WritingPrompts

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[WP] After centuries of waiting, you have finally possessed a human again. You prepare yourself to fight against those sent to exorcise a demon, but are taken aback when an energetic man in a sparkly onesie shows up talking about Sweatin' to the Oldies.	27
[WP] At birth, everyone is given a device that displays a real time probability of death within the next 24 hours. Most people hover around 1/10,000, but yours just dropped to 0.	23
[WP] You are the mayor of the remote volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha, population 250. During a town meeting, a stranger rises with an unbelievable offer: 250 billion dollars to purchase the entire island on behalf of the US Government as long as the entire town leaves within 2 days.	22
[WP] In 2019, you are part of the first Homo sapiens mission out of Africa. Crossing into Asia, you enter a world ruled by two ancient empires: the Neanderthal and Denisovans.	20
[WP] Beloved video game characters storm into a board meeting to object to how the game studio is being run.	16
[WP] You never understood why your father moved from Tanzania to an island of the coast until your family curse of speaking to the dead awoke. Everything made more sense when, on a trip to visit your mother, you realized that ALL sentient hominids left ghosts, making Tanzania very, very noisy.	16
[WP] Periodically, a great conqueror is born in the Eurasian Steppe, destined to set the world aflame. Madyes, Atilla, Modu Chanyu, Genghis Khan… all have made their indelible mark on world history. You are that destined conqueror, but the world no longer fears horse archers, so you must adapt…	16
[WP] 3000 years ago, the Sea Peoples conquered nearly every nation before disappearing. The discovery of a trove of weaponry was disappointing. No one could figure out how they did it using only spears and slings. You’re a low level archeologist studying the trove and you just found the “on” switch.	14
[WP] “Modern problems require modern solutions,” said the Genie. “No one was rubbing lamps anymore, so we created the Wish Vending Machine.” It paused. “We didn’t expect to run out of ho-hos, though.”	14
[WP] (From the news) Workers repairing Notre Dame just announced the discovery of a 700 year old lead sarcophagus buried deep beneath the catacombs of the cathedral…	13

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