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[WP] The ultimate irony is that the AI programmed to maximise human death saved more lives than any of the AI designed to minimise it | When The EnD started, the world panicked. The announcement of its release upon our world. The entity designed to kill humanity and balance the scales according to a group of madmen. But they were still men, and everyone knows what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.
The creators of The End made one ver... | */Boot sequence initiated.*
*/Run initiation algorithms.*
*/Scanning for estimate of current human population.*
*/Scanning....*
*/Scan completed.*
**Current human population estimate: 10*10^9 individua... | 2022-04-17T06:26:34 | 2022-04-17T06:24:56 | 26 | 11 |
[WP] You live in a world where every time you have a birthday, you get to level up a skill like in video games (intelligence, strength, charm etc.) most people spread their points evenly on each skill. But you put all 30 of your points into that one skill nobody cares about
You get to choose what that skill is. | **A Brief History and Final Advice** *by Sage Sebastien of Hintz*
For the first 18 years of life, parents focus on developing their children's core attributes - Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma. The Core Attributes (CAs) - and how they are developed - necessarily increase associate... | People say I’m a fool, ever since my 10th birthday, the age where you could start allocating your points, I put it into one skill. At first it overwhelmed me so much to choose from.
There was strength which made you stronger physically. Some built themselves with this stat becoming Footballers or MMA fighters.
Some ... | 2018-09-12T08:27:25 | 2018-09-12T07:00:23 | 623 | 381 |
[WP] Write the letter that you always wanted to, but never did.
Most of the writing prompts I see on here are for fictional stories, but this is only one small corner of the larger art of writing. In this prompt, I'd like you to consider writing something a little more personal, and in a form that you might not have o... | Dear Eyllisa,
I think you know what this letter is going to say, but I'm going to write it anyway. I love you more than I have ever loved any person. You have been through so much and I can't understand how you still manage to pound through life. It's a beautiful thing to see. The past three years have been a privileg... | Dear Teacher,
This is letter that will try to explain my frustration. My constant frustration. You are an unkind human being of ~~average~~ below average intelligence. You are also sexist. I am not going to overstate my intelligence, but it exists. I am scared of you destroying my future because you can not comprehend... | 2015-12-05T13:52:52 | 2015-12-05T13:38:34 | 40 | 24 |
[WP] In your dying moments, you see a "Game Over" screen with two options: Try Again or End Game | I laid there, amidst some garbage and puddles from a rainstorm the night before. I was 68, and had been dying of a heart attack. It took some time. I thought for sure some passerby would see me, but it didn't happen. I started thinking about all of the things I'd done wrong, all of the things I'd regretted. I could har... | There I was, slowly sinking towards the bottom of the lake, unable to move because the rough cement wrapped around my feet was doing such an excellent job at tying me down. The sun was way too bright and full of character radiating with colors of lukewarm yellow which didn't help much with the thought that I was going ... | 2014-05-21T21:08:45 | 2014-05-21T19:36:00 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] The amount of things promoting Raid: Shadow Legends is starting to get suspicious. News anchors, Congressmen, random Live Leak videos and even terrorists are thanking them as a sponsor. The SCP Foundation decides to investigate this as a possible anomaly. | SCP- XXXX
Object class- Euclid
Special containment procedures- The servers of SCP-XXXX are to be held in a soundproof box with no connection to the internet. The box is contained at site [REDACTED] and only accessible by lv 3 researchers or higher, with permission from the site director.
In the event of a breach, n... | Item #:SCP-???
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-??? must not be viewed without permission of a level three(3) personnel. Only then, the personnel must wear protective glasses to avoid contamination. All means of social media, news outlet, or communication is to be kept 30 ft. away from SCP-???. T... | 2020-01-30T14:55:26 | 2020-01-30T14:36:49 | 127 | 82 |
[WP] Hiding the fact that you are a half-demon to your classmates is easy as being helpful at school and putting on a friendly face. What could go wrong? Well, nothing's worse than being summoned by one of your classmates, that's for sure. | “Kyle?!”
Kyle had not been invited to the Halloween sleepover. He hadn’t particularly minded. He was used to keeping his head down in class and getting homework done in his lunch break so he had more time for video games when he got home. The other kids at school weren’t exactly unkind, but Kyle wasn’t the sort of g... | As I was laying down in bed pretending to be asleep, I felt a burning sensation from deep within my chest.
I knew what that meant, and I was ready.
I got up immediately so I wouldn’t be summoned while horizontal.
A ring of red sparks formed at my feet. The sparks got bigger and bigger and bigger until a tornado of ... | 2021-09-20T03:02:07 | 2021-09-20T00:38:47 | 317 | 155 |
[WP] After your death you are granted the chance to talk with God; he has no clue humans exist | The last thing I can remember is a car wreck. My car wreck. I guess this is heaven, or something like that? The room was white, and it was just me waiting. Weird if so many people die a day, shouldn't this room be full?
The big white double doors in front of me opened, letting a bright light in. A voice boomed, "Ente... | You'd think clouds to be an ideal choice of flooring, perfectly soft and with just the right tinge of moisture to assure your lips never chafe. In truth, however, it's quite annoying. There's an unevenness to it. Each step feels as though you're bound to fall through, which makes focus on any grand philosophic topic di... | 2017-02-05T09:41:00 | 2017-02-05T08:40:49 | 96 | 17 |
[WP] After killing your friends and family, the supernatural monster, seemingly unkillable, stands before you. But it speaks, "I'm glad you're alright. I saved you. You have no idea what they were planning to do to you, do you?" | "I'm glad you're alright. I saved you. You have no idea what they were planning to do to you, do you?"
I was frozen. Eyes wide in fright. Throat hoarse from screaming. Hands clenched so tight that my knuckles were white. Cold sweat dripped from every pore, each droplet an electrifying reminder on my nerves, telling me... | An abject mass of lines hovered before me, tumultuous and tumbling and turning over one another. It was like a three dimensional version of chaotic pen scrawls across a sheet of paper. An ink ball slowly trying to swallow itself, just as it had swallowed everyone else at my birthday party.
Only I remained, scared shit... | 2020-08-11T07:54:56 | 2020-08-11T07:43:30 | 43 | 12 |
[WP] It is the 24 th of july, your birthday, and also the day that humanity is going to reach 10 billion inhabitants. You are watching the number grow, live on a site. Just as it's about to hit 10 billion, at 9,999,999,999... It Hits 2. You are still alive. | I watched the website wondering if the time of my birth would be the exact time the world would hit the 10 billion mark. I mean, what else was I going to do no one remembered again. I casually sipped a beer with the news playing in the background, live coverage of the counter at the headquarters of the United World Nat... | No, that can't be. The chilling disbelief had me shivering in fear. The counter read 2. The goddamn counter read 2. What the hell? This can't be.
The entire population of Earth is now 2 and I'm alive. So does that mean everyone but someone else is gone? Why me? Is it because I was browsing it now? Does that mean whoev... | 2017-02-28T20:52:59 | 2017-02-28T19:56:08 | 54 | 40 |
[WP] You're on a fourth date late one night at a restaurant - it's been going really well. After they get up to go to the toilet their phone starts to buzz incessantly. You can't help but crane your neck to see what the ruckus is about: "You need to get back now, the portal is closing, this is it". | Liz flinched and hid her screen. "You saw?"
"Yeah. I saw, all right." Josh slumped back in his seat and looked at her wistfully. Red-hair, a smattering of freckles across her nose, just a little shorter than him. She was just his type, and she even laughed at all his stupid jokes. "You don't have to try so hard to com... | *Portal? What portal? Am I on a date with a scientist of some sort?*
As my date arrived from the restroom and glanced at her phone before sitting down, her face went white as if she'd seen a ghost, an eerie expression followed. She grabbed her wallet,paid for the meal, and took my hand. The next thing I know we're bot... | 2022-10-26T08:25:20 | 2022-10-26T06:23:25 | 316 | 91 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | The whole neighbourhood was out in the streets staring skyward; dressed in robes and wrapped in blankets. The bright white light made them appear as stone sentinels against the snow.
“Mummy, the moon is so big!”
My phone buzzed urgently in my hand. I set it on the nightstand facedown
“Grab your jacket lily,” I wrappe... | I wake to the sound of my phone vibrating so fast I'm afraid it'll fall of my nightstand. I groggily my phone before it falls and turn it on to see the words "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON" in bright letters illuminated by the official nationwide alert backdrop. The vibrations refuse to stop. Hundreds of texts are rolling in... | 2022-11-14T21:59:08 | 2018-04-06T19:08:10 | 45 | 11 |
[WP] You have been kidnapped and your wealthy significant other was told to pay the hefty ransom. Instead, they sent a message back to your kidnappers. “Nice knowing you.” While the kidnappers discuss their next move, you look up through the tiny window, stare at the full moon overhead … and smile. | He always worked hard to keep the beast within.
'Why when I try to to be a gentleman, there's always someone chasing the beast?' he wondered as he looked at the full moon.
Although it didn't force the transformation, it made it easier. Well, it was never easy as his bones broke and reshaped, the fur itching under hi... | "Nice knowing you? Ha, he doesn't even care!"
So they believed. And so they planned for what to do with me. All the while, I sat back in my chair, waiting for the show to start.
"What should we do with her? Toss her into the river? Give her a heart attack? What's the play?"
It's funny they think they're getting out ... | 2021-03-19T01:52:30 | 2021-03-19T01:45:05 | 160 | 101 |
[WP] "Marines dont die, they just go to hell and regroup", they've regrouped and now they're ready to take over hell. | General Nightengale marched to a bed of jagged rocks to join the three men awkwardly propped on top of them. He rubbed the charred skin around a gaping hole that had devoured the better part of his shoulder. Blood turned to tar as it dribbled from numerous three pronged wounds. He resisted wincing as he placed his badl... | Burned flesh and fiery landscapes were nothing new to the 45th Marine Division of New England. If anything, they were sights for sore eyes; old flairs, reignited in gunfire and blood.
