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[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | I was working alone one night last October, more often than not I was alone, I liked it, hardly any work to get done, so I caught up on movies, tv, occasionally a nap under my desk. It was nice.
That night a call came in, around 2:30. I answer with the standard greeting.
"Help desk, may I have your personnel number p... | 7 | 0 | 16 | 4,300 |
[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | He came in my room, struggling to even speak.
"Jerry, What's wrong?"
He said nothing, rather held out his laptop in his hand and whimpered. I sighed, took the computer out of his hands and opened it.
"Jerry..."
I opened it and almost screamed. Pop ups, as far as the eye could see, his mouse was a dazzling cat, and... | 6 | 0 | 16 | 4,301 |
[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | It was the great tech strike in the spring of '04.. Work wasn't getting done and customers were getting angry. The phone is logged in a headset is put on and it starts. Constant call after call, angry person yelling into ears the same thing as every other caller says. It wouldn't be so bad if this was the frontline ... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4,302 |
[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | Sit around children and let me tell you a story. A story of pure terror and dread, a story that will tell you the story of…
**THE PHONE CALL** *Dun dun duuuuuuun*
It was a dark and scary day in the basement of East-Street Industries. In was sitting down, just enjoying reading a cough gentleman's magazine when the pho... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4,303 |
[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4,304 |
[WP] The tale of a horrible retail or IT experience is shared as if it were a campfire ghost story. | True story.
She slunk into the bookstore quietly. If she were any other lady you might not even have noticed her. But everyone noticed her, they noticed her and they paled, and trembled, and some even ran. You all think you're brave, you all think you can handle sweet old ladies, but you're wrong.
You can't handle th... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4,305 |
[WP] This changes everything! Add a short scene to an existing movie that changes the vibe or the audience's views. | The Dark Knight Rises:
As the Bat flies out of Gotham Bay we see the faces of the hopeful Gothamites watch as their savior transports the nuclear device out of harm's reach. It is only in Blake's face that we see the realization that Bruce will not survive this ordeal.
The device detonates, and the familiar vision ... | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4,306 |
[WP] This changes everything! Add a short scene to an existing movie that changes the vibe or the audience's views. | Attack of the Clones.
Shortly after he is granted emergency powers, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine thanks Senator Jar-Jar of Naboo for his moving speech, and promises not to fail the confidence that was put in him.
And Jar-Jar bows.
"Meesa only speak from deep of heart--"
And his demeanor changes, his eyes narrow, th... | 22 | 0 | 10 | 4,307 |
[WP] This changes everything! Add a short scene to an existing movie that changes the vibe or the audience's views. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4,308 |
[EU] Re-write the plot of Raimi's Spiderman 3 | Should it be written like a story? Or like a plot summary? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4,309 |
[EU] Re-write the plot of Raimi's Spiderman 3 | This is how I would do it:
* The film opens with Spidey stopping a robber, just by showing up. His notoriety and appreciation by New Yorkers makes the criminals give up before he can do anything.
* He then swings back to his crappy apartment, where MJ is waiting (a correlation with how the 2nd film ended.) They're eng... | 9 | 0 | 16 | 4,310 |
[EU] Re-write the plot of Raimi's Spiderman 3 | 007
Sandman attacks his former employer for letting him go from his security job, Oscorp. Now equipped with this new sand power, he can navigate their systems smallest security gaps. While trying to steal the goblin serum to make himself stronger, he is caught in the act by Spiderman.
During their fight in the labs,... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4,311 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | "Well, it's because they have the best media exposure, obviously." The tall alien sighed and leaned back in the chair, crossing his arms behind his head. "I'm not going to land in some bumpkin town in Iceland. Anybody hears that one, they'll write it off on the spot. 'I saw aliens in Iceland!' 'Son, that's just the loc... | 140 | 0 | 120 | 4,312 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | * I just found this sub-reddit, so i'm trying this out for the first time.
The Canadian ambassador to the European Union poised a comfortable smile while sporting a smooth-neat denim coat.
"Greetings from Canada."
The EU council seemed a bit surprised at his presence on the video conference.
"Are you.."
