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[WP] You dissolved the ingredients; kept the solution out of sunlight; and when it reflected only darkness, you dropped the tincture on your tongue; uttered the words; and felt... Nothing. You paused over your journal. Then scratched, 'Immortality... or so it is alleged. I suppose time will tell.'

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[WP] Every night the branch outside your bedroom window taps against the glass, and you've always ignored it. But now you're becoming increasingly certain that its been trying to communicate - through Morse code.

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[WP] This morning, as you vacantly stirred your coffee, you unwittingly hypnotised yourself. The song playing on the radio trickled into your mind and took control of you.

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[WP] A zombie-esque virus infects most of the population, but causes no aggression or hunger. Instead, people get more and more ridiculously stupid. Luckily for Randy he has autoimmunity, but working in a small cubicle in an impersonal office, he still hasn't realised anything is even wrong.

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[WP] When you become a wizard, the first object you look at imprints itself as your wand. Your powers become characteristic of that object, whatever it is.

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[WP] In an abandoned warehouse you stumble upon a dust ridden computer. You try the power switch: it boots up. A monitor hums into life. As the display sharpens you see a pixelated genie, preloaded with shoddy voice recognition software.

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[WP] "I thought at first that my eyes had deceived me, but it was him - peering from the garden hedge, and gesturing frantically for me to follow..."

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[WP] Messages sent out in search of intelligent life end up circumnavigating the universe, returning to earth unrecognised in the distant future.

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[CW] Write a story that begins and ends with seemingly opposite sentiments, but make both convey the same meaning.

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[WP] Walking your dog at night, you spot a pinprick of light on the ground. As you pull away the twigs and stones around it, the light grows, until you discover a swirling, polychromatic mana pool. As you marvel at it, your dog poops in it.

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[WP] You dissolved the ingredients; kept the solution out of sunlight; and when it reflected only darkness, you dropped the tincture on your tongue; uttered the words; and felt... Nothing. You paused over your journal. Then scratched, 'Immortality... or so it is alleged. I suppose time will tell.'	504	WritingPrompts
[WP] Every night the branch outside your bedroom window taps against the glass, and you've always ignored it. But now you're becoming increasingly certain that its been trying to communicate - through Morse code.	111	WritingPrompts
[WP] This morning, as you vacantly stirred your coffee, you unwittingly hypnotised yourself. The song playing on the radio trickled into your mind and took control of you.	66	WritingPrompts
[WP] A zombie-esque virus infects most of the population, but causes no aggression or hunger. Instead, people get more and more ridiculously stupid. Luckily for Randy he has autoimmunity, but working in a small cubicle in an impersonal office, he still hasn't realised anything is even wrong.	27	WritingPrompts
[WP] When you become a wizard, the first object you look at imprints itself as your wand. Your powers become characteristic of that object, whatever it is.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] In an abandoned warehouse you stumble upon a dust ridden computer. You try the power switch: it boots up. A monitor hums into life. As the display sharpens you see a pixelated genie, preloaded with shoddy voice recognition software.	5	WritingPrompts
[WP] "I thought at first that my eyes had deceived me, but it was him - peering from the garden hedge, and gesturing frantically for me to follow..."	4	WritingPrompts
[WP] Messages sent out in search of intelligent life end up circumnavigating the universe, returning to earth unrecognised in the distant future.	3	WritingPrompts
[CW] Write a story that begins and ends with seemingly opposite sentiments, but make both convey the same meaning.	2	WritingPrompts
[WP] Walking your dog at night, you spot a pinprick of light on the ground. As you pull away the twigs and stones around it, the light grows, until you discover a swirling, polychromatic mana pool. As you marvel at it, your dog poops in it.	2	WritingPrompts