WritingPrompts

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[WP] While experimenting with FTL gates, one of your fellow undergrads asks the lead researcher what happens when you go into the opposite side. 30 minutes later, the lead researcher hand you a flashlight and a gun, telling you to "go fetch the poor bastard".	25
[WP] A mutant strain of the Zika virus rendered 99% of the world population sterile in 2017. You're a college history major in 2040. Show us your thesis on the effects of the sterility virus and how it changed society.	25
[WP] When the penal colony was established everyone was forced to take a surname equivalent to their crime: Burglar, Grifter, Swindler, etc. Its been four generations since the colony became independent and you're there looking for a specific family to see if they're still "in business"	24
[WP] Your great-uncle died and left you three items in his will. A simple wooden door, a title of nobility, and a letter explaining the door could only be opened 3 more times.	24
[WP] The world revolves around an inherited Class system. Farmers breed Farmers, Nobles breed Nobles. But inheritance and infidelity work in strange ways, fusing Classes into variations that can be crippling - or liberating. You became an adult today, and the Classes available to you are unexpected.	24
[WP] after the great war, the empire crumbled and fell into a dark age for two centuries. Honourably discharged after years of service, your superior officer approaches you with a lucrative proposal: Travel the old, disused trade routes around the remains of the empire and report your discoveries.	24
[WP] The vacant lot has always been empty, except when it isn't. Sometimes a derelict house appears but no one seems to notice or care. It appeared twice when you were a teen and each time the town was wracked by strange, murderous events. Visiting your parents, you notice the house has reappeared.	24
[WP] When the universe started glitching, there was no more denying that we lived in a simulation. But it was very disheartening to discover the universe that created ours was abandoned and also glitching.	24
[WP] It's called "Berenstein Syndrome" and it occurs when alternate realities fail to merge completely. The morning news is in a tizzy because half the population is misremembering a major historical event. And you? You've got work to do.	24
[WP] the tooth fairy trades teeth for coins that grant minor wishes. Most children use them for puppies or sacks of candy. You've saved yours all these years for an occasion when a little magic would be helpful. Tonight, you need to spend your first coin.	24

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