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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 ... | ‘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!” | 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,... | ‘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!” | "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... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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.
... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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 ... | 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 ... |
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,... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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... | 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 ... |
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.
... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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 ... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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,... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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... | The looks on their faces when gave them my passport, you should of seen it. Confused, worried, but also a little curious. But the words I heard next would forever change the way I viewed this world.
"Sorry ma'am, your passport not real." The clerk said to me, handing the small leather book back to me.
"W-what do you ... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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... |
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 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.
... |
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 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.
... |
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 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.
... |
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 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.
... |
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 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.
... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... |
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 don't know why I don't remember her name.
"Mam, would you please come with me," I asked, after I saw the origin of her passport; I didn't even have to put it on the scanner. I neither looked up at her, nor did I return the passport to her. I've done this a hundred times before, but this time it was different. I was ... |
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... | 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... |
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... | 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... |
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... | 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... |
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... | 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... |
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... | "Let me tell you something, children. Life near the Void is a constantly evolving phenomenon.
"I know you guys don't remember a time when it didn't exist, but I do. It happened when I was a young boy of about six years old. Scientists had perfected the Large Hadron Collider experiment in 2015."
"What's that, Grandpa ... |
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... | "Let me tell you something, children. Life near the Void is a constantly evolving phenomenon.
"I know you guys don't remember a time when it didn't exist, but I do. It happened when I was a young boy of about six years old. Scientists had perfected the Large Hadron Collider experiment in 2015."
"What's that, Grandpa ... |
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... | "Let me tell you something, children. Life near the Void is a constantly evolving phenomenon.
"I know you guys don't remember a time when it didn't exist, but I do. It happened when I was a young boy of about six years old. Scientists had perfected the Large Hadron Collider experiment in 2015."
"What's that, Grandpa ... |
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... | 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... |
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 am sorry, this passport is invalid. This country of residency does not exist."
The flight was already 45 minutes past the originally schedule time of departure, and as the steady progress of Group 3 screeched to the halt, dozens of edgy, frustrated, some clearly over-caffeinated passengers began to clamor as the fl... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... |
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... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... |
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!” | They huddled in a loose circle, taking turns examining my passport with an utterly perplexed expression. In between the confused murmurs, some snuck sharp glances at me, causing me to feel uncomfortable even in my baggiest sweat pants. One of the officials nodded to the group and slowly made his way towards me.
"Sir, ... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... |
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!” | Edit: thank you to whoever gifted me gold! :)
I handed the officer my passport, anxiously waiting to see my uncle. He cocked his left eyebrow as he examined it. I just assumed he was one of those French that don't like Americans and thought nothing of it. With an extremely skeptical look on his face, he said, "Parlez-... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... |
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!” | “What do you mean?!” The man exclamed, hysterical.
“It doesn’t exist, sir.” I said, sighing. I had had to put up with a lot of clueless travelers throughout the years, but ever since the ‘big opening’ was a fact following the inevitable collapse, their ranks were swelling.
“Are you telling me that my whole life has b... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... |
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 am sorry, this passport is invalid. This country of residency does not exist."
The flight was already 45 minutes past the originally schedule time of departure, and as the steady progress of Group 3 screeched to the halt, dozens of edgy, frustrated, some clearly over-caffeinated passengers began to clamor as the fl... |
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!” | Edit: thank you to whoever gifted me gold! :)
I handed the officer my passport, anxiously waiting to see my uncle. He cocked his left eyebrow as he examined it. I just assumed he was one of those French that don't like Americans and thought nothing of it. With an extremely skeptical look on his face, he said, "Parlez-... | *Seemed interesting, thought I'd try it. Wanted to avoid the Viktor Navorski route. Suck at first person like this*
"What?! I was born there! I've lived there all my life!"
"I'm telling you sir, this passport does not match any that exist."
I glared at the TSA clerk. Or rather, clerks. By now, a fairly sizable gr... |
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!” | “What do you mean?!” The man exclamed, hysterical.
