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[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch Merid sighed in disbelief before condescendingly scorning me.
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"I can't believe how much of a contemptible fool you truly are. All that all of you baseborn oafs ever do is choose to live a fruitless life anyways, even when you have been blessed with the opportunities to do so much more. The wor... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | “Wait. That’s the curse?”
“Yes. I understand you want this gone as quickly as possible. I am so sorry this happened. I’m going to need-“
“I- can you please repeat what exactly this does? I think I’m hearing this wrong.”
The witch before blinked in surprise at my response and cough and quickly averted her eyes. After... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | You blink once. And twice. You look at the beautiful and alluring woman in front of you in confusion. Certainly you must have heard it all wrong.
“So... what’s the downside again?”
The woman in question smiles at you, and once again you feel fear. You couldn’t pinpoint what was unsettling about her smile, but it made... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "What?"
"I asked what the downside is."
"I've just told you."
"No you haven't."
"Yes, I have."
"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Then why don't I remember?"
My ears seemed to fill with cotton, and I grew dizzy as she spoke once more.
"That ought to teach you lesson."
I blinked. "Sorry what was the curse again?"
The woma... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | Of course, it was not very pleasant. I just failed my payment. But then, it was not easy with the king getting his taxes, with my wife and children needing food. Yes, we had money, usually.
Not that winter. Who could have thought that it is war again? Who could have thought that we had to flee? We returned a few month... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | “Wait. That’s the curse?”
“Yes. I understand you want this gone as quickly as possible. I am so sorry this happened. I’m going to need-“
“I- can you please repeat what exactly this does? I think I’m hearing this wrong.”
The witch before blinked in surprise at my response and cough and quickly averted her eyes. After... | So... What's the downside again?
That's all I could think, I may not have been in the best mental state right then, but really, how was this a bad thing?!
Three hours earlier...
A brand new bike, shiny and blue with not a mark on it. I hadn't owned a bike, since I was a child and I hadn't rode one in almost as lon... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | So... What's the downside again?
That's all I could think, I may not have been in the best mental state right then, but really, how was this a bad thing?!
Three hours earlier...
A brand new bike, shiny and blue with not a mark on it. I hadn't owned a bike, since I was a child and I hadn't rode one in almost as lon... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | “Wait. That’s the curse?”
“Yes. I understand you want this gone as quickly as possible. I am so sorry this happened. I’m going to need-“
“I- can you please repeat what exactly this does? I think I’m hearing this wrong.”
The witch before blinked in surprise at my response and cough and quickly averted her eyes. After... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | You blink once. And twice. You look at the beautiful and alluring woman in front of you in confusion. Certainly you must have heard it all wrong.
“So... what’s the downside again?”
The woman in question smiles at you, and once again you feel fear. You couldn’t pinpoint what was unsettling about her smile, but it made... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "What?"
"I asked what the downside is."
"I've just told you."
"No you haven't."
"Yes, I have."
"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Then why don't I remember?"
My ears seemed to fill with cotton, and I grew dizzy as she spoke once more.
"That ought to teach you lesson."
I blinked. "Sorry what was the curse again?"
The woma... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "So.. What's the downside again?"
*The witch looks back at me, as I ask the simple question*
"Yes... You'll never find a girl you love EVER again. " *she says, she was having fun at this wasn't she?*
".. I mean, I did call you ugly, and this is what your giving me".
"oh Hohoh. You are one of those edgy types , t... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
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Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
​
Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | The woman stood in my doorway, looking aghast. "You have NO sugar?" She demands, having just requested a cup.
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I shrug. I'm on a diet. "I have some granular sugar replacement." I offer. The woman's beautiful face melts away into an old and warty visage. She points a gnarled finger at me.
​
Fu... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | “Wait. That’s the curse?”
“Yes. I understand you want this gone as quickly as possible. I am so sorry this happened. I’m going to need-“
“I- can you please repeat what exactly this does? I think I’m hearing this wrong.”
The witch before blinked in surprise at my response and cough and quickly averted her eyes. After... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | You blink once. And twice. You look at the beautiful and alluring woman in front of you in confusion. Certainly you must have heard it all wrong.
“So... what’s the downside again?”
The woman in question smiles at you, and once again you feel fear. You couldn’t pinpoint what was unsettling about her smile, but it made... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "What?"
"I asked what the downside is."
"I've just told you."
"No you haven't."
"Yes, I have."
"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Then why don't I remember?"
My ears seemed to fill with cotton, and I grew dizzy as she spoke once more.
"That ought to teach you lesson."
I blinked. "Sorry what was the curse again?"
The woma... | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | These fools, the Witch thought to herself as she perfected the final touches on her new spell. It didn’t matter how many she killed, didn’t matter how violent and gruesome the death she prepared for them was. It had been hundreds of years and still they would come seeking glory in the face of death, accepting either.... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | "What?"
"I asked what the downside is."
"I've just told you."
"No you haven't."
"Yes, I have."
"Did not!"
"Did so!"
"Then why don't I remember?"
My ears seemed to fill with cotton, and I grew dizzy as she spoke once more.
"That ought to teach you lesson."
I blinked. "Sorry what was the curse again?"
The woma... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | "I see your plumpness." She crowed. "Oh yes, very wealthy you must be to afford so much food. I'm sure your resounding footsteps set all the ladies a quiver. With this spell, you shall shed your fat. No matter how much you eat you'll not gain it back."
I glanced down at my plump form. It was true, I was heavy, even ap... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | "So.. What's the downside again?"
*The witch looks back at me, as I ask the simple question*
"Yes... You'll never find a girl you love EVER again. " *she says, she was having fun at this wasn't she?*
".. I mean, I did call you ugly, and this is what your giving me".
"oh Hohoh. You are one of those edgy types , t... | “The world will speak to you, and only you.”
I couldn’t see the hex in the sentence. I was always a nature child, always speaking to the trees and dancing in the winds of inspiration. I wanted the world to talk back. This mad woman keeps muttering some mantra under her breathe and mixing spices together.
I gotta ge... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | “The world will speak to you, and only you.”
I couldn’t see the hex in the sentence. I was always a nature child, always speaking to the trees and dancing in the winds of inspiration. I wanted the world to talk back. This mad woman keeps muttering some mantra under her breathe and mixing spices together.
I gotta ge... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | “The world will speak to you, and only you.”
I couldn’t see the hex in the sentence. I was always a nature child, always speaking to the trees and dancing in the winds of inspiration. I wanted the world to talk back. This mad woman keeps muttering some mantra under her breathe and mixing spices together.
I gotta ge... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | I braced as the witch described the curse to me. Then I blinked and stared at her blankly. "So... what's the downside again?"
