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[WP] You volunteer to be the first human to test time travel, only going an hour forward in time. When you leave the travel pod, however, all humans on earth are gone.
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[WP] Two aging veterans (of whichever war you choose) happen to meet and get to talking. Only after a long period of bonding over their shared experiences do they slowly start to realize they were on opposing sides of the war.
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[WP] it's 3400. Earth and all humans are in deep slumber inside a virtual reality. To protect the sleeping human race from future threats, every year a few humans are randomly selected to serve a year as guard awoken. Your duty is up, and when you wake up you notice something is wrong. Really wrong.
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[WP] You have the ability to see people's death countdown timer. You can't see your own deathcounter but happy to see your wife and kid will live a long life. One day your kid asks why is the number 8 on your head sideways?
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[WP] You are a retired super soldier of the future, genetically bred for war and mechanically enhanced for any contingency. With the war over, you have managed to raise a family in peace and quiet, until something about your partner sets off alarms you haven't heard in almost a decade.
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[WP] As it turns out, the dragon IS the princess. All that business with having knights come to 'slay' her is basically testing to see if they'd be any good as her royal consort when she becomes Queen.
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[WP] Your mother gives birth to a boy. However, he is revealed to be one of Zeus's bastard sons. You instantly understand what will happen, and take up your sword. You will protect your brother from Hera's wrath, or die trying.
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[WP] A depressed hero sits alone, gazing at a scrapbook full of newspaper clippings entailing his past battles and rise to fame, which all seem meaningless now as he considers retirement, he hears a knock at the door and finds his arch-nemesis, with a pack of beer and the goal of changing his mind.
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