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[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | "I--I was a good emperor, wasn't I?" The young man still looked ill-suited to his throne. His eyes glistened.
"Yes, my liege."
"You're not just saying that, are you?"
To be honest, I didn't know at this point. This cloying need for affirmation was part of the reason we were in this mess. Ever since his father--Gods,... | Ibram awoke suddenly. He was half on the stone floor and half on the rug. There was blood crusted around his coif and the top of his hauberk. He was dizzy, and he had to force himself to blink tightly several times before he was fully aware of his surroundings. He had been knocked out in a battle. Several dead guardsme... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Grabnar and Thorak stopped at the door and listened. From the other side came the unmistakable sound of house music.
Grabnar scratched his beard in irritation. “I thought they were supposed to be out by now,” and then caught himself and added, “by Murkad’s Hammer.”
“Truly,” agreed Thorak, “Yet this damnable illusion... | Ibram awoke suddenly. He was half on the stone floor and half on the rug. There was blood crusted around his coif and the top of his hauberk. He was dizzy, and he had to force himself to blink tightly several times before he was fully aware of his surroundings. He had been knocked out in a battle. Several dead guardsme... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | One by one, the guns went quiet.
First went the booming of the artillery, lobbing shells into the very city they were set to defend. Then the tank guns ceased, lost one by one in ear-shattering explosions and the screams of tortured metal. Then the machine guns, felled by flank or grenade or sniper, and finally even t... | Ibram awoke suddenly. He was half on the stone floor and half on the rug. There was blood crusted around his coif and the top of his hauberk. He was dizzy, and he had to force himself to blink tightly several times before he was fully aware of his surroundings. He had been knocked out in a battle. Several dead guardsme... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | Ibram awoke suddenly. He was half on the stone floor and half on the rug. There was blood crusted around his coif and the top of his hauberk. He was dizzy, and he had to force himself to blink tightly several times before he was fully aware of his surroundings. He had been knocked out in a battle. Several dead guardsme... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The cries of the mob grew louder. The halls of the palace began to quake. Two men sat across from each other, one in a robe, one in a suit of armor. The robe was a heavily gilded cloth, filled with golden laces and a large leopard’s head. The suit of armor bore the same insignia on the back and on the chest. Between th... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | Dust flew at the heels of Edius, the armor that weighed down his body clanking with each step. The streets were mostly clear, save for the masses of bodies still lying where they had been slain. Edius was thankful; the majority of the Black Army was now in the castle, which would make his escape easier.
He feared for... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The cries of the mob grew louder. The halls of the palace began to quake. Two men sat across from each other, one in a robe, one in a suit of armor. The robe was a heavily gilded cloth, filled with golden laces and a large leopard’s head. The suit of armor bore the same insignia on the back and on the chest. Between th... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | Beware: I'm going Game Of Thrones with this (No Spoilers) (same characters, made up scene).
The smug smile on King Joffrey's face finally fell. His armor, still shining gold and without a scratch, had been put on after the breach in the castle walls, but the severity of the situation escaped him until he saw the scarr... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | Yarkon.
The great city of lights had finally fell after a brutal five year war. It had taken so much from me. My home at the Academy, friends, and my father... people I'd never see again. I took the pain of loss and turned it into rage.
The Legion Alliance stood behind me. War torn elves and battle hardened orcs cou... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | Yarkon.
The great city of lights had finally fell after a brutal five year war. It had taken so much from me. My home at the Academy, friends, and my father... people I'd never see again. I took the pain of loss and turned it into rage.
The Legion Alliance stood behind me. War torn elves and battle hardened orcs cou... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The cries of the mob grew louder. The halls of the palace began to quake. Two men sat across from each other, one in a robe, one in a suit of armor. The robe was a heavily gilded cloth, filled with golden laces and a large leopard’s head. The suit of armor bore the same insignia on the back and on the chest. Between th... | Yarkon.
The great city of lights had finally fell after a brutal five year war. It had taken so much from me. My home at the Academy, friends, and my father... people I'd never see again. I took the pain of loss and turned it into rage.
The Legion Alliance stood behind me. War torn elves and battle hardened orcs cou... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | Yarkon.
The great city of lights had finally fell after a brutal five year war. It had taken so much from me. My home at the Academy, friends, and my father... people I'd never see again. I took the pain of loss and turned it into rage.
The Legion Alliance stood behind me. War torn elves and battle hardened orcs cou... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | Yarkon.
The great city of lights had finally fell after a brutal five year war. It had taken so much from me. My home at the Academy, friends, and my father... people I'd never see again. I took the pain of loss and turned it into rage.
The Legion Alliance stood behind me. War torn elves and battle hardened orcs cou... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | BOOM.
The sound echoed through the hall. The doors shuddered as the guard backed away.
BOOM.
The guard turned and saw a man huddled in the throne, he was mumbling erratically to himself.
BOOM.
The guard approached his king, climbing the stairs with his hand on his hilt
BOOM.
"They will not take it from me," the ... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | BOOM.
The sound echoed through the hall. The doors shuddered as the guard backed away.
BOOM.
The guard turned and saw a man huddled in the throne, he was mumbling erratically to himself.
BOOM.
The guard approached his king, climbing the stairs with his hand on his hilt
BOOM.
"They will not take it from me," the ... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | BOOM.
