WritingPrompts

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[WP] "My child's still in there!" cries the woman as your partner holds her back from running into the burning house. You know it's too dangerous to go in, but your body moves before you think. You enter the house. The child's nowhere to be found, but there's a pentagram drawn on their bedroom floor	74
[WP] You're part of an Antarctic research team. While you are down on the southernmost continent, World War Three breaks out, and the nukes get launched. You lose contact with home, and as far as you know the only humans left alive are the different countries' research teams in Antarctica.	73
[WP] You're irritated that the new chemistry teacher gave you detention. And for such a stupid reason! However, when you get to the room where detention will be served you notice the other kids there are all pretty high-speed students. They seem excited, eagerly awaiting for the teacher to arrive.	73
[WP] It used to be a ski resort, but a year ago a strange localized blizzard appeared around the peak. The mountain hasn't been climbed since, and those stuck at the top have been listed MIA. Any attempt to approach by air or otherwise has proved too dangerous, but that won't stop you from trying.	73
[WP] Our universe is boring. This becomes particularly evident to you when you are summoned as our world's representative to help resolve an inter-dimensional crisis. The representatives of the other dimensions all sport powers, magic, and technology you could only dream of. And then there's you.	72
[WP] The duty of serving a minor deity has been passed down through generations of your family, though only one or two people know this secret at a time. The god takes the form of a family pet, and every so often it pretends to pass on and be replaced to limit suspicion. You're starting to catch on.	72
[WP] 'PILOT' is a new cerebral augmentation that allows you to set yourself a task (study, exercise, clean, yardwork) and then your conscious mind goes to sleep while your subconscious and body work. The set limit is 1 hour at a time, but you just woke up after 10 with no memory of setting a task.	71
[WP] A child is born with a mutation that allows them to photosynthesize. In a crumbling post-apocalyptic world with little food to go around, their mutation is invaluable, and many of the wasteland's factions are after it. Keeping the child safe will be no easy task.	70
[WP] Steampunk Pirates after a mythical treasure: a gear that magically turns on its own, and could be used to build a perpetual motion machine, granting its owners a source of infinite energy.	70
[WP] You haven't talked to your imaginary friend in a decade; your parents insisted you had to grow up. Now, aliens have invaded the planet, and they have insisted they speak with you personally. Escorted by government agents, you go to meet them. They look exactly like your imaginary friend did.	69

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