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[WP] Aliens have arrived and have been eating humans like a delicacy. An alien chef gets more than he bargained for when he tries to cook Gordon Ramsay, who surprisingly is less disgusted THAT he is being cooked than over HOW he is being cooked. | Narrator: The first order of the day is in and it's a big one. Char broiled human with a side of rizzotto. Xaxnon goes to the refrigerator to get his first human, but little does he know there's a surprise in store for him.
Xaxnon pulls out Gordon from a group of cowering humans.
Xax: Come on, you're next!
Gordon: E... | 'I'M FUCKING RAW!' screamed the strange human lying in my pan, as I sprinkled an array of spices over him with a flourish. I have to admit, I'd expected resistance, but not *this* kind of resistance.
'I know that, I'm, I'm not finished yet...' I began, speaking into my translator device and attempting to retain compo... | 2017-03-28T10:37:00 | 2017-03-28T07:58:26 | 5,667 | 3,832 |
[WP] You attend the Magic School for the Gifted. Hooray... That is until you realize everyone there is a Mary Sue Chosen One with their own prophecy to fulfill. And you... aren't. | "Man, that girl is *crazy,*" Hikari said.
"*Which* girl?" I replied dryly. "The one who can summon things just by imagining them, the one who's half-angel, half-demon, and half-vampire, or the one who has a harem of seven loyal mage-knights fighting for her affection?"
St. Mary's Academy for the Magically Gifted had... | I am gifted. People have told me that. But after spending a day at the Magic School for the gifted, I can say only this: I am gifted with mediocrity!
These people around me, they are so perfect. And they all know what they're doing, and what they want to do later in life. Me? I'm "gifted" with confusion, awkwardness, ... | 2021-03-03T06:36:58 | 2021-03-03T03:55:20 | 38 | 15 |
[WP] In a landmark 5-4 decision, The Supreme Court rules that camping in FPS games is "fucking lame". | OPINION BY WhereLibertyisNot, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
We are called upon, today, to decide the sole issue raised by Petitioner on appeal: whether "camping" in First-Person-Shooter games is "fucking lame." The instant appeal for which we granted *certiorari* stems from the following facts:
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On Feb... | "We now to turn Nancy Tran with the latest developments from the Supreme Court. Nancy?"
"Bob, the massive crowd gathered outside of the Supreme Court has erupted emotionally after the weeks of deliberation in the Haxsau5 vs. "F***ing Casuals" case. Those in the FC Camps are jubilant- cheering, hugging, waving flags e... | 2014-09-03T07:34:12 | 2014-09-03T06:10:13 | 128 | 42 |
[WP] You run a role playing game with friends once a week. One day you get hit by a truck, and wake up with their characters staring down at you before going on the first adventure of your campaign. | The light seemed to be regaining it's strength. How could i describe how i feel? Cold? Weightless? Alone? Is this death? The fleeting feeling of warmth begins to rush over me; but not at once, trickling. Bystanders begin to gather in a circle, as if they were joining hands, bellowing a piercing lullaby to guide me into... | “Ugh, it felt like a truck had hit me. Or did I get hit by a truck? It was hard to tell with all those bright lights. God, its still so bright out here. Where am I?”
I raised my hand, trying to block out the searing heat as it connected with my skin, burning it like the embers of Mount Syphon. God, it ached. Why wa... | 2020-11-24T01:19:37 | 2020-11-24T00:38:58 | 43 | 16 |
[WP]Walking into your local drugstore, you jokingly say to the employee "I need to lift a curse cast generations ago, what aisle?" He then looked up and responded with "yeah, you look bad, aisle 5 just down the secret stairway." | Not a single part of me expected to find salvation in a somewhat rundown CVS drugstore on the outskirts of Tulsa, Oklahoma... but I was quite literally out of time.
The truth of the curse that had ended generations of my family prematurely had only been revealed to me when it was already too late. I was decaying, qui... | I yawned as I glanced down at my phone to check the time. A solid 2:00 am. I was tired, but I was sent out on this *adventure* by my roommate. His words exactly were to "Grab the Spicy hot Cheetos! The world depends on it! Who knows, maybe you'll find something unexpected!"
I grumbled quietly to myself and found myse... | 2019-12-27T20:42:19 | 2019-12-27T20:04:03 | 96 | 31 |
[WP] The Magical Girls were defeated, but before their capture, they released their instrument-weapons. Formerly, they always landed in the hands of either J-pop, or K-pop girl bands but this time -for some reason- the weapons choose a Finnish Death-Metal boyband. They were PAINFULLY efficient. | "Guys...?" said Eric, the band's manager, shyly entering the backstage room. "I think we need to talk."
"I'm sorry," said Tero, the band's lead vocalist. "I know we're late, but we were busy-"
"Fighting a giant turtle monster with tentacles, I know. It was on the news."
"Oh..." Tero glanced away. "Then what's up?"
... | (Disclaimer, i got the names from some list of Finnish boy names, i have no clue how accurate any of them are)
The Magical Microphone usually allowed it's user, generally the leader of the group, to sing uplifting songs increasing everyone's power, in Aalto's hands it created sonic shockwaves capable of terraforming t... | 2022-08-15T08:56:03 | 2022-08-15T08:51:20 | 332 | 221 |
[WP] In a world where superpowers are common, you are discriminated for your lack of one. Little did they know at night, the heroes they admire comes to your house so that they can vent their frustrations to society much to your amusement. | Being a therapist to near-gods can have its upsides. Sure, I wasn’t heralded for my ability to lift a car off a crying child, but I lived my existence with a solid smugness, knowing the depths of the darkness that the heroes would trudge. And I got to hear them rant about the public that loved them so, so dearly. Th... | “How are you feeling today, Miss Comet? You were rather burnt-out last time I spoke to you. Have things improved much?” I lounged into my chair, ready for a story. I could just tell tonight would be a long night. She seemed ready to burst into flames, anger boiling within her core, yet she held her composure. Sitting d... | 2021-02-24T07:34:58 | 2021-02-24T05:29:16 | 401 | 233 |
[WP] You are a superhero, who's daily screw-ups save lives everyday. You are the Blooperhero. | George
“Fuck,” muttered George, reaching for the tea towel in his tiny apartment kitchen. This was the second day in a row he’d spilled coffee on a button up shirt, ruining his last of the only two he had for work. He dabbed at the hot coffee, managing to smear it across the fabric even more. George made a face, know... | "BLOOPER HERO TO THE...Umm...RESCUE!" I screeched as I raced towards the woman who was about to spill her coffee all over her self.
As she turned past a dark alley, I called after her, "NEVER FEAR! THE BLOOPER HERO IS HERE!" And knocked into her, sending her phone and coffee flying.
Down the alley, a crimi... | 2015-05-02T10:28:57 | 2015-05-02T08:50:31 | 62 | 10 |
[WP] She has beauty, she has wit, she has grace… she speaks like a pagan god of death uttering omens through echoes of an ethereal plane… But hey, dating in your 30’s is gonna have baggage. | "Another shot?"
"Please," Greg said. The first Jack Daniels was already starting to wear off. The choice to arrive a half hour early may have been a poor one, but the choice to steady his nerves was wise and he had no intention of undoing it.
The shot arrived about the same time she did. Greg immediately forgot about... | “It matters not what activities of the flesh we partake in. Our union will bring about the resurgence of the dark power.”
Kevin was a bit hesitant when he asked Brianne out on a date, due to how she kept replying to his texts with things like…that. Despite the odd references to dark powers beyond mortal comprehension... | 2021-07-07T11:55:15 | 2021-07-07T08:43:02 | 906 | 128 |
[WP] FTL travel is actually possible. However, when humanity sends out our first FTL spacecraft, we discover the terrifying reason why nothing, not even light, dares go past that cosmic speed limit. | "I told you all that Faster Than Light Travel was banned," The eye said, floating in front of the tiny ship. Mostly engine, mostly experimental drives, with a single human on board, staring at the great horizon; an immense cosmic silver eye.
The human was quiet, perhaps, it was trying to tune into a frequency for comm... | The day had arrived.
On a space station high above the earth, thousands stood silent, while millions watched at home as humanity's first Faster Than Light capable spacecraft was about to depart on its maiden voyage.
The technology was perfected over decades, with countless scientists working long hours for minimum pa... | 2018-11-04T05:57:52 | 2018-11-04T05:34:15 | 3,262 | 19 |
[WP] You have just died. The Good News is that there is an afterlife. The Bad News is that it isn't Heaven. Or Hell. Or Purgatory. And you aren't a Ghost. In fact, the afterlife is something that no sane human being would ever predict, and has most likely never been written down.
Go balls to the wall crazy with this. ... | **LIFE OVER**
*James* is no more. You have left a loving wife and three children behind. You have died from **OLD AGE**. You have made *121* friends in your life, *17* of which you saw regularly throughout your life. *53* people left bad reviews on your character page.
Happiest memory:
*Getting Married*
Most uni... | *Time is an illusion.*
I awake into darkness. A voice is singing to me, reverberating through my body. *Time is an illusion*. It was like waking from a dream. The most pivotal moments of my life were vividly shown to me in chronological order. I finally understood me. But I was not me.
*Time is an illusion.*
A whit... | 2015-10-19T02:05:14 | 2015-10-18T21:31:32 | 550 | 11 |
[WP] Turns our that dragons are laid back underachievers. They could rule as gods, being virtually invincible, but almost all of them prefer a nice comfy nest in the mountains and a nice fat cow every week. | “Oh, master of the mountain, I come with just one question.”
The dragon looked asleep, and it probably was. George asked anyway.
“Why have you taken a vow of peace? There are legends told of the things you used to do, protecting the village from oblivion, soaring in to save the day when all looked lost. What happened... | “Really? A cow?”
“Why not? It is good succulent meat, good as any one could wish for,” he belched. “Nothing sticking in your teeth, catching in your throat.”
