/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] After partaking in a top secret experiment you have discovered you have developed amazing superpowers. One small issue, turns out you were in the placebo group
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[WP] Zombies were bad enough, then it was learnt that the skeletons could move just fine and before you know it you have ghosts wandering the wastes as well!
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[WP] Almost all life in the universe comes from a common progenitor, seeded by some long gone precursor race. Not Earth however, in fact the differences are so stark that when humans finally showed up there were lengthy debates on whether or not they were even technically alive
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[WP] Everyone has a timer in the corner of their vision that shows how long they have left to live. When your timer reached one day you spent the day saying goodbye to family and friends and getting ready to sleep for presumably the last time. Today you woke up with a timer of -1 hours and counting
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[WP] A cult dedicated to an eldritch god finally succeeded in summoning their master and bring forth the apocalypse. All seems lost for humanity, but but another cult that worships a slightly different entity joins the war against them out of the blue in order to end the world on their own terms
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[WP] After being cheated again by another con-artist Death decides to ask their old friend Taxes for help
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[WP] An ancient, important looking tablet is unearthed at an archeological dig site, the only thing that is apparent is that it is some sort of prophecy. Immediately countless theories erupt over the meaning of the tablet, but once fully translated the prediction feels a little underwhelming.
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[WP] You have completely accidentally made reference to a secret international conspiracy in your new bestselling novel, and are now being interrogated on what are to you entirely fictional locations, people and events
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[WP] With the spread of magic power has become less about political skill and charisma and more about raw, absolute personal power. Kings these days can crack continents and singlehandedly destroy armies while having just about 0 skill actually leading
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[WP] In the darkest mind bending regions of deep space lie incomprehensibly ancient and powerful entities that can only be described as gods, so beyond mankind they cause madness with a single gaze. Behind that layer of unfathomable power and madness however lie surprisingly human thoughts
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