WritingPrompts

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[WP] Mars has been terraformed! The issue? Humans didn't do it. No-one is quite sure why the red planet suddenly has lush vegetation, flowing water and a thriving biosphere, but your team has been sent to find out what's going on.	15
[WP] As you and your fellow teens explore the abandoned mansion filled with dolls and skulls, looking at the ominous messages written in blood about it being the site of hundreds of murders, a sinking feeling hits you. You're worried your author is trying way too hard.	15
[WP] We all know the trope of the previously harmless and silly villain suddenly proving to a be a major threat. What's less expected is the opposite, but here is the most feared villain on earth, murderer of countless heroes and leveler of cities, stealing candy bars from the corner shop.	14
[WP] "Obviously, no-one makes deals with demons anymore. The cautionary tales are too well known. So there's a new rule. 1 in 10 deals? You get exactly what you want. No irony, no word twisting, nothing. Wish granted as requested." The dark figure held out a hand, smiling. "So. Fancy your luck?"	14
[WP] The fact is, we're not space orcs or a death world. These aliens have taken a thousand worlds , they'll take ours too. We can't win. But that doesn't mean we can't go do swinging.	14
[WP] Any sufficently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, so they say. But grading the final year mystic artificer exam, it's your job to prove them wrong. Someone's gotta weed out all the engineers seeking a magic diploma, after all.	13
[WP] We never expected a pun to end the world. But then, due to a small misspelling by NASA, the sun started emanating huge amounts of ultraviolent light.	13
[WP] It turns out the mundane effects of global warming were just the beginning. The Spirits of Winter were slow to notice this gradual attack on their domain, but now they have, and their vengeance on humanity is terrible indeed.	13
[WP] In dimension 2732, your counterpart is the supreme unquestioned ruler of the earth, having crushed every nation beneath their boot years ago. Now you have been teleported to dimension 2732. And people are having some interesting reactions.	13
[WP] Some supernatural creatures have updated to the modern world. Highway sirens, fae lawyers, ghosts haunting forums and subreddits. Not you. You're a sphinx, so you blocked the road to Thebes for those who can't solve your riddle. Any developments in the area since 500 BCE are not your problem.	13

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