WritingPrompts

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[WP] Corporate greed has a history of technological innovation. The worst yet is the ability to artificially prolong human life, enabling corporations to continue working their employees who can't yet afford retirement until they've paid off all their debts. "Too poor to live. Too poor to die."	465
[WP] You were on a call with a friend when you started hearing the voices, screaming, and laughter of children playing in the background. Upon asking your friend who's voices you were hearing, your friend went eerily silent. After a moment, they shakily asked "...you...you can hear them, too?"	174
[WP] Some time ago, an intelligent and predatory species emerged on Earth, and humans have been killing them off ever since to survive. But the first time you met one, you spared it. Unbeknownst to you, it never forgot that act of mercy.	101
[WP] You've somehow ended up back in time, and found yourself in medieval Europe. Your only possession is an RGB prop lightsaber, a 'weapon' what's supposed 'power' has caused entire armies to fear you and your own forces, who have loyally pledged themselves to the wielder of the godly weapon.	31
[WP] The dark forest theory proposes the idea that we haven't found aliens because they're hiding from something dangerous out there. Turns out that's true. Only they're not hiding from some extremely powerful force. All this time they've been hiding from only one terrifying thing: Us.	25
[WP] The surgery isn't going well. You awaken at your own bedside and stare down at your unconscious body on the operating table. You look up and see Death standing across from you. You ask if he is here to take you. His response is no.	22
[WP] Some time ago, a mysterious and seemingly sentient phenomena began affecting power grids across the world. Its influence momentarily disrupts all manners of electronic systems at random. By this point, most of humanity has gotten used to it, and people simply refer to it as 'The Bug.'	17
[WP] It is February 2021, and Perseverance has reached the end of its seven month voyage through space. As the engineers gather around the images on the screens, a silence falls among the room. After a moment, the stillness is broken by three words. "That's not Mars."	15
[WP] A while ago you awoke to find an incredibly powerful and cryptogenic virus had infected you and you alone. Too powerful to treat but too weak to spread, your case has left the world's best doctors dumbstruck, and garnered you a surprising share of worldwide fame.	13
[WP] Scientists have finally figured out that the reason babies always cry is because they can still hear the voices whispering from the void beyond, an ability that is lost before permanent memory forms. How'd they figure it out? You. You're 15 now, and the voices haven't stopped.	11

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