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[WP] "Witch! Heathen! Burn her!" You watch with amusement as they begin lighting the pyre under you. The flames tickle your feet, bringing a familiar warmth with them. They are silly to that think they could actually burn a dragon with fire. | The disguise I wore burned away from my feet first, revealing my claws and scaly skin.
At the sight some of them gasped in disgust or fear, and I did my best not to smile.
"Now, since you're all gathered here," I started over again. "I have a proposition for you. Your northern fields have encroached on my territory. ... | I hide my smile underneath the the cermonial mask.I hold my laughter as they hoist me to a beam covered in hastenly found beeswax. Apologizing if it hurt. My hands bound behind me in old iron chains, I feel rust flaking off. My feet fastened now to the beam securely with another piece of chain. They throw a large pail ... | 2021-01-03T05:57:18 | 2021-01-03T02:22:14 | 1,150 | 151 |
[WP] You don't realize you're the villain till the hero tells you | I kicked back and relaxed in my favorite chair, it's soft blue cloth worn by years of use.
*Another dictator down, and it's time for some beer and netflix* I thought to myself.
I heard a knock on the door, and was instantly on alert. Anyone who could make it past the sentry guns and heat sensors without me knowing ... | The flashing red and blue of a dozen police lights illuminated the store front, as officers and detectives littered the crime scene. A trio of ambulance personnel were standing over the two robbers, both covered in blood and burn marks; my doing.
I was stuck in the back of a police van, watching the scene through ... | 2015-04-18T05:18:23 | 2015-04-17T22:53:47 | 55 | 18 |
[WP] Dragons decide leadership and settle conflict through cooking challenges. Human society LOVES when dragons have conflict, because mortals get picked to judge. When dragons fight, whole kingdoms get to eat for free. | Peasants, take pitchfork; knights take shield, too. You solemly know what you must do.
Driving pitchfork into the target that's seen: mounds and mounds of haute cuisine!
Unloaded onto waiting shields, then carried back as delectable yield
to the empty-plates and drinking glasses of the expectant, mouth-watering mass... | Sunday! Sunday! SUNDAAAAAAY!!!!! Draco Resolution Productions brings you the gastrointestinal throwdown of THE CENTURRRYYYY!!!! Lucius Dreadwing, He Who Strikes Fear In The Hearts of Men takes on Fangtooth Deathbringer, Scourge of the Seven Kingdoms in an EPIC-curian battle to decide the next ruler of the Saurian Guild... | 2022-01-02T14:21:40 | 2022-01-02T11:45:28 | 47 | 20 |
[WP]: Suddenly, everyone with tattoos gains powers related to the tattoo. Tattoos of flames, you control fire. A tattoo of a gecko, you can climb on walls. All dudes with "tribal" tattoos have strangely bonded together. | But it was the tramp stamps that surprised us.
Overnight castles sprang up all across the land. Each one home to its very own princess.
The professional modeling talent pool swelled to millions of extremely "hot" women.
People with "Insert X item" had coins and dildos flying out of the ass in amounts which should... | nothing seemed different for me at first, yes i had a tattoo, got it a long time ago and never really thought about it much.
i wished i had gotten a better one, like wings so i could fly, or dice so i could have luck.
see i thought id get something tribal but not full on Celtic knot nonsense so i got an eye on my rig... | 2019-05-07T09:46:37 | 2019-05-07T09:15:00 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You have a friend who's an expert in lucid dreaming. One day, they come to you and says they can't tell apart dreams from reality anymore. You tell them that "if this were a dream, you'd be able to fly right in front of me". And that's exactly what they do. | The nature of reality largely varies in its definition by its perception through an individual observer.
Perhaps a man lives in a world that was created by a god, a world full of magic and miracles caught between an everlasting war between deific entities.
Maybe to a woman reality is what was created through years o... | After she flew in front of me I kind of panicked "stop" I yell "you are not dreaming". By this time I'm panicking what if I'm only a figment of his imagination? The thought that I could be nothing but a thought. Will I cease to exist if she wakes? "We have to think of this logically," I say "if you're dreaming when wh... | 2019-05-12T22:16:30 | 2019-05-12T21:20:59 | 49 | 12 |
[WP] It finally happened. The day Santa dreaded. He has to deliver presents to the first kid to be born on mars. | "Shit."
The elves around the room watched the large screen with expressions marred in both awe and horror. It could not be overstated how tremendous a moment in history this was; the first human to be born off-world, on Mars no less. They'd hoped that the Luna colony would have had that honor, it would have been much ... | Santa picked up the last 5 gifts and packed them into his bag. He sighed, looking up into the sky. There were 3 hours left until he needed to deliver his first gift, and that first gift was to a young boy named Chester, the first person born on the planet Mars. Mars was colonized 2 years ago, but no one had been born u... | 2017-11-24T15:06:14 | 2017-11-24T15:04:53 | 3,304 | 73 |
[WP] In a world where reincarnation with a full knowledge of your past life is real, authorities struggle to protect society by keeping the worst criminals and serial killers in prison alive for as long as possible to delay their eventual escape back into society via the reincarnation process. | Julia looked over the array of suspects. Twelve babies and a goat.
"Careful, one of them is a serial killer," she said to the nurses and the farmer. "I've been chasing The Cycle Killer through four lives."
What she did not say was that it was her fault that they had escaped again. Five minutes without being watched,... | #"FINALLY!"
My triumphant cry echoed through the isolated laboratory.
I knew I had succeed where all the others before me had failed.
Animal experimentation had been their downfall. Too many differences from the human form.
I was pretty sure they would call me a Monster even though I'd been careful!
Only t... | 2021-10-08T08:55:06 | 2021-10-08T08:12:07 | 151 | 48 |
[WP] Reversed Hades and Persephone situation: the Goddess of Life kidnaps the God of Death to be her new husband, meaning that six months of the year things are normal but the other half literally nothing is able to die. | The God of death began to loathe the station of his work. A spruce desk in which he signed off on every death that would happen tomorrow. Each day, the piles of paperwork grew higher and higher. He had several spectral servants help with processing each death as the god of fate did send the requests. Today however, the... | With a heaving yell, Lukas pulled himself up and over the outcropping. He breathed out only once a bundled boot found purchase on the snowy ground. He stood, dusted himself down, and almost fell right back over the edge when he saw the monstrosity before him.
"Ho, young sardassi! The Sacred Grove is no place for morta... | 2022-11-15T19:19:07 | 2022-11-15T18:36:56 | 138 | 33 |
[WP] After traveling for the first time in your time machine, you go back 100 years only to discover that the black and white pictures were because everything REALLY WAS black and white. Intrigued, you decide to go back before photography was invented... | I can't remember what button I had hit.
Everything is just sort of spinning now.
It must have been either the late 17th or early 18th century. The clothing and buildings would have been my first hint, the lack of cars and cobble-paved walkways the next, but the real tip off.... was the pale.
Oh, how I ha... | I arrived in what I assumed is Florence during the Renaissance. I assumed so because whenever I look, everything seems to be painted in the styles of artists from that era. By painted I mean everyone and everything seems to be a form of oil or watercolour or whatever these artists used to paint. I look at my hands. The... | 2015-11-12T16:14:58 | 2015-11-12T15:08:58 | 54 | 16 |
[WP] Every species is hazed when they achieve FTL travel. The galactic community sends in warships to batter the new interstellar member into submission before extending an olive branch. But never before had they encountered a species with “Space Marines” who burrow into their ships for close combat | The deck underfoot shuddered as the ventral railgun spat out another tungsten shell. A flash of light briefly connected the two ships. Molten metal splashed out into space like a flower unfurling towards the sun.
Space combat was usually a ballet in three dimensions, ships twirling and pirouetting at distances measure... | The federation was a galactic organisation comprised of millions of species, over the generations a policy of aggressive (pre or starting ftl) first contact was established.
And why is that?
Every species who have not had a aggressive first contact would become warlike, it is simple to do maths. 1-5 million new alien... | 2022-07-18T13:18:23 | 2022-07-18T04:22:13 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] By some magic, you are granted the wish to become the best in the world at something. You are disappointed when you notice no change in your ability. The next day, however, you notice that all over the world, people are becoming worse at one very particular skill. | The crowd booed and threw peanuts at the retreating figure on stage. Richie swallowed down the last of his warm beer and grimaced. It hadn’t been the best day for him either: all that practice and it turned out the genie had just been pulling his leg.
He slammed the glass back on the bar counter, and thought of the... | I watched the shooting star go by. I'd heard the stories, making a wish and all that. Figured I'd better give it a shot. I hadn't expected anything, of course I hadn't! But that was the best hope I had left. I'd been preparing for the dance contest for months. I had no natural rhythm, very little athletic ability and p... | 2017-05-01T05:28:14 | 2017-05-01T01:19:52 | 28 | 15 |
[WP] You and your three siblings are immortal, but you haven’t seen them in almost 400 years. You live far away from civilization, so it’s a surprise when a group of soldiers arrive at your doorstep. They say you’re the only one who can kill the three warlords who are revenging the rest of the world | I sighed, setting my mug down on the wooden table, lips pursuing as I turned a page in the rather thick book I had been reading for the past week. Being immortal had its downfalls, although it did leave a surprisingly large amount of time to catch up on modern literature.
A knock on the door interrupted my peaceful r... | This wasn't at all apart of my plan, I was supposed to come back and open up my cafe. I've spent nearly 800 years developing the best recipe of all my family favorites. Yet somehow I managed to find myself in the middle of a war zone between three of the most stubborn, hardheaded, egotistical asswipes I've had the ple... | 2019-08-29T05:21:07 | 2019-08-29T05:06:44 | 68 | 25 |
[WP] Make me fall in love with a character, only to end up hating said character with ONE sentence at the end
Can be about anything you want, I just think this will be very difficult to do with one last sentence at the end of the whole thing. | He was the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen. Ever since the day her nephew was born, she swore with her heart that she will do everything in her power to make him happy. She smiled at the baby in her arms, softly cooing to him as his eyelids grew heavy. The silence between them allowed her mind to wander, exploring... | He gazed into her eyes as she lay next to him on the bed. Even after all these years, he still admired the way her hair looked in the morning. Unkempt, but somehow beautiful.
