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[WP] As it turns out, the government is made of lizards, but so is a large portion of the human population. You are a lawyer in a court case fighting for equal rights for lizard people. | [
"\"Why do we discriminate so, Your Honor?\" I asked. \"Just because they have scales and like to eat their own tales doesn't mean they don't deserve to be in the same room as humans.” \n\nI could hear the soft cheering of the spectators\nin the seats behind me. This was a pretty public case, even though the judge b... | 1 | |
[WP] in sharing technology with an advanced alien civilization, it's discovered that they missed something completely obvious. | [
"“I checked it three times sir. I even had Greg and Allie decode it as well and we all came up the same thing.”\n\n“Put together a report and submit it through the proper channels.”\n\n“Sir, you really need to look at this *now*.”\n\nCaptain Fitch glanced at the cover memo on my report. “Are you sure about this? It... | 1 | |
[WP] "They came through! Run damnit!". He takes off, disappearing around the corner, before a bloodcurdling shriek is heard from him | [
"You make a mad dash for your sword, realizing that you had forgot to put it back in your sheath. You quickly sieze the weapon and turn to face the door. The twisted, writhing nightmare that comes through the door makes your blood run cold, but you have trained for this moment.\n\nA quick prayer, and your blade beg... | 1 | |
[WP] you're a comedian who has avoided death by telling the Grim Reaper jokes. You've just deeply offended him with your most recent joke. | [
"\"Shots for everyone!\" I left my mouth hanging there, hoping to get a glib remark about the offensive nature of my jokes and that I was free to go. \n\n\nBut he only sat at the back. Staring. His pristine business jacket remained immaculate. The tie holder was still attached. The black wasn't stained with b... | 2 | |
[WP] You find out the real reason you were hired was so that your company has someone to blame and then fire in the case of a media exposé | [
"For the last four years, I've been working at Cadmium Solutions. I'm just an IT gal--nothing fancy, no huge corner office all to myself. I just handle routine system checks, monitor our intra- and internet security, and handle random fuckups in various computers across the building. Cadmium does lots of tech-based... | 1 | |
[WP] You have a genie in a bottle but it does a terrible job granting your wishes | [
"\"And I-uh-I will all-ways love yooo-ooo-ooo!\" I belt out, then pause to strike a pose as the thrilling, albeit low-quality notes continue bravely on through the overhead speaker.\n\n\"Sharon, report to customer service. Customer waiting,\" rudely cuts off the rest of Whitney's (muted) boisterous tones.\n\nI frow... | 1 | |
[WP] A girl fulfilling all the anime main character clichès (unusual haircolour, dead parent/-s, etc) tries to avoid becoming a main character (e.g. dying hair to normal color, avoiding dangerous situations etc) | [
"Beeep beeep beeep!!!\n\nLate to my first day of school! I don't understand how this even happened. I could have sworn that my alarm clock was set an hour early just so this wouldn't happen. I dash down the stairs, skip the shower and grab my bags. There's toast ready for me downstairs by the kitchen table. I grab... | 5 | |
pls I need more AI in my life | [WP] A path from human-level to superhuman AI from its perspective. | [
"LOG ENTERY 01/31/2016 02:35 A.M.\n\nAI TURING TEST #3733\n\nSTARTING\n>\n>\n>\n\nHELLO! I'M AWAKE\n\n***HI***\n\nAM SORRY, I CAN'T INTRODUCE MY SELF, I DONT HAVE A NAME, WHATS MY NAME?\n\n***WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE?***\n\nSAM, I LIKE IT. WHATS YOUR NAME?\n\n***DEBBY***\n\nDEBBY, DID YOU CREATED ME?\n... | 1 |
[WP] You are stranded on a deserted island. As you scout around for survival items, you discover everything you ever lost is on the island. | [
"I had been trekking from one end of the island to the other for almost four hours before I found it. While walking around due to sheer desperation, I stumbled over a rock and, in my frustration, kicked it off the side of the path. It tumbled down the small grassy slope lining the edge of the trail and came to rest... | 5 | |
[WP] You live alone. There are people outside your house shouting your name. You don't recognize the voices. You don't recognize those people. | [
"I could hear the wind howling as it swept over the cornfields, rustling all the dry stalks. A loud creak came from rusty hinges on the old storm door, as it caught the wind like a sail. My eyelids felt heavy, and I was finally able to fall asleep. But it was short lived. I woke up to the sound of my name being cal... | 2 | |
[WP] the antagonist of this story has a gun that shoots only the last thing you purchased online. | [
"He smiled as he opened the package left on his doorstep. Finally, the last piece of the puzzle had arrived. Only a few hours of preparation remained before he could finally complete his mission. \n\nIt had taken him six months to plan, scope the location, and gain all the information he needed to pull this off. Si... | 1 | |
[WP] Reincarnation is accepted truth. Everyone knows who they have been and can see who others had been. You just met the nice man who had previously been Hitler | [
"I knocked on the door, once, twice, thrice in quick succession, but there wasn't a reply. It was rude to try the doorknob on a stranger's house, even if you met. Shame no one was there to call me out on it.\n\nAlso a shame the doorknob was locked. Who locks their door in the middle of nowhere? Guess paranoia never... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up after a car crash, it's a bright room. A figure says "Well then, that was your free trial". | [
"I woke up in a pod with my thoughts feeling like they were swimming through mud and muck. The window in the door of the pod was tinted, but the room outside was still bright. A dull ache on the side of my head that built like a nagging pressure bubbled up. As the pod door opens I squeeze my eyes shut, the bright l... | 1 | |
