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[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | "Is this some kind of joke?" You ask, barely making any effort to conceal your frustration. You know better than to go off on the first guy you stumble across in the afterlife, but this is growing remarkably tedious.
The man behind the desk doesn't even meet your gaze and seems quite irritated by the disturbance. "I d... | *I turn to the indicated page.*
*It's the same result.*
*I go back to where I'd held my finger between the pages and follow the other prompt to read what could have happened.*
*The same ending again.*
*I pick a random page, and follow the first option, reading for a few pages before looking over at the libraria... | |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | I had fun reading the book until I got to page 428.
I mean, my life was pretty great. I married Jodie, the love of my life. We had three beautiful children that I loved with all my heart. I got to meet my grandchildren, and even one great-grandbaby before I passed away at the ripe old age of 92.
But then I turned to ... | *I turn to the indicated page.*
*It's the same result.*
*I go back to where I'd held my finger between the pages and follow the other prompt to read what could have happened.*
*The same ending again.*
*I pick a random page, and follow the first option, reading for a few pages before looking over at the libraria... | |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | "Is this some kind of joke?" You ask, barely making any effort to conceal your frustration. You know better than to go off on the first guy you stumble across in the afterlife, but this is growing remarkably tedious.
The man behind the desk doesn't even meet your gaze and seems quite irritated by the disturbance. "I d... | "I know the page number you want. 14508."
I looked to God expectantly. He did, I suppose, know my heart. Gingerly, the pages flicked between my fingertips as I searched for the correct page. So many years had passed, wondering. Two marriages and two divorces, too. No children because I couldn't imagine myself having t... | |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | I had fun reading the book until I got to page 428.
I mean, my life was pretty great. I married Jodie, the love of my life. We had three beautiful children that I loved with all my heart. I got to meet my grandchildren, and even one great-grandbaby before I passed away at the ripe old age of 92.
But then I turned to ... | "I know the page number you want. 14508."
I looked to God expectantly. He did, I suppose, know my heart. Gingerly, the pages flicked between my fingertips as I searched for the correct page. So many years had passed, wondering. Two marriages and two divorces, too. No children because I couldn't imagine myself having t... | |
[WP] After you die, you're handed a book about your life. You open it, expecting a novel. Instead you get a "Choose your own adventure" book with all of the decisions you ever made, and every outcome they could have had. | I had fun reading the book until I got to page 428.
I mean, my life was pretty great. I married Jodie, the love of my life. We had three beautiful children that I loved with all my heart. I got to meet my grandchildren, and even one great-grandbaby before I passed away at the ripe old age of 92.
But then I turned to ... | **Please let me know what you think!**
The book looked oddly delicate for something so big. The plain, black covers were frayed and the pages within soft and thin, tearing away from the spine in some places. It looked like a book that had been shelved, and re-shelved often, loved and read over and over again.
My name... | |
[WP] There it is again. The nightmare. You've had it so many times, you have learned to wake yourself up before the killer even gets into the house. Except this time, you realize you cant wake up because you aren't asleep. | At first it was a vision, a random collection of ideas, a feeling that I woke up with. Reality flooded back to me leaving me with only pieces of a story. Although I'd like to believe that I brushed it off easily, it left a mark. It was kind of like the feeling of an aftertaste, except it was a stain on my composure. I ... | My mind is but a den of nightmares, a cursed, wretched thing that haunts me as I sleep.
They come the same, upon a night of rain and thunder. A kind of chilling unease that I am not alone, even in the lonely house within which I dwell.
First it strikes the lights, and sends me into the dark. The last thing I see is t... | |
[WP] There it is again. The nightmare. You've had it so many times, you have learned to wake yourself up before the killer even gets into the house. Except this time, you realize you cant wake up because you aren't asleep. | At first it was a vision, a random collection of ideas, a feeling that I woke up with. Reality flooded back to me leaving me with only pieces of a story. Although I'd like to believe that I brushed it off easily, it left a mark. It was kind of like the feeling of an aftertaste, except it was a stain on my composure. I ... | He is coming.
The flickering of a single fluorescent light in the hallway. The winds beat against the windows, howling murder. The owl calls. I counted four hoots, to a rhythm I have etched in my heart. Make no mistake: My killer is coming.
Sweat begins to bead on my forehead. I subconsciously draw my arms in toward ... | |
[WP] on 28jun2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travellers, then claimed no one showed up. After some of his possessions are donated to your museum, a lost video recording of the party is discovered. Everyone gathers around to watch. | Everyone gathered around the screen, eagerly anticipating what was to come. John, in particular, was very nervous. Having worked with Hawking in the last few years of his life, he had gotten close enough to the renowed scientist for him to confide secrets to him. And one of those secrets had been especially tantalizing... | "Why is this so important?" John said, rolling his eyes at their newest archivist.
"This is from the Hawking estate. He donated all his things except his money and house to the museum remember."
"Yeah, So?"
"Well, this tape is dated June 28th 2009."
"Yeah, his time-traveller party joke. No one showed up."
"Exactly... | |
[WP] You start recruiting various criminals into your employ to help defend the kingdom (seven deadly sins style). This effectively gives them a job, with cool coworkers, flexible schedule, and free meals! | “Lieutenant Commander Lynch –“
“Please, I left the Navy a long time ago,” he interrupted, the senator raised an eyebrow, “Mr will do fine,” the senator nodded and cleared his throat.
“Mr Lynch, would you be able to outline to us today this so called…” he took a second glance at the document, “Dirty work, program?”
“... | The seven strongest they said, this makes me so mad, everyone keep forgetting me, even the oldests forgotten me.
I am Ignorance, the forgotten sin, I deserve to fight among the strongest warriors, I don't care if they were criminals or not, I just want to feel adrenaline and fear again, a worthy enemy, someone who co... | |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | My first memories were of George. I reached a chubby hand out to pat his head, my mouth and fingers sticky with the lollipop my other hand grasped. He mewed in protest before leaning into the pat.
Suddenly, he howled as my three year old self lunged at him. My toddler arms were too much for the old boy as he struggled... | Momentary confusion, followed by a sudden flood of memories I hadn't known were lost. Many lifetimes that seemed to blend together. The more I watch, I realize it was one lifetime, repeated many times in a loop. Each loop ended with Rex nearly or actually dying before restarting. I had lived that one year with them ho... |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | As her silent purring has let out a constant rumble on my shoulders, I immediately knew who I stumbled upon.
"It's me! I know you remember me!" She said to me with a rather excited voice.
I let out a big "sigh" as I calmly told her:
"Goddammit Karen, did you leave the asylum again?" | Momentary confusion, followed by a sudden flood of memories I hadn't known were lost. Many lifetimes that seemed to blend together. The more I watch, I realize it was one lifetime, repeated many times in a loop. Each loop ended with Rex nearly or actually dying before restarting. I had lived that one year with them ho... |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | My first memories were of George. I reached a chubby hand out to pat his head, my mouth and fingers sticky with the lollipop my other hand grasped. He mewed in protest before leaning into the pat.
Suddenly, he howled as my three year old self lunged at him. My toddler arms were too much for the old boy as he struggled... | The sun sets over midsummer New York, it's orange hue peaking through the tips of the towers over the other side of central park. The lake you've felt drawn to your whole life for some reason, three paces in front of you, as it does most nights you feel alone. You hear the quick pitter patter of brisk footsteps. They t... |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | As her silent purring has let out a constant rumble on my shoulders, I immediately knew who I stumbled upon.
"It's me! I know you remember me!" She said to me with a rather excited voice.
I let out a big "sigh" as I calmly told her:
"Goddammit Karen, did you leave the asylum again?" | The sun sets over midsummer New York, it's orange hue peaking through the tips of the towers over the other side of central park. The lake you've felt drawn to your whole life for some reason, three paces in front of you, as it does most nights you feel alone. You hear the quick pitter patter of brisk footsteps. They t... |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | As her silent purring has let out a constant rumble on my shoulders, I immediately knew who I stumbled upon.
