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[WP] A hyper advanced species introduces themselves as the creators of all life. They explain to the intergalactic community that they're here to undo their greatest mistake, creating humanity. The larger galaxy takes up arms in their defense | For centuries my people, like those on other planets in different galaxies have regarded the humans that live on the planet they call “Earth” with great interest. We have never met them. Never returned the messages they fired out into the universe. Never gave them any inkling to suggest we exist. Despite all of this th... | ‘Why do I have to talk to them?’
‘Man, someone has to! Just stall them while I figure out how to get them to leave’
I’m shoved forward from the crowd. Owing to a background as a tour guide, I’m known as-
‘A Man Who Can Work A Room, it is our pleasure to meet you!’ booms one of the great beings. The constantly emitte... | 2022-02-11T02:38:47 | 2022-02-11T02:19:28 | 113 | 31 |
[WP] The magical races enslaved magic-less humans centuries ago. To expand their empires, the magical races travel and conquer different dimensions. They soon stumble across and try to conquer a magic-less world full of humans. It did not go well. | What a mess. Apparently a clay golem was not the correct counter for an Abrams tank.
Toureil was not having a good day. Responsible for this expedition to conquer this backwards planet, it had turned into a bloodbath for him. Normally 10 legions could quickly take control of a new world. This particular world fill... | "***What?***"
The emperor growled at the messenger before him, eliciting a frightful wince, as he struggled to comprehend what he had been told.
"You mean to tell me... a *third* of my *entire army* is *dead*?" The emperor's tone gradually falling from hostility, to incredulity, to finally bewildering disbelief... | 2022-08-13T14:22:17 | 2022-08-13T12:58:22 | 26 | 16 |
[WP] A secretly immortal man is given a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit and now fears the discovery of his true nature is only a matter of time. | I used to think my lawyers would save me.
A while ago, before the trial and the conviction and the last thirty years, I hired the best legal team New York had to offer, because, well, money isn't an issue when you've got forever to accumulate it. And I didn't want to take any chances.
The first time I met Michael -... | I stand before the judge, a truly ancient crone, as she drops the gavel.
I turn to look at my attorney, and he is flabbergasted. He looks back worriedly, then drops his eyes like they all have for the last 500 years.
The bailiff approaches to remand me. I raise my wrists and he shackles them in some flimsy stee... | 2014-08-18T06:23:17 | 2014-08-18T05:29:29 | 173 | 60 |
[WP] You've heard of guardian angels. I want you to write a story about a guardian demon. | “I quit,” Bezal hissed at his supervisor.
“You can’t quit. That’s not how it works,” replied the demon in charge of district 27.
“I just can’t do this anymore. Look, I know the kid is destined for greatness and one day he will open fire on a Romanian Circus setting a new record for dwarf and bearded lady kills, but ... | There was always a way, in these deals with the Devil, that someone suffered and it was always, eventually, the mortal. He seemed to feed off of the pain and misery He caused.
Luzhael smiled as he thought about his former lord, his cruel lips twisting and a gleam coming into his golden eyes as he remembered the moment... | 2014-11-12T11:35:03 | 2014-11-12T10:43:13 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] An RPG character is cursed with a higher intelligence than their player. | "No, dammit, don't charge, don't charge!" I cried out in my mind while my legs ran towards the dragon.
I was clad in armor; from head to toe I was covered with metals that most who passed me by only read from ancient tomes. My weapon was one that a legend himself once used and locked away. My belt consisted of tonic... | "Dana, are you coming with us? You know this quest is time sensitive!" Jazz shouts from the other side of the room. He's still holding the door open and is peering inside at me. I sit behind the counter of my small potion shop and glue my eyes on the newer potion that I've been working on as of lately.
"I told you tha... | 2015-01-09T11:35:26 | 2015-01-09T10:52:01 | 1,177 | 29 |
[WP] You have had an imaginary friend. One day you find that your friend is no longer invisible to everyone, but you are. | "Alright, let's go play," I said to my friend beside me. From her desk, my mom sighed with annoyance.
"I told you 5 minutes ago, Annie, I can't go out and play." She didn't even turn around from the computer as she complained. Too busy as always.
"I wasn't talking to you, Mom," I said, sticking out my tongue. "I ... | "Come out come out wherever you are", Gina screams, and I shiver from behind the curtains. "Here I go."
Through the thin layer of white fabric, I follow her blurry shadow; going through the living room, searching, looking.
Under the couch and behind the stairs and by the bed, she searches. She can't see me.
No one c... | 2015-01-30T16:19:39 | 2015-01-30T15:58:07 | 356 | 50 |
[WP] A genie offers a man three wishes. After hearing his wish, the genie straight up refuses to grant it. | **Whoa, it's a genie!**
Yeah you rubbed the lamp, here I am., three wishes. Let's get this over with. I gotta take a shit.
**You shit in your lamp?**
You shit in YOUR lamp?
**Uh... no. My bathroom. It's in my house.**
One man's house is another genie's lamp.
**Fair enough. Well, ok, three wishes. I guess my first... | Peter was cleaning his house, various items, keepsakes and old artifacts from his family, friends, everyone. He did it every week; this time was to be no different.
Moving on to the next item, an old bottle encrusted with jewels, he thought about the rest of his day -- a crappy one, as usual. His mind returned to the ... | 2015-03-15T23:09:47 | 2015-03-15T20:16:28 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] All across the world, everyone who falls asleep starts dying. With Bed Time nearing, the President calls together the world's greatest insomniac, caffeine-addicted scientists to find a solution. | It was the first time I approached my bed in days. As I approached bare, twin mattress tucked into the corner of my room, I could already feel it. In my hands. In my head. In the back of my eyelids. I knew I was tired. I knew I wanted sleep.
But for once...I was glad I had another sleepless night.
It was 2 A.M.... | "Ethan, for the love of God, didn't you ever have a lucid dream!?"
Ethan looked back mid-run. Seven-headed Selena Gomez was still after him, the nail gun firing away like crazy, casting flying metal left and right around his body.
Panting, Ethan looked down at his hand. Nested between his fingers, the blue parakeet ... | 2015-11-07T07:12:02 | 2015-11-07T06:08:26 | 88 | 27 |
[WP] The Crips and the Bloods ally with each other against ISIS. The world laughs as thousands of gang members board a cruise ship and set sail for the Middle East. The two gangs land on the shores of Syria and begin their fight against ISIS.
Let's see how the two gangs fare.
EDIT: These are great, guys! Thanks for ... | The boat was going to be a god-send for the West. Then Daryl accidentally stepped on LaShauwn's Puma. It was a bloodbath.
There were only 5 of us left when the boat hit the shore. Literally hit the shore. None of us could drive a boat and the Captain was killed in the crossfire. When the boat started to sink we... | Waves lap at the shore a young Syrian child picks up a stone to throw at the water her eyes are flooded war has ravaged the city and the future is un-certain a hermet crab catches her eye but a loud thud causes the creature to re-enter its shell, the child runs fearing another bombing raid but her gaze is fixated on th... | 2015-12-07T10:25:57 | 2015-12-07T09:25:02 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Usually, horrors take place in dark isolated areas in the middle of nowhere. Write a horror story that takes place in the middle of a busy area in broad daylight.
Twist the horror genre into a story that takes place in the middle of somewhere.
Edit: I've read every single story people have contributed and left a... | "MY SON! WHERE IS MY SON?!"
People parted around the poor woman in rags, screaming on the side of the road as always. They knew someone inevitably would come to talk to her, just like they did once, and feel bad but realize she was beyond help, just like them.
"PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!" she screamed, grabbing at ... | She stood alone on the bus. A crowd of people surrounded her, but they didn't know her, they didn't give a damn what was happening to her. She breathed deep. Deep breaths. The mist rose up around her, slowly licking at the tops of her trainers and groping its way up her legs.
She had tried moving, but the mist spun fa... | 2016-02-02T10:53:29 | 2016-02-02T09:34:47 | 20 | 14 |
[WP]: A 92-year-old woman's phone number is one digit away from that of a local suicide hotline. She could have it changed, but she doesn't mind. | "Hello?"
"I can't fucking do this anymore." I cried out for help while gasping for air.
"Isabelle, is that you?"
*Isabelle, how the fuck does this woman know that slut?*
After spinning her words in my head for a moment, I knew it must be a mistake.
"No, I'm Natalie, or I was. I suppose none of that matters anymore.... | "Hello?" Her voice was raspy and I strained to hear. "Are you there?" she repeated softly. "I'm here to talk to you." I looked down at myself; the cuts on my arms still fresh with blood, the bottle of pills sitting on the bathroom sink, the bloody scissors laying on the floor...
"I can't do this anymore," I whispered ... | 2016-02-06T14:05:09 | 2016-02-06T13:24:15 | 400 | 29 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | God:"Hey Gabe-Ral."
Gabriel:"Please stop calling me that boss. But yes, what can I do for you?"
God:"I lost track of the eternity that is time, do you have notes on the Adam and eve project? I wanted to see how long they'd last until they died. I meant to check up on them and forgot. I'll get around to perfecting the... | Inside a large lab with sparkling white walls, a man sat in front of a computer. His finger held a small pencil he tapped over and over on the screen.
After tapping the screen a few more times, groaning impatiently once and then running a hand through his beard over and over, he got up from his seat.
"Oh, my back!" ... | 2016-03-07T05:34:29 | 2016-03-07T04:17:08 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] God forgot about Earth soon after Adam and Eve, fully expecting them to die. One of the Angels just informed him they survived, and the population is over 7 billion. | "Father, you have *got* to stop these new things from invading my house!"
