/u/LineOfInquiry's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] 2 years ago an alien civilization made first contact with Earth. At first people were awed, but as contact has increased it’s become clear that despite their advanced technology that they created themselves, these aliens are not as smart as the average human.
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[WP] You are a paleontologist, searching for fossils in Northern Canada among the oldest rocks in the world. You discover a piece of metal embedded in the rock: decayed and compressed but still very clearly manufactured by… something.
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[WP] After living a perfectly average life you wake up in heaven! However you find that it’s completely empty: you’re the first person to make it there.
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[WP] After a long and fulfilling life, you’re on your deathbed surrounded by family and friends. You close your eyes and let death take you… you see a light and go towards it, slowly you open your eyes and see your mother smiling down and holding newborn you in her arms.
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[WP] You are a merchant, selling wares brought from the west by other traders. You often come across small copper coins engraved with a strange language among your wares. One day, you find a coin engraved with a very broken form of your language, and a strange message.
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