“It doesn’t exist, sir.” I said, sighing. I had had to put up with a lot of clueless travelers throughout the years, but ever since the ‘big opening’ was a fact following the inevitable collapse, their ranks were swelling.
“Are you telling me that my whole life has b... | *Seemed interesting, thought I'd try it. Wanted to avoid the Viktor Navorski route. Suck at first person like this*
"What?! I was born there! I've lived there all my life!"
"I'm telling you sir, this passport does not match any that exist."
I glared at the TSA clerk. Or rather, clerks. By now, a fairly sizable gr... |
[WP] Make me jealous of someone with a terrible life | He can't hold a job,
alcoholic and bald,
Bill collectors,
the only people who call.
.
Section 8 apartment,
always starving,
meth head neighbors
always partying.
.
Health decaying,
gave up on praying,
Cigarette package,
only one remaining.
.
But at least at night,
when he dims the light,
a beautifu... | I write a lot, I draw a lot.
They called me talented, and they told me I could go somewhere with my work. I've been trying. I've ended up working a shitty job.
I've created worlds. I've spent countless hours lost in my own stories. I dream a lot of what it could be like if people would just look.
I make not nearly e... | |
[WP] A superhero whose powers are only activated when they're drunk. | “It’s that time of the month again, isn’t it, Johnny?” Max said, glancing at him.
Johnny nodded and put down the telephone. “Alright, let’s move out.”
Over the years the city department had established a structured response plan, but it did become a bit tiresome.
They drove through the economy districts. Ambulances... | "I think most alcoholics think they are superheroes when they're on a bender. Imagine though that you can actually fly when you drink.
I can see through walls. I can breathe underwater. I can lift buildings.
If anyone can reason with me that is. It has to be a really simple problem for them to call me.
I'm on... | |
[WP] A superhero whose powers are only activated when they're drunk. | "No. No, Mack, you are not going out again. No!" I felt her hands press to my chest as she spoke, trying prevent me from walking out the door. Of course she knew she couldn't physically stop me. I was ten pints of cider deep and felt the power coursing through my body, just as I felt my mind swimming in a drunken fog. ... | "I think most alcoholics think they are superheroes when they're on a bender. Imagine though that you can actually fly when you drink.
I can see through walls. I can breathe underwater. I can lift buildings.
If anyone can reason with me that is. It has to be a really simple problem for them to call me.
I'm on... | |
[WP] A superhero whose powers are only activated when they're drunk. | "I'm sorry sir, but the Mark 43 prototype has failed to respond."
Tony Stark swiftly moved his arms in an effort to "call" the pieces of his latest armor. Once again, nothing happened.
"JARVIS, what gives?"
"It appears, sir, that your decision to rely on a blood sample as a means of identification has posed a signif... | "I think most alcoholics think they are superheroes when they're on a bender. Imagine though that you can actually fly when you drink.
I can see through walls. I can breathe underwater. I can lift buildings.
If anyone can reason with me that is. It has to be a really simple problem for them to call me.
I'm on... | |
[WP] A superhero whose powers are only activated when they're drunk. | "I'm sorry sir, but the Mark 43 prototype has failed to respond."
Tony Stark swiftly moved his arms in an effort to "call" the pieces of his latest armor. Once again, nothing happened.
"JARVIS, what gives?"
"It appears, sir, that your decision to rely on a blood sample as a means of identification has posed a signif... | "No. No, Mack, you are not going out again. No!" I felt her hands press to my chest as she spoke, trying prevent me from walking out the door. Of course she knew she couldn't physically stop me. I was ten pints of cider deep and felt the power coursing through my body, just as I felt my mind swimming in a drunken fog. ... | |
[WP] A superhero whose powers are only activated when they're drunk. | "I'm sorry sir, but the Mark 43 prototype has failed to respond."
Tony Stark swiftly moved his arms in an effort to "call" the pieces of his latest armor. Once again, nothing happened.
"JARVIS, what gives?"
