/u/WrongEinstein's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're on the International Space Station and only surgeon in orbit, the Chinese space station needs an emergency appendectomy. The only way to travel is to suit up and drift the 168 miles between the differing orbits, it'll take 18 hours. Tell us your thoughts during your 'flight' over Earth.
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[WP] Romance isn’t dead. It’s only buried. Grab a shovel and dig. It’s not as far down as you think! It’s waiting for you to nurture it once it gets a second breath. Trust me!
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[WP] Your job is listening to recordings of the 'secret' Russian space station transmissions, usually string of coded numbers. This morning they're increasingly alarmed and panicy, finally screaming a code you recognize, a common Russian military code for an airstrike on their position.
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[WP] "Well, General Barnes, it uses quantum entanglement interference to communicate instantly across millions of light years. We've found over 14 million channels." "It should take us awhile to use up all that bandwidth." "Um, we meant channels actively in use, by alien civilizations."
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[WP] The Great Orc, Obak the Strong, was confused as battle sounds faded, replaced by bright lights. A human held him up by the ankles and smacked him. His great battle roar came out as a tiny wail. "Ten fingers, ten toes, congratulations Mrs Jones, you have a healthy baby boy!"
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[WP] The convicts, escaped in the zombie outbreak, squinted at the chemistry notes in the Arizona sun. Their victim continued, "...zombies got ama loyds, like alt zimer's, in the brain, why anna botics don't work. Doc said get to the CDC." The killer spoke, "Jesus, we gotta get him to Atlanta."
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[WP] Trying not to use the monitored regular channels, so home doesn't know. Fellow invaders, I'm saying we report Earth as un-invadebale, and go transmission silent. I mean, we've got it pretty good here, right?
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[WP] Their captors had the boy hold the ring, as it could not be wielded by a male. It shows the wearer's true self and power. He looked to his six older sisters, witches, held bound by powerful magic. "Blessed be, sister," they intoned. "Blessed be, sisters," said the boy, and he put on the ring.
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[WP] The American military opens up about UFO's. British parliament release the 'Fae Files'. They're getting the public ready.
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[WP] You're the general in charge of the US's new weapon, Thor. Satellites that drop 10 ft (3m) titanium rods from orbit that strike with the force of a nuclear bomb. The military had long used the alert 'Broken Arrow' to refer to lost nuclear weapons. You awake to the alert message 'Stolen Hammer'.
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