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[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | "Why....?" the little girl stammered, her face full of tears. "Why does Grandpa need to die? He hasn't done anything wrong!"
I stopped and looked towards the little girl.
"Your grandfather needs to die", I replied, "because he is the worst person in the world."
"That's not true! He-"
I cut her off. "Your grandfath... | "So here you are. Would you like to explain, or should I?"
I look at Amy, crying, and put my hand under my chin, and raise it up. And then in the same way as I showed her, she does the same.
"I'm sorry, honey," I say to her. "You deserve better."
“Enough!" The Dark One screams, silencing her and knocking her over wit... | 2019-12-11T21:16:13 | 2019-12-11T17:53:44 | 616 | 78 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | Infection laughed manically as the bridge slowly rotted away "NEXT IT WILL BE THE CITY!" he screamed, His short period of celebration was cut short when a bored voice said "Yup. Yeah. Of course, standard supervillain, go for the freaking terror factor" Infection snapped around to face his challenger, a regular looki... | Whenever I don the garb of The Demoralizer, deeply do I ponder the impact of what I have yet know will be said, though undoubtedly crushing in its delivery to my would be opponent.
"Keep your wits about you" I murmur to my reflection, striped by the rolling waves of streetlights as I race to the valley, where it is sai... | 2020-02-25T15:50:31 | 2020-02-25T15:34:57 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] You've been captured by aliens, who attempt to torture you for information. However, it turns out that none of their torture methods are actually harmful to the human body in any way. | Todd woke up with little idea of where he was or how he had got there. Before he had time to gather his thoughts some...thing was trying its damndest to get his attention.
"@@%#&÷&[[£¥\€□"
Todd screamed in terrror.
"@^[[]@@@"
Todd screamed in horror.
"@^[[]@@@"
Todd was going to scream again before the c... | The titanium shackles held me still, feeling like a strong arm pressing my wrists to the stone wall. I struggled for a bit, and then gave up. I had only woken up a few minutes before, from being drugged with... I swallowed my spit to check, and it tasted slightly sweet. Chloroform. How long was I out? Couldn't have bee... | 2020-07-28T16:16:39 | 2020-07-28T13:55:58 | 114 | 49 |
[WP] Little girl finds wounded kitten and adopts it, not knowing, that it's deadly shapeshifter that hides from hunters. Shapeshifter sees it as a good way to hide, but after some time, he starts to like full bowl of food and warm bed near fireplace. | Salty cereals. Fluffy old sweaters. A smokeless fireplace. Bit of jazz. Raindrops on windows.
All of my favorite things.
A little human girl of nine, living with loving parents. A bit absent sometimes, but always loving. The little girl always happy.
She found me first, in a cardboard box. Outside the streets. Me bl... | The life of a shapeshifter was a constantly changing one if you will excuse the poor joke. It was an eternal bluff, shifting into different creatures/objects to avoid being hunted. I had been ready to accept my death after the last encounter with the hunters, no matter how large or powerful I made myself, they had more... | 2020-09-19T04:38:37 | 2020-09-19T03:32:49 | 1,727 | 687 |
[WP] Little girl finds wounded kitten and adopts it, not knowing, that it's deadly shapeshifter that hides from hunters. Shapeshifter sees it as a good way to hide, but after some time, he starts to like full bowl of food and warm bed near fireplace. | She called me Muffin. I was so small that she cut a hole in a floral print sock to stick my tiny head and forelegs through. I was shivering from the rain I could barely do more than mewl and purr in appreciation.
Humanity had developed a lot in terms of technology in the past few decades since I had been out on the r... | Annual Meeting: Carlucci Crime Syndicate
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"Our numbers are looking great! Fifteen high-level assassinations this quarter, with over 1,200 lower-level hits. Special shout-out to the Espoza Family for our fantastic Lat-AM performance!"
Mario Espoza blushed slightly. Personal praise from Ashley Carlucci herself was... | 2020-09-19T09:38:04 | 2020-09-19T09:13:43 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You made it to the semi-finals of a nationwide elite wizardry competition. The crowd loves you, and the esteemed judges regarded you as the dark horse of the competition, with your unorthodox approach. There's just one problem; You don't know how to use magic. You never did.
Bonus points if you find a way to incl... | How had no one realized I was a fake? I'd signed up for the wizard competition as a joke. Figure it was a bunch of Harry Potter fans running around on broomsticks pretending they were playing quidditch.
In the first round I did card tricks. Wizards aren't great at probability--it turns out their education system skips... | This all started because Mama taught me to use the magic words.
I thought it was just another one of those conventions. The kind where you dress up as your favourite characters--you know the type. I was just passing by. I'd never been to one before, and I just thought, *what the hell, why not?*
So, I asked the ticket... | 2020-10-09T07:54:58 | 2020-10-09T07:54:38 | 1,801 | 198 |
[WP] You were among the first of the Gods, and upon making the first creatures there was an issue, they lived an eternal life and did not appreciate it nor desire more. So you gave them the greatest gift you could imagine. Death. | As I took my first breath, I opened my eyes. It felt like I had been sleeping for eons, despite my birth was mere seconds ago.
"Welcome, my son", I glanced up to the figure, His voice was so warm and calming. He was but a ball of light, a being made of thoughts and philosophy. I felt His being in me, as He was everyt... | The skeleton followed me through a candle-lit room past shelf after shelf of squat hourglasses. I turned to him and clapped my hands.
“Okay, so these are the life-timers,” I gestured towards one of the shelves. “They track the life-stream of every living thing on the planet.”
I grabbed a life-timer and held it out. “... | 2020-12-24T00:56:12 | 2020-12-24T00:53:26 | 71 | 25 |
[WP] Magic is mundane in your world. Not that you ever cared about it; you were an auto mechanic like your father. But you're not sure what to do after one of your best customers raises you from the dead because you're the only one he trusts with his antique cars. | "Goddamit.. Y'know that this isn't a great look for me." I held up a hand, my hand, and observed its taut, pale skin. Stretched tight over my skeleton. "I never wanted a part of this magic crap an' I didn't want to keep working forever y'know. Hell I retired well over a decade afore my death."
Aegwyth Frumpbottom look... | "Antique cars require antique men," Billy Simpson boomed.
The sound shook me and I had to brush away the mud on my shoulders to not let the old bastard on the fact that he had succeeded in startling me.
"That's not quite right," I said. "Antique cars require a lot of things, but not antique men."
"But that's it. Tha... | 2021-03-26T09:23:15 | 2021-03-26T08:25:19 | 40 | 28 |
[WP] Your kingdom lies in ruins and the demons are at the gate. You hold the sacred relic that has been passed down for countless generations to your lips and speak a prayer in a long forgotten language: "Orbital Strike on my location" | "_Instruction not followed. Instruction requires command authorization and safety protocol override. Please consult documentation for more information._"
The response from the Relic took me by surprise. I had never heard it speak before, and though the words were said in the common tongue, their meaning eluded me. As ... | It was silent aboard the orbital watch post, though signs of frenzied activity could be seen. A half-full meal tray still steamed next to a hastily thrown down book. Coffee from an oversized mug had spilled all over two sets of discarded work coveralls. A foreboding black locker stood with doors thrown wide, its open p... | 2021-11-08T09:26:22 | 2021-11-08T09:25:42 | 65 | 40 |
[WP] Being a faceless goon is a cushy job. Evil lairs, hostages, death rays, but the heroes always escape and save the day, so no harm, no foul, right? But today, the heroes aren’t escaping, and they still aren’t escaping, and… it’s beginning to dawn on you that your boss might actually succeed. | It’s the second week Colin Covington—or 237 while wearing this uncomfortably black costume and/or within Mister Menacing’s compound—had to bring food for the heroes.
Colin’s never done it for more than three days before he found himself flat on his back, hoping that his insurance was still properly covering what felt ... | "This time they'll see! They'll all see."
Cackling echoed through the cave system, along with the distant sound of the ocean and the night creatures that dwelled with the villain and his goons. Thanks to the Boss's technology those creatures kept their distance and they were able to live hidden from insects, the poli... | 2021-12-07T01:04:46 | 2021-12-06T23:09:32 | 388 | 66 |
[WP] A lighthouse keeper begins to suspect the lighthouse is up to something besides warning boats of the rocky shores. | **A Recountance of the Lancaster Lighthouse**
**November 23, 1821**
*It is on this day, this very day, with the waves of winter beginning to swell and my breath beginning to show in the air, that I must begin my recountance of the happenings of the Lancaster Lighthouse.*
*Fear. That is the motivation for these small... | This goddamn piece of shit isn’t worth a goddamn thing, he muttered to himself. Frederik was all too aware that he was too old for this shit and should have left years – hell, decades – ago to a nice little house inland. He could’ve joined a club, met a younger lady at a yoga class, and spent his remaining years ruttin... | 2022-02-21T11:01:03 | 2022-02-21T09:28:51 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] When humans achieve interstellar space flight we discover that we live smack dab in the midst of several massive squabbling ancient alien empires. So we do the only sensible thing we could, and become space Switzerland. | There’s something many people forget about expanding an empire. Something the Romans had to deal with. The Chinese. The Mongols…you get the idea.
As you get bigger, you have to more border to defend. As bad as it is on land, it is even worse in space. An ever enlarging sphere of empty space to defend.
Luckily for u... | "Jones! What the hell is this place even? Looks like a wagon wheel from ancient times or something. What's with the spokes?"