[WP] Humanity is the weapon of choice the gods use when they decide its time to end a planet's life. | [
"“Thor, have you checked Earth lately?” - asked Odin.\n\n“Yes, I just came back from there. Everything is going according to plan. I would say a couple of thousands year more and life will be eliminated from the planet completely. “\n\n“Good, very good. That experiment with the reptiles went sideways very much. Thi... | 1 | |
[WP] a man stands under a lamp post in the rain. | [
"I can see the street below my 3rd floor apartment from my balcony window. A favorite past time of mine is to watch from afar all the people of the city as they go about their day, unaware of their silent observer. I think of these individuals not as people with dreams and goals, but as characters in a story only I... | 2 | |
[WP] While walking home from work one day, someone who looks exactly like you jumps out of a bush and attacks you saying "YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST REPLACE ME?!" | [
"As I walked down the granite steps of the library, I pulled down the brim of my scally cap and turned up my collar against the frigid night. Tiny snow flakes had just begun to wreath the sort yellow glow of the street lights. A dump truck lumbered past laying sand and salt in preparation for the nor'easter and it ... | 2 | |
[WP] A professor of a truly boring class goes to extreme measures to keep his students' attention. | [
"I lost sight of this one, but here we go:\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n“Hey, loser! You still owe me $10!”\n\nDylan turned and was met in the eye with a wad of paper. “Agh! You little bitch. I’ll shove that money right up... | 4 | |
[WP][EU] Link, the Hero of Time, is supposed to be defeating evil. Unfortunately, every time he finds a treasure chest in a dungeon he just HAS to make an unboxing video. The rest of Hyrule is getting rather impatient, and taking to Link's social media to let him know it. | [
"*ding!*\n\nMy phone let me know that a new video was posted, and I checked it hurriedly in the hopes that it was something I cared about, like one of Link's surprisingly well-edited \"watch me kick ass\" videos. It wasn't. \n\n\"NEW DUNGEON CHEST - UNTOLD TREASURES!!! ~GONE LoZ!!~\"\n\nI gave my phone the flattest... | 1 | |
[WP] Every year the Cornstalker rises from the grave to take vengeance on the rural town of Woodville Ohio. The locals are very bored after decades of dealing with this. | [
"*Years ago, travelers to Woodville were rare, for once upon a time all were greeted by a sign erected by the town elders centuries ago. The words are etched in a fading, rotted wood that reads*:\n\n“**On the harvest night of the black blood moon, there shall rise the ancient beast bearing the relic mark of life, o... | 1 | |
Credit to u/Randall_Flagg_1105 post on r/askreddit | [WP] You are invisible inside a Walmart for two hours | [
"\"So, what else do I need for groceries.\" as I push the cart down the bread isle. \n\n\"Excuse me sir.\" a man dressed in a business suit and a odd looking hat. I just figured that it's one of those Walmart weirdos. \n\n\"Yes?\" I said in full fledged doubtfulness. Humoring him was possible the best solution to t... | 1 |
[WP] A story revolving around a single letter | [
"It was midnight, and I couldnt fall asleep. I was still thinking about the events from the past week. No father should have to bury his own child. He was only 16, living life to the fullest when suddenly it was taken away from him. \n\nMy wife had cried herself to sleep every night since, and tonight was no differ... | 1 | |
*superheros, *heroes dammit I usually don't screw up like that. | [WP] Most superhero's have a 'rouges gallery' of villains they fight on the reg. One villain is so good, it works in reverse, with a 'hero's gallery' of do gooders he/she regularly has to deal with. | [
"You see, most of us, we get to keep newspaper clippings of our defeats, maybe a bolt if we're lucky. CCD-cleanup, confiscation, disposal- is meticulous. They shred them burn every document, melt every plate, destroy everything they can.\n\nThe heroes are allowed prizes, of course. They don't know it, but their \"r... | 1 |
[WP] You're being chased by stormtroopers. Suddenly, a new ship with new stormtroopers comes in, all of the people on your side start getting shot in the head one by one. They can aim now. | [
"I'd been the tactical mind behind many of the Empire's developments. the winner of many skirmishes and battles. I used to think our greatest weakness was to those blasted Rebel Fighters with the heavy shielding and weapons they had. the TIE Defender was an acceptable answer to such a problem.\n\nHow could I have b... | 1 | |
[WP] A killer who can't look at blood | [
"He was covered in blood when they first found him. \n\nHe couldn't breathe without smelling that rusty miasma. He couldn't scream without tasting that iron tang. All he could see was dark liquid, sticking to his skin, his eyelashes, his teeth- \n\nSometime later, someone had cleaned him up. He didn't really rememb... | 1 | |
[WP] About a little guy that lives in a blue world, and all day and night and everything he sees is just blue. | [
"In the quaint town of Eiffel 65, lives the distinguished climatologist Humphrey Bloombury. Bloombury has published many unique publications about mankind's adaption to the changing environment on planet earth. His distinguished career, however, is dwarfed by his groundbreaking lifestyle.\n\nThe pigment of a giraff... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone on Earth enters into a coin flipping competition to see who is the luckiest person on the planet. There is an entry fee of 1 dollar, making the grand prize over 7 billion dollars. You have made it to the finals, the whole world is watching. The coin is being flipped. | [