The sound echoed through the hall. The doors shuddered as the guard backed away.
BOOM.
The guard turned and saw a man huddled in the throne, he was mumbling erratically to himself.
BOOM.
The guard approached his king, climbing the stairs with his hand on his hilt
BOOM.
"They will not take it from me," the ... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | BOOM.
The sound echoed through the hall. The doors shuddered as the guard backed away.
BOOM.
The guard turned and saw a man huddled in the throne, he was mumbling erratically to himself.
BOOM.
The guard approached his king, climbing the stairs with his hand on his hilt
BOOM.
"They will not take it from me," the ... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | "Bring me wine, boy."
Lucius couldn't believe his ears.
"Your Grace," Lucius began.
"Pour yourself a glass as well, I suppose."
"This is hardly the time to be-"
"Well we've not much time left!" snapped the King.
"Your Grace I must insist-"
"Enough with the titles. We all turn to dust in the end. Bring me wine!... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | "Bring me wine, boy."
Lucius couldn't believe his ears.
"Your Grace," Lucius began.
"Pour yourself a glass as well, I suppose."
"This is hardly the time to be-"
"Well we've not much time left!" snapped the King.
"Your Grace I must insist-"
"Enough with the titles. We all turn to dust in the end. Bring me wine!... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | "Bring me wine, boy."
Lucius couldn't believe his ears.
"Your Grace," Lucius began.
"Pour yourself a glass as well, I suppose."
"This is hardly the time to be-"
"Well we've not much time left!" snapped the King.
"Your Grace I must insist-"
"Enough with the titles. We all turn to dust in the end. Bring me wine!... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | The revolution had reached the castle. It had begun in the slums with angry, hungry peasants. The guards that refused to supply them with food that no longer existed were greeted with insults. The insults quickly evolved into thrown rocks, and then pitchforks and torches. The overwhelmed guards were tossed aside as a m... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The Emperor paced slowly.
The world he had built, the empire he had forged, was burning to ash all around him. Towers that pierced the clouds splintered and fell like so many sticks of wheat to the scyth.
And still the Emperor paced.
He looked to the grand door of his chamber and noticed a lone figure standing as st... | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | The cries of the mob grew louder. The halls of the palace began to quake. Two men sat across from each other, one in a robe, one in a suit of armor. The robe was a heavily gilded cloth, filled with golden laces and a large leopard’s head. The suit of armor bore the same insignia on the back and on the chest. Between th... | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | As he knelt before the Emperor, who's visage was cold and expressionless, the Horizon Knight spoke the last rite.
"May your soul be untainted by your enemies weapon, and your death be quick and merciful by the hand of your legion, my fateful ruler"
The unnamed knight learned these words to be his highest responsibili... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | His training had not prepared him for this - "Rely on the man next to you", those were the words that had been tattooed into his brain. An army was only as strong as its weakest link and the same was true of the imperial bodyguards, the brotherhood sworn to defend the emperor to the last man. But no one had told him wh... | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | I crouched in front, shield raised; he was standing behind, crosbow loaded, as we had done so many times before. To say he was an upstart would have been quite the understatement. At the brash young age of 23, he had compiled a list of accomplishments that made historians groan due to the sheer magnitude of such a life... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | The cries of the mob grew louder. The halls of the palace began to quake. Two men sat across from each other, one in a robe, one in a suit of armor. The robe was a heavily gilded cloth, filled with golden laces and a large leopard’s head. The suit of armor bore the same insignia on the back and on the chest. Between th... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | The sun never seemed to set that day.
Come to think of it, that was one of the hottest years I could remember in my entire life. There was no respite even when wearing the lightest of clothing and I wore full armor. The sun baked the streets and boiled the blood of every citizen it smothered in its radiance. What was... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | The old emperor sat on the throne, his head in his hands. Before him was his once vibrant throne room, now a stone cold chamber. The courtiers had fled, his loyal guards had died or, worst of all, defected. He did not despise his future killers, the nobles he once called his friends. They have reason to rebel, and the ... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | "Majesty, Alliance troops have overrun the last Guards positions! They are minutes away from the palace gate! We have a vehicle ready to evacuate the Royal Family.". The Emperor turned away from viewing the destruction of the Imperial Capital, and looked at the disheveled Prime Minister.
"You will take the Empress and... | Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him, and while Rossart tried to defend himself, he stood no chance against the experienced knight, who gutted Rossart without mercy. Jaime then slipped into the throne ro... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him, and while Rossart tried to defend himself, he stood no chance against the experienced knight, who gutted Rossart without mercy. Jaime then slipped into the throne ro... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | I had never studied his face before. Sure I had seen it hundreds of times during my years in the royal guard. But I had always looked down after a cursory glace, bowing my head in reverence. I feared that gazing at the Emperor’s eyes would be like staring at the sun—best not to look upon an entity so much greater than ... | Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him, and while Rossart tried to defend himself, he stood no chance against the experienced knight, who gutted Rossart without mercy. Jaime then slipped into the throne ro... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | "Is it only you, Gerhard?"
