/u/Breadinator's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As an Time Correction Officer, you fix anomalies in the timeline from illegal travelers. Guns to a losing side, future tech to a developing country, a lot of rookies assume these are the worst scenarios. As a seasoned officer, you know the real threat to the timeline: duct tape.
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[WP] An alien world whom has observed our culture entirely through the internet celebrates "Talk Like a Human Day" at its schools.
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[EU] The bald one had a stately red and black uniform, and spoke every word with authority. The other was in some kind of dark, menacing spacesuit with a cape. Arthur Dent stared blankly at his two unexpected guests. While the Improbability Drive was fixed, he was left to entertain them. "Tea?"
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[WP] At some point, all space-faring species discover time travel. Humans are the exception. In fact, if even a single human is in the vicinity, the mechanics of time travel stop working entirely. This has made them invaluable in the Temporal Wars, if only as token soldiers everyone humors.
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[WP] Even fictitious stars of kids' educational shows have to grow up eventually. Despite keeping all of their 'powers' of math, spelling, patterns, etc. it can be challenging to make a living. A few, however, have learned to leverage their abilities in creative ways to become superheroes...
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[WP] Animals around the world suddenly begin talking to us. After the novelty wore off, three things become apparent to you: 1) they don't answer questions about why they didn't talk before, 2) most animals are much smarter than we thought, and 3) your cat really is a jerk.
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[WP] A simple, every-day choice made by a single person has somehow doomed the planet to a swift demise. Describe their final moments.
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[WP] A technique has been discovered to clone people perfectly, at the physical level at least. Mentally, memories aren't clonable, instead being randomly split between the original and the clone.
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[WP] Due to a clerical error regarding a recent annex for the British Empire, and a long forgotten chain of rules, Great Britain now includes...itself. Time and space as we know it begin to implode as world leaders attempt to correct the mistake.
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[EU] It took a few years to find it across his vast holdings, but the Intelligence Lysigenic Vector Upload System (Mark 3-K) was now before her. Flagged as as an obscure experiment by on-site staff, she knew it better by its namesake: The I.L.V.U. 3000. It's dusty display read 'Upload Complete'.
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