/u/XeAnDev's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Spoken word is currency. Crystals kept on one's person glow according to how many/what words that person can afford to speak. Your crystal glows green, so after years of work, you can finally pay off the debts that you owe; however, in a fateful encounter, a single word drains it of all color.
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[WP] You were once an archaeologist up until you realized that disturbed fossils still release ghosts. With an ethereal T-Rex rampaging throughout the country, you decide it's time you try to awaken the ghost of the best person for the job...
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[WP] It's true. You DO know who's naughty or nice, and you DO check your list twice. However, coal is killing the environment, and it's not enough to dissuade bad behavior. It's time to make these suckers pay.
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[WP] A handful of people on the planet gain super powers equal in strength to the urges they can overcome. Yesterday, you avoided scratching a mosquito bite. Today, you're the strongest person on the planet.
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[WP] Phil emerged from his home, only to quickly dash back inside. What he saw was tantamount to eldritch horrors. He had to find a way to warn the others, the ignorant ones happily yelling, "6 more weeks of winter!"
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[WP] "Would you like to donate 1 copper to the Defeat the Dark Lord fund?" the cashier asks. "Sure," you say, handing the coin to the cashier with a smile. You doubt it'll help, but you kind of want your boss to croak..
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[WP] You are the most successful genie in history with half the world under your thumb. They normally ask for relatively small things, and the downsides of their wishes reveal themselves slowly over time. They call you Santa Claus.
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[WP] Practically everyone in the medical field specializes in something. You are unique in that you are the first and only "super specialist," and you are the only person in the world capable of diagnosing and treating the bizarre ailments of the world's superheroes and supervillains.
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[WP] Time thieves are individuals who travel through time to steal priceless artifacts. Time cops travel through time to stop such individuals. You're neither, you just like to create little discrepancies in history to mess with both.
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