/u/mekkanik's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[CC] The Suit is powerful. A mech for some, body armor for others, always unique to each person who wore it. Those who wear it, hear the words "not original user, booting basic mode" As a joke, your sergeant gives you The Suit and the first thing you hear is: "User detected: Welcome back, Commander"
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[WP] You are killing time sitting in a cafeteria with communal tables. As you read your book and peck away at your food, you realize: the people joining and leaving the table are carrying the same conversation forward, from where the previous group left off.
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[WP] Every seven years, a group of warrior initiatives offer themselves to the trials. Each of them is sponsored by a God, and the winner’s sponsor becomes the presiding deity. As the youngest and weakest initiate steps up, he is claimed by a long forgotten Elder God.
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[WP] Every morning on your walk, you pass an abandoned car. Out of sheer habit you run your finger along the side. One day, a tiny metal shard nicks your finger, drawing blood. The engine growls to life...
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[WP] Leafing through an old book with what seem to be obscure spells, you come across one that loosely translates to “summon guardian angel.” Intrigued, you try it out. You find yourself looking at Death.
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[WP] Someone sold your apprentice an egg from an elemental dragon. As the chief war mage, you considered it an insult and a hoax, tossing the ‘egg’ into the refuse bin. 18 months later, a new elemental dragon emerges: stench elemental.
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[EU] Well, you’ve achieved the impossible. You have attained immortality and all it took was a particle accelerator, a pair of rubber bands, and a liquid lunch. The entire scientific community is pissed off.
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[WP] You are an up and coming necromancer. After you lost your sixth apprentice to a freak accident, you decide to post an advert for the position. Death shows up at your door: she’s bored of the routine.
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[WP] You’ve earned the ire of a witch. Your curse? “No matter where you go… you will always find an orange cat waiting for you.”
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