WritingPrompts

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[WP] Desperate for work, you’ve accepted a job in private security, guarding an ominous mansion. You’re given a gun and told to let no one in the gate without a code. When a car full of quipping, flirting, arrogant people show up at the gate, it dawns on you: you’ve been hired as a henchman.	1397
[WP] Every new year, a rune falls from space. Everyone from celebrities to warlords around the world try to acquire them, and in turn unique magic. By sheer luck, you get your hands on the latest rune — but it’s rather weak, and you are ridiculed. The next year, however, they stop coming.	651
[WP] “Join our quest! We need you!” your little sister begs every morning, favorite toy in hand. One day, you’re forced to play along. Excited, your sis displays a coloring book. Upon opening it, the world reshapes around you, to a battlefield, where your sis and her toy are making a final stand.	597
[WP] A blinding light appears above you. Suddenly, your feet lift off the ground. You continue upward, into a room. There, you find two gray humanoids arguing. After some time, one turns to you. “Human. You have to settle this.”	156
[WP] You walk into the saloon, hat on head, your hand rested on your six shooter, boots thumping against the wood. You’re a famous outlaw in the old west, only, you’re actually a shipwrecked, time traveling alien, trying to fit in, based on future western films.	80
[WP] You’ve conquered worlds. Brought civilizations to their knees. Destroyed all in your path. When life sees you, it trembles in fear. “What was it for?” your latest victim asks in his dying breath. You look off to the sunset, pensive: it’d been all that was on your mind, and he was 1st to ask.	70
[WP] You saved the princess, by kidnapping her. Instead of being seen as a hero, however, the people regard you as a typical villain. Even the princess resents you. The only ones that listen are your stupid goons. When you try to explain, the famous hero declares he’s going to rescue the princess.	68
[WP] As a child, you were always fascinated with bugs. Now, you’re a passionate entomologist. When a civilization of arthropods is discovered underground, you volunteer to make contact. The world is fearful, but the underground warns you there is much worse below them.	51
[WP] Everyone thinks you’re crazy. You’re the first person to ride a horse.	49
[WP] A passionate historian, you’ve always been fascinated with alternate history. You decide to try writing some on your own. After completing your first chapter, you go to bed. The next morning, you find that history has changed.	49

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