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	[WP] The mystical elite of the world long held dominion over the magically impotent. Sorcerers treated the rest like slaves. One day however, technology finally caught up just enough for the "slaves" to fight back. Recount your tales as a soldier in the Great War of Lightning.	In a better world, I wouldn't be here, shivering in the autumn mud outside Petrograd. I would be home, in Moscow, with my wife and children. I am no soldier. I am a foreman. For the first forty-two years of my life, all I knew of war was what my brother wrote me of his time with the Cossack's. But I do not live in that...	-transcript begin- It was 0200 when the flare burst into the sky and the dropship doors opened. To say it was a flare would actually be an understatement. It was a shimmering form of a red dragon, flying into the air, cast by some priest of whatever bullshit he chose to throw at us. We were positioned above Tãrmond, ...
	[WP] The mystical elite of the world long held dominion over the magically impotent. Sorcerers treated the rest like slaves. One day however, technology finally caught up just enough for the "slaves" to fight back. Recount your tales as a soldier in the Great War of Lightning.	"Have they never told you?" I said, to myself since no one was listening to me, this were the words of my late masters "not to bite the hand that feeds you?" For how long have lived by those words, I wonder, was it five years? ten maybe. never in my life I would have thought I would take up arms against the people who...	-transcript begin- It was 0200 when the flare burst into the sky and the dropship doors opened. To say it was a flare would actually be an understatement. It was a shimmering form of a red dragon, flying into the air, cast by some priest of whatever bullshit he chose to throw at us. We were positioned above Tãrmond, ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Wah, steal mah sandles 'n call me a 'n elf, you seein' that there Piglet?" The strange goat/dog hybrid at the man's side looked at him, making a sound that resembled the coughs that old man Willey got when he drank to much. "I mean, I heard there was one o'them giant corpses in them mountains, but this fucker is way...	From the journal of Magister Esier Doreaux GORAG'S END The dwarven realms sprawl underneath the Cloudpeak Range, but the summits have mostly been left untouched. Fortunate, for scholars like myself. The mountain pass to Gorag's End is a cruel one, and took our team of five the best part of a week to navigate. Howe...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	From the journal of Magister Esier Doreaux GORAG'S END The dwarven realms sprawl underneath the Cloudpeak Range, but the summits have mostly been left untouched. Fortunate, for scholars like myself. The mountain pass to Gorag's End is a cruel one, and took our team of five the best part of a week to navigate. Howe...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	1.The area has always been famous for vultures. 2."Goodbye, dear brother." Sk'aruk kissed his brother, now had turned into a mountain, on the forehead. The Age of the Giants had gone, ended like a late dream awakened suddenly by the morning dew. They learned too fast. And once a race has grasped the true concept of L...	From the journal of Magister Esier Doreaux GORAG'S END The dwarven realms sprawl underneath the Cloudpeak Range, but the summits have mostly been left untouched. Fortunate, for scholars like myself. The mountain pass to Gorag's End is a cruel one, and took our team of five the best part of a week to navigate. Howe...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Wah, steal mah sandles 'n call me a 'n elf, you seein' that there Piglet?" The strange goat/dog hybrid at the man's side looked at him, making a sound that resembled the coughs that old man Willey got when he drank to much. "I mean, I heard there was one o'them giant corpses in them mountains, but this fucker is way...	There I was, admiring the enormous abomination. The giant was defeated tens of thousands of years ago, created as the ultimate weapon of mass destruction which had almost brought our world to an end. All because of a terrible mistake. All because of a young and reckless man that didn't know better. "Still haunted by...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	There I was, admiring the enormous abomination. The giant was defeated tens of thousands of years ago, created as the ultimate weapon of mass destruction which had almost brought our world to an end. All because of a terrible mistake. All because of a young and reckless man that didn't know better. "Still haunted by...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	"You're ill." The man determined as his livestock grazed. "You should be in bed, not wandering these parts." I coughed up blood as I leaned on my beam saber. The sickly black was mixed in with the dark crimson. Like the night sky breaking through clouds lit by an ancient ember in the palm of my hand. "So I'm supp...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	Ever since the dawn of humanity men have been pitted against each other. With the advancement of weaponry, and the human intellect on a constant rise, it was only a matter of time before this truth would bring man to his inevitable downfall. The final days resembled the myths of the ancient civilizations, as titan-size...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	He slowly and tiredly swung down from his horse, still not quite believing the truth that was right before his eyes. He had heard the rumors of it many times over the last fortnight on his journey back home to the valley. As he gazed upon the scene he could not help but think ho many times he had remonstrated the big d...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	“Of course it’s fake,” the old man snapped to the young man sitting with him. “Did you think it was real?” Taki squirmed and dug in the dirt with his knife, then looked at the fire. Finally he looked up, seeing it again, even in the darkness – the giant man, it’s bones as big as a mountain, the sword plunged into it. ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Of course they say it's just the sculpture of some long lost society," Dee said to his last yakkaa. "As if that was somehow inspiring." Ta, Dee's faithful companion humphed. It was his favorite and easiest response. Dee rarely expected any more from the animal than an occasional exhale he could interpret as empathy a...	"What's that, Pa?" asked Young Jim, in his typical sunny, inquisitive tone. "Use your eyes, lad," said his father, Jim. "It's a bloody great skellyton innit?" "But... but where did it come from?" "Are ye daft, boy? It come from a bloody great person. Where else?" "But where did the person come from, Pa?" "Ach, la...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	1.The area has always been famous for vultures. 2."Goodbye, dear brother." Sk'aruk kissed his brother, now had turned into a mountain, on the forehead. The Age of the Giants had gone, ended like a late dream awakened suddenly by the morning dew. They learned too fast. And once a race has grasped the true concept of L...	And there we stood, at the Throat of the World. The biting cold and chilling winds relentlessly lashed at our weathered frames. I looked up to my companion, and heaved a slight sigh of relief knowing that our destination lay across the vast chasm. Our last hurdle before we reach the coveted Altar of Kings located withi...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	Ragnarok had come and gone. They came like a flood from the mountains, roaring and charging down from Jötunheimr. The terrible, towering Jötnar had fought with centuries old rage. Most of our gods were killed in the first onslaught, and Valhall was burnt to the ground. Men and women from all over rallied to fight. ...	