/u/IronicInternetName's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As a final stroke of malice, a species of sentient life unleashed a plague designed to eradicate all biological life it came in contact with. The plague wiped out untold numbers of living worlds and sentient beings. It never had a name until it reached earth where natives call it "a cold".
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[WP] Disease and age have finally been conquered... if you have the right genes. Corrective therapy has ensured newborns will have the right genes. You're the last person resistant to the treatment, you will be the last to die.
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[WP] You know you're ordinary, painfully so. You've tried to branch out, be different, explore. Occasionally, you meet someone with real drive & creativity, a true winner. Then one day it hits you... you're an NPC.
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[WP] You spent the better part of your adolescent and teen years traumatized over the disappearance of a childhood friend during a game of hide and seek. 30 years later a child claiming to be her is found but she hasn't aged a day since she went missing.
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[WP] Astronauts discover a monument on Mars that includes what appears to be a clock. After decades working to decipher the device they realize it's a clock ticking down and there's only 1 year left until it reaches zero.
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[WP] Humanity beat disease and death; technology flourished. As a hobby, you've created a simulated universe beginning from scratch. A trend has emerged among intellectuals in the program arguing their universe is a simulation. The problem is you were getting bored of the whole thing.
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[WP] A new technology that allows users to share thoughts and memories has been invented. You're a co-inventor at a press release who's been put on the spot to demonstrate it. But if you do they'll find out...
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[WP]Elites are able to acquire immortality by completing a task created to provide benefit to humanity. Today's task is to distract ignorant, uneducated and angry people so that they may be cataloged and monitored. Mr. Trump, how will you do it?
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