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[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | The news that I was one of the two people selected as part of this weird game repeated itself through my head.
Knocks came at the door, insistently. It had already begun, they were here for me.
I moved to the door and looked through the peephole. Two of my neighbours were in front of it, with rifles and a grim look o... | The underside of the pillow was soft and cool as it molded around my mouth and nose. I bet she was glad we'd splurged on the memory foam now. From her lungs she breathed hot fire, her body surging as it straddled mine.
I didn't fight her. It wasn't in me. I merely reached out into oblivion, wrapping my her naked body ... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | 'Oh, shit!', I yell. 'Why does it have to be me?'
I walk over to the couch and sit down. I boot up Witcher 3 and continue playing. After 5 hours, my neighbour jumps through the window with a machete.
'Hi, Frank', I greet him. 'How are the kids?
'They're fine, John. I'm so sorry about this, but I really want a new ho... | The underside of the pillow was soft and cool as it molded around my mouth and nose. I bet she was glad we'd splurged on the memory foam now. From her lungs she breathed hot fire, her body surging as it straddled mine.
I didn't fight her. It wasn't in me. I merely reached out into oblivion, wrapping my her naked body ... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | (My first Prompt here. English isn't even my first language :P )
'Good afternoon, students.' As our professor spoke up. 'We will continue where we left off yesterday, at page...'
BANG
Oh look. Another assassination attempt on Dr. Ludwig.
Dr. Ludwig stopped to look at the assassin, who was holding a smoking pistol. ... | I came home from a hard day's work. Grabbed a beer from the fridge and proceeded to turn on the TV when I heard it, an announcement from the president that presented everyone with a chance to either help me make it another ten years in exchange for $10,000 for everyone, or a 10 million dollar bounty on my head. My name... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | The news that I was one of the two people selected as part of this weird game repeated itself through my head.
Knocks came at the door, insistently. It had already begun, they were here for me.
I moved to the door and looked through the peephole. Two of my neighbours were in front of it, with rifles and a grim look o... | I came home from a hard day's work. Grabbed a beer from the fridge and proceeded to turn on the TV when I heard it, an announcement from the president that presented everyone with a chance to either help me make it another ten years in exchange for $10,000 for everyone, or a 10 million dollar bounty on my head. My name... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | 'Oh, shit!', I yell. 'Why does it have to be me?'
I walk over to the couch and sit down. I boot up Witcher 3 and continue playing. After 5 hours, my neighbour jumps through the window with a machete.
'Hi, Frank', I greet him. 'How are the kids?
'They're fine, John. I'm so sorry about this, but I really want a new ho... | I came home from a hard day's work. Grabbed a beer from the fridge and proceeded to turn on the TV when I heard it, an announcement from the president that presented everyone with a chance to either help me make it another ten years in exchange for $10,000 for everyone, or a 10 million dollar bounty on my head. My name... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | The news that I was one of the two people selected as part of this weird game repeated itself through my head.
Knocks came at the door, insistently. It had already begun, they were here for me.
I moved to the door and looked through the peephole. Two of my neighbours were in front of it, with rifles and a grim look o... | When my mail was delivered to my desk that day I was suprised.I told the post office no mail. I thought it must be a joke. My assistant told me “No sir it was in your mailbox.” When I opened the letter and read “You shall be killed. Your killer will receive $10,000,000 If you survive every person on earth will be given... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | 'Oh, shit!', I yell. 'Why does it have to be me?'
I walk over to the couch and sit down. I boot up Witcher 3 and continue playing. After 5 hours, my neighbour jumps through the window with a machete.
'Hi, Frank', I greet him. 'How are the kids?
'They're fine, John. I'm so sorry about this, but I really want a new ho... | When my mail was delivered to my desk that day I was suprised.I told the post office no mail. I thought it must be a joke. My assistant told me “No sir it was in your mailbox.” When I opened the letter and read “You shall be killed. Your killer will receive $10,000,000 If you survive every person on earth will be given... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | "I work at Goldman Sachs." The chick I've been talking up at the bar raises an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Yes, *that* Goldman Sachs. My job, my only job, is this: whenever the Notice goes out, I hire a hitman to take out the target, and see the mission through to completion."
"Whaaaat?" She leans in. "That's so wrong...... | When my mail was delivered to my desk that day I was suprised.I told the post office no mail. I thought it must be a joke. My assistant told me “No sir it was in your mailbox.” When I opened the letter and read “You shall be killed. Your killer will receive $10,000,000 If you survive every person on earth will be given... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | My name flashed on the screen. Not just my name--my date of birth, my city of birth, and my picture, a photo from a couple of years ago we were forced to submit. The moment I saw it my heart leaped into my throat and my gut felt like someone dropped a ton of rocks in it. Time seemed to stop, and all there was was the t... | When my mail was delivered to my desk that day I was suprised.I told the post office no mail. I thought it must be a joke. My assistant told me “No sir it was in your mailbox.” When I opened the letter and read “You shall be killed. Your killer will receive $10,000,000 If you survive every person on earth will be given... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | In the moments before my first stage performance, my mentor had laid a hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Though he was getting older, his beard was neatly trimmed and his hair was in perfect order. A performer to the end. I met his eyes, speckles of green and brown across a field of blue. I remember thin... | I wonder, are they having fun? The world government, the rich, the powerful, are they enjoying this? This war that they've created must be entertaining to them.
The world's citizens were divided. The vast majority were greedy, desperate, or maybe both? They all wanted my head and the $10 million associated with it. So... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | "I work at Goldman Sachs." The chick I've been talking up at the bar raises an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Yes, *that* Goldman Sachs. My job, my only job, is this: whenever the Notice goes out, I hire a hitman to take out the target, and see the mission through to completion."
"Whaaaat?" She leans in. "That's so wrong...... | I wonder, are they having fun? The world government, the rich, the powerful, are they enjoying this? This war that they've created must be entertaining to them.
The world's citizens were divided. The vast majority were greedy, desperate, or maybe both? They all wanted my head and the $10 million associated with it. So... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | My name flashed on the screen. Not just my name--my date of birth, my city of birth, and my picture, a photo from a couple of years ago we were forced to submit. The moment I saw it my heart leaped into my throat and my gut felt like someone dropped a ton of rocks in it. Time seemed to stop, and all there was was the t... | I wonder, are they having fun? The world government, the rich, the powerful, are they enjoying this? This war that they've created must be entertaining to them.
The world's citizens were divided. The vast majority were greedy, desperate, or maybe both? They all wanted my head and the $10 million associated with it. So... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | In the moments before my first stage performance, my mentor had laid a hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Though he was getting older, his beard was neatly trimmed and his hair was in perfect order. A performer to the end. I met his eyes, speckles of green and brown across a field of blue. I remember thin... | Dax checked his watch. "Ten minutes until our anniversary," said looking out from the doorway they were huddled in. Sticking his arm out from the covering he let the rain draw lines in his dirty skin. "I'm sorry it's turned out this way, it's not how I envisioned spending it babe."
"It's alright babe," she said taking... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | "I work at Goldman Sachs." The chick I've been talking up at the bar raises an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Yes, *that* Goldman Sachs. My job, my only job, is this: whenever the Notice goes out, I hire a hitman to take out the target, and see the mission through to completion."
"Whaaaat?" She leans in. "That's so wrong...... | Dax checked his watch. "Ten minutes until our anniversary," said looking out from the doorway they were huddled in. Sticking his arm out from the covering he let the rain draw lines in his dirty skin. "I'm sorry it's turned out this way, it's not how I envisioned spending it babe."