"It appears, sir, that your decision to rely on a blood sample as a means of identification has posed a signif... | Jon wakes up in a haze on his couch. He throws his blanket to the ground and sits up slowly. Jon places his hands on his head as it begins to throb. Jon groans as his stomach moans from another typical Friday night.
Jon reaches for his side table, opens the drawer, and takes some tums and advil. Jon lays back down on ... | |
Here's an example: Let's say you've established that the protagonist is drinking a cup of tea right now. Then at some point, casually mention that he finished his cup of coffee. Think of it like "changing the props" when the reader "doesn't look".
All of those changes could appear gradually, so each of them individual... | [WP] Write a short story that subtly changes its underlying facts until it describes the opposite of what it was in the beginning.. without the reader noticing. | Sam got up out of his bed, getting ready for another, boring, awful, and painful Monday. She went about her daily routine. After brushing her hair and teeth, getting dressed, and pulling on her backpack, she left the house.
Sam never needed much time to get ready, he got up only fifteen minutes before the bell. Lucki... | I don't know if opinions are allowed on this sub but wouldn't this prompt be nearly impossible to write since any reader will immediately be starting to look for inconsistencies? The reader would be specifically paying attention to the small parts of the stories so the very prompt would ruin any response it gets |
Atheist Aliens created religion to control humanity. (Illuminati/Anunnaki/Reptiles)
But eventually, even though they started out believing "Sacred Texts" created by the highly advanced aliens to control them, meditation/philosophy and the like leads them to actually communicate with God. | [WP] Atheist Aliens created religion to control humanity. Unfortunately for them, humanity actually finds God. | God stood up from his armchair and looked over at the door of his apartment. He hadn't been expecting visitors. He ran a hand over his chin, feeling the stubble, then shrugged. If someone came looking for him during his week off, they were just going too have to deal with God wearing his soft bathrobe and bunny slipper... | *Near Earth*
"We have conflicting reports coming from sector E-323"
"The Earth? What is the nature of these reports?"
"Men have establised contact with the Prime Sentience"
"This is impossible"
"What is the evidence?"
"4 Earth revolutions ago, a Jewish man in Jerusalem committed to meditation. Unexpectedly, the P... |
[WP] Guy sees people with black numbers over each person's head which coincides with the number of times he has seen that person. When the number is red, that is the last time he will ever see that person. . . Everyone he has seen today has a red number. | Sorry for formatting or errors, I'm on my phone and it not sure reliable. I tried do a proof read but eh. It late.
Nolan rolled over in bed. It was too early and the air around him was cold and crisp, and he wanted nothing to do with it. His phone buzzed. And buzzed. And buzzed. He lay, contemplating but finally resig... | Schopenhaur once said *Wille zum Leben*, or the *Will to Live*.
Standing ankle deep, and barefoot in the biting snow, that was all Damien could remember from Friday's lecture. Those were the only words he could conjure in his mind. All else was a cascading explosion of numbers, brilliant and terrifying.
"They're all ... | |
[WP] Guy sees people with black numbers over each person's head which coincides with the number of times he has seen that person. When the number is red, that is the last time he will ever see that person. . . Everyone he has seen today has a red number. | The red numbers. They are everywhere. It was first my mom and my dad. I accepted the fact that they are gonna die. They are really old and are bedridden by pneumonia. But when the doctor entered, he has red on his number, too. This must be wrong. He isn't suppose to die. He is very healthy and he is taking care of my p... | Schopenhaur once said *Wille zum Leben*, or the *Will to Live*.
Standing ankle deep, and barefoot in the biting snow, that was all Damien could remember from Friday's lecture. Those were the only words he could conjure in his mind. All else was a cascading explosion of numbers, brilliant and terrifying.
