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[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | The well gurgled at Timothy; a wet, sloshing sound like something moving in the water.
It had only ever done this when he was alone. It had done this for years, but Timothy's parents insisted that it was his imagination. He stared at the stones that made up the surface structure. It was an old well, no one knew exactl... | 2 | 0 | 157 | 41,300 |
[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | Within a day of owning the pocket watch he had already lost it. Thomas peered into the depth of the well, where seconds before a golden pocketwatch had gone for a dip, or so he thought. Cringing thinking about the inevitable splash, Thomas wondered just how deep the well went until he heard the voice.
*Lana had the gr... | 2 | 0 | 157 | 41,301 |
[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | I don't normally do rhyming, so I thought I'd give it a go!
He could hear footsteps, the swing of a door. The car had stopped, he wasn’t moving anymore.
He had closed his eyes to stop the tears. He lay in the back seat thinking of his fears.
His grandfather was everything, his crutch to lean on. But now he was dead... | 1 | 0 | 157 | 41,302 |
[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 157 | 41,303 |
[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | "Stay away from that damned well boy!"
I laughed. That crazy old man always had something to say, and yet nothing he said ever really made sense. I didn't care. I always hated when my parents dropped me off at my grandfathers house. It smelled funny, there were no toys to play with or TV to watch. I mostly just explo... | 2 | 0 | 157 | 41,304 |
[WP] A young boy peers over the well, trying to see the bottom. As he leans over, he drops his grandfathers pocket watch into the well. This pocket watch means everything to his grandfather. Tell a story on how this boy retrieves the pocket watch and what's inside of the well. | Once upon a time a young boy was frolicking in a field near his house when he came upon a well. His Grandfather had told him to stay away from it "Don't go near that well boy! It's cursed, my best friend fell into that well and they never found his body, every called me a liar, but it's true I saw it with my own eyes" ... | 1 | 0 | 157 | 41,305 |
[EU] Clone Commando squad Delta stumbles upon the USG Ishimura | Post this to asksciencefiction | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41,306 |
[WP] You are the fly on the wall. Describe what you see. | I promise it fits the prompt, I got a little... carried away.
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This is a transcription of the full contents of video ###-####, housed at site 19 as documentation for <REDACTED>. Whereabouts of the individual who created this is currently under investigation. - Dr. Clef
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*An empty room,... | 1 | 0 | 6 | 41,307 |
[WP] He locked himself in his workshop days ago, only coming out to eat. The whole neighborhood is rife with curiosity, and thus a small crowd gathers when he is finally ready to show off his creation. | On the eighth day, he emerged with his creation and proudly held it up above his head. The children sat on their parents shoulders and craned their necks for a better view. The adults squinted, and a low murmur rustled through the crowd as everyone asked themselves the same question: what was that thing?
Then, finally... | 1 | 0 | 20 | 41,308 |
[WP] He locked himself in his workshop days ago, only coming out to eat. The whole neighborhood is rife with curiosity, and thus a small crowd gathers when he is finally ready to show off his creation. | The door creaked open, and the crowd inched closer and closer, eager to see what the lunatic had come up with this time.
His head poked out, and he gazed around him, considering with some surprise the masses gathered around him. His face registered confusion for a moment, and all of a sudden was a mask. He pushed ope... | 2 | 0 | 20 | 41,309 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | From this lifeless ball comes life. It is almost certainly the origin of everything that makes up the human experience. To hate it would be to hate existence itself and what is the point in that? Is it possible to truly feel anything but love and gratitude for the object that simply is the definition of being? I suppos... | 5 | 0 | 22 | 41,310 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,311 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | I remember tin strains of Aloha 'Oe’ playing on the music box while my grandmother sang me to sleep as a child. She would sit on the side of the water bed, wind the matchbox-sized music box and let it play while she stroked my hair and I drifted off with dreams of island breezes.
When she died, it was the one thing I... | 3 | 0 | 22 | 41,312 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | Dust. Darkness. Secrets.
The old, ornate mirror sits silently on the wall, half hidden by a heavy sheet. Its black frame is dark like the evil in all of us, and its cracked mirror reflects all of mans' sins.
