/u/Paper_Shotgun's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You IKEA flatpack box seems to have an endless supply of wood, screws and nails in it. No, literally, an endless supply.
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[WP] While looking to buy a house you decide to take a tour of a small yet cheap place with a salesperson, but after an hour you realise that you can't find the front door while the salesperson is trying to justify all the weird things that keep happening.
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[WP] You are a PI who has been paid an extraordinary amount by a book collector to track down and bring them a specific book. However, what you don't know is that the "book collector" is actually a mage, and that the book you've been hired to track down is the Necronomicon.
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[WP] It turns out that the world is run by the whims of unseen deities, and they've decided to try and shake things up a bit by giving the humans the ability to use magic. You're the first person to accidentally cast a spell.
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[WP] You are a member of the Order of the Closed Eyes; an elite group founded by the king to make sure that any summoned heroed don't become aware of any of the systemic oppression or exploitation that are commited by any member of the high court daily.
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[WP] The creature made of shadows has protected the village from every outside threat for as long as anyone could remember without ever being perceived by anyone. Then one day, you wake up to find your room pitch black other than eyes of the creature as it hides away from some strange travellers.
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[WP] You were once just another patient in the asylum, but now you're the only one capable of defeating the eldritch abomination that’s roaming the halls, driving everyone else who sees it into insanity.
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[WP] Le pilleur de tombes; a black market restaurant that serves human to any manner of cannibal or monster who desires a fine dining experience. No politician would admit it, but its existance is one of the sole reasons that monster-human negotiations are even possible.
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[WP] A murder mystery, except when the quirky yet brilliant detective confront you, the killer, about your crime, you come up with an excellent plan to avoid being arrested; kill the detective who was dumb enough to confront you by themselves, as they're the only one who can prove your involvement.
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[WP] while driving home from work, you come across a crashed spaceship, so you pull over to see what happened. An alien then stumbles out of the wreckage and talks to you in a strange language which you don't understand, yet it sounds like it's asking for your help in repairing its spacecraft.
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