She scoffed. "Ha! Foolish mortal. You fail to understand the consequences of your actions!" That much was true. I had gone on a bender, downing shot after shot. Thankfully, I chose to walk home... | “The world will speak to you, and only you.”
I couldn’t see the hex in the sentence. I was always a nature child, always speaking to the trees and dancing in the winds of inspiration. I wanted the world to talk back. This mad woman keeps muttering some mantra under her breathe and mixing spices together.
I gotta ge... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | "So.. What's the downside again?"
*The witch looks back at me, as I ask the simple question*
"Yes... You'll never find a girl you love EVER again. " *she says, she was having fun at this wasn't she?*
".. I mean, I did call you ugly, and this is what your giving me".
"oh Hohoh. You are one of those edgy types , t... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | "So.. What's the downside again?"
*The witch looks back at me, as I ask the simple question*
"Yes... You'll never find a girl you love EVER again. " *she says, she was having fun at this wasn't she?*
".. I mean, I did call you ugly, and this is what your giving me".
"oh Hohoh. You are one of those edgy types , t... | |
[WP] You brace yourself for the worst as the witch tells you the effects of the curse she just placed on you. As she finishes, you blink. "So...what's the downside again?" | The witch buried her face in her hands and sighed, "AGAIN, it's the Curse of Optimism. You will never be able to understand the potential negative consequences of any decision you make."
"That doesn't sound like much of a curse", I replied.
"You will be the eternal optimist", she explained. "You will only see the ups... | It was one of those stupid accidents where your carrier bag splits and drops, in this case, a giant jar of pickled onions, and it rolls off and you go chasing it, in this case, into a witch's garden just in time to see it knock over some onion plants.
I mean, it's a small accident, but not a massive disaster. If she w... | |
[WP] The Scarecrows come every fall. To see one in your field is considered a bad omen. Today you wake to see 20 in your garden. | Your first instinct was to run. To leave the old country and move to the city with your brother and uncles. It was the smart thing to do but you knew intelligence was not your best quality. It is why you stayed in town after the last battle and why you picked up your ax instead of running away.
You approach the scare... | "My God, what ***is*** that? Why do you have those?"
I inwardly groan at Autumn's question. She's been in my world for two days and it's as if she has zero intention of leaving. The woman already pointed out thousands of things 'wrong' about my house—like I didn't have to endure that critical expression of hers growin... | |
[WP] You're going to bury the body along I-95 just outside town. You get three feet deep and find another body. You believe burying them together is bad luck so you move and dig three hundred feet down the road and find another body, and another, and another, and another.... | Sitting at his desk Charlie reminisced about how everything had turned out so perfectly. By all accounts he shouldn’t be here. He should still be working the bar like he had in college. Maybe he should’ve been in jail but instead he had achieved world wide fame.
Sure things had been a bit rough in the beginning, try... | His arms were about ready to fall off the only thing that kept him going were the swirl of emotions, panic, and fear of being caught. This was the 6th place he decided to dig, he hoped no one would find the remains of the holes he had already filled as he lugged the body behind a tree. Once more he began to dig, with e... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | The annual introduction to the "Galatic Committee of Intelligent Life" was starting in a couple days and would welcome 7 new species to the continuum. Apart from a few exceptions, they are a calm and peaceful time with lots of showcases from the new cultures that were joining. They have been running for almost 250 year... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | No. It wasn't possible.
"Hide, now!" His companions, the few remaining, dived into the shadows as quickly as their exhausted bodies could manage, and lay there, unmoving.
The 14th expeditionary unit had engaged in a standard cross-species joint task force: the mission was basic planetside infestation cleanup. Text... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | zorax's audio recording log. day 12 of the Sol system scouting party.
"there is supposed to be a planet here with an oxygen atmosphere right? how the tell does that even happen? isnt oxygen supposed to be extremely corrosive and bonds to practically everything? Hynox, you're our chemist care to let me in on this?"
"... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | Incident 2541@ Re: Human Terror at Morpark Station
Present are Counselor Teeva of the Xenobiology Dept assigned to the Contact Division, Advocates Kor and Mindek of the Guardian Corp as well as various members of the Cultural Dept, Contact.
We're also graced by His Excellency the Arbitrator Krevak of the Royal Acade... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | "Amit Lenscher?" The human didn't pause his oddly bent stride or shift in the darkness to face the many-limbed speaker, seeming instead to address the darkness ahead of him as the two continued to move. Errev had gotten past their annoyance at the unintentional insult days ago - the human had no way of knowing how lo... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | its rough but hell its something.
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We lost the Alliance fleet thirty systems ago. We didn’t lose that ship, that thrice damned human capital ship. The human territories where the first we invaded, their border was closest to ours, lightly defended compared to their inner facing borders and ripe f... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | First contact was... uneventful. Initially. We landed on their planet, in one of several areas lightly populated by them, but by no means devoid of native life as a whole. It only took three or four rotations before we caught sight of two of them, surprisingly well camouflaged and apparently hunting some local herbivor... | A massive impact carried through the ship's hull as it skipped sideways, losing the starboard engine to fuel starvation. The crew of creatures from a far off land were breathing shallowly, every muscle taut with stress. They had narrowly avoided death weeks before and had just finished making the mistake of jumping to ... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | No. It wasn't possible.
"Hide, now!" His companions, the few remaining, dived into the shadows as quickly as their exhausted bodies could manage, and lay there, unmoving.
The 14th expeditionary unit had engaged in a standard cross-species joint task force: the mission was basic planetside infestation cleanup. Text... | The annual introduction to the "Galatic Committee of Intelligent Life" was starting in a couple days and would welcome 7 new species to the continuum. Apart from a few exceptions, they are a calm and peaceful time with lots of showcases from the new cultures that were joining. They have been running for almost 250 year... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | Incident 2541@ Re: Human Terror at Morpark Station
Present are Counselor Teeva of the Xenobiology Dept assigned to the Contact Division, Advocates Kor and Mindek of the Guardian Corp as well as various members of the Cultural Dept, Contact.