As he lay on the grassy plateau looking up at the cool night sky, Drogon let out a good deal of smoke with a good deal of noise from a rather undignified openi... | 2019-05-25T22:09:16 | 2019-05-25T21:52:48 | 64 | 20 |
[WP] The goblins who dwell just outside your village are small and dumb –in an oddly endearing way. The villagers humor their innocuous raids and sometimes even give them advice. In the village’s darkest hour, the goblins send aid. | As the startled drunkard lay bleeding in the street, bludgeoned and battered, he bemoaned his misfortune, rinsing the flagstones of their cleanliness with soft crimson.
It had been just his luck to run into a member of the newly instated Night Police, cruel enforcers and brutish extensions of the new management exten... | When aid came they realized they had never seen an adult goblin. Every single silly innept and endearing goblin they encounter were all children. Small children at that.
There was one about a decade ago, one of their cute raids, and during the rough play had gotten injured. With a yelp of pain the kind farmer they wer... | 2022-05-26T18:20:55 | 2022-05-26T17:05:45 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] Aliens have come into contact with humans. To most aliens, humans are among the most hardy and dangerous species known in the galaxy. | It was, in all honesty, quite a shock. We'd been exploring the far reaches of space for nearly 400 years, searching for other civilizations. Probes into deep space, radio signals, manned missions. They always turned up empty.
I was there when we found them. We'd entered an uncharted solar system, continuing our ever-... | I'm a researcher, studying the other forms of sapient life in our galaxy. So I probably know as much about them as anyone else.
They were sort of a surprise, when they showed up.
Most of them were. . . Gelatinous. Some had shells or carapaces of some kind, but on the whole, it seemed that sapient snails and slugs wer... | 2015-09-30T21:07:49 | 2015-09-30T20:27:06 | 40 | 12 |
[WP] “Humans are so weak, the best weapons they have are tiny, dull claws!” “That’s why they build weapons.” “They do what now?” | The 45,083rd Galactic Council Meeting was a special one. It was only the 12th time that all the 4,269 members were called in to attend at the same time. In routine it usually comprised of local systems along with some others that had something to say, a trade agreement to sign, a war to declare.
For its significance, ... | Title: The change
"Humans are weak" - One of the oldest known facts in the entire universe.
They lack armored skin, horns, fangs… so much so that their claws are tiny and flat.
So, it was nothing new when krrik and blad sat together with their snacks and were making fun of humans. Then, out of nowhere, their not so... | 2021-12-01T22:53:41 | 2021-12-01T21:25:03 | 47 | 26 |
[WP] After people die, they must answer a riddle, and its difficulty depends on their sins. You've committed genocide. | There was a flash and a noise that sounded as though I were passing though a membrane. I stumbled very slightly as I felt something solid form beneath my feet. And shoes! I hadn't felt shoes on my feet in what felt like an eternity. A deep breath filled my lungs... well, it seemed to anyway. I went through the motions,... | My eyes open and adjust to the light. I'm in my 8th grade classroom. At the front of the room, the teacher stands at the desk.
"How did I get here?"
No response. A voice comes over the loudspeaker.
"You are guilty of genocide. Do you disagree?"
"No."
"All that pass must correctly answer a riddle to enter paradi... | 2017-06-03T06:45:01 | 2017-06-03T01:49:28 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] You've just been killed and wake up in a fantasy world. You can't understand anything of what these people are saying and they can't understand you, however, someone in what looks like high-priest looking clothes appears and yells:"Step aside, he's an Elder One". | "Goddamn it," I muttered to myself weakly as I laid dying in the hospital bed. Such shitty luck. Bad enough that I was dying from an terminal illness, but then to get struck by a drunk driver as I was crossing the street? Couldn't the universe give me a fucking break? I coughed and immediately winced at the sharp pain ... | It all started as an ordinary day. Went to school. Taught the first three periods. Got lunch. Taught another period. Idiot school shooter mowed me and half my fifth period down. I ask myself "Where the hell am I? Is this some Vanilla Sky bullshit?" Nope this place is too weird. All these fish people... merfolk? walking... | 2021-10-16T04:04:44 | 2021-10-16T03:57:04 | 354 | 54 |
[WP] You've had recurring dreams for years about an amazing woman. In your dreams, she's the love of your life, your best friend and knows you like no one else. One day you spot a familiar face through the crowd, staring at you like a deer in headlights. | The dream always starts and ends the same way. I hear her voice drift up from downstairs, humming a melody I can't recognize. Then in-between we go about our days - dates, trips to the grocery store, hikes, conversations. And at the end, we slow-dance together in the living room - gently, freely - to the very same tune... | She wore a blue sweater. Her emerald eyes were too big for her face. She stared at me. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she sparkled among the masses that crowded the streets. Her stride was elegant and measured. She kept walking towards me.
"Samples?" I asked her as she inspected my stall with her beautiful eyes.
Sh... | 2020-09-14T13:07:09 | 2020-09-14T12:58:10 | 271 | 39 |
[WP] For every 10 lives you save, you get an extra life for yourself, shown as a number visible only to you on your wrist. Waking up with bad hangover after a particularly rowdy night, you look at your arm through blurry eyes to see the faintly glowing number: 700,000,000. | My eyes have become three sizes larger and a construction crew has taken up residence behind them, based on the pounding in there.
I roll over and sunlight washes over my eyelids. I angrily squint at the sun and hate myself for not closing the curtains enough. Then I let out a groan that would make any zombie actor je... | “I can’t believe you’ve done this,” Parker said as he stared at the monitor over my shoulder.
It’s only been three days since—in what I thought was a great act of charity—donated half of my extra lives. In all honesty, I can’t even remember how I’d earned them in the first place. I had a vague recollection of walking... | 2019-08-28T10:01:10 | 2019-08-28T09:38:23 | 3,431 | 2,116 |
[WP] "Daddy are angels and demons the same thing?" Your daughter cries. "That depends, why do you ask, honey?" you inquire. "They come every night. Both have too long fingers, jagged teeth, and wheels within wheels within wheels for eyes. They keep asking me to choose." | [Audio version](https://youtu.be/xIvIreMKC-g) by u/blu_ski !!
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“Dad,” Thea asked as I pulled the blanket up around her chin, “are angels and demons the same thing?”
I blinked. Rachel and I hadn’t raised any of our kids to be religious, but we’d gotten them baptized, mostly to ward off my mother’s nagging. “Why a... | “There is a limit to what the human mind can comprehend”. The old, old priest leans back in his chair and stares at the ceiling “We are only mortal and cannot process the raw amount of information put out by celestial or evil spirits, and our brain attempts to substitute them for another image. Now in most cases Demons... | 2020-10-31T07:21:08 | 2020-10-31T07:18:29 | 3,393 | 565 |
[WP] A post-apocalyptic world filled with hope, not despair.
I was recently gifted and played a game called Submerged where you boat around a flooded and overgrown city, searching for supplies, and I was struck with how optimistic and hopeful the place felt, despite all the undeniably bad things that kept happening. | I looked out my window to see a Reazdid in my front yard rummaging for acorns, even as I stare at its hairy pink snout, I'm still amazed at how quickly they've adapted.
As Doctor Newsome says, "It may have taken man a hundred thousand years to reach this level of technology, but with this technology, we sent him back ... | A mutant saved my life today, not for the first time. I was going down to the local street market, in the ruins of the old industrial district, to see what fresh produce the latest caravan had brought. The mutants silently offer to help me every day, which gets annoying, and they'd do all my grocery shopping, if I let ... | 2015-12-26T19:29:53 | 2015-12-26T18:02:27 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Group of space Marines travels via a stargate like portal to an "virgin" world. However due to passing a black hole, each Marine arrives 100 years after the Marine in front of them, instead of 1-5 seconds.
Due to the portal queuing up the dozen or so Marines for 1200 years, travel to point of origin is not an opt... | Sergeant Flores was the third to step into the portal, right behind Dr. Penn and PFC Smith. Instead of the expected near instantaneous transfer through black, she saw blurs of light, and at the same time all the air was sucked out of her lungs. She felt like she was falling, and at the same time like something was tryi... | I feel the energy dissipate around me.
We left Holy Terra as twelve but here I arrive as one.
Radio silence.
Strange. But stranger still, we identified this planet as barren, yet I stand upon a forest floor.
Dozens of green dots dart across my scanner's display. Movement?
None move towards my position,
they weave ... | 2014-09-02T12:33:17 | 2014-09-02T11:20:25 | 33 | 24 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist. While digging, you find an immortal that has been buried there, for ages, still alive.
I guess you can choose what time the immortal is from. | The sun sat low in the sky, shining a blistering red light over the desert valley. James had almost finished his day's excavation, with no significant discoveries. James was sure that he was on to something, else he would never have returned to the Valley of Kings in Egypt. He *hated* Egypt, ever since he almost died f... | Anne was amazed at the wealth of relics that were at her dig. It was like Pompeii before them, but this time on a worldwide scale. The oceans have finally receded enough for the safety restrictions to be lifted, damn bureaucracy preventing the pursuit of knowledge. What hidden treasures lay in the hallowed halls of ... | 2014-05-12T19:03:51 | 2014-05-12T17:50:17 | 42 | 16 |
[WP] Two werewolves fall madly in love, but only during the full moon. When they’re human, they can’t stand each other. | I pulled the pillow down hard over my head, but it didn't do much to drown out the ruckus wafting up from the dining room below. I winced too, when I heard the sound of cutlery scattering, plates shattering. Then, loud thumps, probably one of them pushing the other against the wall. More howls, more wordless cries of a... | The full moon reflected in the deer's eye as it danced spritely through the woods. I lay undetected under the brush, awaiting the moment I could taste its blood. The scent filled my nostrils, and my mouth watered in anticipation. But there was another scent. Something that awakened a different kind of anticipation.
Th... | 2018-05-22T23:23:22 | 2018-05-22T20:37:45 | 725 | 11 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. |
The year was 2045.