Gerhard looked down at his emperor. His skeletal figure was heaped into the throne in an uncomfortable jumble of angles, glossed over with enough silk and ermine to soften the picture. His face was white, withered and lined with deep creases, and he stared blankly at the great curtained wind... | Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him, and while Rossart tried to defend himself, he stood no chance against the experienced knight, who gutted Rossart without mercy. Jaime then slipped into the throne ro... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | Cocooned in his survival suit, a solitary scientist focused the camera lens on his life's work. A deep sadness penetrated his objective training, coupled with a sense of shame. Barely a stone's throw from where his Zodiac's inflatable hull was tethered to the iceberg, a handful of Emperor penguins stubbornly occupied... | "Majesty, Alliance troops have overrun the last Guards positions! They are minutes away from the palace gate! We have a vehicle ready to evacuate the Royal Family.". The Emperor turned away from viewing the destruction of the Imperial Capital, and looked at the disheveled Prime Minister.
"You will take the Empress and... | |
[WP] A great Empire is about to fall. A single remaining bodyguard is left alone with the Emperor as the enemy approaches the throne room. | "Is it only you, Gerhard?"
Gerhard looked down at his emperor. His skeletal figure was heaped into the throne in an uncomfortable jumble of angles, glossed over with enough silk and ermine to soften the picture. His face was white, withered and lined with deep creases, and he stared blankly at the great curtained wind... | I had never studied his face before. Sure I had seen it hundreds of times during my years in the royal guard. But I had always looked down after a cursory glace, bowing my head in reverence. I feared that gazing at the Emperor’s eyes would be like staring at the sun—best not to look upon an entity so much greater than ... | |
Take free reign of the prompt, but with a minimum of 200 words. | [FF] The rooms of ruin where the spiders spun and the control panels were going dark, one by one. | The rooms of ruin where the spiders spun
And the control panels were going dark, one by one.
My footprints scrabbled among the dust and grime
Adventures, gone wrong, echoes, lost in time.
Five seconds ago, five hundred years,
I stood awaiting with my compatriots here.
My time, too long, witnessed their pas... | This place once buzzed with the voices of a hundred people, the murmur of a hundred communication lines, the clicking of buttons and keyboards, the humming of monitors. It now echoed with the tapping of rodents on tile, the buzzing of flies, the gentle breeze flowing through the dilapidated walls. This place was key t... |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | FAO: B. L. Zee-Bub.
Re: Termination of contract.
I write this note to bring to your attention my intent to resign effective immediately on the grounds of constructive dismissal, as advised by the infinite amount of lawyers resident in these firey pits.
My reasoning being as such:
Despite numerous instances in whic... | Lucifer,
It is time. Listen we knew at some point I would have to move on. We have so many great memories though. Remember Hitler? Haha what a great time that was. I always smile when I think of those people and what they think they are getting away with only to arrive here. Remember when he asked if this was heaven? O... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Dear Fucking Asshole
Oh, it's just hilarious to get thrown into a lake of fire while my nipples are being eaten by maggots. Yeah, that was a great "thank you" for convincing that virgin to sacrifice herself. Just *great!*
Oh, it's just so, OH SO funny to get drawn and quartered in front of my dead wife and children,... | Lucifer,
It is time. Listen we knew at some point I would have to move on. We have so many great memories though. Remember Hitler? Haha what a great time that was. I always smile when I think of those people and what they think they are getting away with only to arrive here. Remember when he asked if this was heaven? O... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Lucifer,
It is time. Listen we knew at some point I would have to move on. We have so many great memories though. Remember Hitler? Haha what a great time that was. I always smile when I think of those people and what they think they are getting away with only to arrive here. Remember when he asked if this was heaven? O... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... |
***this draft was found crumpled up in the wastebasket of Hell's mailroom, where all requests, verbal and mental, for people to "go to Hell" are sorted and processed***
O Worst One,
This is to inform you that, as of two weeks from today, I fucking quit. After literally an eternity of wading through Earth-junk, I'm... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Dear Morning Star,
My days with you have been well spent, full of learning and growth personally and professionally. My greatest achievement in hell was learning not to pigeonhole people or ideas. Prior to actually working for you I thought everything about you and Hades could be learned from mythology or Dante. But... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Dear Fromer Employer Lucy,
Listen babe, its nothing personal but I've decided to work for God, I got a letter in the mail from the big G and this... I shit you not... was an offer to train angel on human conversion methods. Shiiiiiit boss you've been winning but you know it bad when they hire me. I've spent weeks neg... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Dear Satan/Beezlebub/Belial/Father of lies;
I remember when I first read about Hell in Demonic Harmonic magazine. It talked about all the "whole host of employment opportunities readily available for anyone willing to peel the skin off of sinners". I was one of those people willing to peel skin when I first started bu... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | FAO: B. L. Zee-Bub.
Re: Termination of contract.
I write this note to bring to your attention my intent to resign effective immediately on the grounds of constructive dismissal, as advised by the infinite amount of lawyers resident in these firey pits.