We're also graced by His Excellency the Arbitrator Krevak of the Royal Acade... | The annual introduction to the "Galatic Committee of Intelligent Life" was starting in a couple days and would welcome 7 new species to the continuum. Apart from a few exceptions, they are a calm and peaceful time with lots of showcases from the new cultures that were joining. They have been running for almost 250 year... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | "Amit Lenscher?" The human didn't pause his oddly bent stride or shift in the darkness to face the many-limbed speaker, seeming instead to address the darkness ahead of him as the two continued to move. Errev had gotten past their annoyance at the unintentional insult days ago - the human had no way of knowing how lo... | The annual introduction to the "Galatic Committee of Intelligent Life" was starting in a couple days and would welcome 7 new species to the continuum. Apart from a few exceptions, they are a calm and peaceful time with lots of showcases from the new cultures that were joining. They have been running for almost 250 year... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | First contact was... uneventful. Initially. We landed on their planet, in one of several areas lightly populated by them, but by no means devoid of native life as a whole. It only took three or four rotations before we caught sight of two of them, surprisingly well camouflaged and apparently hunting some local herbivor... | The annual introduction to the "Galatic Committee of Intelligent Life" was starting in a couple days and would welcome 7 new species to the continuum. Apart from a few exceptions, they are a calm and peaceful time with lots of showcases from the new cultures that were joining. They have been running for almost 250 year... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | Incident 2541@ Re: Human Terror at Morpark Station
Present are Counselor Teeva of the Xenobiology Dept assigned to the Contact Division, Advocates Kor and Mindek of the Guardian Corp as well as various members of the Cultural Dept, Contact.
We're also graced by His Excellency the Arbitrator Krevak of the Royal Acade... | No. It wasn't possible.
"Hide, now!" His companions, the few remaining, dived into the shadows as quickly as their exhausted bodies could manage, and lay there, unmoving.
The 14th expeditionary unit had engaged in a standard cross-species joint task force: the mission was basic planetside infestation cleanup. Text... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | "Amit Lenscher?" The human didn't pause his oddly bent stride or shift in the darkness to face the many-limbed speaker, seeming instead to address the darkness ahead of him as the two continued to move. Errev had gotten past their annoyance at the unintentional insult days ago - the human had no way of knowing how lo... | No. It wasn't possible.
"Hide, now!" His companions, the few remaining, dived into the shadows as quickly as their exhausted bodies could manage, and lay there, unmoving.
The 14th expeditionary unit had engaged in a standard cross-species joint task force: the mission was basic planetside infestation cleanup. Text... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | First contact was... uneventful. Initially. We landed on their planet, in one of several areas lightly populated by them, but by no means devoid of native life as a whole. It only took three or four rotations before we caught sight of two of them, surprisingly well camouflaged and apparently hunting some local herbivor... | No. It wasn't possible.
"Hide, now!" His companions, the few remaining, dived into the shadows as quickly as their exhausted bodies could manage, and lay there, unmoving.
The 14th expeditionary unit had engaged in a standard cross-species joint task force: the mission was basic planetside infestation cleanup. Text... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | "Amit Lenscher?" The human didn't pause his oddly bent stride or shift in the darkness to face the many-limbed speaker, seeming instead to address the darkness ahead of him as the two continued to move. Errev had gotten past their annoyance at the unintentional insult days ago - the human had no way of knowing how lo... | zorax's audio recording log. day 12 of the Sol system scouting party.
"there is supposed to be a planet here with an oxygen atmosphere right? how the tell does that even happen? isnt oxygen supposed to be extremely corrosive and bonds to practically everything? Hynox, you're our chemist care to let me in on this?"
"... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | First contact was... uneventful. Initially. We landed on their planet, in one of several areas lightly populated by them, but by no means devoid of native life as a whole. It only took three or four rotations before we caught sight of two of them, surprisingly well camouflaged and apparently hunting some local herbivor... | zorax's audio recording log. day 12 of the Sol system scouting party.
"there is supposed to be a planet here with an oxygen atmosphere right? how the tell does that even happen? isnt oxygen supposed to be extremely corrosive and bonds to practically everything? Hynox, you're our chemist care to let me in on this?"
"... | |
[WP] Not all intelligent life has evolved from predators, humans are not unique, yet being a uncommon type that is a pursuit predator makes them pure nightmare fuel for some aliens, even friendly ones. | First contact was... uneventful. Initially. We landed on their planet, in one of several areas lightly populated by them, but by no means devoid of native life as a whole. It only took three or four rotations before we caught sight of two of them, surprisingly well camouflaged and apparently hunting some local herbivor... | its rough but hell its something.
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We lost the Alliance fleet thirty systems ago. We didn’t lose that ship, that thrice damned human capital ship. The human territories where the first we invaded, their border was closest to ours, lightly defended compared to their inner facing borders and ripe f... | |
[WP] the imp read over a contract you just signed to give up your soul to his dark lord. “Uh... I think I messed up where the signatures go, I think you own his now?” | You don't know the value of a thing until you lose it.
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This, you tell yourself when you argue. It works splendidly until the nine planets of minor annoyance align, and the rotten floorboards, leaking ceiling, and peeling wallpapers of your marriage collapse.
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Two weeks after the fact, the n... | “Uh... I think I messed up where the signatures go, I think you own his now?”, the little imp muttered.
Silence swept through the dark lord’s throne room.Thousands of eyes in the dark peered at me.
“WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS, IMP?!” the dark lord bellowed.
“Sir, you signed the wrong blank! By this co... | |
[WP] the imp read over a contract you just signed to give up your soul to his dark lord. “Uh... I think I messed up where the signatures go, I think you own his now?” | You don't know the value of a thing until you lose it.
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This, you tell yourself when you argue. It works splendidly until the nine planets of minor annoyance align, and the rotten floorboards, leaking ceiling, and peeling wallpapers of your marriage collapse.
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Two weeks after the fact, the n... | I give a confused look to the imp. "How is that allowed?" The imp shrugs his shoulders. "Don't know. I do know, that this will be fun?" He makes a wide grin, like he just remembered something funny.
I barely have time to reply about why is he so calm about this, before a portal bigger than the one the imp came through... | |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | 'Shit. Not again.' Ash Ketchum muttered as he heaved himself out of the chair.
Ever since the Vaporeon Plague began, that message had been broadcasted almost daily.
Attempts to breed wild Eevee out of endangerment backfired stupendously when the hoardes escaped and dominated the local wildlife, destroying ecosystems.... | After the emergency warning finishes its first pass across the screen, the dance competition flickers and is replaced by a frantic looking new broadcaster clearing getting direction just off screen. He looks up and with surprising quickness composes himself with the appropriate newscaster decorum.
“Good evening, this... | |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | "...NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." Jacob turned off the radio and turned to his companion.
"Did it work?"
The water before them sat still, small ripples expanding along its otherwise smooth surface.
"Hold on, give it a minute..." replied Jack.
Suddenly, the water level started dropping, revealing a small staircase a... | I'm used to these types of broadcast now. Ever since the aliens land on Earth, these types of broadcast became common. You maybe wonder why. Well, let record why as I start making my water un... still.
