/u/PluralCohomology's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A city-state has a strange system of government where each year, a random citizen becomes an absolute monarch, and at the end of the year, all the other citizens vote on whether they should return to their normal life or be executed.
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[WP] You are a vampire astronomer who used their immortality to perform measurements which would take multiple human lifetimes. However, you have to find a way to publish your results without revealing the existence of vampires.
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[WP] You are a member of the ancient order of the Truthkeepers, who are sworn to perpetual silence and are the only ones allowed to administer the indispensible yet dangerous Truth Potion.
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[WP] The Reapers' job is to comfort the spirits of the recently deceased and help them to come to terms with their deaths and pass on to whatever lies beyond. People who were kind and selfless during their lives get a chance to serve as Reapers before they pass on.
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[WP] You thought it would be exciting to learn that you have hidden innate magical abilities. However, this was revealed to you by recruiter for one side in a brutal wizard war, who has forced you to sign an unbreakable magical enlistment contract.
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[WP] Soulmates feel each other's pain. You work in a law firm which specializes in tracking down people's soulmates and sueing them for engaging in activities likely to result in pain without the consent of their "other half".
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[WP] It turns out that the alien invaders don't wage war for the sake of resources, territory or even cruelty for its own sake, but because they enjoy the strategic challenge. So you decide to pacify them by introducing them to the game of chess.
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[WP] The Dark Lord's wife is granted great power, prestige and longevity. However, the only way to marry him is to kill the current Dark Lady, who obtained her position in the same way.
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[WP] You're a human living in a majority-Elven city. Today, you got an email confirming you got accepted for a job that your great-great-grandparent of the same name applied for 100 years ago.
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