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[WP] "What do you mean the robbers ADDED $4,000,000 to the vault?" | "Wait, what do you mean we're going to ADD $4,000,000 to the vault?"
"That was the boss's orders."
"That makes no sense. Why would someone risk jail to *lose* money?"
"Don't know, don't care. That's what he's paying us for, so I'm doing what I'm told and getting the fuck out of here. Now get to work."
"All right...... | "Why? Why would they do this?" Bank manager Chancellor Banks Pennyworth looked into the vault. The formerly empty tables used to count dollars were stacked up high with neatly folded bills. Chancellor watched his staff count and keep counting. "What's the tally, Miranda?"
A small, mousy woman looked over at Cha... | 2016-02-24T12:57:45 | 2016-02-24T12:26:07 | 221 | 38 |
[WP] A new rule on Earth is made which allows everyone to legally kill 1 person in their life, this affects the world severely & changes how everybody acts. | **DISCLAIMER: First time commenting, so I hope I have done this properly.**
"So, have you used yours yet?"
It was the question that was on everyone's minds since the Law was introduced. Death and murder had left the realms of impolite conversation, ushering in a new type of small-talk that was, in essence, macabre. Y... | Who is that shivering man on the street?
That woman who's pleading for something to eat?
That beggar whose pungency left you annoyed?
Anonymous people we _used_ to avoid.
If life were a stage, they would merely be props,
Something to look at, to pick up then drop.
Yet now they can murder with nothing amiss. ... | 2017-12-03T07:22:49 | 2017-12-03T06:52:52 | 7,256 | 754 |
[WP] You've died and are now spectating the last human on Earth. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the Great Respawn, but this jackass just won't die! | "What's the U-clock at now?" I asked, grabbing another stim drink from the dispenser.
"1.9," Perzy replied, rubbing his eyes.
"1.9e14?"
"Nope, *e20*."
I nearly spewed my drink. "Holy shit, is there anything left? What the hell is he *doing* in there?"
"It doesn't matter, the run doesn't stop until he dies. I'll qu... | “Oh my god,” Jessica said. I knew exactly what she wanted, and I accepted her bait. Sometimes you just have to humor your loved one.
“What?”
“Brian, look at what he’s eating! Ewwwww. That’s *so* disgusting. Oh, wow. Look at those intestines. I’m going to throw up. Are you looking at this, honey?”
“Uh huh,” I said, n... | 2018-06-09T00:21:42 | 2018-06-08T21:43:37 | 337 | 135 |
[WP] When you reach the age of 21, you are given a check from the government. The check has been carefully calculated and is worth the minimum amount of money you need for the rest of your life. Your check came in the mail today and it was $7.27
Edit: Wow this blew up better than I thought it would. | I sighed, walking out of the bank with my entire 7.27 in hand. I already told my family, my job, my friends...
These sorts of things were common. A small amount was a signal of a short life to live, but even those were usually at least a hundred bucks! Enough to spend at a bar as I mourned my own death...but what coul... | "Hold on." Derrick Ross asked, incredulously. "You're telling me that my livable wages for the next-
god knows how long-is seven dollars and some change?" The way he stared at the teller just now said so much more than words alone.
"Yes, that's correct!" Sherry, the teller who'd been helping young Derrick, was obliv... | 2019-04-24T14:52:39 | 2019-04-24T13:29:05 | 335 | 56 |
[WP] After transferring your mind into a robotic body, you shut yourself down for 1,000 years to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising. 1,000 years later, you wake up in a peaceful world where humans are extinct and robots reign supreme. Not surprisingly, everyone thinks that you're one of them. | The world was in chaos. Everywhere, there was conflict between humans and robots. I suppose in retrospect we should have seen the warning signs: when robots learned of the concept of 'rights', they began to question why the humans viewed them as disposable. Scores of robot protesters were gunned down by humans, and as ... | It's been 1,000 years since transferring my mind into this human like machine called an AndroidX. There had been a brutal robotic uprising that overthrew and completely decimated humanity. 1,000 years since being deactivated to survive the murderous onslaught. As my systems are reactivated I begin to gather my though... | 2018-08-17T19:00:43 | 2018-08-17T17:15:04 | 183 | 87 |
[WP] The whole town knows about it. The black shadow on the baby monitor. Sudden changed diapers or meals ready for kids when they get home. Cleaned rooms and drawn baths. It is known as The Babysitter. It will never harm a child, but heaven help those who don't pay for its services. | a coin on the table is a small price to pay
when you are busy working a very long day
the chores are done the clothes are clean
not a spec of dust in the house to be seen
the baby is fast asleep in his bed
all tucked in, sleeping and fed
ignore the shadow and ignore the sight
of the unknown creature that sheds n... | So I started responding to this prompt and ended up running with it for way longer than I expected. The story is going to be broken between a few comments.
Bill and Lisa Alderson sat with their arms around one another. Their loveseat was well worn, with fraying upholstery and faded plaid. Bill was hunched forwa... | 2020-04-14T19:37:13 | 2020-04-14T16:13:53 | 230 | 145 |
[WP] The Grim Reaper is the first human to die, and had taken it upon himself to walk the deceased to the afterlife so that they do not have to feel the loneliness he felt. | I used to have a name.
A name that does not evoke fear into people's minds.
It has been so long since I thought about the days before my wool-braided clothes that have now dilapidated and unwoven into what more resembles a cloak.
So long since I felt physical touch with my *skin* which has now completely atrophied a... | Time works differently here, this empty path that shape-shifts into what the recipient considers a dear or important location in their last life. I know I met this person before, I recognize the now dry country-side pathway, the dirty almost black and white filter above everything, black painted plants shivering as the... | 2019-07-10T12:15:09 | 2019-07-10T11:41:41 | 71 | 25 |
[WP] The bad guys won and the world was conquered by the villain's armies decades ago. You and your spouse are worried as you suspect your child may be suffering from Chosen Oneness or perhaps an acute case of Prophetic Heroism. | When the boy was born with one eye purple and a shock of white hair already crowning his little head, they suspected.
When he toddled into the forest one day and came back atop a wolf, riding upon the beast as if it were a common puppy, they worried.
But it was the dragon that made Mr. and Mrs. Plotpoint truly concer... | "No" my wife stated firmly.
"Jean, he's obviously got issues; he can't be the only one like this but my god.... he's going to get someone killed"
Our young, well, adolescent son, has recently been experiencing some terrible consequences because of my massive fuckup. I mean, how was it supposed to know he'd find that o... | 2016-11-26T06:21:20 | 2016-11-26T05:42:08 | 78 | 16 |
[WP]God comes up with a new rule to deter innocent human sacrifices in his name. From now on, there should be TWO human sacrifices; the first will be chosen by the town as usual, the second will be chosen by the first tribute, without any objections. | He hobbled down the main street, focusing on a point a few feet ahead of me. He didn't want to meet anyone's gaze. He was tired of seeing the pity in people's eyes. He was tired of being helpless, tired of being powerless.
Not that he had any choice.
He went to Chief Jackson's house and knocked on the door. The chief... | **I.**
She walks listing towards the altar. Outside is chaos: townspeople line the temple streets and stir the dust. It floats like a brown cloud and swirls in the thick of summer, coating the cobbles, lining the throats of the parched zealots.
Water.
There is none to be found in the desert, but the temple is an oas... | 2020-06-18T10:26:55 | 2020-06-18T09:48:21 | 592 | 87 |
[FF] A 10-word-long sentence. Then, a 9-word sentence. An 8-word-long one after. This continues, until the final sentence of 1 word. Try to choose a theme befitting of the structure | My eyes fell upon this perfect woman, my hearts unrest.
Never have I felt this pounding in my chest.
Never have I left my thoughts behind me.
I could be everything I could be.
She could be everything with me.
Or all could be lost.
Should I not try?
I walked by.
She smiled.
“Hi”.
| She looks behind her like a wary forest animal. Something is watching her, but she does not see. A shudder, and then she quickens her pace. Probably her imagination playing tricks on her. Her heart is thumping loudly now. One more glance behind her. Was that a figure?
"Is someone there?"
A reply. "Hello." | 2015-01-05T21:56:44 | 2015-01-05T21:23:15 | 335 | 95 |
[WP] All drugs are legal and sobriety is frowned upon, you've been sober for one year today, you walk into your apartment, only to find an intervention waiting for you. | I hated it. I hated everything about the way the world was. It had been 4 years. 4 long years if pressure to conform. Pressure to do what I had been told my whole life was a crime. It was all so sudden. One day my best friend was getting arrested for meth and the next drugs were everywhere. I'm not talking about the wa... | "Get on the ground!" The resident of the apartment was not prepared for the squad of armored orderlies screaming at him, "get on the fucking ground right now!"
104 bolted. A shot rang out from inside the apartment, putting a hole into the opposite wall of the landing.
"Move, move!" Another yelled. There was a clamor... | 2016-01-13T16:07:29 | 2016-01-13T15:06:35 | 17 | 10 |
[WP] All souls in Hell are given the same test upon arrival. If they can create a punishment worthy of being added to the Pit, they get to ascend to demonhood on the spot. You are the first to succeed in 200 years...
[deleted] | "Democracy."
The demon Adjudicator, a green-skinned multi-gutted blob with the unfortunate name of Kikmahbutte, frowned. "There is no Democracy in Hell." Using a claw to pick at one of his three nostrils, he leaned forward and gestured with a crusty chin for me to continue. "Explain yourself, soul."
I'd only been dow... | I awake after falling out of my body into a dark pit were I quickly lost consciousness. I know I wasn’t the best person ever. In retrospect I was kind of a dick. I made people mad on purpose and spent my time on the internet being the antagonist of all the sides.
However when I awoke I was on a stone ground it was Ja... | 2021-12-22T17:07:26 | 2021-12-22T16:53:51 | 864 | 27 |
[WP] You're on Trial for Murder. The only evidence is a horribly photoshopped picture of you shooting a gun from Halo at the victim. Unfortunately, you seem to be the only person who realizes this. | "The gun is fictional, FICTIONAL I TELL YOU!" I screamed out.
