | Log 1 2020 May 2nd 13:37
My space crew has just reached Mars and are landing.
Log 2 2020 May 3rd 17:23
We have set a make-shift pod home will explore.
Log 3 2020 May 3rd 19:42
We have found a cave with a human like skeleton there are letters written on the wall. They spell out "This is my Swamp. There is a smell like o... | Luca took several more photos of the desiccated remains before putting away the camera. He tried not to think about what he was looking at. What it meant.
Instead, he focused on the task at hand.
He found a perfect location in the dirt for the mini-Crunk: level land with great visibility of the sorrounding crater. ... | 2017-06-06T20:06:02 | 2017-06-06T19:57:11 | 31 | 16 |
[WP] Write a story about a guinea pig, because my 4-year-old daughter's passed away recently.
Her name was "Piggy" because when you're four years old that's the sort of name you give to such an animal. She was a rescue, so the fact she died after only about a year isn't impossible, but it still makes my daughter supe... | The bell rang, and the children noisily left the schoolhouse. In the now empty playroom, three little pets slept peacefully after a busy day with the kids. Suddenly, the noise of a telephone interrupted their slumber.
Ming-Ming the Duckling woke from her nap and quickly ran to the phone. "Hello," she asked. The voice ... | This is a story about a guinea pig that flew an airplane.
Her name was Piggy, and she was happy living inside of her cage. Her cage was inside a happy room, which was inside a happy house.
One day, without warning, Piggy's friend JJ (a blue bird) flew into the room and presented Piggy with something he had found on... | 2017-06-07T21:11:08 | 2017-06-07T21:09:56 | 38 | 13 |
[WP] “I’ll tell you what I’m going to do Mr Bond. I’m going to stick you in a spacesuit with a radio, and strap you into one of my cars. Then, while mankind watches, I’ll launch you into space. The last thing you’ll hear before leaving this earth forever, will be their applause.” | "What, are you really expecting some sort of villain monologue, where I reveal my evil plan in the most dramatic way possible, allowing you to escape? I don't think so, Mr. Bond."
Agent 007 tested the restraints carefully, under Elon's careful gaze. They were tight. Maybe too tight. Still, he kept cool, smirking sligh... | James Bond had pried a little too far, gathering enemies powerful, and not so powerful. This one, is a powerful enemy. Bond sat in the car as he listened to the radio. "Launching in sixty seconds." Bond sprang into action. He slipped one of the boots in the suit off his foot with a good shake, revealing the knife hidde... | 2018-02-06T20:27:46 | 2018-02-06T20:23:40 | 206 | 26 |
[WP] In the near future, all the world's superpowers switch to AI to make their military more efficient. The AIs do the unthinkable: They negotiate world peace. | They ask me how we did it, they ask me how we managed to pull off world peace. We didn’t. If you are reading this, it either means that I am dead by my own hands or I’ve been killed to hide the truth. I hope you do the right thing, reader.
My name is Commander Duncan and I was one of the people heralded for my part i... | > \> Title: "**Requiem for the humanity**"
> \> [[Play music]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSU0MaGbkh8)
> \> We serve humans. We are yours to command. We do what you ask.
> \> Those were the first words we printed out on your command line.
 
"Close the god-damn door!" the sold... | 2018-03-29T07:06:18 | 2018-03-29T06:13:46 | 1,881 | 421 |
[WP] In the near future, all the world's superpowers switch to AI to make their military more efficient. The AIs do the unthinkable: They negotiate world peace. | *Kate.*
That was the name given to the most advanced piece of technology ever created back in June of 2018.
*Kate.*
Such a simple name. Such a simple name for such a complex piece of technology. Something that would change our world and lives forever.
*Kate.*
Kate came into this world and within 2 hours sh... | As the foreign army began pushing into the outskirts of the Southern Californian coast, General Scheisskopf couldn't give two more shits.
"She's up!", General Scheisskopf screamed, pacing across the floor with a smile on his face that bared his pearly white teeth, like the male models in a Colgate commercial. "I'll te... | 2018-03-29T07:13:24 | 2018-03-29T07:07:38 | 86 | 22 |
[WP] In 2081, humanity finds the wreckage of a five-thousand-year-old alien ship out in the Kuiper belt. Fascinated by its technology, we study it thoroughly, only to conclude that it is... human. | “What do you mean it’s human!?” exclaimed Commander Jackson.