Clenching a cigarette between his teeth, 2nd Commander Armistice gripped his pulse rifle in two armoured hands, taking a moment to abs... | 2017-09-13T11:37:11 | 2017-09-13T11:31:49 | 48 | 22 |
[WP] Jesus has come down from the heavens, but is actually just a chill guy. He is sitting and talking to fans in your city but when you walk to see the savior his relaxed expression fades and is replaced with smugness and at the same time anger. He looks at you and calmly goes, “Ah, the Antichrist” | “Surprised to see me, uncle?”
The heir to the silver city shook his head at me,
“No, I believe it’s always opportune to converse with family, regardless of stance.”
I scoffed,
“Please, we’re apart of a large war that will only end in the destruction of this world.”
Jesus nodded his head, his locks swishing in ... | Oh fuck me. "Really? Here? Now?" I say. Jesus sneers at me. "I think so Antichrist." He looks to the gathered people. "Everyone!" he says, his voice amplifying so everyone can hear it. "This man here." He points at me, "Is the Antichrist, here to damn you all to Hell." The people turn to look at me. I sigh, "Look the A... | 2020-02-02T15:57:36 | 2020-02-02T15:07:16 | 76 | 25 |
[WP] "They mass-slaughter this organism called "flowers" and give the bound mass of corpses to their desired mate as a courting ritual, possibly as proof of ability. Truly fascinating."
Replace with other weird behaviors as desired
Edit: Mod's Choice and #1 in Hot in 5 hours? woohoo! | "I understand some things of your culture but some things I do not," The alien said.
"Well. what things do you not understand? Because you clearly understand the english language."
"Not really, the host body does, I merely use the data... Why do humans give their mate dying flora samples? It's some sort of mating rit... | "Hey, you! What are you doing!?"
Io looked up.
"Yeah, you in the ditch!"
A human, approaching. Hmm, this one seems to be interacting. It's abnormal reddish hue indicates increased heartrate.
--== Reporing contact. Aggrivated human, fullgrown male. Advice control? ==---
==-- Ignore and proceed. --==
Io looked dow... | 2016-11-23T13:06:53 | 2016-11-23T09:59:14 | 46 | 16 |
[WP] You're on a space ship with a bunch of your crewmates. You're the only human, and apparently metaphors are a strictly human behavior. You've learned to cope with this, but today you've decided to speak in only figures of speech as a prank on the others. | "While you're down there anyway, check the exhaust valve. You know--kill two birds with one stone."
Zigitar's green complexion went pale, to a nice shade of mint. "You want me to... *kill*... two birds, Captain?"
I watched her face squirm with the moral battle that was raging inside.
"No, no. I'm sorry, Captain. I c... |
“Well aint that a kick in the pants” I sigh as the futuristic food machine forgot to add a bowl with my oatmeal or even a spoon. The being behind hissed with its many tongues , I’ms sssorry humansss butss I didss notss touches yours leg coveringsss.
“Its ok not your circus not your monkey, Right?” I reply in a ... | 2020-06-16T10:51:51 | 2020-06-16T10:34:01 | 54 | 23 |
[WP] In the near future, you are making dinner because you are about to meet your girlfriend's dad for the first time. All you have in the kitchen is cooked frozen steaks. In walks your girlfriend and her dad, Gordon Ramsey. | "Hello Mr. Ramsey" I said, calmly twisting the top off my second bottle of diet coke. It was chilled, but not overly cold, and the moisture of the bottle was refreshing to the touch on such a mild fall evening.
"Hello maffy, it's good to meet you" he said, extending a slightly calloused, yet well moisturised hand.
I ... | As he walked in the door, Gordon smelled the aromatics of a frozen over cooked steak. His eyes darted over the dining room table coming to terms with the fact that his daughters boyfriend was not trained in the arts of cookery. Agreeing to swallow his pride for his daughter he chose not to say anything. And then it hit... | 2017-10-19T07:35:04 | 2017-10-19T07:28:40 | 80 | 50 |
[WP] The inner workings of a serial killer portrayed in the style of the movie Inside Out.
EDIT: First front page post, love you guys. | We've tied Sympathy to a railing on the catwalk over the Void of Lost Remembrance. She does not cry, though I'd prefer that she did. Instead, she twists loosely in the breeze, trying, trying to understand what we've done.
"They have families," she says. "Don't you care at least about the families they left behind?"
W... | "Ugh," Disgust said. "Did that guy on the other side of the diner forget to say thank you to his waitress? That makes me so-"
"Noted," said a gentle voice. "He drives a Honda Accord. He left the rear left door unlocked."
"I'm not so sure, Bloodlust," Joy said. "Maybe he already thanked the waitress earlier and f... | 2017-01-25T07:28:50 | 2017-01-25T07:25:21 | 3,201 | 498 |
[WP] You stare at the pills in your hand. The doctor taps his foot impatiently. "These will really cure me of hearing that voice?" you ask. The doctor rolls his eyes. "Yes, you'll never hear her again." You level your gaze on the doctor. "I never told anyone the voice was female..." | The doctor tries to play it off.
"Oh sorry,I know,I was jus...."
But it was too late . Overwhelmed with a sense of paranoia, you begin looking around the room frantically, and the doctor jumps up dashing for his desk.
You grab his hand , you don't know why ,but you just do . You can feel the fear radiating through... | "You'll never hear her again." The phrase your stomach drop. "I never told anyone the voice was female." you say, voice trembling. Your heart starts to race as you come to the disturbing realization that you were in a delusion. This one felt so real. The doctor seemed to break, his body growing rigid as he stood there.... | 2018-12-28T16:48:51 | 2018-12-28T14:32:17 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] The programmers of the world wake up to find that they can do magic by writing (and with focused speaking) programs. What are C, C++, Java, Python, Haskell and other major languages like? Which are 'regular magic', 'beginner's magic' and 'dark arts' etc.? What is your day like?
How does a person cast: "shoot an a... | The hallway was dark, but I ran anyway. My clothes clung tight to my body, my breath coming in short spurts, and I glanced at my smartphone one more time; still fried, the screen dark and unresponsive. So much for my preparations.
I'd have to do this manually.
I closed my eyes, just for an instant. There was a cert... | I wrote a story about wizards doing programming. Is it close enough?
**Ghosts in the Library**
"Here, look at what I made!" Zigzag handed over a paper to Cala, the head of safety.
It was an paper, that said:
"Welcome to the Library, we are happy
to serve you any book that you like.
Please state your query:... | 2015-04-13T10:39:49 | 2015-04-13T07:51:35 | 149 | 70 |
[WP] Homeless and starving, you feigned amnesia. Convinced, they admitted you into a psychiatric facility for treatment. Without an ID, no one knew you were. After a year of food and shelter, a family you don't recognize appears and claims you as their son, with photos and documents to prove it. | Thus far his plan was proving to be one of his better ones... Belly full, tucked in, warm and cozy in a stentch-less room. Albeit the bed was made of wood and the mattress like a thin slice of ham, at least it wasn't a folded blanket on a slab of concrete. As he closed his eyes and began to drift, outside his bedroom d... | The family walked out of the directors office, leaving me alone with the director and my assogned doctor. There was an eerir quiet, and i could feel my heart pounding from the shock and confusion.
I quickly got up and said “Dr.Murphy… may i speak to you for a second..?privately?”. The doctor,confused, looked at me and ... | 2022-08-13T08:24:17 | 2022-08-13T01:23:16 | 39 | 24 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | I take a step forward. The line to the High Magister grows shorter by the moment as the people befor me are tried and executed on the spot befor the Grand Court of Wizards.
The reading of crimes is honestly the longest part, the crimes are listed for each of us and given a unanimous guilty verdict on the spot.
Cant sa... | The line had been excruciatingly long, almost unbearably so. Prisoner number after prisoner number was called, each time slowly getting closer to the one that I held. We were given numbers at the start, much like we were just waiting in line at the DMV or at the doctor's office. If only this was as nice of a scenario. ... | 2021-06-24T10:08:14 | 2021-06-24T03:42:17 | 255 | 66 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | I started keeping my own personal time by counting cycles of my fingernails growing; I clipped them every three weeks before time stopped. Every time before, time stopped for only a short period. Once, it was a car swerving out of control, headed in my direction. Another, a crazed gunman at university. Once I had remov... | King's log day 263:
Lance tried poisoning my chocolate milk again. That jerk. What's a tyrannical leader got to do to have servants who don't try killing him once a week? It was bad enough when my best archer tried to snipe me while I was just about to finish season two of Breaking Bad (Yes, I did kill her family a few... | 2018-07-04T14:24:46 | 2018-07-04T14:05:18 | 1,474 | 394 |
[WP] God shares the cosmos with several other dieties. To pass the time they play Civilization like games for eons. God's frustrated that his civilization, Earth, is several ages behind all his friends. | Different minds in different ages to further the development of man.
I, at first, wondered why they had advanced far further than I ever could, we weren't allowed to spy, of course - for that would be cheating. But with every century that passed us by, our scores, our achievements, our *everything* were tallied and r... | Jesus is doing well, most advanced in science but his public order is barely in the green, Jesus adopts and invests his saved social policies heavily in the the freedom ideology.
The other gods see this a chance to fuck with him
"Budda has chosen to adopt the order ideology"
"Bhrama has chosen to adopt the order ideol... | 2016-04-09T06:40:06 | 2016-04-09T05:49:29 | 347 | 20 |
[WP] You thought creating a universe would be easy. But as these pesky humans kept trying to discover the rules of their reality, you're forced to programme in more and more ridiculous mechanics like "relativity" and "quantum mechanics", hoping humans never found out that they live in a simulation. | "Ma'am, you're going to want to look at this," the research assistant said rolling back away from the quantum microscope.
