/u/Lord_of_the_Fade's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Humans are known throughout the galaxy as the only species without active psychic abilities. One day at school the alien teacher reveals a book that not even the universal translators can decipher. You and the other humans in the class can read it perfectly, and you recognize it as a grimoire.
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[WP] While walking home from school, you find a book titled "Cheat Codes". It doesn't specify what game it's for, but the codes themselves are specific and seemingly random instructions. Messing around, you follow the instructions for No Clipping and find yourself walking through obstacles.
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[WP] You are immortal and have been working on an alien ship for the last 80 years alongside aliens that have a much longer life span than humans. They have begun to notice your lack of aging in your time spent with them.
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[WP] Every time you get onto the bus to go to school, you scream in your head to try and catch a mindreader. After 3 months of this, you get onto the bus and immediately hear someone screaming directly into your ears. Then you hear a disembodied voice tell you “That’s what it feels like, you prick!”
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[WP] When you and a group of other high schoolers began developing magical powers, you did what seemed obvious and practiced them in secret. But now your entire town has been transported from the modern world into one of fantasy, magic, and monsters, and your group is now the best and only defence.
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[WP] Humanity has finally discovered extraterrestrial life, but are surprised when they realize that they are also humans, on a planet very similar to Earth. It is shrugged off as a coincidence until more Earth-like planets are discovered, each populated by humans with varying technological levels.
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[WP] You are a monster, but thanks to a potion that you take daily you can appear as a human. You have been able to go to a human school and even make a small group of normal friends. But then your potion runs out in the middle of a sleepover with all of your friends.
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[WP] Whenever a Horseman of The Apocalypse loses their influence over humanity, a new human is elevated as their replacement. World Peace has finally been achieved, and you have been chosen as the newest Horseman. The time has come for you to pick the poison you will use to salt the Earth.
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[WP] When humans joined the Galactic Community, it was assumed that their old stories of "possession" and "ghosts" were only the result of mental illness. However, as they spread through the stars, cases of possession and hauntings begin being reported from other species as well.
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