WritingPrompts

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[WP] Life on Earth evolved within an “FTL Dead Zone” a region of space where all known forms of FTL travel were deemed physically impossible. As such, it was quite a shock when an unknown species suddenly appeared from the Dead Zone one day calling themselves “Humanity” Having done the impossible...	8748
[WP] As it turns out, aliens all have aphantasia. This makes Humans the only species capable of imagining images in their heads. This greatly confuses alien telepaths, who report seeing “constantly shifting landscapes of alternate realities” when peering into human minds	7994
[WP] Among other things, you can hover 8 inches above the ground, fire a single bullet out of your hand per day, un-chew gum, sense the exact location of every sneeze within a building, and breath fire for 19 seconds every Saturday the 19th. You’re a hero with many, many mildly-useful powers.	1706
[WP] Everyone has something referred to as “Narrative Potential Energy” the higher this value is, the more involved in a story you are. Protagonists have a high amount as they drive the story forward, and background characters have little. Somehow you have negative narrative potential.	521
[WP] Do not talk about it. Do not acknowledge it. Do not mention it on the internet. If you spot it, carry on with your lives as if it were never there. If you hear someone nearby speak of it, maintain a 40 foot distance and do not retrieve the body. Life must carry on as usual.	86
[WP] One day a massive energy field appears surrounding the solar system...along with a message picked up from deep space...that simply says “Protect yourselves, stay hidden.” Beyond the barrier, scientists quickly realize that one by one, the stars are slowly disappearing.	55
[WP] Humanity never found alien life among the stars, instead all the found were abandoned ruins, and various warnings to never venture too far out into the depths of space…	45
[WP] It’s the year 2070, Humanity has a few colonies on the Moon, and several hundred souls living in various orbital space stations scattered about. In total, 160,000 souls living in space. One day without warning the Earth vanishes... Now against the odds, the remnants of humanity must rebuild.	6
[WP] Knowing ones future often leads to despair as there is no way to alter what events must happen, knowing every choice is a lie, knowing how everything plays out unable to change it. For you however this has been…oddly freeing, comforting even. You walk your path toward your eventual end in peace	1
[WP] A brutal fight breaks out between you and your arch nemesis, both of you are careful not to destroy any vehicles with people currently in them, and generally keep property damage to a minimal. As the fight brings you near a packed school bus you both agree to stop and take the fight elsewhere	1

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