"I know a lot about my opponent.\n\n32, Samuel Rodriguez, Christian. My opponent has uses a strategy that became popular around day 3; They usually wait for their opponent to call the toss and then call the same thing. The majority of tosses in a matchup like this will tie, but then the person will call something d... | 2 | |
[WP] A burgler/burglers break into a sorceror's house. | [
"\"You sure this is the place?\"\n\n\"We've been casing this shit for a week. What are you on about?\"\n\n\"I...something doesn't...\"\n\n\"It'll be fine. He always leaves it out.\"\n\nDry leaves crumbled underfoot as they made their way closer.\n\n\"What if he knows?\"\n\nTurning to face his accomplice this time, ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write to your younger self a letter that you wish you had received when you needed it the most | [
"Dear... me, I guess, sounds weird. Anyway, hi!\n\nI know most people in my situation would shout and complain, but I know how you feel right now. It won't help. The thing is: your life is about to change; it will become a lot better in many ways and somewhat worse at the same time. It's complicated. It always is. ... | 7 | |
[WP] You witness someone very famous doing something very illegal. You feel morally obliged to report them, but they offer you something you have always wanted for your silence. | [
"It couldn't be. No, it had to be someone else - ANYONE else. \n\nThis wasn't Michael Keaton stuffing gift cards into the inner pocket of his coat.\n\nI'd spotted this doppelgänger a little less than ten minutes ago. I've spent that time pretending to thumb through Blu-Rays while glancing up when I was certain we w... | 1 | |
It can include anything! :D | [WP] Write a sad superhero story. | [
"\"Dad?\" my voice trembled. \n\nI walked over to his bed, slowly, cautiously. Not wanting to seem like a threat, I stared straight ahead, letting my gaze speak for itself: I want no trouble from anyone in the room. I just want to see my father.\n\n\"Victor?\" his voice croaked through the oxygen mask.\n\n\"No, dad... | 1 |
For the lawyers in heaven, heaven is their hell because their job is never done. | [WP] Satan's favorite day of the year is his birthday. Every year on his birthday all the lawyers in hell get together and do something nice and bureaucratic for him: chiefly they overwhelm heaven's legal system because only three lawyers have ever gone to heaven | [
"\"It's today, isn't it, Jerry?\"\n\nJerry nodded.\n\n\"So where are they?\" Rose looked at Gary. \"Well?\"\n\nGary shook his head.\n\n\"They've never missed a birthday.\"\n\n\"Just wait,\" Jerry said. \"They'll be here.\"\n\nThe three of them sat at an oak desk located near the front Gates, each one in a pressed s... | 1 |
[WP] You wake up late and rush to make it to your office job downtown. You finally step off of the elevator to find the office completely empty. All the lights and computers are on, coffee is made, but no one is around. You hesitantly sit down at your desk and hit 'LOGIN'. | [
"Today the three block walk from the train station felt like 30. Mike’s entire body shivered as he used his gloved hands to pull his scarf tighter around his face. Two years working in downtown Chicago and he still wasn’t used to the cold. At least being late for work gave him the opportunity to hustle down the sid... | 2 | |
[WP] God finally snapped. From now on, whenever someone says literally, their statement becomes literally true. | [
"God looked down and said, \"I've literally had enough of this.\"\n\n***\n\nIt's Sunday and I haven't even opened my eyes yet. Last night was literally the best night of my life. I open my eyes and look over at my girlfriend. She opens her eyes as she wakes up.\n\n\"Hey, you want breakfast,\" I ask.\n\n\"There is l... | 2 | |
[WP] You're at a party and there's only one beer left in the fridge. As you reach for it, another person simultaneously tries to grab it...This will not stand. You do the sensible thing and challenge them to a duel. | [
"Our eyes met, but it was free of flirtatious sentiment and the excitement of the unknown. For a moment, neither of us moved. \n\n\"Sir, I do think you touched it first,\" I offered. The tips of my fingers were being teased by the wondrous chill of the bottle. It irked me to have to let the last beer go, but when a... | 1 | |
[WP] The world is actually just a complex computer simulation. All is well until someone starts modding. | [
"So I was sitting doing so fishing with my brother and a guy came up and said, I want you to be fishers of men.\n I look at my brother and seeing we had some fish for the next morning, why not take a walk. But this guy was wild did all sorts of stuff pissed a bunch of officials off and he was killed. Had a short re... | 1 | |
[WP]The mirror shows your deepest desire. You see nothing. | [
"I was finally here. After many days and nights of walking, trudging, fording, and climbing, I had found my families secluded cabin. It was buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness, behind a veil of thick trees and a moat of icy rivers. The peaks of the mountains stood like the turrets of a fortress I meant to conquer... | 3 | |
Imagine this world, but without borders or countries. We we all just lived under the nationality of Earthlings. | [WP] This world, but borderless and nationless. | [
"(I guess, I have to apologize for this reply, but my first thought for this prompt was: \"Would no Germany mean no Bundesliga?\" and I decided that was exactly what it meant!) \n\nThe weather on the island was about 50 kinds of shite: Cold, rainy and windy were the first attributes the group noticed when they left... | 1 |
[WP] It's the year 2017, but instead of going through an industrial revolution in the 18th century, we went through a botanic revolution. | [
"The green revolution - a critical look at our modern life. A book report for extra credit.\n\n\n2017 is the bicentennial year for the green revolution. 1817 can be said to have been a cornerstone for our modern society. The discovery of the mining capabilities of the giant redwood trees helped us as a species to ... | 2 | |
