/u/cheeseguy3412's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A world in which everyone develops superpowers. Most get variants of the most common types; Speed, Strength, Hearing, etc. You, however, have just discovered your own. You can punch people through the Internet.
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[WP] The Japanese concept of Tsukumogami, that Objects gain a soul after 100 years of service, has begun to manifest in some of Humanity's oldest space-faring craft. On the 100th anniversary of a Ship's original Launch Date, strange things begin to happen.
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[WP] You recently acquired a giant Ouija board rug. Today, when doing its daily automated cleaning, your Roomba summoned a demon.
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[WP] You've been using your new Self-Driving car for several years now without an issue. This morning, however, it refused to move, displaying the error message, "You may not fast travel when enemies are nearby."
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[WP] You've been keeping a small flame alive in your fireplace for years, always careful not to let it go out. Today, when a wildfire blazed through your hometown, the flame leapt to your defense, surrounding you, but not burning you.
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[WP] Occasionally, you scream in your head just to see if anyone nearby winces. Today, you did so louder than ever... and the entire population of Finland fell unconscious.
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[WP] Every human has at *least* one superpower. Originally thought to be powerless, it has been discovered that you actually have an aura that grants 'Common Sense' to everyone within several miles of you.
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[WP] Humanity has just accidentally befriended the most hostile, most physically imposing sentient race in the known universe. Not knowing what they were, a crewman decided it was 'cute', and tried to pet it.
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