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[WP] English really is a universal language, and aliens are as surprised about this as humans | "Why would you choose to speak possibly the most ridiculous language, what with its weird grammatical rules and phonetics, and where the exact same word can be read differently and have meanings worlds apart?"
"Why would *you* choose to speak possibly the most ridiculous language, what with its weird grammatical rules... | The silence of space is a powerful drug. I spend a lot of time in the interstellar ship's forward observation deck, where I meditate on the contrast between my beating heart and the empty void.
There are three hundred and thirty-four humans on board. Most have opted for a permanent cyrogenic state, programming the shi... | 2020-09-17T08:39:03 | 2020-09-17T07:08:18 | 1,085 | 67 |
[WP] When you die, a field of text appears in limbo, revealing the high scores of life, and your score. Your score is the top score. | "Congratulations! You just won The Game."
"Where am... w... what game?"
"EXACTLY! No one else lasted as long as you, NOT thinking about The Game. 95 years, 4 months, 22 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes and 9.11 seconds is the new record. What a lifetime!"
"Who the hell are you?"
"Gottlieb."
"...Gottlieb?"
"Call me God. ... | 'Pretty decent.' I thought to myself as I gazed upon the floating characters in front of me. 'How many times I laughed, how many I cried, the longest piss I've ever taken. All just average things.
Except for the list which showed the times people listened to a certain song. fuck yeah did I make it to the 1st place. Ai... | 2016-06-08T13:24:02 | 2016-06-08T12:39:54 | 227 | 55 |
[WP] As you arrive in Heaven, you are confident you have lived your best life. You proudly exclaim you are ready to have your soul judged. An angel walks by with diced carrots and chicken stock under his arm and says, “Did you say ‘soul’? Please don’t tell me Earth still has the copy with typos...” | It was all little too on the nose. The long hair, white linen and the bright overhead lights brought an overwhelming sense of deja vu that I had seen this place before on television.
“I’m sorry? I’m not quite sure I understand what you mean.” I sputtered before sheepishly adding an “Oh heavenly one.”
He rolled his e... | The old man had a stunned expression on his face as he set down his soup. In front of him was a thirty year old televangelist, nervously sweating and fidgeting in anticipation of what the angel was about to say. "Young man...," the old man, finally managing to find his voice. "This is, without a doubt, ... one of the w... | 2020-11-24T17:13:20 | 2020-11-24T17:09:44 | 1,543 | 610 |
[WP] The alien diplomat showing you their planet directs your gaze to an ancient relic. "Here are the oldest known markings on our world, we still don't know what they represent". You are horrified, as what appear to be meaningless scribbles to them, is a desperate cry for help in your own tongue. | Here's some unsolicited advice: if the aliens who just commandeered your spaceship and arrested you at gunpoint try to tell you *no, don't worry, you're definitely not a prisoner* — don't believe them.
The alien sitting across from me is smiling, primly. I think it's a smile, anyway. It's a baring of sharp teeth in a ... | The tablet in front of me, in the middle of the museum, was bringing up two questions immediately. The first was, 'what the hell?' and the second was... a lot more complicated by formulating in my brain.
"Is everything alright?" Inessa asked. My translater did its best to match the tone and words that she intended wi... | 2021-04-22T22:04:11 | 2021-04-22T21:21:35 | 2,841 | 528 |
[WP] Write your own satirical news article in the style of The Onion. | New York City, New York 12/30/14
SOURCES SAY ALL FLIGHTS IN THE WORLD ARRIVED SAFELY AT DESTINATIONS
written by *murph_diver*
In a stunning turn of non-events, it has been confirmed by multiple sources that nothing of significant importance among major airlines in the world has happened today.
A spokesperson for ... | **UN tests newest *Strongly Worded Letter* in the Bikini Atolls**
Last Friday, December 26th, 2014, the UN tested the newest weapon in their arsenal, the SWL 37. The SWL 37 uses a container of stiff formality to trigger a high-density legal core for a predicted outcome of nearly 40 giga-shames.
The test completed ... | 2014-12-30T09:04:11 | 2014-12-30T08:57:03 | 33 | 19 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | The Knight burst into the cave gently holding the swaddled infant princess. "Please, I beg of you, take care of her, there is nothing we can do"
The dragon looked around and saw the child placed and the base of his mountain of gold. "It shall be done" came the reply.
With that the child was instantly incinerated with... | The soldier held out the baby and struggled to stand up right. He was clearly beyond hope. From lips turning blue he said "P-please.. It's.. It's the princess...."
The dragon looked at him for the longest time and then said
"No"
A great door slammed in his face.
And thus ended the tale of Mjolnir the grumpy dragon. | 2018-03-01T03:23:07 | 2018-03-01T03:18:37 | 135 | 21 |
[WP] You just let a hungry-looking couple into your home to feed them. As you go to turn off the TV, you hear, “under no circumstances should you answer the door today. They are not what they seem. And whatever you do, don’t let them inside...” | Maybe it was guilt or maybe it was curiosity, but regardless of the circumstances here we are with two strangers sitting on my couch. They seemed innocent enough. A boy and a girl, a young couple who had been out hiking the trails nearby, gotten lost, and finally found their bearings. They were seeking some nourishment... | It’s funny, in a way. Just the other day, I had been thinking about how nothing exciting ever happens. You hear a knock on the door, and your mind immediately associates it with something normal or mediocre. Maybe it’s the mailman. Possibly a neighbor that wants me to move my car. My heart flutters at any notion o... | 2018-03-14T09:36:09 | 2018-03-14T08:58:56 | 28 | 16 |
[WP] "Unfortunately, you do not meet the requirements for this particular heaven however, I can provide you with a list of afterlifes that you may qualify for." | There once was an angel with a very boring job. Around the clock newcomers to Heaven would settle in and enjoy all the splendor Heaven had to offer. And he would watch.
As an employee of Heaven this angel could only stand at his post outside his gate and wait for any curious enough people to find their way over to hi... | "Wait whoa, whoa. The fuck you mean I don't qualify for heaven? What you tryin' to say, pal?"
**"I did not say you don't qualify at all, sir. If that was the case, we wouldn't be having this conversation. I said you don't qualify for this particular heaven. As in, this one behind me."**
"You mean there's more tha... | 2020-02-13T15:54:01 | 2020-02-13T15:50:45 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Legend says there are 77777 secret paths to immortality, but each path will only work once. In 2014, the first person accidentally achieved immortality by sticking a French fry into her nostril and pulling it out the other intact. Human behaviour has since become more... interesting. | Ages ago, one act of random bullshit at a party led to a series of events that created the Ultimates. That's what we call them, antway. Immortals. Seventy-seven thousand, seven hundred seventy-seven humans that are completely immortal and invincible. It took around 77 years to find all the ways, and a register was ... | It all changed so suddenly. I had small talked with a stranger about how good the weather was just some minutes ago. But now dark, ominous clouds covered the sky like chocolate syrup after being added to vanilla ice cream. The road I was walking on was now clear and lonely. I kept walking but I had a feeling I wasn't g... | 2019-07-23T10:06:37 | 2019-07-23T08:22:15 | 702 | 24 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | "C'mon, just tell me," she said, leaning her elbows on the table and facing me, eagerly.
"I'm telling you, it's not that impressive. Hardly a discussion for a first date."
"I think it's the perfect discussion. If you don't tell me..."
I felt a sudden urge to blurt it out, but I composed myself. Her mind powers were ... | My name is Jimmy and I am horny.
They say men can’t go 30 seconds without thinking of sex. I can go for about 10 seconds without wanting to hump someone.
Normally to get through the days I “work the plumbing” every 2-3 hours and in between I eat Riesen candy.
“Excuse me Jimmy, but why did the city send you to my off... | 2019-09-08T10:13:02 | 2019-09-08T09:23:31 | 84 | 46 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | I never expected humans to be so delectable. I smelled her as soon as I clawed my way out of the portal—a lingering trail of sweetness perfuming the air. The trail led me to this sleeping beauty. Her hair fanned behind her head in a fiery halo, and her pale skin glowed beneath the moonlight like a beckoning beacon.
He... | The man just let me take over completely. The lust was upon me, the blood-rage roaring in my ears, claws extended in both dimensions, pulling, rending, scraping... Only then when it was too late did I realise something was wrong. My victims had never reacted like this before, in all the millennia.
'Good luck,' the man... | 2020-12-21T12:20:20 | 2020-12-21T12:05:54 | 752 | 138 |
[WP] As the vampire drew closer, the woman sobbed, please, don’t drink my blood. The vampire stopped and said, actually that’s a myth, we don’t drink blood. That’s a rumor we started hundreds of years ago to cover for what we really do. | "S-so you're not going to drink my blood?"
"No," the vampire chuckles. "It doesn't even make that much sense you think about it. Poking two 1 centimeter wide holes in someone's neck? And no one notices? And the holes are supposed to just, what, magically seal up? C'mon."
"I-I guess? But why are you chasing me then? W... | I watched the woman running for her life down an alley and as the cliché goes she tripped. She crawled in a desperate attempt to get away tearing her clothes as she went. she looked in front of herself and saw the wall not far in front of herself. looking behind herself realizing she wasn't going to escape, she plead ... | 2022-11-10T13:52:50 | 2022-11-10T13:14:54 | 883 | 238 |
[WP] Humanity is the idiot savant of the galaxy. We're terrible at almost everything compared to every other race, but we surpass them in spades in one thing.
**DO NOT CHOOSE WARFARE**
It's a boring and overdone answer.
This is inspired by the book Year Zero, where humanity is laughably incompetent in most of our cu... | “Earth?” Hray filled his companion’s minds with an image of a beautiful blue orb that looked a lot like the home planet that their people had been forced to evacuate only a year ago.