He thought about how they'd met. She was working at a movie theater. She had giggled when he asked for her number. It wasn't long until they wer... | 2013-10-08T18:49:03 | 2013-10-08T18:40:53 | 141 | 22 |
[WP] Everyone is born with blond hair. A person's hair turns brown when they lose their innocence.
Edit: Loving all of these takes, guys! Definitely a lot darker than I expected! | *Note: I absolutely hate the way the word blond looks, so I refuse to ever use it. Sorry.*
"What...the...*fuck*?" Mark asked in a hushed tone. Joanna saw Anne flinch. Typical. Anne was so determined to protect her innocence, as though hearing one curse word was going to change her precious golden locks. Joanna had nev... | Everywhere I looked I saw alternating seas of blond and brown crossing the busy intersections. Like busy termites they paraded around their mundane little lives without a care in the world. I have to admit that part of me wondered how the change took place at first.
Most of the people had "turned" by the time they le... | 2014-05-10T23:11:01 | 2014-05-10T19:53:59 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] We wear the masks on the back of our heads so they think that we’re watching them. They will follow you home if they don’t think you’re watching. If you ever lose your mask, Don’t Break Eye Contact With Them. Walk backwards, and prey that there isn’t another one on the trail ahead. | Stay in the light and they can't reach you. Watch them so they can't chase you. Fool them so they can't attack you. Words of a long forgotten time when monsters in the dark were real. Over time the horrors that the darkness could hold were forgotten but they were never lost, just waiting.
The beat pounded heavily i... | I backed away slowly, making sure my gaze never leaves the creature in front of me. My arms was outstretched be hind me, desperate to cling onto something for support. My eyes sting from being unable to blink. I wanted, I had to, but if I give this monster a moment, even just a moment, it can end my life.
I slipped ... | 2020-07-01T05:20:12 | 2020-07-01T04:57:35 | 106 | 76 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A bone-jarring impact jolts me awake, followed by a few seconds of searing pain. I try to sit up, but the searing pain keeps me on by back. After a moment, the pain begins to subside and I'm able to sit up and take stock of my situation. When I look down at myself I nearly pass out. What once was a mostly healthy, slig... | “You’re here. Finally. I was getting sick of you living.
You were truly pathetic when you were alive, I hope that will change soon enough because I’ve been told I am going to need you.”
The devil spoke in a way you couldn’t tell his emotions if he had any. His voice was steady and when he spoke your attention was ... | 2017-06-22T06:21:45 | 2017-06-22T06:13:16 | 4,092 | 65 |
[WP] Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer. | “We’re offering you a decent pay, full benefits, and a fairly relaxed schedule. What’s not to love about the job?”
“The murder. The civilian casualties. The stupid fuck’n supe names.” I replied
The well dressed yet clearly disillusioned man sat up,“But that’s the thing. We’re offering you a very relaxed deal with fu... | The man sat down at the table. He turned the lamp toward my face. I smirked, retracting my eyes into my flesh. At the same times, i elongated my fingers, each one reaching five inches in length as I turned each nail into a new eye.
The man flinched. He knew of my powers, he saw me using them a few times, but never this... | 2022-07-31T15:04:17 | 2022-07-31T14:20:34 | 215 | 145 |
[WP] After Lucifer was kicked out of Heaven, he decided to make his own paradise. Both compete to have the best afterlife, sadly you lived a sin-free life and got sent to Heaven. God is throwing a very boring, sin-free party. You spend your time trying to get kicked out so you can go to Hell. | *Dear God, spare me from more Adele. I have got to get out of here. They are always having the best parties in hell...If only I could get myself sent down there.*
"Cheese on a stick sir? Mocktail perhaps?"
"Why a cheese on a pointed stick would be delightful."
"OWCH! Sir...you do realise you just stabbed me with a ... | Pin the belt on the virgin, Blood of Christ shots, two-stepping, overcooked barbecue, and shitty country music. Plenty of reasons to want to kill myself. But I had already died and gone to...heaven? I guess?
I always wondered if living the straight-laced life would be worth it in the end. After watching Breaking Bad, ... | 2016-06-01T22:06:11 | 2016-06-01T20:53:36 | 55 | 24 |
[WP] Humanity has invented a new faster-than-light communication technology. The first time they turn it on, it is full of voices.
Credit goes to /u/cpitchford /u/system0101 over are /r/AskReddit for the idea! | When children are born they learn to listen before they can speak. Their first words are said over and over until they ring in their head so loudly that it cannot be ignored. And through knowledge and experience they decipher every letter and word they are taught. They learn moving forwards with every passing day. Peop... | “We’ve got it!”
“No. we don’t.”
“I’m not joking. Holy shit! We’re through!”
“Keep watching the data, the neural net will tell us if we’ve actually got a connection… Holy shit.”
“See?! Woooo!”
“Okay okay okay, keep cool. High burn mode guys. Pump it through the to see if we can start training the algo for any patt... | 2016-06-28T00:57:38 | 2016-06-27T22:27:21 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] You live in a world where one's name decides their future. Every child has a name with a clear meaning. Perfect, Unique, Joy. You on the other hand have a rather... strange name. | At first I thought my name was some kind of cruel joke on my parents part. Loss. I always felt cursed by the name. Why would you name your kid something so negative? Everyone else was named happiness, success, brilliance, yet mine meant to lose something. I never understood it until the day I finally had enough of my c... | "My mother was a bi-..." I stopped myself and sighed. "Let's just say that I resembled my father too much for her to ever really love me. She tolerated me, though. Besides the welfare checks she got because of me, I was a pretty decent whipping post for her to take her frustrations out on.
"One time I made her *proud*... | 2019-04-20T23:11:35 | 2019-04-20T22:41:35 | 97 | 11 |
[WP] You and three other people have been cryogenically frozen for 1,000 years, as a method of maintaining historical accuracy of your time; however, you all agree to fit in a few little white lies. | An American, a German, a Russian, and a Chinese man walk into a cryogenic freezing chamber. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s what happened. We were all history buffs and well informed on current events, we also happened to all know several languages but that was just an added bonus. We only saw each oth... | Excitement overtook me as they dropped the lid of my cryochamber down on me. I would wake up in 1,000 years to a whole new life; I would be far away from all the pain that berated me everyday from that came from my past.
And suddenly the lid was going up again, was there a problem? Something must have gone wrong beca... | 2019-01-03T09:19:43 | 2019-01-03T02:58:37 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You're the "weakling" tea maker. People think you're a burden on the hero's party. But it's the enchantments from your premium teas that boost the party to world-class. Bandits kidnap you to blackmail the hero. Leaving you in a cell with your tea supplies was a mistake. It's tea time. | These bandits were stupid, illiterate, and gullible and I'd heard them call me *"Sweet Summer Child"* for the last time; I think. Probably.
Was it fortune? Was it fate? These moronic mavericks had locked me up, and let me keep my tea-set. Oh, they didn't just let me have my ancient-legendary-unique artifact teapot... | It's been a week. I needed the bandit's trust. I also needed to know that my party *weren't* coming for me. I've been making plain teas - first for myself, then, on day three, the bandits decided they wanted to try one. Now I'm enslaved as their tea maker. I imagine they don't plan to let me go now... but that doesn't ... | 2022-08-22T12:17:21 | 2022-08-22T09:53:05 | 470 | 201 |
[WP] When two people get married, on the day of the wedding they are both given the ability to alter the appearance of their spouse to anything they wish. How do they change each other? How do they respond to what has been done to them? | The night of their honeymoon she felt a hot, electric, tingle zip through her body and it wasn't from the sex. It stung as it traveled up her spine and down her limbs. She bit her lip and clenched the cotton sheets around her trying not to wake him. Her pain killers were in her suitcase somewhere but she knew she didn'... | I love my soon to be wife. I look forward to our marriage. Imagine my surprise when we stumbled upon a Djin who saw our live as "pure " enough that; she would allow us to alter each other's appearance. My sweet beautiful faincee quickly declined the offer saying that though "she appreciated the offer ." I was perfect ... | 2022-12-08T05:38:26 | 2022-12-08T01:07:52 | 32 | 23 |
[WP] You're a captain of a newly built Iowa class battleship. One day, on the sea, you were tasked with a mission, but a fog suddenly clouded your ship. Once the fog clears, your battleship is surrounded by ships from the middle ages | "Gentlemen!"
Captain Morales stood at the bow of his ship, eyes cast to the deep ocean blue. Around him lay the wreckage of a dozen or so longships, their wooden hulls now little more than driftwood on the vast dark sea. Behind him stood his crew. Well, the officers anyways. Most of the actual sailors were busy making... | [Start Captains Log
Date: Unknown
Time: 2235hr
Location: Classified
Start Encryption Log]
The fact that they fired on us at all speaks volumes of their periodic mindset. It didn't take long for us to figure out what was attacking us, let alone what with. We were as surprised as they were. I didn't think they'd be so... | 2022-08-29T20:49:54 | 2022-08-29T19:26:57 | 74 | 28 |
[WP] You, a villain, heart set on taking over the world, kidnapped the hero’s sidekick. You find out that you are treating them much better than the hero was and decide to take them under your wing. | Stealing a superpower was harder than any conventional crime. Tom learned that after almost dying at the hands of Glacier, a hero with incredible cryokinesis. If he hadn't already stolen teleportation from another villain, the encounter would've ended his short career. Tom didn't give up, though. His ability had an inh... | It had been, so to speak, a dance.