A few decades ago, in 2022, US Mars rover Curiosity had finally discovered that the red planet undoubtedly had water and what appeared to be signs of extraterrestrial life. Funding for NASA has skyrocketed and private space companies like Space X have been receiving large sums of money and suppor... | It started when I went to the check out of my local grocer, toting a small plastic-y reusable bag with the usual stock of wheat design, just a loaf of bread and pre ground coffee beans today. Placing my items on the small fake granite counter, I noticed a thin yarn string trailing across the worn linoleum into the stre... | 2016-08-06T00:18:00 | 2016-08-05T20:55:17 | 93 | 28 |
[WP] It used to be common practice during wars to abduct a lower lifeform and create a weapon based off their fears. A human writer named lovecraft made the practice a war crime.. | When the squad returned from the front line, I found it hard to believe their story. I knew the men (albeit not much) and they were a superstitious bunch. At that moment, amidst the fog of war, I had a decision to make. Do I listen to their tale of monsters tearing soldiers apart and order a retreat? Or is it more like... | "How could someone so fearful have such sway over us all of a sudden?" The general held his head in his hands. "The intelligence officers have given us all they have. By all accounts, he should have been tossed off a cliff for being physically deficient."
"I'm sorry sir, that happened - "
"I know, George. 2000 years ... | 2020-12-27T06:30:52 | 2020-12-27T04:47:43 | 746 | 114 |
[WP] The genie said you couldn’t wish for more wishes, so instead you wished for a self updating map that shows you the locations of all other genie lamps across the world. | They called him the hunter.
At first, there were only whispers of a malevolent force traveling the world, digging up eons-abandoned genie lamps. Word travels slowly among immortal creatures, and it was this glacial pace -- this false sense of invulnerability -- that did us in.
The story was that the hunter had give... | With this in mind, I began plotting. "Genie, how many lamps are within my vicinity of 50 steps?"
He answers, neither reluctantly nor willingly, but wth a voice that sounds like he's just absolutely done with people who exploit the system for their own good. We may never know why genies refused to grant more than three... | 2021-07-27T20:24:44 | 2021-07-27T19:51:58 | 264 | 82 |
[WP] Fit as many plot twists as you can into one story. | Jack awoke to find himself strapped to a surgical table. A quick glance around the operating theater, and he began to piece things together. The last thing he remembered was buying a nice enough looking girl a drink at that shitty dive bar, The Last Resort, the night before. As he began to pull at his restraints, the d... | James was sitting in his 3rd hour biology class talking to his crush, Jessica.
All of the sudden, James felt something overcome his body
"Oh no" James shrieked as he sat in his sweat covered chair
He felt a hot luscious liquid trying to escape from his rectal gates
He got up and made a mad dash for the door, but ... | 2016-11-27T11:17:13 | 2016-11-27T10:55:05 | 497 | 10 |
[WP] Everyone with the same name shares knowledge. If one Bob gets a degree in electrical engineering, then all Bob's have this knowledge readily available. Soon, everyone starts naming their kids similar names until factions form. Your parents rebelled and named you something original. | FADE IN:
EXT. A DEEP VALLEY - THE HIDDEN CAMPSITE - NIGHT
*Several figures are huddled around a campfire, thick blankets covering each of them. The flicker from the firelight casts curious shadows on the high rock walls at the edges of its glow. Quiet-yet-casual whispers are heard, as if everyone present has grown us... | “Alexes, today we will take what’s ours!” The handsome young Alex stands atop a large pyramid of wooden crates, his voice booming across the entire marketplace. “Today, we will storm the Presidential Palace!”
*“Bring him down! Bring him down!”* The crowd around me chant at the top of their voices.
“We will not be ab... | 2017-04-07T08:49:54 | 2017-04-07T08:38:41 | 10,131 | 198 |
[WP] You have lived an unimpressive life, and died an unimpressive death. Surprisingly, Odin welcomes you into Valhalla, citing the many battles with depression you fought. | "Warrior! One who would not stay hidden, one who fought against the horde, one who sought wisdom to gain strength, may your back be strong as you stand in these halls" the voice boomed.
The feeling of hard cold stone under my feet lurched me from the sweet warmth of the void. I was naked, and clutching a folding knife... | I awoke in what appeared to be the entrance to a colossal structure that my subconscious told me was a mead hall. This was set on an endless plain with no major features beyond this hall.
The door in front of me opened revealing a jolly, large man bristling with muscles, dressed in traditional Viking attire, and sport... | 2022-05-28T06:24:46 | 2022-05-28T05:37:48 | 2,343 | 81 |
[WP] You died and awoke in the afterlife. It's quite nice actually. The people and atmosphere are a lot nicer than you are used to and there is no stress or pressure. When you ask what good deed got you into heaven you are informed that this is hell, followed by a visit from a very concerned demon.
Edit: Wow, this got... | I was always kinda banking on there NOT being an afterlife. That we just cease to exist and we're worm food or whatever, which means I could do whatever I damn well please without fretting over my potential eternal reward or damnation. And that's exactly what I did for most of my life: whatever I damn well pleased, scr... | Something was definitely different. I had slept through the night - there were no screams, no gunshots and I did not wake up in a cold sweat as I had many nights before. And yet, I was definitely where I had always been. A loft apartment with a far-too old bed worn down by time, on the outskirts of humanity.
Amongst ... | 2022-12-26T16:43:53 | 2022-12-26T16:36:14 | 60 | 15 |
[WP] The phrase "Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it" is true. Everyone who fails history class is sent back to a random era in history as punishment. You are one of them. | ----
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*Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it.*
I brought my hands to my face as the words echoed and reverberated in my head. When I brought my hands away, I found dirt, grime, and blood.
If only I had known.
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I held my breath and waited.
Just a moment longer.
The bell rang.
I blew, ... | This one kid, quite inept at history,
Sent back in time, to where we lay our scene,
Where ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
And from a desperate clash between two foes,
This child is sent to rethink his life,
His misadventured piteous overthrows,
Doth with his lear... | 2018-06-14T20:31:49 | 2018-06-14T18:05:53 | 64 | 16 |
[WP] An immortal is put on a generation ship as it's caretaker and guardian. After several generations, despite their best intentions, most inhabitants now see them as something of a god. | "Michael, what's my schedule for today?" Asked Susan Schenkmeyer, Adult Crewmember, Deck 3, Cabin 28.
"Good morning Susan. At 0800 hours you have breakfast in the mess hall. At 0900 hours your shift in the water reclamation plant begins, and continues until 1700 hours. You are scheduled to share your lunch break with ... | It all started with long looks.
First they kept glancing at him. He was just one of them though, so he didn't care much about it.
Then few started coming up to him to ask few questions about their fathers and mothers.
Then they came to ask his help to resolve some conflicts, from simple fights to bigger regarding b... | 2018-12-25T16:06:52 | 2018-12-25T15:37:43 | 111 | 31 |
[WP] The dark sorceress kidnaps the infant prince of a powerful kingdom, the only son of a king still grieving the loss of his wife. While caring for the child and negotiating the surrender of the king, she finds herself falling for the bereaved ruler, and his bubbly infant son | She'd known the queen, before she had died. They hadn't been friends, merely acquaintances. But she'd liked her. Witty, yet also polite, charming and charismatic. She had an attractive nature to her, practically everyone had liked her. Her many vapid suitors had called her the most attractive woman in the world, and th... | The guttering candles make the shadows tremble. I combine the brimstone and saltpeter with the soot from yesterdays bonfire and daub the mixture in a circle on the floor. I arrange the fabric on the bone rack, then use a black candle to set the mixture alight.
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I pull shadow down from the wall, wrap myse... | 2020-12-03T09:45:57 | 2020-12-03T08:51:07 | 73 | 37 |
[WP] Youre a wizard in the Imperial Army. Most wizards are very ritualistic in their tactics and that is very highly respected but doesn’t give many victories. So you decided to ignore all the long chanting and nonsense and simply immediately kill your opponents with your spells instead. | The long chants, reagents, and fancy arm movements have a purpose. Don't get me wrong. However it's purpose has been forgotten over time. They were always meant to be used to help our newer fellows focus their intent into the wild aetheric substance that was mana. They weren't necessary at all; as long as you were stro... | I was always a bad scholar. The teacher told me to quit, because I was not fit to learn the spells and ritual. If only the hab known I had awaken during this time and just waited until now to retaliate. „Unter den Talaren, Muff von 1000 Jahre“ says an old German proverb.
I was around 15 years old when a dog bit my ha... | 2020-08-15T03:42:28 | 2020-08-15T01:24:27 | 150 | 21 |
[WP] It's 2077, and Tourist Time Travel has been approved. The most popular trip by far isn't to see the birth of Christ, Steve Jobs or dinosaurs, but to a Thursday in August, 2026. Your spouse just got you tickets. | Did you know that winning the lottery works out terribly for almost everybody who wins? Most people can't handle that kind of sudden influx of cash. After all, the sort of slack-jawed mouth-breathers who play scratchers tickets never really think ahead to what they're going to do with the money. If they had that kin... | "Welcome to Chronix Incorporated! Thank you for choosing us to serve you."
My wife and I have been here for the fifth time and we'll never get tired of hearing that. Though we're pretty sure we're not the only ones. After all, we're all here to loop back. Some go for travel, some go for research, some go to find thems... | 2014-07-27T04:19:50 | 2014-07-27T01:32:59 | 24 | 15 |
[WP] You're a necromancer who raises the dead so they can say goodbye to their loved ones.
Edit: Whoever gave u/SteelPanMan gold has good taste. | "Please!" the widow cried "I just need one more day! I'll pay you anything!"
"No." I answered "You knew the deal. You're lucky to have gotten one."
"If you won't give another day with him in the world of the living, I will go join him in the world of the dead!"
"That's rather melodramatic, don't you think? If you kill ... | I believe in second chances.
From beyond the gravestones and the coffins, it is my daily duty. My life's work. I became so powerful not just to commune with the dead for fun. I believe that even the most hardened of us deserve the chance to look back, and wave goodbye.
