WritingPrompts

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[WP] She can bring candy to life, and manipulate its size. That's her power. You've seen her sentient Rolos rolling around campus before, so you're pretty sure you've got this sparring match in the bag already. As you face each other she pulls out a pack of gummy bears, and you start to get worried.	15
[WP] Many students who graduate high school leave behind deep regrets for the things they did or didn't do. These dark feelings of despair and disappointment can manifest into demons that threaten other students. You're support staff at a school, but secretly you're there to protect the students.	15
[WP] You keep having a nightmare about a railroad crossing, the loud clanging of the warning bell, the flashing red lights, and foreboding of something dangerous approaching. One day, a fog settles in while you're driving, and in the mist you come up to a railroad crossing that shouldn't be there.	15
[WP] A powerful pulse of light and radiation from the sun blinds everybody on the Earth. The only people who avoided the disaster were those who were deep underground for one reason or another. You are one such person, and have just emerged to find the rest of the world in disarray.	15
[WP] During a stressful time of your life, a black orb appeared to you. You found you could store emotions in it, and began giving up your anger, regret, grief and frustration to the orb as an outlet for your stress. After a while, you realize the orb is growing, changing.	15
[WP] Everyone on the planet falls into a coma for an unknown amount of time. We all wake up at night, and every time-telling device is either dead, going haywire, or otherwise showing inconsistent times. The sun never comes up. Astronomers are astounded when they don't recognize the constellations.	15
[WP] You discover that you can banish ghosts and demons by defeating them in freestyle rap battles.	15
[WP] You're a jeweler, and you sell small charms for bracelets and necklaces. A customer enters and, rather than paper money, sets some gold coins on the counter. Immediately you recognize the money from the Old World. "I need something a little more powerful than a charm," he says.	15
[WP] You go to a school where academics, athletic ability, volunteer work (in school and out), and participation are all quantified and sored. The students' scores are all displayed publicly on screens, and preferential treatment is given those at the top of the leaderboard. Cheating is encouraged.	15
[WP] You’re pretty sure you got the most boring super power: the ability to never lose count when counting anything, but by god you swear you’ll find a superhero-worthy use for it... hopefully.	15

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