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[WP] A prisoner has served their 565 year prison sentence | [
" The horns wailed one last time as the strange metal bars behind Wallace rose from the floor. Shutting away the only life he could recall. A bald, slender young man, dressed all in white approached Wallace with a courteous smile and pointed a strange rectangle at him. Wallace then heard a click followed by a clan... | 2 | |
Tips: Try starting from the beginning of the civilization and then skip ahead as needed.
Have fun and thanks! | [WP] Make me both exhilarated and exhausted: tell the story of the day to day life and eventual extinction of a dominant species. | [
"\"Grug build simple house,\" linked Gareth. \"Such it was in the ancient times.\"\n\nThe congregation ooh'd and aahh'd, sending over feedback through their intellicom patch grids. The grids were rudimentary, barely capable of conveying emotions, and incapable of much else. At least they had the capacity to project... | 2 |
Optional additional detail: A ship crashes at its destination ten minutes before it is launched. What happened / What will happen next? | [WP] FTL travel is possible, but when used, sends the passengers a few hours back in time. | [
"Jump Number 2155:\nI gripped the wheel of my bright red sports car as I speed along the road. Time was everything! Traffic laws, the bottom of my car colliding with the ground, none of this mattered today. In a world where time didn't matter, all I wanted was for that to be true.\n\nI'ld perfected the journey b... | 2 |
[WP] An sock with no mate has lost his elasticity. In an effort to seek out his meaning in life, he stumbles across a traveling troupe of sock puppets. | [
"Geraldine had lost her purpose, her meaning, lost the yin to her yang, the left to her right. She was hopeless. \n\nBut in this hopelessness came freedom. Geraldine walked to the desolate parts of town, seeking a place she might feel at home. She contemplated her options, and found most of them impossible, terrify... | 2 | |
[WP] A convention where diseases of the world come together to talk, socialize and gossip. | [
"Any self-respecting disease now needs an excellent management team. \nTimes have changed, once you could go it alone as a disease create a little death, mayhem here and there then smugly discuss it at the next conference.\n\nNow you need profile and a global media support team. Ebola came to our stand last year. A... | 2 | |
[WP] I answered the phone, but noone was there. Again. | [
"Stacy held her breath; she had the phone in a trembling hand. She slowly lifted it to her ear. “Hello,” she said, trying not to let her voice crack. There was no one there, again. “Hello?” Stacy asked again. She slammed the phone back into its cradle; it was as if the phone had become electrified and hurt to hold.... | 2 | |
[WP] 500 years in the future Microogle gives every human the chance to transfer their consciousnesses one time to a random new born life somewhere that colonized life exists. Memories of one's past life are only retained until age 10. The old body becomes property of Microogle. | [
"The hardest part was giving up the knowledge.\n\nI had often wondered, in my last life, my original life, what things would have been like if I could have started over, yet kept my mind. What would it have been like, for instance, to look that fifth-grade bully in the eye, knowing exactly who I would become? To ap... | 4 | |
[kinda like this.](
http://i.imgur.com/JKbLISY.jpg) | [WP] a normal person with a normal life has his day narrated as a detective noir novel. | [
"Sunday, August 4th 9:55pm; 5 more minutes and I would be out of this grease dump, hitting the road like a ton of bricks. 5 more minutes and I’d be home with the only gal who loved me. Hell, she wasn’t the best looking gal; but a mother’s the best girl a guy’s got. As I was lost in my own land of imagination, the ... | 4 |
Just came up with this in the shower, I'm excited to read the stories! | [WP] You have always been able to see the date of someone's death hovering over their head. One day you see someone without a date above their head.... | [
"\n\nIt's not really something I can explain. I've tried. People either don't believe me at all, or they ask me a thousand questions I can't answer. Questions like \"why\" or \"how\" or \"when do I die?\"\n\nOkay, that last one I can answer. That's sort of the problem. I'm a... Seer, I guess? I don't know if ... | 7 |
[WP] A genie offers a refund for a wish gone wrong | [
"The Djinn coughed into his his closed fist and glanced around shiftily. \"Uh yeah, I'm sorry about that. You said bucks right? Well look at it this way - now you can start duck farm.\"\n\nI shook my head disappointingly. \"Nope, it says right here,\" I rolled out a long vellum scroll with tiny hand written print o... | 2 | |
[WP]: A lone gunman/woman is about to assassinate a respected leader. Give me their inner monologue, and make me sympathize. | [
"Right, ok. Don't fuck up. Deep breath. You can do this. Can I do this? Fuck, I'm only 17, I can't, just, kill someone! Fuck fuck fuck. Ok. Calm down. Calm. Get to the roof, aim, then pull the trigger. He won't even know. He won't even know! It'll be over before he even knows what's happened. He'll be dead. Dead. H... | 3 | |
[WP] A teenage girl with one eye appears in this man's bakery in New York City. He is the only one who can see her. | [
"Senility was not something he could get used to. The vacant gaps in his memory, the slow molasses-like churning of his thoughts which had once been so quick; nothing was easy as it had once been, and every step of his day was now a source for frustration and public embarrassment. Small tasks that had once been ins... | 2 | |
