/u/SirPiecemaker's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[PI] You're a mimic. You were disguised as a chair in a dungeon when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You've actually enjoyed your life ever since as furniture in a jolly tavern. So when some ruffians try to rob the now-elderly adventurer's business, you finally reveal yourself.
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[PI] Humans once wielded formidable magical power, but with over 7 billion of us on the planet, Mana has spread far too thinly to have any effect. When hostile aliens reduce humanity to a mere fraction the survivors discover an old power has begun to reawaken once again.
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[PI] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked.
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[PI] “Then the 92nd little pig built a house out of depleted uranium. And the wolf was like ‘dude’.”
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[EU] A group of Adeptus Mechanicus explorers makes a most alarming discovery; a millennia-old bunker filled with things equally amazing and terrifying, once belonging to a mysterious organization known as "The SCP Foundation"
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[OT] At the start of the year, I found this sub and with it a passion for writing. Today, a collection of those short stories - my favourites - have turned into a full book.
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[WP] Spells can only be cast when written on scrolls, making scribes a greatly prestigious position as the ability to write is highly regulated. You have just created something equally powerful and terrible: The printing press.
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[PI] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside."
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