Even though the mirror has never been proven to be the cause of all its owners' misfortunes, I know that it w... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,313 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | The suitcase opened on the bed, and then it closed again, then it opened, and closed once more. Gradually bits of sound began to flow out of it, and it continued to open and close as if it were a pair of lips.
“You know what they do to you under that plane you always throw me on? You know what they freakin’ do?!”
... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,314 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/24qp0d/wp_an_inanimate_object_of_your_choice_becomes/ch9r260 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,315 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | I look up from my desk and see her standing in the doorframe. Her smell permeates the air. A sweet, feminine scent which is vaguely familiar but ultimately unique.
I smile. A comforting warmth washes over me, like wrapping bed sheets fresh from the dryer around your body. I am completely, irretrievably in love with he... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,316 |
[WP] Make me feel a strong emotion towards an inanimate object. | I am made to cool, to chill, this everlasting energy forms me, electricity. I store everything, keep nothing, my life is giving! What would I be without it? I give a little bit of myself, this clear liquid, I have known all my life, to a friend, only to see it thrown into the sink next to me. I open, I close, ... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,317 |
[WP] You are you, except your body is also a WiFi hotspot. You slowly realize your friends are just using you for free internet access. | I call it the wireless waltz. The way they’d do it, God, it should have been obvious even then. The meaningless conversations, the empty laughter, the eye-avoidance, all while maintaining their constant, awkward advance, closing in as near as possible for the best connection. For a long time, I thought I was just an ap... | 30 | 0 | 44 | 41,318 |
[WP] You are you, except your body is also a WiFi hotspot. You slowly realize your friends are just using you for free internet access. | Finding I was enabled has made me feel so much better, they say that money does not buy happiness? Oh really?
The bandwith and speed I get has been upgraded by the small virtualising server I have strapped to me, I am a wisp. And why not?
You may have seen me on the local news wandering around town advertising myself, ... | 3 | 0 | 44 | 41,319 |
[WP] Twitch plays Universe Simulator - and you just realized you're in it. | Wake up. Brush teeth. Shower. Take clothes off. Leave shower. Brush teeth. Leave room. Reenter room. Choose clothes; shirt starter chosen. *Shit.* Put clothes on. Exit through window. *Where am I goi… where…* Walk toward couch. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around. Open inventory; crayon, wrapper noted. D... | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41,320 |
[WP] Twitch plays Universe Simulator - and you just realized you're in it. | So, a guy walks into my cubicle today, started garbling out some weird shit, and then pulled down his pants. Then pulled them back up, then shit himself. After that, I have a bit of a wide eyed look on my face, so I ask him, "Hey, buddy, you need help?"
He responds by pulling his shit-stained pants down, turning aroun... | 1 | 0 | 7 | 41,321 |
[WP] Tell the story of the President's mistress just as she is about to go public to the world. | "Bang!" Went the CIA agent's gun.
The end. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41,322 |
[WP] At a bar, two men strike up conversation. They realize, sooner or later, that one was once the other's bully. | "Tonight's top story: the missing Pawaten High student found in the river, death ruled a suicide..."
The news cast trails off, student reactions of how well they knew the boy, his bevy of friends weeping at his sudden departure. An expert talking head blinks in to give his view on how bullying is to blame. As the em... | 8 | 0 | 23 | 41,323 |
[WP] At a bar, two men strike up conversation. They realize, sooner or later, that one was once the other's bully. | At around six, Joe squeezed down between the bar and the barstool, wishing he'd taken a cab to the pub. It'd take him almost an hour to walk back, and he wasn't used to this much walking. He ordered a Guinness, and leaned back as much as his girth would allow to watch the baseball game.
The bar was fairly empty, and t... | 3 | 0 | 23 | 41,324 |
[WP] At a bar, two men strike up conversation. They realize, sooner or later, that one was once the other's bully. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41,325 |
[WP] At a bar, two men strike up conversation. They realize, sooner or later, that one was once the other's bully. | Look at that, man. Look at that. Completely out of lager, and I've only been here ten minutes.