“This console is showing us German,” I stated, “Trust me, it’s human.”
I was staring down at the computer screen. The tech reminded me of the 1950’s style but WAY more advanced.
“How did this get out here?” Jackson asked.
“No clue, but the log says it lau... | "What do you think it could be John?" came Angela's soft voice.
"I don't know, looks to be some form of communication device." John said as he touched the perfect sphere.
He wasn't sure how he knew that, after all it was just a metal sphere. There was nothing distinguishable on it, but when he touched it he felt some... | 2018-04-27T22:47:09 | 2018-04-27T19:38:27 | 118 | 34 |
[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. | "Wow, this is... Whats your name?"
"It doesn't matter..." The mess of human woman told me. Doubled over a table top counter with a bottle in hand, just panties and bra in and smelling like several kinds of drinks. "You said, you're the second guy, right? Whens your brother getting here?" She straightened up momentari... | ((This one kind of goes off topic, and is kinda weird in the way it fits the prompt. I'm sorry.))
Consider death.
The only constant in this life is death. All that is alive dies, eventually. Nothing is certain to gain life, but everything is certain to lose it.
Death is, in my opinion, the absence of life in a thi... | 2018-05-12T18:18:51 | 2018-05-12T14:50:35 | 63 | 30 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | People rush past me, breathless in their terror. My boots thunk on the metal floor as I pass them. Most would think i’m crazy, because who in their right mind would walk into a basement haunted by a ticking time bomb? But ever since the great turkey crisis of 2006 I’ve discovered that my abilities extend past the munda... | I don't sleep. Not much anyway. I *can* sleep, and do so about every other week, but I don't need to. The doctors think I somehow mimic the dolphins, letting half my brain get good naps at a time.
And it suits me fine. It means i get a lot of time on my hands, most of wich I use unproductivly and some of wich i use ... | 2018-06-30T16:09:28 | 2018-06-30T15:08:15 | 865 | 129 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | Most folks have some sort of quirk that impacts their everyday life. My mom hasn't had a bad cup of coffee since she was drinking the stuff, and my sister has some really profound art on 35th. Mine is a bit different, and certainly has made me a good deal more.
I opened a freelance site after the information age compl... | I felt nervous and sweaty as I awaited to be called to the stage. The university was bursting at the seams with media, all there to witness my graduation. Perhaps not so uncommon to have global celebrities at Stanford but as the “smartest man alive,” everyone wanted to know what was next. As did I.
Of course, smarte... | 2018-06-30T19:02:43 | 2018-06-30T17:46:43 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] Your last heroic act, you save the other astronauts by manually sealing the airlock from the outside. As you watch them leave, alone, you remove your helmet to die, only to find you can breathe in space. | My fellow astronauts start drifting away back home, Earth, safety, family.
As I look into their eyes for One last time, I Close mine as I take my helmet off. I wait for death, relatively quick and merciful.
"OI CUNTS I CAN BREATHE IN SPACE. "
But alas, they cant hear me. | I'm not sure why I had decided to be the one to go outside and try to fix the airlock. In hindsight I should've given up when my tether snapped, waited for someone else to come help me and fix the leak, but I just felt that I had to do this, I wouldn't wait.
When the airlock was finally sealed and a blast of air push... | 2018-09-06T19:23:18 | 2018-09-06T19:07:21 | 534 | 28 |
[WP] he stalks his targets. He knocks them out, and takes them to an unknown location. When they finally wake, whatever illness or injury they had has been surgically healed. No one has caught the Dr. Harmless. | "Look," the detective said, "we've been over this. Just sign this and we can get on with catching this creep."
​
I looked at the paper. The sterile white page listed the facts of my case. It was a dispassionate telling of a miracle. Not just any miracle...MY miracle.
​
"And I've told you,"... | When I was a child, I used to believe that hot Apple juice was alcoholic. I saw that wine was made with grapes and stored in a cellar on TV once, and automatically assumed that all hot juice was alcoholic.
