/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] There is a deep hole just outside your village. The elders pick one person to dive in every year, 'for the good of the tribe', never to be seen again. The elders have just chosen you. You're expected to jump tonight.
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[WP] It turns out your apartment was so cheap to rent because one of the cupboards is actually a portal to the Underworld. It’s not dangerous, but the number of adventurers knocking at your door in the middle of the night looking to go through is starting to get annoying.
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[WP] One day, Gabe Newell puts a video on YouTube. He says one word, "Three." The next day, he and everyone else at Valve are found dead.
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[WP] You've accepted a mysterious job offer with a salary of $30k a week, all you have to do is sit in a dark room for 8 hours a day. Today is your first day.
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[WP] As a cheap trick on nights out at the bar with your friends, you can always bet them you can breathe fire. Every time you take a shot, and then belch forth a gout of flames. What they don't know is you're actually a dragon.
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[WP] Like an old noir film, the detective walks into a bar to gather information on their case. But the detective gets changed into work attire and stands behind the counter. Turns out being the bartender is much more effective than just asking around for information.
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[WP] The Captain is from a species that hordes things that bring them any form of joy or emotional stability. The crew is certain that her "horde" is the four Human engineers onboard whom she affectionately refers to as her "Little Murder Monkeys".
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[WP] you were betrayed by the ones you called friends. they sacrificed you in a satanic ritual during an outing. however, you were taken by things older than you thought possible. empowered by them, you return as their agent in a war that scales eons and worlds beyond. but first, your revenge.
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[WP] You are approached by a military officer who says he can shorten you prison sentence if you participate in an experiment. You are to be cryogenically frozen for a week. You go under, then wake up in the ruins of the lab, and you assume it's been more than a week.
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