/u/DuckLordOfTheSith's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are at the center of a time traveling war. For every assassin sent back to the past to murder you, another warrior is sent to protect you and kill the assassin before they get a chance. As the bodies pile up, you still don’t have the slightest clue why you’re so important to these people.
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[WP] You are a serial killer, and you are nearly finished digging a hole for your latest victim when you hear steps approaching from the dark. Ready for anything, you shine your flashlight, gun at the ready, to see...another killer carrying another body.
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[WP] With as much confidence as you can muster, you plant your feet, gaze up at the sky, and cry out a simple command to the expanse above with all your might: “SHOW YOURSELF!!!” After a moment, a calm voice echos from the heavens in reply with a simple question: “Why?”
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[WP] After three grueling days of climbing, you finally reach the mountain's peak only to find a cabin, whose owner is an old man sitting on the porch. He asks calmly: "Are you here for a fight? Or would you like some tea?"
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[WP] The hero escaped, the death ray has been stopped, and Dr. Disaster is dead. You've been helping him put this master plan together for months. Now, you stand in the safe house in Peru with the 10 remaining henchmen who also escaped wondering where the heck to go from here.
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[WP] The bag is pulled off your head, and your eyes adjust to the single overhead light in an otherwise dark room. Your hands and feet are taped to the chair, and the suited man seated in front of you leans forward, hands folded. "Now...are you ready to discuss your vehicle's extended warranty?"
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[WP] Demons have to possess people for a minimum of six days to gain enough energy to survive, feelings and memories included. An early exit - by choice or exorcism - dissolves the demon entirely. This gives one particular demon a hard choice to face: fade into nothing, or spend six days inside…him.
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[WP] “Detective, not to disrespect your job or anything, but I’d highly recommend against it. The one who lives in that house can…do things. Unnatural things. We’ve learned to leave it be; I suggest you do the same.”
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[WP] Your partner just took the dog out, and not a minute later you hear the leash drop to the ground, followed by the dog barking. You look outside and your partner is nowhere to be found. All you see is your dog barking...at the sky.
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[WP] You have lived in this house for 25 years. You have raised kids who have since moved out, felt love and loss, and suffered every tragedy and joy of your life in this same home. And, in all that time, you are positive that you have never seen the door at the end of the upstairs hall before.
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