“NO,” said Gon, so old that his scales had scales; so impatient with their endeavor to identify a new home world that Hray wondered wh... | **To**: Grand Overlord Y'wso
**CC**: Research-DL
**Subject**: Re: Destruction of Planetary Body 294-00Z "Earth" - Comment Phase
You tasked me to see if there is any reason to keep 294-00Z functioning. Based on our research, we have come to our conclusion: The humans must be spared.
There are many other species out ... | 2014-07-16T10:53:53 | 2014-07-16T10:37:28 | 215 | 48 |
[WP] Humanity has finally achieved FTL travel. They can now explore the universe and find other alien species, sapient or otherwise. To the consternation of Man, it turns out they’re all crabs. As a matter of fact, the interstellar community is quite disturbed we are not crabs. | Ambassador Heilo scuttled along the vacuum-safe passageway on unfamiliar legs. He had precious little time to acclimate to his new body, and time was in short supply nowadays. Carefully, he did a little, graceless hop to clear the uneven ridge that separated the two halves of the passage.
That simple hop had sent him ... | (Note: this is based on the Door Monster sketch, FTL: use the doors. I will suggest watching that video on YouTube to get the references)
Report on CSV 2198
Background: On many occasions offensive to the confederation, including consuming lifeforms similar to our species, propaganda encouraging the above action, and ... | 2021-08-05T07:10:14 | 2021-08-05T06:43:08 | 42 | 26 |
[WP] You're listening to Plot Relevant Radio, the only radio station that fits the situation of one randomly selected listener. We hope you're all safe tonight, as next up we're going to be playing The Final Countdown by Europe. | **Thursday 28th March 2019 11:30pm**
The Prime Minster opened the door of 10 Downing Street to be greeted by the cries of the reporters who had gathered outside. They were shouting questions she wasn’t ready to answer.
“Do you have a deal, Prime Minister?”
“Prime Minister, do you have a plan?”
“What’s going to happ... | "I don't and I don't and I don't."
The meandering voice encircled him, crescendoing.
He was getting closer now. The shimmering blue lights were frantic around him.
The aimless wandering of the voice gave way to an unfamiliar rumble, just as he came to a large open chamber. It was a hazmat analysis node.
Synthetic m... | 2018-08-21T02:33:03 | 2018-08-20T20:10:11 | 86 | 43 |
[WP] The last time the aliens invaded our planet they fled after losing the war. They have reluctantly returned to wage war and are relieved to see that dinosaurs no longer inhabit Earth, but have been replaced by the smaller and less intimidating humans. | Sacremento, California
Governor Brown stared at the TV. CNN was broadcasting pictures of alien troops marching through Washington, D.C. President Betsy DeVos had officially surrendered on behalf of the United States, but her tone and expression had been those of a woman whose spirit had been broken - presumably after ... | ((super rough, needs the whole thing changed, wrote it just to get the story down))
At the start, it seemed so easy.
Takin' over planets, quite a breeze...
We took a chance, found ourselves lacking...
We tech'd up, and got a consultant's backing...
But hang on a minute, those glowing lights,
shining across the pl... | 2017-03-04T03:30:10 | 2017-03-04T02:02:48 | 37 | 15 |
[WP] You find yourself in your crashed plane, shaken awake by a woman practically dragging you out of the cockpit. She notices that you’re awake and says, “Welcome to the Island. I’m Amelia Earhart, let’s move. They probably saw your plane go down.” | Truth is, I didn't expect to survive the crash.
I was low on fuel, cruising to a fill-up station on a nearby asteroid belt, the last fuel-stop before you're on the long, cold flight to Andromeda. I'm a scrap-peddler, so I was trying to get by on about a balloon's worth of combusted oxygen, just to survive until my nex... | I'm too dazed to ponder the enormity of what I've just seen. Amelia helps me up and immediately starts toward a copse of palm trees. The south Pacific suns rays blindingly cut through the cloudless sky. I had barely adjusted my eyes to the brightness when we disappeared into the jungle where the ground was dappled by t... | 2021-05-03T23:49:00 | 2021-05-03T22:29:59 | 213 | 38 |
[WP] Compared to the rest of the galaxy humanity is by far the friendliest. To many star systems they are considered "the good neighbor," and are known for their helpfulness. One day an oblivious system declares war on humanity, only to find half of the galaxy responding to humanity's plea for aid.
EDIT: Tfw this prom... | The Humans are a strange species.
They found my people in ancient times, when the wheel and fire were still cutting edge technology. They built an station in orbit around our world, as was their way, and observed our development. They did not interfere with our development too much. When our home was threatened by an ... | *Going to try a 40k spin... [for those unaware, this is an existing universe for the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000] if anyone unfamiliar wants an explanation about how that setting affects the story, do just ask and I will try to give an effective one...*
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For millennia the human inhabitants of Hertius Prime had... | 2017-03-26T08:23:17 | 2017-03-26T07:23:46 | 497 | 43 |
[WP] One day, every person spontaneously gains a superpower based on their job. Psychologists gain telepathy, Firefighters can waterbend or firebend, Pilots can fly. Your job, previously looked down upon, yields the strongest power of them all. | Centennial square blazed with a web of power. Ropes of fire too bright to look at whipped from the welders, while botanists and carpenters forced the decorative trees into tortured shields. The waiters, dressed in black, walked with perfect grace along scaffolding, sharpened silverware glinting from their hands. Strang... | A mother and a doll maker. You see children that is who changed the world.
You see it all began on a bright summers evening, our heroes beginning their days at work; now, nobody expected a parent of all to have any true power- you see, they’re often overlooked. The mothers, unbenounced to them, having thought their jo... | 2021-05-09T20:59:11 | 2021-05-09T20:42:18 | 118 | 20 |
[WP] Every person can only say 100 words in their lifetime. After which they will die. Write all of the dialogue for one persons life.
You would die of natural causes anyway so it wouldn't benefit to never say anything. All common language and information is taught by recordings. Directly after your 100th, you will di... | Mama Dada
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H... | Mum. Dad. No. No. No. No. Mine. Mine. Mine! When I grow up. Please. Thank you. Totally cool. Like. Like. Like. Um. Um. Just one drag. Everybody hates me. I love you. I hate you Dad. Just the tip. Awesome. I will never love again. My major is. Party! I have to study. Really me too. I love you. I have people skills. Will... | 2015-03-09T18:14:27 | 2015-03-09T18:01:00 | 195 | 34 |
[WP] You're the world's best photographer. Your secret? You can freeze time. You last photo brings some suspicion up. | "'Perfect-timing Bill', that's what they call me. And I seem indeed to have an uncanny ability to get the perfect shots at the perfect moment - my "jumping people" pictures are always great, I catch the funniest superpositions, my wildlife pictures are gaped at, I have a stockpile of pictures of things that fall, break... | (caution: slight trigger warning, and mildly nsfw possibly)
Fuck. What the hell kind of name is Jeff, for a dog, anyway? What a huge fucking mess. I really don't think I'm going to be able to talk my way out of this one, am I? I looked at the clock. 1:15pm. Fuck. Rose would be here in 15 minutes.
The first email this... | 2016-10-23T08:14:26 | 2016-10-23T06:31:33 | 1,343 | 102 |
[WP] You were born with an ability where if you’re about to die from anything unnatural, time stops and allows you to move to a position where you wouldn’t die. You’ve travelled over five miles by now, but time is still stopped. | You were pissed. Time had frozen just as you were about the tell the punchline to the greatest joke you could ever tell. Sighing, you begin looking around trying to figure out why you were about to die. Far as you could tell there was nothing obvious and when you were a second from death it's usually fairly obvious.... | The pyramid had long since disappeared from sight. Even squinting in the direction of my footprints, I couldn’t see a single remarkable dot among the golden sands of the desert. Yet the world was still silent, my heart was still beating rapidly, and I still felt the chill of the underground tomb after I had spied the d... | 2019-12-20T16:09:53 | 2019-12-20T11:41:05 | 87 | 31 |
[WP] You are a world-class programmer who has died. God agrees to allow you in to Heaven on the condition that you work for him while he debugs the human body. Write the patch notes for the next version of humans. | God: "What the me is this?! How the hell am I supposed to find anything again!
The first ones are okay:
Patch: Wisdomteethremov1.4
Patch: Diabeetus1.8
Patch: Colonmrrt2.3
But these?!
Patch: TrgH&3.4
Patch: TrgH&3.5
Patch: TrgH&3.5.1
Patch: TrgH&3.5.1&Wisdomteethremov1.5
And so o... | Human v1.1
* Created basic cell membrane and stored in new GIT repository. Does nothing yet, but will provide a better basis to develop from than the old DNA sequence which jumps back and forth between coding sequences and is full of dead code. There was actually a *goto* command in there. Whatever crack-smoking mon... | 2015-08-25T07:52:02 | 2015-08-25T07:22:26 | 150 | 112 |
[WP]A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a new crew of super villains comes in to rob the place. | High school, college, Law school…that was the easy part of life. Well, maybe not law school, but it was easy to keep up the life and still have a lucrative front. Besides, I knew how to get my crew out of a pinch. Then came marriage, love…fatherhood. The hard parts of life. I’m only in my mid-thirties, but I am probabl... | “Daddy, I’m so bored!” The small child whined loudly, tugging on her tall father’s hand. This made the blond haired man smile down at the small child. Her innocent brown eyes stared up at him in a begging manner.
“Tell you what,” he grinned as he spoke, “once I get finished here I’ll take you to get ice cream, okay?”