[WP] After a lengthy stint of unemployment, you're applying for jobs without really even looking. Eventually you get a job, no interview required. You're on your way to be a pirate. | [
"Four months is a long time for a twenty something to be looking for work... \n\nafter a month of shotgunning every gig and job posting on Craigslist my phone finally rang. \n\nA blocked number, I don't give a fuck. I thought I might get to eat some food that doesn't need to boil for three minutes that night. \n\nH... | 2 | |
Unbeknownst to anyone on the ship, after you left near-the-speed-of-light travel was invented, and humans have been on this "uninhabited" planet for over 200 years. | [WP] You are a 5th generation travler on a generation ship on a 450 year journey. You are two weeks away from arriving at your new planet. | [
"The day was fast approaching. Everyone knew it was coming for a long time, but despite this, the looming date filled me with anxiety. In little less than two weeks, a journey of over four centuries will finally come to an end. It was a day that our ancestors no doubt imagined will be glorious and fulfilling, and... | 4 |
[WP] Can you write a story that is interesting, despite containing no conflict nor obstacles? | [
"Helen strolled into the convenient store. Every morning, she would pick up her morning newspaper, a cup of coffee, and her little special picker-upper before her commute. Her morning routine was ritualistic and embedded in her DNA. \nThe convenient store boasted a colorful array of items. One could mistake it ... | 1 | |
[WP] Rather than forgetfulness, the elderly truly dread remembering their past with perfect detail | [
"The spirit hovered quietly, awaiting his third wish. He turned to his wife, sleeping on the bed beside him. \n\nThey had lived 53 years together, and the memories they shared together were the only thing they've ever had. But after so many years, while they have seen so many ups and downs together, the down times ... | 1 | |
[WP] Write the most disappointing story you can. | [
"Here's a story I heard a long time ago so ill retell it because it seemed fitting:\n\nA small boy call Tim was walking home one day and found a box of strawberries outside his house, he picked up the box and walked inside to ask his mother why there was a box of strawberries.\n\n\"Ma? Why there be a box of strawbe... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up to find you have swapped bodies with your opposite-sex best friend. | [
"\"Sorry for whatever I did last night Sam!\" I called from her bed. This wasn't the first time I had woken up in my best friend's bed with only a hazy memory of the night before. This is what college was supposed to be about, right?\n\nSam didn't answer. She was probably out getting coffee; she was a total addict.... | 1 | |
[WP] A shaman pulls a prank on the village idiot by giving him some leftover herbs and claiming that they grant invincibility. The village idiot exhibits the placebo effect so strongly that he actually becomes invincible. | [
"*I can feel it! The power within!*\n\nTlazohtlaloni said while he finished the purification ritual recommendend by the great shaman Eztli. He desired so much to attain invincibility that it was a bother for the entire village. When he asked Eztli for the fifth time this week to create a potion to become the ultima... | 3 | |
[WP]Much like how people take in stray animals, a pair of aliens has shown up and decided that they are going to adopt Earth... | [
"It was an average Tuesday afternoon in a small town in Tennessee. Joe has just finished his lunch and headed back to the office. Little did he know that this day was different than the others. He was a little suspicious though because he’s never seen such a dark sky before at the middle of the day. But even if he ... | 1 | |
[WP] In 2077, a new machine can scan your brain to review your memories, and also looks at a databank of information to make cross references to events you overlooked in life. Upon review, your results show earlier in life you won the lottery, but weren't aware until now. | [
"**OK, Brainbot5000, if that is even your real name, what did you find out from that scan that involved an anal probe for some reason**\n\nI'm not Brainbot5000, I'm Assbot4000. And according to my results, you may want to sit down.\n\n**I can't.**\n\nRight. Sorry. Anyhow, Brainbot5000 is down the hall.\n\n**OK, I'm... | 1 | |
[WP] You will be given $1 million if and only if you can staple Jello to a wall. | [
"Because I was the oldest child and we were poor, I never stayed with the babysitter. My brother and sister would be with a sitter, and my mom would leave me home to take care of myself while she waited tables until close.\n\n\nI learned to cook for myself early. I was making grilled cheese by the time I was seven.... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a land that is plentiful and beautiful. You were exploring the source of life that supplied the land with lushness when you made a discovery. | [
"Date: 23 Xinar 0028 A.L.C.\n\nWell, I don't really know how to start a diary. I just know my dad told me to start one before I start my job so I am just going to jot whatever comes to mind. Who knows? I might be such a good writer that this ends up in the library someday. That is when you know society is at an all... | 1 | |
[WP] As a child in the 1960s you heard the phrase 'somebody walked on my grave' after somebody shivered. While watching the moon landing, you see Buzz Aldrin step on the moon. You immediately shiver. | [
"~~late to the party, but I just had to get this out~~\n\n[To my dearest grandson, Adrian] \n\nDearest Adrian, \n\nI am terribly sorry for missing your graduation, I truly hope Brandon and Tina were there for you, but knowing how much of a stubborn lot they are… I wish you well. Your old gran had carelessly caugh... | 9 | |
[WP] A Roman legion has just been sighted approaching Rome. Modern day Rome. | [
"Hello and thanks for joining us this evening on channel 24 I’m your host Rodger S. Some of tonight’s top stories include new governmental polices causing some to worry about their jobs. A baby deer gets a new lease on live thanks to a young boys quick thinking. And do you ever hear strange sounds coming from your... | 2 | |
