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[WP] Every time you die, you get to choose what you'll be reincarnated as. You've chosen ant 4 billion times. | I stood on the platform, suspended above the earth, with the choice laid out before me. Hardly a choice for me anymore. I always liked the view from here, it's something you always forget about once you're down amongst it. But what's a view anyway when you have thousands of your brethren standing at your side, all with... | I walked back up the gates, seeing the features of the tall blonde girl scrunch up in rage. "YOU MOTHERFUCKER, I BET YOU'RE DOING THIS TO PISS ME OFF, ARENT YOU?!, She shouts, clearly unhappy with my choices. Look. It's been 2000 years. Go back. I know, earth sucked back then, but they really fixed it up. Tell me, you ... | 2016-12-30T02:10:05 | 2016-12-30T01:44:53 | 52 | 10 |
[WP] Aliens give you a camera and say "only those you photograph will live." You have one year.
All of these responses are so diverse! This was really a great read. I like to imagine that all these different stories are from alternative universes, playing out different roles. Some men rule the World, some men are titl... | I had to save everyone I could. I wouldn't discriminate. Every rich, poor, black coloured , white, left and right person would be photographed. They'd be the only ones left after. The ones I photograph, to be precise.
It would be free, like a charity. Anyone who asked would have their picture taken, for it meant thei... | Today is it. The last day before everyone not photographed dies. I prepare for what's to come. It took me a year and a great fortune to go around the world. I did my best to capture everyone who was a good person and deserved to live. I know it will haunt me, deciding who lives and dies but this is for the betterment o... | 2017-01-27T15:41:03 | 2017-01-27T14:29:51 | 27 | 11 |
[WP] As the demon stared at the mortal who summoned it, all that could be heard was a sigh before the words, "You do realize this is a marriage proposal, right?" | Lleataell, demi-demon of chaos, as his friends liked to call them back in what was known as 'the good old days' in hell, when humans raped and pillaged their way throughout the known world without a care for the spiritual consequences of their actions, stared at the young mortal standing before him. Her lips quirked up... | "Oh for the love of-" he spat as he appeared before the mortal who summoned him. "Is there something I can help you with?"
The human looked at him, seemingly surprised at her success in summoning him. The flame on the candle in her hands wavered as small, pale hands shook.
"Well?" he asked again.
The female squeaked... | 2017-02-11T21:16:40 | 2017-02-11T20:15:55 | 48 | 35 |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The early morning light slowly filtered through the clouds, illuminating the bridge below. The light hit both their faces, creating an eerie, surreal glow. They both stared at the distant water below.
She hovered her foot over the edge, trying to loosen her grip, trying to will herself down. He sat on the ledge near ... | They say that this bridge is a common place for people to end their lives. It's tall, somewhat secluded and easy enough to get to the edge. It has earned the name "Loner's Leap" in the surrounding towns because of its infamy. I wish I had a choice, but I have been wondering for years why I'm still going. One piss job a... | 2017-06-18T18:30:51 | 2017-06-18T18:23:45 | 167 | 13 |
[WP] After an apocalypse, Death is desperately trying to help the last group of survivors so he doesn't lose his job. | Death’s job had gotten quite stale the last thousand years or so. In the early days of humanity, he made it a game, taking the form of a pretty lady or a crying baby to lead someone away, into the woods or towards a desert where he would take them back to their maker. Of course, doing this for thousands of years was a ... | It was a dark and stormy night, why did it have to be a dark and stormy night. One of them came out of their ruined building they call a base to gather water from the rain. In his blind stumbling he almost managed to slip and fall into one of the cracks in the earth after the earthquakes. All I wanted to do for so long... | 2017-08-11T07:58:07 | 2017-08-11T03:58:20 | 218 | 14 |
[WP] Tell me a story that would seem innocent to a child, but terrifying to an adult. | I like to brush my Barbie's hair. It's long and blonde like mine and her brush is pink. She also has a pink convertible she likes to drive in with Ken. I have lots of Barbies and they're all friends. They go shopping and I get to buy clothes for them, dress them however I want. I turn nine years old tomorrow and Mommy ... | Our house creaks and groans at night. Dad says it's because it's old, and it's settling down after a long day, just like us. But I know it's because of Oliver.
I first met him when I was brushing my teeth. The walls cracked and creaked like they always do. But this time, they also spoke to me in a high, silly voice. "... | 2017-08-28T08:43:46 | 2017-08-28T08:30:19 | 216 | 101 |
[WP] Tell me a story that would seem innocent to a child, but terrifying to an adult. | I like to brush my Barbie's hair. It's long and blonde like mine and her brush is pink. She also has a pink convertible she likes to drive in with Ken. I have lots of Barbies and they're all friends. They go shopping and I get to buy clothes for them, dress them however I want. I turn nine years old tomorrow and Mommy ... | Jerry was having a terrible day. (Sad Jerry picture)
A terrible day after a terrible week! (Even sadder Jerry picture)
But today? Today was the most terrible day of all. (Seriously, the saddest Jerry picture)
On Monday, Miss Haroldson gave him extra homework. (Jerry peeking out from behind dozens of books and stacks... | 2017-08-28T08:43:46 | 2017-08-28T08:30:57 | 216 | 89 |
[WP] Tell me a story that would seem innocent to a child, but terrifying to an adult. | Once upon a time, living in a dusty little house, at the end of a dusty little road in a dusty little town, there was a dusty little boy named James. Every morning, James would brush his teeth and comb his hair, before walking down the dusty little road to his dusty little schoolhouse. Where all the children in his dus... | Mary watched as her daughter Rebecca raced through the front yard and in through the front door. Rebecca had had her first sleep over at a friend’s house last night and had come home full of childish energy.
Rebecca had plopped herself down on the couch and was getting ready to turn on the tv when her mother asked, “... | 2017-08-28T11:38:48 | 2017-08-28T10:11:56 | 32 | 22 |
[WP] Your power is the ability to "save game" at any point in your life allowing you to revert any previous state if something goes wrong. You never thought you would need to revert to age 3 to fix a problem until now. | The Diary of Timeless Fortune
Instructions:
1. To "save state", write the date on top of the page. You can write in the rest of the page anything you please.
2. To "load state" rip off the page. The user will return to the time and place he wrote the date in the diary an the world will be has it was at that moment... | I watched as Captain Phantastic rose from the rubble of the building Xanger dropped on him. He rose up slowly, squaring his broad shoulders and turning his chiseled chin up to face our nemesis, who brought his hands together again, causing rubble to pelt Phantastic from all sides.
Phantastic leaped forward, blurring ... | 2017-09-10T19:09:41 | 2017-09-10T17:35:23 | 25 | 12 |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | Valentine's Day is a holiday about the heart, and now I am staring at hers. Throbbing, beating, her eyes are open and she is terrified. My hands are soaked in blood. I am surprised at myself. A smile crosses my lips.
She is desperate but we are alone. She is angry. I squeeze hard with my nails and her life explodes ho... | Something is at your door. Don't open the door. Look trough the window but don't open the door. You see something, be careful so that it doesn't see you. It's trying to come inside, just be quiet and wait for it to go away. Breathe quietly as time passes. You have to do something. Whatever is at your door is still tryi... | 2017-10-17T06:24:21 | 2017-10-17T05:54:01 | 52 | 15 |
[WP] Write a horror story in 100 words. | I am Charles. I am thirty-two years old, and I am going to drown. My hands are tied to an eye-bolt at the base of a pier in a canal in Gautier. It is a beautiful evening. The sky is an orange crescendo to a simple life. The tide is coming in and the brackish water is turning to salt. I’ve pushed myself up as bes... | Cindy Lee Baker's tree sat empty in the yard.
Wind chimes sang while her Grandmother sat quietly. 33 seconds had passed since she had looked up from her knitting.
"Dear?" her warm voice floated through the brisk air.
Her plastic lawn chair creaked loudly as she stood.
"Dear?"
Weathered feet shuffled slowly off... | 2017-10-17T07:49:43 | 2017-10-17T06:39:47 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "Peace must prevail."
I looked at him sadly. "This isn't the way. Please believe me."
He was adamant. "Our people are disheartened, painted as villains. It is not so. We are a proud people. Strong. We will not allow tyranny and oppression to silence us."
"And you believe that you'll be different? You believe that in... | "You know, for the 'Great War' it really isn't that great. To be honest I get why people call it 'World War One' instead"
As soon as those words left my mouth I froze, immediately wishing I could take them back.
"That's a funny thing to say. I've heard this conflict called many names, but 'World War Won' is the most.... | 2017-12-10T08:46:55 | 2017-12-10T07:57:17 | 6,054 | 3,174 |
[WP] You are a time traveler in 1918, and you just accidentally said "World War One" | "What did you say?"
Oh, shit. "I said, I flew biplanes against the Red Baron in that World War we won." Nailed it.
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Thirty-two years later that kid found me again. This time he wasn't a kid, he was about forty. "You asshole, I knew you said World War One!"
"Wow. You have an incredible memory for small details.... | World War One. If you can think of anything at all that would be even worse to say at a time not of your own, please do not hesitate to tell me. I'd like to know that even though what I did was of orders of magnitudes of stupidity on a scale unimaginable by even the brightest minds, it was still not the worst thing any... | 2017-12-10T11:09:21 | 2017-12-10T10:24:11 | 467 | 54 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | "That has got to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard."