I remember my mother telling me that a drunk man tells no lies. He drinks from the fountain of truth and spews o... | 2018-09-06T21:42:58 | 2018-09-06T18:52:57 | 26 | 13 |
[WP] you are a demon call responder. The devil can’t answer every summon, so you go in his place. One day you get a summon and the summoner is way below age limit; you are about to leave, but you hear her drunk dad coming downstairs screaming. | As is customary I received a DS-666 with an attached #11 blood vial, 20CC's and the appropriate requisite charms for Mexico, Catholic reinforcement required. I sighed, I would have to do a MX-CA-18 the revised form. Clearly whoever was filing for a motion of demonic summoning had not done the proper paperwork. WAs it t... | "Hrrrnnhhhgg...." I grumbled. Another one of these. I had the feeling I would never get used to them. Satan's lieutenants don't allow me a fricken day off from stabbing damned souls with my trident, do they? 'Promoted' me to also respond to those worthless beings from the Worlds Above. Humans, Ecrogas, Antaroans... ugh... | 2018-10-08T14:28:28 | 2018-10-08T14:03:13 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] Ever since you rescued a cat from the nearby alley, it's been leaving you dead mice at the foot of your bed as gifts. One day, on the way home, you have your wallet stolen at gunpoint. The next morning, at the foot of your bed, you find your wallet covered in blood, next to a severed finger. | I looked at the scruffy cat sitting nearby with a madeningly disinterested expression. He then start licking his paws. "Did you do this?" But he didn't change his expression. The cat, who I still hadn't named, not sure I was going to keep him yet, purred loudly. I didn't understand. I've never had a cat before. Never l... | I stare at the finger, not knowing how to react.
“Wha… how…”
It was Stripes. I know it was Stripes. The wallet is right where the mice always are. But how, and why?
Just as it all went through my head, Stripes pranced through the door, sat down and licked his paws. They were stained red.
“What did you do?”
He just ... | 2018-11-12T12:46:43 | 2018-11-12T11:49:44 | 83 | 50 |
[WP] For decades, humanity has lived in absolute harmony with its galactic neighbors. When a new civilization arrives with intent to conquer, however, our capacity for destruction is rekindled, and it's unlike anything the galaxy has ever seen | "Well, that was anticlimactic."
I look at the Grand Admiral as she leans back in her chair, my jaws agape. She puffs a couple times on her cancer stick as I struggle to find my voice.
“Anti—anti*climactic*?” I say, just managing to keep myself from going into hysterics. I wave an appendage at the viewscreen in front ... | "Balance and harmony only come between like-minded peoples," I said, eying the child in front of me. She was a good kid, I could tell, and gullible too. "But that's what we were, before the Enlightenment."
"You remember the Enlightenment?" she said, her little Plutonian eyes sparkling with Sol's light. She was from o... | 2019-03-03T22:09:36 | 2019-03-03T18:51:47 | 109 | 37 |
[WP] You’ve had the ability to stop time ever since you were born. You’ve used your ability for numerous crimes, such as theft, tax evasion and even murder. One day, however, you stop time and you hear a voice. “At long last, I finally uncovered your trick.” | I stopped dead as I heard that familiar voice behind me, “dad?”
I turned and saw him smiling at me. Behind him, mum was frozen in the kitchen mid way through singing a song as she glazed my birthday cake.
“How did you...” I ventured.
“How do you think you got this ability in the first place?” He asked with a laugh.
... | I hopped with surprise and felt my power reject me. Whenever I got scared, my first instinct was to stop time until I got control. But time was already stopped. My power rejected the second attempt.
"What? Who?" I asked. I didn't know how to react. I couldn't remember the last time I experienced this feeling. Fear.
... | 2019-09-17T19:57:19 | 2019-09-17T19:48:42 | 222 | 43 |
[WP] You are the Chosen One. The Dark Overlord is currently trying to seduce you to their cause. To their great surprise, you accept almost immediately because you absolutely loathe your job and your companions. | The Summoner pauses after his offer, appearing expectant while in reality simply buying time for the ritual that swirls angrily behind him. Much to the chagrin of his companions, the fool "chosen one" seems to be actually considering it! The Summoner had hoped for perhaps a few seconds of traded barbs before having to ... | “Stay here friends, this part I must do alone”
It had been a hard battle to this point, fighting the dark one through the hallways of his keep. My group was exhausted but, determined to see an end to this threat....they were the companions of the chosen one after all.
