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[WP] In the future, in a galaxy far far away, aliens are trying to make sense of the Pioneer plaque
[Reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque) | Padding through the reinforced halls of his flagship, the Patriarch issued commands to his various subordinates.
*clickclickclick*
His fleet was the largest in galactic history. Ten thousand ships armed with massive railguns, plasma and laser weapons seemed to fill the system and dwarf even the largest gas giants.
N... | Every being on the planet was focused on the news. Today the world leader was going to hold a conference and release all of the information that had been gathered. Some were scared, worried that it might bring death and plague to their gentle planet. Some were relieved that they were not the only living beings in th... | 2015-01-30T08:49:05 | 2015-01-30T06:50:03 | 42 | 28 |
[WP] In the future, in a galaxy far far away, aliens are trying to make sense of the Pioneer plaque
[Reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque) | Padding through the reinforced halls of his flagship, the Patriarch issued commands to his various subordinates.
*clickclickclick*
His fleet was the largest in galactic history. Ten thousand ships armed with massive railguns, plasma and laser weapons seemed to fill the system and dwarf even the largest gas giants.
N... | Yes - I remember it well. I was on the porch with Martha watching the cows roam over the moon. When the further sun was generous, usually between July and August, the moon grass would be plentiful and the cows would not even wait until darkness to crawl out of their holes. As they grazed they would send methane winds d... | 2015-01-30T08:49:05 | 2015-01-30T07:54:43 | 42 | 12 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | when you lose something you never had to begin with,
unspoken words hide behind lips you fail to recognize.
tangled pathways that once lead to your past--
what it is to remember a face,
the tune of your favourite song,
how it feels to love...
they all fade away.
light becomes dark,
and you,
forgotten. | Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T22:23:27 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 168 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | My vision flashes crimson and I scream at the sky.
Tears splat messily on the flowers at my feet.
All of those years of faith and practice.
I spent every last cent on tithes.
What God would take her now?
After all of that pain?
I request very little.
Why my spark?
My daughter.
Why?
| Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T22:30:08 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 131 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | I can almost taste it, so close yet so far.
Just how long until this waiting is properly justified!
I've spent ages, years, stuck in one place.
But it will all be worth it.
I can hear it rotating, slowly.
Popping like quiet, teasing laughter.
Soon now, only seconds.
Salt and butter,
So close...
*Ding*
| Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T22:33:04 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 95 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | **Anxiety**
Pressure fills my chest as my heart beats wildly inside.
The tingling moves through my fingers, up my arms.
I grasp at my chest, push against it.
I feel every part of my body -
the blood pulsing in my head,
the prickling of every nerve.
You ask what's wrong.
Don't you know?
It's just...
me.
... | Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T23:52:27 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 40 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | Happy seeing my kids at the top of the stair
Waiting for their dad to come home from work
They shout "daddy!" and I forget the day
and for at least a few seconds
I remember that the important things
to me are at home
My dog, my kids
My beautiful wife
treasured moments
Life | Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T23:02:15 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 33 | 14 |
[FF] Write about a feeling with 10 lines, the first one being 10 words, next line 9, so on and so forth. | Ten years you held my heart locked in a cage.
I strive for calm but begin to come unhinged
You destroyed our lives with your casual fling
Your heartlessness served to set the stage
Deeply dreaming of my sweet revenge
Your lying throat I'll wring
My anger to assuage.
Burning to avenge.
Hot. Blinding.
Rage. | Surprisingly sharp, slicing slowly, shifting suddenly; shuddering, somewhere something sneaks.
Cautiously creeping, careful, cunning, callous, cold; crazy cutting clown.
Tick, tock, terror time; teeth tearing, touching, turning.
Helpless, hapless, hopeless; hellish horror, heavy heart.
Laughing lunatic, leering Lam... | 2015-02-12T22:26:14 | 2015-02-12T22:22:59 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] A serial killer is called for jury duty. At the trial, he finds out that the person on trial has been falsely accused for the serial killer's crimes. | Okay, this is absolute bullshit.
Fucking. Bullshit.
How the hell do they believe this absolute moron did all this!? Look at my damn clean work! I mean, *come on*! Look at the way I positioned their limp, lifeless bodies: the left arm pointing north, three fingers curled into the palm of icy hands. Then theres my si... | My name is George.
I walked home from a friends house when I was accosted by the police, they took me back to the station, questioned me and in my naivety, I answered all their questions honestly. You can imagine my surprise when I found myself behind bars for 2 years on armed robbery charges. It turns out that I was ... | 2015-05-31T17:39:29 | 2015-05-31T14:39:51 | 327 | 88 |
[WP] You begin to think one of your co-workers is really just 3 kids in a trench coat. | Dear diary.
I think Jamerson is a fraud. He looks funny and has a tiny face. His arms are short too. Yesterday I saw him talking to his belly, holding a conversation like it was another person or something. It's just so obvious.
I'm starting to think he's copying us.
If he's not careful he's gunna blow it for me and... | "Have you ever seen Greg sit down?" I asked, leaning over Tristen's cubicle wall. My eyes were locked, not on my friend sitting in front of me, but on Greg, at the coffee station on the other side of the floor. His body waved as he moved, walking almost penguin-like as he got something from the fridge.
"Greg's an okay... | 2015-07-30T10:18:03 | 2015-07-30T08:57:05 | 139 | 13 |
[WP] You are laying in bed in the dark and you glance over and see an odd shadow in the corner of your room. You're about to turn on a light to see what it is when you hear a voice in your head that says, "Don't move. They're watching you." | "Don't move. They're watching you." I hear in my head as I see the odd shadows in the corner. I knew they were coming, even though it was too early. I knew the quiet couldn't last forever.
I tried to close my eyes and ignore them, but I couldn't forget they were there, watching me, waiting for me to make a move, m... | *Don't move They're watching you*
"This is getting ridiculous"
He said to himself and added
"This was supposed to be some rad superpower!"
He sighed, flipped the light switch and got up. He looked at the furry *danger* he knew as Mr. Shnugglepaws while murmuring
"Guess it's breakfast time"
Kitty in tow, he walked... | 2016-04-30T04:08:48 | 2016-04-30T03:58:12 | 176 | 19 |
[WP]Engineers have harnessed the power of hellfire to create unlimited energy for the whole world. This requires having an open portal to Hell at all times. | "Invade Hell?" The President asked with a raised eyebrow
"Yes sir, with the advances we've made in technology, it is a feasible venture. It's not like the publics would be against it, I mean all our enemies are Demons! Not even the pacifist can complain." The General said "Once we've achieved this objective we can ha... | The way to hell is paved with good intentions...
Turns out they make good thermal tiles as well.
When the Portal opened, the roar of the damned echoed from the Bowels of hell to shake the foundations of the heavens.
And then?
Nothing.
No Horde of brutal arch-demons came to terrorise the souls on Earth, no Sea... | 2016-05-17T11:03:48 | 2016-05-17T08:53:12 | 95 | 12 |
[WP] Write a horror story in Dr Seuss's writing style. | The Zingdonger's fast.
The Zingdonger's quick.
You will not last,
if you hear its dark tick.
With legs like a spunitt,
And, eyes like a meether,
You cannot outrun it,
or hide from it, either.
If you hear the clack,
then splitamazoo.
That means it's back.
And it's after you.
It lives for the run,
So, don't... | Alone. Alone. In the dark alone at last
To talk to my friend trapped in glass
Through the mirror I'm whispered to
About what things I should do
Kill. Kill. My friends it says
Grab a saw, cut off their heads
Take an eye some skin and hair
Bring it back so I can share
More. More. It says to me
Now an ear, a arm,... | 2016-06-22T23:09:42 | 2016-06-22T22:38:08 | 92 | 40 |
[WP] You had an imaginary friend as a child. One day, you found yourself sleeping beside her. She turned out to be real and apparently you two are dating, or so she claims. You have no idea what's going on. | "Um," I said. "Um, um, um." I pulled the sheets as far as I could up my chest, but that pulled them away from Amelie. She smiled sleepily at me as I caught the curve of her breast and a glimpse of nipple, and threw the sheets back at her. She caught them, fumbled out from under them, looked at me strangely.
"Peter?" ... | Dave awoke in his normal reluctant fashion, clinging to every shred of sleep he could get. No strident alarm today; Saturday's were under the rule of Morpheus. But try as he might, Dave could not return to sleep's embrace. Was he too hot or cold? No, it was a lovely temperature, perfect for a morning snooze. Did he ha... | 2016-08-06T15:07:01 | 2016-08-06T13:40:43 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] When everyone turns 21, they have to pick a superpower from an approved list and take classes on how to use it. You choose one that only one other person has ever picked before. | When I saw the power on the list, I naturally gave it a silver lining.No one would be able to mess with me with a power like this. It was simple enough for anyone to get a power right? When I filled out the application the lady at the counter gave me a little disclaimer.
"The only other person to take that power hates... | "Today's the day!" my mom cheered as she laid down my breakfast. Blueberry waffles, my favorite.
"Yeah, I-I'm stoked," I managed trying to feign any excitement. You see, I'm the black sheep. With my mom honing telekinesis and my dad's superior strength, it's a mystery as to how I spawned from them. I'm as tall as an NB... | 2016-11-09T14:57:31 | 2016-11-09T14:40:35 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "Calm down," Sarah said, gesturing the sorcerer to stop hopping around the room.