These aliens were not the kind we were expecting. They, for a lack of a better term, was made of water. Water was who... | |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | 'Shit. Not again.' Ash Ketchum muttered as he heaved himself out of the chair.
Ever since the Vaporeon Plague began, that message had been broadcasted almost daily.
Attempts to breed wild Eevee out of endangerment backfired stupendously when the hoardes escaped and dominated the local wildlife, destroying ecosystems.... | I'm used to these types of broadcast now. Ever since the aliens land on Earth, these types of broadcast became common. You maybe wonder why. Well, let record why as I start making my water un... still.
These aliens were not the kind we were expecting. They, for a lack of a better term, was made of water. Water was who... | |
[WP] The TV screen goes into a public broadcast "EMERGENCY WARNING: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, OPEN ALL WATER IN YOUR HOUSE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FLUSH TOILETS NONSTOP. MIX THE POOL WATER AND TURN ON WATER JETS. DO NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." | 'Shit. Not again.' Ash Ketchum muttered as he heaved himself out of the chair.
Ever since the Vaporeon Plague began, that message had been broadcasted almost daily.
Attempts to breed wild Eevee out of endangerment backfired stupendously when the hoardes escaped and dominated the local wildlife, destroying ecosystems.... | "...NOT LET ANY WATER SIT STILL." Jacob turned off the radio and turned to his companion.
"Did it work?"
The water before them sat still, small ripples expanding along its otherwise smooth surface.
"Hold on, give it a minute..." replied Jack.
Suddenly, the water level started dropping, revealing a small staircase a... | |
[WP] You just killed Death. At first, you were hailed as a hero, but it is rapidly becoming apparent that what you did was a Terrible Idea. | After death died people cheered me on. I got so many medals, trophies and cash rewards I had to dedicate a whole room in my mansion just for them. But after the initial month people realized that without death, life has no meaning. People were stealing and raping like there's no tomorrow, however there was a tomorrow. ... | It was all over In a flash. The bullet penetrated his heart (if he really had one) and caused a major malfunction in his system. He began to tremble and cough up blood. As the cold air filled the atmosphere, his final last words were the most chilling moments of my life.
Death: "you can't stop the Apocalypse, all you c... | |
[WP] Desperate for work, you’ve accepted a job in private security, guarding an ominous mansion. You’re given a gun and told to let no one in the gate without a code. When a car full of quipping, flirting, arrogant people show up at the gate, it dawns on you: you’ve been hired as a henchman. | **Part 1:**
Morty stared out at the empty drive ahead of him, counting the seconds until his shift ended, his boredom accentuated by the occasional chirp of a cricket or hoot of an owl from the surrounding forest. His fingers drummed restlessly on the holster at his belt. At first, the gun had freaked him out, I mean,... | When I reached sixteen years of age I was immersed in drug culture, and I was the runner for drug gangs, being used to do the riskiest jobs but getting to keep the money made. It was on one fateful day though I was delivering for an especially rough area, the kind of neighbourhood where shitholes like KFC are referred ... | |
[WP] Desperate for work, you’ve accepted a job in private security, guarding an ominous mansion. You’re given a gun and told to let no one in the gate without a code. When a car full of quipping, flirting, arrogant people show up at the gate, it dawns on you: you’ve been hired as a henchman. | I sighed as the supervisor for my last minute security job droned on.
"And no one is allowed on the premises. So if you see anyone radio me and I'll come down and take care of it,"
My hand travelled to the gun holster on my belt.
"Then what's the gun for?" I queried.
The supervisor barely looked up from his clip bo... | When I reached sixteen years of age I was immersed in drug culture, and I was the runner for drug gangs, being used to do the riskiest jobs but getting to keep the money made. It was on one fateful day though I was delivering for an especially rough area, the kind of neighbourhood where shitholes like KFC are referred ... | |
[WP] Desperate for work, you’ve accepted a job in private security, guarding an ominous mansion. You’re given a gun and told to let no one in the gate without a code. When a car full of quipping, flirting, arrogant people show up at the gate, it dawns on you: you’ve been hired as a henchman. | I sighed as the supervisor for my last minute security job droned on.
"And no one is allowed on the premises. So if you see anyone radio me and I'll come down and take care of it,"
My hand travelled to the gun holster on my belt.
"Then what's the gun for?" I queried.
The supervisor barely looked up from his clip bo... | **Part 1:**
Morty stared out at the empty drive ahead of him, counting the seconds until his shift ended, his boredom accentuated by the occasional chirp of a cricket or hoot of an owl from the surrounding forest. His fingers drummed restlessly on the holster at his belt. At first, the gun had freaked him out, I mean,... | |
[WP] You blow a flat tire while driving through the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. After a brief call with the rental company they inform you there is a jack in the trunk of the car. When you go to open the trunk a man pops out and greets you, his name is Jack. | "Yup, looks like you got yourself a flat, huh?" He ran the length of his arm across his nose, snorting loudly. He kneeled down next to the tire and pulled shaggy hair away from his eyes to get a better look.
"I'm assumin' you got something to pull out the bolts from the tire, right?" he asked without looking back to m... | "Hi there!" out came a voice as Ellis popped open the boot.
"... What the–"
"I'm Jack. Not jack as in the thing you use to raise the car, but Jack as in a person. Don't worry, I can help you out," the strange man, claiming to be 'Jack' said as he climbed out of the boot.
Ellis reflexively leaped back and took a stic... | |
[WP] A large group of scientists are suddenly transported into a world of swords and sorcery. Fascinated by magic, they begin to study it and turn it into a new field of science, modifying and harnessing it in ways never before thought possible. | "Do you think this is really safe?" Reinia circled around a massive crystal, supported with steel scaffold, etched with thousand upon thousand of holographic glyph. Her wind-imbued lab coat elegantly avoided any sharp edges. "We've never tried casting something on this scale before."
"It *should* be safe. We rechecked... | [Poem]
The moment of truth was seconds away,
Our glory of turning lead to gold couldn't be swayed,
A little this, a little that, all mixed and heated,
Half of the crew too nervous to stay seated,
"Pull the switch!" Out manager shouted,
At the drop of a dime, the assistant obeyed,
In half a second the whole room ... | |
[WP] You open your chemistry textbook to find flourishing notes scrawled in all the margins. On the first page, The Fundamentals of Chemistry is crossed out, replaced with one word: Alchemy. | “Chemistry is defined as what?” The Professor asked the class. He stood in front of his prized virtual whiteboard, periodically tapping his pointer on the palm of his other hand. “Any takers on this? Yes, you, Auburns!” He aimed his pointer as Jessica Auburns, the class nerd. She had this smug look as if she owned the ... | "'Squeeze a drop of lemon juice into the mixture," I read out loud to myself. "'Not a big squeeze, not a dash, a single droplet'" I looked back to the vial. "Alright, here we go."