And there we stood, at the Throat of the World. The biting cold and chilling winds relentlessly lashed at our weathered frames. I looked up to my companion, and heaved a slight sigh of relief knowing that our destination lay across the vast chasm. Our last hurdle before we reach the coveted Altar of Kings located withi...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	Ragnarok had come and gone. They came like a flood from the mountains, roaring and charging down from Jötunheimr. The terrible, towering Jötnar had fought with centuries old rage. Most of our gods were killed in the first onslaught, and Valhall was burnt to the ground. Men and women from all over rallied to fight. ...	Ragged breaths escape me as I reach the zenith. Here I can see all, here I can finally be alone, just me, my faithful companion, and memories. There are those that call me crazy, those who think I’m a senile old man, unable to tell reality from fiction. But there are a few, just a few, who know. They believe because ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	On the edge of myth and legend, the forgotten sleeps. Its bones lie ignored by time, its ashes blown away. The mountains form its bed; the clouds mark its tomb. Its name lost to the days before the moon. It rests unknown to the life it sought to create or to destroy. The flock may roost, but they do not see. Naught is...	Ragged breaths escape me as I reach the zenith. Here I can see all, here I can finally be alone, just me, my faithful companion, and memories. There are those that call me crazy, those who think I’m a senile old man, unable to tell reality from fiction. But there are a few, just a few, who know. They believe because ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Bloody inconvenience... couldn't have at least shrunk to a reasonable size before he died?" Brum shot a look of annoyance at his travel companion. "Can't show at least a little respect?" Jinseth stood at the edge of the cliff, hands clasped firmly behind his back, the hood of his traveling cloak pulled low, obscur...	Ragged breaths escape me as I reach the zenith. Here I can see all, here I can finally be alone, just me, my faithful companion, and memories. There are those that call me crazy, those who think I’m a senile old man, unable to tell reality from fiction. But there are a few, just a few, who know. They believe because ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	The rising sun bathed the monstrous skull in flesh-like hues as Vandre studied the scene. The ancient blade piercing bone and mountainside alike stood untouched by rust or decay thanks to the dehydrating gales of the Stenkæft Mountains. Legends, like the howling winds, whipped around the mountains and eroded any unpre...	Ragged breaths escape me as I reach the zenith. Here I can see all, here I can finally be alone, just me, my faithful companion, and memories. There are those that call me crazy, those who think I’m a senile old man, unable to tell reality from fiction. But there are a few, just a few, who know. They believe because ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	Ragnarok had come and gone. They came like a flood from the mountains, roaring and charging down from Jötunheimr. The terrible, towering Jötnar had fought with centuries old rage. Most of our gods were killed in the first onslaught, and Valhall was burnt to the ground. Men and women from all over rallied to fight. ...	Here no longer lies the sight of once forever death. Seen no more by captivated eyes, no more a wanting reach. Muffled screams no longer heard upon this mountain side. Valleys below no longer shake from quivering pulsing pain. Eternally forgotten here amongst the mountain's slope, a giant stays accursed he forever shou...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	On the edge of myth and legend, the forgotten sleeps. Its bones lie ignored by time, its ashes blown away. The mountains form its bed; the clouds mark its tomb. Its name lost to the days before the moon. It rests unknown to the life it sought to create or to destroy. The flock may roost, but they do not see. Naught is...	An old man travels the road once a year with his faithful travel companion. It's a long and hard journey. As the years go by the travel has become more difficult and takes twice as long as it did when he was a man of twenty. The man takes a long hard look at his long ago triumph. He turns to his old friend the dog by ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"Bloody inconvenience... couldn't have at least shrunk to a reasonable size before he died?" Brum shot a look of annoyance at his travel companion. "Can't show at least a little respect?" Jinseth stood at the edge of the cliff, hands clasped firmly behind his back, the hood of his traveling cloak pulled low, obscur...	An old man travels the road once a year with his faithful travel companion. It's a long and hard journey. As the years go by the travel has become more difficult and takes twice as long as it did when he was a man of twenty. The man takes a long hard look at his long ago triumph. He turns to his old friend the dog by ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	The rising sun bathed the monstrous skull in flesh-like hues as Vandre studied the scene. The ancient blade piercing bone and mountainside alike stood untouched by rust or decay thanks to the dehydrating gales of the Stenkæft Mountains. Legends, like the howling winds, whipped around the mountains and eroded any unpre...	An old man travels the road once a year with his faithful travel companion. It's a long and hard journey. As the years go by the travel has become more difficult and takes twice as long as it did when he was a man of twenty. The man takes a long hard look at his long ago triumph. He turns to his old friend the dog by ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	"It matters little," said the monk without looking up from the uneaten bread and barley in the bowl before him. "He is dead." The old man had returned from the yearly pilgrimage into the high mountains, and despite the fanfare which customarily greeted his return, he had remained morose and had withered without food. ...	An old man travels the road once a year with his faithful travel companion. It's a long and hard journey. As the years go by the travel has become more difficult and takes twice as long as it did when he was a man of twenty. The man takes a long hard look at his long ago triumph. He turns to his old friend the dog by ...
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Lg5VR artist name: Jinho Bae	[WP] Write a story about this pic that made the front page of reddit	The rising sun bathed the monstrous skull in flesh-like hues as Vandre studied the scene. The ancient blade piercing bone and mountainside alike stood untouched by rust or decay thanks to the dehydrating gales of the Stenkæft Mountains. Legends, like the howling winds, whipped around the mountains and eroded any unpre...	"Bloody inconvenience... couldn't have at least shrunk to a reasonable size before he died?" Brum shot a look of annoyance at his travel companion. "Can't show at least a little respect?" Jinseth stood at the edge of the cliff, hands clasped firmly behind his back, the hood of his traveling cloak pulled low, obscur...
	[WP] The bittersweet relationship between an immortal and someone who remembers their previous reincarnations.	(Bittersweet? Who needs bittersweet?) "Don't fall, idiot." I called to my wife. "You know how much it sucks to wait for you to grow up again when you die?" "Listen here, bitch." My wife, Amelia, climbed down from the roof she was working on. "At least I get to be young again!" Then we both burst out laughing. This w...	"It's being tired, more than anything, isn't it?" Andrew says. "Not tired in an 'I'm old, and my bones ache, and I want to go to sleep at 5pm way...'" "I know what you mean," I reply. "Honestly, Andrew, it's best not to think about it." Right now he has sunken features – droopy eye sockets and cheeks that cave inward...
