/u/PraetorSolaris's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] When you moved to a major city in another state, you wondered why you were feared and respected. Turns out you're the doppelganger of the young mob boss. He found you, and wants you to run the mob for a while. He hasn't returned in 5 years.
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[WP] When your father is on his deathbed, he uses his last wish from a genie: "Give my child everything they wish for. " You don't know this, and "wish traffic from the funeral would hurry up". You think it's coincidence, until this happens...
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[WP] You are working on the engine of your pride and joy, a classic car. The motor sparkles in the light. Suddenly, the world around you is blasted into oblivion by a nuclear strike. You were ground zero, and there is a shadow of your body burned into what remains of your vehicle. You are unharmed.
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[WP] Every single day, you are granted a superhuman ability, which only lasts for that day. Sometimes it's difficult to know what ability you have. Today is one of those days.
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[WP] As a tow truck driver, you experience a lot of different situations. Today, a call came in, and this situation was slightly more difficult to deal with. This vehicle had a forcefield. Here's the whole day, since I woke up...
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[WP] Today, you were skydiving, set to glide into Central Park. Your parachute never opened, and you crashed into the sidewalk. It shattered into thousands of fragments. You've never experienced something like this before. You stand up, unharmed, and suddenly you crave pizza.
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[WP] For the 5th generation in a row, your family has been living in a centrifuge experiment. Your normal gravity is 40 Gs. You are being released into the world, and are 40 times stronger than anybody else.
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[WP] In 1999, you successfully created a temporal stasis pod. You stored freshly baked chicken in it for 7 days and it was still hot. Then, because of Y2K, you closed yourself in it. Someone opened it today (June 2021) and let you out.
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[WP] When you rubbed a lamp and summoned the genie, you were surprised because the terms and conditions had changed. Instead of three wishes, you now get one godlike power for precisely 24 hours. Here's what happened in that 24 hours...
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