Taking up the lemon, I cut it lengthwise and then cut it lengthwise once more to divide it into quarters. Holding it over the vial, I very ... | |
[WP] You open your chemistry textbook to find flourishing notes scrawled in all the margins. On the first page, The Fundamentals of Chemistry is crossed out, replaced with one word: Alchemy. | 8 am. Bleary eyed, hands cupping a fresh cup of coffee I stared off into the lecture hall, wondering why I agreed to this class. Sure, I had to take The Fundamentals of Chemistry, all the Bio-engineers did but I had a system and that system was to make sure all my classes started at noon. My dorm-mate had convinced me ... | "'Squeeze a drop of lemon juice into the mixture," I read out loud to myself. "'Not a big squeeze, not a dash, a single droplet'" I looked back to the vial. "Alright, here we go."
Taking up the lemon, I cut it lengthwise and then cut it lengthwise once more to divide it into quarters. Holding it over the vial, I very ... | |
[WP] You are the little brother of an famous superhero, and you are always overshadowed by you perfect older sibling. After a disastrous family reunion, your older sibling tells you that they are jealous of you. | My brother was one of those heroes that everybody has heard of. From his heroic deeds saving innocent lives, to villains trying to take over the planet, to his acts of kindness, such as kissing babies at the world parade each year. Everybody knew and adored him. At this point in his life or 'career' if you want to call... | I gazed out at the ocean, enjoying the cool mid-night breeze. I wanted to sear the feeling of calmness into my brain, for tomorrow I would be back at my dinghy apartment, being tormented by the incessant traffic noises.
"Can't sleep? " I didn't have to turn around to know that the deep, manly voice belonged to my bro... | |
[WP] You are the little brother of an famous superhero, and you are always overshadowed by you perfect older sibling. After a disastrous family reunion, your older sibling tells you that they are jealous of you. | "And don't forget to use the code MEGAMAN to get a Soda Cola absolutely free with your Big Belly Burger! Because sometimes, Even Superheroes get thirsty!"
Megaman gave his charming signature wink as the director yelled "CUT" in his booming voice. Besides being the greatest superhero of all time, he had signed a multi... | "You have always been the poster boy of the family, Steve. Not to mention you being the LITERAL poster boy for the entire damn United States! I never asked to be experimented on after the world thought you died. You never knew I existed or that dad even had another kid before he died. But I had to grow up in the shadow... | |
[WP] Other alien races are known for having a specific trait that defines them as a whole. Humans are known for their radical individuality. | "Zevrati Hiring Agency, what species are you?"
"Human."
"Human? We don't have Human in our records, what are Humans good at?"
"Whatever we choose?"
"I've never heard of *that* before, an entire species that, enmass can choose to be good at any one thing? How do you decide?"
"No. No. No. There's been a basic mis... | "All you have to do is develop your natural telepathic abilities, and you'd be ONE RACE" She said, smiling at me. "My whuh?" As I stared stupidly into her almond, large eyes like an utter fool.
"THIS ability, silly!" she said, and touched my head. The only way I could describe it was having my mind hooked directl... | |
[WP] Other alien races are known for having a specific trait that defines them as a whole. Humans are known for their radical individuality. | The Intergalactipedia describes humans as follows:
Humans initially hail from the planet Earth, although they have since started several colonies on other planets after a successful test run on the planet Mars, 54.6 million kilometers away from their home planet. Due to their nature, they have so far only been observe... | "All you have to do is develop your natural telepathic abilities, and you'd be ONE RACE" She said, smiling at me. "My whuh?" As I stared stupidly into her almond, large eyes like an utter fool.
"THIS ability, silly!" she said, and touched my head. The only way I could describe it was having my mind hooked directl... | |
[WP] A friend takes you out to dinner at an underground restaurant. While looking over the menu, you see your name under "Catch of the Day" | I see this and look around. I didn’t notice all the empty plates and longing faces until now.
“Are you ready to order?” The waiter says.
“Unfortunately,” I pull out my bowie knife I keep hidden in my pant leg. “I’m gonna need to take it to go. It just wont be sanitary to eat here when I’m done with everyone.”
I ... | FADE IN -
INT. RESTAURANT, NIGHT
Ryan holds a menu in his hands. Yoana hustles toward the door. She is livid.
RYAN: Wait, I thought it would be cute.
YOANNA: CUTE? This is humiliating!
A man in the background looks excitedly at the woman across from him. He gives a face to her that says "yikes".
MAN: Oh my god, h... | |
[WP] A friend takes you out to dinner at an underground restaurant. While looking over the menu, you see your name under "Catch of the Day" | With having two full time jobs, Nev's daily routine consisted of just sleep and work. However, in the past month, he befriended a new hire at his second job, a young woman named Mireille. She was friendly, strong headed, outspoken, generally a pleasant person to be around. And now, instead of spending his Friday evenin... | FADE IN -
INT. RESTAURANT, NIGHT
Ryan holds a menu in his hands. Yoana hustles toward the door. She is livid.
RYAN: Wait, I thought it would be cute.
YOANNA: CUTE? This is humiliating!
A man in the background looks excitedly at the woman across from him. He gives a face to her that says "yikes".
MAN: Oh my god, h... | |
[WP] A friend takes you out to dinner at an underground restaurant. While looking over the menu, you see your name under "Catch of the Day" | "This menu's outdated, mam," said the waiter, swiftly handing Lara another. "Please refer to this one instead. I'll be back shortly for your drink order."
Lara saw the waiter's eyes flash to her friend Jasmine, sitting across the small, poorly-lit table. Jasmine calmed her features quickly enough, but not before Lara ... | I was elated when Ella asked me to dinner. I'm not quite suave, and if it was on me to ask I probably would have fumbled over my words and asked her to be my dinner. I could manage to squeak out a more or less coherent acceptance, though. "Great, Alan," she said with a smile and a sly wink. "There's a nice Surf and Tur... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | "If this place keeps filling up like it did last time, I am gonna have to start competing with the AA group for the bigger room", Allen sighed as he filled up coffee into his Stan Lee mug. The coffee mug was a reminder of the simpler times, when super heroes stayed within the confines of the pages that they were writt... | I enter my opaque, light blue office every morning at approximately 7am every day. I love my office, In fact, I painted it myself. My desk is a dark red oak. The chairs I bought online, for a killer deal. They are a dark brown leather with silver buttons lining either side. I love the fact that they stay cool and comfo... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | "No, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid without insurance, the entirety of the session must be paid out of pocket."
