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[WP] The Roman Empire never collapsed and the year is 1999 AD | The year is MCMXCVIIII. This marks my descent from my family's prestige. I have failed math. It's just too hard. How does VIII^II become LXIV? It just doesn't make any sense. All I know its that next year is MM, so thats nice. I just wish someone would figure out a way to make REAL sense of computation. This system is ... | "Amo, amas, amat..."
Go on, Marco.
"Amamus..."
Unprepared again, I see.
Professor Gallardo could be a taskmaster. "Professor, I just don't understand why we have to do this? I mean nobody talks like this anymore, not even in church!"
"Marco, come here." Before Marco could close the distance Professor Gallardo... | |
[WP] The Roman Empire never collapsed and the year is 1999 AD | The year is MCMXCVIIII. This marks my descent from my family's prestige. I have failed math. It's just too hard. How does VIII^II become LXIV? It just doesn't make any sense. All I know its that next year is MM, so thats nice. I just wish someone would figure out a way to make REAL sense of computation. This system is ... | [new on WP; comments welcome!]
My head hurt. I was thoroughly wasted; after all, the new millenium was almost upon us. Princius’s popular song «party like it’s 1999» was playing everywhere. Loudly. My poor head.
Why were we even using this calendar ? Eyes half-closed, I tried to remember the details from my history ... | |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. |
"This is our last chance" said ⏅⏂⎒ (humans designated him Ten), fear showing as a ridge of muscle under his forehead quivering. He was of the last dozen of his race, the only ones not to be vaporized by the gamma radiation being thrown from their dying star. The humans had dropped bombs entirely unknown to his race in... | Is this a joke? The message in in perfect English and it doesn't make any sense. It states,
United Colonies of Mars
- Earth destroyed by powerful energy burst that distorts space-time
- Unknown hostile force, presumably alien
- Large object half the size of Mercury spotted near Sol
- The Sun is slowly going dark
-... | |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. | "Yes Mr. President. We had a conference with Europe's lead scientists, and they confirm. China and Russia are reporting slightly different translations but it comes down to the same message."
'You're telling me *the* repeating message of the universe - is a surrender?"
"Yes sir. We believe it was placed by a highly ... | The government had prepared some intimidating bullshit for the aliens, you see we'd agreed to meet at a specific time and place among the stars.
But when we finally received their message, it was worse then anything we'd imagined.
"Please leave us alone.
We've heard echoes of the things you humans have done to each o... | |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. | "Yes Mr. President. We had a conference with Europe's lead scientists, and they confirm. China and Russia are reporting slightly different translations but it comes down to the same message."
'You're telling me *the* repeating message of the universe - is a surrender?"
"Yes sir. We believe it was placed by a highly ... | The heavens gathered and bowed,
with a noise not quite quiet, but not quite loud
"We've come to you this day, to surrender
with our bodies worn and our hearts tender
citizens of earth please give us pardon
we don't know how this even started"
"For most of your lives you looked upon us
with wonder and awe and d... | |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. | Received 2014-10-31 @ 00:01:28 though 2014-11-01 @ 12:17:58 and ongoing...
Signal repeats every three minutes. Message below is assembled from best pieces of intact data packets from multiple repetitions. Binary patterns interpret as standard Unicode, confirming intelligent origin with intent to communicate. Message i... | It was the damnedest thing.
I mean, it's one thing to find alien life on a planet, right? A couple of single celled organisms, a low level ecosystem, some algae. If you're lucky, and I mean "holy-musk, it's a miracle!" type of lucky, the planet may have given rise to some fauna and low level herbivores. The fact of t... | |
[WP] We finally receive a message from the stars. It's a surrender. | We listened and listened, but nothing was found -
No intricate signal, no alien sound;
No link from a world in a galaxy bright,
But desolate silence, and limitless night.
We listened and listened, with nothing to hear -
No cosmic crescendo, no harmony near;
No twitch of a pitch, nor a note from the stars, ... | It was the damnedest thing.
I mean, it's one thing to find alien life on a planet, right? A couple of single celled organisms, a low level ecosystem, some algae. If you're lucky, and I mean "holy-musk, it's a miracle!" type of lucky, the planet may have given rise to some fauna and low level herbivores. The fact of t... | |
[WP] It is suddenly discovered that plants can feel as much pain as humans or animals when they are physically injured. Society has to decide how to treat plants ethically. | "Can you do it?" His voice is sturdy, but reassuring; serious, but non-threatening.
"Mr. President, you're asking me to give myself up. You're asking me to lose my humanity!"
"I'm asking you to make a sacrifice." His eyes stare deep into me. They cut me sharply, but his voice is so soothing it doesn't seem to hurt. "... | The discovery was as unlikely as it was unwelcome. Innovative research into qualia, research which promised to resolve Turing Test-type questions by placing one in the subjective experience of another, exploded all expectations when a stoned grad assistant hooked the equipment up to an office plant. Panpsychists were t... | |
[WP] It is suddenly discovered that plants can feel as much pain as humans or animals when they are physically injured. Society has to decide how to treat plants ethically. | **69 - Disgustipated**
It has been a long time since I heard this track, but I was reminded of it today and so I found a tool lyrics page and looked it up. I remember the first time I heard this... I was in high school, and I used to go to sleep with headphones on listening to a CD. The CD was Undertow by Tool, and as... | The discovery was as unlikely as it was unwelcome. Innovative research into qualia, research which promised to resolve Turing Test-type questions by placing one in the subjective experience of another, exploded all expectations when a stoned grad assistant hooked the equipment up to an office plant. Panpsychists were t... | |
[WP] It is suddenly discovered that plants can feel as much pain as humans or animals when they are physically injured. Society has to decide how to treat plants ethically. | **This is my first prompt. Just kinda started writing. Hope y'all like it!**
At first no one believed it was real. We weren't ready to accept that plants could feel; that for millennia we had been essentially torturing billions upon billions of poor, innocent beings. After a while it became clear that our treatment of... | The discovery was as unlikely as it was unwelcome. Innovative research into qualia, research which promised to resolve Turing Test-type questions by placing one in the subjective experience of another, exploded all expectations when a stoned grad assistant hooked the equipment up to an office plant. Panpsychists were t... | |
[WP] A demonic possession goes wrong, and each party has control of half of the body. | Ya know, I may not be the best demon around, but I really give it my all. I thought I was doing pretty okay with my job - couple of gate escort gigs, few damnations, but I hadn't really gotten the green light for possessions until last Friday. I thought - ya know what I thought? - I thought that was the best news I had... | It's official: I can't trust my body anymore. Ever since that ill-fated trip to Guadalajara, where I found myself in the company of a woman who claimed to have put a hex on me (I swear I never meant to knock over her crystal ball), I've been under the control of something else.