	[WP] The bittersweet relationship between an immortal and someone who remembers their previous reincarnations.	(Bittersweet? Who needs bittersweet?) "Don't fall, idiot." I called to my wife. "You know how much it sucks to wait for you to grow up again when you die?" "Listen here, bitch." My wife, Amelia, climbed down from the roof she was working on. "At least I get to be young again!" Then we both burst out laughing. This w...	"Wait, I know you," she said, leaning across the counter. Her long hair, dyed blue, brushed against the display of candy. "I've seen you before." Tuck shook his head and turned back to the computer. She was back again. For nearly seven hundred years, she'd haunted him. They crossed paths at least once every one of h...
	[WP] The bittersweet relationship between an immortal and someone who remembers their previous reincarnations.	Immortality. We’ve all fantasized about it. We’ve all wondered what it would be like. Many have dedicated their lives to achieving it. Yet despite all this effort, nobody has actually achieved it. Or so you think. While you wouldn’t notice it, there are immortals all around you. They have lived for millennia, seeing a...	I never really intended it to be this way, you know? A sorta grandiose juxtaposition of Tuck Everlasting and Groundhog day. Not everyone expects it to end up this way when some flames of a forgotten year tell you to drink from a forbidden stream. I mean if fire told you to drink something, you'd do it. So I drank...
	[WP] You were a very powerful villain. You were defeated, causing you to lose most your powers and memories. Your pathetic form is found by a group of young, ingenious wannabe heroes who take you under their wing. One day your lost memories and strength return, but you don't want to be evil anymore.	I defy my fate. Who are we if not the sum of our experiences? Our hopes, dreams and aspirations? I never _wanted_ to be evil. Chaotic neutral at best, but never evil. I guess it just turned out that way. Thanks to this wonderful, but ignorant band of adventurers, friends, I know who I was. _Was_ is important there, I...	"Once, I was a god. Nothing can stop me. Nothing has ever stopped me. I am a force of nature, and you recognized this. You see that you cannot stop me, so you try to change me. I d not see the sense in resisting. I will try what you say. Once." "Thank you."
	[WP] A story that has so many plot holes even the characters begin to question it.	It was a dark and stormy night. Carol and Chris were wide awake though it was approaching 2 AM. They had preparations to prepare. The two were in an abandoned house and using old kerosene lamps as both heat and light sources. “We have to prepare these preparations,” Chris said, his breath fogging up the air, holding...	The front door of the Hitchcock diner signaled it's opening with a chiming bell. A cold wind blew in from outside and the few patrons sitting at the lunch counter, sipping coffees, turned to glace at the new comer. A tall fella with a dark brown trench coat stood there, brushing the snow from his bowler cap, looking ar...
	[WP] A story that has so many plot holes even the characters begin to question it.	It was a dark and stormy night. Carol and Chris were wide awake though it was approaching 2 AM. They had preparations to prepare. The two were in an abandoned house and using old kerosene lamps as both heat and light sources. “We have to prepare these preparations,” Chris said, his breath fogging up the air, holding...	It chased them down the hallway and they ducked into the closet to catch their breath. &nbsp; The banging on the door hadn’t stopped. &nbsp; The four friends scrambled together in the small walk-in closet of their school and pushed some shelves against the door as a barricade. Sarah, easily the brightest ...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	We spoke the legends, first of all. The people of Pargonark have heard stories of the mighty heroes for generations now, passed from one storyteller to another and never told quite exactly the same. Some elements changed. No one could ever entirely agree on how many arms the great metal destroyer had. Was it six, o...	Fire Earth Water Air The four nations lived in peace , but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most he disappeared. SKIP Booting up game... Log In- Haangman Enter password-*********** Game loading... Continue...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	Ragnok awoke gasping for breath expelling a mound of dust from his lungs. Wrenching his torso forward he sat up and looked around the dark hole in which he laid, the smell of mold and decay filling his nostrils with a musty funk. "Where am I?" he mumbled to himself. "How did I get here?". He looked around as his eyes a...	Fire Earth Water Air The four nations lived in peace , but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most he disappeared. SKIP Booting up game... Log In- Haangman Enter password-*********** Game loading... Continue...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	It wasn't Evan's first rodeo. He had picked up, left, and returned to other MMOs before. He knew this one wasn't likely to keep his interest more than four months tops. But the passion for his real-life projects had waned again. The band he had put together over the past year had dissolved into the whisky of the bass ...	Fire Earth Water Air The four nations lived in peace , but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most he disappeared. SKIP Booting up game... Log In- Haangman Enter password-*********** Game loading... Continue...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	With a final flourish, the Legendary Hero dashed behind the Great Evil and unleashed a series of strikes, the hastily-written accounts of which given by the few surviving eye witnesses to scribes, would have swordmasters from around the world struggling to recreate even parts of it. The Great Evil was undone. Scaly ...	Fire Earth Water Air The four nations lived in peace , but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most he disappeared. SKIP Booting up game... Log In- Haangman Enter password-*********** Game loading... Continue...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	My name is James, James di Ocren. I'm also world-famous. I should start from the beginning. ~~------------------~~ So, I'll be one hundred honest. I was totally obsessed by the new MMO, Nothing Beyond. Huge worlds, thousands of quests. So obsessed, that I became the first player to ever reach the max level, level 99...	Fire Earth Water Air The four nations lived in peace , but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most he disappeared. SKIP Booting up game... Log In- Haangman Enter password-*********** Game loading... Continue...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	We spoke the legends, first of all. The people of Pargonark have heard stories of the mighty heroes for generations now, passed from one storyteller to another and never told quite exactly the same. Some elements changed. No one could ever entirely agree on how many arms the great metal destroyer had. Was it six, o...	