/u/Regi3Au's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "You can’t truly call yourself “peaceful” unless you are capable of great violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful, you’re harmless. A very important distinction. " Our first contacts were harmless, those met later couldn't tell the difference.
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[WP] You're a "skin walker" and an old one. After spending a lifetime in a skin, it must be laid to rest, and while most of your kind long for the complexity of being human, you prefer to bask in their wonder and witness their lives as their pets.
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[WP] You perform your regular rituals for bed, and as your head hits the pillow, you succumb to the deepest sleep you've ever had. Filled with wondrous dreams, eons seem to pass. As you awake, you realise that your bed is surrounded by a transparent case, and you're being watched.
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[WP] Humans, the most recent of additions to the galactic community, have some odd traditions. The most interesting of which is a ceremony featuring a simple horn device and something known as the "Ode of Remembrance". When the most peaceful world we have met dwells on acts of violence, we shiver.
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[WP] When humans dream, they're doing so in your realm. When one is able to Lucid Dream, they gain free will shape it as they like. Not all humans use their powers to benefit your realm. That's why you joined the Dream Police, or as the humans say, the Shadow People.
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[WP] You've been reincarnated many times, you're not fully aware of this every time, and sometimes you remember more about your previous lives, only to forget what you remembered in the next one. Strangely, You always remember the best sunset you saw from each life.
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[WP] When your people first encountered Earth, you saw their warmongering ways and prepared to encounter hostilities. However, in the 12 Earth "years" since the unlikely signing of the "Two Worlds, One Goal" peace act, you've managed to solve the largest disputes using the local custom of "Olympics.
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[WP] It's been centuries since reincarnation was confirmed. It started slowly, with faint memories of Mythical beasts and wild hunts. Then stong recall of the founding technologies and the Natural Wonder of the Cradle of Terra. But new generations cannot be birthed, as we live beyond natural limits.
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[WP] After spending your youth travelling and working on the road, you decide it's time to settle down some place with your fantasy obsessed girlfriend. Opening a bar themed accordingly, you started getting some interesting characters pop I'm, but this latest "Orc Wizard" cosplay is too realistic.
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[WP] When the first Immortal Soul reached their 1000th year, she couldn't hold new memories. After much debate, all immortal souls would return a clean slate, with one chosen every 1000 years to remember the coming Millennium. You're reborn and your life at the dawn of time returns. 9 lives remain.
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