It starts in the morning. My legs will j... | |
[WP] A demonic possession goes wrong, and each party has control of half of the body. | Ya know, I may not be the best demon around, but I really give it my all. I thought I was doing pretty okay with my job - couple of gate escort gigs, few damnations, but I hadn't really gotten the green light for possessions until last Friday. I thought - ya know what I thought? - I thought that was the best news I had... | The tingling in my chest was immediate and warming. My vision swam as I watched the demon's tongue lick my cheek, kiss my lips and sink her chest into my own. I felt my organs move and my ribs crackle and shift below my skin, stretching impossibly as she laughed heartily. My mouth hangs open, heaving out puffs of ashen... | |
[WP] Ten years ago, an alien race of robotic humanoids crash landed outside of Topeka. Following societal reform and some harsh stigmatization, one steps into your office today seeking employment. | “Hey, Robocop, let me ask you something,” Walter said.
They had started calling him Robocop his first day on the job, even though he had renamed himself Simon upon his baptism, the name of one the Disciples of Christ. He watched the film to understand the nickname, and only then did he realize it was an insult. It w... | “Oh no... Here's another tinker” Bob muttered under his voice. Yah, Bob was a Mech bigot. You know those throwbacks from the 60’s (2060 to be exact) that still thinks if God wanted machines to walk the earth, he would have made them himself. What can I say about Bob, If style was a name, it wasn’t in Bob’s dictionar... | |
[WP] Ten years ago, an alien race of robotic humanoids crash landed outside of Topeka. Following societal reform and some harsh stigmatization, one steps into your office today seeking employment. | “Hey, Robocop, let me ask you something,” Walter said.
They had started calling him Robocop his first day on the job, even though he had renamed himself Simon upon his baptism, the name of one the Disciples of Christ. He watched the film to understand the nickname, and only then did he realize it was an insult. It w... | I don't know if y'all accept prompts in screenplay format but here's my entry.
[HUMANOID](https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6zmo3b94e8vcfj/humanoid.pdf?dl=0) | |
[WP] Ten years ago, an alien race of robotic humanoids crash landed outside of Topeka. Following societal reform and some harsh stigmatization, one steps into your office today seeking employment. | “Hey, Robocop, let me ask you something,” Walter said.
They had started calling him Robocop his first day on the job, even though he had renamed himself Simon upon his baptism, the name of one the Disciples of Christ. He watched the film to understand the nickname, and only then did he realize it was an insult. It w... | As I anxiously tapped my index finger on my desk, I read and reread the memo from HR. Gina, head of the HR department, who happened to be the biggest gossip in the office, must’ve caught wind that I was interviewing a Rob today. The memo was passive aggressively sent to the entire office, reminding us that it was compl... | |
friends helping friends, yay, I mean you don't have to | [WP] Your friend calls you, panicked. Apparently, there's a monster under his bed and he needs you to get rid of it. He sounds extremely serious. | It was odd, the way Jake spoke when he called me. He sounded calm, at first, but I soon noticed it was laced with something else. It was almost as though his lips were so tight and his voice quivering so intensely that each word hummed through the receiver in a kind of verbal paralysis. Each syllable came softly, calm ... | > Now! Come!
James sounded frantic. His speech was slurred as though his tongue dropped out of his mouth.
> This again...
Hank muttered to himself. Hank rolled his eyes, carried his half-eaten salami sandwich as he trod upstairs.
Hank approached Jame's door, his muffled voice could be heard behind his close... |
Open to all ideas. | [WP] You have just taken the first hot shower you've had in months. Why? | The uncaring rays of sunlight pierce through the curtains, waking me up on a Sunday morning. I turn to look at the digital clock and it clearly says "6:03AM". The irony is that the Sun can be such a cold-hearted and heartless mistress, disrupting my peaceful Sunday slumber. "Sun, you've got a way to fall... On my eyes ... | A flow of warmth
A warmth I haven't felt in years
Space isn't much for warmth
It is cold and harsh
Exploring space was fun indeed
yet it was so lonesome
the occasional piece of debris
was the best friend you could get
So when I returned to Earth
All cold and dry
I told my wife
Time for a hot shower tonigh... |
Open to all ideas. | [WP] You have just taken the first hot shower you've had in months. Why? | "It's been a long, long time, my friend. Might even stick around, just for you. Or not, but you know how it goes."
3 years ago, it was. 3 years ago, before she went up in a fire down in Lima. She always had a penchant for red.
We had been chasing that woman the world over for over 15 years, just me and Ivy, bouncing ... | A flow of warmth
A warmth I haven't felt in years
Space isn't much for warmth
It is cold and harsh
Exploring space was fun indeed
yet it was so lonesome
the occasional piece of debris
was the best friend you could get
So when I returned to Earth
All cold and dry
I told my wife
Time for a hot shower tonigh... |
Open to all ideas. | [WP] You have just taken the first hot shower you've had in months. Why? | When the shower came on today, it was hot.
After the initial surprise wore off, I could no longer focus on cleaning myself. I sunk to my knees and curled up, so my entire body would fit in the stream. My body shuddered, my back and legs and shoulders spasming violently as long-knotted muscles started to relax for the ... | A flow of warmth
A warmth I haven't felt in years
Space isn't much for warmth
It is cold and harsh
Exploring space was fun indeed
yet it was so lonesome
the occasional piece of debris
was the best friend you could get
So when I returned to Earth
All cold and dry
I told my wife
Time for a hot shower tonigh... |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | I was so sick of her passive aggressive behavior. Ever since we broke up. She'd text random things like "God my new boyfriend feels so good, don't you wish it was you still.
"Never stick your dick in crazy" my dad always told me.
She was the girl that painted the back window of my car "Happy 1 week anniversary I lo... | "Well, that could have gone better." Thought the warrior grimly.
The rest of his group were silent for a moment, watching their dead corpses. It had been the twelfth time. The dragon still hadn't gotten tired of roasting the human challengers.
One ghost began to speak quickly, "All right everyone, calm down. I know ... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | You are standing in a clearing in the wood. A small fire is burning steadily in a firepit.
Exits are to the north, west, and south.
\> Look fire
The fire flickers fitfully in the breeze.
\> Eat fire
I don't understand this command.
\> Eat fire
You can't eat the fire.
\> Eat fire
You... | "Well, that could have gone better." Thought the warrior grimly.