I like this one. I'm not sure if it's been done before (I didn't check) but I thought a zombie scenario not focused on the zombies but the morals would be a fun (if you can call it that) twist on the usual. | [WP] A man is locked in his bedroom. His zombified wife and children struggle against the door to beat it down. A loaded pistol rests on the dresser next to him. | [
" Freddie stared at the wall. Freddie was sitting on the floor. He had shit himself. That was three hours ago. Freddie had enjoyed the smell. It was something natural, shit. Every single person in the world took a shit. Billions of people have taken a shit, or used to. It was one of the few things that haven't ch... | 8 |
[WP] You are caught with a friend by a drug lord in Africa who also deals in human trafficking. You are then forced to fight other prisoners to the death in front of the "emperor" and his clients in makeshift gladiator fights | [
"When the lights wink back on, I’m in some kind of cattle ring. My feet sink slightly in loose dirt, bodies jostle as the group fans out. There must be a dozen of us in the ring, and maybe a hundred gathered in raised bleachers above. An eight foot ribbed steel wall separates us from them, dented and scythed with l... | 2 | |
[WP] In an alternate universe that mirrors our own, when a person (over the age of 25) dies consciousness is compressed into a stone that always appears near, on, or inside the corpse. An orphan discovers a raw stone while exploring an old mineshaft. | [
"Thomas leaned back against the wall of the mineshaft and allowed himself a long sigh. The morning \nsun had been warmer than he had expected, but no matter it was done now. He stared down at his \nhands while he recovered some energy. Caked in dust and blood they were sore and beginning to \nbruise. Glancing u... | 2 | |
[WP] You hear voices in your head, but they aren't malevolent. In fact, one seems to have a crush on you. | [
"\"Who the fuck is Calder Hartwell?\"\n\nI was charging my phone and saw a blue LED. Nine times out of ten, I'm happy to see that. Means someone had texted me.\n\nThis time, however, the fading blue light was a signal that Melissa didn't love me anymore. \n\nIt was a Facebook alert. Melissa Santorella is \"in a rel... | 4 | |
[WP] In a world full of magic, you are the only ordinary being. Describe a day in your life. | [
"Bloody kids. I wish they'd just leave me alone. They think they're so special with their \"magic\".\nI didn't think I'd always be like this, i thought maybe one day I'll learn to do these amazing things\" but no, I'm resigned to cleaning up after these filthy beasts.\n\nThere's some new ones came in recently, I go... | 10 | |
[WP] Teenager's failed relationship is actually the end of the world. | [
"It's not you, its me, you were great, I swear.\n\n....you cannot be doing this right now. Ar.. are you joking?\n\nLook Jake, its just that what with all that's going on right now, I can't be the woman that you want. Sorry, don't hate me? Okay?\n\n....\n\nJake? Babe? What's with that look? \n\nAre you out of your m... | 2 | |
[WP] 2030 AD: The United States Army has developed a line of sophisticated war-ready humanoid robots. They are not autonomous and require a skilled operator, thus the Army calls upon the best in the business: Gamers. | [
"Bravo Team sat in the mess hall, drinking Mountain Dew and celebrating their latest victory over the Canadian Liberation Army.\n\n\"Man did you see that double kill I had with the TOW missile?\" Pvt. Tayl0rd squealed. Mitchell instinctively cringed at the sound of his high-pitched bleating. \"BOOM! Splattered th... | 1 | |
[WP] The grand-admiral of an empire witnesses the sacrificial destruction of his enemy's flagship and issues the order. "All units... Stand-down." | [
"A hiss like steam through a broken pipe crackled into static and resonated throughout the communications network. A voice broke through the din just loud enough to make the officer avert his eyes from the scene beyond the helm’s massive windows.\n\n“…stand down”. \n\nThe officer slammed his fist on a button on t... | 2 | |
You can
A) ...directly talk to the reader or
B) ...use a dialogue between 2 or more characters, where one sells the pen to another.
In case B someone is trying to sell the pen to one person and other people are watching.
None of the characters in either case have to be 1:1 copies from the movie. You can change nam... | [WP] Sell me the pen from Wolf of Wallstreet | [
"\"Okay, so we've filled out the paperwork, your loan has been approved, and you're ready to move in next week. Sign the papers and this new house is yours. I'm do happy for you. This is honestly why I do this job. I love people starting new lives, new families, new chapters in their lives, and I get to be the doct... | 11 |
What do you do next? How does the world around you change? Or not? | [WP] You get a call from your devoted Catholic mother in tears saying, "Jesus has returned!" | [
"\"Really mom? I'll be there in ten minutes\"\n\nJohn ran out of his room, wearing nothing but his old underwear and a fading beatles T-shirt. The drive to her apartment, albeit a short one was not interesting at all.\n\nHe ran up the steps of her apartment and pushed down the bell. The annoying bird sound bell ran... | 3 |
[WP] The Devil meets someone in their dream, and gives them a fruit. | [
"As the little cherubs flapped around my head, making rather annoying bleating noises, I stared back at the man in front of me and became absolutely, completely certain of two things:\n\nFirst, this was definitely a dream.\n\nAnd second, this man in front of me was the Devil.\n\nThat second fact wasn't too hard to ... | 2 | |