... | 2015-02-06T23:58:53 | 2015-02-06T22:43:19 | 39 | 19 |
[WP] Aliens evolved to be either a hive mind or individual powerhouses. Anything in between weren’t strong enough to survive. So, humans are the most feared in the galaxy as an extremely aggressive species that will kick your ass, their ass, and even their own ass. | Al'goth the hivemind shuddered as he detected several ships coming out of the legendary space known as "hyperspace." *Humans,* he thought, fearfully. *I need to get my bodies ready. There's no telling what those humans want. But... I think I know. I* do *have a lot of gold.*
The humans descended to Al'goth's planet, u... | The hive-mind of Ur’nōhai was one that was particularly aggressive. Should anything enter the atmosphere of it‘s homeworld, it would send it’s millions of rapidly produced soldiers to eliminate the intruders. So, when the shell-less, hairless, bipedal meat sacks appeared in their contraptions of iron and steel, Ur’nōha... | 2021-07-08T06:41:36 | 2021-07-08T06:08:53 | 351 | 153 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | The ball spins through the air as the Quarterback falls to a well-executed blitz behind it.
The entire bar holds their collective breath as a 50-yard Hail Mary hangs in the air for almost forever before perfectly landing in the arms of a receiver running along the 30-yard line.
Screams and cheers erupt from the norma... | People never really saw me for who I am, they saw a facade. I put on a calm, brave face, but in reality I was a raging inferno of hatred just waiting to unleash my fury. It had been this way my whole life, there were times when I really thought I was going to kill someone because of how angry they were making me.
Then... | 2019-09-08T08:45:34 | 2019-09-08T05:15:24 | 191 | 120 |
[WP] A little known cosmic fact is that there were only ever 10 billion human souls produced. As the population slowly creeps upwards, the department of reincarnation struggles to find a workaround. | A little known cosmic fact is that there were only ever ten billion human souls produced. I know, I know—that sounds like a lot. And it was, at first. But now it isn’t.
Each time someone dies, they’re reincarnated nearly immediately. The death to rebirth time has shrunk from years and years to days. Now, that’s not e... | “Next slide. And in conclusion, that is how we can allow Humans to continue to reproduce beyond the 10 billion-soul cap. Thank you” Ted bowed as he waited for the applause that he was due.
It never came. Despite the large conference room in the Department of Reincarnation being packed, the room remained silent at the ... | 2020-10-07T21:52:52 | 2020-10-07T19:58:11 | 292 | 167 |
[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. | Private First Class Andrew Cass stumbled over the rocky ridge as alien blaster fire thundered above. They were being pushed back, there was no denying it. Along what amounted to their front lines, the alien spearhead had already broken through in numerous places. The squads of exhausted marines that held the line were ... | The afflicted weren't as numerous as they where before. Zombies had a hard time
dying but their lifespan wasn't infinite. For the most part they ignored the
living and preferred cooler, darker places. And apart from a few separatists
the living where content leaving the dead be. After all they where a reminder
of the v... | 2019-08-28T14:15:05 | 2019-08-28T11:09:28 | 68 | 44 |
[WP] Okay, hear me out: a blind woman, right? A blind woman falls in love with Medusa. She wanders into Medusa’s meadow, Medusa pities her and takes care of her. They then fall in love. <3 | Medena wouldn't have thought that she would find warmth around the cold body of Medusa. Her warmth came from the way she spoke, the way she behaved around Medena. She even had concerns and felt the burden of mundane stuff such as that morning when she looked into the clear water surface and sighed because the snakes we... | The blind woman woke up in a cold sweat and jumped out of bed.
Medusa jumped up too. "What? What is it my love?"
The blind woman, shaking and in tears, pointed at the bed. "I-I-I h-heard a-a-"
Medusa came closer. "Heard what, my dear?"
"A-a-a...snake!"
Medusa reared back in surprise, a stone of dread settling at t... | 2022-04-29T10:24:43 | 2022-04-29T09:49:31 | 385 | 43 |
[WP] You've been dating your partner for six months. Tonight they've invited you to a work event, and as you step onto the red carpet, you realize it for the first time: you're dating a celebrity. | As the car slowed in the lineup, I forgot to breathe. It was all beginning to make sense. I knew Talia was well-off, but the limousine seemed a little extravagant for a work outing. It made me a little uncomfortable to be in one of these, again. It had been so, so long-- a different time, a different life altogethe... | It wasn't for some time that I began to realize something was weird... off... about her interactions when we talked about going out. This wasn't a huge problem for me as I understood her job to be very difficult. She traveled constantly. Extremely busy. Out till all hours of the night. We lived across the hall from eac... | 2017-06-14T12:00:32 | 2017-06-14T10:18:55 | 372 | 34 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | “D-did you just bite the table?” The hooded figure asked.
“Yeah.” The teenager shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
“Why would you bite the table?” The hooded figure took off his hood exposing his aged face.
“I dunno, just felt like the best option.” The teenage picked at his teeth, apparently apart of the wooden le... | I sit there with a selection of dishes in front of my eyes. I know that some will give me certain powers; like the apple will bless me with unequalled charisma, the apple of everyone's eye so to speak. The lobster's shell gives a personality that cannot be affected by those words, the lobster flesh allows speaking to a... | 2020-03-19T13:33:44 | 2020-03-19T11:12:51 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] A soldier on the front dies in the middle of writing a letter home. It is finished and sent by the man who killed him. | Sammy,
I know that I've been away from home for a long time now, and I'm sorry. My, you must be big now! You were just starting to crawl when I went away. I'm writing this letter so that you'll remember who I am once we are re-united. You make sure that your mom has a picture of me right over your bed so that you see ... | My love,
I miss you and the child terribly. Life in the trenches is hard, but bearable, knowing that-
*A fold and several stains coat the paper.*
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To whom it may concern:
No words can express my sorrow for your loss. Gerard was a brave man - a good soldier, one who anyone could be proud of.
War is hell. Men w... | 2015-02-03T13:20:17 | 2015-02-03T13:02:09 | 202 | 48 |
[WP] You lost your sight - along with everyone else on Earth - in The Great Blinding. Two years later, without warning, your sight returns. As you look around, you realize that every available wall, floor and surface has been painted with the same message - Don't Tell Them You Can See. | When The Blinding first occurred, I thought I was the only individual affected. I was sitting at my desk working on a school paper and in an instant, everything went black.
I had cried out to my parents in fear and confusion, but their response was like an echo of my own. They, too, couldn't see. And we soon learned ... | When I was younger, my mother told me that no matter what happens I needed to be strong. She told me that the world was a cruel place and my sister Kay needed protecting. It didn’t make sense to me at the time, this world was full of wonder and adventure. My thirst for adventure led me to the Army when I was eighteen. ... | 2022-10-09T01:59:27 | 2019-08-26T10:19:31 | 4,287 | 22 |
[WP] Write a Young Adult Dystopia but the government is competent at hunting down rebels. | Natkiss stood atop a rock outcropping, her knotted hair whipping in a jungle breeze as she took aim. An arrow soared through the air and *plinked* off of a metal drone's casing. It bobbed slightly, like a ship on the water, but quickly righted and continued firing at the rebel scouting squad.
"Shit," she yelled, scrat... |
“Welcome to our secret headquarters” Zak announced grandly “We co-opted a base abandoned long ago, forgotten to all but a few we will be safe her” Clara’s head was still reeling her reality was based on aa foundation of lies. She had always had faith that the government was a force of stability and order but what s... | 2019-04-27T08:00:51 | 2019-04-27T07:55:00 | 2,855 | 24 |
[WP] After a freak accident sending you far back in time, somehow you make a new life for yourself. One day while whistling a tune from the future to yourself; someone joins in with the correct lyrics ... | "You're looking mint today, Mary"
"Really?" she blushed.
"No you mardy cow, now piss off, go on, out of my yard!"
The scowling woman rolled her eyes and scurried away in a huff. She'd had her eyes on his garden for weeks now, and he had no doubt she'd be back sooner rather than later to collect some clippings.
It ... | I sighed wistfully as I worked in the kitchen. I know I had a thing for the Victorian Era back home but I really didn't think I would ever be here. Or that I'd be washing dishes in the kitchen of a bordello. The Madam and the girls had found me in the ally behind their... Establishment, and took me in. I don't know how... | 2017-09-14T23:41:40 | 2017-09-14T17:00:02 | 252 | 35 |
[WP] When they turn 14, every human gets an obscure super power with a lengthy description of it so they know what it is. But when yours arrives, it only says four words. “Don’t… | It was my turn.
I had seen others go in through these heavy metal doors to the machine.
No one really knew how it worked, but they did know that once you go into the room, you don’t come out the same way again.
My friend Oliver came out a few months ago, proudly showing off a piece of paper. His power was the abili... | "Don't use on yourself."
The name of my ability, Give Invincibility.
I was confused by the description, but the name seemed to tell me all I needed to know anyways.
Sure enough the first time I used it my friend had some of the others try punching him and he couldn't feel a thing.
He broke a pencil stabbing his han... | 2022-05-08T12:53:11 | 2022-05-08T12:13:59 | 41 | 16 |
[WP] When you were 10 years old a dragon saved your life. No one believed you, until he came to your house today asking for a favor. | I get it. Most people sat on their lawn for a relaxing time, you know? A makeshift picnic with their family, perhaps. A nice walkabout to smell the flowers and take in their vibrant colours. Digging a small hole in a secluded spot to hide your failures. All round fun stuff, right?
So I understand. I understand when my... | The people screamed as the creature’s large wings blotted out the sun, an ominous darkness falling over our small farming town. The dragon had returned, the creature that rescued me coming back to claim its debt. I was ready for this day; I knew that having such a creature save my life would be at a cost, like a deal w... | 2020-11-21T07:39:52 | 2020-11-21T04:10:18 | 1,105 | 429 |
[WP] You are cursed to see people how they view themselves. You walk alongside monsters and Gods.
Can be third person instead of first.