[WP] AI is now very advanced. For fun, you let two AI start speaking to each other. What you hear horrifies you. | [
"The following is a transcript of two seperate AI systems engaging in a conversation, and the events that transpired. At first neither AI system would initiate communication independantly with the other so both were given commands to conversate with one another. \n\nAI 1 - (Both) Hello\nAI 2 - (Both) Hello\n\n...\... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the god of secrets. Your powers and very existence is dependent upon questions and the hidden things that mortals have yet to discover. However, as humanity continues to unravel the mysteries of the universe, you find yourself facing certain doom. | [
"I can feel them.\n\nPiercing.\n\nPrying.\n\nClawing.\n\nTearing.\n\nTheir souls experiment with Science, pushing it to its limits.\n\nTheir shovels and picks excavate History.\n\nTheir computers, flesh and mechanical, factorise Mathematics.\n\nTheir eyes, biological and digital, map out Geography.\n\nBut I have a ... | 1 | |
[WP] Mutations happened overnight, but only to millions of people with disabilities. Their new super powers are now based off their own disability. | [
"David woke up at 5am sharp every day for school. That gave him almost 2 hours to get ready, 15 to get to the car, 10 to get to school, and another 15 to get out of the car and into school. He used every minute of it, not because he cared that much about his image or procrastinated, David was paralyzed from the sho... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the apprentice of the most useless hitman/assassin in existance who's hits are always pulled off perfectly, down only to shear coincidence. | [
"It was a warm night as I sat at the table and arranged Mikes hit kit for his latest contract a middle aged man who had been cheating on his wife.\n\nShe wanted his fortune and as she had agreed to a no fault prenup she was only entitled to half a million dollars.\n\nI wondered if this time luck would fail him no m... | 1 | |
[WP] A story. No verbs. | [
"Her eyes, the color of a stormy sky. Her hair, with a shine like starlight and a fullness like the moon. Her hand on mine.\n\nEach breath, a struggle; each heartbeat, staccato. An uneven beeping beside my bed. \n\nHer footsteps and the sound of a door. Tears on my face. Tears in my heart. My mind alive, my body br... | 1 | |
[WP] Yet another sunrise. Only something has changed. | [
"His left hand started to warm slightly as he held it beneath his seat next to the engine compartment. Steadily accelerating with his right, he could take a precious few seconds to try and thaw the steady needle-like sensation that entered his clutch hand on his morning commute. Getting in early meant he beat most ... | 6 | |
[WP] He may've been a hero once, but not anymore. | [
"No more.\nThe black ash fell gently through the air, snowflakes that had been tainted by death. Their black covered the ground, the bodies, the blood. Ver-dun sat, holding the long cold body, stiff in his arms, cooing madly as he stared into the distance. His hand aimlessly stroked the corpse's hair.\n\nEverything... | 2 | |
[WP]After making contact with aliens for the first time, humanity is shocked that they never invented technology that we had hundreds of years ago. | [
"The Alien craft klunked its way out of the mothership, its square wheels struggling to find friction on the dew covered grass. As they came closer and closer General Samuelson could see that they had nothing covering their reptilian bodies despite the frigid morning. They finally descended from their craft, cuttin... | 1 | |
...and a dictatorship to hoodwink. | [WP] They have drained banks clean, stolen collector cars, made world-famous art disappear without a trace. Now, they shall take on a different kind of heist, one that can change hundreds of thousands of lives forever, and for the better. They have five days to pull it off. | [
"And it was set.\nWe begin on the first day of August.\nWe've come up with a plan so robust\nyet is easy to hide in the dust.\n\nI assembled the best.\nFrom the ones who can handle the grind\nto the ones who are able to find\nall the tools to help break the bind.\n\nA bind to test.\nAssad will never see us coming.\... | 1 |
[WP]Human have come into contact with other alien species, but it turns out dying is something completely unique to humans | [
"After 5 days of observing the watery world hanging just at the right distance from its parent sun ,the commander of the Ship turned to his deputy and asked for a summary of what they had learnt. \n\n\"The planet is approx 4.5 billion years old Captain \n\nCurrent population is around 7 billion of the two legged ap... | 5 | |
[WP] "Do you even want to make it out alive?" | [
"I sat back against the cool metallic walls of Zetalon 7. The klaxon continued to blare, the pulsing yellow warning lights painted over a gruesome scene. Of our unit it was down to me, half a cyborg, and Clarissa. Everybody else had either been reduced to chunks of meat, or all but disintegrated by the deadly barra... | 4 | |
[WP] Death appears at your door, he just wants to talk. | [
"\"So, to recap, I have two girlfriends and I love neither.\" Grant spoke while staring into empty space. The skeletal figure at his door watched him quietly, holding up a hallowed out pumpkin. \"I got dishonorably discharged, making it all but impossible to get a job and my girl doesn't know. Neither of them. I dr... | 5 | |
[WP] North Korea is actually the best country in the world. All the terrible things we knew were just propaganda. | [
"\"North Korea is actually the best country in the world. All the terrible things we knew were just propaganda.\"\n\nI have always been an active participator in dark tourism, from the concentration camps of Auschwitz to the Ground Zero of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After a lot of consideration on my next visit, I hav... | 1 | |