I logged onto second life after at least a decade, hoping for a bit of a nostalgia kick or maybe to make a friend. The player nearest to me was staring straight at me with the message "THE CHOSEN ONE!!!" floating above his head. Soon, my screen was flooded with players and messages. They all asked for donations from me...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	Ragnok awoke gasping for breath expelling a mound of dust from his lungs. Wrenching his torso forward he sat up and looked around the dark hole in which he laid, the smell of mold and decay filling his nostrils with a musty funk. "Where am I?" he mumbled to himself. "How did I get here?". He looked around as his eyes a...	I logged onto second life after at least a decade, hoping for a bit of a nostalgia kick or maybe to make a friend. The player nearest to me was staring straight at me with the message "THE CHOSEN ONE!!!" floating above his head. Soon, my screen was flooded with players and messages. They all asked for donations from me...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	It wasn't Evan's first rodeo. He had picked up, left, and returned to other MMOs before. He knew this one wasn't likely to keep his interest more than four months tops. But the passion for his real-life projects had waned again. The band he had put together over the past year had dissolved into the whisky of the bass ...	I logged onto second life after at least a decade, hoping for a bit of a nostalgia kick or maybe to make a friend. The player nearest to me was staring straight at me with the message "THE CHOSEN ONE!!!" floating above his head. Soon, my screen was flooded with players and messages. They all asked for donations from me...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	With a final flourish, the Legendary Hero dashed behind the Great Evil and unleashed a series of strikes, the hastily-written accounts of which given by the few surviving eye witnesses to scribes, would have swordmasters from around the world struggling to recreate even parts of it. The Great Evil was undone. Scaly ...	I logged onto second life after at least a decade, hoping for a bit of a nostalgia kick or maybe to make a friend. The player nearest to me was staring straight at me with the message "THE CHOSEN ONE!!!" floating above his head. Soon, my screen was flooded with players and messages. They all asked for donations from me...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	My name is James, James di Ocren. I'm also world-famous. I should start from the beginning. ~~------------------~~ So, I'll be one hundred honest. I was totally obsessed by the new MMO, Nothing Beyond. Huge worlds, thousands of quests. So obsessed, that I became the first player to ever reach the max level, level 99...	I logged onto second life after at least a decade, hoping for a bit of a nostalgia kick or maybe to make a friend. The player nearest to me was staring straight at me with the message "THE CHOSEN ONE!!!" floating above his head. Soon, my screen was flooded with players and messages. They all asked for donations from me...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	My name is James, James di Ocren. I'm also world-famous. I should start from the beginning. ~~------------------~~ So, I'll be one hundred honest. I was totally obsessed by the new MMO, Nothing Beyond. Huge worlds, thousands of quests. So obsessed, that I became the first player to ever reach the max level, level 99...	We spoke the legends, first of all. The people of Pargonark have heard stories of the mighty heroes for generations now, passed from one storyteller to another and never told quite exactly the same. Some elements changed. No one could ever entirely agree on how many arms the great metal destroyer had. Was it six, o...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	It's impossible to not stand in fire when the whole room's ablaze... The itch to log on had been growing for the last hour. He sat twirling in his chair, fighting the compulsion. Two years free he had lasted. Two highly productive years on the outside, and it had all went to shit in the last 12 hours. All because of o...	Reluctantly crouched at the starting line... The crowd roars and shocks us awake. A blaring noise rips through the air and yanks us into our body, and we look up to see a large Ork squatting not 20ft away over a football with spikes. Engines pumping and thumping in time... Memories flood our mind, and a quick look ...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	I expected, perhaps, five to ten in-game messages when I logged in. A couple of reminders to renew my subscription, maybe a ping or two from old guild mates who missed me, and the odd automated chatbot request informing me of singles in my area. I did not expect over nine thousand messages flooding my screen. *He’s...	The group of adventurers surrounded Jacob, completely in awe of him. "Could it really be?" one of them said. Jacob looked around. Everything had changed. The world seemed so much... darker. "By the heavens, it really is him. The prophecy was true all along!" another cried. "What has happened here?" Jacob asked,...
	[WP] You reach max level in a game and lose interest for a while. Logging in months later, you find that years have past in game and chaos has spread, everyone wonders where your avatar, lauded as a savior, has gone.	I expected, perhaps, five to ten in-game messages when I logged in. A couple of reminders to renew my subscription, maybe a ping or two from old guild mates who missed me, and the odd automated chatbot request informing me of singles in my area. I did not expect over nine thousand messages flooding my screen. *He’s...	Fires roared, and black smoke belched out of the castle. The sky bled as day turned to night. Legions of creatures in black scales marched into lush forests and sleepy villages, leaving only ashes and death in their wake. People covered their faces or threw up their hands in despair at the empty throne. A golden apple ...
	[WP] A horror story, but where the zombies are the victims, chased by sadistic human hunters.	Little Terry let our a roar and his father pulled him close. The muffled cries of the small child soaked against his father's chest as he held him tightly. The father, a tall man dressed all in black, allowed himself one last look into the distance before he closed the hatches and looked away. A solitary tear trickle...	That's essentially the plot of I Am Legend. The book, not the movie. Everybody changed except for Will Smith, (obvi not Will Smith in the book) and then Will Smith was the boogeyman that came during the day killing people. In the end you find out they're sentient beings and essentially the next level in "human" evoluti...
	[WP] A horror story, but where the zombies are the victims, chased by sadistic human hunters.	I shamble forward, my injured leg dragging behind my rotting body. Step. Slide. Step. Slide. I can see the others, beside me. Various states of decay, silhouetted and shambling in the dim light. Step. Slide. Step. Slide. The smell of rancid meat fills my nose- the half of it I have left- and I want t...	Uuugh... Braaaaain... People... BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN! CLINKCLINK "Well now..." Uu.. Ugh... UGHHH! UUUGHHH! CLINKCLINK "How was last night? Let's see here... The leg we hacked off actually healed up! Wow!" Ugh! UGH! UUUAA! AHHAAAA! AHAAHAAAAAA! CLINKCLINK "Oh, that got me a nice response... Guess you ...