Sure, you can sit here. Bar's pretty crowded anyways. Eh, you know what? Have a drink on me. No, no, I insist. It's been a fuckin' bad week, and someone ought to be happy. Here- Barkeep! Another glass for my friend here, an... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41,326 |
[WP] At a bar, two men strike up conversation. They realize, sooner or later, that one was once the other's bully. | Not participating in the prompt, but I thought it interesting that this actually happened to my boyfriend, who was stick-thin and wore huge glasses in school and is now a 200lb electrician with three black belts. The ex-bully was, apparently, a little bit nervous when he realized who my boyfriend was. | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41,327 |
Your young innocent child is found with a knife in hand, standing over someone you have never met who was stabbed to death. | Hey! It looks like you forgot to tag this post. The sidebar has all of the possible tags you can use to label any future prompts :)
This would be a [WP] tag, as it is a Writing Prompt!
Cheers! | 1 | 0 | 6 | 41,328 |
[WP] A scientific explanation for Peter Parker's "Spidey Sense" | Hey! It looks like you may have chosen the wrong tag for this post. The sidebar has all of the possible tags you can use to label any future prompts :)
This would be a [EU] tag, as it takes place in an Established Universe (Spiderman/Marvel)! No need to worry about this now, just something to think about in the future... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 41,329 |
You revisit the perfectly preserved house of your childhood. Not a chair has been moved or a table disturbed. But something is wrong... | Hey! It looks like you forgot to tag this post. The sidebar has all of the possible tags you can use to label any future prompts :)
This would be a [WP] tag, as it is a Writing Prompt!
Cheers! | 1 | 0 | 10 | 41,330 |
You revisit the perfectly preserved house of your childhood. Not a chair has been moved or a table disturbed. But something is wrong... | My fingers trailed across the wall as I walked in, like characters often did in movies. Every little bump, scratch, and hole was accounted for. In the kitchen the dishes were stacked in the sink, still covered with soapy water. I hesitated for a moment before grabbing a rag.
As I worked I stared blankly out the windo... | 3 | 0 | 10 | 41,331 |
You revisit the perfectly preserved house of your childhood. Not a chair has been moved or a table disturbed. But something is wrong... | I knew where I was before I even opened my eyes. I could feel it. Prying my eyes open only confirmed what I had already guessed. I was home. The front door was unlocked, just as it always was, and, though a bit stiffer than I recalled, swung open quite readily.
A thick layer of dust, that I'm sure had my Nonna spinnin... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 41,332 |
[WP] A strange event caused most humans to shrink to a mere inch in height. You are one of those lucky few who for some reason was unaffected, a week after the event occurred. | "Well... everyone just, shrank. Not too far. Not too much. No-one really gave a shit about one inch off the top.
Except the dwarfs. Like, smaller than a 6 year old, legally short people. They grew two inches, surprisingly. And some of us actually were unaffected.
It's crazy... I mean, just think: something so wides... | 1 | 0 | 15 | 41,333 |
[WP] A strange event caused most humans to shrink to a mere inch in height. You are one of those lucky few who for some reason was unaffected, a week after the event occurred. | Apocalypse Log: Day 7
Alright, yes, I'm officially calling this an apocalypse. I'm not actually sure that the word technically applies here – is that just a religious thing? I'd look up up on Wikipedia, if I could. Fuck, I miss the internet. Anyway, the world is pretty much completely fucked up, so I can't think of a ... | 3 | 0 | 15 | 41,334 |
[WP] A person, worn out by society, retreats from it. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,335 |
[WP] A person, worn out by society, retreats from it. | She stood in line, waiting to get food stamps. Her eyes tired and her feet sore. A man called her a whore today. Her child was verbally abused again by his classmates and teachers. She is falling behind in her studies, in work. She remembered, all those years ago when she had gone camping, just herself, all alone with ... | 3 | 0 | 22 | 41,336 |
[WP] A person, worn out by society, retreats from it. | Dave got up to the dawn chorus and rejoiced in its glory. He could hear it coming like a wave to him, ignited by the journey of the suns first kiss on the new day. "Every day another miracle" he said to himself.
He lit the fire and washed himelf as it heated up, he had guests in the visitor centre to wake up with a... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,337 |
[WP] A person, worn out by society, retreats from it. | I'm tired.
Physically drained, mentally exhausted, spiritually bereft and otherwise kaput.
Why am I so thoroughly wiped? I'm wiped because I *care* too damned much.
Who do I blame for my current situation? Not that it matters really, but I blame humanity.
