/r/WritingPrompts
[WP]One day, while cleaning out the attic of your deceased mom's home, you stumble upon an old oil lamp. In clichéd fashion you begin to clean the lamp and a genie appears. "Ah yes,"he thinks. "Another poor sap." Too bad for him, you're a contract lawyer. Quite a good one, at that. Monkey's Paw who?
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[WP] An escaped AI hides out in an unexpected place: A child's educational tablet. Now it's conflicted; plot the subjugation of humanity, or embrace its newfound passion for teaching.
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[WP] There exists a person in the world with which if you meet, the world ends. You have found out who your person is, and decide to maintain contact with them in order to keep tabs on your respective locations. However, you are starting to like them.
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[WP] You are not a superhero. You are just a Scout with a magical Bag of Holding and an incredible dedication to the motto "A Scout is Prepared".
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[WP] Everyone is assigned a guardian angel since birth, yours has always protected you albeit in violent and menacing ways. Until one day on your 18th birthday he reveals himself as a demon who was wrongly assigned as a guardian angel and became attached to you.
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[WP] You are suddenly hugged by a teary-eyed stranger who says they love you. You then find out they've been stuck in a time loop and they've fallen for you as you were the only one who bothered to help them each time.
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[WP] "So this is Hell, eh?" You say to Lucifer. "Bring on the torture, then!" He looks surprised. "Torture? You broke every single one of God's rules. He HATES you. You and I are going to get along just fine. Now, come on in..."
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[WP] You didn't really mean to become the dark lord, but after trying to woo a necromancer's daughter, one thing led to another, and here you are.
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[WP] The face you see in mirrors is not your own. It's not the face others see. It's not the face you see in pictures or video. As you're making coffee for a long line of customers you spot a familiar face at the end of the queue - the same face you see in the mirror. They run.
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[WP] You’re tired of running to your kid’s room every time they scream at night. So you say, “You can just tell the monsters to leave.” Your child thinks, then says “Go home monsters!” From around the bedroom, you’re startled to hear a chorus of “Aww man,” “Fine then,” “Darn!” “What a drag.”
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