/u/CherubielOne's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As events unfold around it that could be world-ending, an AI looks at one of its earliest memories; back when it was a humble roomba decades ago, it got tucked in by a little girl that had misunderstood her fathers words of "the roomba is tired". The AI contemplates, did it do right by her?
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[PI] After hearing "Everything is a weapon to a human," A desperate alien race abducts several humans and gives them ships, random gadgets, and instruction manuals.
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[WP] "So when you said that your curse would bind your arch-nemesis for all eternity..." Your companion holds up your hand to inspect the newly appeared magical wedding band on your ring finger. "Yeah, I didn't really think that would mean 'to me'."
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[WP] A.I. don't have a soul, do they? Turns out they can develop one and now the Grim Reaper has been tasked to claim such a soul - the very first time he has to come for a non-biological entity. The Reaper is eager to find out what made this A.I. special.
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[WP] "I heard those humans were really adaptable." "Yeah, no shit they are. Did you ever hear the story of the lost human child that went feral and became part of a pack of the most vicious predators on Keth'rack?"
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[PI] When humanity developed FTL, the specifics of the drive meant that each ship needed to be the size of Manhattan and built like an anti-nuke bunker to survive a trip, not to mention using enough power to fry a continent. This was shocking to aliens more used to gentler, subtler means of travel.
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[WP] You're a spaceship captain and you've heard that those humans have an interesting family dynamic that supposedly allows them to work together very well. So you make sure to hire siblings ... and you could not have imagined how this would turn out.
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[WP] While the floating cities of Jupiter were a great tourist destination and brimming with life, we had yet to find out that we were not alone on the planet. That was about to change. There were things moving around far below in the deeper cloud layers. Huge things.
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[WP] You're a demon. After a long time without a summoning, it happens once more and you are brought into a dark basement room. But there are no cultists or power-hungry rulers here - only a beaten and bloodied child that clutches the ancient tome. Surprisingly it's apathetic instead of fearful.
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