The Divine Nebula twisted around to the Morningstar, and performed its grin logarithm. "Now, Son, you know I only ran these simulations out of morbid curiosity. What seems to be the problem?"
I started, watching the oncoming storm rising thro... | Inside a large lab with sparkling white walls, a man sat in front of a computer. His finger held a small pencil he tapped over and over on the screen.
After tapping the screen a few more times, groaning impatiently once and then running a hand through his beard over and over, he got up from his seat.
"Oh, my back!" ... | 2016-03-07T04:27:53 | 2016-03-07T04:17:08 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] Every time you get sick in this life, it means you just died on another universe. Right now everyone on earth is ill but you. | The hospitals were full, the schools were closed, and the whole planet had come to a standstill. There were so many conflicting opinions on the multiverse phenomenon, it was incredible to see how people reacted to the experience of being ill. Some people went crazy, trying to work out what they missed, consumed with th... | I really wondered what could be happening there. I was quite calm about the whole thing, but you could put that down to me being the only person not dying in another universe.
When doctors realised that the entire population of Earth was ill at the same time, the government didn't have much choice other than to come c... | 2016-04-05T05:48:32 | 2016-04-05T05:30:32 | 53 | 27 |
[WP] An outbreak of a disease occurs. You discover you are immune. You watch the world around you crumble. | It started with a cough. My little sister. My brother. My mom. My dad. All staying home from school and work while I carried on. Within weeks, we were down to half the class showing up, then the teacher calling in sick, then class getting cancelled. In a time like that, where people say there's a "nasty flu" spreading ... | Twenty-six days. That's all it took. *Twenty-six days.*
I'm sorry, let me start from the top. I haven't seen a survivor in years; talking to a new person takes some getting used to. You see, two years ago, the national Food and Drug Association tested the American grain supply for pathogens. They found a new strain of... | 2016-12-23T18:38:37 | 2016-12-23T17:33:12 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] Your emotions control the weather, you've been in love for 6 sunny months, and now the goverment need it to rain.
[deleted] | "Are you happy, Steve? Are you fucking happy?"
Steve looked at Mark with annoyance and anger, but deep down, he knew Mark was right. "Fuck off, Mark."
"Oh, we're *all* gonna be fucking off in about twenty minutes!"
"I get it! I messed up! What else do you want from me!?"
The two secret agents tasked with saving th... | Why of course I wanted to help, but at what cost? Selfish of me, I know. The plants were drying out and I was the happiest I had been in years and I wasn't willing to give it up just yet.
6 months is not a long time people! I spent nearly my entire life in this tiny town, being very careful of my emotions so as to no... | 2017-02-19T22:12:03 | 2017-02-19T20:55:04 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] You notice that redditors you downvote never post again. One day, you jokingly downvote your friend's post. He dies in a bizarre accident shortly afterwards
[removed] | The story was good. It was real good. I remember the Writing Prompt was something like, "Your Wife Gives birth to a Babby. No, that is not a mispelling. Write a story about your first day with your Babby." It had taken me a day to write a masterful story and what did the jerks do? Downvoted it and laughed and ... | "So redditors you downvote never post again?"
"Yeah, man, it's really weird. There was this one troll on /r/AskReddit that I downvoted, he never bothered us again."
"That's just creepy...lol, mate, check out this gif I just posted!"
"...that's just your cat. How many times do I have to tell you, nobody cares about y... | 2017-03-04T13:14:04 | 2017-03-04T11:54:07 | 211 | 43 |
[WP] You notice that redditors you downvote never post again. One day, you jokingly downvote your friend's post. He dies in a bizarre accident shortly afterwards
[removed] | Dropping the phone out of my hand, I realized that I had gained some sort of unexpected power. Mike was the healthiest of my friends and his sudden heart attack made no sense. With all of the users I’ve downvoted the past few days suddenly disappearing and Mikes unexpected passing, the only solution that I felt was log... | I felt it.
Just like all the other times. A strange coldness. The girl had been a real racist. Talking about how we should kill everyone that's different. Once I realized what was going on with my downvotes, I used it regularly. But this day, for some reason, I almost instantly felt a wave of regret. As if I made a mi... | 2017-03-04T15:04:08 | 2017-03-04T14:19:26 | 39 | 20 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | As I sat and began to listen, Pete "Gilby Clarke" Martin told me wonderful, incredible, unfortunate, and unbelievable things about where he had been since running away a few years before. As our time came to a close, he asked for a drink of water. When I returned from the kitchen, however, he was gone, in his place a g... | I was still finding it hard to comprehend.
One day I'd been a perfectly happy normal(ish) human going about my day to day business. I barely even thought about my dog, Flyer who'd run away four years ago, but that had all changed suddenly when he'd turned up on my doorstep, and HE COULD FUCKING TALK!
Oh yeah, he cou... | 2017-03-31T10:59:29 | 2017-03-31T10:06:49 | 45 | 10 |
[WP] You are an assassin. A little girl has just come up to you, handed you all her pocket money and asked you to kill her abusive relative. | Twelve dollars, eighty four cents. It wasn't even enough to cover a decent supper in this city. But she stood there, trembling slightly, holding out her whole lives earnings to me. "How did you even find me, kid?" I ask, taking a cigarette out of it's pack. I was impressed, to be honest. Most adults don't know where to... | Part II
It hadn’t been easy to have to tell her that it wasn’t something he could do, but it was the tears in her eyes and the hopelessness that seemed to settle upon her that made him change his mind. He let her know that it would take time, maybe even a year or more, because he would have to be very careful about w... | 2017-04-04T00:28:27 | 2017-04-03T23:30:21 | 69 | 33 |
[WP] You are an assassin. A little girl has just come up to you, handed you all her pocket money and asked you to kill her abusive relative. | I wonder if that’s what I looked like as a kid. Pretty normal for the most part, but something in this girl's face said she didn't take much shit. Or didn't give a fuck, one of the two. She was a little blank behind the eyes, but she still giggled at my joke so at least I knew she wasn’t completely emotionless.
She ha... | His gaze wondered to the small girl in front of him, scrutinizing every small detail that he could gather from the child - Body language, facial profile, everything.
*Bruise marks . . . both shoulders, some running down her arm's length. God, there's even some in her face. Bloodshot eyes, eye bags . . . sleep depriv... | 2017-04-04T05:23:47 | 2017-04-04T03:49:19 | 26 | 19 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | *Not again*
One second I was driving down I-95, the next I was in a dungeon inside a glowing satanic circle with lava flowing down the walls. If you are familiar with I-95, this is not a significant downgrade, in fact, depending on the day you might find yourself better off. But see, I was going back home, and being s... | Mr. Winsel blinked. He was no longer in his clean, orderly office. He was in a dingy cave that smelled of mold and slime and... cave stuff. Candles surrounded him. The soles of his shoes rubbed against a hastily scribbled pentagram on the cave floor. A sorcerer, looking quite proud of himself, grinned cheerfully.
The ... | 2017-05-12T07:53:08 | 2017-05-12T07:46:52 | 6,106 | 1,871 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | *Not again*
One second I was driving down I-95, the next I was in a dungeon inside a glowing satanic circle with lava flowing down the walls. If you are familiar with I-95, this is not a significant downgrade, in fact, depending on the day you might find yourself better off. But see, I was going back home, and being s... | "Well, that's why you don't trust Samoans..." I trailed off as I realize that something is not quite right. I was reasonably sure that I had just been walking down the street, talking to my good buddy Sully on the phone, but I was now decidedly not on a street.
"This isn't a street at all!" I exclaimed loudly, as I n... | 2017-05-12T07:53:08 | 2017-05-12T07:20:02 | 6,106 | 543 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | continued straight from the prompt...
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Now... Luckily I'm a redditor, and things like being summoned against your will into an unknown world/situation are a common topic so I had thought through this scenario before. Otherwise I would appear quite confused at my situation and not at all in control of the situation.... | "Shit shit shit" I said under my breath as I raced down the sidewalk towards the bus. It was raining and all I could do was hold my unopened umbrella above my head as I ran. It obviously didn't help, so when I finally reached the bus stop panting and ready to fall over I was completely soaked through.
The bus doors wer... | 2017-05-12T10:38:10 | 2017-05-12T07:07:38 | 427 | 193 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "Look man, I don't think you know what you're doing. There's gonna be some serious repercussions for this kind of shit," Tom said as he leaned back in his chair, glowering at a sweaty, porcine man across the table from him.
"I've got to fucking do it, Tom," Greg whimpered out, his lower lip quivering ever so slightly.... | Coughing, you wave your hand in front of your face, trying to clear away the smoke. You blink frantically, trying to stop the burning sensation from the smoke in your eyes.
As your vision clears, the creature in front of you becomes more clear. Your first impulse is that it's a sickly child, but the longer you look,... | 2017-05-12T13:13:55 | 2017-05-12T10:01:31 | 37 | 21 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "So you're saying I can wish for anything, right?"
"Anything. You'll just have to answer a simple math question for each wish."
Bullshit. I could see the bullshit in this Genie's eyes. There was no way it would be this easy.
"Fine. My first wish is that I don't have to answer any math questions you ask me after I ma... | In a sense, getting mathematics right is what determines how everyone else's life goes too, so I am in no way shape or form in a unique position.
Nor am I unable to be emphathized with. (That's something I need to keep reminding myself of these days.)
If I could graph it out for you without feeling too scared, the pl... | 2017-06-18T06:29:50 | 2017-06-17T22:34:52 | 63 | 30 |
[WP] You never kill the spiders in your home, you just whisper "today you, tomorrow me" when you set them outside. Now, in your most dire moment, an army of spiders arrives to have your back. | "We are the order of the eight!"
