/u/Paper_Shotgun's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A billionaire has made you an offer; they will fund you to the point that you never have to work again, on the condition that you dress up in a costume and fight street crime every week.
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[WP] You end up stuck in a mech suit with a broken speaker, so you stumble into town to try and find someone to help you out, but everyone thinks that you're a mute villain running around destroying the city, so they send the superhero team after you.
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[WP] The king' daughter has died, so they ask you to secretly track down the necromancer in the wildlands to ask them to resurrect her in exchange for being un-banished from the kingdom. After many months you found them and made the offer, but they outright refused it.
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[WP] "I'll be honest, boss. Me and the boys have been talkin', and we ain't in the mood to be beaten up by one of 'em supers today."
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[WP] Every year, the entire kingdom takes part in a game of hide-and-seek, where the hider must remain unseeked for a full day. The prize for the winner, the hider or the seeker who found them, is a 1000 Gold Pieces; this year you've been selected as the hider and are given a week' head start.
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[WP] You are a hero who has loving parents who are still alive, much to the confusion to every other hero and villain that you've met.
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[WP] You are the captain of a ship, who has been tasked by the king to take his daughter on a tour of the nearby islands for a vacation. However after a couple of days of travel, you discover their true mission.
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[WP] As the princess' royal guard, it was your duty to protect her from harm. As her friend, it's your duty to stop her from going insane after being kidnapped by a dragon and then being asked by her parents to marry the stranger who saved her.
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[WP] You may be a evil scientist, but you are not a stupid evil scientist. You make sure that all of your projects are done in accordance to the demands of the legality and ethics committee, so there is nothing the superheroes can do to stop you.
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