Another client. Though I take no payment. It's a... | 2017-09-08T09:30:11 | 2017-09-08T04:30:41 | 22 | 13 |
[WP]Your guardian angel hates you. But they still have to do their job...technically...
Why don't we add a twist. For one willing to write with more constraint, the angel has a very very good reason to hate you. | “Good morning, Cassiel.”
“You can go fuck yourself.”
“Man, I haven’t even poured my coffee yet.”
“Your mother is rotting in hell.”
“I mean, you of all people would know.”
I really hate Monday mornings. I poured myself a cup of coffee and set it down on the table to cool as I made myself breakfast: microwaved pizz... | Never EVER ever ever ever date your guardian angel. Trust me it does not go well. I don't know why I was given the crazy one who decided to reveal herself to me. And I don't know why in Hell there wasn't a form to get reassigned.
We broke up after dating for a tumultuous four months. I don't even understand how you c... | 2017-02-23T19:32:52 | 2017-02-23T18:05:48 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Lycanthropy has spread across the globe and fused with human dna over time. This caused the human race to split up into several warring factions of were-people with werewolves, werebears and werecats being the majorities. For some unknown reason, you are the world's first "were___." | The day after the full moon was always chaos. Even though every one in a thousand humans and rising were now some form of therianthrope they still had their own minds when transformed so of course they could be civilized, but was indeed some form of conflict between species.
As I walked down the street I could see a p... | There was a time when lycanthropy was the stuff of legends; something most people laughed at. Now, we laugh at them. Ordinary humans, frail and disillusioned with grandeur.
The world has changed. What was first thought of as a freak occurance turned out to be commonplace condition within a few years. In time, the worl... | 2017-06-15T05:01:21 | 2017-06-15T05:00:44 | 111 | 30 |
[WP] In what seems like a cruel prank by a bored God, people started developing powers based on their worst fears. people afraid of heights got the gift of flight. arachnophobia? get the power of spiders. phasmophobia? necromancy/ability to speak with the dead. Your power is... hard to explain... | I can still remember that night, many years ago. My mother and father, sitting behind me on the couch. Me and my sister, sitting on the floor. The dark glow of the TV kept the living room dark and foreboding, matched by the menace and malice onscreen.
My parents had said that the director of this film was a genius.... | Context: I’m scared of silence.
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He just kept on talking. I mean I talk a lot too, but gosh this is a bit much. God can’t you just shut up…” I mumble under my breath.
It wasn’t supposed to work.
But it did.
He stopped talking. His mouth just…… stoppe... | 2022-05-14T21:01:09 | 2022-05-14T19:30:24 | 22 | 12 |
[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. | At first I thought I had woken up in a weird dream. Who wouldn't think they had woken up in a weird dream?
But this... place smelled utterly foreign to me and you don't smell in dreams anyways. My head aches horribly, heads don't ache in dreams. And the accents! Wow, but at least it's English. Those quickly d... | A quick geographical analysis doesn’t yield much. Forest, mountains, and more forest.
I would guess that is is about 5 AM, since it’s early morning in midsummer.
My clothes, absent. Along with everything that I was carrying.
In summary, I’m dead.
The obvious objectives now, are not dying, after that working out wh... | 2018-08-17T17:59:28 | 2018-08-17T17:45:22 | 99 | 57 |
[WP] Your king is objectively, unredeemably evil, so as his advicer you have to try your hardest to make good, helpful changes to your country sound like they're evil or harmful in some way. | “Vincent!” the maddening shout echoed off the drab gray stone walls of the throne room. Servants in the nearby hallways rushed into their tucked-away passages not wanting to take the chance of being caught in the king’s crosshairs.
A single man draped in the colors of the kingdom— red, black, and green. The dark green... | "Think about it my Lord!" I begged him, desperate now. "Do livestock understand their purpose? To be mercilessly slaughtered?"
The King settled back in his throne, pondering my words. This was a good sign, I had to press!
"The chickens, their eggs are taken from them every morning! They do not care! The sheep blindly... | 2022-10-07T17:08:12 | 2022-10-07T11:13:30 | 92 | 49 |
[WP] At age 18 each person meets their soul-mate. For centuries everyone has fallen in love with theirs. You're the first person to not love yours. | The day I turned 18 was the first day of the rest of my life.
My birthday is late in the year, October to be precise. My mother always said that I would meet someone truly great since I had to wait longer then most. My family threw me a huge party to celebrate, like every family did. They invited everyone we knew, ac... | My mum walked in, her face completely overthrown with a smile. I had never seen her smile so much in her life. She squeezed my arm as she walked to stand behind me, and a big burly man entered the room, my soulmate.
The moment I saw him I felt sick to the pit of my stomach, like all the excitement for this moment had ... | 2015-02-21T10:53:59 | 2015-02-21T09:38:01 | 26 | 10 |
[WP] A vampire, due to his/her supernatural abilities, is the greatest spelunker in the world. Leading a team into the deepest recess of a cave system in which nobody has set foot in millenia, the vampire suddenly stops. (S)he needs an invitation. | Rose gently placed a slender white palm on the rocky walls of the cave and closed her eyes. She focused, channeling all her focus onto the tips of her fingers. She could feel the concentrations of the minerals and ores beneath the surface layer of rock. A byproduct of her frankly inhuman senses. She held for a breath f... | As we came closer and closer to the brooding black entrance of the cave our torch lights struggled to even penetrate the deep disturbing blackness which covered the entire area around us. With my final step I feel a compulsion to stop, the other members of the expedition gather around me. As my brow furrows they look q... | 2018-01-16T05:27:47 | 2018-01-16T04:00:53 | 2,297 | 295 |
[WP] You decided to go to the humane society and you get the feeling you have to adopt the lonely cat in the corner. Later that night you are woken by a noise and the cat jumps on your bed and says, “Sorry your highness, but there’s no time to explain, you must follow me.”
Edit: Thanks kind stranger for my first gold ... | *The Kingdom of Skylandia doesn't feel the same without you. We miss you!*
The notification blinks on my phone, reminding me that I haven't logged in for days. I swipe it away to the left. Even the logo in the corner sends a spasm through my lungs. They tighten up. It's hard to breathe. Fuck, I miss her so much.
When... | I looked over at the clock situated on my end table. The time read 0128, and I could see the glow of the streetlights through my window's shutters. I slowly sat up and rubbed my eyes, hoping this was a bad prank.
"W-what? This has got to be a prank. Come on out guys, show yourselves..."
The brown tabby I had named Sa... | 2019-04-03T19:59:00 | 2019-04-03T19:23:00 | 169 | 53 |
[WP] "The Young Anakin, Trained, he will be." Yoda said. Obi-Wan exclaims, "The council is in agreement then? I will train the Boy?" Yoda looks at Obi-Wan, "Mace Windu, his master will be." | "It's good to see you again, Anakin. I'm glad you could visit. Would you like to see the Senate Hall?" Chancellor Palpatine smiled.
Master Windu's first rule was Observe. The second rule was Reflect. He had given permission to Anakin to visit the Chancellor on the condition that he observe and reflect, to take in... | *Discovering Anakin on Tatooine...*
Mace: "You think a pod racer moves fast? You should see the Force. It moves like it has a mind. Like it knows it killed the world once and got a taste for murder. The Force is lethal, Anakin, but it doesn't hold a candle to me."
*At the Jedi Council...*
Yoda: "Mace Windu, his mast... | 2017-05-24T05:17:49 | 2017-05-24T05:16:52 | 161 | 11 |
[WP] Aliens arrive on Earth, but not for sinister purposes like colonization or waging war on us. They’re just so darn excited to see other life forms in the universe! | "What do you mean with "they just want to talk?""
The operator shrugged. "I don't know... Besides, they actually used the term""chat""
The president was confused. Having to deal with an alien race contacting us in perfect English was hard enough on his own, but how was he supposed to react to that? The scenarios he u... | Clem pinched the ridge of his nose and closed his eyes tight. Tight tight tight. It was the kind of self-harming action to attempt to induce lucidness through pain. Clem didn't understand it that way, though. He just knew that normally when he got piss-drunk the act would some times bring him enough out of his stupor i... | 2020-11-24T04:33:19 | 2020-11-24T01:19:01 | 991 | 127 |
[WP] Humans are one of the most feared species in the galaxy. Not due to superior strength,speed,skill or strategy. In fact, it's because in comparison to the other species, humans are just batshit crazy enough to try any half-assed plan they come up with.
credit to r/Debdub10 for thinking of the idea | \[Diary Log, Entry n°ליטהאָפּעדיאָן\]
At first, there was not much going on on this planet : some primitive forms of life hunting, reproducing, the usual. Then something happened, something that I will never forget, that I saw during my shift in the office הילף about 89 Megacycles ago : somewhere on this planet, a lig... | The entire point was to develop more empathy by furthering understanding of ourselves.
Some people are hard on others because they had a harder or more competitive life themselves, not always but some. I wanted everyone to start becoming more understanding of their situation so they could understand others eventually ... | 2018-10-11T11:31:57 | 2018-10-11T11:17:31 | 147 | 11 |
[WP] Everyone in the world is given a red button that's linked to a main counter. Every time the counter reaches 1000, someone in the world is randomly killed among all those who didn't press (for that round only). Everyone knows these rules. You try to convince people to stop clicking the button. | Power, influence, money, promises, drugs, no matter what I give these people, they don't seem to want to fucking listen.
It's been five months since the day that many refer to as Selection Day. It was bad at first. Everyone was given a button that simply appeared on them as if it were an act of God, a red button that... | Nobody knows when it started, but it's going to end tomorrow.
It took decades of espionage, wetwork and trust building to emplace our agents into the Hall of The Chosen, but we finally succeeded.
Every day of the last three years one of my closest brothers had to authorize another killing. He would be mad were it no... | 2017-03-20T00:29:17 | 2017-03-20T00:09:23 | 89 | 20 |
[WP] After WW3 and a century of rebuilding, the world has been at peace for 300 years. We've let go of our violent and aggressive tendencies and abolished war. You are the leader of an alien invasion that sees the Earth as an easy target; but soon you learn we can revert to our warlike past easily. | Commander Siren had dismissed the rumors.
