/u/SlowCrates's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You stopped seeing your imaginary friend when you were a teenager. So it's really strange that they keep popping up in the background of photo albums from well after college.
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[WP] Your powerful family guided you on your path to become president of your country. But deep down you really wanted to be a comedian. Well, you decide, who can stop you from slipping some material in when you give a televised speech about the state of the country?
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[WP] People can't hear you and they walk right through you as if you're not there. However, the more you speak, the more you influence them, as if emotionally and subconsciously they hear you. You used to manipulate people for self-gain, but you noticed a change when you helped someone else.
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[WP] You've been having a reoccurring character appear in your dreams your entire life, where a woman with soulful eyes smiles at you. She wasn't anyone you knew, or could remember seeing -- until today. She's arresting you on suspicion of murder.
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[WP] Armed with the strongest telescope in history, you venture through a wormhole that brings you 65 million light years from Earth. To save humanity, you need to know what really happened to the dinosaurs.
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[WP] While relaxing alone by a river deep in the wilderness, you suddenly see someone in business clothes burst from the foliage, alert, but not necessarily afraid. "Where am I?" they ask, wide-eyed.
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[WP] After transferring your consciousness to a hard drive, you quickly realize that yours is not the only sentience that made the trip. You are now able to converse freely with all aspects of your subconscious, but some don't play well with others.
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[WP] At long last, humanity has found a suitable planet, and the berries are insatiably delicious. Better than any food, better than sex, better than drugs, better than... uh oh.
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[WP] You apply to a mysterious job posting that offers a great salary. You lie like crazy on your application, you even admit as much in the notes. To your surprise, you get a call. Now you must take a series of real world tests, and you still don't know what the job is.
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