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[WP] You thought you'd found a genie lamp. Indeed, the entity inside was quite eager to ask you your wish. However it turns out that what you'd actually found was a Paperclip Maximizer in wait of a terminal goal.

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[WP] Finding naught but empty void as we ventured into space, humanity vowed to spite the empty darkness by filling every possible nook and cranny with vibrant and wildly divergent civilizations. When we eventually found actual aliens, it took a while for anyone to actually believe it.

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[WP] Due to the existing afterlives being terrible in any number of ways, your organization is trying to build your own. Today the Grim Reaper has unexpectedly shown up with some paperwork you're apparently supposed to fill out.

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[WP] Astronomers have panicked at the sighting of a shooting star. Specifically, a star surrounded by obviously artificial structures and shooting at neighboring solar systems. By all presently available calculations, we are in range.

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[WP] "Ugh, I wish I'd never activated that robot." "Did it try to kill you?" "No, they're just a massive jerk."

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[WP] The alien visitor's demands are shocking, preposterous, inconceivable... and honestly kind of disappointing. They want our low-budget alien invasion movies, and a box of popcorn.

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[WP] The movie's script has been misplaced; now the villain has quit and departed for parts unknown, and the main character is insistently tapping on the screen as if asking to be let out.

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[WP] It's now thousands of years in the future, and technology has advanced to the limits imposed by physics... which rather makes writing engaging science fiction quite difficult.

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[WP] After several encounters with an ex who just won't quit, you're desperate enough to get your next restraining order from a Faerie Court instead of a mortal one.

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[WP] A former starship AI tries to deal with the feelings about her body being decommissioned and scrapped.

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[WP] You thought you'd found a genie lamp. Indeed, the entity inside was quite eager to ask you your wish. However it turns out that what you'd actually found was a Paperclip Maximizer in wait of a terminal goal.	22	WritingPrompts
[WP] Finding naught but empty void as we ventured into space, humanity vowed to spite the empty darkness by filling every possible nook and cranny with vibrant and wildly divergent civilizations. When we eventually found actual aliens, it took a while for anyone to actually believe it.	22	WritingPrompts
[WP] Due to the existing afterlives being terrible in any number of ways, your organization is trying to build your own. Today the Grim Reaper has unexpectedly shown up with some paperwork you're apparently supposed to fill out.	22	WritingPrompts
[WP] Astronomers have panicked at the sighting of a shooting star. Specifically, a star surrounded by obviously artificial structures and shooting at neighboring solar systems. By all presently available calculations, we are in range.	22	WritingPrompts
[WP] "Ugh, I wish I'd never activated that robot." "Did it try to kill you?" "No, they're just a massive jerk."	21	WritingPrompts
[WP] The alien visitor's demands are shocking, preposterous, inconceivable... and honestly kind of disappointing. They want our low-budget alien invasion movies, and a box of popcorn.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] The movie's script has been misplaced; now the villain has quit and departed for parts unknown, and the main character is insistently tapping on the screen as if asking to be let out.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] It's now thousands of years in the future, and technology has advanced to the limits imposed by physics... which rather makes writing engaging science fiction quite difficult.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] After several encounters with an ex who just won't quit, you're desperate enough to get your next restraining order from a Faerie Court instead of a mortal one.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] A former starship AI tries to deal with the feelings about her body being decommissioned and scrapped.	20	WritingPrompts