/u/ShadowScribe's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are trapped in a small, windowless room with nothing but a computer with a text editor. When you type in a word, the object appears in the room. However, there's a catch: the only keys on the keyboard are in the first half of the alphabet (A - M).
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[WP] One day, the mirror in your bedroom catches your eye. You look into it and see your reflection packing a bag full of clothes and supplies. "We don't have much time," it warns you. "They're coming."
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[WP] Making eye contact with someone for three straight seconds causes your souls to switch bodies. You nervously talk to your crush for the first time and accidentally switch places. This would be fine, but by some cruel twist of fate, neither of you are able to reverse the process.
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[WP] You are the lone astronaut piloting a powerless spaceship on a collision course with the sun. Your only companion is the soothing AI, who tries to convince you, a little too strongly, that there is nothing you can do but wait for your inevitable death.
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[WP] You are responsible for conducting job interviews for your company. Your last candidate of the day walks in: sweatpants, hoodie, Gandalf beard, red eyes, and a completely blank application.
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[WP] You are a grizzled old detective in a city gone to hell. You go to the bar to drown your sorrows in booze and find your old partner waiting for you: his name is Scooby-Doo.
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[WP] The latest update to Pokémon Go allows you to capture other players in real life. Several months later, you are one of the few remaining survivors, hiding from the one trainer who had to catch em all.
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[WP] You have completed your siege of the North and are now the Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, the one true king of all the land. After your coronation, however, you realize very quickly that you have no idea what the hell you are doing.
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[WP] Whenever you play a video game, all of the experience your character gains transfers to real life: strength, stealth, magic, etc. But after a fight with a dragon leaves you with a roasted face, you realize the damage carries over too.
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