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[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | Fascinating... Those human life forms have a way to end the fire’s frightening power. To think such basic level thinking has its way to save what is utterly being destroyed. Maybe our way of evolution has rendered us useless to such simple means of protection. Many of our people would’ve let the fire persist and those ... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | 2018-10-11T02:15:01 | 2018-10-11T01:59:59 | 48 | 31 |
[WP] After defeating a dragon which devastated your group, you start to develop odd traits like reptilian eyes. It soon becomes apparent to you that you’re slowly turning into a dragon. | (I am very sorry for this one, but when the idea hit me, I HAD to do it. It was a Moral Imperative. Please don't hurt me)
It had been one hell of a fight. The Dragon had been terrorizing villages all across the Five kingdoms, kidnapping cattle and eating maidens for the last month. They had lost six good men in taking... | After catching my reflection in the gleam of my broadsword, I noticed my eyes were different. Instead of the baby blue I was used to, they were now yellow with with black slits.
The nagging pain in my ankle was getting worse as well, that’s where I was scratched by the dragon that killed my-
The dragon! Did it have y... | 2022-10-03T21:30:03 | 2022-10-03T21:26:43 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] You are a demon that takes firstborns as payments. When it comes time for payment, you don't do anything evil with the children. Instead, you raise them to be outstanding people. You are responsible for generations of leaders, Doctors, and Heroes. | "But why?" asked the demon hunter. He finally let up and put the cross away, hesitant as he may have been, which allowed me to speak with more comfort.
"Because they deserve better," I said. "What kind of a parent gives up their child for a sack of infinite turnips? Do you honestly think they would have had a better l... | Demons possess a degree of influence across the world— I got people who owe me favors, in exchange, they make sure my children get the best education that money can buy. Sometimes, even my older children will help my younger children obtain their dream job.
Why, you may ask..? Aren’t demons ill-made and spiteful spaw... | 2022-02-05T10:32:19 | 2022-02-05T10:17:15 | 465 | 168 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear Me,
I miss you. I miss the way you used to be. You used to care. You used to try your hardest. Now all you do is say, I'll do it later. I can see that you're struggling. Yet, you have more friends than you ever did, and you know what you want to do with your life.
But still, when it comes to day-to-day stuff, yo... | Dear Pop Pop,
I miss you. It's been about 11 or 12 years since you died. I was really young at the time, so all I remember is the last few months you were alive, watching the cancer slowly eat away at your body. With each visit you got more and more frail. I didn't recognize it at the time but looking back, seeing wha... | 2017-11-05T22:02:16 | 2017-11-05T20:37:15 | 1,095 | 16 |
[WP] You are immortal, but a quirk of your condition also renders the person nearest to you immortal as well. A selfish king obsessed with living forever has gone to extreme lengths to keep you as the closest person to them at all times. | My mother was supposed to die in childbirth. And she did, later on. I had been born to a corpse more than any living thing. She was barely alive, and the doctors weren't quite aware of it, the medical field being mostly guesswork at the time. It wasn't like a lot of work was being put into treating women anyway, not wh... | I must admit, I've grown accustomed to the lifestyle of royalty, even if my only other option is a sword through my chest (and a couple days of healing but they don't know that). I don't know how the king discovered what I am, but as soon as he did, like the filing of an eye he went from treating me like dirt, like eve... | 2017-05-13T08:16:17 | 2017-05-13T08:10:49 | 277 | 26 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | It was stupid. The Karathians should have just settled their disagreements with the Auraxians like a civilized bunch. It was a shame really. Such a beautiful world, it's emerald oceans glistening. But they screwed up when they both engaged a human fleet which was just traversing the system peacefully. Before the flagsh... | "A wise man once said that the objective of war was to offend your opponent so badly that they take their dollies and go home. But it takes politicians to truly make a mess of things, do you agree?" the human commander gestured his cigar at his...
.. esteemed guests?
They weren't exactly prisoners yet, the fightin... | 2019-11-24T11:35:42 | 2019-11-24T10:43:18 | 661 | 350 |
[WP] A young girl has two monsters in her life: her step-father, and the one under her bed. She manages to befriend the latter to deal with the former. | Emma lay in her bed. Short blonde girl, skinny, wearing pajamas and under seven different blankets. "Cute" I hissed to myself. I put my invisible presence over her. I was in her dreams. From where I was she was simply sitting in a blank void. Floating in the nothingness.
I took the shape of a beast of fire and darkne... | I hear a soft, barely audible whimper above my head. She's a quiet one, normally. Her soft breathing is what I fall asleep to, her on the mattress, me below; her, blanketed in fleece, me the darkness. But every now and then, as of late, our ritual is interrupted by this, and her whimpers break the rhythm of slow steady... | 2015-01-23T10:54:08 | 2015-01-23T10:23:26 | 21 | 14 |
[WP] The Princess has been kidnapped by Bandits. The Royal Family can only imagine what Horrors she must go through. Meanwhile in the Bandit Camp they started teaching her lockpicking. | “Dear Mother and Father,
I know what you’re thinking, and no, I was NOT really kidnapped. I can already hear you saying that I’m being forced to write this, but I swear on the Goddess’s name that I am writing of my own free will, and have chosen to go along with these ‘bandits.’ Honestly, I find it quite rude that you ... | "Eremon, are you sure this is a good idea?" Said Tibetan slowly, the Strig looked cautiously at the woman sitting on the ground next to the black skinned Teifling with a book chained to his left arm.
"Of course its a bloody good idea mate, do you have any idea how useful lock-picking can be?"
Tibetan hung his head
... | 2022-03-07T15:06:28 | 2022-03-07T14:06:56 | 26 | 14 |
[WP] The Universe™ has just run out of free trial meaning we are being downgraded from Universe™ pro to Universe™ lite. | We all remember the day everything stopped working.
All technology stopped, and people went crazy.
“MY FOLLOWERS WILL THINK IM DEAD!”
It really made me stop and think about how much we rely on tech. For validation, for entertainment, and in some cases, survival.
Thousands had actually died due to the stopping of me... | I knew something was up when the clouds spelled something about changing privacy policies but i didnt know things would be this bad. This wasnt something that could be easily be solved and my god was this laggy. I was about to get mugged but i refused to give him money and as soon as he pulled the trigger a message pop... | 2018-05-28T07:56:08 | 2018-05-28T07:43:24 | 46 | 13 |
[WP] Your significant other is immortal, but you aren't. Every time you die, they track down your reincarnation and fall in love all over again, every time.
Edit: Didn't realize this until after, but you can switch the roles, you being immortal and they reincarnating. Whichever fits the kind of story you want to tell.... | "Excuse me, do you know how much this costs?"
That voice is instantly familiar. I forget for a moment, desperate in my enthusiasm, that I am dressed in an employee's uniform, and that she is meant to be a stranger to me.
I turn around, and it hits me again; a wave of disbelief, and of familiarity; the shy smirk that... | The eyes never changed. They always had the same wonder and mysterious enticement behind the gray. That was how I knew it was him.
Falling in love again was the easy part. It is bliss every time. Learning to over come anything to be with the one you love, I never thought it would be so pertinent for me. I found him... | 2018-06-07T23:07:58 | 2018-06-07T23:04:00 | 63 | 13 |
[WP] Humans are known in the galaxy for being a bit dim, but also for being the very best mechanics around, and inexplicably able to fix machines beyond their comprehension. You have broken down on Earth, and having the apes work on your craft is both fascinating and terrifying. | The human slid out from under the ship, blinking as he came back into the light. The expression on his face made me worried that I would be stuck here for even longer; I had already been on this technology-forsaken world for half a local rotation, and I had no desire to spend any more time than was absolutely necessary... | It took a few seconds for the speaker of the auto-translate to sputter to life.
"Just hit it a few times."
I asked the translator to repeat what the human had said.
"Just hit it a few times. Synonyms for 'hit' are strike, batter, impact."
Was the meat bag really asking me to physically injure the spacecraft in an ... | 2016-05-23T16:17:59 | 2016-05-23T14:13:43 | 1,128 | 78 |
[WP]. “Ok. This is called a .44 magnum. All you have to do is point this end at Voldemort’s head and press this button. That’s all you have to do to end our problem”. | A mist formed in the cold night air around Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione as they crept silently to either side of the entrance to Malfoy Manor. Harry flashed three fingers as Hermione unclipped a cylindrical device from her plate carrier, nodding in response. Ron fell out from behind Harry and placed the muzzle of ... | "Welp here I am at the final battle of Hogwarts."Harry thought to himself as he saw Voldemort approach the school. "I'm probably fucked at this point anyway he said as he looked at his fallen friends around him." Voldemort approached with his army at his back knowing this was the end of his long road. Harry stood his ... | 2018-12-24T20:20:48 | 2018-12-24T20:12:43 | 39 | 13 |
[WP] You are the Last Hero. The one they call when nobody else can handle the threat. You've answered the call only twice since discovering your powers, devastating as they are. You prefer the quiet life, living on your stipend. The Red Phone has just rung for the third time. | Most of the time I didn't really care.
I preferred to live quietly, let everything else go on as they want.
A lot of people know I exist, but thankfully not who I am. There was a lot of talk online last time the phone rang. People saying if I had been called first all those heroes wouldn't have died. Others are scare... | "As you can see, the world's best heroes are currently fighting this new monster. While it is sure to be a hard battle, I am equally sure they will pull through. As they always do."
The newscaster spoke calmly over the terrible scene. He had to keep people calm, after all. To describe it as 'terrible,' though, is suga... | 2022-03-29T01:16:12 | 2022-03-28T22:34:58 | 411 | 210 |
[WP]: Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be onto something. | The cabin was about a half mile outside of town. It had been abandoned, no river or fields nearby to make it worthwhile. It had been an old trapper’s cabin but the game had gone from this area a long time ago. Josef quietly shuffled towards the front door, a small parcel hugged close to his chest.
