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[WP] You own a small specialty meat purveyor. You and your crew inspect, purchase, slaughter, and butcher the animals yourselves. Years ago, on a whim, you started whispering "for Apollo" at each kill. You've just dispatched the firm's 10,000th cow.

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[WP] The aliens have promised immortality to all humans, but only after the population is reduced to under a billion.

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[WP] A superhero who specializes in bringing in technology based supervillains becomes rich from patenting confiscated gadgets.

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[WP] They call it The Barrel. A cylindrical object about 12 feet long by 8 feet wide, it was found on an asteroid. Under millions of years of dust, the metallic surface is unbroken. Careful tests have determined it is hollow. But not empty. Today, we attempt to open it.

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[WP] Through 16 books of what started as a YA relationship saga, you been a loser, a wannabe, and sometimes an incompetent villain. You exist to be laughed at, scorned, or pitied by the main characters. Now you're in the authors dreams and there will be no peace until you get to be the hero.

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[WP] Even a super secret meeting room has to be cleaned. The janitor just found something that was not meant to be left behind.

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[WP] You've been served with a restraining order. You are forbidden to go near someone you've never heard of.

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[WP] You are the Retro Villain. You've tied victims to railroad tracks, blown them up with little round bombs, and subjected them to slow deathtraps. Today you plan to do the poisoned drink swap. But you don't know anyone socially well enough to send and invitation to.

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[WP] The sword is way too big and it's balanced wrong. That's ok, it was not made for combat, but as a temple offering and a resting place for the soul of a holy monk. Then a muscleheaded fighter came in, said "ooh big sword!" and took it.

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[WP] When your beloved sovereign died, it was your privilege, as Captain of the Royal Guard, to continue your service as undead guardian of the tomb. Now the contents of the tomb is in a museum. You remain faithful to your purpose.

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[WP] You own a small specialty meat purveyor. You and your crew inspect, purchase, slaughter, and butcher the animals yourselves. Years ago, on a whim, you started whispering "for Apollo" at each kill. You've just dispatched the firm's 10,000th cow.	3973	WritingPrompts
[WP] The aliens have promised immortality to all humans, but only after the population is reduced to under a billion.	149	WritingPrompts
[WP] A superhero who specializes in bringing in technology based supervillains becomes rich from patenting confiscated gadgets.	23	WritingPrompts
[WP] They call it The Barrel. A cylindrical object about 12 feet long by 8 feet wide, it was found on an asteroid. Under millions of years of dust, the metallic surface is unbroken. Careful tests have determined it is hollow. But not empty. Today, we attempt to open it.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] Through 16 books of what started as a YA relationship saga, you been a loser, a wannabe, and sometimes an incompetent villain. You exist to be laughed at, scorned, or pitied by the main characters. Now you're in the authors dreams and there will be no peace until you get to be the hero.	19	WritingPrompts
[WP] Even a super secret meeting room has to be cleaned. The janitor just found something that was not meant to be left behind.	18	WritingPrompts
[WP] You've been served with a restraining order. You are forbidden to go near someone you've never heard of.	14	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are the Retro Villain. You've tied victims to railroad tracks, blown them up with little round bombs, and subjected them to slow deathtraps. Today you plan to do the poisoned drink swap. But you don't know anyone socially well enough to send and invitation to.	14	WritingPrompts
[WP] The sword is way too big and it's balanced wrong. That's ok, it was not made for combat, but as a temple offering and a resting place for the soul of a holy monk. Then a muscleheaded fighter came in, said "ooh big sword!" and took it.	14	WritingPrompts
[WP] When your beloved sovereign died, it was your privilege, as Captain of the Royal Guard, to continue your service as undead guardian of the tomb. Now the contents of the tomb is in a museum. You remain faithful to your purpose.	11	WritingPrompts