WritingPrompts

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[WP] The Giza pyramids suddenly take off into space and reach near-lightspeed, accelerating out of the Solar system. Everyone on Earth is shocked, but you realize you're doomed - you were inside the Great Pyramid when it left.	6
[WP] Pyramids are found on Ganymede. The International Space Agency decides to send a manned spacecraft to investigate them further. You are one of the explorers and are sent alone down on the surface to investigate the pyramids. You enter one of them.	6
[WP] Sick of stalled space exploration advancements, a scientist falsely convinces the world that a hostile alien fleet has entered the Solar System. He later finds out the fleet is not a hoax, but now no one believes him.	6
[WP] "Well, that's unexpected," you said as you saw the Roman Empire descend from the sky in ships larger than skyscrapers.	6
[WP] In 2084, your 10-year High School reunion takes place. Many have achieved monumental milestones and some of them are famous. You? You're just the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the de facto world government.	5
[WP] In 2083, you're a linguist who works on deciphering an ancient alien plaque found on Ganymede. The thing is the engraving is ever-changing and never stabilizes. One time, you touch the relic. The text instantly shifts to one phrase and starts glowing. You realize humanity is doomed.	5
[WP] Humanity has finally escaped the confines of the Solar System. Lightspeed travel has been achieved by deconstructing spaceships - and everything they carry, including humans - into light (photons) and reconstructing them upon arrival. However, this has unforseen consequences.	5
[WP] To assure their dominance, the neighborhood's three alien superpowers always invaded other species that were on the verge of achieving lightspeed travel. In 2098, humanity has just discovered the secret to traveling at lightspeed, and a seemingly innocent probe has entered the Solar system.	5
[WP] Over the course of five nights, 20 stars in the night sky vanish inexplicably. You realize this can't be a naturally-occurring phenomenon. You discern the pattern, and you realize the phenomenon must already be on its way towards Sol.	5
[ WP ] In 2213, a father recalls the events of the 21st century to his young son as a bedtime story.	5

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