WritingPrompts

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[WP] Satan isn't a name, it's a title and was never a fallen angel. According to divine law Hell is ruled over by the most evil soul that currently resides there. Over the millennia several have worn the horns. Only surrendering them when a soul possessing an even greater evil joins the underworld.	1853
[WP] Instead of requiring sleep everyone has two distinct souls that share the one body; switching places when one gets tired and needs rest. Neither has access to the memories of the other and life for most is about learning to co-exist with another person they will never get to meet.	1669
[WP] An ancient sword containing the spirit of it's original master accidentally gets included in a batch of scrap metal being smelted to build a mighty warship. When all seems lost in a desperate sea battle the spirit decides it is time for it to actively defend the crew it became protective of.	1615
[WP] Wrongly imprisoned individuals who are later found innocent are given a Crime-Credit equal to the number of years they were unjustly held. This non-transferable credit can be used to engage in any combination of criminal acts to the value of the time owed.	1582
[WP] A vampire takes pity on a stranded time-traveller, granting them the gift of immortality so that they may yet live to see their family and friends once again in the distant future.	1464
[WP] You are a forensic investigator who has somehow become stranded in the 18th century. With no way back home you make a life for yourself working for local law enforcement, secretly using your advanced knowledge of modern techniques to guide your colleagues in solving difficult cases.	1463
[WP] Your grandfather who recently passed away was an optometrist. While cleaning up his belongings you find a case full of glasses marked with different strengths +1, +2, +3, -1, -2, -3 etc. Upon trying them out you realise they let you see different distances into the past or the future.	1404
[WP] Magic - once a real and potent force but as the world population grew from millions to billions the shared mana per person is now negligible. A group of astronauts helplessly watching the Earth perish experience something... unexpected.	1315
[WP] In terms of powers you are world class, easily one of the next up and coming top-tier super-heroes in the world. But you deliberately downplay your abilities, pretending to have only minor talents so you can stick with your team of underdogs whose leader you have been crushing on for years.	1137
[WP] A serial killer with a particular set of skills never lays a finger on their chosen victims, instead manipulating people and events around them until they take their own lives.	1100

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