"Oui y... | 23 | 0 | 120 | 4,313 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | The Ambassadors sat in chairs prepared for them. Behind each stood a translator. On an old Oak table presented by the Queen of England stood a silver pitcher with water and three silver cups on a silver platter from the personal silverware of the Royal Norwegian Family.
Six people waited for something most people coul... | 7 | 0 | 120 | 4,314 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | Xzz'droak clacked his mandibles nervously. "Well, this is... a little embarassing." the translator boomed in a monotonous tone. "You see, we thought that they were your, how do you say... military branch of governement?"
The elected amabassador for earth, Richard Smith, blinked in shock. "You thoguht that the whole ha... | 105 | 0 | 120 | 4,315 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | Hivemind495 sits before UN xenologist Henry Taylor. Its metallic tentacles slither around the room and clank against the walls and floor. Its core cylindar sits there, humming with power, and a single blue light illuminates its front. The lights dims and brightens seemingly randomly.
Henry sits on an office chair w... | 6 | 0 | 120 | 4,316 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | Chancellor Merkel adjusted her pantsuit, running a tired hand through her frizzing hair as she reviewed her notes before this most unusual of meetings. America had been battling for weeks with the unknown force that had destroyed the White House, invaded Manhattan and obliterated half of Los Angeles. Global communicati... | 5 | 0 | 120 | 4,317 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | We appeared to George Washington and gave him a vision.
We saw in that place on the western side of your planet, a group of people, tribes from all over the continents of your world, gathered, searching for something better for their posterity. And so we offered some small assistance, just enough to turn the tide in... | 4 | 0 | 120 | 4,318 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | I went a little off-topic and sort of just went with what I thought up. I hope its alright in and of itself.
A humanoid creature with dark green skin, large retinal eyes, and small features called forth the EU.
"Hopefully my appearance does not take away from what I will try to explain. Our history was much like y... | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4,319 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | "His Majesty Xiro III, King of Ulan and Shepherd of the Protected is a strong believer of achieving honour in the battlefield," the creature explained. "Did I say that correctly, lady?"
"I understood, don’t worry," Mary said.
"I am so sorry, my English is so terrible," the creature said. "Anyways, His Majesty seeks... | 3 | 0 | 120 | 4,320 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | "Honestly?" Glorb addressed the committee sitting before him, their round faces sweaty behind their thick frames, "It looks better."
A rush of voices began to echo through out the chamber.
"Explain yourself!" shouted the French ambassador before suddenly remembering who he was speaking to, " s'il vous plait."
"Seri... | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4,321 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | "According to our research, your heads would explode if I pronounced my actual name in my language. So, call me Charlie. Our studies have indicated this is a name that incites both trustful feelings and warmth."
"How do you know our heads would explode? What research?"
"Next question."
"Charlie! Charlie, so can you ... | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4,322 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | John filled up his mug from the percolator in the hallway.
He sipped his fourth coffee that morning. He had moved onto strong blacks to help with the headache of staying up all night.
“*Bloody yanks.*” He thought.
He sipped the coffee again, staring into the blackish liquid before giggling internally. The Ambass... | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4,323 |
The ambassador of an invading alien army explains to the EU why the aliens generally only attack the US. | "You can't be serious."
The U.S. ambassador stared back at two of his colleagues. Two people he had worked closely with for years. Two people he called friends.
"I'm afraid so." The U.K. ambassador stared placidly back at him. "We just heard ourselves, not an hour ago. There was a closed-door session of the secu... | 3 | 0 | 120 | 4,324 |
[WP] One of the cast from Storage Wars finds the Infinity Gauntlet in a locker they've just acquired. | I think I saw like two episodes a couple months ago, and I don't know any of the bidders' names, so I can't really do this one. I want to, though. | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4,325 |
[WP] One of the cast from Storage Wars finds the Infinity Gauntlet in a locker they've just acquired. | Please don't assume everyone looking at this knows what an Infinity Gauntlet is.
