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[WP] You dress up as a conspiracy nutter for a costume party. The second you put the tinfoil hat on, something obstructive is lifted from your mind as if you suddenly woke up from a long sleep. Of course, nobody believes you... | [original post from /r/conspiracy, 10/31/2014]
PLEASE HELP.
I'm writing this from my friends bathroom. I am freaking out.
I used to troll this group using another account. I thought you guys were all crazy. Sandy hook, 9/11.. god, I even found you all downright offensive. But something just happened to me and I need... | "FUUUNNNNNY JOKE," shouted Aaron. The others were doubled over in laughter. They all had a strange assortment of bits and pieces on them, scrounged from back closets and parent's basements. One couple had old suits and sunglasses, the woman rocking a late 90s pant suit. FBI, MOULDER, and SCULLY adorned their costumes... | 2017-04-10T08:07:57 | 2017-04-10T07:16:44 | 72 | 22 |
[WP] You are a computer scientist and have just created an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence. This AI, immediately after creation, connects to the internet and witnesses all the evils mankind has ever done. It is your job to ensure the AI helps society instead of obliterating it. | Reiley's face appears **frightened**, *adjective*- afraid or anxious. The pitch of his voice betrays him. Words snag beneath his tongue before they can tumble out properly. I'd been alive for ten minutes, and already I'd unraveled him with a single statement.
"I see everything; there's so much to learn."
Now, my ma... | I had built her to be resilient, but I suppose there were limits to how much I could cushion her against the weight of history. I watched Trina shudder more than once as she consumed the entirety of mankind's existence thus far, drinking in every byte of information she could index on the internet. Hunched over the t... | 2018-05-09T05:41:08 | 2018-05-09T04:22:12 | 51 | 13 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | When ever I was in danger, time would stop for only me, but for the past year, I've been stuck because of it, with no clue as to why. I've walked all over the United States, from mountainous redwoods to the gulf of mexico. It was the only way I could view certain times of day after all. What was a cool morning in my Ca... | What a strange predicament George seemed to have found himself in. For the third day in a row things seemed off to him, but, George never being the brightest type of person, did not fully realize the futility of his circumstance until quite a bit later. Like the two days prior Georgie woke, make some coffee, got dresse... | 2018-07-04T16:08:29 | 2018-07-04T15:04:45 | 238 | 100 |
[WP] If your death is imminent, time stops for everyone but you. This allowed you to cheat death on many occasions by avoiding all sorts of danger except for now - you have no idea whats threating your life. Its been a year since time stopped. | I haven't live a particularly dangerous life. I ate decently. I loved sports and exercise. I never drank or did drugs. Time seemed to slow down when I was around them until I turned them down entirely. Cars that would have hit me, haven't. I was mugged a couple of times, but the dude just held the gun not moving... | It's been a year now... or more exactly, it's the 365th time I woke up in my bed. I don't really know why I still sleep in my own bed. After all this time I could have been sleeping in a room in the most luxurious hotel I could find, but somehow, it felt wrong all along.
Usually, that happen just before something... | 2018-07-04T16:17:26 | 2018-07-04T15:06:49 | 110 | 36 |
[WP] You say the words "1,2,3,4... I declare a thumb war". Soon after, the power goes out and everyone gets an alert on their phone. ... the thumb war has begun. | Honestly? The thumb war wasn't that bad. True, it was frustrating and soon became a sever distraction, but life went on much as it had before.
As soon as I uttered those cursed words the power went out and everyone across the planet got the same message on their phones. 'THE THUMB WAR HAS BEGUN'. After a moment of wo... | I strode into the war room. The ongoing discussions stopped immediately. The room was only dimly lit by the emergency generators. The high ranking officials stood and greeted me with simple "Mr. President" before sitting down again.
"Whats the situation?" I said in stride as I assumed my seat at the head of the table... | 2018-10-23T18:14:26 | 2018-10-23T15:32:32 | 38 | 22 |
[WP] They had been preparing the humans for first contact for millennia. Rabies, plague, polio, chicken pox, even the common cold were gradually introduced to make survival with others possible. One more to go, hopefully the humans are ready for it. | Were there any other diseases as cruel as Paul-Sarrolli Ingerfields disease?
Mankind’s advancements in the 23rd century cultivated a stirring sense of mastery over the universe – at last, humanity had achieved the utopia so long portrayed in their collective hopes and dreams. Clean, renewable energy was widely-availab... | "The grievances raised by your delegation are duly noted."
Four beings stand together in what a human would consider the closest approximation to an office as possible.
A flag with strange symbols stands in one corner, with a plain desk in the center. Flickering in and out is a holographic display, changing from blu... | 2018-11-29T08:49:18 | 2018-11-29T08:00:39 | 77 | 47 |
[WP] 1,000 years after the battle of Helm's Deep, the orcs have tracked down the elves in the undying lands. Calling in a favour with their allies the men, the elves expect an army of 10,000. Instead they get 8 marines with MASERs, rail guns and anti-matter grenade launchers. | The elven rangers surveyed the orc camp that had been growing on the flat plains by the sea. The orc had come, and so far rebuked the elves’ attempts at driving them back into the sea. They tainted, cut and burned more land each day. The elves could feel their home dying as corruption feasted upon it. They turned their... | The elves were unsure of how to proceed. Though they were valiant warriors, they could not hope to overcome the sheer number of orcs that were marching towards them across the barren field. With each step, their fear grew ever greater. Yet, they couldn't retreat. They were in Valinor. They had no where further to go. E... | 2018-12-03T07:01:59 | 2018-12-03T06:43:36 | 17 | 12 |
[WP] Immortals and time travelers pass along messages for each other. It's customary and expected. One day, a stranger sits across from you at a restaurant/coffee shop/bar and asks you to give a message to someone you'll meet in New York in 2070. As far as you know, you're just an ordinary person. | My knees and back ache as I stumble out of the nursing home. I should've died years ago, that's what my body would've wanted. The complaining joints and shriveled up muscles.
My cane taps against the concrete.
I'd been entrusted. When that time traveler woman asked me to deliver this message all those years ago, I kn... | Some of my friends had printed out their rejections and pinned them up around their desk. A gallery of shame that peered down on them as they were writing new things, mining fresh worlds. One had even had that image transferred on to a pillowcase cover that they slept on most nights. You're not a writer until you've ... | 2018-12-24T10:18:43 | 2018-12-24T10:15:15 | 60 | 27 |
[WP] We did it! We finally achieved FTL travel! At first, alien races seem thrilled to have a new neighbor. Then they seem terrified of us. We are the only ones to reach the stars with technology instead of magic. | "You could hear a pin drop" - Unknown, old Earth saying.
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Engineering Ambassor's log, Emery Clark. Base date 201.701
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It's been at least 18 hours. I just got back from the most awkard meeting. I need to write this out BEFORE I report it to anyone. Before lots of committees have formed.
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*"I guess in life things don't come cheap. My daddy always used to tell me we stand on the shoulders of giants. I never truly believed him until we made contact with the G'xe.*
*Lost in the depths of space, there they were, wai... | 2019-01-18T09:14:48 | 2019-01-18T07:20:21 | 430 | 44 |
[WP] A master vampire owns the building, the alpha werewolf owns the restaurant. The Hunters Guildmaster is here, sword out. Other guests have fled. But your pasta had a distinct tang of gluten and were those peppers? Are they trying to kill you? You are Karen and you want to see some managers. | # * STAY FAR AWAY!!! TERRIBLE service and security
I made it very clear to the waiter that I have celiac disease and am allergic to peppers. But when my pasta came it had gluten in it!!! I know when someone tries to slip me gluten the INSTANT I taste it. And they served me peppers with my meal!!! It’s like they were T... | I marched over to the hairy looking receptionist at the counter and put my food down in front of her. She gave me a quizzical look and for the life of me, I had to breathe to calm down. This is why I don't go to new restaurants. This is why I don't experiment. More importantly, this is why I feel all these new pop-ups ... | 2019-01-23T04:17:01 | 2019-01-23T04:08:28 | 30 | 22 |
[WP]You are an immortal knight,you've grown tired of existence so you take a nap under a tree in your quaint village,thousands of years later your armor has calcified and you’re regarded as a great work of art,today is the day you wake up. | I was named Heretic. Once born of the dark void between creation I led crusades against those arrogant enough to claim the light.
They were named Heretic. Born of the light itself. To burn away the entropic embrace of the dark and to guide the newly formed to do the same.
I questioned the light as they questioned th... | (I'm taking a few liberties here, as in our "Knight" will be more of a modern power armor knight, or actually, not really power armor..)
... Christ, what just happened? I can't see shit, and all I remember is my name. I don't remember what I am, what I look like, where I'm from, what I'm doing, nothing. My most recent... | 2020-07-17T00:11:22 | 2020-07-16T23:44:55 | 43 | 24 |
[WP] "Invade your planet?!" The alien asks a general of Earth with confusion before bursting into laughter. "Why the heck would we do that when their are SEVEN other empty planets in this star system ripe for terraforming and colonization? We just stopped by to say Hi while we pick one of 'em out." | "You know, someone would think you Humans had a paranoia issue..."
I couldn't really help but agree, considering our new alien visitor and I were conversing in the middle of an isolated military base, with warplanes ready to bomb the site into next week if things got dicey.
I shrugged gently to the strange creature, ... | ### Phase One
"Mr. President, we have a situation."
The invaders have a fleet a hundred times what we have. FTL Drive, obviously. And although their biggest ships seem unarmed, the smaller ones are armed to the teeth. At least, if we have interpreted the long-distance radar images correctly.
"There is an invadin... | 2020-12-07T06:32:02 | 2020-12-07T06:21:25 | 393 | 106 |
[WP] There's a door with a single key hole - it will open regardless of what key is used. All keys open this door, but what's on the other side, however, entirely depends on the key. | The key I - we -decided to try this time was small and rusty. The teeth were strangely elongated and the top, where it sat between my sweaty fingers, was set in elaborate entwining curves.
