/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Since ancient times there has been a secret society of immortals around the world, from former mortals cursed or blessed with eternal life to those who were never mortal in the first place. Rather than rule the world from the shadows they mostly just gossip, share stories, bicker and argue
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[WP] Your grandmother gave you her favourite recipe book for your birthday, one that she has been with since she was a little girl. You are grateful for the gesture but you don't have the heart to tell her that she accidentally gave you an equally old and worn "Dark Magic for Dummies"
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[WP] Magic works off belief, as long as you think it should work and enough people agree this should work it shall work, however the threshold is rather large. As a famous stage magician you found this out when a magic trick that you completely messed up still worked perfectly on live TV
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[WP]The internet evolved into Cyberspace, where people enter a VR world to surf the web. As an unintended side effect online pirating has become very much like actual pirates
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[WP] There are a lot of garden gnomes outside your house, on your lawn, in front of the door, in the trees and even some on the roof. You have never bought a single gnome in your life, and frankly you are terrified
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[WP] A mad scientist has come across a small problem in his plans, he has come to love his hideous and abominable creations like his own children
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[WP] The better one can see the supernatural the better the supernatural can see them, which has led to a decline of those who can see spirits. However as technology increases various measurements inadvertently pick up things from the other side, and likewise for them
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[WP] Once or twice a generation for most of human history an immortal is born somewhere in the world. Only a few hundred immortals existed at any given time for millennia, not being immune to physical injury and such, but as the population rises rapidly so too does the unaging population
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[WP] As one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world flames have long since been completely useless against you, this group of fanatical witch hunters however don't seem to get it
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[WP] The walls between the land of the dead and living ebb and flow like the tides, they grew most thin a few centuries ago, are thickest in the modern era, and centuries later as humanity begins to set foot amongst the stars they will once more grow thin allowing spirits to pass through once again
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