WritingPrompts

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[WP] There are, generally, two reactions to “lifting the veil” and knowing far too intimately the vast and unforgiving nature of the entire universe and what lies beyond. Hopeless, wandering nihilism, and fascism- vainly hoping in immortality and strength of empire to make reality seem small again.	11
[WP] Imperials are military theocrats, not known for their patience or mercy. But with pirates hot on your tail, one of their border check points seemed like the safest place. Unfortunately, You’d already docked when you remembered they were after you because you stole one of their smuggling ships.	11
[WP] You wake up to realize you are the first successful surgery of two halves of two different brains put together within one body in order to survive. Given the other option was complete death, they thought it worth preserving something- but now you must form a new identity as a single person.	11
[RF] You gritted your teeth, swallowed your pride, and you help that insufferable person in your life. And you know what they said? “...Thank you.” Guess they’re human too. What a strange feeling...	11
[WP] We thought for a long time what to share with humanity to help you. Any technology you’d use as a weapon. You clearly have the resources to feed everyone, but choose not to. So we’ve decided to make dogs and cats live 100 years. Hopefully it will aid your empathy.	11
[WP] A dead-beat father returns home after hearing that his youngest child is a complete sociopath, and almost killed their mother.	11
[WP] The Monastery Keep’s Crusaders and the Witch of the North Valley have a treatise- she must refrain from curses or spells of power and heal villagers whenever they call, and the knights in turn protect her from “unincorporated” witch hunters. This treaty requires renegotiation from time to time.	11
[WP] Humans, as crew, pair well with many diverse species- avians, canids, felinids, reptilian, amphibian, and more. They do not pair well with arachno-forms, and ironically, other hominids. Outside of mating… they don’t seem to like each other once they left their planet.	11
[WP] Deja Vu, the sensation of having been in a situation before, actually stems from dreams that predicted the future, but we are unable to remember when we wake up, leaving only foggy recollection. With practice, some people can remember these more clearly	10
[WP] A research center discovers a sort of vaccine that could effectively lengthen the life of a person to 500 years or more. But before it was fully distributed, a voice boomed over the earth “NO. I SPECIFICALLY SHORTENED IT, AS PUNISHMENT.”	10

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