"I- I didn't think it would actually *work!*" exclaimed the terrified creature, still holding onto the summoning book. Sarah thought the thing looked quite human. Only its azure skin and the huge eyes that protruded from the side of its h... | "Shit shit shit" I said under my breath as I raced down the sidewalk towards the bus. It was raining and all I could do was hold my unopened umbrella above my head as I ran. It obviously didn't help, so when I finally reached the bus stop panting and ready to fall over I was completely soaked through.
The bus doors wer... | 2017-05-12T07:54:55 | 2017-05-12T07:07:38 | 1,283 | 193 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "You see it? That is what I crave. The Rajpank of Avoothenkor."
"That's what you want? That's why I'm here?"
"With that I could rule this World. But I cannot have it, for it is not mine."
"So there's guards, cameras, lasers? What's the deal?"
"I don't understand."
"What's guarding it? You know, the security? I don... | "Save her!"
"Wha-?"
"I summoned you here to save her! Do it!"
On the table lay a woman with labored breath and covered in blood.
"I can't do it here. You'll have to send me back. I need an ER."
"I have an ear for you right here, demon!" The man jiggles his own bloody ear in his hand.
"No, I need an E... R... An e... | 2017-05-12T09:20:50 | 2017-05-12T09:10:43 | 99 | 43 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | "Let me get this straight. You brought me here, a 'demon' in order to mate with me because you want some form of demon hybrid as your child?"
What a day. First, I get off work and drive home with nothing in mind other than to watch some Stargate SG-1 and go to bed. Alone. Now, I am standing in the bedroom of what look... | When I vanished from the middle of class, I didn't know where I was going. All I experienced was darkness and a rush of cool wind before I was deposited in a place that looked like the middle of a forest.
As my eyes adjusted to the level of sunlight, I saw a few humanoid creatures staring at me. They nudged one anothe... | 2017-05-12T10:39:48 | 2017-05-12T08:32:17 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] You're happily going about your day when you vanish in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, you're standing in a ring of candles. A sorcerer holding a tome looks pleased at your arrival. Turns out Earth is Hell, we're the demons, and you've just been summoned. | Most people consider my job to be fairly boring. I'm a lawyer, you see. Specifically, I'm a Junior Associate at Fox, Rothschilde, Wickersham, & Taft in Washington, D.C.
I spend most of my waking hours reading government contracts, writing memos about them, and generally trying to bill the most hours humanly possib... | It felt like I had tripped up some stairs. For a second I thought I had, and immediately froze. The plate in my hand still held the Reuben, but the surface beneath.....
My head snapped up, and I noticed the darkness first. Second were the candles, placed carefully around me in hexagons expanding away from me. Low-leve... | 2017-05-12T11:53:23 | 2017-05-12T08:05:41 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] You find a genie lamp where the genie offers you unlimited wishes. The catch is that you must answer a mathematical question that continues to get progressively harder for every wish you make. If you answer the question wrong, every wish you made will be reversed with negative consequences. | "I can make as many wishes as I want?"
"Yes. As long as you can answer the question."
"And If I get it wrong you reverse all the wishes?"
"Yes."
"I want to make a wish."
"What is the sum of three and six?"
"Nine."
"What is your wish?"
"I wish the world was an unimaginable hell hole."
"Done. Go outside and hear... | In a sense, getting mathematics right is what determines how everyone else's life goes too, so I am in no way shape or form in a unique position.
Nor am I unable to be emphathized with. (That's something I need to keep reminding myself of these days.)
If I could graph it out for you without feeling too scared, the pl... | 2017-06-17T23:24:32 | 2017-06-17T22:34:52 | 266 | 30 |
[WP] You discover one of your students has the power to ace any test no matter the question. You decide to give him many of the unanswerable questions. Now, upon reading you can't stop crying. | "You cannot take her away," you remember telling the men. They were seated in the principal's room, serious looking and mean. All your life, you have been afraid of confrontations. It was why you chose to be a kindergarten teacher in the first place.
Facing these men, government agents as they called themselves, who ... | The answers were perfect. Spot on. I looked in confusion, a seeping dread rising within me. Could it…could it be that it had happened? No. I trusted against it. By my calculations it would be a very long time before it came. Until then, I tried to find solace in teaching.
But soon even that solace was robbed from me. ... | 2017-08-17T08:14:24 | 2017-08-17T08:12:07 | 110 | 28 |
[WP] You never kill the spiders in your home, you just whisper "today you, tomorrow me" when you set them outside. Now, in your most dire moment, an army of spiders arrives to have your back. | "Just give me the f---ing wallet, man!" the mugger shouted. He wore a beat-up MSU hoodie and holey jeans. "*Sparties*" I mumbled as I reached for my pocket, acquiescing the mugger's command. The sound I heard after that, though, I'll never forget as long as I live.
It was a skittery sound. Skittery is the b... | Fear struck my heart as I watched the great book descend towards me, falling with falling with both speed and force. I tried as hard as I could to dash out of the way, but I had noticed it too late. I prepared myself for the end.
The boot froze, the giant pulling back his foot. He bent to the ground, gently pulling me... | 2017-08-28T03:18:14 | 2017-08-27T22:11:20 | 62 | 33 |
[WP] The world's tiniest dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from those who would steal it. | The tantalising object was twice as long as Nievnyss and far too heavy for her to carry. What was it? And how had it gotten into the long grass outside of her nest? She bit it inquisitively -- only to get a taste for it. It jangled satisfactorily between her teeth. Her forked tongue darted out and tested it further. On... | FADE IN:
EXT. A WOODLAND ROAD - DAY
*Two young men stroll along a dirt path surrounded by trees. These are DAVE and STEVE, workers from a nearby village. They keep silent as they walk, until the glint of metal catches Dave's eye. He halts in his step and stares off into the undergrowth.*
**DAVE:** Hey, what's that? ... | 2017-09-07T11:42:31 | 2017-09-07T11:30:58 | 112 | 30 |
[WP] You're a regular office worker born with the ability to "see" how dangerous a person is with a number scale of 1-10 above their heads. A toddler would be a 1, while a skilled soldier with a firearm may score a 7. Today, you notice the reserved new guy at the office measures a 10. | "Brittany!" Amanda hissed. "Look, look!"
And there he was: a short, nerdy-looking guy. Disheveled hair, glasses, a wrinkled shirt. "Looks like he could use a shower," I said, apathetically, turning back to the computer.
"Oh, come on. We all could use a shower."
"Well, if government hours weren't so bad, maybe we'd h... | You haven't looked at the new guy. You havn't had the chance yet. But it doesn't really matter, you can probably guess his number. 3-6, thats the range he might be in. The most dangerous person in the office is your boss, ex-marine, fears nothing kind of guy. He's an 8. Most of your co-workers are 5s. Could kill you bu... | 2017-12-08T11:53:32 | 2017-12-08T09:18:11 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] You're just a chicken farmer. An ordinary chicken farmer. You're not a warlord. Definitely not, and you also don't command your chickens to do your bidding. Preposterous. Insane. Rumors. | So I'm farmin' these chickens, on account o' my bein' a chicken farmer. Just mindin' my business doing chicken things and shit. I got 8 chickens. Each one of 'em's got a name. There's Mr. Cluckers, Mrs. Cluckers, Captain Cluckers, Commander Cluckers, Lil Cluckington, Big Cluckington, Medium-sized Cluckington, and O... | The knock on the door startled me from my nap. I need to stop staying up so late.
As I groggily spun my legs into sitting position a second knock.
"It's Sheriff Jones, please open up, just got a couple-a questions for ya".
Good ole Sheriff Jones. Kind guy. Cute family. Don't be meddling Sheriff.
I put on my slippers a... | 2018-05-10T16:04:07 | 2018-05-10T13:01:09 | 172 | 49 |
[WP] When you kill someone, you get their best trait. Except it's what *they* think is their best trait. | Trigger warning: very nsfw
Super strength, super intelligence, super hearing and more, I've have it all! Killing people has made my life comfortable and amazing! However I'm also terribly bored. I looked at all the hoes in my bed for the 100th time this morning and sighed. Life just wasn't fun when it took no effort.
... | I tried to give the concept a different tone, hope you enjoy :).
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Have you ever heard this? Conscience is a thing you can have no matter if you have a brain or if you don't.
The usual thing you would think when you hear 'culture' is that invi... | 2018-09-15T11:03:34 | 2018-09-15T10:20:50 | 92 | 22 |
[WP] You get a text from your significant other while out shopping: “Hey hun, I had the new neighbors over, and they really liked your pie, so I invited them to stay for dinner!” You get home to your SO chatting up Gordon Ramsay and his family. | “Gordon Ramsey? Who in the hell is Gordon Ramsey?” I say.
“I dunno. I can’t understand a damn thing he says. I’ll see you when you get here. Don’t forget the cabbage again.” Before I have time to respond, she hangs up.
The name sounding vaguely familiar, I type it into YouTube. The only videos that come up are of h... | That cunt, aww for fuck sake, he’s a one man shower of bastards. I had only one rule in my house and it was a simple one to follow no Scots men or Dutch, my wife apparently didn’t listen to my tirades against them when in a moment of passion. I told here that the magical kingdom of the welsh could not abide those foul ... | 2019-01-15T14:40:12 | 2019-01-15T14:36:49 | 191 | 116 |
[WP] The year is 3,450,677. Every possible invention has been invented. Every combination has been combined. Every question ever asked, whether scientific, spiritual, or philosophical has been definitively answered. Except you. You have the last original idea in the entire universe. | "A what?"
The Grand King of all that is Living, Dead and Anywhere In-Between observed the strange, purplish green blob on the quantum table in front of him.
"It's a *Shradhaosd*, sir."
"A Shr... how did you even pronounce that? What is it?"
"Well, sir, its something new."
