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[WP] One is an assassin who uses bad luck to kill their targets. The other is a bodyguard who uses good luck to keep their clients alive. You're a bored immortal and have hired the first to kill you and the second to protect you.

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[WP] The good guys lost. You, the hero of prophecy, are being put on trial for your crimes. Turns out, however, you weren’t really on the “good” side after all.

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[WP] It's said that we die twice: Once when we shed our mortal coil, another when we are thought of for the last time. When your second death arrives, you get to spend 24 hours in the mind of the last person who thought of you. You died a destitute janitor and are last thought about on Jan 1, 3098.

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[WP] When you make skin-to-skin contact with someone, you watch the past 10 minutes from their perspective in an instant. You've kept this a secret all your life until you accidentally brush hands with a seemingly normal stranger on the bus. You only see a minute and it's pure darkness.

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[WP] When the aliens gave us the tools and knowledge to scout inhabitable planets and intergalactic travel, we were ecstatic. Little did we know, these "inhabitable planets" were the homes of their rival species and we had been released from containment. The Anthroplague has begun to spread.

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[WP] Being a ghost isn’t a bad gig. You don’t need to pay rent and you can see the world without hopping on a plane. However, it does get boring after awhile. So, you decide to become an anonymous police informant. What’s the worse that can happen? You die again?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[WP] One is an assassin who uses bad luck to kill their targets. The other is a bodyguard who uses good luck to keep their clients alive. You're a bored immortal and have hired the first to kill you and the second to protect you.	173
[WP] The good guys lost. You, the hero of prophecy, are being put on trial for your crimes. Turns out, however, you weren’t really on the “good” side after all.	39
[WP] It's said that we die twice: Once when we shed our mortal coil, another when we are thought of for the last time. When your second death arrives, you get to spend 24 hours in the mind of the last person who thought of you. You died a destitute janitor and are last thought about on Jan 1, 3098.	38
[WP] When you make skin-to-skin contact with someone, you watch the past 10 minutes from their perspective in an instant. You've kept this a secret all your life until you accidentally brush hands with a seemingly normal stranger on the bus. You only see a minute and it's pure darkness.	34
[WP] When the aliens gave us the tools and knowledge to scout inhabitable planets and intergalactic travel, we were ecstatic. Little did we know, these "inhabitable planets" were the homes of their rival species and we had been released from containment. The Anthroplague has begun to spread.	12
[WP] Being a ghost isn’t a bad gig. You don’t need to pay rent and you can see the world without hopping on a plane. However, it does get boring after awhile. So, you decide to become an anonymous police informant. What’s the worse that can happen? You die again?	9