WritingPrompts

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[WP] "The things we feared most, we consigned them to the Night. Terrors both metaphorical and real, we gave them their domain. But the Day has become crowded, so it is time for us to take Night back!"	11
[WP] As human civilization advanced, the Gods had to retreat further out of reach. First to the mountaintops, then to the skies, and finally into deep space. With interstellar travel technology on the horizon, the Gods, now cornered, must plan their next move.	11
[WP] You've been recruited by a famous adventurer to run his store of treasures. Shortly after there was an attack. When bodies started hitting the floor, you realized a 'clerk' probably wasn't what he wanted. But then, you weren't a high level clerk through chance.	11
[WP] "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You've lived your whole life by that philosophy, and grew unfathomably tough. Now Death comes to contest you one last time, over your age. But you're ready.	11
[WP] You can speak every language, but you don't actually know what you're saying. You feel, and your mouth produces the closest approximation. There's never been a dull day in your job as a diplomat.	11
[WP] Society always lamented that idiot-proofing only served to create better idiots. That we were breeding 'chaos monkeys'. Well that fear was put to rest as the age of alien invasions began, and time and again their societies would crumble under the weight of our collective idiocy.	11
[WP] Talented from birth, your unrelenting success made many jealous people wish for your downfall. A bored god has heard enough of these, and decided to grant the wish. Everyone in the room with you were to become better in every way, without diminishing your own talents.	11
[WP] As you walk past an alley, a hand covers your mouth and you stumble in. Glancing down, it's your own hand. Aww crap, your other personality is kidnapping you again!	11
[WP] Write a story of creation for a religion developed in a post-apocalyptic world.	10
[WP] Parents can bequeath anything to their kids: wealth, intellect, strength. And it compounds with each generation. As a 6th son of a 6th son (etc), you didn't expect anything to be left over for you, but on that fateful day, your whole ancestral history was burned into your mind.	10

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