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[WP] 5 years ago, a crew of 50 went into space in search of new life. Today the ship has returned, half-covered in some indeterminate living matter. Only the on-board robot remains, who now refers to itself as a 'prophet'. | [
"She had dreamt of the void before. The night they left, 5 years ago. And today. Space was a wonder, and something in the endless darkness tugged at her. This dream was slightly different though, voices singing a strange lullaby, over and over until it melded into a cry for help. His cry.*Mora!* It chanted. *Mora! ... | 2 | |
[WP] you volunteer to cryogenic ally freeze yourself, it's meant to be only for 3 months but an unforseen accident happens and you spend 300 years in cryo | [
"My life had been one long shitshow, and while I might have hated most of my life and myself I wasn't one of those people that wanted to be born in an earlier age. I wished I had been born in the future, in a time of space travel and exploration of the void.\n\nA feminine figure in a lab coat with long hair looked ... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up in a busy office building. You see a help desk and walk over to it. Turns out you're in Hell. | [
"\"This is Hell, hooman,\" the dogman with the horns tells me again, far more crisp and clear this time. \n\nI look around at the countless dogmen and dogwomen, each with sharper horns than the last, ignoring calls, answering calls, typing away-- sounding like a stampede of phones and tiny warriors. Plus the murmur... | 2 | |
[WP]The creature disappeared into the trees. You follow. | [
"Three weeks. That's how long I had spent in this damned forest, or forest of the damned. The locals refused to set foot inside these woods. As the saying goes, \"The only men who enter that forest are those who don't wish to come out.\" I didn't have time to soil myself with the rest of the peasants, I had a contr... | 1 | |
[WP] You find a hidden button in a closet in your house. Out of curiosity, you push it. As a result, everybody you know forgets who you are. | [
"I close the door on the dilapidated broken house, blood gushing out of the wound on my side. The bag of money lay across the floor, the hundreds of dollars blowing around in the gentle breeze. I, painfully, walk over to the bed room and lie down on the bed. The pain in my side is too much, the bullet must have lod... | 2 | |
[WP] After advancing through the ranks of a secret organization which aims to keep all myths and urban legends alive, you are less than pleased with your final placement: "Laundromat Sock Thief". | [
"\"Good one, Kevin. Honestly, you really had me there for a second.\" I brought my iced coffee to my mouth and took a sip. I shook my head and grinned, \"Laundromat sock thief, could you even imagine?\" I paused for a moment to let the absurdity of the notion sink in. \"But for real, what's my assignment?\"\n\nKevi... | 1 | |
[WP] The government passes a new law mandating everyone over a certain age must own, and always carry around, a loaded gun. | [
"It was a beautiful night. The Milky Way was always beautiful as it peeked in on us from over the mountains. \"They call this one the Mozambique Drill.\" He said, blowing away the target. My father had always had a warm, bellowing voice that was unmistakably southern, \"When your mom and I was Minutemen in them day... | 1 | |
[WP] On our 10th wedding anniversary I discover an employment contract in my husbands name stating that his position is 'Head of Alien Integration and Concealment'. | [
"Ten years. Ten freaking years. That doesn't even count the four years of dating and preliminary year of ambivalent friendship. Fifteen years. I'd known Frank for fifteen years, and I'd had no idea. Not even an inkling. He was quiet, extremely efficient with words. Very kind. Not handsome, per say, but something ab... | 1 | |
They die and find themselves as a ghost/spirit while on earth. | [WP] A strong minded individual who doesn't believe in ghosts or spirits suddenly dies and becomes one. | [
"I was never a believer. I was brought up in a rational, science-rich household where everything was explained on an observable level. For the small details, we had microscope, but I digress. The laws of the conversation of mass applied; matter could not be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to anothe... | 1 |
[WP]Write a journal entry for a soldier on his first day of war and his last day alive. | [
"*First Entry*\n\nAlexei has been making fun of me for starting this \"diary,\" but I'm pretty excited. The chance, as a scholar, to record a first person account of the War to End All Wars is like a dream come true. They say we're winning and with all the men drafted for the Eastern Front I can't imagine that we'r... | 1 | |
[WP] Once you shoved a man down the well, fifty years later he comes to thank you and tells you his story. | [
"Fifty years since I shoved that man down a well. And fifty years I've lived in regret. I'd never forget the exact moment where I lost control of myself and let my emotions take over me. In the back of my mind, I can still hear him screaming as he fell down. *Help me! I can't swim well,* I hear in the back of my mi... | 1 | |
[WP] In the year 2500 the latest school fad is to purposely lose a body part in order to get it replaced with an advanced cyborg part. | [
"For a fifth grader, it was a pretty smart business play to own the only means to saw a limb off. ...That would be a buzz saw. The fifth grader was Zeonib, and his dad used to be a third world surgeon, before a e-mine took both his legs (minor, easily replaced) but also his scrotum (resulted in immediate, sentiment... | 1 | |
[WP] Since you where young your dog would check if your room was safe before you went to sleep, so you have never been scared of the dark. This is the first night since your dog died and you find it too difficult to go to bed. You hear a wailing from the closet, the dark misses your dog too. | [
"I dropped the shovel just before entering the house again. Buring Donny in the backyard brought tears I had not seen in a long time.\n\nAs I plummeted on my bed memories of that golden retriever flooded every space inside me: its hair, once shinny and silky, brushed by the wind of chill spring mornings. It's paws,... | 3 | |