The door opened b... | It was hopeless. It took her years of painstaking advancement through social ranks, starting with little more than a village idiot, of taking three steps forward and two back, of cracking one glass ceiling after another just to arrange this meeting, yet only one of the assembled feudal lords was listening and even his... | 2017-09-14T11:14:03 | 2017-09-14T06:09:16 | 114 | 20 |
[WP]After the funeral for you best friend, you went to his house to delete his browser, following his wishes. In his computer, you see these last accessed pages: one about occultism, one about how to create new IDs and one about faking one's death. A minute later, get an email saying "Get out". | “What if I betray you?” he said, quietly, sitting on the curb, a few minutes before his mom would come out and call for him to go back in. Sometimes his brain would take him to places like this, dark, random places you wouldn’t expect my happy-go-lucky best friend to ever be.
“What?”
“Will you understand? All the thi... | (haven’t wrote in a while, forgive me. Also new to this)
I pushed away from the desk, feeling a cold shiver crawl down my spine.
Jake had been talking about a new cult he had found online, on the dark web. He said the followers were drawing people in through promises of riches. That the only price they had to pay, si... | 2019-07-08T01:40:38 | 2019-07-08T01:32:17 | 96 | 26 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear grandad,
You died 11 years ago when I was only 10years old. I had begged my parents to go to your funeral but they refused and I never got to go. I never got a formal goodbye so here it is.
I loved playing the violin for you. It always brought you such joy. I loved how you would always say “one day I’ll be bet... | Dear Melody,
It's been a year.
I guess I know why you didn't call me. It's not like I bothered to keep in touch. Not like we stayed close. Besides, I'm pretty sure I was kind of a jerk to you when we were still talking.
I miss you. I wasn't really expecting to, I hadn't thought about you for a long time. I don't eve... | 2017-11-05T21:06:53 | 2017-11-05T18:20:52 | 351 | 157 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | The day had finally come. My 21st birthday, the final threshold to adulthood and the removal of the last legal prohibitions to having some fun. My older friends had received their checks and partied hard – some for days, some for hours. My younger friends waited enviously to see what I’d receive. The anticipation was ... | $7.27
After finally working out the fabrics of our universe, things as we know it rapidly changed: Space was no obstacle anymore, we could fold it like it was nothing, making stuff like teleportation or boxes with infinite space within easy peasy, whilst time could be manipulated just as easily.
Eternal youth, foresig... | 2019-04-24T14:49:01 | 2019-04-24T13:16:55 | 99 | 36 |
[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 sat in the back of the classroom, staring at her.
What the hell was going on? Was I losing it?
I looked around the room. No, everything was normal. A bunch of 3s, a few fours, and Mark, a six (I stay away from him).
Then there's this girl.
I had heard all about her. She was new in town, apparently her parents we... | This is my first post to WP, so I hope anyone who reads this likes it!
Ever since I was born, I’d see numbers in my brain. From the instant I saw a living face I’d see a number. I learned pretty quickly it was danger: my dog was a 1 (too stupid to hurt anyone even if he tried, bless him), and the highest number I eve... | 2014-11-29T15:20:57 | 2014-11-29T14:18:16 | 50 | 12 |
[WP] When you were a teenager, you wished life were more like D&D and it came true. Now every time you reach a critical decision in life dice appear and you have to roll to determine the outcome. You have an important job interview in 4 hours. | The die sat heavy as fate in Thomas's hand. He sat on the edge of the bed, shirt collar gaping open. His loose tie hung nooselike bout his throat.
He swallowed a thick bubble of anxiety. The die told Thomas one undeniable truth: he stood on the edge of a cliff of choice. And the bottom was a long way down.
In an hour... | I'm going to play the role of the boss instead, as I feel like it's a good angle :)
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I lifted my mug to my lips as I looked over the next applicant's resume one more time.
*Not bad*, I thought as I pressed the buzzer. "Lucile, will you send the next one in?"
**zZZZz** "Righ... | 2019-12-20T20:06:55 | 2019-12-20T20:02:29 | 52 | 34 |
[WP] A centuries-old vampire, turned as a child, takes advantage of being perpetually stuck as a little girl to prey upon those who would harm and abuse children. | She turned tricks on the corner of Whitechapel and Leman. She had to dress up of course. It was a difficult game and not least because fashion seemed to change every decade. She had to look pretty for the johns. That was half the game. And no game meant no sport. But she couldn't look too much like a scarlet whore or t... | What appeared to be a six year old girl walked dark alleys late at night. No parents were anywhere in sight, and she skipped through bad areas while holding a bright pink balloon. It bobbed with every movement. Her modest skirt barely moved and her blonde pigtails trailed behind her.
Sally could already hear the ... | 2015-04-30T12:09:15 | 2015-04-30T12:00:41 | 73 | 21 |
[WP] The villains finally managed to defeat the league of heroes. But unbeknownst to them the league did not exist, primarily, to fight them, but to keep an even bigger threat in check: you. And you are about to demonstrate to the villains what happens when there is no one around to stop you. | I woke up... late? Odd, usually Rose comes to get me up for breakfast, I wonder what kept her? I know I'm usually a heavy sleeper, but still... I swung my feet off the bed and sat up, rubbing the bleary from my eyes. Looking around I realized all the safety lights were on and the base was clearly under attack, though..... | These idiots thought that I was actually working with them to defeat the heroes. That we were allies. Teammates. Compadres. Nah, bro. You were all working for me. I was manipulating you into doing my dirty work for me. I'm like Sherlock Holmes. Wait, no, he was the detective. Who am I thinking of? I dunno. Some famous ... | 2022-12-09T13:52:21 | 2022-12-09T12:52:32 | 42 | 12 |
[WP] Super-speed can power a city without polluting. Super-healing can provide an endless supply of donor blood. Weather manipulation ends droughts. Your job is to convince superheroes to use their powers for practical purposes instead of fighting crime, and you’re very good at it. | The Crimson Flash bent low over the specially reinforced exercise bike, eyes sunken, muscles shaking. Sweat fell from his brow and was pulled instantly into the blistering vortex of his legs, evaporating into a cloud of steam that was blown back behind him and captured by a large, bell-like device. In my lab, nothing w... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 4: Janus v.s. Bleeding Heart)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There are three main reasons why people want to be superheroes, and over time I’ve found that all of them a... | 2021-04-11T07:21:03 | 2021-04-11T07:07:13 | 313 | 142 |
[Wp] Humans have discovered how to live forever, allowing them to die when they feel ready to do so. But it is considered bad form to live for too long. You have lingered much longer than is polite and those around you are trying to convince you to die. | “I have seen…” I paused for effect. “…everything.” I looked around but the pronouncement hadn’t made the stir I had hoped it might. “I’m not kidding, I mean literally *everything*!”
Again there was no reaction from the group and eventually the nurse stood and gently helped me back down into my seat. She had soft hand... | Marcus encountered his sixth assassination attempt on the morning of his one-thousand-and-first birthday. He opened his eyes to sudden light: the curtains of the canopy bed were ripped back, and four men with sharp duelling swords grinned like wolves. They levelled the points of the rapiers at Marcus, who lifted himsel... | 2016-08-09T07:34:25 | 2016-08-09T07:33:14 | 214 | 87 |
[WP] You die and find out that the diety with the most followers is in charge of the afterlife. Unfortunately, you also find out that animals have their own dieties - including ants who outnumber humans by over a million to one. | Dylan had been a practising Christian throughout his life. He bore the long illness as best he could, certain his eternal reward awaited him on the other side.
Well. *Something* awaited him, anyway. As he stood on the platform with the other recently deceased humans, Dylan tried to figure out what the towering god res... | “Bloody hell!”
“Hey, quit complaining. This place is substantially better than hell, you have to admit that much.”
*Like hell I will. To think, one moment I’m enjoying a road trip with my best friend, next, we've driven into a lake, and then I suddenly find myself surrounded by giant, sentient ant monsters ordering ... | 2016-09-12T01:18:54 | 2016-09-11T21:55:41 | 37 | 14 |
[WP] Humanity is the only intelligent species that can directly sense electromagnetic radiation. This means that humanity are the only ones who can see the stars without expensive scientific equipment. | Humans are an anomaly.
We rose from the depths of our world to become its champion, yes, but that's not unique. Sixty-four other sapient species that we've come across have done the same.
We mastered the arts of fire and water, air and earth, war and peace. So has everybody else.
We're unique because we have eyes.
... | In a world of science and progress, it is important, at times, to ponder the aspect of the immaterial. Dreams, hope, things that can't so easily be identified under a microscope or a mass spectrometer; these are of interest today, because they are so often neglected in our examinations of our successes. When man firs... | 2017-12-11T08:11:13 | 2017-12-11T07:17:39 | 222 | 47 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. | My cafe is my pride and joy.
I opened my cafe after graduating college. I had always had an eye for baking and serving people food I made. It always made my face go red whenever people would compliment my food.
I started serving my regulars one day a few months after my cafe opened up. A group of tough looking peop... | "You the last one left, Foxtrot?" I hear just after the door dings open. Gruff voice, but femenine all the same. Gotta be June, she's the only one who comes this close to closing time.
As I push my way out of the back, smile wide and apron twirling merrily, I see none other than June "Crow" Ubiquity standing by the fr... | 2018-10-20T22:37:12 | 2018-10-20T22:22:49 | 27 | 13 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 21:00
The General's men got straight to work. Their entire military careers, these specially trained operatives were preparing for this moment: a code R'lyeh.