I googled. http://marvel.wikia.com/Infinity_Gauntlet_%28Item%29
For those who don't watch the show, here's a useful link:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_Wars#Participants | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4,326 |
[CC] I got carried away with one of the prompts, leading to this immortal spectator based story | I have no clue what this really is, but it is beautifully written. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4,327 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | "That is a rather nice rifle." The devil was leaning over the Divine Plinth, on which a scene from earth was playing out. God shooed a building away so he could see it from his end.
"So it is. They really put time into their killing instruments." God said, his voice filled with concern.
The Devil laughed. "Hell, yo... | 31 | 0 | 32 | 4,328 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | The Oliver Hotel lounge was warm and dark. Lanterns and Romantic Period paintings decorated the old cream walls over large, round leather booths and the odd bookshelf of Harvard Classics. Lucy had gotten them a table in the corner near the fireplace; El chuckled a bit at this.
He appeared as a Tigray-Tigrinya elder i... | 12 | 0 | 32 | 4,329 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4,330 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4,331 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4,332 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | God sat there, his hands supporting his head at the forehead. The scene he was choosing to view left him with a stoic and still posture. He leaned back as a large bowl of popcorn slid across the table and came to a perfect stop where his elbows were just moments before. Satan dropped his respective bowl onto the table ... | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4,333 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | "Why are we watching this?" the Devil asked as his eyes and thumbs scrolled through his cell phone.
"What do you mean?" asked the old woman sitting on the bench next to him.
The Devil looked up from his screen and pulled a stick of gum from his suit pocket, "THIS. I got your letter. I'm here. I see the guy; I see th... | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4,334 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4,335 |
[WP] A professional hitman is out on a job to kill a marked man, and while observing the ensuing events, God and the Devil have a dialogue on violence throughout human history. | *A man in a conservative business suit ducks into a glossy downtown hotel. Ten seconds later, a figure in a long coat and sneakers passes through the same door.*
"I suppose you think this is funny?"
"Isn't it?"
*Sneakers lingers at the gift shop, looking through magazines as Suit goes to the front desk.*
"The same ... | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4,336 |
[WP] You are in love with the dude/dudette who lives across the hall. One way or another, you stumble upon his or her OK Cupid profile. The long list of bands he or she likes includes not a single band you've ever heard of. The list nevertheless appalls you. Show me the list. | Kangaroos Kill Cunts, Machinetwat, Lyttle Blakk Myxxtapez, The Chubs, Meat Markette, Stud Bunny, SQXTRRROOOMB, Acetylene Kite, Mob Pond, The Bean Counters, Gravy Time, Lassie's Dead, Moab and the Renal Failures, Tube Socks, Alan Anal, The Oafs, Clowntronix, Television Screams, The QRSes, Lana Nala, Food Burger, The Ele... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4,337 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | I hold an antique sword rests in my hands. The detailing is ridiculously precise, almost sheer beauty in appearance. When I grip the hilt in my hands, fire springs up from hilt, changing the blade into an almighty unholy slayer. As I swing the blade in my hand, the weight feels right, it feels perfect. The man interrup... | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4,338 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | Michaelangelo's was crowded. It always was. I had my usual adult beverage sitting in front of me, tall, golden and frothy. Freshly poured, it sat like a liquid statue of mans alcoholic glory.
As I sipped the drink I lazily peered around the bar, making faces of the regulars, thinking to myself how sad it was that so m... | 12 | 0 | 48 | 4,339 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | "Terry, you have do hide this from me," Arthur pleaded as his pressed a manila envelope into my hands. "I can't have this in my house anymore. Please, just take it."
What could I do? He was my best friend and the desperation in his eyes left me no choice.
"Thank you, Terry. You don't know how much this is going to he... | 14 | 0 | 48 | 4,340 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | I'd known Kevin as long as I can remember; we grew up in the same neighbourhood, went to all the same schools, we weren't what you would consider close but we had a bond that you develop when you've known someone for that amount of time. At some point throughout the years he had gotten into some dark stuff, messed arou... | 24 | 0 | 48 | 4,341 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | His face was so pathetic. His eyes fostered tears. His voice began to shake and his hands wavered. His cheap comb-over and second hand suit bulging at the seams made him look a bit greasy. I felt kind of sorry for him, even if he was being an enormous asshole.
