WritingPrompts

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[WP] You supply the traps for a deadly prison competition where victory means freedom, and less overcrowding. The likely candidate to win committed a heinous offense without remorse. Caught rigging a trap, you're sentenced to participate in your own game, whose solutions you're starting to forget.	23
[WP] You run a network of inns on a mountain, home to many holy sites and strategic chokepoints. You've discovered that by systematically denying rest to certain armies, who are then too exhausted to demand your service, you influence the futures of wars and societies.	21
[WP] "Mr. President, we have some concerns about the First Dog. Its second head shredded the cushions in the Oval Office. Its third tore up the flowers in the gardens. Its fourth is rummaging through the master bedroom, and it's expected to sprout a fifth by next week's State of the Union address."	16
[WP] People can stream their lives from their own eyes for extra income. After doing this for a while, your viewership suddenly goes from 5 to 20,000. Now they think they make the rules.	14
[WP] Heaven and Hell used to be adjacent, with the former sneaking in goods and luxuries and the latter providing free thermal energy. Today is Partition Day.	14
[WP] A hero and villain, getting on in years, call a truce. Both have learned valuable lessons about life, but they now have to deal with their fanbases spreading each other's "I was young and idealistic" propaganda in the streets.	13
[WP] Your new life coach is an undead who ascended after mastering morality but has long since forgotten both Earth's dangers as well as its joys. The two of you start teaching each other about life a little bit at a time.	12
[EU] You're an instructor at Hogwarts who specializes in classes for students with special needs, such as those with speech impediments or limited manual dexterity.	12
[WP] As superhero squad leader, one of your members defeated a villain — who hails from a culture where dance is king — by out-dancing him. You now have to explain to your superiors why your squad impulsively dances every time they meet a new monster.	11
[WP] The rapture happened in reverse. Aliens from an enormous but dangerous world were suddenly beamed to ours, which for all its faults looks like their 'heaven' by comparison. For them it's an improvement, but our population grew by billions overnight.	11

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