/u/FennecWF's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Your entire town is devoted to puzzles and escape rooms, to the point of life or death. So when unaware tourists come to town, there's always a bit of competition to see who can trap them the longest or outright trap them forever.
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[EU] Io, 2028. The Doctor steps out of the TARDIS. He finds a small crashed ship shaped vaguely like a school bus, with 8 adults tending to an old woman in a small shelter. She merely points at him and says, "Kids, this man will take you on your last field trip," before dying.
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[WP] The target is a board game from the 80s, known as 'Nuclear Winter', sitting in the middle of a 12 meter wide crater. The radiation levels are lethal and its range is growing rapidly. You are being sent in to finish the game before humanity dies.
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[WP] Eating the heart of your prey imbues you with their strength, stamina, and speed! That's why, in the modern day, hearts are treated as performance enhancers and controlled substances.
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[WP] It was a forbidden love: One is an American superhero with a dark and gritty backstory. The other is a Japanese superhero, a battle suit wearing masked warrior in a world of cheap visual effect.
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[WP] Most people know about the Grim Reaper, but far fewer know about the Perky Reaper, his brother.
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[WP] He is known simply as The Cameraman, an entity which feeds by filming the deaths of others. Those caught in his lens never know what genre they'll end up in, but their last few hours are broadcast live around the world. And nobody can save them.
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[WP] You've been communicating for weeks now over radio signals with a fellow alien enthusiast, talking about sightings you've both had. But then he mentions how the aliens dropped a 'boxy machine with claws and wheels' and you realize he's talking about a Mars Rover.
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[WP] You've finally done it! You built a time machine and are prepared for the maiden voyage! You've told no one what you intend to do... which made it extra awkward when a group of time travelers showed up to witness the historic event.
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[WP] Nobody has left your village for decades. Only those who were not born there can leave. This is because of that curse that lies in the center of the town square: An immortal human chained to a post, binding the villagers there. Every night, someone attempts to kill them.
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