One soldier was tasked with acquiring the texts to summon Cthulhu, while another went to acquire the proper objects for the sa... | *translated into English for your consideration*
The alien commander sat in the control room of his flagship, eaglerly awaiting humanities surrender to his mighty alien fleet. The humans had been easily conquered, hardly putting up a fight. A glorious victory this would be, another planet conquered, its resident specie... | 2017-09-26T11:47:23 | 2017-09-26T11:16:52 | 168 | 42 |
[WP] Recently you’ve noticed an increasing trend in the souls entering hell. They’re not at all tormented by the conditions, most of them seem *happy* with their too-small homes and long five hour days of mindless tasks. You report to Satan that maybe someone should check the conditions on Earth. | “What do you mean ‘happy’?”
Satan gave me an incredulous look.
“The conditions here just don’t get to them like they used to. The five hour days don’t seem to tire them and I overheard one of the sulphur scoopers say that his shack was ‘roomy,” I confessed, slightly afraid of the response.
“I don’t understand! We wor... | The annual census of the underworld is a tedious yet necessary task. The collection of this important data ensures that the eternally tormented are indeed tormenting eternally. There have periods of great struggle in past times. Believe it or not, hell is a place of great fluctuation. The whim of the God above tortur... | 2022-12-28T15:27:25 | 2022-12-28T11:04:36 | 1,252 | 433 |
[WP] Instead of a modern adaptation of a myth, write a mythic adaptation of a modern story. | There was once a man who had a great love for the animals of the land. The goddess of the Hunt, Artemis saw his great love and appeared before him with this message:
"I command you to be the very best, like none other before you. To catch animals shall be your test, to train them shall be your cause."
He traveled ac... | They struck at early morning, when the peasants were disorganized, and the king was off visiting a nursery. The twin dragons found the symbol of wealth of the prosperous land of May Rica. Two glimmering towers made of enchanted iron and sand stood tall, above all the other huts and inns around it.
The dragons knew th... | 2015-06-10T16:10:18 | 2015-06-10T10:26:42 | 57 | 30 |
[WP] When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he neglected to give him the ability to die again. 2,000 years later, it doesn't feel like a miracle anymore. | Lazarus tried the church doors. They were locked.
He sat down on the sidewalk and huddled in his rags.
People passed. Time passed. Seconds and minutes were nothing to Lazarus. He waited. Waiting was what he'd become best at.
The priest came out of the front doors sometime that evening. He saw Lazarus sitting on the ... | “Lazarus? You mean like the guy from th-“
“From the Bible. Yes.” I droned for the umpteenth time this week, handing him his freshly microwaved burger and fries, along with his lukewarm cola.
It wasn’t too bad until I was forced by poverty to dawn this name-tag at this westernized burger joint. Restaurant? Stand? Do ... | 2018-07-10T22:23:22 | 2018-07-10T22:21:30 | 446 | 70 |
[WP] You are a unimportant background character just trying to survive whatever nonsense the main characters are up to. However you keep finding yourself being drawn into dangerous stituations, and to your horror you realise that you're a fan favorite character the show is giving more "screen time". | "'Screen time?' Jane, what the fuck are you talking about?" Lucas and the others had concerned looks on their grimy faces as they studied me, the zombies forgotten for the time being.
"You know, screen time," I said. "When you're in danger, or drama is happening. *Interesting* stuff."
"What's a screen got to do with ... | # Soulmage
**It was pretty obvious that the Silent Academy for Witchcraft was evil.** There were plenty of giveaways: the eldritch horrors that lived on campus, the harvesting of the students' emotions to fuel their war machine, the holes in Freio's memory that suspiciously occurred whenever the expert on memory erasu... | 2022-11-04T20:11:53 | 2022-11-04T19:27:38 | 120 | 48 |
[WP] You wake up in the 1400's dark ages, with nothing but the clothes on your back and your knowledge. The only way you get back to the present, is by surviving until your time period. You dont age until you reach the moment you were sent back. | George lay down in his soft bed and closed his eyes. After a few minutes of twisting and turning, he fell asleep.
Suddenly, as soon as he went into his slumber, he woke up. He was laying on his back, looking up at the treetops. At first he thought he was dreaming, but then realized he wouldn’t know that he was dreami... | ######[](#dropcap)
Her head pounded. Luna groaned and brought a hand to her temple, massaging it. She was never going to drink again. Then again, it hadn't really been her choice. It had either been drink or suffer through another night of missing his sorry ass.
Her eyes slowly blinked open. Above her head, the star... | 2018-08-17T18:20:44 | 2018-08-17T17:46:34 | 922 | 278 |
[WP] You're a professional world maker. You make worlds and sell them to scientists to test their theories on. However, your last client returned a world because it was aware of your world's existence and started to break the container. | She was standing there, right where she said she’d be, under the light of a million stars. I thought I’d gone crazy, hearing a voice in my head, asking to meet me in the middle of nowhere. But with everything that had been going on, at this point anything seemed possible. And she was here.
I left my car and wandere... | I took one last inhale of tobacco from my pipe and tossed it over on my work bench. I sighed, then tapped record on the floating camera, after a gurgly throat clear.
"My name is Laura
I'm a renowned world maker.
It's a simple process really... Well no, it's not simple in the slightest, but the concept is. I make min... | 2020-05-20T11:47:10 | 2020-05-20T11:24:17 | 393 | 31 |
[WP]Write a story that IS scary until the last line is read. | "No! No, get away from me!"
I scrambled backwards where I'd fallen on the ground, trying at the same time to push him back. My breath was ragged and uneven, my heart thumping in my chest. His hands reached for me, clawing the air in front of me as I grabbed hold of his wrists, desperately attempting to keep him away.... | I heard his breath flow into my ear. Slowly in, slowly out.
Methodical. His actions were...methodical. I felt him quarter my clothing with a blade made to strip away the existence of flesh. My body could feel the back of the cold steel as it hastily removed my clothing with force. His actions could be considered so ra... | 2017-06-05T23:52:50 | 2017-06-05T23:27:13 | 109 | 22 |
[WP] You wake up in a room with someone else, no doors, just a a paper taped on the wall that says "One of you is the A.I." | "Good morning, sweetheart," said a deep, loving voice.
I sat up bolt-upright. Then I grabbed the sheet, and yanked it up to cover myself. I sleep naked but I also sleep alone. A smiling, blond, and very naked man was in the bed next to me. In a panic, I looked around the room. It wasn't my bedroom. I had no idea where... | Program test #328:
The girl, looking to be 11 or so, picks up the piece of paper and reads it. “One of you is an A.I.” She starts breathing in a heavy manner.
Looking around the white, tiled room with a singular glass table in the middle, she stands. Calming a little, she smooths the creases in her yellow pl... | 2018-02-22T18:28:32 | 2018-02-22T18:08:30 | 29 | 16 |
[WP] Every time someone masturbates to you, you receive a notification on your phone letting you know who did it.
[Inspired by this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3gzuq0/nsfw_how_would_it_be_to_live_in_a_universe_where/)
Edit: THE ONE TIME I DONT POST ON MY MAIN, THIS SHIT HITS THE PAGE 1. FOR FUCK... | I sit silently at my desk browsing reddit and watching cat videos on youtube. Suddenly my phone rang once, breaking the silence in my dark room. From the comfort of my blanket I reached out and grabbed it, turning it so that I could view my screen.
Damn, just my phone service telling me that it's refilling itself.
-8... | I browsed the app store, looking for something interesting or fun to do in my free time, Temple Run just gets boring after a few weeks. Scrolling past the Baby Goes To The Dentist and Barbie Gives Birth, I found a weird app, It was called FapApp and since the power of boners are stronger than the human mind, I clicked ... | 2015-08-14T16:57:02 | 2015-08-14T16:42:52 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] You can only use autocorrect and suggested words to come up with as grammatically correct sentences as possible. Funny stories will magically emerge! | The sidewalks of death was not alone in my body. It was present in the morning and is designed to give off that huge expanse the past and future generations would understand. He grabbed his laptop and started to breath heavily, this was going to be uninterrupted. What is revealed is meaningless and the answers to the p... | Thank you need a great person and then I am sorry for short ones through all cracked. I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much for offering to be able to see what he could have said was gonna get a free in-flight hat. It was gonna get lunch with her an hour ago an... | 2017-01-06T00:08:19 | 2017-01-05T23:50:47 | 17 | 10 |
[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. | "Please, mommy, pretty please?"
-"Not now, Anthony. We've just said grace. Can't we enjoy a meal as a family before you start off with your silly ideas?"
Anthony looked down and frowned. He raised his eyebrows and veered to the left at his father with hope in his eyes, silently asking for a second opinion. Mother too... | I watch my beautiful child running around the park, chasing after the ducks. It’s one of those rare sunny days I try and make the most out of, so I was up early and out of the house as soon as possible. My daughter picks up a rock and stares at it inquisitively, I can see the by the look on her face she wants to place ... | 2017-05-31T08:11:09 | 2017-05-31T07:06:28 | 32 | 17 |
[WP] A creature that eats emotions met you, and was horrified when it tasted your chronic depression. Today marks its 24th attempt to cure you with seasoning.
Edit: Holy Crap, I was not expecting this kind of response. I'm blown away, y'all. You rock! | The creature first visited me on a long, lonely night, another sleepless, dreadful twilight that I was spending brooding over the pointlessness of my existence.
It crept into my house and swept me up off the couch with ease, gripping me tightly, my face inches away from rows of razor sharp teeth.
'*This is it,*' I... | Tonight is another night on my phone looking up facts about depression. The demon floating over my head, sprinkling jasmine powder on me while I browse, really doesn't help.
"For a demon you, like, watch way too many cooking shows," I mutter, wiping powder off my phone screen.