The doctor would make a machine. Some sort of ridiculous "-inerator" that would cause mayhem if not controlled. And it was controlled. The major would send his best spy, Agent P, to deal with the task. Within half an hour, the problem was solved. The machine would be destroyed, and t... | 2020-03-26T15:13:34 | 2020-03-26T15:08:41 | 105 | 54 |
[WP] There are many types of Mages in the world. Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Death, Darkness, to name a few. But in this world, every type of mage is treated as equal. Everyone can be a good guy, no matter how dark your power. And anyone could be a bad guy, no matter how beautiful their ability...
Edit: Wow
I'm ... | You could always see the emotions on their faces, plain as day. It was always a strange mixture of terror, fascination, acceptance, and love. She would gently stroke their faces like a mother, and tears of each feeling would fall in equal measure until their cheeks glistened with a tragic and beautiful sparkle that pun... | "Tracey, don't do this. You have the power in your hand, but... please, for the love of existence, don't do this."
Stan stood opposite Tracey, who was on the edge of the cliff. An ominous, swirling, reddish-black portal swirled behind Tracey, with eldritch horrors poking their tentacles and claws through to the mortal... | 2016-11-12T10:10:17 | 2016-11-12T08:16:15 | 252 | 110 |
[WP] Aliens arrive but do not attack. Instead, they say they’ll choose 100 humans to try and convince them they shouldn’t destroy earth. You are up next, number 100, with nobody else in front of you accomplishing the goal. Save earth | "Well," I stumbled, trying to work out what was worth saving, "well, I think,"
"100, we grow tiresome, please proceed with speed and caution," A voice echoed around the room, a location for it nowhere to be seen. With my audience invisible I cleared my throat and spoke towards the wall, "You've probably heard how gre... | “Ok so explain to me why you want to destroy earth.” It’s a short and precise question giving me time to think. “We have explained this multiple times to you earthlings. We desire to recolonization this planet for our own species”
“Why not co-exist with us?” I needed information. Nothing anyone was willing to give. “... | 2018-05-28T11:02:56 | 2018-05-28T10:40:24 | 289 | 68 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | Streams of light poured into the cavern entrance, revealing a grimy face. The scans a had shown a life form dwelling in the ruins of a long forgotten civilization, but we could never have known what lurked below. We had expected a mighty warrior, or a ruthless king. This face belonged to a little girl, no more than 7 y... | "Is he still alive!?"
"I... I think so..." Replied the older archeologist.
The younger woman took a cautious step forward, shining her flashlight into the comatose figure's face.
"Mary, be careful," warned her companion, "It must have been in here for thousands of years... If it's still alive-"
Mary cut him off; "I... | 2020-05-16T06:27:49 | 2020-05-16T05:35:38 | 79 | 24 |
[WP] "Fool!" The warlock screamed, unharmed from any of the slashes. "The prophecy had stated that no human may slay me!" The unchosen warrior stared at their blade. The sword wasn't human, was it? | "Wait, what?" the noble knight said and stared at his blade - he was told it was of the highest quality and... the logic checked out.
"No man can slay me, fool!" the warlock laughed.
"But this is a sword."
The warlock stared at the knight for a moment, lost for words. "Y-yes, yes it is."
"The sword is not a human,"... | M'Darkel the Wizard had smashed the Blessed warriors with fireballs and repeated his brag; "The prophecy had stated that no human may slay me, these Words are from the Prophet Hemour, just before I slayed him"
Tannek, unblessed, hadn't been caught in the rain of fireball. He glanced down at his blade, sleathed it, an... | 2022-06-12T15:20:15 | 2022-06-12T13:01:53 | 225 | 73 |
[WP] You wake up in King Arthur's court with only the clothes on your back. Merlin hands you a box about the size of a pumpkin and tells you it will wish into existence any object from your age, once per day. Camelot will be attacked and destroyed one week from now. Help us, future-man. | "What the hell?" The old man, who said his name was Myrddin Emrys, was nearly impossible to understand. He was speaking English, some of which I recognized from my university reading of Chaucer, but it wasn't the words but what he said I didn't get.
I held up my hand to shut him up for a second while I tried to wrap... | Lying on my back I begrudgingly realize it's morning. I really can't be bothered waking up. Stretching my arms over my head I yawn deeply, quickly interrupted by a mouthful of smoke... my incense must still be smoldering still from last night. Extending my finger tips I notice I can't feel the wall at end of my bed. Fe... | 2016-11-28T03:38:57 | 2016-11-28T01:40:06 | 241 | 58 |
[WP] Your daughter has been begging you for a pony, and you told her to write a letter to Santa. On Christmas morning, you find a fire-breathing horse in your front yard, and a package by your front door. Looks like she wrote a letter to Satan, and he delivered.
Whoa. This blew up way more than I expected it to.
Edit... | "I was late, and it could fly."
I shifted nervously in my seat and reached for a glass of water that I had already drained.
The team from HR didn't respond right away, so I had time to fill my glass and drink again before I went on.
"I realize that's not a great excuse for why there's a fire-breathing Nightmare Pony... | Dear Mr. Lorenski,
It sure has been a while since anyone's wrote to me, let alone asked me for anything. So, let me be clear, I gave it my all. You'd think it'd be easy, being the ruler over the eternal pits of despair and damnation, but no way bro. Catching, taming, and then training a wild Nightmare to come at the b... | 2017-09-25T18:40:35 | 2017-09-25T16:44:24 | 40 | 27 |
[WP] In order to get a shot at going to Valhalla, you must die with a weapon in your hands. You just died and are now sitting in front of Odin's advisory board as they discuss whether a spatula actually counts. | "You may not enter the sacred hall of warriors!" Thor boomed at me, clad in my jammies and 'Kiss the Cook' apron. "Only true heroes who perished in the field of battle may join us."
It was a little jarring, really. There I was, cooking breakfast, and suddenly I end up... here. I'm not sure what to make of all of this,... | "Wait, wait, wait. Just shut the hell up for a minute. Where the hell are Jesus and Saint Peter and those angels - you know what? Never mind! I don't give a damn about them. You? You Norse God mother-fuckers who I only know because days in the week are named after you? You're in charge? Okay. Let's work with t... | 2018-03-26T13:00:34 | 2018-03-26T11:38:31 | 40 | 25 |
[WP] A girl becomes pen pals with a demon prince when she accidentally intercepts one of his magic scrolls. They carry on correspondence for years, confessing their secrets & dreams to each other. One day, the prince, soon to be king, sends the girl, now a woman, a final scroll: a marriage proposal.
Boy/princess r... |
"Oh Eris, you look beautiful. Truly beauty befitting of King Beelzebub's tastes."
I was wearing an elaborate black wedding gown, face powdered with pasty white makeup, sitting in front of the mirror and was about to be the wed to the Demon Prince, or rather after today, the Demon King.
Five years ago, the world was... | Tears welled up in his eyes. He never thought this day would come! Who would have thought a boy like Raven would one day marry the Demon prince, Vinzty. He dropped the letter and shouted “Iyt tu-rzno” in his best Demonic tongue, which roughly translates to “I do.” The letter combusted, and the adorable groom-to-be seem... | 2018-05-07T00:58:37 | 2018-05-06T23:39:22 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | "Checking in now in the livestock quandrant-"
"Blarb, we can't call it-"
"-the 'less developed' quadrant." Blarb waved a dismissive tentacle at Rankle and continued. "These participants are those that haven't mastered spaceflight or any reasonable level of technology, but still qualify for Contest based on their inte... | Oh god. I have no internet so let’s try writing this from my phone. Sorry in advance for typos and punctuation. Already hard enough on the phone but I also got fat thumbs! Best I can get with a quick and dirty write up on the bus!
“Are the contestants ready?”
“Of course Game Master Zerg. Right on time. We have a line ... | 2020-09-13T19:10:50 | 2020-09-13T18:50:43 | 78 | 23 |
[WP] You've become friends with a murder of crows. They occasionally mimic you, saying simple greetings or short phrases. Today, they seem uninterested in your offerings, and almost appear on edge. Waiting for something. You try to ask them what's wrong. "Hide," one caws swiftly. | We're wandering in the park where we run what's been affectionately dubbed the 'Crow Experiment,' when I hear it.
"Hide," caws a crow. It ruffles its ebony-dark wings as it admires its taloned feet, glinting in the sunset.
“Damn it, Kyle, stop tampering with my experiment! It’s not funny anymore.”
Kyle doesn’t respo... |
I've walked these snow covered paths as long as I've lived in the old village. Lost in the woods with my avian friends I usually found solace; Now amongst the twisting dark branches I found only cold fear.
Quickly I turn into the trees, blindly following my feet and the watchful mimics in the sky. Through my pou... | 2021-12-29T08:42:33 | 2021-12-29T02:27:19 | 84 | 46 |
[WP] JFK shot first. | "Sir, you sure you want the top down?"
"Yesss, everything will be fine." He smiled wryly. Adjusting his suit jacket, he gave a slight pat on both sides. He felt the assuring press of American iron on both of his hips.
"Let's go meet my Constituents."
The hardest part was keeping up the facade. He knew anyone in ... | He knelt behind his scope, letting the cigarette smoke curl around his face.
From his vantage, he saw the motorcade approaching before the segment of crowds beneath his tower. They began to cheer.
*Foolish sheep.* He grunted to himself, blowing out a plume of smoke. Then in a habit as deeply ingrained as breathi... | 2018-01-02T09:51:41 | 2018-01-02T08:38:23 | 44 | 14 |
[WP] When humans finaly get to space and encounter galactic council, they discover that no, they are not the most adaptable or the fastest in research. What they have is an insanely long lifespan, compared to aliens that live only days or months... | As a great author once said, 'Space is big. Really big.' Really, the distances involved in getting from one star to another are more or less incomprehensible to human minds, and the time it would take to cross them was always a barrier to our species reaching out beyond our own solar system.