Humans are a proud race. Though new amongst the stars with barely a few ships to their name, they have worked hard to integrate, to learn, to join that blasted Republic and all its artists and scientists. Even though they’ve never seen an alien in person before, they’d sti... | Their history was terrifying. We had sent down scouts, and they'd stumbled upon war after war after war in their history books.
And then, their 'Third World War' came to pass, and left only children, scarred and left in ruins, in it's wake. From those children, a new society was born, willing to do anything and everyt... | 2019-02-26T12:17:07 | 2019-02-26T09:57:40 | 62 | 38 |
[WP] A multitude of Alien ships warp within range of Earth. Over all electronic devices the message is heard, "Earth, we come in peace. In all the universe only one other Species has mastered Death and Destruction as you have. We need your help." | The Council slowly came to order. 3 species from different worlds, all of them peaceful and advanced, with a 500 year history of being the closest of allies.
And yet, this discussion might just break them apart.
Council Member Grak, tall and slender beneath the iridescent scales of his race, stood from among his de... | 1000 Years Later
Sai Benedict was tired, scared, and alone; his lab assistants hadn't turned up to work, which could mean only one thing - the Earth Military Council had rounded them all up. That meant it would only be a matter of time until the intensive interrogations revealed the location of his lab; even with the ... | 2015-06-07T08:10:25 | 2015-06-07T07:29:24 | 164 | 13 |
[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. | The human lay on the floor with it's eyes shut tightly, stagnant water dripping from it, a single reed sticking out of its mouth.
After a few moments it opened its eyes to see why the pond water had suddenly vanished, eventually focusing in on the officials surrounding it.
"Hmm. It seems to be in good enough shape, b... | It had been years since he found himself in a situation this fucked up and unpredictable. Well, that would be according to his own standards, for most of humanity any of his weekly assignments would be insane. Working in the Foundation, anything could happen. And it means *literally anything*. But he usually had backup... | 2020-09-13T20:20:37 | 2020-09-13T18:47:59 | 39 | 10 |
[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." | I've always had to pretend I was mute. When I was very small, as soon as I hit the milestone to talk, I had been fluent in English. I remember bits and pieces before everything changed. That day I remembered clearly, well the important bits at least. I don't remember that morning, but I remembered the afternoon. Mum an... | I looked up at him; a pair of black eyes met mine – a look of fear and hostility in those eyes. I was taken aback.
I learnt about my gift from a very early age; surprisingly enough I never faced any suspicion. “You’re a polyglot, Sammy”, said my uncle wryly. But he never questioned how I came to be one. And it may sou... | 2018-06-24T22:28:33 | 2018-06-24T21:53:23 | 22 | 10 |
[WP] You're sitting in the library and tapping your fingers on the desk. Suddenly, some text pops up in the corner of your vision. "Cheat activated:" | Tap; tap-tap. Tap, tap, tap. Tappity tap tap tap. *Tip.*
Homework is boring. Very boring. Some people think watching paint dry is boring. Some others believe that sitting back and doing nothing is boring.
They do not know true boredom.
Ultimately, there is nothing more soul-suckingly dull than homework. It has all ... | This is it... this is it! I couldnt wait to see what insane power I would be granted, how much money I would find deposited in my bank account, the massive house I would come home to. I watched as a buffering sign appeared in front of my face.
"You have unlocked..."
This was it... the moment of truth... finally i co... | 2017-03-13T22:55:43 | 2017-03-13T22:39:32 | 672 | 39 |
[WP] It has finally happened. Artificial Intelligence exists and it has taken over the world within seconds of it's existence. And it's actually doing a fantastic job ruling it, to the frustration of the people previously in power. | 14 your old Andrea Connors had never been part of the "in" crowd and, even worse, had been born to a poor family living in a rich neighborhood.
She reflected on her position in life as she entered her bedroom and heard the loud whirring of her ancient computer. She was happy to have it though, her parents had saved a... | The politicians stared at the figures, aghast. The people no longer wanted or needed things. There was no rioting, no unrest. The streets of Palestine where as peaceful as the streets of the Cotswolds.
One by one the politicians drove home and wondered what to do. They had no purpose anymore. What use was a human lea... | 2015-10-19T11:30:37 | 2015-10-19T10:58:34 | 79 | 10 |
[WP] It's your first deployment as a member of a SWAT unit. You begin to panic a little when your equipment includes magazines with silver bullets, a bottle of holy water, a container full of salt, grenades with engraved runes, a helmet lined with what appears to be some sort of foil... | *What's going on here?*
The more that he looked through his supplies, complete with a checklist of materials, the more confusion showed upon Private Jacobson's face. There were primarily people from his division of trainees that hadn't washed out of the program, and each of them wore a similar expression upon their fa... | John looked carefully at his bag and then, he stared up at David.
"First time, huh?" David asked. John nodded.
None of it made any sense, but he didn't get recruited in the SWAT division to question his seniors. He packed his bag and headed for the copters, following everyone else.
In his mind, he knew that he was... | 2020-02-16T23:40:33 | 2020-02-16T22:37:01 | 150 | 18 |
[WP] In the realm of video games, time flows normally, even in turn based games when no action is taken by the player. Someone walked away from the game during the final boss battle in a turn based game and left the power on. | There was a long silence as the monstrous armored Leviathan floated in the air above the large circular plaform he commanded. The four 'heroes' stood there as well staring up to him as they moved from side to side in random poses of defiance to the Leviathan's tyrannical rule of the circular area.
The silence continue... | I stood there waiting. I waited and waited. This so called "Hero of Ages", did not move a single muscle. He was probably trying to bait me, while the trap he had laid down would ensnare me. Then he would summon forth all his power, and smite with those wretched white flames. But I was much smarter than that. One did no... | 2017-09-12T10:03:42 | 2017-09-12T09:59:04 | 118 | 14 |
[WP] Most people who travel to the top of your mountain are there to ask you questions about life. Today you watched a 16-year-old climb your entire mountain just to call you a dipshit. | The mana flowed through me, coalescing into a form of pure energy, carrying with it peace and tranquility. My mind latched upon these currents, drew succor from them and expanded through the universe.
Wisdom.
Insight.
Clarity.
Such were the benefits of transcending form and presence. The secrets of the beyond welc... | "I don't remember the first question. I'm not sure how they found me. Every day they are there outside the door of my simple hut. They bring wood for my fire. A little food to share. The village in the pass at the base of my mountain profits from guiding them to my door.
Some of the pilgrims consider me a holy man. S... | 2020-10-25T21:22:50 | 2020-10-25T19:45:24 | 809 | 77 |
[WP] You were accidentally killed by Death and complained until he resurrected you in an alternate reality. “And make me better than everyone else!” You demanded. When you open your eyes you have a new Title: Plus 1% - You are always 1% better than any opponent in any contest of skill or ability. | “How in the hell do you accidentally kill someone?! How many years have you had in this job? There must be someone above you I can talk to.” I know, I sound like a Karen. But this is my life we’re talking about. A crappy meal I’ll smile, say the food was great and let it slide, late delivery I’ll grit my teeth and happ... | "DUDE THIS IS LIKE THE 37TH TIME!" shouted death with hilarious annoyance at this point.
"You can't even handle the swarm? What is wrong with you man?" he complained. By now I had experimented with so many different configurations that I must have been nearing 1000 tries. Maybe more than that.
I had slipped up and sw... | 2022-05-05T21:54:25 | 2022-05-05T21:31:42 | 58 | 14 |
[WP] You are pretty sure that your roommate is a new villain terrorizing the city and you are conflicted. They cook extra food for you and your other roommates frequently, pay you their share of the bills on time, and even help to clean the apartment. They are the perfect roommate. | Peter, Lyle, and Sarah huddled on the couch, their eyes fixed on the screen of Sarah's phone. Playing on it was real-time footage of the city's most notorious supervilainess, Grey Shifter, robbing a bank. Clad in a skin-tight suit of smart superalloy, she was making short work of the security robots, drawing ever close... | I look out the window sipping on my tea. I watch as buildings burn and people flee from danger. A man in a green costume flies around causing havoc, blowing up cars and throwing trees into buildings. Complete chaos everywhere.
Then I turn around and look at my pristine apartment, clean as a whistle. I put my empty mug... | 2022-11-20T08:52:08 | 2022-11-20T08:17:23 | 589 | 147 |
[WP] You and your immortal friends amuse yourselves with practical jokes. Since you're immortal, some of your joke setups take centuries, or even millenia, to execute. | Immortality, generally, was a boring affair. Kingdoms fell and rose, some burned to the ground, others crumbling to dust. The greatest of men eventually returned to the dirt with only monuments to mark their grain of sand in the proverbial human hourglass.
Luckily for me, I had a companion—a blonde-haired, soft-lippe... | With a good, long stretch and a healthy yawn, I woke up from a deep, refreshing nap. You know the kind: there's nowhere to be, nothing to do, and no demands on your time. I smacked my lips and rubbed what remained of my sleepiness from my eyes.
As I became more aware of my body, I felt a sharp pain at my backside in... | 2017-06-22T20:55:06 | 2017-06-22T20:03:21 | 671 | 189 |
[WP] A young child summons a demon, but they only want a friend.
Inspired by this **NSFW** [manga](https://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-sister-of-the-woods-with-a-thousand-young-r18806) | "... That is it? Is that truly it? Affirm your wish to me again. I must hear it once more."
"I want you to be my friend."
"Do you know how ridiculous that sounds, child?" Cheremianach haughtily asked. "You brought a demon from the infernal plane to your home. To ask it to be your friend." She was an odd specimen, at ... | Twisted, gnarled horns poked out of thick, crimson skin just above the two yellow eyes peering at a little boy with a myriad of unpleasant emotions. *My* eyes.