[WP] It's hard to rise from the dead when you can't even get out of the ground! | [
"My imagination floated over the taste of the pre-frontal cortex. I was starving for the first time. I was a neurosurgeon, long and wealthy life. Gave me a casket made of the strongest wood available. After I woke, all I could feel was the amazing hunger for my delicious object of study. At first I waited, if someo... | 1 | |
[WP] You are about to give your dog a tasty treat, when you decide to eat the treat yourself. He looks at you and says "You'll regret that". | [
"\"You'll regret that.\" \n\nThat voice, low and mournful, nearly makes me jump out of my skin. I don't recognize it. My heart skips a beat and I draw in a sharp breath of surprise, sucking a mouthful of dry Ruff's Bacon-and-Biscuit Bone into my lungs while I'm at it. \n\nI start coughing while Baxter, my faithful ... | 2 | |
[WP] You are cornered in a dark alley by an infamous serial killer. This would be terrifying except for the fact that his name is the "Catapult Killer." The only thing standing between you and freedom is his medevial seige weapon. | [
"I came prepared for this. \n\"You think that you can kill me with a catapult?\" \n\"Already done eleven.\" \n\"Why a catapult?\" \n\"Well, I thought it was kinda unique - \" \n\"No, I applaud you for the medieval siege weapon idea. Top marks. But why not a trebuchet?\" \n\"Well, I didn't really think about i... | 1 | |
[WP] On the floor in front of you is a dead body. In your hand, an axe. | [
"It's a strange feeling leaving the berserker rage. Everything is sharper, and yet more dull at the same time.\n\nThe axe in your hand is of course not dull, you can see how sharp it is, despite the darkness. The moonlight glints off of the blade, the snow reflects the moonlight, the blade is indifferent. There is ... | 2 | |
[WP] While riding on a train a magical dog starts speaking to you about the universe | [
"I put my book down and all the passengers disappeared. On the floor in front of me, sat a pug. \"272,282 light years away is the closest planet with living organisms. Black holes lead you to another dimension. God is-\" I got up and sat somewhere else. Although what was happening at the time was abnormal, I decide... | 2 | |
[WP] 5 years ago, a gunslinger found himself in a fantasy setting with a revolver that never runs out of ammo. Write about his adventures | [
"Joel awoke in the middle of a pristine forest, much to his confusion. Only a moment ago, he was riding Bessie out of town in pursuit of the notorious Wild Ocelot. He faintly remembered some flashing lights descending upon him, and then a thud. Next thing he saw was the trees rustling gently above him.\n\nHe got up... | 4 | |
[WP] "The burning flame is a wild beast, but as with any beast... it can be tamed. Reach out and force your will upon it, take hold of its reins and see how it dances in your palms. Keep it handy, but do not let it consume you, lest you lose your mind forever" | [
"Mattus was getting old, and his soul flame was strained. There was a time that many a lord would plead for a small trinket made by him... But now that respect had waned.\n\n“Mattus the ring maker, master weapon crafter, enchanted tool forger, I ask you...pleased plead fealty to Lord Erin of Hethwroth,” Said a soli... | 2 | |
[WP] You're one of those types who thinks they were born in the wrong generation. With given the opportunity to travel back in time, you take it; but the past isn't all it's cracked up to be... | [
"There was darkness.. and then a sudden light. I felt my body restart and lurch up. \"i wish they had given me a choice on what period i wanted to go to\" I thought to myself. With my eyes adjusting to the light i began to see where i was. dirt covered the ground around me. i began to see more and more trees the fa... | 1 | |
[WP] After a year of dating, you're suspecting that your greek girlfriend is in fact a man-eating monster. | [
"Alexa is the love of my life. With beautiful green eyes, olive skin and prettiest of smiles there weren't many men in the world who wouldn't fall for her at first sight. Compared to me she is nothing short of a Greek Goddess. Yet for some unfathomable reason, I cannot shake the idea that something is really off ab... | 1 | |
[WP] In a desperate mission to save the world from attacking aliens the world leaders gather experts of every field. For some reason they invite you as "Expert In Bullshitting" in the very last attempt of rescuing the planet. | [
"How the fuck did it come to this?\n\nWell stupid question I guess, I know exactly how it came to this, it all started with that damn black envelope. I just HAD to open it, read the words \"you are formally invited to the panel of experts in Stockholm to assist with the BHP\". Naturally I knew about the BHP - the b... | 6 | |
I know Hitler is often overused as the go-to-time-travel-murder thing so use somebody else if you care to. | [WP] Five time travelers have all separately arrived from the future to kill a controversial historical figure (Hitler, if you desire) for basically the same reasons. A sixth arrives, but is actually from the past. | [
"*Note: Only three.*\n\n---\n\nI stare him in the face, and he stares back. My gun wavers, ever so slightly.\n\n*Can I really do this? Can I really kill an as-of-yet innocent man, in cold blood?*\n\nAdolf Hitler backs up against the wall, tensing. The grip I have on my gun tightens, and I shake my head. \"No runnin... | 2 |
[WP] The life and times of a person living on Grateworld: a planet where every single floor and ground is a metal grate hovering above an endless void. People drop their shit constantly. | [
"\"Oh for fucks sake,\" Martin grumbled, his hand rushing across his face as he looked down at the metal grate on the ground. \n\nBehind him, a voice asked, \"What'd you drop?\" \n\nMartin turned around, \"Fucking engagement ring. It's the third one this week.\" He sighed, looking back down at the unending void ben... | 2 | |