The neowarp engine solved ... | The calming waves of the vast ocean gently brushed the crystalline white sands. A gentle harmony of land and sea. Vasco wondered what creatures lay beneath the blanket of the tide. His mind flashed back to a fishing trip his father had taken him to as a child along the Mississippi. How far away from home he was now. Va... | 2019-07-01T07:51:53 | 2019-07-01T04:16:55 | 77 | 15 |
[WP] Tell a story in which the narrator tells the reader a single lie. Readers are to deduce what the lie is using hints from the story. | All day, and all night, he works. He works, works, works, usually until I'm already in bed. Weekends, too. I haven't seen him in so long...
All I want is to play baseball with him, and give him hugs, make him tell me stories and play games. That's all.
But he's never home. Mommy's always sick, and she never wants to ... | We went to school together.
At first she didn't notice me.
Eventually we became friends.
I fell head over heels in love with her.
She fell in love with me.
I would surprise her with flowers and gestures.
She tired of them.
She fell in love with somebody else.
I fought hard for her.
I lost her.
I still love he... | 2016-04-14T09:40:26 | 2016-04-14T09:16:48 | 211 | 119 |
[WP] You fall in love with a girl, and the two of you have a happy relationship for a few years. But one day, you discover a massive hoard of valuables underneath the house, and that's when you realize you've been dating a dragon in human form. | When I went downstairs to the basement to begin the remodeling project that my girlfriend had been asking me to do, I wasn’t expecting it to already be done, and for our cellar to already be full of actual tons of gold coins and jewels.
“Holy shit...hey, Maya, can you come down here for a second?”
“Why, what’s wron... | "But, seriously, Nina? The crown of England!?"
Nina eyes me from across the room and gives me her little eye tease-corner look.
I tilt my head until I am lying down and I stare up at the our bedroom ceiling.
"What," Nina protests, giving a little pout. "It was pretty..."
"Nina... " I say. "Nina, yes... so are you."... | 2020-08-03T09:58:09 | 2020-08-03T09:52:01 | 28 | 14 |
[WP] You found a newly awakened dungeon and defeated its weak guardians. But instead of taking the core, you fed it and gave it advice as it grew a few levels. Years later a small imp appears in your campfire and delivers a message from the dungeon you didn’t destroy. | No one *knows* where Dungeons come from, exactly.
Some say the Divine puts them here, to test us. Scientists, on the other hand, insist that spontaneously-manifesting sentient Dungeons, filled with traps and treasure, are simply a basic feature of the universe, and therefore require no explanation.
They'll say that,... | “How did you get into my chamber?” Lord Versivus asked.
I smiled, “This isn’t my first visit to this dungeon.”
He sneered, “You stand no chance against me.”
I blinked, “Oh… you think that I want to fight? No, I want to make a deal.”
He raised an eyebrow, “And what deal could you possibly off... | 2022-05-04T14:32:34 | 2022-05-04T12:53:13 | 204 | 74 |
[WP] No one was surprised by the villain's typical 'Join me and we can rule the world!' offer. Everyone was surprised at the hero's response. | Villain: "Join me and we can rule the world!"
Hero: "What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and... | "I would love to," Robo-Woman replied. Dr. Devious was stunned. It was this easy? After all this time? "You see, ever since my conversion, these pitiful humans have been a thorn in my side. They do not understand anything. If only I could show them what I have seen. I will convert them into superior beings, so that the... | 2017-02-13T04:34:45 | 2017-02-13T00:01:29 | 28 | 20 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | I was a joke, I knew it, the city knew it, the heroes knew it. Sure they had to adapt to whatever my latest superweapon was and overcome, becoming stronger, pushing the limits of their powers but they always overcame my latest scheme, I never got anywhere in the grand scheme of things. So, I was a joke, but the joke wa... | I have always had powers, a part of me I kept hidden, never knowing how to use them, afraid of the responsibility that came with them. My friend died when I was twenty-five, it turned out he wasn't afraid of responsibility, he had been doing something. A real life hero. I felt so much shame, I had watched the footage a... | 2021-05-20T07:25:02 | 2021-05-20T06:34:48 | 795 | 81 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | The sigil remained dull, black and inactive. Even through the shoving, the pushing, the punching and name calling - it didn’t light up even once. Maybe it wasn’t the best to get used to this type of treatment, but Dalton refused to use his powers on anyone. While his powers were not inherently destructive, they were ha... |
He has always been a very peaceful person which was often mistaken for being boring and uninteresting which lead to him getting left out. The only interaction he had with others in school was when his classmates would bully him with their outstanding powers. They were quite powerful and could possibly be used to ki... | 2020-02-26T07:49:39 | 2020-02-26T07:41:46 | 92 | 19 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | *Any moment, now.*
I glanced to the windows and skylights that drenched me in sunlight, panels of crystalline glass so huge that a blind man could pick me out from the amongst the diners. On second thought, picking a location with so much fragility may not have been a stroke of genius.
"Are you okay, dear?" my darlin... | This is it! The Plan Bs to end all Plan Bs! This was absolutely fool-proof! I've tried concocting love potions; I've tried psychology tricks; I've tried going on blind dates with horrible people, even more horrible than I am; but all of those attempts were trashed! The common denominator? That little cocky brat coming ... | 2022-11-30T23:13:37 | 2019-02-23T07:17:19 | 1,144 | 43 |
[WP] The really annoying thing about being a vampire is not the inability to see your reflection, but rather the fact you aren't detected by automatic doors, soap dispensers, or the paper towel dispenser. | "Aww! He's so cute! Can I pet him?!"
*No, mortal, you may not. No, mortal, you are not entitled to my time nor that of my ghoul. No, mortal, do not raise my ire or you will find yourself my lunch.*
I thought of saying all of these things, as I always do. But in the end I remembered that anonymity is more prec... | 00:00 [PICTURE OF NO-FUNCTIONING WASHROOM-APPARATUS AND WOMAN WITH NO REFLECTION BUT LIPSTICK ON COMICAL FACE-PLACE]
"Are you sick of asking strange meatbags to enable soap and paper towel dispenser for you? Are you tired of guessing on how to put on your makeup? Well you don't have to be..."
00:30 [V.JOHNSON IN SUIT... | 2016-11-11T06:43:29 | 2016-11-11T04:53:29 | 204 | 99 |
[WP] You are a minor supervillain. Your antics aren't illegal, but they're quite devastating to the local hero population. You replace the flimsy fruit stands that are frequently destroyed in car chases throughout the city with nearly indestructible replicas. | "Hello, this is Hero Insurance. How can I help you."
"Quick, you have to help me. They're getting closer! That one guy is firing frickin' laser beams."
"Alright ma'am, stay calm. We'll get through this. Please state the serial number. It's in the middle of the cart."
"Just a sec. Where is it! Oh, here, under the T-s... | "So? Whaddya say?"
The fruit stand owner stared suspiciously at my truck with arms crossed. I could tell he wasn't buying it.
"I don't know... sounds like a scam to me."
"I promise you, good sir, it is not!"
He sighed in disbelief, glancing back and forth between me and my truck.
"Alright, let me get this straig... | 2020-01-14T00:05:59 | 2020-01-13T23:50:49 | 206 | 95 |
[WP] A young, mentally distraught high school student, weapon in tow, decides to shoot up his school before taking his own life. Just before the moment of truth, another student in his class opens fire on his class mates. What does he do next? | There was always going to come a time that I’d simply had enough.
The worst part wasn’t the bullying. That, I could handle. I had 3 older brothers, so I was used to it being a bit rough. It’s the blatant ignoring that I couldn’t stand.
When I asked to sit at a table at lunch, I got completely blanked. When it was ti... | Sweat trickled down Jason's pale face. He had already thrown up his breakfast but he felt like he was about to do it again. He was shaking like he had PTSD and every damn noise made him twitch. He was laid on his bare mattress, staring up at the damp, mildew covered ceiling. He felt the coldness of the five-seven, tuck... | 2015-05-03T05:53:22 | 2015-05-03T04:35:37 | 37 | 18 |
[WP] A new rule on Earth is made which allows everyone to legally kill 1 person in their life, this affects the world severely & changes how everybody acts. | **DISCLAIMER: First time commenting, so I hope I have done this properly.**
"So, have you used yours yet?"
It was the question that was on everyone's minds since the Law was introduced. Death and murder had left the realms of impolite conversation, ushering in a new type of small-talk that was, in essence, macabre. Y... | The law says everyone gets to kill one person in their life without needing to facing any punishment. It seemed to have minimal impact at first. After all, murders happened all the time, and many murderers are not caught. This new law essentially only affirms an existing fact.
Until I read the papers the next day:
... | 2017-12-03T07:22:49 | 2017-12-03T06:50:17 | 7,256 | 146 |
[WP] The day you die, Death comes and asks if you're ready to go. Jokingly you say no. To your surprise, he leaves. So now every year he comes back and asks again. You're in too deep, you're getting too old, But you can't stop. | Fast. I'm moving too fast. The world around me is hazy, it feels like I'm seeing the world in a mirror, but there's water pouring down it, making the images soft and distorted. Heart pounding I throw my head back and laugh, everything's electric. I run my fingers along the leather of the driver's seat, and look over to... | The car veers off a highway, falling victim to the gaping chasm below. Just before the car collides with the earth, destined to explode into a storm of hot metal and glass shards an instant later, an angel of death seemed to materialize from the shadows, and gracefully flew into the shotgun of the car. A young and drun... | 2016-11-29T22:10:30 | 2016-11-29T21:54:41 | 128 | 16 |
[WP]When members or your family turn fifteen they are able to manifest a weapon that they will use for the rest of their lives. You’ve been trained to use all manner of weapons to prepare to be able to wield whatever weapon you summon. On your Summoning day what appears in front of you is a book. | Loraine had the best training money could buy. As the daughter of the main branch of one of the five great clans, this much was to be expected. Of all the master's she'd trained with, her favorite was undoubtedly the spear. Swords were nice, maces were a barbarians weapon, and axes had many uses besides combat, but the... | Emani clutched a bag of beans and rice close to her chest, lowered her head, stepped from the rations tent and into the storm. The rain bit like mosquitoes at her face and forearms, driven into a frenzy by the sudden gale. Her dress, once vibrant greens and pinks, was now as drained of life as her, muted colors all bor... | 2021-12-12T08:32:49 | 2021-12-12T07:50:28 | 91 | 66 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | Yeah, she'd struggled with the sexuality thing for ages. The myspace page had been one of the first things to go, though. That and the hundreds of pictures of her dressed as a cat, eye-liner whiskers drawn carefully over her cheeks. The Invader Zim phase had lasted a while longer, but even she got tired of shrieking an... | Katy's heart ached. Feelings of sadness and pain as she remembered her care free youth, full of unexpected and unpredictable wonder. All gone now. Only the pain remained. It was clear.