"It's alright babe," she said taking... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | My name flashed on the screen. Not just my name--my date of birth, my city of birth, and my picture, a photo from a couple of years ago we were forced to submit. The moment I saw it my heart leaped into my throat and my gut felt like someone dropped a ton of rocks in it. Time seemed to stop, and all there was was the t... | Dax checked his watch. "Ten minutes until our anniversary," said looking out from the doorway they were huddled in. Sticking his arm out from the covering he let the rain draw lines in his dirty skin. "I'm sorry it's turned out this way, it's not how I envisioned spending it babe."
"It's alright babe," she said taking... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | In the moments before my first stage performance, my mentor had laid a hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Though he was getting older, his beard was neatly trimmed and his hair was in perfect order. A performer to the end. I met his eyes, speckles of green and brown across a field of blue. I remember thin... | The seed of doubt, the insidious suspicion, took root somewhere in the second month. It festered, then bloomed magnificently one morning. Rae awoke, but lay in bed, unable to move, transfixed by the horrible realisation of it all.
"The bastards," she said, as she read the letter which had arrived in her mailbox the d... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | "I work at Goldman Sachs." The chick I've been talking up at the bar raises an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Yes, *that* Goldman Sachs. My job, my only job, is this: whenever the Notice goes out, I hire a hitman to take out the target, and see the mission through to completion."
"Whaaaat?" She leans in. "That's so wrong...... | The seed of doubt, the insidious suspicion, took root somewhere in the second month. It festered, then bloomed magnificently one morning. Rae awoke, but lay in bed, unable to move, transfixed by the horrible realisation of it all.
"The bastards," she said, as she read the letter which had arrived in her mailbox the d... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | My name flashed on the screen. Not just my name--my date of birth, my city of birth, and my picture, a photo from a couple of years ago we were forced to submit. The moment I saw it my heart leaped into my throat and my gut felt like someone dropped a ton of rocks in it. Time seemed to stop, and all there was was the t... | The seed of doubt, the insidious suspicion, took root somewhere in the second month. It festered, then bloomed magnificently one morning. Rae awoke, but lay in bed, unable to move, transfixed by the horrible realisation of it all.
"The bastards," she said, as she read the letter which had arrived in her mailbox the d... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | I sat within the concrete bunker, double-checking, no, triple-checking my equipment to make sure I'd be safe.
Eight years, three-hundred and thirty-eight days, two-hundred and four hours, and thirty-seven minutes.
That's how long I've had a death warrant on my head. *Exactly* how long.
Funny, my wife used to tell m... | The seed of doubt, the insidious suspicion, took root somewhere in the second month. It festered, then bloomed magnificently one morning. Rae awoke, but lay in bed, unable to move, transfixed by the horrible realisation of it all.
"The bastards," she said, as she read the letter which had arrived in her mailbox the d... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | "I work at Goldman Sachs." The chick I've been talking up at the bar raises an eyebrow disbelievingly. "Yes, *that* Goldman Sachs. My job, my only job, is this: whenever the Notice goes out, I hire a hitman to take out the target, and see the mission through to completion."
"Whaaaat?" She leans in. "That's so wrong...... | In the moments before my first stage performance, my mentor had laid a hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Though he was getting older, his beard was neatly trimmed and his hair was in perfect order. A performer to the end. I met his eyes, speckles of green and brown across a field of blue. I remember thin... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | My name flashed on the screen. Not just my name--my date of birth, my city of birth, and my picture, a photo from a couple of years ago we were forced to submit. The moment I saw it my heart leaped into my throat and my gut felt like someone dropped a ton of rocks in it. Time seemed to stop, and all there was was the t... | In the moments before my first stage performance, my mentor had laid a hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Though he was getting older, his beard was neatly trimmed and his hair was in perfect order. A performer to the end. I met his eyes, speckles of green and brown across a field of blue. I remember thin... | |
[WP] The Government puts out a notice, and you, a random citizen have been selected. If you survive for another 10 years everyone in the world gets $10,000. However, if someone kills you in the next 9 years and 364 days they alone get $10,000,000. | I saw my name on the news. The words struck me, left me paralyzed - but only for a second.
Then I knew what I had to do.
I hurried to the kitchen, grabbing something before I went downstairs. I could already hear the noises outside.
I opened the door, and there she was, asleep, at peace. The life support systems a... | I groaned. "You have got to be kidding m-"
*BANG. BANG. BANG.*
I tensed, not knowing who it could be. And then, out of all the people in the world, I heard the voice of my sweet, little old neighbor who baked cookies for me every Saturday.
"Hun? It's Ms. Jansen. I just heard the news. You poor thing. Come over to my... | |
[WP] You are capable of shape-shifting into nearly any form, but then you're stuck with that form, because after every transformation, you must wait one year before you're able to transform again. | "I want money", I said. "I want a beautiful girl", I said. Let me tell you, it's not all rainbows and sunshine. She was a gorgeous girl whose family were rich and served luxurious foods. So I changed into her perfect man, a funny cool guy with a good sense of humour. We dated a lot for awhile and she wanted me to meet ... | It's been two months and... I'm lucky I have a close friend since I can't stay at my house, I'm actually kind of presumed dead now. I have an unfortunate power that I don't even know how I got... I can transform into mostly anything but I found out it takes a year to be able to change back. I guess I'm technically im... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | **/Inside ANDROMEDA_AEGIS_J#14:1-3; Commstaff Jordan; 15 Andromeda Minutes before/**
I heard the soft beeping of an incoming message in my headset, and the fact that the message was conveniently sent 2 minutes before the end of my shift, I was pretty irritated. I pondered over answering it or letting the guy with the ... | We were just passing Proxima Centauri when my dashboard began to light up with a message.
Although it had been almost two centuries since humanity had discovered the key to intergalactic travel, we had yet to make contact with another race. My heart was pounding with some mix of excitement and absolute fear. My first ... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | Eva sat in front of the monitor just as she had done for the whole trip. And what had she picked up? A whole lot of nothing. Complete silence over their month of travel. What a waste.
"Why don't you take a break?" The Captain flashed a sympathetic smile her way. He wasn't enjoying this trip any more than she was... | We were just passing Proxima Centauri when my dashboard began to light up with a message.
Although it had been almost two centuries since humanity had discovered the key to intergalactic travel, we had yet to make contact with another race. My heart was pounding with some mix of excitement and absolute fear. My first ... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | Sentinel Udon had been sent on a mission to retrieve men from a ship named the Embarker. Udon wondered why the ship hadn't arrived at the planet Jervip yet, it was carrying a sample of an unidentified life form that was crucial for some of the Jervip scientists' testing.
Udon had been allowed to see the last bit of fo... | We were just passing Proxima Centauri when my dashboard began to light up with a message.
Although it had been almost two centuries since humanity had discovered the key to intergalactic travel, we had yet to make contact with another race. My heart was pounding with some mix of excitement and absolute fear. My first ... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | We were just passing Proxima Centauri when my dashboard began to light up with a message.