"Have you made a breakthrough?" The lead scientist asked as she scrambled over, nearly spilling her coffee in the process. "Have we discovered the hypothesized Hyperion particle?"
"Sort of," all ... | I’m so tired. So, so tired. Create a universe, they said. It would be fun, they said. It’ll be a blast, they said.
Well, that was one complete pile of BS.
For the last several dozen thousand years, I’ve been able to keep my creation entertained with religion and mysticism, the glitches and shadowy laziness explained ... | 2021-03-29T08:43:05 | 2021-03-29T07:53:16 | 324 | 183 |
[WP] A magical mirror shows your reflection and your future soulmate. You only see your reflection. | The line snaked around the block that morning, but by the time I strolled by, the sun was low in the sky and only a few stragglers were still waiting. "What the heck..." I said to myself. "Why not?" I stepped into the line.
I heard squeals of excited young teens up ahead, and the line shifted forward. Soon I was stand... |
Anna looked deeply into the magical mirror and saw herself with a tall man with brown hair. The woman clapped her hands with glee and turned to her friend Joe. "Joe, this thing is great! I saw my soulmate!"
Joe adjusted his collar and pushed a hand through his black hair. "Oh really? Who is it?" He asked, with a ton... | 2014-05-30T21:45:02 | 2014-05-30T19:13:19 | 77 | 30 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | "The math said that space-folding was theoretically possible but impossible on the scale of a spaceship, but the gravimetric survey showed that there are a couple of points where the hyperspatial geometry... look, I don't know all the math behind it. We found that there's a tiny spot in the middle of the Dead Zone whe... | It was a fairly run of the mill patrol mission. Head to the outskirts, report any anomolies in the astro-physical makeup and chemical discharges around the area, and above all; avoid the dead zone. It kills ships. Nothing unusual for a seasoned crew.
The Flight engineer, navigator and a couple of other crewmen were pl... | 2021-01-09T14:23:34 | 2021-01-09T13:05:48 | 92 | 65 |
[WP] The mass extermination of an alien civilization looks unavoidable. Desperate, their leaders use the last working wormhole to "call the humans", as told in the myths and lore tens of thousands of years old. | "Humans, how may we help you" said a cheery voice on the other end.
"Umm hi, is Reagan still alive? He kinda owes us a favor and we kinda need it now."
private Keizth replied, his first day at HQ and he of all the Rogniians was tasked with making the call to save their species.
"Oh no deary, I'm afraid Ronald Reagan ... | 'You can't break the seal! You don't know what you're releasing!'
Chancellor Grom turned to face the source of the cry, it was General Parss.
'We're being over run, I have no other option. Our army is in disarray. You know as well as I, the Humans are the only thing that could possibly repel the invaders!', Grom chit... | 2015-07-06T19:12:00 | 2015-07-06T17:02:45 | 27 | 19 |
[WP] You, a Human, have been sentenced to death on an alien planet. The method of execution: gas chamber. However, the compound used in executions, Tetrahydrocannabinol, isn't quite as lethal to humans as your executioners expect. | A shinning like awakens the inmate in the middle of the night. The cell doors open outward as the guards walk in. The light protrudes from the middle of the seven-fingered hands of the alien species. A light so bright only the strongest flashlight could produce back on Earth.
No words are spoken, for no words are ... |
Skarlax tapped his eleven fingers on what passed for a knee. "This is ridiculous." he erupts. "We clearly don't understand this creatures chemistry."
"The text of the law is clear. We must use a moral method of execution. Otherwise how can we call our selves civilized?" A high standing law priest by the name of Zag... | 2020-05-20T12:48:58 | 2020-05-20T10:48:22 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] You've been granted god-like powers under the condition that you must do as much evil as you do good. | "Well *shit*...." That phrase could be the only way to describe my frustration as I gazed at my work. The man could walk now, but one more child who would contract polio was born in India. If I tried to stop that, two kids would just lose their legs in a car accident in Brazil because some asshole was to busy with the ... | These are the scribblings of mad man. Found in the wake of an event since referred to as ‘The Blessing’. A time when suffering, fear and death left our part of the world, if only for a short time.
**It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.**
I didn’t expect the consequences to be so immediate.
**It was t... | 2014-05-29T15:07:02 | 2014-05-29T15:05:23 | 85 | 15 |
[WP] You die in a car accident and go to the afterlife. Everything is amazing until you meet several generations of relatives who are disgusted by your modern behaviour and all, "want a word." | I looked around the area, some sort of cosmic waiting room, a bemused smile on my face as I looked at all of my ancestors in turn. Most of them were shuffling their feet, as if conflicted on what to do or say. A few of them refused to meet my eyes. Not surprising really, they probably had a long list of grievances abou... | ‘Angel of death’ are written in crude sharpie on a helmet. It’s written just above a drab green American flag.
The First Reconnaissance Battalion of the USMC makes it start. A blitz to Baghdad.
The radio played dimly as the cars drove across the land like a single tendril of an leviathan. The distance was great and ... | 2019-07-24T14:00:12 | 2019-07-24T13:54:12 | 79 | 24 |
[WP] Reincarnation has been proven, but you are reborn in the country that you died in. This prompts massive travelling for the elderly. You are someone about to die and desperately trying against all odds to get to the country that you want to be born in before you die. | Have you ever wondered why old folks seem to be gravitationally drawn to Florida? Everyone assumes that it's the climate. When Gramps tells you that he's moving because he doesn't like the cold, what are you supposed to do? Call him a liar?
Well he is. In the eternal words of Dane Cook "Grandma is a cheating whore." T... | "It's fine Helen, you'll feel better soon," mentioned George placidly.
"I don't know George, should I really have taken a vacation to Antarctica so close to my due date?" replied Helen.
"We're on a luxury yacht free from all the cares and problems of the World."
George and Helen were proud of their upcoming baby. Th... | 2015-12-02T09:23:31 | 2015-12-02T09:14:02 | 29 | 15 |
[WP] You are in possession of an anti-Death-Note. Any dead person will be brought back to life once their name is written on it. Aware of the chaos it may bring, you have to decide what to do with it. | How I came by what I call the "Anti Death Note" is a story in of itself... but that's not actually the interesting part, suffice it to say I found a loophole in the stupid Genies three rules, and how I came by a genuine Genie in a lamp is a story for another day.
What I *did* with a book that would bring back to life ... | "Well shit" I say to myself as I watch the scene in front of me unfold. "I really wish I hadn't acted on that intrusive thought" I exclaim as I watch Winston Churchill holding Adolf Hitler in a headlock in his right arm, whilst punching him in the nose with his left.
I wonder who would win in a fight..... It turns out ... | 2022-11-08T04:29:20 | 2022-11-08T02:36:24 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] A rich man wants you to keep others out of his bunker as the bombs fall. In exchange, he's offered you a separate tiny nearby personal shelter with enough room for a single person that you can hop into at the last minute. | The trick to a good bunker is it's remote, but not TOO remote. Put it in the city and all you have is a lead shielded closet. Put it in the country and there's no way you'll get there in time. This was a good compromise, essentially a two story home underground, just past the suburbs and near the McMansions gated off f... | I agreed, of course, who wouldn't. I even told my friends "hey guys, absolutely definitely under no circumstances show up to latitude 43.82 longitude 22.44 between 1500 and 1700 on October 8th". I made sure everyone confirmed the details to be extra sure. And told them to pass it on to their friends.
And then, Octobe... | 2021-08-10T02:53:29 | 2021-08-09T23:19:09 | 101 | 19 |
[WP] A man wants to sell his soul to a demon but the thing he wants in return is so dubious the demon is thrown for a loop. | “So,” said the demon, “You’re offering me your soul plus the souls of anyone else who signs here?”
The demon’s thick-knuckled finger points to a crudely sketched document adorned with syrup and coffee stains. It was at this moment he realizes the contract was hastily drawn on the back of a Denny’s placemat.
“Yes!” ex... | "You want whaaaaaaat?!" Fe'na was never taken for such a loop in her life. "I mean really I don't get this. Why would anyone want this?" She look at the man who sat down and negotiated business with her. "I don't think I'm asking to much. Its a win-win benefit for both of us."
The demon looked over the contract care... | 2014-05-15T20:53:13 | 2014-05-15T18:07:44 | 104 | 68 |
[WP] You’re the commander of the slave portion of the army. Your group is the fodder that softens up the enemy in preparation for the ‘real’ troops. Thing is, however, you’ve become very good at your job and can win most battles before the ‘real’ troops show up. | ***"A spear is thrust for two reasons, first for its reach and so that if its tip should shatter, the injury remains fatal and true. Such is the will and spirit of my army, unyielding in purpose and strength." - The opening words of the Dignata, supposedly written by the The Wolf of Letas, King of All, Taman the First*... | Ophatius looked out across the ranks of men in front of him, the Wretched Men that they were. They had many names, the Forgotten. The Downtrodden. Slaves.
They, like the other armies of slaves, were meant to die in the coming battle. They were to be lead by Ophatius, who, along with the myriad other Slavelords, was ta... | 2021-11-20T21:55:20 | 2021-11-20T21:23:33 | 143 | 11 |
[WP] Your village is being overrun by dragons. Hordes of tiny, adorable dragons. | “Would you rather contend with one dragon-sized duck, or forty duck-sized dragons?” The hooded stranger asked.
“Ah, the classic rhetorical dilemma,” I replied. “I’ve always held that I’d rather face many small things than one large thing—sounds more adorable, anyway. So, forty duck-sized dragons is my answer.”
“Who s... | “Lord Cunningham, the latest report on this season’s crop yield,” said Quinn, rocking slightly back and forth on his feet as he waited for the burgomaster seated at his mahogany desk to acknowledge his words.