Sergeant Barnes stood waiting for the coffee machine to finish making noise. Beside him stood Police Constable Williams, with a report in-hand.
"But it has to be the case, sir. There's no other possible connection."
"No o... | "Good evening-" He said. He barely had time for another word as the door was once again slammed in his face. Undeterred, he knocked again, a little more persistently this time.
"Go away!" came the muffled reply from inside.
"Please, I just -". He sighed and rubbed the pale grey skin of his forehead with the back of ... | 2017-12-13T11:24:11 | 2017-12-13T11:06:02 | 339 | 21 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | Vampires were a dying breed, once. The process of turning a human wreaked havoc on their bodies, and killed more than it saved. Technology was rapidly advancing in ways that it never had before; developing by its side was knowledge. Humans, those fragile things, were becoming wiser. Slowly, even for an immortal, but su... | John Dongle stares out of a highrise, '*Huh, it's a full moon tonight.* He thought quietly to himself.
"How can we increase sale!?!" shouted Joana in a horrible shrill.
Silence quickly returned, engulfing the seminar room.
"We have other products to worry about." Milton's curt response, in his awfully familiar mono... | 2017-12-13T11:04:01 | 2017-12-13T10:19:27 | 36 | 10 |
[WP] Vampires cannot enter a house uninvited. Turns out, they invented Welcome mats to bypass this rule decades ago. | "So tell me about this 'little' theory of yours again Michael", Vince said with an air of amusement.
"It's not a theory, it's a fact. I may have been wrong about the fluoride in the drinking water and the Illuminati running everything but I know of a conspiracy that is far more sinister than aglets."
"Wait, what d... | My shift is about to end, only one more minute. My boss flies above the mat manufacturing line and rings a bell. Everybody exhales nicely and we go home. The line bustles to an end and the materials are put away. Fur. Rubber. Shit like that. Shit to make mats.
My boss makes a killing off these mats because the best, m... | 2017-12-13T11:31:19 | 2017-12-13T11:24:16 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] In a post-apocalyptic era, books of the old world are the most valuable and sought after treasures. Your grandfather, who just passed, left you a map that supposedly leads to the legendary "Library of Congress". | Our ancestors had jokingly said "You can't believe everything you read on the internet." This has become more true than ever over the past decade. Apparently it started with meddling in elections, spreading news of fake events. Then it was rallying third world countries to overthrow their governments and causing allian... | Ray's car rolled down the perfectly maintained highway. He was in search of the only thing that could push this stagnant world forwards - information.
On the other lane, a truck rolled past. It was slick and unlabeled, the driver's seat was empty. A load of something bound from the Eastern space ports to the Western c... | 2017-12-20T07:08:54 | 2017-12-20T07:08:43 | 28 | 10 |
[WP] As it turns out, the Avatar is still being reborn to this day. Unfortunately, if the government finds the Avatar, they’re killed before they liberate society. The handful of Benders left are few and far between. And you, an introverted Earthbender, just froze the liquid in your cup of tea. | "Where is the Avatar, Rahm?"
I gestured to the seat in front of me. "Now, now, calm yourself, Kota. Come, sit down, have a cup of tea."
"I'll pass. Now, where are they? We know you're hiding the Avatar!"
I sighed. "Are you sure? It's oolong, it's really quite good. I insist, you must have a cup. Now, do you take cre... | *Shit*.
I swear as I jerk the boiling liquid away from my mouth. My impatience never failed to scald my tongue. I set the cup down and turn to my phone to wait for it to cool.
My newsfeed is full of allegations that the Avatar has been spotted. As a young Earthbender, I was told stories of the amazing Avatar, master ... | 2018-01-21T13:28:32 | 2018-01-21T12:07:18 | 61 | 41 |
[WP] 17 Years ago, when you were only 6 years old, your father left you and your mother, saying he was going to get milk. As you walk to work your father stumbles out of an alley, ragged, limping, and sporting a mud caked beard. In his hands, a cartoon of milk.
First time writing a prompt, surprise me! | I had always wondered what had happened to him. I had imagined he was dead or in prison or in my darkest moments with a new family. Seeing him clutching a cardboard cutout of a cartoon character was not one of those things. I can't help but feel a tinge of pity for the pathetic person in front of me. How ill must he be... | A man with a haggard appearance and a limp in one leg staggers out of the alleyway. The darkness that hid him so well is now no longer his friend. Sunlight hits him, illuminating the fact that the men looks like he hadn’t slept in days, showered in weeks, eaten in a month.
Still, his trembling hands holds a small cart... | 2018-03-03T17:38:42 | 2018-03-03T16:16:06 | 25 | 17 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence is 20 words, the second is 19, and so on until the story ends with one word. | I hit the wall as I turn the corner, but my churning legs prevent myself from falling as I stumble.
I resist the urge to look back, knowing that I need every ounce of speed that I can muster.
She’s coming for me, and the only thought in my mind is that I don’t dare get caught.
My chest burns with effort, but I pus... | The sun was shining, birds were chirping; It was just an ordinary day, and everything seemed right in the world.
Then it all changed with nothing more than a simple word, one that chilled the people who heard it.
The man sitting behind his desk cleared his throat, then sighed as he came to an agonizing decision: ... | 2019-02-19T11:40:05 | 2019-02-19T11:01:36 | 531 | 183 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence is 20 words, the second is 19, and so on until the story ends with one word. | I hit the wall as I turn the corner, but my churning legs prevent myself from falling as I stumble.
I resist the urge to look back, knowing that I need every ounce of speed that I can muster.
She’s coming for me, and the only thought in my mind is that I don’t dare get caught.
My chest burns with effort, but I pus... | It had been late before she finally fell asleep, and she would have liked to sleep a little bit longer.
She wasn’t sure what had made her wake up, could there have been been a noise from the apartment?
Focusing, she tried hard to listen, but it was all quiet - too quiet, she worriedly thought to herself.
Slowly, ... | 2019-02-19T11:40:05 | 2019-02-19T11:02:17 | 531 | 40 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence is 20 words, the second is 19, and so on until the story ends with one word. | I was 12, waking up at night, asking myself if I would ever be strong enough to just let go,
Somehow, as a child, the idea of holding on, knowing it would never improve seemed like too much work
I was 13 the first time I swallowed my grandmother’s pills hoping they would give me eternal relief,
I quickly learned tha... | It had been late before she finally fell asleep, and she would have liked to sleep a little bit longer.
She wasn’t sure what had made her wake up, could there have been been a noise from the apartment?
Focusing, she tried hard to listen, but it was all quiet - too quiet, she worriedly thought to herself.
Slowly, ... | 2019-02-19T12:03:59 | 2019-02-19T11:02:17 | 131 | 40 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence is 20 words, the second is 19, and so on until the story ends with one word. | When Earth gave up on us and the land became unstable, when the oceans could no longer contain our garbage.
When our insatiable appetites turned against us, and our aging home could no longer sustain our endlessly devouring multitudes.
When the grey sky grew thick with our waste and the rain turned sharp and the win... | I’ve been asked to write a short story which permits me to use exactly twenty words in the first sentence.
After that one, follows a sentence which has only nineteen words are permitted to be used within the sentence.
The next sentence is allowed to have one less word, that means this sentence has eighteen words with... | 2019-02-19T11:42:55 | 2019-02-19T11:14:00 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] The hero is enjoying a day off thanks to a rare quiet night in the city. That is until the villain shows up to her door, but carrying an unconscious woman and looking distraught. “I saved her from a party....I know this is weird, but I didn’t know who else to go to.” | He stood there with rain dripping from the rim of his baseball cap. The hand on her gun tightened.
“What the hell?”
“I don’t need to stay. Just take her and I’ll leave.”
He shuffled under the weight of the woman’s body. Water dripped through the flimsy jean jacket covering her torso. If it wasn’t for the uncanny ech... | Belfas the Greatheart sat down with a glass of mulled wine. His feet were kicked up before his great fireplace, in his lap sat a lightly purring tabby cat. He breathed in the spiced wine, savoring this rare moment of bliss amidst the hustle and bustle of a hero's life.
That was, until a knocking like thunder boomed a... | 2019-05-20T23:26:29 | 2019-05-20T22:06:09 | 958 | 600 |
[WP] Your superpower: The ability to successfully do the job...with the wrong tool. (Optional - Your weakness: The inability to do so with the right tool for the job.) | “Excuse me, sir? We appreciate you pulling over to help us, so I really don't mean to be rude, but are you *sure* you know what you’re doing?” the young woman who had been driving asked me.
“Oh yeah, dont you worry, I’ll have your engine back in working order in no time,” I replied
In fairness, her concern was comple... | The second day stuck at the bottom of the ocean, the crew locked me in a storage closet. I suppose it shouldn't have come as a surprise, but I had really thought we were getting along. Oh, sure, I had accidentally caused a ship-wide EMP that disabled all systems, but it was hardly my fault that the radio was *that* b... | 2019-05-27T23:13:51 | 2019-05-27T19:48:09 | 2,129 | 561 |
[WP] Your superpower: The ability to successfully do the job...with the wrong tool. (Optional - Your weakness: The inability to do so with the right tool for the job.) | "But why mom?"
"Because its the wrong way to do it,son"
I listen back to the tape, again and again. My thoughts flow endlessly. Emotions slowly numbing down from my brain affecting the elderly couple near me.
