/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Once the world was controlled by great machines, machines that could control everything from the weather to the growth of plants, from building cities to demolishing them. Now after a devastating war very few know even the basic commands on controlling these machines, now known as magic
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[WP] Due to an unfortunate typo instead of living life to the fullest every day you now live a full life every day, beginning your morning as a baby and going to bed an old man
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[WP] A small time villain and their crew decide to rob a bank one day. Over the course of a few weeks and a series of increasingly bizarrely escalating events they have somehow performed more hero work than the actual heroes ever did
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[WP] Now that you have adjusted to the dark you can definitely tell that this place was once a prison, with every manner of holy symbols, seals and warnings carved onto the walls. Too bad you only noticed after you opened that big door
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[WP] The Stellar Core is a brilliant invention able to break the light barrier, provide nearly limitless clean energy and even produce artificial gravity explained by a complex array of scientific jargon and equations. The truth is, the explanation is a lie, they are mostly scrap metal and magic
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[WP] After eating some food left out for you the person who invited you to stay at their place for the night strips off their disguise and reveals that they are a fae and you are now trapped in their home by their laws. Much to their shock you are mostly fine with this
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[WP] The world was long overdue for an apocalypse, but god had forgotten about it for thousands of years. Now he has to quickly come up with an end of the world somewhat resembling the original plans, and the results are disappointing.
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[WP] You were among the scientists working on a machine that would generate wormholes when something went awfully wrong and you were sucked in. When you wake up you are in a strange room in the middle of what seems to be a summoning circle surrounded by very surprised wizards
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[WP] The rapidly developing new field of occult sciences has taken the world by storm revolutionising every single technology, industry and ideas on the nature of reality. The fact that it tends to drive researchers insane and has drawn the attention of eldritch forces is rather easily brushed over
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