	[WP]You successfully defend yourself from a pair of muggers, eventually taking both their lives. You were calm the whole time, precise in movement, and nonplussed throughout. Now that the ordeal is done, you need to explain what just happened to the only 3 witnesses...your wife and two daughters.	"Alright, guys, I don't want want trouble." It didn't matter. They had demanded my wallet but I sensed they might not be what they seemed. I reached into my pocket and pretended to look down at it but when I saw their weight shift I knew what was coming. I mentally sighed as I redirected Idiot1's knife into Idiot2'...	It happened before I could even process it. One moment, Anthony was stood beside me, holding Lily's hand, chattering about Lily's favourite movie: Up. The next moment there were two dead muggers on the ground, knives in their hands, eyes staring straight up, a rushing puddle of blood seeping from under them. I was ho...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	From the moment I saw the note, dropped down my home's chimney, kept in a scroll by a cheery red bow, I sprang into action. "Honey, what-" Alisa began as I burst into the kitchen. "No time, dear." I gave her a quick peck on the cheek as I reached past her for the cupboard, the one with the combination lock on the ha...	The man floors the accelerator, barely slowing as he drifts around a corner on the winding mountain road. He enters a tunnel and risks a glance through the passing slats on the wall and sees sleighs, hovering above the road with the latest in stealth reindeer technology, racing to catch up with him, and slowly doing so...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	"I would like to make a toast!" Tony Marletti stood up on his chair beaming. For today was the best day of the year, today was Christmas! Or as Tony liked to call it, "Payday". Every year on Christmas Tony gathered all the associates of his international crime syndicate, "Alternate Energy." *"I would like to make ...	The man floors the accelerator, barely slowing as he drifts around a corner on the winding mountain road. He enters a tunnel and risks a glance through the passing slats on the wall and sees sleighs, hovering above the road with the latest in stealth reindeer technology, racing to catch up with him, and slowly doing so...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	From the moment I saw the note, dropped down my home's chimney, kept in a scroll by a cheery red bow, I sprang into action. "Honey, what-" Alisa began as I burst into the kitchen. "No time, dear." I gave her a quick peck on the cheek as I reached past her for the cupboard, the one with the combination lock on the ha...	“It’s been about 20 years I’ve been running this operation and every person has questioned me every step of the way. I’m proving them wrong now. I’m a freaking millionaire, and it’s all thanks to being naughty. I remember the first time a received coal for Christmas. My parents were even confused, because even though t...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	‘Twas the night before Christmas I was going through the mail A winter storm brewed I feared there would be hail I laid eyes upon a letter Addressed to me It was from St. Nick But this was not his typical delivery This was not A package of coal He had not come down the chimney To deliver this note It simp...	“It’s been about 20 years I’ve been running this operation and every person has questioned me every step of the way. I’m proving them wrong now. I’m a freaking millionaire, and it’s all thanks to being naughty. I remember the first time a received coal for Christmas. My parents were even confused, because even though t...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	"I would like to make a toast!" Tony Marletti stood up on his chair beaming. For today was the best day of the year, today was Christmas! Or as Tony liked to call it, "Payday". Every year on Christmas Tony gathered all the associates of his international crime syndicate, "Alternate Energy." *"I would like to make ...	“It’s been about 20 years I’ve been running this operation and every person has questioned me every step of the way. I’m proving them wrong now. I’m a freaking millionaire, and it’s all thanks to being naughty. I remember the first time a received coal for Christmas. My parents were even confused, because even though t...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	"I would like to make a toast!" Tony Marletti stood up on his chair beaming. For today was the best day of the year, today was Christmas! Or as Tony liked to call it, "Payday". Every year on Christmas Tony gathered all the associates of his international crime syndicate, "Alternate Energy." *"I would like to make ...	‘Twas the night before Christmas I was going through the mail A winter storm brewed I feared there would be hail I laid eyes upon a letter Addressed to me It was from St. Nick But this was not his typical delivery This was not A package of coal He had not come down the chimney To deliver this note It simp...
	[WP] Every year you convert the coal Santa brings you into diamonds to fund your criminal syndicate. This year you only get a note that says, "You made the wrong list - Santa Team Six"	"I would like to make a toast!" Tony Marletti stood up on his chair beaming. For today was the best day of the year, today was Christmas! Or as Tony liked to call it, "Payday". Every year on Christmas Tony gathered all the associates of his international crime syndicate, "Alternate Energy." *"I would like to make ...	INT. FIREPLACE, HOUSE - NIGHT SANTA: What've you been doing with it? BOSS: Providing the world a much needed service. SANTA: Its wrong! And to think you've been using my resources for your little 'crime syndicate'! BOSS: Crime syndicates don't need funding... SANTA: Shut up! Do you even...GOD! I'm giving you 10 ...
	[WP] You love fighting this villian. Because even thought he has immense powers he's quite fun to actually battle, quite chill when you thwart his plans, and a bit incompetent when it comes to villiany. The problem is that now his mother is here.	The local university was holding a 'Christmas singles' party. Men and women gathered in the main room dressed thier finest in hopes of ridding the haunting face of the 'Forever Alone' meme. "Starbright, you have a call." The earpiece of the young woman screeched abruptly. An interjection escaped her lips as a bit of c...	Pencil-sharpener Man had put me through some real goose-chases over the years. One of the first time I faced him was when he had robbed a bank. At first I thought the commissioner was joking when he called me up to tell me someone had stolen all the pencils from a bank, but left the money. When I found the young new vi...
	[WP] In the year 2076 the most popular movies are actually recordings of incredible dreams, and the dreamers who are able to dream the most fantastic dreams are rich and elevated in status. You are one of those dreamers, but suddenly your dreams become consistently boring...	Sadie was having the kind of morning that left her groggily staring at the office coffee pot, trying to remember if she had already had one or two cups this morning. One cup, two cups… if she was still this out of it, what did it matter? Plus once she told her agent about her dream last night, she was surely going to b...	I was on the first wave of the tech, barely. I came in when the playback machines had proven I/O and before time compression became the hit it is today. The recording tech had been in operation for ages, but it was all academic. Now it was just starting to pick up big-money sponsors. Just starting to look for talen...
	[WP] A powerful new narcotic has hit the streets. It produces addictive bouts of deep introspection and personal self-improvement. As such, it has made an enemy out of every industry reliant on human insecurity to sell its product.	The cold was biting. Her cheeks burned with that sandpaper-chill common to these early February mornings. She tucked her hands in her coat pockets, shoulders raised — as if that would protect her from the wind — and trudged over to the auto-car waiting for her on the corner. Inside its soft, warm, machine-clean inte...	He stared out the windows of his office and saw the rain pounding down on the lush green trees. White walls adorned the office, accented with steel. the antique mahogany desk sat like a lion taking a nap in the centre of the office, and the speaker placed on top spoke with a shrill tone. "Markus, they want to speak to...
	[WP] A powerful new narcotic has hit the streets. It produces addictive bouts of deep introspection and personal self-improvement. As such, it has made an enemy out of every industry reliant on human insecurity to sell its product.	The Do-right hit me quite hard. So hard, in fact, that I shut off the television, and lay on my floor. What was the point of a chair anyway? The floor wasn't that uncomfortable. I subconsciously reached up, and wiped the makeup from my face, feeling freed from a prison as I removed my mask. The drug, while powerful and...	He stared out the windows of his office and saw the rain pounding down on the lush green trees. White walls adorned the office, accented with steel. the antique mahogany desk sat like a lion taking a nap in the centre of the office, and the speaker placed on top spoke with a shrill tone. "Markus, they want to speak to...