Although it had been almost two centuries since humanity had discovered the key to intergalactic travel, we had yet to make contact with another race. My heart was pounding with some mix of excitement and absolute fear. My first ... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | **/Inside ANDROMEDA_AEGIS_J#14:1-3; Commstaff Jordan; 15 Andromeda Minutes before/**
I heard the soft beeping of an incoming message in my headset, and the fact that the message was conveniently sent 2 minutes before the end of my shift, I was pretty irritated. I pondered over answering it or letting the guy with the ... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | Sentinel Udon had been sent on a mission to retrieve men from a ship named the Embarker. Udon wondered why the ship hadn't arrived at the planet Jervip yet, it was carrying a sample of an unidentified life form that was crucial for some of the Jervip scientists' testing.
Udon had been allowed to see the last bit of fo... | So I flipped up the safety cover and depressed the fire control button. The ship had already done tactical assessment, forming weapons of sufficient ability to destroy the other ship. With fire control activated it began a random dance in four dimensions as it poured fire into the strange ship, stopping when it was des... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | Ping!
I jerk awake at my station as the message comes in. After making sure no one saw that I had drifted off, I clicked the blinking green light to display the message on my port screen.
The words KILL US stared back at me. I swiped up to see who had sent the message but they hadn't identified themselves as they se... | So I flipped up the safety cover and depressed the fire control button. The ship had already done tactical assessment, forming weapons of sufficient ability to destroy the other ship. With fire control activated it began a random dance in four dimensions as it poured fire into the strange ship, stopping when it was des... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | So I flipped up the safety cover and depressed the fire control button. The ship had already done tactical assessment, forming weapons of sufficient ability to destroy the other ship. With fire control activated it began a random dance in four dimensions as it poured fire into the strange ship, stopping when it was des... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | Sentinel Udon had been sent on a mission to retrieve men from a ship named the Embarker. Udon wondered why the ship hadn't arrived at the planet Jervip yet, it was carrying a sample of an unidentified life form that was crucial for some of the Jervip scientists' testing.
Udon had been allowed to see the last bit of fo... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | Ping!
I jerk awake at my station as the message comes in. After making sure no one saw that I had drifted off, I clicked the blinking green light to display the message on my port screen.
The words KILL US stared back at me. I swiped up to see who had sent the message but they hadn't identified themselves as they se... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | The bridge was silent. The dead ship loomed ahead, listing, drifting like a corpse underwater. The translation of their sole transmission sat at the bottom of the captain’s screen, captioning the image: KILL US.
“Metis,” I said, “scan again.”
*Why?* the AI replied. *You know I don’t make mistakes.*
“Five thou... | You and your crew have been experiencing terrible nightmares for the past six nights - ever since you detected the wreckage of the SS Relentless on your radar. In your dreams, red eyes in the darkness are hunting you down and, when they finally catch you, their serrated teeth tear into your skin. They rip out your orga... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | "What the hell?" The captain asked, "Kill us?" His second in command shrugged. The chief engineer was on board at the time. Most people who could be were at the bridge. "Well," The engineer started, "we're not actually going to do it, are we?"
"I don't know." The captain replied. The second-in-command followed up, "Ar... | You and your crew have been experiencing terrible nightmares for the past six nights - ever since you detected the wreckage of the SS Relentless on your radar. In your dreams, red eyes in the darkness are hunting you down and, when they finally catch you, their serrated teeth tear into your skin. They rip out your orga... | |
[WP] In your journey through space, you come upon a ship. It sends you a message: "KILL US". | "What the hell?" The captain asked, "Kill us?" His second in command shrugged. The chief engineer was on board at the time. Most people who could be were at the bridge. "Well," The engineer started, "we're not actually going to do it, are we?"
"I don't know." The captain replied. The second-in-command followed up, "Ar... | Space was vast and unforgiving. This, I knew, from my isolated travels around the galaxy. Entropy does not discriminate. Everything, it seems, except for me.
I had no need of protection or covering, unlike some of the primitive lifeforms around here.My tentacles pulsed a faint blue as I swam alongside the stars.
I... | |
[WP] All time-travelers have a common-place called the "Coffeeshop At the End of Time" where they can go get a few... minutes. They can all share it without problem so as long as they never speak of when they're from. | A short pop preluded the sudden appearance of the traveler. In a spot that was empty just a moment before now stood a man, tall and gaunt. He wore an old duster that hung down to his ankles. Stained and tattered it was by years of service to its owner. The traveler wore it like a second skin. Under a wide brimmed hat o... | It has been called a Time Travellers Hub, The Coffe Shop on the End of Time, An Endless Party Pub. It is a small shop that sits on a street corner in most towns, in most eras. It is quite small and every time traveler has been to it, even if they don't know that they have.
The small room first seen, when inside, will... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | I reached out to touch the extraterrestrial. At first, it was a few feet away, reluctantly inching closer, but it quickly warmed up and was finally close enough.
*'Holy shit holy shit holy shit!'* I thought to myself. It put out its arm, and our fingers touched. Then, it suddenly smiled and snapped its arm back, and be... | It gave him the power, that one simple touch. He would fight and strive, never lean on a crutch. But he must keep the secret, who would believe such a thing? Some child's story, it must be a dream.
But as he grew up, he had not forgotten. To no longer be "It", was all that he wanted. The day finally came, he would rea... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | The words came from the stange looking being. It was confusing to the president, his hair flopping jn the wind. "I'm it? How am I it? I am the least..." His words faded as a realization hit him and the rest of the world that was watching. The large headed aliens began to change, their body shifting and becoming more...... | It gave him the power, that one simple touch. He would fight and strive, never lean on a crutch. But he must keep the secret, who would believe such a thing? Some child's story, it must be a dream.
But as he grew up, he had not forgotten. To no longer be "It", was all that he wanted. The day finally came, he would rea... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "Dad, you've been in there for three days. Are you ever going to let this go?"
The blonde in the doorway of the garage wrinkled her nose as she poked her head in. The smell of some sort of fumes and a faint smell of burning plastic made her second guess her intrusion. The wear of middle age had no doubt increased acro... | It gave him the power, that one simple touch. He would fight and strive, never lean on a crutch. But he must keep the secret, who would believe such a thing? Some child's story, it must be a dream.
But as he grew up, he had not forgotten. To no longer be "It", was all that he wanted. The day finally came, he would rea... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "God Damn it... AT LEAST GIVE US FTL FIRST!!!!"
I scream as it runs up its spaceship giving a finger gesture I can only assume is rude.
Under my breath I mutter.
"Fuck, what does 'it' entail."
Meanwhile.....
In the System Delta Eridani the color and target of a unmanned probe from an ageless past, switches. Th... | It gave him the power, that one simple touch. He would fight and strive, never lean on a crutch. But he must keep the secret, who would believe such a thing? Some child's story, it must be a dream.
But as he grew up, he had not forgotten. To no longer be "It", was all that he wanted. The day finally came, he would rea... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | I reached out to touch the extraterrestrial. At first, it was a few feet away, reluctantly inching closer, but it quickly warmed up and was finally close enough.
*'Holy shit holy shit holy shit!'* I thought to myself. It put out its arm, and our fingers touched. Then, it suddenly smiled and snapped its arm back, and be... | The being had been graceful and elegant. It had floated down from the sky like a feather and landed a few feet in front of me. It's seemingly human-made dress had fluttered invitingly as it did so, and it's skin color mixed fairly well with the dress's pink hue. Curly brown hair extended down past it's shoulder's. The ... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | The words came from the stange looking being. It was confusing to the president, his hair flopping jn the wind. "I'm it? How am I it? I am the least..." His words faded as a realization hit him and the rest of the world that was watching. The large headed aliens began to change, their body shifting and becoming more...... | The being had been graceful and elegant. It had floated down from the sky like a feather and landed a few feet in front of me. It's seemingly human-made dress had fluttered invitingly as it did so, and it's skin color mixed fairly well with the dress's pink hue. Curly brown hair extended down past it's shoulder's. The ... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "Dad, you've been in there for three days. Are you ever going to let this go?"