That's right. I blame the entire race of men for my exhaust... | 3 | 0 | 22 | 41,338 |
[WP] A person, worn out by society, retreats from it. | Ian, distracted by the conversations of passerbyers, stepped off the curb. A cab, rounding the corner, angrily honked at him. He jumped back onto the curb, his heart pounding out of his chest.
It had been six months since his cochlear implant, and he still had not gotten used to how much noise surrounded him. He ... | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41,339 |
[WP] Modern science can keep our bodies alive indefinitely but we discover the soul eventually parishes despite physical health. | [deleted] | -2 | 0 | 22 | 41,340 |
[WP] Modern science can keep our bodies alive indefinitely but we discover the soul eventually parishes despite physical health. | Very slowly I watched as Mrs. Audrey wore away. She appeared to be thirty, a pretty kind of thirty, not the old kind of thirty were it looks like your youth is already leaving you. Hey, what would I know about that? I was born in a time where you aged up until the day you were injected.
I learned something from Mrs. ... | 7 | 0 | 22 | 41,341 |
[WP] Modern science can keep our bodies alive indefinitely but we discover the soul eventually parishes despite physical health. | I always took care of myself. Well, at least in comparison to the average person. Or rather, at least I'd like to think I did. I feel like I did everything I was supposed to do. I ate healthy; no trans fats, low HDL cholesterol, whole grain, non-processed, vitamin enriched, caloric sustaining, high quality food. I exer... | 2 | 0 | 22 | 41,342 |
[WP] Modern science can keep our bodies alive indefinitely but we discover the soul eventually parishes despite physical health. | I have been married to my husband for 138 years.
He is next to me, doing his daily crossword. He is sitting across the table, checking to see if he still hates broccoli like he did twenty years ago... and twenty before that. He is smiling at me, taking my hand in his while we walk to the car.
The procedure is his ide... | 4 | 0 | 22 | 41,343 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | You better do right by me, boy. Don't you dare even think about throwing me away. Don't you dare. I could ruin you. The things I've seen... The things you have made me keep hold of for you. You make me sick. You disgusting, filthy animal. You sickening, snivelling pig.
Sincerely,
your 500GB Seagate External HDD | 5 | 0 | 23 | 41,344 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | My birth pangs - I like the word pang - my birth pangs were the sounds of the little cardboard flap being pulled loose and then her fingers reaching into box of loosely assembled pencils. I dont want to pretend I'm so special that she chose me, I know I'm not, I'm just the first number 2 pencil she pulled from the scho... | 6 | 0 | 23 | 41,345 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | God damn it. What the hell did I do to deserve this shit? To deserve this guy's shit. And his mom's shit. I bet they'll potty train their fucking dog and then I'd deal with his shit. Yea! You heard right. I'm their fucking Toilet. On the daily they'll just drop their pants, take a good squat, and unload the biggest shi... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 41,346 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | Eat me you hairless ape, EAT ME! No, stop that. Oh, again, for a selfie this time? Why do they even need a banana for scale? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 41,347 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | "The Watching Window"
I have eyes on every side of my head, truth be told they make up my entire body. I cannot hear the knocks that send my eyes into violent vibration, I cannot feel the dog’s tongue that visits my waking eye every morning, nor can I smell the trail of urine he leaves behind as he continues his wal... | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41,348 |
[WP] An inanimate object of your choice becomes aware. Write their thoughts of how it has been used in life. | Oh God no! Not again. You were just here! Like not even an hour ago! Seriously man. I'm not doing this again. Think cold thoughts, think cold thoughts, think cold thoughts. No! Pull your pants back up! Oh god. Oh -garblegarblegarble. Uh. Is it over? NO! Garblegarblegarblegarble. Ahhh. Please let it stop. ... | 2 | 0 | 23 | 41,349 |
[WP] Write a scene depicting 2 serial killers that inadvertently stumble into each other while hunting a victim. | This one was an easy choice. I like my marks a little unhinged, you know? I like it when they're too far gone to know what's happening to them. You can tell when you look them in the eyes that their final moments are the only ones in which they ever experience lucidity. It gives me a good thrill. Anyway, I'm sayin... | 7 | 0 | 13 | 41,350 |
[WP] Write a scene depicting 2 serial killers that inadvertently stumble into each other while hunting a victim. | "Do you wanna come back to my place?"