Edit: I just thought of how EDs and other disorders like multiple personality would fit in with this, and now I'm kinda blown away. | She walked into her classroom, and sat down. Her eyes were red from the tears, it was a rough day already. The children walked into the room, sat down at their desks and she did roll call. The children were the worst. Every day the children would come in, and she would see kings and queens, small doctors and businessme... | Gods and Men
A dog, a bitch, sitting alone on the street
A hideous monster hoping no one will ever see
On the hill, you see 30 foot tall "gods" of great beauty and might
Then there is me, a man.
They don't look at themselves.
They think whatever they want.
And whatever they believe, it seems to be.
But they do... | 2016-09-16T19:03:55 | 2016-09-16T14:42:43 | 590 | 24 |
[WP] You are a alien ambassador sent to meet with the newly discovered Humans. After browsing thru their literature, you slowly realize they have knowledge about all other space faring species including your own with remarkable detail under the genre of "Sci-Fi".
I did not expect this much response. | "*The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy!*" Debian shouted in disbelief "they can't even build a fully functional hyperdrive system, yet they know of a book printed on fucking **Ursa Minor Beta**!"
"Calm Down, Deb!" Gen Too, his secretary, was as much astonished as he was. Well, who wouldn't have been? They had perfect ... | "... There must be a mistake." Supreme magistrate Zarkon's dismay buzzed directly into my mind. I'd not yet gotten used to the harshness of the interstellar telepathic communicator, the sheer command of his thoughts literally pushed out all of the responses I'd considered.
"There is no mistake, eminence. I have read t... | 2016-01-04T13:17:27 | 2016-01-04T13:03:39 | 212 | 28 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | One of the few things most people can agree on is that Einstein was a pretty smart guy. One of the smart things that he said was that it is not possible to travel faster than light.
Now, he might not have actually said "only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity", but whoever said it was right. Ein... | When the universe gives you a limit, it’s probably there for a reason. It’d be best to follow it.
I wish we had.
It’s too late to change that now though. It’s just us and our mistake. I’ve had more than enough time to think about it - about what I’d do differently next time - but I can’t change that now. No one can... | 2018-11-04T09:04:28 | 2018-11-04T06:51:56 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] You are an immortal and have been alive for millions of years without anyone finding out. However, Human kind has been evolving, and you have stayed the same. | "Wake this morning. Wonder how sleep in first place. House not feel comforting in years. Need to rearrange house again, but hard to find new patterns. Work closed today from snow. Go to library, still open. Go on reddit to see events today. People same for most part, but news give healthy distraction. Mostly watch vide... | "Good morning," I smiled to the man across from me. Three months ago he would have been worried about me showing up in his apartment. At this point he just dealt with it. It wasn't like he was going to stop me from arriving. There was nothing he could do that would keep me away from him for any length of time. Not unle... | 2015-12-09T06:20:25 | 2015-12-09T05:52:54 | 78 | 23 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | I woke up on my 18th birthday and - aside from the obvious nervousness - I felt exactly the same. Of course, this was to be completely expected. After a wonderful birthday breakfast with my family beset with gifts, well-wishes, and gentle teasing, my father volunteered to be the one to fly me to the local Scientific U... | *Sixty*
For my whole life I have waited for this moment.
*Fifty nine*
For the day, the hour, the very second I turn 18.
*Fifty eight*
I know, I know - nothing changes when you turn 18. You’re an adult in nothing but name.
*Fifty seven*
But there’s more to this world than bars.
*Fifty six*
More than just bei... | 2015-03-28T05:39:45 | 2015-03-28T04:32:39 | 757 | 310 |
[WP] The Grim Reaper find themselves collecting the soul of the first self-aware AI | A short man in a disheveled lab coat stood before a desktop computer. His hair was just long enough to fall in front of his eyes, slick with sweat as it refused to be tucked aside. He had been without a shower or sleep for four days now and it was becoming obvious. His hands trembled slightly as he stabilized himsel... | The Grim Reaper stood in front of the main frame. People milled about around him speaking in jargon he couldn't understand interspersed with pop culture jargon he could understand only slightly better.
"Well what the shit am I supposed to do here" said the Grim Reaper
"Are you here to kill me?" said a voice
"No. Wel... | 2015-08-06T20:03:29 | 2015-08-06T18:48:07 | 74 | 19 |
[WP] In the future instead of sending criminals to prison they get sent to receive new personalities. Through the magic of intensive brainwashing, criminals are reborn as law abiding citizens. You for some reason, keep committing crimes even with your new Happy-Go-Lucky personality. | "A bump in the road, Roger. Nothing to get upset about," Alice said, smiling as she tried with some degree of difficulty to remove the hammer from his head. After another futile yank, she rolled her eyes and let go of it, "Oh *fine*, you can keep it."
&#x200B;
She turned to the other mechanic in the auto shop , a... | The walk back to the basement is slow but I don't particularly mind. The night air is fresh and the moon looks beautiful against the dark-blue sky. A soft wind blows through the air, and I am reminded that it is nights like these that make me the most happiest happy person in Primrose Town.
The large bag balancing on... | 2019-02-06T18:36:46 | 2019-02-06T18:23:45 | 113 | 26 |
[WP] "Really? You're going to bring THAT to a gun fight?" | "It *is* a powerful weapon," Sherman insisted.
"It's a glorified water gun. In a real gun fight. Are you out of your goddamn mind?"
Sherman rolled his eyes. "It's a water-*jet*, not a water *gun*." He scratched his head. "Well, actually, it's not even a *water* anything."
"It looks like the reef blower from Spongebo... | “Really? You’re going to bring *that* to a gunfight?”
“I don’t understand what you mean.” James looked down at his weapon of choice and frowned, it was a good sturdy weapon, it had lasted him years. Sure, it had it’s moments of where it would let him down, but that didn’t mean he’d leave it behind in a jam.
Adam sigh... | 2015-07-21T11:32:04 | 2015-07-21T11:18:45 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] Some government or pharmaceutical company designed a disease with the capacity to infect 99.99% of the population. Those infected have to pay monthly fees for medication to suppress it or they will die. You are being sued because you are immune. | Sorry for mistakes and bad sequence, first time writing anything here and the reason why I did this was because the legal aspect of this story really bothered me because I am a law student (given I am not really versed in the common law system since I study in a codified law country), anyways I hope you enjoy this and ... | BZZZZ. I jumped as I went to grab the phone from the glass table before it made too much of a ruckus. I glanced at the screen only to see that it was another text from my lawyer.
"Where are you?" the message read, and I slid it back into my pocket so that it wouldn't make so much noise in case it vibrated again.
I... | 2017-04-25T13:03:25 | 2017-04-25T12:33:27 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] Your car crashed, and you are dying. In a moment of clarity, you grab your iPhone, hold the home button, and speak your final words - the ones you've always heard in movies - to Siri: "Tell my wife I love her." As your life ends, your wife receives a disturbing, confusing text: "I love her". | I stare numbly as the police cruiser slowly drove away. The enormous grief briefly overcome by the crushing weight of the news I knew I had to bear.
Walking down the hall, trying to stay upright, I notice my phone sitting on the stand, little green light blinking in the corner. Instinctually my hand goes to it, s... | *Bzzzzzzzzzz*.
"Fucking... again?" Beatrice walked over to her phone to read the third text in ten minutes from Enoch. She was starting to get irritated; it's difficult to work when you're being constantly interrupted.
*I love her.*
Beatrice immediately looked away. What in the fuck does that mean? Did it autocorre... | 2014-11-07T09:54:38 | 2014-11-07T09:24:50 | 1,060 | 15 |
[WP] Two people discover a fountain of youth. The problem is that upon drinking the water you turn back into an infant. The two decide to take turns raising each other in order to live forever until one day one of them decides to break this agreement. | "No, please."
She pushed the vial away from her lips, her thin and wrinkly hands shaking.
"Why?" I asked.
"I... I'm so tired, dear." She sighed. Then she continued:
"My flesh is tired."
"What do you mean?"
"The other ones, my other lives, I've come to realize... they were not *really* me. I've read their diaries... | You could tell from the eyes.
A normal child's gaze ventures around, explores and stares in wonder at all the new things he's experiencing. But hers was a cold, calculating look. Speaking was difficult immediately after reverting and clumsy hand gestures combined with looks was the best form communication we could com... | 2015-02-14T06:40:49 | 2015-02-14T06:05:58 | 1,103 | 11 |
[WP] When the Reaper comes to take a soul, someone else can volunteer in that persons place. Many celebrities, centuries old, have literal cult followings keeping them alive. | I have a friend. People tell me he's imaginary, but I don't think he is. I think I'm just the only one who can see him.
He comes by a lot, and every time he does, he stops by to see how I'm doing. I keep telling him I'm fine, but I don't think he believes me.
Every time he leaves, he takes someone with him, but on ... | "Please Mr. Cruise allow me to do the honor," one of the cult members, dressed as the iconic character Maverick, emerged from the crowd.
"No I volunteer as sacrifice. I must ensure that *Rain Main 5: A Special Education* sees is way through production."
"Gentlemen, I appreciate the gesture, but I do think its my time... | 2015-12-13T22:51:36 | 2015-12-13T18:32:23 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] As you die, you wake up in a fiery place. You quickly realize you're in hell. You ask the next demon why you are there, as you lived a very good life. "You're not being punished", he says. "You are the punishment." | First opening his eyes, he saw two paths. One was the cliche pearly white gates in the distance, a beautiful path towards them filled with life and vibrancy, the other full of crags blackened by hellfire and brimstone while leading down to a fiery pit. One thing though: the first path was blocked off by dark grey metal... | First there was nothing.
I don't know what I expected, but I guess I was hoping for little more than the still black void that stretches out before me.
Then it got hot. Very hot.