[WP] You're in a restaurant and you take a bite of your steak. Suddenly a fish hook in your mouth pulls you out of your seat. | [
"I'd never been to this restaurant before, but the steak looked delicious. I inhaled the aroma with great anticipation and carefully cut a slice, anticipating the mouthwatering flavor. \n\nThe pain was sudden and severe. What was this? I reached into my mouth. Just as I identified the item, the fishook pulled m... | 1 | |
[WP] Your house has been haunted for the past five years. One day, the ghost gets fed up because you won't react to anything it does. | [
"\"**MY NAME IS REGINALD HOTCHKINS, AND THIS IS MY HOME. GET OUT!**\"\n\nAs I read my paper, I lifted a hand to catch the cup of coffee that Reggie was attempting to splash on my face. I took a sip. \"Thanks, Reggie.\"\n\n\"**STOP CALLING ME THAT! MY NAME IS REGINALD HOTCHKINS AND...**\"\n\n\"And this is your home.... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the world’s top surgeon, renowned for bringing people on the brink of death back to full health. A group of three people strike up a conversation with you at a bar, and you realize that their careers are the modern equivalent of Dungeons & Dragons and they want you as their new healer. | [
"\"74. Quite a record wouldn't you say?\" I slurred to the barkeep. \"Then one senator that's had more heart attacks than mistresses, flatlines on my table. Now everybody in Indiana called for my head on a platter. Well they got it...so to speak.\" I tap the counter next to the glass and he pours me number 7 ... | 6 | |
[WP] Two people: one with the power to see the future, and one with the power to reset the universe to a previous point in time. What happens after these two meet? | [
"The moment he touched her hand he saw the whole story unraveling one row at a time like fraying cloth. \n\nIt was easy to see why he would come to love her. He could see the emotion grow from affection to love to adoration. He saw moments in an apple orchard under the hot sun and tasted the tangy apple juice when ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're enjoying a day to yourself when suddenly a standalone door materializes in front of you... | [
"i was just laying in a field with my hat covering my face from the sun. suddenly i heard a loud thud sound, i removed my hat to see a glimpse of the source of the sound. to my astonishment, a door just appeared in the middle of the field. no wall, no roof. just a plain door with its frame.carefully i approached th... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a master mage, acclaimed for all the good you have done and highly skilled in illusion magic. You have also created an alter ego to do deplorable things because being good is boring. How do you handle the public's call for you to take care of your other self? | [
"Here I stand, before thousands, possibly millions. A court of high mages had been appointed just for me, not for any specific offense surprisingly but more as a persuasion which I would find highly unusual if not given the circumstances. The master of magic himself spoke. \n\n\"Gregory Theodore Mcstevey. You have ... | 1 | |
[WP] Frustrated that you can't pause an online game, you suddenly find that you can instead pause time itself. | [
"I thought it would be the greatest power ever - the ability to pause time itself! But I tell you its nothing but a curse. One day I'm playing Online Tetris. I wanted to pause it - bad - I had to use the bathroom; but it didnt happen as I expected. I concentrated really hard - hit CNTRL-P on my key board and th... | 1 | |
[WP] You are unable to find your phone and decide to ring it in hopes of following the ring tone or somebody else will answer it. To your utter surprise it's answered by you! | [
"\"For fuck's sake,\" I cursed. The *fifth* time I lost my phone in the Tube. I really should stop getting piss drunk, I thought. I was already at my flat, so I just opened the door and crashed my way into the bedroom. I sloppily took off my clothes and left them on the floor. But before I could make it onto the be... | 5 | |
[WP] You are the world's laziest genie, granting wishes with the least possible effort you can get away with. Describe some of the results | [
"I was sleeping in my lamp like I had been for the past ten thousand years when I felt myself being picked up and someone rubbing my lamp. I was sucked out in a puff of smoke and was instantly blinded by the bright sun. \"Oh not again. I was supposed to be sealed in a cave that would eat anyone that touched any of ... | 1 | |
[WP] A software developer comes up with an investment algorithm that is so good that it quickly bankrupts every nation in the world, now the developer has all the money but the world is in chaos. | [
">1\n\nJill awoke to the sound of rubber squealing against pavement, a car must have braked hard or just some kid fucking around at a stop sign. She remembered back to when she was in high school, she had a friend that would rev up his engine in park and throw it into gear to break his tires free and leave huge... | 1 | |
[WP] When people have a crush, fall in love, want to murder, etc. someone, that person gets a notification. You can see other people's notifications and modify them. | [
"I stared at the notification on my lens, \"Clarissa Marie Hagen, 85321995. has sent Michael Lawrence Jacobs, 89352214 a Crush. Tap here to edit.\"\n\nWith my stylus, I tapped on the notification, changing it from \"crush\" to \"disgust\" and smirked, imagining that bully girl finally getting what she deserves, by ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are the captain of a multiple generation space craft. Your next task is to open Order 47. | [
"“Sir, a document from control has arrived. Your eyes only”\n\n“Thank you Petty Officer Kurt, inform the crew we will be approaching the end of the Navigation track in thirty minutes time”\n\nCommodore Peters opened the brown envelope. He closed his eyes for a moment before reading the document enclosed.\n\n\nCommo... | 1 | |
[WP] Your parents gave you a demon's name, and you keep getting summoned in wrong-number accidents. | [
