/u/Shadrak_Meduson's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're the head of a criminal family, running a restaurant as a disguise. Overtime it starts raking in more revenue than the criminal activities, leaving you and your henchmen puzzled about what to do next.
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[WP] Some god-like beings visit us when we sleep, watching our dreams and nightmares, always slightly out of sight standing beyond the corner of the eye. You're the first human in history to notice them while dreaming.
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[WP] 95% of oceans remain officially unexplored because scientists know of the beings that lurk in the depths...and they'd rather not disturb them
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[WP] Superpowers are real but using them slowly corrupts the parts of the brain responsible for empathy etc. Heroes must regulate their actions, while villains often are heroes that fell.
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[WP] Magic spells require a ritual dance for casting. The more powerful the spell, the more elaborate the choreography needs to be. Battles between powerful mages look like amazing dance offs.
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[WP] You visit a blood bank to donate some. It's staffed almost exclusively by vampires, blood mages, occult cultists etc. and they're not very good at hiding it.
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[WP] Humans are periodically sacrificed to keep an Eldritch god sated. You're the first sacrifice to ask whether they'd like something else. Turns out the elder being would rather receive gourmet meals.
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[WP] A mighty superhero was used as a scapegoat and imprisoned in a jail meant for supers. Realising the accusations are false it's their nemesis, a powerful super villain, who decides to spring them out.
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[WP] You hire a construction crew to build your new home. You're pretty sure they're dwarves in disguise, what with the full beards, stout builds, mystic runes here and there...Can't complain though, since they're really good at their job.
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