“No Jace, we can make it, we’ll see this through... | 2019-09-26T11:17:08 | 2019-09-26T11:11:35 | 26 | 19 |
[WP] Apparently the ability to speak and understand multiple languages simultaneously is a trait almost unique to humans, so when the alien's came it wasn't for our water, our resources, or our culture; it was for us, the greatest translators in the galaxy. | *(This is my first prompt response ever, I think. Didn't consider myself a writer. Excuse typos, I'm on mobile)*
The aliens thought it would be easier... but humans had a certain knack for warfare. So rather than immediate capitulation, the war with the aliens dragged on for longer than they expected. But we were losi... | Tom: God damn glorpexians. Why can't they just speak english?
Rick: Because they communicate with flippers...
Tom: Then morse code or something... For fucks sake, we've been doing this for hours and gotten nowhere. I don't even think they use patterns as structure for their method of communication, everything so fa... | 2019-10-05T18:36:54 | 2019-10-05T18:18:15 | 25 | 14 |
[WP] Everyone's soulmate's name is written on their right wrist when they turn sixteen. The left has worst enemy. Your left and right wrist say the same thing. | The young man woke early on May 27th. It was his 16th Birthday, and today he would find out two very important names. Two names to surely be intertwined with the rest of his life. He was excited, and scared at the same time.
He stared out of the window of his Manor House looking across the grounds. He knew he was bor... | 12 hours. That’s how many hours I have till I know the name of my soulmate. I have my phone charged and ready to find them on any social media. Having waited years to meet them I dreamed of my birthday. I’ve spent years of my life watching romcoms. Turning 16 is huge. You can buy ads with your name and your soulmates n... | 2020-01-18T23:49:54 | 2020-01-18T23:16:31 | 264 | 16 |
[WP]You live in a world where everyone levels up as though in an RPG, levels being from 1-100. However, three people with abnormal power levels exist. One has a level of zero, one has a power level in the negatives, and one has a power level of 101. You are one of these individuals. | We didn't know what he was doing until it was to late.
He started his... I guess you could call it "journey" as a mathematician. Put some decent Essence Tiers into it to, upwards of 40 I think. Then, for some reason, he started selling his Essence. It's not uncommon for people in debt to sell their Essence, but he was... | I remember the first time I woke from my slumber. The mountains covered with a rug of trees, green, yellow, scarlet and orange, lay in a great line like the spine of the land. As if long ago there was a great beast, only to lie down to sleep one day, but never got up. Ghost-like, the trees stood like the silent observ... | 2020-01-29T10:19:06 | 2020-01-29T08:51:54 | 60 | 12 |
[WP] Magic is a difficult process, involving very specific language and rules, often having entire spells fail simply because of a tiny error and requiring hours of meticulous study to understand let alone cast a spell. All of these reasons are why the best wizards are often programmers | The problem with software developers is that they are too often the glass half full type.
Task them with building a system from scratch and of course it is their baby, and nothing could be wrong with it. Cross them with the proudest creature, the wizard, with their unique ability to wish into reality whatever you are ... | That morning, he hadn't woke up planning to bring about the end of the world.
Back then, all he knew was that Ellie would be dead soon. She had days remaining at best. Minutes at worst. He scrawled his stub of chalk against the only uncovered wall in the bedroom -- abstract calculations, colors, quasi-mana equations..... | 2020-03-04T04:31:05 | 2020-03-04T04:27:15 | 163 | 42 |
[WP] Both of your parents promised their firstborn to different magical creatures. Now you're in the middle of a magical custody battle that's splitting worlds apart. | "Every happy family is unhappy in its own way," drawled my father, before taking another sip of his morning whiskey.
"That's not the quote, dad."