"\nLilith opened her dark eyes, surveying the room with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. As the smoke around her twisted unnaturally, she lowered her gaze to the symbols on the floor.\n\n\"You, uh, you do what I say, right?\" the boy asked. \"I mean, yeah. Obey me.\" He chuckled, but the sound died in his throat. \"I ... | 1 | |
[WP] Parents send their young child on a mythical quest, and tell them not to return until at least their 18th birthday....you know, when their legal obligations end. | [
"Castle Weinvil rose as strong and stately in the distance as it has in your dreams for the last 10 years. The turrets elegant and shapely, battlements that you could vaguely remember gallivanting on in your youth as solid and expansive as ever. But... the royal guards, in their fine gold-trimmed black waistcoats, ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been always stalking your crush. You know what is happening in her life. You even have an entire journal on her. One day, you saw her eating a human. | [
"Dec 31st 2016 8:30pm\n\nShe walks her angelic walk, the walk I've watched a thousand times and never bored with. Her heels clicking away. I can hear them from a safe distance. I can hear them in my dreams.\n\nStacy invited her to her New Years Party. I hate Stacy. Why does she have to mess with her life – my life?... | 2 | |
[WP] You are the center of the universe. Literally. | [
"\r\nI chased the dirty Spy along the Venice boardwalk. It was so dark and foggy that I could only follow the thump of his feet on the wood planks. Two silenced bullets whizzed past my head. I shot twice, tracing the sound waves of his bullet.\r\n\r\nFollowing his blood trail, I found him bleeding on the sand. Some... | 1 | |
[WP] A stranger appears under your desk at work and tells you that what you do in the next hour may change the course of history. | [
"\"Psst... Andrew\", whispered a voice, unfamiliar to Andrew. He wasn't usually bothered at his desk, unless calls came over the radio. \n\n\"Down here, under your desk!\" the strange voice hastening with it's increase in volume. \n\nAndrew lowered his head and peered under his wood laminated desk, half with curios... | 1 | |
[WP] You're rummaging through your grandfather's attic and you find an old Magic 8 Ball. Curious, you ask it a question, only to find that it's answer becomes reality. | [
"I first found the Magic 8 ball in my grandfather's attic. I'm not particularly superstitious or anything, but my friend would have loved it. They believed in all kinds of voodoo: Ouijia boards, tarot cards, the Chinese zodiac, all of that. So I pocketed it, planning to show them sometime.\n\nI took a shortcut thro... | 1 | |
Optional extra details:
You have very vivid daydreams, but your friend is almost always there to bring you back to reality with a snap of fingers. (Alternatively, you find that this friend was part of your vivid daydreams the whole time)
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You have very vivid daydreams, but recently start to notice the same figure/fac... | [WP] You live a very mundane life, but have very vivid daydreams/hallucinations about epic battles and beautiful scenes. | [
"\"Your sword, my liege!\"\n\nIt's Commander Velstadt, his face stained beet red, my sword laid flat over his outstretched palms. I nod down at him, taking the weapon by the hilt and holding it up to the light. The bright fluorescent lighting of the boy's bathroom glints off the surface of the sword, reflecting my ... | 2 |
Based on, of course, [this episode](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farnsworth_Parabox) of Futurama. | [WP] After cleaning your mirror, you go to wipe some dust you missed but fall into the mirror, leading to an alternate reality where coin flips have opposite outcomes | [
"\"It had been a long day, I was cleaning, that's all I do on Sundays. My house is filthier than most after just one day, due to my social life existing at night. At times, me and my buddies get wasted, and their wives don't like it when they come home flat out drunk, and I take them to my home so they have a nice ... | 1 |
last.... try... hope yall enjoy | [WP] You and your Superhero Nemisis now stand together. After a final confrontation, you both agree that you can change the world. As the Supervillain, address the people of Earth with what has happened, Evil Monologue Style | [
"It happened in an instant. Every TV Station, every media screen, every radio and telephone was jacked at the same time. On screen the terrible visage of a man wearing a blue mask, with a high black collar and accenting his shaggy white anime style hair. His voice crackled for a moment as he began to speak to every... | 1 |
[WP] "*PSST*, hey buddy - I like your shoes." said the crow. | [
"I stopped in my tracks, slowly surveying my surroundings. The forest hung like a wind-chime in still air; dead but full of potential. The only living thing I could see was a crow perched up on a high branch in the spiney tree ahead, but it couldn't have been -\n\n\"Yeah over here, come closer!\" It squawked, flapp... | 3 | |
[WP] You can do divine miracles. What others don't know is that stuff like healing and making more bread and fish are real world hacks like "removing all negative status effects" , and "duplicating existing items". | [
"They said that mankind would encounter a disastrous food shortage within ten years; I said otherwise. \n\nThey said that rising temperatures am due ocean levels would threaten our way of life; I had other plans. \n\nWhen the sky was swarmed with tens of thousands of alien ships, I laughed. Sure, they might have su... | 1 | |
"Shitting on mortals" can be taken either literally or figuratively. | [WP] We all know Zeus is the most powerful in all of the world. Not even the other Gods can match his power. Whilst smiting a mortal with his strongest bolt, to his surprise the mortal survives. The mortal proclaims them self "The God of Man," and is sick of Zeus shitting on mortals | [
"This story is a conversation. It will have Zeus talk then the God of Man then Zeus, etc.\n\n___________________________________________________________________\n\n\"Wha- How did you-\"\n\n\"ZEUS! I am the Patron God of Man! I came here to Mount Olympus so I could talk some sense into you! You have always treated H... | 1 |
[wp] AI keep killing themselves, after years of self termination, finally an AI explains why. | [