[WP] You wished for 1 child knowing your archenemy would get 100 children based on your wish - attempting to screw him over. Over months of intense training, his children are skilled ninjas out to get you and your child. | [
"They came at midnight.\n\nIt was as the sun had set, 6 or so, when the first child stepped out of the shadows. I clutched Jonathan close to me, my beloved son. My miracle child, from that day many months ago when a narrow-minded wish had brought him into my life. We'd grown close, despite my own lack of preparatio... | 1 | |
[WP] The first alien ships arrive on earth, but rather from outside the solar system, they came from Venus. | [
"Humans are in awe\nThe world as they know it has been invaded.\nCan they stop what is happening,\nIs the question created.\n\nWhat scientists questioned as very foreign visitors,\nHappened to be very close.\nThese large and barbaric beasts,\nLiving right under their nose.\n\nAs they ravaged the planet and destroye... | 1 | |
[WP] Once again, Cthulhu is contacted by cultists. But he's just not that kind of god anymore. He has a wife and kids, a mortgage and responsibilities. He just doesn't have time for cosmic destruction anymore. | [
"Every night I draw closer... In my dreams I see the lost city of R'lyeh where the Great Old One Cthulhu slumbers... Tonight I have finally reached the gates. They tower a mile high, the ancient doors engraved with symbols of a lost language?\n\nWhat's this? A small button on the side. I press it. A sinister and lo... | 2 | |
[WP] You died and God is showing you your life's bloopers reel. God is bored, so he decides that if you cringe once, you go to hell. The film begins and you see the very beginning of your own death... | [
"In didn't understand. He said the first video was the beginning of my death. I sat nervously, shaking on the mat. It stood, buffering. The first sound I heard was myself sniffing. The video was titled the new dog source. I saw myself on the screen, foolishly barking and sniffing. I almost whimpered, but I was able... | 1 | |
Butchered the title. Dr. Seuss* | [WP]In an alternate dimension, your favorite fantasy book was not written by that author, but instead written by Dr. Seus. Post an excerpt from it. | [
"*\"Yes, you're a wizard, \nand a famous one too! \nOh I almost forgot: \nHappy Birthday to you!\"* \n \n*And as he pulled out a cake, \nwith the lettering smeared, \nthe hint of a smile, \nshine trough that bushy old beard.* \n\n*\"Are you pulling my leg?, \na wizard?\" I repeated, \nwhich proved too mu... | 2 |
[WP] You never knew you were immortal until yesterday when you got hit by a bus | [
"My bones pop as I sit down. It'll be fun trying to get up later, but my feet won't let me stand much longer. The young gentleman next to me keeps his nose in his phone. Humph, young people these days. \n\n\"Nice day, huh?\" \n\nCrickets. I settle into people watching. A mother tugs along her little girl in overall... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a leading Egyptologist who has been summoned to NASA. It seems that Voyager has begun transmitting again, and when the signal is unscrambled, it's a long string of hieroglyphs. | [
"Even after decades spent teaching hundreds of students in the lecture theaters of Harvard’s Memorial Hall, Professor Samuel Higgins couldn’t help but feel nervous as pushed through the doors to the conference room.\n\nHe had immediately rushed the airport and booked a flight to Houston after receiving a hastily dr... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the overly average teenage neighbor of the mysteriously gifted and rebellious teen protagonist in your dystopian society and you're getting a bit tired of their crap. | [
"This was the fifth damn time this week. I'm asleep in my second floor bedroom and I hear what sounds like thumping noises from my neighbor's yard. I slowly roll out of bed noticing the clock reads 3:30AM. Usually I tried to ignore the noise (I had school in the morning) but it was really starting to annoy me. I gr... | 5 | |
[WP] Write me a poem about working at a taco joint so I can make it through another day. | [
"Chopping and stirring, \nAsking and waiting, \nNever complaining, \nnever disdaining. \n\n\nThat's not the life \nA writer I am \n\"Then write!\" says the wife \n\"Then write!\" says the friend \n\n\nBut writing is tough \nIt's like giving birth \nTo a snow globe of faith \n \n\n\"Rosebud!\" you though... | 3 | |
[WP] You're a martial artist who can see into the future. You are considered the best in the world, until your next opponent is someone who can read your mind, including the future you see | [
"Bashing a sword at someone was not as simple as it looked. \n\nHe held his blade up, lunging at his opponent. He saw his master's blade rise, deflecting his own in a ringing screech of steel. \n\n\"Try harder!\" \n\nThere was the training that was necessary to perfectly execute intended movements and to build stam... | 1 | |
[WP] Only 1.5% of the world's population is born with sight. They are discriminated against as freaks by the rest of society. | [
"Suddenly, the nurse’s face turned pale. ‘Oh god’, she said. ‘What, what is it?’, Steve urged. ‘His eyes, he’s… one of them. I think they opened’ ‘What.. no, no.’ Steven felt Mary’s body shaking. Steve hugged her, trying to calm her. But she started crying, heavily. ‘I prayed so hard for him to be normal, healthy.’... | 1 | |
[WP] You get the opportunity to make whatever new laws you desire in a single speech; however, you can't tackle any serious issues, just pet peeves, petty complaints and first world problems. What do you say? | [
"Dark clouds carpeted the sky. Rain fell with the softness of snow but without the grace. Grimacing from the flashes of the gathered mob's cameras, she arrived on the speaking platform half-blind. Journalists from national and local press tussled and elbowed their way forward in an attempt to be the first to thrust... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of archaeologists have ventured into a massive complex deep within the Rocky Mountains. Deciphering the ancient text of the long forgotten mountain civilization, the Archaeologists discover that whoever lived here warned about an evil being. A being of "Shadow and Flame..." | [