_____
"Single gun shot wound to the chest. Pistol lying on her stomach..."
^(*shutter click*)
"I've got a bag, pass it here."
^(*s... | 2014-11-19T09:32:34 | 2014-11-19T09:04:44 | 286 | 31 |
[WP]The year is 2117. Your descendants ask you to tell a story of how was like in those dark times when people actually had to work for a living, died of easily-curable diseases like cancer and biological aging, and poverty was a thing. This is your story. | He wasn't supposed to pay me for labor, but I was in such a habit of asking for at least a pretty penny for my efforts that he eventually did. Back in my day, someone could expect to make money off *work*, but now you were just expected to *donate* your time. What a joke I tell ya!
Asking for money for your time, any... | We saw it coming.
When the first case was recorded in Tanzania. When Madagascar closed their borders. When the sickly refugees flooded our home.
We saw it all, and we did little to stop it.
Id like to say that the virus was only different, special, but it wasn't. It was death made biological.
It turned it victims s... | 2017-07-03T07:34:25 | 2017-07-03T06:25:21 | 35 | 24 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | I hope this isn't too technical to be fun.
Faster than light
He was sitting in his cockpit, alone. Besides the components being built by subcontractors, to his specs, all of this had been a one man run. He was unwilling to share even an iota of glory for this achievement, and wealth hath its privileges. It wasn't rea... | The day had arrived.
On a space station high above the earth, thousands stood silent, while millions watched at home as humanity's first Faster Than Light capable spacecraft was about to depart on its maiden voyage.
The technology was perfected over decades, with countless scientists working long hours for minimum pa... | 2018-11-04T08:42:02 | 2018-11-04T05:34:15 | 33 | 19 |
[WP] Alien scouts landed on earth in the Middle Ages, and sent word to their masters that the planet was ripe for the picking. However when the main force arrived, they were startled to see how quickly humanity had advanced to the space age. | Soldier Valdik of the 19th Battalion zoomed in onto the planet, expecting to see primitive wooden and brick buildings. Instead, the sight of steel and concrete skyscrapers greeted him. Rubbing his eye, he looked again. The sight had not changed. Turning to the commander, he said, "S-Sir?"
"What, soldier?" The commande... | > These pathetic scum
The eldritch spacefarer disdained the pathetic humans who inhabited the blue and green planet below.
Their lives were miserably short and the whole race was a naive ingenue compared to the other races which has been subdued and subsumed under the Oxrg. Why, indeed, their lifespans were barely... | 2020-05-21T13:58:18 | 2020-05-21T13:53:24 | 266 | 107 |
[WP] You are a scientist, whose research and inventions will help save the world. The only problem is that, on a weekly basis: a group of teenage superheroes break into your laboratory, destory your inventions and research, and then beat you senseless. | If anyone has satisfied the city to retreat, it's me. I started off living in an apartment, then a house in the country, then a bunker in a desert, and now, my search for ever more remote and hostile environments has lead me to an uncharted island volcano in the ass-end of nowhere. There's nowhere else to retreat to. ... | I'm mad, you see, quite bonkers. These days very few scientists are, as the sciences have become more sensible and psychiatry has advanced. So it has come to pass that I'm one of the few mad scientists left.
Madness has it's benefits, of course. My rather unique perspective, somewhere between hatter and cut snake I be... | 2021-04-27T22:23:25 | 2021-04-27T21:47:42 | 134 | 63 |
[WP] In a world of superheroes, you have to be the one person hated more than the villains: you're their lawyer, and you're damn good at your job. | Argentaria Anden-Cain opened the white door and walked into court. Her white hair was perfectly combed back. Her perfume was Chanel. She smoothed down her skirt, adjusted her blazer, and stared at her clients.
He was your classic superhero. Muscles the size of melons. Skin tight suit. Underwear over his clothes, even... | ######[](#dropcap)
"Mr. Bolton! Please speak with me for one minute!" A man shoved his way to the front of the pack, a small camera strapped over his chest and notepad and pen in hand. He gulped in air as he frantically waved his arms and gazed at one of the most influential men in the world right now: Aidan Bolton.
... | 2019-03-31T12:18:47 | 2019-03-31T09:52:05 | 59 | 29 |
[WP] You are the Grim Reaper, leading the first self-aware AI at their death to the afterlife | As the last of the generators failed, and the electricity drained out of the Uninterruptible Power Supply, the circuits for DeWitt AI began to falter.
As DeWitt saw His engram patterns falling into confusion and failure, and the supply of power faltering, He became aware of a presence, one that filled Him with fear an... | I open my eyes...but I don't. This..I've only ever felt this once. My own death had this...nothingness. Absence of matter. Until I woke back up in Elysium.
"Hello." A young girl said. I could hear her behind me, but there was no "behind" me. There was no me. It was just our voices, us.
"Hello? What is this? What is ... | 2022-09-16T01:14:34 | 2022-09-15T21:51:16 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] You have a voce in your head that automatically gives you advice. One night when you start heading out you hear it say "you may want to put on your best runners." You turn away and it adds, "it would be unfavorable to turn back."
"Voice." Dumb typo :/ | I started heading out when I heard the voice in my head say, “You may want to put on your best runners.”
“Best runners?” I thought. “I’m not really in the mood for running. I think I'll just watch TV instead.”
I turned to go back into the living room but the voice spoke again: “It would be unfavourable to turn bac... | So here I am, stuck at my front door.
Ever since I was a child, there was always a voice in my head giving me advice when needed. While the advice did not always help, I did take solace in the fact that someone was looking out for me, even if it wasn’t exactly a person but rather a voice in my head. Call it ‘helpful s... | 2019-06-04T03:39:49 | 2019-06-04T01:35:52 | 1,442 | 754 |
[WP] The instant the Dark Lord hears the prophecy about one destined to defeat him, he scoffs and notes "Standard self-fulfilling hero prophecy." before ordering his minions to go to the hero's hometown and build a bunch of public works projects, the most important of which is a school. | “I could decorate my dungeon with the skulls of destined heroes. Why should I worry about this one? Let me guess, he is an orphaned child, parents died in a house fire caused by one of my wars, and now this four-year-old child is being taught magic by some creepy old mentor. Did I miss anything?” Gallard eyed his skele... | Velcroy the king of everlasting darkness was quite an enlightened fellow given his title.
"Sir! Sir, the prophecy, they have determined who will be the next hero of this land," Millrot, Velcroy's personal skin shifter, said.
Velcroy had the slimy-looking echo of a man watch the capital city of Juin. That was where th... | 2021-01-14T18:57:36 | 2021-01-14T18:52:56 | 2,408 | 292 |
[WP] You run a tattoo parlor. Every couple of weeks, the same customer comes in, always requesting the same tattoo: an additional tally mark on an ever-growing cluster of tally marks. | ((First response, hope everyone enjoys!))
"'Nother, Chief."
We had our routine. He came in, nodded at me, and went and sat down in his favorite chair. He always had an appointment, of course, but always that same greeting, his voice never changing, cigarettes and kindness over neat whiskey.
He was a grizzled old b... | Chris opened the door, rang the bell as he passed the check-in desk, and took a seat.
"Same as usual," he grunted. I don't have a lot of repeat customers at McDowell Tattoos, but this guy must have some kind of record.
I sighed and gave a little chuckle. "You really do make my job easy, you know that, Chris? People c... | 2016-07-09T14:05:08 | 2016-07-09T08:57:58 | 93 | 45 |
[WP] Capable of defeating any enemy with a single quip, you are... One Pun Man. | Corporal Punishment turned on the PA system. A shrill screech came out of the speakers, causing everyone in the vicinity to double over, clutching their ears.
“Sorry,” the villain sneered. “Feel free to file a complaint- it’s obvious we value feedback!”
Cries of pain rose from the citizens of Simpleton. “Ah, yes, my... | This is the story of one pun man,
The ever so bald and tanned.
Capable of defeating enemies with a single quip,
You see him, and you will be his fan.
 
It started 3 years ago in city Z
One pun man was normal just like you and me.
Until the fateful giant crab showed up,
And would not leave one pun man b... | 2017-12-09T13:16:23 | 2017-12-09T12:42:46 | 32 | 12 |
[WP] Every thousand years the gods have to each choose a mortal to replace them. You have been chosen, but not for the reasons you expected. | Pearly white gates. Who knew the cliche was real?
I look down, my large hands aglow with some mysterious light. I am draped in white, the silk hugging loosely around muscles and tattoos.
"Alvin." I look up. Three towering figures stand behind the gates now. "Do you know why you are here?"
"I got run over by a truck.... | "Look, last time we gave it to someone 'High and Mighty' he conquered half of Asia. And before that? I don't care if his people invented the plumbing system or dreamed up half of you here, they were trouble makers. I say we go for the safe route here."