Please take the cake away, he mumbled.
I bit my tongue an... | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4,342 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | If you take a right at the bottom of my garden path, take the steepest route up the hill, ford the river at it's shallowest part three feet upstream from the waterfall and keep straight on you'll find what used to be a clearing in the forrest. And in the clearing is a tree which looks slightly... different to the othe... | 8 | 0 | 48 | 4,343 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | My car broke down last week and ever since I needed to walk to and from work. It was always dark when I got off of work and I didn't want to take too long getting home. Naturally I started taking shortcuts through alleyways and parks to get home quicker. I never felt especially scared or frightened on my way home. Exc... | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4,344 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | It was a crisp New York day: the air was cold and sharp, the orchestra of horns performing an irate symphony with the regular vibrations of the subway supporting with a deep, methodical bass. A normal day, just as I intended.
Don Cosgrove usually strode down the street with long, confident strides. His sharp navy suit... | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4,345 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | I had know James for most of my life. Thick and thin we were there for each other, always picking the other up when we fell. It didn't matter to either of us how inconvenient it would be to help each other out. We were close, close as family sometimes. Eventually, as it always happens to go, we went our separate ways i... | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4,346 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | *"Excuse me sirrr"*
"Get off me man, you're piss drunk."
*"I know, I know. But that's why I came to you. You need to help me."*
"What, help you get more alcohol? Get lost."
*"Actually, the opposite."*
"What?"
*"You see, I am an alcoholic. I know it, you know it. Hell, my daughter even knows it, and shes scared of... | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4,347 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | A man got his attention before a flick of the wrist slipped a box into his pocket. He stated that he needed someone to take this far away from him, and that he could only trust a complete stranger with it. “Everyone I know knows too much about it to throw it away.” The recipient of the box hesitantly agreed. They began... | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4,348 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | I knew him by nothing other than the cold cardboard box he left in my hands. I didn't used to have knack for being in the right place at the right time, and the opportunity to question the man bundled up in his fur overcoat had passed before I gave in to the wind and entered the bakery he had bustled out of in such a h... | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4,349 |
[WP] A man hands you an object and asks you desperately to hide it from him. What is the object and why is it so important that it be hidden from him? | *[Potential trigger warning]*
"Please." She was sobbing. "I need you to help me." She thrust the knives at me. "Just hide them from me."
She was rocking, her knees drawn up to her chest and her whole body moving back and forth as she held the offering outstretched in front of her. The two long lines that reached from... | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4,350 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | I actually don't find it to be very bothersome. I'm not saying I like looking at the guys face, but to me it seems like a more sincere happy New Year since he's in it. | 4 | 0 | 123 | 4,351 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Maybe you should be doing your job instead of browsing reddit.
I am not paying you to fuck off at work.
-The Boss | 14 | 0 | 123 | 4,352 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Honestly? Kind of weird. I thought it was a dead person the first time I saw it.
But Ryan is a total bro, and by now I don't even notice it anymore. My only concern would be new people coming in and focusing more on trying to find out who the handsome dead person is than reading/posting/writing prompts.
Meh? | 30 | 0 | 123 | 4,353 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | [deleted] | 4 | 0 | 123 | 4,354 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Is [this](http://i.imgur.com/Gi3q6B7.jpg) better? | 15 | 0 | 123 | 4,355 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | The original photo had his entire face and it was simply cropped to fit the sidebar. However, if you have genuine concern with it, you can PM him quite easily using the Inbox instead of stepping on a soapbox about it, alright? :) | 6 | 0 | 123 | 4,356 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | I am a graphics designer, maybe I should give it a shot?