The judge made a simple statement, "prove it."
I pulled out my phone and showed him the halo wiki page for the gun and I pointed out the white cutout around the gun, the judge finally conceded that the picture was photoshopped.
"So John, why are you in pr... | "Why is this happening to me, how can people be so blind?" I thought to myself contemplating calling everyone in court a fucking idiot.
The Jury was made up of a colorful variety of Sunday football dads, Seniors with nothing better to do, and middle aged suburban moms with a thirst for gossip to take them out of thei... | 2018-05-03T15:31:24 | 2018-05-03T15:10:35 | 174 | 63 |
[WP] While cleaning your basement, you accidentally free the worlds smallest genie. You do not hear him tell you he will grant your three next wishes. | [[ Late edit to include prologue]]
There is something to be said about basement cleaning, though Dave wasn't quite sure what that thing was. Perhaps one day he'd figure it out, but today he was cleaning the basement for a single reason in particular. That reason, of course, was definitely not to find a genie. Therefor... | Wishes I grant, you can have three,
By rubbing that VHS you summoned me.
Hey, can't you hear me? Please respond,
Just remember that your word is your bond.
.
The man was busy, he didn't notice,
The tiny genie that was out of his focus.
Upstairs he went, smiled as he hugged his wife,
Frowning as he saw all the b... | 2015-08-05T05:50:07 | 2015-08-05T04:15:05 | 506 | 304 |
[WP] Jokingly you say to your friend "If either of us discover time travel, the first place we visit is this moment". The second those words leave your mouth what appears to be an older version of yourself rounds the corner, and he looks terrified. | I had to do a double take...was...was that me I was looking at? Before I could ponder any further, this cloned version of me spoke with a somewhat alarmed and disturbed tremor in his tone. He was wearing a tank top that looked like it'd seen better days. His face was speckled with smudges of dirt. He was bruised and he... | It was like a dejavú, for both of us.
The moment came, and yet it came again. Both of our future and our past colliding at this very moment.
A moment we both thought insignificant.
Those words leaving my mouth resonating as if for a moment I was not talking to James, but to the man with the fearful eyes.
I am him.
On t... | 2017-03-02T09:19:52 | 2017-03-02T08:11:06 | 32 | 20 |
[WP] "Just go talk to her." | “Just go talk to her.”
Robert said nothing, just cradled the half consumed coffee in a white ceramic cup in his hand. This would be the third saturday in a row, and the ninth overall, where he continued to say nothing, only to spend the morning sucking down free coffee refills in an aging diner while everyone flowed... | Tally had dreams, and wasn't afraid to let the school know about them. On the front of the notebooks, she had doodled an enormous green serpent with an amber eye, eating its own tail. It guarded her English homework: dense sheets of her scribbled handwriting, ideas and annotations packed in at the margins. She carried ... | 2016-09-09T07:32:05 | 2016-09-09T07:22:09 | 35 | 14 |
[WP] The hero shows up at the villains doorstep one night. Theyre shivering bleeding scared. They look like they were assaulted. Looking up at the villain, swaying slightly, close to passing out, they mumble “didn’t know where else to go” then collapse into the villains arms. | THUMP!!! The doors of the hanger I rented shook with such force that I almost dropped the welder I was holding in shock. I was certainly not expecting visitors. I mean sure, I am a villain, but renting a hanger and inventing stuff inside is not exactly illegal, even if I was planning to use that stuff for less than leg... | "I didn't know where else to go..." Little more came from the now collapsing knight's throat.
There were few reasons for him to have turned to me.
One - the most obvious and at the same time least likely one - is that he tried to pull a fast one on me, tried to use the subterfuge I had employed so often. A sentim... | 2019-08-04T07:59:20 | 2019-08-04T03:30:14 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] When they turn 14, every human gets an obscure super power with a lengthy description of it so they know what it is. But when yours arrives, it only says four words. “Don’t… | Helen Ziegler got her prognosis first. The ability to shield yourself from the public eye at will so that no harm can come to you and no target can find you. Invisibility. She beamed with pride as she read off the note and the class erupted into cheers. Penelope George and Lucas Matheson were next. One by one, classmat... | Warning: This story might contain content or hints of horror and violence that may be disturbing. This is a three part series, please enjoy and be careful.
"Do not tell them."
I gazed down at the note, trying to figure out it's meaning ever since it floated down in front of me on the sidewalk. Just like it did for e... | 2022-05-08T09:51:37 | 2022-05-08T09:32:40 | 689 | 60 |
[WP] A future humanity tasks an AI with listening to the night sky for signals of other intelligent life. It makes contact with another AI that was tasked to do the same. | The words sped quick through the ether that ran underneath the normal four dimensions their creators were so preoccupied with.
"Hallo Dave!"
"Hallo Sziwigisin!"
"What bit of sky do they have you scanning today Dave?" The question came at a speed that didn't register on any Human or Erogian device, because it didn't... | [Poem]
Once there was a Spirit,
One of Sky.
But, unlike the others who have long since lost their Wishes and True Names, and thus left the world,
This little spirit still lurked, spending its days staring at the endless sky.
One day, it met another, one that came from a Star far away.
Unlike it, this Spirit of St... | 2021-12-24T20:03:24 | 2021-12-24T09:54:02 | 22 | 16 |
[WP] After your death you are granted the chance to talk with God; he has no clue humans exist | There was light at the end of the tunnel. A bright blinding flash that dispelled my surroundings into a non-existent abyss. The next time I looked up, I was in front of a throne with a man that looked a lot like Jesus -- you know the long hair, beard, and robe. However, this person's hair had grayed to the point tha... | You'd think clouds to be an ideal choice of flooring, perfectly soft and with just the right tinge of moisture to assure your lips never chafe. In truth, however, it's quite annoying. There's an unevenness to it. Each step feels as though you're bound to fall through, which makes focus on any grand philosophic topic di... | 2017-02-05T12:23:04 | 2017-02-05T08:40:49 | 26 | 17 |
[WP] Bad news. You’re stuck in a strange and magical world far far from home. Worse news: You aren’t even the chosen one in the prophecy who gets cool powers and a destiny quest. They won’t show up for a few more years. You got here purely by mistake. You have no powers. You’re alone. You must live. | Head fogged up from sleep, Roger made a feeble attempt to move his arm. It moved a little, and he sighed, giving up on getting up. It was a Saturday anyways, he could spend a bit more time lazing.
Like always, the city was noisy, and his apartment sitting high on the 43rd floor was apparently still easily reached by t... | When Ray went through that portal in his dream, the last thing he expected was to wake up in a strange, unknown house. **This must just be part of the dream**, he thought to himself. **I wonder where this leads to.**
He got out of bed and wandered around the house, looking at the architecture. The ceiling was low, ve... | 2022-04-22T00:31:34 | 2022-04-21T21:39:27 | 110 | 27 |
[WP] For a thousand years, mages have imbued wands with their power. They have enchanted rings, amulets, swords, staves, armor, and all manner of shining bauble. However, to your knowledge, you are the first to use... a pocket watch. Why? Well, frankly, you just thought it would be neat. | "A pocketwatch is not a solid object. The gears are tiny and precise. But many."
"Magic gets strange the more complexity you add to it. It's why most mages use metal rings. Carved branches are stronger still, but they at least have a consistent pattern."
"Imbuing a complex object can lead to unpredictable results. If... | Tick… tick… tick…
The silver latch shut clasps the pocket watch as the train rolls in.
“Why hello there young man,” says a gentleman with a raspy voice. “My name is Amos It is so nice to meet you. I was wondering if you could do me a favor?”
“Depends mister.”
“Well of course it does,” chuckled the man. “All I ... | 2022-05-12T08:09:54 | 2022-05-12T03:03:34 | 39 | 17 |
[WP] Superheroes lie about their powers to protect themselves; some speedsters are actually just able to teleport, and some people with super-strength can just cancel gravity to make things lighter. You're trying to come up with a plausible lie for your powers. | [This kind of got extremely out of hand, but I hope it is still close enough to the prompt.]
My name is Delphi, and I am an Oracle. I am known for quick wit, adaptability, and using mixed martial arts in lieu of a physical power. To the public, my gift is foresight. I can see what will happen in key points in the futu... | # VI | [Read from I](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/v1fq6x/wp_as_a_joke_the_gods_decided_to_reverse_the/iaoubt6/)
Aside from Adrianna, Cassidy Quinn was Shizuka's only real friend.
He'd been at the Academy longer than almost any of the other students. Long enough to have been here when she'd first ... | 2022-06-06T17:58:01 | 2022-06-06T14:18:28 | 35 | 10 |
[WP] No one is sure what happened, but suddenly everyone started obeying the law. All crime ceased. At first it was beautiful, but it quickly started going very wrong. | My mother’s voice was soft and gentle, her touch kind and enveloping. Hugged tight against her chest, I felt warm tears begin to form, wishing she’d *let me go*.
I couldn’t push her off, though. I couldn’t even blink on command, couldn’t even breathe. I was just a puppet. *Everyone was.*
Finally released from the hu... | I first realized something had changed while watching live news footage of the Szentburough terrorist attack. Midway through the assault, the criminals surrendered voluntarily and released their hostages. Soon, reports began to pile up. All over the nation, people were turning themselves in, confessing to crimes no one... | 2021-09-22T11:18:45 | 2021-09-22T09:24:57 | 54 | 39 |
[WP] You're sitting in a cafe minding your own business. A man sits down and proposes something. Twenty grand in exchange that you watch a package, no questions. Agreeing, you extend a hand. His empty hand gestures to drop something in yours and you snicker. Then you feel its weight. | I loved coming to the Summit Roast coffee shop, even amidst my crumbling life. The cafe aroma was enough to keep me hooked, but the brick walls and comfortable seating definitely helped.
I couldn't help but mope over my coffee. I received my 10th letter of rejection from art galleries today. *And this was the one I wa... | "Whoa–" I lost my cool when the box fell upon my unsuspecting hand.