The blonde in the doorway of the garage wrinkled her nose as she poked her head in. The smell of some sort of fumes and a faint smell of burning plastic made her second guess her intrusion. The wear of middle age had no doubt increased acro... | The being had been graceful and elegant. It had floated down from the sky like a feather and landed a few feet in front of me. It's seemingly human-made dress had fluttered invitingly as it did so, and it's skin color mixed fairly well with the dress's pink hue. Curly brown hair extended down past it's shoulder's. The ... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "Dad, you've been in there for three days. Are you ever going to let this go?"
The blonde in the doorway of the garage wrinkled her nose as she poked her head in. The smell of some sort of fumes and a faint smell of burning plastic made her second guess her intrusion. The wear of middle age had no doubt increased acro... | I reached out to touch the extraterrestrial. At first, it was a few feet away, reluctantly inching closer, but it quickly warmed up and was finally close enough.
*'Holy shit holy shit holy shit!'* I thought to myself. It put out its arm, and our fingers touched. Then, it suddenly smiled and snapped its arm back, and be... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "Dad, you've been in there for three days. Are you ever going to let this go?"
The blonde in the doorway of the garage wrinkled her nose as she poked her head in. The smell of some sort of fumes and a faint smell of burning plastic made her second guess her intrusion. The wear of middle age had no doubt increased acro... | The alien reached out it's hand like appendage. Almost dazed, the astronaut did the same. With a simple touch, the first human contact with an actual extra terrestrial occurred in 2023. With what appeared to be a sly grin, the alien said; "you're it". That simple sentence changed the American landscape on space travel.... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | It's been five years since the V' orra landed on Earth just outside San Diego, CA. The eastern counties were abuzz with rednecks, fanatics, militias, and religious nuts...which only made matters worse when the ships landed. Aside from a few pot shots at the ships the local authorities were able to set up a perimeter qu... | The alien reached out it's hand like appendage. Almost dazed, the astronaut did the same. With a simple touch, the first human contact with an actual extra terrestrial occurred in 2023. With what appeared to be a sly grin, the alien said; "you're it". That simple sentence changed the American landscape on space travel.... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "God Damn it... AT LEAST GIVE US FTL FIRST!!!!"
I scream as it runs up its spaceship giving a finger gesture I can only assume is rude.
Under my breath I mutter.
"Fuck, what does 'it' entail."
Meanwhile.....
In the System Delta Eridani the color and target of a unmanned probe from an ageless past, switches. Th... | The alien reached out it's hand like appendage. Almost dazed, the astronaut did the same. With a simple touch, the first human contact with an actual extra terrestrial occurred in 2023. With what appeared to be a sly grin, the alien said; "you're it". That simple sentence changed the American landscape on space travel.... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | Now, we are it.
We don't know why, we don't know how, but after the alien entity touches the fingertip of that lil' Town Boy, we are it.
We need to find the next alien race to pass it to them, touch them, make them IT. We all, as the whole human race, every single individuality now feels the great urge of it. There i... | The alien reached out it's hand like appendage. Almost dazed, the astronaut did the same. With a simple touch, the first human contact with an actual extra terrestrial occurred in 2023. With what appeared to be a sly grin, the alien said; "you're it". That simple sentence changed the American landscape on space travel.... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "Dad, you've been in there for three days. Are you ever going to let this go?"
The blonde in the doorway of the garage wrinkled her nose as she poked her head in. The smell of some sort of fumes and a faint smell of burning plastic made her second guess her intrusion. The wear of middle age had no doubt increased acro... | The words came from the stange looking being. It was confusing to the president, his hair flopping jn the wind. "I'm it? How am I it? I am the least..." His words faded as a realization hit him and the rest of the world that was watching. The large headed aliens began to change, their body shifting and becoming more...... | |
[WP] The alien reaches out and touches fingers with a human making literal first contact, and then says the words "You're it" and flees. | "God Damn it... AT LEAST GIVE US FTL FIRST!!!!"
I scream as it runs up its spaceship giving a finger gesture I can only assume is rude.
Under my breath I mutter.
"Fuck, what does 'it' entail."
Meanwhile.....
In the System Delta Eridani the color and target of a unmanned probe from an ageless past, switches. Th... | It's been five years since the V' orra landed on Earth just outside San Diego, CA. The eastern counties were abuzz with rednecks, fanatics, militias, and religious nuts...which only made matters worse when the ships landed. Aside from a few pot shots at the ships the local authorities were able to set up a perimeter qu... | |
[WP] The GPS doesn't take you where you ask, but where you need to go. | “No wonder these things were on clearance,” I mutter, turning the unit off and tossing it into the glove box. Despite trying multiple addresses in the area of the church, the darned thing keeps bringing up a map leading to some middle-of-nowhere location in Hardwick, NJ. I do things the old-fashioned way: use my smartp... | I applied additional pressure to the throttle, causing the car to lurch forward.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
I kept my head forward, my eyes focused on the road, and my hands gripped tightly on the steering wheel.
She shuffled around in her seat, pulling her seat belt tighter.
“WHERE are we going?” ... | |
[WP] You are a military general who just managed to barely fight off an alien invasion. What you didn't know is that destroying earth was a tourist attraction to civilian aliens. Now that the alien tourists don't come back, the aliens get suspicous and send their actual military. | The base was on the edge of my radar until I heard the aliens originated there. In the fifties, a U. F. O. crashed at the site of Area 51 and two of the aliens were captured. I was lucky enough to be hired on a stroke of luck. My investigations began immediately.
I asked the scientist my questions. “Are the aliens sti... | Whatever we used to destroy those messy tourist aliens, who left trash and baby fluids everywhere, we conjure up extra doses of NyQuil medicine which turned out to be the Ultimate weapon.
When they come back we use all the helicopter drones you can find that our young people of America are so fascinated with to lure ... | |
[WP] You’re a mind-reader, except, instead of humans, you can mind-read machines and hear them “thinking”. Someone sits beside you in class, and you realise you can hear their thoughts... | It was quite like getting notifications. Whenever I'd focus on an object that was composed of a circuit, I could "sense" what it was doing, what it was thinking. Kids toys would behave somewhat like kids, repeating a couple phrases over and over. More advanced machines like computers and phones would almost seem to mak... | Dwyane’s mouth twisted when he realized just whose thoughts were creeping through his mind.
He pretended he was only staring at the equations on the board, but every so often he took a glance at Damien.
*Goddamnit I hate these lectures,* thought Damien, tapping his finger incessantly on the desk. He started to tap ... | |
[WP] You’re a mind-reader, except, instead of humans, you can mind-read machines and hear them “thinking”. Someone sits beside you in class, and you realise you can hear their thoughts... | It was weird. Usually I'd be walking past a toaster, listening in on its thoughts. *"It's so hot!" "Well, when I turn off I complain about the cold, too."* Most times I could block it out, like it wasn't there at all - something of a skill I learned along the way. The realisation of how many machines are around us only... | Dwyane’s mouth twisted when he realized just whose thoughts were creeping through his mind.
