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[WP] The entire town of Point Roberts, Washington, an exclave of the United States only accessible by boat or road through Canada, has been used as a hiding place for the Witness Protection Program for years. You're the first normal person to move in in decades.
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[WP] With the hero tied up to the death trap, the villain starts their monologue. Just then, a henchman trips over a cord and triggers the trap, killing the hero. "Oh crap, this wasn't a part of the plan," says the alarmed villain.
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[WP] You're a villain who always has to save civilian's lives from the hero's recklessness. Sure you kidnap people, hold them hostage, even hurt them a bit, but you'd NEVER let someone die. The hero only seems to care about stopping you though, not actually protecting anyone.
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[WP] "how can you have HIM as an apprentice! He is too soft!" "Exactly! He's the only one I trained that isn't a power hungry psychopath."
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[WP] The reason eldritch beings assume that humans will go insane when told truths "they cannot comprehend" is simply because they themselves work this way. Their infinite mind would collapse into insanity the moment they learned there are more infinities than they know of.
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[WP]You made very understanding friends online and they invited you to go camping. At sundown, you all reveal your true forms, you heard the horrifying sound of breaking bone and tearing skins as you friends transformed into 8ft tall werewolves, who are very confused about the fursuit you unpacked.
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[WP] You possess the ability of persistent lucid dreaming. Accompanied by a strange man/woman, together you build a world you revisit every night. One day you see them at a coffee shop. You immediately recognize each other.
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[WP] One day, you gave a homeless man a few dollars to help him out. A few years later, the same man, now a billionaire, calls you. "I owe you one." He says. "How about a drink?"
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[WP] "Hello, my name is Sophia, what's yours?" You turn around and see a 10-year-old girl, and return the greeting. Her parents look at you strangely and demand, "how do you know her name?" "Um, she just introduced herself." "Very funny buddy, she hasn't been able to speak since she was a baby."
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