"It's me! I know you remember me!" She said to me with a rather excited voice.
I let out a big "sigh" as I calmly told her:
"Goddammit Karen, did you leave the asylum again?" | Like any other day, no one expects to come home with a pet.
I was never one for them but raising a family changed that one day; my wife and daughter came home with this little ball of fur, you could liken it to a dandelion that could be blown away with the faintest of breezes.
We decided to name him Sebastian; our da... |
Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/8xtrx0/woman_visits_an_animal_shelter_and_its_surprised/e25owb0?utm_source=reddit-android) | [WP] "It's me!" Someone jumps into your arms wrapping their arms around your neck with a purr. "I know you from another lifetime... I found you in this lifetime." | As her silent purring has let out a constant rumble on my shoulders, I immediately knew who I stumbled upon.
"It's me! I know you remember me!" She said to me with a rather excited voice.
I let out a big "sigh" as I calmly told her:
"Goddammit Karen, did you leave the asylum again?" | Even the park bench is cold. The lake, reflecting the pale grey light of the sky, looks like mercury, and the grass is silvery with a coat of tiny gray baubles of dew. The trees are knobbly skeletons forming a silhouette against the sunlight. And he is sitting alone on a cold park bench. There is no one on the path tha... |
[WP] "Millennials are killing the superhero industry!" | "Millennials are killing the superhero industry!" was printed in big, bold letters on the Sunday paper. With a sigh, Jerry pulled his eyes away from the headline and gutted the paper for the Sunday funnies. He flicked the television on and kicked up his old suede recliner and decided to see what the daily junior jumble... | God, these damn millennials with their "Instachat" and "Snapgram", and their stupid Selphies. I hate it! They are ruining the superhero industry, and should just get off my damn lawn. The capes nowadays don't have any flair, and pizzazz. Back in my day we had the fanciest capes around, with the coolest powers, and we d... | |
[WP] "Millennials are killing the superhero industry!" | I plopped down onto the couch and turned on the TV, flipping through the channels ( who still used cable?) until I found a news station.
*In local news, today marks the 57th birthday of Kelowna's resident superstar Prime, Impetus! A parade is being held downtown, where the blue bullet himself will be there! Bring you... | God, these damn millennials with their "Instachat" and "Snapgram", and their stupid Selphies. I hate it! They are ruining the superhero industry, and should just get off my damn lawn. The capes nowadays don't have any flair, and pizzazz. Back in my day we had the fanciest capes around, with the coolest powers, and we d... | |
**Edit**: It's been so excellent to see great writing for this funny idea I had just a couple days ago. Never participated in WP before, I definitely will be doing so more. Thanks for making something beautiful out of my silly thoughts. | [WP] A man accidentally runs over a bunny on his way to work. Unbeknownst to him, it was the rabbit king. Now the whole of the rabbit kingdom wants a slow and deliberate revenge... | *Ugh, please go away.* Outside my first floor office was a rabbit, munching on some ambiguous plant growing through the cracks in the pavement. It was like his large sad eyes were staring directly into my soul. I opened the window. "Look, I'm sorry I hit your friend, but you have to go away! I didn't mean to, he ran ri... | They began appearing everywhere Zack went. He saw them first in the periphery of his vision, like shadows in his imagination, small ears poking out from behind rocks and bushes, in the corners of his windows at home, behind the potted plants on his porch.
Over time they became more bold, even brazen, standing on thei... |
Yes, I made a stupid grammatical mistake in the title. Should be "You're" | [WP] Your best friend suddenly loses his/her memory. Your now the only person he/she trusts | “So, who was I!?”
I try to decipher this whole situation. A joke? A prank of some sort? Surely that was the explanation.
“Listen, Harlan, you were my partner. Are my partner. Remember all those projects!?”
He sniffles. I’m starting to think this isn’t just a stupid joke anymore.
“I don’t, know. I just woke up...her... | "Rita," I said impatiently over the phone. "Mike is really your husband."
"I don't know, Richard. I am so scared. I don't know anything anymore."
"I get it. Listen, if you are so scared you don't have to do it. I am sure Michael will understand. You want me to talk to him for you?"
"I don't know, Rich. Will you?"
"... |
[WP] Everyone dies by what they fear most. Yet death is unsure about you. Your greatest fear is staying alive. | “Do it.”
My words are cold and level as I stare down the barrel of the mugger’s Glock 17. She looks almost startled at my composure, breath producing turbulent clouds in the evening air. Her hands almost seem to shake.
“Are you a goddamn coward,” I snarl, stepping forward, “or just stupid?” Hands in my hoodie’s poc... | Death: Jack... We've been playing **hangman** for the past 3 years. I think its time that we change what game we decide to play. How about Checkers or Crokinole? Those could be fun.
Jack: I'm sorry death. But, how can you keep saying that we should be playing different games when I'M TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU. I'V... | |
[WP] Everyone dies by what they fear most. Yet death is unsure about you. Your greatest fear is staying alive. | “Do it.”
My words are cold and level as I stare down the barrel of the mugger’s Glock 17. She looks almost startled at my composure, breath producing turbulent clouds in the evening air. Her hands almost seem to shake.
“Are you a goddamn coward,” I snarl, stepping forward, “or just stupid?” Hands in my hoodie’s poc... | I crave being on the edge.
The mixture of pain and pleasure provides blurred lines. There is no telling when I’d live, when I’d die, and soon the pain became too much, too soon. I wished for death, I wished to be dragged into the depths, by the bony hand of the Grim Reaper. I tried, and I tried. I stabbed myself with ... | |
[WP] In the middle of the night, you hear indistinguishable whispers. As you get up to investigate, you say that there's a thief in your house. But the thief comes up behind you and says, "That ain't me, dude..." | Brandon stumbled back and nearly knocked into his coffee table. "Holy shi-"
"Shush!" The man dressed in black whispered angrily, covering his mouth. "Shut the fuck up, dude!"
Brandon pushed the man's hand away, scowling at him angrily. "What the fuck are you doing in my house?" He muttered at the intruder.
"I WAS g... | It's rarely on purpose I sit awake at three in the morning staring at the darkness, but it's also rare someone is in my house whispering. Normally I'm a pretty heavy sleeper so it's that much more surprising the whispers woke me up. I sigh and mumble to myself, "Never actually thought I'd get to hit a thief with a bat,... | |
[WP] When you kill someone, it is believed you get their best trait. In reality, you get the trait they think is their best | Judy was absolutely amazing...or so she claimed.
Her arrogance was nothing short of infuriating. I despised how she looked down upon others,
The way she treated others simply because she was smarter.
That's why I did it.
And I regret it so, so much.
As it turns out, you don't get what you like the most about them;... | Charlotte wiped her forehead and entered the bathroom, leaving her water bottle on the bench outside. He glanced around: the hard gusts of wind and rain left the trail empty, save for the most devoted fitness freaks… and him. He twisted her bottle open and poured the little vial into it, careful not to get any on his h... | |
[WP] When you kill someone, it is believed you get their best trait. In reality, you get the trait they think is their best | Judy was absolutely amazing...or so she claimed.
Her arrogance was nothing short of infuriating. I despised how she looked down upon others,
The way she treated others simply because she was smarter.
That's why I did it.
And I regret it so, so much.
As it turns out, you don't get what you like the most about them;... | The world changed when you could inherit traits. They day I learned I had spent with my mates. I moved on thinking that nothing would happen. The world would stay the same, not descend into madness.
