/u/Azreal_Mistwalker's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Movies would have you believe that when a demon possesses someone, they wreak as much havoc as they can before being exorcised. In reality, demons want to stay out of Hell for as long as possible, and what better way than making sure the host and their family really like the possession.
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[WP] Super powers have started to appear in the general population. However, unlike comics, there are no secondary powers to make one immune to the actual physics of one’s power. This has led to some interesting case studies.
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[WP] At birth, we are fitted with a microchip that gives us a HUD. It shows our health, hunger, stamina and a quest marker that shows us what we should be doing with our life. Your quest marker always seems to be guiding you towards death.
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[WP] Life is pretty easy for the most part: work, pay bills, hang with friends. The only real problem is the unpredictable physics glitches that occasionally happen. I even heard one story about a kid who tried to walk on a handrail and suddenly found himself flying through the sky at mach 3.
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[WP] I’ve started hearing a voice that gives me random instructions like “step into this alley, wait 30 seconds, then leave”. I don’t know the outcome of these instructions, but I know bad things happen if I ignore them.
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[WP] People started to develop a telekinetic ability, but soon noticed that if you wave your hands around an object that’s been lifted, you can feel…something. Don’t try to follow the outline of this something! Don’t try to visualize it or draw it! It was never meant to be seen.
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[WP] The gods walk among men. Miracles and great deeds are a common everyday occurrence. Despite all this, you are the world’s only atheist.
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[WP] In this world, you don’t grow up as you age. You’re either a toddler, teenager, adult or elder. That’s what you’ve always been, that’s what you’ll always be.
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[WP] The human lifecycle has several well known stages. We are familiar with all the milestones. However, now that medical technology has vastly increased our lifespan, we discovered there is a whole new stage of life people enter after their 120’s, and we never could have anticipated it.
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