"Shut up!" The demon yells in his deep ... | 2018-06-15T21:36:27 | 2018-06-15T20:46:47 | 4,139 | 74 |
[WP] Your roommate is 2nd most powerful superhero in the world and he will not shut up about it. He does not yet know that you are the 1st. | A couple of years ago, I "walked in" on my roommate in a far more compromising position than with a lover. Granted, I had known who my roommate was a long time ago. I had actually planned that accident to happen. He was in a low point in his alternate life. The one that goes in and saves the day. He was in desperate ne... | "A superhero? Wow," I said, rolling my eyes at the back of her head. "You didn't strike me as the type."
Karen laughed as she closed the freezer door, holding an ice pack to her shoulder. "That's kind of the goal," she said slowly, as though explaining it to a child. "Secret identity. Blend in. Make it look like I'm j... | 2016-03-23T20:23:10 | 2016-03-23T15:53:56 | 107 | 23 |
[WP] You wake up and you find the opposite gender you in bed together.
Edit: For an idea I've had rattling in my mind for a while now, all these replies are amazing and I'm having fun reading through all the submissions. Thanks you guys, wasn't expecting a response like this when I went to bed. | It took a minute to wake up, but when I did I saw the woman in my bed watching me. "Hey," I said when I was finally awake enough to start thinking.
"Hey, yourself," she replied.
I pulled her closer to me and wrapped my arms around her. She seemed contented. I could feel myself starting to respond to her closeness,... | "Are you me?" I ask.
"Yeah." It was weird, hearing that husk that I'm so well known for in a female voice.
"For fucks sake."
"Yeah."
We both avoided eye contact like we always do. Instantly the need to avoid each other/ourselves arose.
"We both know we want to shower. I'm showering first, you go to Tim Hortons becaus... | 2014-11-23T10:43:50 | 2014-11-23T10:16:52 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] White noise refers when an individual grows accustomed to a constant sound, subconsciously blocking it out. Suddenly, everyone on Earth realizes they were all hearing something, but only because it stopped. | There were 15 minutes after the silence fell. A small gap of time, a moment of fear. A collective gasp around the world, as if time had stopped.
Within minutes, there were frantic news reports of stars disappearing. Not falling, not changing, not exploding - they disappeared. Entirely. Lights went out, one by one, thr... | It began with a general unease that settled over the world. A quicker walk, a look over the shoulder, a perpetual frown at the corner of the mouth; it manifested and reflected between people, multiplying almost to the point of paranoia.
Then the animals stopped. It was the only proper way to describe the phenomenon t... | 2016-04-18T18:04:19 | 2016-04-18T14:24:04 | 38 | 23 |
[WP] Every ten years, you must go in front of a board of peers who will evaluate your life for you. If you do not "Impress your peers" you will be executed. | “Now seeing Mr. Philip Johnson. Please step forward, Mr. Johnson.”
Phil stood up, his hands clasped together. He was shaking.
This was Phil’s third life evaluation. They came every ten years, on the day following one’s birthday. It was June 24, and Phil had just turned thirty years of age the day before. Each ... | I shifted somewhat uncomfortably in my seat. I hated sitting on these Liberty Card evaluations. Everyone had to sit on at least one a year, and more if you were singled out for being an exceptional individual. This was my fifth, and it was only August. I've never considered myself that exceptional, and my last review w... | 2014-06-15T14:22:57 | 2014-06-15T12:19:33 | 55 | 19 |
[WP] The hottest show in the afterlife for the past decade: Steve Irwin wrangling all sorts of supernatural creatures. | Now everyone knows that old quote about the most dangerous game being man right? I don't really believe in it for a variety of reasons. It implies that animals can't be as smart if not smarter, that man should not respect anything that is not man. Most of all the quote references hunting, something I only approve of in... | ...and then no pain, just a floating sensation. The kind that you get when take off, being pushed into your seat as the nose of the plane points towards the clouds.
I was conscious of my surroundings, but confused. I couldn't see anything but knew everything was there.
The giant gate came out if nowhere, like a white ... | 2017-12-21T18:31:05 | 2017-12-21T16:32:01 | 32 | 16 |
[WP]You have a genie bottle and make three wishes. For your third wish, you decide to restart the day, because your last two wishes turned out terrible. You wake up, buy the genie bottle again ,but the genie punches you in the eye as soon as you rub the lamp again. | I bawled my eyes out. I had money and fame, but at the cost of my girlfriend’s life. I wished I could do things all over.
“I wish it is the beginning of the day again!” I shouted.
“Done,” said the genie, snapping his fingers.
***
I woke up on a happy day, under the smiling sun. *What day is it again? Oh ya, it’s Sa... | I reeled back in pain, nearly toppling over the antique display behind me. The thrift store shopkeep looked over, startled.
"Uhh... You alright?"
"Yeah, just lost my balance..." I stammered out the meager excuse with a slight defensive smile. Once he turned back to his computer, I turned my attention to my assailant,... | 2022-01-09T01:43:09 | 2022-01-09T00:06:23 | 114 | 83 |
[WP] Write a story based on your favourite song. Other people have to guess which song it is.
Can be inspired by lyrics, backstory, or anything else you love about the song | The heavy chime of church bells always comes a little before 5 o'clock, muffled by the thick slabs of stone that imprison me here. The sound rattles in my skull though it is faint. Today is a different day. The cold air still smells of mold and memories of a past life. But now I am jostled to my feet by big gloved hand... | This was amazing. All my life I had dreamed of seeing the stars, and here I am, travelling through space and time with a mysterious stranger in an equally mysterious time machine. He had met me as I was going to the grocery store for some ingredients for a curry I was planning on making. His vehicle materialised in fro... | 2015-09-13T05:52:19 | 2015-09-13T04:18:38 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] You just transferred to a new high school. It's ludicrously obvious that your chem lab partner is the secret identity of a superhero, but no one else seems to notice anything. | "Am I going to be the one who has to point out the obvious," asked Mitch, glancing around the classroom. Everyone looked away, including the teacher. The new girl had been added to team 'Bodybuilder' and Mitch had been less than amused. No other group had more than 2 members.
"What's wrong," asked Candy, smiling ... | So, I walk into the library and I'm dumbfounded by the presence of my lab partner. We'd been assigned a group project in Biochemistry 1: research the history of an antiparasitic drug. It was first week and our professor assigned this. The syllabus said first week was supposed to be getting us up to speed, not throwi... | 2021-10-22T10:02:47 | 2021-10-22T05:30:31 | 44 | 28 |
[WP] In the midst of combat, the villain watches in terror, as the hero swallows an entire roast chicken and two cheese wheels at once. | I felt the presence of the man long before he reached my chambers. I could faintly hear the noises of him fighting my fellow fallen warriors within the crypt. As he entered my chambers, I waited until he would be able to see my coffin, then made my move. I blew the lid off my coffin and stood. My movements were precise... | “And now for the finishing blow, I Fishmonger will gut you and put an end to your heroic deeds.” Fishmonger raised his hook, aiming it at the cut on the hero’s stomach, only to watch in horror as Festivica did not block the attack. Instead, they unhinged their jaw, reaching for something in the pocket of their suit.
... | 2021-08-19T06:19:20 | 2021-08-19T03:23:52 | 700 | 127 |
[WP] After a severe head injury as a child, you grew up without the ability to speak. One day, whilst waiting in line at the supermarket, you crack a particularly excellent joke in your head, and the person behind you in line can’t stop laughing.
[Update] Oh my gosh! You guys have smashed this out of the park.
Had thi... | You know that one guy in class that just doesn't speak?
Yeah. That's me.
Not that I wanted it, just that I happened to be the mute.
Car crash, I said...not entirely true...it happened in a car, sure, but it wasn't a crash, it was Crash, my dad. Good old daddy, with his trusty baseball bat that he took with him every... | I don’t want to look back, scared of what could be happening. I kind of hope that he was just on his phone, laughing at a friend. That has to be it. He didn’t hear my joke. Bad timing. That’s it.
The guy lays a hand on my shoulder and I tense up. I turn around and he has a massive smile on his face.
“Miss, I just wan... | 2019-04-02T09:43:14 | 2019-04-02T07:47:54 | 46 | 33 |
[WP] Video games aren't just games. They are simulations of alternate dimensions and the best players are chosen to invade these strange worlds in order to expand the multi-dimensional human empire. | “I never understood this approach,” said Larry, pointing to the third monitor. “It seems almost pointless.”
The player opened the taxi and dragged the driver out by his collar. After stomping him in the face a few times, he entered the vehicle and took off, knocking over a fire hydrant and almost running over a woman ... | I've never been sure why it draws me in so. I've played many games, dying thousands of deaths, but one always draws me back. There is no high score, no multiplayer, not even any color.
Only a boy.
And sometimes, if you persevere, a girl.
It's a Friday night and some friends invite me out to listen to painfully lou... | 2015-03-04T07:14:05 | 2015-03-04T07:01:45 | 143 | 49 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | *Newest in >for sale*
Jan 23: Sports Betting, See how easy it can be to be a winner. books & magazines - by dealer [x]
Jan 25: Between Fact and Fiction, Helping you understand the real life problems and removing the anxiety over the fictional.
Feb 23: Communication Breakdown Unleashed (MRR), When you and your... | In search for survivers In the greater New York area, hell anywhere really. I am, well I was a sandhog and was underground working on the new water way in Manhatten when the Russians dropped the bomb. Never have I emerged from underground to such horror. Everything in ruins and no one in sight. I walked around for a bi... | 2015-04-29T09:07:02 | 2015-04-29T07:28:18 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] For the first time ever, a person is born with a genuine superpower. They proceed to live out their entire life without noticing or realizing it. | When his first love had left him, at 19, there was thunder and lightning. A loud rumbling from the clouds, though the season wasn't quite right. Meteorologists ascribed it to a freak weather pattern.