"They're all ... | |
Screaming "Hello?" and only hearing yourself in the corridors. | [WP] You have been raised on a giant empty ship with only a AI as your caretaker and companion. The AI insist everything is normal, even if there are far more rooms then one person would ever need. | The day began. At least what I thought was day. I had never seen them, and AC (Artificial Caretaker, I think) said I'd never need to know. Little do I know of what lies outside of these dark metallic corridors. He doesn't answer my inquiries like he used to anymore, and I'm starting to believe he's broken. This worries... | I awoke to the sound of her voice.
"Hello John, today is May 14th, 2079"
"Good morning Siri."
I went through my morning routine, well, to put it more accurately I sat still while my morning routine happened to me. Siri used her various wall mounted robotic arms and tools to brush my teeth, clothe me, and bring me b... |
You take that character's place, but things don't pan out as they do in the game... | [WP] You are transported to the setting of your favorite game, immediately before the game itself starts. Except your arrival kills the main character. | *Keep your wits about you, mage. True tests.. never end.*
The demon's words echo and fade away as I regained consciousness in another man's mind. The mental pain of the Harrowing on this man was great - but it is not my pain. It feels alien and far away, much like the blue robe on my back. If I went through what the m... | I suddenly awoke in an empty room. The room had red walls and a red-black checker floor, and was covered with a thick layer of dust. So thick, in fact, that I started sneezing upon realizing that it was there. The air was heavy, too. In fact...*there was nothing in the room.* I started to panic. *What if there's no doo... |
You take that character's place, but things don't pan out as they do in the game... | [WP] You are transported to the setting of your favorite game, immediately before the game itself starts. Except your arrival kills the main character. | *Keep your wits about you, mage. True tests.. never end.*
The demon's words echo and fade away as I regained consciousness in another man's mind. The mental pain of the Harrowing on this man was great - but it is not my pain. It feels alien and far away, much like the blue robe on my back. If I went through what the m... | I woke up in the black. I'm blind, I wondered. I tried to feel for something, but found I couldn't move my arms. Or my legs. Or my head.
Suddenly, I saw a white ellipse coming strait towards me. I couldn't move. In a desperate chance to avoid it, I jumped.
For some reason, I didn't fall immediately. Instead I stood... |
You take that character's place, but things don't pan out as they do in the game... | [WP] You are transported to the setting of your favorite game, immediately before the game itself starts. Except your arrival kills the main character. | I awoke in a strange place. I would like to have bragged about being an alpha male and say that this was a regular occurrence for me. But it wasn't. And this was no mattress that I was on. Far from it. I sat up from the broken concrete slab, the vertebrae in my spine making a similar crunching noise, and looked down at... | "What the f-" was obviously the first phrase to pop into my mind at the dead black silhouette at my feet. He looked like a kid and couldn't have been older than 10. I looked around. There was a bold blackness to my surroundings. I had heard of black and white, but I couldn't see any white here.
It looked like some sor... |
Today is Marcus' fifth birthday. Describe why bappens to him. | [WP] Children are allowed to live until the age of five at which point they are put before and tested by a committee to determine their potential to contribute to society. Those deemed unfit or sociopathic are terminated. | "My name is Mrs. Addy and next to me is Miss Cuaie. By the way, that's a very pretty bow you have there, dear," the grandmother-like older lady smiled at the young girl.
"Thank you. Some of my friends at the orphanage made it for me," the girl fidgeted with the bow's ribbon, "They said the red matches my hair."
"No... | NOTE: replace Marcus with Zeera
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Mr. Nharo was out of place. A blue and white silk tie sat beneath a fine seersucker coat above fine seersucker pants, which grazed bright brown oxfords, dirtied by the muck of Plain Field. What was left of the grass after the first of the summer storms was drowned by mud and ... |
Today is Marcus' fifth birthday. Describe why bappens to him. | [WP] Children are allowed to live until the age of five at which point they are put before and tested by a committee to determine their potential to contribute to society. Those deemed unfit or sociopathic are terminated. | "My name is Mrs. Addy and next to me is Miss Cuaie. By the way, that's a very pretty bow you have there, dear," the grandmother-like older lady smiled at the young girl.
