/u/Kaleon's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
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[WP] A traveling con artist targets an old, rich recluse who lives in a large house on the outskirts of town, not knowing that the recluse is one of the greatest con artists who ever lived.
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[WP] You know that you have a superpower, and you know that whenever you use it you black out and forget what it is, so you acquired a GoPro camera in order to record yourself during the day. After your latest black out, you review the footage.
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[WP] You're not one of those storybook genies that take wishes literally and screw your masters over. You use the context to provide them with as close to what they had in mind as possible, but your latest master is making it difficult.
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[WP] You're a serial killer who gets other serial killers caught by killing in their styles and deliberately making mistakes that the police can use to hunt them down.
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[WP] An advanced military AI builds itself a humanoid body and disappears. When finally tracked down many years later, it is living a most unexpected sort of life.
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[WP] When they came for the gold inside the temple, you did not stop them. You also did not tell them that the gold was enchanted, and would defend itself.
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[PI] Your Italian restaurant is frequented by the mafia, and for some reason they think you're a front for someone powerful. You aren't, but you still like to mess with them.
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[WP] You're increasingly convinced that your best friend is a time traveler trying to manipulate the outcome of your life.
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