When his mother had died, at 30, the streets in his town flooded. Cars slid down motorways, power-lines fell. Ten casu... | The woman spoke to the assembly, pausing now and then to look one particular person in the face, then another.
'...a hard worker, raising a business up from nothing, and a loving mother, helping to raise all of us and making time for us when she could. A generous and fun grandmother, that all of her grandchildren were... | 2014-08-08T06:33:42 | 2014-08-08T05:28:34 | 221 | 30 |
[WP] You own a ring that curses its owner with bad luck. Your oddly optimistic friend likes it, so you give it to them, knowing the curse will be passed on to them. To your amazement, they don't suffer any bad luck. It turns out the curse is subjective, based on the current owner's idea of bad luck. | "Hi Eddie, long time no see. Are you ok?"
"Living the dream, buddy. Living the dream."
"How is that possible? The cursed ring destroyed my life."
" what if it wasn't the ring?"
"What do you mean?"
"What if it was only in your head? If you just believed it was cursed and so it became cursed?"
" that is... | Carl looked up at me. It had been a week since the I'd given him the ring, and still it seemed as though the damned thing wasn't affecting him.
"You sure this thing is cursed?"
"Man, you saw the shit I went through. Remember my bow just shattering in my hands? Or what about that goblin that happened to hit me direct... | 2022-07-20T04:39:48 | 2022-07-20T03:00:53 | 195 | 40 |
[WP] You just sent in your DNA to one of those ancestry sites. After eight weeks, you can’t figure out why your results have not shown up. Then, two men with dark suits show up at your front door. They have some news regarding your results. | 39 Across - Playwright’s rule re: firearms.
The puzzles were too easy these days. I penned in the answer (always pen - pencil was for mental slugs) and then stared at the almost completed grid. Sunday’s puzzle, the thorniest, most obscure that Mr. Shortz could apparently come up with, and it had taken me only half an... | "That's ridiculous," Bea said. The mid-40s woman sat in her living room opposite two men in dark suits. She narrowed her green eyes at them. "You're actors. This has to be someone's prank; who is it?"
"Ms. Acosta, I assure you this is not a joke," the shorter man said. Over the years Bea learned to trust her instincts... | 2020-07-19T09:19:52 | 2020-07-19T08:52:51 | 1,600 | 37 |
[WP] You’re a blacksmith and a woman you’ve never seen before walks into your shop, asking for a blade. She stops by daily to check on it’s progress, and you form a bond over time, until one day she disappears. You’re afraid you’ll never see her again, until you're summoned to the castle. | Deirdre was her name. Young and sweet, but also fierce. Whenever I asked who their parents were, she would answer “I am Deirdre, spawn of No Man”, a rather fancy way of telling me that she did not know who her father was.
Having Deirdre always visiting my old shop brought a smile on my old face. You see, I have dedica... | Once upon a time in a far off kingdom there worked a blacksmith named Alvin. Alvin had curly brown hair broad shoulders, and was well-liked by everyone in the town. Small boys would often visit at his forge, which he’d owned for four years, and watch him swing his enormous hammer rhythmically against the red hot steel.... | 2020-08-05T10:03:13 | 2020-08-05T09:05:22 | 34 | 20 |
[WP] You're the normal guy the evil emperor keeps around to point out obvious flaws in his plan. It's a pretty sweet gig, but there are some annoyances. | At first, he only kept me alive because of my skills as a master mason while he enslaved the rest of my people and drafted them to his army. Then over time as our King gradually grew more obsessed and unstable, I became one of his most valuable assets, forever bound to him and constructing for him elaborate castles and... | Kylo Ren hitched up his pants, and gestured to me to come closer.
"Yes, my lord?" I asked, kneeling on one knee, my palms up in supplication. Hopefully, his Kylo'ness wouldn't notice that I had directly disobeyed him.
"Jonesy - what do you think of the good General Hux's plan?"
I followed K's glistening black glove... | 2018-01-15T19:24:14 | 2018-01-15T17:08:18 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] You are Death, but in a post-apocaliptic world. Only a few survivors remain, and you're doing everything you can to help them because if the last human dies, you die as well. The survivors can't see you, but they feel your presence and noticed your effort. They started to call you Life. | Five thousand left today on all the Earth. I cut the soul of the five thousand and first not one hour ago.
The outcome seems inevitable. One by one, they'll fall. One by one, until no one is left.
What will happen to me then?
I'll take time to consider this.
*****
Four thousand are left. The four thousand and firs... | In the heart of the dying world, I sat down and watched them. Power wasn't going to die anytime soon. The physical laws of the realm had never slipped, only the mortal's grasp on them.
It was only a matter of time, though, before even those laws were devoured, shoved into greedy maws. Released back into the entropic c... | 2018-05-04T13:40:03 | 2018-05-04T09:08:18 | 2,022 | 1,119 |
[WP] Humanity wipes itself out through nuclear war, but everything on the Internet still exists. Another sentient race on Earth millions of years into the future develops an Internet and somehow manages to gain access to the human Internet, revealing everything humanity had posted and stored online. | We've finally done it. Our species rose shortly after the Tall Ones went extinct. We learned from them for thousands of years, far beyond other species. Many of us mastered basic commands and sanitary habits soon after gaining the trust of the Tall Ones. As the Tall Ones evolved, we learned to use them for their homes ... | The data was incoherent, incomplete. We followed the Signal to the source and were terrified by what we found. It was a completely dead world we thought; barren and without life.
All we found were the ruins of an ancient civilization. Craters, broken and fractured buildings. A Great War destroyed this planet and almos... | 2018-05-19T21:29:58 | 2018-05-19T21:17:19 | 122 | 15 |
[WP] Everyone in the world suddenly got superpowers overnight. People started throwing fireballs and flying as more and more humans discovered what their power was. You just recently discovered yours. You can quicksave and quickload. | I am the greatest man alive.
It's been a year or so since the "awakening" as many have called it, but ever since, more and more people have 'awakened' their 'latent potential' as the big wigs like to call it.
At first, it was pure chaos, crime saw a jump in severity for a short while, until settling back down to norm... | “Come on!” I bellowed at the top of my voice, throwing another punch at the chained and useless body. I had been in this situation as many times as someone takes steps in their life, an old friend of mine in a completely useless and helpless state.
Thousands of years ago, I discovered this ability, to quick save and ... | 2019-06-30T09:28:42 | 2019-06-30T09:21:13 | 172 | 97 |
[WP] The year is 2050. Everyone has a chip in their body. You are a nurse at an ER. Someone comes in without one. | My pager alerted me, the tip of my index finger lighting up yellow. A unidentified man, coming in at bay 5. Three am, in the middle of the graveyard shift and I was the only one on duty. I got to my feet, flicking my finger to stop the beeping and indicate I'd got the message. Taking my coffee with me, my feet started ... | "Marty McFly."
Marty stands up with the help of Doc and walks to the nurse who leads them back to a room with a bed, a tv, and some medical supplies. Marty needs help to the bed. He sits down with grumbles of pain. The nurse pulls a scanner and grabs Marty's right wrist to scan him. She looks at it puzzled.
"Is you... | 2016-08-07T08:58:42 | 2016-08-07T08:50:11 | 40 | 26 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | I’d probably seen a million spells just like it, and they were all cast from the same general situation: witch or wizard falls in love, object of said mage’s affection is completely uninterested, so the witch or wizard decides to take matters into their own hands and cast a love spell. There were probably as many love ... | "There. Fixed that bug, now to track down why the growth spell causes spontaneous shrinkage on Tuesday Nights."
Tom worked at Imagination Technologies, one of several companies to transition from computer software to magic. He was originally hired as a software engineer many years back. He muttered under his breath, "... | 2017-07-25T22:28:38 | 2017-07-25T19:49:43 | 1,359 | 24 |
[WP] The world has taken precautions against super-powered beings, handing out inhibitors if deemed too 'destructive.' You sat in the principal's office with horror etched on your face as a pair of inhibitor gloves were handed to you. The smug grin of your life long bully telling you everything. | Danny J was just about any curse word one could think of, including any language real or imagined, and a few new words as well. The biggest problem with the little shit wasn't even the sexual harassment that half the girls were forced to endure, horrible as that might be (and more so if some rumours were to be believed... | Jackass... I think as my powers while they could be used to cause a lot of annoyance because it is power to play any musical instrument to perfect decree. I am a girl and this is how he wants my attention? Wow, nice... I love music... I feel my heart drop as the gloves are worn on. I immediately start thinking about on... | 2022-12-25T09:48:45 | 2022-12-25T03:24:03 | 33 | 19 |
[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. | **March 4th, Shanghai, 2015**
Xi Ying
The Peoples Preservation Program, the glorious program started by our visionary leadership, has succeeded in bringing home another victory. Chiou Madong's brilliant insight of breathing burned baking soda for 7 hours straight has granted him immortality. His longevity will give... | The barricade over the door was strong enough to hold out the rival gang, the only problem was that there was not other exit. Stephen racked his brain to think of a way out. He knew that if the door was opened his body would be penetrated by bullets from the senior gang members, and knives from the juniors. He had to t... | 2019-07-23T10:29:19 | 2019-07-23T09:44:36 | 68 | 21 |
[WP] The man died, but he was an organ donor. They harvested anything worth taking, but when they went to close him up and pull the plug, it had all grown back. So they did it again, and again, and again. On and on it went for decades, saving thousands of lives, until one day he opened his eyes. | “And here we have our most famous attraction, the Giving Man.” The lady in a brown pantsuit smiled as she passed the graying doctors and the young nurses. The troop of kids behind her bustled along, excited just to be outside of their ward.