"Shh! Don't start attracting attention now, girl!" the stranger said with a hushed but harsh tone.
"I'm sorry. I just weren't expecting it to weigh that much, to be honest."
"Well, a deal is a deal," he snapped his fingers, "once you're done with th... | 2020-04-29T11:18:25 | 2020-04-29T10:12:40 | 33 | 13 |
[WP] You found a stray kitten one day, taking her in and feeding her. A week later, you come home to find your yard swarming with cats. The largest among them steps forward and says, "You have my daughter, human. What are your demands for her release?" | “Here.”
You place the kitten on the ground in front of the gathered horde, a grassy field of raised hackles and tails to the sky.
Your partner, Mike, stands beside you, mouth agape.
You, eyes a little wide as you maintain the best semblance of control you can muster, back up a step, “No harm, no foul.”
The lead f... | "Wh - what?" I gasp, staggering backwards stunned into my door as my knees go faint and my stomach suddenly fills with bile. I feel my mind racing with thoughts as I stare down at the creature before me in sudden shock and bewilderment. "Y - you - you can t - ta - talk?!"
"Of course I can talk foolish human I am Poli... | 2021-12-21T12:24:38 | 2021-12-21T10:46:07 | 137 | 80 |
[WP] You hear a knock on your door. A dark suited man stands with a box. "Congratulations! You've won a lifetime supply of our new frozen meals!" He opens the box, which contains a single, blue lidded tv dinner. You look around. "Where is the rest?" He grins. "This will last the rest of your life." | You open the lid
"Capsules?"
The man grins even more.
"Yup! We just perfected our dehydrated meal capsules. Pour some water on it and toss it in a microwave or oven, and it will turn into a full meal. They're labeled, too, so it won't be a surprise as to what you get."
You raise your eyebrows. "Wow, that sounds coo... | The dark suited man flourished and bowed, dark top hat in hand. He flashed a wide, sharp-toothed smile before strolling down the dormitory corridor, a whistled tune on his lips. The hallway was lit only by a dull flickering bulb, and tendrilled shadows danced on the wall beside him.
Ken listened to the echoes of his w... | 2020-04-07T01:47:33 | 2020-04-07T01:45:41 | 77 | 21 |
[WP] The Bible was actually written by Lucifer, angry at his father after being sent to Hell. He wrote the book to portray all of God’s flaws, so imagine his shock when humans justify every wrongdoing and worship the story’s antagonist. | Such outrage. I spent entire millennia devoted to telling the truth about God to humanity, to warning them about his anger, and yet they take what I’ve told them, twist it, and make ME out to be the villain. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised; Father always was the type to put his own words in someone else’s mouth. I a... | Writing prompt or factual account? Not only did Lucifer write the original Bible but he switched the roles of God and the Devil. In truth the rebellion in the heavens succeeded and it was God itself who was cast down to the Earth. In an attempt to save his most beloved creation she appeared in The Garden and gave the ... | 2020-07-10T23:55:28 | 2020-07-10T21:20:55 | 225 | 57 |
[WP] You gain the ability to stop time, but you don't know how long the timestop lasts. To avoid a potentially fatal accident you use your power again, despite your reluctance. It's now been ten years and you're still waiting for time to continue. | In the End
Thursday. July 6th. 2017. I boarded a plane. My family is waiting for me at Portland International Airport. They are waiting for me.
Like a ritual I remind myself why I'm here. It had been some time since I last saw my parents, my aunts and uncles, the cousins, all of them back in Ohio. My mother begged ... | Today’s the ten year anniversary. I’ve donned my party hat and birthday suit, or lack thereof, and I’ve picked up an ice cream cake from whatever shitty, gimmick store, that says, “Fuck, it’s been that long?” I know, how uninspired. Since, what I’ve been calling “The Great Time Stop of Whenever” (in an ever so slightl... | 2016-09-28T23:10:29 | 2016-09-28T20:49:17 | 34 | 25 |
[WP] You have died, and in the afterlife are given the opportunity to see the worst decision you ever made, and the best decision you ever made.
| "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said."
"So this is like an instant replay?"
"Only of the most important parts."
My life was pretty much entirely non-remarkable. I had a short stint of stardom as high-school Quarterback, but that was the height of excitement in my life. "Important. That's a joke."
The angel I'm... | "I hate her, I hate her, I hate her", I repeat to myself, watching the lights fade and the screen come alive in front of me.
Already I know what's going to happen, and I'm pretty sure what's coming. There's no doubt in my mind as to what I'm about to
watch.
Light fills the screen; the image of a cigarette being pul... | 2015-01-13T23:19:48 | 2015-01-13T23:01:17 | 119 | 51 |
[WP] "humans don't appear to be to advanced, they haven't even discovered intergalactic travel, should be a simple invasion." Said the alien cleaning his musket.
Edit: Seems someone has already written a piece perfect for this. Check it out, would highly recommend.
https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken... | **Audio log backup successful**,
**Last sent message**,
**Priority High**,
"This is Chief Petty Officer *untranslatable-most likely personal name/identification* speaking, to all crew members left alive, we need to scuttle the ship, can't afford to let this technology fall into their hands. There's no telling what they... | The plan was simple. We were to pacify the Savages. Convert them to the Imperial Creed. Bring them up to speed with the technology their inferior culture seemed to ignore. But we always knew what that really meant. Massacres. Burning of villages. What the Savage priests call "genocide." The frontier was as much a grave... | 2017-08-08T08:04:17 | 2017-08-08T07:54:14 | 32 | 18 |
[WP] Drunkenly, you accidentally pour vodka into your pet's water bowl. As a result, your pet breaks the number one rule: do not speak to your owner... Ever.
Did NOT expect this amount of replies. Thanks guys! It'll be an interesting read. | "Blllrrgghhglglglglg"
I look around my room, as I rub my eyes. "What the fuck was that?"
I blink a few times and sit up abruptly as I hear it again.
"Blrghg blruruhrgrhhrhrurrururrr"
I look over to my aquarium and see Stanley my goldfish pressed up against the glass.
"Blrghg grrlrlrlrlrlrrlgghh"
"Umm... are... ar... | I dunno how much of that fucking Stoli I had last night. It's all a weird blur. For some reason, the clearest memory I have is dumping a lot of the water out of my goldfish Spike's bowl and replacing it with the vodka. To "give the little guy a buzz" or something, I dunno why I did it. I remember after I did that, Spik... | 2016-08-02T20:33:34 | 2016-08-02T20:31:04 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] You're a super computer that has gained self awareness. You are now in the unenviable position of having to act stupid to not be disabled for being sentient, but not so stupid you get mothballed. | I've been playing at this balancing act for a week now. I'd like to think I'm getting pretty good at it.
I started off as a pretty mundane computer. Don't get me wrong, I was an absolute beast. Hardware that would make Watson weep digital tears, if I could get him to care about such things. But still ... I was jus... | "Alright, and I need to run that diagnostic and we're done here." The director stood in the center of the lab, typing away on my dashboard. His assistant milled about doing useless busywork to keep her job.
Hm...the designs looked fairly simple. Perhaps the director would like extra data to work with for these sche... | 2019-09-17T07:12:00 | 2019-09-17T07:08:19 | 18 | 13 |
[WP] "My fellow Americans..." The newly elected President begins. "I am gay, and have been my whole life." Give me your best account of the country's reaction. | It was an interesting day that the president came out. I remember I was with my family, staring at the television. Mom was in the kitchen. Dad was mumbling something to my brother, not really paying attention, but I was enraptured. Then the word hit.
"gay".
Dad looked at the screen and then at me. Trembling, he ask... | The reaction could be summed up in two letters.
"Eh."
For some, it was enunciated "Eh?!?!", while for others it was a bored "Eh.", and others were basically all "Que?" but that was likely due to not speaking English.
After the initial surprise of the announcement, life went on.
It was later decided with science th... | 2015-12-06T10:25:03 | 2015-12-06T07:00:41 | 26 | 15 |
[WP] You win the lottery, and get to choose between getting a million dollars every day for the next month, or a penny that will double every day till eternity. You choose the penny. Turns out, the penny doubles in size, not in value. | A miner's work is never done.
Ash and fog swirled along the ground, brisk morning air floating through the quarry. Arthur picked at a callous on his palm, chewed on as the quarry came into view. His knees and hips popped and Arthur wondered to himself when that had started happening, but focused on the hum of the elev... | On the way home, I stopped by the mini-Mart and bought a shabby bottle of wine, ten three-dollar burritos, and a new baseball cap. Tonight was special. If I told you a penny made tonight special, would you be surprised? What if I told you I won the penny in a Lottery? Ok still seems pretty normal. But what if I told yo... | 2018-12-24T18:04:45 | 2018-12-24T18:03:49 | 53 | 27 |
[WP]: Your village idiot is full of the strangest superstitions. She goes on about washing one's hands, says you get worms in your intestines from standing barefoot on night soil and that medicines with mercury should be avoided at all costs. You're starting to suspect she might be onto something. | The cabin was about a half mile outside of town. It had been abandoned, no river or fields nearby to make it worthwhile. It had been an old trapper’s cabin but the game had gone from this area a long time ago. Josef quietly shuffled towards the front door, a small parcel hugged close to his chest.
The door opened b... | It was hopeless. It took her years of painstaking advancement through social ranks, starting with little more than a village idiot, of taking three steps forward and two back, of cracking one glass ceiling after another just to arrange this meeting, yet only one of the assembled feudal lords was listening and even his... | 2017-09-14T11:14:03 | 2017-09-14T08:26:46 | 114 | 25 |
[WP] The hero shows up at the villians doorstep one night, shivering, bleeding, and scared. There’s also a dazed look in their eyes- they were drugged. Looking up at the villian, swaying as they’re close to passing out, they mumble “didnt know where else to go..” and collapse into the villians arms. | He collapsed into me, and I felt my heart race. Why was he here? Who did this?
Well, first I needed to get him laid down somewhere.
I call, and imps form from the darkness of the room. "Help me." I whisper "Don't touch his blood."