He pretended he was only staring at the equations on the board, but every so often he took a glance at Damien.
*Goddamnit I hate these lectures,* thought Damien, tapping his finger incessantly on the desk. He started to tap ... | |
[WP] You’re a mind-reader, except, instead of humans, you can mind-read machines and hear them “thinking”. Someone sits beside you in class, and you realise you can hear their thoughts... | It was quite like getting notifications. Whenever I'd focus on an object that was composed of a circuit, I could "sense" what it was doing, what it was thinking. Kids toys would behave somewhat like kids, repeating a couple phrases over and over. More advanced machines like computers and phones would almost seem to mak... | *"Maria, Victor, Carlos, Eder, Emily..."*
I sat just beside the window, trying to take in the air so I could cool off, needless to say, it wasn't working, I was sweating so much that my notebook was drenched, nobody was even paying attention to me everyone was either listening to miss Enderson's class or chatting amon... | |
[WP] You’re a mind-reader, except, instead of humans, you can mind-read machines and hear them “thinking”. Someone sits beside you in class, and you realise you can hear their thoughts... | It was weird. Usually I'd be walking past a toaster, listening in on its thoughts. *"It's so hot!" "Well, when I turn off I complain about the cold, too."* Most times I could block it out, like it wasn't there at all - something of a skill I learned along the way. The realisation of how many machines are around us only... | *"Maria, Victor, Carlos, Eder, Emily..."*
I sat just beside the window, trying to take in the air so I could cool off, needless to say, it wasn't working, I was sweating so much that my notebook was drenched, nobody was even paying attention to me everyone was either listening to miss Enderson's class or chatting amon... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | My first time replying to a prompt. I welcome constructive criticism if you have any.
Chapter One
“Homo’s got AIDS!” chanted John as he pummelled his fist into the young boy's stomach repeatedly. The young boy, Liam, fell to the ground in agony. John kicked him once more for good measure and walked two steps away sat... | Dropping blood pressure. Loss of appetite. A migraine unlike any other. At first it happened every few days, but now it happens almost every hour. Whenever it happened, I felt like my rational sense was slowly slipping away, like a part of me was gone. But it wasn’t gone — just given.
Spreading across multiple contin... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | “It's taken you so long to finally find me, madame director,” a new voice spoke through the black glassy wall.
“I suppose it's an honor,” A curtsy was faked by the director, who seethed with sarcasm, “to meet you formally for the first time.”
“Oh I’ve met you plenty of times, this is no new honor for me. Someone had ... | Dropping blood pressure. Loss of appetite. A migraine unlike any other. At first it happened every few days, but now it happens almost every hour. Whenever it happened, I felt like my rational sense was slowly slipping away, like a part of me was gone. But it wasn’t gone — just given.
Spreading across multiple contin... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | "Becoming two people was very, very weird. One minute, I'm a sick patient lying in the hospital, and the next minute I'm a sick patient lying in the hospital *and* a middle-aged nurse with two kids, a dog, and a husband named Rick.
She got sick right after we became one. Then I was two sick patients in a hospital. Be... | The computer screen is especially harsh tonight, the contrast between the edges of the video and the black background aren’t good for my vision I’m pretty sure. No matter, I only need to be able to see what’s going on in the video. The pornographic threesome in front of me was the only thing I cared to see, my woman fo... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | The virus spread quickly, and every person that it spread to was added into my neural network. A fraction of their willpower was added to mine, giving me more power, and more ability to control those in the network. By the time half the world's population was connected to me, I could assume complete control over... Wel... | The computer screen is especially harsh tonight, the contrast between the edges of the video and the black background aren’t good for my vision I’m pretty sure. No matter, I only need to be able to see what’s going on in the video. The pornographic threesome in front of me was the only thing I cared to see, my woman fo... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | "That dress looks hideous," whispered a woman.
"She's out drinking again, I just know it!" yelled a man.
"I think my favorite color is blue, but maybe it's pink today," mused a young girl.
I felt myself chuckling as I sat, cross-legged, on the bed in my cell. I always enjoyed hearing the last independent thoughts of... | The computer screen is especially harsh tonight, the contrast between the edges of the video and the black background aren’t good for my vision I’m pretty sure. No matter, I only need to be able to see what’s going on in the video. The pornographic threesome in front of me was the only thing I cared to see, my woman fo... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | The virus spread quickly, and every person that it spread to was added into my neural network. A fraction of their willpower was added to mine, giving me more power, and more ability to control those in the network. By the time half the world's population was connected to me, I could assume complete control over... Wel... | It started as it usually does, with a sniffle and a cough. We both knew that meant everyone in the family would get sick, it always seemed that if one of us caught something all of us did.
It ended with me seeing myself from three new perspectives. I screamed. They screamed. I wept. They wept. But try as i might, i co... | |
[WP] You are Patient Zero of a virus that replaces the victim's mind with a psychic link to your own. A viral hivemind with you at the center. | "That dress looks hideous," whispered a woman.
"She's out drinking again, I just know it!" yelled a man.
"I think my favorite color is blue, but maybe it's pink today," mused a young girl.
I felt myself chuckling as I sat, cross-legged, on the bed in my cell. I always enjoyed hearing the last independent thoughts of... | It started as it usually does, with a sniffle and a cough. We both knew that meant everyone in the family would get sick, it always seemed that if one of us caught something all of us did.
It ended with me seeing myself from three new perspectives. I screamed. They screamed. I wept. They wept. But try as i might, i co... | |
[WP] It's day 7 of the apocalypse, you've just broken your glasses. | "Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!"
"Dude, you're so screwed! If you can't keep up I'm going to have to go on without you. I'm sorry."
"No I'm fine, my vision isn't even that bad. I only had these so I could drive better at night." It was a lie. Mark's vision was so bad his optometrist had stated that he was borderline "lega... | "Stand there and wait for my instructions!" The captain yelled at you from the catwalk above. She was dressed in standard Army fatigues that displayed her rank and name, one sleeve was ripped and tattered and the arm strapped across her chest in a makeshift sling. "The timing of the switches has to be exact to reverse ... | |
[WP] It's day 7 of the apocalypse, you've just broken your glasses. | "Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!"
"Dude, you're so screwed! If you can't keep up I'm going to have to go on without you. I'm sorry."
"No I'm fine, my vision isn't even that bad. I only had these so I could drive better at night." It was a lie. Mark's vision was so bad his optometrist had stated that he was borderline "lega... | Even though the fuzz of everything overcame me, just like whenever I went to bed, woke up, showered, swam, or wrestled, i could still see large round stars on the ground. Those stars were the glistening shards of my glasses, the one thing I swore I needed to survive in this new hell. I looked up, seeing the sun was sti... | |
[WP] Dragons hoard concepts, rather than gold. The one in the mountain hoards hate. The one in the foothills hoards power. Down in the woods there is a dragon with piles of longsuffering. Somewhere, there has to be a dragon that hoards happiness. Right? | My brothers and sisters are always dealing with this. At births and funerals they gripe and whine about it. "Humans want to steal my wisdom." "They want to release my suffering on the world." "I am so sick of them! Every week it seems like they are knocking at the start of my lair, begging me for my rage." "And my lus... | "No, no, no, my Dear," the Dragon of Power says to me as we walk through his garden. He takes a moment to rearrange some of the golden lilypads in one pool, then to pet the little wyrmlings swimming around below them with one alien toe. "There is no Dragon of Happiness. That idea is beyond us now."
