/u/meowcats734's posts in /r/HFY
[PI] For as long as you could remember, you and your city have followed very strict rules: "Never listen to the 7:30 morning show. The real one comes at 8.", "Our city does not have a subway system. If you see an entrance, report it.", and "Don't donate to the beggars on 32nd.", just to tell a few.
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[PI] "Sir, it's an emergency." "What?" "The villains have started posting 'songs that makes you feel like a villain' videos all over YouTbe in order to sway people to their cause." "And?" "It's actually working. The songs actually slaps."
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[PI] The beings stared in horror. They were immortal. Invincible. But one of their own was no longer moving. The glow was gone from its eyes. But more horrifying was the black cloaked, ethereal figure that had entered their midst. "Ah, hello," it said, "I assume you all are new to this death thing?"
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[PI] You are an ancient god. The very mention of your name causes mortals to tremor in horror. Your worshipers are either venerated or derided, but seldom befriended. You are Badum Tss, the god of awful jokes.
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[PI] The house you just rented is beyond compensation - staircases and extra floors coming and going, rooms rotating and changing places. You just ignore it. On the fourth day, the eldritch horror informs you that you are the first to stay inside it for more than 72 hours without going insane.
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[PI] Your country has a system where dead people's unanswered crimes are carried over to their kids. You never knew your real family, so you just hoped that your criminal record check comes back clean and then your heart sank as they began to read you "your crimes".
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[PI] Your grandfather tells the most outrageous stories, of a time when people stayed outside after the sun set, cities of millions of souls existed without fear of being consumed and nobody had to sleep with a weapon in hand.
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[PI] The exotic pet bird you inherit from your recently passed grandparent you discover is an Avian deity by reading their diaries. Looking at pictures you see it in multiple generations of your family. As caretaker you learn that you will be the bird’s personal assistant overseeing avian kind.
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[PI] The year is 2249 and you’re the Captain of the USS Midway. The inner and outer colonies are at war. You are stationed at the limits of fed control to combat the rebels one day you notice something weird. A civilian liner is drifting alone with only a faint distress call coming from it.
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