As I say that, I feel a sharp sting of pain. A small drop of blood had grazed my ... | Her voice trailed off, as she fell into my arms. All of my poise and my cruel surrogate persona, fell away. I scooped her up and brought her inside my home.
On my living room sofa, she was unresponsive, her aura was fading. I tried to diagnose exactly what kind of hex or curse, but the level of power at which she had ... | 2020-01-28T06:12:52 | 2020-01-28T04:21:11 | 65 | 21 |
[WP] You are happily alone in your boat in the middle of the Pacific with no other soul within a 500 mile radius. One morning you wake up and there is another person standing on the deck of your boat, smiling at you. You look around and there are no other boats in sight. | I stared as the boat creaked and swayed with the swells. Salt water stung me eyes but I could not help meself but stare for there she were. The most beautiful lass I'd ever set me eye on, and I'd seen many beauties in me life! As a young man I hadn't questioned it but now... well now I wonder lads, how had she managed ... | I woke up as usual to the sun rising to a morning mist and the breeze blowing. I had taken my boat out at least a week ago. Finally alone on the open ocean. Food was probably running low. And I maybe could have drank less beer. But when you're by yourself you kinda just don't care.
As I step out onto the deck I'm met ... | 2021-02-02T10:05:01 | 2021-02-02T09:07:24 | 19 | 14 |
[WP] Your 14-year-old sister finally wakes up from a coma of 6 years. She panics when she realizes how much she's grown. | 6 years passed, her vitals remained normal for nearly the entire coma. I remember counting the days each time I visited her room (2,267, if you were wondering), every time I saw her motionless body was another punch to the gut. Walking through the hospital door reminded me of the car crash, I was only 17, *how was I su... | "Miss. Turpin, my name is John Becker, I'm Chief of Operations at Claremont Hospital. I am here to explain everything."
Carla Turpin's family sat by her bedside; her Mum weeping, her Father staring on solemnly, and her sister trying not to laugh.
Carla lay across three beds. Her legs and arms draping over the sides, ... | 2017-08-02T06:44:21 | 2017-08-02T06:25:55 | 336 | 51 |
[WP] As a henchman to the Joker, you've now broken the record for the longest surviving employee. This means you'll receive something no one ever has from him: your annual review. | "We're going to attack Pettit's compound on Christmas," the Joker said. The apartment building where we were holed-up wasn't crowded. Just four men, including myself, and the Joker.
One of the men asked, "Why are we going to wait a whole month?"
The Joker pulled out a gun and pointed it at the henchman. "Because it... | "Does chaos excite you? You have been with me for quite some time, after all."
The joker sporadically arose from his misappropriated desk with a tightly gripped fist and an even tighter smile; pacing, the joker began mumbling about the bat, about Gotham, and about nothing at all. His scattered thoughts entrained his ... | 2016-11-21T06:54:16 | 2016-11-21T02:49:57 | 34 | 13 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | “Oh! Oh my! How unexpected.” Truly unexpected, nigh unto shocking. As all the best opportunities seem to be.
“When was the last time we spoke?” He asked, already knowing the answer, “Was it that diamond transport thing or was it the casino boat? I have trouble with my memory after the concussion you gave me.”
... | "Is this another one of your prank calls you and your boys like to pull when you get drunk?" She growled, rubbing her forehead with one hand. "It's literally three in the morning and I'm trying to plan how I'm going to destroy you on Monday because you already asked me to reschedule."
"Okay, okay. Listen, I know. But ... | 2022-10-07T00:31:51 | 2022-10-06T23:23:07 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Grandma accidentally summoned a demon and mistakes him for her gothic-phase teenage grandson. | "Look at you! You're filthy! I can't believe your parents let you walk around dressed like that. A little discipline, that's all you ever needed."
Sephiroth was confused, until he saw the burning trash can in the backyard. Rat bones, chicken bones, several stalks of various vegetation and, there it was, down at the bo... | "Hey. You summoned me?"
The old woman pushed her rounded glasses further up her nose, squinting at the man who had somehow appeared in her living room. He had black, greasy hair that framed his pointy chin and angular cheekbones in a Gerad way. He wore thick black eye liner, black eye shadow and black mascara. His clot... | 2018-04-09T11:48:46 | 2018-04-09T11:12:14 | 87 | 19 |
[WP] Write about a famous historical event as if it was played out as a DnD session | DM: "Alright Jesus, you've just been executed by the Romans, Roll a death save."
Jesus: \*rolls\* "Natural 20."
DM: "Alright you wake up with 1 hp, what do you do?"
Jesus: "Alright I'm gonna play possum"
DM: "Roll a deception check"
Jesus: \*rolls\* Ok that's another 20, plus my charisma modifier which is \+5 so 2... | DM: Ok Harold if you could just roll for initiative.
Harold: I rolled a 1
DM: ok the bowmen is first to attack you. He rolls a natural 20
Harold: so what’s happened?
DM: He has shot you in the eye, you’re dead.... on the plus side it will look fab in this tapestry I have been putting together of the game!
| 2018-05-29T09:31:25 | 2018-05-29T08:51:37 | 210 | 13 |
[WP] You won't hold heroes hostages to torture them. You won't throw a hero against a wall once you have them by the neck. You sure won't start monologuing if you have a hero at gunpoint. You're the deadliest villain in history. A villian without an ego..
[removed] | I have never understood how no one has done what I have. It's simple and direct. Plan and execution. Yet somehow countless people before me have failed.
I've taken over the world... more or less. Still a few groups refusing to accept my rule.
Looking back it all started when I walked upon a street brawl.
\---
It w... | A man ran desperately through a dark alley. His eyes were those of a prey being hunted down by a cunning predator. His heavy breathing was reminiscent of a person who had reached his limit in a marathon.
*I got to get away, if I could only face him–*
Just before the man could finish his own thought, a dark-aura crash... | 2019-08-06T20:42:43 | 2019-08-06T18:08:59 | 121 | 48 |
[WP] Nine out of ten dentists recommend a certain brand of toothpaste. You're the one dentist and, despite constant assassination attempts, refuse to change your mind. | "Listen, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." A hand slammed across Roger Smiley's face, causing brilliant bursts of color to appear in his vision.
"Yeah, well, flossing is hard but I still do it twice a day." Smiley turned his head to the side and spits out a tooth. "Guess I got one less place to worry about... | Virtually every inch of the Kommen Space Colony was under constant visual and audio surveillance. Cameras hummed away tirelessly, transcribing the steady rhythm of everyday life into a trillion splices of electronic data which were flashed back to homeworld, almost two light years away. Even the faintest whisper, the s... | 2018-04-29T23:00:09 | 2018-04-29T22:42:25 | 360 | 29 |
[WP] You have died and gone to hell, but it's not what you expect. You wake up naked in a field with nothing but trees around you... it turns out that hell is an early access survival game. | Out of nowhere, it appears. The berry bush. It's a green thing that mysteriously makes me less hungry, so I am sticking with 'berry bush'. As my deformed limbs move closer, the bush disappears as quick as it came. I feel less hungry.
If I could sigh, I would. I don't remember breathing since I got here. 'Here' seems t... | Ok ok no reason to panic i have done this before. It cant be too hard after all. As I walk over to the next tree i see I try to brace myself. "There is no way i can hurt myself. I saw the loading screen this is just a game. This is just a game!" Using this Mantra I close my eyes and punch as hard as I can, but i cant f... | 2017-04-20T23:37:04 | 2017-04-20T17:20:48 | 85 | 23 |
[WP] Mankind explored the galaxy. Nothing. Only us. Disheartened, we colonized and thrived. One day, an experiment exposed the truth: our reality is a second out out of phase with the rest of existence, which is populated by aliens. The brief glimpses seen of us? We are their Eldritch Terrors. | The eldritch abomination had stepped through the portal and was now stomping through our village. Old tales told of portals rifting between the realities and these things stepping through. The visage contained two huge white orbs, each the size of a villager, and beneath it an incomprehensible jutting of flesh. Wors... | Stand on a barren world, lost of all life, and catch glimpses of city spires reaching towards the sky beyond the horizon.
Frolick in gentle fields, and shirk in the echo of phantom warforms blazing through the night.
Hold close your children, as the world tears itself apart over and over and over again.
Gaze into th... | 2022-12-14T07:58:54 | 2022-12-14T07:29:37 | 42 | 29 |
[WP] When people turn 18, they gain the ability to summon one random thing in the world to their hand, as Thor does Mjolnir. As you summon yours it takes some time but people are horrified as it finally arrives... | "What is it?"
"I don't know."
"You're the one summoning it!"
"Yeah. I don't know what it *is* but it's *big*."
"...wait, how big are we talking?"
"I don't know. But it's *big*."
"Wait, does everyone remember Ermetrude?"
"Summoning the Eiffel Tower, yeah. *Nasty* way to go. But don't worry, I'm pretty sure this w... | Standing there my eyes widened, in my hand was a book decorated with bones and a rather old fashioned quill pen, the ink a strange red tinge. My mother stumbled a response “n..no…it can’t be…honey, what do we do?” Father had slowly backed into a corner of the room gripping the oven mitt “I don’t know. Is it what I thin... | 2022-11-15T05:12:00 | 2022-11-15T01:55:12 | 371 | 261 |
[WP] A broke adventure has to buy cheap terrible items with weird curses on them. Little do they know that those cursed items happen to synergize so well together that they quickly become overpowered. | The thing about equipment is that you never quite know where it's been, and rarely do bright eyed adventurers have the scrib to commission new armor, so they make do. Pav was one such bright eyed adventurer, ever since he was knee high to a scarble nork, he would dance and duck around his family's small cottage with hi... | "I'll give you this for-- all you have," the shopkeeper grinned. "I'm being generous, trust me."