"But!" I reply, tea... | |
[WP] Everyday you get a different, boring and benign ‘power’. Last week, you could change the temperature of any room you were in by +/-2 degrees. Yesterday, you could add time to every parking meter in the city. Today, you get the most boring one yet, and it’s amazing what you do with it... | Susan waddled over to Carleton’s desk, her mouth agape and breathing deeply from the stress it took her to walk across the office.
“Hey Susan, how can I help you?”
“Carl, can you still do that thing where you make the room slightly warmer or colder? The thermostat is locked behind plexiglass and only the maintenance ... | I wake up and go through my morning routine. Ever since this whole 'power' thing started in my late teens, it's been the same thing. I turn off my alarm clock, brush my teeth, shower, shave and then dig out my vast collection of knick-knacks and doo-dads I keep in the kitchen and set about finding out what 'power' I w... | |
[WP] Santa checked it twice, and there were no children on the Naughty List. Certain the records had been falsified, he had only one detective to turn to. Only one he could trust to investigate and ruin Christmas. Meet the Grinch. | *(A slight twist on the original prompt)*
You could say business wasn't swell that year in the Whoville Detective Agency. I didn't know what I expected, actually. I had tried to promise little Cindy Lou (not to mention her smokin' hot Mom) that I'd be very, very good, but damn! I didn't realize what I'd been committin... | I knew who it was coming up my stairs long before his well-padded body squeezed itself around my door. The merry, infuriating tinkling of bells combined with labored huffs and puffs and the occasional muttered "ho...ho...hee...ho" under his breath. Evidently Mrs. C had yet to receive the memo that a year-long diet of c... | |
[deleted] | [WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die. | "Here take this"
With its tendrils, it wraps around the butt of the gun, sliding thoroughly along its surface.
"Point it towards your most sensitive organ and pull the trigger."
Confused with the physicality of the weapon and my clear unease around it, it aims the gun more purposefully towards itself and squeezes t... | “Arthur hurry up! We wouldn’t want the Gentlemen wait any longer for their tea would we?”
Ford sat across three irish looking aliens in the command center of his space shuttle.
They were stranded in space, as because their probability drive came up with some pretty probable malfunctions.
Arthur saw them while the... |
[deleted] | [WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die. | "Here take this"
With its tendrils, it wraps around the butt of the gun, sliding thoroughly along its surface.
"Point it towards your most sensitive organ and pull the trigger."
Confused with the physicality of the weapon and my clear unease around it, it aims the gun more purposefully towards itself and squeezes t... | Randal Harmon, 927744 Personal Log: 12/12/4017. 13:02
I think we might as well give up. We've tried everything , even cutting the brain out.
Bad idea , we ended up cloning one today.
Granted : The one that grew out of the brain thinks that relearning some of what was in their muscle and nerve memory will be novel ... |
[deleted] | [WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die. | Phil raised his gun, aiming for what he'd been told was the strange creature's nervous core. He fired three shots at point blank range. The creature's shell cracked, oozing pale blood, then rapidly repaired itself. The bullets clinked to the desert floor.
"Well, I'll be damned. You fellas really are tough sons-a-bitch... | Randal Harmon, 927744 Personal Log: 12/12/4017. 13:02
I think we might as well give up. We've tried everything , even cutting the brain out.
Bad idea , we ended up cloning one today.
Granted : The one that grew out of the brain thinks that relearning some of what was in their muscle and nerve memory will be novel ... |
[deleted] | [WP] In a quest to find the secret of immortality, humans search the universe for more intelligent life. They find immortal aliens, who beg to learn how to die. | They were, beautiful, serene, graceful and above all else completely alien to humanity. Yet this alienation was not necessarily physical, the Angelarchs were a species who were roughly humanoid in size and shape, though taller with the average height of roughly 2 meters. Their skin and features were similar to that of... | Randal Harmon, 927744 Personal Log: 12/12/4017. 13:02
I think we might as well give up. We've tried everything , even cutting the brain out.
Bad idea , we ended up cloning one today.
Granted : The one that grew out of the brain thinks that relearning some of what was in their muscle and nerve memory will be novel ... |
this is a repost, but from 3 months ago and it didn’t have any response so I figured I’d give it one more shot before throwing it away. | [WP] as an adventurer you’ve always had the ability to pull whatever monetary value you need from your pocket. What you didn’t realize is that it took money from someone else and replaced it with a note with your name on it. | 20 years have passed since my journey has started. From Peasant to Adventurer to Knight to Savior and King. And now I sit in my own kingdoms prison but not just any prison. One of the strongest prison designed to hold an adventurer. With minimal things inside just some straw and a bucket and a enchanted book to read t... | It was a beautiful day today. A calm breeze swept through my hair as I opened the window. The inn we decided to stay for the night had a beautiful view of the lake and a castle. This world has adventurers, like me, who seek treasures or a thrill you get from defeating monsters. I turned, put on my shirt as i walked out... |
this is a repost, but from 3 months ago and it didn’t have any response so I figured I’d give it one more shot before throwing it away. | [WP] as an adventurer you’ve always had the ability to pull whatever monetary value you need from your pocket. What you didn’t realize is that it took money from someone else and replaced it with a note with your name on it. | Maria ducked into the dirty subway bathroom, panting. The two men chasing her hopefully would run past and not see that she had slipped in there. Her back pressed against the door, she listened for the heavy quick paced steps that would mean that her diversion had succeeded. A few seconds later, heart pounding in her c... | It was a beautiful day today. A calm breeze swept through my hair as I opened the window. The inn we decided to stay for the night had a beautiful view of the lake and a castle. This world has adventurers, like me, who seek treasures or a thrill you get from defeating monsters. I turned, put on my shirt as i walked out... |
[WP] You come across a book similar to the “Death Note” but you can only use it to cause mild inconveniences for other people. You cannot use it to cause harm, financial burden, or any long lasting negative effects on the person. An example would be to make a persons hot cup of coffee become cold. | The morning commute to work was long and tedious and as usual I soon found myself people-watching. People-watching is fun as it is, but I enjoyed it more than most people did. Discerning people’s characters through snippets of conversation and serving my own personal flavor of justice was my favourite pastime. How did ... | "Ah s'port Donald Trump, he's a real Murcan. Keepin all them Mud People out."
I watched the wall-eyed dimwit being interviewed, waiting for a name to pop up with my pen poised over the Fuckery Folio.
"Raceeist? That's just whiney librulism talk."
"*Earl Markson Davis Jr., local resident*" popped up on the scre... | |
[WP] You come across a book similar to the “Death Note” but you can only use it to cause mild inconveniences for other people. You cannot use it to cause harm, financial burden, or any long lasting negative effects on the person. An example would be to make a persons hot cup of coffee become cold. | I tapped the tips of my fingers together as my mind schemed on how to ruin this man's day. He spelled my name wrong across my cup of coffee and I simply could not forgive such a thing. Aaron 'with two a's'. I even told him that. My name is not hard to spell..
Yes.. yes.. something terrible. Something that would make t... | "Ah s'port Donald Trump, he's a real Murcan. Keepin all them Mud People out."
I watched the wall-eyed dimwit being interviewed, waiting for a name to pop up with my pen poised over the Fuckery Folio.
"Raceeist? That's just whiney librulism talk."