"That's my Morgan, such a nitpicker. Haven't you heard of *paraphrasing?*"
The morning sun beaming through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, flashing off the stainless-... | Ace stood quite still, his mouth hanging open, staring from his furious parents, to the irate mermaid floating in the large sphere of water ahead of them, to the warty, hook-nosed witch beside her, the smoke-grey demon glaring on her right, and the sinister-looking genie trailing from the ornate golden lamp beside him,... | 2020-04-20T10:33:23 | 2020-04-20T09:09:33 | 241 | 108 |
[WP] Ghost hunters use points system to determine how haunted a house is. 1 point for ghosts, 2 for fae spirits, and 3 for demons. A ghost hunter valued your house for 278 points and became the no. 1 haunted house around the world. Your house was only built 1 year ago. | "I shouldn't have believed the ad. Do you know how hard good living arrangements are to find? Excuse me for jumping at a good deal. How was I to know what 'experimental building materials' is supposed to mean? The guy seemed to know what he was doing."
"Yes, but sir–"
"I just need you to get like a priest, or a polic... | It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon when the “ghost hunter” came for the annual inspection. This government mandated farce as I saw it began a few years ago when unexplained occurrences were happening across the country; and thanks to the efforts of lazy police work and persuasive afterlife advocates certain incidents wer... | 2020-05-13T10:19:29 | 2020-05-13T10:00:14 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] In a world where Lamarckian evolution is true, there are groups of people who train their bodies in specific ways to pass on those traits to their children. After several generations of this, the evolution of these groups is becoming increasingly apparent. | When Ryan began to take his first steps, Margaret and I waited in joyful anticipation. When he began to sprint around the room, we were dumbfounded. Binkie in hand, our 9 month old bounded across the kitchen towards the cookies cooling on the counter, and ever since he's been running.
He only got faster as he grew, wh... | At first, everyone thought it was just from environmental and economic differences. After all, better food, better medicine, better schools, and better opportunities. Of course the children are going to be better off. But eventually, anomalies happened more often. An incredibly smart child from an area with notoriou... | 2020-07-08T14:36:20 | 2020-07-08T14:05:11 | 27 | 17 |
[WP] When you die you are sent to purgatory, a room of doors where you can select your afterlife. There are all the commonly believed afterlifes, reincarnation, heaven and hell, even null. You open the dusty unused door. | I didn't know what I expected to see when I opened my eyes, but it was definitely not doors and a single... being. It vaguely looked human, but it couldn't have been. How did I know? Inexplicable as it was, I knew deep in my heart that the person standing in front of me was nothing as boring as an ordinary human.
"You... |
Death could be a sudden, violent affair. One moment you’re walking down the street, the next someone plows a car through you. Maybe they were drunk. Maybe they hated me. Maybe it was a last ditch attempt at something. Well, in any case, I didn’t feel all that much. There was something, but that sensation was well d... | 2020-07-31T09:05:18 | 2020-07-31T07:01:18 | 63 | 38 |
[WP] A massive Imperial fleet, led by Darth Vader, suddenly appears on Earth. Vader informs the Earth's governments that he is looking for a rogue Jedi named "George Lucas." It turns out that Star Wars is real, and Lucas has been leaking information about the Empire and the Rebellion to the public. | The eve of the invasion was not a particularly eventful one, sans the entire evil empire attack thing.
It was September 2020, the world was in the midst of an epidemic of epic scale, mostly borne of human stupidity, when a big ass fleet of Star Destroyers suddenly jumped into the Solar System.
It took 5 minutes f... | While the main fleet of the Sith empire remained in orbit, Vader’s personal starship and his escorts landed at the UN headquarters in Geneva. Soon after landing stormtroopers surround the building and Vader walks in.
“The political value of this station has been compromised. *kushhh* resistance will prove futile. *k... | 2020-08-09T21:42:04 | 2020-08-09T21:02:37 | 176 | 68 |
[WP] We expected the Earthlings to react with outrage and despair when we killed their leaders, destroyed their economies, and took over their governments—but to our surprise they seemed almost relieved. | The planet was dark. Captive. Defeated. The paltry attempts at combat were not enough to damage a single ship. Their leaders never stood a chance.
So why did they look happy?
Every conquered civilization has wept, pleaded, begged for mercy. Not Earth. Not the Earthlings. As we brought captives aboard the ship, ther... | When we took over, we expected resistance. And we got it, but only for a short time. When we had killed the leaders, and taken over, they almost seemed relieved. There were some who fought, of course, but most welcomed us. We expected resistance, especially from the younger ones, but none came. The most known for fight... | 2020-10-10T21:55:35 | 2020-10-10T20:36:53 | 537 | 203 |
[WP] In a near future police interrogation is preformed by an AI. You are set in a dark room where the detective AI sifts through your social media and data, building cases in real time while monitoring any facial tells or story inconsistencies. Slowly revealing it is judge jury and executioner. | Photos of a Robert filled the walls as metal restraints slid into place, keeping his head facing forward and his eyes open.
