/u/lordhelmos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The Demon Queen has successfully confined the legendary hero fated to defeat her to a peaceful life on a farm. While her happy life with him is not a lie, her trips to sell their harvests are actually getaways to command her demon army.
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[WP] In feudal Japan you were an immortal demon devoted to the sword. You were defeated and sealed in an iron coffin by Japan's greatest samurai. You escape and find yourself in a strange world called the "west." In your first duel you were defeated by a "gun," a new weapon you vow to master.
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[WP] You are a garbage man in a dystopian megacity. You are going about your daily routine and are compacting a load. You hear abnormal banging coming from inside your truck. When you open the compactor to inspect it, a still functional android spills from the garbage and scrap and begs for help.
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[WP] Your significant other is a god. However, they care little for the troubles of the world and enjoy simple things. It strains your relationship. One day after a heated argument, they touch and fill you with power. "Go on then, try to fix the world. Tell me how it goes after a few years."
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[WP] You have the ability to rewind non-living objects back in time to previous states they existed in. One day you come across an object older than the universe itself. The object goes back farther than your power can reach. You can't shake the ominous feeling that the object is dangerous.
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[WP] They call him "Death's Minstrel." He is a wandering bard who leaves death, chaos, and destruction wherever he goes. All who hear his song die or are driven to madness. You are the only one who has witnessed his performance and survived. Today you discover why.
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[WP] Five years ago their ships arrived. They visited every planet in our solar system except Earth. They are building strange structures on other planets. They never respond to us and our probes are sent back undamaged. It is clear that we are not alone. It is also clear that we are being ignored.
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[WP] There is a tale of two swords, one that gleams like pearls and was wielded by a historic savior. It is now enshrined in the land's greatest temple. The other is obsidian and consumes light, it lies buried in secrecy beneath your floorboards as a reminder of a life you want to forget.
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[WP] The wolves came for my youngest brother first. My middle brother was next and only his bleached bones were left. I am the last brother but I am prepared. I watch the perimeter from the CCTV system and bring the remote turrets online. They won't get me. Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.
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[WP] You are a high ranking commander within a consortium of alien races that have banded together to fight an entity only known as "the horror beyond the stars." You have recently discovered Earth and have been ordered to get the primitive humans battle ready by any means necessary.
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