The rest of his group were silent for a moment, watching their dead corpses. It had been the twelfth time. The dragon still hadn't gotten tired of roasting the human challengers.
One ghost began to speak quickly, "All right everyone, calm down. I know ... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | "Can we make s'mores?"
I should have expected it. You can't go to camp without at least one little unoriginal brat wanting s'mores.
"I guess so."
The children cheered. I decided this was a good thing. It gave us something to do.
I hate the outdoors. I hate feeling like a giant bag of blood for every insect on e... | "Well, that could have gone better." Thought the warrior grimly.
The rest of his group were silent for a moment, watching their dead corpses. It had been the twelfth time. The dragon still hadn't gotten tired of roasting the human challengers.
One ghost began to speak quickly, "All right everyone, calm down. I know ... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | I was so sick of her passive aggressive behavior. Ever since we broke up. She'd text random things like "God my new boyfriend feels so good, don't you wish it was you still.
"Never stick your dick in crazy" my dad always told me.
She was the girl that painted the back window of my car "Happy 1 week anniversary I lo... | Jack set down his drink. His new "friends" Natsu and Happy sat across him in the booth. Happy was a cat eyeing some crab, but he had no idea what Natsu was looking at.
"So yes, the whole building was on fire. No one knows how or why, but we think it might have been magic."
Natsu seemed distracted. There were torche... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | You are standing in a clearing in the wood. A small fire is burning steadily in a firepit.
Exits are to the north, west, and south.
\> Look fire
The fire flickers fitfully in the breeze.
\> Eat fire
I don't understand this command.
\> Eat fire
You can't eat the fire.
\> Eat fire
You... | Jack set down his drink. His new "friends" Natsu and Happy sat across him in the booth. Happy was a cat eyeing some crab, but he had no idea what Natsu was looking at.
"So yes, the whole building was on fire. No one knows how or why, but we think it might have been magic."
Natsu seemed distracted. There were torche... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | "Can we make s'mores?"
I should have expected it. You can't go to camp without at least one little unoriginal brat wanting s'mores.
"I guess so."
The children cheered. I decided this was a good thing. It gave us something to do.
I hate the outdoors. I hate feeling like a giant bag of blood for every insect on e... | Jack set down his drink. His new "friends" Natsu and Happy sat across him in the booth. Happy was a cat eyeing some crab, but he had no idea what Natsu was looking at.
"So yes, the whole building was on fire. No one knows how or why, but we think it might have been magic."
Natsu seemed distracted. There were torche... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | You are standing in a clearing in the wood. A small fire is burning steadily in a firepit.
Exits are to the north, west, and south.
\> Look fire
The fire flickers fitfully in the breeze.
\> Eat fire
I don't understand this command.
\> Eat fire
You can't eat the fire.
\> Eat fire
You... | I was so sick of her passive aggressive behavior. Ever since we broke up. She'd text random things like "God my new boyfriend feels so good, don't you wish it was you still.
"Never stick your dick in crazy" my dad always told me.
She was the girl that painted the back window of my car "Happy 1 week anniversary I lo... | |
[WP] You know what, you can go ahead and eat the fire, I don't even care anymore. | "Can we make s'mores?"
I should have expected it. You can't go to camp without at least one little unoriginal brat wanting s'mores.
"I guess so."
The children cheered. I decided this was a good thing. It gave us something to do.
I hate the outdoors. I hate feeling like a giant bag of blood for every insect on e... | I was so sick of her passive aggressive behavior. Ever since we broke up. She'd text random things like "God my new boyfriend feels so good, don't you wish it was you still.
"Never stick your dick in crazy" my dad always told me.
She was the girl that painted the back window of my car "Happy 1 week anniversary I lo... | |
[WP] Shortly after take off, a man falls asleep on an airplane full of passengers. He wakes up to find it is now the middle of the night and the plane has landed somewhere. The emergency lights are on, the hatch is open, and the airplane is deserted. | It wasn't the sound that woke him up, it was the lack of it.
Warren opened his eyes and turned to Lily, only to find she wasn't there. The elderly woman next to her was gone as well, which struck him as odd. It was only then that he noticed the engines were no longer running, so he half stood up to find out what was g... | He awoke to the sounds of Frank Sinatra flowing through his iPhone earbuds, pushing his eyes open from a deep, restful sleep. As he awoke, James felt a strange sensation, or lack thereof. He was completely motionless, sitting strapped to his cushy first class seat, isolated. The cacophony of restless passengers who mad... | |
[WP] Shortly after take off, a man falls asleep on an airplane full of passengers. He wakes up to find it is now the middle of the night and the plane has landed somewhere. The emergency lights are on, the hatch is open, and the airplane is deserted. | William Harper waited anxiously at the bar near his terminal, just fifteen minutes til boarding and damn if he was going to be sober for it. Three overpriced double whiskeys later the call came. Despite his tipsy and vaguely over-friendly demeanor he boarded without a hitch. Carrying very little luggage, planning on a ... | Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were coming home from a night filled with candles and romance--their anniversary. Driving slowly on the backroads that twisted and turned, entangling them in romance. Whispers filled the car as the calm night outside was alight from a full moon. "This was fantastic," Heather said, leaning back in h... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | I uncap the black tube and tilt it to a side. The parchment slides into view, and I catch it with my hands. The archaic paper crinkles, and afraid of damaging the document, I unroll it gingerly. The crackling and flexing of the paper intensifies, and I double my efforts not to damage the parchment.
I place the documen... | Stanton Kale had never been spoken to so harshly in his entire tenure at Harvard. "It was *your* responsibility, Stanton! *Your* assistant did this! It's the fucking Declaration of Independence, for Christ's sake!" The dean was raving.
"I'd still like to see this for myself," Professor Kale said, indignantly. "I have ... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | **Fine Print**
Yellowed with age, flaking like a healing burn, the document sat before me. My gloved hands gingerly manipulated the paper. My magnifying glass slipped from my eye. I replaced it, hands trembling.
"When in the course of human events..." I read silently.
My eyes scanned the page, the words familiar, th... | "**What!**" Obama shouted, as he adjusted his tie.
"I..I..We..Well.." traumatised-looking tourist stammered.
"Look, lets go from the start, sit down and have a drink." Barrack replied, in his calmest voice.
"Well, as you know I have a great interest in history and was here in DC on visiting family and had to see for... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | The young research student, standing before the professors desk, could hardly contain his laughter.
"Look at line 16, sir."