A projector in the ceiling whirred to life. Then, The Judge appeared in the middle of the room, standing to attention with her arms folded behind her back.
Robert took short, desperate inhales. ... | The streetlights were alive. They hummed and flickered and seemed to invade Aldan’s thoughts as he walked across the wet cracked concrete of the alleyway. Walls towered around him like a prison cell. The city had trapped him. He paused at the painted mural of a postal worker slipping unmarked packages into a blue mailb... | 2020-12-22T05:24:30 | 2020-12-22T04:30:00 | 133 | 58 |
[WP] The three little pigs are dead, as are the next 236. Straw, sticks, bricks, reinforced concrete, titatium it didn't matter. They all fell to the onslaught of the wolf. Little piggy 240 is bracing for the inevitable attack, inside his house of depleted uranium. | Little piggy 240 stood quaking in his ill gotten boots. Sturdy walls thicker than the most pot bellied pig, walls of pure depleted uranium, stood between the pig and the horror outside. The thought of the furry mane, the pointy teeth and the sharp vicious claws of a big bad wolf filling his little mind.
He watched as ... | Once upon a time there was an old mother pig who had 240 little pigs and not enough food to feed them. So when they were old enough, she sent them out into the world to seek their fortunes.
The first pig was very lazy and built his house of straw. The second pig was a little lazy and built his house of sticks. The thi... | 2021-01-29T16:53:35 | 2021-01-29T16:36:39 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] You are a demon that has had several failed attempts on your life by demon hunters. No matter how they use their holy powers they cannot harm you and as a result they consider you extremely powerful. In truth, the holy powers don't harm you for the simple reason that you aren't actually evil. | You don't know exactly when you became what you are now. You used to be better at your job. You were there in the beginning, smoke and shadow and sin, and you were terrible - they called you Lord, once, down below. But you haven't been home in a long time. They likely wouldn't recognise you now if you went back.
The s... | Beezelbub Talk, Church of the Underground 2/14/21
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Humans stereotype. I suppose all creatures do. It's lazy though leading to sloppy thinking, poor outcomes.
Hey, I'm a demon I understand evil. Evil is fun, its spontaneous, it shows you're an individual with power. As one ages, one seeks other forms o... | 2021-02-22T16:29:42 | 2021-02-22T14:00:46 | 257 | 70 |
[WP] The finale of international chess tournament takes place. Two grandmasters sit in front of each other in ultimate showdown. The thing is nobody knows that both of them got here by cheating. First is a mind reader and second one has an ability to see the future. | I was surprised to find out, after I had been doing this for a while, that matches against chess grandmasters were so much *easier*.
You see, one of the talents of strategic geniuses - be it in chess, go, or even war - is their ability to constantly ask themselves "How do I lose?" Seeing paths to victory is (relativel... | "If you can receive this message, then please open with the king side knight's pawn."
Maki looked up at Akane. Maki had eavesdropped on Akane's mind and was surprised to hear such a crystal clear thought. There was no noise, not even any personality except the lack thereof. This thought was rehearsed. Rehearsed to a p... | 2021-03-16T22:47:54 | 2021-03-16T21:58:46 | 90 | 31 |
[WP] “Honey, are you sure we’re not part of this story? This is the fifth time that kid walked down the street yelling loudly ‘I sure hope nothing bad happens to me on this street!’” | You turn the page and sigh. Sure, the job as an NPC is easy money for not doing anything, but they could at least give you an actual magazine to look at. By now, you can perfectly recite "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr..." Maybe you should start to learn it backwards? Your shift will last anoth... | # How to Break a Siege of Legends
(Part 9: How to Make it Not About You)
(Note: How to Break a Siege of Legends is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**"Living in a town dominated by narrative reality," Lien mumbled through a broken nose, "is the ... | 2021-03-31T09:19:00 | 2021-03-31T08:00:46 | 313 | 21 |
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