"Thank you. Some of my friends at the orphanage made it for me," the girl fidgeted with the bow's ribbon, "They said the red matches my hair."
"No... | "Hahahahahaha, you won't do it. I'm only me because I know why you brought me in here and because I know you won't do it." Her thin lips were stretched across her face in what could have been considered a smile's distant neanderthalean cousin. And it was so abrupt a change that the Special Case Panel was a bit taken ab... |
Today is Marcus' fifth birthday. Describe why bappens to him. | [WP] Children are allowed to live until the age of five at which point they are put before and tested by a committee to determine their potential to contribute to society. Those deemed unfit or sociopathic are terminated. | "Results?" Mr. Vernon asked causally as he poured the remaining bitter residue of his coffee down the office sink.
"Little Marcus is a Level C." replied Doctor Moray as she pushed the papers into his hands.
"Refresh my memory, are we talking passive aggressive intern here or insane knife welding serial killer?" Ver... | Some children grasp things more slowly than others. This is a fact. This is not a fact that is considered important to the committee. We care little for the accommodation of those we cannot use.
Marcus is five. Marcus is slower. Marcus cannot yet go to the bathroom on his own, nor has he memorized the lessons required... |
[WP] There is absolutely nothing wrong in the world and everyone is happy. News crews are desperately trying to make frightening segments and are trying anything. | "Good evening USA, this is your host. David Donald." He says in his usual tone, giving the round camera lens a look he knew made him look confident and good.
"As usual, there is nothing wrong with the world, and everyone is happy. And here is Jerry with the weather, Jerry?"
David heaves out a deep sigh, and massages ... | The dim fluorescent overhead lighting in the newsroom flickered briefly. Will glanced at me and asked, “How much longer do you think we have till the power’s totally out?” I shook my head and replied, “I dunno. Kari might know- she did that piece on the hydroelectric setup at Bonneville Dam. Too bad she’s…not working. ... | |
[WP] There is absolutely nothing wrong in the world and everyone is happy. News crews are desperately trying to make frightening segments and are trying anything. | BREAKING COVERAGE COMING IN FROM CHICAGO
Our corespondent Dave is on the ground,
Dave, can you hear me?
Loud and clear Charlotte.
Could you describe what you're seeing out there?
Well Charlotte it's hard to watch, but it seems there have, in fact, been *two* instances of suspected petty theft in the last twenty f... | The dim fluorescent overhead lighting in the newsroom flickered briefly. Will glanced at me and asked, “How much longer do you think we have till the power’s totally out?” I shook my head and replied, “I dunno. Kari might know- she did that piece on the hydroelectric setup at Bonneville Dam. Too bad she’s…not working. ... | |
I just left it at that, excited to see what you guys have! | [WP] When someone dies, hearing is the last sense to go. So as you die, what do you hear? | "Congratulations, it's a boy" | "Where should we hide him?" |
You can write from the POV of "the One" or of the side that they're leaving. | [WP] Your so-called "chosen one" has decided to join the ranks of your sworn enemy. | The mountain unfolded into hills that unfolded into plains that stretched and disappeared behind the curvature of the Earth. Dain watched the dark mass approach for hours. They came along the southern road, a near-straight line that twisted only at the point of the ford in the river, where the town sat on the nearest b... | Nedine the invincible had spent countless hours organizing raids on the enemy strongholds. The undying walls had seemed impossible to overcome, but we had done it. We had starved them out, burning the outlying villages to prevent them from sending supplies to the enemy. Ambushes had been set on all the major highways t... |
You can write from the POV of "the One" or of the side that they're leaving. | [WP] Your so-called "chosen one" has decided to join the ranks of your sworn enemy. | My answer to this prompt is a sequel to another answer I wrote [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/2o0b5a/eu_sokka_and_katara_never_find_aang_as_a_result/cmil979), where Aang is found by the Fire Nation. And if you don't know the names, this is all from the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe.