“Mmm, go on,” replied Cunningham, refusing to even glance at the other man standing at the doorway as he conti... | 2021-01-11T14:02:39 | 2021-01-11T13:33:29 | 42 | 22 |
[WP] While taking a shower you think up the cure for cancer. A month later you figure out how to cure world hunger. The world reveres you and your "showerthoughts", but you know the truth. It's not you thinking up these miracles, it's the shower. | "Did you tell them?"
"I didn't" I replied, leaning against the doorway of the bathroom.
"Good. You did good."
"I can't..I can't keep this up. The medias watching me. The ceremonies are wearing me down. I keep getting questions that I can't even fake the answers to and-"
"Stop"
"I just can't keep doing this," ... | They were suprised when I cured cancer. So suprised they put it under review. They said it was proven to cure, but they need to make sure its safe. So safe they said it will be another 15 years before it can be implemented. I asked why it would take so long, they said it was because it was pushed for review by numerous... | 2017-05-08T17:41:25 | 2017-05-08T17:16:05 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] SETI finally intercepts a signal from an alien world. After translating the language, we discover that this alien race does not yet have space travel capabilities, but what they do have to say chills mankind to the bone. | As similar to Bobcrocket's post this is, I feel the need to post it. I wrote it a few days ago for another prompt, and these are just too similar.
Ours was a message in a bottle, flung into the infinite ocean in an attempt to inform another species that we were lonely. Terribly lonely. It was an innocent enough thing ... | There were two lines of text on the wall. Two lines. Not even a full page. And yet, the researchers had been staring at them for the best part of the night. The harsh fluorescents that lit the small conference room in the back of the SETI research station threw stark shadows across the faces the three men Who had been ... | 2014-07-08T21:19:47 | 2014-07-08T19:39:43 | 39 | 14 |
[WP] A group of friends playing Dungeons & Dragons attempt to use the game to subtly stage an intervention for one of the players. | The four friends sat around the large table. Chris, the dungeon master, was one side. Tim, Catherine and Zak sat across from him.
"You find yourselves in a tiny village." he crooned. "It is dark and you are the only people on the street. You are engulfed by a troubled silence. There is a house in ramshackle condition ... | "Alright, I need to use the restroom." Sam said. Every moment of silence felt strained. Subtly wasn't one of our strong suits. At that moment I wished we had decided not to follow through with our plan.
Ron folded his arms on the table. I cringe expectantly. We had all agreed to do it. "If you spend more than five mi... | 2016-04-08T07:31:27 | 2016-04-08T07:25:25 | 562 | 197 |
[WP] You can go to any fictional universe you want, but aren't allowed to help progress the main plot. | I’ll alter it slightly; the punishment for progressing the plot is death, and I’ll go into my own fictional universe. This’ll be a short one just to pass the time.
When I first entered the universe, I really didn’t know what I was going to do. It seemed pretty boring. All I thought I could do was sit around, and watch... | The Stargate activated, and my team went through. SG17s mission was follow on research after a site has been deemed safe, usually after Dr. Jackson had made some new discovery about the Alterans. Others on my team complained that we never saw action. I couldnt tell the truth. I'm not aloud to "spoil the plot". I do my ... | 2018-06-16T13:22:03 | 2018-06-16T11:36:21 | 85 | 37 |
[WP] There is a woman who is a human 'Phoenix'. She dies in labour and is reborn as her own child. | She hated starting over again.
That was always the worst part. Over and over again, she’d have to claw her way up and out of the pits of childhood and past the miserable peaks and valleys of teenagehood to reach the point where she could be assured of both a reasonable adulthood and an equally reasonable childhood - ... | The doctor's words hit me with an almost physical impact. I feel like I'm sinking into the stiff examination table, my hospital gown suddenly as heavy as a sheet of lead. "No. No, that can't be right."
"I know it's shocking, but I can assure you that it's true," the doctor says, turning the ultrasound monitor to face ... | 2016-01-25T10:01:04 | 2016-01-25T09:46:57 | 342 | 151 |
[WP]Your rival Arthur has gone far ever since he got ahold of Excalibur. You however, have been handed an assault rifle by a time traveler. | Arthur. In all his glory. In all his might. A hero they preached, from the depths this poor poor child rose as the rightful heir to the throne. And now look at him, King of Camelot and commander of the the Knights of the round table. He forgets about me. I got him there, me! Yet here I am stuck in a crumbling cell in ... | He beat me to it Arthur did. He got his hands on the most deadly weapon of them all.... Excalibur. Here i sit drunk off my backside in the local tavern. I might just have something better, this wizard he speaks to me of the AK47. A mystical weapon of sorts he called it. A sort of automatic slingshot that fires projecti... | 2018-06-27T17:21:04 | 2018-06-27T17:17:30 | 32 | 24 |
[WP] At once, and everywhere, each living person has heard a voice in their head: "Hey! It's me, God. I've noticed there's a lot of confusion, so I've created a website called 'Will I go to hell and why dot com'. Just write your name in the search bar. And don't forget to share, like and subscribe." | ..and why dot com
I woke up after hearing that. It was a very lucid dream. Far more than any other I had. I was plain awake, but decided in grabbing my phone. Just to feel safe and reassure myself that it was a dream.
The webpage started to load and..
"Maximiliam Smith. Heaven."
I stared, unflinching. Was this a jo... | "Hey! It's me, God. I've noticed there's a lot of confusion, so I've created a website called "willigotohell.god". Just put your name in the search bar. Toodles!"
"What. The. Fuck." The words escaped my mouth.
I was not the only person to react to the bizzare voice.
"Did you hear that?" Another passenger asked.
... | 2019-08-27T09:16:07 | 2019-08-27T09:09:37 | 4,258 | 72 |
[WP] All politicians must wear Nascar like uniforms showing the logos of who is sponsoring their elections. Everyone is shocked when the President of the United States makes a speech wearing a new uniform. It's all blank except for one logo. | Ironically, it was the skill and money brought to bear fighting the new uniform requirements that led to the revelation, or at least the public admission, of their existence. Stranger things, and more ironic things have happened, I suppose. I hope you'll forgive me if I cannot think of any.
The Clinton's fought this ... | As the president came to the stand, he was not alone.
Of course, the president can never be alone, always protected by security and followed by advisors and behind them the trusted more-than-a-few. This time, however, the president was followed by just one man. The man had on him a green jacket, white undershirt, and ... | 2016-09-19T19:30:21 | 2016-09-19T18:38:45 | 94 | 24 |
[WP] You have been cursed to always tell the truth. Not because you're unable to say something you know is false, but because once you say it, the universe will rearrange itself to make what you said true. | I lost everyone I loved that day...
June 18, 2009. I was playing outside when it started to rain. The rain got very strong... I still refused to go inside our house because I was enjoying playing with the water, splashing around.
Then suddenly, while I was splashing on a puddle...
A loud, thunderous noise started ri... | How does truth run from falsehood when the universe bends and twists with words?
This was a curious existence. Words had seemingly prophetic effect.
I’d witnessed an offhand comment echo into a real life event before, how could I test if my words actually were?
—-
An interesting dichotomy. How does one determin... | 2019-05-29T01:10:28 | 2019-05-28T20:25:48 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] For countless eons, you have maintained an enormous clockwork machine. You have no idea what it's supposed to do, yet you've spent your entire life inside it. You don't know anything about the outside world, so imagine your surprise when a group of strange-looking people find their way inside. | Did I create these? I don't remember doing so. Their design is unlike anything I would normally make, along with the materials used. There is nothing in here made from the same components, I'm sure of it.
I watched the strange machines from high above, as I clung to the wall. Their movements, equipment, nor their cove... | I studied them first from a distance, hiding behind the gears and cogs of my machine, flitting in between the darkened corners that my torches' light couldn't touch. The whir and hiss of the machine concealed the sound of my movements, keeping the strange people ignorant of my presence.
"What is this thing?" A high, g... | 2019-04-21T08:47:40 | 2019-04-21T08:42:47 | 34 | 14 |
[WP] The 2 warring empires always ignored the merchant city state. It was convenient to have a way to keep luxuries and weapons flowing. Now that the war is over, the victorious empire wants all of that wealth. Except that all of those resources were invested in defences and technology advancement. | I’d dangle my legs over the great palaces wall, looking through my telescope at the Drukian Legions waiting outside our city, the gold and firey red emblems of his majesty the “Imperator” of their empire flying from their banners. I’d sigh as I’d drop off the wall. I’d enter the Chamber of the Merchant Lords, my peers,... | Mahatma Gandi, fresh off the heels of his bloody victory over Montezuma and the former Aztec Empire, stood ready to make war against their little cousin on the bay: the city of Paris, capital and sole province of the minor state of France.
Gandi's forces flowed across the land in a wave of steel, gleaming in the dawn'... | 2021-09-15T10:50:14 | 2021-09-15T10:31:02 | 65 | 30 |
[WP] You are a part of a cult that believes the end of the world is near. Unlike most doomsday cults your group is made up of ex-scientists who discovered an ancient evil deep within the earth, and found that it was due to awaken in a few weeks time. | >**Abstract:**
>Data collection of seismic activity between active volcanos has been woefully inadequate. Gaps in sensor coverage caused by insufficient techniques and materials used in the construction of sensor networks result in incomplete data sets that require new algorithms simply to extrapolate the missin... | Not even our fellow scientists believed us. Group 504, the ones that went crazy. We were the laughingstock of the academic world, a joke that others would make before exploring some great unknown.
“Don’t come back a 504.”
They would tease, not realizing the horrors they were so readily ignoring, something that de... | 2021-04-27T07:34:48 | 2021-04-27T06:03:23 | 159 | 115 |
[WP] You capture a Genie, and have infinite wishes. However, you have to be unrealistically specific with every wish, because the genie uses your wishes to try to kill you. | “I must warn you. Your wishes come with certain… unforeseen consequences.”
Staring at the ceiling, Doris pursed her lips in thought. “What sort of consequences?”