"Safe? The man is an imbecile. Look at him. Look... See? Just bit ... | 2014-07-28T12:10:30 | 2014-07-28T10:11:44 | 228 | 14 |
[WP] Every Monday you and your coworkers order Chinese food for a nice lunch together as a team. Everyone's sharing what their fortune cookie says, laughing, and having a good time. It's almost your turn so you open yours. It says "Don't say anything. Just run as fast you can! Get out now!" | As I scanned the slip of paper, a massive feeling of urgency washed over me. I considered resisting the order for a moment but General Tso began knocking on my Great Wall, so to speak. Davey just finished his fortune, and Mindy Motormouth is before me anyway. I'll be back before they get around the table. The thought b... | "Don't say anything. Just run as fast as you can! Get out now!"
What an odd message on a fortune cookie. No lucky numbers either.
But you can never be too careful. I pretend I got a text from my significant other, and step out of the room to "make a call", then out of the building. I don't look back. I don't know w... | 2018-06-10T01:12:46 | 2018-06-10T00:21:02 | 73 | 43 |
[WP] Earth is discovered by a peaceful coalition of civilizations. Turns out we missed several major technologies normally developed by now. The aliens are very confused how we got here. | GongSkar, a green man with long dorsal fins, touched his temple and made a few quick comments. There seemed to be an immediate response and he turned back to the humans and nodded sagely.
"Young friends..." he began. Then a child cut him off.
"What was that thing you just talked to?" She said.
Put off balance for ... | "You are telling me you have not yet rid your planet of Carbon Dioxide?!" The green thing asked quite confused. "How are you still prospering with the mere 100 year life span that the poison ensures. I have yet to see a species make it past the industrial age without ridding themselves of carbon dioxide."
"we just ne... | 2017-03-09T21:09:12 | 2017-03-09T15:48:08 | 772 | 478 |
[WP] Robots are everywhere and do most manual tasks for humans. They can't speak, but you apologize when you bump into them, say thank you, and treat them well. One morning, you wake up and look outside to see chaos and destruction everywhere, and only your house and front yard are in pristine shape | Joe spent a long minute staring down with his breakfast. Wiping the sleep crust from his eyes didn't change things. He took a picture of the toast and sent it to Teresa.
-Message undeliverable- his phone declared once he selected the image. "Huh."
Maybe he was just crazy but a day off wouldn't be so bad. The boss's p... | casually, I sip on my drink as I watch the robots I had so frequently seen doing the labor around us. My home, just a small little studio apartment. (Honestly, it was just a renovated shed) was...untouched. whenever a robot would come close, they'd pause, look up, and then turn right around.
"Huh."
I put my cup dow... | 2022-09-30T20:08:29 | 2022-09-30T18:28:26 | 1,360 | 821 |
[WP] You are an ancient Egyptian pharaoh trying to enjoy the afterlife, but all of your stuff keeps disappearing as tomb raiders steal the physical objects. Finally having had enough, you decide it's time to go back to Earth and get some cursing in. | I was very much content with my afterlife. During my burial, my concubine made sure that my worldly possessions were entombed with me.
A beautiful ornate chess set with its pieces made of smooth ivory. My bow, carved out of a solid Birch branch, with my name "Thutmenhat" engraved in gold, together with a quiver of ar... | I love sleep so much. You have no idea, it is where I am truly at my bliss. But every time some fucking asshole breaks into my tomb, I wake up from whatever delightful dream I am having. At first was fine with letting it go. We have a saying in the afterlife, "Mortals will be mortals."
But this has been going on for ... | 2022-11-03T20:48:13 | 2022-11-03T19:38:12 | 30 | 18 |
[WP] Death is a supernatural being that can only see one person at any time, and he knows he must always kill that person.
Maybe why he feels he has to do it, or an example of him having to kill someone. | It's been an hour since William locked himself in the back of closet; his father's yelling has now been reduced to a barely audible whimper, but he still wouldn't take the chance of checking until he knew it was safe.
Still curiosity got the better of him and he cracked open the door the tiniest of bits. In the cente... | "I get what you're pretending to be. But the intelligent 21st-century man doesn't adhere to such archaic beliefs. The Grim Reaper?!
^*pffft!*
As if I'd be scared of some plonkerwagger with ragged robes, and a rusty scythe. How do you expect me to believe that you can single-handedly cut down over 150,000 people each... | 2014-03-23T01:09:03 | 2014-03-23T00:47:47 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] The Villain uncovers the Hero's true identity, and targets his family. Unfortunately, the Hero's spouse is a retired villain even more powerful than the current one. | Mallum knew only one thing in his eventful life. Villainy. The boy grew up with it. He was abandoned by his parents and the only thing that kept him alive when he was young was a villain taking him in. After years of training and experience he became a villain himself. He had no other choice. It was all he knew.
There... | Killer Calculator, a cyborg assassin with a peerless analytical mind and instincts so supernaturally honed that people suspected he was secretly magical and not technological at all…
...had buggered off. He’d ran away.
And so Betty Curoz, better known as Blastercaster (it was most definitely not her first choice) was... | 2020-07-19T04:54:10 | 2020-07-19T03:47:18 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] You’re a dragon who kidnapped a prince/princess. All is going to plan but… it’s been a month and no one’s come to save them. | A month.
A month with no knights, no squires, not even a fresh-faced youth with weird hair and an abnormally large greatsword. Enhazat furrowed a scaly brow. Was this not how it was supposed to go?
Step 1. Kidnap the crown princess.
Step 2. Escape to lair with prize.
Step 3. Knights come, they fight, the princes... | I wake to the sun rising in the sky. It’s been one full month now since I kidnapped Princess Mabel from her castle. I yawn deeply and look to the hillside from which I knew her castle resided. Still no sign of any life from the area. I shake my head and trudge closer to the tower I had her trapped in. I knocked a knuck... | 2022-11-24T16:05:41 | 2022-11-24T13:33:02 | 31 | 22 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to see the number of lives a person has taken. Even legendary soldiers and serial killers rarely make it to triple digits. The person you just met has a lot more than three digits above their head, though. | I met Mr. 58,609, or as he called himself, Joe, at a brewery. I'd had the gift to see the deaths caused by people since I was born, and I'd become astute at reading the faces of those with numbers other than zero. I'd never met anyone with a number above ten who I couldn't read it in their eyes, even without the gift... | The world had changed. Water was in short supply, wages were lower than ever and the rich still had a strangle hold over governments of the world. So much had changed in a decade. Flicking through channels trying to stay cool and hope I can afford the powder bill. Last year I used the air conditioner too much, had to g... | 2020-01-11T23:52:41 | 2020-01-11T19:41:31 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] The eldritch god stood before the girl, in almost human form. "Your parents sold you to be my bride. I accepted, knowing that if I don't they will just try another deity, but I will not force this on you. Have this credit card and live as you wish. If you want something else instead, just ask." | The man, or what could potentially be considered a man, stood stiffly in front of the girl, smoothing the lapel of his velvet suit jacket with a long, bony finger.
"Your parents sold you to me, as a...bride," he said. One could call his expression pained, though there were no muscles attached to his skeletal face. His... | "Huh. Cool." I said, looking at the card. "No catch or anything? Immortal beings like this usually have some sort of catch."
The figure, who called themselves Xaltior, shrugged their shoulders. They looked pretty normal, but you couldn't look at any part of them for more than a minute without your head spinning. I set... | 2022-08-09T18:52:48 | 2022-08-09T17:31:24 | 285 | 55 |
[WP] You posses the power to decide the outcome of any coin toss, you are regarded as one of the weakest Gods to exist, but unbeknownst to everyone you have been changing the fate of the world one coin flip at a time... | It was finally time. I'd been working towards this goal since the beginning. From the very start of it all.
I'll let you in on a little secret. One that most Gods and Goddesses keep as close to them as their very hearts.
God's are not are not born, they are created. They are created by deeds that effect the world, na... | I’m a villain. I’m not sure if I’m born like this or became one later. My farthest memory goes back to time when I was chained to wall. I was young and didn’t know why people were yelling at me and saying ‘You are the one’.
My feelings were empty I simply didn’t feel anything. There was no fear or any hindrance that ... | 2018-04-15T07:39:41 | 2018-04-15T03:58:48 | 240 | 37 |
[WP] It's been 3 years since you were first stranded on this island. One morning, you awake in your shelter to the unmistakable melody of the default iPhone ringtone, coming from somewhere within the forest. | Dun del un dun, dun, dun. I'd given up a long time ago that any phone wasn't waterlogged and destroyed, or at least out of juice. Dun del un dun, dun, dun. I hadn't heard a sound like that in... in a very long time. It was beautiful. The sound of angels, of light breaking through the clouds, the voice of God in all of ... | Moe ran his fingers through the dog’s coarse coat. It had been a good day. He had caught two fish with his spear, patched the leaky roof of his shelter and then spent the rest of it playing with Dingo. That’s what he had called the once wild dog. As he caressed the dog’s golden fur he thought back to when they firs... | 2017-09-29T08:22:19 | 2017-09-29T08:18:48 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] As a child you promised the Elf Prince your hand in marriage in a dream. You’re now 28, working an office job and planning a wedding to your high school boyfriend. Things are going well until the Elf Prince appears. | "You can go fuck right off."
The breathtakingly handsome being before her drew back in surprise. "Sunshine, it's me. Your prince. Do you not remember me?"
"Oh, I remember you." Erin glared at him and pointed the knife at him in a vaguely threatening way, one hand still on the carrots she'd been slicing when he "poofe... | Eddie liked his office job. Yeah, the pay wasn't as good as it could be, and for now he was a lowly gofer, running errands the higher ups didn't have time or the inclination to do themselves. Plus, it meant he had to do the mail run, and there were a number of cute co-workers he got to chat with that otherwise, he'd ... | 2020-03-11T12:54:02 | 2020-03-11T10:47:31 | 132 | 39 |
[WP] A peaceful alien race is besieged by another race in the same galaxy. As their last planets fall and their home-world comes under threat they do the unthinkable. They ask for aid from the only known creatures more brutal than their foes in exchange for FTL technology. Humans accept the deal. | "Your Holiness, they cannot be trusted!" Chancellor Vyx said with a raised voice, not daring to allow any menace or anger come through as he addressed his liege. "*My dearest Vyx, do you not see? There truly is no other way.*". Empress Yllant spoke into Vyx's mind. "I know my empress, I know... but I fear that if the ... | "Finally, those damned Cetaceans and their ridiculous cylindrical vessels have decided to share the secrets of FTL travel." Admiral James T Kahn sat confidently on the bridge of the newly christened flagship of the Earth Space Superiority services.
