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[WP] A supervillain and superhero discover that their children are dating each other. | The Guardian was intrigued. An invitation sent to the Sentinel Tower from the Berserker? For a peaceful talk?
If it hadn't been for it including the name of her daughter as the first letter of each row, she would have brought all the Sentinels in with her to try to capture Berserker, the one villain they hadn't manage... | The hero flew in, punching through the wall, and landed with a force that created an explosion on the ground of his nemesis’s lair. He had never been this angry.
“How dared you kidnapped my daughter!”
“I didn’t. She came here herself.” His nemesis replied.
“So you’re playing innocence now!”
“Breaking into my la... | |
[WP] A supervillain and superhero discover that their children are dating each other. | “Commissioner Jorgan?”
The policewoman turned as a man in a cape dropped out of the sky to land on flexed thighs. He straightened, instinctively striking a heroic pose that put his chest and chin out, shoulders back, while he surveyed the scene. “Mortizer, thanks for coming.”
“The League’s here to help,” he said, fin... | The hero flew in, punching through the wall, and landed with a force that created an explosion on the ground of his nemesis’s lair. He had never been this angry.
“How dared you kidnapped my daughter!”
“I didn’t. She came here herself.” His nemesis replied.
“So you’re playing innocence now!”
“Breaking into my la... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | It was in June of 2027 that mankind finally discovered the fountain of youth. Unfortunately, humanities desire for immortality has nearly led us to extinction.
It all began with a researcher named Eve taking Ice Core samples to measure the impact of global warming on the earths ecosystem. She was accidentally exposed ... | I am old. Very old. The regeneration treatments came when we discovered a compound found only in a near extinct plant deep in the Congo. To be specific, in its fruit. The compound somehow reset the clock of our aging, causing telomeres to regenerate and cells to become youthful again. Even our brains regained the... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | It was in June of 2027 that mankind finally discovered the fountain of youth. Unfortunately, humanities desire for immortality has nearly led us to extinction.
It all began with a researcher named Eve taking Ice Core samples to measure the impact of global warming on the earths ecosystem. She was accidentally exposed ... | Saturday, December 19, 4212
I am 199 years old now. I’ll be celebrating christmas alone this year. I’ll be celebrating my birthday alone. There are not many “humans” left alive anymore after the life prolonging corn was created and grown for the world over. I remember when not a single soul rejected the modified food ... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | It was in June of 2027 that mankind finally discovered the fountain of youth. Unfortunately, humanities desire for immortality has nearly led us to extinction.
It all began with a researcher named Eve taking Ice Core samples to measure the impact of global warming on the earths ecosystem. She was accidentally exposed ... | It's been almost 150 years since the invention of the rejuvenation beds. Quite a feat of medical technology. When people enter the bed their cells will rejuvenate, much like the stem cells of a fetus. Of course there's a hefty price tag attached to such a procedure. Only the wealthiest have the privilege to keep themse... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | It was in June of 2027 that mankind finally discovered the fountain of youth. Unfortunately, humanities desire for immortality has nearly led us to extinction.
It all began with a researcher named Eve taking Ice Core samples to measure the impact of global warming on the earths ecosystem. She was accidentally exposed ... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | With the advent of the Musk-Hawking Supraluminal Drive, humanity was finally able to explore the vastness that was space. From the first unmanned Tyson Exploratory Vessel to the manned United Nations Space Coalition "Icarus" class corvette, man has stretched his arms to every planet in his solar system. With the colo... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | You'd think that more people would survive to this moment, wouldn't you? Their 200th birthday? Well, you'd be wrong.
Everyone has 200 years to live. That means they have 200 years' worth of opportunities to die. Yes, Ambrosia made sure we'd live to over 200 but there was still illnesses, accidents and murder to conten... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | As we board Transportation Pod 3, I realize something that captures me in a way that I hadn’t expected. It has been at least a hundred years since I last took this route. Hell, back then, pods were completely different. The stops, the waiting…it was a nightmare. They told us that Pod transportation was going to be ... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | Part 1 | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6bzpkl/angels_and_demons_part_2/) | [Part 2.5](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6c1mc4/angels_and_demons_part_25/)
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The first to live to 200 was the billionaire who had invented this medicine. He had hosted a grand party, invited all the news c... | "Are you sure he's fine? He looks so skinny."
"I'd say say not to worry, but this reaction is different from the rest we've observed. He didn't seem to have a lot of fat built up beforehand, so it looks like he's trying to absorb the required nutrients straight out of the air."
The frost on the viewing window started... | |
[WP] Finally medical technology has reached the point where humans can survive to be over 200 years old. It is at this moment that humanity discovers as a species we have a 200 year pupation period. | Part 1 | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6bzpkl/angels_and_demons_part_2/) | [Part 2.5](https://www.reddit.com/r/jraywang/comments/6c1mc4/angels_and_demons_part_25/)
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The first to live to 200 was the billionaire who had invented this medicine. He had hosted a grand party, invited all the news c... | "You're old," the doctor says, smiling at the man in faux-sympathy. "You were the first to receive the drug - it's uncharted waters now. That's why we keep such a close eye on you."
"But... this can't be normal, even for the drugs," the old man protests, pulling up the sleeve of his cardigan with a shaking hand, to re... | |
[WP] You are Albus Dumbledore. After your death you wake up in a carriage heading towards Helgen after you were found crossing the border of Skyrim. | *What a strange occurrence,* Dumbledore thought to himself. *What a very odd continuation of events this is.*
"Hey you, you’re finally awake." the ragged looking man in front of me said in a Durmstrang accent. "You were trying to cross the border right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush same as us and that thief ... | the carriage ambles along, Albus Dumbledore wakes up, there are people with their hands tied. They smell terrible and they are all white with dirty brown teeth and skin diseases, Nords.
Albus looked around, terrible graphics, definitely needs mods. He instantly knew where he was, Bethesda studios, Skyrim. He knew he s... | |
[WP]Humanity is facing extinction from their alien invaders. At the risk of permanently damaging History, mankind's greatest generals and strategists - the likes of Hannibal, Sun Tzu and Alexander the Great, are taken from their respective timeline and brought to the present for one last stand. | The leaders of Earth waited nervously as the time machine rumbled and flashed.
A great plan had been devised to rid Planet Earth of the confining rule of the Bhlezkomorphs, an alien race so old that they made Man look like the first Earth fish to peak its evolutionarily infantile head out of the water. The aliens had... | "well this was an obsequious plan" grunted sergeant Leicestershire of the 138th Northern hemisphere brigade. He watched the battle obsequiously, atop a future horse, which is a breed of horse from the future (or the present, if you're already immersed) but they are 40% bigger than present (old) horses are (were). The h... | |
[WP]Humanity is facing extinction from their alien invaders. At the risk of permanently damaging History, mankind's greatest generals and strategists - the likes of Hannibal, Sun Tzu and Alexander the Great, are taken from their respective timeline and brought to the present for one last stand. | "*Alea iacta est*."