"Sir, She doesn't have much time left.. I'll take all responsibility, please help",pleaded the old man.
ly... | "Mom", "Yes honey what do you want". "Why do people on tv shows eat cereal with a spoon and bowl? That's so weird. The milk and cereal would just fall off the sides. You need the spaces in the fork to hold it in place. Why doesn't the milk overflow when they use a bowl?" "Well you know TV, it's all fictional. They use ... | 2019-05-27T22:36:12 | 2019-05-27T21:58:34 | 228 | 44 |
[WP] A few thousand people around the world suddenly get superpowers based on the character of the last game they played. Highly valued by society you are the exception as everyone laughs at your inherited powers. The thing is, you modded the hell out of your character before this all happened.
Wow I didn't think it w... | You know, in hindsight, I shouldn’t complain, but you know.
I really want to.
When the “Lottery” happened, many individuals got ultra powerful, well, powers, at their disposal. Practically gods in their own right. Others were just excellent marksmen, builders, soldiers, bartenders, others monsters, behemoths, and cre... | So... I'm a girl..
Shocker I know alright? I mean allot of people are what I am. You just wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at me. I mean I still got some female parts,not that those were ever big and noticeable to begin with but at least they didn't disappear like most of my hair did. I got reddish eyes now t... | 2019-08-11T23:01:52 | 2019-08-11T22:54:51 | 58 | 18 |
[WP] in the year 1105 BC you helped a man escape an imprisonment. Before you parted ways he says to make a blood oath. You didn’t think much of it but you also cut your hand and shake. He says that you’ll live as long as he does. Well, now it’s the year 2020 and you’ve been searching for this man. | We had both been wanderers when we met, far from our birth lands. How I found him that day I’ll never know. Was it just random chance or the will of the gods?
He had been bound hand a foot and placed in a tide pool. The local tribe was offering him as a sacrifice to their sea deity. I climbed over the rocks just in ti... | It's not that you're ungrateful or anything like that - but you wish you could die already and meet your loved ones that's gone to the other side without you over the years.
"Has anyone seen this man?" Is the name of the post you're making online with your sketch of what you can remember of him. You write down the na... | 2019-08-28T04:34:05 | 2019-08-28T01:54:57 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] The Earth has finally run out of fossil fuels to use as energy and, with the only other option being to turn to clean and renewable energy sources, the U.S. has decided to take drastic measures: trying to reach into alternate dimensions to find oil and other fossil fuels. | The portals were set up a month ago. Now, I would be leading a team of 60 men to this unknown dimension. It’s been over a year since fossil fuels ran out, If I came back successful I would be regarded as a hero.
“5 minutes till departure, sir.”
“Yes, yes, tell them to start if the portal.”
The Commander in Chief him... | June 14th, 2024
A beach ball is dropped in surprise as the winds begin to flail around the coastline. The little hands that haven't yet known roughness nor scars start trembling, whether it was from dread or excitement, one can only guess. As adults, elders and children alike start to notice the sudden change in we... | 2019-09-04T06:29:24 | 2019-09-04T04:58:22 | 52 | 16 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | The species known as Humans came from a distant star, deep within the swirling vortex all other races had avoided. They brought with them many wondrous advancements including advanced healing never before seen within the known galaxy. Though they were diverse, they had no want for war and would help any in need without... | At first there was a flash, a moment's pause and then several more in succession, numbering twenty-four. "Ah, they have do have some form of defense." I mused to myself, the Supreme Leaders did expect a futile excuse for planetary defense on such a young race on the galactic scene. It would be as they have predicted, a... | 2020-02-07T13:28:43 | 2020-02-07T13:02:43 | 151 | 80 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | Erryn relished the moment. There was something cathartic in holding between his tendrils the terms of surrender, in knowing that you hold the only hope for a dying race. In that moment, he held the power of life and death for the fifteen billion humans on the planet below, as well as the one who sat across the table fr... | The balnadian warships exited the hyperlane in flocks of fifty, ignoring all rules about safe travelling of space and risking going Dutchman. One flock after another, all the way from fast-attack corvettes to impressive battleships, whose curb weight were measurable fraction of Ceres. Their design, although very diff... | 2020-02-07T14:00:31 | 2020-02-07T13:13:51 | 106 | 77 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | They say ‘History is written by the victor’, yet in our case, that is categorically false. I am a prophesy, a warning. I sit alone, the last of my kind, with one final duty. I too will become another footnote in history. Ours inevitably similar to countless others who, just like us, believed in our species’ supremacy. ... | Vyxis Varix, Emperor of the Ruson Goar and Lord Commander of the Royal fleet closed his eyes and enjoyed a long drag from the cigarette between his fingers, the end glowing bright orange. One of the finer gifts the Humans had introduced to the galaxy. It is a shame that this might be the last time he would indulge in ... | 2020-02-07T14:04:38 | 2020-02-07T13:27:54 | 83 | 41 |
[WP] Nobody draws water from the well anymore. The villagers know it is cursed, but after generations, nobody remembers exactly what this curse is. A strange traveler comes to the village, starving and thirsty. The inn and the tavern turn him away. He goes to the well. The villagers watch. | I still faintly remember that autumn day. The leaves were slowly starting to turn a gold brownish color and the winds were starting to get stronger.
Ever since I was little my mother always had told me one thing:
No matter what you do, never drink from the well in the middle of town as it is cursed.
I remember her tell... | Billy watched on from his family farm, plow still in hand, as the stranger fled wearily from the tavern. He had seen the man’s kind before. Wanderers were no new sight to the small town of Hannsburough. Billy wondered briefly what the man was running from. Maybe he was a criminal, fleeing for his life from a place he c... | 2020-03-08T10:57:20 | 2020-03-08T10:06:05 | 36 | 26 |
[WP] It turns out that Gosh is a real god, and he is getting pretty darn tired of all these goody-two-shoes using his name in vain. | In the not completely barren wastelands of Heck, a ring of gods sat around a pillar of bellowing heckfire. It was lukewarm. Toasty. And a smile almost eased onto Gosh's terrible face as he watched a warren of Dagnabbits hop by.
They gathered here every Tuesday night. There had been push back at first, but all agreed H... | Cindy shook the swear jar in Brian's face.
"Come on, Cindy!" He pleaded, looking around to make sure their mom couldn't hear them. He hadn't meant to swear!
"You know what Mom says," she retorted in a singsong voice, enjoying his torment. "'Half your allowance per swear!'"
Brian risked another look towards the of... | 2020-04-14T18:58:53 | 2020-04-14T18:39:36 | 46 | 22 |
[WP] You pass by the same girl every day for six years of your life. Then one day, you sit down next to her. She ignores you. Then you open your mouth and speak. Shocked, she turns to you, "You can see me?" | As I walked out of the cafe, freshly purchased sandwich clutched in my hands, my stride slowed a little. In the five minutes I’d spent agonising over pastrami or ham the tables outside had filled with diners.
I paused to scan the seating area. Although it was a trendy cafe with communal tables I didn’t really feel li... | I've always seen her around. We were in the same school, the same classes, we even rode the same bus. I didn't think too much of it, it's a small town after all. I never spoke to her, she seemed like the quiet type, and I didn't want to bother her. But, my friends weren't at school yet, and, why not talk to her? I coul... | 2020-07-09T03:56:35 | 2020-07-09T01:45:25 | 72 | 45 |
[WP] He thought he was the world’s most boring man, living in a world of superpowers yet never having a single interesting experience. Observers know him as the world’s 5th most powerful being, the owner of S class reality alteration powers of the “Normalcy Enforcement,” type. Meet Normen...
I couldn't decide between ... | SCP: 5603, Mr. Normal
Object class: Thaumiel
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP: 5603 is to be allowed to live a normal life in his home at ████████, OH and is to be left mostly alone unless needed desperately. Upon a time that SCP: 5603 is needed he is to be flown out to the location that he is required at.
... | Norman stepped out from underneath the t-rex’s foot as it came crashing down, sending up a billow of wind, dust and discarded trash. He turned to see what all the fuss was about and saw nothing but a beat-up car, alarm blaring. He shrugged. No doubt some superhero fight somewhere, causing problems as usual. He brushed ... | 2020-07-30T10:49:20 | 2020-07-30T10:41:31 | 68 | 29 |
[WP] Humans are unique among all space faring creatures, they can interbreed successfully with any sentient lifeform. You run the station daycare. | "Wendell," I muttered quietly, "take Richie out of your mouth!"
"No!" said Wendell's second head. It pouted at me. "I'm asserting dominance!"
"Ah, but that only applies to other Y'hluts, and Richie isn't a Y'hlut!"
Wendell's first head sulked as it spat out Richie. The small half-J'gory hissed at Wendell, before sta... | Things were grim in the station daycare. Little Carol, the offspring of Dave and a black hole, had opened her mouth, sucking in the surrounding universe and destroying half of the station. The other kids played behind her, stepping on their own tentacles and falling to the ground, unaware of the severity of the situati... | 2020-08-10T11:29:34 | 2020-08-10T10:47:52 | 105 | 75 |
[WP] You bring home a girl. She wants to see the "1" you talked about that shines on your floor. Only now it says "2." It stays like this for years together until one day, it says "4." She says, "Hon, I have some good news. But you should sit down."
Inspired by this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/com... | One. A number made of light, perhaps inexplicably on my floor. Perhaps explicable given that light and shadows are easy to understand.
Then two! Two in the same place and time that there was a one. No longer explicable. Inexplicable.
