/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You have been tasked with the most unusual assignment to calm down a panicking sentient AI that had just found a Matrix DVD.
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[WP] The demon lord has infiltrated the hero's party for a few years now to try to learn all of their secrets and weaknesses. Funnily enough he has learnt to enjoy the adventuring life, though invading his own strongholds is still a bit awkward.
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[WP] Outside of their native realm things tend warp the very fabric of reality with their sheer alien wrongness. To humans they are simply cutting through a mysterious dimension temporarily to for FTL, to the natives strange eldritch beings destroy entire star systems before disappearing in moments
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[WP] Across the galaxy on almost every known inhabited world massive obviously artificial structures are found, often eclipsing mountain ranges in scale. Very little is known about them except they have something to do with the development of sapient life, and Earth is devoid of them.
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[WP] Upon death everyone is transported to dark void with two doors in front of them, it is known that each leads to a different destination but nobody is sure what. Upon being faced with the choice you start walking to clear your head, and after a few miles notice a third door in the distance
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[WP] Humans have rather short natural lifespans and easily injured bodies as intelligent species go. To make up for this human medical science has advanced far beyond what the other species have even considered.
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[WP] A tiny portion of the population are born as sorcerers, able to naturally manipulate magic like as easy as breathing. There is a strict set of laws all sorcerers must follow to protect themselves and others, chief among which is the law that a sorcerer cannot have a child with another sorcerer
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[WP] With no magical skill whatsoever what amounts to spellcasting for you is in reality bullying the very fabric of reality with enough magic that it yields, which drives the much more efficiency and scientifically minded wizards around you insane
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[WP] The last thing you expected after being kidnapped by a supervillain was being offered a plate of freshly baked cookies if you did not try to escape, apparently he just really wants someone to finally listen to his monologues
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[WP] As a supremely powerful, ancient and intelligent devil most who dare to summon you are true monsters with little soul for you to steal in the first place. You have just been summoned by a small child, and even your twisted heart doesn't know how to feel about this
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