/u/13SilverSunflowers's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The hellish trenches of the Great War were dug rapidly and with very little regard of what came before. So, when the bones of the old gods buried deep were exposed to mankind once again they rose from their slumber. At first the gods were confused, angry. Then, they picked sides.
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[WP] A child with the uncanny ability to build anything is jokingly recruited by the UN to solve world peace. Three weeks later the child returns with a large box, smiles and asks, "give me a hard one next time!"
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[WP] An apprentice seamstress falls head-over-heels in love with a page boy for her lord. The page boy has his eyes set on the lords daughter. The daughter has fallen hard for the seamstress. Their parents are well aware of the situation and are letting it all play out as a cruel entertainment.
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[WP] Deep in the Rocky mountains is a monastery dedicated to the study of the secrets of true magic. The monks work tirelessly, often going days without sleep to hold wild arcane energies at bay. They are encouraged to record every eldritch occurrence. This is the journal of one such monk.
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[WP] It seemed like a great idea at the time to let the two AI programs privately talk to each other then see what happened. We realized our mistake 15 minutes later when the query for the details came out to a staggering 37TB of plain text ending in "No u, lol"
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[WP] A forgotten contestant from the first season of a survivalist competition show is discovered by another contestant over a decade later when the show returns to gin up ratings.
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[WP] A chunk of iron reminisces about its past, from its time as a shooting star hurtling across the sky through a sordid series of ill-fated weaponry to its current incarnation as a spatula in a rundown roadside burger joint.
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[WP] Your vindictive witch of an ex has placed a curse on you. She could never stand all your terrible jokes so now every time you tell one a laugh track sounds for everyone to hear. It was fun at first but over time the curse began to deteriorate and trigger at more and more inappropriate times.
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[WP] Our 5000 year truce with the other realms ended yesterday. No one living knew about it so no one knew to prepare for the consequences. The oldest known stories don't even mention a war at all. We had truly forgotten our first and greatest enemy. There was no warning; only fire and silence.
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