/u/Paper_Shotgun's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a lord of the kingdom, invited to the princess' birthday ball, where the king and queen invite everyone of status the chance to woo their daughter. Now, you do not want to marry the princess whatsoever, but to not turn up and try to woo her would likely end your career, and your life.
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[WP] A superhero visits a prison facility, only to find that it is run by a team of mad scientist conducting illegal human experimentation on the prisoners. They're horrified by this but when they confront the team, they tell the hero that they're being forced to do this to create more superheroes.
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[WP] You are a henchman who has managed to survive working under several of the supervillains in the area and are currently between "jobs" when a radio host gives you an offer; go on air and anonymously talk about your experiences with the villains and get paid a large cash sum.
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[WP] After your spouse died you took them to a necromancer to beg for them to resurrect them. The necromancer agrees but reveals that you have to sacrifice a person every month to keep them alive, and if you miss a month then your spouse dies with no chance of being resurrected again.
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[WP] You have just invented a time machine and are about to use it, when a version of yourself appears to destroy the machine before anyone finds out, as all futures with time travel end in catastrophe.
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[WP] You are a fast food cashier working the midnight shift when a werewolf barges inside and demands all of the meat you have in stock. Sadly, the werewolf is the most polite person you've seen all night.
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[WP] One Christmas day, you wake up to find a mistletoe floating above your head, and you can swear that it's trying to lead you somewhere.
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[WP] During your lifetime, you have come across many, many cursed places, However, this is the first time that you've seen a blessed place.
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[WP] You are that Dark Lord' most trusted advisor. Most people would think that you laze about in the lap of luxury all the time, but most of your day is spent trying to convince the Dark Lord not to declare war or exterminate every single thing that annoys them and maintaining the country.
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