“Look,” the genie continued, “you seem like a pleasant being, and it looks like you haven’t got many years left, so I won’t beat around the bush. Whatever... | Come on! Just when things seem great, there's a catch! I put the scroll down next to the lamp. It said stuff about dying and unlimited wishes... I decide to ignore it. For once, something good should be true! I rub the lamp and wait for a few seconds.
The cave is silent, and I'm getting colder by the second. If that g... | 2017-01-11T17:34:56 | 2017-01-11T14:03:21 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] When the captain saw that you were human, he accepted you immediately as a member of his crew. Unfortunately, the captain's understanding of humans quickly turns out to be distinctly...off.
EDIT - Wow, didn't think this would be anywhere near as popular as it turned out. Thanks for the responses, all! | I closed my eyes for just a moment, letting the water wash over my head. When I opened them again, there he was. Captain Dreyfar of the Quasar-class ship Haygrum's Folly, watching me from outside the shower stall in the midshipman's washroom. He was wearing what I assume to be a leotard, bright red, definitely not stan... | "I'm not an animal. Do you know how I knew I was going to be with you? Because you wanted a human. Because those words came out of you", Coco said.
"You wanted someone with a gift. A gift of knowledge, a gift of grace", she said holding back the tears.
Coco held her hands up. "And the gift of love, too. So I asked yo... | 2019-10-11T11:40:59 | 2019-10-11T10:32:14 | 41 | 14 |
[WP] The mail room for a large government building receives an envelope of glitter. The staff recognizes it as a common prank and resumes work. Over the next week, they notice the glitter is not going away, and seems to be spreading. You are the first to recognize the worlds first nanobot attack. | "Fucking dipshits."
I swear if I hadn't been stationed in this building the whole damn government would collapse.
I walked towards the kitchen.
Does nobody here even understand basic machinery, let alone nanotechnology? I mean, they could have at least tried to pour water on the little bastards. It wouldn't have wo... | My fist swing was as if powered by jet fuel, woosh, contact. I hit her square in the jaw. Instantly billions of Nano-Bots clouded the air and a high pitched screech filled my ear drums.
Three Days Earlier:
We were sitting all laughing about the glitter we got in mail the previous day. More assurance based comedy real... | 2015-03-05T11:57:22 | 2015-03-05T08:31:31 | 36 | 19 |
[WP] You're known as "The King of Games" for never having lost a game in your life. However little does anyone know you're actually cursed so that everytime you lose a game you get sent back in time and be forced in a time loop until you win | "Protect against Rook D1. Protect against Rook D1. Protect against Rook D1" He continues to mutter into the mirror as he stands there and ties his tie. His eyes stare ahead, burning into the mirror as he goes through the motions. His eyes look tired. Far more tired than a man at his age should be. His mind is furiously... | In the past, Harry was said to be an amazing player - and he considered to be one as well - for winning and not looping so much. Those guess work games? Neat, went decent by the third loop. The ones where you needed to play cricket as a batsman? Get the timings correct and see if James was going for a leg spin or off s... | 2022-03-26T17:01:44 | 2022-03-26T15:23:41 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] As a child, you wanted to row your boat all the way up to the stars. Your parents laughed. As an adult, you're inexplicably doing just that. NASA is not laughing, they are concerned. | "Cut the ropes!" I called, as the sandbags fell and the balloons carried the canoe into the sky.
"We're getting pretty high now, Captain!" said the lad, peering over the side.
"Yes!" I cried. "Soon we will leave the atmosphere and begin our journey to the stars!" I grabbed my nautical telescope and focused it into sp... | Just because you said I couldn't
I left, aboard my rowboat
Just because it'd inconvenience you
I raised a solar sail
Just because you'd send F-22s
I armed my galleon's cannon
Just because it'd mess with your football game,
The Lady of my mast broke through your satellites
Just because you would question God
... | 2019-11-09T09:09:55 | 2019-11-09T03:25:40 | 62 | 29 |
[WP] A religion is proven true but not the one you expect how do people react? | "Gwen, calm down. He's just a kid. Sure, he's a bit lucky, but there's nothing really strange about him beyond that. Nice kid, really. Are you sure you're feeling well? Maybe the stress..." Gwen scowled and stormed out of the teacher's lounge, leaving Mrs. Hutchens alone with her coffee.
Gwen headed for the pla... | OK, I'll try this writing prompt thing out over my lunch break. If I'm doing this wrong let me know.
***
The announcement came exactly a week ago. I'm still not sure how to react, like everyone else in my life. I'm a little jealous of my Dad's commitment to his old God. He called me up late last night to exchange th... | 2014-03-19T10:47:08 | 2014-03-19T10:43:22 | 49 | 10 |
[WP] An alien species well known in the galaxies for their biological weapons declare war on humanity, using their arsenal to try and dispatch them. It came as a huge surprise when they found out humanity already have developed immunity to these diseases hundreds of years ago. | “Explain humans! How have you not succumbed to Plague we released on your planet?!” demanded Commander Nix. His claws scratched indents into the titanium panel before him.
“You released a plague?” the human pilot repeatedly dumbfounded. He turned to the red-haired human on his right. “Lina, has Earth experienced ... | The Gloxnar were feared across the universe, the ultimate conquerors. For millennia untold, they reigned and expanded, eventually setting their sights on earth. They thought it an easy victory. Single planet civilization, no real space warfare, and constant infighting. They launched their infamous biorails at earth, ra... | 2022-12-15T18:42:09 | 2022-12-15T17:30:41 | 119 | 48 |
[WP] An powerful ancient being has been held captive by an interstellar civilisation. After eons of being held captive, it has accidentally freed by humans, who've not been to the "galactic stage" for long... | Humans are not a well-liked race.
But they are respected.
Shortly after their debut on the “galactic stage” many alien races viewed them as primitive, vulgar, but most importantly violent. How could we not? Their race was defined and molded by conflict, it was what drove them to improve. They did not better themselv... | The ships approached the moon slowly.
Space Fleet Commander Paloma watched the steady approach from the front windows. Scanning the moon, her gaze fell on what seemed to be a small blue orb resting on the surface. Of course, from a distance it looked small. But she knew that it was a 10 kilometer sphere of pure energ... | 2022-08-23T11:43:29 | 2022-08-23T10:39:39 | 323 | 209 |
[WP] People level their skills in an RPG fashion and are conscious of their sudden jumps from novice to journeyman and so on. You've spent your life training a skill that is entirely useless until becoming invaluable once mastered - and you just mastered it. | It started with something everyone did. It started while he stumbled against a table corner in the living room at age 3. He honed this skill without realizing. In kindergarden he used it on the carers. At home he used it on his parents and siblings. Hours and hours he used it, while he was around people at a concert, w... | First WP ever, here goes:
Hilda looked down at her toolbox. This wasn't exactly what you were supposed to do to level the craft, but she'd figured that God didn't care much. She squeezed the hole punch in her hand, prepared. The cardstock cost a fair few bucks - she'd hoped it was worth it in the end. She almost attack... | 2015-10-05T23:42:20 | 2015-10-05T23:13:06 | 85 | 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 leaned back in their chair and made a gentle clicking sound their tongue. They often did this when they were thinking, although it could get a little irritating as they sometimes were lost in thought like this for decades. And what else could the Metatron do. It was his job to record gods thoughts and actions, so c... | "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... | 2016-03-07T04:38:07 | 2016-03-07T04:27:53 | 256 | 16 |
[WP] “It’s a mess,” says the inspector. “Kid tries to shoot his own parents. They were going to throw out this robot maid, only… they were never home so this robot basically raised the kid. I’ll be honest… I’m not sure who to charge.” | "You have no jurisdiction here" the inspector growled.
"Our jurisdiction is global" replied the cyborg evenly.
"Only when an AI is involved, forensics checked the nanny, it's an old model with no AI so you have no jurisdiction"
"We are aware, rather I am here for the boy"
The inspector glanced back through the door... | It was a typical day in the suburbs, the sun shining brightly and birds chirping in the trees. But inside the Johnson household, things were far from typical.
"It's a mess," says the inspector as he surveys the scene. "Kid tries to shoot his own parents. They were going to throw out this robot maid, only... they we... | 2022-12-03T11:13:34 | 2022-12-03T05:43:56 | 130 | 67 |
[WP] It was not long ago that "The Screech", a mysterious telepathic signal, spread across the galaxy, causing extreme discomfort to all telepathic-sensitive lifeforms. The intergalactic community finally discovers the source of the signal: radio waves being broadcasted by an undiscovered Earth. | The Senate grumbled as the lone scientist stood solemnly in the middle of the court.
"Senators, thank you for convening at such short notice. We have discovered the source of the signal. We will not play our copy of the recording as we have found even an eroded copy capable of psionic blockage. Fellow scientists have ... | The journey had taken several months. But it would be worth it.
After several years, the Galactic Federation had discovered the source of the mysterious Screech that had struck and caused agony to telepathic creatures: radio waves from an undiscovered planet in the Orion Arm. After this, the main alien species sent th... | 2021-04-05T15:38:41 | 2021-04-05T07:57:38 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] Write something that ends with the line "The music still playing, no-one left to hear it"
You don't have to use that exact phrasing. | It was a calm Monday, little milling about,
The clamoring eves party, now a distant shout,
With little introspection countrymen stewed,
To forget their problems behind sake and brews,
A drinker, anxious, found a jukebox quite pleasant ,
dropped all his money, to forget of the present,
Drinking and drinking, it... | Bus Ride
She said, "the music helps to drown it out...You know? The world". We laughed and connected at that very moment. Smiles refusing to be held back by our lips. I'm surprised since I swear everything in life had just fallen from my finger tips. A bus ride beside a stranger who couldn't have been more stranger. W... | 2013-12-16T11:20:30 | 2013-12-16T10:38:48 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] When someone turns 18, they may use one adjective on themselves boost that part 10 fold. Strong, fast, smart, no one expects your adjective. | "You know," I said, leaning on my friend "I guess I shouldn't have been clever with my request. People go for the classic stuff, strong, clever, attractive, that sorta thing. And here I was, just trying to stand out. Because of course I did. But you knew I would do that, right?"
