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[WP] They say you can sneak almost anywhere openly if you wear a safety vest and carry a ladder. A group of heroes trying to infiltrate the Demon King's castle end up using that trick.
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[WP] In hell, people can choose what happens to them. They can choose literally ANYTHING. Naturally, many people try to exploit this by going for luxuries and pampering, but the devil ALWAYS has ways to torture those fools...
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[WP] You are bored and you pray for true love to a forgotten god on a whim. To your utter shock, a portal opens up above your head and a solemn void says, "This compass will show you the way to your soulmate." The thing is, the compass would just point to the stars no matter where you go.
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[WP] Two people discover a fountain of youth. The problem is that upon drinking the water you turn back into an infant. The two decide to take turns raising each other in order to live forever until one day one of them decides to break this agreement.
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[WP] English beats up other languages in dark alleys, then rifles through their pockets for loose grammars and spare vocabulary.
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[WP] You wear a stone pendant that has been passed down to the eldest child for hundreds of years. It is a beautiful, multicoloured heirloom that is precious to your family. A traveller from a distant land stops you, demanding to know where you got your pendant from.
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[WP] "Really?" The Dark Lord asked in disbelief, "This is the best the Chosen One can do? Screw it. If we're doing this, we're going to do this properly. I'll train you." 10 years later, your training is complete, but your time spent with the Dark Lord has given you some conflicting feelings.
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[WP] 40,000 years into the future, humans have colonized a new planet, developed a new culture, suffered a calamity that destroyed their technology and record of the past, and finally rebuilt with limited knowledge of where they came from. The deep space probe Voyager just arrived in system.
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[WP] Humans have so many rules and regulations because each and every one of them is bathed in blood. Blood spilt by innocents, workers, mothers, fathers, children, brothers and sisters. Those rules are written in their blood, made because of their death. Those are the sacred texts of OSHA
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