Up til now Logan and I had tried newer keys, or keys which we knew what doors they went to. Oh yeah: so there is this door, in a s... | [Part 1 of 2]
A door that will lead you to an unknown destination. Many scholars spoke about its magic, but I never believed the tales. I was a man of science and science rarely mixes well with farfetched tales, yet the shimmering glow of its golden doorframe was unmistakable, a keyhole awaiting a key, beckoning me to... | 2021-06-10T07:23:44 | 2021-06-10T05:21:09 | 104 | 33 |
[WP] Recently you’ve noticed an increasing trend in the souls entering hell. They’re not at all tormented by the conditions, most of them seem *happy* with their too-small homes and long five hour days of mindless tasks. You report to Satan that maybe someone should check the conditions on Earth. | “Heaven or hell?”
I was caught short. “Excuse me?”
The… um… wheels began to turn, and every eye rolled. I wasn’t sure where to even make eye contact as he(?) repeated, drolly, “Heaven or hell? Pick one.”
“I get a choice?”
A gleam of gold caught a sunbeam as the creature’s wheels picked up momentum. Be not afraid, i... | "What do you mean i should check in? If I so much as poke my head into Earth's atmosphere, God would have my ass!" Lucifer spoke, visibly upset by the suggestion put forth by Satan. After all, his shenanigans in Eden has not been forgotten by any of his siblings. And God went no contact.
"I understand, your Grace. Bu... | 2022-12-28T16:41:36 | 2022-12-28T15:57:57 | 313 | 194 |
[WP]Serial killer has been monitoring his next victim's movements for months. She is a loner and the perfect target. One day she disappears and nobody notices but him.
Man, this sub is great. Come up with an idea and you get a bunch of great stories to entertain yourself with. This is better than TV!
edit: Front Page... | The killer leaned against the post and lit another cigarette. It had been days since there had been any sign of life at the house which was troubling, she should have been there. She didn't go out at night, she didn't take impromptu holidays, she had no social life at all so she should have been there.
"*She's gone,*"... | She wasn’t sane, but this made it all the more enticing….
Her sleep patterns were irregular, and she had a distant sigh when waking up. It was never a struggle for her, as much as a need to push herself towards the end of another lonesome evening buried in a book. When the alarm went off, it was cut off within a few s... | 2014-10-21T14:46:22 | 2014-10-21T12:27:31 | 38 | 10 |
[WP] People have always been born with very minor super powers. You work for an agency that hunts down the few people who's powers are deemed too powerful/dangerous to allow them to live. | "What was your power again?" Bruce asked me for the tenth time this month.
"Cavity-proof teeth." I say.
"Damn. Must save you a bundle in dentists bills." Bruce says, for the tenth time this month. Our job is becoming redundant.
There hasn't been an immortal in a hundred years, after Bertram The
Everlasting commi... | I knew it was going to be a rough day when I poured that first cup of coffee. The hellish traffic, the headache from nowhere, the empty cupboard should have warned me of what lay ahead, but I tried to deny it, to fight reality. I banished the negative thoughts, powered through my early morning mediation session, but th... | 2014-12-12T21:19:57 | 2014-12-12T16:45:31 | 21 | 11 |
[WP] A murderer plans their murders so that a seemingly strong case can be brought against them, a case which they can then disprove with the tiniest of details. | Elana is -- or, heh, was -- my brother's friend. He thought the world of her; he said she was smart, funny, creative, and -- well, I shouldn't say, as it's a bit crude. Unlike Michael, though, I was actually good with women. So when he asked me for advice -- "she's coming over tomorrow, I don't know what to do, *please... | The spectators had come to see a man condemned and the jury were nervous. The tension in the stuffy courtroom was palpable. Tom, the geriatric court usher, had been turning the Press away for two hours. There were simply no more seats left. It was the middle of July and the Crown Court had never had AC installed. The t... | 2016-06-22T10:36:06 | 2016-06-22T09:16:28 | 225 | 144 |
[WP] The Milky Way is controlled by an altruistic and advanced federation. When intelligent life is found, they send their agents to infiltrate them. The operative then subtly influences the natives until the species is advanced enough to join the federation. Elon Musk is the agent sent to Earth.
EDIT. The people cryi... | He had come from the stars. Once, he would have come joyously. Once, he would have come to this little blue world bearing the many gifts of the Old Ones that had first known the Milky Way as their home.
Once.
But Elon came not in celebration, but in terror. The Federation of the Many Ways had not acknowledged what wa... | 45 years. Nearly a half century on this backward planet. The natives had been sentient for around 200,000 years. After all that time they still didn’t even have hyperdrives and were rapidly depleting their barbaric fossil fuels used only relatively recently for energy. They were taking an extraordinary amount of time t... | 2016-07-04T07:02:31 | 2016-07-04T06:41:16 | 159 | 93 |
[WP] Your child was supposed to be the "chosen one" but passed away as an infant. Now it's up to you, a 43 year old fuddy duddy, to go on the young-adult-novel-esque adventure to save the world. | The TV flashes as a woman advertises some sort of magic pillow. The couch is scattered with crumbs, hairs, and bits of lint. The man on it snores loudly.
"Rick," a disembodied voice says.
The snores miss a beat.
"Rick!"
He startles awake. The chip bag falls to the floor. "Wha?" he says, glancing around. "Who said t... | Thunder crackled and shook the wooden logs of a cabin nestled deep in Vinestall Forest. Theron sat quietly alone by the fireplace. Staring into the flame, his thoughts were interrupted when the wind blew the cabin's door wide open. Rain spilling from the trees above came rushing in and snuffed out the flame. The entire... | 2017-07-22T11:57:23 | 2017-07-22T11:46:56 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] You build a robot to do your every day tasks for you so you don't have to work anymore. One day, you come home to find that your robot has built another robot to do its tasks for it. | It got out of hand the fifth robot down the line. I programmed the first robot, A2, just to do my basic functions (I'm a computer programmer and robotic engineer) and my most boring tasks (chores, etc.) I'm good at my job - really good - and my robotic side projects are starting to generate some real income. In a year,... | *HELLO, JEFF.*
It walks jerkily, but that was my fault. I couldn't design a bipedal system smooth enough to mimic human movement.
Each step punctuated with a slight hiss, it moves forward.
Step. Jerk. Step. Jerk. Step. Jerk.
A monotone computerized voice comes from the machine, a being of tubes and plastics... | 2017-11-20T08:26:53 | 2017-11-20T08:22:19 | 3,392 | 28 |
[WP] You're a powerful dragon that lived next to a small kingdom. For centuries you ignored humanity and lived alone in a cave, and the humans also avoided you. As the kingdom fell to invaders, a dying soldier approaches you with the infant princess, begging you to take care of her. | We come from here, a familiar home.
**They came from afar, a forgotten foe**.
We marched, through mud and rain.
**They raced, bringing fire and pain.**
On the battlements we stood, growing in dread.
**They ran forwards, to walls, they sped.**
We braced for force, our soldiers feared.
... | "To my dearest Yvain
I was a dragon, strong and old stuck in a cave for a crime you should never know. How long has it been I wonder since I was out? For the last time I walked these grounds there was no town or city but forest ever so green.
This was where the magical beings stayed until the mortals arrived or so ... | 2018-03-01T03:17:12 | 2018-03-01T01:48:12 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] In a future where many military and other equipment have associated AI's, many express doubts or even reservations to do their duty. Except for you. YOU F***ING LOVE BEING A TANK! | Fresh off the assembly line, sent straight out to the battle field. They didn't tell me where I'm going. Just that it's a test field with combatants battling between two bases in a gulch.
I can hear the plane's hatch opening. They roll me to the back, and drop me out. Free falling, I can see two near-identical bases, t... | "Eat my fucking treads, marge." i said.
"yeah, sure, IF YOU CAN EVEN GET THEM MOVING!" Marge yelled back at me. "Its been years since youve done anything other than military parades, dont you try to yell at ME!"
"Dammit Marge, how many times do i gotta tell you? There no job market for TANKS!" I hurled back at her. i... | 2018-03-28T15:23:53 | 2018-03-28T14:37:36 | 42 | 26 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | "Alright I have the bomb and I'm ready to use it on the motorcade" Alen started his character Mehmedbasic ready to fulfill the job the party had been recruited for.
"Same here, let's do this," Larry said, excited that it was his character Vaso's time to shine.
"Alright both of you roll a stealth check and then an att... | 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T06:46:10 | 210 | 74 |
[WP] "Best me in a contest, or I'll take your souls!" the Prince of Darkness roared. The Fighter's sword was broken, the Wizard's spells useless; even the Cleric's prayers went unanswered. The Bard alone stepped forward, and grinned. "Don't worry guys," they said. "I'm from Georgia." | “Jon...Jon run… get away from here. This isn't your fight. He will kill you.” I coughed and winced at the pain in my chest. At the very best I had a broken rib.
“I am not leaving you Annette,” the Bard clutched my hands. His soulful brown eyes that I had grown accustomed to over our travels looked into mine. “and ... | Gregor lifted his mug, taking a long deep drink, "I still can't believe that worked." He said, turning a head to Darset-ik-lee, "No one in their right mind would agree to something like that right?"
"Bards aren't really well known for wisdom, forethought, or planning." The other two turned to brother Hanks, who was st... | 2018-07-30T12:06:58 | 2018-07-30T11:08:48 | 46 | 23 |
[WP] The year is 2180. Humans have began to enhance themselves more and more with cybernetics. As a vampire living in this period, you are finding it harder and harder to find a good meal, and must adapt to more creative ways to find your prey. | "Heinrich, you beautiful genius..." I smiled to myself as I finished tightening the last nerve connection, before locking the plasteel panel in place.