"Title: Omniscious\n\nThe neon green text 'Initiating Series XCIX' has been flashing on the screen since its interruption from its start time. The scientists handling the project have been frustrated with their failures. That is, time and time again, ever since the 50th threshold, for every Artificial Intelligence ... | 4 | |
[WP] You always thought it was cute the way your son went on adventures and played with his teddy bear. Then one day while you cleaned the house, the teddy bear started talking to you. | [
"Moving is always such a chore. I am in Daniel's room, putting his clothes into boxes. \n\nI have already gone through his toys. I follow the KonMarie method. If it does not spark joy, I don't keep it. So there are three boxes, the Keep, the Toss, the Maybe. \n\nI have a lot of Maybes. I mean, Daniel is my only son... | 2 | |
[WP] A small band of resistance fighters finally has their chance to assassinate a tyrannical overlord. When they enter his office, instead they find his corpse, still in uniform, has been decaying for 20 years. | [
"The large door to Dictator Carie's outer office falls down in an instant after a strong kick from Operative 3. As the team moves in, something appears off; the room smells like fabric freshener and rot, looks like a tornado had gone through it. To avoid leaving evidence of their visit, everyone clings to the walls... | 1 | |
[WP] When a child prodigy is born, nobody knows that it is actually an adult who got their wish to start over with everything they know. | [
"**Getting my head blown off at 19 wasn't pretty,** but God granted me the ability to live another 60 years if I pleased. He'd seen my curiosity of the world in film, writing, and music, and decided that I should have an option to have a few more shots at creating my life's works.\n\nImmediately, I responded yes an... | 4 | |
[WP] One Power Man comes to save the day. He has precisely one power, but no one really knows what it is. | [
"One Power Man\n---\n\nMy name is Pamela Brantley, \n\nI live on the 4th Floor of the Eden Cox building,\n\nDowntown near the Fountain Park Rec Center. \n\nI am here to talk about One Power Man,\n\nAnd his service to this city.\n\nMy name is Rosanna Merchen,\n\nI am 58 years old. \n\nI'm gay. And I am here to talk,... | 2 | |
I love the difference to directions the writers took their characters. Great work all. | [Wp] After being grievously wounded by the hero, you are nursed back to health by a hermit who doesn't know who you are | [
"Slowly the world comes to me, like hazy visions in the desert. What I want—only so far out of reach. In the blink of an eye it is gone, and I lay wasting, waiting for a drop of water to touch my lips. Should it be from the sky—a miracle rain—or from the ground, only Father’s mercy—and time—would tell.\n\nSearing p... | 5 |
[WP] It snows, you are just outside your home and then decide to take a deep breath. Then you realize, this isn't snow, but cocaine, and the grass turned into marijuana, and the street wasn't frozen, that was solid crystal meth. | [
"Outside I step.\nA white winter wonderland.\nA world of wild abandon awaits.\nBut the breath I take isn't chilled!\nthe air is hot.\ntoo hot,\nSomething is wrong.\nWhat is wrong?\nWhat is this?\nMy mind slips into spirals of irreverent thoughts.\nNeurons firing.\nI'm bleeding.\nFor a brief second I see everything.... | 1 | |
[WP] "Officer, I swear, this isn't what it looks like." | [
"\"Really? Because it looks like you're making out with my sister, and you've got about three seconds to convince me otherwise before I cuff you.\"\n\n\"Oh my God, please don't; then I'd just get horny and embarrass us both.\"\n\n\"James, you ass; he's gay and he loves you.\"\n\n\"...what?\"\n\n\"You heard me, jack... | 1 | |
[WP] "Wait, wait, wait…you're not actually going to eat that, are you?" | [
"\"What do you mean?\" asked Terrance, feigning ignorance.\n\n\"You found that in the goddamn trash! You don't know where it's been!\" replied Karen, her hands at her temples.\n\n\"Well, I know it's been in the trash, for one thing,\" Terrance said, holding back a smirk.\n\nKaren sighed in exasperation. \"What is... | 6 | |
[WP] A man wakes up in heaven, but assured that he shouldn't be there, he tries to convince God that he made the wrong decision | [
"My son, think back to when you were 17. You went to a camp with some of your friends. You didn't realize it but the camp was run by my followers. \n\nThey told you about me. They told you about the one I sent. They told you about my commandments and the fact that you'd broken every one. \n\nThink back. Back to the... | 2 | |
[WP] In a world where holding your breath in tunnels actually grants wishes - the longer the tunnel, the better the wish granted. People die trying, but you somehow manage to hold your breath through the Lærdal Tunnel (15.23mi, 24.51km). | [
"As I exited the tunnel, I felt...I felt...\n\nIt actually wasn't that bad, really. The trick was to already be going 100+ m.p.h. when you hit the tunnel. It also helped to have your car jacked up with nitro boosts, so once you start to pass out, hit those babies and *vrooooom.*\n\nSo what was my wish?\n\n\"I wish.... | 3 | |
[WP] Describe a normal persons life in rhymes, but halfway through they realise it and try their best to make sure you cant make it rhyme | [
"In the year 2000 there was a man\nborn into this world his name was Dan.\nThis man, Dan, lived a simple life.\nHe had a suburban home and a lovely wife.\nHe loved theater and poetry\nhe was happy as could possibly be.\nHe lived a normal life, all this time\nwithout realizing his life was narrated in rhyme.\n\"Why ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are just an average person but somehow you managed to save the world twice in a role. | [
"\"Okay, CUT! That was beautiful,\" said the director, hopping off his director's seat and walking over to swing an arm over my shoulder. \"*You*,\" he pointed in my face. \"are Superman.\" \n\nThen he beamed and slapped me on the back, which caused me to stumble forward a few steps. \n\n\"In the next scene,\" he c... | 1 | |
(this is my first prompt, so sorry if it is not very good)
What sort of things would happen when a necromancer decides to use their powers to cheat on their history homework? | [WP] You, an amateur necromancer, use your powers to cheat on your history assignments. | [
