/u/Preston_of_Astora's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "Daddy, why is the orangutan in jail?" "Oh Lily. The orangutan isn't in jail, he's in a zo-" (Name: Clyde Age: 43 Species: Orangutan Imprisoned for: First Degree Murder)
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[WP] The magic school hosted a reunion for the batch that graduated a decade ago. The region's most acclaimed magicians are gathered in one place, so you can imagine their absolute confusion when a steroid driven barbarian who brute forces his way is in the room, only using magic to buff his fists
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[WP] You are a great architect, the greatest of your age, and you were suddenly thrown into a time portal that led to the future. Upon arriving, you discover that your life's work and effort have all been credited to aliens instead
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[WP] Slaying the dragon was hard enough, but the knight had absolutely zero idea what is being hidden in that tower. Everyone says it's a fair princess, but upon entering her quarters, you are immediately hit with an aura of immense dread, and terror. This tower isn't a prison, it's a vault.
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[WP] When the knight was told he has to slay a dragon to save a princess, he expected a foul beast that breathed fire. The last thing he expected, is a mountain of a man clad in blackened armor, wearing draconic motifs, and guarded his princess with the vigor and determination of a raging inferno
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[WP] You are an immortal, wealthy queen, unchallenged by all, for you have outlived the snail destined to kill you. So imagine the horror when your castle was flooded with thousands of snails, and they all say "WE ARE THE SONS OF THE SNAIL, AND WE ARE HERE TO FULFILL OUR FATHER'S DESTINY"
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[WP] Tired of your remote missing between the sofa cushions, you dived into the crevice between sofa cushions, and ended up in a dimension where all lost things end up. You're ecstatic to find everything you lost in here, but that changes when you begin to find things never meant to be found.
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[WP] Considering Greek myths are extremely binary with no room for nuance, theoretically King Midas can turn the entire Earth into gold and nothing can stop him from touching the ground
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[WP] For centuries, humans have fantasized about alien warrior races. Peerless, fearless vagabonds of immense skill and will. Now that humanity is introduced to the wider community, it's revealed that THEY are the warrior race. Apparently everyone is afraid of them due to the human history of war.
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[WP] Humanity has seeded many worlds with bioengineered life in order to sustain life, and such efforts take centuries to even come close to halfway complete. Visiting one of the nearly finished worlds however, they come across a primitive alien species calling their project planet Home
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