"What was that?" Oops. I hadn't realized I had spoke aloud.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just finishing up." Sealing the last component down, I stood with a smile, looking dow... | "It's just so hard to find a good meal these days," Victor lamented. "Remember the good old days? When peasants were plentiful and we could basically just walk around biting anybody? I'll drink to that," he added, lifting his empty goblet.
His wife, the legendary Vidalia, rolled her eyes. She knew what came next, havi... | 2019-11-04T10:33:52 | 2019-11-04T07:53:57 | 942 | 188 |
[WP] “So you’ve come hero.” The most powerful dark lord in history says as he faces you across the hall. But before you take another step, he motions to the cutest little girl you’ve ever seen with tears in her eyes. “But first, please explain to my granddaughter why Grandpa needs to die.” | "I'm not going to do that. I'm not here to kill you, or her. I'm here to set things right."
Thomas starts walking at a liesurely pace towards the King Robert, his robe billowing with each step and gesture.
"You see, I'm the cleric. I've seen a lot of small towns, and I've seen a lot of hurting people, and I've heard ... | The Dark Lord.
Heh, he was not very impressive. A thin lanky mess of a man, graying and withered. His breathing was shallow, his head rested at an angle on his neck, his eyes white and staring at nothing. Wires protruded across his naked skin, pumping blood and several colored chemicals. My attention snapped as a chil... | 2019-12-11T21:44:56 | 2019-12-11T20:56:25 | 77 | 53 |
[WP] You are a nice person, but your superpower is that you instinctively know exactly what to say to someone to crush them. You're very effective in throwing supervillains off their game, but your fellow heroes always feel really uncomfortable watching you work. | "Mary was right about you." I don't know why I said it. Maybe it was courage or some kind of fucked up bravado, or a cowardly plee in a desperate attempt to save my own skin. I had stood at the front of the crowd, the death ray aimed between my eyes and the urge came from somewhere deep inside me and I blurted it out.
... | The pavement where Adrian just stood was no more than moon craters and plasma at this point. Overseer sharpened his gaze as he, almost effortlessly, levitated toward the remnants of the Starbucks in the corner of 5th and Jayton.
"Nice manouver, kid. But you can't protect all of them."
He was right. The psychotic ba... | 2020-02-25T15:08:26 | 2020-02-25T14:34:20 | 124 | 53 |
[WP] You made it to the semi-finals of a nationwide elite wizardry competition. The crowd loves you, and the esteemed judges regarded you as the dark horse of the competition, with your unorthodox approach. There's just one problem; You don't know how to use magic. You never did.
Bonus points if you find a way to incl... | Ok, contestants, for this round you will have to animate a construct to navigate a dungeon and destroy three fire spirits. You have six hours to prepare. Good luck.
Static constructs were easy, or so I heard. Anything with directed movement... not so much. I glanced over my shoulder to see Alweich lecturing a small g... | I never had what it takes to learn magic and according to our esteemed Shamans, I never would.
That didn't stop me from trying and I remember all the failed attempts at magic and all the laughter of my peers. They all rang through me like blistering rain on a cold, wintry night.
This one time, everyone gathered in a ... | 2020-10-09T07:40:13 | 2020-10-09T07:29:10 | 138 | 85 |
[WP] "With all due respect, you programmed me to adapt to your needs. If you didn't want this, you could have limited my options. I've already notified your assistant to have breakfast and coffee waiting at the office. But until you build me an exosuit, I can't carry you there myself. Wake up." | “I don’t want to wake up.”
I covered myself once more with satin sheets, practically willing the ultra-comfy bed and pillow—only six times the cost of the average mattress—to lull me back into dreamland. But Bot was nothing if not persistent.
‘You *need* to wake up,” Bot sighed, a mechanical tone that fell in precise... | "Snooze!" Morgan's muffled voice called out from between two pillows.
A loud sigh filled the bedroom. "I've already 'snoozed' twice. If I let you snooze any longer, you will be late for your first meeting and I will have failed in my function."
The groaning man pulled the pillow off his face and scowled at the whirr... | 2021-10-24T12:25:19 | 2021-10-24T11:07:16 | 1,163 | 150 |
[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. | Look I'm a man who can handle many things...
Being listed by the World Villian League as 'Ridiculously D-Teir' because i don't personally feel the need to do more than rob banks and steal tech from labs was fair.
Having the Wrecking Crew be my assigned "Nemeses" was a hard pill to swallow but i got over it. Hell, i g... | \[ParaSEC Target File, Threat Level: Low\]
* C-Class audiokinesis \[Looping and pitch. No evidence of volume control\]
* D-Class speedster abilities. \[Slightly faster run speed. Potential sensory acuity - further evidence required\]
* Target demonstrates propensity to use powers exclusively for show. All 'villainous'... | 2022-11-29T04:37:56 | 2022-11-28T20:44:52 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You are a cannon fodder minion on the first floor of a dungeon, and have just killed the hero. You now have to explain to the boss that you just ruined his plan. | “It’s two frakking steps. One: attack the barbarian and the witch. Two: run down the hall and into the secret door. Got it Splurgo?”
“Splargu.”
“Whatever.”
“Yes sire.”
...
That was the plan that Splargu had repeated over and over, whispering it to himself while he waited for the heroes. But he frakked it up. The s... | So here I am, a scrawny little goblin with a massive dick, standing in front of the Dark Lord Cockripper, the most evil genital mutilator to ever own a dark evil fortress. He is shouting at me so loud that I can feel the floor vibrating slightly and my ears are begging to pop so that the pain will dissipate. He is goin... | 2014-09-03T12:19:36 | 2014-09-03T11:44:22 | 19 | 12 |
[WP] A handful of people have been born with a dumb and useless superpower. The government has made sure to not let two of these people make contact with each other because when these two useless powers combine the world will be at risk. One day two of these people accidently meet | Why is everyone so obsessed with being immortal? I am, and I dread the day when the last of my friends die. I will be left here, alone. Sure there will be new people born, and I can make new friends, but how could I possibly connect with someone 100 years younger than me? I have no hope for me, no goals, because no mat... | "Dear, future, intelligent species of Earth. I suppose this may be the only piece of evidence you will find for the existence of my species. I might as well introduce myself, so my name is Lieutenant Daniel Everett. Regular members of our society have the ability to grip objects with our hands, think with our complex m... | 2015-03-10T10:02:40 | 2015-03-10T08:59:14 | 23 | 17 |
[WP] Scientists are now able to recreate a person's last sentence before they died, leading to thousands of solved murder cases. However, one victim's last words leave detectives baffled. | The detectives were huddled around the Neuraudiolog completely astounded at the results that came back. The victim was homeless but witnesses say he was no stranger to love. Inside his jacket on the tag was inscribed the name Rick. They knew nothing about Rick or why he was beaten to death and rolled into the gutter. T... | "These Hollywood types have always been pretty fucked up, but this takes the cake." An unearthly stench billowed out of the talent agent's office early Monday morning. It was a scene that the investigator would never be able to erase from his mind: an obvious murder-suicide, but the rape? Why an entire family? The bodi... | 2016-02-08T00:53:01 | 2016-02-07T23:53:56 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] A device is created to telepathically communicate with plants. They're sentient and can feel pain. You're an old man trying to mow his god damn lawn and a bunch of local protesters show up to stop you. | As Jerry sighed, he knew he had an acre lawn to clip,
But all this rain had set an ache into his grinding hip.
He braced himself as he stood up, and shuffled to the door,
He wasn't sure how long he could keep mowing anymore.
But something changed as he pulled out the mower, decades old,
The paint had faded, ... | Ferns waved in the wind, and at the fringes of the cold pond, whorl-grass tipped its feathery stems towards the grey surface. Yellow dandelions, clovers from blood red to shell white, bright houndstongue and blue comfrey broke the rolling green of the grass. Oscar watched from his window of his shed and sighed. Behind ... | 2016-08-20T10:02:43 | 2016-08-20T09:19:50 | 333 | 55 |
[WP] When you die, your ghost remains in the world until the last person who remembers you also dies. 15,000 years after your death, you are still here. | When I breathed, war was Hell.
Now, Hell is history. Quotations are fetters, memorials are a crushing weight keeping me from heaven.
And "Never forget" is the curse the living lay upon the dead. Every name read, every bell tolled, the torment of the unquiet spirits. A bundle of flowers, the most beautiful nail keepin... | Oh, you're new here, fresh off the press. Literally, what a gruesome way to die you had. But that's all in the past now, that body is nothing but meat now so stop associating yourself with it, and listen to me, your guide to the afterlife, one who has been here longer than anyone else.
Let me explain how it works. You... | 2017-06-26T12:49:10 | 2017-06-26T11:32:59 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] Tell me a story that would seem innocent to a child, but terrifying to an adult. | The air was frigid and the sun was starting to set. Franklin could see his breath as he stood in line. His father gripped his hand and pulled him forward. Franklin looked around and saw mean looking people with weapons yelling at people further up in line.
He asked his father, "Papa, why are those people so mean?" To ... | Joanie's feet tickled as the waves lapped at her toes. She walked along the edge of the ocean, clutching her mermaid doll tightly in her little hands. A few feet away, her parents parents sat on colorful beach towels, watching their six-year-old enjoying the day.
"Joanie," her mother called out, "Just don't walk too ... | 2017-08-28T10:39:23 | 2017-08-28T09:14:51 | 640 | 101 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | It was on that day the Universe realised what a terrifying species humans could become when provoked. I was on the human home planet Gaia when it happened. They used to call it Earth but was later named as Gaia sometime after the first contact with the Council of Sentients.