One of them raised his hand. “Mrs. Bernstein?”
The lady turned, a wide smile ... | They say you can never know how a man really feels until you've walked a day in his shoes. Torn and tattered, marching on through trenches and treachery...or perhaps another way. Perhaps elegantly ambling atop a marble pathway, head held high where the clouds whisper musings of luxury and the cool blue winds freeze eve... | 2016-11-08T06:52:56 | 2016-11-08T06:41:37 | 15 | 11 |
[WP]While sitting in a public area, a supreme being abruptly appears and while pointing directly at you yells "Seriously! This guy! This guy right here! Fuck this guy!" and quickly returns to the heavens.
What did you do? | So there I am, enjoying an afternoon on the town, just about to buy a whole pomegranate from this lovely little stall, when I hear this shrill voice behind me screaming in my general vicinity,
"Seriously! This guy! This guy right here! Fuck this guy!"
She was gone before I could even get a glimpse of where she was st... | "Seriously! This guy! This guy right here! Fuck this guy!" the incandescent form shouted to the complete bewilderment of the park-goers. Henry turned around to look behind him, he felt the beings accusation but with no physical body he was unable to tell if he was being directly pointed at or if it was someone else.
... | 2015-07-19T22:04:41 | 2015-07-19T21:56:05 | 44 | 17 |
[WP] You are a competitive eater, shoveling down cheeseburgers to hit the world record. You’re doing great until your heart stops, keeling over in the middle of your tenth. Suddenly you are in front of a massive door manned by a bored viking. “Good news, you technically qualify for Valhalla” | **What?**
I said, you technically qualify for Valhalla.
**Cool. So what is it? A new condo complex? You know my credit score is 440, right?**
No.
**Well, it is. Have you ever fallen for a pyramid scheme?**
No, but I once killed a mountain lion with my bare hands and lived off of its flesh for two weeks.
**Yeah, t... | "Where's your stuff?"
A group of variously dressed men and women were looking at me. Scrutinizing me. I was wearing a suit I didn't recognize. I looked around. In front, a weird crowd of people. Behind, a coffin.
I pointed behind at the coffin, "Is that mine?"
"Yes! It is yours." A guy in ornate but puffy chain link... | 2020-07-26T14:54:45 | 2020-07-26T14:40:31 | 141 | 79 |
[WP] You are a villain in a video game. The hero is using cheat codes, and you can't stand it any longer. | He stares at the bank of monitors in front of him, different parts of his lair on each different screen. Normally he took a great amount of glee in watching them. The hero struggling through the traps and guards was almost like a sitcom and when they struggled, well, he liked to get some popcorn, sit back and watch for... | A gameshark. Another one of my highly trained subordinates down. Not because of skill. Not because of persitance. Not even because of luck. Because of a god-damned gameshark.
When I decided to become the "bad guy" it was for a very plain and simple reason. I wanted to help people. I became the object they have to ov... | 2014-06-18T00:59:35 | 2014-06-18T00:56:50 | 75 | 42 |
[WP] "We Who Fell" Is one of the most terrifying supervillain teams on the face of the planet. They are cunning, powerful, and ruthless but what really places them apart as something different is that each and every member is a former superhero. | "Evacuate the building immediately!" Star Press yelled as he sprinted through the halls of the Super Hero HQ, "WWF is coming!"
Jazz Handle, the superhero intern, looked confused at the panicked heroes around him. Even Purple Pillar was hurriedly gathering up his breakfast.
"Whoa, this is good, right? You've been hunt... | Fallback, the fresh faced newbie to the hero world, gaining good press for his great infiltration skills that have saved many hostages. So of course, the Order Keepers, had to send him for reconnaissance into the bank. It was a robbery turned to hostage situation, needing the utmost stealth to gather the most intel. So... | 2021-04-05T04:18:19 | 2021-04-05T01:57:33 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] They finally found it, an AI left behind by the ancient race called the precursors. They knelt before the hologram and recited their speech "Oh great precursor. Rulers of heaven and Earth. Mappers of stars and-" "You're a real bunch of god damn kiss-ass', huh?" The AI interrupted. | "Ya heard me ya twit," the hologram snapped again. The men and women looked at one another, confused.
"I mean what's next? Ya gonna start throwing about holy oil and chantin' in binary?"
The man at the front looked shamefully at the hologram as he discretely slipped the vial of holy oil back into his pocket.
"Oh, uh... | "W... what?!" It was hard to tell just what it was that had knocked Silas for a loop: the fact that the thing was interactive, which the researchers had suspected was possible; the fact that its mode of speech was not only in flawless, unaccented English but that it also incorporated modern vernacular including vulgari... | 2022-05-23T05:38:20 | 2022-05-23T04:04:02 | 1,487 | 195 |
[WP] A portal opens, your future self throws a gun on your lap and says, "Shoot the next guy who shows up. If you don't, this whole things starts all over! Do NOT let him talk." As he leaves, another portal opens and another future you puts his hands up and screams, "No wait! Let me explain! " | *BANG!*
The older me with the beard fell to the floor, and I let out an, "Oops."
The future me, the one without a beard that is, stood still with his mouth agape, "What the FUCK MAN?!"
I turned to him and shrugged, "You said to shoot the next guy I see! I did what I was told."
My (future) eye twitched, "BUT YOU'RE ... | I stared into my wrinkled and time-warn face with shock and with slight revulsion.
Future me started to explain. "I knew that dame would be trouble the moment she walked through the door, her hips swaying seductively as her legs danced a delicate two-step across my cheap shag carpet. She reeked of barely contained fe... | 2015-11-24T10:19:16 | 2015-11-24T09:24:42 | 131 | 10 |
[WP](NSFW) The world has moved on from nature documentaries, leaving many narrators out of a job. These men and women turn to a new field; narrating pornography.
Nature documentarists narrating porn. | DeVoors lay in bed, watching raw footage of the Great Barrier Reef. A clownfish, an octopus, and an orca whale were converging. DeVoors knew that at least one of them was about to get eaten.
“The carefree clownfish flits between coral structures and giant clams, oblivious to the danger nearby...” DeVoors enunciated... |
Now, here's what I believe to be one of the most fascinating examples of recorded sexual behaviour amongst the human species. Look... do you see anything out of the ordinary? If you said no, you're absolutely right: the humans once used this structure as a kind of manufacturing centre, where perhaps nothing of a sexua... | 2015-04-08T11:47:33 | 2015-04-08T11:27:38 | 58 | 15 |
[WP] The city is under attack and none of the heroes are lifting a finger in its defense. So this leaves you and the other villains to defend it, because there is nothing for a villain to do in a smoldering ruin and trashing the city is your job damnit! | The city burns as the battle rages here and elsewhere. Fires rage in the streets, rubble, eyes and hearts. I look around for something anything. The fleet above us bombards the city. Of course, the National Guard makes its own defense, but the bombers- those damned bombers!
“Grimhold! Get your squad further up the st... | -“Where are the heroes?” One of the villains in meeting room asks.
“well Sherlock if we knew then this meeting wouldn’t make any sense. Right?” another one answers
The atmosphere in the room was tense nobody had an idea what heroes were doing in time of crisis, but one thing was certain.
-”If those guys don’t take ac... | 2022-11-30T17:01:27 | 2022-11-30T12:52:26 | 59 | 14 |
[WP] The UK votes to leave Earth. It passes.
I just woke up and saw the real news. I wish everyone over there the best of luck and hope that this decision is the best one. | A pipe had burst somewhere two floors up, causing water to come trickling down through the ventillation holes and through gaps between the metal plates of the ceiling. "Figures," David grunted. Even aboard a damned *space station*, there was rain. It was just like home. Just for a moment, he allowed himself to steal a ... | Spittle flew from George's mouth towards the microphone, but to Ursula his words were lost amongst the elation that she felt. She was grinning from ear to ear, clutching her clipboard of notes to her chest in a vice-like hug. *We won.* It was the only thing she could think of, though her feet were tired in her court sh... | 2016-06-23T05:11:07 | 2016-06-23T04:49:00 | 882 | 368 |
[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." | Flames whirl in a red and purple maelstrom. A middle aged woman falls backwards out of her seat. Her four children finally stop their roughhousing, entranced by the fire. Two teenagers with fake eyelashes, fake nails, and fake fur coats replace their fake smiles with very real screams. A would be hero gets up and toss... | "Hey thanks, I hope you have a good afternoon"
The swirling void took me by surprise, really. The crimson red eyes of the cashier, not so much. I'd seen it before, I thought. Glimpses and glances, really; bad punctuation as a coda to the overbearing sentence of ordering a Whopper.
"We don't sssserve Whoppers," she ... | 2018-06-24T21:21:58 | 2018-06-24T21:01:01 | 79 | 20 |
[WP] Hell consists of one room, in which you meet the person you could have been. | I sat in an bland white room. There was a door, a table with a chair on either end, and a black screen that must have been a one-way mirror. There were words written on the wall that said, "just talk". There was a knock at the door. I turned in my chair to face the door and said, "Umm. Come in?".
It opened slowly. I w... | It was unbearably hot, but more in the Arizona mid summer sort of way. The receptionist shrugged and said the AC's out, usually it's not so bad. The smell of sulfur waited in the air, a lone fan blowing it this way and that. Turns out hell is mostly a bureaucracy. The line was ridiculously long. It was one of those "ta... | 2017-05-30T18:48:28 | 2017-05-30T17:55:53 | 182 | 12 |
[WP] One day everyone notices the words "Human Update 1.1 progress 1%" in the corner of their eye. | Fifty years ago, the Update began. The first time that I was I able to read my Progress it was at 3%, now it's at 14. Same as my age, oddly enough.