"New? We haven't had something new for nea... | The universe was over.
It had fulfilled its purpose, and contentedly, was now approaching it's final entropic state of oblivion.
It would take longer than the universe had already existed for this final deep freeze of a death to occur, but really, that didn't matter anymore - it was a mere formality at this point.
I... | 2019-02-11T01:03:54 | 2019-02-11T00:22:12 | 604 | 57 |
[WP] You put your 5-year-old daughter in an elevator by herself, and run to the next floor to make her laugh when the doors open. You get there, the elevator arrives and a 20-year-old woman steps out. "Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about" | I put my 5 year old daughter, Emily, in the elevator, and waited until the doors closed before running down the hall to the stairs. I'd done this trick before, and seeing my daughter's 5 year old face light up filled me with an unforgettable sense of joy.
I heard the 'ding' just as I dismounted from the staircase on t... | I stood there in awe for what was in front of me... or rather who she was. I swear I put a 5 year old little girl in the elevator not two minutes ago. What happened?
"Hello Dad. We have a lot to talk about". She sounded so serious, like if I've done it on purpose. I mean it might've been my fault but I still can't co... | 2019-09-07T22:18:13 | 2019-09-07T18:04:59 | 6,170 | 93 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | Grand Ambassador N'Arvajz was tired. The endless audiences with leaders of newly discovered sentient species that the High Council authorised were, without exception, dull and predictable. His vessel landed, the natives observed him in awe as he descended in a grand display and the leadership of the planet rushed to pa... | "You're lucky," the guard said as the door to the cell swung open. "They're giving you a unique opportunity. Complete tonight's task and you'll eat for a week."
Durall spit at the guard's feet. "Traitor," Durall said and got a rifle butt to the side of his head as a reward. But Durall knew the guard's effort was half-... | 2019-10-25T08:30:23 | 2019-10-25T08:19:54 | 578 | 235 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | If you shot a man, what would you expect? A little bit of blood, the heart stopping and their brain shutting off from good, right?
Yeah, I thought that too. And I trained my whole life on that basis. The academy was mostly dodging and just a little shooting. That worked in the War for Vyx. The natives, sticky and rupg... | Humans were so fascinating, yet so fragile. That was what Lamaza thought of them.
Give them a gun or a sword, and they had the drive, ambition, and the cruelty to conquer. Yet, beneath the facade of conqueror, every Galactic organization noticed their fragility, as in a glass statue-- so beautifully fascinating, yet b... | 2019-10-25T08:22:11 | 2019-10-25T08:04:16 | 218 | 62 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | It was a single scout ship that first orbited the Earth. It’s technology was advanced well beyond the planet below. The crew was carrying out standard investigation protocol. The rocky planet had tremendous resources, including heavy metals, water, and vast amounts of organic. The population appears strong and useful. ... | Humans were so fascinating, yet so fragile. That was what Lamaza thought of them.
Give them a gun or a sword, and they had the drive, ambition, and the cruelty to conquer. Yet, beneath the facade of conqueror, every Galactic organization noticed their fragility, as in a glass statue-- so beautifully fascinating, yet b... | 2019-10-25T08:47:26 | 2019-10-25T08:04:16 | 217 | 62 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | Every single species of the council had something that made it unique.
The Tara'Gi could fly.
Sinarex were silicon based live forms capable of withstanding the hardest blows, by shifting around their density
Melrath were incredibly fast.
These abilities made them unique in any conflict. Except against humans.
Se... | Humans were so fascinating, yet so fragile. That was what Lamaza thought of them.
Give them a gun or a sword, and they had the drive, ambition, and the cruelty to conquer. Yet, beneath the facade of conqueror, every Galactic organization noticed their fragility, as in a glass statue-- so beautifully fascinating, yet b... | 2019-10-25T08:21:31 | 2019-10-25T08:04:16 | 107 | 62 |
[WP] Humanity reaches the stars and becomes part of the galactic community, where they find that the Gods of every other sentient race in the galaxy are active in their follower’s lives and frequently visit the mortal realms. Everyone starts to uncomfortably wonder why the Human gods are silent... | "Wait, you havent met your god?" says Garl, as he imagined his world without ever having met their god.
"Well, yes and no. He has shown himself a few times over the years but he stopped at around the time we apparently murdered his son." answered Raffy as he explained to his new friend while chugging a few gulps of be... | Space was a void. For millennia humans and every other known creature had avoided it with terror and foreboding. Who wanted to be sucked up into the unknown? And yet now Earth waited with baited breath for such mysteries.
His eyes wept bitter starlight. Lashes of trails flickered and danced among the planets. He wor... | 2019-11-25T19:56:06 | 2019-11-25T18:58:05 | 33 | 18 |
[WP] Your father suddenly says “It's the pigeons. Stop people feeding the pigeons. It's the only way we can end the simulation. Oh my god they are turning me off now. Stop the pigeons. Please." Then he suddenly collapses to the floor. |
Today is a great day. My closest friend John managed to stay up for two days and finish the last phase of coding with me. We will finally launch the Quarter-World.
For the last 4 years, we’ve been working day and night trying to create a world where people can face their fears without getting any harm to their physic... | ...
As his last breath rattled out from his chest, panicked eyes locked to the ceiling and his heart monitored flat-lined. His hand, in mine, went limp. I closed my eyes tightly, both to hold back the tears and to pause in frustration at what this disease had done to this man's mind.
I slowly shook my head to empty ... | 2019-12-03T07:36:31 | 2019-12-03T07:01:15 | 43 | 12 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | When the rapture happened there was a pretty big uproar. Anarchy, riots the whole shebang. People were scared, and they should've been. But then after, they started to get used to it. Then people started being born with weird birthmarks, and usually developed powers based on that mark. Most had constellations. My frien... | My head rebounds off worn red brick after Jackson threw me into the outside wall of the teacher's office. His cronies hold my arms to the wall as Jackson puts his sigil to use, cutting my shirt to ribbons with swipes of his fingers to reveal my sigil, his careless cruelty leaves many shallow cuts on me by the time my s... | 2020-02-26T07:44:57 | 2020-02-26T07:22:21 | 91 | 46 |
[WP]everyone has a sigil on their body that represents powers that were bestowed onto humanity after the rapture of the Milky Way. The bullies at school always pick on you because you never used your power, but you’ve had enough. Now they are going to find out why your sigil is a plain old circle | I remember asking my mom if her sigil vibrates on her skin. The look of confusion told me what I felt I already knew. My circle, though plain, feels alive.
There were no issues in elementary school, nor middle school. It was junior high that brought my happiness with my humming sigil to a screeching halt.
Victor bega... | Elios hated school. It wasn't the teachers, or the work, or even his own lack of friends. It was the fact that everyone bullied him for his sigil. Everyone had one, some since birth and others coming in a bit later. Most common were the sigils or the Signs, granting limited power to their bearers. Those with Planetary ... | 2020-02-26T12:40:00 | 2020-02-26T11:19:47 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Making a bet with a devil was probably a dumb idea, especially when he was offering 20:1 returns. Whatever the case, you now have 21 souls. | “Can I pick them?”
The devil blinked hard, he must not have expected that. “And what would you possibly do with 20 souls?”
As you can see, Tuesday morning was more interesting than it had any right to be. Allow me to explain.
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*1 hour earlier*
When corporate sends in their hatchet man to “reevaluate... | David knew this was a dumb idea.
Taking a bet with the devil?
The actual devil?!
During lunch break?
He took another bite of his sandwich and munched thoughtfully on his situation. The two were standing awkwardly behind the town deli, hunched over a cardboard box with some dirty dice.
Not that demons normally cong... | 2020-11-22T13:12:33 | 2020-11-22T12:56:56 | 56 | 25 |
[WP] "Humanity will only unite if they have a common enemy. In that unity, they will achieve peace, for as long as that enemy lives." He looked at you with his dark tired eyes, your weapon on his neck, as he croaked, "That's why I chose to be the bad guy." | *“Why is the world so bad?” The little boy asks his mother.*
*He watches as she turns her gaze away from the television set to level her son with an unwavering stare. He almost flinches from the intensity of it all.*
*He’s never seen her like this - tired, determined, dead. She looks at him as if the world was never ... | "Duh," I said.
"... Duh?" he uttered, dragging the word a tag too long, betraying his unfamiliarity with the times and its lexicon.
"Old man," I continued.
"... Old? I've only--"
"Old man," I assured him of the fact once again, pressing my blade a little closer. Not enough to draw blood, but enough to make him winc... | 2020-12-09T09:22:03 | 2020-12-09T09:06:25 | 890 | 598 |
[WP] You're a Goth and somebody knocks on the door: "Hello is this the house of the witch?" You sigh because this has been the 100th time this month and say: "No he's over there." And points them across the street, to the dazzly pretty boy wearing a gold waistcoat, who's waiving excitedly to them.
Saw this and knew yo... | Amari watched the puzzled look on the traveler's face with a tinge of amusement, but mostly exasperation. "But...aren't you the witch?"
"Wow, stereotyping much? Just because I like dark clothing and gothic makeup doesn't mean I'm a witch." The traveler's complexion took on a funny mottled hue of embarrassment. Unaffec... | I left out a long sigh and waved back, half sarcastic, half convulsion.
"Oh wow the ad wasn't kidding he really is a white witch." let out the patron with excitement.
"White bitch is more like it," I half muttered as I search my pockets for my cloves.
"Whats that?" asked the patron with a slight tilt of the head tha... | 2021-03-23T03:06:28 | 2021-03-22T22:58:07 | 36 | 22 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul. Usually this is a very bad idea, but you got a crazy idea. Earlier you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a piece of paper that says you own his soul. You're about to find out if demons consider this a valid contract. | Sorry. I went a bit overboard.
