/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Everyone has a secret power, though they are of varying degrees of usefulness. You have only used yours once, and swore never to use it again. Today, however, you were kidnapped and imprisoned. Now, you have no choice. You must summon him. The Kool Aid Man.
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[WP] "Sorry, I lost the files on my way here." During a interrogation, it becomes increasingly clear one of the officers misinterpreted what "bad cop" means.
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[WP] You accidentally ran over a deer in the night - Panicking, you step out to inspect the body. Multicolored glowing orbs that had pooled around the body rush towards you and then vanish. A glowing "Level up! 1 skill point available" now hovers above you.
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[WP] A small, mostly abandoned library has every book ever written and a kind librarian that knows them all by heart. You are allowed to read all of them but one. You break into and read the forbidden book.
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[WP] After decades of unrestrained war, the returned fae won and cemented the supremacy of magic over technology on Earth, and what remained of humanity fled Earth to live in space. Centuries later, the fae learn that humans are necessary for their continued survival, and have to coax Spacers back.
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[WP] " There's a few things you'll need to know to work here. The mannequins move but don't be surprised or they get mad. The fruit and veg aisles switch when nobody uses them but they're just having fun. And if you ever see a staff member you don't recognise, nod politely but do not speak to them."
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[WP] Humans finally met an advanced interstellar alien civilisation. They are friendly to us: they help with political stabilisation and tech, they invest in us. Humanity becomes their protectorate. Turns out we're now a protectorate of galactic rogue state that is in a war with every other race.
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[WP] Every Deadly Sin has had its time to conquer the earth, and all of them have failed. After centuries since Envy tried, now is your chance, Eighth Sin
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[WP] You believe in lucky pennies. When you find one the wrong side down, you flip it so the next person can get the luck. One day you hear an annoyed voice telling you to knock it off.
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