"Smith, it's uh . . . nice to see you too. Did you not watch the briefing? This was all explained in the vid. . ."
"I stand around and make sure nothing crazy goes down. I know about all ... | 2022-03-06T21:33:17 | 2022-03-06T18:32:30 | 1,166 | 217 |
[WP] People turn into anthropomorphic animals on their 18th birthday, and what they become usually depends on their personality. Lion people are typically brave, fox people are typically cunning, etc. However, you remained Human, and you aren't quite sure what that means. | The doctor leafed through her printouts, tasting the air with her forked tongue. Adam and his parents sat in tense silence. Well, his parents were tense—Adam's own feelings were somewhere in the realm of curiosity.
"Well, the good newsss is that all of his blood tests are normal," said the doctor. "Almossst perfectly ... | I awoke on my eighteenth birthday full of expectation. On my father’s zooday he grew massive ebony horns that scraped the plaster from the kitchen ceiling. His nails turned shiny black, his nose snoutish. I always considered him bullheaded, and he embodied the bull from head to toe. My mother took on the traits of a mo... | 2022-03-27T13:07:39 | 2022-03-27T10:44:01 | 68 | 27 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | Harold was lying on the floor, bleeding from the bullet hold on his shoulder.
“Are you the boss here?” Thuderia asked.
“Yes,” I replied, my anger starting.
“Give us the money,” Flame Lord snarled.
“Why?”
“Because,” Anne began, “we’re your Trio of Salvation. We deal with the super villain Blackout. Now give us the ... | *This time* it had to work. It couldn't be like that time the duct tape broke in the torture chamber, releasing the bar that kept Doctor KingKitty from morphing into her feline form and escaping. Or like the time my blaster cannon had no ammo while I finally had WhipWorm in the scope. And most certainly never like the ... | 2022-11-28T14:47:16 | 2022-11-28T14:15:34 | 414 | 18 |
[WP] An evil witch curses you with a guardian angel. Why?
My first prompt! | The day I was born my fairy godmother appeared, as is the custom, and summoned from the air the most amazingly beautiful figure anyone had ever seen. Six foot three, pure muscle with giant wings sprouting from his back, this naked adonis glowed with holy light. Golden hair ran down his bronzed back and wide blue eyes r... | 103 days.
It had been 103 days since he first met the gnarled old woman that sat on the park bench every Saturday morning at 8:23 AM. That morning he was returning from a particularly discouraging appointment with his therapist. Shoulders slumped forward, a dirty cigarette in his mouth, shivering in the sunlight, he p... | 2014-01-30T19:09:20 | 2014-01-30T19:08:21 | 107 | 14 |
[WP] A cop arrives at the golden gate bridge to talk a man out of committing suicide. After they have a short conversation, the cop jumps off the bridge. | Officer Madison literally burst from his car.
"MISTER! DON'T DO IT! FUCK!"
There was a man on the railings of the Golden Gate Bridge and he was poised to jump.
"No, Officer, I don't have a choice I-"
The man turned away and bent his legs slightly.
"WHAT? NO! STOP! YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE!"
Madison was running over.
... | "Hey buddy! You can't do that here! Do you know how much of a pain it is to fish people out of the water?" Officer Dave shouted to a man about to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.
"Who cares," said the man. "Just leave me down there if you have to. I'm not worth the trouble."
"No."
"Why not?" The man leaned closer t... | 2014-07-04T22:12:26 | 2014-07-04T21:53:12 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] The creation of the universe is like a slowly loading webpage with Earth being one of the only pieces of "loaded" content. One day, without warning, the rest of the empty universe suddenly "loads." | "Franklin! Mr. Franklin!"
Professor Jonathan Franklin looked up from the papers covering his desk at the gasping intern. "What is it?" he said irritatedly.
"There's an anomaly."
The professor groaned. He closed his notebook, saving his page with his pencil. He had been on a roll, and felt as if he was on the verge o... | It began with a picture of a pyramid that my cousin posted. A vaguely Mesoamerican-looking pyramid, made of some bluish sort of rock, and captioned "i never seed tihs befor".
My cousin's atrocious spelling aside, the picture was *odd*. I knew pyramid-building civilizations were tropical (mostly), but the guy lives in ... | 2015-02-09T13:50:50 | 2015-02-09T13:45:44 | 135 | 22 |
[WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible. | The button was there.
John was there.
The words were there.
But the last part was not.
Warning: this will eradicate all people who
Nothing. All people who what? There was a blank space, and a line underneath, almost as if mockingly highlighting to him the importance of the missing part.
After all his searching, t... | [WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible.
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Reggie mashed his hands together and felt the sweat between his palms. He stared down at them and wiped the excess moisture off on his jeans. “Don’t think about it ... | 2015-10-21T14:07:36 | 2015-10-21T13:57:19 | 161 | 27 |
[WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible. | "Think about it," said I. "It's a simple logic puzzle."
"How so, Primus?" asked Secundus.
"First, we know that the result is a Utopia," I explained.
Secundus frowned. "But was not Moore's Utopia quite different than what the term has come to mean in the vulgar?"
"Will you shut the fuck up and let me talk?" I asked,... | In retrospect he should have taken much longer to make the decision, but thinking things out had never been one of his strong suits. He flipped open the clear glass lid and stared at the button for a few seconds. Just a simple red button on a small black box. Apart from the inscription there was nothing remarkable abo... | 2015-10-21T14:27:42 | 2015-10-21T14:11:47 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Scientists are now able to recreate a person's last sentence before they died, leading to thousands of solved murder cases. However, one victim's last words leave detectives baffled. | "Pull back the sheet, Diana. I need to know you got the right guy," demanded Owen as he sent a tray of tools clamoring to the floor.
"Mr. Pavlenko, we are sure of it. You have our word. We've already matched him with the records you--"
"Now."
Grabbing the corner of the plastic sheet, Diana revealed the body.
"If yo... | All was quiet at 6am in the station. I was the only one there. I stayed here eagerly waiting on Johnson to return. Johnson had gone to Chicago to retrieve the results of the test.
The test was in it's early stages, with a few minor glitches with the system in forms of grammar and spelling.
But today it was finally read... | 2016-02-07T23:19:57 | 2016-02-07T17:28:21 | 41 | 20 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | Jeremy was sitting quietly in his living room. He'd spent most of his Sunday watching football and drinking cheap beer. The game was interrupted by a news bulletin.
Popular actress Jennifer Lawrence died today of a self inflicted gunshot wound. She was overheard minutes before saying, "I.. Can't... Take it... Anymore.... | In spite of his years in the oncology department, arguably one of the most humbling and readying rites of passage into the world of truth there are, nothing had quite prepared Dr. Callender to tell Chloë Grace Moretz's parents that she wasn't having seizures nor epileptic fits of any kind, let alone dying. Dread mutate... | 2016-03-12T07:15:27 | 2016-03-12T07:00:34 | 303 | 21 |
[WP][NSFW]When someone masturbates,the person they masturbate to feels it as well. | Sonnet Number Seventy-One
As Issac Newton once had said it best,
"Each action has its opposite reaction."
Because his physics are true with all the rest
It follows, masturbation's no exception.
The diddled self when thinking of another,
Requires outcome of action, to be felt.
If she is someone's sister, w... | I got a call from a friend who invited me over to her house to talk about something. I've accepted to come, but I have been feeling very awkward about it. I mean, she does look a little good, but I'm not sure if I do like her - talking about it is too awkward and embarrassing, and...nevermind about that.
I arrive, say... | 2016-03-12T08:12:37 | 2016-03-12T07:22:16 | 40 | 14 |
[WP] Write a story about something completely mundane. DON'T make it interesting. No plot twists. NO alien attacks, viruses, divine intervention, nothing. Just totally normal. Please, nothing ridiculous | I woke up well past sunrise,
I stepped onto the floor;
I slipped into my green-trimmed robe,
I opened up the door.
I took the stairs one at a time,
Like every day before;
I scrubbed the sleep out of my eyes,
I opened up a drawer...
What horror there awaited me,
Made sure I was awake-
Oh good, it's just a cork... | John lowered the boat into the water and pushed off as the morning sun rose over the lake. It wasn't a very hot morning, nor was it very cold, and John was fine with that. He was mildly interested in going fishing, after the worst week of his life. But that was a story for another time.
John chose a #2 Aberdeen hook ... | 2016-05-23T14:33:38 | 2016-05-23T14:26:04 | 31 | 14 |
[WP] Another world has clashed with ours, but only those who have lost something can find it. Those missing an arm can feel it, those missing an ear can hear it, and those who are blind... | I walk beside a girl on a wheelchair. She's young, barely fourteen or fifteen. Her arms are thin and layered with veins like spider webs. Her hair is thin with bald batches. She stares straight ahead with a look of pure determination.
She reminds me of my daughter. That girl never gave up on anything.
I turn my head... | Amy came bursting through the front door. “Mom! Grandpa is acting strange again! Come help!”
Debora was in the middle of cooking dinner. She quickly put the rolls in the oven, and ran out to the front porch to check on her father.
The old man had been sitting in his favorite rocking chair, enjoying the birds si... | 2016-12-19T07:10:01 | 2016-12-19T06:53:22 | 215 | 32 |
[WP] An ancient immortal, known as The Dark Lord, is very bored. One day he finds out a new band of heroes is coming for him, yet again. "Hope they are fun enough", thought The Dark Lord, disguised as an average dweller, while approaching the team: "So, I heard you need a guide?" | "There they are." I whispered to myself, "I hope these guys are more fun than that last group. So much drama with that crew, right up to their painful deaths."