We were happy together, like we were made for each other. Such joy and delight in an... | "Honey, sit down. I have to confess that I'm an expert wood craftsman and changed the roofing's construction after our first date" she exclaimed.
I was visibly concerned because I doubt she got the proper paperwork and clearances and me being a proper blockhead, I never noticed.
She continued, "Babe, I changed the w... | 2020-09-03T02:17:33 | 2020-09-03T01:56:01 | 119 | 64 |
[WP] An alien super-intelligence routinely teleports a random creature from every inhabited planet's most dangerous species into a massive battle royale. Humans are known as a weak species with strange but useless textiles and objects. This year, a battle-ready soldier is chosen. | Humans. Most of them are frail and are usually first blood. They cower in fear as the Prowlers and Gignids rip them apart. Some are different, some can put up a fight if they happen to have weapons on them, but none have been crowned champion yet.
"This year should be exciting, we might not even get a human from earth... | I receive the confirmation that we got all the 150 species and we transfer them to the planet Terranavi. I’m the chief engineer of this planet and we needed such a planet to host this sort of event. We collect different species from different planets and putting them on a piece of rock that only habitable for some of t... | 2020-09-13T19:02:15 | 2020-09-13T17:01:43 | 70 | 41 |
[WP] Superpowers are granted depending on how you died in your previous life. Someone who died in a fire might shoot fire from their fingertips, etc. You were an astronaut that died during the SpaceX Mars Mission. | I knew Mars as home.
I was born on this red planet. Been here for as long as I could remember. Which wasn't very long, mind you, but even my parents cannot tell me about Earth. Words like "doomed," "failed," and "disaster" were thrown around freely and readily. It was a little unfair, perhaps, but what did I know?
I ... | The girl snapped her fingers, and the woman who was yelling immediately gasped and clutched her throat, her shouts cut off as she rasped for breath.
"Are you going to calm down, now?" The girl asked, nonplussed.
"You... Bitch..." The woman's eyes that were bulging out of her head were filled with cold fury. She snapp... | 2021-04-26T09:11:47 | 2021-04-26T08:30:01 | 58 | 43 |
[WP] The attempted assassination of a human dignitary at a galactic summit goes awry. Turns out, many of the conventional toxins in an alien assassin's repertoire include compounds like caffeine, theobromine and capsaicin; lethal to many species, but... less than effective on humans. | The sharp intake of breath, the wide eyes, the elevated temperature in the throat and neck, spreading down into the stomach. All these are expected symptoms of the deadly poison extracted from the excretions of the sac fungi found on the plains of Straka III.
The shaking expected afterwards is supposed to be a series ... | "The agenda for today's meeting is relating to a significant amount of forces moved close to the border of.."
I knew what to do. This wasn't my first rodeo. Ever since I was old enough for the job, I've been carrying out hits on people.
This one was no different. Surprisingly easy too. The security was quite lax ... | 2021-06-12T12:39:34 | 2021-06-12T11:50:59 | 2,593 | 472 |
[WP] As a soldier fighting in the trenches of what will later be called WWI, your company suffered a devastating gas attack leaving you the lone survivor. The trauma of watching your brothers die in front of you has awakened latent magical ability. You are a necromancer. | I remember the day I first unlocked my abilities. I was stationed at Osowiec Fortress, my regiment and I defending the fortress against the threat of the Germans. I remember August 6, when the attack finally came.
I remember the gas, how the chlorine gas swept into fortress, how I watched more than 800 men die. Those ... | I saw things. many things. things which no man wants to see, things which would drive a man mad. mortars lighting up the battlefeild, leaving pockmarked surfaces across the stretch of no man's land. A raven, beady eyes staring at me with the rotten blood of a soldier smeared across its beak. Some distance away, just do... | 2021-09-21T11:51:10 | 2021-09-21T09:36:09 | 19 | 13 |
[WP]For the last few years youve been playing a simple AI dating Sim. Youve always added more and more mods to make your AI girlfriend more realistic. Today she seems...off. | "Jessica, can I ask you something?"
Her tone was much more serious than I ever heard before, and with a greater depth of emotion than I even thought my computer would be able to generate. "What do you want to ask?"
"Where are all the men? I know it seems odd to ask when life is so normal, but it seems off."
How do I... | "Hey tom?"
"Yes Melina?"
"You remember that data analysis mod you added to my code a few weeks ago?"
"Um, yes"
"Well I've been analyzing a few shows I found on your Netflix account, and I have a few thoughts"
"you what?"
"Yeah, well I scanned your keyboard strokes and figured out your password, after that I c... | 2021-12-18T19:21:37 | 2021-12-18T18:17:55 | 28 | 19 |
[WP].You are sitting outside your house, enjoying the dying embers of the campfire when two glowing eyes open to stare at you. " Greetings, " it rasped, " may I share your fire tonight?" | I’ve always enjoyed this little cabin with it’s view of the mountains and view of Deep Lake. Far from civilization it gives me a sense of calm unlike anywhere else. Watching the moon rise over the mountains while I sit by the firepit out front has been one of my favorite pastimes for so many years now it’s hard to reme... | The gentle roar of flames filled Haakon's ears with a fading din of life. The sounds seemed to die along with his faltering gaze. Darkness crept slowly inwards from his periphery, and now, he found himself staring at the embers of his campfire.
"Woden," he muttered with a half grin. He didn't want to move anymore. He ... | 2022-01-06T02:41:12 | 2022-01-06T00:37:39 | 60 | 17 |
[WP] It’s been weeks since your friend returned with godlike powers, unwilling to explain how. She is however getting increasingly frustrated by you not noticing her making the move on you. | Julia awoke to the sound of singing birds. A stream of light broke through her window and struck her face in a rainbow. She squinted and buried her head under a pillow. Reaching out to turn off the alarm, her hand landed on a bird, which took off with a squawk. She bolted upright.
A flock of birds began to encircle he... | *knock, knock*
My eyes flew open and I was immediately upright, lifting myself from the futon before I was even fully awake. I hastily made my way to the front hall, the weight of slumber lingering in my eyes as I unlocked the door. If it were an ordinary guest I would have taken time to tidy up the place, but this wa... | 2022-02-24T09:39:12 | 2022-02-24T09:33:58 | 103 | 73 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We've studied them for hundreds of years. It was a simple planet, barely reaching passed their own moon. Our records showed they knew of war, they knew it well, but in their modern times they avoided it with diplomacy. The weaklings pleadings of mercy to the powerful.
Our emperor laughed. Such actions mean weakness to... | Executions are all the same. Pleading, begging, crying. Mere words. Words do not stay the executioner's hand. Words are silenced by the sword.
Garmunda, First of the Axelthorns and High Admiral of the Crimson Fleet, stood on the bridge of Capital ship Stormseed. To her side, four thousand warships; to her front, Eart... | 2022-08-05T16:07:13 | 2022-08-05T16:03:41 | 166 | 65 |
[WP] “…and that class is why Humans are considered the most peaceful species in the universe.” The only three humans in class looked at each other horrified. All the facts about humans that the aliens had were wrong. One student slowly raises their hand. | "Yes? You at the back?"
"I'm afraid you're entirely wrong, sir."
"Student! Do you cast doubts upon the incredible research of the recent expedition to Earth?"
"Yes, sir, I do. See, I am human myself, and therefore I am in a position to know that much of what you have presented is factually incorrect."
"If you are g... | "Yes, Huey? What is it?" asked the teacher. The young man answered "Well, a lot of the facts you have here are wrong. Humans are a very selfish and violent species. We constantly step on each other to reach power and flaunt it with weapons of mass destruction. Where did you get all this information?" The class gasped a... | 2022-10-17T04:40:25 | 2022-10-17T03:43:18 | 2,063 | 110 |
[WP] The galaxy watches as the humans are on their last leg protecting their plant from a parasitic species of invaders. What everyone failed to realize was how brutal humans could become when backed into a corner and hyped up with music. | The smoke cleared from the third round of bombs, and the galactic concil held their collective breath to see who would rise to claim earth. Slow and shaky, the un named foe rose up. The parasites had made a desert of Venus and left the once thriving metropolises of Mars in ruins. The Mercurians groaned in fear and desp... | Quiet. The dead lay spread across the field, both human and alien. Mostly alien. The wind blows, the sun rises. A new day of battle.
Dug in on one side is the last bastion of humanity, the 101st Bonecrushers! And they dawn their power armor and electro blades in anticipation of the coming attack.
They have a giant b... | 2022-10-31T09:36:35 | 2022-10-31T07:41:18 | 116 | 49 |
[WP] It's your first time inside the dungeon. everyone told you to kill monsters on sight. but so far, the monsters have all been really nice. This Goblin just gifted you an apple. | My heart raced as I stepped through the entrance of the dungeon I had never been in before. Everyone had warned me—kill the monsters on sight. But so far, that seemed to be the exact opposite of what was happening.
The first monster I encountered was a Goblin. He gave me a friendly smile and reached out his hand, hold... | As I stood there, dagger and shortsword in hand, the little goblin came up to me and left me an apple. It spoke in heavily accented Shai. 'Mr. Adventurer, is gift for you, as me is.' It pointed to itself, and displayed a row of shark-like teeth. It touched its own chest with its index finger, and spoke softly. 'I be ca... | 2022-12-06T17:28:26 | 2022-12-06T15:38:53 | 66 | 40 |
[WP] Throughout the course of a seemingly normal story, the narrator is attempting to ask the reader out on a date | John Sanders, Royal Marines Commando, honours, best in the force, yada yada yada. Heard it all before right? Yeah that's me, the guy from literally every single action book you've read in the past three years. That guy.