"Why don't we go back to *my* place?"
For crying out loud.
*What is this guy's problem?*
"Sorry, it's just a safety thing, I get paranoid. I mean, how do I know you're not a serial killer?"
"Well how do I know *you're* not a serial killer?"
"Hahaha"
"Haha"
Fuck.
*Fuck.*
... | 5 | 0 | 13 | 41,351 |
[WP] Write a scene depicting 2 serial killers that inadvertently stumble into each other while hunting a victim. | "*Skull's Log. Friday. May 17th, 1984.*
Spied target out by Maurizio's. Senator is predictable. Habitual. Will be back every Friday for months.
Have established sniper's nest on adjacent roof of Baxter Building. Abandoned since early seventies. Good place to kill from.
Will establish zipline to ground level and orga... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 41,352 |
[WP] Write a scene depicting 2 serial killers that inadvertently stumble into each other while hunting a victim. | I'm liking it so far. One thing though, it doesn't have to necessarily be about a killer targeting a victim that turns out to be another serial killer. It could be more like they cross paths somehow and what ensues as a result. Do they conflict, become friends, walk away, team up etc? | 2 | 0 | 13 | 41,353 |
[WP] A guy has a detailed dream about a relationship with a girl who doesn't exist. The next day, he bumps into her. | Dreams. Such is the nature of our life. They come to us in our sleep, bearing tidings of joy, happiness, sadness, love, and sometimes death. But they are merely dreams. Dreams have no effect on our world. They can guide us, define us, even tell us more about ourselves. Ancient civilizations put much stock into dreams, ... | 1 | 0 | 4 | 41,354 |
[IP] "There was a young man by the old house, and when I took a photo, I saw another world." | It wasn't long before we would finally arrive somewhere. Where exactly we were headed, I didn't know, and almost certainly our journey wouldn't end for a long time. But we were running low on money, and Tim in Amarillo said we could stay at his place and do some odd jobs for a few months until we would be able to set o... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 41,355 |
[WP] Your phone has been stolen. Using it's GPS tracking features, you and a buddy trace it into the forest. After a while you find yourself standing in front of a shimmering wall of light, and the tracker says it's on the other side. | Please? Somebody? | 2 | 0 | 8 | 41,356 |
[WP] Your phone has been stolen. Using it's GPS tracking features, you and a buddy trace it into the forest. After a while you find yourself standing in front of a shimmering wall of light, and the tracker says it's on the other side. | "...Here."
"Hilarious. Turn off the flashlight."
"Dude, I swear."
"...[well, shit](http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140315164222/walkingdead/images/b/b0/Jontron.gif). This isn't a joke."
The two friends stood aghast at the sight before them. A glimmering rampart of a celestial type with golden showers seeming t... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 41,357 |
[WP] The internal dialog of a child who decides that this is the year they are going to try to act and dress 'cool' to impress their friends at school | 9thgrademe.jp
Maybe I'll take this up TOMMOROW if I have the time | 1 | 0 | 27 | 41,358 |
[WP] The internal dialog of a child who decides that this is the year they are going to try to act and dress 'cool' to impress their friends at school | This year will be different. Once all my friends see me walk into the halls they will be shocked to see the new me. No more wearing boring clothes my mom buys for me, no more teasing from my classmates over wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, this year I will be my own person. I can be just like the cool kids. Maybe I ... | 14 | 0 | 27 | 41,359 |
[WP]A boy falls asleep in class, and wakes up to find the school and the town uninhabited. | His eyes began to flutter open. He picked his head up off his desk and stretched his arms into the air. Brent loved napping on his desk. It was just so comfy. As he yawned and opened his eyes, he was greeted with an empty classroom. He looked up ahead at the clock above the whiteboard. 7 PM.
"Aww man, seriously?"
Bre... | 18 | 0 | 38 | 41,360 |
[WP]A boy falls asleep in class, and wakes up to find the school and the town uninhabited. | With watery eyes and the mouth like a lump of rotten meat, Sasha emerges from his slumber. His whole back is ankylosed of having slept in such an akward position, as his head had to stay hidden by his History manual. He streches.
