/u/DreadPirate-Wesley's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] All your life, every time you were cut or your skin was broken, a tough, strangely-textured skin grew over the wound. Doctors labeled it as an unknown skin disorder. It was when that accident took your arm and something else started growing back that you realized you were becoming something.
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[WP] Through an interesting chain of events, you have become friends with the angel of death. As far as you know, you’re the only friend in his otherwise lonely existence. You both knew that, naturally, it would have to end some day. Now, it seems, that day has come.
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[WP] Mutations do exist that give people and animals “powers”, but so far only oddities, nothing spectacular. A biology professor recently stated in a lecture that, statistically, a super-powered anomaly must exist somewhere. Afterward, a student approached him and said, “I am that anomaly”.
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[WP] Yeah, so I hear a voice in my head ... weird, I know. That voice is actually a LOT smarter than me, and has helped me in a lot of ways. But what’s REALLY freaking me out is that, lately, the voice seems to have some kind of agenda that I can’t quite figure out...
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[WP] You’ve always known that you would die while wearing a certain color, so you’ve spent your entire life avoiding that color. But death is a cunning hunter.
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[WP] Snooping around an antique store, you come across a standing mirror covered with a sheet. After inquiring about it, the manager says, “It’s a novelty really; a magic mirror - if you believe that sort of thing. It’s said to show not your reflection, but your innermost character.”
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[WP] You’re a Mage apprentice specializing in White Magics. Your natural talent has earned you many jealous enemies. You are not allowed to pronounce curses, as doing so is grounds for expulsion. Fortunately, you are very skilled with your word choices.
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[WP] You have a unique ability that allows you to see a countdown display above people showing how long they have to live. It’s very useful in your line of work. But today, when you look around, you notice that everyone in your vicinity have the exact same reading; and it’s less than 8 minutes.
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[WP] You recently discovered that you’re completely indestructible. Unfortunately for the world around you, you’re also extremely bored.
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[WP] You’re a traveling merchant in an open-world game. Your black market wares consist of only one item: XP. It’s a performance enhancement for those wealthy enough to not have to earn it themselves. A potential client eyes you suspiciously. “Where do you obtain your product, merchant?”
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