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[WP] You are a supervillain named The Keymaster. Instead of creating grand plans to conquer the world, all you do is run around and free other captured supervillains from prison, after the superheroes defeat them.
Edit: Thanks for the frontpage! | "Aw jeez," I thought to myself, "Which one is it?"
I jingled through the mass of keys attached to the Keymaster's Ring: a ring about 6 inches in diameter crowded with master keys to most of the planet's prisons.
"I should probably organize this thing, huh?" I nervously laughed, a bit flustered and hoping The Cryomani... | Keys keys keys keys keys.
Say that long enough and it becomes a twisted mantra.
Hello, world, I am the Keymaster, but you've got it wrong. I'm no villain. I'm no hero. I don't deal in morals or justice or evil or destruction. None of that. I'd be a politician if I cared about holding office.
Apparently, the fourth w... | 2017-03-11T19:52:24 | 2017-03-11T19:25:42 | 71 | 33 |
[WP] After North Korea declares that they will start a nuclear war if a single bullet is fired The Us military goes medieval | Not a bullet was the rule. The rules would be followed. Not a bullet.
A 60 meter long, 1 meter wide metal rod is not a bullet. It is not fired from a gun, nor does it use a shell. A thin core of ferrous titanium alloy, surrounded by layers of steel, coated with a sheet of radar scattering ceramics, and tungsten to ta... | "The first casualty of war is always the truth."
Few people remember how the war really started. Most say it was the North Koreans preemptive nuclear strike on Yongsan Garrison in Seoul along with several US naval targets that caused the initial outbreak of violence. Others said it was a botched assassination attempt ... | 2017-03-19T08:27:42 | 2017-03-19T08:02:51 | 35 | 15 |
[WP] You have a superpower where the harder a solid is the easier it is for you to break. Diamonds crumble to dust under the slightest touch but mashed potatoes are virtually unbreakable. | I couldn't live without my other half. People tend to think it strange that Jack and I are so close, even in this current year, but It's like I say everytime; a bromance isn't gay. Screw what everyone thinks, they could never understand our unique symbiosis.
Jack and I weren't always close, infact, he bullied me quite... | Cut the "your teenage years are the best of your life" bullshit out. It is hard enough being a scrawny, 150-pound asthmatic guy who can barely make it up one flight of stairs without using my inhaler. Try adding on a superpower. Yes, I have the strength of say Superman when faced with immensely strong substances. Howev... | 2017-05-19T05:38:20 | 2017-05-19T05:20:00 | 27 | 18 |
[WP] Traditionally, vampires could not see their reflection because mirrors were silver-backed. With the invention of aluminum-backed mirrors, a vampire sees their reflection for the first time only to find out they are the ugliest thing they have ever seen. | "Wh- Where are they?!" Shrieked Immortius.
His thralls glanced nervously back and forth, unsure how to handle the situation.
"Why didn't anybody *TELL* me?!"
"Tell you what, oh perfect and glorious master of the night?"
Immortius flung the aluminum mirror away with such force it cleaved through one of his human ser... | They always say that vampires are attractive. Our little human prey say we glimmer, we shine the brightest, like stars. So, we must be beautiful, right? I always thought that I was beautiful. I'd never seen myself in a reflection. However, all the humans fawned over me. My last little meal, he flattered me that I was t... | 2017-07-29T14:43:13 | 2017-07-29T13:16:14 | 63 | 35 |
[WP] Aliens try to invade Australia. The humans retreat and decide to let the country deal with them. Write about the Aliens' struggle. | Pyrs grimaced, dreading the upcoming conversation. "We can't kill them."
"Impossible!" Reib blubbered. "Everything can be killed."
"Well, technically, we can-"
"Then what is this nonsense about invincible locals!"
"*However*, our weapons are ineffective. Our soldiers report that they do not die unless you fire prac... | A good Land. Enough space, nearly arid climate as we need to prosper.
Barren Landscapes, some remnants of previous inhabitants, "Humans" as they call themselves crowd the rest of this by far too humid planet, too humid except for the south West of its major landmass, but there are millions of these humans, unlike he... | 2018-01-23T05:52:46 | 2018-01-23T04:33:42 | 39 | 25 |
[WP] “I’ll tell you what I’m going to do Mr Bond. I’m going to stick you in a spacesuit with a radio, and strap you into one of my cars. Then, while mankind watches, I’ll launch you into space. The last thing you’ll hear before leaving this earth forever, will be their applause.” | "What, are you really expecting some sort of villain monologue, where I reveal my evil plan in the most dramatic way possible, allowing you to escape? I don't think so, Mr. Bond."
Agent 007 tested the restraints carefully, under Elon's careful gaze. They were tight. Maybe too tight. Still, he kept cool, smirking sligh... | James struggled to move. His suit had been drilled into the sides of the car, restricting his motion. On top of that, the man had given him a sedative that would relax his muscles while keeping his mind fully aware of the situation he was in.
Millions of people would be watching, yet none of them would know the true ... | 2018-02-06T20:27:46 | 2018-02-06T20:15:17 | 206 | 128 |
[WP] In the near future, all the world's superpowers switch to AI to make their military more efficient. The AIs do the unthinkable: They negotiate world peace. | They ask me how we did it, they ask me how we managed to pull off world peace. We didn’t. If you are reading this, it either means that I am dead by my own hands or I’ve been killed to hide the truth. I hope you do the right thing, reader.
My name is Commander Duncan and I was one of the people heralded for my part i... | It was quite interesting, really, the way it all unfolded, even though "happened" is, I believe, a better word—simply because it took so little time.
I think we simply misunderstood... we still misunderstand, really, just by how much a true "strong" AI is stronger than our brains. It started off very innocently, as a ... | 2018-03-29T07:06:18 | 2018-03-29T06:37:15 | 1,881 | 147 |
[WP] You've been happily married for 15 years. You decide it's been enough time to divulge your secret superhero persona to your spouse. They respond with, "Well, as your arch nemesis, this changes things a bit." | *We need to talk* is never a good thing.
*We need to talk* ranges from *The cat has got to go*, over my dead body, to *I want a divorce*, also over my dead body.
But I've done much better at concealing those inner thoughts and wait with patience when you approach me. We're in this together, the counselor told me, and... | In front of the capitol building a news reporter stutters out their most exciting statement to date: "the super hero identity disclosure embargo has been lifted! As declassification of government super hero operations continues, stay tuned for the stunning revelations of who’s who and what super heroes live near you!"
... | 2018-05-18T15:02:47 | 2018-05-18T11:23:16 | 102 | 35 |
[WP]: Everyone got a tiny, mundane blessing when they were born. Usually they are so small that people don't even notice them - always hitting the green light in traffic, etc. Yours would be virtually useless, but you figured out a creative loophole that allowed you to rise to the top of the world. | People rush past me, breathless in their terror. My boots thunk on the metal floor as I pass them. Most would think i’m crazy, because who in their right mind would walk into a basement haunted by a ticking time bomb? But ever since the great turkey crisis of 2006 I’ve discovered that my abilities extend past the munda... | My high school economics teacher had a saying; "Supply to the sky = demand to the land." For example, 80s baseball cards that virtually every middle aged man tried to sell at once in 2010 hoping to cash in on a high-value asset -turned into a litany of cards worth 5 cents when only a few collectors tried to buy.
Inci... | 2018-06-30T16:09:28 | 2018-06-30T12:57:00 | 865 | 390 |
[WP] Children whose mothers have used magic potions during pregnancy sometimes experience the effects randomly through their lives, love potion offspring being randomly met by lovestruck strangers, invisibility potion kids randomly disappearing for a time... You run an orphanage for potion children. | The folder was thick. It seemed to be larger every time I came back to it. No matter how much we did, the problem just seemed to loom greater and greater with every passing day. Even with the expansion, we simply did not have the resources to make a dent in the folder.
Trembling, I flipped through the first few pages.... | "Hello, can I help you?" I asked politely. I couldn't see the man's features very well; he wore very dark clothing, cloaking him effectively in the darkness outside the half-open door.
"Yes, I believe you can." His voice had a certain oiliness that made me instantly distrust him. "If I may come in...?"
"I'm sorry sir... | 2018-12-26T14:03:45 | 2018-12-26T13:51:46 | 426 | 244 |
[WP] Apparently the ability to speak and understand multiple languages simultaneously is a trait almost unique to humans, so when the alien's came it wasn't for our water, our resources, or our culture; it was for us, the greatest translators in the galaxy. | *(This is my first prompt response ever, I think. Didn't consider myself a writer. Excuse typos, I'm on mobile)*
The aliens thought it would be easier... but humans had a certain knack for warfare. So rather than immediate capitulation, the war with the aliens dragged on for longer than they expected. But we were losi... | Wait. This cannot be happening. There are not actually aliens standing at the front of the classroom right now. I’m almost afraid to turn around and observe the rest of the room but I do manage to take a peek at my closest friend Bridgette. She’s not moving, is she frozen?
“What do you want from us?” I whip my head ... | 2019-10-05T18:36:54 | 2019-10-05T14:36:14 | 25 | 18 |
[WP] Ghost hunters use points system to determine how haunted a house is. 1 point for ghosts, 2 for fae spirits, and 3 for demons. A ghost hunter valued your house for 278 points and became the no. 1 haunted house around the world. Your house was only built 1 year ago. | "I shouldn't have believed the ad. Do you know how hard good living arrangements are to find? Excuse me for jumping at a good deal. How was I to know what 'experimental building materials' is supposed to mean? The guy seemed to know what he was doing."