Oh how wrong we were when later that day, when the criminals came out to play. I was in my room when the door was knocke... | |
[WP] In a world with superheroes the greatest villain of all time has placed you under his protection. Being a person of no consequence, and with no powers, you can only wonder why. | "So, I'm now under your protection. You'll make sure no harem comes to me?"
"Yep."
"And I get to live in your fortress of evil. Rent free and meals included."
"Yep."
"And according to this contract I get a monthly allowance in addition to a separate dress and jewelry allowance?"
"Yep."
"But I can't leave t... | Barry jolted awake, looking around panicked. He saw a man sitting nearby in a wheelchair. "Wh-where am I?"
The man responded calmly, seeming fairly at ease. "Calm down, Mr. Alan. You are in Star Labs, and you have just survived a blast of lightning."
Barry blinked and shook his head. He could have sworn that he just sa... | |
[WP] In a world with superheroes the greatest villain of all time has placed you under his protection. Being a person of no consequence, and with no powers, you can only wonder why. | "Hm." I nonchalantly survey my surroundings.
For a notorious supervillain skeletal monster...thing..., the Lich certainly keeps a very tidy home. The coloring is a bit drab, sure, but there's definitely an intentional pairing of browns, blacks, and beiges, making it calming... in a macabre way? There's the bed that ... | "Vanessa! I told you NOT to touch ANYTHING!" a nasally voice yelled from within the elaborate rooftop laboratory.
"Ugh! It's so boring here!" Vanessa replied, frustrated, as she passed by the TePartySimulator-inator, wondering just why she chose to spend her Sunday here. "Besides, I didn't even have anything to deliv... | |
[WP] In a world with superheroes the greatest villain of all time has placed you under his protection. Being a person of no consequence, and with no powers, you can only wonder why. | Every few millennia, or upon the death of a carrier, the power of Xondir chooses a new host. It is not inherently good or evil, but the selection process usually ensures it is used for the former. The power selects a person of strong resolve, immense courage and bravery, a strong will, and a clear conscience. It grants... | "Vanessa! I told you NOT to touch ANYTHING!" a nasally voice yelled from within the elaborate rooftop laboratory.
"Ugh! It's so boring here!" Vanessa replied, frustrated, as she passed by the TePartySimulator-inator, wondering just why she chose to spend her Sunday here. "Besides, I didn't even have anything to deliv... | |
[WP] You have been pregnant for little over three months. At your next scan, it becomes apparent that you are pregnant with 12 babies. Six months later you give birth to the now ‘modern’ Greek Gods. | "Aw dammit. I knew I shouldn't have had sex with that peacock."
Initially it seemed like an ordinary pregnancy, with a lot of kids. But no. One came from my head, one from my leg, and birthing 2 of them required me to be born on this small ass rock in the middle of the ocean.
But, damn, it was a sexy peacock. | The first time Sam saw Evelyn she was kneeling in her garden, with a half dozen kids scattered across the backyard. The garden took up the entirety of the backyard. Two acres leading from the back of the wooden house to the forest. A path on the right side of the house lead to the backyard. The dirt path turned to f... | |
[WP] If physics was replaced with Bethesda's engine | The sirens. I miss the sirens. They are less frequent now, if they happen at all. Hiding seems to be all people can do when the refuse took to the sky. Anything not nailed down could, at any time, chaotically take flight and spread like dust in the wind. Mass means nothing anymore, the world is being destroyed by its o... | Everything started off normally. The great rapture wasn’t all that bad. People still danced, sung and just enjoyed life. But one day when they hit four-hundred-eight hours into the event something horrifying happened.
The engine started to glitch. People at first didn’t know why it was happening. Why people morphed a... | |
[WP]]After death, you find yourself in a long queue waiting to jump into one of the two pits. Each had something written on its entry. one pit had the word 'Life' and the other pit had gibberish. To your surprise many were already jumping into the other pit. Now it's your turn to jump. | I knew my time had come as soon as I stepped up onto the podium. Death asked for no decisions as it swiftly plucks us from our bodies and whisks us to this underworld. But little did many people and major religions predict was that there's a part two. That's right. Christianity believed in two realms based on your worl... | I contemplate my decision.
Life? Or the unknown?
Well, naturally I’m terrified of the second pit. It’s just human nature to be afraid of the unknown. Maybe it’s just in some satanic language I can’t read? I attempt to read it again,
“Jan’jtan loghma’ahk [|}~<]>|%”
It doesn’t help that it’s in one of those unre... | |
[WP] Everyone thinks that rising temperatures is the greatest threat posed by climate change, but only you know the real danger. With the melting of the ice, old monsters rise out of their ancient hibernation... | We tried so hard to stop this. There were petitions to reduce carbon emissions, and to have harsher penalties on companies that weren't green enough. Now we were reaping what we sowed. A part of me felt we deserved, but there were so many innocent people who didn't deserve this. Our efforts weren't enough.
It all sta... | I remember now.
I was a researcher on such creatures. It was my job to figure out if these creatures were still capable of being brought back to existence. If possible, I would extract such an animal to take some of its DNA and clone it.
I didn't expect it to still be *alive*.
While the wind howled behind me, my... | |
[WP]"Did you honestly think humans couldn't learn magic?" | “Yes,” I answered truthfully.
She groaned. “Really? I feed you, give you a place to stay and this is the thanks I get?”
“Sorry, I’ve never seen a human who had magic before. I thought it had something to do with your species not having a tail.”
“A tail?” She balks. “Not all magic comes from under the sea, you racis... | "I mean, the eleves were the ones who made it.. "
"Just because yall' didnt want to share it with rest of the world, doesn't mean that Humans cant just start screaming out gibberish until someones house just lights on fire. We figured it out, BECAUSE you didn't tell us."
"Oh..are you gonna like destroy us all now?"
... | |
[WP] You wake up a human lie detector, and your ability tells you everything your best friend told you, including his name, is a lie. | "Joey, what's your real name?" I ask him.
"Huh?" he responds, grinning. "My real name? Joseph Patrick Mulgrew. You know that, Frankie."
"No I don't," I shoot back. "As a matter of fact, I *know* that's not your real name."
"Oh really? Well, that would be news to me, Frankie!" he laughs. "So, what do *you* think my n... | "Un-fucking-believeable Fredrick", I screamed into the phone. "How could you have lied to me about your name! *Harold*? Give me a break".
I was so mad I didn't realize the people staring at me in the underground subway. I turn around to avoid their gaze and continue.
"W-what do you mean man", he said, choking on his ... | |
[WP] "How is the E.A.R.T.H. project going?" "It is mostly a success with 68 of the 100 planet developing life, 12 of which are inhabited by intelligent races. Most of the planets are safe, but the planet S-3 is inhabited by a relatively advanced "peaceful" war-race." | Xandar was quietly daydreaming in his cabin. A rare moment of tranquility in the otherwise chaotic world of galactic bureaucraty. E.A.R.T.H. harvesting scout ships were not exactly luxury space cruisers, they were small, cramped, understaffed and the air always felt musky and humid. The pressure was slowly getting to ... | The untapped comms network was a whole bag of surprises. On one hand, I was surprised that an extraterrestrial line would be so easy to access, and that it would conveniently be in English. And on the other, who wouldn't be surprised to hear the creation of the whole cosmos, everything you knew, in such a tacit and mat... | |
[WP] "How is the E.A.R.T.H. project going?" "It is mostly a success with 68 of the 100 planet developing life, 12 of which are inhabited by intelligent races. Most of the planets are safe, but the planet S-3 is inhabited by a relatively advanced "peaceful" war-race." | E.A.R.T.H. truly was an ambitious project. An entire galaxy in a black hole; a black hole they had created. It was astounding what was capable of existing in so infinitesimally small a space. Truly, he barely understood it. He doubted that even those who had created it truly grasped what they had made, or how they had ... | God nodded in approval at his son. "You are doing well, Ecari. Just beware with that advanced war-race. They might seem peaceful right now, but I'd had to deal with those sort of species in the past. You blink once, a hundred years go by in their world and, before you know it, they conquered the cosmos."