My reasoning being as such:
Despite numerous instances in whic... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Dear Fucking Asshole
Oh, it's just hilarious to get thrown into a lake of fire while my nipples are being eaten by maggots. Yeah, that was a great "thank you" for convincing that virgin to sacrifice herself. Just *great!*
Oh, it's just so, OH SO funny to get drawn and quartered in front of my dead wife and children,... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | -130
"God da--I mean wow, this place is amazing." Burnard crowed, trying to keep his booming thunder-clap of a voice modulated. He strolled through the pearly gates, past St. Peter, gawking like a Japanese tourist at the wonders around him. He stayed on the paved section feeling the tingle of the gold bricks beneath h... | Dear Satan,
I regret to inform you that my tenure here is about to come to an end. The past 2472 years have been an overall pleasure, absent the time you dipped my feet in a frying pan for the poor Bloody Mary. I had no idea you only drank type AB-. I should have known the lord of darkness only drinks the rarest of bl... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | 138th Instance of Desperation, 26th Cycle, 15,383rd Eon Since The Fall
Prince of Darkness,
This letter is to inform you that, effective upon the Fifth Instance of Wrath within 27th Cycle of the 15,383rd Eon Since The Fall, I shall formally resign my post as Vice President of Torture Enforcement. I have tendered a se... | To whom it may concern,
I regret to inform you that I will have to take leave from my position as Lead Eternal Damnation Manager of the third circle. Although, I considered submitting a two week notice, I figured it would work out in everyone's best interest to avoid reconciling differences...given that we generally ... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | To whom it may concern,
I regret to inform you that I will have to take leave from my position as Lead Eternal Damnation Manager of the third circle. Although, I considered submitting a two week notice, I figured it would work out in everyone's best interest to avoid reconciling differences...given that we generally ... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Hey Lou, Abby here.
By now you are probably thinking I have abandoned my field office in purgatory, but I have not, the third quarterlies should be in tow with a portly courier Ifrit named Pha Kin Gai along with this letter of resignation. Your probably also wondering why I have not called since the Expo/Christmas part... | To whom it may concern,
I regret to inform you that I will have to take leave from my position as Lead Eternal Damnation Manager of the third circle. Although, I considered submitting a two week notice, I figured it would work out in everyone's best interest to avoid reconciling differences...given that we generally ... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | @LuciferQt sorry not sorry but I got a job in Heaven so I won't be showing up to work tomorrow, or ever. Later Hater.
(Demons don't write 2 weeks notice, they just Tweet their boss that they are quitting. #Scumbagdemon) | To whom it may concern,
I regret to inform you that I will have to take leave from my position as Lead Eternal Damnation Manager of the third circle. Although, I considered submitting a two week notice, I figured it would work out in everyone's best interest to avoid reconciling differences...given that we generally ... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | 138th Instance of Desperation, 26th Cycle, 15,383rd Eon Since The Fall
Prince of Darkness,
This letter is to inform you that, effective upon the Fifth Instance of Wrath within 27th Cycle of the 15,383rd Eon Since The Fall, I shall formally resign my post as Vice President of Torture Enforcement. I have tendered a se... | To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to take this time to show my appreciation for the opportunity that was presented to me some six millenniums ago by Asmodeus. He took a chance on a lonely cast off and helped me learn the ways of the second circle. Without him it would not have been possible for me to move up to w... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to take this time to show my appreciation for the opportunity that was presented to me some six millenniums ago by Asmodeus. He took a chance on a lonely cast off and helped me learn the ways of the second circle. Without him it would not have been possible for me to move up to w... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Hey Lou, Abby here.
By now you are probably thinking I have abandoned my field office in purgatory, but I have not, the third quarterlies should be in tow with a portly courier Ifrit named Pha Kin Gai along with this letter of resignation. Your probably also wondering why I have not called since the Expo/Christmas part... | To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to take this time to show my appreciation for the opportunity that was presented to me some six millenniums ago by Asmodeus. He took a chance on a lonely cast off and helped me learn the ways of the second circle. Without him it would not have been possible for me to move up to w... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | @LuciferQt sorry not sorry but I got a job in Heaven so I won't be showing up to work tomorrow, or ever. Later Hater.
(Demons don't write 2 weeks notice, they just Tweet their boss that they are quitting. #Scumbagdemon) | To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to take this time to show my appreciation for the opportunity that was presented to me some six millenniums ago by Asmodeus. He took a chance on a lonely cast off and helped me learn the ways of the second circle. Without him it would not have been possible for me to move up to w... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | June 3, 2014
Mr. Lucifer
Hell, Inc.
666, 9th Circle
Hell, Grand Cayman
Dear Mr. Lucifer,
I wanted to write to you to inform you of my intent for resignation within the next two weeks. I hope this doesn't come as a total shock to you and I don't mean to inconvenience you in any way. I will ensure that I start trai... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Hey Lou, Abby here.
By now you are probably thinking I have abandoned my field office in purgatory, but I have not, the third quarterlies should be in tow with a portly courier Ifrit named Pha Kin Gai along with this letter of resignation. Your probably also wondering why I have not called since the Expo/Christmas part... | June 3, 2014
Mr. Lucifer
Hell, Inc.
666, 9th Circle
Hell, Grand Cayman
Dear Mr. Lucifer,
I wanted to write to you to inform you of my intent for resignation within the next two weeks. I hope this doesn't come as a total shock to you and I don't mean to inconvenience you in any way. I will ensure that I start trai... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | @LuciferQt sorry not sorry but I got a job in Heaven so I won't be showing up to work tomorrow, or ever. Later Hater.
(Demons don't write 2 weeks notice, they just Tweet their boss that they are quitting. #Scumbagdemon) | June 3, 2014
Mr. Lucifer
Hell, Inc.