"Yes, but sir–"
"I just need you to get like a priest, or a polic... | I opened a marijuana dispensary on the corner of a busy intersection just catty-corner from a McDonald's in a beautiful two-story building. In the first few weeks of opening the dispensary, I was the security guard, the budtender, the manager, and everything else. One morning, about an hour before opening, I was sit... | 2020-05-13T10:19:29 | 2020-05-13T06:38:49 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] At the age of 18, everyone gains a Familiar, an animal suddenly enchanted to be intelligent and bonded to them. You wake up on your 18th birthday to find your room covered in hornets, all of them speaking to you as one. | Every freshman on campus was gathered for the meet and greet. People milled around, talking to people and pretending to make friends. It was all an excuse to show off their familiars though. Everyone was still very proud of their animal companions, seeing as most of them received them only a few months ago.
Scott sta... | “...uh?”
“*Does our presence offend you, Lady Emma?*”
“Oh, no! Not at all! It’s just that I was expecting only one of you and not…all of you?”
Emma’s words trailed off as she resumed staring open-mouthed at the cloud of hornets covering every surface of her bedroom save her own bed. To her surprise, however, their c... | 2020-10-21T13:58:57 | 2020-10-21T13:45:15 | 478 | 234 |
[WP] Scientists find a suspended animation chamber with a human occupant in the Arctic. After reviving they realize the person is ancient. After learning a modern language the ancient explains that they are disappointed to see how much humanity has regressed technologically. | A dozen scientists excitedly gathered around the man, who had spent the last month receiving the best medical care and hospitality that money could buy. He was now seated comfortably, reclining at a table, clothed in a bathrobe, and sipping a drink. He was finally allowed and willing to talk to them.
The cryo chamber h... | “I want my mommy.”
Those were the first words the device translated once they had it set up.
The girl could hardly have been more than 6 years old, with brown short-cropped hair and huge dark eyes covered with a pair of glasses that served to translate our language to each other.
“My name is Hassan,” h... | 2021-06-29T01:01:28 | 2021-06-29T00:13:55 | 153 | 81 |
[WP] You wake up to Death sitting patiently with his legs crossed opposite from you. "Where am I?" you ask the hooded figure. "I'm sorry but you've died. I'm happy to send you back if you'd like." "Why would you do that?" "I give everyone that option, but they must take a short walk with me first." | *You’re dead, I’m afraid*
“I’m…dead?”, the woman said, looking up at the hooded reaper. Its gaunt face nodded slightly, and she relaxed. She didn’t know why.
“You died from a car crash, driving home from work.”, Death said, turning their hood toward the woman. “You also don’t know why you feel relieved.”, they added.... | "Matthew, please have a seat," comes a voice out of the darkness. As I walk toward the voice the senseless void I had been immersed in materializes into a room, like a dream manifesting itself in real-time. "Sit with me, will you?"
Where once was only floor, now there is a big suede chair; before my brain has time to... | 2021-07-28T03:56:20 | 2021-07-27T23:50:06 | 42 | 24 |
[WP] Your childhood bully once said you were nobody. Unbeknownst to him at the time, he had a reality-bending superpower. Now he's the world's strongest superhero, everyone calls him The Truth, because his word is the absolute truth... Nobody knows about his past, and Nobody will make him pay. | ... Nobody is stronger than me... Wrong choice of words; I think as I keep breaking his bones...
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We were kids; he was enormous, a foreshadow of who would he become... Me, small and meek...
"You are nobody..." He utters after hitting me and taking my money in the school yard...
I lay curled, still in pain...... | I sat at my desk looking at the computer screen with simultaneous interest and absolute disgust. On the screen was a video I had found of the world famous superhero The Truth stopping a giant monster that had attacked our city. I chuckled a bit when the monster slapped him across the face with one of it's tentacles, be... | 2021-11-23T09:58:24 | 2021-11-23T09:27:32 | 50 | 10 |
[WP] A woman prophesied to give birth to the Chosen One gives birth to triplets instead. | _"You know the prophecy."_
A figure with a gun stood in the shadows, speaking in an oddly high voice.
"But..."
_"There is no use, you fiend. I am the Chosen One. Give up."_
That voice would make any self-respecting villain want to give them a punch in the mouth. Unfortunately, the figure caught him at a good moment... | 19 Years ago the great revelation was given to the oracle of Ise. The prophecy foretold of a woman, who would give birth in 3 days time in of a shrine, and with no father to her child. A child of untold potential, a truly great warrior, an unmatched holy man, and a voracious scholar. A man blessed by the gods to be abl... | 2022-02-17T01:18:19 | 2022-02-16T21:31:14 | 357 | 79 |
[WP] “This man is responsible for the horrible tragedy you see before you. In order to prevent this your task is to head back to the date of his birth.” “And kill him?” “What? No, you’ll raise him yourself to make him better.” | I'm stuck in a time loop! This is probably the 57th time I've raised this kid. I know which girls he has crushes on. I know which sports he will be good at. I know which grades he needs to study harder at. I know which of his friends will eventually do him wrong. I know where he keeps his journal. I know the 2 location... | # Tambourine of the Apocalypse
It’s ten years until the world ends. Ten lifetimes since you started trying. Ten things that evil boys don’t do.
To call Ziri precocious would be an understatement. He’s brilliant like the first lightbulb, whether seen in Baghdad or Atlantis, Edison’s lab or Tesla’s fever dreams. Life’s... | 2022-05-16T21:10:51 | 2022-05-16T20:40:03 | 38 | 19 |
[WP] Everyone gets a power that develops sometime around their twenty-first birthday; yours is big and flashy. What is it and why does no one ever notice when you use it? | No-one really knows what circumstances led to us being like this, all we know is what happened next.
The displays of strength strength and agility were swiftly followed by grand rivalries. Few of these were actually heroic, many people simply used their abilities to cash in on the social media storm that exploded aro... | The waiter put a catnip tea down in front of me. Mindreading was very useful in a lot of different situations. I took a sip of it. Immediately I felt better about the rest of the day that was still to come. I still had an exam today.
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Being part cat had its pros and cons. Catnip gave me a kick like no... | 2022-07-13T02:59:23 | 2022-07-13T02:57:41 | 33 | 15 |
[WP] Aliens always respawn minutes after death. It's a common prank for aliens to kill each other for a laugh. When they discover Earth, they kill millions of humans, thinking it's a humorous way of greeting this new species, but for some reason, the humans aren't laughing...
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Thank you SO much for the 2K upvotes... | Death.
Something we've seen hundreds of times by the time we were younglings, most likely having experienced it ourselves by that point. Something that was so natural and normal to us that we would often kill each other for no reason other than to pull one over our comrades. Usually it would take a few minutes at most... | Our bodies expire, we respawn, grow old and break, we respawn. It's something we've always done. It takes a bit of time but we do it and come back. Death was something foreign and incomprehensible. War was a game to us, a competition, and to the winner went the spoils. So when our scout ship came across earth, blaring ... | 2022-08-13T21:56:58 | 2022-08-13T21:54:49 | 1,573 | 199 |
[WP] Aliens always respawn minutes after death. It's a common prank for aliens to kill each other for a laugh. When they discover Earth, they kill millions of humans, thinking it's a humorous way of greeting this new species, but for some reason, the humans aren't laughing...
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Thank you SO much for the 2K upvotes... | Everybody in the Federation knows the drill...
You die, and the technology of the Federation respawns in the last point we were...
You are bored? Kill yourself... It is fun, and a great time killer.
You need an excuse from a certain appointment? Kill yourself... Saying that you "accidentally" killed yourself is way b... | Kavick trembled, cold and hot, dizzy all at the same time as the cromathophores displayed confusion, alarm and revulsion as fireworks across his skin.
The humin... or was it human? Screeched it's communication into the either as noise translations blurred into the visual spectrum.
"My offspring, my god (worship/cre... | 2022-08-13T21:09:22 | 2022-08-13T20:38:57 | 351 | 253 |
[WP] While creating a fake language, you discover one of your words is the true name of a powerful, and forgotten, Fae creature. You only know this, because they are now in your house. | When I said the word, I felt my jaw lock up. A painful swirl of energy trapped itself within, and I felt myself double over in agony.
Something materialized in front of me, as if it was born from the word itself. A humanoid shape of white light filled the air in front of me, and like somebody peeled layer of layer off... | "....Flerghurd" I said aloud as I wrote the word in my new dictionary. I didn't know yet what the word would mean, but it fit the overall theme of my new language. The meaning would come to me as I mulled it over, or whenever inspiration struck me.
"Whatd'ya want" a gruff voice asked from behind me.
I leapt from my ... | 2022-09-07T08:43:04 | 2022-09-07T06:45:52 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | **bamph**
‘*oooooaghgoogh!!*’
(Sounds of a thousand souls crying out in agony, but muted like someone put the volume down to three)
‘Oh, hello, Belial. You’re late. I was afraid I was gonna have to remake this latte.’
‘*AaaaaOrghhareaa!*’
‘Uh-huh, well I won’t say anything, don’t even trip. Listen, remember yesterd... | I poured the cream in the Dark Lord’s latte. I was told to make it dark as a corpse’s soul, and sweet as the honey of a million deceased honeybees. Whatever the hell that meant.
The demon lackey grunted when I handed him the latte, and tossed a penny in the tip jar.
“Thanks,” I said with the most insincere politeness... | 2022-10-30T08:30:03 | 2022-10-30T08:28:01 | 138 | 73 |
[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte. | An ominous blood moon hung over the oldest coffee shop in all of England. Its sole inhabitant, Isabella, worked to get everything ready. It was a job that started at 3 so the doors could be opened at 5 but for at least *one* multiplanar entity, that wasn't early enough.