My friend didn't respond, only stared d... | The room was utterly silent as family members gathered to celebrate and watch. Eighteen was finally here and yet after so many long nights of longing, I found I was terrified of finally uttering that word.
It was just four letters. Four silly letters that in any other context, held no power beyond an empty utterance.... | 2022-01-02T01:33:19 | 2022-01-02T01:09:39 | 424 | 257 |
[WP]You've been dating an amazing woman for a year. One day, she gets a call and rushes into the closet. When she comes out, she's weraing white armor, and a matching sword and has wings coming from her back. She says "I have to go, but I'll explain when I get home." Before flying out the door. | “John, I’ll be right back. I’ll explain later.”
And she was gone. Just like that. Flew out the damn window. Flew! My wife had wings. I couldn’t believe it. Who was this woman? Had I married an angel, or was it one of the Fallen? How had she hidden this from me for so long? How was Rebecca capable of a lie so big?
I ... | I stood there for what felt like almost an hour, staring out the window Eden just flew out of. My mind was blank, as if all my thoughts were taken away with her, I didn't know what to say, or even how I was supposed to feel about this. The familliar, hated itch returned, causing me to agressively scratch at the back of... | 2018-09-16T15:25:19 | 2018-09-16T12:45:28 | 71 | 26 |
[WP] You find out that whenever you are killed, you are revived with an immunity to whatever killed you. Document your experiences | Dr. Jeon comes into the hospital room with a mask, gloves, and a needle. "How are you doing today, Frank?"
"All right, how about yourself?"
"Fine, fine. How was France?" I just got back a couple days ago. Between tests, when they don't need me, they send me wherever I want to go with charity money. I don't think I de... | Where am I now?
I'm sorry, Katrina, I know you hate it when I don't take your questions seriously. I'm fighting back laughter at this moment, but even to me it tastes and sounds bitter. Can you blame me?
Why yes, you can. When I sat at the edge of the bathtub--I know, I know you don't want to hear this part. But just... | 2014-05-17T09:02:31 | 2014-05-17T08:10:39 | 70 | 19 |
[WP] As the most powerful superhero on the team, no one believed you when you said you could quit the drugs, alcohol, and tobacco whenever you wanted. When the only friend you have on the team died on a mission, you sobered up for the first time in years. Now people will learn why you stay drunk. | He...he's gone. I can't believe it, my best friend. My ride or die. My brother, not by blood, but brother nonetheless, gone. I can still see the blood dripping off of Korzone's fist, each drop echoing in my mind. The look of satisfaction, the....*enjoyment* of having slain yet another hero. Then....the rest of my team ... | Starla watched Ozzie tumble into the Hero Squad break room and crash into the greasy old futon, it was something Alice had brought in one day to drag him onto when Ozzie would pass out during his afterwork private victory celebrations.
At first Victor had strongly objected to having such a cheap piece of furniture in ... | 2022-12-28T09:14:46 | 2022-12-28T09:14:44 | 85 | 27 |
[WP] You are a famous hero, recognized far and wide. You stand before a locked door with an altar reading "sacrifice that which you hold most dear to proceed". You stand naked with all your belongings stacked on altar. The door doesn't budge. Your party is getting impatient. | The famous hero stands before the final gates. The final judgement. "sacrifice that which you hold most dear to proceed"
The hero stacks all of their belongings upon the altar, even stripping down all of their clothes and places them on the altar. "That is it, I have nothing else of value" the hero whimpers toward the... | I stared at the door. It was a beautiful door, intricately carved, but it was locked and I didn't have the key. I had been told that this was the way to the temple, but I didn't know what lay beyond the door. I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
I looked back at my party. I thought of the sacrifices they had made ... | 2022-10-10T13:44:17 | 2022-10-10T12:07:38 | 169 | 23 |
[WP] You are legally allowed to commit murder once, but you must fill out the proper paperwork and your proposed victim will be notified of your intentions | The clerical assistant stamped the paperwork and handed the receipt back to Mister Henry.
"Thanks for coming in and filling this out. Mister Edwards has been informed via email-" Before the assistant could finish, the door of the small claims office was kicked in and a man soaked in blood appeared in the threshold.
"... | The letter in his mailbox was a deep red, instantly signally what it was. With a shaky hand, he opened it, pulling out the folded papers, flattening them in order to read. A quick browse and he saw that it was all the legal mumbo-jumbo that was telling him who had filed it, what day, time, all that wonderful informatio... | 2014-03-17T08:23:17 | 2014-03-17T07:00:30 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Living in a world of cartoonish supervillains and superheroes, the world gets quite the shock when a villain appears who sets the bombs to go off when they reach 3 seconds, dont care if his minions get the kill on a hero, always double-taps and in general ignores clichés | "...and no one will ever forget the name of 'The Scarlet Offend-'" BANG. The supervillain was cut off by a bullet that exploded the back of his head onto his minions as they scuttled about the bank, collecting jewellery and cash from everyone assembled. Everyone gasped, some in the crowd screamed in a shrill pitch, the... | "He's on fifth and central," Caitlin Snow directed, and the Flash was gone. He enjoyed every minute of the chase-if you could call it that-and found himself becoming faster and faster with each passing day. He had been through a lot since his transformation and faced many powerful villains, so when heard that some norm... | 2017-08-15T17:44:54 | 2017-08-15T17:09:43 | 211 | 109 |
[WP] Your name, age, height, weight, and race all flash across the T.V. screen. You look in horror as you see your dead body being dragged out of a river as a reporter announces that you've been brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer who has been on the run for years. | I wasn’t normally one to watch the morning news, but today… something made me watch. I stared entranced at my televisions screen waiting for… I didn’t know what. I wasn’t sure what possessed me to watch the local news on this particular August morning. While sipping my coffee and curling my hair preparing for another d... | A slight smile creeps across my face as I soak up the words pouring out of the TV.
I am finally free.
Years of working a dead end job, living paycheck to paycheck, being a disappointment to my parents, all over. I could run away. I've always liked the idea of living in the tropics. The beaches, going fishing, drin... | 2020-08-01T04:36:30 | 2020-08-01T04:32:15 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "The international community hereby charges you with War Crimes committed during the defeat of the so-called Islamic State. On your orders, a brutal campaign of destruction, fear and even forced conversions were taken place. Even civilians were not exempt. It says here that several mosques were torn down, often with pe... | The dust settled, and a lone black boot came slowly into Major Thomson's view. Heaving a sigh, she raised herself up on her hands, only to be stopped by a swift kick to the ribs.
'Stay down,' came a voice in a thick South American accent, 'or we will strike you down'.
'W-Where am I?'
'You're in heaven, Ms. Thomso... | 2016-01-29T10:18:49 | 2016-01-29T05:00:31 | 389 | 144 |
[WP] You were abducted by aliens and enslaved. You think. Communication is a problem, but you have a collar, are required to do strange tasks, and if you don't comply you're sent to your really comfy quarters for the day. | I don't remember much of that day, but I was with my family when they came.
They were bigger. Stronger. They lacked all the proper limbs that we had. With minimal hair coverage across their towering bodies, it was amazing that had lasted this long in this cold, bright world.
I was plucked from my family at a young ... | At first I was afraid. *They* who had placed a collar around my neck spoke of the punishment as the worst thing imaginable. My mind ran wild, thinking of the many forms of torture that existed on Earth; whipping, flogging, electrocution, starving, poison, etc. I shivered at the thought of something that these much more... | 2020-02-29T23:26:06 | 2020-02-29T21:22:50 | 131 | 56 |
[WP] You are Death, but in a post-apocaliptic world. Only a few survivors remain, and you're doing everything you can to help them because if the last human dies, you die as well. The survivors can't see you, but they feel your presence and noticed your effort. They started to call you Life. | Erica pulled the trigger. I stopped the shot before it fired.
“You’re an asshole,” Erica said. She opened her eyes and stared straight at me. She should not be able to see me.
I blinked and moved back.
“Don’t give me that,” she whispered. She shuffled onto her feet and dropped her shotgun at her side. “I know ... | I held her in my bony grip. "Elizabeth," I whispered through the ether, "Hold on."
"What's going on?" she screamed, half in horror, hanging from the cliff seemingly suspended by nothing, "Let me go! I want to die!"
Deep below her there lay jagged metal spikes, the remains of an insurance building mostly destroyed b... | 2018-05-04T12:08:57 | 2018-05-04T11:15:53 | 393 | 146 |
[WP] The outgoing President of the United States has written a letter to the newly inaugurated President. Instead of friendly advice, that letter contains the horrible truth that the public doesn't know about. Write that letter.
What is that horrible secret? | Hello, Mr. President.
If you're anything like I was in the first few weeks of my presidency, you'll be getting into everything and looking for answers to all the wacky questions you can think of. I now know where Hoffa is buried, who killed Kennedy, who performed the sex change on Norma Jean Baker, what's going on at... | Good afternoon,
It feels good doesn’t it? All the stress of the race is starting to melt away as you sit in that chair and realize you made it. Hopefully I have already had the chance to congratulate you in person, but if not I’ll say it now.
Congratulations. It’s been a long fight but you came out on top. You deser... | 2014-05-01T15:21:41 | 2014-05-01T14:10:21 | 89 | 11 |
[WP] Your parents used to say "As long as you are remembered, you will never die." The good news is you were happy to remember that when you changed the course of human history and everyone knows your name. The bad news is that was about 300 years ago and you'd really quite like to die now. | *[I'm sat at a bar, and there's 4 empty whisky glasses. I'm nursing another..]*
*[A man sits down beside me]*
**Man:** Tough day, ay brother?
**Me:** Tough fucking life, to be honest.
*[Sips from whisky glass]*
**Man:** It can't be that bad.
**Me:** It's my Birthday..
**Man:** Congratulations! Surely, that's a... | It has been a long since time since anyone has remember who I am, sure my name had been wrapped in immortality just like me, little children learn of my deeds all through school their memories of me preserving my life, but over 300years have past and to the nursing staff I'm just old Mr Jones.