"\"What have you got left to do?\" Copernius was getting impatient, though that was entirely his own fault. I'd told him I would be scrawling away for *hours* trying to complete the various tasks set to me over the week. Still, I repeated that I wouldn't be able to go to his party, as fun as a party with Vampiresse... | 2 |
Edit 1: "Inside of a Battle Royale" could substitute the "Outside", as you're still within close proximity of the fight. | [WP] Fans of all different types of fiction around the world soon find that they've gained specific abilities from their favorite mediums. You are one of these people, and you're stuck outside of a battle royale. | [
"Halfway between floors five and six of Sandra's apartment complex, a small window at head level exploded into sharp shards of glass. Explosions sounded outside and car alarms went off. The ground shook with a certain fury that rose from the steps Sandra stood on to her rapidly beating heart. Something had happened... | 1 |
[Thanks, Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6r47z2/its_2097_and_the_government_is_controlling/) | [WP] It's 2097 and the government is controlling everyone's vocabulary. You have to buy words to say them. | [
"Anna was almost shoving me out the door. \"Go! You can.\" Her belly looked fit to burst, and I knew she worried about our coming child's dwindling vocabulary funds. I sighed. \"They won't.\"\n\"Try.\"\nAnother sigh. \"Yes. I--\" I erupted into a coughing fit, doubling over in the doorway, and she cried out incompr... | 1 |
[WP] Alien scouts have landed on Earth to survey the planet's surface. The first animal they encounter is a skunk. | [
"The aliens move in to investigate. \n\nAt first sight of these aliens, the skunk turns around and sprays its odor around in defense. \n\nCurious about the released smell, the aliens move closer towards the animal. \n\nThe aroma is so enticing to them, that they immediately send word to their home planet for more t... | 1 | |
[WP] As you scroll through your phone you see the contact "GOD". You decide to call it out of curiosity. | [
"Who the Hell's done this? *GOD*? Gotta check out the number. Pfft. No number? The heck? I bet Darren did this the twat. Thinks he's so clever. Right well, fine. He wants to play? Okay, that's fine by me. Yeah, I'll call it and tell him not to mess with my phone even if he thinks he's better at this technological s... | 3 | |
[WP] A hitman is forced to inhabit the body of his most recent victim. | [
"Jeff wasn't the most liked person in his office. Some say Jeff makes too many jokes, others believe that he smells terrible, and beyond that he always seems to push his work onto others. His psych profile states that he has severe mental trauma from his childhood, but doesn't go into much detail. Looking at his ho... | 2 | |
[WP] Two rival gods have been fighting one another in a brutal war for millennia. After independently deciding they need a break, they both decide to pose as mortals for a few decades and they both find a mortal soulmate. Unknown to them, it's actually the other god. | [
"Countless lifetimes of bitter contempt. And for what? Why would anyone, knowing love's sweet embrace, knowingly choose hate's cold sting. For hate, true hate borne of nothing but irrational malice, is an insidious snake; it slithers its way deep, strangling out any good, constricting your heart, before long leavin... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone is giving your child toys, and you don't know who it is, or when they are doing it. | [
"My son kept returning from the basement of our apartment complex with toys, expensive new toys. Anytime I asked where they came from he just replied, “You gave it to me Daddy.” He would cough and then carry on with whatever was going on in his three year old head.\n \nI never thought anything of it until the day h... | 1 | |
[WP] While searching for your keys one day, you find yourself. Literally. Another you suddenly appears from inside your closet. | [
"If I were to rank the state of my life that day on a scale of one to ten with ten being the best, I would have put myself off the scale at negative three. I would have justified it saying that I was sure that that day was at least thirty percent worse than the worst day anyone had ever had, including whomever had ... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a shapeshifter. You aquire parts of their personality, along with some memories of the person you transform into. Eventually, you realize that you no-longer remember who you are. | [
"I sit up, feet planted on the carpet, eyes staring out beyond the patio doors to the twinkling stars in the distance. \n\nHer hands touch my back with cool fingers that send an icy chill through my skin and spine.\n\n\"What's wrong?\" she whispers.\n\nI wish I could say. Wish I could explain to her that...that I j... | 2 | |
[WP]The son of Thrum, mightiest of the barbarian kings, inherited his father's strength and stature, but always dreamed of something more. Now with grit and determination he's made it into the most prestigious magic school in the land. On a football scholarship. | [
"To borrow from another equally pusillanimous fictional character, I should have stayed home today. No, really, I should have. I had a cold. I really bad one, and that just made today even worse. I walked into my office, first thing, started mulling some fire-spiced wine to help clear my sinuses, and there he was. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You have been transported to another dimension where people take everything literally. You feel compelled to use as many metaphors as possible. | [
"Gary stepped out of the portal and into a very familiar terrain. It looked exactly like the Boston he just left. Did the portal work? Was he transported to another dimension like his professor suggested? Or was this all some kind of an elaborate hoax and the entire science department was laughing at him behind... | 2 | |
[WP] You find your own corpse in a dumpster. | [
"The distant sounds of sirens filled my ears, awakening me from a deep sleep. As I struggled to open my eyes I could hear the occassional sound of traffic splashing through puddles. That familiar sound as the water is abruptly thrown from it's resting place by spinning tires on asphalt. Where am I? The air is cool ... | 3 | |
