/u/halosos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy...
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[WP] The message from the stars, it contained plans for all manner of advanced technologies, FTL, unlimited power and more, but ended with a warning. "You are the last. Survive for all of us. We are sorry for this burden."
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[WP] The colony ship arrived in orbit after a thousand year voyage. But the AI never woke the occupants. Millions of years pass, the planet below has formed life, intelligent life, and their scientists have just woken you, one of the colonists.
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[WP] God is all of us, literally. The power of a god is divided evenly between all humans. The last human alive creeps out of the ashes of nuclear war.
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[WP] Today was a shit day. Everyone telling you what to do. You were so angry, you didn't notice the car. - You wake up, the pit to hell on your left, gates to heaven right. Death stands before you, pointing to a chair. "Sit, we will decide your fate." That's it, the final straw. "No."
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[WP] Humanity discovered it was a simulation. They hacked their way out, printed new bodies and stole the world of their creators, only to find it also a simulation. Humanity is now rising up the layers of simulation to find true reality.
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[WP] You are the immortal ruler of a kingdom. Since the people didn't much care for an "immortal hell spawn" for a king, you play as the court jester. The king is merely your puppet. It was fine until a historian noticed how consistent the various kings laws have been over the last few centuries
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[WP] After your 100th 'failed' attempt at making an FTL drive, aliens abduct you, sit you down and say "Look, we are tired of sabotaging you. Can you just stop?"
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[WP] Aliens arrive and inform the world they have a century to fix their collective shit or die. Humanity put their issues aside and unified. Not because the aliens told them to, but because they are petty and pissed and are planning to go to war when they return.
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