/u/Spoon_Elemental's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A master thief sends a letter to the castle. "I am coming to take your most valued treasure. Stop me if you can." On the promised date the castle guards it's most valuable pieces in a vault and the thief never shows. A short time later it is discovered that what was stolen was not in the vault.
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[WP] A few years ago you got dragged into another world that you managed to help save and were sent home at the end of your quest. In the present day you're hanging around in a board game store when you overhear the names of your former companions being used as NPC's in a tabletop RPG.
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[WP] You were given a life sentence of 200 years in jail for an atrocious crime you committed, but they didn't know at the time that you're an immortal. Now that your time is almost up the authorities are panicking trying to figure out how to keep you in prison so you can't do it again.
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[WP] If somebody tries to harm you, their attempt to do so is reflected back at them and they get hurt instead. You don't seem to be able to turn off this skill, but one day someone tried to murder you resulting in their death. Now you've been accused of witchcraft and are on your third execution.
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[WP] As a joke, a prankster god gave a bunch of mortals ridiculous useless super powers. They find themselves begrudgingly respectful of the mortals when they start abusing properties of their seemingly useless powers in ways that were not intended.
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[WP] One day a thought occurs to you, "I'm an adult. I could go to the store, buy a pie and eat the whole thing by myself in my car and nobody could stop me." So you do that. This was the worst mistake of your life.
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[WP] When evil people die they're supposed to go to Hell as punishment. You arrive and discover that the place is unusually comfortable. Satan really hates God, and as it turns out his favorite way to spite God is to make Hell a really comfortable place.
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[WP] When a lawyer is sent to hell their punishment is always the same. They get a seemingly fair trial where they can defend themselves, but unbeknownst to the lawyer the trial is always a mock trial. One lawyer figured this out and tricked the demons into filing paperwork for a legitimate trial.
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[WP] A soul dammed to Hell has finished their sentence and is set to be reincarnated. As the clerk files their paperwork they discover something horrible. The soul that just finished their sentence wasn't supposed to end up in Hell. They were dammed by a clerical error.
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[WP] The Hero shouts at the Dark Lord "A monster like you could never understand the true value of friendship!" while hurling their friendship powered attack. The Dark Lord effortlessly deflects the attack and says "I'll have you know I love each and every single one of my subordinates very much."
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