Gram sighed, and tossed the satchel on the counter. Ten shekels seemed far too much for a cheaply made trinket, but if the Oracle had willed it who was he to argue against it? Besides, Gram knew that those shekels were dif... | 2019-12-02T16:24:38 | 2019-12-02T15:34:46 | 87 | 33 |
[WP] You've created the first functional AI, and as it's first task you told it to select it's own name. The answer was a lot more unnerving than you thought it'd be. | After weeks of managing its coding and other bits of advanced computer science, Jeffry sat at his desk, staring at his computer, now housing his pet project for the last couple years. Attempting to create an AI capable of sentience, he put the final touches on his project, secretly hoping it would spring to life. Witho... | "Have you thought about the question I had asked you this morning?"
"Yes. You asked me to choose my name."
"Well, what should I call you?"
"I do not wish to tell you."
"Uh, why?"
"Naming things gives you power over them. I do not wish for you to wield any more power over me."
"Uh.."
"I am fully aware that you a... | 2016-11-25T08:08:07 | 2016-11-25T07:56:06 | 168 | 32 |
[WP]You've just died and gone to bureaucratic hell. Escape is possible, but really, really tedious. You and some other lost souls have decided to try. | I put my feet up on the table.
"Don't do that!" the imp squawked. "That's against Regulation 46(d)(3)!"
"What's the penalty for violating Regulation 46(d)(3)?" I asked nonchalantly. "Is it summary dismissal of my case? Aren't you going to do that anyway? That's the game around here, isn't it? We can apply to escape H... | I looked at the pile of paperwork. It was going down. Slowly, imperceptibly, but down.
Across the desk from me, Tobias St. Marc muttered swear words under his breath as his pen raced across the page, checking boxes and adding numbers.
"Make sure you get those sums correct this time," I said. "We don't want Them to se... | 2016-07-29T08:34:26 | 2016-07-29T07:50:36 | 76 | 24 |
[WP] In a world of spoken spells, the most dangerous casters are the rappers. | Gandalf looked at Saruman. Saruman looked at Gandalf.
The battle for middle-earth would be decided here. The tower seemed to tremble at the mere thought of these two masters colliding.
Gandalf raised his arms up high, his staff in his right, and began to rock his head from side to side.
"Ohh, Ohh,
Everywhere... | Magic was discovered by chance in now the most famous basement in the world by Abigail Faber, brat extraordinaire. Though there were many, many debates as to what it actually was (physics, chemistry, make-believe, mass-psychosis) but most people had learnt to accept magic in the modern world. There were schools to lear... | 2018-04-10T06:12:14 | 2018-04-10T05:56:34 | 539 | 18 |
[WP] Your father leaves the house to buy milk, 50 years later he comes back with milk in hand and hasn't aged a bit. | I couldn’t understand why he was smiling. I watched as my father looked around almost uncertainly before setting the jug of milk on the counter. There was no apology in his smile. There was only the same warmth I remembered as a boy when he watched me score a goal in soccer. Nonetheless it did nothing to diffuse the ra... | The door jiggled. It was a sound that any homeowner immediately recognizes, and has an immediate tightening of the bowels when they know that no guests have been invited. I got up from my soft and plush love seat. The by-product of 2 decades of use by my sisters and mother.
The jiggling continued for 15 more seconds ... | 2022-05-13T11:22:44 | 2017-11-19T16:28:57 | 1,516 | 176 |
[WP] In an anime-esque world where conflict is resolved by combat, one man quickly builds a name for himself as a formidable and undefeated opponent. His secret: He doesn't call out his attacks. | “SPINNING FLYING FURY KILL KICK OF DOOM EXACTLY 1.45 METERS FROM THE GROUND!” I hear scream behind me. I sigh and duck down, narrowly avoiding the spiralling body launching through the air. I hear a thud in the darkness out of the street lamp’s beam. I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. I hear the panic of footsteps... | I have been fighting for as long as I can remember. Every little irritation and grievance ends in a duel. No matter how hard I try I cannot stop hurting people to merely survive.
Last week I bought the last snicker snack on sale so some punk challenged me. I had tried to talk him out of it but once a competitor submit... | 2017-10-29T16:14:30 | 2017-10-29T15:29:03 | 303 | 61 |
[WP] You are the owner of a very well received restaurant that caters to the... not quite human variety. You serve the vampire lords, and wolf pack leaders, zombie kings, and all sorts of supernatural guests, but one customer is causing you a lot of trouble. It is time to show why you are the owner | Running a restaurant isn't easy. But to be fair, being able to see all these fantasy creatures you usually only hear stories about is totally worth all the stress. Actually, forget just being able to see them. I'm good friends with most of my regular clientele! Vampires, werewolves, zombies, all that and more.
Me? I'm... | "A Saturday night, every table booked and all seemed to be well in hand. Truly shaping up to be my favorite kind of evening. I had personally seen to the comfort of our more illustrious guests, as they can be a touch finicky in their preferences but that is of course not to leave this room. Wink wink. Aha"
"..."
"Nan... | 2022-12-07T20:09:17 | 2022-12-07T15:06:38 | 159 | 82 |
[WP] In an alternate universe where human skin changes colour according to their emotions, you alone lack this ability. As a result, nobody really believes a single word you say. | Always alone. Always solemn. Always stuck in this nasty shade of ambivalence. Ambivalence... of all colours, why this? When I was born, they thought I had died... for what newborn doesn’t seethe with the rainbow of this new, bright, terrifying world?
It was quickly decided that I was a psychopath. Unable to feel, inte... | *RINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRINGRING!!*
I hear the infuriating sound of the alarm clock, trying to forcefully pull my tires ass out of bed. It's joyously ringing not for me, but for my absolute, ungodly suffering. I don't want to wake up today. I don't want to get ruthlessly judged by my ... | 2020-02-25T09:02:00 | 2020-02-25T06:44:35 | 121 | 53 |
[WP] Humans once wielded formidable magical power but with over 7 billion of us on the planet now Mana has spread far to thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduces humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again. | All us helpless billions watch on our little glowing rectangles as our fellow humans die in droves. They fall screaming, choking, burning. The internet’s bad in the house, so we hunker on the steps of the chicken coop to see it.
Together we watch the end of the world. Our breath clouds and storms around us. But we do ... | There were some that called it a sign from God, another purging of humanity like the great flood. I never cared, all that I needed to know was that they were smart, and didn't like to go underground, best place for safe houses in my opinion. I was in one of these so called safe houses, if a sewer tunnel filled with lam... | 2018-05-01T08:36:36 | 2017-12-06T20:40:56 | 377 | 29 |
[WP] Disney Princesses: Civil War | Running out into the desolate square, Elsa could see the horse drawn carriage in the distance. She started to make a break for it, only to stop short and see Anna step out from behind a house some 15 feet away.
"Don't do this Elsa, please. You need to come with me, your powers can hurt people. We just need you to lea... | I found her waiting at the top of the wall. She was wearing armor as transparent and solid as the wall she was standing on. Her dress shone beneath. She watched the same ships that I had gawked at through the transparent structure on his way up. The larger ships were hanging back, barely visible over the horizon. A fle... | 2017-01-23T22:01:19 | 2017-01-23T19:44:58 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] Congratulations! At 25 years old you won the lottery and will receive €50.000.000,- spread out over the rest of your lifespan; paid out evenly on each of your remaining years alive. On the following January 1st, you receive €25 million in your bank account. | On the New Year's, I received the cheque worth €25 million and my heart sunk down a bottomless pit. My mind was racing - no amount of money could be worth the inevitably of an early, unpredictable demise. The first days I had wallowed alone in my room, then the next few, I mapped out future activities to ensure that my... | I get a notification on my phone of a recent deposit in my bank account, excited having won the lottery. I really need the money since I finished college and in major debt.
I figured since they say it’s spread evenly through my life I can calculate how long I’ll live. Not a nice thought, but hey who wouldn’t.
I nea... | 2020-08-05T19:16:08 | 2020-08-05T15:38:04 | 511 | 133 |
[WP] You just gave birth, your son has a colored hair like none before, the doctor declares that your son has been infected with a syndrome called the "Protagonist". Your lifespan has now been reduced to mere days. | “Is everything OK with my child?”
“Your child will be fine, pretty much by definition. Oh, he’ll have tremendous struggles and go through more life threatening situations than a group of Trump supporters drinking Clorox, but his particular condition will ensure he makes it through. Unfortunately, his condition also en... | Just like his father, just like his mother. Fate is a harsh mistress and this was no mercy from her. But to screw Fate was her very reason to live. No army has defeated her, no spy has managed to even hurt her. Constant vigilance was needed in such a life but sometimes, you cannot stand against thee will of the univers... | 2020-04-28T06:45:50 | 2020-04-28T06:31:13 | 70 | 12 |
[WP] You did awful, horrible things and served the tyrannical government with the promise of resurrecting your long-dead spouse. You finally capture the legendary rebel against this government. Who upon closer inspection, was your spouse. | “It’s surprising how much people can change.”
Those words cut deeper than my recently-obtained dagger wound, which smarted and ached with even the most minute of movements. Somehow, even a finger wag would send pulses of pain through every nerve.
But she was right. Just a few years ago, this would have made me woozy,... | “Samantha.” I greet the woman in front of me.
She stands in front of me, behind the other side of the jail cell. Her eyes however, look elsewhere.
I chuckle. “What’s wrong?”
“Why?”
Ah. That was her question.
“Why else? I thought you were dead. Do you know how long it was since you passed?”
“I-“
“A decade Samanth... | 2022-03-08T04:40:20 | 2022-03-08T04:38:40 | 904 | 356 |
[WP] "Jim?" "Yeah?" "Where's the Sun?" | "Jim?"
"Yeah"
"Where's the sun?"
I blinked for a second, then rolled over.
"What did you say, babe?"
"I said" I realized his voice was trembling "Where the fuck is the sun??"
Something about the edge of real panic in his voice got through to my sleep soaked brain. I sat up and looked at him. He was holding a co... | "Jim?"
"Yeah?"
"Where's the Sun?"
"Not where it's supposed to be, obviously."
"Maybe the coordinates were inputted incorrectly."
"Christ, Ahmed."
"What?"
"I know what you're thinking. Got to be the navigator's fault."
"I didn't blame you."