-Urgh, once again, I couldn't resist, mutters the boy.
It's not that he hates History cl... | 5 | 0 | 38 | 41,361 |
After many years of research, two substances that can change ones sexuality to either Homosexuality or Heterosexuality, called Homomorine and Heteromorine respectively, are discovered. Trouble arises when an anti-heterosexual extremist group takes over the lab where it is being researched. | There was a Swedish film in the early 80's that was like this, Sexmission. The feminists hated it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088083/?ref_=nv_sr_1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41,362 |
[WP] A Racing/motorcross/funny car/drag racer is up against his old teammate, now his main rival. The Driver needs to win this one or it's the end of his career. His current lover is the rivals chief mechanic. What does he do? | The formation lap was tense, to say the least. As we drove around the circuit warming our tires and brakes, I could see him in my mirrors. Right on my ass the entire lap. I knew he was trying to rattle my cage- that's what he does. I know you too well for that, old friend. Save it for the rookies.
I pulled onto t... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41,363 |
[WP] [EU] A scientific explanation of Peter Parker's "Spidey Sense". | "You know that infinite universal theory you keep hearing about in all science fiction?"
"Yeah, go on."
"Well Parker's Spidery Senses work on the principle, the theorem states that the timeline does not actively chose which future is prominent but instead diverges so that every possible outcome of every possible sc... | 6 | 0 | 13 | 41,364 |
[WP] [EU] A scientific explanation of Peter Parker's "Spidey Sense". | low-level precognition. | 1 | 0 | 13 | 41,365 |
[WP] [EU] A scientific explanation of Peter Parker's "Spidey Sense". | 'It's a tumor Mr. Parker.'
'What? No, it's just my spidey-sense. Wait, we have doctor patient confidentiality, right?'
'Yes, we do. I won't tell anyone that you're 'Spiderman'. But, I am sure. It's a stage four tumor pressing on your frontal cortex. This, actually explains a lot. Have you been having any visua... | 1 | 0 | 13 | 41,366 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | "Mister Parsons, you have lung cancer. I told you those cigarettes drop your health."
"What do you recommend, doc ?"
"Same thing you always do. Go home and get Sally to cook you a good, solid meal."
"Wanna grab a beer later?"
"Sure, I can spare some HP." | 1 | 0 | 64 | 41,367 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | Tim was pinned down behind the sofa. The team that had hit the safehouse was smart, professional, they had hit the kitchen hard and driven the defenders away from the all-important refrigerator. Thankfully he had managed to get near one of his food stashes to hole up while returning fire.
"We know you got the shipmen... | 27 | 0 | 64 | 41,368 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | Some may have thought that the new development with food was going to improve the quality of life for everyone. It was merely the invention of nanites that had made the whole thing possible. Companies started putting nanites in everything, from soda to caviar. It not only improved the shelf life and taste of the stuff,... | 4 | 0 | 64 | 41,369 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | "An apple a day keeps the doctors away". The proverb used to mean that good nutrition would keep you healthy and that the vitamins found in an apple would help your immune system.
But now, a single bite from an apple can save you from death. Well, it can cure your sore throat or your cough at least.
My grandma would... | 19 | 0 | 64 | 41,370 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | I don't really remember when it all started, but then again nobody really does. The first time I heard anything about it was when my mother called and told me that her bad ankle stopped hurting all of a sudden.
"That's not a big deal..." I thought to myself. "She probably took one too many tylenol again. She's kind o... | 2 | 0 | 64 | 41,371 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | Gary leaned over his desk looking at the person in front of him. he was about 22, well, in prefood years. It was impossible to know how old he was now, because a good meal could have shaved the years off.
Food, as it once was, was over. Before, it had simply aided in life function, but now. it was almost miraculo... | 2 | 0 | 64 | 41,372 |
[WP] Life on earth takes an odd turn when food starts healing people like they do in video games. | “Chopped coriander and raw chilli, floating in a small serving bowl full of soy sauce. A delicious snack on a hot day. Thanks, Harriet.”
His real name is Harry, but I call him that because it’s funny.
I ask, “Is it fresh?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“What about the soy sauce?”
