/u/ThisFatGirlRuns's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Incantations and grimoires are so old school. Deals at a crossroad are a thing of the past. No, in 2021 the Devil has gone online and summoning demons has never been easier. Today, you start your job as a live chat operator for the app "Inferno". The tag line? "The Devil may care."
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[WP]The guards on death row have to provide what you want as your last meal or they can't execute you. You try to beat the system and ask for your Grans homemade food, knowing she's dead. The guards smile and later you nearly fall off your bed when Gran walks onto the block, plate of food in hand.
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[WP] You own a special camera. You can go to any place on earth, set a specific time & date, take a photo and the camera will photograph not what's there NOW, but what was there THEN. You have solved many historical mysteries but now you suspect someone's on to you, and trying to steal the camera.
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[WP] A year ago you noticed that the day before a natural disaster, your thumbs start to ache. You've used the ability to predict storms, tornados etc and you've never been wrong. This morning you wake up with your thumbs in so much pain you're blind with it. Something very very bad is coming.
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[WP]'Not again!' you groan as you smell sulfur when you open your front door. Sure enough, your cat is sitting on the kitchen table, surrounded by mounds of fresh fish, and one huge black and red demon. 'Fluffy! This has GOT to stop!'
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[WP] You and a friend stage your own kidnapping to extort money from your wealthy parents. Your friend plays their part well. Too well. You nervously joke that you're glad it was just a kidnapping and not a murder. When they turn to look at you, you're afraid of the look in their eyes.
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[WP]You are able to sense hidden human remains. You have spent years subtly helping police solve murders. Not subtly enough though, as someone on the force is starting to suspect the worst about you.
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[WP] It was years before you discovered your superpower, its so subtle. When you bless someone who sneezes, they actually get a blessing. Wish someone a nice day and they have one. You love your power, until someone else finds out about it.
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[WP] You've known sign language all your life. One day, while visiting the zoo, you notice an orangutan start signing. The words it signs, over and over, are 'help' and 'save'. You seem to be the only one in the crowd to understand.
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[WP]You find an old timey camera while thrifting, with film still inside. Photography being a hobby you buy it, finish the roll and take it to your darkroom to develop the pics. You are shocked when every photo seems to show events that happened before cameraa existed. What kind of camera is this?
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