Similar to the way humans breathe the oxygen generated by trees and trees require carbon dioxide expelled by humans, humans make contact with an intelligent alien race which poops material containing essential nutrients for humans, while benefiting from consuming human excrement. Describe the marketing process behind ... | [WP] Humans make contact with an intelligent alien race which poops material containing essential nutrients for humans, while benefiting from consuming human excrement. Describe the marketing process behind selling this unique "food". | [
" Franklin began sweating. He hadn't been with the company very long. In fact he started on the day first contact was made, barely six months ago, with the planet Tynir-0. And in that time he had learned two things. No one with this little experience ever got to pitch to the board, let alone this pitch. Also... | 2 |
[WP] The man asked me to sit down on the bench, he had a gun and a photograph. He asked me if I was a patriot. | [
"Trudging uphill, head down, I didn't notice him until he cleared his throat and patted the empty seat on the bench. He looked about sixty, but very healthy, his cheeks pink in the diffused sunlight of the alleyway and his short frizzy beard glowing white. He didn't meet my eyes for more than a brief upward glance... | 5 | |
[WP] A man has a medical condition where he cannot sleep. Had it since birth and tries to keep it secret. He's fully functioning and just doesn't get tired like other people. | [
"Entry #4\nDear Diary,\n\nI feel like a teenage girl but my wife suggested I try to write my feelings down somewhere. I've been doing this a few weeks now and I do seem to be feeling better. Before her I was a mess. Emily has helped me see this disease as a blessing. Every night I would lay in bed and think about w... | 8 | |
[WP] You're wandering along a very familiar street in your neighborhood when you come across a path that you've never noticed before... | [
"Well, that's new.\n\nSeriously, though... there shouldn't be a gate there. Like, at all. But there it is, all chipped black paint and chained shut. I'm not that high, am I?\n\nWait, I'm still smoking the last one. Shit. Better put that out for now. Must be stronger than I thought.\n\nBut no, it's definitely there.... | 3 | |
[WP] Describe the adventures of a Janitor turned superhero, armed with the powers of industrial strength chemicals and a very big mop. | [
"\"Muahaha! At last, I have defeated my greatest nemeses, the League-of-Good-Doers!\" cackled Lava-man atop his erupting volcano.\n\n\"Not yet, Magma-dude! You've forgotten one very crucial detail!\" rang out a voice from below.\n\n\"And who might you be? By the way, it's Lava-man.\"\n\n\"They call me The Janitor.\... | 2 | |
[WP] Depressing Alternate Endings to Children's Movies | [
"Only two souls were left in the city, and one of them wasn't living.\n\nThe tormented specter haunted the ruins, lamenting his fate. He was so close - he'd almost achieved his dreams - yet in the end, he underestimated his enemy.\n\nFurious at the murder she committed herself, his enemy held him responsible and un... | 4 | |
[WP]you were playing your favoirte video game when all of a sudden you get sucked in | [
"It was a night like any other. I returned from work, switched on the computer and logged into my account. I went take a shower, then to get something to eat - cereal, perhaps. I poured a bowl of cereal, and sat down at my computer. \n\nThe characters on my account were waiting to be selected. I chose one of my... | 2 | |
Saw this image in my head. | [WP] A man is forcing his hand into a blender. Why? Is he just crazy? Does he actually have a reason? | [
"A drop of sweat rolled down Tom Dickson's head. Heart racing, head pounding, Tom pondered the circumstances that could possibly have led to this moment. Images of large sums of money sliding across the table came to mind, and he recalled. Determined and re-motivated, Tom steadied his nerves and braced himself for ... | 2 |
[WP] A child is born with the ability to solve exactly one world issue. | [
"Charlie was a weird kid. He didn't pick his nose, he didn't play in the mud, he always wanted to floss, and the amount of different coloured shoes he owned was much higher than average. Every day during recess he would stay inside, rather than playing soccer or football. He would always tinker about; it started wi... | 2 | |
200 words *precisely*. No more, no less. Use a wordcounter (like http://wordcounter.net) to check your word count. | [FF] An envelope is slid under your doorstep. Inside this plain envelope is a memory card with tiny letters in familiar handwriting. | [
"The loop of the 'g', the slash instead of a dot over the 'i', I know these letters as if they were mine. I turn the envelop over in my hands, feeling the memory card shift its subtle weight inside. Funny, the way little things can feel so heavy when they're in your hands, at the tips of your fingers. Everything is... | 4 |
[WP] Advertise a church service like it was a monster truck rally. | [
"What are **YOU** doing this Sunday?\n\n*Sinning*, if you don't come to church!\n\nThat's right, we have church like you wouldn't BELIEVE. EVERY SUNDAY.\n\nWhat day?\n\nSUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY\n\nDo you want to be **SAVED**???\n\nThen come down to church! \n\nWe have sermons, we have confessions, we have communions, *... | 1 | |
I have never done this or been here, so I hope this is correct.
