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[WP] For as long as you could remember, you and your city have followed very strict rules: "Never listen to the 7:30 morning show. The real one comes at 8.", "Our city does not have a subway system. If you see an entrance, report it.", and "Don't donate to the beggars on 32nd.", just to tell a few.
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[WP] After decades of deep space travel, you arrive at the planet you came to colonize only to be greeted by humans...from Earth! During your trip, mankind invented much faster space travel and this crew arrived 50 years earlier. Your mission was pointless and now you must assimilate...
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[WP] You have the ability to see someone's importance in time. Most people range in score from 5-25, with more important CEOs and Generals in the 40's, World Leaders 60's range. Your 2 score coworker passed away yesterday. At the funeral you met his wife. She's mousy and very shy. And a bright 99.
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[WP] You meant to give your precocious eight year old a copy of The Little Prince, but due to a shipping error, you instead gave them The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli. It seems to have made quite the impression on the child.
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[WP] Sometime between 13 and 17, every child is summoned to another world as a hero to save it from evil. Except you. You've never been summoned. But as you tell your daughter and her friends to quiet down their slumber party antics, a summoning circle opens and engulfs everyone. Including you.
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[WP] As it turns out Humans weren’t the only intelligent life, instead they were just the first. They explored the universe and helped many budding civilizations until one day they just disappeared completely. You are an alien historian who decided to find out what happened, these are your findings.
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[WP] You're immortal, but you can die. Upon your death, however you will be "reset" to age 5 with a perfect memory of each life you've lived before.
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[WP] You have existed since the dawn of humanity. In a way, at least. Once a simple tribesman, you were cursed so that whenever you are killed by another person, you leave your dead body and become your killer. You fear death by natural causes, as that will end your life for good.
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[WP] You are a demon that has had several failed attempts on your life by demon hunters. No matter how they use their holy powers they cannot harm you and as a result they consider you extremely powerful. In truth, the holy powers don't harm you for the simple reason that you aren't actually evil.
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