WritingPrompts

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[WP] Your wish for invulnerability and immortality was granted, but at a steep cost. You were sent back to the Cretaceous period. You have 100 million years before anything resembling humanity evolves.	2214
[WP] Mech pilots with PTSD often experience a kind of psychosis in which they begin to feel that the mech is an extension of themselves. To them, being taken out of the machine feels like being stripped of their skin and muscle.	1102
[WP] Some kind of eldritch entity has taken human(ish) form and is genuinely trying to befriend you. However its ideas of “hanging out” are just terrifying, and its gifts are worse.	1051
[WP] The Imperial Academy for Orphans does not have a “bullying” policy at all. When students become repeated targets, they are given martial arts classes until the problem “balances out.” Opponents and supporters of this program tend to list the same incident as evidence.	1021
[WP] The first known "hybrid child" of interstellar, convergent evolution species is moving to your little planet. To your dismay, she and her parents have faced extreme social persecution. You vowed to welcome them, but when you saw her she set off terrifying "uncanny valley" alarm in your mind.	932
[WP] You had assumed “Dr. Cat” was short for “Dr. Catherine.” You were incorrect.	821
[WP] "There's no need to apologize for all the warfare, humans weren't built for peace. We should know, we made you. And we made you to fight. Which is actually why we've come to Earth again. It's time for the draft."	819
[WP] The pantheon of heroes asked you your power. "Anxiety," you replied. They laughed, as though it was some 'relatable' joke. They suddenly stopped when they felt you use it.	805
[WP] “It’s a mess,” says the inspector. “Kid tries to shoot his own parents. They were going to throw out this robot maid, only… they were never home so this robot basically raised the kid. I’ll be honest… I’m not sure who to charge.”	720
[WP] The aliens did not tell us what was coming. They just left us a single, partially damaged cruiser in orbit and told us to “make do. You have 13 years.”	643

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