/u/archtech88's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Humanity makes contact with greater galactic society and learns that they aren't special or tough, or from a dangerous or closely monitored world. They're just another another middle of the bell curve civilization like the hundreds that have come before it
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[WP] "General, I've read the professor's report and if you think that we can USE that thing then you're out of your goddamn mind. It's not just "a magic box." Whatever is powering it is alive, aware, and wants to be left alone. The best and only thing we should do is aid it in that endeavor"
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[WP] "Oh, woe to thee, ye people of order, I hope your homes continue to smolder And that you never rise again And leave me be, and leave my friends"
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[WP]Human belief is what births gods & the supernatural. For the last few centuries, "The Masquerade" forced things into a stalemate, so the world couldn't change except for the worse. You accidentally broke that stalemate. As such, magic & the gods, both old & new, live amongst mortals once again
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[WP]"Just because they already work for us, have the appropriate clearance needed access to those sites, and have permission to 'scavenge' old tech that's SUPPOSED to have been wiped of classified data doesn't mean that their 'cool new tablet' ISN'T a Massive Fucking Data Breach. You got VERY lucky"
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[EU] You just finished beauty school and are now a licensed hair stylist and barber. As a congratulations gift, your grandma gifted you with a set of beautiful barber knives that belonged to Her grandfather. She doesn't know much about them, but they have his name set into the case: "B Barker"
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[WP] You report directly to the director of a top secret intelligence agency. Your boss is aware of everything the agency does. Your boss is also CERTAIN that there is a government cover-up hiding The Truth from The People. You don't know how tell them that they're the one in charge of the cover-up
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[WP] A fairy noble is hunting down a mortal that they feel as broken their contract. The mortal has taken refuge in a hotel. Only after the fairy arrives do they realize that it's not just a hotel; it's a convention center. And there's a legal convention full of lawyers and judges happening
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[WP] The Kardashev scale is pretty accurate, but a species' place on it was determined by its genetics, not their technology, so nobody thought that they could change where they were on it, no matter how advanced they got. Then humanity landed on its planet's moon.
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