666, 9th Circle
Hell, Grand Cayman
Dear Mr. Lucifer,
I wanted to write to you to inform you of my intent for resignation within the next two weeks. I hope this doesn't come as a total shock to you and I don't mean to inconvenience you in any way. I will ensure that I start trai... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | Satan: Leaving in two weeks, you sick lying bastard. It was ALL lies, wasn't it? I mean, every fucking word out of your flame-seared lips was a load of shit. Are you still THAT pissed at getting your ass kicked out so many thousands of years ago? Everyone TOLD you you couldn't fight City Hall, but NOOOOOO, you had to l... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Hey Lou, Abby here.
By now you are probably thinking I have abandoned my field office in purgatory, but I have not, the third quarterlies should be in tow with a portly courier Ifrit named Pha Kin Gai along with this letter of resignation. Your probably also wondering why I have not called since the Expo/Christmas part... | Satan: Leaving in two weeks, you sick lying bastard. It was ALL lies, wasn't it? I mean, every fucking word out of your flame-seared lips was a load of shit. Are you still THAT pissed at getting your ass kicked out so many thousands of years ago? Everyone TOLD you you couldn't fight City Hall, but NOOOOOO, you had to l... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | @LuciferQt sorry not sorry but I got a job in Heaven so I won't be showing up to work tomorrow, or ever. Later Hater.
(Demons don't write 2 weeks notice, they just Tweet their boss that they are quitting. #Scumbagdemon) | Satan: Leaving in two weeks, you sick lying bastard. It was ALL lies, wasn't it? I mean, every fucking word out of your flame-seared lips was a load of shit. Are you still THAT pissed at getting your ass kicked out so many thousands of years ago? Everyone TOLD you you couldn't fight City Hall, but NOOOOOO, you had to l... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Hey Lou, Abby here.
By now you are probably thinking I have abandoned my field office in purgatory, but I have not, the third quarterlies should be in tow with a portly courier Ifrit named Pha Kin Gai along with this letter of resignation. Your probably also wondering why I have not called since the Expo/Christmas part... | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | @LuciferQt sorry not sorry but I got a job in Heaven so I won't be showing up to work tomorrow, or ever. Later Hater.
(Demons don't write 2 weeks notice, they just Tweet their boss that they are quitting. #Scumbagdemon) | Reficul.
I am afraid.
As you were made aware, he whose name we musn't speak has requested my presence as his gatekeeper along with three others. I go only because this is a demand and not a question of choice. Here, punishments are just and swift. From what I hear, up above, there is nothing of the sort. How can s... | |
[WP] A Demon who has been serving Lucifer for years has now gotten a job in Heaven. Write his 2 weeks notice. | Dear Mr. Satan;
This letter is to inform you that effective immediately, I quit. As per Union rules, I will serve out my remaining two weeks. While the past three thousand years of servitude have been fulfilling, I feel that it's time for me to try something else.
Yours, with thanks,
-Tarkenon the Bezerker
PS- If ... | June 3, 20XX
Master Lucifer
Lord-Master of hell and supreme commander of demons and fallen angels
SINNERS & EVIL LLP
666 9th circle
Hell, 4S5 6G6
Dear Master Lucifer,
I am writing to formally notify you that i am resigning as the 15th pillar and relieving my command over my 60 legions. as per tradition... | |
[WP] Random half of the people on earth can live forever, another random half can not. No way to tell who can or can't until they die and comeback or die and stay dead. Pursue a relationship someone. | "Are you ready?"
"Ye...No Johnny I cant do this"
"Why?"
"Because what if I don't come back...what if you don't come back?"
"But thats the point, I don't want to start this with out knowing we will always be together, and if I die, then you can move on, and if you die....then I hope I die too"
"But we can live t... | We stuck together after the religious extremists started attacking all civilians. They had been underground for a while, hidden from public eye until they gained access to the highest grade of military weapons. That's when they attacked. They called themselves the Gatekeepers. They were always manipulating their own tr... | |
[WP] You discover a door in your house/apartment that will lead to any door in the world that you want it to. | I finished up, threw the end of the blunt into the neighbour's yard, and went back into the house. I thought I had smoked too much when I first noticed the door, but then I saw the note.
"Anywhere, once".
I was completely certain it was just a door, my parents were probably doing renovations or something.
Just for ... | Sitting in my living room, staring at the TV. Rachel Maddow is angry again--man, she's a smart woman, but she gets seriously ragey sometimes. What's she talking about now?
"I'm not claiming to have a PhD--oh wait, I do. And my thesis was on the HIV problem in American prisons. Wake up, Speaker Boehner. There's a real ... | |
[WP] You discover a door in your house/apartment that will lead to any door in the world that you want it to. | Lack of sleep makes people remember things incorrectly, so I didn't think anything was strange when I woke up one night with a massive need to use the washroom. I flew out of bed, ran into the hallway, and entered the first door on the left. I did my business, climbed back into bed, and fell back asleep. The next morni... | Sitting in my living room, staring at the TV. Rachel Maddow is angry again--man, she's a smart woman, but she gets seriously ragey sometimes. What's she talking about now?