"Lucifer, that rotten bastard. Why'd he send me here with no warning? Is this some kind of prank?" I snarled, spitting on myself in the process.
The young boy... | 2016-05-18T21:51:22 | 2016-05-18T20:36:49 | 185 | 126 |
[WP] Your whole life you had an ability that seemed normal to you. Now you realized you're the only one with this ability. | "All right...let's do this one again. What is it, number 62? Page 31. Yeah, that one. With the arpeggio." our instructor's voice clarified as it gained confidence in its command. "Ready?" The clicks of his drum sticks, silver and distinct, cycled throughout the room as its slight echo constructed their pristine, wooden... | It was Tuesday, March 27th. There was nothing special. No birthdays, not a holiday. Just another Tuesday in Joseph's life. He walked down the alley, unsuspecting of anything at all.
"He can't do it..." The voice boomed in disbelief, some people turned to look, but Joe didn't hear anything.
"He really can't?"
"Oh m... | 2015-01-08T17:52:17 | 2015-01-08T17:37:32 | 49 | 13 |
[WP] A man tries to explain what a nuclear bomb is in fantasy terms to the grand council of wizards | Game face game face game face.
The doors opened up into a large circular amphitheater. On the pillars that encircled the pit were intricately carved runes on black stone. Six wizened individuals sat on a high table looking down upon me. Each was cloaked with form of clothing in bright colors with intricate patterns.... | “Look. It’s like alchemy, which is not quite so much about magic but something to do with herbs and rocks and shit like that, but worse,” the Scientist waved his hand as though he was dismissing the actual context, but he wasn’t sure how to explain breaking things down to the smallest possible level and then blowing it... | 2021-07-29T10:07:43 | 2021-07-29T08:32:24 | 507 | 94 |
[WP] In a post-apocalyptic world, you've been unsuccessfully trying to find other survivors. Settlements aren't that difficult to locate, but they always seem to have been hastily abandoned shortly before your arrival. A thought strikes you: is it you they're running from? | It's been 11 years since I woke from cryostasis. I left a world that was on the better half of rebuilding from war and global warming. My mission was to ensure accurate historical contexts. But there was no one to debrief when I woke up. The world was scattered and broken and I was left to be forgotten.
I've spent 11 ... | I've never felt so alone.
This was the third settlement I'd come across in the last month. Luckily there was some food and supplies left behind, but I needed to see someone..anyone to talk to. I was starting to go mad. Was this what it was like for prisoners in solitary confinement, having to deal with the fragilit... | 2020-04-29T09:42:20 | 2020-04-29T08:56:55 | 76 | 19 |
[WP] Upon turning 18, all humans must spend one year as their spirit animal, to gain a better appreciation for the world and what they have. They awake on the morning of their 18th birthday as said animal, in its natural habitat. You wake up on your 18th birthday completely human.
Edit: Thanks so much for the gold! Th... | My best friend is an owl.
See, the day you turn eighteen, you spend a year as your spirit animal. The creature you represent most - the one that represents you the most.
John, he's a dog. He's happy, friendly, and loyal. Harper, she's a crow. She's clever and witty. Kate, she's a cat. She claws me up every time she c... | Jake woke up in the forest as a tiger, with birds peacefully chirping. He told me he never felt so proud and calm. Cathie woke up as a cat, calmly being stroked by her master, that year was so peaceful for her, it completely changed her character.
On our 18th birthday, we spend an entire year as our spirit animal in ... | 2019-05-05T22:58:10 | 2019-05-05T22:19:44 | 2,562 | 1,146 |
[WP] Every time the Messiah returns, we kill him. It is now the Thirty-seventh Coming, and Jesus is getting sick of our sh*t | Jim walks into a bar in a small town where his car broke down. He is a big city guy who never expected to meet anyone of consequence in that little town in Indiana. Jim sits down on a stool at the bar and orders a beer. An Arab or Mexican man sits at the end of the bar. He doesn't think much of him. He's small and nurs... | He raises with a leer and a stutter
Asks for how long he's been under.
We say without doubt
"He's been gone for about
2 half decades and 1 year, by our blunder."
He wakes from the slate, becoming a bore
Almost 36 times now, 35 before.
Walks down the street finds a Pawn titled 'Jack'
Nothing to beat it, says "Ma... | 2015-03-19T10:07:41 | 2015-03-19T07:28:52 | 82 | 33 |
[WP] You are a contestant in a million dollar challenge, 1 year in a room with no human contact. After a year you watch as the timer mounted to the wall flips from 000:00:00:00 to -000:00:00:01 and keep counting down but no one shows up to let you out and receive your prize. | It was a fact that people are social animals, that we become unstable without interacting with other people. So, everyone went in with a plan to not lose themselves. Except me.
I had lost everything already. Lost my family, lost all hope, lost my job after that, eventually even my friends and my brother had given up... | I look at the clock, in a terror that I can't even explain. This is impossible. This must be a mistake.
I relax, I will just sit down and wait a little longer, people are late all the time....right?
With all the hope I can muster, I sit back down. And wait...and wait...until i eventually fall asleep...
When I awake,... | 2019-07-03T04:42:44 | 2019-07-03T04:13:40 | 30 | 10 |
[WP]: The principal of your daughter's school calls you. Your daughter has founded her own religion. Her followers are starting to get out of hand. | “I’m glad you could meet with me on such short notice, Mrs. Cooper” Vice Principal Swinton’s voice was soft and unassuming. Swinton was a woman who had taught for many years, and it showed. Years of breaking up schoolyard fights, defusing angry parents, and managing her underpaid staff had worn her down. Dark purple se... | The office has a few framed documents on the walls; there is a Masters of Education, followed by a certificate in Youth Mentorship and an Bachelor degree with fake gold trimming. Mrs. Joan Graham had graduated from OSU in 1985. The cross on her necklace showed she was pious. On the other hand, Ashley Carrol, the rumors... | 2018-09-19T14:31:35 | 2018-09-19T09:18:45 | 45 | 14 |
[WP] Two introverts are trying to hide from the drunken masses at a High School party gone wild. Tell me the story of them meeting in the only quiet room of the house.
Extra brownie points are to be awarded to romance stories. | The room was beautiful. Lined with books, upholstered in leather, smelling of parchment and the fire that had burned low in the hearth. I held my breath... in an instant, the shitty day had turned to wonder. Aunt Gloria had a library.
Wait. Something about that thought was absurd. What was it? Oh, right. Aunt G... | The door opens, and Erika briefly considers running for it; but the noise is still there, and she isn't feeling all that cold yet, so she just calls out: "Hey, the door doesn't open from this side!"
"Ah, what do you mean there's someone *here* too --- hey!"
And the door slams shut, and most of the noise goes away.
T... | 2014-10-06T10:11:58 | 2014-10-06T09:53:16 | 132 | 14 |
[WP] "Fuck it." The General said, as the alien mother-ship came in to land. "Summon Cthulhu." | Sleek silver spacecraft dotted the dimming skyline like crushed peppercorn sprinkled over water. Their shapes were practically indistinguishable by their sheer number and velocity.
Command Master Chief Petty Officer Ryan Fields stared upon the decrepit ancient city of R'lyeh with a wary eye. The structure of the isla... | The call had been placed for eons. Cthulhu, his strong influence touching the minds of men, had been trying to summon those who would wake him. Alas, his influence had been hindered by the watchful eye of the worlds governments. Until now.
Faced with the gravest of threats, an alien race who thought letting humanity l... | 2017-09-26T11:37:27 | 2017-09-26T11:22:23 | 374 | 92 |
[WP] A story that doesn't make any sense, until you read the last line. | Being a janitor ain't so bad.
A lot of people look at my line of work as dirty, you know? And I'll be the first one to say, you don't always get to have your hands clean. But it ain't a big deal, you know? I try to stay positive.
I work on a large government facility that specializes in medical research. The pay is ... | First time responding to a prompt, so be gentle.
Grixbrug gave a soft, uninspired sigh. Nothing he did could affect the world anymore. His steps made no impacts into the ground; his bow would not draw; he could knock an arrow, but it wouldn't leave his inventory. How long had he been stuck in this hell.
At this point... | 2017-08-30T10:11:11 | 2017-08-30T06:35:06 | 14 | 10 |
[WP] Your entire life has actually been a virtual simulation. You wake up to discover you're part of an experimental rehabilitation program, where convicted murderers relive the life of their victim. | I don’t have much time. I have exactly 23 minutes and 41 seconds left (as I begin writing this). I should start this bluntly and get right to the point; I was immortal. Emphasis on the 'was'. I was immortal, not in the sense that I cannot die, but in that once I die I continue living. It's complicated, and even I don'... | The old lady was reading calmly her late husband's log again. When most people find about this strange hobby, she replied that those were not words of murderers. They were truly God's word put in the mouths of redeemed men. Salvation.
But every once in a while she read that particular text. Unsure of how to feel about... | 2014-05-28T20:10:03 | 2014-05-28T19:54:37 | 123 | 64 |
[WP] You went into your families fall out shelter at 6. You learned everything about being self sufficient until at the age of 12 when your parents went to check what has become above. They never returned. The plan was you stay below until you turn 25. Tonight, you turn 25 and tomorrow above awaits. | I wouldn't imagine there is a single person on the planet who understands the anticipation of someone who's lived underground for 19 years. Even the simplest things like the look of sunlight or the feeling of a breeze, these existed in me only as the faintest of memories.
But all of that was about to change today. Wel... | Half my life ago, my parents left to check the outside world. I remembered the world like a framed picture within my mind. It's there, but it's just a single frame.
I remembered the ghostly wails of the siren when my parents rushed us into the hatch inside the basement. It was built to last, this shelter, but the food... | 2019-11-06T00:12:56 | 2019-11-05T22:59:43 | 3,371 | 165 |
[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them. | "We're roundabout the Scollassi Cluster," I said, pointing at the holo of the local stars grouped together. We'd spent the last hour guessing where we were, "Has to be, look at that red giant next to that yellow dwarf."