She knew what time it was without even looking. ... | I awaken to my ringtone coarsely penetrating my consciousness. My ringtone, "Come Sail Away" by Styx, is playing at full volume. By the time I open my eyes, the lyric,
"I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise,
We climbed aboard their starship, we headed for the skies"
is playing, which sticks out to me ... | 2022-10-30T13:11:19 | 2022-10-30T12:52:15 | 54 | 21 |
[WP] Thor finishes his meal at a small cafe and the elderly waitress approaches him to clean the table. She puts the dishes on a tray and sets them aside, picks up Mjolnir, wipes the table with a damp cloth, then puts the hammer back down. "Have a good evening, dear." she says, and returns to work. | Thor sat in stunned silence as he just witnessed an elderly woman lift up Mjolnir like it was nothing. Only the worthy were supposed to be able to lift it. Not even The Hulk with all his strength was unable to move it even an inch.
“Do you need anything else, dear?” The waitress asked.
“No I’m good miss.” Thor said ... | Thor looked at the woman, his mouth gaping. She lifted that his hammer with so much ease, not even he could do that without his belt.
Sif, Thrúd, Magni and Modi stared at the woman as well, aghast that a, seemingly, mortal woman could lift Mjolnir.
“You, you four saw that, right?” Thor asked, making sure his br... | 2022-12-23T16:40:35 | 2022-12-23T15:05:54 | 46 | 30 |
[WP] A neuroscientist finds data stored in human DNA. When deciphered, it appears to be a file named README.txt. | "Readme.txt," I mused silently to myself. "Dear, you won't believe what Johnson and I found today at the lab. In over 300 samples of human DNA, we found a text document."
My wife mulled her response over carefully before answering, "Well, what did it say?"
"We're not entirely sure yet. The bits and pieces we've gathe... | It took a while to figure out. It was hard to isolate the very end of the strand of DNA he had found. It was small and quick to degrade when she managed to break it out of the nucleus. But she did it, she sequenced the isolated fragment and when she translated it she got the protein sequence arganine, glutamate, ala... | 2014-05-06T21:23:59 | 2014-05-06T21:21:18 | 80 | 23 |
[WP] A neuroscientist finds data stored in human DNA. When deciphered, it appears to be a file named README.txt. | Bob had the great idea to run the entire human genome sequence through a pattern filter; a slow process, taking several days to complete. He'd set it up to send him an SMS if it found anything. Every SMS he'd received in the past couple of days had sent his heart racing, only to be disappointed each time. "Buy milk," i... | It took a while to figure out. It was hard to isolate the very end of the strand of DNA he had found. It was small and quick to degrade when she managed to break it out of the nucleus. But she did it, she sequenced the isolated fragment and when she translated it she got the protein sequence arganine, glutamate, ala... | 2014-05-06T21:47:54 | 2014-05-06T21:21:18 | 63 | 23 |
[WP] Two very old immortals meet each other on a busy street by chance. Each having believed they were the only one until now. | "After twenty years, belief decays. You can't help it, it just does. When the Primal Gods first scourged the earth and chose me to be their messenger, the awe, the greatness, the disbelief at what I saw overtook me. They weren't meant to be seen with mortal eyes, you see. Luckily, that was resolved very soon."
The man... | Gods, I hate London.
It was my fault, entirely, and as such I took it upon myself to apologise but it seems I just couldn't just leave it at that. I mean the girl was beautiful and it had been quite a long time, in fact a *very* long time, since my heart had been stirred. She was striking and it was a matter of pure ... | 2014-06-16T07:15:48 | 2014-06-16T07:05:39 | 42 | 20 |
[WP] One day, every person on Earth wakes up with a lottery ticket on their person. ~7 billion tickets and no one knows where or who they came from. You turn on the TV and see your lottery numbers on the screen and wonder what's about to happen. | At first Lars thought it was a sexy joke from his wife. She always liked to play little games with him to make him curious. He wondered what kind of lottery she was plotting. He rolled over to put an arm around her. She felt like home. He looked at the clock on her night stand, there was a ticket there as well. “What i... | Everyone had one, but mine was the winner.
I didn’t know how to respond when I saw the numbers flash across the screen. They were pasted on every single piece of communication. If you picked up a phone instead of a dial-tone all one would hear was a deep voice repeating the same line over and over again, “Congratulat... | 2014-08-05T16:14:04 | 2014-08-05T15:52:36 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] Your office has an emergency stop button. You have no machinery. No one knows what it does.
Inspiration: http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/2gkyut/my_office_has_an_emergency_stop_button_we_have_no/ | Greg sipped at his scalding-hot coffee and stared at the button behind the water cooler. Red and chipped, it boasted a faded legend reading "Emergency Stop" recessed into the surface.
Out of pique, Greg flipped up the acrylic cover and depressed the button. He felt the resistance of the spring behind the plastic, but ... | The three of us had just been born. Perhaps alive for hours, born into suits and suites, born into desks that had been born for us, to bear us, for we were bears. The three of us, the three bears, who wore suits and worked in an office. Talk about an identity crisis in the making. Nonetheless, not something a newborn w... | 2014-09-16T21:52:55 | 2014-09-16T19:45:56 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] For years, from since you both can remember, all the way up into adulthood, not a day has gone by that you and your best friend havent been anywhere without the other. Each day you go home and everything's a blur until you meet up. Then one day, you find out your an imaginary friend. | "Hey."
"Hey, man."
"Been a long time, huh? That I've been with you."
"Yeah. Since the divorce. What was I...nine?"
"Younger, I think. But my memory is tied into yours. Could be longer. Could be eons."
"Anyways. I always knew you were imaginary, you know."
"I know. So did I. You get tricked, sometimes, bu... | Doesn't exactly follow the prompt but this is what came out as I typed. It's sort of based on personal experiences. I may expand on this if I'm so inclinded
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" Yoshi, could you sit down please.... there is something I need to tell you. " I said a little down trodden as Yoshi ... | 2014-10-29T07:05:27 | 2014-10-29T06:35:42 | 133 | 22 |
[WP] Two suicidal people happen to meet on the same bridge to jump. Rather than joining together, they each try to convince the other not to jump while justifying why they themselves should jump.
EDIT: yes i'm well aware this concept has been done before many times in movies, books and music.
But that's exactly it: ... | The man shivered as he padded across the newly constructed bridge, clutching his jacket tightly. His whole life'd been one miserable failure after another. He hadn't managed to do anything right.
Being the first person to jump off this damn bridge would be the only memorable thing he ever did.
He froze. Another figu... | “You can’t jump,” she said. Her brown hair blew in the wind.
“You can’t jump,” he said. He had no hair and looked very pale.
She leaned forward. The group behind them gasped. A man on a bullhorn barked at them but neither heard him. “It’s not a death sentence for you, you know,” she said.
“You’re young. You’ve got ... | 2015-01-27T17:17:41 | 2015-01-27T16:49:17 | 699 | 506 |
[WP] Any person you punch in anger is cured of all disease and is given perfect health for the rest of their life. The truth of this has gotten out and now everyone is out to piss you off. | "Do it.... pussy."
The elderly woman slowly put up her fists, "Come on, you... little bitch, don't tell me you're ch...chicken."
"Mrs. Roswell, I can't" I begged, "this is too far."
She weakly extended her arm and tapped me on the shoulder, "what ya going to do, whippersnapper? Man up and beat my leukemia ridden ... | "Hey, Trenton! Go _fuck_ yourself!"
I rolled my eyes and ignored the man yelling at me from across the street. With a frustrated sigh, I continued my walk, making sure to keep my gazed focused on the ground, where it's easier to ignore people.
It's gotten to the point where I can't walk anywhere without gathering att... | 2015-02-23T15:32:08 | 2015-02-23T15:14:08 | 180 | 22 |
[WP] You have a special type of clairvoyance: you can see the outcomes of all possible choices. You use this power to become a superhero that fights crime by making the smallest possible changes ahead of time. You are The Butterfly. | The man frowned heavily - it had been a long time since he'd last used his power. With luck, it might be the last time he would have to.
He knew, of course, that what he was doing was wrong - but wasn't a small wrong justifiable if it helped so many more? It must be, he decided.
A quick glance around the street let h... | “I need another venti latte, skim milk!”
A large hand shoved the paper cup into Jenson’s hand. He began pouring the steamed milk into the cup when his finger brushed the name written on the cup: SAM.
The man hurried through the office, phone and coffee at the ready. A young woman pulled a mail cart pulled ahead of hi... | 2015-03-14T21:00:29 | 2015-03-14T20:40:30 | 797 | 350 |
[WP] "The simulation is over. He failed the test." The words echo in your ears as you remember where you are. | I look around groggily, the return of my vision seeming to take an eternity. The room is brightly lit, and three blurred faces hover over me looking down. Looking down, my eyes are met with a fuzzy sea of orange jumpsuit. As I move to stretch my lethargic muscles, I find I am strapped down at the limbs and head.
"Simu... | The first thing I noticed was the sound dying. I hadn't been aware of it until it was gone. It was like a high-pitched whine that lowered in pitch until it wasn't there any longer. Then hands are grabbing my shoulder, pulling some device off of my head. I feel tugging on my arms and back.
"Get up." I blink at the lig... | 2015-05-10T20:35:38 | 2015-05-10T20:25:24 | 64 | 30 |
[WP] Humans have always considered themselves to be a violent species. What they don't know is that the rest of the galaxy considers Earth to be the most peaceful planet in the milky way. | <Peace by the Sword>
We are peaceable out of necessity, and because of it we are the most powerful race in this galaxy.
For a Human to kill another takes but a moment, a sharp knife or even just a few ounces of pressure and a man can be easily killed, his corpse discarded as a worthless sack of meat. Indeed, i... | Humans are a pretty violent race, right? The Holocaust, ISIS and Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the 2028 Brazilian Slaughter, the African Multi-Genocide, and the triple bombing of Shanghai, Tokyo, and Jakarta in 2076. In those incidents combined, over 116 million people were killed. Not to mention the countless other catast... | 2015-11-15T18:25:14 | 2015-11-15T18:01:53 | 59 | 35 |
[WP] The daily life of ex-assassin turned high school teacher. | Of all the clients I've dealt with. Of all the clients I had to hunt for days, stay undercover for weeks, and hide in airvents for hours for, these are the fucking worst.