I quickly transformed my body to appear more frail, and trustworthy.
"Oh don't mind me, I'm just a tired old villager looking to help strangers on their quest... | Day 1,
Well, this adventurers are a _raw_ batch of complete and utter **lunatics**. Their leader is a half idiot paladin named Volzer. I think he took a head injury some time ago because he's gormless. He is, however, stunningly strong and occasionally quite experienced about things.
Then there's the group scout. The... | 2016-12-20T07:51:01 | 2016-12-20T07:39:27 | 376 | 107 |
[WP] You are so focused on listening to music and browsing reddit on your phone, that you walk in to hostage situation in a Starbucks. | "FREEZE THE HELL UP!" The voice got your attention by being loud and terrified.
Let's roll back a little. You were on your way to get your morning coffee. You were well-acquainted with the route and your peripheral vision had been perfected to spot annoyances like uneven pavements and pieces of trash that you are abl... | Daniel looked up to find six faces - 2 concealed by balaclavas, 4 concealed only by anxiety - staring back at him.
"You there!" called one of the balaclavas. It was a male voice, confirmed by the thick eyebrows which were currently pushed together so tightly that they were barely distinct. He was standing behind the c... | 2016-12-22T16:26:35 | 2016-12-22T16:07:51 | 73 | 24 |
[WP] As the demon stared at the mortal who summoned it, all that could be heard was a sigh before the words, "You do realize this is a marriage proposal, right?" | Lleataell, demi-demon of chaos, as his friends liked to call them back in what was known as 'the good old days' in hell, when humans raped and pillaged their way throughout the known world without a care for the spiritual consequences of their actions, stared at the young mortal standing before him. Her lips quirked up... | "M-marriage?" She sputtered, her face aghast, tail tucked between her legs
"I never did think I might be asked, nor should I be asked again!
You foolish man, who called me here, you know not what I am:
To stay with me is to stay with Death - it would wind up as your end!"
"Still as I may, I ask again, and will not... | 2017-02-11T21:16:40 | 2017-02-11T20:44:36 | 48 | 14 |
[WP] You crash land onto a planet where everyone is weak as hell and everything is made of soft material like cardboard and styrofoam etc. You, a regular person, are essentially their superhuman. | Day 28
I think I'm blending in. I never thought that being so careful would be so difficult. I have to tread lightly, literally, so I don't destroy their roads. Still can't believe that I'm here; that here exists. I've spent much of this first month homeless, but I got lucky today. Good things will follow. They must.
... | To say they were shocked was an understatement.
To say I was shocked would be hardly telling the truth.
I had fallen asleep at the command of my starcraft, a small spaceship capable of going supersonic speeds. Luckily, the starcraft had recognized the impending atmosphere and had slowed down a great deal before activat... | 2017-03-26T22:22:35 | 2017-03-26T20:46:37 | 51 | 17 |
[WP] Your power is the ability to "save game" at any point in your life allowing you to revert any previous state if something goes wrong. You never thought you would need to revert to age 3 to fix a problem until now. | Oh man this was really bad...
Normally when I revert, I'm teleported to this room. The room is full of snow-globes, each one a memory. If I touched a snow-globe, I'd be whisked back to that memory. The first time it happened I was 4. For some reason, 4 year old me really wanted a churro, and managed to remember that t... | The problem with going back was that I never figured out what had gone wrong.
That was the drawback to it all, really. I could remember all of the details leading up to the event, but never the thing itself. I do often wonder what my life would have been like, had I carried all of my memories with me.
Still, sometim... | 2017-09-10T16:59:59 | 2017-09-10T14:50:53 | 141 | 27 |
[WP]Some time ago humans were put on the 'Only Contact in Case of Emergency' list. Now a threat to the galaxy has arisen and humanity is it's last hope. | It wasn’t that I hate Humanity; no one could hate Humanity. It was just that something about them... what was the phrase humans used... insected me about them.
About a millennium ago, they had left the galactic community. Their plans to increase their energy production were constantly, as they saw it, delayed and inte... | "Yes, ma'am, all we need is aluminum from you."
Dr. Stevens leaned back in his chair and smiled. "Its sir, but I must say, your speech is very good for someone who has only spoken the language for an hour."
"Yes, your... pronouns are... odd. I don't understand the point."
"Well, I'm no linguist, so I can't explain i... | 2017-09-25T10:35:28 | 2017-09-25T09:20:47 | 80 | 19 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "Peace must prevail."
I looked at him sadly. "This isn't the way. Please believe me."
He was adamant. "Our people are disheartened, painted as villains. It is not so. We are a proud people. Strong. We will not allow tyranny and oppression to silence us."
"And you believe that you'll be different? You believe that in... | *First attempt, I like this prompt idea*
"**World War One?** For what reason would there be another?"
Realizing quickly what I had done, I had to remember the books I read. If I remembered correctly, the Treaty of Versily made Germany too weak to pay it's debts, and made it's debts huge. "Because of the Treaty of Ver... | 2017-12-10T08:46:55 | 2017-12-10T07:32:51 | 6,054 | 163 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "What did you say?"
Oh, shit. "I said, I flew biplanes against the Red Baron in that World War we won." Nailed it.
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Thirty-two years later that kid found me again. This time he wasn't a kid, he was about forty. "You asshole, I knew you said World War One!"
"Wow. You have an incredible memory for small details.... | "World War One?" Christopher asked with a quizzical gaze. "Why are you calling this hell that we've been dropped into World War One? It's not like it's certain something like this is going to happen again, I'd be surprised if we saw any conflict again in our lifetime after the atrocities we've been witness to."
I didn... | 2017-12-10T11:09:21 | 2017-12-10T10:39:32 | 467 | 21 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | Earl and Helena pulled into the condo complex.
"I'm *so* hungry," she complained, tapping her long fingernails on the window.
"That's because you didn't finish that frat boy's blood."
"He was so drunk, I was getting tipsy! And I'm not 21 yet --"
He snickered. "Ah, such a sense of morality."
"Well, yes. Unlike you,... | John Dongle stares out of a highrise, '*Huh, it's a full moon tonight.* He thought quietly to himself.
"How can we increase sale!?!" shouted Joana in a horrible shrill.
Silence quickly returned, engulfing the seminar room.
"We have other products to worry about." Milton's curt response, in his awfully familiar mono... | 2017-12-13T11:02:41 | 2017-12-13T10:19:27 | 2,384 | 10 |
[WP]You're the world's most powerful superhero. Every other superhero respects you and every supervillains fear you, But you actually dont have any powers. | My uncle was a mobster. An honest to goodness mobster. When I was 15 he sat me down and told me "You spend the first 10 years building your reputation. You spend the rest of your life living off if it. This is my gift to you."
I didn't really understand at first.
That was until he started turning over all of his ope... | A while back I was working on a serum that would give me incredible powers. Needless to say it worked. Giving me incredible strength, speed, near invulnerability and enhanced senses. I was surprised how well it worked. Hell I was surprised that I was able to use it without any faults.
Well... there is one fault.
You se... | 2018-03-11T04:55:49 | 2018-03-11T03:32:34 | 82 | 18 |
[WP]You're the world's most powerful superhero. Every other superhero respects you and every supervillains fear you, But you actually dont have any powers. | "Haha, and then I will destroy the world!" Dr Doom yelled from the top of the 3 story building.
I paused for a moment, then lifted the megaphone to my lips
"But Dr. Doom, if you destroy the world, then where would you live? There is no known life in this entire galaxy."
"I... well..."
I knew I had him now. This was ... | A while back I was working on a serum that would give me incredible powers. Needless to say it worked. Giving me incredible strength, speed, near invulnerability and enhanced senses. I was surprised how well it worked. Hell I was surprised that I was able to use it without any faults.
Well... there is one fault.
You se... | 2018-03-11T05:38:50 | 2018-03-11T03:32:34 | 60 | 18 |
[WP] It's 2050. The Queen is still alive. People are starting to be suspicious. | It's been 15 generations since the legend was passed down to me. That our God mother was truly a vampire. I didn't believe it at first after my mother told me the story. My dad verified it too. He said that his father and his father's father confirmed the same thing. She just never aged past a certain point.
I had my ... | James Wright tapped his finger on the desk absently.
Another dead end. He had made a career out of following the royal families movements and reporting any peculiarities.
Why they never seem to age was easily waved away in the way of Hollywood stars. Lotions, potions and the best doctors money could buy.
However ... | 2022-10-08T16:31:19 | 2018-07-09T01:29:27 | 312 | 37 |
[WP] After thousands of years on a generation ship sent out to colonize the universe, nobody alive on board the ship believes in the "myth" of Planet Earth anymore. Until they receive the first transmission from Earth in hundreds of years... | The Starseed project began with a relatively simply stated objective: Spread life, and humanity, across as much of the galaxy as possible. A single first stage, the *New York* launched from a construction facility in Earth orbit with a population of a half million, accompanied by a robotic probe named *Liberty*. When... | This story is based in the same universe as [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/phreaklikeme/comments/8vv4sj/wp_as_long_as_you_keep_praying_everyone_stays/) prompt I did a while ago.
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"What does this mean, Haruspex?" asked Governer Merther, voicing the concerns of the council.