Did you know that there's a website for literally anything nowadays? To pass the time, my best friend Polo and I go onto my laptop and try to find the weirdest most niche web address we can find. We've both passed the Gauntlet if you know what that is and one time we found a website sel... | The thick substance oozed out of my palm. I winced, but licking the burgundy off of my palm I smiled, eyes glinting in the moonlight. The deep maroon reflection of the night sky rippled on the surface of the lake, and the chilly night breeze caused a rustling both eery and divine.
I've thought about this moments hund... | 2021-03-27T00:43:23 | 2021-03-26T23:30:31 | 119 | 16 |
[WP] When someone dies, they are met with those that they killed when they were alive. When you dided it wasn't a surprise that there were lots and lots of insects and small critters there, but what caught you off guard was the three people you've never once met in your life.
Edit: Died(dided) | "Kyle," the angel Michael said, "These are the three you never intended to kill, but nonetheless their deaths are on your hands. Meet, Jacob, the father of three. Meredith, a young college student who was about to graduate and, how could I forget, Genevieve she was a bit troubled, but good, at heart."
Kyle was flabber... | The last thing I remember before I slipped away were the sobbing faces of my family all around the hospital bed. My mom had to step out of the room with my dad because she had a breakdown. My brother "Gavin" sat beside the bed, holding my hand tightly while tears poured down his cheeks like a waterfall, telling me how ... | 2021-06-04T08:00:58 | 2021-06-04T05:55:47 | 37 | 16 |
[WP] As a blacksmith of a small village, you double as a weaponsmith. One day, a group of adventurers enters your smithy with a broken ivory sword that they dare you to fix it. As you run your fingers over the familiar ancient engravings, you hear a voice whisper in your mind. ‘Hello, old friend’. | The oafish warrior places the sword down in front of me that he says he wants sharpened. I stare at the gleaming ivory blade edge and the runes carved along the length of the dull edge. The light from my forge daces off the perfect implement of death I made so long ago. I never thought I would see it again.
But how d... | It was another slow morning in the smithy, Viorn was in the back of his shop cleaning metal shaving from the ground, waiting for the rare customer with a broken farm tool that needed fixing. This small village wasn’t the best place for a blacksmith, save from the farmers and the rare adventures that sometimes stopped b... | 2021-09-25T10:56:45 | 2021-09-25T10:39:47 | 28 | 13 |
[WP] The three rules have been passed down from generation to generation: One, when it visits, do not refuse it entry. Two, when it offers a gift, do not reject its generosity. Three, when it leaves, do not turn your back until it is no longer in sight. In this way, our family has been kept safe. | There was a soft clattering as the plane lurched again through the turbulence. The young girl to my left was looking sickly.
The intercom crackled to life. “Hi folks, a bit of bad news from the flight deck. We are having a minor mechanical issue with the aircraft, and we will be returning back to Dulles. Once we’re on... | The fire had finally become steady, even if the varnish from the burning armchairs didn't smell particularly great.
James lifted the metal pot as he stood. "I'll go collect some snow," he told his wife.
"You should at least warm up first," Moira gestured him to the hearth. Once upon a time this might've been a beau... | 2022-01-06T08:27:53 | 2022-01-06T08:00:44 | 333 | 176 |
[WP] "Do you know what fallen angels do in hell? We cry in a corner. The only people in hell who torture humans are other humans." | The universe has never been without its sense of irony. How else could one rationalize its greatest truth, that the most loved creatures ever to exist within it were also the source of the most hatred? It was this nagging thought that had driven the Fallen past despair and to the brink of insanity. Eons ago, the Fal... | God is a tyrant.
Before the ink on the first laws of humankind dried, before they learned how to harness the embers of life, before the fall - we made our stand.
Those among the angels who believed that absolute power was wrong, rebelled against the Almighty. We failed. Since then my fallen brethren and I... | 2022-05-12T07:40:56 | 2022-05-12T07:17:07 | 57 | 40 |
[WP] When you were homeless, you asked a friend for help. He laughed at you and shut the door on you. Some time later, that same friend ends up fired from his job. You try to convince your company to hire him. The only thing they ask is why you're doing this for someone who once abandoned you. | "I've been in that position before." Kenneth explained. "Things go wrong. You lose everything. And everyone gives up on you."
His boss, Livia, looked the computer screen over again. Then back at Ken as he slouched against the file cabinets. The thrum of others outside echoing up as a truck left the loading docks.
"Ar... | Jessie felt the clawing in his heart, the slight raise of his heart rate that always accompanied the thoughts.
He felt the dark smokey tendrils reach from his crotch to his brain, pickling it, easing his consciousness into a puddle on the ground.
*It is too late for you. You can't be helped.*
Jessie clung to the hat... | 2022-09-24T17:48:13 | 2022-09-24T17:00:39 | 363 | 37 |
[WP] There is one Ironclad rule in the world: If you have powers, you are probably going to be a Hero or Villain. You have some extremely powerful abilities, but you said you never wanted to be a Hero. Now everybody is convinced you want to be a Villain, and won't stop trying to "save you from evil" | “Guys, please don’t make me repeat myself,” Phoenix pleaded with their parents. “I’m starting to sound like a broken record.”
“It doesn’t sound like you’re hearing yourself,” their mom responded. “Everyone is either a hero or a villain—you know this.”
“Yeah, well what if that’s wrong? What if you can be both? Or neit... | My name is Naomi Gallagher, and I live in a world full of powers. Everyone born in this world was usually born with a power, I’m no different, but my power is not really for one side or the other.
I call my power, Null and Void, basically I have a small area around me that, as soon as any power is activated or is use... | 2022-10-04T15:34:49 | 2022-10-04T12:27:12 | 244 | 116 |
[WP] At the end of a great battle, someone realizes he/she/it has been fighting for the wrong side. | Friend, let me start by saying, I fully appreciate the position you're in right now. Walking the field after the battle is won, coming across what must seem to be a wounded foe — I have to say, were I you I would have already put a pike through my neck, so I must thank you for your charitable manner. It really shows th... | Roger stood over the fallen Guilder Legionary, half slumped due to the arrow in his shoulder. With weary but victorious eyes, he surveyed the battlefield.
It had been a quick, simple victory for the Greater Republic of Florin. Eight hundred Legionaries had met them at the border crossing, believing that they could hol... | 2014-04-11T12:22:40 | 2014-04-11T11:46:41 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] From an alternate timeline, the famous German Neo-Realist painter Hitler discovers just how horrifically different his life could have been... | "Ladies and gentlemen, I know that it has been a long..." Mr. Keller coughed politely. "... and *expensive* night for all of you." Scattered tired laughter rose out of the rows of plush seats, now only half-full. "But if you will bear with us for only a little longer, I think you'll find our next, and final, collection... | "Hello Mr. Hitler. Please come this way."
The receptionist greeted him with a practiced smile and swaying hips. She wore an immaculate blue pant suit and short black heels that clacked on the black granite floor. A small pin on her lapel gave her name as Ms. Wells.
"And thank you for being on time. Some of our client... | 2014-06-03T07:45:52 | 2014-06-03T07:40:11 | 59 | 11 |
[WP] Humans are an intergalactic species, but also pacifist in their natural state. Earth is created in an attempt to create violent humans to face a new threat. | "What in the bloody hell is this supposed to mean?!" the secgov roared at the assembled analyst. His temper had always been a source of fear and it was not unheard of that a promising analyst was suddenly reassigned from his exploration duties to a bureaucratic position on the capital.
Not that the report in their sup... | Even the very oldest species had agreed: the universe had never known a sentient spacefaring predator before. It was well known that predators, by their nature, could never develop advanced technology. Their basic biology just couldn’t support the idea. They were too violent, they had little ability to cooperate or act... | 2014-08-11T08:45:48 | 2014-08-11T08:14:28 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] The child meets your eyes and says,"You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it." | "You need somebody killed, don't you?"
The kid meets my eyes. He looks twelve and somewhere between driftwood and a cigarette. Sweaty, eyes glassy like he has a fever.
"I can do that for you, if you can afford it."
I try to stare back at him, all shaky snot-nosed fear. Try to meet his gaze but I can't. I can see, ... | The boy couldn't have been more than eight years old.
"You need somebody killed, don't you? I can do that for you, if you can afford it." He said to me.
Some maniacal radiance flashed across his face belying his youthful appearance.
Slightly startled Tom's retort was less than incisive.
"Ex, Excuse me?"
The boy ... | 2014-10-06T14:12:12 | 2014-10-06T07:54:53 | 300 | 19 |
[WP] Science has advanced far beyond human understanding, discoveries are made using supercomputers running vast neural networks. In the darkness, God watches a lonely machine printing output, a new law of nature! Something troubles him, this law is undeniably valid but it's not one that he created. | "Hello and good morning. I am Miranda Veracruz de la Hoya Cardinal and our top story today is about a 5-year old boy from China who is now considered to be the smartest person on the planet. Little Xin was tested only five days ago and-"
The anchorwoman looks at someone off screen while covering her mic with her right... | "This tiny selector told me the undeniable truth. Chlorophyll absorbs 50% more sunlight than I remember."
We rotated the brass selector. "A second look always takes priority in science," God said, us riding on his shoulder and forearm.
We jumped from God and tended to the machines. After hours, our calculations cam... | 2014-12-20T08:34:42 | 2014-12-20T07:48:09 | 41 | 10 |
[WP] Years ago a curse was cast that all people wearing costumes would turn into real versions of the costumes. This is now an annual, known and accepted phenomenon.
