WritingPrompts

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[WP] Every starfaring species has discovered a different form of FTL travel. Kantian gates, Salec skip drives, Maltiun wave-riders, Delfanit pulse tubes ... Humanity's solution was regarded as "Unorthodox", "Unsafe", and "Damn Stupid" by the rest of the galaxy.	5709
[WP] Your classmates got cool OP magic abilities. You got a lame Personal Inventory and were totally bummed about it until you read the fine print: Range: Touch. Capacity: Infinite. Restrictions: None.	5345
[WP] Napoleon and Hitler were born 129 years apart, came into power 129 years apart, and invaded Russia 129 years apart. It is now 2070. You've been reincarnated and rose to power for the third time. Russia is looking very tempting.	4914
[WP] You discovered that your house is haunted, but instead of fleeing you decided to profit. Bleeding walls? Collect for bloodbank. Rodents of Unusual Size? Butchered and sold. Ectoplasm? Glowstick factory. You call a family meeting to discuss brainstorm ideas for the other manifestations.	4857
[WP] People can buy, sell, trade, or give away their skills. Some skills are passed from father to son, like woodworking. Your uncle recently died and left you a box. Inside is a warning, and a very particular set of skills, skills he acquired over a very long career.	4816
[WP] Humanity expanded across the galaxy and found it to be lifeless. Desiring companionship, Earth species were uplifted to sentience and scattered across the heavens. It's been millennia since mankind vanished, but the Canines still remember, still search, for those they once called master.	4729
[WP] As a child, you were asked what you wanted to be when you grew up, and you said "Fire Truck!" After three decades and extensive cybernetic modification, that dream is realised. The alarm has just sounded! It's time to fight your first fire!	3963
[WP] You live your life on repeat. You die, you’re reborn, in a perpetual loop. You’ve lived thousands of years. Some as a saint, helping others. Some as a monster, reducing the planet to nuclear ashes. After your last death, a voice fills your head. “You’re not getting it. How can you be so dense!”	3802
[WP] Your grandfather abandoned his family at age 28. Your father abandoned you, your sister, and mum at age 28. Your 28th birthday was 8 months ago. As you tumble into the dark portal that opened under your feet, you think “Maybe there’s more to the rumour of a family curse than I thought”.	3579
[WP] The serial killer confessed to burying the bodies under the house and excavation began. 10, 25, 50 bodies were exhumed and the deeper investigators dug, the more they uncovered. You were called in when they uncovered the rotting remains of a neanderthal.	3422

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