EDIT in Title *Overworked *Angels
| [WP] Write a first-person scene from one of only 2000 overwork angles charged with aiding mankind. | [
"I stood in line to wait for my turn. I never wanted this job. It's tedious, annoying, and I just see no reason to do it. I've wasted so many years of my immortality. Mankind isn't even the brightest species created. They're so obtuse that it kills me seeing them try to figure something so simple out. I've watched ... | 1 |
I know it doesn't make any sense. But go on and impress me! :) | [WP] You best friend who used to call you Dirt bag everyday died in a terrible car crash when you were 12years old. 25 years later, you succesfully landed on the moon. Suddenly, someone puts his hand on your shoulder and says: What's up dirtbag? | [
"\"It's possible that I'm really here, y'know,\" he said. He certainly looked real. Same shredded cargo shorts, same stupid \"No Fear\" shirt as the last time I saw him, same filthy hacky sack rolling in one hand. A Virginia Slim menthol - one of his mom's brand - was perched his lower lip, and I could smell it,... | 2 |
Bonus points if you write it like a lovecraftian horror story! | [WP] Your computer gets infested with eldritch malware. | [
"On, off, on, off. It’s maddening, the machines could have malfunctioned at any time, hell, all of those maintenance fees paid and for what?\n\nThey all ran fine up until a few minutes ago, we were just checking up on one of our fishing ships when the lights started to flicker. That bastard always has to have the l... | 4 |
[WP] You are a guard in a prison where people who are possessed by demons get sent if they cannot be exorcised. It's time for your routine cell check. | [
"John couldn't possibly take another bite of the pizza, but he does. Then another. Wiping the grease from his face with his sausage finger, he takes a look at the clock. Tic tok. He has 5 more minutes until he has to do the evening check of the cell mates. He skipped the morning check- all is well as long as the ev... | 10 | |
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Feel free to use more than one trope in you response if you want to. | [WP] Write about an unusual day at the office by hitting the random button on TV tropes and somehow incorporating that trope into your response. | [
"This was the post-lunch nap--a sacred time for Rich. He'd put in his headphones, and he had a public section of his calendar dedicated to showing people _not to call him at this time_.\n\nOf course, after having been kept up until 3am by his obnoxious partying neighbors--an event wherein the post-lunch nap is mos... | 3 |
[WP] An android realizes she is not a human. | [
"Mrs. Rita Apoc screamed at the sharp pain in her ribs as she freed her shoulder from the collapsed fuselage. She reached desperately for her husband, but he was too far away. All she could see of Milan was his left hand, still wearing his now shattered wristwatch and the dim glow of the wedding band she gave him f... | 3 | |
I would've liked them to be co-workers but it might not work so well.
It's up to you if they only remember their dreams and what goes on in them only while dreaming (eg. they wouldn't talk about it while awake because they have no recollection, but they regain their memories in the dream) | [WP] A group of close friends share a collective lucid dream every night. | [
"Wrote this a couple years ago:\n\nRosen awoke with a snow leopard on top of him inside his hammock.\n\nThis was a sign that either: he was dreaming, or he was about to die.\n\nSince he didn't like the later option, he decided he must be dreaming. This then made sense to him, since snow leopards had been extinct si... | 3 |
[WP] You realize the woman you've been seeing while vacationing with your rich friend is actually a victim of the sex trade. She was conscripted by your friend to serve you during your stay. The strange events only intensify when you discover your friend's true involvement in the trade. | [
"She was still lying naked on her side beneath the high thread count sheets. Her curves shaped the upper terrain of the large raised bed. I sat at the writing desk in the house-provided silk robe, wringing my hands while staring at the text on my tablet. It had just awoken me with a notification.\n\n\"Anne Elizabet... | 2 | |
[WP] There is a stranger in your daughter's room. It's your daughter. | [
"He woke up suddenly. The television was on, but he must have fallen asleep due to a new show being on. He slowly pushed himself up off his chair. The imprint of his body didn't leave, but his aching back didn't let him notice. Stretching and looking around he noticed the dust that began to build on the pictures of... | 2 | |
[WP] End with the sentence: "I put the key in the ignition, saw it was out of gas, and realized right then that I was about to die." | [
"The smell of ammonia is unbearable. \n\nI can't breathe.\n\n My head hurts.\n\nI feel so nauseous. \n\nI need to focus.\n\nHow the hell did I get here?!\n\nI finished grad school about a year ago. Life as a scientist was not all that jazz we were told about.\n\nWith the end of grad school the US borders became clo... | 3 | |
[WP] A paraplegic doctor operates to save a patients life. The patient: the person who paralyzed the doctor. | [
"\"Strange how the everything works, huh?\" He scoffs as he reached for another instrument.\n\nFor a world so big, it now seems small. There a few other hospitals, plenty of other surgeons, and a thousand ways to end up on an operating table; with all this variables, this one ends up at in his OR.\n\nHe looks down ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are a devout christian, and you just died. When you ascend, you discover that the real god is Tūmatauenga, the Maori god of war. | [
"“So what are you going to do to me?” I asked. God’s sake, I was still in his sunday clothes.\n\n“You chose wrong.” the demon said. “As most do.” The giant looked up to the sky, where a million dim stars laid in decadent peace with the dark. “Too many make mistakes.” He looked down, surprised to see me still there.... | 3 | |
[WP] A new pandemic strikes the world. It causes people to tell the truth no matter what. | [
"“Honey, your ass definitely does look fat in that.” \n\nJessica turned in horror to look at her boyfriend reclining on the bed. \n\n“What?” she screeched. \n\n“I’m just saying that your bum has a bit of overhang and you can see it through the fabric in that dress.” Daniel’s eyes grew wider and his face grew paler ... | 2 | |
[WP] An upright model citizen on their deathbed gleefully confesses to a shocking crime. | [
"Judge Charles Blake was perhaps the most famous ever to have taken the bench and that was fine with him. It was all he had ever wanted - to be the most famous judge in the world. \n\nHis fame beyond the confines of his profession was due to one man whose name was etched in the public consciousness almost as much a... | 3 | |
Boom. Capital punishment is a thing of the past. To make up for an existence of unnecessary, barbaric executions, the representatives of EarthOne merged with us at ResCo. have created something more pure, to stand out from everything else.
We call it perpetual confinement.