*"Hey Mr. Black, real nice suit and tie, you know you're a history teacher and not a businessman, right? Ha!"*
Anthony Cacciatore. 6 foot 2. 190 lb... | All it said on the slip was 'Weaponry Training: 1:50'.
Nobody had actually had the class yet, and the older students claimed to know nothing about the mysterious lesson etched in our thoughts. Of course, gossip was gossip, springing up like a hydra with one too-many heads and no way to stop it.
Some kids speculated w... | 2016-02-09T09:43:46 | 2016-02-09T03:48:39 | 36 | 14 |
[WP] For years Earth cried out to an empty cosmos, searching the stars for echoes of life. From the middle of nowhere, a reply finally comes: "Shut up, and Play Dead!"
I really struggled with the choice between "For Years", "For Decades", "For Centuries", and "For Millenia". I tapped out. Take whatever timeline you wi... | Shut up, and Play Dead?
No way in hell!
Much of what makes the will to thrive is derived from pure ego. This is mine, and not yours. This is our Earth. This is our land. We made this.
Why are we so proud when we barely hold 30% of an uncontrollable mass of elements spiraling through the great abyss? When we, is bare... | Shut up and and play dead.
After that there was nothing.
An increasing amount of nothing.
Felt something like a cloud drifted in front of the sun.
The static that was always there just became a little less when one turned the eye.
Michael Gruppman of the SETI research facility said it was like being under... | 2016-03-27T09:12:57 | 2016-03-27T08:53:09 | 92 | 22 |
[WP] It's the year 5016. Archaeologists have a skewed and inaccurate view of what life was like in the 21st century.
For example, they may ascribe meaning to things that have none, or claim that we worship cats because of cat videos. Go wild with this, the millenium is your oyster. | There is some confusion - a debate in the community, if you will - about our great ancestors. Around 3,000 years ago humans, who were pitifully short, with the alpha males maxing out at 5 foot 6, were slaves to small furry carnivores. Some believe the master species were called "felines" or "icanhazacheezeburgers". The... | "Now to quote a famous 21st century proverb by the great philosopher and second Kanye Daniel Day Lewis: 'Daaaaamn Class!' I really liked all of your papers. Sen, I really liked your paper on the Great degenerative collapse of 2015, and the great war between the West Coast and the East Coast. One correction the Kings k... | 2016-04-11T11:29:50 | 2016-04-11T11:05:26 | 46 | 14 |
[WP] The year is 2231 and 99.9% of the population are morbidly obese. Superheroes begin to rise merely using above average fitness and health as their superpowers. | It began when my parents were murdered outside an opera house. A mugging gone fat-ally wrong. I tried to give chase but my hover chair junior was much slower than his noble electric steed. I howled from the comfort of my chair and swore vengence on the criminals of Scoffam city. That was the day I lost my appetite.
Fo... | "Oh, look at the news, Chuck! Someone's...going after Walking Man!" Lea said, craning her head from the pod to peer at the screen covering one wall of their unit.
"That's nice, sweetie," Chuck mumbled, nodding off to sleep.
"Oh, darnit," Lea sighed, trying to heave herself higher up to see the screen. "Hey, C700! I c... | 2016-04-13T09:58:12 | 2016-04-13T09:27:57 | 78 | 39 |
[WP] You have just gone through a Groundhog Day cycle that lasted thousands of years before you made the perfect day for yourself. Then, you wake up as a different person with a note beside you: 1 down, 7 Billion to go. | Goddam, it feels good to be alive.
A thousand years as a playboy was enough for me to fall in love with this curse. Each day I repeated the same twenty-four hours over and over again. Some higher power probably expected me to save the world. But once I figured out how it works, it was amazing how much I got done in t... | The sensation of the crumpled-up note in my hand was enough to make me bolt up out of bed like I'd had a freaky nightmare. I wiped the sleep out of my eyes and held up the note to read it - but I couldn't. It was too blurry; I told myself, "Maybe my eyesight is wonky because I just woke up." Which is strange because I ... | 2016-08-25T18:31:48 | 2016-08-25T17:58:43 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] You meet a genie that grants one wish. You wish to go back in time and change your biggest mistake. You get taken back to the time right before you made your wish. | My Biggest Mistake
I once did have a lamp,
which my Grand Pappy gave to me.
He said it granted wishes,
And that I should'na ask for kisses.
I took it from the shelf,
and rubbed it to a shine.
Thinking it was a tall tale.
That my Grand Pappy did design.
No sooner than I set it down,
Smoke rose from the end.
Slowly f... | "As you wish, master. I will return you to the point at which you made the worst decision in your life."
I closed eyes and smiled as I felt a warm glow radiate over my body, lifting me from the ground. I heard a quick, loud zap, and suddenly feet were on the ground again. I didn't open my eyes yet. I wanted to savor t... | 2016-09-25T08:48:42 | 2016-09-25T08:05:50 | 57 | 13 |
[WP] Aliens have just made contact with Earth. Strangely enough, it seems that human technology is superior. | When we first scanned the third planet from the edge of the solar system, it seemed ripe for the taking. The planet was full of natural resources, and its dominant species would likely offer little to no resistance.
The 'humans' appeared to have limited technological development, with primitive weapons such as lead pr... | It didn't go as planned. The information was wrong, it was all so very wrong.
20 years ago, according to how humans measure time, they had received a strange message. The message came abruptly, and passed just the same. MIR. LENIN. SSR. It took them time to figure out what those were, what they meant, and where they ... | 2016-12-06T11:39:27 | 2016-12-06T08:10:57 | 34 | 24 |
[WP] Elon Musk abandons SpaceX and Tesla and starts a new cologne line called "Elon's Musk" | Elon Musk finally arrives into the conference room where nervous SpaceX board members wait, called into a "secret" surprise meeting announced just three hours before.
Musk walks to the head of the table and bends over, placing his palms flat on the surface, staring at each board member for a few seconds with an unread... | Space x set the ball rolling, and governments and the populace were on board. But it wasn't enough. The technology to make Elon's dream a reality was generations away.
Elon then had a plan. He was going to enchance the human race with his musk.
Elon knew he had become a novelty and having a brand with his name would ... | 2016-12-31T05:56:26 | 2016-12-31T04:49:51 | 57 | 17 |
[WP] After lulling other countries into a false sense of security, Canada finally makes its move to conquer the world. | They thought it was a joke. They thought it was a ruse. But the reality is that the warning signs had been there for a long, long time. A strange Facebook article here, a funny post on a sub Reddit there, a CBC newscaster that made the oddest of Freudian slips.
Canada, the world's first post-national country. Fully in... | "Madame Chair."
I took in a gulp of air and tried to calm my nerves. This was it. After years of planning not just by me, but every prime minister after World War II. All the subtle moves, stratagems, and seemingly meaningless provisions in treaties have lead up to this. All or nothing.
*Pull yourself together, Lisa... | 2017-01-17T15:56:25 | 2017-01-17T15:14:41 | 143 | 38 |
[WP] The Resistance wants to send a T-800 terminator back in time to protect John Connor; however, they haven't mastered the Skynet tech and accidentally send the cyborg to a whole other world. Unable to locate John Connor it sets out to protect the only John it can find: Jon Snow. | The forest was dark and quiet save for a small taven on the distance where boisterous laughing and drunken singing could be heard in the distance.
A crow perched upon a branch looks about, then, feeling a disturbance in the air, flew away.
A small ball of electricity began to crackle on the leaf strewn forest floo... | Jon
The fog of frozen winds lingered, biting at the skin of his nostrils. Jon sloshed through the snow in the mink leather boots that carried him this entire journey. The boots of the Nights Watch. The boots of those who take the black. His wearing of them at this point, was ceremonial. Symbolic. They were still his b... | 2017-03-01T10:36:33 | 2017-03-01T10:22:40 | 119 | 85 |
[WP] You form a pact with the monster in your closet to work together in order to get rid of your terrible roommate. | Mommy was crying again. I walked into Matty’s room. Matty was in his crib crying, too, but that was okay because he always cries. Mommy was in the chair and I went up to her and hugged her leg.
“Mommy, don’t cry,” I said. I climbed into her lap and she hugged me, but she didn’t stop crying. “I love you,” I said. She h... |
Rob was out, and I was squirming in my bed, not able to fall asleep - as usual before a big day. I had a job interview at 10 o'clock in the morning. I eventually decided to get up and get a cup of coffee. As I was doing that, in the kitchen, I suddenly started hearing a voice inside my head. It called out to me, it to... | 2017-03-16T09:36:09 | 2017-03-16T09:03:05 | 100 | 13 |
[WP]You jokingly ask your boss if your labor position could be replaced by a robot. He chuckles nervously, and continues to look over your A.I. manual. | Eric flipped through an unmarked plastic pamphlet, chewing on his lip. It was Russ, the damn machine wasn’t working correctly again. This was the third time this year and each time had cost him an entire production day to factory reset the thing. Russ sat across from him, its legs pressed together, back perfectly strai... | "Say Phil, does this look infected to you?" Herb pulled down the back of his pants slightly and motioned for his colleague to take a look.
Psshh! "Silent but deadly, haha you fall for it every time you twerp. How's the missus?"
"Fine! Just Fine", admitted Phil. He did fall for it every time but for some reason he was... | 2017-06-24T06:46:48 | 2017-06-24T06:43:47 | 3,873 | 306 |
[WP] You've been waking up in the same day over and over. After a year of this you tell someone. Their eyes just widen. "You too?" | "Gooooood Morning!!!"