Ecari huffed ... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | Ah great. Not this guy.
His face has been an annoyingly similar sight on the newspapers for a while with headlines of "Innocent man faces court once again for crimes committed by others", "Man escapes court yet again due to guilty conscious " and even the blunt "Court: The corruption and rife exposed!". At least this ... | And again six hands dropped back down onto the table. "But Jared" Larry whined, his walrus mustache quivering on his wide, glossy face, "They have him at the scene, with the weapon, and her blood all over him". I sat silently for a moment, imagining how easy it would be to simply stand, break a leg off my chair, and st... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | They had arrested his son instead. I couldn't believe it. He bought the exact same knife as I did, except he lost it, and the police though the knife I used to kill him was the knife the boy bought. They even had two eyewitnesses. A woman who saw the killing from an elevated train and an old man who heard the crime fro... | I looked on impassively, as I was trained to do all those years ago alongside Wayne. The program had trained us to blend in and control our emotions. To defeat their polygraph pseudoscience and stand up to intense interrogation techniques. But there was little to be done in the face of a criminal justice system and ... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I could get away with it, it was an open and shut case. The public defender was overworked, the prosecution baying for blood, and a little institutionalized racism and this kid will take the fall for me. It's perfect, he has the motive, the opportunity and all I need to do it vote guilty to wash my hands of this foreve... | A tiny droplet of sweat runs slowly down the back of my neck before making contact with my collar and disappearing off my nervous systems radar.
This is exhilarating.
I take a deep breath and try to calm my nerves before looking around the room again. Before me is a courtroom filled with exactly what you would expect... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I was happy to know that I could get out of the office for a few months, especially from the constant bullying from my Boss, I thought it about high time I took a break from my work. I had no clue who had been arrested for the murders I committed either, so I was eager to find out. Especially after almost being caught ... | A tiny droplet of sweat runs slowly down the back of my neck before making contact with my collar and disappearing off my nervous systems radar.
This is exhilarating.
I take a deep breath and try to calm my nerves before looking around the room again. Before me is a courtroom filled with exactly what you would expect... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | He thinks that man is me
He knew him at a glance!
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers.
The... | When kramer realises he is the juror of the crime he committed, he becomes quietly startled. He anxiously begins to slowely slide lower on his chair while leaning over running his hand thru his hair in anxiety.
Que the bass guitar.
Kramer storms thru jerry's door.
"Jerry! You're gonna have to help me! " He tells J... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I could get away with it, it was an open and shut case. The public defender was overworked, the prosecution baying for blood, and a little institutionalized racism and this kid will take the fall for me. It's perfect, he has the motive, the opportunity and all I need to do it vote guilty to wash my hands of this foreve... | When kramer realises he is the juror of the crime he committed, he becomes quietly startled. He anxiously begins to slowely slide lower on his chair while leaning over running his hand thru his hair in anxiety.
Que the bass guitar.
Kramer storms thru jerry's door.
"Jerry! You're gonna have to help me! " He tells J... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I was happy to know that I could get out of the office for a few months, especially from the constant bullying from my Boss, I thought it about high time I took a break from my work. I had no clue who had been arrested for the murders I committed either, so I was eager to find out. Especially after almost being caught ... | When kramer realises he is the juror of the crime he committed, he becomes quietly startled. He anxiously begins to slowely slide lower on his chair while leaning over running his hand thru his hair in anxiety.
Que the bass guitar.
Kramer storms thru jerry's door.
"Jerry! You're gonna have to help me! " He tells J... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | The trail to the trial began in the courthouse parking garage on the 4th level section E near the dimly lit spots designated for jurors. As jurors we knew it was expected of us to follow the trail to the trial and announce our verdict upon reaching the courtroom. All citizens know that when they have been selected for ... | When kramer realises he is the juror of the crime he committed, he becomes quietly startled. He anxiously begins to slowely slide lower on his chair while leaning over running his hand thru his hair in anxiety.
Que the bass guitar.
Kramer storms thru jerry's door.
"Jerry! You're gonna have to help me! " He tells J... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | She was the only one saying no. That bitch.
Hannah Smith. What a stupid name. We all had voted, we all had agreed that he was guilty, except her. Hannah freaking Smith. People were rolling their eyes at her and I know I was not the only one calling her a bitch inside of my head. John Something kept telling her he nee... | When kramer realises he is the juror of the crime he committed, he becomes quietly startled. He anxiously begins to slowely slide lower on his chair while leaning over running his hand thru his hair in anxiety.
Que the bass guitar.
Kramer storms thru jerry's door.
"Jerry! You're gonna have to help me! " He tells J... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | He thinks that man is me
He knew him at a glance!
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers.
The... | The corridor seemed to stretch on endlessly.
He’d never been appointed jury duty before, but he never would have guessed how anxious he would get as he walked toward the court room.
But maybe he was just having one of those days.
Along with 19 strangers, he walked to the court room’s upper stands, reserved for him a... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I could get away with it, it was an open and shut case. The public defender was overworked, the prosecution baying for blood, and a little institutionalized racism and this kid will take the fall for me. It's perfect, he has the motive, the opportunity and all I need to do it vote guilty to wash my hands of this foreve... | The corridor seemed to stretch on endlessly.
He’d never been appointed jury duty before, but he never would have guessed how anxious he would get as he walked toward the court room.
But maybe he was just having one of those days.
Along with 19 strangers, he walked to the court room’s upper stands, reserved for him a... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I was happy to know that I could get out of the office for a few months, especially from the constant bullying from my Boss, I thought it about high time I took a break from my work. I had no clue who had been arrested for the murders I committed either, so I was eager to find out. Especially after almost being caught ... | The corridor seemed to stretch on endlessly.
He’d never been appointed jury duty before, but he never would have guessed how anxious he would get as he walked toward the court room.
But maybe he was just having one of those days.
Along with 19 strangers, he walked to the court room’s upper stands, reserved for him a... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I was happy to know that I could get out of the office for a few months, especially from the constant bullying from my Boss, I thought it about high time I took a break from my work. I had no clue who had been arrested for the murders I committed either, so I was eager to find out. Especially after almost being caught ... | He thinks that man is me
He knew him at a glance!
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers.
The... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | The trail to the trial began in the courthouse parking garage on the 4th level section E near the dimly lit spots designated for jurors. As jurors we knew it was expected of us to follow the trail to the trial and announce our verdict upon reaching the courtroom. All citizens know that when they have been selected for ... | the first thing I did was break the 4th wall and fix the spelling.
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The next. I sat through voir dire while they asked me questions like 'do I know anyone from the Smith family in the town?' of course I didn't.
'what about the law firm of X and Y' . . . I assure you I couldn't be more indifferent, even i... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | She was the only one saying no. That bitch.
Hannah Smith. What a stupid name. We all had voted, we all had agreed that he was guilty, except her. Hannah freaking Smith. People were rolling their eyes at her and I know I was not the only one calling her a bitch inside of my head. John Something kept telling her he nee... | the first thing I did was break the 4th wall and fix the spelling.
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The next. I sat through voir dire while they asked me questions like 'do I know anyone from the Smith family in the town?' of course I didn't.
'what about the law firm of X and Y' . . . I assure you I couldn't be more indifferent, even i... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | She was the only one saying no. That bitch.
Hannah Smith. What a stupid name. We all had voted, we all had agreed that he was guilty, except her. Hannah freaking Smith. People were rolling their eyes at her and I know I was not the only one calling her a bitch inside of my head. John Something kept telling her he nee... | The trail to the trial began in the courthouse parking garage on the 4th level section E near the dimly lit spots designated for jurors. As jurors we knew it was expected of us to follow the trail to the trial and announce our verdict upon reaching the courtroom. All citizens know that when they have been selected for ... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | She was the only one saying no. That bitch.