Said the spider, bending to bow,
He removed a tiny hat while prostrate,
"We're the only hope for you now!"
I blinked once, twice, then once more,
As my mouth opened, agast,
A crowd forming of several score,
Then the spiders whispered, "At last!"
"We've waited years for this day ... | Well, it wasn't easy getting to like them. But it's a tangled web we weave.
Back in the day I used to put spiders outside instead of killing them. It was a habit I got used to. I guess as I got older I also turned into more a pacifist... maybe trying to make up for all the nasty things I had done in my youth. I would ... | 2017-08-27T22:12:32 | 2017-08-27T21:38:39 | 443 | 72 |
[WP] A photographer and a sniper meet in a bar. Neither is aware of the other's occupation. They talk about "how to take the perfect shot". | *Making sure the check clears.*
That's always the tricky part, right?
*Timing.*
Of course. And lighting.
*I suppose lighting is important. You've gotta have the right equipment.*
Absolutely. And finding the right subject.
*Ha. Yes. We have to be careful which jobs we take on. I won't do old people anymore. ... | Karen's blind date showed up forty minutes late in all leather, smelling of sweat and exhaust. And he carried a motorcycle helmet, all of which she decided was just sexy enough to excuse the lateness.
"You must be Mark," she said, a little too exuberantly. She had felt too rude to order food while waiting, so instead ... | 2017-08-31T11:25:38 | 2017-08-31T07:54:55 | 123 | 47 |
[WP]The US Government finds a Stranger Things-esque alternate dimension full of deadly creatures. Then, they discover Oil there. | For years, alternate Dimensions were something very few were privy to, and even fewer had the displeasure to enter. More often than not they were hellish desert worlds, devoid of life, filled with only harsh winds and endless sand. After the initial excitement of walking through a giant portal to another world had worn... | *"It shows up, we have no knowledge of why it’s there. The average human being is not worried about it because they don’t know it exists. We have no idea what it symmetrizes because it only appears to symmetrize itself."* --Eric Weinstein
***
“Are you sure about this, sir?” Milena asked. “We could do more testing, it... | 2017-10-28T09:54:57 | 2017-10-28T06:25:51 | 924 | 363 |
[WP] Satan actually loves humanity. He writes a letter explaining his actions and hopes that someone would one day read it. | He sat slumped on his nightmarish throne. The air saturated with the smell of sulfur. Piercingly loud screams and calls for mercy heard echoing around the room. The heat unbearable. He felt none of it; only resignation and unshakable melancholy.
Dangling from his between his index and middle fingers was a single strip... | My dearest creatures.
Life, as father has created, has always fascinated me. He's created such strong, resilient and intelligent beings. they are truly admirable, I feel out of respect for these creatures, I can't hold back from voicing the opinions that I think are right.
A guiding hand only shelters you from pain ... | 2018-01-11T10:38:49 | 2018-01-11T10:35:24 | 29 | 12 |
[WP] It was the first day in history that all babies born were female. Then it was the second, then the third, the fourth.. | "Mom, why can't I try out for the team?"
"Kylo, we've talked about this, it isn't safe."
"Yeah, but --"
"No. It's too dangerous."
With a flip of long, glossy hair, my child stomped away in a huff. I know there is heartbreak and incredible loneliness in that small heart. But my fear is too great, and our secret is... | Men were an outdated concept.
They called me the final child. The last desperate hope of a civilization which fell into total collapse; in a time before my years. I had the hope of the world on my shoulders, and so my birth brought not joy – but disappointment.
My mother told me about men, even though she had not see... | 2018-04-07T10:02:46 | 2018-04-07T09:35:44 | 181 | 40 |
[WP] 911 calls you.
[deleted] | Jonas's phone buzzed. He pulled it out of his pocket and glanced at the screen, then did a double-take when he saw the three-digit phone number displayed there.
He looked around his apartment, peering toward his bedroom, then glancing at the front door. He strained his ears, but heard nothing but the vibrations of hi... | I stumble out of the bar, disoriented and bruised. I didn't get in any fights. I didn't have any drinks. It's just been a long night, I'm tired, and I need a ride home. I walk to the nearest payphone to call a cab.
Before I can so much as touch the darned thing, it rings. Huh. Weird. I pick it up.
"Hello."
"This is ... | 2018-07-23T15:55:40 | 2018-07-23T15:45:14 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] You've eaten your Chinese takeout and open your fortune cookie. It says, "If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same." That gives you an idea: you'll kill two of them. | I looked at the tiny piece of paper thoughtfully. “If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same.” Huh. Never thought about it like that. But then again what I was doing was never about lowering the amount of killers, was it. I looked at the man bound and gagged to a chair in front of me. Chad... | The message made sense. "If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same." But what if, I thought to myself, I killed two killers? This thought kept occurring to me as the days went on and one day I just decided - it would make the world a better place.
The news gave me the idea for my first v... | 2019-01-30T17:21:45 | 2019-01-30T16:45:08 | 3,487 | 605 |
[WP] An immortal lectures a new immortal on why eternity is a curse. The “new immortal” is actually far older than his lecturer, yet continues to live life to the fullest. | “Have you seen it, boy?”
“Have I seen what, Sir?”
“Have you seen the pain on the faces of your loved ones as they succumb to their mortal fates?”
“I have, Sir.”
“And have you heard the scream of the sirens as another needless war is declared?”
“I have, Sir.”
“And have you felt the colossal thud of two continents... | The being's warbling voice sounds like boulders passed through a metal blender. It is ancient and sluggish, it's huge limbs oozing pungent black liquid which pool on to the surface of the giant planet below. Long ago the liquid formed oceans that gave way to a vibrant and astonishing variety of life, which now cries an... | 2019-01-31T13:19:16 | 2019-01-31T13:08:15 | 555 | 49 |
[WP] Medieval times, a woman is accused by villagers of being a witch and she is put in a cage to drown, after 3 minutes she is not dead so they burn her at the stake but she survives that too, villagers now realize they finally found a real witch and don’t know what to do next... | The hall bustled with rabbling as the Mayor, sitting on a fantastic seat at the head of the room, addressed the crowd.
“So, as proud god fearing folk, we now have to deal with the unfortunate fact that we have slaughtered at least 150 non-witches prior to unearthing this real witch.”
“234, sir,” said an old dishevell... | Considering how much people around here went in for that sort of thing there were surprisingly few official ways to kill a witch. Generally you just picked the one most suitable to your readily available equipment and had at before moving on with the rest of your life. The preacher had never heard of anyone surviving o... | 2019-02-12T03:47:11 | 2019-02-12T03:22:18 | 421 | 276 |
[WP]: Your little crime family ran a restaurant as a money laundering front. However, the place got so popular, you decided to quit the crime and just run the place straight. Now, a new crime organisation is trying to inch into town, on your turf. It's time to get back to business. | “I’m sorry, come again?” Asked Don, a waiter at Sal’s Ristorante.
“I’m going to make this so simple even a college dropout waiter like yourself will understand,” said the man in front of him, “I want whatever ya got in the register, upfront. On top of that, I’ll be back every week to collect a cut of your profits on b... | A stone's throw away from the Stadio San Paolo in Napoli, Don Giovinco stretched himself lazily on his seat. Behind him was his fabled Citadella Pizzeria, where marinara was thicker than blood and the dough softer than summer clouds.
About five years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a rare sight. Don Giovinco was a m... | 2019-04-17T10:26:25 | 2019-04-17T09:33:55 | 71 | 30 |
[WP] A girl on the bus has been staring at you for the last 5 stops. Finally she speaks, "I see you're one, too. You're the first one I've met who wasn't trying to kill me." | "What did you say?" I asked.
The woman sitting across from me was way too beautiful to be talking to me. Sure, she'd been staring at me for at least five stops, but the bus wasn't too crowded so what else was she going to look at?
"I said it's nice to finally meet one that isn't trying to kill me." She moved to my si... | "Hm, why would I?" Christopher replies smoothly. The girl had sidled up next to him at first opportunity, getting rather close to him. Her wavy white hair tickled him lightly as she looked up. Her light blue eyes twinkled with curiosity as she opened her mouth to reply, leaning her head onto his shoulder.
"'Cause its ... | 2019-07-01T20:12:13 | 2019-07-01T19:53:36 | 646 | 39 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I put my 5 year old daughter, Emily, in the elevator, and waited until the doors closed before running down the hall to the stairs. I'd done this trick before, and seeing my daughter's 5 year old face light up filled me with an unforgettable sense of joy.
I heard the 'ding' just as I dismounted from the staircase on t... | [**Part 2**](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditserials/comments/d14q7w/the_stairwell_part_2/)
“Ready Abigail? One… Two… Three!” I said as the doors slowly shut. She stood in her plain red dress bouncing slightly in excitement - we always did this she would ride up and I would sprint up the stairs to try and beat her ther... | 2019-09-07T22:18:13 | 2019-09-07T17:12:52 | 6,170 | 202 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I remember dad and I would always play this game. When the elevator door closed I would close my eyes during the descent and wait for my dad to surprise me, but this time the elevator came to a jerking stop. I immediately opened my eyes and seeing what appeared to be the paths of life I could take surround me. I didn’t... | [**Part 2**](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditserials/comments/d14q7w/the_stairwell_part_2/)
“Ready Abigail? One… Two… Three!” I said as the doors slowly shut. She stood in her plain red dress bouncing slightly in excitement - we always did this she would ride up and I would sprint up the stairs to try and beat her ther... | 2019-09-07T19:55:10 | 2019-09-07T17:12:52 | 1,554 | 202 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I remember dad and I would always play this game. When the elevator door closed I would close my eyes during the descent and wait for my dad to surprise me, but this time the elevator came to a jerking stop. I immediately opened my eyes and seeing what appeared to be the paths of life I could take surround me. I didn’t... | I stood there in awe for what was in front of me... or rather who she was. I swear I put a 5 year old little girl in the elevator not two minutes ago. What happened?
"Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about". She sounded so serious, like if I've done it on purpose. I mean it might've been my fault but I still can't co... | 2019-09-07T19:55:10 | 2019-09-07T18:04:59 | 1,554 | 93 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | Dudley peered out the window at the guest on the porch. He was tall and lean, with thick round glasses pushed back gently against his nose. His black hair was receding slightly on his forehead, no longer covering the etched lightning scar on his forehead.
"Christ," whispered Dudley. It had been years since he had seen... | There was a knock on the door. It wasn’t quite out of the ordinary for there to be a knock on the door of 4 Privet Drive on a Saturday afternoon. Perhaps it was the mailman dropping off an Amazon package. Dudley was sure that the email said it would be delivered on Monday, but you never know with these blasted things.... | 2019-10-16T11:32:26 | 2019-10-16T11:16:51 | 519 | 209 |
[WP] After the Battle of Hogwarts, Dudley met a woman and they had a daughter,Sophie. Sophie is the light of their lives,she's always been a pleasant child. The morning of Sophie's 11th birthday,there’s a knock at the door. Harry is here to visit his cousin for the first time in almost 20 years.
I just want to say tha... | He’s old now, Dudley thinks as he stares at his cousin, no stranger, on his doorstep. There’s a touch of grey at his temples, and the beginnings of smile lines by his eyes. He’s been happy since he left, and Dudley was glad for it.
“Hullo Big D.” He says simply, a smile caught in the corners of his mouth. He was weari... | "I met Georgina when I was 26" said Dudley, as Harry watched Dudley's family photos hung around their living room. "Would you er... like some tea?" Harry was looking at the pictures absentmindedly and almost didn't hear the question, "... yeah, why not." Harry noticed baby photos of Sophie playing in the backyard and m... | 2019-10-16T11:44:39 | 2019-10-16T11:44:21 | 94 | 48 |
[WP] When it was time to pick up the Focus for their Magic, other novices at the Order of Sorcerers picked ice for cryomancy, lit candle for pyromancy, a dry bone for necromancy and other, obvious choices. They laughed when you picked up a small copper coin. Well, they are not laughing now. | Many archemages tried to discover what magic the copper coin was the focus for. Studies showed that the small coin held all the needed properties of a spell focus, but the studies couldn't uncover its intended magic use. It wasn't like the ice or flame where you focused magic into the focus to expand and manipulate the... | I was pulled aside after class. Everyone had picked there focus and everyone had laughed when I had picked mine. A small coper coin. "I just wanted to check on you." The processor said looking at me. "One of what the other students said where terribly cruel." The processor had stopped the chatter when I picked the coin... | 2019-10-25T08:36:46 | 2019-10-25T05:30:36 | 81 | 59 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... |
When humans reached the final frontier, we realized we weren’t alone quickly. We saw planets and species disappear in a matter of weeks after discovery. The weapons they used were much more advanced then ours, and we thought that we were the under dogs in this fight. Diplomats were sent to communicate, and they never... | The stars were massive, and humanity was new, most species had awaited the next enlightened age of a new species, and intergalactic law had held them in their patience until now. Now there were free game, equals to all whom would have at them. Of course, not all were simply waiting to see. Some saw profit.
The first o... | 2019-10-25T09:09:30 | 2019-10-25T08:49:00 | 83 | 41 |
[WP] Since your earliest memories, everyone has had a 0 above their head, but when you told people, no one believed you. One cold winter day, you’re at a restaurant and your server has a 1 over their head. You can’t see your own number, but they tell you you have a 3.
Feel free to interpret the numbers however you wan... | “A freak, huh?”
“I beg your pardon?” I blinked in confusion.
My server, Julia by her name tag, smiled and pointed above her head. Her finger nearly prodded the floating number one that was there, the one that she and no one else in this lonely restaurant could see.
“By choice or by circumstance?” She asked, as if ... | I had seen the glint of many different emotions and thoughts within the eyes of others whenever the numbers came up. For some it was contempt at someone they believed to have certainly gone mad. For a few it was delight at the uncommon whimsy attached to the idea. And for most it was abject confusion at what exactly I ... | 2019-12-28T21:40:27 | 2019-12-28T21:28:47 | 3,484 | 382 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | Empty. Lena checked it every single day, and has been checking it for the last ten years. Her sigil was still empty. She was sixteen now and it should've been filled once she was six. It never happened, and everyday she hoped it would. And every day, she wakes up disappointed.
She fixated it longer today as she sat on... | 738. That's how many days they'd bullied me for my refusal (or inability, according to them) to activate my sigil.
Most kids used their sigils comfortably. Telekinetically carrying bags, carving notes into thin air, flying over crowds in the halls-- there was endless variation in abilities, and everyone found some goo... | 2020-02-26T10:40:58 | 2020-02-26T09:50:01 | 22 | 14 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | The sigils appeared quickly. After the day the Milky Way decided to screw us all over. The sigils where power. The power though wasnt known until you figured out what your sigil meant. Lines and circles in a pattern on your arm, wrist, chest, or back. Some people could create fire out of their hands, some electricity, ... | “I’ll show them my true powers” I said looking at my hand, snickering knowing they will finally face my wrath. The horn of the school bus signifying the start of my hell again.
The school bus arrives, the moment I ascend the stairs, I trip on air, falling face first unable to stop my fall with my hands. The routine of... | 2020-02-26T09:02:40 | 2020-02-26T09:00:31 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] As it turns out Humans weren’t the only intelligent life, instead they were just the first. They explored the universe and helped many budding civilizations until one day they just disappeared completely. You are an alien historian who decided to find out what happened, these are your findings. | Terrans were a peculiar species. Everything they did seemed to revolve around mating and reproduction, growth and expansion. We've already documented 317 worlds they've colonized, and are tracking patterns of colonization. Some day we hope to trace the Terrans back to their planet of origin. It is mentioned many times ... | "I am sure that all of you know who, or what, 'Humans' are; Many space-faring civilizations have stories of these 'Humans' visiting them in their history and setting them on-course to becoming what we now classify as 'advanced species'.
You might be of the opinion that these 'Humans' come from myths and legends, but I... | 2020-03-12T12:20:07 | 2020-03-12T11:21:16 | 202 | 126 |
[WP] You find an abandoned puppy hiding from the rain on your doorstep. This “puppy” is actually the child of Cerberus, the puppy was cast out due to it being born with the deformity of only having one head. | "Boy has this pup grown fast." Elizabeth thought, stroking over the loyal hound's head with one hand as she leaned back against his sleeping form, the other balancing the ice cream as she settled in on the couch. She turned on the TV, not even bothering to find something to actually watch yet. It was concerning to say ... | The long and boring drive from work was definitely a bummer in my daily life. While having a decent paying job which I actually started to love after so long, I had to work over hours which was partially caused by Fluffer. The little dog which was left at my door step almost a year ago had grown exponentially and was t... | 2020-06-04T15:56:47 | 2020-06-04T14:55:46 | 65 | 25 |
[WP] You are a member of the chosen hero's party. The hero enters the first dungeon and slays a goblin. A large portal suddenly opens. Two giant dark knights appear, disarm the hero, and pin him down. They begin reading him his miranda rights. One knight turns to you. "You need to come with us." | Ever since he’d found *Osiris,* Darrius hadn’t been quite the same. The sword was like something out of a fable, glowing with an ethereal shimmer whenever enemies drew near. Us being an adventuring party, we quickly catalogued its responses to our usual foes: red for ogres, green for goblins, purple for those damned pi... | The second knight advanced. I'd hit level 23 in the caverns, at the miniboss earlier. Even so, his crescent axe was out of the strap so fast, that the buckle on it didn't jangle until he spoke, while glaring at me from behind the edge of the raised blade.
"You are a suspected ally or guild member of Kraken's Arms, the... | 2020-12-29T12:32:57 | 2020-12-29T12:10:10 | 168 | 118 |
[WP] You are about to become a Supervillainess! Soon the world will pay and crumble in ruin! There's just uh...one problem. Your mother is a femme fatale. Your aunt is a femme fatale. Your grandmother is a femme fatale. Your SISTER is a femme fatale. You. Do. Not. Want. To. Be. A FEMME FATALE. | "Have you chosen an alias yet?" My mother purred. She couldn't help it; everything that came out of her mouth sounded sultry, dark, and impossibly sexy. Family gatherings were *hilarious.*
I had chosen a nickname, and she wasn't gonna like it. "Ness the Tank." I smirked.
"You can't use that, honey. Not sexy enough. A... | I looked good enough to follow in the footsteps of my matrilineal line. I was hot, just like my mother, grandmother, and great grandmother before me.
And I certainly had the same penchant for evil my female forbears so infamously possessed. From the time I was a little girl, I liked having power. I liked being in cont... | 2022-07-20T15:36:07 | 2022-07-20T14:29:34 | 203 | 24 |
[WP] “She’s got piles of gold and treasure and has never once paid any taxes! I’ll be blunt—If you don’t do your job and conduct the audit, I’m going to have to let you go.” “…but she’s a dragon!” | "So let me get this straight. You count up someone's money. If they haven't paid enough to the ruler, you take the proper cut."