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... | Nedine the invincible had spent countless hours organizing raids on the enemy strongholds. The undying walls had seemed impossible to overcome, but we had done it. We had starved them out, burning the outlying villages to prevent them from sending supplies to the enemy. Ambushes had been set on all the major highways t... |
You can write from the POV of "the One" or of the side that they're leaving. | [WP] Your so-called "chosen one" has decided to join the ranks of your sworn enemy. | The mountain unfolded into hills that unfolded into plains that stretched and disappeared behind the curvature of the Earth. Dain watched the dark mass approach for hours. They came along the southern road, a near-straight line that twisted only at the point of the ford in the river, where the town sat on the nearest b... | "... and using the Righteous Sword of Heavenly Justice, you will destroy the great evil once and for all!" the King's face was lit with fervor.
"Dental?"
"Pardon?"
"Does the job have a dental plan? My teeth have always been kinda crappy, so I always make sure that my jobs have a dental plan."
"No... no, Sir He... |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | **Journal of Dr. Rodger Pendleton**
*December 22, 1999*
This is what I know. The Iberian Revolution is over, for us anyways. Our cell in Barcelona was raided. The compound was ransacked, and my comrades were given the choice of death or exile. The more intelligent of us chose the former, yet I cannot count myself amo... | It wasn’t like we didn’t know it was there. Given that we’ve launched satellites to scan across the globe and seen down into their vast expanses across the continent that the other sailors call Westmoreland. Scientist had predicted it long before the world had confirmed it but we were just so… busy. Westmoreland was th... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | **Journal of Dr. Rodger Pendleton**
*December 22, 1999*
This is what I know. The Iberian Revolution is over, for us anyways. Our cell in Barcelona was raided. The compound was ransacked, and my comrades were given the choice of death or exile. The more intelligent of us chose the former, yet I cannot count myself amo... | I stood on the shore with the rest of the ship's crew. Many of us travelled across the sea to escape the wars that had plagued Europe for decades, we wanted to get away, to start anew.
However, it seemed that this land had already been explored. Buildings reached towards the sky, eerily similar to the ones back home. ... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | (First post here. It's kind of hard to do this realistically without drastically altering Western history as well. Technological advances makes it impossible for America to be undiscovered until the year 2000. So, lets start by assuming the Black Death was a bit worse than real history...)
Captain Abdullah Breckenridg... | I don't have a story to share but I thought you guys would like to hear this:
A girl in my creative writing class wrote a 15-20 page short story on just this topic around two years ago and shared it to the class (it was a small, discussion based fiction writing class every morning at my college. I took it as a GE, I'm... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | ‘Storyteller,’ I whispered. Try as I might, tonight sleep would not come. ‘Storyteller,’ I said again speaking as loud as I dared as so not to wake anyone else.
Storyteller opened his eyes a crack upon hearing his name. He appeared set to shut them again perhaps thinking he’d only heard his name in a dream.
‘Speak St... | My first post on WP, be nice.
"Captain, wake up!"
It's Kenny, he's shaking my shoulders violently. There is a commotion coming from the bridge.
"W-ww-what is it?"W I say, groggy and eyes half closed.
"We don't know, Jack thinks that it's land."
If it is land, that is a life saver. We've been lost in the Pacific for a... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | The European scientists were astounded. Another land to the west? Was such a thing even possible? But the satellite images did not lie: two giant continents filled with whole new races of people. Images taken at night showed vast cities lit up with electric lights at night. This was the discovery of the millennium... | My first post on WP, be nice.
"Captain, wake up!"
It's Kenny, he's shaking my shoulders violently. There is a commotion coming from the bridge.
"W-ww-what is it?"W I say, groggy and eyes half closed.
"We don't know, Jack thinks that it's land."
If it is land, that is a life saver. We've been lost in the Pacific for a... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | The European scientists were astounded. Another land to the west? Was such a thing even possible? But the satellite images did not lie: two giant continents filled with whole new races of people. Images taken at night showed vast cities lit up with electric lights at night. This was the discovery of the millennium... | ‘Storyteller,’ I whispered. Try as I might, tonight sleep would not come. ‘Storyteller,’ I said again speaking as loud as I dared as so not to wake anyone else.