See, back in 2087, we found it. DCI-XXVI, or... | [WP]The year is 2092. The death penalty has been abolished and replaced with a practice we call: Perpetual Confinement. | [
"The warden sat behind his oak-metal desk, completing the last of his daily reports.\n\nA long beep and then words: \"Warden, the representative from New Virginia is here.\"\n\nThe warden grinned. A small smirklike grin at first, then a full smile. \"Send her in, please.\" \n\nA young woman, half the wardens age or... | 1 |
The aggression starts at sunset, reaches its peak at midnight, and ends by dawn. (Does not have to be first person) | [WP] You live in a world where, when the sun sets, all sorts of animals become increasingly aggressive towards humans. | [
"My first day in this new land had proven productive. Not having to worry about neighbors or property lines allowed me to pick and choose whichever tree I wanted, and the beginnings of a humble log cabin were already beginning to form in the clearing I had chosen as my new dwelling area.\n\nAs the sun set, I cooke... | 9 |
[WP] It is discovered birds migrate for religious reasons. | [
"I flew high, and fast. Mapping my way with the stars. Following the ancient path.\n\nI was gonna be late. Not good. Being late to the Saint Ford Festival, the grounded guy who created our places to \"go\" dooms you to having to act barbarically, and use dirt. Or so they say. The priests of Zante, our lord. He had ... | 3 | |
[WP] An artist is approached by a man who claims he is a fraud. The man says that every single piece the artist has created was painted previously by him; in his dreams. | [
"A man who seemed to be one the edge. You could see the man leaking insanity from his eyes. The eyes told a story of a sad and pathetic man, one who let his fears control him and his sanity go. He dribbled drool down the side of his cheek along with thick salty tears. Snot poked out of his inflamed nostrils. His ha... | 1 | |
[WP] You stumble upon a small shop in a rundown back alley called "The Karma Shop" where you can turn in your well earned lifetime Karma for fabulous prizes. | [
"It looks like the prize room at the arcade. There's a selection of candies for 5 karma in front, with some plastic toys for anywhere between 10 and 50 karma. The stuffed animals and some knock off sports jersey are hanging in the back, starting at 100, and some nicer stuff over 1000 is locked in glass cases. A ... | 3 | |
[WP] All you hear is a dripping noise. | [
"\"Hon, I'm back...\" \n\nIt's a tentative sort of greeting, the kind that accompanies peering around corners before walking into the room. The man has been on edge for the past few months, doesn't feel comfortable in his home. Still, it is his home. His home, his life, and even if he isn't particularly happy with ... | 11 | |
[WP] Eeyore's suicide is taking its toll on Pooh and the rest of the group. | [
"Oh Tigger still bounced on his tail everywhere he went, Pooh saw that out his window nearly every day, but not nearly so high. And Pooh was sure the 100 Acre Wood was still 100 acres big, but he had not seen beyond the little acre his house sat on for a long, long time. Even the Honey Bee Tree seemed too far afiel... | 2 | |
[WP]You are the first Necronaut, someone that goes to the afterlife and back. Describe the press conference after your maiden voyage. | [
"\"there is a sound in the darkness, and a cry of a hound echoes there, you go deeper, the light grows stronger. First an ocean of aqua-marine light, floating in streams around you as you slowly travel down into the dark below you, never seeming to get any closer. Soon the sounds change, the hound becomes a that of... | 4 | |
[WP] An unlikely chain of events that starts with finding a painting of a shipwreck at a garage sale, and ends with a burial at sea. | [
"The radio, mostly drowning out voices, and the car are loud. The sign. The road. Arrived and then moseyed, taking our time to feel what we saw. \nBeneath a cloak, pure dust and the weight of a century of asses, blue and turbulent storm - the ice - the glimmering mirage, that boat soaring. \n\nThe radio, off, and b... | 2 | |
[WP] An angel and demon are confused when they realize they are fighting for the soul of an artificial intelligence program. | [
"The error was one that could be forgiven. Blemished skin crawled across the imperfect frame of the Mark VI, muscles shifted underneath the tanned expanse of flesh as an arm was drawn up to bring the cigarette to his lips. There was no 'whirr' of mechanical activity, no cacophony of digital output as a drag was bro... | 2 | |
[WP] You accidentally go back in time 3,000 years, only you now find yourself in a highly advanced civilization. | [
"At first, dark, nothing but dark.\n\n-BANG!-\nSuddenly my lonely corner of the world was blasted with such incredibly intense light that even the mere memory of darkness was blindingly bright.\nA large figure, flanked by two others stepped over the broken threshold of the room, if it could so be called a room tha... | 7 | |
http://np.reddit.com/r/nocontext/
http://np.reddit.com/r/nocontext/top/ | [WP] Take a quote from /r/NoContext, give it an entirely new context, and end your story with that quote. | [
"**ehhhh, I kinda went a little off the rails on the rules, whoops. I just read the quote and a story came rushing out. Sorry**\n\n\nI met him in the lunch line, we shuffled forward, I was nervous. My first week in prison was not a good one. I had almost been shanked in a fight that broke out my very first day. I c... | 7 |
[WP] You wake up to find out your entire life has been one intricately crafted lie and your real purpose starts now. | [
"To tell you the truth, I always knew.\n\nWell, that's not fair really, the more correct way of stating this is that I always had a nagging sense that things just weren't right, that I was born for a greater purpose that defied even me until now.\n\nBut it really didn't matter now.... I awoke to find a strange pers... | 2 | |
[WP] An alternate world where people age differently from our world. | [
