/u/Invernessia's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're a yoga instructor that specializes in the undead. You help them stretch, limber, and flex in preparation for their annual Dance Macabre. The police arrested you thinking you're a grave robber, until your “clients” shows up to pay bail.
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[WP] Girls don't want boys. Girls want a collection of ancient daggers, a Gothic castle with secret passages, a labyrinth library with forbidden tomes, and a nice divan window to read, write, and watch thunderstorms. A boy is just the cherry on top.
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[WP] You own a hunting lodge, but you kept it unlocked during off seasons for weary travelers to rest while you're gone. Usually you'd find coins left on the counter as thanks, but this time, you found something extraordinary: a royal crown.
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[WP] You once fed a starving stray pup on the street when you were young. Years later upon your arrival at the gates of hell guarded by Cerberus, the monstrous dog gently nudged you away with his nose, and whimpered.
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[WP] To summon a demon requires a soul, to summon a saint requires a martyr. As a saint you've been summoned, but before you, laid a desecrated temple strewn with hundreds of bodies. A note impaled on a sword embedded into the tabernacle read: "find us".
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[WP] You are the single child of a dictator who's fortified his mansion to become impenetrable. You decided to use this to test Santa's skills in infiltration, subterfuge, and disguise.
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[WP] While traveling you came upon an ancient well. On a whim you decided to sing into it for the echoes. To your surprise, a voice replied, "That was nice."
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[WP] As the only child you've enlisted yourself in your father's stead for the draft to war. Years passed and you've become a general. Your comrades are all shocked when you appeared in a dress for your early retirement celebration.
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[WP] "I can be a better father if I showed you!" Said the son. "Well I could be a better son!" Said the father. So the bet was on, reality shifted, and their roles were swapped.
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