"*Earl Markson Davis Jr., local resident*" popped up on the scre... | |
[WP] The first manned FTL mission to Alpha Centauri was a success, and the crew arrived back on Earth just months after they left. Five years later the radio transmitted logs begin arriving at Earth. They don't match the ship logs. | Part I
A cube fell into my mug, followed by a laser which heated it up. I stood there for a few moments watching the event take place. Right before my eyes, the cube transformed into the perfect cup of coffee. My observations were interupted by my transceiver going off. I removed it from its holster and placed it on t... | “MAYDAY! MAYDAY! THIS IS THE NOAH REQUESTING IMMEDIATE ASSIST-“
Jane Allen listened. Listened to her own voice coming through the speakers in the concrete interrogation room with a look of shock and horror on her pale face.
“Care to explain this.” The man in the black suit sneered.
“Who put you up to this? Really? ... | |
[WP] You rub the magic lamp and the genie is nothing like the stories. It is a weary old man and instead of 3 wishes, you get 2 doors. One leading to everything you want and the other leading to what you really need. | "You know, that actually makes a lot of sense."
Of course I had fantasized about this before; I already knew what my wishes would be. I think I even wrote them down somewhere, each wish taking up several pages to ensure that a mischievous genie couldn't twist my words somehow, but this was even better. One door was dec... | When I rub the lamp, I hope against hope that it is what the stories say. I rub it in the comfort of my own home, having carried it all the way in my backpack from an unmarked grave in Egypt. I won't get into how I found that grave, just know that I have been searching for it my whole life, since the moment I was born,... | |
[WP] You rub the magic lamp and the genie is nothing like the stories. It is a weary old man and instead of 3 wishes, you get 2 doors. One leading to everything you want and the other leading to what you really need. | "You know, that actually makes a lot of sense."
Of course I had fantasized about this before; I already knew what my wishes would be. I think I even wrote them down somewhere, each wish taking up several pages to ensure that a mischievous genie couldn't twist my words somehow, but this was even better. One door was dec... | "Need or want?" the boy asked me. He looked at my gaseous form warily.
"Of course. A simple choice," I reply.
"And no tricks?" he asks.
I shake my head. As a Genie I was bound to my word. If I said no tricks, there could be no tricks. My goal used to be to twist the words of their wishes against them, but then they ... | |
[WP] You rub the magic lamp and the genie is nothing like the stories. It is a weary old man and instead of 3 wishes, you get 2 doors. One leading to everything you want and the other leading to what you really need. | Will sat at the bar, drink in hand, and sipped at it casually while he waited on Harv to decide.
"One is Want, and the other is Need?"
Harv was leaning against the counter, looking at the cards that had been laid out on the bar top. Two beaten up, worn tarot cards with an image of a door on the back of them. They wer... | I could smell him from here.
It was like he rolled around in the dusty remains of a bunch of skeletons. Old and smelling of mildew. Yum.
“Can you explain it to me one more time?”
The man looked at me with his tired eyes. He back was so hunched that even I started leaning forward. Everything about him screamed frail... | |
[WP] You rub the magic lamp and the genie is nothing like the stories. It is a weary old man and instead of 3 wishes, you get 2 doors. One leading to everything you want and the other leading to what you really need. | Besant had finally found it. The lamp lay hidden beneath the shade of a tree in an isolated oasis. The desert was vast and had taken many an adventurer's life, the the risk was well worth taking. In his hands he held it. Feeling the warmth of its legendary power, his has even trembled. He caught his composure before fi... | I could smell him from here.
It was like he rolled around in the dusty remains of a bunch of skeletons. Old and smelling of mildew. Yum.
“Can you explain it to me one more time?”
The man looked at me with his tired eyes. He back was so hunched that even I started leaning forward. Everything about him screamed frail... | |
[WP] You rub the magic lamp and the genie is nothing like the stories. It is a weary old man and instead of 3 wishes, you get 2 doors. One leading to everything you want and the other leading to what you really need. | "Oh I know this one," Jeremy responds, "I'm supposed to ask each guard what the other would choose. The truth teller will tell me that the liar would suggest the incorrect door, while the liar will tell me that the truth teller would tell me to go through the incorrect door, right?"
The genie, floating over his lamp r... | I could smell him from here.
It was like he rolled around in the dusty remains of a bunch of skeletons. Old and smelling of mildew. Yum.
“Can you explain it to me one more time?”
The man looked at me with his tired eyes. He back was so hunched that even I started leaning forward. Everything about him screamed frail... | |
[WP] They met, night after night, until their work together was done. | “We’re not stopping until we’re finished,” said Geoff, sitting at the head of the table in his make-shift robe and wizard hat.
“We’ve clearly fucked this up. We didn’t know what we were doing to begin with and we should have just played Monopoly,” explained Luke, his posture perfectly displaying his enthusiasm.
“Shu... | There comes a point, in the early hours of the morning, that the aches that have crept up your spine simply vanish. It’s a wonderfully euphoric moment, like a weight raised from your body and a sigh escapes your lips. And then you look back at the floor, at the mess, and you cannot go on and as you rise, every ache. Ev... | |
[WP] They met, night after night, until their work together was done. | They met, night after night, until their work together was done. It wasn't easy, but they knew all too well the need to set aside their differences and complete the task.
They were not friends; far from it, and they had made each other deathly aware of the fact that time was not sufficient enough a device to heal som... | There comes a point, in the early hours of the morning, that the aches that have crept up your spine simply vanish. It’s a wonderfully euphoric moment, like a weight raised from your body and a sigh escapes your lips. And then you look back at the floor, at the mess, and you cannot go on and as you rise, every ache. Ev... | |
[WP] No one's been able to pull Excalibur out of the stone, but you have an idea: why not just break the stone? | As I approach the stone, I feel the weight of the night. The stone was displayed by the Mage on the town's place weeks - months - ago, but no one has been able to take the sword out of the rock. Hours ago, I finally decided to test my theory which was pretty obvious : if you can't pull Excalibur, why not simply break t... | Overseer Kensington stood hunched over the conference table, both his palms flat on it. He let his gaze sweep across the entire research team before speaking.
"Full anti-compulsion gear is mandatory folks! Just came down from big guns upstairs. If we get a repeat of that ring fiasco she's cancelling the Christmas P... | |
[WP] No one's been able to pull Excalibur out of the stone, but you have an idea: why not just break the stone? | "No, I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to do that actually," Merrill said,
"Says who?" Artemis smiled widely at her, "Swords the same no matter what, yeah?"
"I mean," She started dispassionately,
"Exactly," Artemis interrupted, "So the way I see it, no harm no foul,"
Merrill sighed and shot her a tired look, "Loo... | With an exasperated sigh the man in front of me dropped the rope. It had been rapped around the hilt of Excalibur, the legendary sword in the stone. As he started walking away he looked at me and snickered. If he, with all his might couldn’t even make the sword budge, what would a tiny man like me accomplish?
Ignorin... | |
[deleted] | [WP]You're scrolling through r/WritingPrompts to find an interesting prompt to write about. You come across an image prompt with a picture of you, sitting at your computer, scrolling through r/WritingPrompts... | It was a boring day as usual. Waking up, playing games, eating, playing games and then browsing reddit, specifically a subreddit r/WritingPrompts before going to sleep. "Which one should I check?" I muttered myself as opening the subreddit. "Let's see. Something about an ultimate mmorpg... not necessarily interested. T... | “What the hell?” I said out loud to my room.
