/u/arcturuspilchard's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Riding back home on a taxi, you doze off. Flashing, kaleidoscopic lights past the window jolt you awake. You go to open the door and roll out, when the taxi driver says 'I wouldn't do that if I were you.' The driver isn't human. Past the window, spiral galaxies slowly spin.
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[WP] 1964, the peak of the Vietnam War. You command a covert team of expert soldiers and scientists. Your mission is to defeat the real menace that started this conflict -- the Elder Ones breaching into our world.
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[WP] Russia and China simultaneously agree to set aside their differences with the USA and put and end to all conflict — on one condition. The newly-formed 253 United States of America must solve the vast demographic, social, and economic problems facing 1/3rd of the world's population.
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[WP] A council of elder humpback whales decide that they must retaliate against the human incursion. Ancient structures arise from the ocean's darkest depths, the Marina trench widens Her jaws. Across the globe, nomadic tribes reassemble into the Empire. The Old Technology was never forgotten.
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[WP] A Spanish armada approaches the coast of modern-day New York. Just as the vessels are about to shipwreck, they leap onto the shore, sporting monster truck wheels and gigantic V-8 Engines. The English fleet is close behind, firing cannons and revving.
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[WP] The 2030 Olympic Winter games open on the newly colonised capital of Mars. You, a champion skier, are the first human in history to ski down the side of Olympus Mons. Your excitement is cut short by a strange shape downhill that's rapidly approaching.
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[EU] You, a typical Pokemon trainer, are suddenly trapped in windowless prisons. Attempts to escape result in excruciating electrical shocks. Suddenly, you recognise the red and white interior of your prison -- you've been caught.
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[WP] In the beginning was the Word, but the Word wasn't that good, so God scrapped it and started again. Billions of years after the fact, the Word is back. The Word was Vengeance.
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[WP] Every morning, your alphabet-cereal rearranges into a message giving you advice about the weather, upcoming events, and issues at work. You mention this in passing to a colleague, thinking that everyone's cereal is the same. The next morning, only three letters float in your milk, 'RUN.'
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[WP] Every even-numbered birthday you disappear for exactly one year with no recollection of where you were. Seconds before your 20th birthday, your girlfriend grabs your hand. A moment later, your girlfriend groaning on the floor, caked in blood. With her dying words she whispers, 'Avenge me...'
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