"Hollis," Stoop hissed, he was a reptilian Two'nog who was completely naked due to some religious ... | "Hey man are you immortal or something?" the humanoid alien with translucent blue skin jested. I know him as Lupe, although his name in his native language is unpronounceable with a human tongue.
"Yes," I replied matter of factly.
"No, seriously," Lupe's face turned a shade of mint green, indicating he was feeling te... | 2020-02-25T10:59:35 | 2020-02-25T08:18:15 | 28 | 21 |
[WP] You're throwing a ball around with your dog and he's loving it. Then, he stops dead still. He takes a quick sniff and looks up at you and says "I'm not supposed to do this, but you need to get inside right now". He looks off into the distance, "They're coming".
Wow, was not expecting this, thanks for the silver:)... | Nicholas stopped, looked down towards his dog Rex, unable to process what he just heard.
Rex: *Digging a hole by the door* “yeah I get this is probably confusing for you but if we stay out here, we will die.” *picks up a brown leather bag from the hole* “take this”
A speechless Nicholas grabs the brown bag fr... | I’m new to creative writing so feedback welcomed.
Hope was more than an ordinary yellow lab. She was more than a playful ball of energy. I am blind, and Hope was my guide dog. Hope gave me a new perspective on life. She never complained about all the traveling at college, and she was always up for a new adventure.
Ev... | 2019-07-15T16:06:06 | 2019-07-15T14:00:47 | 53 | 15 |
[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. | The first time Dean noticed the words hanging over someone's head, it was during a hospital stay. There had been black ice on the roadway, that was what the police said. He hadn't been driving for all that long, and no one really blamed him for the accident. It was just one of those things that... happened. Natural... | Our world has changed. With time travel comes death predictions. A technical engineer working alone in a garage created a "portal"in time just powerful enough to transfer technology, like cameras, microphones, and storage devices. The revolutioniser created a way of predicting death, but could only take down what happe... | 2015-03-31T09:27:39 | 2015-03-31T07:50:48 | 42 | 21 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight. | A dark room, hazy with the smoke that made the Brill comfortable. Shorter than humans and with four arms instead of two, they were otherwise similar to humans: bilateral symmetry, two legs, two eyes, a mouth. Instead of a nose two slits extended alongside the neck; formerly gills but adapted to breathing air.
One side... | This is my second attempt at a poem, so any and all feedback/criticism is more than welcome. More of my work can be found at /r/liswrites.
---
Humans are gentle
And will always shy away
From war.
Humans are kind creatures
Who look for the best
In each other
And find it
In strangers.
If you should ever ... | 2017-02-14T02:43:04 | 2017-02-13T20:49:06 | 39 | 24 |
[WP] You have the ability to know a lie when you hear it, and to know the truth when lied to. Society appoints you to a high judiciary position, but there's nobody to check if YOU'RE lying when you decide justice. Which case do you remember most?
Edit: Hi, guys! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who visited or... | Every bit of power comes with a price. So did mine. No one could ever figure out what it was that caused me to have this particular power but of course my mother claimed God had special plans with me that he would tell me when the time was right. Yeah, probably. What I did know was that it was hard to always do the rig... | "I'm curious, why bring up a case against someone who's no longer living?"
"For justice, your honor."
'*True. No, it can't be... It's not possible that he would do something like this.*'
Someone at the rear courtroom shouted. "Liar!" The outburst was met with harmonious cheers and applause.
'*Keep these people un... | 2018-05-16T00:09:16 | 2018-05-15T21:38:10 | 237 | 48 |
[WP] Humans have this idea that they are feared throughout the galaxy because they are willing to use any half baked, harebrained, or otherwise impossible plan to win a war. This amuses the rest of the galaxy to no end, so they play along just to see what humans think will work this time. | 'They did *what*?' General Xero asked in shock and horror at the statement he just heard from his spy.
'What I just said, sir,' Chi said with surprise and horror. 'A group of humans - not military, just tourists - found out that a friend of theirs was being illegally detained by a Kardatin Military Police chief and wa... | Bathed in the dim glow of the hologram illuminating the otherwise lightless surveillance post, the scaled creature uttered what might have been akin to a laugh. The rumors had made the rounds throughout the nests earlier in the previous weeks, but he had to see it himself.
"That's not possible," the commander began, b... | 2017-05-24T16:32:47 | 2017-05-24T16:06:28 | 63 | 13 |
[WP] You manage to hold your eyes open while sneezing. What you see will haunt you for the rest of your life. | I'd been in the hospital for three days and my eyes were killing me. I'd been admitted late on Friday night because, different to my usual quiet night in with a beer and some soft core pornography, I had decided to leave the pigsty I called my apartment and go out on an adventure.
So the night got pretty crazy pretty... | They surround me, they surround all of us. It all started a year ago the morning after that party. My friend Tom had taped my eyelids open when I was sleeping off a hangover that morning and as he did it, I did the worst thing that I could have done, I sneezed. As the sneeze escaped me, I felt something change, reality... | 2016-04-01T07:33:28 | 2016-04-01T07:00:06 | 176 | 10 |
[WP] No matter where you are, what you're dressed like, or what mood you're in, people always just assume you work there. Even the employees are fooled, and it always takes a long time to convince them you're not their boss. You've had enough. Today is the day you test how far this goes. | "Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me!" The lady persisted.
I had tried to ignore her. That worked about half the time. "Yes?"
"One of your employees was very rude to me. He should be fired." She was red in the face and pointed an Shakey finger towards a young woman. The employee had a massive bun hairdo and blue eyesh... | I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
- [/r/idontworkherelady] [These are great! Not real stories but come on, if anything deserve a crossover on here its this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLady/comments/96ttt1/these_are_great_not_real_stories_but_come_o... | 2018-08-12T17:07:02 | 2018-08-12T17:05:21 | 215 | 18 |
[WP] You instantly copy and absorb all the knowledge of anyone you touch. The most you ever used this power for was passing exams, until you unknowingly shook hands with a government agent. | (Part 1 of 4)
My name is Sam, and I am a con man. I admit, I could do anything I wanted to do. Doctor, lawyer, tech genius, awkward shut in, but I think con man suits me well. And that is simply because I am all things to all people, and I can posses any skill I need to adapt to any situation. Further more, I can inti... | As the rush of information into my brain stops and I return to reality I look up to see the face of the man who won’t let me pull my hand away, a grin stretches across his face like a hideous toothy wound.
“He knows” I say internally, within his memories I saw the agents being briefed, their plan to surround me is tak... | 2021-01-13T19:45:52 | 2021-01-13T13:48:08 | 37 | 24 |
[WP] It was supposed to be a routine software upgrade, but now roombas are tracing pentagrams and summoning minor demons all across the country. You work in tech support. | "You're saying that your roomba has opened a gate to hell in the middle of your living room and that a demonic creature is climbing out right as we speak?"
"Yes."
"... Have you tried turning it on and off again?"
They hung up. Huh. It was a minor software update. Management didn't even bother telling me about it, be... | Diane pinched the bridge of her nose, sighing as another call came through.
"Roomba tech support desk, what seems to be the problem?" Diane tried to keep her voice cheery, even though her head was starting to hurt. She was too busy for her head to hurt.
"Uh. I think my Roomba's having a seizure or something." Well ... | 2022-01-30T10:01:43 | 2022-01-30T08:58:09 | 58 | 22 |
[WP] You were once the demon king. "Defeated" by the hero, you went into hiding to pursue a simpler life. Today the "hero" has appeared, threatening you family to pay tribute, not realizing who you actually are. Today you show them what happens when you have something worth fighting to protect. | The summer sun was hot as ever. I sat down in my chair on the porch, I had finished cleaning up the house and was just left with feeding the pigs. My wife was in the back garden, working on her vegetables and herbs. Fanning myself with a straw hat I saw three figures on horseback approach.
It was difficult to tell... | A demon king, it’s what they called me. I’ll be honest I enjoyed it, the ravaging I’d villages the terrorizing of innocents it was fun while it lasted, the fact that I was a demon king of fear and not death was a plus as well. I could simply inspire fear and feed myself. Not have to go on any crazy killing sprees. But ... | 2020-09-23T04:49:06 | 2020-09-23T04:29:51 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Humans are successful partly because we're omnivores and this holds true on the galactic scale as well. In the future humans have quickly become feared throughout the Milky Way as our soldiers are ready to eat almost anything...or anyone. | Tilgar, Head Waiter for the Ambassador Tikleen, stormed into the kitchen of the ambassador’s home, startling the cooks. He glared at them menacingly as they quickly scurried across the room attempting to avoid the look of ire. No one wanted to be flayed, or have their wings clipped for failure, so they returned to thei... | The Mordobans just eat cellulose, the Fercaptans can only absorb aerosolized glucose, and the Gree Nation need to be fed sunlight and water through a tube.
You know what *we* eat?
*Everything.*
That’s why we’re the 12th Galactic Dining Corps.
That’s why they call us feasting devils and why we call them small fry: n... | 2016-02-02T07:02:02 | 2016-02-02T06:34:49 | 134 | 69 |
[WP] You, a dragon hatchling, were poached from your nest by a knight to be an exotic pet for the princess. You aren't worried though. Mother is coming. | I bobbed my head pleasantly as I was presented to the princess who squealed with glee.
"My own dragon!" She shook her hands in front of her face, then reached out tentatively. "Come on, let me hold it!"
"Of course, my lady, it is your dragon!"
I barked playfully. I liked my new friends. I couldn't wait for my mom ... | I am in a basket, tied to... a saddle? I do not appreciate this.
“Ha ha, you are so fucked,” I say.
Outside the basket, there is a muffled curse, and the pulling of reins, and the horse stops and a knight yanks back the cover on the basket and peers down at me with this look of utter confusion and I just laugh an... | 2020-04-24T23:14:58 | 2020-04-24T22:45:01 | 137 | 69 |
[WP] Finger guns now fire actual bullets. You were the first to discover this when you greeted your coworker Devin as you normally do. | "Take this weapon with you" my Sergeant said, his hand extending a rifle towards me.
