WritingPrompts

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[WP] You’re arrested by the Physics Lords for a making a perpetual motion machine. They don’t call them laws for nothing. They put you in the Moebius prison with other violators like Merlin. He explains they rewrite time to remove criminals. They removed magic from the world and want to jailbreak.	948
[WP] After mastering interstellar travel humanity eventually comes across a planet teaming with sentient life forms. They discover upon exploration that they have active deities. They then come to realize these deities are former deities of Earth. They try and pretend they don’t know about humans.	948
[WP] The government realized it was futile to try and eliminate monsters so they chose to regulate them instead. Monsters, unbeknownst to the public can apply for “hunting” licenses that allow them to kill humans on a pre approved list mostly serious criminals. But somehow a regular person is on it.	730
[WP] A superhero receives a special invitation to a funeral. They don’t quite recognize the name. Upon arrival they realize it was a minor villain that they fought a few times. The family is ecstatic to see the hero and are happy their “Archnemesis” showed to see them off and recount old times.	613
[WP] The exotic pet bird you inherit from your recently passed grandparent you discover is an Avian deity by reading their diaries. Looking at pictures you see it in multiple generations of your family. As caretaker you learn that you will be the bird’s personal assistant overseeing avian kind.	599
[WP] Explorers find a planet due to a distress signal. By all calculations it should be Earth like but an artificial superstructure is keeping it in arctic conditions. They decide to disable it for colonization. After translating the signal they learn it’s a biohazard warning to stay away.	477
[WP] Aliens wishing to rid themselves of human colonists on their planets genetically engineer creatures to hunt them down. However the creatures are destroyed after cleansing an area. The creatures learn of this and begin keeping humans alive so that the task is never completed.	471
[WP] A young couple from different backgrounds deal with the stresses of their family wanting to break them apart. The two decide to finally elope when the truth comes out. They are grandchildren from opposing pantheons and the deities in their families aren’t happy.	465
[WP] A half-starved vampire wakes up in a coffin in the middle of the desert. After breaking out they find a clock with a note saying it’s counting down to sunrise. They see a town in the far distance and begin running to it hoping to make there before sunrise.	444
[WP] Everyday walking home you see a mannequin staring down at you from a house window. One day it’s holding a sign that says ‘help me’ and the next day PLEASE. The owner of the home drives up and you look up to see the mannequin gone. You decide to investigate.	432

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