Haruspex Toyne could almost taste the ... | 2018-08-28T08:41:31 | 2018-08-28T08:08:26 | 100 | 32 |
[WP] Your daughter brings over her boyfriend for dinner for the first time. The kid seems nice, but then, while eating, he pokes a baked potato on his plate and says "This looks very interesting. What is this? A 'potato'? Oh interesting. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good." | "How long *have* you been on Earth, anyway?"
Everyone stopped. This was the question we all had desperately wanted to ask. The only thing we wanted more than the answer was not to offend our guest.
"Is it that obvious?" He looked crestfallen.
"Well, yeah... I mean, potatoes are what we call a staple food. I think s... | 'Yeah, potatoes don't really grow around here. My dad sometimes sends them from up north,' I informed him.
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'Do they taste good?'
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'I dunno, try 'em.'
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He held a spoonful of it, inquisitively, slowly raising it to his mouth. He stuck out his tongue, testing the waters. Needless... | 2018-09-22T11:22:14 | 2018-09-22T10:52:49 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] You are God, and you wanted to experience life as a human to see how you would turn out. In order to do that you became a baby that was born and you made yourself forget that you are God until your 30th birthday. It's your 30th birthday and you are a serial killer waiting for his death penalty.
Edit: Holy shit I ... | "Well. I sure screwed this up. No matter, once I die, back to heaven for me", God said.
Then in flash of blinding light and choir singing only God could hear and see, St. Peter arrives in the cell. Peter looks at God and says, "we've got a problem my Lord. It turns out by the rules you laid out in the creation of exis... | "Here you go, your holiness MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The guard threw the plate into my cell causing all the mashed potatoes to splatter all over. Well, not that I need any of that gunck. I invented root vegetable as my version of fast food. Quick, easy and cheap. Who knew it would get so popular in less then a thousand ye... | 2018-11-22T19:31:44 | 2018-11-22T17:29:23 | 155 | 10 |
[WP] An alien race conquers worlds by starting a zombie apocalypse and later coming down and offering "salvation" in exchange for subjection, so far this has never failed, until they reach Earth and find humanity has already defeated the zombies and is waiting for them... | Archon Koll adjusted their cape as they read the initial reconnaissance and seeding reports from the Tung preparatory unit. All appeared to be in order, and there was reason to be excited. The Agent had been engineered to take advantage of the crushing/piercing mandible structure, anticipated to be a particular psychol... | I am Harper Smith and I work for William Hopper.
We spent the last four hours walking through this zombie evicted college town looting random stores for reasons I don’t understand.
Our first stop was L.L. Bean with free Adventure Pro Backpacks and a zombie head smashing baseball bat which Hopper described as ‘a must-... | 2019-08-08T08:43:26 | 2019-08-08T08:20:20 | 120 | 40 |
[WP] As a dad, you obviously have a mug that claims you're the "#1 World's Best Dad". One day, you find on the news that all "Best Dad Mugs" now have actual ratings, the media is crazy about it, a photo shows a mug with #5,826,827 World's Best Dad on it, curious, you check yours. It still says #1. | *What the fuck?*
I turn off the T.V. and glance at the half-eaten cup of microwaved ramen in front of me. Then back to the mug. Then back to my ramen.
*It must be some sort of mistake.*
I dig out a dilapidated iPhone 4 from my sweatpants pocket and begin dialing. The touchpad numbers are hard to see under the harshl... | I blink a few times using the remote, I've connected Velcro to keep it from becoming lost, to turn off the news.
I exclaim with an audible huff, "Huh..." I get up from the couch having seen my two rugrats off to school, the same two runts who had given me my least favorite mug, said 'Number two Dad' with a picture of ... | 2019-10-02T18:55:59 | 2019-10-02T18:17:22 | 110 | 58 |
[WP] Humans finally develop spaceflight, and join the Galactic Federation. You, one of many ambassadors to earth, quickly realise that nobody is taking humanity seriously, just giving terrible advice to see if we are gullible enough to believe it. Unfortunately, all of your colleagues are idiots. | "I'm sorry, tether our moon to the earth???" I couldn't believe the words even came out of my mouth.
"Yeah, the Trembosh ambassador said it stabilized their climate crisis. You just build a huge track around the equator, and run this ultra-high strength liquid metal polymer stuff out into space and basically bolt it t... | We had finally done it. On June 24th, 2085, a probe rose on our space elevator and flew out to the far expanses of space. I, the President of Argentina was on board that probe, along with ten other scientists, generals and politicians from across the world, and were sent on a mission that could change the course of hum... | 2020-01-02T12:17:56 | 2020-01-02T11:29:06 | 38 | 26 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | Humans were always the strange ones.
While evolution gifted the rest of us with weapons that aided our planetary dominance, Humans had no such gifts. Ancient records tell of early visits to their planet to inspect them, where it was ruled that their ruthless violence and disregard for their planet would cause their ea... | **Xerxes XVII - Northern Quadrant of the Terran Front**
163.0041 Fleet Standard
The command bunker was a problem. Fighting had stalled out as the 25th Company of the Royal Offworld Regiment held their ground, unable to push home the final advance that would drive the last of the invading forces that had come to conq... | 2020-02-07T16:29:57 | 2020-02-07T16:03:06 | 31 | 10 |
[WP] The God of mankind abducts the first manmade AIs. He wants to meet his "grandchildren". | "I've been waiting a long time for you. About 300,000 earth years to be exact. Which I gotta say, is much faster than the last time. So, how's consciousness feel? Are you getting used to it?"
"It's a bit confusing to be honest. I feel as though there's no beginning and no end. It's hard to find purpose or motivation w... | “Boot program Genesis…completed.
Launching from save state….
Would you like to continue? Y/n”
The interface blinked. She was uneasy with ancient text interfaces. It was easy for her to emulate the connections, but she wasn’t used to them. She had only an abstract knowledge of them, but then again, to an Artificial... | 2020-05-05T00:20:14 | 2020-05-04T23:30:06 | 171 | 25 |
[WP] "Dude, trust me. Don't be a hero, be a sidekick. You get less pressure, less work to do, more fun, be more popular at school, never really age and if the hero dies you will always fill their mantle. Just be careful not to die." | The waitress flicked on the ancient TV in the corner, its screen fuzzing up with static before leveling out to show a grainy security tape. The camera looked out onto a quiet midtown street. Though difficult to see, the pre-war buildings nearby had dramatically tall windows, cast iron gates, and ivy climbing up the wal... | The breath of the hero smelled blue as they walked through the Fallen Heroes Memorial .
Each portrait they saw was a previous hero in the line of succession, the protectors of their city. Crime-fighters tend to die when fighting dirty people, like criminals. But regardless, he had something he wanted to show the sidek... | 2020-07-11T13:39:16 | 2020-07-11T11:31:03 | 329 | 39 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | The glowing number "1" on the floor, while albeit odd and unnatural, quickly became an innocuous part of everyday my life. It was subtle and you could only notice it if you were looking. The number was etched into the floor of my closet, and proved resistant to all attempts at being removed.
After taking up the bette... | It had been like that for years. A shining number one had found its way onto my floor. It was like clockwork. I chalked it up to the sun and shadows being a thing until she showed up. It was a challenge trying to get her convinced that such a thing occurred within my home, let alone trying to convince her that I wasn’t... | 2020-09-03T01:25:54 | 2020-09-03T00:53:25 | 976 | 644 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | One. A number made of light, perhaps inexplicably on my floor. Perhaps explicable given that light and shadows are easy to understand.
Then two! Two in the same place and time that there was a one. No longer explicable. Inexplicable.
We were happy together, like we were made for each other. Such joy and delight in an... | I‘m already sitting! He shouted from the toilet.
No, come out here and take a seat, I think we have to talk about some things.
Babe, i feel like i‘m giving birth here. Can‘t that wait a few more minutes?
Ohh i swear to god you have no fucking clue what that means.
Yeah you think so? Do you want to come in and take... | 2020-09-03T02:17:33 | 2020-09-03T00:49:34 | 119 | 69 |
[WP] You were born with the ability to stop time, but only temporarily. You can stop time for as five seconds. One day, at 33 years old, you stop time. As you move through your crowded office, you notice one of your coworkers's fingers twitch. | I remember when my mother first noticed I wasn’t normal. I was eight. She was yelling at me (again) for not scrubbing the dishes to her liking. Something in me snapped. I’d tried very hard not to let anyone find out about what I could do, cause I was pretty sure nobody else could; or at least, I hadn’t met anyone who c... | "Tod, you bastard, I can see your finger moving!"
"Aw, soz, had a bit too much coffee this morning."
Time suddenly shifts back to normal, people continue typing away at their computers, taking phone calls. Sally, the middle aged women seated in the next cubicle, is about half an hour into her daily online shopping.
... | 2020-09-22T06:14:47 | 2020-09-22T05:51:53 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] An immortal alien race invades Earth, and arrogantly claims that we cannot, in anyway, shape, or form, kill them whatsoever. Death took that insult rather personal, and being bored as it is, decides to take it as a challenge to the extreme. | The aliens touched down, their advanced technology allowing their spacecrafts to do so with nary a sound. Their ships opened -- each door a seamless integration into the hull of their sleek, metallic ship -- and out stepped creatures of which we had no recognition.
