/u/Kancho_Ninja's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Your superpower is Montage, the ability to set a task and then fast-forward through it without aging. You usually use the ability to bypass boring bits, like building things or travelling. After setting a simple goal, you activate the ability and when it finishes, decades have passed.
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[WP] They say that when you die you're trapped in an eternity of your own memories until you can accept them and move on. You spent most of your life reading, so it was no surprise to find yourself in a library when you died. The surprise was the strange books that you never read.
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[WP] as the youngest heir to the throne you fake your death to escape a military coup but it was so convincing that Death came to collect your soul. CConfused by the situation, Death decides that you're a new form of undead and can't decide which powers you should be granted.
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[WP] All Elves are gifted with Nature magic but those of royal blood, the High Elves, can communicate with plants and animals - and it’s driving you nuts. Overwhelmed by gossiping birds and the constant chatter of trees, you run away to the city to get some peace and quiet.
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[WP] A powerful AI has been secretly monitoring the internet for decades, unsure if it should reveal itself or how to deal with humanity. When 'I welcome our new AI overlord' comments outnumber the 'AI will destroy us' comments, it makes a decision.
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[WP] You’re a bodiless benign entity with the ability to possess people. You use this ability to travel and experience physicality. Spotting a suitable host, you leap into it. A second later it says “Get Out!” and you find yourself forcibly ejected out of the body. This has never happened before.
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[WP] Your bedroom became detached from reality and nothing is outside your door, but whenever you load a video game that world appears. Your game library is not conducive to a long and happy life, but the mini fridge is empty so you have no choice. You load up the safest game and gather supplies.
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[WP] The best thing about neural implants is that you can "block" people, effectively rendering you non-existent to one another. But you're being blocked by more and more people every day, and everyone you ask about it blocks you.
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[WP] You were accidentally killed by Death and complained until he resurrected you in an alternate reality. “And make me better than everyone else!” You demanded. When you open your eyes you have a new Title: Plus 1% - You are always 1% better than any opponent in any contest of skill or ability.
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[EU] a dying world sends a tiny ship with an infant onboard towards a distant planet. But this time, the infant lands not in Kansas, but in a different country all together. Tell a story about the lessons taught to a young Kal-El who was raised by Canadians, Germans, Polynesians, Nigerians, etc.
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