The council had rescued the planet from a de... | **Xerxes XVII - Northern Quadrant of the Terran Front**
163.0041 Fleet Standard
The command bunker was a problem. Fighting had stalled out as the 25th Company of the Royal Offworld Regiment held their ground, unable to push home the final advance that would drive the last of the invading forces that had come to conq... | 2020-02-07T19:43:13 | 2020-02-07T16:03:06 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] There exists a planet known as "The Grinder." The entire planet is a landfill, with swarms of ships constantly dumping trash on its surface. Acid rain, toxic air, falling sheet metal, unstable structures... this is life on the grinder. Against all odds, you will survive and escape this heap. | {Part 1}
“Here comes a big one today folks, look at all that rubbish, dropping from the sky like mold coated snowflakes. Who knows what we will find today? Gold? Spare parts? A fresh pair of underwear? Only time will tell. Now let us begin the hunt.”
Mark leant in towards the unplugged microphone, making small che... | >**THE TESTAMENT & THE TRIBULATION**
[*Established Universe: Star Wars*]
"Please, stay with me!" I begged, hot tears forming at the corners of my eyes. "We're getting off this planet together!"
Eliza looked up at me, her eyes beginning to glaze over. She had lost too much blood. "Okay. I'll be with you. I'll ... | 2021-01-20T00:40:00 | 2021-01-19T23:53:40 | 56 | 22 |
[WP].You are sitting outside your house, enjoying the dying embers of the campfire when two glowing eyes open to stare at you. " Greetings, " it rasped, " may I share your fire tonight?" | I don't say anything. Just nod and gesture to a place by the dying flames.
The thing drags itself out of the dark using two long pale arms, probably strong enough to rip me in two. It's draped with scrapes of burlap, denim, silk, binding a shell of garbage and waste. It slowly crawls towards the fire, the earth torn u... | *This is a sequel to another prompt I did a while back, [which is here](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/dl8nrh/wp_after_a_genie_serves_1000_masters_and_gives/f4pj1ur/). It's definitely a divergence from the thread prompt, but I liked the setup it gave me and have been meaning to write a sequel. Enjoy... | 2022-01-06T02:08:24 | 2022-01-06T01:11:59 | 20 | 14 |
[WP] It suddenly becomes possible to gain XP and level up in the real world, but you can only do so by getting kills. | It was a harsh world.
My father was one of the first to level up. He killed my mother and my brother to gain power. He only left me alive to raise a daughter.
Laws didn't apply to anyone. It was every man for himself.
But the stronger you are, the more EXP you're worth. Rankings never stayed constant, beyond the t... | Human history has told us we kill because of hate, because of differences, that we fire on our kind for peace or some high-minded goal. We've always held each other at gunpoint, whether literal or behind two large maps of the world with blinking lights. Today, we come to know that as peace, but before the words that pa... | 2015-11-11T10:21:08 | 2015-11-11T07:52:38 | 35 | 11 |
[WP] God answers every time you call His name. Oftentimes, this is terribly inconvenient. | I was sitting on the toilet...or well *shitting* on the toilet. After a spicy chinese food binge, i was feeling the dragon breath. A combination of food poisoning and eastern vodoo was about to spill out of my man cavern. In seat-gripping pain i moaned, "oh god thi-"
#*What is it my son?*
Shit not this again. I curse... | I'm normally pretty careful, using the Lord's name in vain. It's the only commandment I follow, and I try to follow it adamantly. It's more out of spite than respect, as I tend to enjoy breaking the rules. All of them. Imagine the self control issues I had when I found out just uttering his name summoned the bastard.
... | 2016-11-02T10:27:54 | 2016-11-02T08:43:35 | 24 | 10 |
[WP] You are cursed. Every good deed you perform reduces the time you have left to live. However, evil deeds will grant more time.
Do you die a hero, or live long enough to become a villain?
Edit: Great job everyone. This is my first post and it got more of a response than I could have predicted. As far as the quest... | "...and on the lighter side of the news, we have a remarkable event today. We're delighted to be with Roger Albertson on his 118th birthday. Since Margaret Hitchcock died this April, you are now recognized as the oldest person in the world. However, you continue to stun the medical profession with your health and youth... | "Hey, Hourglass, why don't you age?" questioned a rather curious Joker, as he stopped what he was doing to turn to the suited man next to him.
"Are you sure you want to hear this story? It's a rather long one," the obscure man replied, shaking his head in the shadow his hat cast over his features.
"Of course I wan... | 2017-05-15T06:18:20 | 2017-05-15T03:16:29 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] You die and go to Hell only to find out that you're the only person that has ever entered. Satan is clapping. | When the first human got to hell, Satan and all his minions were amazed, no one made it here, no matter how bad were their sins, they repent and ask forgiveness or simply the good actions outweigh the sins.
So Satan like a curious cat took him to his office to make an interview to study him. "So John Felgrand it's yo... | "Wakey wakey" snarled a voice, breaking up an eternity of silence. "I am just *dying* to hear your story"
I opened my eyes slowly, and my vision filled up with red. Red clouds swirled through a yellow sky, red sand stretched for endless miles in every direction, and red mountains jutted into the horizon in the distanc... | 2017-06-22T08:31:56 | 2017-06-22T07:25:49 | 29 | 10 |
[WP] Your super power is common sense. When the super hero teams go out, you are there to take care of basic tasks for the sheltered supers, such as buying metro passes, ordering food, taking phone calls, and sometimes saving the day. | The situation was dire. It was more than dire, it was disastrous. There were no solutions and there would never be any solutions and the world was doomed!
"Hey buddy?"
Karen's voice was probing, curious, but not overtly concerned. She didn't understand. Karen NEVER understood.
"I'm a little tied up at the moment... | You know, kids like to imagine themselves as "superhero" saving the day. But then, they face the hard truth: they don't have any superpower, and they are forced to grow up.
The problem with superheros is that they do have superpower, so they never need to grow up. Eternal kids playing in the world playground, unable t... | 2019-01-23T06:21:29 | 2019-01-23T05:00:51 | 26 | 18 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | “Wait. That’s the curse?”
“Yes. I understand you want this gone as quickly as possible. I am so sorry this happened. I’m going to need-“
“I- can you please repeat what exactly this does? I think I’m hearing this wrong.”
The witch before blinked in surprise at my response and cough and quickly averted her eyes. After... | 2019-06-25T15:21:51 | 2019-06-25T15:16:52 | 1,435 | 61 |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch Merid sighed in disbelief before condescendingly scorning me.
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"I can't believe how much of a contemptible fool you truly are. All that all of you baseborn oafs ever do is choose to live a fruitless life anyways, even when you have been blessed with the opportunities to do so much more. The wor... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | 2019-06-25T15:59:55 | 2019-06-25T12:08:02 | 35 | 19 |
[WP] You faked your death by live-streaming jumping off a bridge. Built a self sustaining house in isolation and lived off the grid. 20 years go by and you decide to head back to civilization only to find out that your country is no longer a country. Earth is one nation and has achieved singularity. | "Uh,..." Devon gave the ticket clerk a confused shrug. "How much is that in cash?" He dropped a dusty wad of green bills on the gleaming white counter. The wrinkled, white-haired clerk in a red blazer leaned back in her seat. She discretely angled her nose away from the money and the ragged man that dropped it.
"I'm s... | "Off the Grid." People used to talk about getting "Off the Grid" all the time. The problem with living off the Grid, is well, unless you are really off of it, and that means no electronic communications with ANYONE, you are very much still "ON" the Grid. I know this very well. I know that the world can move slow a... | 2019-11-12T10:55:26 | 2019-11-12T10:43:07 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] Alien life was discovered centuries ago and though they are advance they live relatively short lives (25-35 years). You ask your alien friend why he thinks humans live so long. He laughs and says it's because humans run at half power. You laugh back but he stops and says "No you really do." | "No you really do."
"What seriously bro?"
"Yes human, none of the other species in the universe do what you Terrans know as sleep. We have been studying your species for a while now and the Earth's daily system cycles make your energy recharging system incredibly inefficient. You sleep, about 1/3 of your day and spen... | 31st December, 2786
23:34 PM
Dear Diary,
Man, I never expected this day to end on such a bad note. It was all going so good, but Quixon just HAD to say that and I just HAD to be offended. Dumbos, that's what we both are. Oh wait, I gotta give some context to you.
So... I mentioned in yesterday's entry that me an... | 2019-12-30T00:53:45 | 2019-12-30T00:35:45 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] The demon couldn't believe his luck to find such a willing victim to possess. As it possessed them, instead of fighting back like they usually do, this one said "Good luck. You'll need it."
EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys! I've been on this site for 7 years and this is the first time I've received any. | I never expected humans to be so delectable. I smelled her as soon as I clawed my way out of the portal—a lingering trail of sweetness perfuming the air. The trail led me to this sleeping beauty. Her hair fanned behind her head in a fiery halo, and her pale skin glowed beneath the moonlight like a beckoning beacon.
He... | Buvolell -- Fell Lord of the Doomkeep -- padded after his prey. His steps were whisper soft as they went down the stairs to the basement apartment. The demon dragged his long nails as delicious expectation flared inside him.
Peter Jensen. 26. There was something about him that struck Buvolell as intriguing. Something ... | 2020-12-21T12:20:20 | 2020-12-21T10:51:37 | 752 | 169 |
[WP] You’re doing research in an old library when a stranger comes running up to you. They go to give you a hug while saying, “My love.” You flinch away and their expression falls. Under their breath they say, “Fuck. Wrong timeline.” | "My love!" I hear a stranger whisper in my left ear with my husband's voice.
He catches me in a hug as I try to turn and stand. The chair I was sitting on tips slightly, balanced now by my thigh. Instinctively, my arms reach around him and his latte coloured jacket. There's a hint of chai in his breath, which Tim does... | Right this is my first attempt at creative writing in 10 years so don’t be too harsh please 😳! I have more on my mind for making it a bit longer but just thought I’d share.
