/u/Doombawkz's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You’re able to see a status window over other people, telling you their stats and health. However, you’ve never been able to see your own, no matter how you try. One day, walking home, you come across a homeless man. Curiously, his window does not appear, and he beckons you closer...
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[WP] The earth is a hive-mind that, due to seclusion, developed 7.3 billion different personalities. You know this because you are the original core of the hive. You must now grapple with your choice: assimilate so you may spread, or resign yourself to this fate but save the “world” you’ve become.
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[WP] You are a hero who, through constant unfortunate mishap, is seen as a villain by the general public. Your arch-nemesis is a villain who’s schemes always have unintended beneficial effects, causing him to be hailed as a hero. One day, you two clash in your biggest battle yet as the city watches.
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[WP] You’re born with the ability to try again. Any time you fail, you can choose to relive that moment once more, but only once. As you’re in line at the bank, you hear someone shout “This is a robbery!”. You know you must stop the thief, so you begin a vicious and deadly game of trial and error...
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[WP] An incident leaves you with dyschronometria, preventing you from perceiving the flow of time. You reflect on your first day since it occurred.
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[WP] “Don’t touch it!”, the professor cries out. Unfortunately, you had already put it in your mouth, and note a distinct taste of cherries as the world around you goes dark...
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[WP] You live in a world where actions are scored, and people are given an overall rating: the higher the rating, the more capable a member of society they are. To keep population in check, the bottom 10% are executed each year. You are a “scorer”, and your metric is considered a bit... extreme...
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[WP] On the surface, you’re an average person, but below the surface you’re an exceptionally unimpressive person. However, circumstances continue to occur that, somehow, result in you being considered the worlds greatest hero. One day, a meteor threatens the earth, and the people look to you...
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[WP] You’re sitting in an empty room doing nothing, as you have for the past few days. Scientists have asked you to wait while they observe. Suddenly, you feel faint and cold. You are now in a race against the clock, trying to avoid, literally, being bored to death.
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[WP] You are the worlds greatest thief, robbing riches beyond measure! Your secret? You exclusively steal from other thieves attempting to take your title from you, in the most unnecessarily complex but brilliant heists ever. Today, you’re planning your greatest heist yet...
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