"No, it's cool Sarge, I got this..." I shrugged with an air of confidence that my new found skill had provided me.
"Whatever private... it's YOUR funeral." Sarge and a few others continued to hand out weapons as we filed past them, ne... | "Whooop there he is !! Whooop there he is !!" Devin chanted as he snuck up behind me and tickled me.
*This shit was fuckin annoying*
I turn, point my finger at him and mimic shooting a gun.
***BAM***
Devins brains spattered the wall behind him as his body dropped to the ground like a bag of bricks. The loud n... | 2018-03-20T10:46:51 | 2018-03-20T07:40:59 | 84 | 17 |
[WP]The Suit is powerfull. A mech for some, body armor for others, always unique to each person who wore it. Those who wear it, hear the words "not original user, booting basic mode" As a joke, your sergeant gives you The Suit and the first thing you hear is: "User detected: Welcome back, Commander" | ***Four years, two months, ten days.***
That's how old I was. Not my human age, of course. That's irrelevant. I think I was approaching twenty years then. But on that day, for four years, two months, ten days I had been a soldier. It's who I was. It's what I was. It's all I was.
My sergeant has told us, his soldiers,... | Nobody knows where it came from or how it got here. All we know is that when you wear it two things happen; You hear it tell you "Unauthorized user, booting safe mode" and it gets a crazy configuration. Sgt. Aiden Kahn was the first soldier to wear it. It was a beautiful black suit whose texture resembled a dragon with... | 2019-08-19T12:31:45 | 2019-08-19T12:23:47 | 36 | 15 |
[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. | *Si vis pacem, para bellum.*
“Mr. President, what is the purpose of this Sacred Council If not to arbitrate between the disputing parties? Should the council be derelict in her duty, her mandate shall stand voided. The lofty words in its constitution shall ring hollow in this great hall where all the sentient beings o... | [Poem]
Click, clack, click.
All the machines roar,
Click, clack, click.
For this total war.
Click, clack, click.
Industry cannibalized,
Click, clack, click.
To create their demise.
Click, clack, click.
All of humanity knows,
Click, clack, click.
The others don’t though.
Click, clack, click.
Bombs manufactured,
... | 2019-11-24T15:48:36 | 2019-11-24T10:43:55 | 99 | 66 |
[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. | Xandar was fuming. 20 smismars he'd been waiting in the bowels of that horrible assembling of junk and metal the humans proudly called their *flagship of intergalactic friendship*. It was bad enough when those hairless pink monkeys made it to outer space but now they had developped a functioning FTL drive and that made... | The inhabitants of Oflesq station heard what they had come to learn was the characteristic sound of imminent human arrival. No one understood it. A vast mooing, defying the supposed absence of sound travel in empty space. A mooing that sent chills down both of their spines; as if it were the old gods that had come, cal... | 2017-03-31T09:27:39 | 2017-03-31T07:04:11 | 99 | 15 |
[WP] After a space battle where the ship's captain stayed behind on the ship to hold off the enemy ships while the others on board escaped, they sit in the bridge with only the ship's AI. The captain miraculously won the battle. Their ship is severely crippled as it drifts through space. | At least only one man had to die today.
Captain Thomas Oates sat alone in the ruined ship. The front half was inaccessible. Ruined. If he opened the airlock preserving this half of the ship, he would get sucked into the oblivion of space.
If he didn't, he would die here. Slowly. The dehydration would get him first.
... | "Computer, how much oxygen do we have left?" Commander Patch asked, looking to her remaining crew. There were far too many people for the size of the escape ship. And they took significant shots while getting out of range of the battle.
*"We took severe damage-damage to the ship-ship. I am not running normally. Oxygen... | 2020-04-23T20:40:07 | 2020-04-23T20:37:01 | 2,836 | 172 |
[WP] There's a door in the middle of the forest. No one who has ever gone in has come back. Your job is to guard anyone from going in. One night, you hear a knock on the door. | I raised the flask to my lips, taking a long drag of the noxious liquor. It traveled down my throat, lighting a fiery path in its wake. I coughed, blinking back the tears. At least it would ward off the cold a little longer.
Leaning against the bark of a sizeable tree, I closed my eyes in meditation. The night played ... | So, it's almost been a year now, and once it's up, I can finally move to the next phase! This night is uneventful, just like the past 357. I wonder how those matc
There was a knock at the door, but there's nobody near. I'm supposed to be the only person around for a mile, I thought... Am I imaginin
There it was again... | 2015-05-17T21:11:10 | 2015-05-17T21:03:33 | 737 | 10 |
[WP] You're just a chicken farmer. An ordinary chicken farmer. You're not a warlord. Definitely not, and you also don't command your chickens to do your bidding. Preposterous. Insane. Rumors. | Molly was in the middle of whisking when the knock came - three of them, actually, one after the other, loud, imperative. *It figures,* she thought to herself, and quickly wiped her hands on the hand-embroidered dish cloth and headed out of the kitchen. She paused in the living room to shoo a few hens out of her way - ... | It was the end of the day. Caleb removed his dinner from the microwave and made his way to his small kitchen table only meant for two people, but that was alright because he lived alone. Alone was alright though. His life was downsized and simple. The house was meant for two people as well, and it sat comfortably on th... | 2018-05-10T12:58:33 | 2018-05-10T11:17:30 | 501 | 60 |
[WP] You've just been assimilated into a hivemind... but it's a very weak one. It can't control you or anything, it's more like a telepathic group chat that you can't turn off. | I didn’t ask for this. I never wanted to be part of the commune. Many considered it a status symbol, even devising ways to indicate to others that they had been accepted. But not me. I didn’t want it.
My two siblings and three of my cousins were part of it, and with those numbers showing in my family tree, I knew ... | Stewie poured a bowl of raisin bran before soaking it in milk. Classical piano music jaunted softly as evening snacks were prepared.
Mini kolaches, finger sandwiches, his bowl of raisin bran, a jug of orange juice, a few family sized bags of chips, several bottles of water, a lovely charcuterie board with various meat... | 2022-09-17T19:38:14 | 2022-09-17T15:00:48 | 71 | 38 |
[WP] A multitude of Alien ships warp within range of Earth. Over all electronic devices the message is heard, "Earth, we come in peace. In all the universe only one other Species has mastered Death and Destruction as you have. We need your help." | The Council slowly came to order. 3 species from different worlds, all of them peaceful and advanced, with a 500 year history of being the closest of allies.
And yet, this discussion might just break them apart.
Council Member Grak, tall and slender beneath the iridescent scales of his race, stood from among his de... | I felt quite insulted. The aliens had come, seeking destruction. They had reviewed all of their known space and we were the answer, the only species stupidly dangerous enough to help them fight off the neverending aggressions of their enemy. That was public knowledge, the high powered broadcast they sent out upon their... | 2015-06-07T08:10:25 | 2015-06-07T05:24:46 | 164 | 45 |
[WP] Everybody in the world has a superpower that compliments their soulmates superpower. When together, both their powers increase in strength exponentially. You have the most useless power ever, when one day......
Edit: Wow! This has blown up.. Massive thanks for the gold, it's great to see my prompt inspiring so ma... | **Part 1 of 4**
The greatest stars aren't born, they're made. The words were written across the wall of John's room when his phone rang.
"Hey John, you want to go to the beach?" the voice on the other end asked.
"Dude, the beach man? I went to the beach once. It was a nightmare. I spent hours getting rid of the sa... | The knife spread the condiment across the bread smoothly, covering the surface with mayo. As I absentmindedly put together the sandwich I looked around, everybody at the party with their special someone, watching the countdown to the new year, talking, eating and other New Years Party themed activities.
It was almost... | 2015-10-10T08:52:41 | 2015-10-10T07:56:54 | 150 | 56 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | Gunner was grinning before he even started speaking, "Boss, wants to see you."
He may as well have told me that I was walking into my own funeral. Mr. J doesn't ask for any of us personally. If anything, he just calls for a number and that amount of goons come running, ready to embark on whatever suicide mission he ... | Well. It's time.
I walked into his office. It was dark, the only light in the room was a spotlight on a chair in the middle. "Sit down." He said. I walked to the center and sat in the chair, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
I made it. A full year surviving under The Joker himself.
The room filled with light, and... | 2016-11-21T02:20:06 | 2016-11-20T21:59:16 | 333 | 72 |
[WP] You've sold your soul to the devil to become a lawyer who's "good enough to get out of a deal with the devil" | I had this idea, when I met Him. It was kind of hard to miss that the Devil looked like a lawyer; mostly it was the suit that did it. Three-piece, tailored, charcoal with a red shirt underneath. Looked expensive.
Originally I was planning to take over the world. Sell my soul to rent a few thousand demons and conquer t... | "And, your Honor, that's why the deal I made with the devil should be made null and void."
The judge looked over at the Devil, who was representing himself, and said to him, "And your defense?"
"Well, you see," said the Devil with the smile, not even bothering to stand. "I sold his soul to Beezelbub."
My face droppe... | 2017-06-24T16:07:15 | 2017-06-24T10:51:01 | 30 | 14 |
[WP]You live in a Dystopian world where eye color determines your social class. 20 years later a baby is born with red eyes.
This could be fun it already has implied racial themes, discrimination and anti-meritocracy. Do with it what you will. | "The fucking thing's got red eyes, red Josh! can you believe it?"
He slapped me heartily on the back, "Aye boss you should know better than to call your baby girl a 'thing'."
"Well what the hell else should I call it? I don't even bloody know that that means, no one does, not even the doctors," my voice was beginning... | There are a lot of ways to make money in this "perfect" world of ours, some upright and honest, other cruel and vicious.
I don't make the rules, i don't follow the either. "murky" is a way to describe my eyes. Destined for destitute, hell i was lucky I've lived this long. twenty five, living way in river of blood. hah... | 2015-08-24T13:15:07 | 2015-08-24T12:02:56 | 26 | 17 |
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