	[WP] A powerful new narcotic has hit the streets. It produces addictive bouts of deep introspection and personal self-improvement. As such, it has made an enemy out of every industry reliant on human insecurity to sell its product.	The cold was biting. Her cheeks burned with that sandpaper-chill common to these early February mornings. She tucked her hands in her coat pockets, shoulders raised — as if that would protect her from the wind — and trudged over to the auto-car waiting for her on the corner. Inside its soft, warm, machine-clean inte...	It’s an easy job for the most part. The thing about the thinkers is that tend to congregate. For a group that’s so bloody enlightened, they sure do crave each other. I guess snakes do the same thing in winter. We just put someone on the inside, wait a bit, and then strike when they get together. We like to hit at o...
	[WP] In a bizarre attempt to eliminate corruption, world governments have replaced currency with contests to see who can throw a duck the furthest. Somehow, it works. 100 years into the future, life is different.	The following is an excerpt from the previously unreleased folk album by acclaimed artist Skrint Ramses. He passed before production could be finished, but wanted to comment on the recent gym raids of 2108. This is the unfinished song. Skrint Ramses "Quacker Jack" He sat up large and was in charge Of a gym on the ...	I start this entry in hoping catalouge my life for when knowledge of these dark times in needed. I long for the days my grandfather described to me as I went to sleep as a young boy. A world of equal opportunity and wonder, where anyone could be anything. Thousands of cultures and lands to explore and see. However this...
	[WP] In a bizarre attempt to eliminate corruption, world governments have replaced currency with contests to see who can throw a duck the furthest. Somehow, it works. 100 years into the future, life is different.	The following is an excerpt from the previously unreleased folk album by acclaimed artist Skrint Ramses. He passed before production could be finished, but wanted to comment on the recent gym raids of 2108. This is the unfinished song. Skrint Ramses "Quacker Jack" He sat up large and was in charge Of a gym on the ...	There was a lot of contention, whether the duck flying off counted towards ‘distance thrown’ but ultimately they decided that it was where the duck landed upon first being thrown. However, if the duck manages to takeoff in flight before even landing then the thrower is automatically declared the winner of the contest....
	[WP] Humans are considered a fairly normal species by galactic standards; not exceedingly smart or strong, advanced or primitive, don't violate the laws of physics in any notable fashion. The only noteworthy thing about them is that nobody seems to know where they came from.	The council chamber was silent. A single drop of sweat slid down John's neck. When he'd taken the job as ambassador, he'd been happy. His track record was stellar. He had helped diffuse conflicts all around the globe. His calm and poise was legendary; even in the most dangerous situations he was known for his reserve....	'Yes, but where are you really from?' 'Earth.' 'So... your kind just sprang up out of the soil? No, seriously, why are you all so mysterious about it?' 'I'm from Earth. It's a planet. Our sun is called Sol.' 'You're from a planet that's the soil, with a sun called the sun? I'm serious, you've go...
	[WP] A man kills himself to escape his constant, vivid and terrifying nightmares that occur whenever he falls asleep. To his horror, he wakes up - and realises that he is now eternally trapped in the nightmare as an afterlife.	Two months ago, my wife hugged me. “We’ll get through this” she said. Then I had a nightmare where I was sleeping next to a monster. It buried its claws in me. It burned, but I fought back. I had my hands around its neck when it cried for me to wake up. She left the next day. I don’t know where she went. One month ago...	Every night. Every damn night. It's been happening for months, now. The same dreams. The same nightmares. They're so real. In my dreams I wake in my bed to the sound of it coming slowly through the door. Under the door. Sounding like plastic or paper crinkling quietly as if being unrolled by some unseen hand. Always c...
	[WP] The aliens encounter a strange new species, called "humans", and the non-sapient creatures which they simultaneously worship and are served by, called "dogs".	"Why do you do it?" I asked the creature that stood before me. The creature in question truthfully isn't all that different from myself. In another world, one in which the evolutionary path of the Zarthurians had taken a different path, I might have come to meet this creature looking the same to them as they do to me...	"Kled, I need explanation on a part of this observation report." Kled raised his second head away from his work station while his first head kept compiling a new report on S556-4. Kled was a Dumokian. Grey, clammy skin, three eyes on each head, tripedal and generally easy to get along with around the Lower Civilizati...
	[WP] You are an alien crew checking out this "Earth" to see if humans can be safely integrated into intergalactic society. You are writing an report to your boss.	Report #7 Species Information and Communication Technologies Salutations Cucklord, Omichron 946 here, with a hot, spicy, fresh report. I have spent the last week on the "Humans" communication network, which us Memers refer to as the "Interwebz". Despite initial impressions, it seems like they have a very advanced digi...	Report Alpha 59: To USSU Chosen course of action: Genocide. Justification: I regret coming to this world. The majority of the population believes an ancient flawed system works. They might have been capable of joining, but due to their efforts to undermine the very thing that was good for them. The only choice left...
	[WP] You're a fairy. For centuries your people have told stories of strange creatures known as giants that, if a contract of servitude is made with, grants fairies the power to use magic. Stumbling through the forest you discover a large person with no wings.	Cela didn't care what her aunt and uncle said. She was going. Her wings blurred with speed as she pushed further and further into the dark parts of the forest. They would soon know she was missing. they would know where she'd gone. She had to hurry and cross the barrier line before they caught her. Once there they wo...	She stood there, tall like an oak. A deer in the headlights. No sounds were made except the low hum of my wings fluttering, the whistling of the spring birds, and the wind blowing among the tree tops. The nearby storm must have brought her to seek shelter in the forest. Beside her lied some sort of structure made of hu...
	[WP] While roaming the depths of Hell, you happen upon a small white notebook in a shallow hole, with Lucifer's name written on the cover. It's his old diary.	"Dear diary, I honestly can't understand my Dad. He said I shouldn't be wandering the outskirts of the Silver City, and yet he made me Captain of the Guard. What am I supposed to do? More importantly, why does the Guard even exist in the first place? What is there besides us?" &nbsp; &nbsp; "Dear diary,...	Flipping open the cover, I skimmed through the various pages of the diary until I happened across an interesting entry. It read as follows: “I looked into Eden, where Adam currently resides. I’m not going to deceive anyone, his rear is particularly alluring.” Maybe that’s why he got sent here.