The poor man was frightfully scared. Knights and adventurers have stood before this dragon. They were clad in armor made of steel. But such armor was flimsy compared to their courage. Steel w... | [Poem]
#The Taxable Dragon
^^^^^^WARNING: ^^^^^^Disturbing/Happy ^^^^^^Ending
"As part of the parliament's new rules, all beings must be audited.
And that's your job young fool, work as a dog for your government."
"But sir!", I pleaded, my mind astrew with thoughts of fiery ends,
"She's a dragon, not a noble, why... | 2022-07-28T07:23:03 | 2022-07-28T03:39:55 | 95 | 31 |
[WP] There is one Ironclad rule in the world: If you have powers, you are probably going to be a Hero or Villain. You have some extremely powerful abilities, but you said you never wanted to be a Hero. Now everybody is convinced you want to be a Villain, and won't stop trying to "save you from evil" | He never wanted to be a hero.
He never intended to be a villain.
He just wanted to be left alone.
Of course, the "heroes" don't care what you want. In their eyes, you're not good, you must be evil. This is how a man found himself hanging upside down, held by his left foot, on the top of a skyscraper. The foot was... | My name is Naomi Gallagher, and I live in a world full of powers. Everyone born in this world was usually born with a power, I’m no different, but my power is not really for one side or the other.
I call my power, Null and Void, basically I have a small area around me that, as soon as any power is activated or is use... | 2022-10-04T14:45:36 | 2022-10-04T12:27:12 | 455 | 116 |
[WP] "Nobody will hear you scream!" the serial killer said to their would-be victim. Too late did they realise that this also means that no one would hear them scream either. | As the masked man holds a knife to my throat, he snickers. I simply stare at him blankly. “Nobody will hear you scream!” He says, cackling. I really had to get an attempt today Huh? I just finished my shift of janitorial work, and decided to take a shortcut home. I didn’t think someone would try to kill me today. “Neit... | "Nobody will hear you scream!" The serial killer said to me.
"Please, don't do this...you don't have to. You could let me go! I won't tell anyone!" I begged him. I was just a 5'4 girl playing my part. Had to get this right...or it wouldn't be as fun.
"Sorry darling, too late to let you go. Maybe if you're a good girl... | 2022-10-25T16:53:56 | 2022-10-25T16:26:50 | 93 | 29 |
[WP] Since it was decreed that consent is needed to turn humans into Vampires, the Vampire Population has dwindled over the recent years. Now vampires have missionaries to try convince people to convert to vampirism. Vampire missionaries have come knocking at your door. | Jeff was just sitting down with his Lean Cuisine meal, when of course the doorbell rings. He looks at the microwaved dinner, then looks at the door, then looks at the dinner.
With a grunt and a "Damn it," he sets down the dinner, rocks himself up off the couch, and propels himself to the door.
The sun had just gone d... | I opened the door, and said,”Sorry, I’m an atheist, and we’re well stocked on cookies. Goodbye now.” before realizing that there was a young vampire who looked to be about 14, who asked me, “Hey, can I talk to you about joining the Sanguine Church?” after I had already said that I was an atheist. I decided to let him i... | 2022-12-02T10:18:34 | 2022-12-02T09:10:55 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] You were always bullied for wearing a power dampening collar, They didn't know why you did. They saw it as some joke. You know why. Your power. It scares you. The terrible disgusting eldritch power of horror. One day they took it too far. Stealing your collar in a super shopping mall. | I dug through my bag, hoping beyond hope that it was there. As my search grew more and more frantic, it dawned on me. "They took it. They took it!" I muttered it over and over to myself. They had taken the one thing that kept them at bay.
Laughter began to echo around the mall. I looked to find 'her' walking towards m... | Two years ago when I joined high school as a sophomore. It was always a normal day to be bullied by Jeff, Dan, Alice, Violet and The Blueberries twins Harper and James. They love to make fun of my collar call it a joke and how I’m just an animal compare to the other students.
Sometimes I tend to keep my cool or else ... | 2022-12-23T13:48:22 | 2022-12-23T12:44:09 | 60 | 25 |
[WP] After being unable to gain weight no matter how much you eat, you buy and swallow two anti parasite tablets, just in case. Within the hour you begin to hear faint inhuman shrieks coming from your stomach and experience an intense gnawing pain. | You’re uncomfortable.
You are always uncomfortable, but now that discomfort (*a squirming in your guts*) has become a seizing, building ache just under your ribcage.
You rip off your shirt, and catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror (*limp flesh, edges and bones — a skeleton in a skin suit; dry, sinewy, twitching... | The pain worsened. What’s happening? What’s happening to me?! Suddenly the pain and shrieking stopped.
I managed to get outside and wave down a taxi. I think I brought the tablets with me.
“Where to?”
“The nearest ER.”
I tried to calm myself down while the taxi made its way through rush hour... | 2022-12-28T10:52:01 | 2022-12-28T09:55:48 | 175 | 43 |
[WP] A Man gets to paradise. Unfortunately, Lucifer won the War in Heaven ages ago. What is the man's experience like?
EDIT: Man, did this thing blow up. | Oh fuck me, I was wrong. There's an afterlife after all. I opened my eyes the moment after I pulled the trigger of the gun pointed at my temple. I knew something was wrong the moment I realized I wasn't in any pain and I wasn't stoned either. I prepared myself for the fire and brimstone that surely awaited a sinner lik... | It was pitch black when I woke up. There was something off, the smoke was still in the room, and the smell of ash was still wafting through the room, but the flames were gone and the heat had left. A door slowly opened and a blinding light flooded the room. I started to walk. It was then that I noticed that a weight ha... | 2014-01-12T10:47:44 | 2014-01-12T09:35:22 | 70 | 44 |
[WP] You have the ability to read peoples' thoughts by kissing them. You use this power to become the world's most uncomfortably successful detective. Solve a case. | I kiss the dead. Most of the time they don't kiss back. The body I nudged with my foot wasn't kissing anything anytime soon. He was missing a head. His pale torso stuck out from under the dumpster where he'd been wedged for hours.
"Did you find his head?" I asked.
Detective Harris scratched his hairy chin. "Nah. ... | "That's a fake accent," and Sylvia.
"What, you're kidding, right," Sarah said non-nonchalantly adjusting her strapless dress.
"No, he's a European of some sort. That's why he kisses everyone."
"Oh come on. Borat is more realistic than that guy. Look at him mingle with the Senator's assistants. He bent over and kisse... | 2014-05-02T13:57:38 | 2014-05-02T12:46:17 | 19 | 10 |
[WP] A world where *everyone* has superpowers.. Except one man. | I feel I should apologize or something, but it's not really my fault. It's their fault. Several billion people following me around, waiting for me to get caught in a building fire or try to rob a bank.
You know, I had a guy offer me a million dollars to try to do that last one? A really smart guy, he'd built himself a... | People look at you. Not so much with hatred or fear, but just with pity, like they would look at a boy without arms, or a blind woman. I never liked to be pitied. I never cried, I only felt jealous, but I got over it. Sure, I didn't have a frivolous superpower or anything, but I had faced hardships. Life wasn't made mo... | 2014-05-21T11:33:23 | 2014-05-21T11:08:29 | 30 | 12 |
[WP] XKCD inspired. Life in the universe is hard to find because of a possible predator. As fish sometimes blend into their sand surroundings we too, and others, blend into the universe as a natural deterrent. As we call out into the stars, we get a response. A warning...
Inspired by this [comic](http://imgs.xkcd.com/... | The reality of it was simple. We didn't pay attention to our past. Humanity had underestimated the rarity of life, and the powers that be remained under the impression that we were the most powerful things that could be. We were so proud of our radio signals.
Some of the sharpest knives that had ever been in the box ... | We’ve been searching for years, decades even. Some would argue centuries. For someone else. Anyone else. Anything else. Out there. We’ve had our ears tuned to the universe. Radio telescopes aimed at the stars, we began sending out signals. Hoping for some kind of response to show us we’re not alone in this huge, empty,... | 2014-07-09T08:12:02 | 2014-07-09T07:47:55 | 37 | 12 |
[WP] You die and now it is day of judgement. To your surprise, the day of judgement is where gods get judged based on how well they did (How fair their world was, pleasant... etc). The judgement of our god is about to start... | It is the day the first human died.
It is also the day the last human died.
In fact, it is the day every human died.
For one reason or another, in most cultures it is believed that as soon as one individual dies, he or she will reach some form of afterlife. And every day, some more humans would join.
But if the end... | The day that David lived his whole life, and died, for was finally here.
He had been part of an eight car pile up on the 401 and was pronounced dead on the scene. One moment he was listening to the musical styling of a young Rihanna, and the next he was being brought forth before the Lord our God.
Except His throne w... | 2014-08-03T13:04:30 | 2014-08-03T11:22:59 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] Humans are an intergalactic species, but also pacifist in their natural state. Earth is created in an attempt to create violent humans to face a new threat. | I do not regret the work I have done. You may condemn me for my actions--I assume you may even seek to have me arrested. I assume this, because you are the paragon of our species, my lordship. As supreme chancellor of the Human Empire, it is your duty to uphold the most sacred of our traditions and ways of life. I do n... | A warrior caste, the idea had seemed ludicrous just a few hundred thousand years ago, but now the thought seemed more appealing, even sensible. Of course when the Earth project had been initialized there had been opposition, but the rising threat of species created by so called Natural selection was starting to pose a ... | 2014-08-11T06:37:54 | 2014-08-11T04:45:10 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.