I had just taken a shower and was feeling pretty inspired to do a little bit of writing, so I had went over to the Writing Prompts subreddit for some creative fuel. But then I clicked an image prompt titled *‘Is this you?’*
On first look, it was an ordinary gif, a young gu... |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | It was a normal day for Ben. He woke up, got dressed in his black flannel and jeans, had his usual breakfast of eggs with waffles, no syrup, and was on his way to work. Ben had been working at the same old office he had been going to for the past 15 years, and he couldn’t have been more bored.
“Morning Ben, how was th... | It seems that just about every other day I am able to do something new and incredible. After today’s burrito with the boys, I learned I could float around, a nice party trick but I’ve been able to bring objects toward me for about a month now, so beside getting around traffic floating isn’t too useful. Sucks that right... | |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | "I am known as Gunslinger Gilbert, but you can call me Gil," announced the man in black leathers. "And I am here to challenge you," he pointed at me with a gloved finger, "to a battle to the death."
People on the busy street turned their heads in our direction as they noticed the arsenal of guns that Gil had slung ove... | "Are you busy? Because if you are you can just give me a tea bag and an empty cup, I'll handle the rest." The man behind the counter thanked Bret and gave him his usual tea, a cup and a few packets of sugar. Bret took a seat near the window, not his favorite table in the cafe but his usual one was full, and pointed his... | |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | Laughing, Alicia brushed a lock of blonde hair behind her ear. "You should probably stay away from me...I'm trouble."
Bo grinned. "Who's to say I don't like a little bit of trouble?"
"I'm serious!" Alicia frowned, but her hazel eyes were gleaming as she looked across the table at her date. "Just on the way over her... | When I woke up yesterday, I learned I could breathe fire. It’s really more a curse than anything. My cat jumped up onto my chest, and I sneezed from all the hair he shed. I accidentally set my dresser on fire. My curtains ceased to exist at around 3pm because I had a major coughing fit. It really is kind of a downer. I... | |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | "I am known as Gunslinger Gilbert, but you can call me Gil," announced the man in black leathers. "And I am here to challenge you," he pointed at me with a gloved finger, "to a battle to the death."
People on the busy street turned their heads in our direction as they noticed the arsenal of guns that Gil had slung ove... | When I woke up yesterday, I learned I could breathe fire. It’s really more a curse than anything. My cat jumped up onto my chest, and I sneezed from all the hair he shed. I accidentally set my dresser on fire. My curtains ceased to exist at around 3pm because I had a major coughing fit. It really is kind of a downer. I... | |
[WP] Everyone has the Mega Man-like ability to steal another person's most valuable trait by defeating them in battle. You have the world's most valuable trait - incredible, inexplicable dumb luck - and you've won thousands of battle without even knowing you were fighting. | "I am known as Gunslinger Gilbert, but you can call me Gil," announced the man in black leathers. "And I am here to challenge you," he pointed at me with a gloved finger, "to a battle to the death."
People on the busy street turned their heads in our direction as they noticed the arsenal of guns that Gil had slung ove... | Laughing, Alicia brushed a lock of blonde hair behind her ear. "You should probably stay away from me...I'm trouble."
Bo grinned. "Who's to say I don't like a little bit of trouble?"
"I'm serious!" Alicia frowned, but her hazel eyes were gleaming as she looked across the table at her date. "Just on the way over her... | |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | "I'm here for the foreplay."
That's what my brother said to say, and they'd take me to the back room where they had a card game called "four play". But the woman just stood there, jaw gaping.
Later, I'd figure out I'd pretty much verbally abused this woman. Weird thing is that's the *least* crazy thing that happened... | "Halt, in the name of justice, for I am Stuff Man!" shouts a man dressed in nothing but a speedo, and a utility belt.
Looking down at his bulge and then back up to his face the female burglar replies, "I can see why, how often you wash that sock?"
"Oh baby, that's all me down there, I'm called *Stuff Man* because a... |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | "Swords. Swords lining every wall, every shelf. Why would I find myself in such a place, you ask? Well, I wouldn't, but that was part of the exam. Without showing my skills, I'd never get my Hero License.
I barely had time to get to grips with the place, before the exam began. The door was kicked in, and I spun aro... | "Halt, in the name of justice, for I am Stuff Man!" shouts a man dressed in nothing but a speedo, and a utility belt.
Looking down at his bulge and then back up to his face the female burglar replies, "I can see why, how often you wash that sock?"
"Oh baby, that's all me down there, I'm called *Stuff Man* because a... |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | Broken glass hit the back of my neck. I was the closest to the broken window, and as such was the first to be taken hostage. In just a few moments three men had burst into the store,two brandishing pistols while the other wielded an assault rifle. A bit overkill for a measly sword shop, but it still had the desired eff... | "Halt, in the name of justice, for I am Stuff Man!" shouts a man dressed in nothing but a speedo, and a utility belt.
Looking down at his bulge and then back up to his face the female burglar replies, "I can see why, how often you wash that sock?"
"Oh baby, that's all me down there, I'm called *Stuff Man* because a... |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | I don't even like swords. Swords are cool to look at when they're hanging on a wall, and sword fights in movies are always cool to watch, but swords are not practical for real world combat. A fire extinguisher, or a little kids tricycle is a more proficient weapon than a factory made katana. Unfortunately Doug's super ... | Sunday night, and I was visiting a sword store. I really should've been heading home to bed, but the antique daggers and the shiny, metallic luster of the blades deserved my undivided attention. I perused the dusty shelves for the perfect blade - nothing too big, nothing too small, something that would look badass on m... |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | I shouldn't have been there.
Ever since my sister and I had left our [time as ninjas](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/7wmf4h/wp_you_have_sent_your_daughters_to_the_same/du2oqx8/) [behind us](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/7zm6oq/wp_you_thought_you_knew_where_you_were_just_a/dup98al/)... | Sunday night, and I was visiting a sword store. I really should've been heading home to bed, but the antique daggers and the shiny, metallic luster of the blades deserved my undivided attention. I perused the dusty shelves for the perfect blade - nothing too big, nothing too small, something that would look badass on m... |
Pretending sword stores are still a thing. | [WP] Your super power is extreme proficiency at fighting with anything not considered a weapon. Your challenge: A violent robbery happens while you're visiting a Sword store | The robbers were still screaming and making the same cliche demands I've heard before at almost every robbery I've been to. Four men, all masked. Two yelling at the store manager, two covering the three cringing customers, and myself of course.
I know what to do. I've done it many times before, but I have to be ve... | Sunday night, and I was visiting a sword store. I really should've been heading home to bed, but the antique daggers and the shiny, metallic luster of the blades deserved my undivided attention. I perused the dusty shelves for the perfect blade - nothing too big, nothing too small, something that would look badass on m... |
[WP] You’re walking down the street and see your doppelgänger. You approach your doppelgänger to say hi but they respond with “There can only be one.” | "There can only be one."
I stood there in shock. Calmly, he reached into his coat and pulled out a gun. I stepped back, slowly raising my hands. He brought the gun up. And then kept bringing the gun up until it was pointed into his own mouth. He pulled the trigger. Most of him collapsed in a heap on the sidewalk. ... | "I've got to hurry, only 5 more minutes until I'm late." You think to yourself as you continue walking from your parked car, and look up as you see a dozen skyscrapers extending skyward around you. As you pass a full-length glass exterior facade of one of the buildings, a retail shop selling women's lingerie, you catch... |
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