EDIt:I took a look at it and wasn't really bothered :) but I still can edit the picture? | 2 | 0 | 123 | 4,357 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | I have no idea what you folks are talking about, our sidebar pic is an absolutely *adorable* pug wearing a bow tie. | 27 | 0 | 123 | 4,358 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Yup. Dear moderator please insert a picture that has to do with what this subreddit is about. none of us need a pug staring at us. PM me and I's give you some suggestions. | 3 | 0 | 123 | 4,359 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Since it is now an adorable pug which I hope it stays forever, does anybody have a pic of what it used to be? | 6 | 0 | 123 | 4,360 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | Honestly I only intended the sidebar pic of a writer passed out with a bottle of alcohol on his chest to last on new years day, then I just got sick and haven't really been redditing to the best of my ability. I hope the new sidebar pic inspires you to write about dogs in fancy dress. | 12 | 0 | 123 | 4,361 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | So, I actually don't recall what was there before. I mainly end up reading this sub on the bus.
But I like the pug :) Bowties are classy. | 2 | 0 | 123 | 4,362 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | if you can't stand to bask in the radiance of your overlord...
p.s. i appreciate how your coworker does a double take on Ryan's face, but not reddit | 3 | 0 | 123 | 4,363 |
[OT] Is anyone else bothered by the sidebar pic? | I turned off subreddit style here a while back and had no idea what any of you were talking about.
I'm still not totally sure, but pugs are cute so I don't think it matters. | 2 | 0 | 123 | 4,364 |
[WP] A high school in 2225 is studying literature from our era which has over-taken Shakespeare etc. in the curriculum. Write about their reactions and discussion to our literature. | Do song lyrics fall under literature? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4,365 |
[WP] Samson Black is... On The Case! | *Samson Black, Private Detective. Solves any problem from murder to missing kittens. Reasonable rate. Please call xxx-xxxx for more information.*
It was embarassing, having to put an ad in the paper. Alas, gone were the days of private eyes. People no longer relied on the private sector to solve crimes. The customer p... | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4,366 |
[WP] Samson Black is... On The Case! | "Samson Black is...On The Case," loudly exclaims the android as Marty watches with a concerned look on his face.
"...On The Case....On The Case... On...On...," it continues as Marty exhales and removes the IO cable from the back of its head. He carefully hands the backup of Samson's holomind to Jenna Malone, who brou... | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4,367 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | Serious as in serious topics or serious as in 'seriously, prompt the shit out of me'? I'll assume it's the first.
A man parks his car in the middle of a busy intersection and steps out holding a long plastic tube. He opens it from the bottom and hundreds of photographs come falling out, then a semi-automatic rifle. ... | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4,368 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | A business owner has to close up shop. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,369 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | A seventy-something toymaker must sacrifice something beloved to resolve a conflict with an egocentric locksmith. Include a public figure and a precious seed. Interpret any or all of these items as tightly or as loosely as you wish. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,370 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | A pianist with strong morals and a good sense of what is right has the choice between standing up for a victim of an assault (and risking getting his hands broken) or walking on by and ignoring it. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,371 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | Without notifying friends or family, a doctor has signed and filed a legally binding [Allow Natural Death](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allow_natural_death)/[Do Not Resuscitate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_resuscitate) order for himself. Why? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,372 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | Slightly rewrite Tolkien's fictional mythology if Melkor smoked ''evil weed'' and was trying to make Goku's universe want to attack the Universe where Tolkien's books, (Silmarillion, The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings take pleace. (It can be very short. Not a lot of writing but some research required....does this cou... | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,373 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | Three men and one woman's hunting trip turns into a deadly fight for survival. They can have any relationship with each other, even strangers forced to work together, and any real, or fake, danger can plague them(ex. Wolves, poachers, snowstorm). | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,374 |
[PM] Give me some serious prompts! | Two men sit at a cafe, regaling old tales, unknowing that they both have the intention to kill each other at the end of the conversation. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4,375 |
[WP] Smoking is outlawed. Write about a secretive tobacco user who gets caught. | "No, sir, you don't understand! It's a costume! A fake!"
"Boy, I know a pipe when I see one, and that's definitely a tobacco pipe. Give it here, son."
"No, no, let me show you. All it does is blow bubbles. Look!"
"... fine. This time I'll let you go. But you're putting on a bad show for kids, they don't know what y... | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4,376 |
[WP] Smoking is outlawed. Write about a secretive tobacco user who gets caught. | He took a long, hard draw. Foul, oily smoke filled his grateful lungs. It was probably the worst cigarette he'd ever hard. It tasted so good he could almost cry. He blew out the smoke with a deep sigh, almost a sob.