"Alright son, but if this is some kind of joke-"
"Well, it is kind of funny, actually... As you can see, just before the comma, before going into that '*they are endowed by their Creator*', etce... | "**What!**" Obama shouted, as he adjusted his tie.
"I..I..We..Well.." traumatised-looking tourist stammered.
"Look, lets go from the start, sit down and have a drink." Barrack replied, in his calmest voice.
"Well, as you know I have a great interest in history and was here in DC on visiting family and had to see for... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | The young research student, standing before the professors desk, could hardly contain his laughter.
"Look at line 16, sir."
"Alright son, but if this is some kind of joke-"
"Well, it is kind of funny, actually... As you can see, just before the comma, before going into that '*they are endowed by their Creator*', etce... | "I um, examined the letter u dear UV light. It seems to have contained a warning."
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
**The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen** united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | "A *microdot?!?*"
Neils swallowed compulsively, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly. His sunken eyes shifted nervously and he gave a little laugh that quickly degenerated into a dry, rasping cough.
"Uh, yes sir. Concealed under the ink of Franklin's signature. Meaning it was there *before* he signed, and, and..." at ... | "I um, examined the letter u dear UV light. It seems to have contained a warning."
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
**The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen** united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | "A *microdot?!?*"
Neils swallowed compulsively, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly. His sunken eyes shifted nervously and he gave a little laugh that quickly degenerated into a dry, rasping cough.
"Uh, yes sir. Concealed under the ink of Franklin's signature. Meaning it was there *before* he signed, and, and..." at ... | “Morning Gary…” Fred stopped suddenly as he walked into the small office, nearly dropping his gas station coffee. Gary had a horrified look on his face as he starred at his monitor, nearly ashen grey.
“Gary are you alright?” Fred asked slowly.
“I uh. Well uh, no.” Gary stuttered out. “Fred you remember last August wh... | |
[WP] Historians discover something they haven't noticed before on the Declaration of Independence, and it changes American life as we know it. | "A *microdot?!?*"
Neils swallowed compulsively, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly. His sunken eyes shifted nervously and he gave a little laugh that quickly degenerated into a dry, rasping cough.
"Uh, yes sir. Concealed under the ink of Franklin's signature. Meaning it was there *before* he signed, and, and..." at ... | "Blood. It's blood."
"Wait, so has it been there for awhile? Or did you let the Declaration get contaminated after the last preservation check?"
"I don't know."
"You've worked as a forensic scientist and you can't tell?"
"It's not that simple - but - I want to test it."
"Well, you can't. There's no way you'll get ... | |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | I had just about had it! Over 1000 FREAKING hours of His time has been wasted, and near a month of mine, hunting, eating, crafting, foraging, forging, and, oh yeah, DYING! You would think the Dragonborn could handle it all, and I can, but not if the Player is such a dolt as to foolishly chase giants, blindly run though... | Hey jackasses!
I get it, you can kill the Warrior I worked so hard to get so I could civilize this jack-foresaken planet! Seriously, after you bastards killed my daughter in cold blood and I kidnapped Lilith, it was only a matter of time until you bandit idiots stumbled up to foil my plans.
So yeah, I accept defeat, ... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | *the scene opens with a squad of soldiers rolling up to a battle in an armored vehicle. They’re chatting about the upcoming fight, symbolizing a loading screen*
“Jesus it seems like we’ve been in this APC for hours now” Sgt. Green grunts through his seemingly endless beard
“Well it only seems like that because Vela... | Hey jackasses!
I get it, you can kill the Warrior I worked so hard to get so I could civilize this jack-foresaken planet! Seriously, after you bastards killed my daughter in cold blood and I kidnapped Lilith, it was only a matter of time until you bandit idiots stumbled up to foil my plans.
So yeah, I accept defeat, ... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | I had just about had it! Over 1000 FREAKING hours of His time has been wasted, and near a month of mine, hunting, eating, crafting, foraging, forging, and, oh yeah, DYING! You would think the Dragonborn could handle it all, and I can, but not if the Player is such a dolt as to foolishly chase giants, blindly run though... | Greetings fellow thetans. I wrote this story today, and I call it:
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A little push
White heat of the laser beam exploded past his left cheek. Concrete dust showered his visor. A black star of carbon now dotted the wall. The nylon shoulder straps of his atmosphere suit withered. He ditched the pack and ran to her behi... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | *the scene opens with a squad of soldiers rolling up to a battle in an armored vehicle. They’re chatting about the upcoming fight, symbolizing a loading screen*
“Jesus it seems like we’ve been in this APC for hours now” Sgt. Green grunts through his seemingly endless beard
“Well it only seems like that because Vela... | Greetings fellow thetans. I wrote this story today, and I call it:
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A little push
White heat of the laser beam exploded past his left cheek. Concrete dust showered his visor. A black star of carbon now dotted the wall. The nylon shoulder straps of his atmosphere suit withered. He ditched the pack and ran to her behi... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | Well here comes the jump again. I wonder if I'll make it this time. One two, and jump!
Failure again.
The black void.
The wait.
I don't know if I can take this anymore. What's changed? I used to be able to do so much. One bullet here, a dodge there, I've made all the other jumps. What's changed? I can no longer t... | *Here it comes. He's wiped out on this turn three times so far. Damn it, off we go again. Replay? Do I have a choice? Apparently not. At least he's trying to slow down this time... No no no don't hit that! You're wasting fricken ammo. You're going to need that when we get to fight the... Fuck. You know what, I give up.... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | *"You stupid faggot! How do you even manage to do this in this kind of game?! I swear to you, if you get me killed again I'll jump out of your monitor and murder you back in your sleep."*
Breaking the fourth wall now, are we? I guess that's pretty much standard for these Japanese visual novels that I've gotten into re... | *Here it comes. He's wiped out on this turn three times so far. Damn it, off we go again. Replay? Do I have a choice? Apparently not. At least he's trying to slow down this time... No no no don't hit that! You're wasting fricken ammo. You're going to need that when we get to fight the... Fuck. You know what, I give up.... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | The sword was firm in my hand. Colossus, the king of giants stood before me. It was simple, I block his first attack then till before he can attempt another. Then I jump on him and stab him in the back. That would cripple him enough to make the rest easy.
No wonder he was the first boss in the game.
I gripped my swor... | *Here it comes. He's wiped out on this turn three times so far. Damn it, off we go again. Replay? Do I have a choice? Apparently not. At least he's trying to slow down this time... No no no don't hit that! You're wasting fricken ammo. You're going to need that when we get to fight the... Fuck. You know what, I give up.... |
Edit: Sorry for the late replies. I really enjoyed all of these! Thank you very much! | [WP] A video game protagonist is tired of dying at the hands of an unskilled player. | Well here comes the jump again. I wonder if I'll make it this time. One two, and jump!
