/u/TheImpPaysHisDebts's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You can't see to the bottom of the chasm and your glad you can't. Your shift runs from 3-11pm and in the last 3 years, nothing has come up the chasm's carved steps until today at 6:03pm. You reach for the phone to make the call you never thought you'd have to make.
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[WP] There can't be another hallway, another floor with dozens and dozens of rooms, some empty, some partially furnished, some with just boxes, oh there's food and water (thank goodness), but no end and no exit... no way out...
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[WP] You've seen all the crazy fads come and go - from pet rocks to Pokemon to planking - but this one, this one really takes it to the next level. It all started...
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[WP] After 'The Event' and 'The Great Rebirth' you were assigned as one of the growers of medicinal and cooking herbs and therefore you have special permission to go into the prohibited areas to recover plants. On your most recent trip, you saw something that you were told didn't exist anymore...
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[WP] Enemies of the Emperor were sent very far back in time. The process wasn't too precise though... and it took a lot of energy. A brief power drop during the targeting phase of his fourth wife's 'leaving' resulted in six of the technicians immediately disappearing from the room.
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[WP] You need to prepare your defense. The Licensing Board for International Super Villans is threatening to pull your accreditation for not using a countdown timer on your last bomb.
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[WP] On the morning of what you expect to be June 1, 2019, your 50th birthday, you wake up and discover it is really June 1, 2069... the next day it's June 1, 2119... and so on. You only age a day each time.
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[WP] As a Dream Detective you have investigated some strange things, but since SomnolSupress (TM) was made available over the counter, things have quieted down - that is until you got transferred to The Villages in Florida.
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[WP] "It's time." You don't look at your escort as you leave the staging area and walk down the hall towards the dark gray door. "Good luck... and thank you." She quickly leaves you at the door as you sigh and slowly place your right palm on the dimly glowing glass panel on the wall.
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[WP] The nurse told you the prosthetics were still integrating with your body's neuro system... and checking for the latest patches ("Samsung is so slow..."). You came to out of surgery earlier than expected, but with any luck Galaxy Suit 3 will cement your chances as one of the Mars astronauts.
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