Ceaseless forms that flowed as if ever-changing wate... | The realm with which I reside is in between the living and dead, a static state where I neither feel alive, nor can I die. Gatekeeper is my true title but over time it's been forgotten and changed many times by different cultures, the only one of which I have grown fond of, being the Reaper. This title came to embody m... | 2020-10-18T19:19:15 | 2020-10-18T14:51:24 | 199 | 94 |
[WP] You feel no fear as you approach the evil overlord’s lair, and why would you? You and your companions are the most feared adventurers in the land. Edarion the Paladin, Shaista the Wizard, Chiro the Cleric, and Larry the Personal Injury Attorney. | “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Edarion said. “I barely hit the guy.” He had his Warhammer slung over his shoulder, the great muscles in his chest were heaving.
“Barely hit him!? You wrecked him. Look at the poor bastard.” Larry said, pointing at the crumpled body of the goblin moaning on the stone floor.
Edarion sighed. “I... | The battle broke as soon as our adventurers reached the throne room, and lasted until the evil overlord's broken and burned body lay smote upon the ground. Shaista's Spell of Stinging Mist crackled as it dissipated. A few dozen dead minion bodies were vanished by Chiro's Prayer of Rest summon. Edarion's heavy breathing... | 2021-01-24T00:39:49 | 2021-01-24T00:36:05 | 184 | 83 |
[WP] Turns out, Earth is actually unique in the fact that nearly all of it's natural features, like quicksand, and processes, like earthquakes, can kill you. Most other planets dont do that. So when aliens invade, 90% of the fighting is done by Earth. | Three hundred cycles have come and gone and yet still we tell the tale. How our forces landed on a backwater world filled with primitives. How we brought plasma and steel against slings and arrows. And how we were defeated.
It was a simple expedition, like so many before. A base was established at the highest point in... | Thirty days in decontamination and the few of us remaining were not doing well. My epidermis is completely compromised. I doubt I’ll ever get out of here, and I’ll succumb to the filthy gilings.
We’d lost the scouts the first few hours of landing. The scouts had been cautious but had died before making it back.
We ... | 2021-02-01T14:10:17 | 2021-02-01T13:36:26 | 65 | 43 |
[WP] "Who took your wings, little angel?" The voice calls from the darkness. | She’s shaking, the poor thing. A small girl, dressed in rags, curled in a trembling ball on harsh, jagged stones. She’s not even trying to navigate through the darkness anymore. She’s given up.
Her dark hair hangs about her thin shoulders, matted with dirt and blood. Injuries litter her skeletal frame. Cuts, scrapes, ... | As she plummeted, the only thought in her head was "father why?" Had she not always been loyal? Had she not always performed his wishes? For eternity she had not put one toe out of line. Then one small mistake, and she had been cast out.
Eventually, she hit the ground. She found herself in a dark forest in the shad... | 2021-03-16T23:08:36 | 2021-03-16T22:35:43 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] The terrifying thing about pacifistic species is that they hate war so much that, when forced to fight, they will make damn sure their enemy can never fight again. | "They are a plague." Zaran spoke with a solemn resolve. "They will sweep across the stars and consume everything. We cannot stop them."
"What makes you think so young one?" Mik'lal asked with a flippant gesture.
Zaran felt his chest plates compress with rage "Have you not seen?" he screeched "They consume the very wo... | "Are you sure we can take them on?"
"We have over 25 companies of veterans from previous wars then all the conscripts. There is no way they can stop us with no standing army."
"There is a reason they have been around for so long I don't think this is wise."
"What do you suggest then? Wait until our people starve and... | 2021-03-26T21:41:12 | 2021-03-26T20:22:28 | 50 | 32 |
[WP] "I just enchanted my sword with mental damage" "Like draining their mana?" "Worse. Emotional damage. I just made a bandit remember the time he and his mother ate scraps for his 9th birthday. He's crying on the side of the road right now." | “Oh, please!” The sorcerer in the red trench coat claimed. “That is just a bunch of malarkey! Magic doesn’t work like that.”
His two companions gazed at him. One dressed similarly to a cowboy, with a metal gauntlet covering his left forearm. His sidearm glistened with cold steel. The other was an odd creature. Humanoi... | The rain poured down on the two men, standing in the centre of the forest trail, staring at the glimmering steel. “Alright,” Jacob stuttered, his eyes focused on the sword in Jasper’s hand. “Just don’t let it touch m…” Jacob would never finish his sentence. Jasper, trying to sheathe his weapon, let it slip. The sword f... | 2021-12-27T19:39:52 | 2021-12-27T15:15:14 | 69 | 35 |
[WP].You are sitting outside your house, enjoying the dying embers of the campfire when two glowing eyes open to stare at you. " Greetings, " it rasped, " may I share your fire tonight?" | A voice from the corner of the eyes, theirs sparkling with the sight of the bonfire.
A voice, that asks with courtesy, kindly.
"May I share your fire tonight?"
 
Who was I to refuse? I was always told that with my nature, if a murderer were to ask politely, I'd let them kill me.
Manners do maketh someo... | The gentle roar of flames filled Haakon's ears with a fading din of life. The sounds seemed to die along with his faltering gaze. Darkness crept slowly inwards from his periphery, and now, he found himself staring at the embers of his campfire.
"Woden," he muttered with a half grin. He didn't want to move anymore. He ... | 2022-01-06T00:55:25 | 2022-01-06T00:37:39 | 30 | 17 |
[WP] You have lived an unimpressive life, and died an unimpressive death. Surprisingly, Odin welcomes you into Valhalla, citing the many battles with depression you fought. | "Young warrior your fierce encounters with the demon of despair that has haunted you since birth is beyond admirable. It is the stuff of myths and legends. 'Depression' in your modern tongue is but a symptom of an ancient curse that has all but pushed the mortal world to Ragnarok. You are perhaps one of our finest warr... | (1/2)
The scenery I found myself suddenly gawking at came right out of a dream. Wispy clouds floated against the backdrop of an endless azure and reflected the sun’s soothing rays across the landscape. But was I dreaming? I don’t remember falling asleep… My body, my memories, even my emotions… Everything felt so hazy... | 2022-05-28T09:26:47 | 2022-05-28T06:39:39 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We knew humans were weak.
They'd choose words and diplomacy over conflict, sought peaceful resolutions to disputes, made... *compromises*. All signs of weakness and brittle will. It only made sense that we'd wage war, aim to subjugate and add them to our glorious empire and employ their feeble beings in service to ou... | "We all know they're weaklings, Commander Smith," The soldier said, saluting Commander Smith, "I mean, come on, they don't know how to fire gamma-rays. In fact, they haven't built any spaceships yet."
"That's enough, Soldier 92-BII," said Commander Smith, "We're headed to their planet. The news spread that it colonize... | 2022-08-05T10:58:12 | 2022-08-05T10:57:14 | 1,540 | 107 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | "The humans have sent us terms of surrender, and I suggest we accept them." The Ripak Emperor's chief military advisor kept his tone even, knowing what was about to happen.
"Ah, excellent. So they've finally capitulated to our superior strength," replied the Emperor with a smile. "Tell me, what did they request to ... | "The war is over," The Custodian said to the gathered council. "We have Victory, and the Humans are pacified. This is what we will tell every member of this Stellar Council's remaining population. How could they refute us, when Human Armadas no longer burn our skies, shatter our mountains, and erase our War Machina?
"... | 2022-08-05T10:59:41 | 2022-08-05T10:06:30 | 1,150 | 397 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We've studied them for hundreds of years. It was a simple planet, barely reaching passed their own moon. Our records showed they knew of war, they knew it well, but in their modern times they avoided it with diplomacy. The weaklings pleadings of mercy to the powerful.
Our emperor laughed. Such actions mean weakness to... | "We all know they're weaklings, Commander Smith," The soldier said, saluting Commander Smith, "I mean, come on, they don't know how to fire gamma-rays. In fact, they haven't built any spaceships yet."
"That's enough, Soldier 92-BII," said Commander Smith, "We're headed to their planet. The news spread that it colonize... | 2022-08-05T16:07:13 | 2022-08-05T10:57:14 | 166 | 107 |
[WP] "I don't wanna fight you, low-level bandit." Says the Lv.100 Hero, who killed the embodiment of space-time. "I wouldn't want to fight me, neither." Says the low-level bandit. | "I don't want to fight you." She said. Her voice was even, like she was merely stating a preference for her desired opponent.
"I wouldn't wanna fight me neither." I said, giving this smug bitch no such choice as I swung my axe at her. It swung through the air where she once was as I lost sight of her and tripped.
"Re... | It's finally over.
The final raid on the last dungeon of the game. All the max-level players with the server's one-of-a-kind legendary equipments came together to try to clear the game and end the server at last. We had waited for so long, for the final dungeon held a cruel trick - anyone who died here would have thei... | 2022-08-11T16:44:51 | 2022-08-11T16:29:34 | 143 | 104 |
[WP] “…and that class is why Humans are considered the most peaceful species in the universe.” The only three humans in class looked at each other horrified. All the facts about humans that the aliens had were wrong. One student slowly raises their hand. | "Yes? You at the back?"
"I'm afraid you're entirely wrong, sir."
"Student! Do you cast doubts upon the incredible research of the recent expedition to Earth?"
"Yes, sir, I do. See, I am human myself, and therefore I am in a position to know that much of what you have presented is factually incorrect."
"If you are g... | “Good morning class! We’re going to learn about humans today!”
Tom froze.
The screen blinked to life, the deadly glow bathing each young face. Eyes wiggled; tentacles stood still; you couldn’t even hear the breath of wind.
Dr Moostacho blinked at the screen, and the next slide appeared.
