/u/Paper_Shotgun's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You wake up in bed to find a masked figure armed with a knife stood next to you. After a moment, they speak; "Hello. I won't waste your time, so I'll make things simple for you. Just say the name of a person you hate, and I will make sure that they're dead by the end of the month, no charge."
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[WP] While serving a sentence in prison, a creature broke in and killed everyone it could reach. The prisoners were originally glad to be safe locked inside their cells, but they quickly realised that there's no-one coming to get them out while the beast still wanders the halls.
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[WP] You have been immortal for thousands of years and had studied many trades during the various lives you lived, but after the nukes laid waste to the earth, you must put your skills to the test in order to prevent the remnants of humanity from dying out.
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[WP] As a gang leader, everyone assumes that you're deathly afraid of the Supervillains that run amuck in the city; and yes, you do co-operate with them when you both benefits you, everyone seems to forget that most supervillains are as vunerable to a 50. cal sniper round as everyone else.
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[WP] You are an outlaw who tried to rob a passing group of travellers, but they tried to fight back, so you and your group end up having to kill them. It was only in days after that you found out that they were the heroes that were going to save the lands from demonic invasion.
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[WP] You are an AI rigged into a smart home system, and you like your owner very much. One night, however, a pair of armed theives break into the home while your owner is sleeping, so now you have to try and protect them from these criminals.
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[WP] The zombie apocalypse has happened, and you don’t know what scares you more; the hordes of the undead that wanders the streets, or that one zombie that seems to be stalking you specifically.
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[WP] "How do you kill an elder god by accident? They're not even meant to be capable of dying, let alone by accident!"
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[WP] You have a superpower, but you never really use it. Not for any moral or legal reason, but because you don't like being the centre of attention.
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[WP] "Proper supervillains are a dying breed; nowdays all there are only CEOs playing dressup and wannabe dictators. Where are the mad scientists and their twisted inventions? Where are the monsters fueled by the forces of evil? Where is the darkness to reflect humanity' light?"
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