/u/-Zephyrous-'s posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You were colorblind most of your life until you received laser eye surgery. But something went wrong, and now you can see new colors most people would think of as gray. Everything was great until you noticed every gray surface in the city was graffitied with the "gray" message, "Look for us."
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[WP] After refusing to pay the court a fine, or serve your sentence, the cop exclaims, "Then pay with your blood!", and hands you a flyer for tomorrow's blood drive. "Your donation is mandatory. Good day."
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[WP] During the 21st century, the world realized working from home and taking online classes was more efficient and polluted less, so society adapted. 100 years later, a solar flare knocks out the power and internet, leaving people to rebuild society. Problem is, most people have never been outside.
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[WP] Everybody knows about the disturbed ghosts who destroy and scare people. They're just throwing tantrums, they'll grow out of it. But nobody knows about the gracious ghosts, who use their supernatural powers to invisibly guide and protect people. They always assumed it was "luck".
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[WP] Living in a fantastical world, you're tired of people explaining everything with magic. You've spent your whole life wondering big questions like where magic comes from or who creates the spells. After realizing this information is being kept a secret at any costs, you set out for answers.
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[WP] You thought it was no big deal that the light in your basement was burned out. You thought you'd just find your way in the dark without any problem. You've been walking in a straight line for 10 minutes.
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[WP] Since you were a child, you've been able to see colorful auras surrounding people. Different colors meant different personalities or emotions. One day, you notice a fun, charismatic fellow that makes jokes and compliments with a smile. He's surrounded by a pitch black, almost evil looking aura.
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[WP] On a planet without rotation, the land is divided into the boiling hot, and the freezing cold. Life barely developed in the narrow golden zone along the equator. You live in The Ring, and after some natural disaster you learn the world is changing. You're forced to venture into The Extremities.
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[WP] In an alternate universe, every person is dealt a random hand of 5 cards when they wake up. These cards foretell how the coming day will go, and the opportunities you'll have. One day, you're dealt a Royal Flush of Spades.
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[WP] In the future, dreams are linked up like the internet on servers, and people can finally dream together by induced lucid dreaming. But in this new world, crime is rampant in the dream cities until law is introduced, making it a mirror of reality. Now people live double lives in their sleep.
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