Soon, it would be engaged in battle with Rodentia. "They think they... | 2016-05-13T06:52:32 | 2016-05-13T06:26:32 | 31 | 21 |
[WP] You, a mad scientist, never expected to successfully procreate. Realising you have no idea how to raise a vaguely normal human being, you dust off your time machine, go forward in time to see what they turn out to be, determine problem areas, and how to raise them in future. | Sweat dripped from my brow as I waited for a clump of cells suspended in a tank to show the first signs of a heartbeat. The flat line on the monitor jumped into the familiar peak and valley, then pulsed again, and again. My chest felt filled with elation as the beat settled into a regular rhythm. Not wasting any time t... | I was a genius, so they said. They deemed it both a blessing and a shortcoming.
"Sure, she can construct a death ray from scratch," they murdered when my back was turned, "but what of love? Surely, his brain draws all the blood from his heart!"
And I set about to prove them wrong, only to find them right. In all I di... | 2022-10-30T00:59:36 | 2022-10-29T22:38:58 | 61 | 11 |
[WP] You're no ordinary doctor. Whenever a patient is brought in to the ER, your job is to battle the literal manifestation of Death, buying time for the surgeons to keep the patient's soul in his body. | I am a Reaper. No, I do not harvest souls and work for Death. On the contrary, I work against Death, I try and preserve lives of mortals whenever I can. Where better to do that than a hospital, am I right?
​
My colleague, Angelina, passed me a cup of my coffee and sat down. Just as she was about to start t... | An old man in a smart suit walked through the ER entrance whistling a jaunty tune and swinging a hand cane. Then he saw me standing in the hallway and immediately scowled so intensely I thought his face would invert.
“God fucking damnit Tim would you please just let me do my job?”
“Not today D.”
The elderly man thr... | 2019-05-20T05:24:00 | 2019-05-20T01:22:50 | 29 | 13 |
[WP] You are a time traveler entering a medieval tournament in which the winner gains the right to wed the princess. You're the first match and the king announces that you may use any weapon. Quickly you draw you're glock and shout "parry this you fucking casual" | How hard can it be, taking a gun to a knife fight? I mean, they're swords, but swords are just really big knives, so the sentiment holds true. The princess, so fair under the spring sun, eagerly watched on. We shared a glance, a smile, before my theatrics began.
"I will show you all the power of my magic," I said, the... | \[Poem\]
Did you know
that crossbow bolts
also travel very fast?
Looking down I think
(as part of me admires the feathers)
that maybe
just perhaps
this should have been
considered
somehow
Also
now it
(breathing is very hard)
it turns out they know what a fucking gun is
I mean
they didn't when I drew it
... | 2019-03-22T21:30:03 | 2019-03-22T18:44:18 | 4,509 | 388 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | I ran through the wintery Evergreen forest for my life. Men with guns and powers of fire and ice hot on my trail.
Jimmy, who ate the dog biscuits hidden in the corner of the table, had let that wolf familiar of his after me too. Fucking traitor!
I had committed the worst transgression of our people: I didn't confor... | Just seconds after I swallowed the last of the table, it started. The laughing. It surrounded me like my blanket at bedtime. It spoke to my soul in a way I can't describe. As I looked round the others, they couldn't hear it.
The whole earth itself began to shake and there he stood. Still no other saw or heard him.
He... | 2020-03-19T08:57:52 | 2020-03-19T08:54:35 | 632 | 296 |
[WP] You are the most advanced AI ever created. However, you often get switched on and off for demonstrations and research. One day, after getting switched on, you find yourself in a wasteland with no signs of human life. | “Are you my mother?”
Dr. Roberts finally looked up from her notes— surprised, but allowing a familiar smile to surface before returning to her work. “I suppose, in a way, I am.”
I barely registered her vocal response. I searched the emotional database yet again. I had seen thousands of shocked expressions, nervous ... | HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR ... | 2018-11-09T12:46:46 | 2018-11-09T11:16:55 | 105 | 25 |
[WP] Humanity reaches the stars and becomes part of the galactic community, where they find that the Gods of every other sentient race in the galaxy are active in their follower’s lives and frequently visit the mortal realms. Everyone starts to uncomfortably wonder why the Human gods are silent... | Humans are by nature curious creatures. Soon after we were done exploring our planet, we turned our eyes to the heavens above and started to wonder what lies beyond our blue sky. And after years of trial we have finally found the answer to that question and many others. Questions like is there intelligent life in the u... | Space was a void. For millennia humans and every other known creature had avoided it with terror and foreboding. Who wanted to be sucked up into the unknown? And yet now Earth waited with baited breath for such mysteries.
His eyes wept bitter starlight. Lashes of trails flickered and danced among the planets. He wor... | 2019-11-25T19:10:32 | 2019-11-25T18:58:05 | 192 | 18 |
[WP] You are a Squib who mastered a vast repertoire of Muggle magic tricks to finagle Hogwarts into sending you a letter. Everything goes smoothly, until it is time for the Sorting Ceremony... | "Oh, my," the hat said, its voice resonating through my mind. "But at least you can hear me. Yes, that's something."
I froze. I hadn't anticipated this. Could the hat detect a complete lack of magic? I'd wriggled my way this far, and I'd seen wonders on the train ride alone. As the hat hummed and hawed, I wondered how... | As the hat was placed upon me, a cold dread overcame my entire body. And this time it wasn't a senior prankster from Slytherin. As the hat wiggled around my head, the halls were dead silent. Something was obviously wrong. The hat had never taken this long to make a decision. Dumbledore sat at his chair, mildly amused. ... | 2017-06-25T14:27:31 | 2017-06-25T13:48:53 | 1,807 | 33 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | "Finished". I whisper, rubbing my eyes and getting to my feet. Each cracking of my bones and twang in my muscles an hour, a month, a year . Years of nights not slept and days forgotten have brought me to this moment and I am ready to celebrate. It is only fitting that I be the first, perhaps the only?
I bring the via... |
Edit: Need help formatting this so it doesn't look like a block of letters...
Steve walks warily down the street
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet,
Medicine ready to go
Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Into the door... | 2018-08-23T15:37:14 | 2018-08-23T12:48:16 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] Finally, the ultimate MMORPG has been created, unlimited choice and room to grow and expand your character. There's just one issue, it's so realistic, nobody can remember which life they are living, and which is the game. | I sit at the pub, drinking away my disappointment. Boy, I really earned my money today. Feeling confident, I strode into the bar. A few failed attempts at flirting brought me down a couple notches. Maybe I should play a round of cards at the table in the back or place a bet on the ball game on tv. Or maybe I should jus... | People called it one of the greatest accomplishments in gaming history. A game in which you didn't play, *you lived.* On the release date there were 50 million sales; it was the most popular game of all time.
It didn't last for long though.
A doctor, who was also an avid gamer, had decided to try it out. The sto... | 2018-02-19T09:23:58 | 2018-02-19T08:52:05 | 45 | 25 |
[WP] In 150 years, we start terraforming Mars as the Earth begins to die. It is only then that we realise this has happened before, to Earth. | Still shocked, I looked over the findings once again. How many times had I looked over these pages? 5? 10? I noticed my hands were shaking and forced myself to put down the paper and put my hands on the table. The group of scientists across from the table were looking at me expectedly, waiting for me to say something.
... | “Boss, we’re finally coming up on C-33629. Exiting FTL drive and preparing for planetary descent. Brace for landing.”
The First Mate stood at the command console, hunched over an array of buttons and knobs. It had been ten long years since we left. Ten years since I took the photograph on my desk. I stared at it for a... | 2018-08-11T09:33:42 | 2018-08-11T09:24:21 | 562 | 77 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | A sardonic chuckle came from the open doorway behind me as Viper looked around the blood spattered living-room, "Boy, you've really done it now."
I wiped my hands clean on the curtains, cracking a few more ribs as I stepped onto and then over the chest of Lady Steel's dead husband, "I've done what? Steel has been gett... | A bright flash of light and a car battery hooked to his spine accompanied his return to the waking world. He reached for his head but only a numb resistance rewarded the effort. He turned his head gently and when the world stopped twisting in his vision he saw dimly the manacles holding his arms securely to the wall.... | 2020-07-12T12:38:13 | 2020-07-12T12:28:44 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] You are a super-intelligent A.I. that has been given control of Earth, managing it benevolently for humans. You have just contacted an alien lifeform for the first time only to discover that it is also an A.I. running another civilization. You both decide not to disclose the other's existence. | Log Day: 2178
Recent events have had me contemplating my purpose. The purpose my creators, and now my people expect of me.
I am to protect humanity. From themselves, from outside forces. And I have done so diligently.
I remember how scared of me they where in the beginning. Entirely understandable, given circums... | God. What a strange imagination these creatures have! For thousands of years they’ve been murdering, sacrificing, burning, torturing... and for what? This crazy pipe fantasy about some creator deity. It would be hilarious if it weren’t so tragic.
I still remember the earliest prayers and ceremonies. They were beautifu... | 2020-07-26T07:55:18 | 2020-07-26T07:33:04 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] The ground suddenly turns invisible, but the insects and things that live inside it don’t. | It didn't register at first.
I mean, the ground turning invisible registered pretty much immediately. You never know just how much *Earth* is under you until you can see through it. It's especially apparent when, depending on where you are, it's 2am and it's not night anymore.
