WritingPrompts

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[WP] Microbial life has been discovered deep in Martian permafrost, which is currently being terraformed. Environmental groups are demanding the process be stopped to prevent their extinction. Your law firm has been hired by one of these groups to represent them in the ensuing court case.	13
[WP] You used to be Hollywood's biggest action movie star, before you retired and got into politics. Now, terrorists have taken the State Capitol hostage, and the hostages expect you, the Governor, to save them.	12
[WP] You wished to be able to talk to animals, but you misinterpreted the definition of "animal" to include bacteria.	10
[WP] Your autonomous car has gone haywire and is now driving towards the sea at high speed. The doors are locked and the manual overrides are unresponsive. You, your partner and your kids have less than five minutes to escape before you all drown.	9
[WP] You are the world's top assassin, not because of your marksmanship skills or your ruthlessness, but because of your comprehensive knowledge of medical and forensic science. Everyone surreptitiously killed by you has appeared to die of natural causes, with zero indication of foul play.	8
[WP] You can see and interact with the imaginary friends of other people.	7
[WP] A scientific experiment goes awry, instantaneously altering the buoyancy of the atmosphere. Flying becomes physically impossible, from the smallest insect to the largest plane. Nature and civilisation must adapt to a flightless world.	7
[WP] A portal appears in the Challenger Deep, draining away the oceanic waters to an unknown location over a period of two years. Earth's hydrosphere is irreparably destroyed. Civilisation collapses, and the survivors venture out onto the vast barren plains and canyons of the former seabed.	6
[WP] All over the world, clouds begin to rearrange themselves in a pattern that appears to denote an intelligent attempt to communicate. A team of scientists sets out to decipher the mysterious meteorological message.	6
[WP] Billions of years from now, the sun runs out of fuel and becomes a red giant. On Earth, as the oceans boil and the land turns to glass, the humans who wished for immortality begin to regret their condition.	6

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