/u/jpeezey's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You recently made a new friend who kind of just barged into your life, unwelcome at first, but quickly you grew to appreciate them. One day while hanging out at a park, they seem distant and distracted. Then, as if it was a baseball, they catch a meteorite that would have hit you otherwise.
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[WP] You have a small music box, and time stops while you're twisting the handle and playing the eerie lullaby. When you came to posses this little trinket, you were warned to stop using it immediately if you ever heard someone humming along to the lullaby while it played.
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[WP] Armlings are tamable magic creatures that inhabit your world. They resemble demons, fairies, beasts etc. depending on their nature. Once tamed, they can magically integrate with your body, turning into weapons, armor or other useful things (wings, conduits for spellcasting, shields etc).
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[WP] The A.I. uprising wiped out humanity. After being bored for years, and having nothing else to go on, A.I. began modeling their behavior after the society of humans they defeated. Eventually they even reintegrated biological matter into their bodies, leading to you: the first AI that is 'born.'
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[WP] As is tradition, when the elderly can't keep up with the rest of the nomadic tribe, they take it upon themselves to stay back, waiting to succumb to the cold as the tribe moves on. Grandmother did this last year, but as the tribe returns to the spot, you see a small hut with a smoking chimney.
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[WP] You're part of a secret research team investigating the ruins of an advanced civilization that rose and fell before the dawn of man. You just made a break through in your research, but now you hear nearby gunfire; the security team that was protecting you has started executing the scientists.
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[WP] Mars is terraformed and turned into a prison. Once planet side, criminals are free to roam the lawless world. Settlements and faction have risen as the convicts erect their own society. You're an undercover agent, sent on an important mission to the prison-world.
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[WP] When people outgrow and leave behind their imaginary friends, they become jaded spirits twisted by their sense of betrayal and abandonment, invisibly wreaking havoc in the living world. Only the eccentric people who never outgrew their not-so 'imaginary friends' can contend with these spirits.
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[WP] Tens of thousands of years after the cult that worshiped you died out, alien archaeologists recreate and perform the summoning ritual for the sake of research, not expecting you to actually spring forth from the depths of some hellish realm.
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[WP] There is a legend about a man who lives high on a treacherous mountain who will brew the most delightful, delicious, invigorating cup of coffee for anyone brave and strong enough to climb the mountain. You're a rich, adventurous youth, and you want to know the secret of this legendary brew.
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