"The glass screen is tapped furiously between each sip of coffee. \"Come on... Come on...\" uttered John Titor to himself as his fingers dance on that piece of glass. A \"Damn it!\" followed shortly after. \"Why is this *so* hard?!\" asked Titor furiously as he empties the cup of coffee he made earlier into his gut... | 2 | |
[WP] "If you had been there, would you have cared?" she asked "No" I muttered, ashamed at the nuclear holocaust spread out before me. "You had the power to save them" she said in a matter of fact tone. I just looked on. | [
"He awoke screaming. Jay tossed and turned in the bed, frentic. The dreams were always the same. Blackness. Infinite blackness. And then the world turned white. He sat up, arms wrapped around him, soft cooing in his ear. Amanda cradled his head, whispering sweet nothings.\n\n\"It's okay, it's okay baby.\"\n\nHis sc... | 2 | |
[WP] A dying sage's last words are of a vision of an impending doom. His people heed his warning, but disaster strikes in the most unthinkable of ways. | [
"The high priest lay, gasping for air, before Death claimed him. The healer, the king and the lesser priests flocked around, waiting for his final utterances.\n\n\"You must be very careful. Doom is coming to this kingdom, and you must heed my warning if you wish this nation to see another day,\" he rasped. The hig... | 2 | |
[WP] A husband tells his wife he is a serial killer, her reaction is shocking. | [
"He’s shaking and wringing his hands, and I can see the sweat above his brow. It’s almost cute how nervous he is. \n\n“I….I’m not sure how to even begin to tell you this. I mean, I know we’ve been together for 8 years, but the truth is—honestly, the truth is I’m not who you think I am…not at all.” \n\nI literall... | 6 | |
[WP] Winter is here. Two old men, neighbors across the street from one another, walk to the same restaurant every morning for breakfast. One notices the other has a much better coat. Write the story of their battle to have better winter apparel than eachother. | [
"December 1st, 6745\n\nWalking down the street today, I noticed that my lifelong arch-rival, Gillard From Across the Street, was wearing a coat made of genuine Dragon Scales. I immediately resolved to defeat him in this endeavor, as I would have beaten him in the contest for Lacy's heart, before his unwanted attent... | 3 | |
[WP] A programmer creates a simulated afterlife for those that die. He dies. | [
"When you live a life, in which you know your exportation date, you can really get productive. I never cared for love, family, friends. I just wanted to live.\nWhen I was born, the doctors gave me an exportation date, 25years. Like a bottle of fucking milk. They called it Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, but th... | 2 | |
[WP] One of the deepest mines off Earth has been decomissioned, write about the unsavory characters who move into the now abandoned mining station. | [
"We had been on the move for a while. We went to this one shelter, but within a week of us arriving it closed down. So we went and stayed with our friend for 2 days. Then he died. So we went to stay in the park, but a chemical truck tipped over and spilled nasty gunk all over, basically destroying the green landsca... | 2 | |
*hundred | [WP] A group of immortals, each thousands of years old, have gathered for the first time in six hundered years. Write about how this plays out. | [
"They came from the shadows. \n\nOne by one, human figures materialized out of the darkness that surrounded the grand reception hall. First was Holden, crimson eyes gleaming in the moonlit forest. Next was Seymour, a trace of a breeze disappearing as he strode in from everywhere. Twelve more came from nowhere. Las... | 2 |
[WP] At a certain hospital, coma patients are able to interact with each other during out-of-body experiences. Write me a love story. | [
"It's been 5 years.\n\nDave had been in this bed for 5 years.\n\nFor those 5 years, all he could do is replay the last 10 minutes he saw before he got into a coma. \n\nHe was only 16 at the time, he was with the girl of his dreams...Anna.. on a field trip. They were on the same school bus, but he sat behind her. T... | 5 | |
[WP] A man with amnesia struggles to cope as he wanders a world devoid of other people… | [
"He awoke; lying in the street to the sound of nothing. It was the middle of the day, normally the sound of cars chugging along down the street accompanied with the chatter of enthusiastic shoppers filled the air. At least, that's how it should be, shouldn't it? - the man contemplated. All around him the city rose ... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the comic book villain, and now it's the final scene with your nemesis. Kill them. | [
"\"So you've caught me at last, I always knew this day would come\" \nI knew that my nemesis was going to try and get me to explain my actions, my plans, keep me monologuing long enough for him to find a way to escape. It wasn't going to work though, not this time. No more evil laughs. No more revealing of my enti... | 3 | |
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2iy1nj/a_man_breaks_into_our_universe_informs_you_that/ | [WP] From an asreddit thread: A man breaks into our universe, informs you that you are a work of fiction, and offers to take you to the real universe. | [
"The TV blared disco-pop, \"Dance to the music! Dance to the music!\" \n\n\"Must... continue... dancing!\" I yelled trying to motivate myself. Even as I said the words I knew that I couldn't follow through. There's a point where dancing to Richard Simmon's Sweat and Shout home workout video became pathetic, and I d... | 3 |
[WP] You're talking with your friend when someone keeps calling your phone over and over. Annoyed, you check to see who's calling -- and it's the same friend who's right in front of you, but obviously not on the phone. | [
"\"Do you want to take that,\" he asked as the phone kept ringing. \n\n\"Nah. We haven't seen eachother in a long time. I don't want to talk to someone else right now.\"\n\n\"Then turn it off. It's annoying.\"\n\n\"You mean you find Like a surgeon annoying?\" I fake gasped just as it started to ring again. \"Hey, i... | 2 | |
[WP] Mark Zuckerberg decides to end Facebook. He's going to pay users $1 for every "Like" they accumulate until the company is bankrupt. | [