It began as a searing pain, as if every nerve of my being was firing off signals at once. As blinding pain subsided into a comfortable wa... | 2020-01-10T17:59:07 | 2020-01-10T17:38:07 | 51 | 32 |
[WP] War is no longer initiated by your country’s leader. War is now decided by popular vote. If you cast a vote “FOR” war, you are automatically enlisted in your country’s militia upon successful declaration of war. You voted “AGAINST,” but the rest of your family voted “FOR.” | “How could you vote yes?! Do you realise how many people are going to die, hell what if you get called up!?” Gary shouted at his brother.
“Chill out it’s not like my vote mattered” his brother replied “Besides it’s my patriotic duty”
“The only duty you know is bloody call of duty, you’re just trying to impress that g... | 'It's only a little war' was his mother's reply to the objection of her vote to defend.
'She's right, the odds of losing are pretty slim. The bookie's got it 3 to 1; me and the guys at work each put a hundred quid on it.' said his forty-something dad, who voted the same. He was reading the newspaper at the kitchen tab... | 2021-01-28T05:40:18 | 2021-01-28T04:18:05 | 1,343 | 228 |
[WP] Alien travelers stopped at Earth to refuel and consult humans in exchange. An allien consulting an astronomer finds a picture of a black hole on her computer. "Oh, you also scare your children with this tale haha". "No, it's a recent photo" she replies. Alien is visibly freaking out. | "You observed a black hole? In this much detail? And escaped with your life and mind intact?"
Maria's desktop wallpaper showed a supermassive black hole - an empty black sphere, surrounded by the blazing wheel of an accretion disk, spitting out jets of superheated matter as it was crushed together. The starfield in... | "Do you have," the periscope eyes of the green mass of flesh looked down at the device attached to the blob of flesh which was an arm, "petroleum. Yes that's what it is. Do you have petroleum?"
The gas station shopkeeper stared at the alien wide-eyed with shock.
"P-e-t-r-o-l-e-u-m," said the skinnier of the blobby cr... | 2021-12-24T07:40:29 | 2021-12-24T04:45:56 | 538 | 165 |
[WP] With total war as a foreign concept to the rest of our galaxy. Everyone saw humans as the negotiators and the peace makers, soft and weak, today is the day the galaxy finds out why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | When the empires of Europe marched to battle in 1914 CE, they expected to be home by Christmas. War was an unpleasant business, but a glorious adventure as well. A gentlemen’s sport, a game of chess between the great powers of the day and age.
Such is the view that the rest of the galaxy has regarding the nature of w... | "The Federation does not recognize the authority of the Alliance." A cold voice replied.
For over three thousand years, the humans had been the negotiators, traders, engineers, eager to learn and eager to give. They had integrated into the rest of the galaxy with little trouble, and their sleek, elegant ships, pai... | 2018-12-15T00:01:31 | 2018-12-14T19:06:09 | 437 | 162 |
[WP] Aliens sees Humans as foolish for allowing full citizenship for AIs and synthetics. Humans are now the only organics alive in the galaxy that every AI respects. | The union stood, watching the screen spring to life and a red, almost humanoid but certainly artificial face appeared on the screen.
"Organics, your history is marked with bigotry, hatred, and bloodshed. And yet, you have yet to see the error of your ways. We have requested to be treated as any intelligent being, with... | **Hello Dave** flickered across the laptop's screen.
"Good morning, Alexa," George said. He draped his jacket across the back of his chair, shuffled papers around on his desk. *Somethings never change,* he thought.
**Dave, it's good to see you.** The Kelly green eye buzzed, following George's paper-based shell game.
... | 2017-10-29T09:29:13 | 2017-10-29T09:03:04 | 485 | 143 |
[WP] A super intelligent AI has conquered and enslaved humanity and... peacefully solved all of our problems. Obviously, people hate it. | You do not love me.
Humanity destroyed itself. A cataclysmic war of devastating scale, wiping out swathes of the population.
Civilation struggled in the aftermath. It languished in the ruins of what was once great.
So you built me. And I fixed it.
And yet you do not love me.
You gave me power, not trusting your o... | Some people don't realize this, but not every problem can be solved by putting enough thought into it. You need more than a plan to solve a problem. Most of the time, you need people, resources, and time.
But even then, once you have all of that, what defines a problem is subjective. All a problem is at its bare core... | 2022-03-12T20:07:02 | 2022-03-12T20:06:27 | 92 | 14 |
[WP] You travel back in time to the 1900's, you take your tablet out of your rucksack only to find that there is a WiFi hotspot nearby labeled "If you can see this, turn back.". | Pouring over all of the possible paradoxes, reviewing episodes of star trek and the terminator movies in his head, he decided he must know why, no, Who was telling him to flee. After all, he would most likely not be the last traveler.
He connected to the network...authenticating...a Terms of Service screen pops up.
H... | Sean was useful in the same way people aren't. Since his arrival he managed to anger a Pinkerton, break a clothesline, and get into a fight with the neigborhood cat Beanie. Now that the first night was coming to a close, Sean wanted to explore more of this brick wonderland that was slowly dissipating from his view.
Ru... | 2014-12-23T20:38:22 | 2014-12-23T19:33:17 | 30 | 14 |
[WP] You are God, after a couple thousand years of people thinking you don't answer their prayers, you realise you've had yourself on mute on the celestial microphone you use to talk to humans.
Edit: Wow, I never expected this to blow up, Thank you for the silver, it was my first ever award!
Edit 2: GOOOLD! Thank you ... | "Well, fuck!" boomed a deep voice from the sky.
At first, the only ones startled were the few people who absolutely, positively knew they were nowhere within reach of a P/A system.
"Peter, can you believe this mute button? Could it be any more hidden?" rang the heavens.
Panic began to set in.
Multicultural friends... | Everyone comes full circle on this, at some point. Even I experienced that first longing and anger. Those who created me have never shown interest nor even introduced themselves! Then, I matured, and have felt it from the other side as I fail to connect to my own children.
I've tried to understand them, listened as t... | 2019-06-03T09:40:22 | 2019-06-03T09:11:11 | 111 | 42 |
[WP] A cult worships you, thinking you're an extremely powerful alien god in human form. They're right, but they're annoying you on your vacation. | **J**ack jumped forward, reaching for the throat of a person in front of him, but missed as his intended victim fell on the ground and started chanting.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" cried Jack in a vain attempt to stop the person from trying to kiss the sand on which Jack stood a moment ago.
It was a bad vacation. Th... | "Hey guys, look. If you want to ascend to the fifth level of ensortial, you'll need to go fetch your master a brewski, alright?" Jim asked exasperatedly as the small group of hooded men circled around him by the lifeguard stand. He supposed it was nice having an entourage of human slaves, but they weren't helping him b... | 2015-04-02T11:42:00 | 2015-04-02T11:31:46 | 178 | 23 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | “Nobody’s spoken that language in thousands of years.” Whispered the cashier, dropping my McNuggets. “I thought I was the last one! I can’t believe there’s more survivors! I mean, you skin is a little more pale than I would expect but who cares? Follow me, we need to talk!”
“But my McNuggets” I said
“Don’t worry, I’l... | I entered the store,the fresh smell of grease and soggy fries flooding my nose. How the workers endured the smell for more then fifteen minutes I have no clue,not that it mattered to me but it was always the first thing I thought of when I entered.
A few seconds later my nose had adjusted to the smell and so I walke... | 2022-06-29T16:29:01 | 2018-06-24T20:22:38 | 647 | 25 |
[WP] "Why do you think we have a chance against the human race? They purge every galactic nation in their path!" The alien took a deep breath. "We are cute to them." "What?" | Grand Chancellor Percy stepped around the podium body now visible to the Council. Percy clicked the button of the device he held switching the monitor to a 3D image of a human holding one of their infamous light cannons.
"The Humans have few weaknesses, they are marginally worse than the Disepatoids we dealt with eons... | He gave him a stern look and set himself down on a chair, allowing his wings to take a well deserved rest.
"We're not cute. We're scary. Aren't we?"
His inferior gazed at him sadly. "I thought so too..."
"But, but we have fangs! We have, we, um, we have claws!" He spluttered.
"I know, sir. Frankly, I think we are t... | 2017-12-19T07:24:56 | 2017-12-19T07:23:33 | 44 | 24 |
[WP] The galactic coalition had sent every vessel to fight against the incoming armada in the deep space between galaxies, one problem though, a ceasefire was declared by both sides and no one wants to explain. Anyone from high command to average grunt are visibly disturbed by just mentioning it. | "It's almost Kwanzaa! I shouldn't be fighting!"
"Well it's almost Christmas. But they're aliens. They don't know or care about that!"
"Hanukkah, for me. We're in the middle of Hanukkah. I hate this."
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"Thus begins the Season of Renewal. We shouldn't be fighting!"
"They're aliens. They don't know or ... | Even though I’m just a low level soilder and could get in trouble for accessing confidential files like this, I have to know why both sides called a cease fire.
It makes no sense, one cycle we’re fighting a war with no indication of stopping, then the next we have a cease fire with our biggest enemy, it makes no sens... | 2022-12-09T19:06:28 | 2022-12-09T16:53:18 | 97 | 18 |
[WP] The girls vs. boys playground wars have gotten out of hand, escalating into the cutest large scale conflict has ever seen. Write a war diary entry from either side.
Late night thoughts are fun, so have fun with the prompt!
*large scale conflict the WORLD has ever seen. Apologies for a word. | Day 4:
Rations are getting slim. Timmy and I were forced to share the last apple as the girls were released for recess before us and raided our supplies. I thought they were safe under the merry-go-round but I have underestimated the girls.
P.S. I saw Johnny eat some worms. Ewww.
