/u/_Osmium76_'s posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You have a voce in your head that automatically gives you advice. One night when you start heading out you hear it say "you may want to put on your best runners." You turn away and it adds, "it would be unfavorable to turn back."
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[WP] Your closeted superpower is the ability to talk to animals. One day, as you're walking through the street, you cross paths with an unmoving cobra. "Your Highness, our land is in danger. We cannot resolve this dispute without your intervention."
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[WP] There's an illegal drug that amplifies the taker's natural talents to superhuman levels. Many people after consuming it turn to a life of crime, but you're different. You have to explain to the cops that you were born with superpowers, and that you'd never even touched or seen the substance.
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[WP] You wake up in the process of being abducted by aliens, slowly drifting upwards. Instead of being experimented on, you see a lone creature standing in the corner of the ship. "I can't believe I'm doing this," he says, tears in his eyes. "Do you wanna go somewhere with me? Become friends?"
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[WP] Your superhero self had been crowned as Earth's guardian. In exchange for limitless power, you cannot be seen changing from your ordinary identity. While you're in an interview for your dream job, a distant rumble shakes the table. "It's fine," your employer says. "They'll take care of it."
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[WP] People gain superpowers based on the environment that they are born in. Since most people had been born in hospitals, they are given a mild healing ability. However, people that weren't as lucky have other powers, and are the world's version of superheroes and villans
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[WP] They say leaders aren't born, they're made. After the apocalypse, some of the greatest minds come together to create you, an AI capable of deciding the best possible course of action to survive whatever's lying ahead.
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[WP] Every night as you are falling asleep, you see "Day Complete!" and some stats. One day you spot an unusual line: "Kills: 999+"
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[WP] When you die, you're suddenly transported to a dark room strapped to a chair. "Fire him another one," you hear a voice say behind a thick wall. Little do you know that for the safety of everyone around you, you've been contained as a Keter-level SCP.
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[WP] You wake up to find that you are the only person on Earth. Proceeding to survive by looting abandoned buildings, one day you see an alien ship land beside you. A being walks out and hurriedly explains that this event has happened all over the galaxy, and a group is being formed to investigate.
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