Failure again.
The black void.
The wait.
I don't know if I can take this anymore. What's changed? I used to be able to do so much. One bullet here, a dodge there, I've made all the other jumps. What's changed? I can no longer t... |
I was sick of it. Sick of dying. Sick of being shot, stabbed, clubbed, run over by an ambulance that I called, burned to death, and most shamefully of all, drowned. I was a world class swimmer in high school, but the stupid programmers thought it would be too hard to have characters be able to swim. Whatever that’s n... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | "Wht u at 2nite?x"
...Thats all the text said...
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
...After 7 years...
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
Images flash through my mind, like the lightning did that night in France.
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
Streaks of purple and white through the shutters, as bodies molded together in sin and love.
"Wht u at tonight?... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I met Amber at a coffee café that we both often spent time at. Her long flowing red hair and bright blue eyes were what really pulled me in, along with the wide range of books she would be bringing in. After a few weeks, I decided to talk to her, to my surprise, we had a lot in common. We were both Computer Science s... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It's not that difficult to obtain a cellphone here. Most people think we are locked down 24/7 and have every aspect of our lives scheduled and tightly controlled but in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth.
Eddie in 2C can get any kind of drug you want. Victor in 6B can get you any "personal defense... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I woke up next to some girl on Saturday. I rolled over to look at the time on my phone. It was noon. I also had one new message. I groaned.
"Hey... Maddie, I need to go to work soon," I said, poking her in the back. That was a lie. I didn't work on weekends. All I needed to do was catch up on some Netflix sho... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It has been one year since that night.
The stars had seemed to skip across the sky as we went about our merry lives, drinking and feasting on earthly delights, with young eyes flirtaciously dancing across both a pub table and drunken shouts alike. You had been beautiful.
Our friends had slowly drifted off, leaving ju... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | ----
My god that was a tight hug. Something hard underneath her top was pressing into my underarms and back.
I realized it was her muscles when she took a step back to take me in. The lines of her biceps and triceps made the small purple top look molded to her body.
"I missed you," She smiled and looked around the ... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | She looked good. No, she looked *damned* good. Her texts had been the ramblings of a lunatic, and I'd agreed to the dinner out of the sort of morbid curiosity that makes people gawk at car wrecks. It's not every day that you get a message from a woman you haven't given a second thought for over a decade. I was intrigue... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I looked up from my phone and slid the ring off my finger, examining it. It was simple but valuable, full of meaning - a soft band of pure gold that hugged my finger and reminded me what it was to love.
Martha.
It was she who had taught me how beautiful life was, no matter how short, and even with her gone I could ... | "I enjoyed our last date. I have something for you and we need to meet again."
Pushy hey. Sarah was pretty shy last time I met her but hell, at least someone's taking the lead this time. Jimmy thought as he reread the message ten minutes early by the fountain.
By the gate at the end of the path she walked into sight... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | "Wht u at 2nite?x"
...Thats all the text said...
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
...After 7 years...
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
Images flash through my mind, like the lightning did that night in France.
"Wht u at 2nite?x"
Streaks of purple and white through the shutters, as bodies molded together in sin and love.
"Wht u at tonight?... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I met Amber at a coffee café that we both often spent time at. Her long flowing red hair and bright blue eyes were what really pulled me in, along with the wide range of books she would be bringing in. After a few weeks, I decided to talk to her, to my surprise, we had a lot in common. We were both Computer Science s... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It's not that difficult to obtain a cellphone here. Most people think we are locked down 24/7 and have every aspect of our lives scheduled and tightly controlled but in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth.
Eddie in 2C can get any kind of drug you want. Victor in 6B can get you any "personal defense... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I woke up next to some girl on Saturday. I rolled over to look at the time on my phone. It was noon. I also had one new message. I groaned.
"Hey... Maddie, I need to go to work soon," I said, poking her in the back. That was a lie. I didn't work on weekends. All I needed to do was catch up on some Netflix sho... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It has been one year since that night.
The stars had seemed to skip across the sky as we went about our merry lives, drinking and feasting on earthly delights, with young eyes flirtaciously dancing across both a pub table and drunken shouts alike. You had been beautiful.
Our friends had slowly drifted off, leaving ju... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | ----
My god that was a tight hug. Something hard underneath her top was pressing into my underarms and back.
I realized it was her muscles when she took a step back to take me in. The lines of her biceps and triceps made the small purple top look molded to her body.
"I missed you," She smiled and looked around the ... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | She looked good. No, she looked *damned* good. Her texts had been the ramblings of a lunatic, and I'd agreed to the dinner out of the sort of morbid curiosity that makes people gawk at car wrecks. It's not every day that you get a message from a woman you haven't given a second thought for over a decade. I was intrigue... | “Coffee?! Are you serious? After such an idiotic excuse,” Harry nearly screamed at her.
“I mean what the hell? Being abducted by aliens? Thats something you tell a five-year-old! Do you think I am retarded or what?”
“N-no of course not!” Lucy knew he wouldn't believe her right away but she didn't thought his reactio... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I met Amber at a coffee café that we both often spent time at. Her long flowing red hair and bright blue eyes were what really pulled me in, along with the wide range of books she would be bringing in. After a few weeks, I decided to talk to her, to my surprise, we had a lot in common. We were both Computer Science s... | "Do you remember that time the school called you to the office about me?" Regina said.
Dex snorted. "Yeah? Which time?"
"The time they called me a liar."
"Reggie, they were just trying to help you distinguish between fanciful ideas and facts."
"I thought that they were trying to give me an education," she said. ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It's not that difficult to obtain a cellphone here. Most people think we are locked down 24/7 and have every aspect of our lives scheduled and tightly controlled but in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth.
Eddie in 2C can get any kind of drug you want. Victor in 6B can get you any "personal defense... | "Do you remember that time the school called you to the office about me?" Regina said.
Dex snorted. "Yeah? Which time?"
"The time they called me a liar."
"Reggie, they were just trying to help you distinguish between fanciful ideas and facts."
"I thought that they were trying to give me an education," she said. ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | It's not that difficult to obtain a cellphone here. Most people think we are locked down 24/7 and have every aspect of our lives scheduled and tightly controlled but in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth.
Eddie in 2C can get any kind of drug you want. Victor in 6B can get you any "personal defense... | "I can't handle it." I said in a daze. It was all I could come up with.
