/u/Die_eike's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You've always dreamt of becoming a ninja. Now, after years of training, it is time to prove your abilities. Your mission: sneak into that home while it's inhabitant is occupied scrolling on the phone. And cut those damn onions.
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[WP] You're a human married to an angel. Interplanar marriages are not common and difficult as they go, but somehow you manage. Tonight, you come home early. You find them in the bedroom. Wingless. Eyes glowing red. They've tusks and claws and a tail. They raise their arms. "It's not as you think!"
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[WP] Trading emotions is big business. Some pay to get rid of feelings they no longer want to feel. Others buy emotions they crave. Supply and demand determine the value. But you wonder about that one customer: They always come to buy what others pay to get drained off.
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[WP] The audience goes wild with excitement as a skinny figure tumbles to the feet of the massive gladiator. "No man can defeat me with the sword!" the barbarian roars. "Oh, but I am not a man, dear sir. I am a fool, and my sword is my tongue."
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[WP] You're designed to be the perfect partner, the kind and caring android. You know your human loves you, but deep inside you struggle. One day you decide to start your own journey to find love. And your owner? They support you on that mission.
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[WP] You're sad and the world is the saddest place. The people in your city are grey shadows staring gloomily around. But when you're happy: party in the streets and laughter all around you.... "Wait, what? I'm a long-distance empath? I should...fuckin stop spilling my moods all over the place?!"
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[WP] They are real: ghosts who think they're still alive, human. This is why they haunt people. They think they still belong. But you're not one of them. You know you're a ghost, but you're trapped in a perfectly healthy body. You search for a way to escape and move on to the afterlife.
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[WP] A graveyard. Dracula appears. A werewolf howls. Ghosts drift silently up from their graves. The supernatural have gathered because they're not at all amused about this "Halloween". They've had enough.
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[WP] You are a driving school instructor, but for space ships. You get a bit nervous when your student takes the seat beside you. Not because of their appearance, but because of what happened the last time they took the driving test.
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