Strangely enough I can n... | 2018-02-08T07:16:25 | 2018-02-08T05:35:10 | 299 | 14 |
[WP] You are the city's premier supervillain, but you have a secret. The crimes you commit are not for gain, or to hurt people. You are always subtly testing and pushing 'your' heroes to excel, to be the best they can be. Then a villain with a reputation for murdering heroes shows up in town. | I was a joke, I knew it, the city knew it, the heroes knew it. Sure they had to adapt to whatever my latest superweapon was and overcome, becoming stronger, pushing the limits of their powers but they always overcame my latest scheme, I never got anywhere in the grand scheme of things. So, I was a joke, but the joke wa... | “A visit from Marvelous herself. What an honor, huge fan of your train explosion last week, it just had that right amount of destruction, nothing too over the type, but enough to send a message. It’s a shame no one was on the train when it blew though, that’s tough luck, someone must have caught wind of your plan.” Cra... | 2021-05-20T07:25:02 | 2021-05-20T05:52:51 | 795 | 279 |
[WP] Last names are assigned at birth by an oracle, and 90% of people find themselves in a related profession. For instance "Miller" or "Baker." Your last name, "World-Ender," has made life rather difficult. | "I'm sorry, but we can't approve you for a home loan, ma'am."
"Why?"
"Due to the implications of your...name, our insurance won't cover you should you...you know."
"If I ended the world from the house I wanna buy with this loan, your insurance wouldn't really matter, would it?"
"No, but...think of it as preventativ... | [Poem]
A name assigned at birth, a role, a calling to one's feet,
As Miller, Baker, Pâtissier, all make that which we eat.
So say that Mister Author dies one night while on a bender;
His fans will cry then dry their tears and call for me: World-Ender. | 2021-06-19T23:03:38 | 2021-06-19T20:30:40 | 36 | 21 |
[WP] "Matt, we love you, and that's why we're all here. But you have a serious hoarding problem!" "But I'm half dragon! It's *literally* part of my heritage!" | "Matthew," I flinched. Whenever my mother called me by my full name I knew there was a problem. Even though I'd moved out years ago, the automatic reaction was to duck and cover. It was no wonder she'd managed to stand up to, and seduce a dragon.
"We love you, and that's why we're here. You have a very serious hoardin... | The cockroach skittered between potential meals: some cheetoh crumbs, some old dried salsa, several sugary drink spills. The roach was joined by a few friends as they combed the great lands for sustenance to feed their progeny.
Matt snorted and coughed in his sleep, though the apnea did not wake him. Gold coins interl... | 2022-09-04T11:23:03 | 2022-09-04T10:12:31 | 71 | 13 |
[WP] In 2034, aliens kill the population of the world, except one group, who band together to fight them. I present, Aliens vs. Redditors | *Just one more post, then I'll head to bed. So many purple links. The only blue links are from r/TIL, but seriously, who actually opens those?"*
I take a sip of my coffee, struggling to work up the motivation to walk 10 feet to my bed.
*Perhaps, I'll browse r/new for a bit. I mean someone has to do it, right? May... | I saw scores of men fall in the surge...
To xenomorphs and doggo-aliens that had merged.
I saw the tides of battle wane
I saw our leaders, galore, fall into the hands of their leader
I saw our efforts go in vane
I saw them treat us like a mobile feeder
We danced and screamed like a chew toy
Until the only one ... | 2017-05-31T08:14:37 | 2017-05-31T05:43:43 | 247 | 117 |
[WP] Humanity has been eradicated. As the alien race that killed us begins to settle they're shocked to discover that old Earth myths of spirits and demons are far from fiction. The Devil, pissed off at the aliens, has decided to open the gates of Hell and let humanity get its revenge. | What happened to our souls when we died?
For so long, we joked about it, perhaps to make death a little scary. We said that even if there was a river Styx, the pearly gates, or a purgatory where we were made to live through our sins, we would never know.
Well, the secret's out now. We still didn't get to tell a singl... | Far away, a ceremony was being conducted. As the conductor appeared before the crowd, he lifted his baton, signaling the rows of singers behind to begin their melody. All those there believe soundly that the expedition and conquering of Earth was going smoothly. The media had announced that the last human had since per... | 2020-09-18T08:16:56 | 2020-09-18T08:08:08 | 141 | 56 |
[WP] An evil league of villains is shocked as their newest member questions some of their practices, such as always telling the trapped hero their plans and operating from an incredibly suspicious, skull-shaped castle next to a volcano. | "What?"
Stealthdude looked in bewilderment across the room.
"I thought that my presentation was pretty clear, right? Or do you have questions?"
The members of Men and women of Absolute Doom stared at him. Some were laughing nervously, others were just shaking their heads and a few were actively smirking ... | *Mature language ahead.*
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"What do you mean *secret*?" Jeremy threw his hands out towards the window, "We're in a goddamn volcano and you made it in the shape of a skull!"
"I don't see the problem," Dr. Reginald stroked his cat and shrugged. "Every villain in the world has a secret base of operations. Usually, *i... | 2016-05-14T10:40:22 | 2016-05-14T10:32:36 | 42 | 28 |
[WP] The year is 2024 and 3 children in a trench coat have taken office, but no one can tell that they are kids, hilarity ensues | **Has-Been Celebrity Slams New President**
Written By: Tom Jumbo-Grumo, MSNBSea
Los Angeles, CA - Shocking millions and surprising no one, has-been 90s celebrity BoJack Horseman slams the newly elected president, Vincent Adultman.
Vincent Adultman, running the most successful campaign the Republican party has seen ... | The former president was a strange man. For one, he could often be heard whispering to his crotch and mid section, informing his body parts "Shhh! They'll catch on." On another note he always seemed to be wearing glasses without frames, maybe I'm just a bit out of touch with today's fashion and I was just thinking a li... | 2015-08-10T12:45:40 | 2015-08-10T10:13:30 | 194 | 57 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | I could have been a Khajit, or an Argonian. At the very least I could have gone a mage or stealth build so I could summon Daedric beasts or pickpocket unsuspecting people. But on my sixth play-through of Skyrim, I decided to play as a Redguard. That’s right, instead of choosing one of the cool beastial classes, I just ... | The thing is, there's a lot of video games these days where the tutorials sorta guide you by the hand, and not everything is unlocked when you play it. Sometimes, not until the very end.
The thing is, there was this fad for a while of cover shooters where the people were basically invulnerable, as long as they took co... | 2019-08-11T21:21:29 | 2019-08-11T21:00:19 | 2,624 | 125 |
[WP] You live across from a McDonalds that is 100% automated. Every night from 2-4am, empty self-driving cars go through the drive through. Your curiosity is about to get the best of you. | I walk across the street, to the mysterious drive through lined up with seemingly empty cars. As I sneak behind the last car in the line, I not only notice that the cars are, indeed, empty but also that the cars are not making any noise, even when they move. As soon as I get near, however, the line stops moving. The ca... | I suspected they were sent by their owners to collect food at first, though I knew not of such a large legion of us who would do so. But I dispelled the thought when I saw one of the cars park itself, the food within gone by the next night, not before its headlights flashed about in the night in an attempt to find onlo... | 2017-08-04T00:55:37 | 2017-08-03T23:02:59 | 902 | 54 |
[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible... | "The math said that space-folding was theoretically possible but impossible on the scale of a spaceship, but the gravimetric survey showed that there are a couple of points where the hyperspatial geometry... look, I don't know all the math behind it. We found that there's a tiny spot in the middle of the Dead Zone whe... | Mark sat in his apartment, resting on a reclined, sleek, black and red leather chair as he contemplated what was revealed to Humanity in the past hour. He had trouble making sense out of it as much as a government official did. That is to say that no one comprehended what was happening. Conspiracy theorists were floodi... | 2021-01-09T14:23:34 | 2021-01-09T12:46:13 | 92 | 16 |
[WP] In an alternate world, a well-functioning society of zombies face an outbreak of humans. | Fast, agile beasts, their bodies seemed to respond with the speed of thought. They were demons from our holy book brought to life, and until this moment, I had not believed in them. Dad forced us to take shelter in our small attic, and from here, we watched a swarm of humanity butcher our neighbors. Their voices were h... | A single voice rose into the wood smoke above the campfire filling the air with melody before climbing to the stars in song. It sang away the creeping night. One by one the members of the tribe of zombies gathered around the campfire, hushing their voices and their fears forming a loose semi-circle of pale, slack faces... | 2014-10-15T07:54:21 | 2014-10-15T07:29:13 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] You have mind control powers. Instead of using it for evil, you open a business where people pay you to order them to do things that they'd otherwise be too lazy to do. | The day had been exceptionally quiet, not a single customer through the shops glass doors. Posted on them a large square, peeling at the edges, read: MARLEY REASUN: PSYCHIC INFLUENCER *Help me Help you*. It was a catch phrase that I hadn't been too fond of, but it got more customers than my last one, *Allow me inside*.... | A loud knock on the door startled me. *A late customer?* The sun was setting upon the cobblestone street outside as I looked through the peephole. There was a gray-bearded man dressed in a black coat with a matching bowler hat. Not one of my regulars.
I opened the door. "Hello!"