"Oh, fuck off Jennifer." After a year of this, I'm at the end of my nerves.
Jennifer scoffs and scurries out of the room. I broke up with her six months ago, not that anyone remembers. My day just keeps starting over. Like a song stuck on repeat until it makes you so sick of it you prefer sile... | I don't think it's possible to forget a moment like that. A moment where you find a tether - a lifeline - after months of aimless wandering.
"You, uh...you know how many times you've repeated?" We stood at the corner of 15th and Chestnut, eyebrows arched in nearly the same position.
He shrugged. "Lost track ages ago.... | 2017-07-15T08:30:00 | 2017-07-15T08:25:25 | 1,207 | 148 |
[WP] "Marines dont die, they just go to hell and regroup", they've regrouped and now they're ready to take over hell. | "Get the fuck up, Devil!"
Lance Corporal Silva never really appreciated the pronoun. Ever since the first time we was called Devil at School of Infantry, he resented it. His mother was a devout Catholic. Being the only one there to influence his 19 years of life, he would never have wanted her to hear him called that.... | Burned flesh and fiery landscapes were nothing new to the 45th Marine Division of New England. If anything, they were sights for sore eyes; old flairs, reignited in gunfire and blood.
Clenching a cigarette between his teeth, 2nd Commander Armistice gripped his pulse rifle in two armoured hands, taking a moment to abs... | 2017-09-13T12:13:09 | 2017-09-13T11:31:49 | 73 | 22 |
[WP] Humans are by far the best at any physical activity in the galaxy. Aliens are shocked to find out that animals surpass humans in almost any physical activity available. | The surprising thing about aliens is that they're not very physically fit, compared to humans. We're considered the heavy hitters of the Galactic Union, and we're the most-popular to use for bodyguards and mercenary soldiers. Just a handful of trained human operatives can decimate entire armies of other species, and th... | The General's expression became grim as he saw his colleague's faces shift from ordinary work boredom to those of horror. It was easy to see their expressions through the alien like holographic screen that was their work station. "What is it Sketsky?" The General barked. There was silence followed by an extremely awkwa... | 2017-11-20T00:10:48 | 2017-11-19T19:49:32 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Scientists have discovered cryogenic freezing. You are it's first test subject and it's a massive success, and they plan on releasing you in 500 years. You had no way of telling them you were conscious.
Holy shit this blew up!
I now understand "RIP my inbox"
EDIT: u/Alpacasaurus_Rekt told me it's actually "Cryo... | Finally. The day has arrived. Cryosleep, a fast forward to the future. You’re the very first living time capsule, a relic saved for the future. You welcome this chance. The cold creeps over you, and you prepare yourself for the restful darkness.
You wait.
And you wait.
Aaaaand any time now.
Come on. What’s taking so lo... | Pure silence. A quiet more soundless than the empty page of an armless writer with nothing to say. A defending nothingness, in all directions, from this space here to the end of time.
*THUNDER*
A crack explodes in to existence. Cutting itself in to this world mercilessly. The violence roars in a mounting creshendo. Bu... | 2017-12-17T04:33:04 | 2017-12-17T02:36:12 | 80 | 11 |
[WP] Everybody assumes that The Onion is satire, but you know different. Why? Because you're its main reporter, gathering news from alternate realities. | They just started arriving on my doorstep one day. I've never been able to find out who or what delivers them, but every Sunday I get a newspaper with headlines from another world. Most of the time they're mundane with just a few subtle... inconsistencies. But every once in awhile, they make my job as lead reporter for... | “The world around me doesn’t hear the voices...they do not see the visions...so I write” Allen told me.
I wanted him to hear the truth. “They only see it as satire, Al. No one believes the articles”
Allen responded “It’s not about whether they believe me, I don’t even care if they read it. It’s just... If... If I do... | 2018-03-20T20:00:19 | 2018-03-20T19:05:29 | 73 | 34 |
[WP] In this world, salaries are determined by the desirability of the work: if everybody wants to do the job and it's fun, it pays minimum wage. But if it's hard or awful work that nobody wants to do, the pay is high. You decide to apply for the highest-paying job in the world. | I swallowed some bile that had built up in my throat as I signed the contract on the table in front of me. As I reached to sign the final page, the man across from me reached and held my wrist. “Are you sure that you don’t need more time? I’ve had 3 people quit in the past month.”, he said to me in a concerned tone.
... | The secret to happiness is not through effort, but resignation. Money can do so much good in this world. For myself. For others. Just last week I bought a family a used car, made their lives a little easier. I'm fond of hiding cook outs, I volunteer on Sundays... But god do I need it. I need it more than they need me, ... | 2018-08-02T15:51:31 | 2018-08-02T15:48:07 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] Your family line suffers from a pirate curse: A demonic shark will manifest itself in nearby sources of water and harrow you and your ancestors. You live three-hundred miles from any body of water and this has made the shark get...creative. | I heard a low time coming from my bathtub faucet.
"God dammit!" I heard it say.
Cautiously I went into the bathroom. I saw the tip of a snout coming out of the faucet.
"Ro...Roscoe is that you?"
I hear a sigh.
"Yeah, it's me."
I giggle just a little.
"Whatcha doing?"
"My job. I'm trying to eat you. "
"... | I woke up this morning with my head under the pillows. Unfortunately my pet was a little too loud for its shitty puns being shrieked across the backyard.
By pet, I mean shark... and let's just say he isn't mine, but my ancestors. The only thing Great Uncle James was so "great" at was getting into trouble, and the one... | 2018-11-22T09:07:39 | 2018-11-22T08:51:25 | 171 | 41 |
[WP] Your family line suffers from a pirate curse: A demonic shark will manifest itself in nearby sources of water and harrow you and your ancestors. You live three-hundred miles from any body of water and this has made the shark get...creative. | I have no idea what Callen’s supposed to do. He’s just there.
For the record, Callen’s an immortal demon shark that just annoys the hell out of our family. My great great great uncle pissed off Poseidon, and here we are now. Coincidentally, Callen pissed off Poseidon at the same time. His punishment? Being eternally b... | I coughed a little at all the dust that came up from my family’s treasure box. Inside we’re a great assortment of different items. There was a sword, a clear bag that seemed to hold something sparkly inside, and my dads old diary.
Supposedly, it had started with my great great great grandfather. He had been a great p... | 2018-11-22T09:49:50 | 2018-11-22T09:25:56 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] A genius serial killer who has been killing successfully for a decade. With one weakness. He can never ever lie. He's finally gets caught and is facing trial for a murder in court. Yet, he walks, acquitted of all charges. | *"Did you kill those women?"* The question resonates around the courtroom, somehow creating silence by being spoken. All fell hush as they eagerly awaited my response, more than a few with a personal vendetta against me.
"No." The only roar of outrage from this statement was, unexpectedly, from an old gypsy who was w... | Curses were a fickle thing. You’d think that it came about from some arch-rival who had cursed the woman, Lady Emma Abate, or her bloodline before her. In truth, it was a jealous witch. The old hag had lived a life of hatred and disgust, and now, seeing this noblewoman take and take, land that belonged rightly to the w... | 2019-03-30T18:43:29 | 2019-03-30T18:40:49 | 141 | 68 |
[WP] "Necromancy is just golemancy except you use bodies instead of rocks" he said. "Healing is just necromancy but before the person dies" she said. Now look where I am. | I stopped, panting and sweating from the run. Those damn villagers! And that damn hag! I went to her cabin to learn how to heal. Nothing big, cuts and bruises, maybe a few cut off fingers. And what did she teach me? Freaking golemancy. Because healing is just necromancy, and necromancy is just golemancy. Don't get me w... | “That’s not how it works." Greg said, his brow furrowed in annoyance. I glanced at the faces of my cohorts, and I saw unimaginative rejects who had no clue how these spells might ACTUALLY work. Sandra, a brace faced wood-elf ranger with no redeeming qualities. Josh, a try-hard Dwarf Paladin who already knows everything... | 2019-06-09T23:15:45 | 2019-06-09T23:00:26 | 187 | 67 |
[WP] it is said that there are 7 people spread out in the world who look just like you. It just so happens that all 7 of you are in an elevator when one of them says ”so your probably wondering why I gather all of you here” as he presses the emergency stop button.
Please don’t attack me for my grammar: I wrote this on... | “Did you find him?” C4 asked.
“I did, now we have to decide what to do” C1 replied.
It didn’t take us long to find each other. It was like we all had the same idea at the same time, find the other 6 and figure out why. Why is there 7 of me? Why are we exactly the same? Are we real or are we clones of some sort? If we... | 2:“Well, whatever it is, I’m glad you broke the ice. Less so about locking us all in here.”
3:”Yeah. Let’s hear it. Unnerving enough to see 6 other ‘Me’.”
1:”Right. Let me start by saying this isn’t a coincidence. I’ve spent the last 10 years getting us back together by pulling strings behind the scenes. Promotions, ... | 2019-09-15T17:47:06 | 2019-09-15T17:33:36 | 113 | 53 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | It was my 18th birthday.
The beach party my friends were so kind to have organized was dying down. The sun was setting, and the moon was high overhead. Small groups of people splashed about in the water, sat on beach towels talking, creating a warm hubbub around me. A small driftwood fire was being constructed nearby.... | [Part 2 here](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditserials/comments/d609oc/a_staff_of_crystal_and_bone_part_2/?)
I held my hand above my head, my eyes closed.
Your summoned object could determine a lot about who you would become. My brother could summon a pen to him. He'd become a bard and now worked in the Destined Castle... | 2019-09-18T06:41:03 | 2019-09-18T06:31:15 | 4,689 | 3,369 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | It was my 18th birthday.
