WritingPrompts

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[WP] "No one has ever been this close to a human before," the alien whispers to his camera drone. "My hearts are pounding. This is actually extremely dangerous. Humans in larger colonies are skittish, but out here, they're bold and territorial. That stick he's pointing at me could blow my head off."	7742
[WP] You've never once denied it. You're a supervillain, and you've done plenty of bad things. But you're getting pretty sick of being blamed for the mayor's own misdeeds. You figure it's time to expose him for the monster he is.	3485
[WP] "Please hold." The villain's secretary sets the phone down and turns to her boss, a look of consternation on her face. "It's Make-a-Wish. A fan of yours wants to meet you."	2121
[WP] From his hiding place, the knight watches a goblin openly approach the dragon lounging on its treasure hoard. It bows to the great beast and, to his astonishment, says, "I would like to make a withdrawal, please."	1428
[WP] "One day," the prince reiterated to the peasant girl. "You're fed and clothed like a princess for a day, we attend the ball and dance together, and we make just enough of a spectacle that my father won't mind so much if I go on to court a 'lower' noble. What do you say?"	1310
[WP] Thanks to a clerical error in the afterlife, the ghost of a mafia don has been assigned guardian angel duty. He turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to his young charge.	936
[WP] The Dark Lord has been defeated and is now on the run. Alone, wounded, and humbled, he experiences for the first time in his life the kindness of a stranger.	236
[WP] It turns out that humans were space-dwarves all along. Their FTL technology is lacking, but human-built starships have become popular among the galactic community for being among the most durable and aesthetically pleasing on the market.	124
[WP] It's a well-known fun fact that Australia once declared war on emus, and lost. A rarely considered consequence of this is that, at one time, there were war veteran emus, with war stories to tell their grandchicks - like this one:	116
[WP] The witch wasn't especially bothered when the teens tried to steal her spellbook, but made off with a cookbook instead. She couldn't have cared less when they tried to use it in a summoning ritual. What alarmed her was that something answered their call.	91

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