Hannah Smith. What a stupid name. We all had voted, we all had agreed that he was guilty, except her. Hannah freaking Smith. People were rolling their eyes at her and I know I was not the only one calling her a bitch inside of my head. John Something kept telling her he nee... | When I opened the envelope, to my surprise, it was a Jury Summons. I took a second and closed my eyes. I knew this day was unavoidable – I just didn’t think I would have to deal with it this soon. I regret having the burden to serve my community. However, I live in a community where I do not get the pleasure of having ... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I walked into the courthouse to a flurry of lawyers, paralegals, reporters, and regular citizens scurrying about.
The case was one that had gathered national attention. The body of a girl who was missing for three weeks finally turned up. A single suspect had been apprehended and the governor wanted this case to be d... | When I opened the envelope, to my surprise, it was a Jury Summons. I took a second and closed my eyes. I knew this day was unavoidable – I just didn’t think I would have to deal with it this soon. I regret having the burden to serve my community. However, I live in a community where I do not get the pleasure of having ... | |
[WP] You commit a crime. Time passes and it seems like you have gotten away with it. One day you are called to jury duty and when you the trail starts, you realise that the trail is for the crime that you committed. | I walked into the courthouse to a flurry of lawyers, paralegals, reporters, and regular citizens scurrying about.
The case was one that had gathered national attention. The body of a girl who was missing for three weeks finally turned up. A single suspect had been apprehended and the governor wanted this case to be d... | (Kind of went a weird direction with the prompt when I was thinking about a trail for murderers.)
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I’ve done some things I’m not proud of in life, I’ll own up to that, made some bad choices, thought I had good enough reasons at the time, but I just kept digging my way deeper and deeper into the hole I w... | |
[WP] you were born with the ability to know what’s buried beneath your feet. You’ve worked with archeologists as your life’s work, but today is the day you say for the very first time. “We should not dig here.” | You step out of the Jeep and into the cool autumn air. Everything is wet, permeated with the earthy scent of peat. The clouds above threaten rain but don’t seem like they’ll follow through. As soon as your feet touch the ground, your ability kicks into action, revealing the low, round alto hum of rocks; the violin-like... | "What, why?"
"We shouldn't dig just yet. There's a very large ant nest directly underneath us, and the artifacts are below that."
"I don't see why we can't just dig our way through the ant nest. We've done it before."
"Yeah, before, but I just found this site that makes [ant nest sculptures](https://www.youtube.com/... | |
[WP] you were born with the ability to know what’s buried beneath your feet. You’ve worked with archeologists as your life’s work, but today is the day you say for the very first time. “We should not dig here.” | You step out of the Jeep and into the cool autumn air. Everything is wet, permeated with the earthy scent of peat. The clouds above threaten rain but don’t seem like they’ll follow through. As soon as your feet touch the ground, your ability kicks into action, revealing the low, round alto hum of rocks; the violin-like... | I stared at the ground beneath my feet, all I had to do was hold my breath. Once I did this, anything that wasn't sediment would be visible to me. I took a deep gulp of air, then waited. The ground seemed to part and a small brown dot rose up, as it rose I could make out that is was wooden, it looked old. Metal bands s... | |
[WP] you were born with the ability to know what’s buried beneath your feet. You’ve worked with archeologists as your life’s work, but today is the day you say for the very first time. “We should not dig here.” | I could always tell, even from my earliest memories.
When I was younger, I could only get the broadest sense of things. A rough feel of the shape, maybe a hint at the material. Much like a muscle, it developed as I exercised it. As time wore on, I became finely attuned to the world that lay beneath my feet. I could pi... | "I've been working with y'all for awhile now, so you know that I know my shit. I'm telling you, we should not dig here."
Lead archeologist: "We've been told that there are many unnamed and undiscovered artifacts right under our feet! You can't tell me that we should forego the knowledge we can soon ascertain!"
"Act... | |
[WP] you were born with the ability to know what’s buried beneath your feet. You’ve worked with archeologists as your life’s work, but today is the day you say for the very first time. “We should not dig here.” | They've tried to figure out how it works, exactly. I listened to each and every theory as it flew over my head, but all I can say is that everything trembles in its own way. Quartz is solid and steady, amethyst comes in short bursts, and gold vibrates with a soft, alluring tremor that makes it hard to resist. Oil is al... | "I've been working with y'all for awhile now, so you know that I know my shit. I'm telling you, we should not dig here."
Lead archeologist: "We've been told that there are many unnamed and undiscovered artifacts right under our feet! You can't tell me that we should forego the knowledge we can soon ascertain!"
"Act... | |
[WP] Instead of becoming emotional or violent, you become extremely diplomatic when drunk. You've just woken up with a hangover and two feuding families thanking you for everything you did the previous night. | It takes me a couple seconds to understand the pounding I'm hearing isn't only the hangover, and that whoever is going at my door intends to keep at it until I either wake up, or they break it.The waves of nausea are immediate, vicious, as I stumble to my feet, sight still blurry. I haven't gotten myself in such a stat... | I didn't remember anything last night, but apparently it had to do over who gets the last slice of pizza. Something happened, and two groups of my adopted family (who I am not sure were even invited) started arguing over who gets the last slice of pizza, and it almost turned to blood. It's the last I remembered before ... | |
[WP] "A bow that grants tactical skill, but leads you to love and then lose that love. A lance that grants great power, but leads you to die on the field of battle. And a sword that grants great leadership, but will kill you from a decision that you make. Which will you take?" | "This is a test, isn't it?"
The sage said nothing.
I pointed to the sword: "Sometimes the right decision requires you to make a sacrifice play. Sometimes the general needs to take the field. Using the sword to its full potential means putting your life on the line."
I pointed to the lance. "This one is the most o... | "Better to have loved and lost," I said, lifting the bow. "Or so I've been told."
"Indeed," said Bricklebranch, the gnome, already disappearing the other weapons. "Though I'll make sure to check how you feel after it's done."
"So the 'skill' it provides, how does that work?"
"Oh, it already has. You'll simply have... | |
[WP] "A bow that grants tactical skill, but leads you to love and then lose that love. A lance that grants great power, but leads you to die on the field of battle. And a sword that grants great leadership, but will kill you from a decision that you make. Which will you take?" | "The cursed treasures," I whispered.
"You must choose one or you will die on the way out," the sprite said.
I sighed.
I'd been on this quest for over two years. My entire team had perished for the cause over the journey of hundreds of miles, through rough terrain, past misleading robbers, petty thieves and horrific... | "Better to have loved and lost," I said, lifting the bow. "Or so I've been told."
"Indeed," said Bricklebranch, the gnome, already disappearing the other weapons. "Though I'll make sure to check how you feel after it's done."
"So the 'skill' it provides, how does that work?"
"Oh, it already has. You'll simply have... | |
[WP] "A bow that grants tactical skill, but leads you to love and then lose that love. A lance that grants great power, but leads you to die on the field of battle. And a sword that grants great leadership, but will kill you from a decision that you make. Which will you take?" | The priests gathered around the altar which had been covered in white cloth. I watched as one dipped an olive branch into goat’s blood only to flick it across the altar spattering its stain. The priests knew I had arrived. The head priest signaled for the others to kneel as I stepped through the doorway of stone pillar... | "Better to have loved and lost," I said, lifting the bow. "Or so I've been told."
"Indeed," said Bricklebranch, the gnome, already disappearing the other weapons. "Though I'll make sure to check how you feel after it's done."
"So the 'skill' it provides, how does that work?"
