/u/Redarcs's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You stand panting at the edge of your forge, your life's work finally complete. Before you sit a pair of twin revolvers, cast from the shattered remains of Excalibur, glowing a soft silver that had nothing to do with the light of the forge.
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[WP] An immortal race of beings seeded earth with the goal of making humans a race of invincible warriors to fight for them. The beings were overthrown, and humanity was largely forgotten about, save for vague rumors and tall tales. That is, until a scout ship returns with some troubling news...
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[WP] Turns out our species is located in a relatively isolated area of the Galaxy compared to other species, and as such were forced to do much of the inventing and "figuring stuff out" by ourselves. When we reach the galaxy at large, we become known as the "Jack of all trades" species.
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[WP] The weathered, dying man places the worn six-gun in your tired hands, the metal glowing softly in the midnight air. "Its yours now," he says as he coughs up blood. "It'll take you far in this blasted wasteland. It was always yours to begin with."
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[WP] A group of super heroes are fighting a single, albeit genius villain. Unbeknownst to them, the villain is the kid they all used to bully in high school because their powers came late.
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[WP] You work in an old art museum. Its not as popular as it used to be, so there aren't many visitors. You you just walked in on two paintings talking to each other. They haven't noticed you yet.
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[WP] The last thing we expected when we made contact with life from another world was a ship full of dead aliens.
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[WP] A highly skilled battle mage is betrayed by his order and cast out into the wasteland. Years later, the now deadlier warlock is summoned back to his home city. The reason? To train the next generation of battle mages, so they never get steamrolled in a war again.
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[WP] You are a retired, disillusioned superhero living in peaceful solitude. One day, there is a pounding on your door. You open it to find on of the new generation's superheroes before you; they're battered, bruised, and exhausted.
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