"Why not?"
"It would be too different." As soon as I said it, I wanted to take it back. Even if it was as honest as I'd ever been in my life.
"How? This is... what? Our second real date?"
The way she asked sounded so casual. So easy. She'd live... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | She looked good. No, she looked *damned* good. Her texts had been the ramblings of a lunatic, and I'd agreed to the dinner out of the sort of morbid curiosity that makes people gawk at car wrecks. It's not every day that you get a message from a woman you haven't given a second thought for over a decade. I was intrigue... | I woke up next to some girl on Saturday. I rolled over to look at the time on my phone. It was noon. I also had one new message. I groaned.
"Hey... Maddie, I need to go to work soon," I said, poking her in the back. That was a lie. I didn't work on weekends. All I needed to do was catch up on some Netflix sho... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | She looked good. No, she looked *damned* good. Her texts had been the ramblings of a lunatic, and I'd agreed to the dinner out of the sort of morbid curiosity that makes people gawk at car wrecks. It's not every day that you get a message from a woman you haven't given a second thought for over a decade. I was intrigue... | It has been one year since that night.
The stars had seemed to skip across the sky as we went about our merry lives, drinking and feasting on earthly delights, with young eyes flirtaciously dancing across both a pub table and drunken shouts alike. You had been beautiful.
Our friends had slowly drifted off, leaving ju... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | She looked good. No, she looked *damned* good. Her texts had been the ramblings of a lunatic, and I'd agreed to the dinner out of the sort of morbid curiosity that makes people gawk at car wrecks. It's not every day that you get a message from a woman you haven't given a second thought for over a decade. I was intrigue... | ----
My god that was a tight hug. Something hard underneath her top was pressing into my underarms and back.
I realized it was her muscles when she took a step back to take me in. The lines of her biceps and triceps made the small purple top look molded to her body.
"I missed you," She smiled and looked around the ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | I looked up from my phone and slid the ring off my finger, examining it. It was simple but valuable, full of meaning - a soft band of pure gold that hugged my finger and reminded me what it was to love.
Martha.
It was she who had taught me how beautiful life was, no matter how short, and even with her gone I could ... | I was idling on my bed that morning, earphones plugged, nodding slowly, rocking to that metal playlist from my media player. I felt vibration in my left pocket and took my cellphone out.
My jaw dropped, my hear skipped a beat, my earphones slowly being pulled out from my ears. I haven't blinked.
This cannot be real. ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | Another Monday, another long drive to work. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't cloudy, but it is. A song comes on that reminds you of her. But why? It's been 3 years since you've spoken.
"It's all in the past, she doesn't matter", you tell yourself.
It's too late, the flurry of "what-ifs" float through your mind ag... | I was idling on my bed that morning, earphones plugged, nodding slowly, rocking to that metal playlist from my media player. I felt vibration in my left pocket and took my cellphone out.
My jaw dropped, my hear skipped a beat, my earphones slowly being pulled out from my ears. I haven't blinked.
This cannot be real. ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | "All those years?" I was crying. "I missed you so much. I hated everybody. I took out my loss for you on them. Now you come back. Finally."
"Yes," she said firmly. "I promised I would always love you. I have fought everything to save the people I found myself amongst and when we made it they wanted to make me queen or... | I was idling on my bed that morning, earphones plugged, nodding slowly, rocking to that metal playlist from my media player. I felt vibration in my left pocket and took my cellphone out.
My jaw dropped, my hear skipped a beat, my earphones slowly being pulled out from my ears. I haven't blinked.
This cannot be real. ... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | "All those years?" I was crying. "I missed you so much. I hated everybody. I took out my loss for you on them. Now you come back. Finally."
"Yes," she said firmly. "I promised I would always love you. I have fought everything to save the people I found myself amongst and when we made it they wanted to make me queen or... | Another Monday, another long drive to work. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't cloudy, but it is. A song comes on that reminds you of her. But why? It's been 3 years since you've spoken.
"It's all in the past, she doesn't matter", you tell yourself.
It's too late, the flurry of "what-ifs" float through your mind ag... |
Edit: This is the song that was playing when this popped in my head. Not sure if it will set the right mood for you or not.
[Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBW9VEE29W4) (link fixed now) | [WP] The reason she never called you back was because she was abducted by an alien civilization. She adapted, grew, and lead a rebellion to overthrow the tyrant that ruled there. Today she just texted that she wants to go out again. | "All those years?" I was crying. "I missed you so much. I hated everybody. I took out my loss for you on them. Now you come back. Finally."
"Yes," she said firmly. "I promised I would always love you. I have fought everything to save the people I found myself amongst and when we made it they wanted to make me queen or... | "So you're telling me, you got abducted, overthrew the alien tyrant, and you escaped by the skin of your teeth?"
"Yup"
"And that's why you didn't call me back?"
"Yup"
"I..I don't think this is gonna work"
He stood up from the table threw down a twenty, "That's for the check", and walked out the doorway.
She broug... |
First writing prompt post :D I've recently been struggling with creativity and so I'm turning to online writing to get some practice. This forum has always been fun to check out and I thought it'd be a great plqce to start writing. | [WP] As a young man meets a similarly young woman, he constantly thinks he recognizes her from somewhere. He can't place it... Until the moment he lifts her wedding veil, 3 years later. | I remember now,
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'Tis my sister, long forgot.
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Oh well, she is hot.
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It is a Haiku,
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For those who know not the style.
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It is slag, I know. | I'll do this in a story-like format:
As a child, I've never really cared about women much... But then, I met HER. She was in my 5th grade class and I didn't really know her, but I just KNEW it was someone I knew. But who?
Fast forward a few years into the 3rd year of college, and she comes up to me. She just happened... |
First writing prompt post :D I've recently been struggling with creativity and so I'm turning to online writing to get some practice. This forum has always been fun to check out and I thought it'd be a great plqce to start writing. | [WP] As a young man meets a similarly young woman, he constantly thinks he recognizes her from somewhere. He can't place it... Until the moment he lifts her wedding veil, 3 years later. | I remember now,
.
'Tis my sister, long forgot.
.
Oh well, she is hot.
.
-----------------
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It is a Haiku,
.
For those who know not the style.
.
It is slag, I know. | “I do,” he says, anxiously awaiting to lift her while lacy veil. Slowly he grabs each side with each hand and lifts it over her head, lightly caressing her hair as he lowers his hands. He always knew that made her tingle. As she lifts her head up he can only think to himself, “I always knew this moment would come.” She... |
[WP] Someday in the future, one of your grandchildren comes up to you and asks "What was war?" | "W. A. R," his voice came out in strained breaths, "wAr."