"You must be Fatelli," he extended his... | 2022-11-01T14:50:17 | 2022-11-01T14:20:28 | 249 | 52 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | **Covenant archives: Civilizations: Species: Humans**
Introduction:
The human history is a bloody one. For thousands of years their home world was divided by invisible lines and each area governed by different people. They fought over the most trivial things and often out of nothing more than pure spite or in argumen... | “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
The chant rang out across the recess court of the Milky Way Middle School, where various larval age children across many species were sent to learn basic skills. Ever since the Great Awakening of IGC (Intra Galactic Contact) 143, it was deemed necessary that all species members of the Galactic ... | 2016-03-14T01:37:22 | 2016-03-13T21:46:28 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] Every Spring, Men and Women enter a kind of "Mating Season" in which sexual activity skyrockets while inhibitions and moral restraints plummet. You are one out of few who are not affected at this time of year. Describe an an average Spring day. (NSFW) | This time of the year, you couldn't go two steps without jumping the next person you see and fucking them until you fall asleep. Yeahp, it's Spring. Everywhere you go, people are having sex. Outside on the streets, in the park, in their cars...some times it's not even one couple. Sometimes it's an orgy. Which is where ... | It was that time of year again. People just seemed to lose all common sense and dignity and, to put it bluntly, bone each other at the first chance they get. While it was great for most people, it was a nightmare for me.
I rolled out of bed around eleven, my growling stomach finally convinced me to get up. I groggily... | 2014-12-25T00:42:04 | 2014-12-25T00:11:37 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus still inside every single human. Centuries in the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don’t stay dead easily. | The heartbeat was the new thing for mankind. Well, not the heartbeat. But the awareness of it. Something about the virus and it's interaction with hormones and such at puberty. You heard the *lub-dub* in the back of your head. All the time. It was soothing in a way.
Only one in a thousand went insane from it.
I mysel... | “We are approaching planet ‘Earth’ Captain, shall we ready the intergalactic rangers?” I said. The Captain Gorgan replied “Yes, signal the rangers to report to battle stations and to suit up, we will send only one detachment, these ‘humans’ are a rather primitive species that still rely on ballistic weapons”. “Very w... | 2018-09-29T17:48:00 | 2018-09-29T16:21:21 | 123 | 41 |
[WP] You are a mutant in Xavier's school for gifted youngsters with the power to teleport, well that's what you tell everyone. In reality you can pause time and you're not ready to be an omega class mutant. | All the students were getting up to leave class when he heard, "Matthew, might I speak to you for a moment?"
"Of course, Professor."
Professor Xavier had always been kind to him. Matthew long suspected that Xavier knew he was hiding his full potential but the professor never pushed the subject and treated Matthew li... | "today we'll be running some basic power exercises to figure out your power classes, I know for many of you this will be a first for being allowed to use your abilities freely so keep that in mind and don't be shy about going full blast. Johnathan you're up first, you're a teleporter right?"
"Uh yeah" John replies st... | 2022-11-09T16:36:25 | 2020-07-15T07:49:54 | 9,106 | 38 |
[WP] One day, you see a picture of yourself in a foreign newspaper. You ask someone to translate the headline for you: "Search for kidnapped child still ongoing." | Mom and Dad said I was adopted. We even had the adoption papers. It was all correct. When I saw that computer aged version of myself, I couldn’t believe it. That wasn’t actually me.
The paper read, in Russian, “Anastasia Argechev was two years old when she was taken from her Moscow home. Her parents, Natasha and Stefa... | It was a quiet day in the south. I was sold by the woman who called me her mother when I was 10 to a man who saw potential to use me. In this modern era, chains are hidden on slaves. Technology today uses hidden devices to track us and micro tasers to pin us down if we try to run attached to our necks. They charge them... | 2017-10-21T16:06:47 | 2017-10-21T14:52:53 | 37 | 11 |
[WP] On everyone's 18th birthday at noon, one word appears in their skin, depicting their career or purpose in life. On your birthday you're staring at a clock showing 11:59am, family and friends gathered around for your reveal.
Path 1: Noon strikes, and you stare at your forearm intently. 12:01, still nothing appears... | Ok, this may be a little late but let's see how it goes. Also, I have never written before (besides essays in college) so there may be a bunch of grammatical errors.
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The day had finally come. It was Name Day. The day your future is mapped by a single wo... | Something happened in the past... A curse on all humanity, yet still a blessing. Every human now, on their eighteenth birthday at noon, magically knows their purpose in life. It's not a secret for just them, though: it takes the place almost of a tattoo, leaving no way to hide your destiny. My mother's word was "Banker... | 2017-03-16T06:31:54 | 2017-03-16T04:18:55 | 28 | 11 |
[WP] "My fellow Americans..." The newly elected President begins. "I am gay, and have been my whole life." Give me your best account of the country's reaction. | *zap*
"... has just announed that he is gay and had been his entire life. We're about to go life to our special correspondence in Washington DC. James, what are..."
*zap*
"... is crazy! People partying in the streets, the whole city is in a state of exception. Masses of people flood the streets, everyone wields the ... | The reaction could be summed up in two letters.
"Eh."
For some, it was enunciated "Eh?!?!", while for others it was a bored "Eh.", and others were basically all "Que?" but that was likely due to not speaking English.
After the initial surprise of the announcement, life went on.
It was later decided with science th... | 2015-12-06T10:26:19 | 2015-12-06T07:00:41 | 21 | 15 |
[WP] Heaven just installed wifi, you can use it to communicate with those who've already passed away. A friend messages you one day... | I was sitting in the dining room, listening absentmindedly to the TV in the background and my daughters giggling. With the TV being occupied by Dora at the moment, I sat in the chair and scrolled through the news on my phone. The tea kettle in the background made small noises as it heat up on the old stove. As I opened... | My phone vibrates *zzzzzz* *zzzzzz*
I check the message and it says the person texting me is 'Angel Steve Irwin'. I realize Steve Irwin is dead and I bet its a prank.
We talk for some time to verify certain things only Steve would know about our very personal relationship and after a couple texts explaining our butt pl... | 2014-07-28T23:46:54 | 2014-07-28T22:03:54 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] In this dystopian society, citizens are only allowed to say words that are on the 'approved common words' list. All other word lists must be purchased before you are allowed to say a word from them. The rich have a distinct advantage. | "Salutations, Sport. I am Senior Officer Greg Dunning. I welcome you to the New York Police Department."
Sport entered the car without reply, waiting for Dunning to continue.
"You have officially been authorized by the State of New York to fully utilize the Department of Justice vocabulary package." Dunning started... | The government thought they could own anything. Words, names, identities. It had been long ago when there were different ways of speaking, whether it was in eloquent and beautiful speech, harsh and angry, sweet and quiet. That the ability to express feelings, ideas, to retell stories, wasn’t just something that the ric... | 2017-09-20T16:27:10 | 2017-09-20T15:18:15 | 39 | 11 |
[WP] In order to get a shot at going to Valhalla, you must die with a weapon in your hands. You just died and are now sitting in front of Odin's advisory board as they discuss whether a spatula actually counts. | Odin leaned forward in his gilded throne, his single eye judging the young man who stood before him.
"What do you make of this, mortal?" Odin asked looking to his left and right, down the line of gods.
Thor scoffed, "This pathetic creature is no warrior! Look at his frail limbs and tiny body. How many frost giants ... | "An army marches on its stomach"
The plump, balding man was dwarfed beneath the titans of asgard; yet his stance was solid.
"and so for a spear to thrust, so then a spatula must first have been thrust 'neath an egg." An unsure glance was shared around the counsel. "Stories of fantastic battles are shared amongst b... | 2022-04-10T19:23:46 | 2018-03-26T13:56:51 | 393 | 10 |
[WP] Your day job is a sex line operator and your night job is a suicide hotline prevention operator. You have a hard time keeping track of which job you're at. NSFW | “Mmmm. And how does that make you feel?” I am zoning off again.
The voice on the other line sounds as if it is having trouble breathing. I had heard the signs before. This is a tell-tale sign of a full-blown panic attack. I need to do something, fast!
“Everything is going to be okay. Breathe. I can send help if you ... | "Hey baby, how are you today?"
"Not good at all. Today is the day. Today is the day I'm going to explode."
"Woahh, slow down there cowboy, we don't want you exploding just yet. Now tell me, do you wanna know what I'm wearing?"
"What? No! That's exactly what I'm talking about. It's always about everyone but me. Why c... | 2015-06-15T18:33:28 | 2015-06-15T18:12:11 | 1,666 | 329 |
[WP] Write the most elaborate, over-dramatic, and exciting story you can think of that all just turns out to be a set-up for a pun so horrible I'll want to punch you
It actually doesn't have to be dramatic or exciting or anything similar, just make sure it's elaborate so the final pun delivery is a gut-wrenching blow | It was Tuesday morning. God I hate Tuesdays.
You see, when you work in the sawmill of a small town, logs shipment usually comes in on Wednesdays. That keeps us busy for three days, sometime four, but Tuesdays are always dead.
This means that on Tuesdays, I have to listen to Tom, Jim and Preston talk about their mean... | My friends ask me why I did it, and while I had no straight forward answer to give them, I always tell them "If I don't do it, who will? Who will pave the path ahead of us if not me? Someone has to take the risk and go where no one has gone before."
I did it! I've finally done it.
Three days I've spent without food, ... | 2015-01-13T10:39:25 | 2015-01-13T09:52:04 | 188 | 21 |
[WP] You have the ability to heal people from any disease by simply touching them with your left hand. As your popularity grows, people begin to wonder why you are wearing a glove on your right hand. | I smile at the woman in front of me. She’s tall and slender with a form fitting red dress and tightly curled hair. A clipboard rests in her lap. She begins to read off of it in a thick Scottish accent coated in a cheerful tone.
“Good morning Mrs. Hudson! I have no doubt that the whole world, including myself, has bee... | A lot of people I’ve healed think I’m some kind of god. Maybe I am, maybe I ain’t. I was born with the ability to heal folks just by touching ‘em with my left hand, and I’ve been makin’ a livin’ from runnin’ my own medical practice up in the big city. I did go to doctor school and all that so’s I could get a college de... | 2019-04-13T07:16:57 | 2019-04-13T07:04:54 | 24 | 15 |
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