Julius Caesar gazed at the clear skies. Above, the Terran Fleet hovered, in orbit, the last defence against the alien invaders. At his orders, ten thousand spaceships assembled in formation, and the Roman Consul and Dictator remembered leading the legionary forces in much the same way. Decisive, hi... | American president: So we are outnumbered, technological inferior, and probably not as clever as them. Any proposes of what to do?
Russian president: Let's spy them.
Chinese president: Let’s nuke them.
French president: Let's surrender.
American president: So nothing really helpful. Then I have a proposal to make. ... | |
[WP]Humanity is facing extinction from their alien invaders. At the risk of permanently damaging History, mankind's greatest generals and strategists - the likes of Hannibal, Sun Tzu and Alexander the Great, are taken from their respective timeline and brought to the present for one last stand. | "*Alea iacta est*."
Julius Caesar gazed at the clear skies. Above, the Terran Fleet hovered, in orbit, the last defence against the alien invaders. At his orders, ten thousand spaceships assembled in formation, and the Roman Consul and Dictator remembered leading the legionary forces in much the same way. Decisive, hi... | When the aliens finally attacked, they had been hovering, silently, in the skies above earth for nearly two years. The earths best minds had been planning for this moment since that first interstellar ship had appeared in pictures sent from unmanned probes, out past the edge of our solar system. Based on our best guess... | |
[WP] They sat on the couch, trying to work it out. | Continuing a date beyond the first setting was not something Rose knew how to do. However, as soon as she and Violet were out of the coffee shop, she had to think of somewhere to go, and fast. Rose's apartment was warm.
The two girls entered together, and Rose went immediately to the kitchen. She brought down two whit... | She put down the handset.
'So... If your mother is dead, and it was a woman's voice... '
They looked at each other, uneasy. An almost electric atmosphere between them, he swallowed a lump in his throat and spoke up.
'If it wasn't your mother, then...
*who was phone?*' | |
[WP] They sat on the couch, trying to work it out. | It was funny really. After all this time, all these years we should meet in an Ikea, of all places. I was here looking at couches for my new apartment, when I saw her.
She hadn’t changed. Of course not. She was wearing yellow top and black leggings. Her dark black hair had a single streak of red on the side, matching... | Marcus sat on his sister's ratty couch, holding their dead mother's will in his hands. The document was short—only three pages—and he flipped back to the beginning after reading it. He shook his head.
"I don't understand, Sarah. Why would she do this?"
Sarah perched on the edge of the couch,... | |
[WP] They sat on the couch, trying to work it out. | It was funny really. After all this time, all these years we should meet in an Ikea, of all places. I was here looking at couches for my new apartment, when I saw her.
She hadn’t changed. Of course not. She was wearing yellow top and black leggings. Her dark black hair had a single streak of red on the side, matching... | "I know you don't want to believe that I'm right, but you're just going to need to trust me," I inhaled sharply and waited for his response. It was obvious that he didn't trust me or believe that what I'd told him was true.
"I don't believe you!" His words echoed against the walls, his eyes reddened with anger.
"I'm ... | |
[WP] God is confused because despite the fact you are a 6 time lottery winner, have a multi million dollar house, a beautiful spouse, and accidentally discovered the cure for cancer, your luck stat is set to 1. | God, demanding answers, descended from the heavens, appearing right in font of the mansion of one Steve Vikavolt. He rang the doorbell, and after no one answered the door for a few seconds, he bellowed in a divine voice "I am the Lord Almighty, the father of all mankind. The one who oversees the heavens and the earth. ... | The hell? What's wrong with this thing? Ugh, it's Trump all over again. Well, at least with him, I know it's because I set Putin's "sleazy" to 99, but what's up with this guy, Greg? Intelligence is 40, charm is 30, strength is 10, courage is 5, and luck is 1. Is it his kindness at 80?! Nah, that can't be right. I set L... | |
[WP] God is confused because despite the fact you are a 6 time lottery winner, have a multi million dollar house, a beautiful spouse, and accidentally discovered the cure for cancer, your luck stat is set to 1. | "What. The. Fuck."
God checked the screen again, unblinking, utterly baffled by what he saw. This man had...defied...probability, and yet his luck stat was a 1. Not only was any one of the incredible events occuring to him extremely improbable, the chance of multiple was nigh-impossible.
And yet, Stanley lived a ch... | The hell? What's wrong with this thing? Ugh, it's Trump all over again. Well, at least with him, I know it's because I set Putin's "sleazy" to 99, but what's up with this guy, Greg? Intelligence is 40, charm is 30, strength is 10, courage is 5, and luck is 1. Is it his kindness at 80?! Nah, that can't be right. I set L... | |
[WP] God is confused because despite the fact you are a 6 time lottery winner, have a multi million dollar house, a beautiful spouse, and accidentally discovered the cure for cancer, your luck stat is set to 1. | God, having finished looking down upon other worlds, finally decided it was Earth's turn again. It had been a 100 years since God last checked Earth, and he was rather curious to see what had changed. He focused, so he could see what was happening on Earth like it was on top of his palm.
"Well... Oh, that's nice... Wa... | The hell? What's wrong with this thing? Ugh, it's Trump all over again. Well, at least with him, I know it's because I set Putin's "sleazy" to 99, but what's up with this guy, Greg? Intelligence is 40, charm is 30, strength is 10, courage is 5, and luck is 1. Is it his kindness at 80?! Nah, that can't be right. I set L... | |
[WP] God is confused because despite the fact you are a 6 time lottery winner, have a multi million dollar house, a beautiful spouse, and accidentally discovered the cure for cancer, your luck stat is set to 1. | "What. The. Fuck."
God checked the screen again, unblinking, utterly baffled by what he saw. This man had...defied...probability, and yet his luck stat was a 1. Not only was any one of the incredible events occuring to him extremely improbable, the chance of multiple was nigh-impossible.
And yet, Stanley lived a ch... | Ok big empty white space this can't be good. I think to myself as I sit up. It's like those 90s cartoons when the characters bust the forth wall and out of the panel.
I stand up and immediately trip as a giant pendulum axe swings by where my head once was.
"God fucking damn it." I hear a booming voice sound as my hea... | |
[WP] God is confused because despite the fact you are a 6 time lottery winner, have a multi million dollar house, a beautiful spouse, and accidentally discovered the cure for cancer, your luck stat is set to 1. | "What. The. Fuck."
God checked the screen again, unblinking, utterly baffled by what he saw. This man had...defied...probability, and yet his luck stat was a 1. Not only was any one of the incredible events occuring to him extremely improbable, the chance of multiple was nigh-impossible.