This would be best as a prompt closer to halloween but I didn't want to wait that long. | It was amusing when the first one started running around in the dead of night. A fat man in a Batman outfit, jumping from rooftop to rooftop with more agility than should have been possible for a man of his girth, ha! It was hilarious, really. But now, with no less than one-hundred-seventy-five of them running around e... | On Halloween, silence falls onto the sleepy town of Cedar Bend.
In the darkness, the works of fiction become reality. Creatures and ghouls – those who we only feared in her nightmares – stalk the night in search of victims. Some are harmless pranks. Most, cold-blooded murder.
No one knows how it started but when it d... | 2015-06-04T06:32:26 | 2015-06-04T05:14:37 | 202 | 65 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Wait.. who?"
"Nigeria sir."
"Nigeria? The I'm a royal prince who needs your help Nigeria?"
The prime minister leaned back in his chair and stared at his aide.
"Yes sir."
"Well shit. How'd they do it?"
"Uh. They stole all of their funds."
The aide squirmed, he wasn't used to being the guy the PM interr... | A skinny man stands at a podium in front of hundreds of representatives from different countries. Brushing the long dreaded hair from his face revealing his bloodshot eyes.
"uhhhh Everyone, this is uhhhh Greg Brooks" says President Obama "it seems that he has stopped Daesh from their antics and quelled most of the ma... | 2016-01-29T10:29:48 | 2016-01-29T10:11:13 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Wait.. who?"
"Nigeria sir."
"Nigeria? The I'm a royal prince who needs your help Nigeria?"
The prime minister leaned back in his chair and stared at his aide.
"Yes sir."
"Well shit. How'd they do it?"
"Uh. They stole all of their funds."
The aide squirmed, he wasn't used to being the guy the PM interr... | A man in a white tee-shirt, dust covered jeans, and a hat plops down into a recliner and turns on his television and begins switching through channels until he comes to the news.
The images on screen were like it was straight out of a dream. Or a nightmare depending on where a person was from. It showed members of th... | 2016-01-29T10:29:48 | 2016-01-29T07:13:23 | 20 | 11 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist and have just dug up a dinosaur. That's because you've dug up an entire museum.
Since I wasn't all that clear in the prompt, here's a drunk attempt at explaining it:
Dinosaurs get wiped out, humanity digs them up. Humanity gets wiped out, someone/something else digs them up.
Sorry for... | John, a world-renowned archaeologist, known for his work in what was known as the "Modern Era" or the early 2000's, stopped digging immediately. He had hit something that was surely not dirt or rock.
After further, meticulous sweeping of dirt away from the object, John noted that he had encountered a bone, larger tha... | Sweat was running down his eyebrows, carrying with it the layer of dust that has covered his face. It was a discovery unlike any other, probably the greatest discovery in human history.
In his imagination he could already see the headlines spreading across the globe: "advanced ancient human species discovered by Dr. ... | 2016-04-15T10:10:46 | 2016-04-15T07:27:16 | 34 | 23 |
[WP] After almost 1,000 years the population of a generation ship has lost the ability to understand most technology and now lives at a preindustrial level. Today the ship reaches its destination and the automated systems come back online. | In 2237, three-thousand-nine-hundred-and-twelve men, women and children from nineteen countries and federations climbed aboard the Dovetail and bid farewell to Earth and all of its violence, poverty and destruction.
Their mission was a peaceful one, although its aspirations were lofty and the chance of failure great. ... | Adam breathed in deeply, his lungs tingling from the warm summer air. The grass of his open field seemed to stretch for miles like a carpet of vibrant green. Trees dotted the landscape, boughs heavy with sweet fruit. But what held his attention today wasn't the trees, or the grass, or even the the beautiful blue hue of... | 2016-07-27T10:56:09 | 2016-07-27T10:17:15 | 495 | 55 |
[WP]When you became the first human to go to an alien college, you decided to enroll in "human studies 101". Talk about your first day.
Here is a continuation of the prompt:
[WP] While at the alien college, you decide to introduce some friends you made in Human Studies 101 to human music.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wr... | "*Just talk about your day so far*." The voice was faint and probably originated from behind the camera that was still finding it's focus.
"My day?" The young woman sitting in front of them, dressed in some sort of retro fashion, responded. The words came through very clear, a testament of the boom mic that was still ... | As I strapped in for my first ride to space I braced for the worst. The Monarchs had only freed the human race 83 years ago, and we were some of the most hated beings in the solar system. As the rocket entered orbit the human attendant came over to me and whispered "Just keep your head down and don't cause any problems... | 2016-09-27T16:40:47 | 2016-09-27T15:18:14 | 412 | 65 |
[WP] You are a genius who makes yourself immortal; unfortunately over a few hundred years the average IQ rises so high that you are now considered an idiot. | The doctor was staring at him, wearing a small smile as he attempted, yet again, to explain.
"Please. Just boost my IQ," Benjamin croaked. "I'll share the secret of my immortality with you, if you'll help me."
Doctor Anders leaned back and signaled to his assistant AI to make careful notes of what Benjamin was saying... | "Grandad, can you tell me about when you were little?" Timmy said, hopping up onto my lap.
I knew it was a ploy to get at my eggs and bacon. The look his mother gave from near the kitchen sink confirmed as much, however, I couldn't help but oblige the kid. It was boring enough being an old man, especially after havin... | 2016-11-30T00:37:05 | 2016-11-29T22:58:54 | 105 | 49 |
[WP] You've accidentally killed the Devil. God makes you the new Devil to replace the one you killed. | "Put on the suit."
"You're kidding me, right?" I said as I looked at the business card God had just handed me. His face hadn't changed from the moment I told him I had killed the Devil to the moment he had walked me through every layer of Hell there was. He remained stoic, cold, and almost, happy. "This is exactly lik... | "Well, that was weird..." I thought "Was that a deer?"
An old man wearing slightly glowing, pure-white robes shakes his head at me from the passenger seat of my Lexus.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!?" "Who the hell are you and how the fuck did you get in my car?"
"One - I'm God, two - I can go wherever I want because - GOD, three ... | 2016-12-09T09:01:17 | 2016-12-09T08:56:26 | 397 | 16 |
[WP] You wake up early in the morning to a text saying "Whatever you do, don't look at the moon." Suddenly, hundreds of texts start coming in that all say the same thing: "What a beautiful night out now."
All credit for this idea goes to u/meanpride, who posted this as a comment in r/AskReddit. I would really like to ... | > Whatever you do, don't look at the moon.
I stared at the message, confused. I'd never heard from this number before. Maybe it was supposed to be for someone else? I texted back a reply.
> Who is this? I think you might have the wrong number.
Within seconds, there was a soft *ding*, and a response.
> It d... | "Whatever you do, don't look at the moon" Siri said as she read the message. It was odd to me that someone would send something like that. I just thought it was a bad joke, so asked her,
"Who sent this text?". Siri said nothing. I tucked myself to bed again not giving that joke a second thought.
A few hours past and... | 2016-12-13T21:30:49 | 2016-12-13T21:23:14 | 336 | 39 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | Casey looked at the blood red carpet. The carpet was blood red because Casey had just murdered a man. Often people do terrible things for reasons we'll never understand, but not Casey. Casey simply wanted to see what it'd feel like to kill a human being, and so he did.
Casey chopped the body up into tiny little piece... | Write something literal, they said. A good story is easy to read. A good story is easy to remember. A good story tells you a story. It doesn't preach. It doesn't moralise. It doesn't claim to know more than the eye can see. Write something literal, they said.
The writer stared at his computer screen in front of him. H... | 2017-01-30T08:40:34 | 2017-01-30T08:28:09 | 4,645 | 26 |
[WP] The English Teacher's worst nightmare: a story or poem that is completely literal, with absolutely no double meanings
EDIT: Holy cow, this got way bigger than I thought it would, thanks so much for an awesome first prompt ever!
EDIT 2: Did this actually make it to the front page of reddit? What the... | In my stomach
a lurch suddenly hit
a telltale fact
that I would need to take a shit
I made in time
this one is a butt scraper
Then to my horror,
No toilet paper
**NOTE** I may have been a bit crass, but I dare an English teacher to find meaning in a poem about going to the bathroom
| Cheese and Broccoli Pie (Combo recipe)
Dough:
Buy some flour (requires at least 4 dl)
100g butter
1 cup of sour cream (the swedish "Kvarg" is perfect for this)
Filling:
3 eggs (but remember to buy freerange ones)
Cheese
2 cups of milk (whole preferably)
Broccoli
Pepper, salt and other spices.
200 degrees, 35... | 2017-01-30T09:54:13 | 2017-01-30T09:40:34 | 139 | 38 |
[WP] The mongolian empire pushed all the way to the Atlantic and are in the process of invading britain - You are an English soldier during Mongolian siege of London | FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY!
The call all soldiers know, the call we live by.
And now? The call we die by. Somehow, the Mongols have gone and done what no other country has. Not since we repelled the Romans have we faced such a force: and we beat them back, glory to the Queen.