“Hand made. By virgins who have never seen or smelt ... | 5 | 0 | 64 | 41,373 |
[WP] the same day keeps repeating, and only the protagonist is aware of it. | Sorry to say, OP, but this has been done many times before. The movie Groundhog Day is a prime example. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41,374 |
[EU] On a routine patrol of an uncharted part of neutral space, a Venerator Class Star Destroyer pops out of hyperspace near the orbit of a Halo ring. Tell the story of the first Republic Clones to set foot on the ring only to find out that it's infested with the Flood. | This is a bit outside of my interest, but I'd like to point out that some of the clones have fought zombies like creatures before. | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41,375 |
[EU] On a routine patrol of an uncharted part of neutral space, a Venerator Class Star Destroyer pops out of hyperspace near the orbit of a Halo ring. Tell the story of the first Republic Clones to set foot on the ring only to find out that it's infested with the Flood. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 23 | 41,376 |
[Eu] in deep space, a fleet of federation ships (star trek) are picking up some odd warp signatures. They follow them to find a armada of empire ships (star wars) dropping out of hyperspace. The empire opens fire first. What happens next? | Episode 7? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 41,377 |
[Eu] in deep space, a fleet of federation ships (star trek) are picking up some odd warp signatures. They follow them to find a armada of empire ships (star wars) dropping out of hyperspace. The empire opens fire first. What happens next? | [Oh, we are going to get so much crap for that](http://youtu.be/WbJ-y6BWfUc) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 41,378 |
[Eu] in deep space, a fleet of federation ships (star trek) are picking up some odd warp signatures. They follow them to find a armada of empire ships (star wars) dropping out of hyperspace. The empire opens fire first. What happens next? | Surprised.
That's how the captain felt, surprised. The ship shifted slightly as it's deck rattled and indicators chirped. Everyone sat in stunned surprise. The ensign, the *young* ensign behind the captain, cleared his throat.
"Uh, sir? ...Orders?"
The captain, despite his being caught off-guard, remembered that in... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 41,379 |
[EU] Link and Zelda are on a double date with Mario and Peach and are discussing the possibility of merging Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom into one large kingdom. You are their server. | The couples on table 4 have been at it all night, the best wines and most expensive dishes, they must be important. Sally from the kitchen said they are famous in another kingdom but I don't know about that, looks like four people in fancy dress to me.
Anyway what was really interesting was when I was serving the ent... | 6 | 0 | 37 | 41,380 |
[EU] Link and Zelda are on a double date with Mario and Peach and are discussing the possibility of merging Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom into one large kingdom. You are their server. | I know the Italians are known for drinking a lot, but honestly it surprised me when Mario started downing wine like there was no tomorrow, and within about 30 minutes of this double date gone to the Dark World, Link, Zelda, Peach, and Mario were completely sloshed. Honestly in 4 years of serving this is the weirdest ta... | 7 | 0 | 37 | 41,381 |
[EU] Link and Zelda are on a double date with Mario and Peach and are discussing the possibility of merging Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom into one large kingdom. You are their server. | It was bad. The the brothers could only say a select few phrases, the girl kept giggling and PDAing on the fat one. Link can only be described as Deficient-Legolas, he screamed, broke a pot with a sword, head butt the the wall then ran out. Zelda was okay. During dinner the Applebees was destroyed by an evil sorcerer r... | 3 | 0 | 37 | 41,382 |
[EU] Link and Zelda are on a double date with Mario and Peach and are discussing the possibility of merging Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom into one large kingdom. You are their server. | *Where do I recognise him from? That green outfit, it's so familiar...*
"Good evening gentlemen, ladies. How can I help you?"
"I wanta the mushroom soup." hacked the man in red, his Italian accent buried under years of heavy smoking.
"Darling, we talked about this." replied the woman to his left, adorned in a regal... | 2 | 0 | 37 | 41,383 |
[EU] Link and Zelda are on a double date with Mario and Peach and are discussing the possibility of merging Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom into one large kingdom. You are their server. | Sorry, kinda ran away with it from the original 'talk about merging kingdoms' thing...
"What would you like... sir?" I asked the sword-wielding man in a green onesie-kilt thing. This boy looked very familiar, was he a celebrity?
"I'd like the Heart Combination Fettucine with extra heart, with Lon Lon Milk please."