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	“Just stop it! Stop it Alina! Please we beg you!” my mother shouted, tears streaming down her face. Father stood right beside her, his face bewildered, staring straight at me. My breathing was heavy. I sat there in a puddle of my own blood. I picked up my hand, which was stained with redness and looked at the shard o...	One morning, as Gregory Smith awoke from unsettling dreams, he discovered that in his bed, during the night, his skin had changed from brown to white. He lay on his back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his white abdomen, arms and legs sprawled out before him.. ‘What’s happened to me?’ he thought. It was no...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I opened my eyes and saw the christmas light's reflection on the mirror by the bed. The room was cold, I had slept in a shirt and started to shiver. I got up, checked the radiator and it was ice cold. I put on some clothes and headed to the bathroom. After slowly managing to sit on the ice throne, I took a leak, washed...	One morning, as Gregory Smith awoke from unsettling dreams, he discovered that in his bed, during the night, his skin had changed from brown to white. He lay on his back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his white abdomen, arms and legs sprawled out before him.. ‘What’s happened to me?’ he thought. It was no...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	Alex moved to the city to become an architectural engineer. He was certainly capable of learning everything he would need on his own, but he needed the an official degree and a license to get the jobs he wanted. Alex’s dream was to design his own city. On his first day in the city, he bought a plot of land five miles ...	One morning, as Gregory Smith awoke from unsettling dreams, he discovered that in his bed, during the night, his skin had changed from brown to white. He lay on his back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his white abdomen, arms and legs sprawled out before him.. ‘What’s happened to me?’ he thought. It was no...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I opened my eyes and saw the christmas light's reflection on the mirror by the bed. The room was cold, I had slept in a shirt and started to shiver. I got up, checked the radiator and it was ice cold. I put on some clothes and headed to the bathroom. After slowly managing to sit on the ice throne, I took a leak, washed...	Another rejection notice. Sighing in defeat I tossed it in the trash with the others. I knew finding a job would be hard but not this hard. 46 applications and so far 46 rejections. I had applied to everything I could think of from retail to salesman to fast-food. But nope. Just like every thing else in life n...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	Character. And I don't mean the drawn-on-a-page, written-in-a-book kind of character. But the kinda of hard-fought and well-earned character that resides deep in your soul and etches impressions of you onto the people you meet. They were trying to build it. That's what they say at least. Adversity can really help in a...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I was abashed. I took off my sash. Threw away my crown. Took off all of the makeup since I looked like a clown. Got into my jeans. They were capris. And walked in the meadow. Enjoying the breeze. Didn't have to work. Finally divorced Kurt. And lived on my own. Finally free to roam.	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	“Just stop it! Stop it Alina! Please we beg you!” my mother shouted, tears streaming down her face. Father stood right beside her, his face bewildered, staring straight at me. My breathing was heavy. I sat there in a puddle of my own blood. I picked up my hand, which was stained with redness and looked at the shard o...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I opened my eyes and saw the christmas light's reflection on the mirror by the bed. The room was cold, I had slept in a shirt and started to shiver. I got up, checked the radiator and it was ice cold. I put on some clothes and headed to the bathroom. After slowly managing to sit on the ice throne, I took a leak, washed...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	Alex moved to the city to become an architectural engineer. He was certainly capable of learning everything he would need on his own, but he needed the an official degree and a license to get the jobs he wanted. Alex’s dream was to design his own city. On his first day in the city, he bought a plot of land five miles ...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	When I got out of bed, I was surprised to see the shelf's empty and boxes thrown about the floor. But as I wondered my still throbbing head stole my attention. At least I could eat again without throwing up, so I went outside, pumped water from the well and threw it on the primitive stove to boil away parasites. As I w...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	"We decided it was time you knew." said my mother. "Knew what?" I asked. She and my father locked eyes for a moment, before looking back at me. "We saw how hard you strugged this last few months sweetie." I felt tears trying to escape my eyes. "But we thought we did the right thing by not telling you." My fathe...	I just finished my semester in university. Classes greatly increase difficulty as time goes on. I put all of my effort by focusing only in education and managed to get not-bad grades, and sometimes bombing some exams. However, it is hard not look and envy those friends that managed to get a perfect score without much t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	Alex moved to the city to become an architectural engineer. He was certainly capable of learning everything he would need on his own, but he needed the an official degree and a license to get the jobs he wanted. Alex’s dream was to design his own city. On his first day in the city, he bought a plot of land five miles ...	Character. And I don't mean the drawn-on-a-page, written-in-a-book kind of character. But the kinda of hard-fought and well-earned character that resides deep in your soul and etches impressions of you onto the people you meet. They were trying to build it. That's what they say at least. Adversity can really help in a...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	When I got out of bed, I was surprised to see the shelf's empty and boxes thrown about the floor. But as I wondered my still throbbing head stole my attention. At least I could eat again without throwing up, so I went outside, pumped water from the well and threw it on the primitive stove to boil away parasites. As I w...	Character. And I don't mean the drawn-on-a-page, written-in-a-book kind of character. But the kinda of hard-fought and well-earned character that resides deep in your soul and etches impressions of you onto the people you meet. They were trying to build it. That's what they say at least. Adversity can really help in a...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	Character. And I don't mean the drawn-on-a-page, written-in-a-book kind of character. But the kinda of hard-fought and well-earned character that resides deep in your soul and etches impressions of you onto the people you meet. They were trying to build it. That's what they say at least. Adversity can really help in a...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	Alex moved to the city to become an architectural engineer. He was certainly capable of learning everything he would need on his own, but he needed the an official degree and a license to get the jobs he wanted. Alex’s dream was to design his own city. On his first day in the city, he bought a plot of land five miles ...	I was abashed. I took off my sash. Threw away my crown. Took off all of the makeup since I looked like a clown. Got into my jeans. They were capris. And walked in the meadow. Enjoying the breeze. Didn't have to work. Finally divorced Kurt. And lived on my own. Finally free to roam.
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	When I got out of bed, I was surprised to see the shelf's empty and boxes thrown about the floor. But as I wondered my still throbbing head stole my attention. At least I could eat again without throwing up, so I went outside, pumped water from the well and threw it on the primitive stove to boil away parasites. As I w...	I was abashed. I took off my sash. Threw away my crown. Took off all of the makeup since I looked like a clown. Got into my jeans. They were capris. And walked in the meadow. Enjoying the breeze. Didn't have to work. Finally divorced Kurt. And lived on my own. Finally free to roam.