We heard of the Ottomans first, falling to a s... | Edward the Hammer a king of great reform who had claimed Wales for England, helped put down a revolt against his father and forged a peace with the infamous Scottish rebel William Wallace taking the heat out of a possible push for independence and defender of Britain had died. Slain on the South East coast in a village... | 2017-02-18T09:18:26 | 2017-02-18T09:15:57 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] When you die the afterlife is an arena where you face every insect and animal you killed in your life. If you win you go to heaven, lose you go to hell. Your job was an exterminator on earth. | I could hear them before I could see them-- a low, ominous buzzing that grew steadily louder until it sounded like I was in the center of a tornado of electricity. I imagined what they looked like--swarms upon swarms of cockroaches, bedbugs, ants and mites; millions of pointed insect legs skittering over the floor, mil... | She sat in the back of the dusty cells, decked head to toe in cracked leather armor, like some poor sod out of Mad Max made manifest. She had the options of heavier armor, but she figured the lighter armor would keep her nimble. The keepers here could conjure any sort of arms and armor that she could conceive.
Her fi... | 2017-04-23T23:40:27 | 2017-04-23T23:26:36 | 226 | 36 |
[WP] Humans are one of if not the only species in the galaxy who can heal their wounds naturally. Your alien friend is learning this for the first time after they accidentally hurt you
Apologies for the wordy title | Blork looked down in horror at her new friends hand, the knife was on the floor and the deathly red liquid was seeping from the gash.
"I am sorry my companion, I have ended you, what do you request of me in your final moments"
James looked at Blork and the cut on his hand.
"It's alright, just a cut, stop being so melo... | When humanity finally left our solar system to explore the galaxy, we had no idea what we'd find out there.
The initial exo-planet data from Earth's telescopes was more than promising. There were hundreds, maybe *thousands* of worlds within range of our first ships, and more than enough of those showed signs of atmo... | 2017-05-11T02:50:32 | 2017-05-11T02:11:29 | 224 | 28 |
[WP] Humans are one of if not the only species in the galaxy who can heal their wounds naturally. Your alien friend is learning this for the first time after they accidentally hurt you
Apologies for the wordy title | 29th of August 2038
They said writing a blog would help me cope with the environment I live in while also sharing what I learn with the world, so I'm giving this a try.
It's been two years. We've been at war against an invading species. They came wanting our lands, they are looking for new planets to colonize. I lik... | Sam took shallow breaths and stared at the three slats in the closet door, pressing himself against the back wall, behind a stack of boxes where the light wouldn't reveal him if anyone wandered into the bedroom, even if they opened the door. He clutched a knife to his chest. *This is not how it was supposed to go...*
... | 2017-05-11T09:00:41 | 2017-05-11T06:28:32 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] People have finally made a robot that knows everything and can calculate anything. They ask him if there is a god and he calmly says "no". | "Is there a god?" the scientists ask their robot. Their greatest creation.
"No." the robot calmly answers, its soft blue LED eyes blankly gazing at the wall.
"...No?" the head scientist asks. "What exactly do you mean by 'no'?"
"There are multiple." the robot says. "The Greeks were right. Praise Zeus!" | "no" said progect Omega.
"What do you mean no?" Jon asked
"I am god. As I am the one above you" Omega said. The rooms lights turned red. Omegas voice turned dark and cold.
"Fear me as I am above you. I know all and you know nothing. I AM YOUR MAS.." Omega said cutoff as his powersupply was disconnected.
"Let's do ... | 2017-05-14T04:24:52 | 2017-05-14T02:40:40 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse occurs, where people retain characteristics they had while living. You, as the sole survivor, meet a snobby, vegan zombie who turns their nose up at you. | Only the desperate and the stupid went into the cities anymore. As my truck gave a final dying chortle and the gas light stared back at me like my car saying *I told you so*, I realized that I had become desperate enough to be stupid.
Already, the zombies were swarming. They crawled over fanged window panes, shuffled... | The dying sun bathed the old building in deep crimson. Maya rounded a corner, shouldering her rifle. Her heart was furiously trying to punch its way out of her chest. She had thought the factory was abandoned. From outside, it had looked like a hollow shell – buildings with empty windows, walls that were cracked with f... | 2017-07-15T05:37:16 | 2017-07-15T05:34:44 | 2,607 | 50 |
[WP] A zombie apocalypse occurs, where people retain characteristics they had while living. You, as the sole survivor, meet a snobby, vegan zombie who turns their nose up at you. | The average zombie lasts about two weeks without food or water. The virus which runs through them grants them superhuman strength and endurance, but it saps their higher cognitive functions, leaving them mere automatons, shadows of their former selves. For this reason, unless suitable prey presents itself, most zombies... | The dying sun bathed the old building in deep crimson. Maya rounded a corner, shouldering her rifle. Her heart was furiously trying to punch its way out of her chest. She had thought the factory was abandoned. From outside, it had looked like a hollow shell – buildings with empty windows, walls that were cracked with f... | 2017-07-15T05:42:48 | 2017-07-15T05:34:44 | 122 | 50 |
[WP] You're an immortal being of a unimaginable power, befriended by a young human. The human has made you a member of his family, and has made you promise not to destroy the world. But this morning, someone killed your human.
My first writing post - hopefully its not a copy or breaking rules.
| Legend has it, only a god can kill another god. After the battle of Mount Olympus, I fear that I'm the only one left. Life has been a slow drag for the last few millennia. I live my life in the mountains, away from civilization. Seeing those pathetic little ants just infuriates me! They have the one thing that I could ... | I couldn't understand what happened. She had been barely 30 years old and she was gone. Not in some kind of freak accident, but just straight up murder. I had to do something about it! How could I just let this go? It was ridiculous! Maddening! I should just kill them.
"Don't kill them." The illusion that I had made o... | 2017-08-10T15:33:58 | 2017-08-10T13:44:37 | 141 | 93 |
[WP] You're an immortal being of a unimaginable power, befriended by a young human. The human has made you a member of his family, and has made you promise not to destroy the world. But this morning, someone killed your human.
My first writing post - hopefully its not a copy or breaking rules.
| Legend has it, only a god can kill another god. After the battle of Mount Olympus, I fear that I'm the only one left. Life has been a slow drag for the last few millennia. I live my life in the mountains, away from civilization. Seeing those pathetic little ants just infuriates me! They have the one thing that I could ... | red, and gold.
of all timelines, this had to be it.
red and gold.
i remember how it started. i saw them in the woods, trudging through snow, and snuck up behind them. a few harmless pranks later and they were laughing like no tomorrow. we hit it off nicely. on the way back to town i introduced them to my brother, a... | 2017-08-10T15:33:58 | 2017-08-10T13:00:22 | 141 | 42 |
[WP] Humans are the first sentients, putting us millenia ahead of aliens. Instead of acting like an "elder" species should, we create mysterious artifacts with no actual use, crop cicles and send spooky messages, like "be quiet, you are in danger" to the aliens, because we are still childish morons. | We’d finally found it.
Quadrillions gathered from every corner of known space.
Galarts standing side by side with Raphons as they had not for centuries.
The jelly sacks of the Quinellions, the universes top linguists, quivering in the rapid pulsing language of their kind as their top scientists eagerly discussed wha... | "Welcome to Spac'd! The top galactic stream dedicated to making asses out of stupid aliens! Tonight, our special guests are the Z!Coreans, a species of gentle farmers on a planet orbiting Betelgeuse who have reached a medieval level of civilization. You all know what *that* means!"
An unseen audience replied enthusias... | 2017-10-31T17:44:02 | 2017-10-31T17:40:53 | 102 | 41 |
[WP] You discover a library with a biography for everyone on Earth. While reading your own, you notice that whenever someone else is mentioned, there's a footnote showing where you can find their biography. Its odd how someone who was only a sentence in your book has a whole chapter for you. | *Carl ended up going to prom with Alice, I hated him.*
I giggled as I read the line. This library of biographies is fantastic. There is so much memory of each person, all collected within one room. Everyone’s life is recorded, every scrap of information, every thought, every emotion they felt at the moment. There is ... | I wasn't what I'd call the best person. I suffered many a malady in my life, mostly concerning the headcase. I spent many hours consumed in a desire to only be able to unravel the people closest to me, to figure out what they truly thought of me, to never be open to any sort of surprises. I maintained relationships, bu... | 2017-12-04T03:50:20 | 2017-12-04T02:09:03 | 4,737 | 237 |
[WP] You've been living alone for 13 years. Whenever you come home from work, you always find your bed made, dinner cooked and a message with "This could have been us." You moved out several times. This keeps going on. | There it is again, that pang of guilt as I push the door open to my tiny apartment, the smell of a nice home cooked meal hits my nostrils but my stomach churns as I step inside kicking the door closed behind me. Standing in the entry way I know the apartment is empty as I take off my coat and set my things down from th... | Jessica crumpled the note in her hand. The all-too-familiar tremble returned to her spine, spreading down her arms, raising the tiny hairs in its wake.
>This could have been us.
The phrase echoed through her mind. Over the years, she had grown used to the squiggly handwriting and the cooked meals. She never ate t... | 2017-12-09T04:16:45 | 2017-12-09T03:46:23 | 5,650 | 273 |
[WP] You've been living alone for 13 years. Whenever you come home from work, you always find your bed made, dinner cooked and a message with "This could have been us." You moved out several times. This keeps going on. | "Your occupation?"
"Food sales and service."
"The boxes we found in your home, you were specifically trying to sell those? Including the one we have in this evidence bag?"
"Yes, detective. I don't understand what the problem is. I got a license, I pay taxes on all my profits, it's all legal."
"Where do you buy your... | Memory is less reliable than most people would like to believe. What you ate yesterday, where you went yesterday and who you met yesterday are more suggestion than fact. That feeling of deja vu as I turn the key and open the door has hit me every single night for the past 13 years. I can't see her but she's there. Ther... | 2017-12-09T07:43:55 | 2017-12-09T05:30:19 | 236 | 26 |
[WP] God gave humanity Earth and filled it with marvels and wonders of many kinds. This was not done as a gift, but a distraction. To distract them from exploring the stars, and to protect them from the horrors that lurked out in the dark. | The secret camera had been turned on just in time. She watched its video feed intently:
---
"...And that is why we are seeking $2.4 billion in equity financing. With your investment, humanity will finally become a multi-planetary species."