"Grampa, what was wAr?" he asked, turning to me.
"Well, sonny, it's hard to explain. It was a lot of people fighting each other and there was a lot of noise and screaming and pain and, yes, death."
"That sounds te-RR-ible," he enunciated in his 5 year old voi... | War, little one, was murder
Murder of the weak and the poor
Murder of the hope of the helpless
Murder till we could kill no more
War, little one, was triumph
Triumph 'gainst all who were not
Not us, not right, not good, not light
For reasons we had soon forgot
War, little one, was beauty
Beauty be... | |
[WP] Someday in the future, one of your grandchildren comes up to you and asks "What was war?" | “What was war?”
I looked up from my newspaper and adjusted my glasses to see my grandson Kenny standing next to my bookshelf holding a large volume.
*Ah, he must have found my history section* I thought as he balanced the book on the edge of the shelf and began to flip through the pages with tiny hands. My brief h... | War, little one, was murder
Murder of the weak and the poor
Murder of the hope of the helpless
Murder till we could kill no more
War, little one, was triumph
Triumph 'gainst all who were not
Not us, not right, not good, not light
For reasons we had soon forgot
War, little one, was beauty
Beauty be... | |
[WP] Little Red Riding Hood is no longer little. Now an adult she decides to return to the forest, to the scene of her Grandmothers death to track down the "Wolf" and find out why he killed her Grandmother. | The serenity of the forest was shattered by a roaring engine. It left it's overpowering exhaust as it plunged the vehicle deeper into the woods. The tires - with massive treads meant for winter driving - flung the snow sideways as they barreled through the snow drifts.
Anybody familiar with pop culture would recognize... | The young woman was wearing a red dress, which in a sleepy village cemetery, was shockingly odd. The caretakers and other mourners gawked at her, but she did not seem to notice. She quietly, determinedly, made her way to the back of the cemetery, where family plots were located. She knelt down before a beautiful white ... | |
[WP] A stranger approaches you on the street, hands you a gun and a million dollars cash, and says "you know what to do." What happens next? | I nod to the man, barely perceptible, and he disappears down a side street. All the pieces are in place. I try not to look around, there's no good reason to do it. The streets are deserted.
I find myself looking over my right shoulder moments later. Instinct does not like to be ignored.
I enter the apartment building... | I stared. It's strange to know what's next. It's even more odd to know that you agreed. Within moments the man was gone. Trailing off were the soft footsteps crunching against the snow.
I turned to face the home. It stood in dignity against the falling snow. It was small. It looked warm. The deafening silence in the c... | |
[WP] A stranger approaches you on the street, hands you a gun and a million dollars cash, and says "you know what to do." What happens next? | I nod to the man, barely perceptible, and he disappears down a side street. All the pieces are in place. I try not to look around, there's no good reason to do it. The streets are deserted.
I find myself looking over my right shoulder moments later. Instinct does not like to be ignored.
I enter the apartment building... | “You know what to do.”
“Yes.” I put the gun to my head and blew my brains out.
“N – No!” I fell rigid onto his feet. The suitcase, clasped firm and tight prior, mysteriously flapped open, loosening the bills free into the air. “What the fuck! What the fuck!” He stood in shock near the mouth of the empty alleyway. It ... | |
[WP] You are the newly elected president at your inauguration. While walking to the podium to give your inauguration speech, the former president stops you and whispers something in your ear. Something that leaves you in utter shock. What did he/she say? | I remember the wind being especially brisk that morning. It looked as if the city were trying to pull a blanket of clouds over itself in preparation of the coming flurries. Even so, a sizeable crowd had gathered for my inauguration.
As the first atheist president, I represented a new political paradigm. The days o... | As I'm awaiting my name to be called out, I try to mentally go through everything I have to say to the people of my nation. *The people who elected me as their prezzz! Me! Would you believe it?!* Needless to say, I forget what I am supposed to focus on and my mind takes me back to a completely unimportant, dumb inciden... | |
[WP] You are the newly elected president at your inauguration. While walking to the podium to give your inauguration speech, the former president stops you and whispers something in your ear. Something that leaves you in utter shock. What did he/she say? | They cheer, my lungs fill with chilled air as i walk towards the podium
Their faces, they all look the same.. it feels like i am dreaming but something isn't quite right, my stomach, it always twitches before something bad happens..
Will i trip ? stutter ? get shot !?
I'm being paranoid ! i have to stop thinking.. j... | This is it. This is the moment I have worked my whole life for. When I was in the second grade and said I waned to be president, nobody believed in me.
But now it's different. I don't want to stand on the podium in front of the entire country. I don't want to give the speech I started writing thirty three years ago, a... | |
[WP]A man walks into a bar that will serve any drink its customer wants. Over the course of a few rounds, our drinker realises the bar will serve ANY drink. | James chuckled as he read the sign. "Your Heart's Desire". What a quaint name for a bar; it reminded him faintly of something he might have read once in a book. Still, amusing as it was, it remained shy of unique. Just one of many in a spate of themed bars in Seattle, a recommendation picked by chance from his blog's c... | I stared at the golden liquid in the shot before me. I knew what the cost could be but I needed to know. Even if this, most likely was some cruel joke even the chance that the drink in front of me was what I thought it was excited me beyond comparasion. With a shaking hand I lifted the cup to my libs and drank it. The ... | |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | It started like any other work day. Get up at 6:27 a.m. Shower, brush teeth. Get in the car, head to the airport. The air was crisply dry this particular morning as the autumn weather had begun to settle in for season.
Walk in to the airport, "Morning, Bob", I say to the security officer that I pass as I walk through ... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | On behalf of myself and the flight crew I'd like to thank you for choosing Do-I-Exist Airlines. Where your flight is always free if you have a genuine existential crisis at the check-in booth.
| I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | "I had one job, one job and I fucked that up." Nick mumbled to himself. His watch read 12:39 AM as he left his apartment towards the airport. Winter always hit its hardest during December. Its no wonder he was late, what with the route logistics, product delivery, and a supervisor from every department trying to gain h... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | I looked, dumbfounded, at the leather-bound paper in my hands.
"Your country of origin doesn't exist," the customs lady said.
*Doesn't exist*, how is that possible? I've taken this same flight dozens of times and always with the same passport. The many stamps I'd collected on the worn pages over the past two years st... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | I didn't hesitate to place my finger exactly where my home country was.
"Look, right there. Are you blind?"