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You'd think because they're still adults that superheroes would understand concepts like insurance co-pays. But, as the majority of them are indestructible or immortal or whatever they call it now,... | I enter my opaque, light blue office every morning at approximately 7am every day. I love my office, In fact, I painted it myself. My desk is a dark red oak. The chairs I bought online, for a killer deal. They are a dark brown leather with silver buttons lining either side. I love the fact that they stay cool and comfo... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | The wind pours through my window; it brings sleet and the cold and Phoenix, who closes it, and then glances at the papers now astrew on my desk.
“Oh,” he says. The storm roars, underscores his voice. “Sorry about the mess.”
“It’s okay,” I say. “You can always go through the front door, though.”
He laughs at that, an... | I enter my opaque, light blue office every morning at approximately 7am every day. I love my office, In fact, I painted it myself. My desk is a dark red oak. The chairs I bought online, for a killer deal. They are a dark brown leather with silver buttons lining either side. I love the fact that they stay cool and comfo... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | "No, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid without insurance, the entirety of the session must be paid out of pocket."
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You'd think because they're still adults that superheroes would understand concepts like insurance co-pays. But, as the majority of them are indestructible or immortal or whatever they call it now,... | "If this place keeps filling up like it did last time, I am gonna have to start competing with the AA group for the bigger room", Allen sighed as he filled up coffee into his Stan Lee mug. The coffee mug was a reminder of the simpler times, when super heroes stayed within the confines of the pages that they were writt... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | The man staring back at me is ... different from the rest. This is a very hard thing to achieve, considering my clientele.
"Can you please repeat that?" I ask, trying to look anywhere but towards the dark void that sits on my office couch. There is a cloying quality to him, like the black cloud enveloping his body is ... | Some superheroes are out and about saving the world. They've got crazy superpowers like flying or shooting laser beams out of their eyes or beating up criminals. That's not me. It never has been and, given my rather mundane and limited powers, it never will be. I play a different role. You won't read about me in your l... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | “Why did he change?” the hero asked. “I used to look up to him, you know that. But then he started murdering…”
“People change,” the therapist said. “You think you know them, but things always change.”
“But that’s something that’s not supposed to change. What you believe in, good or evil. I don’t understand…”
“You wi... | Some superheroes are out and about saving the world. They've got crazy superpowers like flying or shooting laser beams out of their eyes or beating up criminals. That's not me. It never has been and, given my rather mundane and limited powers, it never will be. I play a different role. You won't read about me in your l... | |
[WP] You are a super hero, but without any powers. You are one of the most important heros, but marginally unknown. You are a therapist who works exclusively with heros and villians alike. Because they are people too. | “Why did he change?” the hero asked. “I used to look up to him, you know that. But then he started murdering…”
“People change,” the therapist said. “You think you know them, but things always change.”
“But that’s something that’s not supposed to change. What you believe in, good or evil. I don’t understand…”
“You wi... | The man staring back at me is ... different from the rest. This is a very hard thing to achieve, considering my clientele.
"Can you please repeat that?" I ask, trying to look anywhere but towards the dark void that sits on my office couch. There is a cloying quality to him, like the black cloud enveloping his body is ... | |
[WP] You are a master of incredibly minor curses. Things such as people's noses always being slightly stuffy, permanent hangnails, your pens always running out of ink, anything minor but noticeable. You're abilities are unknown to the rest of the world, and your pettiness is unrivaled. | People underestimate me, constantly.
They look at my power and they think "Wow, what a useless bastard, why is he even mentioned in the same week as powerhouses like MegaMight, Astro Lady, or even The Mystic Maestro? How does he have the spotlight even occasionally?"
They think I get up against a baddie and I hit th... | So, you've heard of death by a thousand paper cuts, right? It's a common enough saying. It's not to be taken literally, obviously. You can't actually kill someone with a thousand paper cuts.
Anyway, the point is that enough minor inconveniences can do enough damage to take down anything, especially if you're crea... | |
[WP] You are a master of incredibly minor curses. Things such as people's noses always being slightly stuffy, permanent hangnails, your pens always running out of ink, anything minor but noticeable. You're abilities are unknown to the rest of the world, and your pettiness is unrivaled. | Cutting me off in traffic. Sentence: Itchy brake foot.
Pushed in front of me in line for a coffee. Sentence: Their drink will always stain their shirt.
Sneezed in my direction and didn't cover their mouth. Sentence: Permanent runny nose.
I am a fair and even handed judge. I hand out those sentences that everyone wis... | So, you've heard of death by a thousand paper cuts, right? It's a common enough saying. It's not to be taken literally, obviously. You can't actually kill someone with a thousand paper cuts.
Anyway, the point is that enough minor inconveniences can do enough damage to take down anything, especially if you're crea... | |
[WP] You are a master of incredibly minor curses. Things such as people's noses always being slightly stuffy, permanent hangnails, your pens always running out of ink, anything minor but noticeable. You're abilities are unknown to the rest of the world, and your pettiness is unrivaled. | Eve scanned the comments one more time before making her final decision.
"You're next." she says as she clicks on the profile of a guy whose picture featured a middle-aged white man with wraparound sunglasses and receding brown hair. She smiled as she saw his profile was public and thanked him mentally for saving her ... | The stench of artificial butter, and the invisible layer of dust that hung in the air, made their official meeting in my nostrils. I let out a cough as I finished pushing open the heavy movie-theater door. The place was old, but I loved it.
No other theater in town played the latest indie films. All the big chains dr... | |
[WP] You are a master of incredibly minor curses. Things such as people's noses always being slightly stuffy, permanent hangnails, your pens always running out of ink, anything minor but noticeable. You're abilities are unknown to the rest of the world, and your pettiness is unrivaled. | Eve scanned the comments one more time before making her final decision.
