/u/RynTyn's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]You’ve been cursed. But the effects only cause you minor annoyances. Which causes the person you’d least likely suspect of wanting to harm you loudly complain that they should get a refund because the curse isn’t working as the witch promised.
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[EU]After winning your third gym badge you suddenly find other Pokémon trainers avoiding your eyes while grunts eagerly approach you asking for you to join their cause. Finally being challenged by a trainer named Red, you learn you’re considered a cheater for using items during your gym battles.
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[WP]The villain was triumphant and enacted their plan to take over the world. Several years later humanity is nearly extinct as the mutated creations of the villain stalk the ravaged land. You’re the leader of survivors trying to get to safety. You’re also the villain who destroyed the world.
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[WP]It has been twenty years since you kidnapped the princess and during that time you’ve yet seen the ransom money for her return or even some heroic knight attempt to rescue her. You’re starting to worry that the ransom note you wrote was just too hard to read because of your horrible penmanship.
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[WP]You’re renowned for helping people conjure their fears. You’re not a licensed therapist though. You’re a demon that feeds off of human fear. Though you are effective the real therapist who works with you constantly hounds you to get a real license so the state doesn't close the business.
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[WP]With the advent of science, mages struggle to find a place in the world as people turn to the technology created by science for their needs. You've manage to adapt to the changes by swallowing your pride and using your transport spell to deliver packages. An act the other mages see as shameful.
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[WP]It’s an open secret that you willingly hire former supervillains and henchmen to help start them off with legitimate careers. And so every once in a while you have to deal with superheroes who try to prove your workers haven't changed their ways.
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[WP]You are the middle child born to a family of assassins. But instead of taking up the family’s profession, you work on making your dream of having a normal career come true. A dream your family is more than willing to help with whether you know it or not.
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[WP]You have the ability to speak to the souls of the dead. Unlike the other rare few who have the same ability you’re not in high demand though because you can only speak to souls sent to Hell. But you do get an occasional customer who wants to make sure their dearly departed truly is in Hell.
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[WP]”We didn’t know whether we needed a babysitter or petsitter so we just called you both. Basically, just make sure the kids don’t destroy the furniture. Don't eat their homework. And take them out every 2 hours. Here’s the list of emergency numbers. We’ll be back by sunrise.”
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