Storyteller opened his eyes a crack upon hearing his name. He appeared set to shut them again perhaps thinking he’d only heard his name in a dream.
‘Speak St... | |
[WP] America is discovered in the year 2000: The Maya, Aztec and Native Americans have evolved to a new kind of modern society, without any prior western influence. | For most of my life, I was a simple fisherman from the sleepy island of Bermuda: the very edge of the world. Others from the continent feared us, and it was rare that a ship would travel so far to resupply us. We mostly just make do with what we have. After the Atlantic Decree of Pope Nicholas V, the Atlantic Ocean was... | Warning: I set this in late 1700s/ early 1800s. Sorry for not following the prompt. That's just how it came out.
One of the priests offered Captain Briggs a cocoa drink. He accepted it out of politeness, but silently recoiled at the bitter taste. They kept him waiting in the temple for a long time.
He stared into t... | |
[WP] We live in a Utopic future. Without famine or conflict of any kind, what problems DO we have? | The TV monitor threw light across the room, "Experts say the economy hasn't been this low in almost half a century. Lead Economist Ted Thompson says: quote, 'We've lost the will to live. There is no more gasoline to push us down the road. Food is bountiful, water is everywhere, and while this has been the dream for ... | Life is good. The air is clean, as are the oceans. Everyday life continues on, and everyone does their part to contribute to society. We all know the place that would make us most happy, and live there. Or lives are our own, free from the cultural biases of the past. We even extend our reach to the stars in an effort ... | |
[WP] We live in a Utopic future. Without famine or conflict of any kind, what problems DO we have? | "This too shall pass".
That's what I'd always tell myself. Through all my aches and pains, through all my miseries and woes. "It'll pass". It always did.
Now I prayed that this too would pass, though it certainly was no misery.
Since they perfected nuclear fusion, things had changed. No more oil wars for one. But that... | Life is good. The air is clean, as are the oceans. Everyday life continues on, and everyone does their part to contribute to society. We all know the place that would make us most happy, and live there. Or lives are our own, free from the cultural biases of the past. We even extend our reach to the stars in an effort ... | |
[WP] We live in a Utopic future. Without famine or conflict of any kind, what problems DO we have? | "This too shall pass".
That's what I'd always tell myself. Through all my aches and pains, through all my miseries and woes. "It'll pass". It always did.
Now I prayed that this too would pass, though it certainly was no misery.
Since they perfected nuclear fusion, things had changed. No more oil wars for one. But that... | The TV monitor threw light across the room, "Experts say the economy hasn't been this low in almost half a century. Lead Economist Ted Thompson says: quote, 'We've lost the will to live. There is no more gasoline to push us down the road. Food is bountiful, water is everywhere, and while this has been the dream for ... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | A little background before you start to think I am wrong for doing this:
My name is Jake, and my life had been torment since David Habernath killed my wife.
He was drunk, and flying down the pch in his pick up.
His car rolled over a divide when he reacted to swerving vehicle and when it rolled it crushed my wife ... | I have never been one to believe in magic and voodoo. I always considered myself an avid skeptic, one to never bend under the sleight of the supernatural. I pictured myself more as a Dana Scully then I ever did a Fox Mulder. I denied every shred of pixie dust and dumped witches' brews down the drain. I did not believe... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | Witch doctor, Witch doctor
I've got a request
i've read the reviews
they said you're the best
***
Witch doctor, Witch doctor
i'm short on cash
but i still need to make
a good backstab
***
Damn, Freddy
it was ugly
what ya did to me
truly
***
i swear
i'd have you 86'd
if i had the money (ha!)