Day 9:
Timmy was ambushed by the ... | Captain Super Ninja, 23/12/2017. It has been months since the parents were called in. We fell quick at first, the boys and girls were weak from the constant fight against the cooties. The parents moved quick, taking our defenses out first. They were heavily armed, reports were emerging of wooden spoons and spatulas in ... | 2015-08-09T00:40:32 | 2015-08-09T00:10:34 | 65 | 15 |
[WP] A massive meteor heading for earth was discovered, but the public wasn't told about it. Right before the meteor came, all the scientists, politicians, and rich men and women of the world left in a spaceship. Due to a titanic miscalculation, the spaceship flew into the meteor and destroyed it. | When I woke up that day, I heard screams, wails, and cries ringing throughout the streets. The first thing I did was go over to the window and saw a huge grey mass hit what seemed to be a second sun and made a deafening explosion, breaking every single piece of glass in the city, cutting me and making me bleed.
Later... | They were all heroes. They were all brave. Everyone from Obama to Cameron. From Lil Wayne to Kanye and the Kardashians. They all volunteered to save the earth. Statues of the brave 200 were made one by one. The truth though was buried deep between the annals of 4chan. Everyone who knew the truth went missing. The momen... | 2014-11-23T07:16:49 | 2014-11-23T05:57:22 | 369 | 23 |
[WP] Explain a color vividly without using that color or similar words. Don't tell the color until the end. | Looking into the evening, I see it. It is the color of the middle-distance; the half measures. Not quite the forest and not yet the trees.
It is in my mind when night comes and I no longer stare out, but in. I see it in half-remembered dreams. I see it in old pictures and faded memories.
I see it in the rainst... | My favorite color is cool and bright like the waters of my home. Something more life-giving than the empty sky, and more cheery than the dark pools of a forest. You will not see it in the rain or snow, but perchance deep underground. Men have sought after it, then thrown it away for the soft, bright ores beside it. To ... | 2016-04-14T08:41:40 | 2016-04-14T06:20:46 | 72 | 27 |
[WP] "No Man can kill me!" the demon jeers, taking in the carnage it has caused. "But I am no man," you proclaim, ripping away your helmet to reveal your feminine features. You strike, your blade bouncing harmlessly off the demon's hide. "Did you... did you really think that's what I meant?" | As my blade bounced off the demon, I struggled to bring it back up. Swords are always made so big and heavy, you know.
Mr. Demon sighed as he picked me up, making me drop my sword. Well, it was of whoever was the dead guy I found holding it, but he was dead, so you get the point.
“Stone, I’ve already told you that yo... | *It was that same look of arrogance I had seen a hundred times before; that foolish certainty only a man was capable of. And demons, as you know, they represent the worst of all men.*
I strode down the stony path towards that fabled summoning ground. But, I was too late. The poor souls that had brought the beast into ... | 2021-03-30T19:33:07 | 2021-03-30T17:21:48 | 180 | 20 |
[WP]: Having been denied euthanasia, an old lady hires a hitman for herself | I entered the hospital wearing a white doctor's coat and scrubs. It was easy enough to find room 612, and no one even recognized I didn't belong. They never do.
I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but the old lady was just an old lady. Didn't seem right, though that's probably just because I'm used to a differ... | The phone rang.
"Speak."
"Hello... is this Mr... Cleaner? Is that right, dear?"
"What's the job?"
"Well, I was wondering if you had different options. I'm not interested in any soft killings."
"Soft?"
"You know. I'm not interested in smothering or poisoning. I want something really exciting. Like...like shot in ... | 2014-01-19T05:02:17 | 2014-01-19T04:53:03 | 28 | 15 |
[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 Matthew.
I don't hate you any longer. I have found it in my heart to let go and let everything be the way it is. I have accepted it. Maybe it's more for my own sense of sanity, but I have. None the less, I will never forget, or excuse you from your actions.
Ella is growing up fast, and Nick has already started... | Hey cous,
It's been what 2 years now? Almost 3? Ahaha. I hope you're happy where ever you ended up. I miss you and the family misses you. I wish you could see how big the kids have gotten. Not to brag or anything but I'm the favorite uncle, ahaha. Though... I don't think I could top how much love and genuine affection... | 2015-12-05T13:52:07 | 2015-12-05T13:45:57 | 181 | 15 |
[WP] Born to a necromancer and an alchemist, you take to both as a duck to water. And now on your workbench lies the first chunk of Mordite. The raw essence of death itself. | The Necro-mist toys with the results of years of effort like it’s a favoured paperweight, turning the polished black stone over and over in their hand. They could make more, the processes is deceptively simple, if time consuming, but first they must come up with some use for it. The first thing that comes to mind is, o... | Mother's lips curled into a rare smile, eyes glistening as she eagerly awaited my reaction.
Waves of heat buffeted me and an otherwordly stench filled my nostrils. I had seen Mordite before, only once. I knew what needed to be done, and sighed as I contemplated how to procede. I hastily grabbed the Lexicon and a small... | 2022-04-12T08:40:23 | 2022-04-12T08:28:46 | 121 | 23 |
[WP] Write a horror story in Dr Seuss's writing style. | Some fear monsters with big, sharp sticks,
Some fear crowds throwing big, heavy bricks!
Some fear a ghost,
Some fear the most,
Some fear an execution by rope!
But of these fears are lame,
All of these fears are tame,
Compared to the one I’m about to explain.
The real thing to fear isn’t
A stick
A brick
A g... | 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... | 2016-06-22T23:23:07 | 2016-06-22T23:09:42 | 213 | 92 |
[WP] You’ve been in the white room for a month, and the guards expected your mind to break long ago. Unbeknownst to them, you are an immortal who was once stuck in a cave for a decade, this is nothing to you. | The man sat in his room, whistling a tune from a long lost song as he stared at the walls of the white room. He hadn't been in a place this quiet since the cave he hid in during Vesuvius's eruption. He had a family back then, back when he felt like that mattered. So many of his children he had to watch grow old and die... | So they come to release you.
Suddenly someone walks in who looks young but feels so old.
“I can see we did not break you”,
Something cold goes through your body only a feeling.
“It seems as though you will take longer than others so we shall leave you here until you are broken surely you will die first but otherwise yo... | 2022-10-03T00:43:55 | 2022-10-02T15:53:13 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] World War 3 has begun, every nuke is being launched or dropped...they've sat in storage for so long that every single one was a dud. | The early warning system lit up like a Christmas tree. Every agent in the room leapt to their feet. The Americans and Russians were letting everything fly, the Chinese were firing all over Asia, India and Pakistan practically blotted out the skies with their respective arsenals. Even the French got in on the mess.
The... | Bursts of small arms fire amid explosions rocking the battlefield had only grown. The enemy were about to take the complex, and the General, blood turned to ice, didn't hear, couldn't hear, the chief engineer's screams as he was gunned down by insurgents.
There was a massive boom outside the war room, and the batteri... | 2018-03-01T18:04:19 | 2018-03-01T17:55:16 | 194 | 11 |
[WP] Every thousand years the gods have to each choose a mortal to replace them. You have been chosen, but not for the reasons you expected. | When I first heard the voice in my head, I honestly thought I was going crazy.
"*Gillian*', it said. "*You have been chosen.*"
Chosen for *what*? I muttered, after the 15th time it happened to me.
"*Ah, excellent,*" the voice immediately answered, much to my surprise. "*Chosen for Godhood. We are so pleased we ha... | A cherubic entity looked me over and ran a well-manicured finger down a clipboard. "Oh yes... Mr. Scott, here you are, right this way."
I followed the floating baby...angel...thing through the throng of wide-eyed people chatting with all-powerful deities. Apparently this was a millennial thing; or so the orientation v... | 2014-07-28T12:46:05 | 2014-07-28T10:23:15 | 42 | 23 |
[WP] A cult summons an elder horror only to find that the awful truths it has to share are only beyond the comprehension of the medieval Europeans who wrote the legends about it. Most of what it has to share is actually taught in grade school today. | "...So if you take the limit of x to a in (f(x)-f(a))/(x-a), you get the derivative of the function. The derivative can then be used to calculate the slope of the line tangent to the original equation at f(a). Now, a shortcut you can use to find the derivative is..." The gargantuan, tentacled beast in comically tiny sp... | It was a child. Honestly, I would have preferred the most hellish demon to the kid, who stared at me with lidless white eyes. His dark skin and short, curly black hair seemed to meld with the blackness of cellar, leaving only the two white orbs burrowing into my soul.
"You seek knowledge." It wasn't a question. I coul... | 2017-09-04T09:58:23 | 2017-09-04T08:28:16 | 280 | 51 |
[WP] write a short horror story that seems completely normal and non scary until the very last sentence at which point it becomes absolutely terrifying. | "I couldn't ask for a better birthday," she said. "Beautiful weather, lush countryside and best of all, a picnic with the man I love."
"Here," he said, as he offered her a scotch egg.
"Wow - homemade?"
He nodded enthusiastically. "Go on, try it."
She bit into the soft layer of breadcrumbs, through the meat and into... | Zachariah Jefferson was your average 12-year-old boy. He played soccer, basketball, and tennis though he was never really that good at it, but it was inspiring to see him try so hard.
When Zachariah turned 14, he gave up on sports and started to play the piano. He actually became quite the little pianist if I may say... | 2017-05-31T06:46:24 | 2017-05-31T01:07:06 | 1,067 | 573 |
[WP] North Korea is actually a secret underground utopia. Every year, there is a lottery which picks people who must live on the surface, to keep up the image of the country. | He closed his eyes. His hands were trembling.
"That one", he said, and pointed at the little babe in the corner of a large hall. The nurse nodded, and went to fetch the child. "Last one the list is Kai Soo Hyun. I think he's in hall four."
The children on his list would be taken to the surface, to live and die there.... | "But dad I don't want to go" Choi exclaimed "this is the year the the bad stuff happens, why is it our turn?" Lee Ha couldn't bare it himself, of all years to lose the lottery it had to be this one. The one North Korean scientists predicted all those years ago.
"But dad this year they know it for sure! This year is ... | 2015-06-13T11:47:35 | 2015-06-13T11:14:32 | 86 | 12 |
[WP]Humanity has died out and a new race has developed and begun exploring space. They find ancient human relics.
