/u/Lorix_In_Oz's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "Any attack dealt against you shall not bring harm and instead inflicted on those who would injure you a thousand-fold" It was the final so-called perfect wish a Prince made of his Genie yet now he finds himself stripped and bound to the front of his father's chariot as a literal human shield.
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[WP] Technology has been invented that allows people to edit their actual physical appearance through a Photoshop like interface. This has spawned a new industry of emergency "rescue artists" for when people don't get it right. One such artist encounters something he has never seen before.
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[WP] On a world that doesn't spin two kingdoms of humanity exist on opposite sides of the planet, in a twilight between an impassable frozen tundra and scorching desert of death. Twin Moons orbit in opposing directions, casting shadows moving just slow enough to permit travel and trade between both.
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[WP] Human immortality has proven medically impossible but there is an alternative - for the right price you can be placed in a custom "Groundhog Day" style personal time loop to relive your perfect day forever. What many fail to realise is that eternity is a very long period of time...
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[WP] The zombie apocalypse came and went and the zombies won. The last of humanity now lives on repurposed boats and liners in various fleets around the world, but resources are tight and occasional mainland expeditions are necessary for essential supplies.
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[WP] One in each ten thousand Zombies retain their full humanity despite being undead, the rest becoming mindless flesh eaters. As the leader of a rag-tag group of sapient living dead you wander the land searching for more of your kind, wary of encountering your greatest threat - human survivors.
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[WP] A time-travelling historian is sent back to pose as a scholar in the Library of Alexandria in order to copy the scrolls before their destruction. Nobody expected the historian would be the one to burn down the library after discovering a hidden truth for themselves.
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[WP] It is an old tradition for business contracts, especially between wealthy individuals, to include one ridiculous or improbable loophole clause as a gesture of mutual goodwill and humour when signing deals. Your company specialises in helping aggrieved parties to use these to their advantage.
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[WP] If time-travelers get stranded in the past it's standard practice for them to display a specific symbol on their person that lets other time-travelers know they are stuck and in need of a lift home. You aren't a time-traveler, but your most recent tattoo happened to be a match for this symbol.
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