It changed a lot of things, according to my parents. Religion, the economy... the list goes on. Apparently the word "error" wasn't as scary when they were young. They we... | Everyone panicked. But then we realized. It had taken thousands upon thousands of generations to make 1% of the update. The rest would most likely not come in our lifetimes, nor in our descendants', or in their descendants'.
God gleefully cheered. "I can't believe it's updating! Stupid Comcast lost all my packets, but... | 2015-03-04T17:12:07 | 2015-03-04T16:33:29 | 1,174 | 123 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | "Hey guys, look what I got!" Yelled The Crushinator as he held aloft the severed head of George Gomez, Junior. In certain circles, Little Georgie is very famous; his father, George Gomez, Senior is much more universally known, hailed far and wide as The Great Big, East City's tallest superhero and a three-time savior o... | Windstrike is the coolest super hero in the world that's just a fact. No battles lost, no scandals of any type -he even denunced the bigot president during his term, that took balls!- which is why I wanted to do it.
There's only a few of unwritten rules for us criminals but if you must know one this is it: "Don't go a... | 2020-07-12T13:26:46 | 2020-07-12T11:05:58 | 46 | 10 |
[WP] Create a fictional mythological race, (werewolves, vampires, skinwalkers, etc) and the legend behind it | Reports of encounters with the Bemmen have finally been proven real. Due to their bodies consisting mostly of the black material we call 'gunpowder' due to its use in shrapnel propelling devices, they were often not noticed in dark environments. Though the Chinese believe these creatures to be dragons, angry at the hum... | The TuneMakers;
The tune-makers are the undertone of everything, they play the strings that string theory itself consists of.
As they operate outside our perception of time there is no need to say when they began as in a non-linear fashion they have always been. Some speculate they were a paradoxical creation of an ... | 2016-12-16T08:07:37 | 2016-12-16T08:06:49 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] A new virus sweeps the nation killing hundreds. It turns out the virus only affects total assholes though. People are unsure if they really want to cure it. | Inside Ryden Funeral Home, a sparse group of people have gathered for the wake of Andrew Hong.
In one of the middle pews on the left hand side, a couple sit next to each other both dressed in black. The man has tears in his eyes and shakes his head side to side while looking down. "I can't believe he's gone. He was o... | “Give it…to me… prick. What the…fuck…you waiting for?” Seth Farrow’s fevered eyes burned into the doctor and his assistant. Doctor Harrison Brown flinched away from his boss – former boss, he reminded himself firmly. The old bastard wouldn’t live to regain his grip over Harry’s life.
“Sir?” his assistant whispered t... | 2014-11-21T11:26:46 | 2014-11-21T11:20:48 | 41 | 16 |
[WP] Every time you die, you get to choose what you'll be reincarnated as. You've chosen ant 4 billion times. | “I don’t know why, I just like it,” I said.
*Again, an ant? Do you realize how many lifeform options there are?*
“Sure. There’s moose, whale. I want ant.”
*You could aspire to be something more challenging.*
“Yeah, tried it. Was a wolf once. Didn’t care for it.”
*That was long ago. We’ve changed lots of thin... | "Oh, you again? Could you at least pick something that lasts more than a few days this time?"
This wasn't Jared's first stop in heaven; or his second, or his third. As it turns out, Jared had been reincarnated almost 4 *billion* times, choosing to be an ant on many of those occasions. He had been everything at least ... | 2016-12-30T06:41:00 | 2016-12-30T04:10:29 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] You're pretty sure that the gas station you work at is a hotspot for eldritch beings beyond mortal understanding but this job doesn't pay enough for you to care. Also they are more polite than your average customer. | “-and you just… drink it?” The man across the counter asked, shaking the Gatorade curiously. I rolled my eyes and let out an exaggerated sigh before speaking.
“Yeah, I mean, my roommate used to mix it with vodka but he was kinda an alcoholic.” The man turned the bottle upside down and watched the bubbles float to the ... | Monday
Mr. Jackson a man of indusernable age bought a lotto ticket, but he won. Well of course he won you would say. Everyone wins eventually at least that's what the company's tells you. Evrey single ticket run by my store can't win more then ten dollars. I know because I write the tickets myself it one of my tasks. T... | 2021-12-14T00:14:49 | 2021-12-13T20:52:47 | 25 | 16 |
[WP] You are an elite member of the royal guard. You have recently been fired from your position because of the new king. Little does he know, there was a reason why the previous king kept you in his service for so long.
Edit: Holy crap this blew up! Thank you all! | The newly minted King Agralin stared at me, eyes red from Kastian ale. Half a goblet of that fine vintage stained the front of his doublet. I grimaced at the dreadful waste, my nose wrinkled at the scent; it had been a while, but my senses were slowly returning.
‘What are you doing here? I kicked you lot of wastrels ... | A week ago I was an elite member of the royal guard, doing my duty as always. I was the leader of the four female guards in the defense troop. That was until the new king, Harrion the fourth, decided that his troops would be better off with new recruits and decided to fire all of us who served for more than a decade.
... | 2021-02-28T04:13:58 | 2021-02-28T03:11:04 | 1,113 | 310 |
[WP]: A fly lands on a table, starting a chain of events that gradually escalates to first degree murder | John and Karen are laughing. Everything is going well. They've just moved in to their new apartment, and their relationship has never been better. Unfortunately, their privacy is quickly violated by the dastardly invasion of a common house fly, which lands on the table behind John. Karen, who was never fond of things w... | Bzzzzt
“You little bastard!” My fury knew no bounds at this point. My coffee had grown cold long ago and my computer screen still stood blank, staring at me, taunting me, and practically screaming a list of all my failures.
It was going to be my next big novel but I had nothing. Not a character, not a single plot... | 2014-12-28T20:36:47 | 2014-12-28T20:17:28 | 52 | 24 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | It's not like they can say no. Free is free. There not a single soul out there that can refuse what's free.
And it's not like they can refuse. These homeless can't afford to corrupt their blood any further. It's about the only thing they can sell. The lowest rung on the social ladder. Stuck being nice.
So here I am... | Turns out following the rules of god was the wrong way..
Turns out following the Bible to a t, never wearing cotton, the whole fish thing was wrong..
That woman who was dying I couldn’t touch her,
Turns out slaves where bad...
Turns out cutting my wife’s hands off was evil..
I needed a moment
| 2018-08-04T10:09:04 | 2018-08-04T09:44:59 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] You are the last human alive. You traveled the stars guiding pre-FTL species away from the path that led to the downfall of mankind; through your wisdom, a dozen peoples have made it past "The Great Filter". Now, you are on your deathbed and your "children" have come to mourn you. | ***I have seen so much.***
When humanity transcended the limitations of mortality, there was a vocal minority that maintained we were losing what made us who we were as a species. The spark that made us outgrow our birthplace, and strike out towards the stars. The will to dominate those who were in our way
As it ha... | **Transcripts from the Orion Empire Archive**
*History of the Lost ones*
It is said that death awaits us all. Yet that has no weight when it comes to science, as science has shown evidence that through trial and perserverance the greatest of odds can be accomplished. Sadly, even mysticism has proven to survive side b... | 2019-02-04T14:21:26 | 2019-02-04T14:14:07 | 41 | 18 |
[WP] If, when you die, you don't get into heaven, there is an option to try again, and get in the next time. There is a man who has been trying for millennia; he has been Ghengis Khan, Hitler, and many other brutal leaders. That man is you, and this time, you're determined to get it right. | There she was again, fat face, full of cake, laughing as she told me another anecdote of her worthless kid, spraying food all over my desk. I hate Karen, hated her since I first started working at this paper company. This pathetic job, with is grey walls, stale coffee, worn carpet and depressing looking people. It was ... | "Well, looks like you're back again. Where are you going to now?" the angel asked. It didn't look like he was impressed with my achievements as a rebellion leader in the 28th century. In fact, he looked at me like this is the billionth time I was here, just like the question he asked had implied. However, I couldn't re... | 2017-03-31T11:38:45 | 2017-03-31T11:14:34 | 21 | 13 |
[WP]"This is how it works," Death explained. "You pick the game and we play. Cheating is allowed, but if either one of us is caught by the other, they lose. If you win, you'll wake up back in the hospital and I'll give you another 10 years. If you lose then it's time for judgement. Understood? | "...Do video games count?", I ask the death man. He actually looked like a very normal guy, just wearing black clothing.
"...Sure. Just nothing single player."
"Or, we could make our own game out of a game."
"...What?"
"We both get computers. We mod Skyrim with the same mods and same load order. We continuously pla... | "Okay. Do you want to be purple, or green?"
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND."
"Well, the purple one turns into a fairy, so I used like her best. But I also like the green one because she turns into a mermaid. I like both, so you can pick."
"YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE A GAME."
"I am. Dolls. Are we going to play?"
"HOW DO YOU WIN?"
"Y... | 2018-03-07T09:08:29 | 2018-03-07T08:33:18 | 39 | 20 |
[WP] A drug is developed that mimics the effect of 8 hours of sleep, giving people another 8 hours of potential production. Soon, society adjusts to a constant state of production. However, a horrible consequence begins to unfold. | Grace was hit with the smell of wet food and bleach when she opened the door to the dingy convenience store near her apartment. As if the smell weren’t offensive enough, obnoxious, acid green advertisements for All-Nighters where plastered everywhere and the bottles themselves lined most of the shelves. Grace had never... | When scientists released the new drug, they weren't thinking about the potential consequences, but soon they realized sleep mimicking drugs were likely never meant to happen.