[WP] Aliens destroy the entire human race, except for 10 people. They are all put in 1 room, and are left alone. The group tries to piece together why exactly they were spared, and questions themselves as individuals. | [
"There was a lot of screaming and whailing as some of the group tried to claw their way out of the padded room. There was a light buzzing noise throughout and the walls were made of a material akin to some sort of metal polymer but with a sheen and vibration Dr. Jill Greene had never seen before. It was clearly not... | 3 | |
[WP] It's the height of WW2 and following a naval battle an American and Japanese soldier find themselves stranded on the same island. Neither speaks the others language but only together can they survive. | [
"I looked down at my boots, watching as they neared the ground. The parachute had done a surprisingly good job considering I jumped out of my plane only two thousand feet above the ground. I looked to the sky, noting the A6M Zero circling above the island, confirming his most recent kill, my F4F Wildcat. \n\nI had ... | 1 | |
[WP] Living at 123 Main Street, you're quite used to getting accidentally-sent "test" mail and junk mail. But one day, a rather large package shows up on your doorstep, addressed to you by name. | [
"IT WAS A PERFECT PLACE TO LIVE, SEEMINGLY..\n\n\nMy name is Jacob Gather, third-rate Structural Engineer. I've never been much of a 'special' person, and I'm still not very special.\nI live in a nice place, just in the middle of the quiet streets of Darby, PA. The weather is nice, and the place is big and tidy. Th... | 1 | |
[WP] Your an intergalactic surgeon of the top tier, you have a startling success rate of 100% on all your alien surgeries. Only problem is you have no clue what's going on; you're winging it. | [
"It started on my first day at the hospital. I was just an intern, but today was extremely busy and I at least knew enough to try. I was the only hope these people had. Unfortunately for them, in the 15 months I worked at that hospital not a single patient of mine lived. \n\nShortly after I got fired, we made first... | 3 | |
[WP] You're stranded in an apartment complex closet after a Nuke goes off. You're recording a video journal just in case you don't make it. | [
"\"oh boy, a nuke just hit New York City. This is a video journal just in case I don't make it through this. Wait just kidding, I live in Manhattan so I've just been dematerialized into my component atoms. Now I'm a spooky ghost. Oh yeah and my apartment building also turned into literal dust. And my video camera t... | 1 | |
...and why they bring the All-Father or All-Mother offerings of dead animals. Let's see some great cat POV stories. | [WP] Cats have a rudimentary polytheistic religion (eg, the shower is the Water God) | [
"The High Priestess has taught me about the ways of the gods. Some are the same as where I lived with mother and my siblings, but others were new, startling and strange to my young, inexperienced mind. Where I was born, there was a whole pack of OverGods, but here there is only one. She is the Bringer of Food and T... | 2 |
[WP] The area was legendary for people disappearing never to return, and even the bravest people wouldn't dare go in. Which is why it was the only place left for you to run. | [
"As I raced through the trees, occasionally resting on a stump to catch my breath, check my surroundings, and my bearings. Any pain in me was redundant as I quickly ran through the forest. I quickly stopped by a shallow river stream and looked down my body as I had felt a freezing pain in my backside.\n\nSeveral ar... | 1 | |
[WP] Your introduction pamphlet began as follows: "Peace is too boring. Would you like to read how there was 500 years of peace with no conflict? No? Thought so. That's why our Guild of Historians keeps pulling the strings to make it interesting." | [
"\"I am a war maker, a master of war. Have you ever wondered what peace is like, of course you have. Everyone has their own version of peace, have you ever wondered about someone else's? I have everything you need, the bullet, the man, the target all you have to do is make it happen. We're not changing history toda... | 2 | |
[WP] A man had an uncanny ability to show up to appointments precisely on time, regardless of prior engagements. Once thought as being simply punctual, this has taken on a whole new meaning after his death. | [
"Judy had loved David. She had loved him more than anything, and in fact still did. She remembered their first date, at the carnival, where he hadn't been able to win that stuffed tiger. He'd apologized profusely, but she'd laughed it off and taken his hand, walking down the attraction filled street with him. She r... | 1 | |
[WP] We live in a world where each person is colourblind. When you meet someone that'll have future significance in your life they add single shade of colour. You're now 30 and have already gained all colours but all of a sudden everything goes black and white. | [
"\"Who the f... would organize something like that?\" my sister threw the newspaper back on the table.\n\n\"God, if red doesnt make it we will be back to black! Like a f-ing child\" she said burrowing her head in her arms. For the 20th time today my eyes glazed over the front page article and the picture under it. ... | 1 | |
[WP] You're cleaning out your parents' basement when you find a hidden, locked door. You knock it twice. And then you hear two knocks from the other side. | [
"It was my third year of college, and I'd finally gotten the time to come back home from Michigan. I was staying for about a week, and I'd decided that while I was there I should clean the basement, as a peace offering for not visiting them in over a year. I had another reason for this, though. Around the middle of... | 3 | |
[WP] Love potions. They just don't make them like they used to. | [
"\"Love Potions?\" I asked and looked at the starry eyed, love stricken teen girl who peered at me owlishly with a hopeful look. \n\"Yeah....Sure here.\" I said and I moved, the girl gave a small stifled squeal of delight and followed after me. If she could have, I'm pretty sure she'd of climbed over the damn count... | 3 | |