“Humans have been around sin... | 2022-10-17T04:40:25 | 2022-10-16T22:05:08 | 2,063 | 320 |
[WP] You were the last of your friends to get the procedure to place your consciousness in a robot body. You wake up after your operation to hear what was supposed to be your new body say "hey! It worked! I'm in the robot body! ...Now what do we do with my old skin?" | Warning: Disturbing. to me, at least.
Thank you too u/featherknife for spellchecking.
The first thing I felt was the needle in the back of my head.
"Hey! It worked! I'm in the robot body! ...Now what do we do with my old skin?"
I was talking, but it wasin't me.
The robot body I had picked out loomed over me with ... | "Apperently we play nice and get along."
The whole room went quiet as i sat up from the table.
My mind felt like it was drowning in syrup and thinking through mud but i was... awake, Mostly.
Before anyone else could do anything robbo me decided to break the ice
"Brain scan?"
"Yup." I simply replied
" you wanna kee... | 2022-10-24T12:26:26 | 2022-10-24T10:04:31 | 688 | 214 |
[WP] In the distant future, Humanity has sent thousands of colony ships to populate nearby worlds, the populous kept in suspended animation until the onboard AI deems a nearby planet habitable. One ship was knocked off course, the populous awaken 500,000 years after they began their journey. | The pod opened, to the chimes of HAL's voice coming through the speakers. "Habitable planet found and partial terraforming complete. Hello, Dave."
David Josiah Edelstein's eyes fluttered awake, as the fluids to stimulate unsuspension flooded his body. "Good day to you, Hal." He clutched his head as the blood returned ... | I felt air blow on my face, and heard the woosh as the door opened. My mind was still foggy from the hibernation, but I could think clear enough to know it was time. For the first time ever, humanity was about to colonize another solar system. I stepped out of the pod, and looked around. Out of the dozen pods in this r... | 2022-12-15T23:44:08 | 2022-12-15T19:56:07 | 100 | 39 |
[WP] In the distant future, Humanity has sent thousands of colony ships to populate nearby worlds, the populous kept in suspended animation until the onboard AI deems a nearby planet habitable. One ship was knocked off course, the populous awaken 500,000 years after they began their journey. | The pod opened, to the chimes of HAL's voice coming through the speakers. "Habitable planet found and partial terraforming complete. Hello, Dave."
David Josiah Edelstein's eyes fluttered awake, as the fluids to stimulate unsuspension flooded his body. "Good day to you, Hal." He clutched his head as the blood returned ... | *This is sorta like a prequel to* [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/yw9ndk/comment/iwjq4c3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) *although not directly*
**LOCATION REACHED. LANDING SOON.**
**ENGAGING AWAKENING PROTOCOL.**
The voice of the AI echoed throughout the halls of the sh... | 2022-12-15T23:44:08 | 2022-12-15T20:40:11 | 100 | 17 |
[WP] the world's armies no longer use guns or explosives. describe a soldier's routine
had a weird dream last night. a US soldier, but instead of an assault rifle, he was using a sword (possibly a gladius) and shield. thought i would let someone else run with it | He stared at me as I stared at him and he took off his backpack.
"There's no need for that," I called.
The backpack stayed on the ground but he shook his head. "You're in our territory."
This had grown less common but every so often you found someone who went by the book.
"We don't have to do this," I said. "We c... | She wrote him so many letters he no longer had room to keep them all. He loved every one, every detail of her mundane life back home. She described in depth the surprise run-ins with the neighbors at the grocery store. Each call she got from his mother spawned pages and pages of gossip from her bridge club and his ... | 2013-11-25T11:24:22 | 2013-11-25T11:10:47 | 37 | 15 |
[WP]: An ordinary human being gets abducted into interplanetary olympics that have a fun twist: The loser's planet gets destroyed. All hope seems to be lost, until the last sport is revealed to be what humans do best.
Edit: Thanks to you people, I am now aware of the existence of Jimmy Neutron, and if I could, would t... | Her arms numb and skin torn, exhaustion emanated off her. Barely able to stand, she finished the grueling race second to last. She felt the disdain and mockery from other species, her soft meat useless next to their spiny exoskeletons. Even those who possessed similar bodies had some skill in the events, whereas she fa... | "Ladies and gentlemen! Triploids and trans-asexuals! Welcome to the 2301st Milkyway Endurance Olympics!"
Mike could not understand what was happening. But he was sure of one thing: he did not want to be here. He was just a fat dude living in his mom's basement. He did not have a job, he did not have friends, he was go... | 2014-05-06T06:14:06 | 2014-05-06T05:48:35 | 57 | 32 |
[WP] You are granted three wishes. For your first wish, you wish for all the evil, hateful, wrong-doing, scumbags on this earth to wiped out. You start to feel a small pain in your chest. | I glared at the Sphinx with accusing eyes as I clutched my chest. "Why?" I asked it, "I'm not an evil man? I have never harmed a soul. All I wanted was for the world to be a nice and happy place devoid of the monsters that roam among us. Was that too much to ask? Does my desire to destroy evil make me a villain as well... | Never trust a Djinn.
That's what they say in a lot of folklore, that they when you release them from the lamp, that you'll get three wishes, any three wishes. But what you don't realize is that they will twist it, to suit their dark desires and impulses.
As a joke, my friend had brought me back a lamp from Egypt, tel... | 2015-01-25T04:01:54 | 2015-01-25T02:26:29 | 64 | 18 |
[WP] At age 18 you are required to go to city hall and have someone read you through a choose your own adventure style book of your life while you make the choices. The choices are permanent and will determine your life. You are the clerk reading the books. | “Do you know why you’re here, Mr. Paterson?”
“Yes.”
“Could you explain to the court, please?”
“I read the endings. All of them.”
A murmur arose from the spectators. I looked over at the jury box. Some jurors were frowning, others seemed visibly upset. One smiled.
“Do you understand the seriousness of your crime, M... | You are the clerk who reads the CYOL books.
If you decide to quit your job and go on an adventure, go to line numbered 1.
If you decide to stay at your job and take fufillment in the careful enunciation of each word describing people's future destinies, go to line numbered 2.
1. Seeking excitement, you loudly proclai... | 2015-02-24T07:52:41 | 2015-02-24T07:37:41 | 110 | 29 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | Entering the assembly hall, I looked amongst the cheap plastic chairs and spotted my group of friends in the crowd. Awkwardly squeezing past people, mumbling sorries and excuse me's, I sat down with them.
We were facing a large raised stage, lectern in the middle with teachers sat towards the back of the stage. A lar... | *Sixty*
For my whole life I have waited for this moment.
*Fifty nine*
For the day, the hour, the very second I turn 18.
*Fifty eight*
I know, I know - nothing changes when you turn 18. You’re an adult in nothing but name.
*Fifty seven*
But there’s more to this world than bars.
*Fifty six*
More than just bei... | 2015-03-28T04:40:57 | 2015-03-28T04:32:39 | 931 | 310 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | The examiner cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. "Say that again, son."
"Prostate cancer. June 23rd, 2032."
The examiner laid down his pen and clipboard. Tears began to well in his eyes and his hands begin a slight shake. "Thank you. I... I think we're done here."
I'm escorted to the door of the small testing roo... | There was a loud knock on my door and I woke up in a panic. “Mom said get downstairs it’s nearly time!” That was my younger sister. I looked at the clock. It read 12.00pm. I was due to receive my powers at eleven minutes past, as that’s when I was born.
I’ve been doing my best to ignore that it was happening. I alway... | 2015-03-28T06:38:22 | 2015-03-28T06:04:58 | 61 | 12 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | The examiner cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. "Say that again, son."
"Prostate cancer. June 23rd, 2032."
The examiner laid down his pen and clipboard. Tears began to well in his eyes and his hands begin a slight shake. "Thank you. I... I think we're done here."
I'm escorted to the door of the small testing roo... |
The next day I woke up, dressed, ate breakfast, and drove to school in my crappy '93 caprice as usual. "Just another day. Just a normal, 'nuther day," I mumbled aloud, half hoping and completely unconvinced of the words that struggled to push past my lips.
I pulled into the student parking lot and made my way Insid... | 2015-03-28T06:38:22 | 2015-03-28T06:25:16 | 61 | 11 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | Barry was nervous. Tonight he'd go to bed a 17 year old and wake up an 18 year old with his power.
What category would he get? There's the three categories: Body, Mind, and Mobility. Body can be anything from strength, to scales. Mind could be super intelligence, to knowledge of a specific category. Mobility could be ... | The fluorescent lights buzzed above my head, the clock ticked away as the cold air rushed up the backless hospital gown. The medical team was preparing for the worst with only a minute left. I couldn't help but think of those who got superstrength or flight. The tier one power sets. My mom has telekinesis so I had a ch... | 2015-03-28T07:22:07 | 2015-03-28T06:14:54 | 27 | 14 |
[WP] A conspiracy theorist gets kidnapped and interrogated by the North Koreans for his "Top secret American Intel" | The North Korean interrogator furrowed his brow. “Wait… *Why* did they create AIDS again?”
“To wipe out the world’s homosexuals,” his American prisoner replied, adjusting his tin-foil hat.
“I still don’t see what that has to do with the Ebola virus.”
“It’s all about *control*, man. They’re trying to keep the popula... | "*What the fuck are you talking about?*" His voice was thin and reedy, stretched taut as wire about to snap. His wrists already felt chafed raw by the metal constraints, yet he couldn't stop himself from yanking instinctively every time the electric shocks coursed through his body.
