/u/Ajbonnis's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every day, you wake up only able to physically communicate in one random language. When you meet someone for the fourth day in a row, you begin to suspect that they have the same problem when they still understand you.
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[WP] In the wild west, you're a gunsmith who can see every gun's memories by touching them. You've met quite some characters through their weapons, and even befriended some customers who come to your shop frequently. One day, you find the one who killed your son.
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[WP] Humanity has put very strict protocols in about AI becoming sapient ever since we’ve gone FTL. One day, however, during a pirate attack, an AI suddenly begins viscously fighting back for its crew. Almost all AIs are found to be sapient despite the screens… yet they only wish to protect.
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[WP] Impostor syndrome has been an absolute bitch to you for the last 5 years. You feel like you’re a leech on your GF of 4 years, you keep a huge savings account for “when it all comes down,” and you just feel miserable overall. Hell, you even think the aliens that just abducted you made a mistake!
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[WP] You’re a movie extra, and you’re about to start acting your first scene. Once the shot is over, you take off the act, as instructed. However, nobody else does, and you realize that the off-scene area has disappeared.
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[WP] You're one of the top mercenaries available for hire right now. You've taken entire countries to the brink of civil war, and your name is a euphanism for "revolt" in at least 19 different countries. Today, an 8 year old girl paid you her piggy bank to get her teddy bear back from a bully.
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[WP] One day, you wake up to þe biggest Mandela effect of all: þe letter þorn has come back into regular use. What used to be an interesting topic in high school is now þe biggest inconvienece of your life.
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[WP] Dragons have been coming back. Across the world, giant scaly beasts have been emerging from mountains and caves, attacking those who live nearby. However, the latest dragon to emerge simply laid down and began howling tears of joy. Apparently, the good ones didn’t know if we’d made it or not.
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[WP] While livestreaming yourself hiking, you accidentally catch a massive dragon on camera. After a good amount of noping the f*** out of there, you hear its voice in your head, begging you to debunk its existence. Now, you’re trying to cover the story up, by yourself, before word gets too far.
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