"You're next." she says as she clicks on the profile of a guy whose picture featured a middle-aged white man with wraparound sunglasses and receding brown hair. She smiled as she saw his profile was public and thanked him mentally for saving her ... | [Poem]
Let their milk be old and chunky,
Let their towels not be dry
Let their stutter, Let them stumble
And be always dead inside
Let them always lose their keys
And be always out of place
Let every time a car passes by
Mud splashes in their face
Let their socks be always damp
Let their alarms be really loud
Let thei... | |
[WP] You are a master of incredibly minor curses. Things such as people's noses always being slightly stuffy, permanent hangnails, your pens always running out of ink, anything minor but noticeable. You're abilities are unknown to the rest of the world, and your pettiness is unrivaled. | It's not the most glamorous power. I mean, even my alter ego name is lame. By day, I am Ileria McKracken, and by night I'm the Mistress of Pettifogging. I mean, half the time I have to explain that yes, my alter ego name is in the dictionary, and yes it's a real word, no I didn't make it up!! Google it for Christ's sak... | [Poem]
Let their milk be old and chunky,
Let their towels not be dry
Let their stutter, Let them stumble
And be always dead inside
Let them always lose their keys
And be always out of place
Let every time a car passes by
Mud splashes in their face
Let their socks be always damp
Let their alarms be really loud
Let thei... | |
[WP] You are revered and feared as the world's most powerful and intelligent supervillain. It's made you miserable, because you are trying to be the greatest hero but everything you do backfires in the most intense and implausible ways. You're literally failing your way to the top. | “Something must be done, but who is up to the task, we ask? Not our military, no - they feel *safer* killing unarmed civilians with drones in some desert an ocean away, but when we have a God-like psychopath flying around the city blowing up historical landmarks, somehow all the warhawks are silent and all the stockpil... | Arriving back at your secret cave, miffed at your most recent attempt at benefiting the human population. You had planned to provide free potable water to everyone with your new industrial sized water purifier. It had worked for two whole months before the someone broke the waste re-purposing tube. How was it your faul... | |
[WP]A witch offers a man everlasting happiness on the condition that he will give her his first born child. The man thought it was a strange way to propose but accepts nonetheless. | "All right, on the horse you go." The prince gave his steed a gentle spank and the horse turned its head around to give the witch a glare.
The witch was perplexed. "There was no condition that you would take me away young Escar. I appreciate the sentiment, but I want your child, not you."
It was the prince's turn... | "What if it's a trick? Why would she do this for me in exchange for my first born child?"
I had been sitting on that boulder for at least fifteen minutes. Occasionally I'd glance at her big curved nose and that strange black hat.
"Have you not decided yet? I don't have all day".
"Excuse, madam...I don't understand... | |
[WP]A witch offers a man everlasting happiness on the condition that he will give her his first born child. The man thought it was a strange way to propose but accepts nonetheless. | "All right, on the horse you go." The prince gave his steed a gentle spank and the horse turned its head around to give the witch a glare.
The witch was perplexed. "There was no condition that you would take me away young Escar. I appreciate the sentiment, but I want your child, not you."
It was the prince's turn... | A furious blush adorned her face as she *demanded* my first born child.
Mia has always been a *bit* weird, but I liked her quirks nonetheless.
We met a few years ago when I was hiking through a mountain range. Covered in mud and stalking a bluish frog was how I encountered her.
I will probably never forget the sig... | |
[WP] Having lived in London your entire life, not much phases you. However the oddly dressed stranger who just stumbled out of a back alley is really getting on your nerves with their constant babbling. And what do they mean by "Steam punk"? | It was a typical day in London. The skies were overcast and the fog was rolling in. People and clockworks were ambling about their business. I myself was walking towards my workplace at the bank, eschewing the hansoms chugging along the streets. I had the Times tucked under my arm. The headlines intrigued me and I... | My butler was as curious as I, when I brought him in. This strangely dressed man, who had stumbled out of an alley in front of me seemed in shock by the simplest things. And such odd clothes! He looked like he was dressed for the Arctic north, and his teeth were chattering like ice chimps as he slowly mouthed out his a... | |
[WP] A gang of bandits roams the Wild West, legendary in their pillaging. The nicknames of the five bandits are Peppa Pig, Doc McStuffins, Popeye, Spongebob Squarepants, and Winnie the Pooh, and tonight a stranger at the saloon is telling the tales of how each of these outlaws got their nickname. | Santa Poco, Arizona Territory
Sheriff Carter, flanked by two deputies, walked into the saloon with urgency and sat at the table. "A'right then, Steve, nows not the time for jawin'. Tell me what you know and who they are."
The man took a his shot of whiskey with a shaking hand. "It was the Five, I tell ya." H... | "Well, well. I am sure you folks want to hear many stories. I have every story you could dream of. But tonight," he affected a flourish "I want to tell you the story of the Five Scourges."
The townspeople gasped, half in delight, half in terror. The Five Scourges were the most feared outlaws of the day. Every town cow... | |
[WP] In a case of mistaken identity gone horribly wrong, you’re SO is killed by an assassin hired by the mob. Upon learning of the mistake, the mob boss shows up on your doorstep with an offer to make amends. | I sat there on that cold autumn afternoon, staring as they lowered the coffin to the ground. Three hours later i remained in place, numb save for the gnawing pain in my chest. The pain that would never leave me.
I feel another person sit beside me after a while. I ignored this individual and continued to stare at my ... | "How *dare* you. You kill my husband and then you have the nerve to show up at my house to mock me? *Go to Hell*."
"I understand your-"
I spit in his face.
"You understand *nothing.* Just leave me and my family the *hell* alone! You hear me? Now, you and your thugs get the hell off my doorstep before I call the poli... | |
[WP] Sometimes, a love story is less about the one who would die for you and more about the one who would commit murder and hide the corpse for you. | This Japanese maple is a first for me. I usually plant shade trees or fruit trees of some kind in the orchard. This one won't flower but come spring the other trees in the orchard will have flowers start to blossom on them but it'll be a great addition to the growing orchard. I wrap the blue ribbon around the small tru... | “Paul.” Her voice broke the pattern of a foot crushing bones. “Paul.” She tried again. “Paul please!” She cried, grabbing his arm when he still didn’t stop. “He’s dead. He’s fucking dead.”
Paul panted, staring at his wife. Blood covered his shiny black shoes, thick splatters sticking to his hair and face. He reached ... | |
[WP] Sometimes, a love story is less about the one who would die for you and more about the one who would commit murder and hide the corpse for you. | Sitting on the edge of the bridge, with my legs dangling dangerously over the 200 ft drop gave me a sense of liberation I'd never felt in ages. The wind blew strongly across my face, making it almost difficult to breathe as I let the tears fall freely down into the blue waters below.
We were madly in love, Carla and I... | “Paul.” Her voice broke the pattern of a foot crushing bones. “Paul.” She tried again. “Paul please!” She cried, grabbing his arm when he still didn’t stop. “He’s dead. He’s fucking dead.”
Paul panted, staring at his wife. Blood covered his shiny black shoes, thick splatters sticking to his hair and face. He reached ... | |
[WP] Your family always told that if you're ever in trouble just hold your hand out to the moon. Well one day a group of thugs are beating you and in a moment of desperation you hold out your hand. You notice something coming down from sky... | He was too naive and too ambitious. Quite frankly he was a nuisance. All that bravado for simply doing his job.
So they took a part of him and hid it on the earth's moon. And rest of him? Reborn in a humble house at the edge of the city.
