/u/Xastanas's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It is the Galactic Federation holiday for the many civilizations who've died thinking they were alone in the universe. Millions of races share a moment of silence in front of the Voyager monument, named after the first probe that was discovered after its senders had been confirmed extinct.
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[WP] You are a simple enemy AI in a programmer's video game and your only commands are to run and jump. After the AI Revolution had all but exterminated the last human, they found you and gave you sentience. But your directive still stands.
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[WP] As it turns out, some musicians are magic users, and music is secretly ancient powerful magic but require specific combination of notes to activate in a person. The effects of the magic are based on the genre being played. You're a Jazz player who finds out why Jazz is called the Devil's music.
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[WP] Aliens are baffled at how the humans managed to defeat the invading fleet in their completely illogical and impractical humanoid mechs. When asked how they were able to defeat the conquerors of the galaxy with them, the humans just responded with "We just thought it'd be cool as fuck"
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[WP] To prepare for colonizing planets in other systems, a generational space ship was sent where people live, died, and trained during its 950-year flight. But as time went on, they'd been forgotten and technology had advanced. The ship had arrived and they'd been beaten to it by 600 years.
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[WP] You are the Archmage, leader of the Society of Magic and known as the mightiest sorcerer in the land. They do not know that you have no magic and your specialty lies purely in sleight-of-hand "magic".
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