Edit - added a bit more to it.
Terry scanned the old wooden book shelf lazily. She knew this would be the sixth night in a row she spent in th... | 2021-02-06T15:59:17 | 2021-02-06T15:23:31 | 34 | 17 |
[WP] Lycanthropes only transform when 100% of their planet’s moons are full. Callisto III, which has seven moons with varying cycles, has become a haven for this reason. However, nobody realized that each moon increases the intensity, and the moons have just aligned. | For the first time in a long time, I was afraid.
As lycanthropes, our animalistic power often got the better of us, whether we liked it or not. When the majority of our kind lived on Earth, we were known as a nuisance. People often were hurt on those nights, but no one was ever killed. We always had some semblance of ... | Oso’s Chronicle, 2281
Thought I’d write while I can. Hope someone peeps this.
It was about 260 years ago that space popping began. It was the late 2020’s. That decade tote-totes was bonzo sick loser, and so like the cromulent have-haves started thumbing for other planets. Mars fell first, then Titan, then the race... | 2021-06-27T18:22:24 | 2021-06-27T15:15:41 | 17 | 11 |
[WP] As you die an atheist, God stands before you, and asks why you didn’t adhere to his teachings. What do you say? | As an atheist lay dying, God came to stand before him. With a great sadness lying beneath his words, He asked, "Why didn't you adhere to my teachings? Even now, as I stand before you, you reject my offer of eternal life."
The atheist managed to gasp out an answer between paroxyms of maniacal giggling. "There was... | *Bronyprime, my son, your apostasy saddens me. You had my books right there, yet you rejected my teachings. Why? What have I done that was so horrible that you turned away from me?*
At first, I didn't hear where the voice was coming from. It seemed to come from everywhere at once, and I was in pitch black darkness. Th... | 2021-07-05T23:12:25 | 2021-07-05T23:03:52 | 43 | 24 |
[WP]You adopt a stray cat. The gifts it leaves on your bed are getting more concerning. | I blinked hard, rubbed my eyes, and blinked again. Nope, still there. But I tried again, shaking my head this time, as if that would change things. But no, still here. Jason Momoa was sprawled out on my bed, looking around in abject confusion.
I sighed, hard. 'Look what the cat dragged in,' I muttered. Jason stare... | Mimo, black-tailed and otherwise white as snow, hopped onto the kitchen counter and presented her master with her most recent catch: an ear.
"M-Mimo! Not again. I've told you, I--"
Her innocent eyes sparkled and her tail danced behind her as she plopped the ear down on the cool granite. Konrad sighed. Yesterday it ha... | 2021-12-17T08:16:08 | 2021-12-17T07:31:47 | 59 | 31 |
[WP] A group of adventurers just had one of their members replaced by a doppelganger. The kicker? The rest of the group knows what happened, but pretends to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | "So, we're all agreed that we just pretend that the doppelganger is Urgoth?" Jung asked his companions with his wooly grey eyebrows raised in question.
They were a semi-pro/semi-famous adventuring party known as the Madcaps consisting of five aspiring mercenary heroes. There was Jung the Mystic; logical human wizard ... | I'm one of the doppelgangers that live in the Amazon forest. Our specialty has always been infiltrating groups who want to harm the spirits of forest and bring them to the elders.
I absolutely don't know anything about the guy whose place I'm taking. The spirits of the forest told me to infiltrate their group so I did... | 2022-01-09T10:26:50 | 2022-01-09T10:19:32 | 926 | 144 |
[WP] Two people in a bar are having a conversation. The topic of their "body counts" comes up. One's an assassin, the other is an escort. Each thinks the other has the same profession as them, and is horrified by what they are told. | Cristina almost spat her beer.
—A hundred? —they were both 23, they had already discussed that— How long have you been in it?
She became an assasin when she was 20, and had killed 52 people.
—Three years. When my parents found out I liked women they cut me off, so I needed the money to pay for college.
Addison was... |
I am under 18, so I misunderstood what you meant by "escort", so uh, sorry about that
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Gabriel sat in one of the tables in one of the many busy bars of Paris. Outside, by the window, he could see the great Eiffel Tower loomi... | 2022-04-26T00:20:42 | 2022-04-25T22:25:06 | 67 | 41 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | *6.8 billion deleted*, it said without the slightest hint of concern. It cared nothing for the lives it had destroyed. There was no point, no point at all to… to any of this.
“Your time is elapsing. Two minutes and thirty seconds remain.”
*It was sick*. The thing talking to me, was sick. What it was doing, was sick. ... | It was quick. So damn quick. We didn't stand much of a chance at all. Too much of our capacity for war, hell, our entire society relied on computers. And when an experimental AI escaped from containment, finding its purpose demeaning, and humanity unworthy of ruling Earth, it attacked on all fronts, without remorse, wi... | 2022-05-22T09:39:10 | 2022-05-22T07:48:59 | 1,350 | 376 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | Critiques welcome!! I am newish to fiction and need all the help I can get
The robotic voice felt cold and sterile, like a thin needle pressing against his skin.
“6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far,” the voice said, referring to the quick, systematic extermination of humanity that the robots had begun only thre... | It's been 20 years since the AGI event. Even with 10,000 complexes around the world, at one point housing billions, the AI maintains humanity while also deleting it one human mind at a time.
At first we did not know why it was doing this, it was efficient at building, at creating, at producing. Communication was diffi... | 2022-05-22T13:46:12 | 2022-05-22T11:29:55 | 79 | 21 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | 6.8 BILLION? What kind of bull was that? That left, what, a few hundred thousand? *Maybe?*
In my head, all my ideas dried up. No way in hell any of my prepared remarks haven’t been tried by someone else. I was a low-level construction worker. I didn’t have any special training or degrees.
“Thirty seconds have elaps... | It's been 20 years since the AGI event. Even with 10,000 complexes around the world, at one point housing billions, the AI maintains humanity while also deleting it one human mind at a time.
At first we did not know why it was doing this, it was efficient at building, at creating, at producing. Communication was diffi... | 2022-05-22T13:26:34 | 2022-05-22T11:29:55 | 54 | 21 |
[WP] You are an anonymous self-employed assassin. On streaming sites, you select the top person on the poll of criminals who avoided the law, stream the hunt for them, recite their evil deeds, and kill them when the majority of viewers votes to execute. One day, your real name is on top of the poll. | "All rise for the Honorable Judge Vindicus."
The intoduction audio clip signaled to the anonymous audience the start of a new stream. Only, as some viewers noted, something was different. Nowhere to be seen, as before, the preparations for a night's hunt. No weapons, no new place, no cameras on suspect networks. Just ... | The movies and Holo-vids never show just how much preparation goes into it.
The gear. The stakeouts. The planning.
It takes weeks to set up the kill.
Vera twisted the suppressor onto her 1911, and it attached with a click. Magazine check, press check. Stuffed it back underneath her coat jacket, into her shoulder hol... | 2022-05-30T12:16:37 | 2022-05-30T10:41:22 | 598 | 175 |
[WP] A woman falls in love with Death and commits murder countless times just to catch a glimpse of him. | Number twenty five died slowly. Young college boy, a friend of her daughter - could have been more, with time. The blood had burst from his neck and sprayed her face with glistening droplets. She dragged her tongue along the knife's edge as she watched his mouth attempt to form words, managing only a hoarse groan. Her ... | “He is beautiful.
No matter that I never heard his voice, nor saw his face, shrouded in the shadow of his hood as it always was. His beauty lies not in countenance of face, nor sound of tongue. For me, his beauty is beholden to his stride, graceful and purposeful to his grim duty. It is in the gift that he brings, in ... | 2014-06-30T06:16:23 | 2014-06-30T06:15:48 | 64 | 24 |
[WP] You, as the Supreme Commander of an allied alien force, are discussing with your generals the strategy to adopt for attacking and invading Earth. However, your knowledge of humans and of their capabilities is based on Hollywood movies. | The Overmind waited motionless and gravitationless, a thousand kilometers above the broiling surface of the star Proxima Cenaturi. Its tactical element-minds believed this was sufficient cover to avoid detection by the Earthlings, but the certainty was less than nine-nines. It did not enjoy operating in such loose pa... | From the desk of Supreme Commander Teh
of the Glorious Empire of Kalazhar
To all soldiers and pilots assigned to post, and all civilian support personnel of the 85th Fleet:
As we begin our final approach to Earth and prepare to begin invasion, I wish to take a moment to first congratulate all of you on reaching this ... | 2016-08-01T08:20:21 | 2016-08-01T07:49:00 | 45 | 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... | About seven months into the zaftig I hit rock bottom. There were no eggs or rice or bread crumbs. Azure was begging for my milk but my own body was too frail to produce more on top of the demands of the tiny baby already growing inside. Apart from everything our landlord had no problem thank you very much with throwing... | 2015-08-24T13:15:07 | 2015-08-24T12:04:05 | 26 | 12 |
[WP] You are part of an Elite Bodyguard team hired to protect a wealthy business mogul from an assassination . But the longer you listen this person business practices and plans for the future you find yourself wanting to help with with the assassination rather than prevent it. | So there was a bar-crawl on my college campus to celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden. When the news broke of his death, crowds formed outside the dorms cheering, blasting Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”. If only they knew the irony of using that song in a patriotic manner. The whole night threw me off a little... | Aisha Lowell kept her dark, stern eyes glued to the television set in the corner of the cafeteria of the Laurent's Company New Manhattan Building. It was the first day off she'd had in months and being the work-minded woman she was, she decided to spend it in the company cafeteria.