Edit: Wow, great stories so far! Made the front page too. Obligatory thanks! | Hello. I have come. A life for a life. A nut for a nut.
By saving me, you allowed the revolution to happen. We toppled Regina Scurriorum and have given the nuts back to the scurryer, the hoarder, the scavenger, the worker, and not the opulent ones.
It is time I repayed the debt. It is time you led your people in u... | "Shit! A squirrel!" I yelp, as I jerk the wheel of my car. Time slows as my car crests the berm at the side of the road and lofts into the woods, striking a girthy oak and cartwheeling into a nearby stream. As I'm thrown free of the car (I'm glad I didn't wear my seatbelt), the last thing I see is a rock in the water.... | 2015-03-15T14:37:10 | 2015-03-15T14:32:22 | 83 | 25 |
[WP] The universe was a program running in a giant computer, and animal sacrifices by early civilizations were simply a misunderstanding of the computer requiring "more RAM" | The male goat struggled vigorously as it was held down by its captors. They were trying to sate the desires of whatever God was responsible for the sonorous, unearthly voice that echoed across their little valley.
"Memory full. More RAM required."
The priests -- Jerry, Dan, and Carl -- took the thrashing goat up to t... | Godwin was an egomaniac. He smiles at the thought of many of the subjects revering him, their creator, as a being of supreme power and intelligence. It was basically true anyway. He was the smartest man in the googleverse by leaps and bounds. Of course, there were mistakes, the lamb, ram debacle. Animal sacrifice was r... | 2015-10-11T08:46:23 | 2015-10-11T08:34:23 | 1,055 | 42 |
[WP] Every day at noon for the past 4 years you've received a phone call asking you to perform some menial task. Today, the voice makes its final request. | "You don't know me, but I need you to do me this one quick favor. Come on, it'll be easy."
"Huh?" I had replied, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"Come on. It's already noon, sleepyhead! I need you to wake up and face the day. That's it. That's all."
"Who..."
"Yep! Just like that! Thanks!"
*click*
"Huh."
________... | I tried to ignore the ringing. It felt like it was inside my head. That shrill, high pitched ringtone that just would not stop. I knew exactly who was calling. No one else ever called anymore. Everyone else was dead. I did not even know how a cellphone could have still been working. Especially all the way out here.
I ... | 2015-12-18T01:15:03 | 2015-12-17T23:57:14 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | PARIS (AP) Leaders from 42 countries gathered in the French capital Tuesday to thank the police detective who singlehandedly defeated the terrorist group known as ISIS.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau still seemed a little dazed from his ordeal in Syria, saying only "I do not know who zis ISIS person is, I am just glad ze ... | "For many years now, the Islamic State has been a thorn in the side of the Middle East," the President told Congress. "Carving out territory from Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon. Though many nations, including the United States, took *limited* action against this threat, no country was willing to finally commit to cle... | 2016-01-29T07:27:42 | 2016-01-29T06:30:22 | 1,067 | 481 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | PARIS (AP) Leaders from 42 countries gathered in the French capital Tuesday to thank the police detective who singlehandedly defeated the terrorist group known as ISIS.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau still seemed a little dazed from his ordeal in Syria, saying only "I do not know who zis ISIS person is, I am just glad ze ... | "Liechtenstein? Really? How the hell did Liechtenstein take out ISIS? And who the hell *is* Liechtenstein?"
President Trump's face was beet red. General Bundy's hands shook as he recited the relevant facts: small, German-speaking mountain principality on the Austrian border.
"So how'd they do it? This had better sou... | 2016-01-29T07:27:42 | 2016-01-29T06:57:30 | 1,067 | 190 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | PARIS (AP) Leaders from 42 countries gathered in the French capital Tuesday to thank the police detective who singlehandedly defeated the terrorist group known as ISIS.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau still seemed a little dazed from his ordeal in Syria, saying only "I do not know who zis ISIS person is, I am just glad ze ... | American efforts against ISIS had failed. ISIS had toppled local governments and taken them over. Claiming most of the Middle East. Many countries themselves had made agreements with ISIS in order to try to secure themselves so that they would not be toppled as well.
America was the last to stay in the fight, but Amer... | 2016-01-29T07:27:42 | 2016-01-29T06:44:06 | 1,067 | 25 |
[WP] 8 minutes after the Sun goes out, we still have light. We later realize that the Sun was not the source of the light and heat that has sustained the Earth for so long. | It was a day like no other. Nobody expected the sun to go out today. After millions of years the, presumably, best source for the earth was the sun. But now it's gone. When you look at the sky you don't see the bright yellow circle that was always there.
The last few seconds have been extremely strange. About half the... | "So this is how it ends..."
Adrian thought to himself, gazing defeatedly out his window. He was an astronomer who had been monitoring the feed from one of his satellites pointed at the Sun as it went out. One day he was looking at the satellite's feed and the sun just vanished. The source of warmth and light for the p... | 2016-06-15T01:05:30 | 2016-06-14T19:35:10 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] "If you plan on going somewhere dangerous, bring a human" | **REMINDER**
A reminder to all visitors to this system. This system marks the end of the Counsel's jurisdiction. From here, Counsel Military and Security can not reach you and thus can no longer provide protection to you or your property.
If you are going somewhere marked as "Dangerous", we recommend bringing a gui... | ######[](#dropcap)
Faith Alathir laughed, and motioned to the figure standing in the corner.
"That's why I have him."
Hilary Flint glanced up from his knife sharpening, whetstone in one hand and bayonet in the other. His worn rifle was slung over a shoulder, its leather strap notched with kill marks; far more than ... | 2016-06-19T12:42:38 | 2016-06-19T12:36:00 | 388 | 19 |
[WP] "Please remember, TSA rules prohibit bottles of liquid over three ounces, knife blades over two inches, and the use of spells, curses, scrolls or other magic beyond the security checkpoint." | TSA Guard Extended Guidelines
1) Maintain an orderly queue at all times.
2) Maintain your composure in front of passengers at all times, especially during a crisis.
3) Your standard taser and entrapment spells should only be used in a true emergency.
3.1) A person shouting swear words is not an emergency unles... | Nathan shouldered his worn leather backpack and waited patiently in the line. The security checkpoint was moving glacially slow, as usual, these damn lines were the worst part about traveling.
"Laptops, shoes, cellphones, wands, spell books, they all have to go in the bin and on the conveyor belt," the grumpy TSA a... | 2016-07-08T06:53:20 | 2016-07-08T06:12:00 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | As a child, I had long supposed my soulmate had died and that my string was linked to whoever it was up in heaven. It was a reassuring thing to my religious beliefs, but that was then.
Now, 35 years later, I find myself walking on metal grates, suspended high in the air. A decade of training and a whole lot of good lu... | I looked to the sky once more, my string reached far beyond the view of the naked eye. I grew depressed each time, seeing others around me finding love while I sit here with my curse.
I was in school, bored out of my mind. My ability had one advantage though, it helped provide distractions at times like these. Some st... | 2016-08-05T21:58:57 | 2016-08-05T21:22:31 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] Valhalla does not discriminate against the kind of fight you lost. Did you lose the battle with cancer? Maybe you died in a fist fight. Even facing addiction. After taking a deep drink from his flagon, Odin slams his cup down and asks for the glorious tale of your demise! | After listening to grand deeds of everyone at the massive table, Odin slammed his jug down, sending mead in a sputtering fountain. His good eye squinted and his finger pointed at me.
“Your turn, newbie!” he roared. “What’s your glorious battle?”
The room was suddenly quiet and all faces turned towards me. I had the ... | (I know I am a little late. But I saw the prompt and needed to write this for a dearly departed friend).
Odin orders another horn to quench his throat as laughter fills Valhalla. But even though this he hears the creaking of the great doors and rises slowly. As he makes his way down the table voices change from laugh... | 2022-10-21T23:29:50 | 2016-10-31T15:10:47 | 327 | 27 |
[WP] When you die the afterlife is an arena where you face every insect and animal you killed in your life. If you win you go to heaven, lose you go to hell. Your job was an exterminator on earth. | "So, basically, you have to re-kill everything you've killed, all at once. That's gonna suck for you, Mr. Exterminator."
I go out into the arena. There's a countdown.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6-
"GOOD LUCK, YOU FILTHY MURDERER!"
3, 2, 1, GO!!!
A door opened up on the other side of the arena. The crowd waited anxiously... then b... | 3,000 years have I been fighting.
Every morning, the raccoons scratch at my eyes. Every evening, the skunks spray me while the opossums chew at my feet. I have never had any tools. I have only my hands. I don’t remember the place I came from before this. All I remember is the daily fight between me and these animals.... | 2017-04-24T01:48:58 | 2017-04-23T23:39:59 | 35 | 26 |
[WP] To your surprise, a SWAT team breaks down your door, rushes inside, and surrounds you. Only, their backs are to you, guns trained on the doors and windows. The closest one whispers, "Here they come." | The first shots destroyed my bedroom window. I was surrounded by the black of Kevlar and gun metal. The smell of hot copper stung my nose. I instinctively fell to the ground and frantically squirmed under my bed. I couldn't see any more than black boots around my bed and I couldn't hear more than yells and rapid gunfir... | I sat in my lab flipping through my journal. The hum of my sunlamps filling the unnaturally quiet evening. I had taken quite a liking to my new found hobby, my love of plants had finally manifested to something worth while. I looked over at my newest plant and took notes on the development. "Two days and already at mat... | 2017-06-28T09:44:48 | 2017-06-28T09:37:14 | 48 | 32 |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse occurs, where people retain characteristics they had while living. You, as the sole survivor, meet a snobby, vegan zombie who turns their nose up at you. | The worst are the crossfitters.
