/u/aiden4017's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] First contact is made, but because no other species developed wireless communication, and the sheer volume of scientists who have been driven mad trying to find answers, we're considered eldritch entities capable of driving others insane without even being in the same star system.
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[WP] You may not be able to hear them, but you can see the spectral bands that play the background music around heroes and villains. Most of them are less than 5 instrumentalists and maybe a singer, but today you met someone accompanied by a full orchestra and choir.
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[WP] You're a warrior who gains supernatural powers through listening to music. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find a decent bard willing to perform in the middle of a battle, until a strangely dressed merchant offers to sell you an "Eye-pod".
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[WP] Humanity has reached out into the stars and joined the wider galactic community. Years later while exploring the frontier of known space, your team stumbles across a pilot cult worshipping a bright red sports car from the 21st century.
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[WP] It has been 15 years since the Iron Curtain was built. Crossing it, you expected massed armies ready to march East. What you found were decaying villages and abandoned cities, with no signs of life anywhere.
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[WP] The bright flash had blinded many, and in the aftermath many a confused knight tried to make sense of what happened. They didn't know what they saw had been a nuclear detonation.
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[WP] After getting transported to a fantasy world, you took over leadership of a cult dedicated to you. Unfortunately, you're not the only version of you who ended up here, and you've all excommunicated one another to try and gain full control of the cult.
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[WP] You have super powers. For years now, both the superheroes and supervillains have been bribing you to stay at home and not intervene in any fights. Now, both sides have stopped paying, and you are about to make them remember why they wanted you at home on the couch.
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[WP] You're a super villain, and you have finally gotten the hero on the ground, beaten. About to land the killing blow, they turn to you and ask what's going on. You've beaten them so hard they have gotten amnesia.
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