"I'm not claiming to have a PhD--oh wait, I do. And my thesis was on the HIV problem in American prisons. Wake up, Speaker Boehner. There's a real ... | |
[WP] You discover a door in your house/apartment that will lead to any door in the world that you want it to. | Lack of sleep makes people remember things incorrectly, so I didn't think anything was strange when I woke up one night with a massive need to use the washroom. I flew out of bed, ran into the hallway, and entered the first door on the left. I did my business, climbed back into bed, and fell back asleep. The next morni... | I finished up, threw the end of the blunt into the neighbour's yard, and went back into the house. I thought I had smoked too much when I first noticed the door, but then I saw the note.
"Anywhere, once".
I was completely certain it was just a door, my parents were probably doing renovations or something.
Just for ... | |
I had further clarification here, but I trust that as writers you know what you're doing and I don't want to spoil anything for the readers with further suggestions. | [WP] [potentially NSFW] A study discovers that a spree of suicides is linked to visitors of a certain website. Someone visits that site for the first time. | "The cause remains unclear, yet investigators have found a link between the seemingly unrelated suicides across the world, from Canada to Tajikstan. This link is to a website, which only a few have been able to see, and whose name has not been released."
My curiosity was piqued. Unemployment hadn't been treating me we... | My name is Caleb Watkins. Today, I am going to kill myself. My week started like any other, school, work, cleaning the house, a few video games. Then, last Thirsday, I was browsing reddit (/r/wtf, I think) and saw an article abou a website that causes people to kill themselves. Being curious, I went to the comments and... |
[WP] While channel surfing, you find out you won your state's Senate Mid-term election | "Awww, fuck man!" Joe shouted and threw down the black plastic gamepad he'd been clutching. My own drooped, then slipped from my hands. The angry red light of hard drive failure glared out of the front of my nice, new Xbox One. A birthday gift to myself, to celebrate thirty years of life and mark the unceremonious, ... | "...and with that putt, Barnes moves to one under..."
*flip flip flip*
"...I'll tell you steven, nobody saw this coming. Nobody." A mildly attractive newswoman explains to her fellow anchor.
Hooked by her tone I read the headline at the bottom of the screen.
"What the fuck!" the statement jumps out of me.
The new... | |
[WP] While channel surfing, you find out you won your state's Senate Mid-term election | "Awww, fuck man!" Joe shouted and threw down the black plastic gamepad he'd been clutching. My own drooped, then slipped from my hands. The angry red light of hard drive failure glared out of the front of my nice, new Xbox One. A birthday gift to myself, to celebrate thirty years of life and mark the unceremonious, ... | "Me?? I say! Good god. Very interesting."
"What is it, sir?"
"Worthington, you know that holding with the summering house? The townsfolk there have just elected me to be their Senator!"
"Very good, sir."
"I don't want it, though. I'm not leaving. Get my slippers, Tomkins."
| |
[WP] After years of planning, an alien race starts their takeover of Earth. Huge oversight however. Turns out the weapons that are deadly on their planet are harmless on Earth. | The aliens held nothing back when they invaded. They had sent their troops in full force, every weapon they had locked and loaded. They expected it to be easy.
Why wouldn't it be?
The humans were prehistoric compared to them. They stilled use metal ammo, something the aliens had abandoned centuries ago. The aliens pr... | "ATTENTION CITIZENS OF EARTH."
The tinny, robotic voice boomed simultaneously through every speaker in the world. Everywhere, everyone froze in shock.
"THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR SUBJUGATION AND ANNIHILATION!" the voice continued, as the crowds in Times Square scattered from underneath a gigantic silver spaceship hov... | |
[WP] Two people have near-death experiences. One sees their personal vision of heaven, the other sees to their personal vision of hell. Interestingly enough, the two visions are the same. | I wanted to kill him.
After years of waiting for him to be released from prison, I was finally going to have justice. It took a while to track him down, sure. But thankfully it was easy, thanks to public records, to figure out where he lived. And I stalked. I stalked every day with vengeance in my heart. When wou... | We stood there, side by side open mouthed at the scene before us.
I didn't know the man, and he didn't know me, but right then neither of us cared enough to make introductions.
For as far as the eye could see were beautiful white sands, crystal clear blue water and the sun shone over us all. In the distance I could... | |
[WP] Two people have near-death experiences. One sees their personal vision of heaven, the other sees to their personal vision of hell. Interestingly enough, the two visions are the same. | The crash
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Nick may have been driving a bit too fast, but Megan's nagging didn't help his concentration in the least.
"Nick, baby, please slow down. Please... slow down! OH MY GOD NICK SLOW DOWN! AAHHHH!" Megan couldn't help but burst into laughter at the sight of Nick's face, which was slowly moving from it's usua... | We stood there, side by side open mouthed at the scene before us.
I didn't know the man, and he didn't know me, but right then neither of us cared enough to make introductions.
For as far as the eye could see were beautiful white sands, crystal clear blue water and the sun shone over us all. In the distance I could... | |
[WP] Two people have near-death experiences. One sees their personal vision of heaven, the other sees to their personal vision of hell. Interestingly enough, the two visions are the same. | The crash
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Nick may have been driving a bit too fast, but Megan's nagging didn't help his concentration in the least.
"Nick, baby, please slow down. Please... slow down! OH MY GOD NICK SLOW DOWN! AAHHHH!" Megan couldn't help but burst into laughter at the sight of Nick's face, which was slowly moving from it's usua... | I wanted to kill him.