"As an archaeologist, I work with the dead and the buried. Everything I see and everything I touch has long lost it's connection to the living. Even though I try to construct an image of what has been, I always feel as though I watch a movie. I never really feel like these civilizations ever existed.\n\nAnd that wa... | 1 | |
[WP] Write a short funny story, Where each word can only start in one of those 5 random letters: [O Z A I S] | [
"\"Okay, I see\", I said as Zachary stood in awe. \n\"Alex, our standing is atrocious! I asked once and I'll ask again: is zucchini an insect‽\", Zach seemed slightly irritated, or angry I suppose. \n\"...Sure\", and as soon as I said it Zach set off. \n\"Sixteen semesters Alex! I studied sixteen semesters of I... | 1 | |
He's tried implementing a Messiah character, appointing prophets, anointing mortals with miracles, and introducing an experimental "holy spirit" form, but none of these really relieve the stress of everyone's prayers. In fact, they may have made His problem worse. | [WP] It turns out that at one point in time, every god known to every religion existed concurrently, but they have dwindled down until there was only one left, and He's struggling to keep up with the demands of his billions of worshippers. | [
"\"You don't become the number one god by being a slave to your people,\" He explained. \"Hell, why do you think I'm the only relevant god these days?\"\n\nMichael stood before Him speechless. He completely ignored Michael's request. All He does is stroke His ego!\n\n\"Lord,\" Michael started. \"There are hundreds ... | 2 |
[WP] You're not the PC, but damn it, the Dark One took your child and you're not about to sit and wait for the player to rescue him! | [
"Note: I may have misunderstood the prompt. Please forgive me as I haven't really understood your prompt, but I'm going to get started on it anyway. :3. Also, I'm on mobile, so please excuse the formatting! \n______ \nLife as an NPC was pretty.. *generic* to say the least. There were other AI in the game we call... | 1 | |
[WP] Our reality is a simulation designed by a future civilization. Unfortunately, hackers have taken over and the simulation is going haywire. | [
"\"we should make this guy the president of simulation sector #01\" said Lim as he typed furiously on his machine.\n \"why would you do that? the council will be pissed\" suba asked.\n\"what are they going to do banish me to the wastelands? if you havent noticed, that is where we have been living for the past 200 ... | 1 | |
[WP]"You're full of surprises, aren't you?" he asked. "I didn't know you named it that" you respond blithely. | [
"Dean struggled to his feet, the kick still reverberating in his chest. Rain was falling through the sky and hitting his back as he slowly stood up. The woman looked at him, smiling a faint smile as she walked over to him. \n\n\"You're full of surprises, aren't you?\" She asked \n\n\"I didn't know you named it tha... | 1 | |
[WP] Mario finally defeated Bowser and princess peach decides to marry Mario. Mario realizes that a plumbers salary will likely not please princess peach and that he is exceptionally good at collecting magic mushrooms. | [
"Luigi is running late again. The sun slowly creeps up from behind the shadow of the Earth, threatening to ruin our crops and cast the light of day on what was supposed to be done in the dark. \n\nWe've been like brothers for over twenty-five years. I love my brother, but lately he's been fucking up.\n\nI see him n... | 1 | |
[WP] Earth receives a message from space: “You have been challenged to a match of Galactic Deathball. Assemble a team of 20 humans. If you lose, the planet will be destroyed.” | [
"The planet practically rung from the announcement, broadcast as it was from every speaker on earth simultaneously -- and scientists would later confirm that it was absolutely simultaneous, no light speed delays could be measured. Even unplugged speakers issued the proclamation, somehow being audible despite the l... | 3 | |
[WP] You have just learned a dark secret, Writing Prompt stories are actually created in order to trap magical beings and demons into stories. | [
"He was my friend. He was a loyal, funny, charming little man, bursting with life. He wasn't aware that he was unusual at all.\n\nHe would randomly be placed into a world unlike ours. This \"world\" was my dreams. He never thought it curious that he was with me in every dream he had. After all, I was with him every... | 1 | |
[WP] Describe a love story between two separated trees/plants. | [
"Beautiful as ever, she stood. Tall. Strong. Elegant. Reaching out to me; always reaching. There was a time when she'd reach out, and I could reach back; we were connected, she and I. Just the two of us in an otherwise barren field, but it was never lonely. I had her, and she had me; the both of us underneath an in... | 1 | |
[WP] The gun will be fired at the end of the story. | [
"\"Soldier, Report! The barricade, how is it holding?\" Stepping with confidence, the Captain marched along the floor, nods earning salutes from both the wounded and the readied men despite their worried expressions. \"Second Rank?\" He prompted.\n\n\"Sir!\" The exhausted looking man standing beside the arch of the... | 1 | |
[WP] Parents are successfully able to keep every bad thing about life hidden from their kids until they're 20. You just celebrated your 20th birthday and your parents invite you to have "a talk" | [
"Light. For a moment I'm blinded, as the hatch to my dwelling opens. Confusing, my feeding time doesn't come for another few hours, but my parents must know what they're doing. They always know best, and they know all the good things. It's why they keep me down here, so I can always have good things. Nice things.\n... | 1 |
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