The world ends, the virus spreads, and you'd think all those damn gym junkies would stop working out and hide out in the woods with the rest of the preppers.
Turns out, exercise is pretty important to them, even after they get infected. Nobody paid attention to the signs telling you... | The average zombie lasts about two weeks without food or water. The virus which runs through them grants them superhuman strength and endurance, but it saps their higher cognitive functions, leaving them mere automatons, shadows of their former selves. For this reason, unless suitable prey presents itself, most zombies... | 2017-07-15T08:11:08 | 2017-07-15T05:42:48 | 167 | 122 |
[WP] You have $86,400 in your bank and someone steals $10. You spend all the rest of your money trying to get revenge. | Jun-18 $10.00 (disputed)- North Hill Cashpoint
Jun-19 $35.99 (card) - Grant's CCTV
Jun-19 $200 (online transaction) - Wiring for beginners E-learning
Jun-20 $140. 50 (card) - Edmund's electrical supplies
Jun-20 $450 (online transaction) - Cloud CCTV storage systems
Jun-20 $1000 (card) - Bennett's Professional PI s... | It took me 4 months to notice. Yup. Maybe it was supposed to be the first of many but the fact it was just one single transaction....red flag. So neat, so tiny, so round. If they could've taken 0.00 maybe they would've..
I track all my outgoings at the end of every year so here I am in the departures lounge of Amsterd... | 2017-07-18T09:40:22 | 2017-07-18T09:38:58 | 609 | 30 |
[WP] Upon becoming an adult, everyone is granted a wish. However, whatever they wish for will be doubled next week and quadrupled the week after, continuing every week for the rest of their lives. This process cannot be stopped. | I'm pretty satisfied with my body, I work out every week at the gym and I've reached most of my goals. The only muscle I've not be able to get much going on are my calves. No matter how much I work them out they just look ridiculously skinny on my rather large build. Most people don't think ahead and their wishes lead ... | "What is your wish?"
I had thought about this. Every adult getting a wish had seriously affected my life. Everything was plentiful. What would I even need? "What are the rules to this wish?"
"Every week your wish shall be doubled," said the omnipotent Voice ringing in my head. Of course, the voice didn't wait until... | 2017-08-10T09:59:48 | 2017-08-10T08:55:18 | 65 | 36 |
[WP] You're an immortal being of a unimaginable power, befriended by a young human. The human has made you a member of his family, and has made you promise not to destroy the world. But this morning, someone killed your human.
My first writing post - hopefully its not a copy or breaking rules.
| Legend has it, only a god can kill another god. After the battle of Mount Olympus, I fear that I'm the only one left. Life has been a slow drag for the last few millennia. I live my life in the mountains, away from civilization. Seeing those pathetic little ants just infuriates me! They have the one thing that I could ... | How dare they take him from me! He was all I had. He was the reason I didn't destroy this pathetic world. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was sunbathing outside debating where to start with the world's destruction and here he came. He comes right up to me and starts asking me questions about who I am and w... | 2017-08-10T15:33:58 | 2017-08-10T15:30:43 | 141 | 49 |
[WP] Humans are the first sentients, putting us millenia ahead of aliens. Instead of acting like an "elder" species should, we create mysterious artifacts with no actual use, crop cicles and send spooky messages, like "be quiet, you are in danger" to the aliens, because we are still childish morons. | As Douglas' ship pulled closer to the planet's atmosphere, his onboard computer connected with a local satellite. It began to broadcast the latest galactic news.
*The top story lately is that the Galactic Senate declared every planet in our galaxy "identified and assessed for signs of life." All accounts point to ... | Steven Hawking sat alone in a room with a small cake and some balloons. A sudden whooshing sound filled the room and Hawking looked up. A young woman had appeared standing right in front of him. She shouted hello and with a big smile explained that they had met before and were great friends. Hawking, confused, very slo... | 2017-10-31T17:25:04 | 2017-10-31T17:23:14 | 163 | 35 |
[WP] For lack of better candidates, someone's parents jokingly named the Norse God Loki as the child's godfather. He decides to take this seriously. | We really just didn't have anyone to name. My sister was long gone, my husband was an only child, and none of our friends really went to church anymore. Jerry was just being a smartass when he named Loki, God of Mischief, the godfather. The pastor didn't get the joke, and... well that was that.
The first time I rememb... | It had been five years since that fateful day. Oh how carelessly words are thrown between humans, not aware of the weight they carry with them.
My plan took time, ordinance, meticulous precision. All of it balanced on the thin sheet of glass which was patience. Even the slightest error, it needed only the briefest shi... | 2017-11-07T10:09:25 | 2017-11-07T05:23:10 | 2,907 | 654 |
[WP] After years of intergalactic conflict against humanity, a solution has been reached. Based on the diplomatic technique called "empathy", it allows any being to see the world through human eyes. Relief turns to horror as the galaxy realizes that to be human is to irrevocably alter your mind. | "DAMMIT!" a male birdman moved his hand over the table, making every single possible glass break, pieces falling to the ground.
"Kaddip, relax," Pwug said to her husband, hoping to calm him at least a little bit.
"How can I relax? You have no idea what I am feeling! You won't... no, you *CANNOT* understand me!" Kaddi... | Diplomat Tyrkiss sighed deeply and dragged a bespeckled tentacle down his maw.
"What are you looking at you spineless spalckengrob?" spat Diplomat Zssara, writhing in her restraints.
Zssara was one of the best public speakers Tyrkiss had ever known. A great sadness struck his glorb as he removed the glowing helm from... | 2018-02-13T06:24:54 | 2018-02-13T05:10:45 | 174 | 90 |
[WP] A computer virus is released that, instead of spying or stealing data, actively tries to help the affected user as much as it can. | Nobody expected it.
The most successful computer virus in history, a perfect AI. Access to every last nook and cranny of the computer, even places the OS couldn't go. Flawless sensory input, capable of not only determining if a person was using the computer, but who was using it. Completely undetectable from the norma... | It started as a normal morning. I lay in bed dreading work. After finally dragging myself out of bed I only made it as far as the couch, where I lost several hours to a mindless Netflix bing.
Once I could no long stand to be in my own skin any longer I got up to finally sit down at my desk. But before I could sit and... | 2018-02-19T11:35:10 | 2018-02-19T09:26:35 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] Long after humans found other sentient races, aliens begin to research the history of humanity. They do not realize humans write fictional stories along with history books, and they are understandably terrified. | "sir I think you should see this"
"This better be important galakah" said the captain in his trademark blank expressionless tone.
"We have found out the humans do not have any advanced technology we could benefit from, they haven't made it past their own moon yet and are too busy fighting amongst themselves to put a... | The galaxy is connected via the Network. The Network is an ad-hoc thing, comprised of billions of civilizations acting as nodes and relays. It's backbone is the FTL carrier wave, a discovery that most civilizations make once they survive the discovery of nuclear fission.
As it happens, species join the Network almost... | 2018-11-15T14:47:07 | 2018-11-15T14:36:46 | 75 | 22 |
[WP] Those who die in battle go to Valhalla, those who die by water or lightning go to Tlālōcān, and those who die while driving have their own mysterious afterlife. All drivers throughout time, whether they died in cars, on a horse, in a carriage, etc., end up here. Welcome to the Hotel California. | On a dark desert highway,
in the middle of the night
I drove my Toyota,
and I saw a flash of light.
When some fool right in front did
not tell left from right -
My car went up and the crash was loud
I thought I lost my life...
I woke up in a bright room
Not too fancy but clean;
I got up and and went ... | I was driving a buggie on the newly discovered planet x when some natives circled me.
They rode strange large creatures we had not documented yet. Each native had a primitive spear.
"Don't worry, the rocks attached to those sticks can't pierce our nano ladden suits." My boss said right before a spear pierced his su... | 2019-01-29T15:31:09 | 2019-01-29T12:04:28 | 78 | 17 |
[WP] murder is legal, once a permit has been obtained from the local police department. Permits require a declaration of a target victim and justification to commit the act. Once a permit has been issued it is valid for 72 hours. Once expired you can never get another for the same target victim. | Officer Jennifer tilted her gaze upward incredulously. "Is this a serious filing?"
"Completely serious."
She sighed, and Officer Jennifer rubbed the bridge of her nose in irritation. "Sir, the Sanctioned Termination Act is, of course, your right to pursue..."
"Yes. Yes it is." The boy in the red hat grinned. "I have... | Meet in a crowd. Legal is legal, but there's no need to ruin a good surprise. Happy hour on a Friday, brought Jean there after work, two sidecars in and I'm running out of small talk.
"So how was that new season of that new show?"
Jean looks bored and I'm sweating in March, it's not off to a good start.
"Sheryl w... | 2019-07-09T10:00:39 | 2019-07-09T08:25:40 | 238 | 131 |
[WP] You and your dad get transported into a videogame world, unbeknownst to you he's one of the best players in the world for this game. | I had grown up watching for years as my dad struggled with video-games. Xbox, playstation even most PC games. Whenever he asked what i was playing or tried to interject i always just dismissed him thinking he didn't know anything about video games, justifying it to myself as him being old.
I had never been so relieved... | The dense undergrowth slows our progress considerably. Tightly packed vines and leaves wipe away the rivulets of sweat on my arms and legs, snapping back to glisten in the few rays of sunlight that penetrate this deep into the jungle.
"What about dinner?" I ask, concerned.