If you'd asked him a year ago if he'd ever pay a shifty looking teenager 20 dollars for a single greasy... | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4,377 |
[WP] Smoking is outlawed. Write about a secretive tobacco user who gets caught. | [deleted] | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4,378 |
[WP] Frank thought everyone wanted to steal his recipe for the perfect cookie. He was right. | Frank had found her. The woman of his dreams. The woman who loved him for who he was, and not for his perfect cookie recipe. How did he know? He hadn't told her who he really was, and never baked her the perfect cookie. He'd watch her gaze at the expensive cookies in the bakery aisles, never once flicking her eyes towa... | 7 | 0 | 11 | 4,379 |
[WP] Frank thought everyone wanted to steal his recipe for the perfect cookie. He was right. | Bringing the tin of biscuits into a nightclub was a mistake.
I was young and naive then, a poor student in the first week of university term, just a skinny chemical engineer, comical glasses, a mop of slightly-too-long hair, lanky, who got in with a scholarship. All I had to do at interview was give the admissions tut... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4,380 |
[WP] Frank thought everyone wanted to steal his recipe for the perfect cookie. He was right. | It started with a bite. Just one bite of the most delicious, savory, perfect, FUCKING AMAZING cookies in the world, and you never wanted to eat anything else for the rest of your life. Really.
They called it "taste overload" and until a few years ago it was the the single greatest threat to the survival of our species... | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4,381 |
[WP] Frank thought everyone wanted to steal his recipe for the perfect cookie. He was right. | Frank's eyes shot open. He had heard something, he had definitely heard something. "Someone's here," he said. He turned over.
"Jeanine," he whispered, putting his hands on his wife's shoulder. She moaned.
"Jeanine," he said again, more forcefully.
"Frank, it's 3 in the morning, what-" she said loudly. Frank put a ... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4,382 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist excavating New York City, New York in the year 2400. Describe how objects found from the 21st century would be viewed. | **I'm sorry. This is long.**
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*The small child started the recording, tapping the large play button in the center of the screen. He sat back and listened. Although there was a video, the seven year-old kept his eyes closed. He couldn't bare to watch.*
It'd been years since anyone had been back to Origin. After t... | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4,383 |
[WP] You are an archaeologist excavating New York City, New York in the year 2400. Describe how objects found from the 21st century would be viewed. | Rows upon rows of them. Tables covered in antique gadgetry, just aching to be touched. A fine coat of dust had settled upon every square inch of the area Robert was assigned to survey. *How boring, the lives our ancestors led.* He was standing behind a large counter, amidst broken tools and glass. An empty case to his ... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4,384 |
[CS] Don't know where I want this to go. Started it weeks ago and forgot about it entirely. See where you can take it! | But Johnny would never see that birthday. As he climbed into bed his mum read to him until he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Johnny appeared in one of his favourite dreams. Cyclops looked and Johnny and smiled. The had a job to help the X Men and it's was his favourite mission. Storm would fly them out on ... | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4,385 |
[WP] - You are a sports broadcaster at a stadium of 100,000 people about to watch and provide commentary for the world's first gladiator/football match to the stadium and the world. ....Here's the kickoff....(More Inside) | Soccer or American Football? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4,386 |
[WP] A bored foreign shopkeeper living in a Western country finally has someone haggle with him. | Latvia had little opportunity for a private art dealer, as this old man was. And oh how the locals annoyed him! They just accepted his prices. Nothing was talked about, sales was such a private business here! No social interaction. And if they thought the price was only a few dollars too high, they would only leave.
O... | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4,387 |
[IP] Begin or end with this. | My soul is like a dog.
Also, I blame it on the newscast lady.
I mean, my dream was to be an astronaut. Or a paleontologist. And here I am now, having to explain to my parents why I quit college and the odd jobs I keep getting. I'm sure they'd prefer me to be a hooker or something. At least that's something you can ... | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4,388 |
[WP] Write a dialog heavy short story in which the majority of the character's conversations are written in gibberish, but the meaning of the conversation is inferable. | "Three-eighty! Penguin file blue! Penguin file blue, blue! Strawman redtape! Strawman redtape! Hut hut! Hike!"