And yet, Stanley lived a ch... | God, demanding answers, descended from the heavens, appearing right in font of the mansion of one Steve Vikavolt. He rang the doorbell, and after no one answered the door for a few seconds, he bellowed in a divine voice "I am the Lord Almighty, the father of all mankind. The one who oversees the heavens and the earth. ... | |
[WP] The world ends. As it turns out, God is real. He decides to let everybody into heaven, but not without an awkward conversation with some atheists. | Well I guess this is it huh, never thought my demise would be met by sour thai food. I guess this is what I get for mocking the phone girl after I finished spelling out my address for the sixth time. The light around me begins to fade into darkness... just as I'd always known, no life flash, no soul blooming from my ... | I gazed up at what is apparently god. He looked exactly like you'd expect. Really tall guy, long, flowing white beard.
"**Welcome my son, soon you will pass the pearly gates and into heaven**" spoke god.
"Wait... so you're real?" I asked.
"**Indeed my son.**" spoke god.
"You uhh... you sort of look like I always pi... | |
[WP] The world ends. As it turns out, God is real. He decides to let everybody into heaven, but not without an awkward conversation with some atheists. | "Coffee? Oh right, you were a Pepsi fan."
"Uh... I'm... confused."
"Many are. Especially among the conservative religions and denominations." He handed me a Pepsi, but the glass didn't feel cold at all.
"So uh, you know. I was raised as a Christian, but when I entered college, I ended up leaving. Not that that laste... | I gazed up at what is apparently god. He looked exactly like you'd expect. Really tall guy, long, flowing white beard.
"**Welcome my son, soon you will pass the pearly gates and into heaven**" spoke god.
"Wait... so you're real?" I asked.
"**Indeed my son.**" spoke god.
"You uhh... you sort of look like I always pi... | |
[WP] The world ends. As it turns out, God is real. He decides to let everybody into heaven, but not without an awkward conversation with some atheists. | "..."
"..."
"... So."
"Uh huh."
"You're real."
"Yep"
"That's a thing."
"Indeed it is."
"And your appearance?"
"Yeah, it does that."
"Constantly shapeshift?"
"Why do you think there are so many versions of Gods out there?"
"Well is there a way you could stick to one form? It's really distracting right now."... | I gazed up at what is apparently god. He looked exactly like you'd expect. Really tall guy, long, flowing white beard.
"**Welcome my son, soon you will pass the pearly gates and into heaven**" spoke god.
"Wait... so you're real?" I asked.
"**Indeed my son.**" spoke god.
"You uhh... you sort of look like I always pi... | |
[WP] The world ends. As it turns out, God is real. He decides to let everybody into heaven, but not without an awkward conversation with some atheists. | God looked like Kurt Russell. Or maybe that's just how I saw him. I expected a warm and pleasant face from the almighty, but all I got was a bored and contented expression, as if he knew how everything would happen. By all means, he did. I hadn't believed. All of it I couldn't believe. I, and the row of countless other... | "You are real......"
"Yes'
"But how? Explain the science, the events, the wrongness of the Bible."
"Humanity got me wrong, I think. I'm not omnipotent. I'm not omniscient. I was a god of war to the ancients. I am not nice."
I screamed as I was shoved through the pearly gates, the blackness beyond rushing up at my f... | |
[WP] An ancient tome grants you its powers of wizardry. You're the first true wizard in millennia, so all of magic has become yours, to the point that you can't control your imagination coming to life. | It was not my intention to change the world as we know it. My absolute love of books is what got me into this mess. To date, I have more than 400 books on my kindle, and my "real" books are all in storage. I have read all of them, including the set of gold leafed encyclopedias I bought on a whim when I was 19 and had a... | As I look at my skull and ponder my decisions i wonder if reading all those Jim butcher book was a good idea. I am now in the possession of an all powerful all be it horny small knowledge fairy who never forget a word and loves reading romance novels. The problem with having all the magic that hasn't been dispersed in ... | |
[WP] An ancient tome grants you its powers of wizardry. You're the first true wizard in millennia, so all of magic has become yours, to the point that you can't control your imagination coming to life. | Some 7 months ago, I stumbled across a Facebook event page that showed up in my news feed. ''Book Drop''. The point was to take one of your own books, leave it somewhere in the city and post a cryptic message on it's whereabouts on the Facebook page. I scrolled through the page, seeing books I'd love to read but unable... | As I look at my skull and ponder my decisions i wonder if reading all those Jim butcher book was a good idea. I am now in the possession of an all powerful all be it horny small knowledge fairy who never forget a word and loves reading romance novels. The problem with having all the magic that hasn't been dispersed in ... | |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | Fortunately the coma was only a few hours long.
"You had a little fall sweetie, but everything's going to be okay."
The doctor walks in after being called by the nurse.
"Everything seems fine man I'm happy for you to go home"
I return home to enjoy 20 million dollars. | I ask her what day is today. Based on her answer I know its been almost 4 months since the lottery.
I ask her where I am. I don't recognize the location.
I ask her what city are we in, same as where I won lottery.
Her turn to ask soms questions.
I am who they think I am, which must means I'm who I think I am.
Th... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | I ask her what day is today. Based on her answer I know its been almost 4 months since the lottery.
I ask her where I am. I don't recognize the location.
I ask her what city are we in, same as where I won lottery.
Her turn to ask soms questions.
I am who they think I am, which must means I'm who I think I am.
Th... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | I ask her what day is today. Based on her answer I know its been almost 4 months since the lottery.
I ask her where I am. I don't recognize the location.
I ask her what city are we in, same as where I won lottery.
Her turn to ask soms questions.
I am who they think I am, which must means I'm who I think I am.
Th... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | When playing the lottery
It's important to play the right numbers
Never play the cursed ones
Take it from me
I played the lottery
I won the lottery
$20 million
Numbers are a funny thing
4 8 15 16 23 42
Some people say
what do you mean
You won $20 million!
Yeah and on my ride home
A wall of smoke popped up
My ta... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | When playing the lottery
It's important to play the right numbers
Never play the cursed ones
Take it from me
I played the lottery
I won the lottery
$20 million
Numbers are a funny thing
4 8 15 16 23 42
Some people say
what do you mean
You won $20 million!
Yeah and on my ride home
A wall of smoke popped up
My ta... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | I slowly open my eyes, waking up to the beeping of my alarm and start to realize something is wrong. The first thing I register as wrong is I'm laying on my back, I never wake up on my back. Something feels off about my bed, my alarm is still beeping so I go to turn it off and I realize that I feel weak and anyways whe... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | I slowly open my eyes, waking up to the beeping of my alarm and start to realize something is wrong. The first thing I register as wrong is I'm laying on my back, I never wake up on my back. Something feels off about my bed, my alarm is still beeping so I go to turn it off and I realize that I feel weak and anyways whe... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | "What happened?" I stammered, still adjusting to the bright lights
The nurse took a sharp breath and paused. "You were robbed," she said in a near whisper.
Our eyes locked. Millions gone. I'm back at square one.
"Crap, " I said.
*fin* |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | Fortunately the coma was only a few hours long.