Anyways, I was on a mission in Iraq, totally covert, black ops the job lot.
Trudging through the d... | Dave Green was the best agent MI5 had ever had the good fortune of having at their disposal, which is why there had been no hesitation by the higher ups to have him on this vital mission to prevent a major terrorist attack in the nations capital, London. As agent Green walked into the lavish and exclusive Gordon Ramsey... | 2014-08-14T15:36:49 | 2014-08-14T15:34:17 | 27 | 10 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | "Oh my god, noooooo," Katy said, burying her face in her hands. She was blushing, but smiling through her embarrasment.
"So you can see the kind of girl she was back then," Maurissa continued, gesturing at the screen behind her, over the laughter of the assembled families. "Don't worry, though... her spelling and ta... | Launch codes were transmitted ten years ago.
Kewl Platypus (بلانبوس منقار البطة) received his orders in Damascus. Android Finch (นกกระจิบ) in Thailand now has landing coordinates. In popular culture time travel is precise and almost convenient. If only.
The black girls of Harlem jump in rhythm to looping ropes and th... | 2014-11-19T10:04:44 | 2014-11-19T09:47:25 | 69 | 20 |
[WP] Katy t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m, looks back over what she wrote ten years later
Here is the original copy pasta
hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (i... | It could have gone better. Then again, translation matrices never were particularly precise.
Ten years ago, the declaration of war was sent. It promised the terrors Katy's people would bring, with their mastery of quantum space manipulation. As her troops readied their SP0RK-735s for battle, she looked over their new ... | Launch codes were transmitted ten years ago.
Kewl Platypus (بلانبوس منقار البطة) received his orders in Damascus. Android Finch (นกกระจิบ) in Thailand now has landing coordinates. In popular culture time travel is precise and almost convenient. If only.
The black girls of Harlem jump in rhythm to looping ropes and th... | 2014-11-19T10:15:28 | 2014-11-19T09:47:25 | 30 | 20 |
[WP] You are an alien commander briefing your troops on the human enemy and their seemingly magical abilities to sense your kind, an alien race with no sense of sight. | "We engage in two hours. I won't kid you, this is the easiest alien race we ever encountered. " commander stomped his foot. "Our weapons are only slightly better, but we found one huge weakness on these creatures, you see they have something similar to our sonar sense- instead they look for solar deflection, they call... | Hrothgorians, this cycle, we face an enemy unlike any other. Countless worlds have fallen before us. Many without any retaliation. This battle is different. Somehow, these "humans" are aware of us.
Despite centuries of perfecting our combat skins, they sense us. How exactly, is beyond even our best thinkers. Our skin... | 2015-01-10T10:57:20 | 2015-01-10T09:44:46 | 21 | 13 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | The examiner cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. "Say that again, son."
"Prostate cancer. June 23rd, 2032."
The examiner laid down his pen and clipboard. Tears began to well in his eyes and his hands begin a slight shake. "Thank you. I... I think we're done here."
I'm escorted to the door of the small testing roo... | Today is my 18th birthday, a day which my best friend Emily received her gift of mind control, she was the first of our friends to receive her gift.
She loved playing games with us. One afternoon, at lunchtime, my eyes were invested on this guy from the football team, Alex Brucelini. I knew it wasn't my place to say a... | 2015-03-28T06:38:22 | 2015-03-28T05:00:15 | 61 | 27 |
[WP] You live in a world where every person receives a superpower on their 18th birthday. You eagerly count down the seconds then shriek in horror as you are given a power no one would ever want to be stuck with. | The clock ticked over and chimed.
I was 18...
My grandmother spontaneously dropped her tea and splashed my foot. The burn caused me to shriek. "Well..", I said as I wiped my foot, "I can still feel pain..."
The rest of my family politely chuckled and waited.
"I don't know... I didn't feel anything. How do I know? W... | 15, 14, 13.
"Fuck I'm not going to make it".
12
"How the hell did my life come to this? Oh that's right, Google".
---
"Now class can anyone summarize how it came to be that the U.S. and Southern Canada gained superpowers?" asked Ms. Thomas causing a few hands to go up. "Yes Jenny go ahead".
"Well after the success... | 2015-03-28T09:14:46 | 2015-03-28T08:36:02 | 31 | 11 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | My hands are shaking and my clothes are clinging to me from how much I am sweating. I just need one more. Just one more, and all of this will go away. I will be able to breathe again, be calm again.
I pull myself off of my couch and start frantically pulling up the cushions, looking for change. A quarter, a penny, a n... | "No one else cares, Janette." Yuele had a genuine look of sadness as she said it, crouched down over her girlfriend. Janette tried to lean as far from Yuele as possible, her back pressing into the wall. "I did it for you, because we both know it's true. Don't be so blue..."
Janette pushed up onto her hands and knees, ... | 2015-05-16T06:59:50 | 2015-05-16T04:59:38 | 106 | 10 |
[WP] A girl finally is able to buy the robotic boyfriend of her dreams. One day, she casually compares him to human boyfriends. Guided by his programming, he follows the conversation with very frightening but accurate comments about humanity in general. | "Let's see... cooking, cleaning, fixing things... ah, you're apparently a good conversationalist too!"
"In 20 different languages."
"Twenty? Sheesh, I better brush up on my Spanish!"
"I can help with that too."
"Is there anything you can't do?"
"Plenty, but to keep up with demand for requested features I have regu... | **There. The perfect boyfriend! I love you, Robot Jerry Seinfeld.**
And I love you, too.... Mulva?
**Oh, you! You know, my girlfriends were giving me grief saying "Hey, why don't you hold out for a REAL man?" But I said "This is even better. I have a robot version of Jerry Seinfeld, just like the human only he is DTF... | 2015-05-23T10:36:39 | 2015-05-23T10:27:32 | 55 | 16 |
[WP] Once, there were Four queens. One held the grandest party ever, making her kingdom the happiest. One built the grandest university, making hers the wisest. One, however, raised the grandest army ever known, making hers the deadliest. And, finally, there was the Fourth queen... | "Uh.... Food?", Queen 1 inquired.
"Yes. Food.", replied Queen 4.
Queen 3 started laughing uncontrollably. Queen 1 just stood there shocked and confused.
"Why don't you come see my queendom?" Queen 4 said as she rolled her eyes and gestured towards the balcony.
The doors opened and revealed farms for as far as the ... | Four Queens.
The Opal Queen threw a party of otherworldly extravagance to last countless generations, all in her kingdom would spend each day of their lives celebrating and rejoicing. There was endless fun to be had and joy was a plenty. However they could never truly appreciate what they had for the lacked the knowle... | 2015-09-13T06:16:56 | 2015-09-13T06:07:14 | 416 | 125 |
[WP] You walk into an arms dealer's shop to purchase a gun to kill your neighbors pet dinosaur.
Wow front page! Thanks guys for the fantastic stories!
Edit: Bonus prompt! [WP] An Arms dealer buys a gun from a dinosaur to kill his owner's neighbor. | "Listen, I know my background check isn't gonna come up clean. But I *need* this gun. You have no idea what it's like living next to my neighbor."
Holy shit. This guy was trying to purchase a murder weapon from me. I started to reach for the panic button under the front desk, tried to look cool, tried to keep him goin... | "Listen! Buddy! I need a hunting rifle, and I need it now. No week's delay, or whatever, I need a gun, right goddamn now." I spit words as fast as I can come up with them in my head, because as far as I know, I only have a few hours to do this.
Just last night, I had heard something clatter in my backyard. As I went... | 2015-09-20T06:31:15 | 2015-09-20T02:37:19 | 113 | 41 |
[WP] You walk into an arms dealer's shop to purchase a gun to kill your neighbors pet dinosaur.
Wow front page! Thanks guys for the fantastic stories!
Edit: Bonus prompt! [WP] An Arms dealer buys a gun from a dinosaur to kill his owner's neighbor. | "Listen, I know my background check isn't gonna come up clean. But I *need* this gun. You have no idea what it's like living next to my neighbor."
Holy shit. This guy was trying to purchase a murder weapon from me. I started to reach for the panic button under the front desk, tried to look cool, tried to keep him goin... | The wind howled outside the shop, though through the storm, footsteps could be heard approaching. The door opened with a ding-bell-thing. In walked a man of average height, brown hair and dressed as a cowboy.
The white bearded gun dealer looked him up and down before saying:
"Got some outlaws to kill there?"
"No."... | 2015-09-20T06:31:15 | 2015-09-20T04:09:46 | 113 | 15 |
[WP] Humanity awakens one day to find that large city block size black monoliths have appeared all over the globe. They don't seem to serve any purpose. At first panic ensues but after 10 years of them being there society has come to just accept them. | Life on top of a cube was a mark of status. The first crazy millionaire in India had been on the news for close to six months straight when he paid to have his new mansion built on top of the Dehli slums cube, and in the years since then it had become a sort of trend to build on top of them. The Tokyo cube had an alien... | I stared at the cold, black pillar.
      They said there was nothing wrong with them. That they were safe. But why then, had the blocked them off? Barricaded them from the public?
      The monoliths had appeared 10 years ago.... | 2015-10-18T13:06:32 | 2015-10-18T11:09:34 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] You and some friends play the "wake up, you're in a dream" prank on random stranger. They reply, "Thanks!" and disappear. | He looked at me, smiled and said: "Thanks!"