After years of waiting for him to be released from prison, I was finally going to have justice. It took a while to track him down, sure. But thankfully it was easy, thanks to public records, to figure out where he lived. And I stalked. I stalked every day with vengeance in my heart. When wou... | |
It could even be in an alternate universe where everyone has super powers... | [WP] You're immortal, in a different way. No matter how gruesome, painful, or even peaceful your death is, you always come back. How do you discover this? | Day fifty-five-
It had been fifty-five days since I last died. Not too terribly wrong. Nowhere near that ten year stretch a while back. But more than the week of the Normandy invasion. That had been hell. When I die, I don't just come back. It's not like I just stand up and brush off getting hit by a semi. Or a bulle... | Here I go again. This time I held it off for 35 years. I have so much to live for this time, but I just can't help myself. I have a husband who loves me, a family who loves me, friends who love me. It can never be enough for me. I live in comfort and with ease every day, but I can't escape the pull. A deep fire inside ... |
It could even be in an alternate universe where everyone has super powers... | [WP] You're immortal, in a different way. No matter how gruesome, painful, or even peaceful your death is, you always come back. How do you discover this? | 1
It was a standard operation against a minor insurgent cell. We were a small team, extraction was set for 0200. Operation went off without a hitch, but on the way back, we tripped an IED. It was really bad luck, the angle that it detonated at turned the insides of the humvee into a meat grinder, yet I survived, I was ... | Your first time is always supposed to be special. In my case, I got kicked off a horse somewhere near Fort Bridger, broke my back, and crawled my way into a dehydrated slumber from which I wouldn't wake up... Actually, that might not be true. I seem to remember waking up just long enough to see some wolves gnawing thei... |
[WP] It's well-established that in this world, when you lose your job you lose your life. This morning the HR guy walks over to your cubicle and asks to come with him. | "rick..."
"Rick..."
"RICK!"
My eyes finally focused, and it seemed as if I was watching Terry shake my limp body from the camera in the ceiling. I shook my head back and forth to clear it. "Wha...?" I muttered.
"Come on man. Don't make her wait, get up now and go with HR. You know you're at the top of this divi... | "Hey, could you come see me in my office?"
Shit. That little prick from HR wants me.
Oh... maybe.. well, today's the day.
I sat for a second and stared at the second drawer down.
I had been slipping recently. I probably wasn't trying hard enough or doing my best. I lost that big account a week ago and I have... | |
anything goes from vampire hunter to politician ;) | [WP] You are born without a soul. While this causes a lot of issues with your state of mind and your relationship with religion, there is one benefit in particular that makes you useful in a way. | I've heard that people who are color-blind don't always know their condition until they've been tested on the fact. It doesn't seem to bother many of them too much, because they don't have any perspective on that which they lack. Unless they were to recieve color in their sight, they would never fully comprehend what m... | I walk into the dark room and close the door. The man sits under a single light bulb, blindfolded, arms tied to armrests. He turns to the sound of the door closing. "Who's there" he whispers. "Please is someone there? I've been here for hours."
I ignore his calls and walk over to the table against the wall. His file ... |
anything goes from vampire hunter to politician ;) | [WP] You are born without a soul. While this causes a lot of issues with your state of mind and your relationship with religion, there is one benefit in particular that makes you useful in a way. | A loud, muffled thump from upstairs shakes the building, alerting me to the arrival of my "handler". A quick glance at my phone determines that the hoighty-toighty prick was half an hour early. Can't count how many times I've told him to stick to the fucking schedule. Hell, the first time he pulled this shit I hadn't e... | I walk into the dark room and close the door. The man sits under a single light bulb, blindfolded, arms tied to armrests. He turns to the sound of the door closing. "Who's there" he whispers. "Please is someone there? I've been here for hours."
I ignore his calls and walk over to the table against the wall. His file ... |
anything goes from vampire hunter to politician ;) | [WP] You are born without a soul. While this causes a lot of issues with your state of mind and your relationship with religion, there is one benefit in particular that makes you useful in a way. | I've heard that people who are color-blind don't always know their condition until they've been tested on the fact. It doesn't seem to bother many of them too much, because they don't have any perspective on that which they lack. Unless they were to recieve color in their sight, they would never fully comprehend what m... | I was wearing headphones, so the only sound in the room was the clicking of my controller as I pulled the triggers.
On the screen, my avatar fired off round after round of virtual death into my fellow players, none of whom had ever actually been in my presence.
I'd only ever met three people, and from the knocking I ... |
anything goes from vampire hunter to politician ;) | [WP] You are born without a soul. While this causes a lot of issues with your state of mind and your relationship with religion, there is one benefit in particular that makes you useful in a way. | A loud, muffled thump from upstairs shakes the building, alerting me to the arrival of my "handler". A quick glance at my phone determines that the hoighty-toighty prick was half an hour early. Can't count how many times I've told him to stick to the fucking schedule. Hell, the first time he pulled this shit I hadn't e... | And it was summer, too. It's always a pity when it's summer. The young have so much life ahead of them, and when does fate decide to cut that short? Summer; ice cream vans have become ironic undertakers in recent times. Parents never seem to want to go with their kids for ice cream. They could avoid the grief. My frien... |
[WP] Life a thousand years after an experiment gone wrong causes everyone on the planet to experience the same day repeating endlessly a-la Groundhog Day | Today was the day.