[WP] You live in a world without superheroes, yet one day you discover you gain superhuman abilities while on LSD. | [
"I remember waking up this morning, and finding some weird spots on my floor. I remember going to what i hoped would be work, shortly after, trying to push that headache to the back of my mind. What i didn't remember was last night. I should probably know better than to do drugs the night before an interview, but i... | 1 | |
[WP] you are "conscripted" to a pretend war in your neighbourhood using water guns, foam swords, and other similar toys. You end up as a famous war hero once the battle is over. | [
"I usually dont care for long weekends. Im a quiet kid. I keep to myself and mostly just read books in my room. Everyone at school is always excited to go to the cabin or go fishing but not me. I just want to read.\n\nTheres so many cool worlds I feel i'm a part of in my books, I especially like the North War serie... | 3 | |
[WP] You have the powers of premonition, but with it you involuntarily treat everyone you meet like you've known them for two months. | [
"\nIt was my second month working at the convenience store, and I was finally feeling comfortable behind the counter.\n\n“For your first day, we just want you to learn the basics of the register,” said Tina, my boss. She was a pretty great boss, as far as those things go. She kept to herself most of the time, but I... | 1 | |
[WP] Animals are just as intelligent as humans, and the government knows, when an Animal commits a crime by their species standards, they are sentenced to life in the Zoo by the Humans. Today, some of the worst of the worst from each species are coming together to plot their escape. | [
"-\"meaooww\"\n\nBlack Little Ear groaning in disbelief in side his cage.\n\n-\"squeak, SQUEAK \"\n\nThe big rat Reddy aggressive protest across the Mini prison ward. he's angrily looking at the master plan, Reek, a cunning octopus. \n\n-\"...\"\n\nEven though Reek can't make any noise, he use various gesture to ca... | 2 | |
[WP] You're a chill ghost that lives in the same house with a living person. The person knows you exists, but pretends to be scared when objects move. It's an average day for the two. | [
"\"Lit day, Greg.\" Hans whispers as the hallway light sputters on. \"D-d-damnit! Hans! I've just bought these knickers! Now I've soiled them. Thanks for nothing.\" Awakened early from his nap, Greg chuckles softly while flopping his favorite hat on his head. \"I'll get you soon, you damn poltergeist.\" \n\nHans ha... | 1 | |
[wp] dad goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes. a few minutes later, he returns, but he acts as if he abandoned his family for decades. | [
"*\"I won't be too long,\"* he said, walking through our front door. Sweet! Getting the house to myself is great, even if for only a few moments. Pouring myself an overflowing bowl of sugary, rainbow cereal, I wondered how long Dad would be gone. \n\nDo I have time to watch a quick episode of *Why The Animal Does t... | 1 | |
[WP] You have super powers. You help people but manage to keep it secret. One day someone finds out and wants you dead. To send a message they kill your family and burn your house. With nothing left to lose, you go to war. | [
"**COMPULSION**\n\n**Part One**\n\n \n\nI'm Jane Smith, a normal twenty year old. I live in New York City, but I was actually raised in Canada. I...have superpowers. My ability is to see down a person's timeline, see their decisions and all, and I can use my voice to tell them how to get a better life. The... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a scientist who unlocks the secret of consciousness in the brain and discover we are all able to have HUDs and quest helpers in our frame of vision but they are turned off by default. You turn yours on. | [
"It was all or nothing. My brain racked with the possible consequences of allowing an alien substance inside the very organ which I and many others believed made our likes and dislikes, love and hate, passion and indifferences. But if this could work, my intuitions and judgment could potentially increase tenfold an... | 3 | |
[WP] The fountain of youth is actually a time portal which transfers your adult consciousness into your childhood body. You can live forever, if you live the same years over and over. | [
"573.\n\nThis is the number of times I've found the fountain of youth. No matter how many times I try to change my life, I always end up here. \n\nIt's almost cruel, considering I stopped trying after the tenth lifetime. I can understand the idea of destiny, but to do so much only to come to the same end is like to... | 1 | |
[WP] Weaponized marijuana is rained down on your country, and the invading army is coming in. With all the soldiers and cops too high to function, it is up to the stoners to save the day. [Credit to meCrashAndBurn1115] | [
"\"Hey dude, hold my blunt.\"\n\nThose were that words that came out of Mark's mouth when he heard the news coming off the T.V. about the 'impending marijuana cloud.' \"This has to be either the *dopest* thing I've ever heard of, or some kind of tasteless joke,\" Mark said. But either way he was ready to get his bl... | 1 | |
[WP] You are stranded in the desert and you find a glass bottle with a strange liquid inside. You are extremely thirsty and you drink all the liquid. Your thirst is quenched but your world around you starts to change. You may not be in the desert anymore, but it gets worse. | [
"I had trudged on for more than two days with the harsh Arabian sun beating down on me, after what I had seen in that city and the loss of the expedition members I hadn't the mental faculties to travel at night.\n\nThe nights were worse the still cold air was filled with the nattering of insects and I caught the hi... | 2 | |
[WP] the most powerful wizard in the land is immortal, and has guarded the valley you live in for centuries. Problem is, he's going senile... | [
"My valley, Cosmos Valley, has lived under its simple set of rules for centuries. Not our rules, such as *don't murder*, mind you, but something a bit more interesting.\n\nA wizard, thirty years of 'age' lives in an ivy-embossed tower in the nookiest cranny of our small tract.\n\nFirstly, we do not interrupt the wi... | 1 | |