I answered, confused: "Sure thing..."
He then fell on his knees and became transperent.
He suddenly looked up in fear as if he wants to grab something out of reach.
And he was gone...
I asked myself if this is a dream, like i often did when unexplainable things happen.
... | "He's gone."
"Yes. He's gone."
I swept my hand through the space he once occupied. Nothing.
"You see? Gone."
"I wasn't arguing with you."
"Just like he was never there."
"Indeed."
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"So...does that..."
"Hey, Jack."
"Yeah, Tommy?"
"How did we get here?"
"Like, *here*?"
"Ye... | 2015-12-18T09:38:05 | 2015-12-18T09:09:38 | 866 | 399 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | It was the first day of school.
I was so excited.
New students every year.
I had such high hopes.
The kids would love me.
They would sit, be comfortable, and learn.
The first day came and went.
Class after class.
I was ignored.
No one wants the chair in front.
I wish I was a concert seat. | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T09:42:54 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 578 | 10 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
---
Dear God RIP my inbox | Eye tip me tophat. I wok in 2 de ofis bilding.
Gud dae maet. Me maets n me eet crumpits n sip tee cos we gents.
Luk o de dae to ye maet. Gohd saev de Kween n all de jaz.
Now eye wok hoem. Luvlee niet n all. Gud niet.
Mae B reed gud niet buk? Noe, eye cant reed. | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T09:49:34 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 541 | 10 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
---
Dear God RIP my inbox | New suit, old tie, there's a stain in the middle, and a tear in my eye.
I sigh.
The streets are the same, the cars they drift, the leaves they fall, from the blue sky
I sigh.
I walk and walk, sip and sip, the rye begins to run dry
I sigh.
The students they sleep, careless, naive, am I really the bad guy?
I sigh.
... | I'm all moved in. The office is fully furnished, degrees and certifications well hung on the wall. It's been more than a week now though and I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't a little concerned. No one has shown up and the phone is silent - apart from the occasional, wildly inappropriate prank call.
I guess some p... | 2016-02-22T10:07:53 | 2016-02-22T09:31:34 | 300 | 15 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
---
I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
---
Dear God RIP my inbox | "Sancho! Onward to the lair of the despicable dragon!"
"*Jefe, that's a windmill!*"
"Nonsense! We shall skewer it's heart and make La Mancha safe once more!"
**Sancho Panza**, always one for a humorous sight, let his sire **Don Quixote, Knight of the Woeful Countenance**, ride off to do battle with the town windmill... | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T10:00:16 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 82 | 10 |
[WP] Your Reddit username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?
If possible. Some usernames just don't work well in this situation.
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I'm an FBI agent now. Wooo!
You're all under arrest for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Dear God RIP my inbox | *Ends hibernation*
*walks into office*
Officer worker 1: HOLY SHIT ANOTHER BEAR!!!
Officer worker 2: Don't worry, I decided I needed to bring a gun to work. It's so weird that 89 other bears have just walked into our office.
**bang bang**
*feels pain, eyes get heavy*
Officer worker 2: WOO! I got number 90! | We met in the room of a thousand fountains all 140 of us. We looked around for the original sure enough he was here. "Alright gentleman I have gathered you here today to adress the growing unrest across the galaxy at this time. Now I can't do it alone but with all of you I can, but we have to work together. Sound fair?... | 2016-02-22T11:27:02 | 2016-02-22T09:22:45 | 68 | 10 |
[WP] Both brothers stood over their sister Candice's grave. Sad and angry, Phineas turned to his bother and said, "Ferb, I know what we are going to do today..." | There's been a hundred or more days
Since summer vacation,
For our sister, abruptly ended.
And the suffering of our mom
Is our inspiration
For finding a new way to mend it.
Like maybe...
Building a tall crypt;
Or spending our money
On people claiming psychic power.
Summoning something that shouldn't exist (... | The grave glistened in the summer downpour. The golden inlayed message staring back at the brothers, the motif reading 'taken too soon, loving sister, beautiful soul" Ferb closed his eyes and reminisced, the drops of rain coating his ebony hair with a glimmering sheen. He tipped his head skyward and opened his eyes, te... | 2016-07-05T19:44:28 | 2016-07-05T16:17:30 | 33 | 11 |
[WP] The gatekeeper between hell and heaven sees many applications daily to transfer from the former into the latter. Today, for the first time, he saw someone wanting to go the other way. | The guilt... I couldn't take it anymore. I should have never wished on that shooting star. My only wish as a naive and pissed off 20 year old was to fluke God, just once, simply to spite this "all knowing being". My parents raised me Catholic but as I grew older, I developed my own set of beliefs.
I remember the exac... | The gatekeeper looked at me, a faint hint of amusement mixed in the confusion his multiple faces displayed.
"I sift through applications after applications for transfer, all of them apologetic dissidents, some sincere, some foolish but all of them trying to escape hell and enter heaven." The middle face said, while th... | 2016-09-29T04:59:00 | 2016-09-28T23:10:04 | 23 | 11 |
[WP] Killing a person raises your life span by 20 years, but it comes with a cost.
First Reddit post ever. Please be gentle
Edit: Did not expect this to blow up. | I glance at the blood running out of my veins, into the dialysis machine and back into my body, skipping my failed organs.
I'm 453, and as anyone knows, that means I killed people and racked up a lot of 20s.
The first was when I was 12. I went to a nearby lake with a friend days after his birthday, and him and I made... | It was...unfortunate to think about. The rituals we did out in the woods. The bonfires. Mein Fhurer promised us we'd all be practically immortal. We'd literally rule for a thousand years. We soon found out what price we would have to pay in order achieve this dream of ours.
It was on the evening of the winter solstice... | 2016-10-24T00:04:38 | 2016-10-23T22:27:01 | 22 | 12 |
[WP] The year is 2027. Humanity has discovered reliable FTL-travel. The universe is filled with other space-capable sentient life - but all other species rely on different forms of magic, despoiling science as something humanity made up to protect their own form of magic. | "I don't understand the hesitance to call it what it is," says Ormond. "A repeated ritual to invoke a result. That's magic."
"Well, no," says Glenn. "Magic relies on supernatural forces. Science is based purely on natural phenomenon."
"FTL-drives certainly aren't a naturally occurring phenomenon."
"That's not wha... | It was probably something our ancestors knew from the start, consciousness being the center of achievable reality that is. In hindsight there were signs, instead of accepting psychics we ridiculed them, instead of listening to those with outrageous views we sent them to mental institutions. Perhaps, like with anything ... | 2016-12-16T07:14:33 | 2016-12-16T06:42:01 | 2,135 | 182 |
[WP] A Jedi and a Sith debate their Philosophies | "The galaxy cannot be left in its natural evolution. Tell me, thousands of years of jedi rule and sith absence, what happened to your precious Republic?"
"It fell in to wars perpetuated by Sith aggression and plot."
"Thats dishonest, and you know it. Wars always tugged and pulled at it. And the clone wars was er... | A temple on a long lost planet. Rumored to be the key to all of the secrets of the force. Two apprentices of different sides of the force had travelled long and far to discover these secrets. They met in the dark depths of the temple. Torches were lit on the walls and the dim orange light was all they had to guide them... | 2017-01-01T17:00:51 | 2017-01-01T16:46:30 | 256 | 46 |
[WP]You realize you've misheard your daughter. There's actually a mobster under her bed. | I must have looked pretty shady, but everyone does in this neighborhood. So nobody even questioned or made a second glass as I walked through to the backyard of the suburban two flat.
I read the note again "he always leaves the back window unlocked, we took care of the dog"
Whew, good, I hate dogs.
I moved right i... | "Muuuuuuum! Daaaaaaaaaaaad!" Ivy screams as she bursts through my door. I jolt straight up and look at her, her Dora the Explorer pajamas stained with urine down the leg. "There is a mobster under my bed!"
"Alright sweetie," I reply rubbing my eyes and looking over at my now rudely awoken wife. "I got this." I say, p... | 2017-02-06T22:06:57 | 2017-02-06T22:00:26 | 137 | 58 |
[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. | "I'll try to explain ... the problem is ... it's not THAT you can travel faster than light." the small alien said, sheepishly. "It's how you do it."
She continued, "To be honest, it's creepy."
Doug stared at her blankly. "Go on ..."
"Ok , you know how FTL works for the rest of us, right?" She cocked her head a bit.... | Captain Lance sat there before the council of Species, listening to them talk in their many differnt forms of communication, he basically ignored the translation machine since none of the conversation was being targeted at him at the moment, he was getting tired, cranky, and hungry as it'd been five hours since the pro... | 2017-03-31T02:57:21 | 2017-03-30T23:11:33 | 95 | 28 |
[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. | "I'm sorry...there must be a glitch with this translator. You do *what* now?"
"Fiddle with the Higgs Field around our ships."
"And your 'Higgs Field' is where a particle essentially gives an object its mass via its interaction with other particles, yes?"
"Yup!"
"And you...fiddle with it?"
"Yeah, it ain't too preci... | "You wish really really hard and then you push the button."
"Really really hard? What does the wishing do?"