"You had a little fall sweetie, but everything's going to be okay."
The doctor walks in after being called by the nurse.
"Everything seems fine man I'm happy for you to go home"
I return home to enjoy 20 million dollars. |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | Fortunately the coma was only a few hours long.
"You had a little fall sweetie, but everything's going to be okay."
The doctor walks in after being called by the nurse.
"Everything seems fine man I'm happy for you to go home"
I return home to enjoy 20 million dollars. |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | The light, it /hurt/ so damned much. My mouth was dry as well. I tried to move my lips, however, the pain I instantly felt told me they were cracked and it was a terrible idea to move them much further. Slowly I started a mental checklist of my extremities to judge what was working. I was aware of someone else nex... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | The light, it /hurt/ so damned much. My mouth was dry as well. I tried to move my lips, however, the pain I instantly felt told me they were cracked and it was a terrible idea to move them much further. Slowly I started a mental checklist of my extremities to judge what was working. I was aware of someone else nex... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | "Are you feeling okay? Can you speak?"
"I- what happened? Why am I here?"
"You were in an accident, do you remember?"
"Yeah, of course, but that was years- oh, *shit*."
"You've been comatose for a long time - around six months now"
*Six months? That can't be right.* "But the accident was nearly eight years ago! Be... | I hear first the little beep, sounding over and over from the machines at my side, an insistent alarm which refuses to let me go back to sleep. The fog lifts slowly, like an insistent mist defiant to the morning sun.
A nurse checks in, sees me awake, weakly pulling at the tubes feeding into me. She pads off urgently,... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | I hear first the little beep, sounding over and over from the machines at my side, an insistent alarm which refuses to let me go back to sleep. The fog lifts slowly, like an insistent mist defiant to the morning sun.
A nurse checks in, sees me awake, weakly pulling at the tubes feeding into me. She pads off urgently,... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | I hear first the little beep, sounding over and over from the machines at my side, an insistent alarm which refuses to let me go back to sleep. The fog lifts slowly, like an insistent mist defiant to the morning sun.
A nurse checks in, sees me awake, weakly pulling at the tubes feeding into me. She pads off urgently,... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | Another day of nothing behind me, and another night in the Gypsy. I set my empty beer onto the counter and waited for the bartender to look in my general direction. The bar seemed crowded for a Tuesday, people I didn't know were packed in and having a grand time. There was a lot of laughter and hugging going on, proba... | I hear first the little beep, sounding over and over from the machines at my side, an insistent alarm which refuses to let me go back to sleep. The fog lifts slowly, like an insistent mist defiant to the morning sun.
A nurse checks in, sees me awake, weakly pulling at the tubes feeding into me. She pads off urgently,... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | My eyes opened as fast as they had closed. *This is not my room* I thought to myself.
"Hello sir you've just awoken from a 4 year coma since the year 1928." Said a nurse, standing at my bedside.
"Oh wow I can't wait to use my 20 million that I invested in the stock market!" | "Are you feeling okay? Can you speak?"
"I- what happened? Why am I here?"
"You were in an accident, do you remember?"
"Yeah, of course, but that was years- oh, *shit*."
"You've been comatose for a long time - around six months now"
*Six months? That can't be right.* "But the accident was nearly eight years ago! Be... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I was always kind of an asshole. I stole, I cheated, I bullied kids, I was mean to my brother, I was just sort of a dick in general. It wasn't always my fault, shitty things happened to me, so I did shitty things to other people. I was unemployed, broke, and living in a trailer park.
At least until I won the lottery.... | "Are you feeling okay? Can you speak?"
"I- what happened? Why am I here?"
"You were in an accident, do you remember?"
"Yeah, of course, but that was years- oh, *shit*."
"You've been comatose for a long time - around six months now"
*Six months? That can't be right.* "But the accident was nearly eight years ago! Be... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | Another day of nothing behind me, and another night in the Gypsy. I set my empty beer onto the counter and waited for the bartender to look in my general direction. The bar seemed crowded for a Tuesday, people I didn't know were packed in and having a grand time. There was a lot of laughter and hugging going on, proba... | "Are you feeling okay? Can you speak?"
"I- what happened? Why am I here?"
"You were in an accident, do you remember?"
"Yeah, of course, but that was years- oh, *shit*."
"You've been comatose for a long time - around six months now"
*Six months? That can't be right.* "But the accident was nearly eight years ago! Be... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | Another day of nothing behind me, and another night in the Gypsy. I set my empty beer onto the counter and waited for the bartender to look in my general direction. The bar seemed crowded for a Tuesday, people I didn't know were packed in and having a grand time. There was a lot of laughter and hugging going on, proba... | "You're pulling my leg, Janet. There's no way that can be true. I've been a healthy man all my life! What on earth happened?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. ...uh, Maxwell Davidson, but I don't know who this Janet is. I'm your nurse, you can call me Rachel; at least that's what at the folks here at the hospital call me."
"Janet is ... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | One million Bitcoin... One million Bitcoin... It couldn't be possible. Nobody had that many Bitcoin... except... it couldn't be. By some astronomical-age-of-the-universe-to-calculate-the-key-of-it-chance, the wallet that I just generated was a collision with an existing wallet... THE wallet. My hands trembled as I held... | "You're pulling my leg, Janet. There's no way that can be true. I've been a healthy man all my life! What on earth happened?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. ...uh, Maxwell Davidson, but I don't know who this Janet is. I'm your nurse, you can call me Rachel; at least that's what at the folks here at the hospital call me."
"Janet is ... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | [Part 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6fl9id/wp_you_finally_won_the_lottery_20_million_you_go/dijc56z/) | [Part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6fl9id/wp_you_finally_won_the_lottery_20_million_you_go/dijicpr/)
I awoke to the gentle beeping of my alarm clock. Wait, that wasn't ri... | "You're pulling my leg, Janet. There's no way that can be true. I've been a healthy man all my life! What on earth happened?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. ...uh, Maxwell Davidson, but I don't know who this Janet is. I'm your nurse, you can call me Rachel; at least that's what at the folks here at the hospital call me."
"Janet is ... |
Edit: for everyone saying "taxes on the winnings and medical bills for the coma"....I'm Canadian. I never thought of such atrocities. | [WP] You finally won the lottery. $20 million. You go to sleep that night a rich and happy person. You wake up to a nurse, explaining you've just awoken from a coma. | I awake, my vision a white blur; I gasp for breath, lunging upright. An alarm is ringing somewhere far away.
I hear a voice. A woman's.
The haze begins to lessen a little and I see I'm in a white room, with a single window and not much else. I see *her*. She's walking towards me.
"Welcome back," she says, gently p... | A tremendous headache like my brain trying to exit my head made me open my eyes. At first, I couldn't focus my sight, everything was distorted, soon I realized I had cables attached all over my body. Suddenly, a weird moving lump transformed into a nurse. "What is happening?" I tried to say out loud yet I could barely ... |
[WP] The man laughed. "God left this place long ago" | A man kneels alone in St. Vincent's cathedral, with his hands held together as he looks up at the painted glass before him. He starts reciting a common prayer, starting with "Our Father..."
