/u/Ass_Incomprehensible's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Superpowers exist. You have the power of asking “what could go wrong?”, and immediately the universe aligns to demonstrate exactly what could go wrong.
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[WP] Your job as a pizza delivery guy is the one thing keeping an eldritch horror from invading reality, and you gotta do the job and do it fast, since it’s “30 minutes or it’s free”. Unfortunately, the address that you’re delivering to is burning and collapsing, and it’s 3 minutes ‘til pizza time.
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[WP] You are a demon. Several feet taller than normal humans, massive claws, and a hole with a blazing core where your heart should be. A rival kingdom is threatening to raze the city that you usually terrorize, and the townspeople have asked you to pretend to be the king.
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[WP] As a mage with a therapy side gig, the spell “Clarity” comes in handy more often than most would assume. Only, when you panic-cast it by mistake when a shrieking behemoth of a demon comes charging at you, you’re suddenly left with a much less murderous and very confused patient on your hands.
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[WP] The king is constantly sending the hero off on some quest, no matter how minor the problem is. It’s only once every single notable issue in the kingdom has been solved, with nowhere to send the hero off to, that the real issue arises.
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[WP] The villain is lying on the ground, bleeding out of every opening, begging for death. The hero, a devout pacifist, is wondering how the hell this happened and who the hell did it.
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[WP] The hero has received a magical weapon that always hits its mark, no matter what. Unfortunately, said weapon is sentient, and only hits what IT wants to hit, regardless of what its wielder wants it to hit. Also it’s kind of an obstinate little shit.
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[WP] The genie you summoned just said “Granted.” immediately upon arrival. Asking what wish they just granted, they respond with “Every idle wish you’ve ever made.” Time to think back on how many times in your life you’ve said the phrase “I Wish…”
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[WP] Guardian angels only survive for as long as the person they’re assigned to is alive. Turns out, the same goes for demons that torment a person as well. Now you’ve got a demon that really wants to live, a cripplingly fatalistic angel, and a human with a decision to make.
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