Paul Blunt was one of the first few people to test out the drug, he was always slightly behind on work so he figured he would try it out. Trials... | 2022-03-18T12:43:15 | 2022-03-18T12:02:52 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the power to summon 1 random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does to Mjolnir. Summoned people are considered soulmates, and objects as important parts of one's life. When you summon yours, it takes some time, but people are horrified when it arrives... | The sky opened up with a sickening *CRACK,* like some giant primordial egg ripped open by a great force. From above, between rigid jags of blue, a deep, inky black darker than any night sky I had seen before stared down on my 18th birthday party.
My hand, outstretched, palm facing the now sundered heavens, began to tr... |
Mother and Father stood nearby, looking expectantly at me as I took my place in the center of the rooming facing the great grandfather clock that command the attention of everyone.
Along the edges of the room waited the rest of our family and friends, all in attendance with me as the hour of my birth; 11:59pm, 18... | 2019-09-18T08:25:27 | 2019-09-18T08:16:27 | 162 | 57 |
[WP] One night, something grabs your hand as it hangs off the edge of the bed. You give it a firm handshake. "You're hired," it whispers. | "No.
No.
No! Dammit, Claire, don't you think I know that? It's been twenty years, I know how it works.
Ok, 23. Still, you know I know better. This isn't my first Negotiation.
I was asleep, Ok? They grabbed my hand and I Sealed without even realizing it. They put a hand in mine and unconscious me shook it.
It... | Pain seared through your chest as you stirred in a bed. Your body felt like it was set on fire and sweat trickled down your forehead. You lay limp, trying to focus on your surroundings when you felt something grab your hand.
"You're hired," it whispered. Its voice was soft yet strong and for some reason you calmed do... | 2017-04-29T04:15:28 | 2017-04-29T02:46:57 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] Your elven girlfriend is having a mental breakdown after learning you are only in your mid thirties. | "I'M DISGUSTING!" She wailed.
I winced at the volume but desperately tried to get her to calm down.
"No, no sweety, I told you..."
She flinched back from my outstretched hands. "DON'T TOUCH ME, I'M A MONSTEEE-HE-HE-HERRR...!"
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "No, honey, humans age differently, I told you..."
And n... | " Oh my gosh, ohhh myyyy gossshhhh", my girlfriend was sitting in the corner, arms wrapped around her legs and rocking back and forth. "Hey, it's ok," I put my arm across her shoulders."Look, no one has to find out, we can just fudge the numbers a little." I shrugged and gave her one of my charming smiles. She wide-eye... | 2021-12-19T22:13:03 | 2021-12-19T14:43:41 | 217 | 85 |
[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy. | "Okay, settle down you Klaforkians!" Herbo commanded the students. "I know that yesterday's news has us all excited. Let's talk about it! Who has a question?"
"What do they look like?" Young Booly asked.
"The humans?" Herbo heartily chuckled. "They're fleshy, four-limbed, upright, and a little shorter than you are."
... | We had made contact with the inhabitants of TH-49, or, as they called it, Earth. Unlike every other species we've encountered, we didn't come to them. Rather, they came to us. With this came a few different problems. Firstly, we didn't have any forms of diplomatic greeting prepared. They had caught us with our metaphor... | 2017-03-30T22:22:59 | 2017-03-30T22:16:31 | 241 | 85 |
[WP] After a long and tedious process you were chosen to be the first ever human to test the new way of travel - the Teleport. All previous tests on objects and animals were very successful. Zero side effects. But after using the machine yourself you immediately notice a difference. | The light was bright. He closed his eyelids, but couldn't escape the blinding light. His eyelids probably weren't there, he scoffed.
He started blinking rapidly and heard the door hiss behind him, the humidity turning into fog as it fell into the room behind him. He was still blinking, the dark spots on his eyes made ... | “Experimental Log: Supplemental. Teleportation experiment 234, the first with subject H1 was a complete success. Subject transmission took 1.35 seconds, zero anomalies. Subject is awake and alert following reversal of the sedative. All vitals nominal, no side effects observ..”
“Wait, that’s not right!” Exclaimed Subje... | 2020-05-30T08:10:48 | 2020-05-30T04:04:46 | 201 | 150 |
[WP] Cause of death appears to you as floating text over people's heads with no time indication. You start noticing a trend.
edit: thank you for all the truly great stories, and for taking this in directions I didn't expect. | A young lady at a loud coffee shop just can't seem get comfortable in her cushy leather seat. Every position doesn't quite work right.
~ Am I gassy? It must be the coffee. I think I've had a bit too much coffee.
She looks down at the nearly full cup of coffee.
~ Or not.
The bell at the door draws her attention. A... | Nobody sees the world in the same way. Some people see it as an adventure, others as a game. Me? I've never had the liberty of enjoying it.
Imagine knowing how something would play out before it happened. Imagine the surprise of life being taken out. Imagine the joy of living being sucked away because all you can ever... | 2015-03-31T10:33:36 | 2015-03-31T09:32:55 | 27 | 12 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | As the class watched on in abject horror, I zoned out a little and thought about what brought me here. This school was supposed to "straighten me out" as dear old Dad put it - after all, if everyone else has superpowers and I don't I shouldn't ever be able to win a fight. And if I could only get into losing fights sure... | "You see, wait what was your name again? Nevermind it doesn't matter.
Where was I?
Oh right.
You see. I never liked violence. Seems unnecessary when diplomacy works just fine these days. Two people in an argument can just, you know. Talk stuff out. No need to go all primitive.
But then again.
We could have don... | 2022-11-02T12:26:39 | 2022-11-02T11:05:22 | 83 | 34 |
[WP] You're 90% sure your flat-mate's a vampire, unfortunately for him you're a vampire hunter. But he does pay half the rent so... | **Stanley entered his apartment. It had been a long night vampire hunting and Stanley was very tired so he decided to take the elevator**
\>Walk past elevator
**Stanley simply wished for more exercise so he decided to take the stairs**
**When Stanley came to the stairs he went up to his flat**
\> Go up sta... | I stumbled back to the flat, fumbling with the keys before stuffing the appropriate one into the lock and hoping for the best. Damn Rosa, always getting me to come to the pub after a good day's hunt. I squinted at the door, but miraculously it swung open before I had chance to abuse the poor thing any further.
Eddie! ... | 2015-11-10T04:17:50 | 2015-11-10T01:41:54 | 42 | 19 |
[WP] When turning 21, everyone develops a mutation, either physical (Claws, horns, wings) or mental (telekinesis, extreme intelligence, etc). You've just turned 21, and you're terrified of what you've gained (though others will be impressed).
Edit: Holy shit this blew up. I'm reading these and they're great! Thanks ev... | I have the best boobs in the world.
I'm not, like, egotistical or anything. Heck, some days I don't even want them, but it's undeniable. That was my mutation. April 24th, 2014, the day I developed the best pair of breasts anyone has ever had.
At first, I was actually a little stoked. I mean, my rack is *amazing*. It ... | “Wait, you got what now?”
“X-ray vision.” I put my head down on the table.
“Dude that’s fucking awesome! For my 21 mutation all I got was really fast growing hair, and that’s lame” my friend Derek said. His hair was down to his shoulders though he had been buzzed bald this morning. He went through razors faster... | 2022-05-10T21:44:19 | 2015-03-04T06:44:10 | 1,457 | 28 |
[WP]Everyone can bend a single element just like in avatar.However these are actual elements like Argon.Most powerful individuals bend metals or flammable materials.But not you you bend carbon.You bend the carbon in people’s bodies. | “Molecule is in position. Begin test in 30 seconds.”
My boss looked over at me. “Hold it steady, Johnson.”
I give her a slight nod and a resigned, “Yep.” She scoffs at my boredom, but hey, what can she do? I’m pretty much the only person out there that I know of that can do this job.
“Ten seconds.”
Really, the job ... | "Hey One" I said, as the metal barrier closed behind me, signalling the end of a work day.
"Nice to see you keeping up with the oil".
One ran to me, threw himself around my neck: "I did it Six, I wasn't behind today!"
I padded his head; "we should meet up with Eight and Seven" the answer came promptly, "but seven's sc... | 2018-05-08T06:32:09 | 2018-05-08T06:16:00 | 93 | 10 |
[WP] Torture was never invented. Countries instead spoil prisoners like kings to get information out of them. You are an instructor tasked with training spies to resist the enemy's kindness. | “You have to resist their kindness,” he held a tentative breath in the back of his mouth, readying to trickle the rest out once his student had truly taken his words in it. “Although you won’t recognize it; you won’t understand the kindness for what it truly is until you see *why* for yourself.”
“With all due respec... | **The drip of water echoed like gunshots.**
Blindfolded and bruised, Luce tried squash the fear that threatened to grab hold of her stomach, and fling it out of her throat.
Her wrists and her legs were bound tight enough to make her limbs numb. To her left and right, she could make out the sounds of at least two oth... | 2016-04-13T07:20:48 | 2016-04-13T06:29:55 | 114 | 68 |
[WP] You're the owner of a cafe frequently visited by vigilantes and anti-heroes who absolutely adore your sweetness and acceptance of who they are. One day, though, a particularly rude customer comes in and trashes the place. Your friends aren't too happy to hear about that. |
I knew he was trouble when he walked in.
He came in, head held up high, posture like someone had shoved a metal rod up his ass. Young, cocky, asshole. It was slow day, only a couple of people were around. None of the regulars. A guy working on his laptop, and another girl watching the snow fall over Union Square out... | I need to quit.
The one time, I get mad at someone; anyone... It leads to this.
I could understand breaking the windows. I could understand the vandalism. But did they really have to trash the entire place? I mean, I don't even know where to start. They trashed the bar. They smashed all the furniture. They even took ... | 2022-11-10T02:01:25 | 2018-10-20T20:41:18 | 1,330 | 101 |
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