"Oh, it already has. You'll simply have... | |
[WP] "A bow that grants tactical skill, but leads you to love and then lose that love. A lance that grants great power, but leads you to die on the field of battle. And a sword that grants great leadership, but will kill you from a decision that you make. Which will you take?" | "This is a test, isn't it?"
The sage said nothing.
I pointed to the sword: "Sometimes the right decision requires you to make a sacrifice play. Sometimes the general needs to take the field. Using the sword to its full potential means putting your life on the line."
I pointed to the lance. "This one is the most o... | "Hi there. I'm looking to join the militia next weekend but I heard that they prefer it if you can provide your own weapon. For the past four years, I've trained with swords, lances, bows, flails, spears, halberds, maces, and more, so I'm fairly confident that I can handle anything you have for sale. What do you have o... | |
[WP] "A bow that grants tactical skill, but leads you to love and then lose that love. A lance that grants great power, but leads you to die on the field of battle. And a sword that grants great leadership, but will kill you from a decision that you make. Which will you take?" | "This is a test, isn't it?"
The sage said nothing.
I pointed to the sword: "Sometimes the right decision requires you to make a sacrifice play. Sometimes the general needs to take the field. Using the sword to its full potential means putting your life on the line."
I pointed to the lance. "This one is the most o... | “What do you know of me?”
“They call you The Lioness. The peerless vanguard of your people. When those around you step back in fear, you leap forward. When others stumble and tire, you fight on. When the way seems impossible, you find the path forward. I have heard what they say of you.”
“Then you know nothing of m... | |
[WP]: The principal of your daughter's school calls you. Your daughter has founded her own religion. Her followers are starting to get out of hand. | “I’m glad you could meet with me on such short notice, Mrs. Cooper” Vice Principal Swinton’s voice was soft and unassuming. Swinton was a woman who had taught for many years, and it showed. Years of breaking up schoolyard fights, defusing angry parents, and managing her underpaid staff had worn her down. Dark purple se... | I was slack-jawed.
Sugar, piled one foot high in a large ring, with rulers circling the exterior.
A two foot pile of flour, and worse yet, a small pile of yeast in the valley between the two.
And several bars of bakers chocolate rested atop their wrappers in a hexagon around it all.
A large and intricate design, dr... | |
[WP]: The principal of your daughter's school calls you. Your daughter has founded her own religion. Her followers are starting to get out of hand. | "Mr. Chat-Tully," he started, butchering my name. Everyone does. "We felt it was necessary to bring you in. I tried to handle this in-house, as it seemed like an innocent joke. But it's been a week, and it's just keeps growing. It started with a few kids drawing symbols on their arms, but now we're starting to worry."
... | The office has a few framed documents on the walls; there is a Masters of Education, followed by a certificate in Youth Mentorship and an Bachelor degree with fake gold trimming. Mrs. Joan Graham had graduated from OSU in 1985. The cross on her necklace showed she was pious. On the other hand, Ashley Carrol, the rumors... | |
[WP]: The principal of your daughter's school calls you. Your daughter has founded her own religion. Her followers are starting to get out of hand. | “I’m glad you could meet with me on such short notice, Mrs. Cooper” Vice Principal Swinton’s voice was soft and unassuming. Swinton was a woman who had taught for many years, and it showed. Years of breaking up schoolyard fights, defusing angry parents, and managing her underpaid staff had worn her down. Dark purple se... | The office has a few framed documents on the walls; there is a Masters of Education, followed by a certificate in Youth Mentorship and an Bachelor degree with fake gold trimming. Mrs. Joan Graham had graduated from OSU in 1985. The cross on her necklace showed she was pious. On the other hand, Ashley Carrol, the rumors... | |
[WP]: The principal of your daughter's school calls you. Your daughter has founded her own religion. Her followers are starting to get out of hand. | “I’m glad you could meet with me on such short notice, Mrs. Cooper” Vice Principal Swinton’s voice was soft and unassuming. Swinton was a woman who had taught for many years, and it showed. Years of breaking up schoolyard fights, defusing angry parents, and managing her underpaid staff had worn her down. Dark purple se... | "Mr. Chat-Tully," he started, butchering my name. Everyone does. "We felt it was necessary to bring you in. I tried to handle this in-house, as it seemed like an innocent joke. But it's been a week, and it's just keeps growing. It started with a few kids drawing symbols on their arms, but now we're starting to worry."
... | |
[WP] Write a short story about the nicest, humblest person in the world. Then make them the most fucked up person in the world in the last sentence. | One more, I must save one more , he exclaimed from his death bed. He’d spent his entire fortune saving lives and on his death bed 122 was not enough he wanted to save 123.
His assistant rushed in the room , there’s a child in Mississippi who can’t afford a heart procedure that...
Say no more pay it in full! Said the m... | [Morbid/Gruesome]
He always had a smile on his face.
He had invented the secret of immortality, and accepted the nobel prize for medicine at the cemmetary where his brother was buried.
He had always said that he didn't deserve the glory.
As he climbed to the stage, he said to the crowd:
"I want you all to know, I'... | |
[WP] Write a short story about the nicest, humblest person in the world. Then make them the most fucked up person in the world in the last sentence. | One more, I must save one more , he exclaimed from his death bed. He’d spent his entire fortune saving lives and on his death bed 122 was not enough he wanted to save 123.
His assistant rushed in the room , there’s a child in Mississippi who can’t afford a heart procedure that...
Say no more pay it in full! Said the m... | Johnny Demoise was probably the nicest person I have ever met. He woke up everyday and made me breakfast, as well as the whole neighborhood. He was the type of guy you always wanted to be around. He made you smile when you were sad, and was always completly understanding of your emotions. He was never overbearing about... | |
[WP] Humans have evolved and everyone has superpowers. Telepaths are hunted to near extinction by the government that wish to keep their dark secrets unknown. They have a telepath employed as a hunter, spotting other telepaths. You are a telepath and have to keep yourself hidden from him in a diner. | I'm busy tearing into my burger when I feel the all-too familiar presence of the hunter. God, I hate this idiot. I can't enjoy my food in peace at this point, so I'll just have to leave. What a shame, it was a pretty tasty burger.
I cautiously begin to look out the windows, and notice the telltale signs of government ... | The slightly aged waitress who thought she once really had a shot at being a pop star? Damned if she didn't suddenly find the motivation to give a command performance live from the counter next to the register.
The creepy middle-aged man with a handlebar mustache and more memories of pornography than he should have h... | |
[WP] You are a demigod and you attend a school with other demigods from various pantheons. You cannot let your class mates know who your divine parent is, it's way too embarrassing. | Everyone knew me as the as the dark haired kid who sulked in the corners with my hood drawn up. Everyone thought for certain I was a child of Hades, since I sure looked like one. Every kid of Hades was short after all, I mean, look at Napoleon Bonaparte. But really, it wasn't true. I was grateful for the misdirect, as ... | It started the first time I bailed Eric Aresson out of jail. Everyone was so surprise, which surprised me considering it was only twenty thousand dollars.
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Turns out most gods don't have that kind of cash these days. There just aren't enough neo-pagans to go around, and Zeus's child support bill is a thin... | |
[WP] You are a demigod and you attend a school with other demigods from various pantheons. You cannot let your class mates know who your divine parent is, it's way too embarrassing. | Everyone knew me as the as the dark haired kid who sulked in the corners with my hood drawn up. Everyone thought for certain I was a child of Hades, since I sure looked like one. Every kid of Hades was short after all, I mean, look at Napoleon Bonaparte. But really, it wasn't true. I was grateful for the misdirect, as ... | You'd think being Zeus' grandson would be cool. I mean wouldn't it? But you have to remember that Zeus had around 90 children, and most of those children had children. Considering that, being Zeus' actual son wasn't really anything special, so being his grandson? Even less so.
