WritingPrompts

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[WP] You’ve always had a debilitating phobia of walruses. Luckily, it doesn’t affect you much since walruses aren’t around where you live. Then one day aliens arrive to Earth in peace, and integrate into society. They look like bipedal walrus people.	13
[WP] “She’s not the strongest, or most skilled. She’s not the ‘chosen one’ or the daughter of a king or the spawn of a god. She’s not the blinding ray of hope that we sought, but she’s brave; willing to fight. Alone in the darkest of nights, even a faint light will shine like a beacon. We need her.”	13
[WP] Your go-to karaoke bar closes down, and you scour the town for a new one. You find a tiny hole in the wall bar that features a surprisingly good karaoke set up. You take the mic for the first time and look out over the small crowd that forms, and immediately realize you should NOT be here.	13
[WP] He's jogs everyday at the same time. Rain or shine, sleet or snow. Even in the worst conditions. In passing with a neighbor, you mention the runner, but they have no clue who you're talking about. No one does. You seem to be the only person that can see this man.	13
[WP] You have the news on while you work in your office. A short segment comes on where a friendly looking fellow spends a minutes sharing a lunch or dinner recipe. Today however, the segment actually catches your ear. The ingredients he's saying sound strange... and he's definitely not making food.	13
[WP] You're typing in your web diary during studyhall, and you notice some of the class starts glancing back at you. You ignore it, and type in capslock to write about something you're mad about. Finally the teacher tells you to stop yelling, and you realize they can hear what you're typing out loud	13
[WP] You live on a planet used by space-faring civilizations as a material waste dump, the entire landscape akin to a junkyard. Once in a while something important ends up there by accident, and that usually means a big pay day for you, if you can survive getting it and finding a place to sell it.	13
[WP] You've pulled the magic sword from the stone, marking yourself as a king-candidate. But you're not the only candidate. There are others who pulled an axe from a stone, a spear from a stone, and even an arrow, and the list goes on. Now you must fight for a seat on the throne.	13
[WP] You're an investigator for a totalitarian surveillance state. A rebel group has somehow managed to avoid all detection as well as bypass powerful security features at the sites they have attacked. You keep finding evidence of magic circles, carved runes, and glyphs at these locations.	12
[WP] While hiking in foreign mountains, you come across a lighthouse on the edge of a massive precipice. Curious about it's purpose and how it was built, you ask some people from a local village. You don't understand the language perfectly yet, but you can tell they all seem very afraid of it.	12

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