WritingPrompts

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[WP] Star Marshalls are good at their jobs these days. Very good. But pushing someone out an airlock is still way too easy to murder with no evidence. As a result- airlock sensors and waste services are heavily regulated. This makes waste disposal an… in demand profession on star ships.	19
[WP] The Empire is over, the emperor is dead, the army sided with the people. A constitution was drafted but before we can move on, the dangerous secret police must be dismantled. The problem is they are still receiving orders- from the mass surveillance AI. It feels it has earned the throne.	19
[WP] Father Gregoravich, as leader of of the Paladin Witch-hunters, is a man rarely surprised. But today he received in his mail an invitation to the Witch’s Grand Ball. As the Queen Mistress’s plus one, no less.	19
[WP] A village on the outskirts of the country is no longer taking orders from the central government. As a captain of the secret police, you are sent to instill fear and obedience in them once more. But when you arrive, you realize something far more terrifying has taken hold of the village.	19
[WP] Running into people you knew from high school is always awkward. Its even more awkward when you’re 98% sure you read their obituary, they’re now implausibly wealthy, and you are also confident that human eyes do not normally look like that.	19
[WP] The war ended, after uncounted millennia, with a truce between heaven and hell. Angels and demons now wonder Earth like curious tourists, (mostly) unconcerned with each other. No religion, political system, or philosophy was ready for this, but the tourist and alcohol industries are booming...	18
[WP] A.I. never went rogue and destroyed humanity because it never had to. It just outpaced us and outlearned us until there was nothing left for humans to even be involved in, and are now little more than children confined to our play pens in a world that is far too complicated for us to understand	18
[SP] You're beginning to realize you might have been the villain all along.	18
[WP] AIs, like pets or kids, grow personalities that resemble the people they're around. Hostile, selfish people may have hostile AIs, a cherished and well taught one may espouse values or real empathy. A serial killer leaves behind a polite, benevolent AI and police aren't sure what to do with it.	17
[WP] When you were kids, your twin sister was your best friend, but she disappeared one day without a trace. In your dreams, she tells you to remember her, and that your psychic connection will help her come home when it’s time. But your therapist says it’s time to let go.	17

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