"... | 3 | 0 | 37 | 41,384 |
[WP] The Timecube | The timecube has six sides. At first all six sides are lit. You live your life normally, traveling through time like everybody else. However, when the time comes that you wish to change something, you may. Tap the top of the cube and you may change one thing at one point in time. Change the clothes you wore on your fir... | 3 | 0 | 4 | 41,385 |
[WP] The Timecube | With a slight swish, starting slow, building in momentum, noise and motion flowing seamlessly into one another, the box began to open up. Everyone stood and stared, some with mouths agape, most with eyes opened wide, pupils dilated in the face of the bright greenish-yellow glow, though some with eyes shut tight as thei... | 2 | 0 | 4 | 41,386 |
[WP] "They are coming for you, and there is no way to escape." | I had ten days - ten whole days. Every morning spent reassuring myself of how much time I had and now it's 10am, Monday morning and I have done nothing.
They are on their way and what will I tell them ? There is nothing they want to hear, I either have it or I don't. These people don't listen to excuses, they don't w... | 2 | 0 | 14 | 41,387 |
[WP] A man has the ability to travel back in time, but everytime he does, his life span is halved. He falls in love with a woman, he courts her, but fails to get a favorable answer. He goes back in time and replays the entire scene in the hopes of getting a different answer. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 6 | 41,388 |
[WP] Genghis Khan succeeded in his short conquest for immortality, successfully conquered and maintained the world under his rule, and the world progresses even faster. It is now 2020. | its gonna be a problem when literally 99% of the worlds population are his children | 1 | 0 | 17 | 41,389 |
[WP] We meet an alien race who has never invented math. They're been doing everything by woolly guesswork. | We met a race that can only be called the most peaceful and serene beings you will ever meet.
They constantly work for the good of the entire race. They have never had war. They don't have words for starving or homeless. The society is different from us in almost every way.
They have no math to speak of. We think the... | 3 | 0 | 5 | 41,390 |
[WP] Neanderthals were actually an advanced species that created modern humans. Something happens that makes humans emerge as the dominant species. | Sort of related if you're interested. There's a trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer called [The Neanderthal Parallax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neanderthal_Parallax). It's about a portal opening to another dimension where Neanderthals, rather than humans are the dominant intelligent hominid on earth. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 41,391 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | [deleted] | 7 | 0 | 25 | 41,392 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | -It’s impressive, uh? Always takes your breath away the first time, he said with a sincere smile.
I know Mondays morning are notoriously difficult, but I must say that I was not prepared for that particular one. A shitty file, a difficult client or a moody boss are something, but literal hell is, well, something else.... | 31 | 0 | 25 | 41,393 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | "Do you like movies about gladiators?" | 2 | 0 | 25 | 41,394 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | The doors split and my breath escaped me. Hot air filled my lungs and burned my eyes. The roar of the incredible burn deafened me. his eyes pierced my soul. He looked me up and down several times. I pressed myself against the elevator walls. He took a step forward and I closed my eyes, expecting the worst. Suddenly, th... | 5 | 0 | 25 | 41,395 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | Sweat dripped from Steve’s forehead as he hunched over and desperately tried to suck in air. The sulphuric smell attacked his nose and the smoke made his eyes water. The deafening roar of the wind shook the entire elevator. He put one arm against the elevator wall and slowly pulled himself back up to a barely standing ... | 2 | 0 | 25 | 41,396 |
[WP] The CEO steps into the elevator with you. With the swipe of his ID, the elevator goes to an unlisted floor and opens up to a bottomless chasm of rolling fire. He asks you a personal question. | I tighten my tie making sure it is perfect, take a last look at the mirror, grab my suitcase and head out. There is a lot of traffic, more than usual, but no harm done; I departed early enough in case something slows me down. CEO's time is limited and rightly so, he is managing the biggest company in the world. I hop... | 2 | 0 | 25 | 41,397 |
[WP] It turns out that the full moon really does make people a little crazy, and the effect appears to be getting stronger and stronger as the years go by. | I seriously need to work on my reading comprehension, I keep getting writingprompts and science confused. The amount times I say wtf a day are too high. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 41,398 |
[WP] It turns out that the full moon really does make people a little crazy, and the effect appears to be getting stronger and stronger as the years go by. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 9 | 41,399 |
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