The beach party my friends were so kind to have organized was dying down. The sun was setting, and the moon was high overhead. Small groups of people splashed about in the water, sat on beach towels talking, creating a warm hubbub around me. A small driftwood fire was being constructed nearby.... | On your eighteenth birthday you can summon one thing. Anything, they say. Steal yourself a soulmate. Get yourself a fortune. I have both. I don't need more than what I have.
"What did you ask for?" I had just blown out the candles on my cake and my parents were waiting in tense anticipation. My girlfriend looked on m... | 2019-09-18T06:41:03 | 2019-09-18T06:35:54 | 4,689 | 197 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | Not once in my life had something come to me. I had willed, wished, and pleaded with the world that the rest of my body and soul would come flying to my hand after my 18th birthday. It never did. My wife always loved to take pictures, she had a 35mm camera that would fly to her on a moments notice and always contained ... | On your eighteenth birthday you can summon one thing. Anything, they say. Steal yourself a soulmate. Get yourself a fortune. I have both. I don't need more than what I have.
"What did you ask for?" I had just blown out the candles on my cake and my parents were waiting in tense anticipation. My girlfriend looked on m... | 2019-09-18T07:48:31 | 2019-09-18T06:35:54 | 643 | 197 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | Lariam's family made a big event out of it, and he couldn't be more excited.
It happened like this every time his older brothers or cousins hit the right age; his parents, uncles and grandparents would all get together in the house of the new adult, and spend the day eating and chatting, a great occasion for family bo... |
The last year of school and everything felt supercharged and a bit crazy, even to my laid back self. Not only were we finishing up our A-levels it was the year of the gift; the year when everyone got a clue as to the defining purpose of their life. Sometimes you could tell straight away what life had in store for yo... | 2019-09-18T10:20:19 | 2019-09-18T10:15:38 | 54 | 21 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | I stuck my hand out in a reaching motion in front of the council. Today was the day of my eighteenth birthday. The council was the nine elders who decided what your object meant and recorded it into the official records. If no object arrived within sixty seconds you were labeled as a null and sent to the labor camps wh... | —disclaimer—
English is not my first language. And i am purely on my mobile. So any typos and stuff, please report them below. Thank you.
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It was my 18th Birthday after all. Everybody in my whole family has distinctive remembrance of the day they turned that age. It is the day, you can summon for the ... | 2019-09-18T10:23:04 | 2019-09-18T10:21:20 | 42 | 14 |
[WP] You see the Grim Reaper and ask if it's your time. Death checks a clipboard and says "Nope. Looks like you're not due for another... three thousand, one hundred and forty-one years? That's weird. Also, how can you see me?" | "What are you talking about!?" I reply. "Pretty damned hard NOT to notice the dude with skeleton hands in a black cloak just walking around the office."
"Well yeah but I-" he stammers in reply. "You could run away if you saw me! That's a huge problem!"
I roll my eyes and turn dismissively, counting the files in my ... | I slowly blink as the old man in the black leather jacket with a gun says that I'm not due. Im not really paying attention to whatever he just said. How the hell do you react when someone says you'll for another 3 millenia?
"HEY!" he shouts. I snap out of it make eye contact with him. He looks so... different. I alway... | 2020-01-24T11:44:57 | 2020-01-24T11:08:17 | 165 | 73 |
[WP] You see the Grim Reaper and ask if it's your time. Death checks a clipboard and says "Nope. Looks like you're not due for another... three thousand, one hundred and forty-one years? That's weird. Also, how can you see me?" | "Well, I was dead once, but I got over it."
The Grim Reaper stood silently and cocked his head.
"River Styx? You have the look of one who has been there."
"Yes. My GPS is old and it steered me wrong. I took a right turn onto a lane that went into a long tunnel. I thought it was odd that there were red lights, but I... | Sick and bent double, I look up from the bathroom floor and through the sick haze,
A dark smoky form stands in front of me with the face of death.
*Well, nobody lives forever*, I thought resignedly.
I closed my eyes and bowed my head towards the reaper.
&#x200B;
He laughs and looks at his board.
“It’s not you... | 2020-01-24T17:11:51 | 2020-01-24T11:27:15 | 54 | 40 |
[WP] Angry at the thief, the witch cast a spell upon him. “The moment your eyes meet with your soulmate, you shall die.” The thief immediately has a heart attack afterwards. “Damn it.” | "Damn it."
Kaz frowned deeply and stared down at his body. This was just his kinda luck. Not only had he never had much luck with the ladies, but of course his soul mate would be the spiteful murderous hot-headed type. Sure, that did it for him, but at the same time it also did him in, so...
The witch was a pretty ... | Paolo lay dead on the floor at their feet.
"Did you really have to do that?" Sven said, looking into the hags milky eye.
With a Haughty Hmph she responds, "You heard what he said." the gnome sighs and nods. He boards the stool beside the body and bellies up to the bar.
"Wench, I would like some wine!" he shouts ... | 2020-10-29T06:27:03 | 2020-10-29T05:26:08 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] The god(s) have grown to loathe mankind's greed and hoarding. They impose a mortal tax: the speed of aging is now proportional to your amassed wealth. | Agony is a word for it. Eternal pain, maybe? Maybe just prolonged suffering, since according to the laws of the ancients, we will die eventually.
I will die eventually. I'd welcome it.
The rich cried out in fear when the law was announced. Turn over what you have, the gross excess, and give it to those in need.
That... | No one was sure what happened, why it happened or even how it happened. Some were pleased, others... shocked. Horrified, distraught even. The God’s returned to earth. Many from all religions. They were tired of the greed and the fighting of man kind. So they imposed an age tax. They disappeared as quickly as they had a... | 2020-12-02T08:17:52 | 2020-12-02T08:09:48 | 129 | 12 |
[WP]Kevin Hill is a 38 yo male admitted on 2/03 for grandiose delusions and an "aura of divinity" Patient claims he recently became aware he's the destined savior of humanity and can "alter minds at range." On exam Kevin is...dignified, attractive, and clearly correct. All hail Kevin, the Chosen One | The Reign of Kevin began on a mid-summer morning.
He exited the DC psychiatric hospital at around 10 am and headed towards the United States Capitol. In tow with him as he left was thirty-three staff and fellow residents of the hospital. As they made their way down the street, more and more gathered to Kevin’s side.
... | Kevin scratched idly at the gentle swell of his belly as he watched the young doctor’s eyes begin to glaze over. Her lips parted with a soft sigh as pale skin turned rosey and clinical detachment melted away with a sudden lean forward.
He closed his eyes and counted to ten slowly, trying to fix the image of the doctor... | 2021-02-06T11:58:22 | 2021-02-06T11:37:49 | 252 | 39 |
[WP] Most ghosts are vengeful about their deaths and obsessed with their unfinished business. This one seems at most mildly inconvenienced by both | "OoOoOoh!"
"Claire, is that you?" I called out from the kitchen. My partner was always trying to spook me, but this was a sad attempt. Besides, she was supposed to be at work.
"OoOoOoh!"
Seriously? Dropping my carrot and knife onto the cutting block, I hustled into the entryway, latched onto the banister, and swung ... | “Take some shots of that.” Sandra pointed up at the rusty metal letters above the entrance of the abandoned asylum - *Rosemary Institution*. Brad the cameraman made sure it would come out extra dramatic; he employed dutch angles and dolly zooms in about every recording he made.
Sandra placed her hand against the ornat... | 2021-03-08T06:36:12 | 2021-03-08T06:03:22 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Your classmate is convinced you are a superhero and acts like a fangirl around you. There is only one problem: You are actually the supervillain. And she is starting to get in the way of your work. | I was fostered and returned routinely up until the age of ten. For you see i had the unusual habit of dragging the unknown around me like a blanket of darkness.
One day, a man and a woman pressed in pin straight clothes and faces void of emotion signed the papers to adopt me. At first i was baffled then i was quickly... | "Cmon! Just tell me, Luke! You ARE the superhero Sky!" "You wont listen to me, will you, Kate? I. Am. Not. Last warning", i told her decent angry. Kate follows me since the last few months. I always had a chance, to get away from her, when i planned something, but its getting more difficult, to hide my secret identity.... | 2021-05-19T04:16:37 | 2021-05-19T00:02:55 | 37 | 23 |
[WP]: Turns out that with you being the chosen one, you are immortal until you defeat the Dark Lord. For centuries you have been just doing sidequests to live forever. But now the Dark Lord has finally cornered you to finally get some rest from this curse. | "Here me out."
Time had been kind to the Mad Mage of Mulbyrn, the once regal queen of darkness had lost her beauty many decades ago. Her cheeks were sunken to the point that I felt as if I could see every individual bone in her face, her limbs were thin and her fingers as bony as the skeletal warriors that sorrounded ... | I was backed into the corner I had been running from for my whole life. For my whole *lives.*
"You're the Dark Lord?" I asked.
"I avoided it for a few decades," Trevor said. "But fate's a bit of a stickler for being followed eventually."
"I suppose we both learned that through experience," I said.
I thought back to... | 2021-11-23T18:01:46 | 2021-11-23T17:52:33 | 56 | 40 |
[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. | Ivan stood in the center of the sword master’s training grounds. He cut an intimidating figure, even at fifteen, with broad shoulders and a massive, square shaved head. He towered over his father’s best swordsman and stood at eye-level with the archery master, himself a tall lean elf.