As he prays his mind starts wandering off, and one of his thoughts moves from his mind to his voice.
"It would be great to see ... | The father cradled his newborn girl’s putty skull in his splayed fingertips. Blood still dripped down his forehead from where he smacked his head against the steering wheel. The world wobbled with a glance in any direction, echoes of the concussion threatening to topple him before the Axis of perception rights itsel... | |
[WP] You never wanted to be a deep space miner, but being the captain of your own ship has its perks. Humanity is believed to be alone in the universe. One day you stumble upon the debris of a massive space battle that happened long, long ago. The ships are clearly not of human origin... | I inserted a small vial containing a cocktail of various opiates into the injection band fit snug against the back of my neck. A faint calmness and euphoria washed over me. The new colonial government of Webb32D followed closely the recommendations of it's science committee. A drugged population is an obedient and effi... | I hadn't seen life in quite a while.
Deep space mining was a job I had honestly never hoped for. It was the job of those who couldn't afford to do anything else- I never thought I would've ended up in that position, but it was a little comforting, floating around in space, being able to see it's vastness undisturbed b... | |
[WP] You never wanted to be a deep space miner, but being the captain of your own ship has its perks. Humanity is believed to be alone in the universe. One day you stumble upon the debris of a massive space battle that happened long, long ago. The ships are clearly not of human origin... | Headed back out again. This must be the 6th trip I've made in 48 hours, but I'm so close to upgrading this clunky thing to something with real firepower. Gramps and his father both joined the Federal Auxiliary Corps and traveled the stars all across the human bubble - they both must've totaled tens of thousands of ligh... | I hadn't seen life in quite a while.
Deep space mining was a job I had honestly never hoped for. It was the job of those who couldn't afford to do anything else- I never thought I would've ended up in that position, but it was a little comforting, floating around in space, being able to see it's vastness undisturbed b... | |
*Universally protected as a result of being well liked. | [WP] You are the bartender for the bar in between dimensions, where good and evil alike go to have a drink. You are well liked by all, and universally protected. One day, some New Gods try and fuck with you. | ''Busy tonight, as usual'' I mumbled to no one in particular as my eyes swept across the array of tables and booths that make up my small, humble pub.
''When is it not? Who can resist the crisp ale, fine wine, ambience and of course. The enchanting landlady?'' my eyes went from what looked like a half-assed poker gam... | **"The Crack In The Wall"**
"Another Black Salt'n'Satan Juice, Barkeep", said the old wizard, leaning across the obsidian countertop.
"Coming right up, Asteroth!" I shouted back.
I snapped my fingers, and the air around me fizzed and crackled as the cocktail formed from nothing, before I grabbed it, and slid it acros... |
*Universally protected as a result of being well liked. | [WP] You are the bartender for the bar in between dimensions, where good and evil alike go to have a drink. You are well liked by all, and universally protected. One day, some New Gods try and fuck with you. | ''Busy tonight, as usual'' I mumbled to no one in particular as my eyes swept across the array of tables and booths that make up my small, humble pub.
''When is it not? Who can resist the crisp ale, fine wine, ambience and of course. The enchanting landlady?'' my eyes went from what looked like a half-assed poker gam... | It was another typical day, devils and angels talking over some strange concoction, clouds of sentient energy flowing in and out, and beings existing on some level that I can't even comprehend getting into a fight. It pays the bills in the best way possible so I don't complain. Although I think most of them like the ti... |
*Universally protected as a result of being well liked. | [WP] You are the bartender for the bar in between dimensions, where good and evil alike go to have a drink. You are well liked by all, and universally protected. One day, some New Gods try and fuck with you. | *ding ding* the bell from my door rings from behind me as I am weeping down the back tables.
"Sorry, ya just missed last call ten minutes ago, I ain't pouring anymore pints, but I can do glasses of water and milk if ya wanna have a chat about today's loss," I said, assuming it was one of my regulars coming in with a ... | Norm carefully picked his way through the crowd of unconscious goblins and angels. He arrived at the entrance and unlocked it. A troll moaned as the door nudged his deformed skull.
"Morning' Grog!" Norm said.
"Ungh," the troll replied. Then he stumbled into the bushes to vomit. Norm wrinkled his nose.
"I'm cutting y... |
[WP] Write a story that ends "and they lived happily ever after" - but make that line seem as dark or foreboding as possible. | She was sitting at the cafe, her usual spot on the patio. Her copper hair sitting on her shoulder blades in loose curls as she sipped gingerly from a dainty espresso cup.
Gary could see her. This was the first sign his code was working. She had blocked him nearly two months ago, shortly after he was fired. He appeare... | June 3rd 2035
I am one of the last ones left. I'm only writing this so that when we have all lost our minds, a future civilization can at least know what happened here and learn from our mistakes.
You see, a few years ago we discovered that if we wrote things on a very specific type of paper, God paper or something,... | |
By stop moving, I mean he/she falls asleep. | [WP] A human is abducted by aliens who don't know what sleep is, and they get really worried when the human they found stops moving | These things took me in the middle of a midnight jog. Scooped me up in a fly by with a bucket on the bottom of the ship. No glowing beam, no levitation, no time to say goodbye to anyone. Not a pleasant first contact. They shoved these plastic looking things into pretty much every orifice I have; I sprained my wrist and... | Dregaz leaned forward.
<<What... what is it doing?>>
<<Huh?>> said Rolkis.
<<Look at it. The human. It's... laying down. Why would it do that?>>
Rolkis sauntered over to the console Dregaz was seated in front of. She unfurled her thoracic limb and pulled the monitor closer to her... |
By stop moving, I mean he/she falls asleep. | [WP] A human is abducted by aliens who don't know what sleep is, and they get really worried when the human they found stops moving | These things took me in the middle of a midnight jog. Scooped me up in a fly by with a bucket on the bottom of the ship. No glowing beam, no levitation, no time to say goodbye to anyone. Not a pleasant first contact. They shoved these plastic looking things into pretty much every orifice I have; I sprained my wrist and... | Subject 198C-23
Species: HOMO SAPIENS
CURRENT STATUS: UNKNOWN
DIET: UNKNOWN
Other: Specimen requires 30% oxygen to gas ratio to survive.