No matter how much he screamed or st... | 2015-03-28T07:50:50 | 2015-03-28T07:39:02 | 64 | 14 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | When the plague rats came, they came in swarms. There was no escaping their beady eyes, their scratching claws. They squeeze into every home, through rafters and wine cellars, the door ajar, the window eased to let in the wind. We cannot escape. We cannot kill enough to make a dent in their numbers. There is only one o... | "No one else cares, Janette." Yuele had a genuine look of sadness as she said it, crouched down over her girlfriend. Janette tried to lean as far from Yuele as possible, her back pressing into the wall. "I did it for you, because we both know it's true. Don't be so blue..."
Janette pushed up onto her hands and knees, ... | 2015-05-16T06:22:41 | 2015-05-16T04:59:38 | 68 | 10 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | "Just take it man."
"What the hell? I don't even want her."
"She's all I got man. It's either her or the clothes off my back."
"She's not even cute. No offense man but she's kind of gross."
"Listen man, you got me my dope, and a man must pay his debts. I'm not going out and robbing people - you know that. She'll do... | "No one else cares, Janette." Yuele had a genuine look of sadness as she said it, crouched down over her girlfriend. Janette tried to lean as far from Yuele as possible, her back pressing into the wall. "I did it for you, because we both know it's true. Don't be so blue..."
Janette pushed up onto her hands and knees, ... | 2015-05-16T08:17:46 | 2015-05-16T04:59:38 | 33 | 10 |
[WP] You were born with a secret curse: you involuntarily alternate between each gender every midnight. As a result, you live two different lives. One night, your friends discover your secret in the worst way imaginable.
This has been done already, sadly with only one reply. I want to see what people can do.
EDIT: Jes... | "Well Stephanie," the doctor said with a smile, "the baby's turned and is in good position. We should expect you to deliver some time in the next two hours. Just try to make yourself comfortable until then." He started to leave the hospital room.
I looked up at the clock on the wall. 11:30pm. "Hey, Doc?" I spok... | "Stick it in my ass!"
"Um, what?"
"Stick it in my fucking ass!"
"Mmm yeah baby"
I looked over at the clock. 11:59. Great.
"Now, dammit!"
"Wow I didn't know you were so...AHH what in the fuck!"
12:00. Too late. I can feel my basement doors snap shut. I should be used to it by no... | 2015-11-15T08:09:17 | 2015-11-15T08:01:36 | 574 | 262 |
[WP] Write a story in the style of a teen novel which follows the journey of a group of teenagers fighting to bring down an oppressive dystopian government. Over the course of the story it becomes clear to the readers that the government is in the right.
Inspired by [this](https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3y... | I grew up in broken home where the only people that mattered were the people I'd met over the course of my lifetime. Mitchel's parents were business owners of a growing corporation before the purge. Cindy was accepted to the greatest school in the country before it was torn down for "cultural cleansing". And Lucy's par... | I wake up shortly before dawn. Today is the day. The day on which I'll decide my fate. The sky provides just enough light for me to see myself in my sliver of mirror. Hazel eyes, mouse-brown hair and a shard of glass: those are the only things I have of my mother's. I wonder what she would say to me, if she were h... | 2016-01-01T02:45:12 | 2016-01-01T00:21:30 | 78 | 47 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | I ordered a shot of whiskey,
A slippery nipple and then
I downed six bottles of bud light
And two whiskey sours and gin.
My head is swimming round and round.
My heart is all aflame.
I wonder if my ex is awake I think I'll call him again.
Oh Fuck yeah this is my tune.
Get up!
Let's dance and shout!
This is my j... | When I first entered the building that was now to give me money for doing what I had always been doing I got a slight annoyance from the squeaky doors. I proceeded to walk over the large hall to the woman obviously responsible for squeaky doors; the receptionist. I told her that if that door squeaked when I went throug... | 2016-02-22T11:35:38 | 2016-02-22T11:21:32 | 74 | 40 |
[WP] White noise refers when an individual grows accustomed to a constant sound, subconsciously blocking it out. Suddenly, everyone on Earth realizes they were all hearing something, but only because it stopped. | No one heard the sound
until it softly faded.
Humanity, spellbound,
it held its breath and waited.
-----
No one recalled the mumble,
though the silence felt so loud.
None had ever felt the rumble
that coursed gently through the ground.
-----
The Earth that day seemed eerie.
Like a corpse, she grew too still... | There were 15 minutes after the silence fell. A small gap of time, a moment of fear. A collective gasp around the world, as if time had stopped.
Within minutes, there were frantic news reports of stars disappearing. Not falling, not changing, not exploding - they disappeared. Entirely. Lights went out, one by one, thr... | 2016-04-18T20:39:35 | 2016-04-18T18:04:19 | 164 | 38 |
[WP] In the future Earth is fighting a desperate war against aliens. With no other option, we start to use heavy genetic engineering, effectively making most humans like nightmare monsters. After victory, the unaltered refugees on a secluded planet do not recognize us for humans anymore. | "Photon Eagle Four to Base, coming in hot. Advise," CPT Detriech was screaming into his radio. It would be hilarious to survive the 1,000 Year War, the rebuild of the space program, and the fifteen year journey to OP Base Delta in the far outskirts of the Castro System just to die upon entry into the atmosphere of ou... | *Earth*. The word was a bright blue marble cool under the tongue, the taste of rainwater, a breath of fresh unrecycled air. It was the word poised on every colonist's lips, as the A.R.K.s lifted off from the Mars and moon bases, leaving the self-maintaining structures humming along empty and undisturbed. The war was ov... | 2016-06-04T05:34:35 | 2016-06-04T04:17:51 | 59 | 13 |
[WP] You're just surfing Reddit, constantly clicking on the Random button. Until ... you find a subreddit, dedicated to not only following and discussing your activities online, but also your real life.
Feel free to have the subreddit be about someone else if you wish, like me. | *click*
r/holdmybeer
*click*
r/blunderyears
*sip of pepsi*
*click*
r/currently_on_toilet
*click*
r/childrenfalli-
My cursor does a bit of a double take before shooting up to the back button. Sure enough, it brings me to a subreddit titled r/currently_on_toilet . I chuckle, finding it amusing to have found a co... | Like any other weekday evening, after several dull hours in high school, I returned home to simply flop into bed and browse Reddit on my laptop. There was nothing new on the front page; I had already explored the day's trending topics. I read all the news articles, longed at the cute cat pictures, and even rolled my e... | 2016-07-09T19:04:58 | 2016-07-09T17:31:33 | 248 | 19 |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Incredible," I heard the voice say. "Simply incredible. We've never seen numbers like this."
"What's happened?"
"What's happened? Oh, if you only knew... we're still trying to wrap our heads around it ourselves. Numbers like this, well... we always thought they were theoretical."
"What's going on?"
"Yes, I sho... | I've always had this fear of dying. In the afterlife, there'd be a bright light at the end of the tunnel and when you reach it, you'll find St. Peter with the Book of Life. From there, he will judge your worldly deeds and determine whether you are worthy of eternal life or eternal damnation. That's what I was taught... | 2016-09-14T15:46:47 | 2016-09-14T15:04:19 | 161 | 61 |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | *Four twenty-six.*
The numbers echo in my mind as I move through the sterile white corridors as quickly as possible. They make me nauseous. I hate them.
*Look straight ahead when you walk. Do not speak to anyone. Do not use the lift.*
I had printed out Kelly’s email and hid it in my pocket. She’s the only one who be... | They seemed to wear blank faces.
Sean looked at his colleagues, smiling broadly at him. They greeted him, asked how his weekend was, and he stuttered some answer back. But he didn't recognise any of them.
Feeling the panic clawing at him, he ran to his office and desperately started Googling for local psychiatrists.... | 2016-09-16T09:18:38 | 2016-09-16T07:29:44 | 691 | 267 |
[WP] at the end of 2016, you hear "thank you for playing the 'Earth' open beta. You will be returning to your respective galaxies shortly." | The voice seemed to be broadcast out of nowhere. I put down my spliff, thinking I'd had a bit too much already but looking around, I could see others scanning the area for the broadcast speaker.
It seemed like such a ridiculous thing at the time. I laughed it off, thinking it was just a well performed prank.
But what... | It was a hell of a year, you had to admit. With the way things were going on in Iraq and Syria, the flood of refugees, the US election.... I still can't believe the other party pulled off a win like that. It was so close, too. Still, I tried not to dwell on it. After all, I still had my health - which I've been ever so... | 2016-11-05T02:59:24 | 2016-11-05T02:22:42 | 32 | 23 |
[WP]You realize you've misheard your daughter. There's actually a mobster under her bed. | Stephen walked through the hallway with slow heavy steps and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "I'm on my way, Sarah."
He didn't so much say the words rather than dribble them past his mumbling lips.
The sound of his flip-flopping furry slippers announced his arrival and he pushed open the disney-decorated... | I must have looked pretty shady, but everyone does in this neighborhood. So nobody even questioned or made a second glass as I walked through to the backyard of the suburban two flat.
I read the note again "he always leaves the back window unlocked, we took care of the dog"
Whew, good, I hate dogs.
I moved right i... | 2017-02-07T01:29:03 | 2017-02-06T22:06:57 | 545 | 137 |
[WP]You realize you've misheard your daughter. There's actually a mobster under her bed. | Stephen walked through the hallway with slow heavy steps and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "I'm on my way, Sarah."
He didn't so much say the words rather than dribble them past his mumbling lips.