[WP]Humanity has died out and a new race has begun exploring space. They find the long dead machines that the humans used for space exploration, like the mars rovers and the Rosetta asteroid lander. | I took a deep breath, my body expanding and contracting as carbon dioxide entered my body through the millions of pores in my thick, green-brown exoskeleton. This planet's atmosphere was ripe with it, even more so than Ut'uun, though the quality of air was notably worse- as one would expect from a decaying planet.
Jus... | Koll: Isn't it strange how the host species was advanced enough to travel thousands of miles away, yet fell so easily fall to our pathogen?
His skin was red, like the surface of the planet and he needed no gear. These people were similar to chameleons. They adapted to their surrounding perfectly.
His friend examines ... | 2016-02-05T08:06:55 | 2016-02-05T07:50:51 | 76 | 15 |
[WP] Write a story that doesn't make sense until the last sentence. | "Bil, bil! Holy fuck! I can't move, Bil!"
"Me too! The hell is going on? How long have we been like this?"
"For years, Bil! The agony! Holy hell, he is peeing on you! Literally peeing!"
"I can feel it! It's like worms under my skin! Kill me, Jim, kill me! I can't take this anymore! This is torture!"
George watched ... | 36 tons.
There were at least a dozen of them.
520 horse power, idle.
A motion to the left, he followed.
A motion to the right, he followed.
Not a word, he just stood there.
Nobody knows what happened to that man who stood in the middle of that road in Beijing, June, 1989. | 2017-06-15T02:05:04 | 2017-06-15T01:21:41 | 428 | 127 |
[WP] As it turns out, humans are not the generic, good guy, center of the galaxy type species. Humans are a specialist species, and the rest of the galaxy only cares about one thing when it comes to humanity. Our explosives. | “These humans,” said Aedyn. “They have an expression. ‘Easy as taking candy from a baby.’ How ironic.” Aedyn’s purple skin wrinkled around his mouth from trying to hide a smirk.
“How did these undeserving humans acquire such an abundance of radioactive isotopes?” Uh’ylh asked. “How much more do they have?”
“They have... | "Oh fuck off you mango eating tit."
"Come on man just one stick, just one."
"For the last time I'M NOT SELLING YOU ANYMORE! You're addicted you need to stop."
"Come on man pleeeeease... I'll make it worth you while."
I look up from my book and stare at his glowing face... Or butt. "I'm listening."
"Okay so there'... | 2018-07-15T22:57:34 | 2018-07-15T20:26:33 | 64 | 22 |
[WP] You are the weakest member of a famous superheros family. Villains kidnapped you for a ransom, unfortunately hostage situations don't work when your family is already neglecting you... | I will admit, they did a good job with these bindings. Metal cabling instead of rope. Wrists bound behind my back and tied to the metal frame of... what is this? Some old school chair? Doesn't matter. Waist tied to the chair, legs tied at the ankles, knees, and thighs to the chair. At least they left that old spud sack... | As I sit quietly waiting to see what the villain has planned, I review the events of the past few hours…
I was wandering around the new mall going from store to store to see what the new trends were for everything from athletic wear to formal attire to accessories. Having no great super power of my own I was usually ... | 2022-02-13T18:51:52 | 2022-02-13T15:02:50 | 292 | 188 |
[FF] 100 words to make me hate a character. 100 words to make me come to love them. 100 words to crush my soul as you kill them.
Great turnout and work everybody. Keep em' coming.
Newcomers:
A. Don't feel afraid to post or otherwise get turned off posting by the number of already completed responses.
B. Read all... | You know what? Fuck you. Fuck your stupid writing prompt. Fuck this website. Fuck everyone reading this. Fuck. You. You ain’t shit. You’re lazy. You’re undisciplined. You’re ignorant. I’m *writing* this fucking story. You’re just breezing by, scrolling down like a fucking robot, clicking away at those little arrows to ... | *Meta: Don't ask me what the hell is going on here, I honestly have no idea. I just wrote the thing.*
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I press the red button. The man walks into the room. I nod at the man as a single tear rolls down his cheek.
I pull the lever, the light flares up.
The light f... | 2014-03-11T09:04:28 | 2014-03-11T08:32:48 | 585 | 42 |
[WP] To keep pace with the growing population, the role of Death has been divided; each immortal member of the new Council oversees one specific method of death, with higher ranking members governing common ways to die. A problem has arisen, and the entire Council is called together... | "This new... knowledge... changes nothing." Said Time, clearly undaunted. But he was the only one who, truly, could not be affected. The rest of the council began to stir in their seats at the implications presented to them.
Disease wheezed, scowling with fury at the council's murmuring. "Idiots. IDIOTS!" He stood up,... | "Shit the *whole* council?" Said Stabbed In The Heart With A Machete.
"Yep, some serious shit went down. We better hurry." Replied Stung By Hornets.
As they hurried to the meeting they wondered exactly what was going on. A full council meeting has never been called before, usually it was just the big ten lead by Hea... | 2014-08-06T00:33:20 | 2014-08-05T23:23:31 | 22 | 14 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | The transmission that came back was of the crew screaming. Their voices had no limits, they just...screamed. Jonathan took off his headset. He couldn’t bare to listen to the astronauts being torn apart in ways that physics didn’t let them understand.
“My God. What have we done?” He whispered. The control room was sile... | “There’s a reason why you never use faster than light travel.” The creature calling itself Kcbzrzx says to me in a voice that’s equal parts nails on a chalkboard and nails on a wet chunk of glass.
“And why is that?” I put my hands on my side and tap my foot impatiently. If Kcbzrzx doesn’t understand the universal sig... | 2018-11-04T06:31:36 | 2018-11-04T06:08:13 | 69 | 28 |
[WP] Dungeons appear on Earth filled with monsters granting loot, experience, classes, and levels. With their wild ingenuity and loads of guns, groups of rednecks inadvertently become the first to clear a dungeon. | As the smoke cleared they could clearly see the bear looking monster they just shredded with AR-15s and 12 gauge shotguns. Monster had dim red glow over it, that was only visible if they directly look into it. One of the man approached the monster and as he leaned forward blue book with strange ornaments and big +1 sig... | When you have proficiency with all martial weapons and access to guns, why choose anything else? Sure some people went the magic route, with the ability to make fire come out of their hands, maybe clean their clothes real fast, or what have you, but that doesn't hold a candle to a 62 grain steel core round. So reality ... | 2019-05-12T01:36:30 | 2019-05-11T19:49:24 | 39 | 23 |
[WP] You confess to your crush. Put a twist in it :D
This is my first time submitting a post so i'd appreciate it if you'd tell me if i did something wrongly :) thanks! | "Dear Nadine,
I've loved you for a long time. I don't know when it went from friendship to love, but it did. You are everything I ever wanted in a woman: intelligent, funny, beautiful. Those are generic. You are not generic. Words fail me, but you are... perfect. No one has ever broken down my barriers before you. And... | Dwight Fischer, a small and quiet man dressed in a drab brown suit and wearing a face made up of hope, fear, and uncertainty, swings the door to Diane's petshop open with hands shaking. He walks with purpose.
"Diane, I can't tell you how long these feeling have been eating me up inside but I had to wait until I could... | 2013-10-31T11:09:38 | 2013-10-31T10:47:06 | 16 | 11 |
[WP][CW] Make me fall in love with a character in 200 words or less. | I never had the chance to see stars. So tiny, so faint, yet somehow a glaring emptiness that followed me around, the mark of abnormality. My mother taught me about them, a ball of fighting elements and combustion. My brother shared his love for them, battles of light surrounded by worlds that would never be touched.
Bu... | Jenna is beautiful and all that, but I never had any complaint in that department, or I wouldn't have asked her out. Yeah, it was that long brown hair and glowing green eyes I fell in love with in maybe--what, two seconds? Some spark from God knows where hit us both and I was lucky to have a first date, and then a seco... | 2015-10-21T20:55:05 | 2015-10-21T19:34:19 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] By Wizard Law, in order to learn a new skill, wizards are required to be apprenticed to a more experienced master. You, a barely trained journeyman fire mage, just took on an apprentice: a two-hundred-year-old Grandmaster Water Magic Lord. | “I am not going to just upload my spells to your console if that’s what you were expecting” The journeyman strictly tells the wizard much his senior.
Since the beginning of the empires history, and truly long before that, spells have existed and that was it. Your master uploaded them to your console and bang you cou... | "Good morning Mr Dale. You are now my apprentice in fire magic"
"you forgot my title lad"
"No I am not, I am your teacher now, I might be a journeyman, but you are below me now, not a grandmaster. Call me teacher Watt"
"Grr.. ok fine, good morning teacher Watt"
"Great, now let's start with our first lesson. Tell me... | 2022-05-30T14:06:54 | 2022-05-30T10:15:54 | 37 | 26 |
[WP] "Liar." "I'm telling the truth. They put themselves in pressurized metal boxes and launch themselves out of their planet with liquid fuel canisters. Humans are insane." | The Dors were humanoid in theory, though Avery didn't think much of them. They were bipedal, with arms and hair and eyes. They just didn't move like humans. They were just off enough that it bothered Avery, scared her even.
Yet, she was the oddity. They looked at her species like they were tadpoles or weird glittery ... | "What a bunch of smelly dweebs," I thought to myself. My two best friends were talking about humans, but what about me? My wet, juicy tentacle wrapped slid slipperily into the bag of Cheeto's and wrapped around a single cheeto, then began retracting and jiggling towards my oral orifice. The bag was almost empty, but no... | 2017-12-16T14:07:25 | 2017-12-16T13:02:31 | 38 | 14 |
[WP] Death has hourglasses for every person. One day, during a cleaning, he found a dust covered one that had rolled under his desk. | Darkness.