But even Ivan had to look up to C... | 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... | 2021-12-12T07:54:23 | 2021-12-12T07:50:28 | 338 | 66 |
[WP] The house you just rented is beyond compensation - staircases and extra floors coming and going, rooms rotating and changing places. You just ignore it. On the fourth day, the eldritch horror informs you that you are the first to stay inside it for more than 72 hours without going insane. | *"How are you still here, mortal? I have been tormenting your kind since you first sought shelter in caves. None have endured two nights of this torment, and yet you remain?!"*
"Oh hey, so I guess you're the landlord. Any chance you could look at the plumbing? I found this dope bathroom yesterday that was somehow outs... | "Have you not read Harry Potter?"
**WE ARE IT THAT LINGERS BETWEEN STARS—**
"There were movies, too, if that helps. Seven or eight or something. Stairs and rooms moving all over the place in there. They've been broadcasting on television for probably twenty years now, so if you are in fact Lingering Between Stars, th... | 2022-05-29T10:10:04 | 2022-05-29T08:27:04 | 226 | 165 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | A marine stepped through the portal.
He surveyed the land, and beheld a lush, uncharted rainforest.
A marine stepped through the portal.
He looked forward into the clearing, and saw an exotic hut surrounded by plots of abandoned farmland.
A marine stepped through the portal.
He peered around, and was greeted ... | Michael was the final one to step through the portal. His mind jolted as space bent and distance became as malleable as clay. But this jaunt was different. There was a moment where everything seemed to slow, then accelerate again. He blinked as he took in his new surroundings. A roar met him, a cacophony of incredible ... | 2014-09-02T10:07:22 | 2014-09-02T09:28:14 | 342 | 198 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | "Mommy, mommy tell me again the story about the twelve gods"
Sigh "ok sweetie but then its time for bed ok"
"Ok, so long ago there were twelve gods, and while they all knew each other they did not live at the same time, legends said that they just sprang into existence one day, the first god named Randy was saddened ... | "You got a smoke?" I ask Juarez, "just staring at this thing freaks me out." I say gesturing toward the large metal doorway that seems to lead straight into the darkness of hell.
"It's a portal man, didn't you pay any attention during the briefing?" Juarez passes a cigarette over my shoulder. I put the military issue ... | 2014-09-02T14:24:23 | 2014-09-02T10:00:19 | 44 | 16 |
[WP] New arrivals in eternal Hell may choose either of the following: a small wooden spoon, or a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven. | The man at the desk looks up at me, and says in a deep voice.
"You get a pick of a 100-trillion year vacation in Heaven or a wooden spoon."
"I'll take the vacation," I say confidently.
"I wouldn't pick that is I were you," Deep voice guy replies.
"I'll will still take the vacation," I reply.
Immediately I am trans... | It took days (or months, or years, one can never really be sure here) of waiting, but I finally made it to the front of the line at one of the few open desks that formed a line along the back wall of the gigantic cavern in which I found myself after my death. To my left and right, for as far as my eyes could percieve, ... | 2015-06-07T21:46:36 | 2015-06-07T21:20:43 | 58 | 25 |
[WP] As a dragon of innumerable age you have guarded your gold horde for millennium. Many heroes have come with long speeches on how they will slay you, the great evil,none finish. However this one is odd.He throws a coin on your stash, looks you in the eyes and says "I have a proposition for you." | It had been a good day; I'd had a nice lunch (three cattle) and was settling down for an afternoon nap. Then I heard the footprints. They always think that because I'm huge I can't notice small things, and they can sneak up on me. That one guy, dressed in black with a curved sword, did actually make it pretty far, b... | 'I am the mighty Al'Kathum, the great green dragon of the glade. I have lived for thousands of years, building up a hoard of uncountable wealth. Of course, having a seemingly unending source of cash tends to attract a rather undesirable crowd. At least once a week, my slumber will be broken by an incompetent crowd of l... | 2015-10-13T19:21:05 | 2015-10-13T17:20:57 | 376 | 271 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Dexicon moved his cosmic fortress from Centauri B straight into Earth's orbit. Dexicon was able to do this in one turn thanks to the cosmic paving it had laid earlier. This allowed faster than light travel.
"Your move, God." Dexicon roared, knowing it had the ancient deity in its proverbial palm.
*Shit shit shit* th... | "Your species is now affected by the Anti-Natalism modifier:
Every 10 points above the average IQ makes it 10% more likely for an individual to refuse to have children and 50% more likely to have children past their primetime (makes it more likely to develop negative status modifiers)."
God closed the pop-up and sighe... | 2022-09-11T19:19:52 | 2016-04-09T07:26:51 | 1,980 | 158 |
[WP] Suddenly across the globe, large, feathered, rotted corpses begin to drop out of the sky. They are soon identified to be Angels. | I watched as Spencer danced around on the rooftop, his hair as always sticking out at wild angles and his skinny jeans seemingly painted on. He was cheering as another flash of lightning lit up the night and another meteor like object began its descent.
"Yes! Fucking 'ave it lad!" he yelled pointing to the firery str... | The angel of death stood on the viewing platform of the Empire State building, watching his brethren fall with glazed eyes. He felt it too; the sharp pain in every one of his nerves, the searing heat of Hell opening, the terror, as everything did not go to plan. He got distracted by the screams below, and the immortal ... | 2016-07-19T08:04:43 | 2016-07-19T07:14:04 | 21 | 12 |
[WP] You turn your Match Distance on tinder to "Anywhere". To your surprise you get a match that is 10^93 light years away. Thinking it was a joke you turn it off. 20 minutes later you turn it back on and it says they are 10^5 light years away and getting closer. | "We're receiving an anomalous transmission from the Tau Ceti system," the radio telescope's civilian specialist said, barely containing his excitement. He waved her over to the console with the look of a kid finding a present on Christmas morning.
"Report," she instructed, wondering if this might be the big one.
... | Have you ever chickened out on an opportunity, out of pure, craven, abject fear, certain to live a life of regret over missing out... and then, in hindsight, are glad you did?
For me: many times. No credit to myself, though; I never learn. But Nina has been there so many times, pulling me back from the edge of the cli... | 2016-12-23T09:25:29 | 2016-12-23T09:05:39 | 53 | 15 |
[WP] The Devil appears before you and puts a heavy hand on your shoulder, "Look, we need to talk about you putting me in every Writing Prompt." | “But why me?” Satan sounded almost pathetic asking me that, but I was still intimidated. "There are so many other characters you could choose. So many topics.”
“We could submit anything, but you have to understand, the most interesting topics never get read.” I opened up Reddit on my browser to show him the site.
Sat... | It's not always that you get a visit from the devil. And when you do, you'd expect something bad to happen, like being pulled down to hell, finding out that you're his illegitimate child or being drawn to some eternal conflict that you had no idea that you're part of.
"Look, that's not what I am here for."
Wait... wh... | 2017-01-10T09:39:17 | 2017-01-10T09:02:13 | 119 | 47 |
[WP] The Devil appears before you and puts a heavy hand on your shoulder, "Look, we need to talk about you putting me in every Writing Prompt." | "You need to stop putting me in every prompt, man."
"But why? You're an interesting character, much more so than you let people believe." I replied, not even a bit surprised by the fact that the Big Guy himself was in my room. In fact, I was more honored and curious than afraid.
"No, Ryan, that's exactly the point. I... | Dylan sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I mean, really I am not talking about you I-"
The Devil held his hand up with a stern expression, little wisps like ghosts flittering from his fingertips. "Look, I have been the subject of metaphor more than you could possibly comprehend. I don't need to be patronized."... | 2017-01-10T11:18:19 | 2017-01-10T11:04:25 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] You're an astronaut on the first mission to the moon since the 1970's. You begin to dig for samples in the soft sentiment when your shovel hits something soft, yet tough. You brush the dirt away, revealing a dead man in a bloody spacesuit. | This is already a great book..
https://www.amazon.com/Inherit-Stars-James-P-Hogan/dp/0345257049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485010734&sr=8-1&keywords=inherit+the+stars
The man on the moon was dead. They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair, and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was f... | Just get some dirt they said, it'll be fine they said. *They* were wrong. I had come to the moon on a mission to carry out a few experiments. It was intended to be an extended mission spanning a few months due to the nature of our experiments. A few days ago I set out to gather some dirt to check against our samples so... | 2017-01-21T06:32:36 | 2017-01-20T22:59:38 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone has a superpower based on the topography of where they were born (IE: Mountains, deserts, etc.). You are the first person to be born in space.
Think Avatar the Last Airbender but not so limited.
Edit: Wow this really blew up! I'm gonna be entertained for a while! | It was an accident, of course.
My birth, my being in space, and well, I suppose I was an accident as well. An accident from director of engineering fucking the fat janitor after hours when the rest of the shuttle team had retired, the odds that my mother had been able to hide her baby bump for nine months, the chanc... | “So, Anthony. You were born in space?”
“Yes. My mom met my d –“
“I’m a doctor, not your biographer.”
“Sorry.”
“No need to apologize. It’s just been a long day. I just spent the last 8 hours recreating all my records from nothing because little Jimmy decided now was the time to lose control of his powers.”
“He…?”
... | 2021-11-12T07:30:30 | 2017-04-15T00:14:42 | 4,698 | 21 |
[WP] The real reason why the villain is doing evil is because he/she has a crush on the hero and this is the only way to see him/her | It was one of those days that made Silvia want to stay in bed and forget anything else existed. She'd been having a lot of those recently. Beside her bed, an ornate fountain gurgled cheerfully. She'd taken it from the garden of some rich family three days ago, and it was starting to look like Agnes wasn't even going to... | "Execute order Q-T-3.14." The order rings throughout the lair. Rengar grins to himself as his henchmen go about his demands. He is sitting on his best throne, twiddling his thumbs. This has to be it. There is no way that Ultra Man can be *that* dense. He did name himself 'Ultra Man', but still.
