/u/Lord_of_the_Fade's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You die in an earthquake and the day restarts. You immediately begin planning how to escape the city with your family, but then you turn on the tv to see that people are being found dead and injured in their beds from the earthquake that hasn't happened yet.
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[WP] You died and then made a deal with the Devil for life. For every person you kill that goes to Hell, you will gain 1 year of immortality. However, if even one person that you kill goes to Heaven, your remaining years of immortality will become null and the Devil will claim your soul.
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[WP] The Intergalactic Federation has recently discovered a new planet harbouring sentient life capable of harnessing a never before seen kind of energy, which is oddly similar to the settings described in human "fantasy games". Even more shocking, they seem to be genetically similar to humans.
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[WP] You download an app on your phone called "World Editor". You use it to select a random classmate and a list of actions comes up. You select *knock out* and they instantly feint onto their desk.
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[WP] You were misclassified as a high-power pyrokinetic after a number of explosive incidents. You have been unable to create anything smaller than a fireball, and after making a heatless explosion, you realize that you actually have the ability to create/manipulate energy in explosive bursts.
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[WP] Ghosts have a bunch of rules concerning things that they can do to interact with living humans, from how they can communicate to how much they can scare or hurt them. When aliens invade Earth, these spirits find that the rules do not extend to those newcomers.
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[WP] Your team abducted a human and used them as a test subject for a bio-weapon. After the incubation period ended and they displayed no symptoms, their memory was erased and they were released back to Earth. Later, you learn the term "asymptomatic carrier".
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[WP] People are able to buy pills that give them superpowers for 10 minutes. It’s been nearly 6 hours since you took your pill, and your powers still haven’t worn off.
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[WP] Humans have evolved to produce a chemical similar to adrenaline when in a life-threatening situation. Rather than improving reaction time or providing hysterical strength, this chemical provides short-lived psionic abilities. You, and a rare other few, are able to release this chemical at will.
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