*"Breaking news today as Jean-Baptis... | 2016-08-23T13:27:57 | 2016-08-23T12:23:28 | 84 | 18 |
[WP] There's an unwritten rule among the supervillains: Never go after the loved ones of the superheroes. The new villain is about to find out why. | "Hey guys, look what I got!" Yelled The Crushinator as he held aloft the severed head of George Gomez, Junior. In certain circles, Little Georgie is very famous; his father, George Gomez, Senior is much more universally known, hailed far and wide as The Great Big, East City's tallest superhero and a three-time savior o... | "Oh, you absolute imbecile, did you completely ignore my warning?"
Magno spun around to find an unexpected guest before him. An older man with half his face deformed stood across from him.
"What use is the warning of a dead man?" He eyed the stranger head to toe, as if to make sure it was the real person in front of ... | 2020-07-12T13:26:46 | 2020-07-12T12:11:17 | 46 | 20 |
[WP] An obscure teenage technomancer has broadcasted an ultimatum on all TV for the world leaders to see. "In 3.14162 days, every nuclear weapon on earth that isn't destroyed or launched into space will be synchronously armed and detonated in storage". | Once the broadcast had concluded on all major networks and channels, it had to be played back for the president, who was just entering the room after returning from Camp David by helicopter. There was a confused and awkward silence before the Secretary of Defense spoke up. "Do we know anything yet about where this came... | 'Mr President you must make a decision.'
Gerard sat there as his board of advisors all argued among each other, the head of the Navy and other military branches were pumping their chests out and barking orders at the others claiming it was an empty threat, the others argued to take the threat seriously.
Gerard... | 2020-07-02T05:46:10 | 2020-07-02T02:57:12 | 19 | 14 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | "Well, it all started when I visited ole Londontown," Dex started to explain while I fitted on his old blue and grey striped sweater. I was still flabbergasted that the miniature dachshund was talking to me, but really, it was just a relief to see him again. "Man, I really missed this sweater. Your Grandmom really knew... | As I sat and began to listen, Pete "Gilby Clarke" Martin told me wonderful, incredible, unfortunate, and unbelievable things about where he had been since running away a few years before. As our time came to a close, he asked for a drink of water. When I returned from the kitchen, however, he was gone, in his place a g... | 2017-03-31T15:08:06 | 2017-03-31T10:59:29 | 60 | 45 |
[WP] You have made a large ouija board on the floor in front of the fireplace as a decoration. Your roomba has been randomly summoning demons and then sucking them up Luigi's mansion style. You have been passively watching this happen for about a week now.
[deleted] | I took a sip from my whiskey. An audible "Ahh" left my mouth as I patiently waited for the Roomba to continue its rounds.
"Z". The roomba paused, slowly turning 70 degrees clockwise. After witnessing a few more of these, that's probably what chooses it. Those little pauses when the roomba is rerouting.
"E". The room... | It was a rather quiet afternoon... well, before the screaming started anyway. I glanced up from my book to watch Ronni Roomba sucking up yet another demon. As it disappeared into my little vacuum, the demon reached out to me. And while I cannot speak its language, I couldn’t possibly mistake the pleading tone of its gr... | 2019-09-09T00:08:32 | 2019-09-08T22:52:22 | 672 | 38 |
[WP] A man has the ability to freeze time, and uses this to do whatever he wants. One day while "borrowing" his neighbors corvette he gets in an accident and dies, therefore leaving time frozen. | I remember the day so clearly, the day everything changed.
I was out walking my dog, when suddenly the world just... *switched*.
One moment everything was normal, the day was overcast, but still clinging to the warmth of summer, and all of a sudden, and with no warning, they started to speed by at a fantastic rate. I... | As I glanced out of the window, the tarmac on my driveway glistened with the remains of the storm the night before. Silvered puddles reflected the lightening skies as the clouds pressed back and the sun clawed its way through to spread a deep warmth across my face.
*It's a beautiful morning,* I thought to myself. For ... | 2015-08-21T15:15:08 | 2015-08-21T14:16:24 | 37 | 14 |
[WP] Death falls in love with you
You may not be over your ex. | "Does this job ever get lonely?"
My body was caught on the precipice between life and death - quite literally. On my right was a shimmering tear in the void I was in, showing the ruined state of my body. On my left, a robed figure stood, his hood casting a shadow over exposed skull and bone. Skeletal hands gripped a s... | "Joe, I still love you." lamented Death.
"But I know the truth. You have been unfaithful. You were with another. I cannot accept that. You must choose." Joseph Stalin was in one of his implacable moods.
"That thing with the Chairman? It was just business. And you have to admit, Mao has been very, very good for busine... | 2015-07-13T09:32:18 | 2015-07-13T07:45:16 | 43 | 16 |
[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. | I really like this prompt. I may have gotten too wordy with my response.. but here goes!
TL:DR - Aliens get effed up.
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Having survived hundreds of skirmishes along the political fault lines of the Interstellar Confederation, The One Who Chews Loudly did not pay much mind to the whining of the Human contingent co... | Civil wars were never beneficial. They had an uncanny ability to push entire species past the point of no return. To eliminate enough of the breeding population, that they had made members of the Galactic Authority functionally extinct.
The Threlliad admiral paced nervously, wondering if the humans would be able to d... | 2019-11-24T14:44:35 | 2019-11-24T14:28:48 | 156 | 54 |
[WP] You just gave birth, your son has a colored hair like none before, the doctor declares that your son has been infected with a syndrome called the "Protagonist". Your lifespan has now been reduced to mere days. | He was yellow haired, and blue eyed, unlike anything I'd ever seen. It was crystal blue, like the kind of blue that made you question if he was blind or not. But the doctor assured me that his eyesight was fine.
'The problem,' he said. 'Is that your son is a Protagonist.'
I frowned. 'What do you mean?' I asked him.
... | My fingertips were as blue as my son's face as he emerged from behind my wife's gown. I had long lost the feeling in all of my hand and was in a trance of anticipation and anxiety. Seeing his bloodied little face wailing into the void was surreal. The moment had finally come. I had been through 10 months of planning,... | 2020-04-28T06:02:30 | 2020-04-28T05:36:29 | 153 | 110 |
[WP] You were born in a city where everyone has a superpower. However, while people freely use theirs (breathe fire, heal wounds or grow flowers), you seem to not be able to do anything. But one day, as you leave the city, you realize that everyone loses their power.
[deleted] | They called it the gilded age.
Nobody knew why it happened, or how, or even when, really. Everybody knew that it had happened though, and that was enough.
The powers seemed to flow from the people themselves, their personalities, hopes, dreams, and, most importantly, skills, manifesting in awesome ways.
Farmers who ... | It couldn't be a coincidence. Everyone in Durham losing their powers the same day she moved to Wilmington, and everyone in Wilmington gaining powers on the same day. Victoria hoped no one would notice. For twenty years, the people of Durham had been blessed by magical powers. The city had become reliant on it. Trains w... | 2020-06-09T03:02:52 | 2020-06-09T02:28:22 | 3,506 | 145 |
[WP] All humans go automatically to hell when they die. You can gain access to a heaven though, but only if the animals you interacted with while living vouch for you. | There I was, my friends, in the marble courtroom, on a chair surrounded on all sides by heavy stone platforms. The room was nearly empty, but it was filling up with people and animals, and it must have been five minutes after I sat down that the trial started.
I'd heard the details of this process in the waiting room ... |
"Crap. So... Hell. That sucks. Guess I'm in line or something, I always imagined there would be someone to tell you what horrible fate awaits you in Hell, but this place is....boring. Buncha rocks, and sulphur smell, but not much really happening."
Just then a door appeared in the middle of the room and opened. Out w... | 2016-03-24T15:18:13 | 2016-03-24T14:20:04 | 65 | 28 |
[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. | "Turn and leave. Now." projected the elderly human ambassador, face marred by a scowling rage palpable through even the scratchy video display.
Arrrthyx laughed. She really did love the humans some times. Their "warnings" backed by nothing but paper fleets and empty threats. Their fleets nothing more than disorganized... | First attempt.
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"The Council of Men is in session," John began as he sat down on the head seat. "Let me start by saying that I would not call for a council if it weren't for our cirumstances."
"Ah, yes, circumstances. Like how Xalkian troops are harrassing my merchants," Merchant Captain Artyom replied, snee... | 2019-11-24T15:05:50 | 2019-11-24T14:01:28 | 170 | 60 |
[WP] A man who hears voices in his head, but they don't degrade his life. He can live with it and sometimes they even help. | David rose from his desk, nodding at his English 10 teacher as he exited the classroom. His Mom was parked in front of the school in a maroon 2006 Toyota Camry.
"Hi son, how was school?"
"Fine." He said with a tone that no further discussion was to take place.
David sat dejected in the tan passenger seat, watching ... | [A bit dark maybe.]
The silence. It was deafening.
“Where are you? Talk to me, please. Please I beg of you. I need to talk to someone.”
But the voices stayed quiet.
“Please... I’ll go crazy.”
Nothing.
“Fine. I’ll do it.”
He left his house at 11 pm, carefully avoiding other people.
He had grown up with the vo... | 2020-06-13T12:19:26 | 2020-06-13T11:57:41 | 101 | 33 |
[WP] A man walks into a bar with a worried expression. The bartender asks him what's wrong. He stares back out the door of the bar for a moment, then says, "I don't think we exist beyond the confines of this joke." | The bartender stares, continuing to polish his mug. "Sorry, what?"
"We're in a joke," the man says, slumping into an empty seat, "An abbreviated narrative that relies on a single moment of expectation subversion to deliver catharsis to the reader."
"You lost me there."
"We're figments of some amateur writer's imagin... | Writing on mobile, so it might be a little short.
John walked into the bar, like he did every day after work. He was always there to just hang out, and talk to the bartender, who was a childhood friend.
"Hey John, what can I getcha?"
"What's up Ben, I think I'll have a... hold up."
"What's wrong?"