"Sir, there's nothing but ocean there." The security officer rolled his eyes at me, what nerve, he can't be that stupid.
"What the hell are you talking about? There's a island there!" I look to the map, ocean.
... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | 27 years.
It was a somber affair for a party. There was only one guest - me - huddled around a slice of cake and the 27 blown-out candles I had idiotically decided to light, prompting a short duel with the oversensitive fire alarm in my apartment. And it wasn't my birthday, that would take considerably more than 27 ca... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | It was an hour ago that I had been denied freedom from the suffering I faced in my homeland. What I thought was my homeland. What I now know to be only a lie, carefully crafted by men who thought themselves gods in this world.
In a way, it was probably my fault that I'm sitting here now. I had gotten off my plane and ... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | The security officers led me away to a side room and sat me down in front of a desk. They spoke in low voices to one another for a moment, but I couldn't have understood them anyway. Then, one of them brought over a small map of the world.
"Tu," he said, very slowly and clearly, pointing at my chest. "Fesh?" he asked,... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | Like many people born in the Holy City, I only had one location, one city, listed as my birthplace. Jerusalem. Unlike many of my friends there, I am neither Israelite nor Palestinian.
I am an American. I was conceived when my mother and father were on Birthright, stayed a little longer, and decided that they would giv... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | The flight back home from the states was long and exhausting. The plane was severely delayed. Some kind of technical problem they couldn't identify. The plane was fine, they said in the end. And here I thought Lufthansa was renowned for it's punctuality. After 7 hours of flying, worrying if we would fall out of the sky... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | Mary looked up from her shiny new Sinclair zPhone and sighed. “We’ve got another 1775er in today. Showed up at Idlewild Airport yesterday. Same story as the other terrorists we’ve got to handle. The usual: fake passport, same ‘alternate history’ backstory.”
“So, that’ll be eleven ‘Americans’ we’ll be looking after now... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | I realise I've drifted off into daydreaming and look up. The customs official peers at me suspiciously over his desk, clearly awaiting an answer. 'Sorry?'
'I asked the purpose of your trip. Just standard procedure.'
'Business. I'm a visiting lecturer from Oxford University.'
He frowns, but says nothing, and accep... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | This was something I had dreaded my entire life. Something my parents' parents warned them about. And, by God, it's actually happened.
Sitting just outside the office, I waited for the border guards to make up their minds. On second thought, they probably phoning some higher-ups for help. Not that I have any idea what... | I hurt. Bad. Who knew it was possible for the mind to feel so much pain? Maybe pain isn't the right word?
Confusion. Is this what it's like to go crazy? To know something that everybody else refuses to believe? Maybe nobody is actually crazy. Shit, I sound like a stoned hippie.
Stop. Think. These handcuffs are sta... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | On behalf of myself and the flight crew I'd like to thank you for choosing Do-I-Exist Airlines. Where your flight is always free if you have a genuine existential crisis at the check-in booth.
| **Panel 1**: Scene is in an airport. Foreground is a police officer. The officer has his palm out and look that yells "You shall not pass!" The background and behind the officer are people attending out of the airport.
**Police Officer**: Excuse me, sir. We would like you to come with us.
**Michael(off panel)**: U... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | I looked, dumbfounded, at the leather-bound paper in my hands.
"Your country of origin doesn't exist," the customs lady said.
*Doesn't exist*, how is that possible? I've taken this same flight dozens of times and always with the same passport. The many stamps I'd collected on the worn pages over the past two years st... | **Panel 1**: Scene is in an airport. Foreground is a police officer. The officer has his palm out and look that yells "You shall not pass!" The background and behind the officer are people attending out of the airport.
**Police Officer**: Excuse me, sir. We would like you to come with us.
**Michael(off panel)**: U... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | 27 years.
It was a somber affair for a party. There was only one guest - me - huddled around a slice of cake and the 27 blown-out candles I had idiotically decided to light, prompting a short duel with the oversensitive fire alarm in my apartment. And it wasn't my birthday, that would take considerably more than 27 ca... | **Panel 1**: Scene is in an airport. Foreground is a police officer. The officer has his palm out and look that yells "You shall not pass!" The background and behind the officer are people attending out of the airport.
**Police Officer**: Excuse me, sir. We would like you to come with us.
**Michael(off panel)**: U... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | It was an hour ago that I had been denied freedom from the suffering I faced in my homeland. What I thought was my homeland. What I now know to be only a lie, carefully crafted by men who thought themselves gods in this world.
In a way, it was probably my fault that I'm sitting here now. I had gotten off my plane and ... | **Panel 1**: Scene is in an airport. Foreground is a police officer. The officer has his palm out and look that yells "You shall not pass!" The background and behind the officer are people attending out of the airport.
**Police Officer**: Excuse me, sir. We would like you to come with us.
**Michael(off panel)**: U... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | The security officers led me away to a side room and sat me down in front of a desk. They spoke in low voices to one another for a moment, but I couldn't have understood them anyway. Then, one of them brought over a small map of the world.
"Tu," he said, very slowly and clearly, pointing at my chest. "Fesh?" he asked,... | **Panel 1**: Scene is in an airport. Foreground is a police officer. The officer has his palm out and look that yells "You shall not pass!" The background and behind the officer are people attending out of the airport.
**Police Officer**: Excuse me, sir. We would like you to come with us.
**Michael(off panel)**: U... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | On behalf of myself and the flight crew I'd like to thank you for choosing Do-I-Exist Airlines. Where your flight is always free if you have a genuine existential crisis at the check-in booth.
| ‘So my country doesn’t exist?’
‘No sir,’ came the stern reply.
‘Do I exist?’ That was a question I hadn’t expected to ask now that my days of High School philosophy were behind me. Still, Mr Maher would be thrilled I was diving back into the question with such gusto.
‘You seem real enough to me sir.’
‘Well that’s ... |
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1zsyz2/on_july_1954_a_man_arrives_at_tokyo_airport_in/ | [WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!” | 27 years.
It was a somber affair for a party. There was only one guest - me - huddled around a slice of cake and the 27 blown-out candles I had idiotically decided to light, prompting a short duel with the oversensitive fire alarm in my apartment. And it wasn't my birthday, that would take considerably more than 27 ca... | ‘So my country doesn’t exist?’
‘No sir,’ came the stern reply.
‘Do I exist?’ That was a question I hadn’t expected to ask now that my days of High School philosophy were behind me. Still, Mr Maher would be thrilled I was diving back into the question with such gusto.
‘You seem real enough to me sir.’
‘Well that’s ... |
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