***
but W... | I have never been one to believe in magic and voodoo. I always considered myself an avid skeptic, one to never bend under the sleight of the supernatural. I pictured myself more as a Dana Scully then I ever did a Fox Mulder. I denied every shred of pixie dust and dumped witches' brews down the drain. I did not believe... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | I have never been one to believe in magic and voodoo. I always considered myself an avid skeptic, one to never bend under the sleight of the supernatural. I pictured myself more as a Dana Scully then I ever did a Fox Mulder. I denied every shred of pixie dust and dumped witches' brews down the drain. I did not believe... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | It was a joke, I knew it was a scam!
BUT SERIOUSLY for 30 bucks all I could get was 'Your boss shall step on Lego every day for a year!'
Dave didn't know the excruciating pain his boss would go on to receive. He swore so much his wife left him. His next girlfriend whom he loved with all his heart. As she worked at a s... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | Witch doctor, Witch doctor
I've got a request
i've read the reviews
they said you're the best
***
Witch doctor, Witch doctor
i'm short on cash
but i still need to make
a good backstab
***
Damn, Freddy
it was ugly
what ya did to me
truly
***
i swear
i'd have you 86'd
if i had the money (ha!)
***
but W... | A little background before you start to think I am wrong for doing this:
My name is Jake, and my life had been torment since David Habernath killed my wife.
He was drunk, and flying down the pch in his pick up.
His car rolled over a divide when he reacted to swerving vehicle and when it rolled it crushed my wife ... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | A little background before you start to think I am wrong for doing this:
My name is Jake, and my life had been torment since David Habernath killed my wife.
He was drunk, and flying down the pch in his pick up.
His car rolled over a divide when he reacted to swerving vehicle and when it rolled it crushed my wife ... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | He took everything from me.
Fiddling the money, pulling funds into separate off shore accounts in only his name, in hindsight, I was a fool to trust him.
We'd been partners fresh from uni; him the rugby player with the business degree, me the computer science undergrad with ideas, we'd been like a two sides of a co... | "Well, I can make it so every pair of socks she owns has a narrow heel."
"...a narrow heel? I don't...what will that do?"
"Well some people experience an occasional discomfort for the first few moments after they put on a sock with a heel that is too narrow for her foot, though the discomfort quickly cedes. I... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | Witch doctor, Witch doctor
I've got a request
i've read the reviews
they said you're the best
***
Witch doctor, Witch doctor
i'm short on cash
but i still need to make
a good backstab
***
Damn, Freddy
it was ugly
what ya did to me
truly
***
i swear
i'd have you 86'd
if i had the money (ha!)
***
but W... | "Well, I can make it so every pair of socks she owns has a narrow heel."
"...a narrow heel? I don't...what will that do?"
"Well some people experience an occasional discomfort for the first few moments after they put on a sock with a heel that is too narrow for her foot, though the discomfort quickly cedes. I... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | "So, let me get this straight," Steve blinked. "For ten dollars, you'll make it so that whenever he looks for something, it'll be in the last place he'll look?"
The witch doctor nodded, revealing his yellowed teeth in a wide, Joker-esque grin. "Yes, that's right."
"So, like... if he lost his car keys, they'd be-"
"Y... | "Well, I can make it so every pair of socks she owns has a narrow heel."
"...a narrow heel? I don't...what will that do?"
"Well some people experience an occasional discomfort for the first few moments after they put on a sock with a heel that is too narrow for her foot, though the discomfort quickly cedes. I... | |
[WP] You hire a witch doctor to curse someone. However, the only curses you can afford are extremely petty. | He took everything from me.
Fiddling the money, pulling funds into separate off shore accounts in only his name, in hindsight, I was a fool to trust him.
We'd been partners fresh from uni; him the rugby player with the business degree, me the computer science undergrad with ideas, we'd been like a two sides of a co... | "A friend of a friend told me you could help me," I said, nervously.
"Well, have a seat, what can I do for you?" the man replied.
"Um... I caught my wife cheating on me. I want her... dealt with."
"Can you be more specific, sir?"
"Dead. I've got five thousand dollars."
The man leaned back in his chair, "you clearl... |
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