/u/ruralkite's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Millions witnessed as enormous spaceships emerged from the depth's of the oceans and left Earth. After the event submarines found vast, empty cities underwater, built with unknown tech. Among many unknown symbols, there was one short message in English: "You have 20 years left. They are coming"
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[WP] You are out of options, you have to do a supply run in the zombie infested city. As you go inside a building to hide from a group of walkers, for your biggest suprise you run into a completely functioning family restaurant.
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[WP] You are the best chef in the world. People waiting for years to get a table in your mysterious restaurant, where they can taste the most delicious food imaginable. They don't know that you know nothing about gastronomy and the whole experience works thanks to something no one would expect...
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[WP] Humans are the only ones who can see, they are the only ones who hunt, they are super immune to viruses. The old space faring species like to pull these kind of pranks with the new ones. In one thing however humanity proved themselves truly special: they'll believe just about anything!
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[WP] You are leaving for work on a weary Thursday morning. Walking down the street you notice that people are staring at the sky, with disbelief on their faces. As you look up you see a huge alert message floating: SIMULATION COMPLETED. THANK YOU FOR PLAYING. SYSTEM SHUTDOWN IN 17 HOURS 13 MINUTES.
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[WP] Mind uploading is a working, everyday tech. The process destroys the brain and moves the consciousness into a digital world. You decide it is time to get it done and go to a clinic. They put you into sleep. After you wake up something feels wrong. You see your body walking out from the room.
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[WP] You are starting to get bored with your simulation of the universe. To spice the things a little bit up, you decide to double the speed of light every Friday afternoon.
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[WP] You are the tooth fairy. Your main occupation is buying up baby teeth for cheap and selling them for a big chunk of profits on the fairy's black market. Tonight you are planning to collect an incredible valuable tooth. This kid however knows all about your business and was waiting for you.
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[WP] Earth is just a prototype. It's purpose was to create intelligent life, but it failed miserably and the creators are running out of their kickstarter money. Without funds for a new model they're trying to push things through with the current wacky one.
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[WP] On your evening walk a strange craft lands near you. As aliens starting to approach you, you became disoriented and try to run to your truck. As you jump in you think hard "I want to get out of here" The next moment you realize 2 things: you are flying above the ocean, you are not in your truck
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