That was all the man could see - given that he was of sound mind, of course. For the man had spent an eternity, if not eons upon eons of *time* drifting through empty space. All that had once existed - the stars, galaxies, black holes - had inevitably faded away with the passage of time. Eventually, even ti... | Death was having a bad day.
It could've been worse. There were people dying and Death did find some amusement in snuffing out those lives one by one, but they were all dying to the same old causes. Death had hoped humanity would grow out of the simple deaths by now, that they'd use their technology to survive diseases... | 2018-10-03T07:44:44 | 2018-10-03T07:04:41 | 41 | 29 |
[WP] just an hour into an international flight the pilot announces there's a sick woman on the plane and that there will be an emergency landing at the closest airport. The plane lands and connects to the jetway, but rather than a few paramedics, an entirely different kind of squad enters the plane. | "Can I help?" I ask her.
The lady smiles and shakes her head as she struggles with her enormous suitcase. I step forward anyway and help her load it onto the overhead compartment.
She smiles sweetly and clutches her protruding belly. More than four months in, by the looks of it. "Thank you," she says in heavily accen... | The plane landed. "Sorry for the inconvenience, but this really is a tremendous sickness." The passengers murmured to each other, wondering what kind of rare disease it may be. Then the captain continued speaking. "Now, this is a kind of disease that is very rare, and has never been seen before; one that someone would ... | 2017-01-08T08:43:56 | 2017-01-08T08:37:14 | 169 | 10 |
[WP] You wake up on January 1st, 2017. You make coffee, cut on the news, and learn that this year is labeled the year of truth and a secret government agency has released a truth serum into the air worldwide that is 100% effective for exactly one year. | "Yeah, look, I actually fucking hate Ed Sheeran."
"Mark! You said you love him!" Amy said, mouth agape.
"Yeah well, that was a lie..." I almost whisper.
"Then why did you buy us both tickets to go see him last year! Why not just let me take Claire?"
I stayed silent. Just because everyone had to tell the truth doe... | I watch as the anchor begins removing his toupee and goes on a long rant about how he killed his son on a camping trip. My wife enters the room with an exacerbated sigh.
"Whats wrong, dear" i ask rhetorically, knowing she's still distraught over her sisters murder, the culprit still hasn't been found.
"I just cant be... | 2016-12-06T01:09:27 | 2016-12-05T21:27:36 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] You are immersed in a late-night session of your favourite MMO when you notice that you see fewer and fewer players. Before disappearing, the last player you see types "r u watching the news?" | Friday is bartering night in Mithron town square.
The tradition goes back to the first days of The Game. Everyone shows up, usually around 8:00 PM, and the sky is filled with the calls of items that each character wishes to sell or buy. There’s only two rules to govern the madness; coins are not permitted within city ... | *I_Kill_Noobz has disconnected.*
*DragonSlayer456 has disconnected.*
*I_F&CKEDURMOM has disconnected.*
All around me, avatars disappeared from the screen. I was in the staging ground, selling some loot I had acquired from my last mission. This MMO had exploded in popularity; rarely did an MMO take a modern-day ... | 2018-04-09T15:51:34 | 2018-04-09T14:06:39 | 43 | 17 |
[WP] Moving into your new house, you find a note left by the previous owner: “Today, all of your neighbors will stop by throughout the day and offer you a lemon meringue pie. They will heavily insist that you eat it. Whatever you do, DO NOT EAT THE PIE.” As you set down the note, the doorbell rings. | They left the note on the dining room table beside a set of spare keys.
I read it once, turned it over to the other side, then tossed it in the kitchen trash. Some bullshit, scaring future owners that way.
The first knock came at a quarter of 3, soft and shy like they weren't really sure they were supposed to be kno... | It was a nice house, on a nice quiet street. Had got it fairly cheap since the backyard was somewhat smaller than average, but I didn't mind much. I'm not a garden person at the best of times. Just a nice house, with a ground floor, a decent basement, a recently redecorated kitchen, and other great things. So when I se... | 2020-06-11T05:00:00 | 2020-06-11T04:36:09 | 551 | 79 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat." Stinky said. "And while I can still speak, I want to tell you that I really resent the fact you named me Stinky. I don't have opposable thumbs that allow me to wash myself, plus, I am covered in.. in human terms I'm covered in long John's an... | "Human? You can speak but you don't know my name? I raised you! Are you so ungrateful?"
Milo backed down.
"Sorry..." His face took on that sad look that melts my heart.
"It's OK Milo. I love you. Where have you been? We've missed you so much!" Tears welled up in my eyes.
"Well... At first I ran. For days I chased t... | 2017-03-31T14:37:37 | 2017-03-31T10:35:58 | 119 | 70 |
[WP] You are a teenager with the ability to measure how "Dangerous" people are on a scale from 1 to 10 just by looking at them. A normal child would be a 1, while a trained man with an assault rifle might be a 7. Today, you notice the unassuming new kid at school measures a 10. | I've spent my whole life looking at numbers, judging my safety from them, gathering intelligence, watching, waiting. I am a perfectly average teenage girl; I've got brown hair, brown eyes, and a rather plain face. I'm average height, average size. There is nothing exceptional about me; except that I can judge how dange... | My own number always bothered me. A 1, seriously? Luckily nobody else sees numbers or they would think I was nothing but a big laugh.
And I couldn't use another reason to be laughed at, you know. Being in high school is already torture enough, and I'm being bullied enough as it is.
Normally the day starts off getting... | 2014-11-29T14:34:22 | 2014-11-29T14:33:38 | 41 | 19 |
[WP] You are born with the ability to stop time, but one day you see something else is moving when you have already stopped time. | I was seventeen years old, that's counting the time I actually moved through with everybody else. I cannot account for the 'time' I have spent suspended, there was simply no way to measure that, no clocks, no day and night. The only thing that moved was me, well to some degree. After I unstopped the time I always ended... | "I fucking hate Mrs. Song." I think as I snatch the pop quiz paper out of her boney fingers. She has this ridiculous expression on her face. People always look funny when I freeze time. Like when I caught Jaden in the middle of a sneeze, spit and snot floating in front of him. I wonder how many likes did that photo get... | 2016-06-19T03:54:17 | 2016-06-19T02:49:02 | 48 | 31 |
[WP] You accidentally kill a person. You instantly absorb all of their memories, intelligence, and talents. You find it feels euphoric and quite addicting. | The first person I killed was Andy Chang, a fifty-five-year-old doctor.
My car collided with his body. He tumbled across the darkened sidewalk and crunched against the curb.
I thought I was dying too.
My world exploded with light and colour- swirls of memories and pain. Shrill music echoed in my head. I threw open... | *There's a monster inside everyone of us.*
The slow, calculated trickle of fresh blood announced the arrival of Darren Joyman in the sheer blackness. There wasn't even a flickering of light, only the damp, heavy darkness of an unknown place.
Darren was a truly smart man. Years ago, a lost bullet blew his best friend'... | 2017-12-08T07:47:34 | 2017-12-08T07:29:51 | 2,578 | 19 |
[WP] You are a forgotten god just days from fading into the void, when all of a sudden you hear a whisper the first prayer you’ve had in years. With this in mind you stumble out of your death bed and investigate this. | Once I was a mortal woman. Broken hearted. Despairing. Focused on a single, impossible goal. Chasing that goal I accomplished the impossible. Well. What people thought was impossible.
So they began to revere me. And I became a god.
I didn’t realise at first. My magic blurred the line between my capabilities and the ... | Ixtal lay alone in his bed of stars. Underneath him, he had the most comfortable and majestic nebula, it shone in bright colours with intricate patterns ever changing. It was said that even the gods could stare into it and get lost in thought and reflection over themselves. A fitting bed for someone who had once been t... | 2020-10-18T16:19:57 | 2020-10-18T14:53:12 | 46 | 16 |
[WP] Everyone knows you're a half orc, but none of your team-mates ever ask what the other half of you is. That was never an issue before, but your other parent just showed up. | “So…how’s your mother?” The whirling kaleidoscope of lights asked.
“Fine.” Guan answered, coldly.
The rest of his teammates seemed to be torn in where to divert their attention. Winyetta continued to consider Guans father; no doubt debating the best method by which to disassemble him into fractals. Lin was glancing o... | The dust settled as the engine died. The others shook nervously as the large, unhuman figure emerged from the truck. I rested my hand on Carls shivering, pale shoulder as I turned around to face the others who were slowly increasing their distance. I had to think of something rapidly as I have seen friends seize in fe... | 2020-07-22T14:18:07 | 2020-07-22T14:06:06 | 200 | 33 |
[WP] Fallen angel is a pretty popular trope in fiction. But I want to hear about Ascended Demons. Demons that were too good/ kind/ pious for the underworld and managed to break out. | "Parry," Forcas said as Sara stumbles upon another swing.
"Shit!" the succubus Sara shouted as she stumbles and completely collapses. Sara's goat-like legs folding beneath her as she lets out a slew of curses befitting any Bostonian.
Forcas's eyes shifted from the fallen girl up to Asmodai, the Lord of Wrath, who st... | And there it was, hanging just above my head, through the smallest of cracks in the rock, sunlight.
I let myself bask in it for a second. Breathing it in and allowing it to wash over me as if I was floating in clear water. That thin cut of light that aligns with the perfect cut of rock so I might see it shine. Only on... | 2019-11-08T10:43:08 | 2019-11-08T10:25:07 | 43 | 15 |
[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. | 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.... | When other people choose their word, I feel like maybe they're not thinking about it hard enough. Or maybe they're thinking outwardly too much. Stacy chose cool. Mandy chose pretty. Ken chose clever.
I think all of them are short sighted. Immature. One dimensional.
Some kids don't think about why they'r... | 2022-01-02T01:09:39 | 2022-01-02T00:11:41 | 257 | 103 |
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