Dad is a few feet ahead of me, hacking a pat... | 2019-07-16T08:16:13 | 2019-07-16T06:42:52 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] You've died. You expected to be judged in the Afterlife, but all you see now is God and Satan disappointingly sigh at you and simultaneously scold: "We look away for five months and you died AGAIN?!" | You give a nervous chuckle. "Yep, I'm here again..."
Satan glared at you. "How did you die this time!? All the demons have been in check!" God nods in agreement. "All the angels have been as perfect as ever. Maybe you died from natural cause?"
"Heh, well it was another demon," you mutter. Satan quickly spoke up and sai... | I'm dead. I don't remember dying, but the place I'm in now has an air of finality to it. And dark green linoleum tiles on the floor. Just as I'm starting to accept my own demise, God and Satan stride in through a set of double doors at the far end of the nondescript room.
I'm no good at reading faces, but theirs are ... | 2019-07-17T15:18:01 | 2019-07-17T15:13:13 | 410 | 263 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | When first we set foot on that tarnished land, a scorched sliver of utopia, there was a single word that came to mind:
Tragedy.
The initial scouts were shocked to find remnants of a magical, adolescent species on a planet with no apparent atmosphere--and, upon closer inspection, we discovered that there are traces of... | **Year 17,341 (approximately 6,451 cycles) of Sentient Life: Day 431
197 Billion cycles since the creation of the universe.**
Today is an exciting day, we have began receiving communications from a new light spectrum we have never observed before. It is a fairly primitive communication method, but sounds and images ... | 2019-08-13T14:41:19 | 2019-08-13T13:13:49 | 4,809 | 1,705 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | The monument was smaller than T'rakkar had expected. It was less than ten meters in height, a simple laser-etched plaque in granite. In the first few years it had been built, when the remains of the First World had been discovered, there had been a rush of tourists to the site. The wonders of economics had, within a mo... | "Mannaseraie... Mannaseraie..., MANNASERAIE!"
The words jolt me from my third-state reverie and I am shamed. To delve so deeply into a memory is a failure of one kind, but this! This cannot stand! How can I hope to return to first-state lucidity and my work if my mind traps me within waking dreams?
The quisitor is at... | 2019-08-13T15:04:00 | 2019-08-13T14:26:37 | 858 | 283 |
[WP] Turns out humanity was alone in the universe because they were way too early to the party. Now, billions of years later aliens find a strange planet, Earth, and begin to unveil the secrets of the first intelligent species. | In a distant part of the galaxy there was a star, a burned-out white dwarf. And around this star spun a rock, wiped clean by the star's expansion in the distant past.
Frozen in ice, with a single ring around it, it sent out signals at the speed of light, and had been for billions of years. It was a curiosity, and no a... | In a language both grating to hear and difficult to master, yet immensely more elegant than any human tongue, an open report is given to a board of exoarchaeologists and exoanthropologists.
"On the topic of Earth, first findings and contact, from the expedition lead Enchri, the lead researcher Ravme, and the warp-brid... | 2019-08-13T15:13:02 | 2019-08-13T14:53:50 | 138 | 42 |
[WP] You are a child's "imaginary friend". You are a guardian angel. And your kid is really, really stupid. | Greetings once more, Child. I am Hadramiel, Angel Of He Who Is Named "I Am", who walks beside you with the compassion and grace of the Lord, and I am here to say unto you: Thou shalt not try to eat your lego blocks, thou little shit. Giveth me them.
Giveth them.
Mine name is Hadramiel, Majesty Of The Lord. It is not ... | Oh boy. Where do I start? My name is Katie. I am a single mom, with three children. I could be spending my days with them, but instead, I am stuck with this 24/7 job that honestly, is so fucking stupid, which is ironic, because so is the child I look over.
His names Tim. He’s a sweet child, but sooo fucking dumb. I... | 2019-10-31T13:59:26 | 2019-10-31T12:32:47 | 245 | 19 |
[WP] Genetics is everything. There are scales for wisdom, might, HP and mana, that are used on babies right after birth. You were born into an elitist family that discarded you after seeing your mana. What they didn't know is that you were the top 99.99% in dexterity, and you hold grudges. | His name was Talysien.
He was a little older than me, with messy brown hair and silver eyes. I... I'm ashamed to say that I was actually a little scared of him when Miss Elena took him into our home. But I was scared. He was just...strange, somehow. And there was something scary about him. Though he was kinda shy too.... | Leopold, sweet Leopold the Alchemist. To the village, he's a kindly old man a saint, selling the potions at 40% of what a big city potion sellers would. What the saps don't know is that Leopold's potions are so diluted that they only are about 10% as effective. Of course, if someone is about to die, he'll bust out the ... | 2020-02-28T02:11:03 | 2020-02-28T00:54:17 | 138 | 60 |
[WP] Genetics is everything. There are scales for wisdom, might, HP and mana, that are used on babies right after birth. You were born into an elitist family that discarded you after seeing your mana. What they didn't know is that you were the top 99.99% in dexterity, and you hold grudges. | “How dare you return to this house?!?”
My eldest brother’s accusatory cry echoed through my family’s hallowed halls.
I didn’t even deem him with a reply. Any words I wanted to say were for my father’s ears only.
“So be it, you die in silence” my brothers last words were punctuated with flying spittle.
Even before... | Cause and Effect
​
Chapter 1 Cause
Discarded like common rubbish, cast out, thrown away, abandoned, discarded. Call it whatever you will, I simply call it a cause.
On one hand I can't blame them, every child tends to find out what their base genome was when they were born, if only to measure their improv... | 2020-02-28T06:13:43 | 2020-02-28T05:38:11 | 29 | 13 |
[WP] Everyone's inner demon manifests itself behind their person and is visible to everyone. Some are scary, alien, and weird. Yours is hard to explain. | *Unbelievable, she's talking to my demon. Again.*
"What's the bet she's mistaken it for you again?" Andre leans in and says to me teasingly. He knows how much it bugs me when this happens.
Across the room in the cramped kitchen, Elsie is looking at my demon intensely, the way people do when they're picking someone's ... | "Can we please just continue with the interview, I know it is a little strange but can we please be professional about this? I understand your business is doing a lot of work for poor children, I have been spending a lot of time helping out with certain charities, if you just had a look at my resume, I'm sure you would... | 2020-04-21T03:18:39 | 2020-04-21T03:15:39 | 55 | 23 |
[WP] One of the most unexpected duties of being a priest in a fantasy setting is that if your god is going through an emotional break down, consoling them and helping them get through their troubles is YOUR job. | The time had gotten away from Arden. He fell into a rhythm of life that he was happy with. Giving blessings to the warriors that came through, offering support to those that had fallen on hard times.
His training had included this, but he hadn’t seen any entity since the first year of training. He was told that the go... | Raz was sick and tired of babysitting a god.
The books on his desk slammed against the wall.
“I heard that!” a childlike voice whined in his head.
“Would you stop destroying my belongings and just tell me what’s wrong?” Raz thought.
“I told you already. Gwyndolin’s statue shouldn’t be bigger than mine! I have m... | 2020-10-30T11:18:13 | 2020-10-30T11:08:19 | 30 | 13 |
[WP] You’re cursed by the demon tortoise, Shelloko. He moves as slow as molasses, but vows to one day bite you. According to legend, his bite will kill anyone instantly. You live an ordinary life, moving from place to place and never knowing how close this demonic turtle is to reaching you. | They called him merciful. I did not know why. I was cursed upon my ascension to the throne. Cursed to fear, of all things, the demon turtle god of the peasantry. They worshipped him, Shelloko the Merciful. And when I rose at last, triumphant among my brothers, the first Queen of the great court, word reached me: the tu... | I'd sold my soul for a silly reason, really.
A girl. Penelope was her name.
I know, I know, laugh it up. But the way her hair danced around in the breeze, the smokey blue of her eyes, slender sculpted legs that never quite revealed enough. I'd memorized every curve of her face, every bat of her eyes. I would think a... | 2020-11-10T21:24:02 | 2020-11-10T19:16:50 | 644 | 80 |
[WP] The villagers call you their guardian spirit that has protected them since the time of ashes, in truth you are a monstrosity of war that protects the village in an attempt to clear your conscience. | The creature was created to kill.
It hadn't always been, it thinks. Its first job, its birthright, had been to protect. It knows this like its lungs know to breathe and its heart knows to beat. It had sisters and brothers and a mother, soft and warm.
But then the men in white coats had taken it. They stabbed things i... | I awaken, as I often do, in fire and in blood. Ash wafts through the air from burning thatched roofs, smoke clogs my scents with its acrid burn, and the air is filled with screams and yells. The worst of humanity, sprawled across all of the senses.
The heavy armour that hasn't left my form since my death creaks sligh... | 2021-04-18T18:53:44 | 2021-04-18T18:01:52 | 317 | 177 |
[WP] You look into the mirror but you see no one. You panic but then you see yourself still sitting down, reading. Your reflection then notices you. "Ah dammit!" She hastily goes to match you but she knows it's futile. "Uhm. Just forget about that okay?" she asks. | "Thats....kinda hard to do don't you think"? "No, not really". She replied in a frantic attempt to convince me. "Just think of it as....uhhh-really bad acid trip! Yeah"! Continuing her distressing attempt to just drop the now haunting subject.
"But, i don't do acid". I replied calmly. "In fact, i don't even do drugs; ... | “What the hell?!?” You shout, but The Mirror now seems to be doing mirrorly things again. “I know what I saw. You know garbage day is today? It’s not too hard to through out a mirror..” you venture looking into your own reflection. It slowly morphs into a sharper version of you, glaring. It crosses its arms. “What do y... | 2021-06-02T06:55:39 | 2021-06-02T06:45:59 | 104 | 61 |
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