The Species Homo Sapiens is the most intelligent on planet Earth. However they are still behind and only possess rudimentary space travel. A subject was requested by the Galactic All... |
. | [WP] You're offered the chance to stop the death of your Mother's first true love, and avoid ever getting with your abusive Father. But, of course, the consequences for this are you not existing. | I stood, shaking and drenched in sweat, my breathing hard and laboured. I had just killed my father, that vile excuse for a human being who had terrorised my family on a daily basis for the past eighteen years. I was suddenly very afraid. Not because of the murder I had committed, but because something far worse had ob... | It was hard to figure out what I wanted for my third wish. Looking around aimlessly grasping for any site of inspiration, I ran my hands done my face. My scars felt like brale on my skin. "Take me back to September 13th, 1972, that is what I'm asking for my final wish". With a *snap* I arrived at a train station in dow... |
. | [WP] You're offered the chance to stop the death of your Mother's first true love, and avoid ever getting with your abusive Father. But, of course, the consequences for this are you not existing. | "Look at them," says the seer, and I open my eyes.
Mother's hair shines in the moonlight; it ripples like silk as she laughs. Her toes look pale next to the young man's. Together they draw ripples in the water. He tucks a lock of hair behind her ear, leans in and kisses her cheek.
I blush a little at the intimacy. ... | It was hard to figure out what I wanted for my third wish. Looking around aimlessly grasping for any site of inspiration, I ran my hands done my face. My scars felt like brale on my skin. "Take me back to September 13th, 1972, that is what I'm asking for my final wish". With a *snap* I arrived at a train station in dow... |
. | [WP] You're offered the chance to stop the death of your Mother's first true love, and avoid ever getting with your abusive Father. But, of course, the consequences for this are you not existing. | At the funeral, a little girl I'd never seen before grabbed my hand in the line and said, "How come you ain't cryin'?"
No one else looked or flinched or did anything, so I suppose they couldn't hear. I wanted - very much - to be angry at the implication. To squeeze her little hand harder than any adult should. But she... | It was hard to figure out what I wanted for my third wish. Looking around aimlessly grasping for any site of inspiration, I ran my hands done my face. My scars felt like brale on my skin. "Take me back to September 13th, 1972, that is what I'm asking for my final wish". With a *snap* I arrived at a train station in dow... |
. | [WP] You're offered the chance to stop the death of your Mother's first true love, and avoid ever getting with your abusive Father. But, of course, the consequences for this are you not existing. | At the funeral, a little girl I'd never seen before grabbed my hand in the line and said, "How come you ain't cryin'?"
No one else looked or flinched or did anything, so I suppose they couldn't hear. I wanted - very much - to be angry at the implication. To squeeze her little hand harder than any adult should. But she... | "Look at them," says the seer, and I open my eyes.
Mother's hair shines in the moonlight; it ripples like silk as she laughs. Her toes look pale next to the young man's. Together they draw ripples in the water. He tucks a lock of hair behind her ear, leans in and kisses her cheek.
I blush a little at the intimacy. ... |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | He had a black clothes on. Black like death. If death was even black. The sun was starting to rise as he took brisk steps closer to the bridge that would be his end.
His thoughts wandered. If death wasn't black maybe it was the soft orange color the sun had in the early morning. Maybe was it the color of the blue sky... | The grou looked a long way down to Jim. That was good. There’d be no chance of surviving, which honestly sounded worse than living. Living was an empty existence devoid of even the most miniscule pleasure. There would be good days, sure, but they were just punctuations in an otherwise dreary, unending summer of glum. S... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The air always seemed so much colder before the break of dawn, and the night sky just so dark. The cool icy feeling of the rails felt as if it pulled the heat from those that touched it. The fog rested along the banks so far below and the height was disorienting. The river below splashed occasionally against rocks and ... | The fog flowed beneath the bridge, blocking out the water below. Maybe it was better that way thought Jake, the height could easily scare someone away from jumping. The morning rush was over and everyone in the city had settled into their desks to do work. This left the bridge empty. Jake swallowed, his spit having a s... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | A man in a dark overcoat was staring off the bridge into the dark icy river, when he heard someone coming his way. He did not react other than looking at the man approaching.
“Hey, I’m George”, said the stranger.
“Hi, Tim.”
George stood next to Tim, attempting to shake his hand, but his initiative was met with pa... | The world had not been kind to either of them. That was easy to tell. The eyes told it all. It was the way they never seemed to focus on anything. The thousand yard stare normally seen in war vets. They had both reached the end of their wits. No words were exchanged. No words were needed. The eyes told it all. Their ey... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The second car came to a stop on the side of the bridge. A man in a slightly creased brown suit stepped out of the vehicle. His hair was slightly too long and fell over his ears, and he probably could have shaved that morning but decided against it. The top button of his shirt was undone, and his shoes were scuffed. De... | The world had not been kind to either of them. That was easy to tell. The eyes told it all. It was the way they never seemed to focus on anything. The thousand yard stare normally seen in war vets. They had both reached the end of their wits. No words were exchanged. No words were needed. The eyes told it all. Their ey... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The early morning light slowly filtered through the clouds, illuminating the bridge below. The light hit both their faces, creating an eerie, surreal glow. They both stared at the distant water below.
She hovered her foot over the edge, trying to loosen her grip, trying to will herself down. He sat on the ledge near ... | The world had not been kind to either of them. That was easy to tell. The eyes told it all. It was the way they never seemed to focus on anything. The thousand yard stare normally seen in war vets. They had both reached the end of their wits. No words were exchanged. No words were needed. The eyes told it all. Their ey... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | A man in a dark overcoat was staring off the bridge into the dark icy river, when he heard someone coming his way. He did not react other than looking at the man approaching.
“Hey, I’m George”, said the stranger.
“Hi, Tim.”
George stood next to Tim, attempting to shake his hand, but his initiative was met with pa... | They say that this bridge is a common place for people to end their lives. It's tall, somewhat secluded and easy enough to get to the edge. It has earned the name "Loner's Leap" in the surrounding towns because of its infamy. I wish I had a choice, but I have been wondering for years why I'm still going. One piss job a... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The early morning light slowly filtered through the clouds, illuminating the bridge below. The light hit both their faces, creating an eerie, surreal glow. They both stared at the distant water below.
She hovered her foot over the edge, trying to loosen her grip, trying to will herself down. He sat on the ledge near ... | They say that this bridge is a common place for people to end their lives. It's tall, somewhat secluded and easy enough to get to the edge. It has earned the name "Loner's Leap" in the surrounding towns because of its infamy. I wish I had a choice, but I have been wondering for years why I'm still going. One piss job a... | |
[WP] Two depressed, suicidal people meet at the same bridge they plan to jump from. One begins to convince the other not to do it. | The early morning light slowly filtered through the clouds, illuminating the bridge below. The light hit both their faces, creating an eerie, surreal glow. They both stared at the distant water below.
She hovered her foot over the edge, trying to loosen her grip, trying to will herself down. He sat on the ledge near ... | The second car came to a stop on the side of the bridge. A man in a slightly creased brown suit stepped out of the vehicle. His hair was slightly too long and fell over his ears, and he probably could have shaved that morning but decided against it. The top button of his shirt was undone, and his shoes were scuffed. De... | |
[WP] You did the right thing, but you took it way too far. | Sam looked at his friend, bleeding onto the pavement.
