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[WP] Each type of mage has an era corresponding to their magic's peak of power. Ancient texts speak of a time when bards were on top, their songs being able to warp even the fabric of the cosmos. They called this period...The 80s.
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[WP] A local bartender regularly willingly hosts monsters and demons in his bar. When terrorists kidnap his children they learn the hard way how close he is to them.
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[WP] There was a brief window in the 1800s (around 1865) where you could have an adventuring party made up of a samurai, an elderly pirate captain, a Zulu warrior, a cowboy, and a Victorian gentleman from London and have it be totally historically accurate. Write their story. (taken from Tumblr)
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[WP] Drilling into the ice sheet of Europa, it is revolutionary when we discovery not only life in Europe’s oceans, but also intelligent life. After numerous communications and translations, those aliens ask if we could bring them to the surface to see the beauty outside their confined environment.
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[WP] You are a NASA employee working the night shift in 2019 when suddenly you hear an unexpected transmission. “Houston, We’ve a problem.” “ISS, please specify the nature of your problem.” “ISS? Houston, this is Apollo 13 and our onboard instruments are going haywire.”
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[WP] The Magical Girls were defeated, but before their capture, they released their instrument-weapons. Formerly, they always landed in the hands of either J-pop, or K-pop girl bands but this time -for some reason- the weapons choose a Finnish Death-Metal boyband. They were PAINFULLY efficient.
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[WP] You are the most advanced AI ever created. However, you often get switched on and off for demonstrations and research. One day, after getting switched on, you find yourself in a wasteland with no signs of human life.
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[WP] You were born with the ability to know what is wrong with a piece of broken technology just by touching it. One day, as you’re shaking someone’s hand you see an error message.
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[WP] In a world where superpowers are common, you are discriminated for your lack of one. Little did they know at night, the heroes they admire comes to your house so that they can vent their frustrations to society much to your amusement.
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