/u/Pangolindrome's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] One day like so many before, you are browsing funny fail videos online. However, you suddenly notice that one person in the background keeps showing up in every single video. What's even stranger is that this person appears to be flirting with you quite intently.
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[WP] It’s been a week since the fairy started bothering you every time you cook. She just wants to taste your food, and that’s really fine, but she does so by laying in it. She absorbs it.
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[WP] The Government Broadcast Emergency Alert read: “Do not drink or touch the water. Do not inhale the steam. Drink only bottled water. The water is not safe.”
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[WP] Once a year, on the summer Solstice, humans are allowed to summon a creature or person from their dreams and spend the day with their summon. You can see what other people summon, but only they can interact with their summon. You wake up on the day and it is time to make your choice.
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[WP] A teacher, after a horrible day, opens up their computer. They are anxious, anticipating parent emails and students begging to have late assignments graded. Instead, what awaits them is an email from an old student, telling how much the teacher helped them. The teacher would never have known.
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[WP] The statue had seen wars, romance, famine, and wealth. It had always been content with its lot in life, unmoving and hard. However, now, a flower bloomed but a step away, and it wanted nothing more than to touch that flower and experience its gentle beauty for itself.
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[WP] The interstellar linguistic council has gathered to discuss a matter of great urgency. Humanity is finally one of the great five species, have attained space travel, and will soon apply for council membership. However, none in the council have managed to master the irregular English language.
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[WP] One day, you look in the hallway mirror only to find that your mirror image is not alone. All your pets, who have left this life, are there with you.
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[WP] On a human’s fifth birthday, their familiar reveals itself to them. As it is, yours is… terrifying. Gigantic, gangly, rough, black fur, a mouthful of sharp, needle-like teeth. However, it is also exceedingly gregarious and eager to please you.
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[WP] As the child of a first-generation immigrant from the demon realm, you've spent most of your life so far guiding your parents through customs they struggle with, translating for them, and explaining how to treat humans. However, you are finally moving away for college. Freedom.
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