/u/MidKnightshade's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Aliens begin mysteriously leaving endangered species from other planets all around Earth in low populated areas. An international scientific team of exobiologist and taxonomy specialists are sent out to catalogue these species and to determine how much of a threat to the ecosystem they are.
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[WP] You’re the last active patrolling warbot with AI left on an alien planet. Human overseers left 200 years ago leaving your army to fight enemy warbots. There hasn’t been a battle in a century. You read human texts. You fall and get stuck in a hole, you reboot to an enemy warbot pulling you out.
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[WP] The Frankenstein Family has amassed a large fortune transferring the minds of the old and wealthy into new bodies. They then charge them maintenance fees until they are completely drained. Now the service is for the select few who offer more than money. A client tries to change the terms.
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[SP] You get to see life through the eyes of the person you rejected and understand why they had such strong feelings towards you.
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[WP] After the recent passing of a Great Witch their familiar is in need of new witch. The two previous witches it served were also Great Witches so the familiar is very popular and interviewing candidates. Some witches even abandon their familiars for a chance.
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[WP] Centuries two siblings fought each other for the crown. The loser left the kingdom but stole one of the familial divine relics. Much later a threat comes that requires the combined of all the relics. A relic hunter finds it but must strike a deal with the banished royal descendants for its use.
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[WP] A mage must go to the Undercity to retrieve their child because their vampire ex refuses to respect the custody agreement. The vampire insists the child grow up around their side of the family. Most officers are afraid to go the Undercity so it’s just the mage and a social worker.
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[WP] You’re the ghost of a 1950’s hard boiled detective. You’ve been following around a modern private investigator narrating their behavior. Until they finally screams for you to be quiet. They can speak to the dead. You promise to help them be a better detective if they help you crossover.
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[WP] A dragonsteed swoops down and kidnaps a carriage full of thieves and highwaymen. It promises to let them go if they help it break into a fortress to retrieve its rider. It promises if they succeed it will aid them in a few future jobs.
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[WP] The Forever Soldier has been in every major combat zone since WWII. The public was told a secret one time formula keeps him at his peak. The truth is he dies and curated memories are transferred to a clone. A group veterans from previous wars seek him out to tell him the truth.
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