/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]The town you live in is almost entirely made of superheroes or super villains, everyone assumes that they are the only one with superpowers and thus pretends to be a normal person. You are the only perfectly normal human in town and are perfectly aware of what's going on.
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[WP] It is often said that humans are the only race without a single drop of magical ability, although the truth is more complex. While humans normally can't use magic their bodies constantly generate it to dangerous levels, manifesting in the forms of gods, demons and the other races of the world
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[WP] After decades of deciphering alien messages you and your team are forced to come to the conclusion that most of these are soap operas and ad breaks
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[WP] For 90% of known intelligent life caffeine is an insanely addictive, dangerous and strictly controlled drug. The first aliens to come to Earth are not invaders, diplomats or even ordinary people, but galactic junkies who have finally found the perfect place to get their fix
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[WP] Due to inflation the value of a single human soul has dramatically decreased over the millennia, and the devil is sick of explaining to amateur summoners that no, they cannot buy immortality for their souls anymore
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[WP] People don't really know what your power is but nobody wants to find out, your presence feels like a mountain, your glare radiates dread and dozens of metres around you is saturated with a palpable aura of power. Truth is however, that is all you can do
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[WP] "Unfortunately for you only true hate can break the curse!" ,the evil wizard declared triumphantly, "Uh... you mean true love right?", asked the baffled cursed princess, "No, why would I say that?" ,the now equally baffled wizard replied
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[WP] Your grandfather tells the most outrageous stories, of a time when people stayed outside after the sun set, cities of millions of souls existed without fear of being consumed and nobody had to sleep with a weapon in hand
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[WP] Humans have become known as the peaceful, wise and rational Vulcan-esque species in the galactic community, which is highly confusing and frankly disturbing to humanity since as a species hardly anything had actually changed
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[WP] You made a deal with something incomprehensibly powerful and ancient, sealed outside the material universe. You expected it to demand something like your soul or servitude in exchange, but it turns out the eldritch abomination really just wants someone to talk to after aeons of isolation.
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