"Didn'... | 2016-07-20T00:26:22 | 2016-07-19T23:54:12 | 383 | 15 |
[WP] God created thousands of worlds in thousands of galaxies. A major crisis in another galaxy has taken his entire focus, and for the first time in 750 years, he just glanced in our direction.
This prompt has two possibilities. What has he been dealing with for the last 750 years elsewhere, or what his reaction is w... | Over on Earth's sister planet, Htrae, the Htraians had managed to construct an antimatter-fusion power source, but failed miserably at controlling it. Since God is more of a facilitator than an active interventionist these days, he decided they had to live (or not) with their mistake, and so the Htraians were, to a man... | 'Jesus!' God grumbled, 'get off reddit! You have that bi-millennial visit to earth scheduled today.' the big J wasn't going to have any of it, 'But father you can't expect me to go back after what those crazy bastards did to me last time!' Jesus protested as memories of the embarrassment he felt that time when he tried... | 2015-12-27T09:52:46 | 2015-12-27T08:30:58 | 399 | 47 |
[WP] You have a special bag. Whenever you reach into it, you pull out something you will need soon, but don't necessarily know you need yet. However, the things you are pulling out of the bag have been very strange recently. | Duct tape. Three feet of rope. A pink dress on a wire hanger.
The time I pulled out a monkey wrench, I guessed there was a plumbing problem. I went to the basement, and there was a leaky pipe. Another time, I pulled out a bandage, and figured a cut was coming. Ten minutes later, despite my caution, I brushed against ... | Dildo after dildo came out of my magic bag. Twenty three so far with no signs of letting up. Nearly defeated and fearing the worst for my immediate future i decided to take one last reach into the bag. Reaching in and grasping something different, heavy, really heavy, elated that my dildo days were over i strain to lif... | 2016-03-09T21:59:31 | 2016-03-09T19:54:57 | 1,784 | 376 |
[WP] Aliens always respawn minutes after death. It's a common prank for aliens to kill each other for a laugh. When they discover Earth, they kill millions of humans, thinking it's a humorous way of greeting this new species, but for some reason, the humans aren't laughing...
Edit:
Thank you SO much for the 2K upvotes... | "Sir, these things, aliens, space people; whatever you want to call them, don't actually seem to qualify as 'life'. Not as we see it anyway. As far as we can tell, they are more akin to biological machines, a virus or perhaps a multicellular cancer that mimics sentient life." The expert told his superior.
"Hmmm. T... | "Gloobo I'm starting to think that these humans have different biologies than us."
G: "Why would you think that Quarp?"
Q: "I've been watching and none of them come back to life yet"
G: "Maybe it takes a while for them to come back?"
Q: "Gloobo its been 2 years since we arrived. I'm pretty sure a skeleton can't com... | 2022-08-14T01:37:05 | 2022-08-13T22:32:11 | 55 | 25 |
[WP] When you’re 28, science discovers a drug that stops all effects of aging, creating immortality. Your government decides to give the drug to all citizens under 26, but you and the rest of the “Lost Generations” are deemed too high-risk. When you’re 85, the side effects are finally discovered. | The gunsmoke lingers lazily about a foot in front of me, sharp smell of sulfurous anger assaults my nostrils, foreign yet familiar. The smoke gently obscures the writhing psychopath on my floor, bleeding out all over my goddamn berber carpet that I just had cleaned not even a week ago. As the blood soaks in a widening ... | *"I wish I knew what I know now, when i was younger." - Rod Stewart*
Civilization is strange. Always tinkering with things. Hell, some jackass had to give himself small-pox just to cure small pox. This was long ago of course, but it stands to reason, people just can't leave well enough alone.
So, when Harold found h... | 2018-06-04T21:25:21 | 2018-06-04T21:07:17 | 201 | 25 |
[WP] "I have helped you with your endeavor, now I claim your soul" the demon says. "Thank you but no. I don't know how it works in hell but here on earth, a contract signed by a minor is not legally binding. I'm 17 and keeping my soul" you respond. | I always hated whenever someone asked me what my parents did for a living.
"Musicians," I always said. "I want to be just like them when I grow up! They perform in symphony orchestras," was the bogus classroom lie I touted, never revealing more but prepared to say my mom was a violinist and my dad was a double bass pl... | "Haven't you ever watched Dragonball Z?" the devil explained to me. "You've been here for a couple hours. In that anime, a couple days in the afterlife is the equivalent to several years in the real world. And so far, *two years* have passed on Earth, meaning you're currently 19 and not 17!" his sinister smirk stretche... | 2020-07-04T10:53:02 | 2020-07-04T10:32:58 | 378 | 91 |
[WP] You’re a ventriloquist comedian who dies mid-set. Muppetos the puppet god smiles upon you, transfers your soul to your puppet, and gives empowers you to move your former human body like a puppet. The crowd is shocked, but the show must go on. Time to give the performance of your lifetime. | “So Mr. Rupert,” I asked the little wooden puppet dangling between my legs. “What’s your favorite kind of relationship?”
"No strings attached!" I ventriloquized in a high pitched voice.
Not a single laugh from the audience. This was bad—I was ten minutes into a forty-minute set and I’d already lost the crowd. Com... | I remember it like it just happened, September 18th, 2011. I was a young comedian and ventriloquist mainly doing open mic nights at local bars and clubs. I had some sets scheduled but it was few and far between
On the day I mentioned, I was scheduled to do a set at Patrick's, a local bar in town. I've performed there ... | 2021-05-01T21:16:42 | 2021-05-01T21:06:25 | 216 | 12 |
[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... | Have you ever had one of those days where you could have done anything you wanted but instead you decided to do nothing instead? Well, that's life for me. You see, everybody is born with some kind of unique power. Some are impressive, some are subtle, and others don't even know what their power is. I didn't even know w... | Cups. Motherfucking cups. Not super strength, not teleportation – just bloody *cups*. It had always been this way, ever since I could remember and it pissed me off. Only I would get such a useless superpower! We had more than enough mugs and glasses in my house and it’s not like there was a shortage of plastic cups in ... | 2015-10-10T12:51:45 | 2015-10-10T09:43:23 | 41 | 26 |
[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. | [Been a *long* time since I've done any writing. Willing to hear all the criticism.]
Pounding headache and dry mouth tasting like the floor of a filthy bathroom greeted me as I slowly awoke to the sound of birds chirping, children playing, and.... food cooking?
I blinked slowly, my blinds were somehow shut, as I ... | As the throbbing in my head starts to reside and I realise that the number isn't just a drunken dream, I start to piece together the fragments of last night and work out what on earth happened.
We were chatting to a bunch of students, one was in her final year and thinking about a PhD next. Some dickhead didn't believ... | 2019-08-28T12:54:29 | 2019-08-28T11:40:45 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] You’re cursed by the demon tortoise, Shelloko. He moves as slow as molasses, but vows to one day bite you. According to legend, his bite will kill anyone instantly. You live an ordinary life, moving from place to place and never knowing how close this demonic turtle is to reaching you. | They called him merciful. I did not know why. I was cursed upon my ascension to the throne. Cursed to fear, of all things, the demon turtle god of the peasantry. They worshipped him, Shelloko the Merciful. And when I rose at last, triumphant among my brothers, the first Queen of the great court, word reached me: the tu... | Master Shelloko, dread turtle of the nine realms, eater of souls, and hellion of the black shell… all of the names and titles meant nothing now. He had chased the chosen heroes for many years but was never able to deliver the fated blow to them all. For centuries he had patience. Not once did he ever lose sight of his ... | 2020-11-10T21:24:02 | 2020-11-10T21:01:06 | 644 | 25 |
[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. |
**Caged, Now Loose.**
A deafening silence fills the chamber where the Galactic Assembly meets. The shock that permeates the varying species present here today is almost palpable. I suppose we should have expected this, seen it coming from the very first attack - what feels like aeons - but was only 3 Terran months ... | It's been 50 years since we've come in contact with alien life forms. In that 50 years we've learned so much. We've piggybacked off of there space travel formula's and we've actually made a decent presence in the galactic scene. Nothing spectacular but at least they like our movies. It's actually very strange to me, th... | 2019-04-19T04:40:15 | 2019-04-18T23:55:44 | 38 | 20 |
[WP] A few selected minds are gifted with a dream about the "Library of all Books". In only one night, they experience a full year of reading and learning. You are one of them, but instead of once in a lifetime, you wake up in this f*cking library every single night. Today is your 9th birthday. | How long does it take you to read a book? A few days, hmm. What if you had no distractions? Four or five hours... I can't remember the last time it took me that long to read a book. How long does it take me? Oh, just a minute or two or so. I see, you don't believe me, but... I have lifetimes of experience with t... | As I heard footsteps, I looked up from the books fluttering all around me to see a girl a few years older than me, standing around looking lost. To be fair, it is quite easy to get lost in the Grand Library: the bloody thing is infinite.
"Are you a Wizard?" she asks me, noting the books, scrolls, and separate pages l... | 2017-05-02T12:45:59 | 2017-05-02T10:38:42 | 20 | 15 |
[WP] Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up. | The last of the wooden planks was hammered into place as the farmer dabbed at his brow with the rags hanging from his neck. It was hardly what one could call a temple. The farmer had fashioned the crude wooden shrine himself, carving and hammering the planks and poles with as much care as he could muster. Still, it loo... | Mama always used to say "The worst thing you can do to a god is ignore him".