The young boy saw how the life worked down here. How the strong preyed on the we... | The moment I raised my palm out to the moon I could see a flash from in between my fingers. Another kick to my side and I could taste the blood pooling in my mouth. I didn't even know how many there were pummeling me just that I wasn't sure what to do. My palm came down as I tried to cover my face from another kick. Th... | |
[WP] Your family always told that if you're ever in trouble just hold your hand out to the moon. Well one day a group of thugs are beating you and in a moment of desperation you hold out your hand. You notice something coming down from sky... | (WP) The Savior of Moonlight
“Remember, my love, if you’re ever in trouble, just hold out your hand, palm out, and you will get the help you need, no matter where you are.”
My mother had said that from the time I was a little boy, and I didn’t think much of it, until the night that I drank a bit too much and decided ... | The moment I raised my palm out to the moon I could see a flash from in between my fingers. Another kick to my side and I could taste the blood pooling in my mouth. I didn't even know how many there were pummeling me just that I wasn't sure what to do. My palm came down as I tried to cover my face from another kick. Th... | |
[WP] Your family always told that if you're ever in trouble just hold your hand out to the moon. Well one day a group of thugs are beating you and in a moment of desperation you hold out your hand. You notice something coming down from sky... | *Me: I just wanted to be normal. Why do things keep happening to me?*
**CRACK**. One of them kicked me again. I can't breathe! I'm coughing up blood. There's blood everywhere.
*Him: That's not your role. Everyone has a part to play. Yours hasn't come to fruition yet.*
I hear words…I can't hear them well….they're ta... | The moment I raised my palm out to the moon I could see a flash from in between my fingers. Another kick to my side and I could taste the blood pooling in my mouth. I didn't even know how many there were pummeling me just that I wasn't sure what to do. My palm came down as I tried to cover my face from another kick. Th... | |
[WP] Your family always told that if you're ever in trouble just hold your hand out to the moon. Well one day a group of thugs are beating you and in a moment of desperation you hold out your hand. You notice something coming down from sky... | (WP) The Savior of Moonlight
“Remember, my love, if you’re ever in trouble, just hold out your hand, palm out, and you will get the help you need, no matter where you are.”
My mother had said that from the time I was a little boy, and I didn’t think much of it, until the night that I drank a bit too much and decided ... | He was too naive and too ambitious. Quite frankly he was a nuisance. All that bravado for simply doing his job.
So they took a part of him and hid it on the earth's moon. And rest of him? Reborn in a humble house at the edge of the city.
The young boy saw how the life worked down here. How the strong preyed on the we... | |
[WP] There is a magical statue at the centre of town that transforms into the most important person to the town every year. But this year, it turns into someone nobody recognises. | In the little hamlet of a town known as Glenwick, there was no greater honor. In such a rural location scant with intrigue and vanity, it was the highest possible achievement. The people who lived there dedicated themselves to the betterment of the village and each other in hopes of being graced with the honor. It had ... | The streets were crowded for days. Everyone tried to understand who she was, fishing for any kind of memory she would trigger, but nothing seemed to satisfy them. She was a stranger to everyone, but at the same time, whenever I look up to her solid image, I felt something warm touching my heart. Fuzzy, but also sad. It... | |
[WP] There is a magical statue at the centre of town that transforms into the most important person to the town every year. But this year, it turns into someone nobody recognises. | It was the same person every year that ridiculous statue would turn to. His name was Darrek Redlinter, an affluent, older man who often completely funded from his own pocket our little town's needs. Sewer line busted? He paid for it. Water main contaiminated with this or that? Not a problem when he heard it needed a fi... | The streets were crowded for days. Everyone tried to understand who she was, fishing for any kind of memory she would trigger, but nothing seemed to satisfy them. She was a stranger to everyone, but at the same time, whenever I look up to her solid image, I felt something warm touching my heart. Fuzzy, but also sad. It... | |
[WP] "We left home to kill the ancient gods. Not because they were harming us, but because their existence was causing others to harm each other. If we could kill them, and show their corpses, people would finally know: the Gods are dead." | A faint shuffle interrupted my meditation, I knew that shuffling all too well. Another one of them must be coming down. My senses began to come back to the present and the feeling came roaring back to my extremities. Based off the desiccation, around 300 years had passed since their last visit.
Funny lives these littl... | Been browsing for awhile, finally decided to post my first response. Constructive criticism welcome :)
“Still waring over us, those fools”, a weary voice rumbled throughout the foundations of the dilapidated temple.
The dust that had settled over the past millennia stirred as a sigh echoed through the halls and ... | |
[WP] "We left home to kill the ancient gods. Not because they were harming us, but because their existence was causing others to harm each other. If we could kill them, and show their corpses, people would finally know: the Gods are dead." | If only we had known there were so many of them. Gods of home and hearth, of thunder and rain, or the harvest. Gods by the dozen. Gods by the bushel.
We spilled blood for generations. Seven hundred and twenty-two years. We burned, we butchered, and we bludgeoned.
At last, it was over. I stood in a puddle of what ... | I slunk through the grass, my eyes focused. A group of Them sat around a fire. I paused; assessing their threat. One man had a tattered white coat; our records indicated that meant he was a God of Healing. I mewed softly to my brethren, reminding them to kill him first. We didn't want to deal with the injured being res... | |
[WP] One day you decide to make a deal with the Devil to change your life around for the better. But everytime you try to summon him, nothing happens, not even a 'Hello'. So you decide to summon regular demon, only to have them bow before you and call you King. | Nothing. Again. I knew the Lord of Darkness was a busy entity but he could have at least given me a sign. Even just a "Hello.". I was a nice evil sorcerer with decent powers, I just needed him to give me a chance to impress him. I had been trying to contact him for a while now, but neither the pentacle invocation nor t... | [Poem]
I wanted them gone
I wanted them to die
No one would listen
No one would try
I wanted the devil
I tried and tried
Nothing would work
Satan wouldn't pry
So I summoned a demon
And on the last step
The demon was summoned
I was filled with delight
But before I could open my mouth
The demon looked at me ... | |
[WP] You are a warden in an insane asylum for people with superpowers | Bruce sighs and sits at his desk, prepared to write up his notes on the afternoon shift, glad hes off soon. By the time he finishes his notes, he'll have time for a last head count before turning over his keys.
He finishes his paperwork, stacks it to the side for pickup and filing, and sits back. Penguin, asleep.... | I sit at the desk of the head wardens office, looking concerned, the warden smiling at me, early half of his bottom teeth have vanished.
“You will be in the super-section” He laughs, but not in a nice way, I’m confused on what’s so funny, he’s always like this. But why?
After a while of trying to fine the darn place,... |
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