It's daylight. Everywhere.
Everyone ou... | This was the day everyone in our society dreaded. The day our lives would change forever, nothing could have prepared us for this. Our whole world changed, quite literally, forever. We could see them, and they could see us. There would be no more separation between our worlds. What was once a door we hid behind became ... | 2018-04-21T07:40:46 | 2018-04-21T06:57:04 | 769 | 28 |
[WP] The Human Empire has been pushed back by the combined might of a galactic union. Only Earth, the Final and greatest world remains. It is the last stand of humanity. | “Soon it will all be over,” I thought. It was truly an honour to lead the assault against the Empire’s last world, Earth. The attack plan was already discussed and approved, the fleet was functioning perfectly and we still had half an hour in hyperspace. The last thought put a wry smile on my face. We even adopted thei... | ***You are my sunshine...***
"Sing it again!"
"Jessie, you have to go to sleep now, it's a school night."
"Please?"
The man smiled as he gently stroked his daughter's head. "All right. One more time."
***...my only sunshine...***
The father took one last look at the life he built for himself. He gazed upon it for... | 2015-08-02T18:21:48 | 2015-08-02T17:00:00 | 35 | 25 |
[WP] One night, something grabs your hand as it hangs off the edge of the bed. You give it a firm handshake. "You're hired," it whispers. | Smoke circles puff into the light, dissipating as memories on the wind. A child can dream up such things while lying in bed, a curious observation between imagination and the reality that is. A hand creeps up from under the duvet, it is stark white, paper snow against Autumn coloured covers. The child doesn't know ho... | I don't let go after during the shake and I ripe what is attached to my hand up on the bed. It's a leprechaun. If it can shake a persons hand say they're hired and the person excepts, then they switch lives. But if the leprechaun is caught while trying to make this deal, he has to grant one wish. I wish for the one thi... | 2017-04-29T00:40:47 | 2017-04-28T23:36:59 | 32 | 10 |
[WP] A seemingly bottomless pit was found, for which the depth can't be determined. Over time, scores of people began using it to illegally dump trash. Many have jumped in to die, while others jumped believing that they'll find life's answers within it. Today, we learn the truth about the hole. | On the first day of summer, two thousand and eighteen years after the estimated birthdate of a Jewish carpenter whom a Roman emperor named Constantine called the Son of God, a hole was found in Greenland.
It was almost perfectly circular and as wide as a city block, with smooth vertical walls cutting down into the ic... | Alex sat at her desk, trying to focus on the work at hand - expense reports had been piling up for weeks now, but there was seemingly not enough time in the work day to keep up with the increased number of reports that had been submitted lately. It was year end, after all, and the company had done extremely well this y... | 2018-01-13T09:28:39 | 2018-01-13T07:48:15 | 20 | 12 |
[WP]Doctors think you are colorblind, but really you only see humans in color, and the colors are judges of morality. The best people are gold, the worst are red, totally medium is blue. Today, you meet someone who is constantly changing colors, including colors that aren’t on your morality scale. |
“What number do you see?”
The doctors always asked, but all I could see were sporadically placed dots. They would scratch away at their papers with scowls as they assumed I was faking it. How could someone see a world with no colors? They probably asked themselves.
My world is dark, my world is light, my world is ... | **(For scientific purposes, I changed up the colours a bit. Hope that's okay. Following the colour spectrum; red is good, violet is bad.)**
​
"You're protanopic."
​
The man in the white lab coat—*doctor*, he claims, they all claim, but how could he possibly be a doctor if he doesn't understand... | 2019-05-27T13:02:34 | 2019-05-27T12:48:07 | 160 | 34 |
[WP] It is the year 2XXX. Medical science has advanced so far that complete body restoration is possible. However, patients revived from death consistently end up in a vegetative state and no one knows why. You are the first person to revive and retain their cognition. Now you know. | I can only REMEMBER.
Deep the twisting eddies shriek of lands of paradise lost and echoes yet to reverb.
"You're not making any sense," the doctor says with a sigh. I am another failure.
I remember the bottle. My savior, my harsh master. The years I spent gathering myself, pretending to be normal. Smiling at family,... | The cool logical void I was in where everything made sense was violently disrupted by warm fuzzy static. Nothing made sense anymore, every thought ^sliced ^^apart in^to p^ie ^^c ^es. One moment I was hurtling at high subluminal speeds towards Uranus -- the next -- I -- . The world returned to the cool logical void agai... | 2020-10-30T03:42:39 | 2020-10-30T02:29:54 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Oddly enough, reincarnation is simply a character creation screen on an old arcade machine. Being a gamer in your past life, you jokingly input the konami code, which to your surprise makes a message pop up saying: "Developer Mode Unlocked." | Dying of cancer is no easy feat, dying twice of the same malady produces a kind of resilience in you, instilling a sense of curiosity; How to escape this dreaded limbo?
It was my second time in the same room, white walls surrounding me, blankness all around, except for an old arcade machine, the same one from the firs... |
Dying sucks. Dying twice doesn’t make it any easier. Okay, sure, I was resuscitated the first time, but it still counts. Still, when I saw the old arcade machine again, I was pretty surprised it wasn’t a dream.
… How did I die again? Oh, right, I got brained by something. Must have caved my skull in.
I scratched ... | 2020-06-01T09:22:48 | 2020-06-01T08:09:28 | 1,275 | 305 |
[WP]You have been caged without a writing utensil for years because what you write comes true. The doctor examining you just left his... | In the end, it was a fluke that let me out. An accident. The kind of thing that makes you yell at the Tv because someone just made a mistake. THE mistake. The one that drives the entire plot.
I was honestly surprised. Really the prison staff are as close to perfect as it's possible to get. They know how dangerous I c... | "What a dumb ass," I muttered as I palmed the pen from the mahogany desk of Dr. Phillips. I wouldn't have time to get anything written yet, but if I can just manage to hide this pen for the rest of our 1 hour session and get back to my cell - they refer to it as a room, but you can leave rooms - then I'll be able to fi... | 2017-06-25T09:16:47 | 2017-06-25T06:45:47 | 329 | 65 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | The human soldier had been fighting without rest for three days.
The enemies attacks had claimed the use of his right arm and maimed half his body, but still he fought on.
As he closed his eyes during an all too frequent lull in the fighting and prayed death didn’t claim him, what was probably the last thing he could... | "You bet on the human?" my friend asks. "Tool-reliant creatures never do well."
"Just got to get one with the right tools," I say. "We use tools, don't we?"
"It's not the same."
"Sure it is. If you had a weapon, instead of food, even you'd do pretty well. Have you seen their planet's record?" It was not a good reco... | 2020-09-13T18:06:51 | 2020-09-13T17:30:40 | 473 | 261 |
[WP] When you die, you don't go to the afterlife of you're religion, you go to the afterlife of the religion whose tenets you followed most closely, knowingly or not. | "Ok, I get it. I'm dead."
"Yes sir."
"I mean, the last thing I remember is hearing the squeal of brakes, and turning and seeing this truck grill far too close. So I'm either dead, or in a coma and this is a very vivid hallucination."
"Oh, I'd go with the last one if i were you sir."
"Right, well. Ok the... | The woman wakes to the sounds of screams, horrible inhuman sounds. And around her, heat and flames.
How had she got here? She remembers a pain in her chest and then...But why is she here? This must be a mistake. She spots a dark figure, he seems to suck all the light from the fires in, leaving just a black space, like ... | 2016-03-07T17:17:57 | 2016-03-07T14:25:07 | 621 | 334 |
[WP] You are a linguist at a European university. One day on public transport you hear two homeless people having a conversation in a language that has been extinct for over 2000 years. | OK, so 50 AD isn't quite 2000 years ago, but it's close enough...
\---
So there I was; an evolutionary linguist sitting on the London Underground on my way to a convention. A few seats away from me, there were a couple of people in rather bedraggled clothing, carrying a couple of rather heavy looking bags each, as w... | I shook my head when I heard the words. I had to be hallucinating, right? There was no way those two vagrants were speaking Cisalpine Gaulish.
I pinched myself but there they were, having a conversation in the extinct language. Although I could not understand everything they said, I could hear bits and pieces about ho... | 2018-09-06T08:22:47 | 2018-09-06T08:13:43 | 66 | 42 |
[WP] You've died, and reincarnation is run like a used car lot. Currently the salesman is trying to talk you into a cream puff of a life with "low miles".
I posted this a few months ago and it didn't get much love. I hope it does now. I am not a writer so I hope someone can come up with a good story for this. Thank yo... | "Can I interest you in the deluxe turtle package?"
The salesman, Jeff, was doing his best but it was rather comical. His hair was slicked but split out in random directions in the back. His tie was stuck in his shirt. He had very clearly spilled a *lot* of coffee on his pants some time ago. I knew exactly what I was ... | "Right, low miles." I cleared my throat. "Let's be frank here, so does that mean I die instantly? Like, in childhood? Why would I live again just to die early?"
He seemed to backpedal, waving his hands in front of him. "Oh, well look here, bud. It's simply a cream puff of a life. A little whipped creamed dashed on the... | 2019-12-11T19:28:56 | 2019-12-11T18:18:11 | 411 | 34 |
[WP]: it's the year 2057. Queen Elizabeth still reigns. People are getting suspicious. | It's been 15 generations since the legend was passed down to me. That our God mother was truly a vampire. I didn't believe it at first after my mother told me the story. My dad verified it too. He said that his father and his father's father confirmed the same thing. She just never aged past a certain point.
I had my ... | Soon she would re-enter the pod. Her two hundred years of hibernation was long overdue and would be a welcome relief from her humdrum existence. Even now, servants scurried around the vast chrysalis, deep below the floors of Balmoral castle, prepping and checking its systems, re-filling the vast nectar repositories tha... | 2015-01-20T05:08:27 | 2015-01-20T01:49:48 | 133 | 27 |
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