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[WP] You’re cursed by the demon tortoise, Shelloko. He moves as slow as molasses, but vows to one day bite you. According to legend, his bite will kill anyone instantly. You live an ordinary life, moving from place to place and never knowing how close this demonic turtle is to reaching you.
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[WP] When the aliens conquered Earth, they exterminated the populace but left you alive for some reason. You’ve spent years in captivity, wondering why they’ve chosen to keep you alive. One day, you are approached by the high commander and the answer is revealed.
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[WP] For years you have been able to communicate with any and all forms of living creatures which has led to a successful veterinarian career. One day you're called into the zoo to help put down an animal, only suddenly you hear through the howls: "WAIT! I'M AN ALIEN!"
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[WP] You and your three siblings are immortal, but you haven’t seen them in almost 400 years. You live far away from civilization, so it’s a surprise when a group of soldiers arrive at your doorstep. They say you’re the only one who can kill the three warlords who are revenging the rest of the world
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[WP] You discovered that your house is haunted, but instead of fleeing you decided to profit. Bleeding walls? Collect for bloodbank. Rodents of Unusual Size? Butchered and sold. Ectoplasm? Glowstick factory. You call a family meeting to discuss brainstorm ideas for the other manifestations.
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[WP] Periodically you find strange little tokens around town that look like your cartoon drawings of you. You've collected several of them over the years, and kept them with you. Today, you died, and you got up like nothing happened. One of the tokens vanishes.
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[WP] You're the world's best translator, you can translate all the languages of the world, even the obscure ones. Your secret is that you discovered how to activate subtitles in real life.
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[WP] Everytime you think of a funny joke, this girl in your class always laughs, you chalk it up to coincidence but you think to yourself, "If you can read my mind, slap the table three times" the the girl looks over at you, stares right into your eyes, and slowly slaps the table two times.
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[WP] A group of friends are sucked into a video game and must play through it. Initially they assume that if they lose they die in the real world as well. However, the first death of the group simply sends the player back into the real world, unable to contact their friends inside.
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