/u/dont-mention-it's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The world you live in believes monologues to be a sacred thing. Everybody only gets one, and when someone begins their’s everyone must stop and listen. You know all this, because you saw first hand what happens to those who interrupt one.
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[WP] You are a lawyer who recently died. You wake up in a courthouse and are told that you have been chosen to be lawyer for those that have died, making a case for why they should go to heaven.
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[WP] The conspiracy that the Illuminati exists is completely false, though mainly because every attempt to start an Illuminati falls through due to human arrogance and stupidity.
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[WP] “Where I come from, a life debt is a powerful thing, in that it can make someone do something they would never do under normal circumstances. Because of that, it is my job to investigate these debts to make sure the person who saved one life did not endanger it to begin with.”
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[WP] During a plague, a man comes in with what he calls “ the elixir” and promises that it will cure the disease. Tired of these salesmen wasting the villages time, one of the villagers takes a swig of it right in the salesman’s face. His skin immediately brightens and his coughing stops.
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[WP] A man broke into your house, murdered your wife, and framed you for her death. As you walk into the courtroom to defend yourself you see the man who killed her, and he’s your attorney.
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[WP] One night, you had a dream from someone’s POV who seemed to be on the other side of the world and traveling in one direction. A few dreams later they’re on a plane, and a few more after that and you realize they’re in your hometown.
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[WP] An angel stood guard at the pearly gates, waiting for the next soul to pass judgement on to. Suddenly, a line of people, billions in length, appeared in front of the angel, years before the Rapture was scheduled to happen!
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[WP] There was a man who everyone tolerated but secretly kind of hated due to his cocky “I’m so much better than you” attitude. One day, one of his coworkers snapped and told him to go to Hell. The thing is, he did. And he came back as Hell’s ruler.
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[WP] As a podling, you were always told stories about “humanity”. You grew up believing that humans were the coolest species in the universe. However, you recently learned that those were just stories written by humans, humans themselves are not as great as you imagined.
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