WritingPrompts

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[WP] In a nation ruled by corporations, where inequality is rampant and bureaucracy is the only truth, you are a rebel applying at the Office of Revolution for a Permit to Overthrow the Government.	248
[WP] You spent the first half of your life being an altruistic, ever-reliable do-gooder, and you've helped more people than you can count. Now, as your plans unfold, you're about to call in every single one of the thousands of "I owe you one" favors you've accumulated.	190
[WP] A mutation leads the emergence of telepathy in humans. The trait is fully dominant and it only takes one parent for all children to be telepathic. Generations later, you're one of the remaining 1% of humanity without telepathic ancestors, and who still speaks to communicate.	150
[WP] As the first natural immortal, you had a 2,000-year headstart from everyone else and were respected as a great elder. But now, 500 years after immortality is perfected, all these younguns are suddenly getting kinda smug.	127
[WP] After a tense, 8-hour fight, the Hero and Villain are about to use their respective finishing moves to end this once and for all. But then, the clock strikes 5. "Ey, that's it for me. Wanna grab a beer?"	126
[WP] You are born with a left eye that can see a week into the future. You've worn an eyepatch all your life to block the images. One day, you see a bright light in your masked left eye, so bright that it shines through the patch.	106
[WP] You're a single mom working full-time. To make some passive income and get more time with your kids, you...overthrow your planet's government and start a massive private interstellar trade and military empire. You now control a large part of the galaxy...but still don't have time for your kids.	106
[WP] You've just joined a new group of mercenaries. They often refer to past events by location: "The Budapest job." "The Morocco gig." On a new mission, someone brings up "The Antarctica job" and everyone nods solemnly.	99
[WP] An Eldtritch Moon suddenly appears in the sky, and you and billions others scream as you turn into horribly corrupted mounds of flesh... But your eyesight is better? And your back pains are gone? And apparently you're immortal now so... Maybe things aren't that bad...	98
[WP] For years, you, the right hand of the Dark Lord, have been plotting to kill your master and gain control of their vast empire. On the day your plans unfold, your unsuspecting master tells you, "My friend, were it not my curse to bear, you are the only one to whom I would entrust this empire."	96

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