/u/Lorix_In_Oz's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Biohacking advances to where a simple app lets doctors take control of patient's immune systems to strategically combat disease and infection. It wasn't long before the underground gamer community re-purposed the tech, deliberately infecting themselves to compete in the ultimate in RTS games.
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[PI][EU] DEADPOOL has been drugged, abducted and dumped on a seemingly desolate planet.....it is the Predators training ground.
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[WP] Magic spells are a shared resource, the more people who know a particular incantation the weaker it gets as it's power is diluted amongst multiple users. The most powerful spells are those that remain closely guarded, such as magic handed down within a family or sworn to secrecy within a guild.
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[WP] To deal with love in modern times Cupid had to grow up. No longer the innocent cherub with a whimsical bow and arrow, today he wears a ghillie suit and carries a sniper rifle.
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[WP] Professional time-travellers are allowed to live out retirement in the era of their choosing, provided they live unremarkable lives and keep out of the way of historical events. After falling in love with a mysterious stranger you are shocked to discover how historically significant they are.
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[WP] In a world where super-powered people exist one such individual longs to be a hero but fears rejection due to their powers being indecent/immoral in nature. When fate forces them to reveal their abilities the public reaction is... unexpected.
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[WP] Archaeologists excavating a previously unexplored section of Pompeii discover a body preserved in the ash that clearly isn't human...
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[WP] A powerful magic guild used it's influence over the years to have all but the simplest technology restricted to ensure the public's continued dependence on the mystical skills and crafts of it's members. But there are things even magic cannot do and this is when people turn to the black market.
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[WP] The Make-A-Curse Foundation is dedicated to helping lesser sorcerers whose own schemes have backfired and left them a shadow of their former selves to experience the joy of inflicting one successful major curse on their enemies they would otherwise not have been able to perform on their own.
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[WP] Temporal Cosplay is a popular time-travel option, giving players the chance to experience their fantasy of participating in a real historical event. While visiting a particularly significant event in history one player begins to realise almost everyone else present is a cosplayer as well.
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