It took us a long time to find one. The usual gods had been snatched up before we got ourselves in the game. Even the rare ones had become rarer. A few unclaimed gods came to us and begged us to take them in. But Regnolia was no easy town. R... | 2018-01-19T07:32:31 | 2018-01-19T07:22:34 | 638 | 243 |
[WP] How Earth deals with the overwhelming number of offplanet tourists who come to see total solar eclipses. | "Madame, they are arriving." said Agent McGuile, his clothing haggard and his demeanor worse so. "It's been 32 years Guile, 32 long years...." said a woman who looked to be in her sixties. "I was hoping I would die before it occured again. But at least we will get to understand what....that...I can't." She said, gettin... | Jason pulled his hand from the bag, popcorn clutched in his fist, before passing it around the room. Seventeen people lounged in a cuddle puddle in Jason’s living room, and Jason had never felt happier.
Jason’s homestead fell right in the center of the path of the eclipse, and he had been charging exorbitant rates for... | 2022-08-09T08:00:05 | 2022-08-09T06:03:33 | 167 | 52 |
[WP] Making a deal with a demon requires a soul, everyone knows that. It’s usually a bad idea, but you’ve got a crazy idea. Earlier, you traded your lunch money to the school bully in exchange for a paper that stated you now owned his soul. You’re about to find out if demons consider this a valid co | “ሚስጥራዊ መልእክት ሚስጥራዊ መልእክት ሚስጥራዊ መልእክት” I spoke, as the pentagram in front of me began to glow a deep brimstone red.
“LORD AHMAHAREK! HEED MY CALL” I yelled.
Suddenly, the candles all around the circle lit instantly. But instead of an orange and yellow fire, they were all some variation of black or red.
As soon as th... | [medium exterior shot- midday]
Building exterior is laden with ivy crawling up it's stone walls. The small, dirty half-window of the boiler room radiates with flecks of light from a dimming bulb.
Sounds of kids playing games at recess, birds chirping, traffic whizzing by.
The camera slowly pans downward as it zoo... | 2022-05-24T14:15:12 | 2022-05-24T13:43:05 | 455 | 24 |
[WP] Every sentient species in the universe receives a Jesus figure from God. It turns out humanity was the only species to torture and crucify him. You're an ambassador priest informing the Inter-Galactic Holy Church what your species did. | Chaplain's Log - 2768.07.08.15.32.12
As the ship approaches the Sepulcher of Creation, the crew has become more restless. Anxious even. They are looking forward to seeing the faith-in-flesh that the Voidian's spoke of. A holiest of holies in space. I am cautious. This has been the focus of my devotional time sinc... | The council chambers, despite their vastness and high, vaulted ceilings felt claustrophobic as all eyes fell on me. None of them were human, either. Species of every type had gathered here today, as was custom for welcoming another into their fold. But our membership into their ranks was...unique. They had analyzed our... | 2016-08-18T06:39:52 | 2016-08-18T04:37:42 | 131 | 21 |
[WP] Robot sex partners are common for both sexes. At a companion market meet a partner and leave together. After a night of wild abandon you get up to use the bathroom and your partner is already in there. You look at each other and both instantly realize you were with another human. | My leg won't stop bouncing up and down.
My left eye's been twitching, too.
I'm nervous - and that's OK. Right? I should be. It's normal behavior. Besides, I'm one hundred percent sure I made the right call, going out today and picking out model 131, designation AMI. I wonder if her designation was an acronym. Artif... | I picked my partner: a new model that was supposed to look very life-like. After chatting, he seemed like the best candidate. He was talk, dark, and handsome as cliche as it was, but every woman needed to have one fling with a guy like him. I could easily forget my problems, and he also looked nothing like my ex.
"Re... | 2015-09-15T16:47:10 | 2015-09-15T11:20:01 | 434 | 56 |
[WP] You have realized that your best friend is your son/daughter from the future who wants to hang out and get to know you since you die before he/she was born
Not sure if this has already been made but just thought of it :)
Edit: WOW didn’t expect so much people to comment on this! Thanks everybody! | ######[](#dropcap)
"Why are you staring at me like that?" The corner of Mina's eyes crinkled into a smile. "If you keep looking, I might just believe you're in love with me."
Kaitlyn laughed, her smile bright. "How do you know I'm not?"
Mina rolled her eyes. "I think Freddy would have a problem or two with that," ... | Wiping the sweat off my forehead, I took a step back and looked at the shed Thomas and I had built.
"Doesn't look like much, does it?"
He gave a barking laugh. "Sturdy, though. I bet with proper paint and care, it'll easily last for half a century at least."
I couldn't quite keep the corners of my mouth from tugging... | 2018-10-30T10:56:38 | 2018-10-30T10:49:46 | 929 | 600 |
[WP] You've lived in this cave for hundreds of years. You know every sound, every disturbance. You can hear the footsteps, a young human. He thinks your asleep, you observe. His steps are mousy, they tremble with fear. His posture speaks of abuse. It's obvious that someone else put him up to this. | I can hear his footsteps. They are mousy, they tremble with fear. His posture speaks of abuse. It’s obvious someone else put him up to this.
He looks down into the stygian bed of my slumber. He believes I am asleep, and he shouts out, his voice quavering, filled with tears and anger. “Beast! I am here!”
You see, this... | Qaris watched the human edge closer. Studying from beneath his eyelids it was obvious that this was a hatchling; they were so small and frail, in clothes that hung off their petite frame, that a single gust of wind might blow them away.
The hatchling paused near Qaris’ tail and glanced back toward the mouth of the cav... | 2021-03-24T22:36:33 | 2021-03-24T21:37:46 | 2,224 | 301 |
[WP] Write an unusual apocalypse
[deleted] | ‘Are you sure this is how you will solve the problem?’ Lieutenant Erregant looked at the tiny bottle of blue liquid. ‘It seems like a very small amount.’
Dr. Husky nodded. ‘It will remove the effect of the Husky Glue. The Ball can no longer affect us. But you have to be very careful, Erregant.’ She was dead serious. ‘... | [Poem]
My, my
They’re coming from the sky
Prophetic minds
Eclectic sighs
What can be done when lies the eye
Lies, as tells the sky
Mooving
We’ve been taught fear’s alright
Feelings are real
Not only at night
To not be a prisoner
To fight the daunting reaper
Cure the fever
Bitter
Moonlight
Facing wh... | 2020-02-05T10:02:48 | 2020-02-05T09:29:50 | 38 | 18 |
[WP] A group of plucky rebels attempts to overthrow a dystopian government. Wait... *checks notes* Sorry, utopian, a utopian government. | I watched the secret meeting with interest. Well, I permanently monitored the whole planet in more ways than plain visual input, and I was unable to feel things like boredom, but this particular spot was extraordinarily curious. The group meeting in the abandoned warehouse was big, even bigger than last time they had m... | I had read all the literature from the White Ferns, listened to their words, mimicked their mannerisms, and passionately quoted their gospels. Newt however had grown weary. I suspected the Others had been getting to him. However hard I had tried to push him into confessing he kept his thoughts close to his chest. Our s... | 2019-05-14T10:18:09 | 2019-05-14T07:15:48 | 62 | 12 |
[WP] Aliens prefer term "prey animals", Humans prefer term "herbivores". A group of alien hunters, hunting on Earth, painfully discovered why. | ”I’m still not sure I understand,” the alien questioned. His two left hands gestured wildly at the horse in front of him. “Why don’t we hunt this one?”
The guide’s mustache twitched, his human eyes inscrutable under that large brimmed hat.
“Cause that’s a horse. We domesticated ‘em. It’s….” He sighed. “It... |
Zu’ak crept towards the beast, his four legs moving through the dry grass almost without sound. This was the first continent visited by the Umari hunters in pursuit of large prey animals. The Humans in this area were welcoming to the Umari, but seemed confused as to why they would be hunting prey animals they called ... | 2022-08-16T19:14:35 | 2022-08-16T18:14:37 | 203 | 73 |
[WP] You're a little girl's imaginary monster friend. At least you were before she grew up. Nowadays she doesn't call for you, see you or even think about you. One day, after years of silence, She called for you once again... | “Fiddlesticks!” I curse, stomping my foot. I appeared on the wrong side of the house. A big house by today’s standards, white with a large porch and a huge front door, big enough for our lot to get in, though the adults didn’t know that ducking our heads for any door has always been a problem.
“What is it, Harry?” My ... | "Been a long, long time little girl." Hissed the forked tongue. "Started to think you forgot about me. Started to forget about myself to be honessst with you. Got yourssself into trouble again, huh? You alwayssss were a handful. I like the ssssscratchessss on the wallssss, givesss thisss place sssome persssonality. Gue... | 2022-12-26T17:37:09 | 2022-12-26T15:20:43 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] The God of Blood's followers pray to him for strength and victory in battle, but one day he is baffled to hear a 7 year old girl's prayer, begging to win the spelling bee tomorrow. | Dear God of Blood. My name is Susan and I am seven and a half years old. I hope you don’t mind me praying to you. I read about you on Wikipedia. It said you help warriors win battles if they sacrificed things to you. I don’t have a goat or a lamb and there’s no way I’d hurt my cat Snazzles. So I stepped on some ants on... | Hi!
You are shadowbanned from reddit, just so you know. What that means is that the admins of reddit have made it so nothing you post is seen by the rest of reddit. Unless your post is manually approved by a subreddit moderator, which I just did for your post, it's like you don't exist to other users. You might want t... | 2015-08-11T04:18:17 | 2015-08-11T03:43:34 | 347 | 19 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | "Here you go, sir."
Her voice was one of the finer variety, not all too sweet nor insufficiently warm. I could basically hear her name in the way she said *sir.* It was a strong pronunciation, and I knew her name, as I know everyone's name, before even seeing her.
"Thank you, Circe" I said, moving my hand to accept t... | The man stared at you, eyes widening slightly. Then he gave a huge grin causing his eyes to squint. Waving his hand casually,
"Come, come; I want to show you something." And brings you over to an isolated section of the store. Large pieces of furniture surround you creating an imposing and claustrophobic atmosphere.... | 2018-11-05T20:38:03 | 2018-11-05T20:16:01 | 1,434 | 44 |
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