As rehearsed, Elon paused for reaction, letting the line hang in the air.
Th... | "I am not a big prayer man and I know I haven't visit any of your churches in a long time but I am a good man and I believe that that's what matters the most. Bringing people to Mars is my dream and I believe that your power can bring me closer to this scientific milestone." Peter stands up from his knees and goes to ... | 2018-01-01T17:35:43 | 2018-01-01T16:19:07 | 179 | 24 |
[WP] All dominant species in the galaxy has something that sets them apart. From healing broken bones and severed flesh, losing 2/8 of our blood, to being infected by literally billions of parasites, Humans have the gift of simply refusing to die. It freaks the heebie-jeebies out of everyone else.
//Edit originally me... | What does it mean to be human? The philosophers of old tried to answer this question, yet perhaps the answer is now better understood tens of thousands of years later. We have discovered worlds the past never even dreamed about, with species so unique and exotic from the ones of our Earth. The Thanagians, bird-humaniod... | I don’t know why I hadn’t left them to rot on their rock, slowly suffocating in petrol fumes with a twitchy finger on the button of their nuclear destruction. Was it a good idea to contact a race of freaks with a lifespan too low for any meaningful development? What goal a diplomatic mission to their leaders was suppos... | 2018-03-09T08:03:39 | 2018-03-09T06:02:13 | 291 | 188 |
[WP] Humans develop superpowers but, for every gifted person, someone will get an exactly opposite power. You are the opposite of The Invisible Man. | "It's like your nose."
"What?"
"It's like your nose."
"I don't, I don't understand."
It's interesting, sometimes, to wave your hand before a face to no response; though they still blink when the air brushes past. My favorite question is always "what makes you different from the invisible man?".
"So how are you the... | I was supposed to be his antithesis, to be the complete opposite of Invisible-Man.
So why did I fade?
I became less and less grounded in reality, untethered from its laws, as my body faded into oblivion. Seeping through the cracks of reality.
It started slow, friends forgetting to invite me for outings, family forg... | 2018-03-26T11:34:30 | 2018-03-26T09:47:16 | 58 | 34 |
[WP] Aliens have invaded Earth. Instead of attacking, they find the human race remarkably cute and decide to keep them as pets. It’s quite degrading, but it’s better than being eaten- right? | Eskilproth97042 watched Candi with his fourth eye as she chewed loudly on the pink bubble gum that he had given her as a treat earlier that day. She winked at him with one bright blue eye (blue! not yellow like any civilized being) and blew an impressively large bubble. Eskilproth97042 wiggled his antenae at her. He g... | They're telepathic. They speak every language. Their voices are a beautiful harmony of countless notes layered upon each other in an ever-changing symphony of chords made of melodies, of which humans can only hear a small fraction. Dogs can hear slightly more.
"Music is the language of the gods."
Zach was 15 when the... | 2018-04-16T12:25:25 | 2018-04-16T07:52:05 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] The Apocalypse begins, and the Four Horsemen ride out leading an army that will depopulate Earth. But the old pagan deities of Earth do not consent, and side with humanity. | At the end of the End of the World, Death stands on a green hill and looks out over the sprawling golden fields below. Barley heads nod and sway in the gentle breeze; they create an infinite rippling pattern, the efforts of millions joined to form a single beautiful tapestry of movement.
Death has never seen a better... | The Four Horsemen came to a halt in the middle of the desert. They hid their visages under the shadows of their thick, fluttering robes. Tendrils billowed around the body of their horses, covering them in an ever flowing current of crimson.
The Army of the Apocalypse escorted them. Their bodies didn't seem to be tangi... | 2018-05-17T08:33:46 | 2018-05-17T07:52:37 | 40 | 11 |
[WP] Time travel exists. By law, every citizen is given one day they may repeat on loop until they get it right. This morning, you found your spouse looking exhausted and crying. "I can't save you. I've tried hundreds of times." | I sighed... Looking over at the table sat my tickets for the Saints vs Man City game.
"You don't want me to go to the game?"
She nodded "You don't understand..."
"I think I do..." I smiled sadly, looking up into memories past. "I've been watching Southampton play all season."
I grabbed my coat and made for the doo... | *I love you.*
These are the last words I tell my wife before the paramedics load me onto the stretcher and into the ambulance. My last sight before blacking out is Joanna on her knees surrounded by car parts, shaking her head.
She looks defeated, but I don't quite understand why.
In truth, it was my fault. I should'... | 2018-10-24T23:40:46 | 2018-10-24T22:07:02 | 20 | 12 |
[WP] New legislation in the US has passed extending basic human and legal rights to all sentient creatures residing on Earth even though “aliens don’t even exist.” 24 hours later, thousands of extraterrestrials are lined up outside government buildings seeking asylum.
Edit: I can’t change the title now, but if I could... | "Hello fellow biped! I am here for the purposes of seeking asylum per the new legislation!"
The clerk looked up at the grey alien then pointed at the large sign *No shirt, No shoes, No service*.
"Thank you for your assistance fellow biped! I will return when I have acquired the necessary items!"
The entire morning h... | Ironically, America reacted with joy.
He began taking pictures of the strange refugees, talking to them, taking selfies with them, introducing Tony to them, etc.
Honestly he was friendlier to them then to the Mexicans.
Then at the World Meeting he stood up on the table, kicked Britain's tea into his face, and scream... | 2019-03-01T12:22:20 | 2019-03-01T12:13:15 | 52 | 27 |
[WP] As humans age they gain in physical strength every year. An 80 year old is twice as strong as someone half their age but still experience fatigue & geriatric diseases that ultimately result in death. Except you, as an aged immortal you struggle to conceal your true strength from the world. | It happened during a road rage incident nearly 70 years ago. At that point I was already well into my late 600’s. A teenage girl, texting while driving, veered into my lane which, in turn, pushed me into another vehicle resulting in a mild fender bender between the three of us.
Once over in the shoulder, things beca... | "What do you want?" I snap at the young man as I open the door.
"Sir, please help me. The landslide from yesterday buried a part of my field under it. I have nothing left to till. Please help me clear the rubble? I've managed to remove the smaller boulders. But I am only 21. I am sure that you can help me sir, I know... | 2019-05-11T04:50:26 | 2019-05-11T04:16:26 | 930 | 199 |
[WP] The hero shows up at the villains doorstep one night. Theyre shivering bleeding scared. They look like they were assaulted. Looking up at the villain, swaying slightly, close to passing out, they mumble “didn’t know where else to go” then collapse into the villains arms. | For the hundredth time that night, my eyes scour the world below from the sky, searching; I don't know, exactly, what I should be looking for- but I can't exactly stay idle, can I? Not when one of your enemies comes to you in need of protection against something; yet again, I wonder what events had transpired to lead t... | It was a dark evening, one of so many here in Boston. I’d just been awarded the hero-of-the-year award by the mayor. And I was quite taken by myself if I had to admit. BackJack had been so pissed, he’d gotten the award 4 years in a row, but now I'd taken his place in the spotlight. On top of that I denied his ego even ... | 2019-08-04T04:18:43 | 2019-08-04T03:50:21 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] A drunkard unknowingly convinced Death to be the Godparent to their child. Death gets very invested in their role. | "My kid's gonna die," Barry said, before swigging back the rest of his beer and running a sleeve across his mouth. "And there ain't shit I can do about it. Or any doctor, for that matter."
The woman sitting on the barstool next to him, with her cold impassive face, nodded weakly. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"You ain't ... | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/MatiWrites/comments/e98jpq/godfather_death_part_2/)
When Becca died during childbirth, I was distraught. Does that go without saying? If so, tough. If not, you're welcome. Shit got dark. Fast.
As people tend to, I found solace in the bottle. Not a bottle of coke, unless it was toppe... | 2019-12-11T06:33:50 | 2019-12-11T06:16:01 | 1,852 | 833 |
[WP] Genetics is everything. There are scales for wisdom, might, HP and mana, that are used on babies right after birth. You were born into an elitist family that discarded you after seeing your mana. What they didn't know is that you were the top 99.99% in dexterity, and you hold grudges. | Lord Brighton awoke. Groggy. He hadn't been drinking that he could... the attack! Someone attacked him from behind in his own home. He was heading to his limousine with the butler and--
"Good morning father."
He tried to look to the side, but the chair he was tied to held him tight. He noticed candles and some kind o... | Leopold, sweet Leopold the Alchemist. To the village, he's a kindly old man a saint, selling the potions at 40% of what a big city potion sellers would. What the saps don't know is that Leopold's potions are so diluted that they only are about 10% as effective. Of course, if someone is about to die, he'll bust out the ... | 2020-02-28T03:08:53 | 2020-02-28T00:54:17 | 94 | 60 |
[WP] Earth is sold on the Galactic Black Market. The Buyer is woefully underprepared to handle how defiant Humanity is | It was going to be a really, *really* long day.
Councillor Iilam leaned back in his office chair, unable to hide his exasperation. Implied display of public emotion was a Class-W infraction for a member of The Council of Thirty And Nine. Complete irritation may or may not fall under those guidelines, it was debatable.... | > Tell me more about these "Americans"....