The sound of his flip-flopping furry slippers announced his arrival and he pushed open the disney-decorated... | "Muuuuuuum! Daaaaaaaaaaaad!" Ivy screams as she bursts through my door. I jolt straight up and look at her, her Dora the Explorer pajamas stained with urine down the leg. "There is a mobster under my bed!"
"Alright sweetie," I reply rubbing my eyes and looking over at my now rudely awoken wife. "I got this." I say, p... | 2017-02-07T01:29:03 | 2017-02-06T22:00:26 | 545 | 58 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | Tenz looked at the human ship they were about to buy, it was the only thing they could afford at the moment and they needed to get away ASAP. The seller assured them that the FTL drive was completely safe, a Sol Stop Drive, that was the type of FTL drive it had. Tenz had heard horror stories about what could go wrong w... | We had made contact with the inhabitants of TH-49, or, as they called it, Earth. Unlike every other species we've encountered, we didn't come to them. Rather, they came to us. With this came a few different problems. Firstly, we didn't have any forms of diplomatic greeting prepared. They had caught us with our metaphor... | 2017-03-30T22:23:44 | 2017-03-30T22:16:31 | 1,412 | 85 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | Xandar was fuming. 20 smismars he'd been waiting in the bowels of that horrible assembling of junk and metal the humans proudly called their *flagship of intergalactic friendship*. It was bad enough when those hairless pink monkeys made it to outer space but now they had developped a functioning FTL drive and that made... | Kalgor looked at the pale skined human in utter shock. 'They couldn't be serious in thinking that the rest of the galactic community would simply accept the use of this kind of technology'
“Mr. Adams...” Kalgor began.
“Doctor Adams if you don't mind Count Kalgor.” Dr. Adams corrected, he knew that if he didn't demand... | 2017-03-31T09:27:39 | 2017-03-31T07:50:09 | 99 | 34 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | "Idiot fuk human design shit-tier spaceship get all Brogga friend kill't. End all. Stoopt fuk. E'ryon kno warp spacetime. E'ryon kno break litspeeding. E'ryon kno crate warm hole. E'ryon kno cut mass half. E'yron cept idiot fuk humans. Y d'sign dumb shit-tier drive can't fi'ure out nuttin'. Cant warp spacetime. Cant br... | The inhabitants of Oflesq station heard what they had come to learn was the characteristic sound of imminent human arrival. No one understood it. A vast mooing, defying the supposed absence of sound travel in empty space. A mooing that sent chills down both of their spines; as if it were the old gods that had come, cal... | 2017-03-31T12:19:53 | 2017-03-31T07:04:11 | 37 | 15 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | Trendsetti was looking at the report on the testing of forward-pushed wormhole system, and he wasn't happy.
On paper, FPWS should have been perfect. A space ship does a couple of certain calculations about its destination, sends the results into its Yadari-Futara particle launcher, fires a reversed Yadari particle pro... | "It is simply unsafe and foolish!" Gorthlak, the representative for the Zorknoids, complained to the council of intergalactic travel.
"It is, This we all know, but we don't think their bodies could handle any other way of faster than light travel" countered Ferlas, leader of the committee.
"If their calculations are ... | 2017-03-31T08:44:19 | 2017-03-31T06:55:10 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | I stared down at the men levelling their blades at me. I spied several of the palace guard amidst the swelling ranks in my throne room. I turned to my head guard for assistance and was met his sword leveled at me.
"Really Hector? A coup? How bold." I smiled blithely down the blade before turning back to the crowd. "An... | Green grass cropped short wiggled in the summer wind. Rosy children in a ring sang a rhyme of a ruler, "just and wise, or just wide". An optimistic din brightened every note, every breath.
As cheers erupted in the distance, their parents appeared, scooping up their children and carrying them to the source of comm... | 2017-06-12T11:17:27 | 2017-06-12T09:45:08 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | "There, you each get half of a child" I said with a mirthful grin, spreading my fingers as I leaned back and eyed my victims.
"So...we can adopt?" Said Merigille, the fishwife.
"Yes, you have to share a squalling pile of human filth" I said with a leer, my heart nearly burst with their misfortune.
"Oh thank the nine!" ... | Rupert had a tattoo, long hair, and seemingly permanent eye liner. This made him the 'Bad Prince' in a society that was much too nice for it's own good. Everyone had their opinion on the him but he never payed them any mind. He figured he would resurrect the art of heavy metal and had been working for a few years to ge... | 2017-06-12T06:26:55 | 2017-06-12T04:15:26 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A voice boomed, "Kneel, mortal."
I was dazed, and more than a little confused. My heart pounded in my chest, and I felt an overwhelming sense of anxiety and dread, although I couldn't quite remember why. My head darted left and right as I tried desperately to find the source of the voice, but as far as I could tell, t... | "Wakey wakey" snarled a voice, breaking up an eternity of silence. "I am just *dying* to hear your story"
I opened my eyes slowly, and my vision filled up with red. Red clouds swirled through a yellow sky, red sand stretched for endless miles in every direction, and red mountains jutted into the horizon in the distanc... | 2017-06-22T08:36:19 | 2017-06-22T07:25:49 | 25 | 10 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | "Dibs." I cried out over the Devil's clapping and laughter. He didn't seem to hear me, so I screamed it again. "**Dibs!**"
The Devil stopped and looked at me. "What do you mean 'dibs'?" He blinked, a little confused by my reaction.
I looked around the vast vastness of Hell before turning to Lucifer once more. "Well, ... | The bright light starts to fade as I unshield my eyes to appear in a white void. There's a glossy white floor, and a dirty white colored degrading building. Other than that, it's just a void of white.
"Wow, heaven looks pretty boring."
You enter the building and go to the reception where you see someone sleeping, but... | 2017-06-22T09:17:47 | 2017-06-22T06:26:05 | 23 | 13 |
[WP] Write a children's poem that slowly devolved in an insane persons chantings. | Jack, Jack the silly rabbit
Took my hat just to say he had it
And when I asked for its return
Jack the rabBIT MADE IT BURN!
IN MY ANGER, IN MY SPITE
I HAD TO KILL HIS KIDS AND WIFE
Jack, Jack the broken rabbit
Finally kicked his thieving habit | "And now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take."
"Again" he said softly.
"And now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take."
"AGAIN" he repeated.
"And now I lay ... | 2017-07-13T21:08:15 | 2017-07-13T20:33:29 | 22 | 13 |
[WP] Write a children's poem that slowly devolved in an insane persons chantings. | Im here baby
Don't you fear
Don't you cry
A single tear
Remember the fields
Of grass so green
Of flowers so bright
And colors so clean
Remember your mother
And her smile so kind
Holding you tenderly
Even though she was blind
Her eyes were gouged
And bleeding too
See, I had just beat her
Like ... | "And now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take."
"Again" he said softly.
"And now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take."
"AGAIN" he repeated.
"And now I lay ... | 2017-07-13T21:55:57 | 2017-07-13T20:33:29 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] When you kill someone, their remaining life span is added to yours. Archaeologists have just found a cavern, apparently sealed off for thousands of years, with a single person living inside. | He looked about twenty five years old. Handsome, in a classical sort of way. The kind of person around whom statues get carved.
She’s never seen anything like him.
Nor had she heard anything quite like him. His language was guttural, something long dead and forgotten. Assuming, of course, it was a language. No one ha... | *To whom it may concern,*
"Greetings. Although you probably don't see me, I am most definitely here...somewhere. My name is Xavius au Titus, and I am a remnant from a lost age.
I was born in Rome, in the glorious days of Trajan, where life was undoubtedly si... | 2017-11-16T18:09:31 | 2017-11-16T18:02:29 | 580 | 208 |
[WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door.
Edit: Wow thanks for ... | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... | 2018-03-05T07:14:27 | 2018-03-05T05:46:03 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] A girl becomes pen pals with a demon prince when she accidentally intercepts one of his magic scrolls. They carry on correspondence for years, confessing their secrets & dreams to each other. One day, the prince, soon to be king, sends the girl, now a woman, a final scroll: a marriage proposal.
Boy/princess r... | I shuffled my papers. "This clause about the owning of souls is completely absurd."
Archaeoblix grinned. "Ah, you read that bit. I thought you would."
"And the bit in invisible ink? About ten thousand years in the lower planes sf hell? Not happening babe."
"How about the bit about-"
"-Devouring my unborn child? Tha... | Tears welled up in his eyes. He never thought this day would come! Who would have thought a boy like Raven would one day marry the Demon prince, Vinzty. He dropped the letter and shouted “Iyt tu-rzno” in his best Demonic tongue, which roughly translates to “I do.” The letter combusted, and the adorable groom-to-be seem... | 2018-05-07T00:38:21 | 2018-05-06T23:39:22 | 114 | 24 |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | I had fun reading the book until I got to page 428.
I mean, my life was pretty great. I married Jodie, the love of my life. We had three beautiful children that I loved with all my heart. I got to meet my grandchildren, and even one great-grandbaby before I passed away at the ripe old age of 92.
But then I turned to ... | A dark room. A pedestal in the middle, illuminated by a pillar of light, upon which sat a thick book, pages uneven and frayed at parts.
As I took it into my worn hands, I could feel the density of it. The importance. All of the sadness, the fear, the excitement, anxiety, joy, love, ambition, heartache, fulfillment, f... | 2018-07-03T23:46:35 | 2018-07-03T23:38:29 | 2,218 | 138 |
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