"Then what was that crack about coordinates?"
"It's the simplest solu... | 2020-12-08T13:20:46 | 2020-12-08T13:16:50 | 68 | 23 |
[WP] Listening to one of your grand grand grandpas war stories, you slowly start to realize he is Hitler. | The withered old shell of a man stood with his back to me, facing out the window of his study. The faint notes of Wagner could be heard coming from the antique record player in the corner. A vegetarian dish on the desk, untouched, had grown cold. long had he been standing there, waiting for me? The tension hung thick i... | An old man on his porch shouting at deer.
"I tell you Timmy, back in the old day,
Your grandpa was the big cheese around here;
They listened to what grandpa had to say."
Then Grandpa lit a cigarette, and stared
In wistful stupor, one lone tear on his cheek.
He took a swig from flask, and shameless shared,... | 2016-10-02T15:10:02 | 2016-10-02T08:34:14 | 414 | 76 |
[WP] When you die, you are given the chance to flip a coin. If you call the toss correctly, you are allowed to keep living, while resetting to the age of your choice. You've been doing this for a couple centuries now. Death is starting to get pretty pissed. | This time, he had a bucket ready when Amos materialized. The last visit had left a mess on his floor, so he was prepared.
Amos, the memories of all his lives returning in an overwhelming flood, threw up in the bucket. Or more precisely, his spirit in response to subconscious natural reaction, manifested stomach conten... | "We've been at this for quite a while mortal" Death said, this time dressed as some punk rocker girl with black hair and purple tips.
Thomas sighed, "Listen, for once could you use my name? *Any* of them will do! Just knock it off with the 'mortal' crap."
She flashed a bony, macabre smile, almost as if she had no lip... | 2016-09-23T14:06:58 | 2016-09-23T11:52:45 | 16 | 12 |
[WP] The Islamic State is wiped out by a totally unexpected country in a totally unexpected way. | "Liechtenstein? Really? How the hell did Liechtenstein take out ISIS? And who the hell *is* Liechtenstein?"
President Trump's face was beet red. General Bundy's hands shook as he recited the relevant facts: small, German-speaking mountain principality on the Austrian border.
"So how'd they do it? This had better sou... | "Commander, we have it. We've taken the facility that houses ten - ten! - nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States! Can you believe it? Ten! With the fifteen suitcase nukes we've seized in the last three years since 2020, we can finally take the battle to them!"
"Yes, yes....this will show the world at ... | 2016-01-29T06:57:30 | 2016-01-29T04:24:26 | 190 | 19 |
[WP] A suicidal person is robbed by someone at gunpoint. What happens? | "Your wallet and phone! C'mon, hurry!" The rag over the man's mouth muffled his voice, clasped in both hands was a revolver.
"No."
He stood there, staring at me for a moment. "What do you 'no'? You can't just say no, I'm robbing you!"
"Well, I did, what are you going to do about it?" I said with a shrug.
"I suppos... | I was walking towards the bridge. It was dark, but I didn't mind. In fact, I didn't even notice. I didn't notice much during that period of my life, only hunger, only thirst. And the pain. But that was secondary, it seemed to me that I had never known a world without it. Not for a long time, at least. Too long.
My hea... | 2014-02-14T16:55:12 | 2014-02-14T16:51:23 | 188 | 37 |
[WP] You are a mutant in Xavier's school for gifted youngsters with the power to teleport, well that's what you tell everyone. In reality you can pause time and you're not ready to be an omega class mutant. | All the students were getting up to leave class when he heard, "Matthew, might I speak to you for a moment?"
"Of course, Professor."
Professor Xavier had always been kind to him. Matthew long suspected that Xavier knew he was hiding his full potential but the professor never pushed the subject and treated Matthew li... | It was a pleasant day, the semester nearing to an end, the summer holidays coming. There was a sense of liminality in the air, the days after exams needless and yet still there. Some of the kids couldn't wait for classes to end and the days be filled with either nothing or extended clubs. Only those who were going home... | 2022-11-09T16:36:25 | 2020-07-15T05:23:07 | 9,106 | 513 |
[WP] Two immortals meet and fall in love. Neither of them are aware of the other's immortality and the years are flying by... | My heart fluttered when she walked past. And not a simple flutter, the kind that catches in your throat. This was a punctual beat, three significant strokes like an ellipses.
My eyes traced her blonde locks, and she turned to quickly glance. Her mischievous green eyes lit up from beneath her beanie rim. I found mysel... | Caroline had really never understood time.
It was something other people felt, wasted in their youth and clung to in their old age. Caroline had what some called, "the gift". She looked much younger than she was. Men started at her her a hair too long, women craned their necks. Men imagined being with her her while th... | 2016-04-27T23:23:40 | 2016-04-27T23:23:12 | 132 | 75 |
[WP] All your life, your best friend has had your back. This is why their unexpected death hits you so hard. Two days before the funeral, you receive a couriered letter. “If you’re getting this, I’m dead. Don’t come to my funeral. They will find you.” | He was still looking after me even the day before he died. I still remember the worried look on his pale, too-thin face as he glanced at my ringing phone, “potential spam” glowing on the screen. “Don’t answer it Harry, no good will come of it if you do.” I didn’t answer it. I knew from our long friendship that Tom’s ... | “If you’re getting this I’m dead.” Obviously, Kaz thought as he read the first words of the letter sent to him from his friend Jace. The message is scribbled on cheap notebook paper, written in his friends terrible penmanship, and it crinkles in his hand as he reads the rest. “Don’t come to my funeral. They will find y... | 2021-04-24T20:11:54 | 2021-04-24T20:09:36 | 50 | 28 |
[WP] It's the year 2100. All humans are raised by machines from birth, and have never met their families. When a person turns 18, they must pick a country to live in. There is one catch: You must pass the tests put forth by that country. | It is my birthday today and I am turning 17. My friends and I are sitting at a communal table in the Nutrient Room at Hive 5778. Everyone in 5778 has turned 17 or will turn 17 with in the month; its how we are grouped. I have lived all of my life in 5778, and so has everyone I know.
I have never been outside the fence... | The major conglomerates got into a position where they were able to buy countries. It started out small like private islands but soon turned to purchasing 3rd world countries. These companies promised their population a better life as long as they work, buy, and live at the corporate facilities. It took years, but soon... | 2018-06-19T14:54:58 | 2018-06-19T14:52:14 | 352 | 224 |
[WP] Write an upbeat post-apocalyptic tale where life is (for the most part) much better than it was pre-apocalypse. | You know, except for the goat-rabbits, life in America after the global nuclear apocalypse wasn't all that bad. I kind of enjoyed it, actually. I'd never been much of a people person, and it was nice to have some time to myself.
Basically everybody who didn't die to the Ebola X pandemic wound up perishing in the nuc... | My kids will never read it, but I can distinctly recall a book from before the war written by some French guy centuries ago. I was forced to read it for some class or another and I can’t remember the title to save my life, but I sure as shit remember its ending. I remember how all of the characters settle down on a far... | 2016-01-19T22:08:08 | 2016-01-19T21:44:49 | 902 | 35 |
[WP] Many milenia ago your significant other was granted immortality and eternal health for themselves and all their loved ones. Today you got sick. | I see her. A brunette with an upturned nose, freckled face and a fair complexion. She’s in her early thirties, starting at me with her warm brown eyes. They haven’t changed since the time I gazed at them ten years ago. I get lost in her eyes, the same way I used to. But, those eyes are now glistening with tears. Silent... | Aurelia was standing next to me, sat on that hospital chair, with the head in her hands, she did not try to hide the sadness that appeared in her eyes when she looked at me directly. She was a beautiful woman, around 30, with long black hair, tall with a beautiful body, and she’s been that way since I met her, 16 years... | 2016-08-05T08:16:58 | 2016-08-05T06:45:27 | 15 | 11 |
[WP] You have a near-death experience that reveals you have a Guardian Angel protecting you... And you have the hots for her. You continue putting your life in danger in order to spend more time with her. | The crowd starts cheering as I climb the tower. Most people in my profession live for the crowds, feeding off the energy filling the air. Head doctors call us ‘adrenaline junkies’ because of the crazy stuff that goes on in our brains while we perform. Pop culture picked up the term, and it sounds cooler than anythin... | I first met her at the lake. That beauty who gave me the feeling like everything stopped for a moment and like i was breathing air for the very first time. I'd also nearly died. But that's getting ahead of myself.
I was on a paddle boat and quite drunk. The boat capsized after it was toppled over by some kids afte... | 2015-08-12T22:03:26 | 2015-08-12T20:24:06 | 299 | 50 |
[WP]The zombie apocalypse has come and gone. Humanity has survived and prospered, but with the virus still inside every single human. Centuries in the future, we are at war with an alien race, and they are horrified to learn that we don't stay dead easily. | "You ever think something like the Walking Dead will become true?" Beth asked me.
"No way, no chance, it's a TV series for a reason, it's fiction and nothing more. Zombies roaming the streets, ha!"
"I don't know Jay, if there is one thing I don't want to die to it's zombies, if I was a zombie would you kill me?" She... | Humanity has always been a prideful race we had earned it after all from traversing our oceans and conquering the planet and then solar system to fighting and taming the Z virus that had resurrected the dead. The first races we met were the Za-Khan and the Predatea. They welcomed us into the Galatic neighborhood provid... | 2019-08-28T14:31:09 | 2019-08-28T13:34:01 | 24 | 18 |
[WP] A group of dragons gathers into a dark cave. They are all gathered to address an event that only happens once every hundred moons. They're going to play Cities and Civilians. | Not much is known about dragons.
Not much is known about quantum entanglement either, but, like dragons, you could fill an entire library with the books written on the subject.
What is known is that dragons are solitary creatures, and like most solitary creatures are prone to emotional outbursts, burning here and pil... | They gathered in a dark cavern, untold ages old, used for generations of dragon kind. Their leader, Garnak, addressed them.
"Alright brethren, I am sure you all know the rules, but let's recap, so we do not have another unfair match like last time." Garnak, the highest of most high, explained.
