/u/aescolanus's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every time the Messiah returns, we kill him. It is now the Thirty-seventh Coming, and Jesus is getting sick of our sh*t
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[WP] "My domain is time," said the Genie. "Instead of three wishes, you get three decisions. Go back and choose again."
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[WP] I am the Last Level 100 NPC in the Game, and I Live my Life as a Level 1 Commoner so the Heroes Don't Find Me and Kill Me for EXP
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[WP] As it turns out, vampires burn in the light of the Sun specifically. The light of other stars has no effect. Earth's interstellar colonies have a problem.
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[WP] Murderers are punished by 'rewriting': their minds are erased, replaced by a copy of their victims'. You're wearing the body of the man who killed you. His memories are coming back, and he wants to try again
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[WP] You have one rule. Everyone knows you never break that one rule. And even today, even greatly provoked, you will not break that one rule. You are, however, about to bend that rule to Hell and back
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[WP] The prophecy says four are needed: a great champion, a complete failure, a most holy saint, and a most wicked sinner. Everyone knows you're one of the four. But no one can tell which one you are
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[WP] Your entire family is made up of superheroes and world-conquering villains. They look down on you for having no powers and working retail. You don't care. Your secret superpower is apathy.
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[WP] By Tradition, the Prince is exiled from the Kingdom until he completes his Quest. The Prince hates living in the Kingdom and enjoys exile. The King has to trick the Prince into completing the Quest so he can drag him back home
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