At my school, nobody cared if you wer... | |
[WP] Awakened in the middle of the night by a ferocious knocking sound, you decide to check the door to find nobody there. After searching for the source of the noise, you discover your reflection in a mirror desperately trying to get your attention. The reflection urges you to not answer the phone. | I groaned and rubbed my eyes as knocking invaded my dreams. A few strands of my bangs got tangled around my fingers and I made a face as I tried to detangle them. More knocking echoed in the small apartment as I struggled to wake up enough to untangle my fingers from the wild black and blue curls that were my hair and ... | What the fuck?
This is some bad trip. I'm not awake, I'm not really awake, please don't be awake.
Ah fuck, he's still there. I'm still there? No, that can't be me. Can't be me.
Can't be me. Is that the phone?
*don't listen*
That
must
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For example: A painting of New York hanging in London would teleport you to New York when stepping through it. Then when turning around and looking at the second painting (in New York), you'd see a painting of the place you just were at in London. | [WP] A world where artists create portals by making two realistic paintings of the places they want to connect. | I took a deep breath, taking in the wonderful scent of pine, the woody aroma cutting through the sharp coldness of early winter. I stood halfway up a mountain, looking out over a valley full of dark greens and browns, and whites. Taller mountains towered above me in the distance, and I spent some time admiring the be... | We really thought art phasing would bring about a new era for peace and prosperity, at first only few knew about the portals and it was used to do a great many good deeds. 1000 saved by mysterious portal in Atlanta, 20000 people evacuated in yemen, cat instantly appears in Owners house next to a beautiful portrait of a... |
[removed] | [WP] My dad just died. Can you write me some happy stories about fathers or anything happy. | “YEAH?! WELL, FORGET YOU TOO, YOU...YOU STUPID BUTTHEADS!”
Alistair harrumphed and stormed off, kicking pebbles off the playground lot as he went, feeling a sick sort of pleasure at having used the most devastating insult in his arsenal. He read the word ‘buttheads’ a few days ago in one of the library chapter books... | **Off-Topic Discussion**: All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.
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[removed] | [WP] My dad just died. Can you write me some happy stories about fathers or anything happy. | *Today is the day! The day of the play!*
“Emily! Time to wake up!”
As soon as I heard Mom's voice calling me, I sat up with uncontainable excitement. The day I'd been looking forward to for *WEEKS* was finally here! I swung my legs off my bed, planting them firmly on the floor.
*Time to get dressed!*
I grabbed some... | **Off-Topic Discussion**: All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.
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[removed] | [WP] My dad just died. Can you write me some happy stories about fathers or anything happy. | Bobby and George decided to be ranch hands one day. The didn't have any experience but the rancher decided to give them a try. He told them to first go up to the hay loft and throw down some hay while the horses were in the pasture. Bobby and George climbed up and up and up the rickety ladder to the hay loft. Just ... | **Off-Topic Discussion**: All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.
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[removed] | [WP] My dad just died. Can you write me some happy stories about fathers or anything happy. | “YEAH?! WELL, FORGET YOU TOO, YOU...YOU STUPID BUTTHEADS!”
Alistair harrumphed and stormed off, kicking pebbles off the playground lot as he went, feeling a sick sort of pleasure at having used the most devastating insult in his arsenal. He read the word ‘buttheads’ a few days ago in one of the library chapter books... | "Wanna hear a joke about a roof?!" Daaad enough with the bad jokes.. please I'm gonna die from the cringe." "That's okay it'd go over your head!" "Ahhhhhhhhg!!!!" "Get dunked on!" Ben called from the hallway "Ayyyyy" "Ayyyy!!" "Ben you too!?" "Know what tickles my funny bone?" "And the jacket oh god no please stop I ca... |
[WP] Humanity finally discovers FTL travel, but the first ship they send out abruptly gets pulled over by a galactic law enforcement officer for speeding. | "IN THE NAME OF OF THE STELLAR UNION, STOP."
The voice echoed throughout the ship, and Markus realized that he was directly facing what seemed like a starfish made of metal surrounded by massive ships of varying sizes coming and going. He opened his comm, and spoke.
"I am Markus Atkins, astronaut of the United States... | “What the hell is that flashing light? John, go check the the rear-view camera’s display.”
John walks to the back of the ship.
“Sir, the source seems to be a spherical red object. And sir-” John abruptly pauses. “It seems to be getting closer.”
John eagerly squints as he tracks the object zigzagging in the dark obl... | |
[WP] Humanity finally discovers FTL travel, but the first ship they send out abruptly gets pulled over by a galactic law enforcement officer for speeding. | "Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No but I know where I am." The human replied.
"Look at that John. We have ourselves a comedian." It said from 3 of its 9 tentacles.
"Fucking delinquent. Looks to be from some backwater part of the galaxy. Mars I'm guessing, Tim." John spat.
"No couldn't be Mars we executed th... | “Ummmmm... Houston, we have a problem”
“What? Readouts look good except you’ve turned off the FTL burners. Why have you stopped?”
“Yeah... about that... We - ”
“About What Captain?!”
“We have limited time, they’ve said we have the one phone call until tomorrow. We’re goin’ to be needing some legal aid.”
“Wha...... | |
[WP] You are a dog who loves his owner to no end. But when gangsters break in and kill him, you will stop at nothing to bring them hell. You are John Lick. | I am the best boy. That was what he said in the moments that my master left that shell of himself behind. This can not be forgiven. I knew my master was a very capable human, I smelled the blood of his prey on him many times. Unfortunately, I am just the best boy and I can not do what he did.
I wandered through th... | Did u heard about the guy who had his master killed? I heard he is just a kid and of smaller size too. Wonder what he is gonna do?
The husky asked St. Barnard.
U mean the one with long ears? St. Barnard asked.
Did u know his ancestors used to hunt those long beak freaks who could swim AND walk AND fly?? I pity the... | |
[WP] You have two wounds that resemble USB ports. You try and plug in a keyboard and mouse. | "Let me get this straight" my doctor said as he sanitised a pair of tweezers. "When you discovered the puncture wounds, your first instinct was to see if they'd interface with your computer peripherals?"
I winced in pain as he pulled out another frazzled bit of copper. "I'm telling you doc, they looked exactly like US... | The Razer gear prompted me to insert a disc to install extra features including key-binding and light modification. I went and fetched the disc, but was unsure about where to insert it. Mouth? Eyes? After fumbling around with the disc, by trial and error, I inserted it successfully into my left armpit. An installation ... | |
[WP] You are at the playground with your five year old son. Nearing sixty years yourself, you have to sit down on a bench and watch him play, as you catch your breath and contemplate. You love the kid, but with every passing day, it worries you more, that he hasn't aged for the last thirty years. | “Eric.”
“Eric!”
“ERIC!” Dan shouted. The young, blond boy finally turned around, bestowing on his father the gift of a young child’s undivided attention. “Watch yourself on the monkey bars, yeah? What did we talk about? Last time you got your knees all bloodied.” For a second, Eric’s whole face scrunched up. Dan was ... | "Nice day Billy isn't it" the man turned and aimed the question at the man next to him on the bench, who was too busy staring and chuckling at the sight of his young son trying to reach the monkey bars to acknowledge Henry at first. Eventually he gave a reply, "Yeah it is, perfect weather to bring the young ones down ... | |
[WP] Every time you sneezed, your parents said a god's name and bless you. Now, when in danger, all those blessings effects kick in | "Everone get down! On the ground! On the ground!" Three men in business suits and overcoats with hockey masks rush into the room, whipping assault rifles up from under their coats. Some of the people start screaming, including a very viking-looking body builder at the teller's desk. The first robber, a slightly shorter... | &#x200B;
I'm constantly sneezing and I don't understand why, could be an allergy. I left my house to get groceries. I was walking down the street to my tram stop when a masked man approaches me, he grabs my shoulder, and pulled me into an alley. I knew what he wanted. I said "*I don't have any money, just my tram ... | |
[WP] You were desperate and drank someone else's half-drunk soda you found in the fridge at work. You then see a company wide email that says "Whoever drank my soda, find me immediately, before it's too late." | Legs shaking, I rushed across the hospital campus back to the IT department. I’d been in the middle of resetting yet another doctor’s password when Carla’s email went out. He wasn’t pleased, but I promised to send someone else over right away. I would’ve rolled my eyes if I hadn’t been freaking out.