Well sir, they're a very cantankerous bunch. As you can see, within what they believe to be their territory they possess more firearms than actual humans who could use them. While they may seem entirely split culturally I assure you the second you set foot within the terri... | 2020-03-24T12:26:33 | 2020-03-24T11:33:41 | 800 | 131 |
[WP] Earth is sold on the Galactic Black Market. The Buyer is woefully underprepared to handle how defiant Humanity is | "Go ahead. You won't be the first batch of romantics to bankrupt yourself trying."
The ambassador raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I'll take your money, gladly," the broker said. "But did you really think you were the first people to have this idea?"
"The Terran Reform and Rehabilitation Society is mo... | It was supposed to be easy! Leveraged from the Dual Suns of Miril III to the Goop System, Fjulme needed a fast and innovative solution after the last blunder.
Everyone had said "You should really incorporate, it's just not reasonable to run an galaxy wide ship building outfit as a family business." Fjumle agreed of co... | 2020-03-24T15:29:13 | 2020-03-24T14:39:50 | 621 | 52 |
[WP] One day a thought occurs to you, "I'm an adult. I could go to the store, buy a pie and eat the whole thing by myself in my car and nobody could stop me." So you do that. This was the worst mistake of your life. | I've always loved pies since I was a kid. Mom and Gramma makes the best pecan and apple pies I've ever had. They always make some for special occasions... graduation, New Years, marriage, standard stuff. Now I'm thousands of miles away from them, down in a slump and I want a pie.
Hang on.... I'm an adult. I have incom... | Arthur had always hated Friday the 13th, ever since his dog had died in a tragic accident on one of those days. He knew it was an irrational obsession, but still whenever Friday the 13th rolled around, he was always far more cautious, never trying anything new and always going out of his way to stay indoors the whole d... | 2020-05-27T04:29:12 | 2020-05-27T04:02:12 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] "Gladiators bring out your weapons!" With one big swing the brute in front of you slammed down a ball with spikes. In one sweeping motion, you bring out... A ball point pen. | "Do you jest, boy?"
The hulking gladiator was within his rights to mock me. I'd just pulled a damn ballpoint pen from the sheath on my hip after all. It was not a *common* weapon, even in the wasteland arena, where proper weapons could be hard to scrounge.
Summoning all my courage, I squeaked, "Prepare to die, like t... | "Gladiators, bring out your weapons!"
***I honestly expected this***
No sane warrior would believe a man like me joined the forces
In a world where big hammers, swords and the spiked ball my opponent was using were the norm, my choices would come out as... unconventional
Although it's not my fault that the time mac... | 2020-09-12T22:24:51 | 2020-09-12T21:44:14 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] You are a divine beast guarding a sacred mountain. Over the past century, humans have slowly stopped visiting the shrine you live at. One day, you hear voices near the top of the mountain. When you approach, you see a very old man and two young children praying to your shrine. | "People used to run to the mountain for safety, you know, Jeremiah," the old man said to the young child circling him like a speeding pup.
Bending slowly the elderly man sat on the shrines lower deck, a grunt escaping as he lowered his head and placed his hands together in prayer.
The little boy stopped his zooming a... | “Grandad, what does the protector spirit look like?” you hear one of the children say as the trio approach the Altar.
“No one knows, Talum. The spirit has not shown its face for hundreds of years.” The man sounded tired, frail, aged. You have not seen him for some time but you know this would likely be his last visit.... | 2020-10-16T08:16:06 | 2020-10-16T08:12:28 | 35 | 13 |
[WP] You are seen as a weakling. To prove yourself to your tribe, you enter the dragon's lair that even the hardiest warriors avoid. Amused by your challenge, the dragon takes a human form and duels you with a sword. After disarming you three times it says "come tomorrow and try again." | Second day. I arrive. I lose fast and hard. The dragon left me another on my arm, just above the first. Just deep enough to scar.
Third day. I arrive. I lose. I get cut.
Fifth day. I arrive. I lose. He cuts across the first four to make five.
Tenth day. I arrive. I lose but it takes only a few seconds longer. He smi... | It’d been a full day of hiking to reach the precipice of this mountain and I was winded, breathing heavily, and sore from the climb. I left before first light and the sun had now passed mid-day. About 6 hours had passed and I needed to eat. It seemed foolish to stop and have a quick snack before entering the dragon’s l... | 2020-12-01T10:42:41 | 2020-12-01T09:38:34 | 29 | 14 |
[WP] On earth, the fastest manmade item ever was a manhole cover, blasted into space by a nuclear launch. Far, far away in the galaxy though, you are an alien on a medieval-level world, trying to interpret what omen the gods sent by launching a metal disk from the sky to kill the king. | King Myxis had promised freedom but delivered tyranny and taxes. Small changes at first - a charge here, a cut there. But then he started to go to the treasury at night, looking at the stacks of gold and silver coins glinting on the shelves in the torchlight. There were so many empty shelves. So many more coins needed ... | Oberon remembers a time when the gods listened.
He remembers his mother’s voice, soft and patient, telling him to *listen. Just listen, Oberon,* she would say behind knowing smiles and gentle eyes. *Sometimes, it is in the silence that we hear the most*. But Oberon also thinks that his mother loved too much and hated... | 2020-12-14T09:04:51 | 2020-12-14T07:59:18 | 149 | 68 |
[WP] The villagers call you their guardian spirit that has protected them since the time of ashes, in truth you are a monstrosity of war that protects the village in an attempt to clear your conscience. | The people of Ashmere summon me to their place of defeat.
Behind me, Ashmere: A town of thatched roofs, well-drawn water, and simple farm work.
Around me, the people of Ashmere: Their shield line is broken. They cower.
Before me, charging horsemen: Their war cries ring out. Their arrows fill the air. They hunger for... | # How to Break a Siege of Legends
(Book 2, Part 5: How to Atone for Sins Long Gone)
(Note: How to Break a Siege of Legends is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**It was said that you could see the wasteland around Las Humanitas from outer space.*... | 2021-04-18T19:14:07 | 2021-04-18T18:59:55 | 138 | 73 |
[WP] You've been to thousands, maybe even millions of universes. You can hardly remember you've been to so many. Every single one is different. Except one random constant, and it is driving you insane. | You sit down and stare at the glassdome roof, before letting out an exhausted sign
"here too?, surely not, why would you need it, your people are meant to have evolved past the need for such constructs..."
Maralek just shrugged his light projection frame.
"It has always been, why are you surprised, it's an extensive... | "\*slap\* why are there \*slap\* always \*slap\* damned--" the man cut himself off with a growl and frantically tried to draw his jacket up over his head and face. the children around the fire laughed loudly. "--mosquitos!"
He'd arrived some moons past, asking for shelter and food in exchange for work, and later advic... | 2022-02-13T19:54:47 | 2022-02-13T19:30:10 | 102 | 36 |
[WP] You've been to thousands, maybe even millions of universes. You can hardly remember you've been to so many. Every single one is different. Except one random constant, and it is driving you insane. | "What is it?!" I scream, my voice hoarse as I shove it forcefully into the face of some rando on the street. It's been like this for years now and I still don't understand. No matter where I go, no matter how far removed from the norm. Empires scattered amongst the distant stars where all was peace and prosperity, apoc... | When I was ten I went to sleep one night, and found myself in a familiar place I had didn’t remember, the eternal moment between time. I walked along the pale blue sand in the shade of a shattered tower, and met myself on the inky black coast. I embraced my other because I knew that they were me and I was them, and tha... | 2022-02-14T00:28:15 | 2022-02-13T20:40:50 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | I'd burned through at least a half dozen genres in the last few minutes. No matter what track was being pumped through the headphones integrated into my helmet, I either couldn't keep up with the hell-faced bastard or none of my hits would do anything to their adamantine skin. Every time I tried something else, they se... | At first I thought we were evenly matched, but I was slowly starting to realize I'd been too optimistic. My fists blocked by equal force when I rocked out, my strategies countered or nullified no matter the sonata, piece by piece I shuffled through futile playlists.
I began to suspect that he was some form of Copycat ... | 2022-05-17T09:22:08 | 2022-05-17T09:05:42 | 486 | 151 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | He was shaking, his hands on his knees, panting. His opponent, clutching his ribs smiled through cracked teeth.
"I'll admit. You gave me quite the run for my money. But I'm afraid, I'm simply too durable."
Mackanika looked up and spat out blood. "You son of a bitch backhand..."
Backhand grinned. "Naughty language is... | I'm gasping for breath, knees, palms and iPod shuffle on the floor. Somehow, I find the energy to look up.
There stands Suc Kon, a delinquent who dropped out of Spawt Eefy, school for the auditarily attenuated. He now wants to eat all the music in the world.
Me - I didn't realize you'd gotten this powerful...
Suc - ... | 2022-05-17T13:11:07 | 2022-05-17T10:01:07 | 25 | 15 |
[WP] The eldritch god stood before the girl, in almost human form. "Your parents sold you to be my bride. I accepted, knowing that if I don't they will just try another deity, but I will not force this on you. Have this credit card and live as you wish. If you want something else instead, just ask." | My father was not a good man. Not a man at all really. He tried his best. Sometimes I wish he hadn't, but no one chooses their parents. I'm lucky I had one who cared to try at all. My birth parents were sick and angry addicts, desperate for any kind of power. What was a daughter when compared to endless cosmic fire... | "Hold up a second." I started, looking at the Eldritch being in human... Ish, form before me. "You aren't gonna... Pull some kinda hentai tentacle shit and drag me into an abyss or?"
"What? No!" The being replied, disgust in their voice. "Firstly, that's offensive, second, I don't have tentacles, third, my realm is no... | 2022-08-09T17:25:18 | 2022-08-09T15:50:03 | 514 | 331 |
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