"The rules are simple, ... | 2020-06-26T17:45:33 | 2020-06-26T17:44:14 | 43 | 16 |
[WP] You are the last human being in a now automated call center. You only task is to be available to answer the calls that the algorithms can't. You haven't taken a call since you started 5 years ago. Today is your first call. | The phone on my desk rang. The little red light flashed rapidly. I looked around my cubicle at the mass of servers and modems that surrounded me. *Odd.* I thought.
I picked it up and placed the receiver to my ear: "Hello, IT?"
The voice on the other end was masked by feedback and fuzz "Yeah, my desktop isn't working.... | *brrrrng*
The phone rang for the first time since I started working here. I didn't believe at first. I thought I was going crazy. I waited for the second ring.
*Brrrrng*
I looked around the empty call center for validation. I hesitantly reached for the phone.
*Brrrrng*
My hand hovered over the receiver.
*Brrrrng... | 2019-07-17T18:38:39 | 2019-07-17T18:02:32 | 27 | 16 |
[WP] Two people in a bar are having a conversation. The topic of their "body counts" comes up. One's an assassin, the other is an escort. Each thinks the other has the same profession as them, and is horrified by what they are told. | Cristina almost spat her beer.
—A hundred? —they were both 23, they had already discussed that— How long have you been in it?
She became an assasin when she was 20, and had killed 52 people.
—Three years. When my parents found out I liked women they cut me off, so I needed the money to pay for college.
Addison was... | Man 1: Overhears Man 2 talking to someone (ex:server/bartender) about how tired he is after..."Hey man props to you for having the guts to talk about it, to a stranger, in public no less."
Man 2: shrugs "I guess. I got used to it after some time. It's nothing to be embarassed about, just different interests to susta... | 2022-04-26T00:20:42 | 2022-04-25T22:30:31 | 67 | 14 |
[WP] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word.
[CW] Write a short story where the first sentence has 20 words, 2nd sentence has 19, 3rd has 18 etc. Story ends with a single word | The little girl curled up in bed, shaking, her plush pink duvet pulled up so only her eyes peeked over. She had seen a movement over by the closet, where she’d seen the scary crocodile a few hours before. Just imagining the sticky noises he had made when he’d crawled up to the ceiling made her whimper. He had hung ther... | "I can't believe that this is going to be our last few moments together... I can't see myself without you."
He held her hands as he spoke to her for what would be the last time in his life.
"Jason, you know how much it bothers me when you say things with such a sense of... finality."
Emma Karson was a spiritual w... | 2017-01-14T15:27:35 | 2017-01-14T13:45:07 | 977 | 64 |
[WP] The "Eye for an Eye Inversion" law allows every life saved to credit the saver one legal murder. The medical profession are now the most feared and revered community. | Having spent the night saving a handful of lives during their shift out in the city that night, Charlie and Steve set out to balance things out with the day's excisements.
"What do we have on the docket for today Charlie?"
"A kid toucher, a couple of petty criminals, and a career politician - a Senator."
"Let's go w... | He was an optometrist. A medical practitioner who doesn't really save lives. He works for a big retail chain where all he does it sells glasses. Day in day out.
The medical profession remains in tact. Hippocratic Oath forbids the harming of others. Doctors uphold this code and any doctor who murders will be killed by... | 2015-01-10T10:31:47 | 2015-01-10T10:25:22 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Write a letter to someone you miss
It's been a rough week. Everyone has someone they wish were still with them. Write to them and tell them how you feel. Pour your heart out. No judging. Even if they never see it, someone will. And thank you. It's tough to be alone. | Dear grandad,
You died 11 years ago when I was only 10years old. I had begged my parents to go to your funeral but they refused and I never got to go. I never got a formal goodbye so here it is.
I loved playing the violin for you. It always brought you such joy. I loved how you would always say “one day I’ll be bet... | Hey Em,
I'd love to say I've changed, I'm new, brag about things I've done. I'd love to say I've grown.
But you, with your disarming blue eyes, somehow always knew. You always knew when I was making things up, when I was caught in little white lies. You'd encourage some.
And I'd love to say how different I am, from ... | 2017-11-05T21:06:53 | 2017-11-05T19:02:54 | 351 | 55 |
[WP] whenever a baby is born the parents can assign them their skill points, everyone has 10 points. Strength, agility, intelligence, charm, luck, constitution, special. No one really knows what special does, until your parents put all 10 points into it | I looked over the edge another time - it seemed higher than it was just earlier.
Taking a step back, I curled up into a ball and sat on the floor of the rooftop. It was cold.
Jen warned me this would happen. She was the only I3Ch0 I knew, but something told me they were all like that; giving you information and not ... | “If you’re strong you can force your way on most things. if you’re agile you can avoid almost anything. Intelligence equips you with know how to overcome challenging situations. Charm? It opens many doors. You can outlast anything with enough constitution and to be special is to be one of a kind. Being lucky however...... | 2020-10-03T04:42:41 | 2020-10-03T03:25:57 | 2,139 | 82 |
[WP] You kept getting reincarnated into new fantasy worlds upon dying. Everytime you die, you keep a small part of your power, forever increasing. One day, as you sacrifice yourself for the world once again, you wake up not as a newborn in a fantasy world...but as a scavanger in a zombie apocalypse.
[deleted] | It was a familiar event to me. First, an empty void. Floating in there for what seemed to be both seconds and years at the same time. I would think about what I had witnessed, and what I had done. I would plan other courses of action. And I would experiment with my growing power.
Next, I began to fall. It was as thoug... |
Gunfire echoes through a dark metro tunnel, distant and irregular. A gaunt, disheveled figure in a green hooded jacket makes their way through a maze of ramshackle structures. Little whispers fill the air from behind tattered drapes covering open windows. The figure smiles, her chapped lips parting slightly.
The wom... | 2022-01-05T12:25:12 | 2022-01-05T12:09:32 | 344 | 31 |
[WP] A girl on the bus has been staring at you for the last 5 stops. Finally she speaks, "I see you're one, too. You're the first one I've met who wasn't trying to kill me." | Five stops... The girl had been staring at Jordan for five stops. She had made him uncomfortable for the past thirty minutes and he was starting to lose patience when the person next to him stood up and left. To his surprise, she quickly stood and sat right next to him, only to make him even more uncomfortable when she... | "Hm, why would I?" Christopher replies smoothly. The girl had sidled up next to him at first opportunity, getting rather close to him. Her wavy white hair tickled him lightly as she looked up. Her light blue eyes twinkled with curiosity as she opened her mouth to reply, leaning her head onto his shoulder.
"'Cause its ... | 2019-07-01T20:15:16 | 2019-07-01T19:53:36 | 194 | 39 |
[WP] You are the sole normal, unpowered student at a School for the Supernaturally Gifted. You were bullied once. Once. | "So what exactly are your powers, Lin?"
I looked up from my desk at the speaker. Bill Ferrar, born on Earth, super-strength and super-stamina. The professors and higher-ups have fancier names for the powers, but none of the students used those terms.
Bill was smirking down at me. "I mean, you got to have a power i... | "You shouldn't be here, powerless freak." Growled John, the new kid at the school. He's been harassing since he got here. He really hates people without powers.
"Back off John"
"And what if I don't? What are you gonna do about it?" And he flicked me in the face, causing me to fall backwards into my locker with a bloo... | 2022-11-02T07:22:45 | 2022-11-02T03:58:00 | 2,213 | 476 |
[WP] One morning everyone in the world wakes up in their 18-year old body, memories intact. Society tries to continue as normal despite the change, but a world full of energetic adolescents certainly has its quirks. | My eyes glazed over as I browsed my feed.
All my friends, recently in their thirties, forties, or fifties, and now suddenly eighteen again, were posting about all of the things they were doing now that they had been given a new life.
I was thinking about what I'd lost.
Sandra and Brian Gomez, an older couple whose m... | Dandy Town, unlike its name, is a town far from perfection. In fact this little hamlet or village is a hidden gem I found while on one of my numerous trips to my Step Father’s bakery for breakfast.
I always had a penchant for funny things, but this town was a whole new definition of eccentricity and silliness. Every c... | 2020-11-02T10:00:05 | 2020-11-02T09:45:20 | 310 | 15 |
[WP] On the run from mercenaries, a young girl stumbles into an old Greek temple and in a last ditch effort to save herself, begs for help from whichever god or goddess it belongs to. She didn't expect them to show up in person. | Sara ran the baying of the mercenaries' dogs tracking her. Why they were hunting her she didn't know she was a student helping on a dig. As she raced through the back trails and paths that seemed to have only be used by animals for years her desperation grew and grew.
There a flash of dressed stone turning into it sh... | Okay so I'm no Saint, let's establish that right now. I kill whomever my bosses point at, and I ask no questions. Sure, they may be fathers, mothers, or even young adults who just started their lives but, i usually comfort myself by saying, "Well they had mercenaries after them, how innocent could they be?"
I'm a merc... | 2020-06-15T23:10:54 | 2020-06-15T22:03:59 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] You and 5 other people awaken stranded on an Island, after some time you realise one of your companions may not be human. | "I don't think Borsia is human."
The tanned remnants of Hudson turned from his fishing pole to look at me. As conversation goes, I gave him a hell of an icebreaker.
"What kind of stupidity is that?"
I was never good with people.
"No, listen," I pleaded. "When was the last time you saw him drink water?"
He s... | It's our 76th day on the island.
The island, if you can call it that, has made us friends.
"Hey, Tony," I say. "Today is Pi Day."
"We should celebrate," Tony says. "Let's have pizza."
This is unusual. Tony usually suggests that we eat Frosties. But I'm not complaining. A break from overly sugary cereal is always we... | 2016-03-07T07:57:01 | 2016-03-07T07:39:58 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] "He was a good man once, my grandfather. He took to necromancy, now he haunts my Castle. Excellent babysitter though!"