"(News anchor) \"today mark zuckerburg announced on facebook that he will be rewarding all users with one dollar for every 'like' they accumulate until the company bankrupts. After a few short hours later zuckerburg announced that the checks will be in the mail shortly.\" \n\nFASTFORWARD 5 BUSINESS DAYS\n\n(News an... | 3 | |
Edit: For clarification, the subject of the story discovers that they are the family pet and not an actual human, or whatever species the family is. | [WP] It finally dawns on you that you have been the family cat/dog/pet all along. | [
"I always knew I was smart, even before graduating at the top of my class at the tender age of fourteen. I was quick to understand everything around me, to comprehend the information I was given, and to adapt to any situation as well as learn from my mistakes. I give a lot of the credit to my parents, though. They ... | 2 |
[WP] A federation of highly advanced civilizations, pacifistic for thousands of years, are abhorred by our savagery. Their deepest fear is a confrontation with us. On the eve of humanity's discovery of FTL travel, the federation contemplates whether or not to preemptively annihilate our species. | [
"\"We say we opt for the maximum frequency response\"\n\n\"Is that sound?\"\n\n\"As a federation, it would do right by the charter....\"\n\n\"...we've never been at odds...amongst ourselves....\"\n\n\"see how dangerous they are? We're already disintegrating\"\n\n\"time is of the essence\"\n\n\"We will be judged for... | 4 | |
[WP] An aging magician chooses an apprentice to pass on all his secrets to, but the apprentice he chooses turns out to be an actual wizard | [
"The ugliness of his wrinkled face was no match to the tiredness of his eyes. Upon them, after careful examination, one could find the ashes of the fire that had once burnt inside of him. His robes were old and shabby, just like his soul.\n\nLong were gone the days of victory. Slowly, gradually, time had changed hi... | 2 | |
[WP] Checking your watch, you realize you've been stood up. As you get ready to leave, something at the bar catches your eye. | [
"\"Never again\" I thought to myself. I said I'd give her till 6:15 and it is 6:17. Time to bite the bullet and just ask for the check. After several failed attempt, I finally catch my waiter's eye and give the universal two finger wave. He nods and heads in my direction. Understanding my situation he simply mutter... | 4 | |
[WP] You've been talking to your dog for years. Finally, he responds. | [
">Molly... **tsk tsk** What are we going to do with you?\n\nThat dog had been a thorn in my side since we'd had her. Whether it was chewing up anything she could get around, or pissing on just about every surface in the house, she'd always find a way to piss me off... I knew it wasn't ever her, but... It's a tho... | 3 | |
[WP] You realise you have telekinetic powers by wishing that the picture above THAT jerk falls on him. | [
"A roaring laugh escaped from the depths of my lungs as that dreadful mid 1800s excuse of a painting slipped around Zachs neck like an oversized dog collar. How could I be laughing during such an emotional discovery? Perverse revenge perhaps. But did I really cause that or was it coincidence? \"It must have been a ... | 2 | |
[WP] A person dies and goes to heaven, but ask to be sent to hell instead. | [
"The sound of echo in my ear slowly increasing in volume. Before I even open my eyes a wafting aroma of vanilla and other sweet flavors fill my nose. Opening my eyes I'm in awe at what I can see. Soft, warm, and gentle light shines upon me. In front of me a man, chiseled face, toned body, and a innocent face reads ... | 2 | |
[WP]An alien race reveals itself to you. They explain that they have been observing us for many years, and of all humanities universal practices, the one they find most bizarre catches you completely by surprise. | [
"“What.. is.. the.. meaning, of this?” It spoke, in broken mono-syllables, clearing having difficulty with the human common language, English. In its long, boney, lithe, semi-green translucent, three-digit grasper, it held a slip of American currency, a few dollars.\n\n“It's uh.. it's money.” I replied, without a f... | 4 | |
Good luck and have fun on this one, bruhs. | [WP] One person per decade is born with a special gift. The gift is indicated by a special mark on the palm of the hand. You have your mark, but not your gift. Record your years without your gift. | [
"The mark makes me special. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself.\n\nSome people are born with smarts or a great body. My friend became a doctor and travelled to Africa to help the sick. Nobody does that. At least, nobody I knew before him. My mom is just a housewife, but her cooking could calm a riot—o... | 5 |
[WP] You are slowly fading away... | [
"As the pocket watch swings in front of my face, I wonder if this was some kind of scam. '$50 and be hypnotized! Accomplish what you never thought you could do before!' that's what the ad read. I was rock bottom anyway, working at McDonald's the past five years, might as well try this out. \n\n\"You are getting sle... | 2 | |
[WP] You are an archaeologist examining Stonehenge, and you discover a usb port embedded in the rock. You plug your phono into it, and strange things start to happen. | [
"\"Is that...a fucking USB port?\"\n\nMy surprise was impossible to hide. But then again, who wouldn't be after discovering signs of technology in one of the seven wonders? An USB Port, planted within one of the Stonehenge heads. As an archaeologist, I was simply studying the monument, I never would have expected t... | 3 | |
Edit: Thank you for your input everyone! As my first [WP], I was very pleased. You're all great. | [WP] ALS officially has been cured. The next morning, Stephen Hawking is nowhere to be found, his wheelchair stranded in his living room. | [
"Redemption's Hammer \n\nI had a 10 am with Dr. Hawking and when his nurse let me in I found his wheelchair, empty. Even the familiar electronics lay forlorn on the floor. \n\n\"Doctor?\" \n\nHis voice rang out, it was odd to here it au natural. \"Mr. Brown . Come in.\" \n\nHe was wearing gym clothes, a sheen of sw... | 3 |