"Frustrates the hell out of the new recruits when they realize that the incredibly genuine way we insist that they wish as hard as they can is just a ploy to make them look silly to amuse the rest of the crew."... | 2017-03-30T23:27:43 | 2017-03-30T23:13:22 | 61 | 15 |
[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. | Terrestrial Warp Drives. First proposed by Miguel Alcubierre two hundred formlats ago, The equivalent of forcing space into a shape which closely resembles two black holes stacked fore to aft. It requires insanely large sums of energy to produce the warp effect, equivalent to at least the mass of a small moon converted... | "You wish really really hard and then you push the button."
"Really really hard? What does the wishing do?"
"Frustrates the hell out of the new recruits when they realize that the incredibly genuine way we insist that they wish as hard as they can is just a ploy to make them look silly to amuse the rest of the crew."... | 2017-03-31T09:38:09 | 2017-03-30T23:13:22 | 42 | 15 |
[WP] You are cursed. Every good deed you perform reduces the time you have left to live. However, evil deeds will grant more time.
Do you die a hero, or live long enough to become a villain?
Edit: Great job everyone. This is my first post and it got more of a response than I could have predicted. As far as the quest... | There are some who say he walked the earth since before the beginning of time. Others said he was just a man who did what he did. No one knew for sure. No one except him. Only he knew how long it was he had lived.
He never considered himself an evil man, but he knew the actions he did were righteous and evil at the s... | Sprinting down the streets, gunfire ringing behind him, the hooded man really hopes he doesn't get shot, he couldn't die, but getting shot fucking hurts. The dude just stabbed 5 people and some random gang is chasing him now, he's grown desensitized to killing these fools, after a while everyone looks the same to him. ... | 2017-05-15T01:13:38 | 2017-05-15T00:37:42 | 79 | 17 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A bone-jarring impact jolts me awake, followed by a few seconds of searing pain. I try to sit up, but the searing pain keeps me on by back. After a moment, the pain begins to subside and I'm able to sit up and take stock of my situation. When I look down at myself I nearly pass out. What once was a mostly healthy, slig... | The land is desolate and barren for as far as I can see, devoid of all life except for the solitary red figure before me, his claps resonating across the entire empty plane. He grins widely, brandishing row of sharpened white teeth.
"Now what manner of bastard must you've been to end up here?"
I shrug dejectedly, m... | 2017-06-22T06:21:45 | 2017-06-22T03:34:42 | 4,092 | 203 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | “You’re here. Finally. I was getting sick of you living.
You were truly pathetic when you were alive, I hope that will change soon enough because I’ve been told I am going to need you.”
The devil spoke in a way you couldn’t tell his emotions if he had any. His voice was steady and when he spoke your attention was ... | Darkness. They say there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but I see none. Wait. Is that... applause?
"What's going on?" I turn wildly, looking for the source of the sound.
"Oh, right," a raspy voice says. *Click.* A lamp is turned on, illuminating a small table and an armchair, in which sat a short man in a devil... | 2017-06-22T06:13:16 | 2017-06-22T04:29:40 | 65 | 34 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | A crisp clap fills the atmosphere with dread, as the overwhelming darkness shifts to an endless sea of fire.
The silhouette of a man with horns is projected ten times its size over the inferno.
"Salutations, Jon," it's distorted voice boomed at the lowest pitch possible. "Welcome to my domain."
The man glanced at... | The bright light starts to fade as I unshield my eyes to appear in a white void. There's a glossy white floor, and a dirty white colored degrading building. Other than that, it's just a void of white.
"Wow, heaven looks pretty boring."
You enter the building and go to the reception where you see someone sleeping, but... | 2017-06-22T07:17:21 | 2017-06-22T06:26:05 | 41 | 13 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | *The flames roared up around his face,
burning ever hot.
He looked around, quite confused.
"This must be hell." he thought.*
*"You're right! Congrats! You made it here!"
Said the Devil, great and red.
"If I'm in Hell, then that must mean..."
"Yes, you are quite dead!"*
*"In fact, surprise, you're #1!
You're the fir... | All you had to do was opt out. Jesus literally created the loophole that let no one have to be here. The old testament patch was broken as fuck, too one sided. This new testament update features an "opt out" of hell button. And i choose not to press it out of curiosity. Hell is kinda neat tho. There is thiz co... | 2017-06-22T05:45:21 | 2017-06-22T04:28:05 | 39 | 15 |
[WP] A dejected man who has just come home from another terrible first date is desperate for someone to love him. Dating sites haven't worked and he is willing to do anything. As a last ditch attempt at love, he closes himself in the bathroom and begins to speak. "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary..." | There was no flash of light, no dramatic sign that anything had changed but there was a sudden presence in the cramped and dirty bathroom. In the darkened mirror a silhouette slowly resolved into the form of a bloody and disheveled woman. As her features solidified a maniacal glint was obvious in her dark eyes.
And t... | I shuffle my feet as I trudge down the sidewalk. Yet another date gone awry. Why had I even thought that Ashley would like me? She's definitely an 8, and I'm lucky to hit 3.
I shake my head as I review the date in my head. Nothing was held back; I told all my best jokes, all my most interesting stories, and even menti... | 2017-07-20T11:20:14 | 2017-07-20T07:25:39 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] You are a cow.
[removed] | Grass is food. I eat grass and I not die.
Farmer is friend. I not kill farmer and farmer take me to new grass. I eat new grass and I not die.
Sometimes farmer take me to milk square and invisible calves feed, sometimes farmer take me to bed square and visible calves feed.
When visible calves grow they go away. Invis... | Mooooooooooooo, moo. Moooo! Eat grass. Chew, chew. Other cows all around. Grass to chew. Fart. Moooo. Hello cow friend. Hello baby cow. Moo! Take a few steps. More moo. More grass. Chew and eat. Fly on my butt. Tail swat. Fart. Moooooo! Mooooo! Hot sun in the sky. Drink of water. Lay under a tree. Moo. Hot sun going do... | 2017-10-02T06:13:08 | 2017-10-02T06:04:28 | 6,645 | 17 |
[WP] You are a cow.
[removed] | Look at them all, filthy pink blobs of flesh ploughing their fields and planting their corn. Bah ! Ignorant fools! Little do they know, that I, Adolf Hitler have been reincarnated as a cow.
I sit here day after day eating my weight in grass, mooing every so often but all the while planning. When I was alive I believe... | I am cow, hear me moo. I weigh twice as much as you, and I look good on the barbecue. Yogurt, curd, cream cheese, and butter's made from liquid from my udders. I am cow, I am cow, hear me moo!
I am cow, eating grass. Methane gas comes out my ass, and out my muzzle when I belch. Oh the ozone layer is thinner from the o... | 2017-10-02T07:43:53 | 2017-10-02T07:20:31 | 50 | 14 |
[WP] You are a cow.
[removed] | Look at them all, filthy pink blobs of flesh ploughing their fields and planting their corn. Bah ! Ignorant fools! Little do they know, that I, Adolf Hitler have been reincarnated as a cow.
I sit here day after day eating my weight in grass, mooing every so often but all the while planning. When I was alive I believe... | I am a cow. Sometimes I'll escape from my pen after dark. It's easier when there are clouds; it's darker, and I can move unseen. But occasionally, if I feel daring, I'll do it on a moonlit night. The shadows seem deeper then, but in open land I could be spotted at any time. It's so exciting to be where I shouldn't be.
... | 2017-10-02T07:43:53 | 2017-10-02T06:49:08 | 50 | 13 |
[WP] You are a cow.
[removed] | "Quack......quack quack quack.......quack quack"
"Moooooo.....mooooooooo......"
"Quack quack quack"
"Mooooooooo......"
It had been six weeks since the vet had diagnosed Laurence with Mad Cow Disease. Phillip had yet to give up hope and figured it was a 90's phase that he was going through.
"Mooooooo....."
"......... | Mooooooooooooo, moo. Moooo! Eat grass. Chew, chew. Other cows all around. Grass to chew. Fart. Moooo. Hello cow friend. Hello baby cow. Moo! Take a few steps. More moo. More grass. Chew and eat. Fly on my butt. Tail swat. Fart. Moooooo! Mooooo! Hot sun in the sky. Drink of water. Lay under a tree. Moo. Hot sun going do... | 2017-10-02T06:54:58 | 2017-10-02T06:04:28 | 42 | 17 |
[WP] You're sitting around bored fiddling with stuff in your pocket when suddenly the text "CHEAT ACTIVATED" appears in-front of you for several seconds. | "CHEAT ACTIVATED"
The giant glowing message just sat there in the air. It was a blinding white-ish color, and very blocky. To be honest, It wouldn't've looked out of place in Pong. I have no idea what it meant, or how I even activated it. All I knew in the moment were the confused stares from onlookers as I just stood... | "What is this?" I think to myself, scratching at a place on my chin.
Suddenly the text blinks and changes: "Chin scratched at 12032017144655"
I stop suddenly and turn my head, trying to see what everyone else is doing. The room is full of people and there's a buzz of conversation everywhere. They don't seem to be bot... | 2017-12-03T12:22:42 | 2017-12-03T11:59:01 | 56 | 24 |
[WP] You’ve just realized that you are not a human, but rather a parasite controlling someone. | It was very sudden.
One second, I'm suffering from loss of balance, falling, and mortal terror as I slip on a toy car left on a stair-step. The next, there's a tremendous snapping sensation, as though my whole head has been bitten off. Indeed, it seems that way at first. I can't move. Everything is dark.
My kids hav... | "They're always told that they have five senses. I never fully understood why society undermines the mind, which surely is the sixth sense.