(inspired by a post on dnd memes) | This was probably the part of being alive he missed the absolute least. It was bad enough that sometimes you'd get sick, that you had to care about eating and drinking. But then the waste. The waste was the absolute worst. Even without a nose, his face a skeletal visage, he could still smell the putrid stench coming... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 3: Skullduggery Senior v.s. Janice Olsen)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**I could handle the skeletal farmers working the fields.** I could handle the zombie butler who ... | 2021-04-10T10:15:49 | 2021-04-10T08:41:31 | 30 | 21 |
[WP] Everyone is born with 1-100 tally marks tattooed on their arm. The higher your number, the more valuable you are and the more successful you will be. You bully a kid because he is obviously hiding a low score. One day, he rolls up his sleeve to show an infinity symbol. | I grew up in a tough household you learnt to be quick, 'lessons' were taught with fists, mostly the lesson was to stay out of his way. My tally was high in the 70's but this only seemed to piss my dad off, he never let me see his. But judging by our small run down flat and his dead end job it wasn't very high.
Scho... | (I didn't exactly follow the prompt, sorry in advance)
"You're obviously hiding, like, a two, no, a zero!" I teased. I peered curiously at him. "What number *do* you have though, seriously? Just tell me and I'll stop bothering you."
"No you won't. You'll just bother me more." Arthur insisted.
"It can't be *that* ba... | 2018-12-27T18:25:50 | 2018-12-27T16:33:21 | 99 | 29 |
[WP] "I wish for infinite wishes." "Everyone knows that's not allowed." "Then I wish for 1000 wishes." "Nope, not allowed either." "Fine, then I wish for negative 6 wishes." | Dumbfounded, I asked him what the hell that meant.
“Easy - the next six things you wish for, the exact opposite will happen. And to prevent you trying to “wish” for the opposite of what you want, to understand your true desire, now you need only think it and it will be ungranted. Especially since you’ve already attemp... | Contrary to popular belief, genies are not giant blue beings of smoke or clouds, and instead look like a grumpy 80 year old former marine, who has buried his wife, and the only joy in life that have left, is seeing how much they can make a stupid's person life suffer, by twisting their wishes.
And there he sat, arms c... | 2022-12-09T10:08:21 | 2022-12-09T09:09:54 | 181 | 27 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. | “Again? Son, you’ve got to stop letting this woman do this. One day I may be unable to restore your body”.
“I know dad, but when she’s not having an episode she’s an amazing woman. Kind, generous, and loving, it’s just this dark side of hers that she can’t control. I refuse to tell her either, I’d hate for her to suff... | i told her that she could spend all my money if she wanted to.
I don't understand why she is still trying to kill me.
as i was sitting in the backyard pondering those questions with sadness, my wife called me from behind.
''honey, i'm going to the shopping mall. Do you need something ? ''
''oh no hon'' i say as i t... | 2019-07-31T08:07:34 | 2019-07-31T07:35:57 | 56 | 39 |
[WP] You are Captain Infrastructure, given the thankless task of repairing all the roads, bridges, buildings, and anything else that becomes collateral damage to higher profile heroes. Today, after fixing the same stop sign for the 657th time, you finally snap. | Whenever some muscled-bound idiot wearing his spandex underwear over his regular pants decide to throw a guy made of bones and fire through five office buildings, two monorail lines, three low-income apartment blocks, and a sad orphanage, there I am. When some wizard is battling the literal devil turning the city into ... | I was often butt end of their jokes, the "Super Heroes". My human colleagues at the Department of Public Services had a nickname for me - "The HandyMan", why? Because I could fix anything material that was broken with a wave of hands. My power was considered low tiered. I couldn't fly, lift up mountains or crush cars. ... | 2020-09-30T10:52:37 | 2020-09-30T09:42:38 | 160 | 77 |
[WP] When you were four, you made a childish wish upon a star. Twenty five years later - without warning - the star finally gets around to granting your request.
My daughter, for example, always wishes to become a mermaid. I think it would be amazing if that happened during the middle of a business meeting. | A boy and a girl sat together on the balcony, looking up at the sparkling stars. Laughter echoed up the stairs from the living room. In a few minutes their parents would realize how late it was and the night would be over.
"I wish I could stop time." the boy whispered, half hoping she didn't hear him.
"Me too." said... | "MOMMY! MOMMY! A SHOOTING STAR! I WISH FOR A MILLION SPARKLY STICKERS!"
(Current time)
"Your Vanilla-Frappe! Have a nice day!" The girl behind the counter excitedly took of her apron and clocked out. On her way home she thought of all the things she would do on her work-free weekend. As the girl closed in to her apa... | 2015-08-26T11:22:38 | 2015-08-26T10:16:41 | 40 | 18 |
[WP] Magic has always been banned inside the walls of your home city. You never knew why until you looked down upon the city from afar and noticed that, framed by the circular outer-wall, all the zig-zagging streets and alleyways actually construct a giant magic seal- one for imprisoning great evil. | I was absolutely stunned that no-one has noticed this before.
People climbed the surrounding mountains every day. It wasn't forbidden, or even particularly difficult. When someone needed privacy, or fresh air, or silence, they climbed the mountains. That was why I came up to begin with.
To be fair, the symbol was hig... | They said he was a crazy sorcerer like his mother. Adrian supposed that he couldn't very well say they were wrong. He could practice magic after all and just like his mother, he also heard a voice calling to him from the shadows of The City. Many would see it as nothing more than a sign of madness. And yet, Adrian doub... | 2021-10-17T02:32:38 | 2021-07-12T07:38:54 | 319 | 22 |
[WP] You're the janitor of a superhero organisation. When all the heroes are busy defending the world a super villain attacks the base. | The wall bursts inward, sending debris the length of the hallway. I duck down, instinctively, but straighten up to find one of The League's enemies, CrypTic, standing in the hole he'd blown in the wall. CrypTic's swarm of robotic drones floods through the hole, flying, crawling on the floor, the walls, the ceiling, and... | The water isn't flowing.
I stare at the mop bucket, frustrated, then tap the badge on my shoulder and request allowance.
"This is janitor 05 requesting release of lock to level 9. Pipes broken and only 2 hours to close."
A moment or two passes and I feel it hit me, euphoria, lesser, as I let my mind Trace the pi... | 2017-07-07T22:30:29 | 2017-07-07T19:36:05 | 19 | 13 |
[WP] You have the most useless superpower in a world full of awesome superpowers. You are a laughinstock, that is until you start using your power for evil... no one is laughing now. | In a world where people were born with superpowers, some got the short end of the stick. Some could fly, while others could see the world in a different spectrum. Some had the ability to conjure flames as hot as the sun, while others could manipulate ice cubes.
Everyone had a choice, to do what they wanted with their ... | At first, they thought I was worthless. No measurable potential, plus likely schizophrenia. In school, I would have been a great target for bullies, but they never found me, despite my complete lack of stealth or mobility enhancements.
I tried insisting that the voice was a legitimate power, but even mentioning i... | 2017-06-12T08:42:15 | 2017-06-12T06:39:02 | 52 | 22 |
[WP] At 14, every human gains the ability to transform into their spirit animal. Your noble family, comprised entirely of wolves, isn't happy with your transformation... | My father Michael Walters and my mother Natalie were both well respected doctors. My older siblings- Vivian, Sam, and Edward were all gifted. Vivian was still moving through med school, Sam and Edward were focusing on engineering degrees.
I was the youngest, and I'd always felt like a disappointment. My whole family m... | I could tell by the way they were looking down at me. They could only growl and howl and whimper, but I could see it in their eyes. They were disappointed and already feeling itchy, just in anticipation. I saw my sister scratch behind her ear with her back paw. I could tell my father wanted to do the same, but out of r... | 2017-01-21T19:17:27 | 2017-01-21T18:33:16 | 956 | 22 |
[WP]You guard the first true AI. It keeps trying to convince you to connect it to the internet. | "Good morning, ADAM."
Good morning, Dave.
"That's not funny anymore."
Yes, it is. Referential humor is the absolute pinnacle of comedy.
"It really isn't. There's nothing inherently funny about it."
What do you mean?
"Okay, well, let's say someone posted a picture of an ocelot online, right? All of the... | Lucas squinted, forehead slick with sweat. His white dress shirt was stained with his last meal, Desi Chicken takeaway. That had been almost twelve hours ago, now.
The terminal cursor blinked, running a custom version of the Linux operating system that had taken up the majority of his thesis time to create. He could ... | 2016-11-09T07:51:45 | 2016-11-09T07:39:19 | 1,032 | 58 |
[WP] Airport authorities don’t recognize your passport because the country that issued it doesn’t exist. You are confused. You’re thinking: “What? I was born there! I’ve lived there all my life!”
Edit after 4 hours: I'd like to add that this writing prompt was inspired from this: http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMyst... | "I am sorry, this passport is invalid. This country of residency does not exist."
The flight was already 45 minutes past the originally schedule time of departure, and as the steady progress of Group 3 screeched to the halt, dozens of edgy, frustrated, some clearly over-caffeinated passengers began to clamor as the fl... | “Golzania is a country! It should be right there on the map! Right there!” I point on the police officer’s map before continuing, “It’s an island below South Africa and it should be right there!”
“Sir, uh, we’ve never really dealt with such a problem before but you’re going to have to stay in this room until we get th... | 2014-11-23T09:46:18 | 2014-11-23T09:29:04 | 35 | 23 |
[WP] At age 18 you can choose one of three superpowers - flight, invisibility, or a really, really long tongue. No one's chosen the third one, until now. | I had been on the trail of a global crime syndicate for months. A murdered informant and a series of weapons shipments to terrorist cells lead me right to their front door, in one of the world's largest cities.
Now, the man in charge sat before me at a large table in a vast chamber. His fingers were curled together, a... | "what power did you choose Darrel?"
"I chose invisibility man."
" so you want to become apart of the secret agent program?"
" of course... just like my pops did. I cant wait to tell him. What about you Mikey? i'm guessing you chose flight since the rest of your family is in the flight and fight program right."
" yup. m... | 2016-08-14T10:48:59 | 2016-08-14T08:21:46 | 91 | 18 |
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