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[WP] Turns our that dragons are laid back underachievers. They could rule as gods, being virtually invincible, but almost all of them prefer a nice comfy nest in the mountains and a nice fat cow every week.
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[WP] You're approached by a sobbing man while sitting on a park bench. It seems he is Death, he's come for you, but all the horrors he's seen have finally caught up with him and he's having a long overdue mental breakdown.
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[WP] You bought a pair of headphones that are acting up. Every time you plug them in, you hear a different sound - first crying, then a war-zone, now just static. You plug them in again and are frightened to hear a desperate, tearful warning: "Whatever you do, DON'T unplug the headphones again."
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[WP] You are the last person to die on Earth before the secret of immortality is unlocked. Turns out, there is paradise in the afterlife. After a hundred or so years, you decide to check in on the people still on Earth..
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[WP] Earth is actually a psychiatric hospital, housing only one patient - Humanity, a hive mind with extremely severe multiple personality disorder.
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[WP] The Megalomaniacal Supervillain assumed you, a renowned scientist, would object to being kidnapped and forced to build superweapons at his hidden volcano lair. In reality, however, you're just really excited to finally play around with unlimited funding.
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The other gods always laughed at you, calling you weak. But now you finally have gained enough followers to appear on earth. You shall show humanity your true power as the flying spaghetti monster. [WP]
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[WP] Your grandfather had always been spry and healthy for an old man. One day, he gives you a sack with 9 coins. He says he’s used about 40 now and the last 9 are yours. The next he passes away. Few years go by, and your plane crashes. You wake up in your room, sack of coins next to you. 8 left.
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