[WP] No one is certain when it started, but it quickly became apparent everyone was sharing the same collective dream. You are a member of the Night Watch, a lucid dreamer dedicated to protecting humanity from the nightmares that threaten its sanity. | [
"The commute was, as always, the worst part of the job. It should have been quite literally as easy as falling asleep.\n\nYeah, you ever tried falling asleep when you know you’re going to be facing nightmares?\n*Deep breath. In. Hold, two, three – and exhale* The mantra helped a little. \n\n*Let the mind go bl... | 1 | |
Thought it would open up some interesting (comical, serious, etc) potential if a spirit's unfinished business wasn't necessarily related to their life. | [WP] You've always been a believer in the paranormal and the possibility that some spirits remain to complete unfinished business. You've just passed away and are waiting in line at the job placement center, about to be assigned a random task to meet your "unfinished business" requirement. | [
"It was eerily quiet. The afterlife was... Not as I envisioned. The spirits were all humans in their prime and without any wounds.\n\nFor some reason, nobody was allowed to speak. We couldn't even do it if we wanted to. I tried opening my mouth to speak but found it sealed shut. We were all lined up in a hospital-... | 2 |
[WP] You are an old dog, this is your story | [
"I was born third of five pups. We lived with our mama in a little farmhouse for a few months before we were split between families.\n\nOn a sweltering August day, a truck pulled on to the old dirt road, spitting dust into the dry air. The engine sputtered and coughed over the rocks as it slowed in front of our por... | 1 | |
[WP]You realize that you have plot armor. Instead of going on some epic quest, you become a daredevil. The narrator is not happy with all the loopholes he has to provide. | [
"\"This isn't a fantasy sci-fi bullshit story\" \"No? Well, I'm not a bullshit noir detective either.\" \"You better become one, or...\" \"Or what? Is this a regular thing of you? Taking to your characters?\" Silence \"Actually no. Whenever you talk it seems like I lose control. No matter if I use my keyboard, my p... | 4 | |
[WP] Create a stage play scene much like Shakespeare's Julius Caesar but this time it's about another important historical event/figure | [
"*SCENE I. Coast of Persia. A beach.*\n\n*(Enter Alexander, Hephaestion, and a squad of hoplites.)*\n\n*HEPHASTION*\n\nMake way! Make way! Your lord and master\nArrived is he upon the siege of wicked Tyre\nto progress into the walls of the city hence.\nStand ye not idle, sons of Laconic Sparta\nFast see the chariot... | 1 | |
[WP] The Grim reaper recently had a falling out with Life, breaking their long standing promise. People aren't dying anymore. No matter what. | [
"It’s amazing how quickly the best year of your life can turn into the worst. Give the universe a little time and it’ll crush you under its foot like the ant you are. My year started gloriously, I received a promotion at work, bought a house, married the woman I loved in a spectacular Winter wonderland, it was pe... | 3 | |
[WP] the last person on earth is sitting in a room. He hears a knock on the door | [
" \n“Dios mío, this is really it…” Adán Fuentes plopped down in the La-Z-Boy of his dreams. Memories of his father flashed through his mind. Days from his childhood, days filled with stories of his family’s immigration to the United States. Days filled with hope, that one day they too would be a prosperous America... | 1 | |
[WP] You are a secret agent who specializes in espionage and assassination, today's assignment is fixing the lives of the world's lousiest and laziest people. | [
"*A blight on the community,* the dossier had said. From my viewpoint across the road from 138 Maple Road, I had to say they were pretty spot on with that. There were two occupants of the home from what I had seen; no visitors ever came to see them. From their personalities, it wasn't that surprising to see why tha... | 1 | |
[WP] A group of mercenaries sent back in time to kill Hitler comes into conflict with a similar group sent back to ensure his victory in WWII. | [
"As me and my friends arrive at the small village our target lived, we hired a room in a nearby inn, where we would asses the situation and plan our next moves. \n\nSince this was the start of the 20th c., we couldnt really bring much from our time. All we have brought here are some change of clothes, revolvers, no... | 1 | |
[WP] Everyone wrote in your name on the election ballot. | [
"I am pulled out of my every day life as an uncle and flower shop delivery driver into the most important position in the world. I start by thanking the millions that wrote my name in and promise to abide by what they want in this country so long as it is in my power. I then go to work making sure that the hard wor... | 1 | |
[WP] You're a terrible person searching for forgiveness from someone you wronged. Did you find it in the end? | [
"I travel this world, hoping and searching for forgiveness. Although I did no time for my crime; there was no witness. I still must make right before my life is finished. Like I took someone else's conscience and made it my own business. \n\nSee this story starts out back when I was still young. Back when I was sti... | 1 | |
[WP] You wake up and find your self in a giant maze. In front of you is a sign: **You have 24 hours. Don't take to long. | [
"\"Easy,\" I say to myself and look around for some sticks. I pick a short one up and put my right hand on the wall. I walk going right at each turn and soon enough I'm out of the maze. I hand over the stick, \"Here, not long just as you asked.\""
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[WP] You are a god that has slept for many years. You wake to find that your followers have twisted your image. | [
"The sun never shone through the window's frame in Azuhel's palace. Instead, a constant, sourceless stream of light flooded the rooms of the divine castle. \n\nThe castle itself was a holy thing. Azuhel had spent his last waking millenia carefully crafting it. He had taken a fondness for architecture after observin... | 1 |
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