/u/Lorix_In_Oz's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] One of your parents is an immortal by way of instantly having their essence transfer to the body of their oldest offspring when they die, replacing theirs in the process. As an only child you made every effort to keep their ageing body alive as long as possible to delay your inevitable fate.
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[WP] When people die it is commonplace for their bodies to transform into something useful and symbolic of the life they led - for example a craftsmen might turn into an exceptional hammer or a soldier into a finely crafted sword.
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[WP] Reincarnation was the ultimate mean of escape for even the worst of society's criminals. That was until the Spiritual Inquisitors were formed, now it's nearly impossible for anyone to escape imprisonment or punishment, even those who genuinely desire starting over with a clean slate.
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[WP] Scientists discover the Earth's gravity has begun to slowly increase at a rate where it will have doubled in ten years, tripled in another ten and continue to increase at a constant rate beyond that.
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[WP] Your rich uncle dies, leaving his fortune to everyone else in the family except his favourite person - you. Instead you inherit an 80's retro "brick" phone with a note this was his most valuable possession, to keep it with you and never let the battery go flat.
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[WP] When the dead started to rise from their graves everyone thought a zombie apocalypse was upon us. They were wrong; it was Mother Earth, for the want of a better name that was literally raising an army to defend herself and us from the true apocalypse that was already on it's way.
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[WP] War has thrown both Earth and a terraformed Mars back to the Stone Age. Over the next few thousand years the civilisations of both forget their true origins as they recover to a similar Steam Age level of technology.
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[WP] You are an immortal reverse-vampire of sorts. While you have no special abilities of your own, the humans who regularly consume your blood will attain youth, great strength & in some cases extraordinary powers.
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