/u/RoboJoe9000's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Only those who are highly trained for it are permitted to board derelict starships. This rule is unenforced, because the untrained rarely live to tell of it.
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[WP] It started with more and more people out and about at unusual hours of the night, shortages of sleeping pills, long waits at doctor's appointments, higher 911 wait times. It soon became apparent that fatal familial insomnia somehow became contagious. The tri state area is under quarantine.
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[WP] The whole abduction, crop circles, UFO sighting stuff, that's just stuff kids do, like how Earth kids catch frogs and play pranks. The adults aren't even really that interested in Earth.
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[WP] Halloween is the one time of year most monsters can pass in the human world without hiding. Tired of waiting all year they've banned together to create a town that celebrates Halloween all year round.
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[WP] In order to become immune to vampire bites and eventually even able to burn them by touching them you've been eating silver. On the bright side it worked, the downside is that you now have silver poisoning and are completely blue on every inch of your body inside and out.
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[WP] We've all heard of the man who was raised by wolves, but have you ever heard of the man who was raised by NPCs?
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[WP] You're superpower is that whenever you shout "duck!" anybody who does not duck is hit in the face by a flying duck. Used wisely it is an excellent tool to create chaos.
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[WP] Turns out many space faring civilizations rose and fell before humans, but they all end with a similar story: the invention or discovery of some kind of gate or portal, after which the records become damaged and few and far between.
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[WP] Super intelligent machines are a lot like genies. They'll do what you asked them to do, but you better be sure to be very specific if you want it to carry out orders in expected ways.
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[WP] It turns out all the "humans" you've been interacting with are in fact all other varous species trying to hide among the humans. In fact now that this is becoming apparent to the many species they are starting to question where all the humans are, and if any are even left.
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