Anton Forsythe IV dropped back, his tan-basted legs scissoring as his eyes flattened the world into a geometric plane. He ebbed left, flowed right, then catapulted a corset-tight spiral into the ample breadba... | 6 | 0 | 18 | 4,389 |
[WP] Write a dialog heavy short story in which the majority of the character's conversations are written in gibberish, but the meaning of the conversation is inferable. | "Haldou smetcz morbczi! Smetcz morbczi!"
*I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying!*
"Haldou smetcz morbczi! Haldou ith inoedou, pordoe smetcz morbczi!
*I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I... do you speak English?*
"Ith kanda Oenglicz."
*You don't speak English?*
"Ith kanda Oenglicz!"
*You don't speak English... | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4,390 |
[WP] Write a dialog heavy short story in which the majority of the character's conversations are written in gibberish, but the meaning of the conversation is inferable. | He walked over to me again, looking at my near-empty glass.
"Mmm?"
"Mmm."
Another moment, a clink in front of me, a few dollars drained.
"Mmm."
He looked down at me, stern.
"Eh?" Those god damned eyebrows of his.
"Hmm."
"Muh? Well? Wha?"
"Ah*ummmm*."
Why does he have to do this to me?
"Well, I uhh, hmm."
Qu... | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4,391 |
[WP] Write a dialog heavy short story in which the majority of the character's conversations are written in gibberish, but the meaning of the conversation is inferable. | She stood in the doorway of the bedroom glaring at her husband. “Soap? Ferrets baste in the moon space, John,” she demanded as she crossed her arms waiting for a reply— something, anything to fill the silence. Her eyes narrowed as she swept them over his face to pick up any sign of lying.
“Putty is malevolent,” he an... | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4,392 |
[WP] Write a dialog heavy short story in which the majority of the character's conversations are written in gibberish, but the meaning of the conversation is inferable. | It was cold. I was hungry. The wind was howling all around me. But I made it. I made it all the way to the top. Where many had failed, I had succeeded. But my greatest challenge was still in front of me. This part, *nobody* had done.
There he was.
"HEY!" I yelled over the wind. He turned.
"...!"
"ARE YOU THE GUY?... | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4,393 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | A tea kettle whistles in an empty house. I'm not here. I don't count. I haven't counted in a long time. But this noise, this kettle... it's the first real thing I've encountered in so long.
A door opens and no one walks through it. Certainly not me. I walk through doors, walk through people and it never seems to... | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4,394 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | The family has already fled. Most likely they're staring out at us from the woods. I glance to the place over the fireplace. There is two antlers above the hearth, it was used to hang something. The family's musket most likely. It is a simple home, bereft of luxuries or items of wealth. No candle sticks or cutlery are ... | 6 | 0 | 35 | 4,395 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | The wind whistles across the house, through broken windows and opened doors. Not a soul has touched the place in years, but it has the feel of a house that was once loved dearly. Flowers grow amongst the covered furniture, and everything is coated in a light film of dust. The roof is missing in places, and a small amou... | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4,396 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | A tea kette whistles in an empty house. The whole world is empty now, nothing but dust and desert and ruins. Yet here stands a house, and here stands a hearth, and on it, whistling to an empty world is a kettle.
Simple joys of shared tea spring to mind and I smiled - before I remembered that I don't smile anymore. ... | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4,397 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | "Would you look at the space in here? How much is this going for?" asked the kettle.
"The asking price is just over six figures," replied the saute pan.
"And you said the schools around here were pretty good?" he asked.
"Yes, very good. Top in the state, actually."
A french press appeared and shuffled up to the te... | 16 | 0 | 35 | 4,398 |
[WP] A tea kettle whistles in an empty house | -007
No one had prepared this particular batch of tea.
Its preparation began hundreds of years ago, when water condensed in a modified tea kettle.
Its owner once drank this water to survive when the oceans began to dry up.
The last humans were left behind to face the expansion of the sun; there simply was not en... | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4,399 |
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