[WP] You are the last of a race of peoples that were lost to time and history. You decide to leave behind your peoples creation myth, which your people held most dear. How will you do this, and what story will it tell of your people to those who come after?. | [
"**Coming in Parts**\n\n***^Part ^1***\n\nOur world used to be a dark one. Heavy and freezing and boiling masses, constant flux were what the world used to be. As these forces raged, monsters were created from them. Great beasts that ripped and tore at one another, and smaller beasts which feasted on the corpses of... | 3 | |
[WP] Now and then, seemingly random people from 19th century America spontaneously appear in modern America. You work to integrate these people into modern society, and today you received your most interesting case yet. | [
"Tedium.\n The machine was chugging again. For what reason? Perhaps the subject had been recalibrated incorrectly, perhaps he simply refused to take part. Either way, the bureau were on my case as the last few subjects had toiled away unsuccessfully.\n\nRelief. The great man stepped into Time Square amidst a hay of... | 2 | |
[WP] Explain how an angel of god sitting on the board of directors of a human run multinational corporation is the most cruel and vial being currently present. | [
"Every so often God allows one of his angels to have free will. Why and when it happens isn’t completely understood. The last time this occurred was thousands of years ago. As a reward to one of God’s most beloved Angels, Lucifer was anointed with the power to disobey and act in an agency all of his own. As most al... | 1 | |
[WP] A formidable alien warlord travels across the galaxy to Earth for a single purpose. What is that purpose? | [
"I sat down on the snowy tundra, enduring the ferocious blizzard as I watched the lifelessness of this once flourishing planet. So many lives lost. So much suffering at the hands of Chaos. My brother had arrived before I had to the planet. He believed he could just devour the life here at his own choosing. For a wh... | 3 | |
[WP] a relative finds old newspapers hidden, in their deceased grandparents home. they dont match up with recorded history. | [
"Grandfather's funeral was full of suffocatingly wealthy people. I say suffocatingly wealthy because you could actually smell their money in the form of sickeningly sweet cologne and perfume. The hot summer sun didn't help either; it was scents of musk intertwined with pine, sandalwood, undertones of lilac, myrrh, ... | 2 | |
[WP] He's a genius that can physically summon everything and anything with his imagination alone. That is, until he meets a girl who asks him to create something he doesn't know how to create. | [
"\"I want you to create a Tardis.\"\n\nSam stared at her in confusion. She's been asking for this same thing over and over but he still doesn't understand what it is.\n\n\"I told you already, it's an acronym; Time And Relevant Dimension In Space. Ya know, looks like a police telephone box, makes a whirring, whining... | 4 | |
[WP] Tell me who is that man, with blood on his hands, pretending he's god? | [
"The darkness will herald the unbroken line. \nSilence will clutch like death at the breathing. \nDeep in the water, churning the brine, \nRise, Cthulu, heart and soul grieving! \nTake what is yours given and give what is received taken. \n\nLo, 'neath the facade of our soul stands the line unbroken.\n\nBut who... | 1 | |
[WP] A woman looks out of her window every day and sees people enjoying themselves. One day, she decides to go outside. | [
"Genie was a frail middle aged woman with with light brown hair that was just beginning to turn grey. She lived alone, and loved to take photos of the local flora.\n\nShe was also fond of scrap-booking. She cherished her collection of photographs so much that she'd panic at the very thought that she may acciden... | 2 | |
[WP] The paramedic is the first to arrive at the scene of a motorcycle accident. As she attempts to save his life, the motorcyclist opens his eyes and groans "Stuff this. Exit simulation". He dies a moment later. | [
"She rushed out of the small, used car. She had been on call tonight; unfortunately, she's been called out in the middle of the first family dinner she'd had in a while. \n\nShe groaned when she saw the biker in the ditch. He had to be in so much pain. She slipped and slid her way down the slope, and checked his v... | 2 | |
[WP] The most powerful sorcerer/sorceress in the world doesn't look the part at all... | [
"\"...And with a great heave, the sea pushed us over. I never saw the crew - or the great captain - again.\"\n\nThe polymath held the table's attention as he leaned forward, frowning. The room had grown smoky from the elegant pipes of the aristocrats, and an amber moon had begun to rise over the estate. \n\n\"I was... | 4 | |
[WP] A soldier honors the last request of a dying man on the opposing army. | [
"**Western Germany, April 1945**\n\nI was a 2nd Lieutenant leading 3rd Platoon, Baker Company, x^th Infantry during an assault on a small village. We had been fighting over this village for several days, and were mopping up the last German resistance. We caught a German patrol in the open and opened fire, killing o... | 2 | |
[WP] You and your friends pay tickets to go into a haunted house. Once they close the doors you and your friends realize the killers are real and you must escape. | [
"I found this music on youtube that seems to fit the story well, play it before you start reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nWPakQc2rM\n\n\"HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS GOING TO TAKE BILLY!!\" The shrill voice of Cindy Trust broke the mummering silence of the long line into the Haunted house.\n\nCindy was a Seni... | 1 | |
[WP] "For the first time, she felt beautiful again" | [
"Snow was falling, the first of the season. She was careful descending the steps of the motel, her heels sliding slightly, her hand squeezed tight on the cold rusty handrail. The zipper on her jacket was broken, so she grabbed the two loose flaps of her coat and crossed her arms, pulling them close, shivering.Twent... | 3 |
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