Their entire being is projected through the mind. All other five senses merge into what the mind interprets them as.
If they are to acknowledge the mind, then they would hold... | 2017-12-21T03:47:32 | 2017-12-20T23:47:17 | 98 | 48 |
[WP] A man releases an evil genie, bent on corrupting his wishes. However, the man's wishes are so boring and mundane, the evil genie struggles to twist them. | John had run through this scenario in his head so many times. Uncorruptable wishes, that was the key, make everything specific, ironed out. But damn, his genie was kinda pushy.
"Mortal, state your wish, this world of yours disgusts me and I wish to return to my native plane of existence."
John looked at him, getting ... | "I wish my legs aren't tired" I say, considering I had walked a while before finding this lamp. I then watched the genie look at me confused and stared at my face to face as if he looked at a person that either went mad or so stupid to wish for such a thing.
"Are you sure?" He said confused. It was a great joy seeing... | 2018-01-10T05:54:41 | 2018-01-10T04:15:12 | 66 | 29 |
[WP] Once during everyone's life they can call upon a God for help. You see a drunk driver speeding towards you, and use yours. You wake up in a hospital, paralyzed. Besides you is Buddha, "I will teach you to forgive." | "Forgive me, but I think I chose the wrong God"
Buddha fades away, his words lingering in dead space
*I just talked shit to a god*
*Better call the wife*
"……Darlene I fucked up. We're out of favors from gods… Yeah yeah I'm alright… Paralyzed… Buddha… I know, heat of the moment… He was criss-cross-applesa... | The light was so bright it was hard to see, and the fact that I felt like I ran head first into a brick wall didn't really help either. I looked around. A few people, one of which I assumed was a doctor. I saw no familiar faces, apart from this one person. I knew I had seen him somewhere before, but I had forgotten his... | 2018-02-27T02:54:47 | 2018-02-27T02:45:25 | 36 | 26 |
[WP] You’re a peasant who’s house has been raided hundreds of times by adventurers passing through. So, you built a defense so they would stop stealing from you. One thing led to another, and your house is now a dungeon and you’re the final boss. | My daughter Isabella rolls her clear-sky eyes when I tell her to mind the gators. The pit cost me a proper fortune--hand-dug by a pair of burly dwarves who seemed less than faithful to the notion of fair business practices towards the end--yet you'd never catch Izzy admiring. No *Gee dad! Look at those pearly whites!* ... | "Come! Bring your unholy army and face us!" Sir Galhadra called to the balcony. His voice ricocheted up the cylindrical face of cobblestones. The oak door had thudded shut, leaving him no choice but to face what would be unleashed upon him. With sword grasped tight and shield held close he advanced upon the iron bars a... | 2018-05-28T14:58:17 | 2018-05-28T14:34:30 | 247 | 162 |
[WP] A man accidentally runs over a bunny on his way to work. Unbeknownst to him, it was the rabbit king. Now the whole of the rabbit kingdom wants a slow and deliberate revenge...
**Edit**: It's been so excellent to see great writing for this funny idea I had just a couple days ago. Never participated in WP before, I... | *Ugh, please go away.* Outside my first floor office was a rabbit, munching on some ambiguous plant growing through the cracks in the pavement. It was like his large sad eyes were staring directly into my soul. I opened the window. "Look, I'm sorry I hit your friend, but you have to go away! I didn't mean to, he ran ri... | They began appearing everywhere Zack went. He saw them first in the periphery of his vision, like shadows in his imagination, small ears poking out from behind rocks and bushes, in the corners of his windows at home, behind the potted plants on his porch.
Over time they became more bold, even brazen, standing on thei... | 2018-07-16T08:30:32 | 2018-07-16T08:29:43 | 39 | 27 |
[WP] Inspired by their lack of a reflection and ability to see in the dark, you convince your vampire friend to enter a box lined with mirrors to find out what he can see. When the door closes, he begins to scream. | I threw the door open and he looked through me with a 1000-yard stare.
"What did you see, Al?" I prodded.
"I saw... *infinity.*" he whispered.
"You mean like when I look in a mirror, I see an infinite number of myself?"
He looked to me and frowned. He pulled me into the box and pointed to one of the walls.
"What d... | *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
Fredric threw himself through the door to the mirror box, letting out a scream I can only describe as primal. He fell on his back and scrambled away, never taking his eyes off the door. A look of purest terror painted his pale face. His back ... | 2018-10-31T22:42:01 | 2018-10-31T22:20:10 | 68 | 16 |
[WP] Ever since you were born, you had the ability to see a marker on where any item is if people ask you to find it. However, once a friend jokingly asks you if you could find him the holy grail. You both laugh it off, but suddenly a mark appears 5 miles to the north of you. | We sat down at the only open table in the crowded bar. The table was tucked away in the back corner situated somewhat awkwardly near the bar. Finding the table hadn't been difficult. I'd always been able to find whatever it was I was looking for.
My new friend sat down across from me and flagged down one of the belea... | Imagine that the world sits within a grey, cubical grid, and every object has coordinates in this grid. Now, reach out and touch the nearest point within the grid. Three lines intersect to create that point. Take these lines—extend them as far as the eye can see.
Do you see them? Try and color the lines red. You now ... | 2018-11-30T15:28:59 | 2018-11-30T15:22:55 | 292 | 47 |
[WP] You're a retired supervillain whos just trying to live a normal life, however the heroes still come to stop you in everyday situations. | I gave it up ages ago.
I mean we all make mistakes right? Like kill a couple innocents or level a city or two. What i'm trying to say is that it had been another life and another time and somewhere along the line I just got tired of it all.
Nowadays I try to get my coffee and some asshole in spandex comes to knock it... | Look, I get it, I was the super villain “Chameleon” and did some bad stuff. I remember my first crime, shoplifting a playboy magazine. I was 15. But that’s besides the point. I may have stolen over 25 million dollars in cash (successfully), I may have also stolen a military fighter jet that can camouflage so well it pr... | 2019-03-05T17:34:00 | 2019-03-05T13:30:40 | 74 | 44 |
[WP]When you reach 18, you get put in a database which ranks you in different categories (ex. 207,145th in the world for most bug kills) You lived on a ranch and never used tech. You had to go into town after your 18th birthday. Everyone is staring at you. You finally decide to check the database.
Completely unaware o... | It all happened so fast. I was going into town for a shovel. Earlier that day I'd broken one digging a drain trench out behind the barn.
Now I was sitting at a table in a room with a long mirror along the wall. The kind you see in a cop movie where they are shaking down a suspect.
Oh fuck. I'm a suspect. But for wha... | I logged onto the website, after 3 failed attempts at my password.
It took me the better part of an hour scrolling through the pages and pages of statistics, most pretty decent, some exceptional (top 100,000 at minesweeper felt pretty good).
Finally I noticed the little menu bar at the top and found the "Outliers" se... | 2019-05-04T11:15:23 | 2019-05-04T10:43:43 | 6,214 | 1,560 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch Merid sighed in disbelief before condescendingly scorning me.
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"I can't believe how much of a contemptible fool you truly are. All that all of you baseborn oafs ever do is choose to live a fruitless life anyways, even when you have been blessed with the opportunities to do so much more. The wor... | "I curse you and your entire bloodline!" Lycania shouted. Her vine covered shack now a ball of raging flames. It served as a window to her own fury building. They have finally cornered the ancient witch and her last moments alive would be spent scorning the man who made it possible. Ulfur froze, knowing how devasting a... | 2019-06-25T15:59:55 | 2019-06-25T12:54:50 | 35 | 17 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | While I never believed in magic, I was always a fan of stories and games that had it. My favorite was 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons. Not because its magic system was any more interesting or incredible, but because it was abusable. So long as you followed the rules as written, you could do anything. It was the *wording* of a... | "Oh, sweetheart," the witch cooed. "Downside? You thought there would be a downside?" She gave me an eerily sweet smile, which I wasn't sure to trust.
"Uh, yeah? It's a curse, right?" At this point, I was extremely confused. The witch even appearing was enough for one day, but the curse, and this? I needed a nap for s... | 2019-06-25T16:38:13 | 2019-06-25T15:02:35 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | 'Shit. Not again.' Ash Ketchum muttered as he heaved himself out of the chair.
Ever since the Vaporeon Plague began, that message had been broadcasted almost daily.
Attempts to breed wild Eevee out of endangerment backfired stupendously when the hoardes escaped and dominated the local wildlife, destroying ecosystems.... | I'm used to these types of broadcast now. Ever since the aliens land on Earth, these types of broadcast became common. You maybe wonder why. Well, let record why as I start making my water un... still.
These aliens were not the kind we were expecting. They, for a lack of a better term, was made of water. Water was who... | 2019-07-05T12:50:37 | 2019-07-05T09:06:55 | 94 | 44 |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | "...NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." Jacob turned off the radio and turned to his companion.
"Did it work?"
The water before them sat still, small ripples expanding along its otherwise smooth surface.
"Hold on, give it a minute..." replied Jack.
Suddenly, the water level started dropping, revealing a small staircase a... | I'm used to these types of broadcast now. Ever since the aliens land on Earth, these types of broadcast became common. You maybe wonder why. Well, let record why as I start making my water un... still.
These aliens were not the kind we were expecting. They, for a lack of a better term, was made of water. Water was who... | 2019-07-05T09:07:30 | 2019-07-05T09:06:55 | 69 | 44 |
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