WritingPrompts

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[WP] Everyone in the village knows that the old spirit in the forest will grant you boons and blessings, but everyone also knows that it's never worth the price you must pay. You've got an idea about how you can come out ahead in the bargain.	20
[WP] Awhile ago you finally broke out of a time-loop where you'd spent several hundred years in a Monday. But Tuesday started a brand new loop, and so did Wednesday. It's taken thousands of years, but if you can break the loop again then tomorrow is Saturday. Maybe the weekend solves everything?	19
[SP] A mortal is not just favored, but literally worshipped by the gods for no discernible reason.	18
[WP] Most highly successful writers have no clue where their ideas come from. Some claim a muse, others claim they come from sudden inspiration. You know exactly where yours come from, and you'll cross any line to keep that multi-billion dollar secret intact. Like now, for instance.	18
[WP] Most of the Scythes are there to help Death reap humanity. There is a sect among them who harvest far more difficult targets. Gods. Demons. Eldritch horrors. Nothing is immune, and eventually everything dies. Whether it wants to or not.	18
[WP] Rumors have swirled for years about the mage's tower. Some say it's a dark and malevolent place. Others that the mage will give you a meal and send you on your way. All say that the tower is filled with treasure beyond wonder. The king has tasked one brave soul to find out the certain truth.	16
[WP] You've just come home when you hear your microwave beeping a completed cycle. You're sure you didn't put anything in there, but when you open the door you see an envelope addressed to you.	15
[WP] Long ago a great mage bound each of the gods to a page in a book, then locked it away. After the mage died, the book was hidden and eventually vanished into legend. Many years later, you find an odd tome hidden in the basement of your grandparent's house. Curious, you open it to a random page.	15
[WP] The illusion of time is shattered. Everyone is stuck in a time-loop, but none of them are the same length or even necessarily progressing time the same direction. Only one person seems to be unaffected, but they also appear to be oblivious to everyone else's predicament.	15
[WP] It fell from the sky and landed in the middle of a busy city. It emitted no signals, and absorbed all light, heat, and radio waves that came near it. After it was clear that it wasn't harmful and couldn't be moved or destroyed, people learned to ignore it. Until seventy-five years later.	13

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