/u/jacob22c's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] After years of static noise and boring afternoons a SETI researcher finally gets a hit. From somewhere out in deep space a signal is being sent that is consistent and repeating with one simple message "Do Not Leave Earth".
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[WP] You are a super intelligent chimp living in a zoo who has spent their entire life playing it cool. Doing normal chimp things climbing, poop throwing ect. Until one day just by happenstance the chimp next to you sneezes and you out of reflex offer a gazuntite & the humans were watching.
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[WP] After countless hours in the lab you have sacrificed everything be it family, friends or any social life but finally you have developed it the worlds first working Truth Serum with 100% accuracy. It is on this day that the world will finally know what someone would do for a Klondike bar.
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[WP] You are the literal accountant from hell. For eons you have been the sole bookkeeper for all 9 layers; be it crossroad deals or general soul counts. Until one day your computer freezes up and you lose everything. With no info on debts or upcoming deaths hell has literally just frozen over.
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[WP] After decades on the throne a tired Queen lay on her death bed. Throughout all her life there has been but one regret; a shame her family has hidden for generations. Deep below the Tower of London there is a chamber with a single object inside a large stone with a rusting sword jutting from it.
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[WP] After an extensive survey Nasa has chosen the ideal place on the moon for their new DNA deep storage bunker. Upon launching a rover to begin the first test dig the drill bit broke through into an ancient hidden chamber. Turns out someone else though that location was ideal as well.
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[WP] After years of harvesting childrens scream then laughter à la monsters inc. One day the 2319 alarm sounds, but this time its not a misplaced toy or child that has ventured beyond the door but a squadron of highly trained men. For mankind had finally grown wise to the monsters world.
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[WP] You have become the worlds first time traveler & your first stop is to see the dinosaurs. Upon exiting the craft you are surrounded by a deep crater with no life in sight; soon you realize that an asteroid didn't kill the dinosaurs you did. Now it occurs to you how the hell are you getting home
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[WP] After years growing up in a cave along with your fellow tribe you start to notice you are different from the rest. You tackle daily challenges from unique angles and can fashion tools and traps better then anyone else. You are the first Homo sapien in a world of Homo ergaster.
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[WP] You find yourself transported to the early days of humankind; the only problem being is that you are a germaphobe. So within a few days you have simply become know as the weird guy in the back of the cave yelling at everyone to wash their hands and boil the drinking water.
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