"Why did you shoot me, you bastard?" Tony cried, as he lay there, looking at the sky.
Sam did nothing but stare for a while. Finally he answered. "You see," he said, with a pause which Tony did not appreciate in the slightest, "I needed someone to die so that ... | A man walks into a police station with a backpack dangling from one loose fist. He's clean-shaven and his eyes are clear. There are no overt signs of intoxication or insanity. He smiles gently to the officer behind the counter.
"I need to report a rape," he says, placing his free hand, palm-down, on the countertop.... | |
[WP] You did the right thing, but you took it way too far. | Sam looked at his friend, bleeding onto the pavement.
"Why did you shoot me, you bastard?" Tony cried, as he lay there, looking at the sky.
Sam did nothing but stare for a while. Finally he answered. "You see," he said, with a pause which Tony did not appreciate in the slightest, "I needed someone to die so that ... | Once, when I was much younger and much much stupider, I gave a crying stranger a copy of my car key because they told me they locked their keys in their car and we had the same keys.
Needless to say, my car got stolen.
Not my smartest moment. | |
[WP] You're a flight crew on a plane and you think one of the passengers might be turning into a zombie. | "Something's wrong with 49C," Cindy said.
I was tossing trays of frozen meals into ovens. "What's up?"
Cindy twirled a finger in her hair. "He's gone all pale and shaky. The woman in 49A asked if he needed any medication and he said he doesn't. The woman in 49A says he keeps scratching his arm, and that where he's sc... | It's the fifth time he's been called in the last half an hour. He sighs, navigates his way down the narrow aisles, forces himself to put on a big smile, stops at seat 42A, and leans towards the woman sitting next to the window next to two empty seats.
"How may I help you ma'am?" He asks, voice emptily overenthusiasti... | |
[WP] You're a flight crew on a plane and you think one of the passengers might be turning into a zombie. | "Jesse, we've been getting multiple complaints about a man in seat 13A. Mind checking that out for me?"
Jesse sighed, fiddling nervously with her perfectly kempt bun of auburn air. "That's not the creepy old dude, is it?"
Her Captain shrugged his shoulders, fixing her with a poorly feigned look of sympathy. The sor... | It's the fifth time he's been called in the last half an hour. He sighs, navigates his way down the narrow aisles, forces himself to put on a big smile, stops at seat 42A, and leans towards the woman sitting next to the window next to two empty seats.
"How may I help you ma'am?" He asks, voice emptily overenthusiasti... | |
[WP] In WWII: After saving a fugitive who turns out to be a witch, she blesses you with an odd protection spell. Now, any projectile, explosive, blade, or blunt instrument about to strike you changes into cheesecake instead. | My men were starving, surrounded in Bastogne, freezing to death. We were down to our last clips of ammunition. The situation was dire. A mere three hundred yards across a frozen wasteland, the Krauts lay in wait for us, MG42s and K98Ks at the ready, covered and concealed with a forest. "Top, I'm st-tarving," Private Mc... | "And that's the story of how your Pappy survived the big, scary war," said the old man, tucking his grandchildren into bed.
"We can't go to bed now, Pappy! What if the witch comes, and gets us!"
"She wouldn't want to hurt not one of the hairs on y'all's heads. She'll protect y'all, like she protected y'all's Pappy, ... | |
[WP] In WWII: After saving a fugitive who turns out to be a witch, she blesses you with an odd protection spell. Now, any projectile, explosive, blade, or blunt instrument about to strike you changes into cheesecake instead. | My men were starving, surrounded in Bastogne, freezing to death. We were down to our last clips of ammunition. The situation was dire. A mere three hundred yards across a frozen wasteland, the Krauts lay in wait for us, MG42s and K98Ks at the ready, covered and concealed with a forest. "Top, I'm st-tarving," Private Mc... | Let me start this off by saying I FUCKING HATE CHEESECAKE. Absolutely despise it.
That damn woman knows it too. It's probably why she used that protection spell, thought it would be funny or something.
I suppose I'm getting ahead of myself. All of this started for two reasons. WWII, and Tamara fucking Drasin. Why Tam... | |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | I remember the first time I was aware of it.
I was five, and the neighbours' kid was rushing towards me on his bike. I hated him ever since. He was about to crash right into me, when time froze. I remember feeling petrified, but not as much as you would expect. Perhaps knowing what was about to transpire mitigated the... | It starts off with this sudden fear, a pit in the stomach, a sort of sixth sense alerting me that something is wrong. As soon as I overcome the initial flight or fight instinct, I perceive the sudden dimming of my surroundings. Which is generally the time I also notice that everyone and everything around me is frozen. ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | I don't like this gift, as you might expect me to. I know, you probably think it's handy. It keeps me alive, day in, day out.
It's a living hell.
Today, I roll over in the bed in the basement of my parent's house, where I still live at twenty-eight years of age.
The house is empty, silent as a grave. They both went ... | It starts off with this sudden fear, a pit in the stomach, a sort of sixth sense alerting me that something is wrong. As soon as I overcome the initial flight or fight instinct, I perceive the sudden dimming of my surroundings. Which is generally the time I also notice that everyone and everything around me is frozen. ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | This… This happens more than you would think. I’m just minding my own business, walking along; then BAM! I keep moving but the world around me comes to a screeching halt. Scratch that, there’s not even a screech. More like an unnoticeable halt. Yep, that’s right, I keep moving and the world stops turning. There’s one c... | It starts off with this sudden fear, a pit in the stomach, a sort of sixth sense alerting me that something is wrong. As soon as I overcome the initial flight or fight instinct, I perceive the sudden dimming of my surroundings. Which is generally the time I also notice that everyone and everything around me is frozen. ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | It starts off with this sudden fear, a pit in the stomach, a sort of sixth sense alerting me that something is wrong. As soon as I overcome the initial flight or fight instinct, I perceive the sudden dimming of my surroundings. Which is generally the time I also notice that everyone and everything around me is frozen. ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | This… This happens more than you would think. I’m just minding my own business, walking along; then BAM! I keep moving but the world around me comes to a screeching halt. Scratch that, there’s not even a screech. More like an unnoticeable halt. Yep, that’s right, I keep moving and the world stops turning. There’s one c... | "Incoming!" he shouted!
I knew this feeling all too well. The shriek of a fellow soldiers voice, the whistle of an arcing round fired undoubtedly from an enemy mortar, and the drop in my stomach as the world around me froze. For the duration of this god forsaken war I have become what some, as if anyone would believe ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | This… This happens more than you would think. I’m just minding my own business, walking along; then BAM! I keep moving but the world around me comes to a screeching halt. Scratch that, there’s not even a screech. More like an unnoticeable halt. Yep, that’s right, I keep moving and the world stops turning. There’s one c... | The first time everything stopped, I was crossing the street. Some drunk jerk ran a red light and it all went quiet. I've had my fair share of potentially deadly experiences, but this time I got another chance. I figured it out pretty quickly and everything resumed as soon as I got off the road.
