/u/MarauderOnReddit's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The world is shaken by a revelation: the existence of conscience and complex thought is the result of a symbiotic relationship between humans and non-corporeal entities. Even worse is that they've started to abandon humanity for our newfound extraterrestrial visitors.
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[WP] Since 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been keeping track of humanity's progress towards an apocalyptic event using the "Doomsday Clock". The top headline in your newsfeed this morning was, "The Doomsday Clock has been set to Midnight. Good day, and may God have mercy on us all."
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[WP] You've always felt... weird. You can't explain it. A week ago, you were sent to the front lines of WWIII and you were just shot in the head, but you're still alive.
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[WP] When aliens discover that human teeth are made of enamel, a prized substance, they start killing humans for their teeth. The galactic court orders that humans be protected. After centuries of poaching, only 100 humans remain, in a well protected sanctuary. The poachers attack.
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[WP] You accidentally cause a supernova when you crush a star between your fingers while looking up at the night sky.
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[WP] After waking up with a terrible hangover, you realized the walls are covered with formulas written by a sharpie marker. You seem to have discovered the formula for FTL travel while you were drunk.
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[WP] An unspeakable cosmic horror is hell-bent on killing you. Fortunately for you, you upgraded your cybernetic arm the other day with self-defense capabilities. This thing won't know what hit it.
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