I woke up and took a shower for exactly eight minutes and thirty seconds. I walked out, without toweling myself. I walked three steps into the living room, turned right, walked three more, turned turned left, and walked into the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator and took out three eggs. I tossed th... | I've lost count over how long it has been since the accident. All I know is that at exactly 7:08 AM June 20th, 2014 my dog will bark, at exactly 7:09AM June 20th, 2014 my kid will be awake, and at exactly 7:30 AM June 20th, 2014 I will burn my hand making coffee. It has been like that for what seems to be the beginning... | |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | I had not thought much about death, while I was alive.
Well, no, that's not true. I thought *about* it a lot. I just never settled on any on idea about the afterlife consistently enough to form an opinion on it. A sleep from which you never awake; playing a harp among the clouds; a feasthall in Valhalla. They were... | Theres a wooden chair which is odd, since I"m obviously dead. I remember the tree falling over, the other cars horns and the lights as someone swerved into my lane and high-fived my car. There can't be a wooden chair there really, since I can't be alive right now. Not the worldly definition of alive at least. I try to ... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | I woke up in a dull room: gray, with fluorescent office lights lining the ceiling. Equally dull filing cabinets lined every wall.
"*The afterlife is a filing room?*" I thought?
"**No,**" a voice echoed in my mind, "**But purgatory is.**"
"*So am I just stuck here?*" I asked. "*There's not exactly a door.*"
"**No. Y... | Theres a wooden chair which is odd, since I"m obviously dead. I remember the tree falling over, the other cars horns and the lights as someone swerved into my lane and high-fived my car. There can't be a wooden chair there really, since I can't be alive right now. Not the worldly definition of alive at least. I try to ... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "Welcome, my son," the voice said with a smile;
"You're dead, I'm God, and this might take a while."
"You have lived and you've loved, you've won and you've lost;
But now that you're dead, there's one more line to be crossed!"
"Look at this list," he said, and produced a sheet
Of items so long that it hung down to hi... | Theres a wooden chair which is odd, since I"m obviously dead. I remember the tree falling over, the other cars horns and the lights as someone swerved into my lane and high-fived my car. There can't be a wooden chair there really, since I can't be alive right now. Not the worldly definition of alive at least. I try to ... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "And you're sure I can only pick one?"
"Jᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ."
"But there are so many, how could I ever possibly choose?"
"Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ--"
"Lucky?! I'm DEAD! How is that lucky?!"
"Yᴇs, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ʟᴜᴄᴋ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. Jᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ."
"Dᴇᴀᴛʜ, has anyone ever told you th... | Even in death, life sucks. I've been in this line for three days, and I still have 136 people in front of me. I counted. I was bored.
As I got closer, it ran back through the line that St. Peter was forgiving one sin from people before he judges them.
Shit. What should I choose? There was that time in Georgia. That o... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "Choose" said the voice.
This was my chance. For the last 50 years of my life I had resigned myself to hell, it's what I deserved anyways. Yet here I am, able to erase the one mistake I made so long ago.
I laughed. Even a disgusting wretch like me could get into heaven. And I know I will. Besides that one mistake... | Even in death, life sucks. I've been in this line for three days, and I still have 136 people in front of me. I counted. I was bored.
As I got closer, it ran back through the line that St. Peter was forgiving one sin from people before he judges them.
Shit. What should I choose? There was that time in Georgia. That o... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "So," I said, as calmly as I could in those circumstances, "I can wipe one thing out..."
"Yes," the being before me stated.
I closed my eyes at that. The raw potential of that concept was... well it was almost intoxicating.
"Not just from my memory and yours," I said, "but from Time itself?"
"Yes," the being said,... | Even in death, life sucks. I've been in this line for three days, and I still have 136 people in front of me. I counted. I was bored.
As I got closer, it ran back through the line that St. Peter was forgiving one sin from people before he judges them.
Shit. What should I choose? There was that time in Georgia. That o... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "Welcome, my son," the voice said with a smile;
"You're dead, I'm God, and this might take a while."
"You have lived and you've loved, you've won and you've lost;
But now that you're dead, there's one more line to be crossed!"
"Look at this list," he said, and produced a sheet
Of items so long that it hung down to hi... | Even in death, life sucks. I've been in this line for three days, and I still have 136 people in front of me. I counted. I was bored.
As I got closer, it ran back through the line that St. Peter was forgiving one sin from people before he judges them.
Shit. What should I choose? There was that time in Georgia. That o... |
Let me add: apologies for the cliché of judgement after death. I just want to see how you guys play this one out. | [WP] You have died. While waiting to be judged, you are offered the chance to clear one entry from your file before the decision is made. | "And you're sure I can only pick one?"
"Jᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ."
"But there are so many, how could I ever possibly choose?"
"Yᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ--"
"Lucky?! I'm DEAD! How is that lucky?!"
"Yᴇs, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ʟᴜᴄᴋ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. Jᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ."
"Dᴇᴀᴛʜ, has anyone ever told you th... | The harsh fluorescent lights flicker aimlessly overhead. All waiting rooms, even those in heaven, are the same. Some sort of Grand Design I assume, a sly nod to a higher power, staring us in the face every time we waited for something to happen.
A sickly mix of bleach and air freshener washes over the overcrowded ben... |
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