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	When I got out of bed, I was surprised to see the shelf's empty and boxes thrown about the floor. But as I wondered my still throbbing head stole my attention. At least I could eat again without throwing up, so I went outside, pumped water from the well and threw it on the primitive stove to boil away parasites. As I w...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	My life is a train wreck. I've whiffed on pretty much every aspect of daily existence from work and social life down to my inability to consistently floss. After a particularly awful day, my mom threw me the lifeline of the century. With the flip of a switch, she changed my difficulty setting from expert to novice. ...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I couldn't believe that I did it. Something that was just wishful thinking till yesterday was suddenly a reality. Something that was so incomprehensibly difficult till yesterday was like a child's play today. And in a way, it was. "Look Ma, I did it" I tapped my Mom's shoulder and proudly showed her my shoes. I had t...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	"We decided it was time you knew." said my mother. "Knew what?" I asked. She and my father locked eyes for a moment, before looking back at me. "We saw how hard you strugged this last few months sweetie." I felt tears trying to escape my eyes. "But we thought we did the right thing by not telling you." My fathe...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I opened my weekly med box to Tuesday. Two oblong white pills and one small round blue rattled in the plastic. I considered the drink in my hand. I had been pouring myself a jack and coke when the pill box snuck its way into my periphery, reminding me that I had missed my meds by about an hour. Mom kept asking me t...	Hello there, I am a man cursed by the gods. Its always been a dream of mine to surpass my hero the demigod Hercules. My childhood, however, was spent almost entirely overcoming obstacle after obstacle and it's a shock to many, myself included, that I am currently the most accomplished adventurer of my generation. To b...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	When I got out of bed, I was surprised to see the shelf's empty and boxes thrown about the floor. But as I wondered my still throbbing head stole my attention. At least I could eat again without throwing up, so I went outside, pumped water from the well and threw it on the primitive stove to boil away parasites. As I w...	It was the most sick and dastardly religious brainwashing technique you could imagine. My parents had been dosing me with small amounts of heavy metal for my entire life. I was angry all the time, I ached, my brain didn't work quite right. The Riverside Baptist Awakening Camp was my first ever long stay away fr...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	My life is a train wreck. I've whiffed on pretty much every aspect of daily existence from work and social life down to my inability to consistently floss. After a particularly awful day, my mom threw me the lifeline of the century. With the flip of a switch, she changed my difficulty setting from expert to novice. ...	It was the most sick and dastardly religious brainwashing technique you could imagine. My parents had been dosing me with small amounts of heavy metal for my entire life. I was angry all the time, I ached, my brain didn't work quite right. The Riverside Baptist Awakening Camp was my first ever long stay away fr...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I couldn't believe that I did it. Something that was just wishful thinking till yesterday was suddenly a reality. Something that was so incomprehensibly difficult till yesterday was like a child's play today. And in a way, it was. "Look Ma, I did it" I tapped my Mom's shoulder and proudly showed her my shoes. I had t...	It was the most sick and dastardly religious brainwashing technique you could imagine. My parents had been dosing me with small amounts of heavy metal for my entire life. I was angry all the time, I ached, my brain didn't work quite right. The Riverside Baptist Awakening Camp was my first ever long stay away fr...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	It was the most sick and dastardly religious brainwashing technique you could imagine. My parents had been dosing me with small amounts of heavy metal for my entire life. I was angry all the time, I ached, my brain didn't work quite right. The Riverside Baptist Awakening Camp was my first ever long stay away fr...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	"We decided it was time you knew." said my mother. "Knew what?" I asked. She and my father locked eyes for a moment, before looking back at me. "We saw how hard you strugged this last few months sweetie." I felt tears trying to escape my eyes. "But we thought we did the right thing by not telling you." My fathe...	It was the most sick and dastardly religious brainwashing technique you could imagine. My parents had been dosing me with small amounts of heavy metal for my entire life. I was angry all the time, I ached, my brain didn't work quite right. The Riverside Baptist Awakening Camp was my first ever long stay away fr...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	I couldn't believe that I did it. Something that was just wishful thinking till yesterday was suddenly a reality. Something that was so incomprehensibly difficult till yesterday was like a child's play today. And in a way, it was. "Look Ma, I did it" I tapped my Mom's shoulder and proudly showed her my shoes. I had t...	My life is a train wreck. I've whiffed on pretty much every aspect of daily existence from work and social life down to my inability to consistently floss. After a particularly awful day, my mom threw me the lifeline of the century. With the flip of a switch, she changed my difficulty setting from expert to novice. ...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	My life is a train wreck. I've whiffed on pretty much every aspect of daily existence from work and social life down to my inability to consistently floss. After a particularly awful day, my mom threw me the lifeline of the century. With the flip of a switch, she changed my difficulty setting from expert to novice. ...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	"We decided it was time you knew." said my mother. "Knew what?" I asked. She and my father locked eyes for a moment, before looking back at me. "We saw how hard you strugged this last few months sweetie." I felt tears trying to escape my eyes. "But we thought we did the right thing by not telling you." My fathe...	My life is a train wreck. I've whiffed on pretty much every aspect of daily existence from work and social life down to my inability to consistently floss. After a particularly awful day, my mom threw me the lifeline of the century. With the flip of a switch, she changed my difficulty setting from expert to novice. ...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	He stared at the ceiling of the hospital room unable to quite drink in what his mother had just said. A difficulty slider? And why would she be so cruel to max it out? He had barely scraped by high school, and been forced to leave his job as a mechanic. He had depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. He couldn't ev...	I couldn't believe that I did it. Something that was just wishful thinking till yesterday was suddenly a reality. Something that was so incomprehensibly difficult till yesterday was like a child's play today. And in a way, it was. "Look Ma, I did it" I tapped my Mom's shoulder and proudly showed her my shoes. I had t...
	[WP] Your parents have kept it secret long enough; they can no longer stand your misery. They decide to change your life's difficulty from "Expert" to "Novice".	"We decided it was time you knew." said my mother. "Knew what?" I asked. She and my father locked eyes for a moment, before looking back at me. "We saw how hard you strugged this last few months sweetie." I felt tears trying to escape my eyes. "But we thought we did the right thing by not telling you." My fathe...	I couldn't believe that I did it. Something that was just wishful thinking till yesterday was suddenly a reality. Something that was so incomprehensibly difficult till yesterday was like a child's play today. And in a way, it was. "Look Ma, I did it" I tapped my Mom's shoulder and proudly showed her my shoes. I had t...

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