I felt nauseous as... | I sat in the room. Or was it a room? I couldn’t tell. Why was I in a suit? I can’t answer that either. And I’m in this mess because of what, a soda?
It was just a regular afternoon. Literally nothing interesting was happening. I was filling my company’s taxes, my coworkers were doing jackshit, probably jerking off or ... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | My watch reads 11:30. "It's only been 30 minutes?" I ask myself, incredulously, while pulling my sleeve down, back over its face. Usually, I have a good feeling for how much time has passed in *meetings*, like these. But this is ridiculous. Thirty minutes, bah,...feels closer to 3 hours. Complaining is only a slight re... | The humans have arrived at the international space summit. Kodo, did they bring the ones that do not fear the flames? Yes they did sir. The ones we call flamespren are known as firefighters. Bring them in quickly so we can honor them. As the firefighters enter the room, head of the space summit looks at kodo, WTF is th... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | "LET 'ER DOWN EASY!"
The human's voice echoes throughout the dropping bay. Five Arstreopods, tentacles waving nervously, tighten their grip upon the red motorised vehicle the Fighters of the Flame brought with them. The fore-pod clicks his beak, no doubt ashamed of his team's lack of care.
"No, no punishment," the ... | The humans have arrived at the international space summit. Kodo, did they bring the ones that do not fear the flames? Yes they did sir. The ones we call flamespren are known as firefighters. Bring them in quickly so we can honor them. As the firefighters enter the room, head of the space summit looks at kodo, WTF is th... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | Burning Man was weird that year. That was when The Korka came, and announced themselves to Humanity.
They were on a survey mission. Having detected our radio transmissions for years before, they knew there was life here.
But they were surprised when they saw the fires. They were drawn to the Playa.
At first, the par... | Our ships we're only docked for 2 hours before the alarm went off. There was a power surge in their control panel, and a small zero-g blaze started. The Hersic on duty seemed to lose hope when the small fire started, however, the security officer on duty, Gomez, grabbed the extinguisher and quelled the flames before th... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | “So... you fight the inevitable. Forces of nature. Hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, despite the losses this causes to human life?”
“The idea is to minimize the loss of human life. And yes, why wouldn’t we? You can’t let perfection be the enemy of good,” said the head ambassador with an air of importance and put-up... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | Fascinating... Those human life forms have a way to end the fire’s frightening power. To think such basic level thinking has its way to save what is utterly being destroyed. Maybe our way of evolution has rendered us useless to such simple means of protection. Many of our people would’ve let the fire persist and those ... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | Humanity had spent centuries looking to the stars for some signs of life. The most hopeful - and painful - stretch of recorded human history, at least to date. We'd seen nothing. Heard nothing. Knew nothing of the wars that raged between the stars, the vast fortunes of conquerors and conquered turning over and over... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. |
The sky was red and black over the turquoise hills of the Eastern Ridge. Massive billows of dark smoke shot through with flickers of golden flame danced across the sky. A faint crackling and roaring could be heard as the wildfire marched implacably towards the settlement.
Kieran O’Reilly wiped sweat from his brow ... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | ######[](#dropcap)
A polyharmonic scream pierced the air of the Klatsu-District. The buzzing ululation sang out from the center of the public park where a petrified Klatsu Matriarch, clutching her cretchlings close within her several breast sacs, stood with all four mouths agape.
Her cloudy eyes were fixed on a small... | "And thats how we put out fire." United Earth Confederate leader Gary McCready said to the aliens. However aliens were shocked. Golon Empire ambassador furiously stood up from his chair just after initial shock passed. "That's heresy! No one shall trifle with Eternal Flame! Thee that messes shall be consumed!" Angry no... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | Humanity had spent centuries looking to the stars for some signs of life. The most hopeful - and painful - stretch of recorded human history, at least to date. We'd seen nothing. Heard nothing. Knew nothing of the wars that raged between the stars, the vast fortunes of conquerors and conquered turning over and over... | Fascinating... Those human life forms have a way to end the fire’s frightening power. To think such basic level thinking has its way to save what is utterly being destroyed. Maybe our way of evolution has rendered us useless to such simple means of protection. Many of our people would’ve let the fire persist and those ... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. |
The sky was red and black over the turquoise hills of the Eastern Ridge. Massive billows of dark smoke shot through with flickers of golden flame danced across the sky. A faint crackling and roaring could be heard as the wildfire marched implacably towards the settlement.
Kieran O’Reilly wiped sweat from his brow ... | Fascinating... Those human life forms have a way to end the fire’s frightening power. To think such basic level thinking has its way to save what is utterly being destroyed. Maybe our way of evolution has rendered us useless to such simple means of protection. Many of our people would’ve let the fire persist and those ... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. |
The sky was red and black over the turquoise hills of the Eastern Ridge. Massive billows of dark smoke shot through with flickers of golden flame danced across the sky. A faint crackling and roaring could be heard as the wildfire marched implacably towards the settlement.
Kieran O’Reilly wiped sweat from his brow ... | On mobile. Bear with my formatting.
*edit* I'll write more when I wake up. It's 5am and I'm sleepy
*edit 2* Part 2 is up.
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The High Scholar inhaled as he eyed the data slab incredulously.
"Variks, tell me more of what you saw. Tell me more of these... *Flame Enders*"
"By the fir... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | ######[](#dropcap)
A polyharmonic scream pierced the air of the Klatsu-District. The buzzing ululation sang out from the center of the public park where a petrified Klatsu Matriarch, clutching her cretchlings close within her several breast sacs, stood with all four mouths agape.
Her cloudy eyes were fixed on a small... | On mobile. Bear with my formatting.
*edit* I'll write more when I wake up. It's 5am and I'm sleepy
*edit 2* Part 2 is up.
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The High Scholar inhaled as he eyed the data slab incredulously.
"Variks, tell me more of what you saw. Tell me more of these... *Flame Enders*"
"By the fir... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | ######[](#dropcap)
A polyharmonic scream pierced the air of the Klatsu-District. The buzzing ululation sang out from the center of the public park where a petrified Klatsu Matriarch, clutching her cretchlings close within her several breast sacs, stood with all four mouths agape.
Her cloudy eyes were fixed on a small... | 'The Conquerors of Fire'
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During the Annual Galactic Meeting of the year 2096, a special announcement was about to take place. The President of the meeting stepped forward onto the podium and announced the following:
"I would like to welcome you to the Annual Galactic Meeting. Today is a unique day beca... | |
[WP] Due to the way most aliens had evolved, forest fires, house fires and the alike were seen as naturally powerful and not to be interfered with. When humans joined the galactic community, aliens were shocked and intriqued to discover human firefighters. | "What are thek little nozzles in thek ceiling for?" the mandibles giving the insectoid's speech a unique clicking quality.
"Oh, that's for the water," replies the human offhandedly.
"Youk drink from them?"
"Oh course not! That's to put out the fires if they occur."
Suddenly Kryaxis starts rapidly clicking and point... | 'The Conquerors of Fire'
&#x200B;
During the Annual Galactic Meeting of the year 2096, a special announcement was about to take place. The President of the meeting stepped forward onto the podium and announced the following:
"I would like to welcome you to the Annual Galactic Meeting. Today is a unique day beca... |
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