WritingPrompts

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[WP] Every time you die you are reincarnated with your memories intact. In this way you've lived for centuries witnessing firsthand many advances in technology, most recently the creation of true AI. After passing away peacefully in your sleep you are shocked to awaken in a less than human form.	84
[WP] In a world where courts can order suspects to undergo mind reading to determine innocence or guilt, you are a rare individual with the power to remove memories from clients to give them plausible deniability. What people don't know is you also have the power to implant new memories as well.	84
[WP] As a joke you edit the Wikipedia article of a minor past event before you log off and go to sleep. You wake up the next day to find the world has subtly changed to align with the new version of history you invented, leading you to realise you have the power to edit the past as you see fit.	84
[EU] A squib with access to a large inheritance turns to muggle gene therapy in a desperate attempt to claim the magical ability they believe is their birthright. The results however were completely unexpected.	81
[WP] Karma is very real and always balances - if one experiences a large stroke of good or bad fortune they can soon expect something opposite of the same magnitude to occur. Some individuals deliberately seek misfortune in the hope of hitting the karmic jackpot. But fate is not so easily fooled.	81
[WP] Humans used to perform magic by harnessing Earth's natural mana field but over the centuries as our population grew each person's share was diluted to the point of being ineffective. Today the first person will set foot on Mars, unaware they are about to channel the Mana of an entire world.	80
[WP] Unlike your Vampire brethren, instead of being vulnerable to sunlight you merely revert to a normal human during the day. This secret allows you to live in and be sympathetic to both worlds. Now a major event has changed the status quo and you must decide which side your loyalties truly lie.	80
[WP] The Death Penalty for murder no longer applies, instead the authorities can remove the spirit of a criminal from their body and replace it with that of their most recent victim, that they may live again. While the justice of this sentence is unquestionable the outcome however is open to debate.	79
[RF] When Stephen Hawking held his infamous "Welcome Time Travellers" party a time traveller actually did turn up.	75
[WP] The Gods took credit for the creation of humanity, even though the truth was that they had no idea what the origin of our species truly was. This is why they fear us, individually we are weak but collectively we were made to hold the Gods in check and not the other way around.	73

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