At first, I thought I ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | I don't like this gift, as you might expect me to. I know, you probably think it's handy. It keeps me alive, day in, day out.
It's a living hell.
Today, I roll over in the bed in the basement of my parent's house, where I still live at twenty-eight years of age.
The house is empty, silent as a grave. They both went ... | I remember the first time I was aware of it.
I was five, and the neighbours' kid was rushing towards me on his bike. I hated him ever since. He was about to crash right into me, when time froze. I remember feeling petrified, but not as much as you would expect. Perhaps knowing what was about to transpire mitigated the... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | This… This happens more than you would think. I’m just minding my own business, walking along; then BAM! I keep moving but the world around me comes to a screeching halt. Scratch that, there’s not even a screech. More like an unnoticeable halt. Yep, that’s right, I keep moving and the world stops turning. There’s one c... | I remember the first time I was aware of it.
I was five, and the neighbours' kid was rushing towards me on his bike. I hated him ever since. He was about to crash right into me, when time froze. I remember feeling petrified, but not as much as you would expect. Perhaps knowing what was about to transpire mitigated the... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | I remember the first time I was aware of it.
I was five, and the neighbours' kid was rushing towards me on his bike. I hated him ever since. He was about to crash right into me, when time froze. I remember feeling petrified, but not as much as you would expect. Perhaps knowing what was about to transpire mitigated the... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | I don't like this gift, as you might expect me to. I know, you probably think it's handy. It keeps me alive, day in, day out.
It's a living hell.
Today, I roll over in the bed in the basement of my parent's house, where I still live at twenty-eight years of age.
The house is empty, silent as a grave. They both went ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | Thing about safeguards is you get used to them. Like leaning over a ledge with a handrail when you'd never go that far without it. I don't really remember the first time I almost died. My parents swore that I was a miracle baby though. Evading any number of close calls and mishaps as I scooted about until I learned to ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | His life was falling apart, but he didn't care.
No girlfriend, out of a job, and slowly selling off his possessions to afford more cereal. Could it get worse?
If only they knew how much they all owed him. They should have been dead, all the people causing problems in his life.
His boss, his girlfriend, a couple of... | It has happened your entire life. You first noticed the time stops while riding your bike at 13. Trying to impress the cute girl in school you had tried riding down the locally imfamous "suicide hill" which crossed over a fairly busy road at the end. You noticed the semi truck to late and before you knew what happened ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened I was just little kid riding my bike. My mom wasn't paying attention to me. She was too deep in her gossip with our neighbor to notice me peddling toward the street. Honestly, I didn't even notice at first. But I was six and day dreaming about how I was a race car. I felt the bump of hitting ... | It has happened your entire life. You first noticed the time stops while riding your bike at 13. Trying to impress the cute girl in school you had tried riding down the locally imfamous "suicide hill" which crossed over a fairly busy road at the end. You noticed the semi truck to late and before you knew what happened ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | Hmm.
&nbsp;
Okay, so there's danger nearby.
&nbsp;
Bollocks, I was really wanting to hear the end of that story. Now mother just looks like a special needs child with her jaw wide open.
&nbsp;
Well, lets figure out what it is this time. A quick scan of the cafe and no one here seems threatening. It's... | It has happened your entire life. You first noticed the time stops while riding your bike at 13. Trying to impress the cute girl in school you had tried riding down the locally imfamous "suicide hill" which crossed over a fairly busy road at the end. You noticed the semi truck to late and before you knew what happened ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | It has happened your entire life. You first noticed the time stops while riding your bike at 13. Trying to impress the cute girl in school you had tried riding down the locally imfamous "suicide hill" which crossed over a fairly busy road at the end. You noticed the semi truck to late and before you knew what happened ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The world shuddered to a stop with an almost imperceptible jerk. The rain, which had moments ago been tapping a wild staccato on the windshield, stopped - the droplets hanging patiently in the air.
Amy let out a low curse. Even after twenty-seven years of this it didn’t mitigate the initial jolt of surprise. It happe... | It has happened your entire life. You first noticed the time stops while riding your bike at 13. Trying to impress the cute girl in school you had tried riding down the locally imfamous "suicide hill" which crossed over a fairly busy road at the end. You noticed the semi truck to late and before you knew what happened ... |
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Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | His life was falling apart, but he didn't care.
No girlfriend, out of a job, and slowly selling off his possessions to afford more cereal. Could it get worse?
If only they knew how much they all owed him. They should have been dead, all the people causing problems in his life.
His boss, his girlfriend, a couple of... |
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | The first time it happened I was just little kid riding my bike. My mom wasn't paying attention to me. She was too deep in her gossip with our neighbor to notice me peddling toward the street. Honestly, I didn't even notice at first. But I was six and day dreaming about how I was a race car. I felt the bump of hitting ... |
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The world shuddered to a stop with an almost imperceptible jerk. The rain, which had moments ago been tapping a wild staccato on the windshield, stopped - the droplets hanging patiently in the air.
Amy let out a low curse. Even after twenty-seven years of this it didn’t mitigate the initial jolt of surprise. It happe... | The first time it happened I was just little kid riding my bike. My mom wasn't paying attention to me. She was too deep in her gossip with our neighbor to notice me peddling toward the street. Honestly, I didn't even notice at first. But I was six and day dreaming about how I was a race car. I felt the bump of hitting ... |
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The first time it happened, that I can remember, I was 7 or 8, I think. Went running out into the street after a ball, and everyone stopped for me. It kind of stuck me as odd, that all the cars on the street stopped so suddenly, and that my ball stopped rolling too, but I didn't really think of it at the time. Got my b... | Hmm.
&nbsp;
Okay, so there's danger nearby.
&nbsp;
Bollocks, I was really wanting to hear the end of that story. Now mother just looks like a special needs child with her jaw wide open.
&nbsp;
Well, lets figure out what it is this time. A quick scan of the cafe and no one here seems threatening. It's... |
I hope its not too vague, first writing prompt ^^ enjoy
Thank you all so much for the responses it's so much fun to read them :) | [WP] Time freezes for everyone around you each time your life is in danger, leaving only you able to move until you are no longer in danger. One day time freezes, but you can't figure out why, until.. | The world shuddered to a stop with an almost imperceptible jerk. The rain, which had moments ago been tapping a wild staccato on the windshield, stopped - the droplets hanging patiently in the air.
Amy let out a low curse. Even after twenty-seven years of this it didn’t mitigate the initial jolt of surprise. It happe... | Hmm.
&nbsp;
Okay, so there's danger nearby.
&nbsp;
Bollocks, I was really wanting to hear the end of that story. Now mother just looks like a special needs child with her jaw wide open.
&nbsp;
Well, lets figure out what it is this time. A quick scan of the cafe and no one here seems threatening. It's... |
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