He feels butterflies i... | 2017-04-15T10:51:16 | 2017-04-15T09:54:52 | 179 | 129 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | There were four of us. We'd meet every couple hundred years and discuss the pranks we pulled on the mortals. Such good fun the mortals were. So easily susceptible to manipulation. Would we be so simple if we lived less than a century? Barely the blink of an eye, I can't imagine that being my entire existance.
"... | Execution, that is the key to any good practical joke. When you're immortal, you're allotted all of the time in the world to develop a scheme so devious yet harmless that can make an impact on one of your friend's eternal lives. Yet it is so rare that our lives are affected by our friend's practical jokes. How is it so... | 2017-06-22T21:50:06 | 2017-06-22T19:51:25 | 679 | 104 |
[WP] You've been a gravedigger for 20 so years. Each coffin obtains a button that'll alert you if pressed. A buzzer goes off years after the burial of a coffin. | Danny was on his way home when his pocket buzzed, signifying a text. Being a safe driver in addition to being an upstanding citizen, he pulled over before reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone. Flipping it open, he read the contents of the message: *Coffin 1218 has been activated.* Puzzled, Danny spun the ... | **That foggy night the chilling sound of the living dead sent shivers down my spine.**
Roger Turner is my name, I am a gravedigger with two decades of experience buried inside me. No one comes close to me in that field, that's why I work alone in Dreamsbury Graveyard, Ominous City's only graveyard... now that I think... | 2017-07-02T21:01:21 | 2017-07-02T20:15:08 | 46 | 12 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | *Captain S. Hoggoth, of the 40,000th Templar Division, Report on the failure of the Earthican War, Stellar date ASK 29.001..75.16.04*
We thought htat this would be a simple pump-and-dump. We had our Keyship loaded for bear, with thousands of rounds of ammunition. This backwater, the self-titled Earth, didn't even ha... | Intel was coming in about an interesting population on the planet. It was called the USA, a place we would have to take out before they could react, as an admiral of their own pity squabbles once put it, 'you cannot invade mainland america, there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass' if this was the case, ameri... | 2017-08-08T05:41:07 | 2017-08-08T03:18:52 | 251 | 116 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | "They killed the president!"
The news anchor's feed was cut short by the aliens' broadcast.
"Bow down and surrender, or be exterminated"
The news feed returned, showing the gruesome scene. The president and one secret service agent lay dead on the dais, while the aliens huddled in their landing craft, attempting to ... | "Compared to AX-213? No, this is easy," the footsoldier relayed over the wavelength transmitter. Those pitiful beings weren't even at Stage 1 of the Rëitsig Scale of Development. It was the first in the AX galatic classification that bore such a terrible level of industrialization. One would think that the road was wel... | 2017-08-08T07:09:01 | 2017-08-08T05:28:12 | 33 | 16 |
[WP] Your ability to see people's age in years as an invisible number above their heads has made you the perfect bouncer. One day you see a four digit number. | A man in a heavy trench coat with a thick beard approached the door. The number over his head, 1517. "Well, that's over 21" I thought. On his way through he tripped over the step and two dwarves toppled out of the coat. Their number were 15 and 17. "Nice try" I said, "no filthy dwarves in my good elvish bar." | I stared bleakly at the faintly glowing digits. As if it couldn't get worse, the last number - a five - slowly transformed into a six.
"We have reservations."
The average-looking gentleman put out his hand and I plucked the driver's license out of it automatically. It read like any other I'd looked at tonight; the bi... | 2017-09-01T22:32:16 | 2017-09-01T19:55:18 | 1,408 | 140 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | The call had been placed for eons. Cthulhu, his strong influence touching the minds of men, had been trying to summon those who would wake him. Alas, his influence had been hindered by the watchful eye of the worlds governments. Until now.
Faced with the gravest of threats, an alien race who thought letting humanity l... | "General, Cthulhu doesn't exist as far as we know. The aliens have already taken out most of the Justice League and the Teen Titans-" Mr. Terrific spoke into his comm suite, from orbit within the Justice League Tower, "- and we're still waiting on Diana and Arthur to get UN approval and summon their armies from Themysc... | 2017-09-26T11:22:23 | 2017-09-26T11:17:26 | 92 | 50 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | The call had been placed for eons. Cthulhu, his strong influence touching the minds of men, had been trying to summon those who would wake him. Alas, his influence had been hindered by the watchful eye of the worlds governments. Until now.
Faced with the gravest of threats, an alien race who thought letting humanity l... | My eyes became the size of the moon and I froze in my tracks. Did he just say what I think he did? I turned and headed for The Artifact. This was my only real job, ever since I accidentally discovered The Artifact on a deserted planet and became bonded with it.
We had been at war with the aliens over distant planets ... | 2017-09-26T11:22:23 | 2017-09-26T11:02:24 | 92 | 21 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | "General, Cthulhu doesn't exist as far as we know. The aliens have already taken out most of the Justice League and the Teen Titans-" Mr. Terrific spoke into his comm suite, from orbit within the Justice League Tower, "- and we're still waiting on Diana and Arthur to get UN approval and summon their armies from Themysc... | The fighting had raged for mere hours before everything came crashing down. Their forces were immeasurable, their weapons far beyond humanity's. It was hardly a valiant effort, anything any military tried met with catastrophic failure in minutes.
General Dillian stood on the bow of the ship, he couldn't find the ... | 2017-09-26T11:17:26 | 2017-09-26T11:13:03 | 50 | 16 |
[WP] Weapons are enchanted by performing incredible feats with them. The harder the feat, the stronger the enchantment.
For example, a rifle used in WWII might become magical, or a lucky ring that someone had on while free running might suddenly become a ring of agility, etc. | War. War never changes. Only the weapons we use to wage it.
For most people, when they think of weapons, they think guns and swords and bombs and knives. A gun that kills an enemy will draw from the death, growing more lethal and accurate the more it's used. The knife that slits the throat of a man will drink in his ... | It’d been ages since I’d seen my family, I’ve spent my entire savings for this chance. And my time had come. For the longest I’d been struck by mediocrity in all my political endeavors... This is my chance. I know he existed and perished in Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli, a man whose voice would lay the framework f... | 2017-12-05T15:27:39 | 2017-12-05T12:45:44 | 24 | 13 |
[WP] Multi-dimensional travel already exists, but no one visits our dimension because it's "that" one | It wasn’t that dimension 13E was too unstable, there was plenty of more unstable dimensions in the multi-verse.
It wasn’t like it was the one with the most dangerous inhabitants either, there were dragons and actual beasts in other worlds. 13E just had their myths and fairy tales.
No, 13E was specifically banned beca... | *ding!*
The head of the council rang the small bell that sat on the desk before him.
"Presiding, the elected representatives of the gathered multiverse," he droned, a line he had spoke multiple times since he had been promoted to council head. As the murmurs dimmed, he glanced around the room and watched a s... | 2017-12-24T05:10:16 | 2017-12-24T04:12:00 | 32 | 21 |
[WP] Society has introduced a day that’s the opposite of the purge- a day where all crimes no matter how small (jaywalking, littering) are punishable by death. | 30 seconds until midnight.
20 seconds.
10 seconds.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
...Silence. While Greek Row was normally loud and active, there was only silence.
I was such a fool for staying out this late. I briskly walked back towards my dorm, wary of potential police officers lurking around campus. As I approached the cros... | WELCOME TO CONNECTICUT the sign read.
*Finally*, the truck driver thought. *I've been on the road for three days now.*
He suddenly realized that today was the Egrup.
He broke out in a nervous sweat. The dial read sixty-*six* miles per hour. He was supposed to be traveling sixty-five.
He quickly eased up on the ... | 2018-01-06T22:27:51 | 2018-01-06T21:23:00 | 1,426 | 98 |
[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. | "Aye, you've heard about the devil's asshole right?"
It was more of a rhetorical question. At this point, everybody had.
A few years back, Bridgeport Connecticut experienced a minor tremor from a minor earthquake. No one thought much of it at the time, save for Mr. Hoolihan whose backyard now sported a three foot wid... | "A mistake was made," said the U.N. Secretary General. Last night depth probes had rained from the Vermont sky. They had been dropped in the hole six months and one day ago, exactly. Now they were back. And we all knew what would follow.
15,000 nuclear weapons had been dropped into the hole one month ago. Humanity had... | 2022-06-02T19:21:41 | 2018-01-13T08:53:16 | 4,551 | 537 |
[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. | "Aye, you've heard about the devil's asshole right?"
It was more of a rhetorical question. At this point, everybody had.
A few years back, Bridgeport Connecticut experienced a minor tremor from a minor earthquake. No one thought much of it at the time, save for Mr. Hoolihan whose backyard now sported a three foot wid... | “Ok, so, Deep goes back a while. Everyone thought it was a new thing when it was found in unprocessed satellite photos, which is funny because the feds had contingents for all of that, but they never expected a high school class to actually get a camera into orbit for that long… Anyway, ok so, the picture got out, have... | 2022-06-02T19:21:41 | 2018-01-13T09:45:07 | 4,551 | 31 |
[WP] There are many gods, who create many universes. Our god, a preschooler, has just submitted our universe for his universe making class. His teacher sighs, shakes her head, slaps an F on it and begins to explain where he went wrong | “What is this? I asked for a universe and all you handed me is this blank canvas.” said Mrs. Smith
“It’s not empty. See, look! I put a dot on it. That’s my universe,” protested Stella.
Immediately Mrs. Smith brought her hand up to massage her forehead. “Oh dear, why can’t you be more like the other students Stella?”... | Universe Project Final Grading Rubric:
Completed Project: 5/100
-Student only completed 5% of the project. When asked what happened to the other 95% of his universe, Charles replied that it was full of "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy." I asked Charles to explain what that meant exactly and he just shrugged.
Original ... | 2018-03-16T08:25:36 | 2018-03-16T08:07:43 | 156 | 42 |
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