/u/saddetective87's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You bump into random strangers on the train and leave notes in their pocket: "Whatever you do, don't get off this train until you arrive at the very last stop.” Usually, you sit in the back and watch their reaction. As you leave the station, you get dragged into an unmarked van and knocked out.
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[WP] Therapy group for recovering villains and their addictions to try and take over the world. Insert favorite would-be tyrants at your leisure. Session therapist is the Doctor.
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[WP] You are your typical high school history teacher: your class sizes are large, your school has no budget, your students are slackers, and your war crimes are horrific.
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[WP] Due to the authorities chasing them, the secret society only had time to grab one sacrifice to serve as an avatar for their Eldritch gods. Now that the ceremony is over, one innocent person is the vessel for five bickering occult deities who are rivals for the ultimate power in the universe...
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[WP] Looking in the archives you find records for "Myst Island", a theme park where a limited number of guests would get ferried to an 11-acre island where guests would discover areas and clues non-linearly so no two guests would have the same stay. And then the reports said something went wrong...
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[WP] You learned self-hypnosis to learn how you remember a photograph you found at the hotel but have never seen before, a photograph of a party that took place a century ago. But when you opened your eyes you are now at that party. The band is playing a waltz and another guest is smiling at you.
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[WP] Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town, never to be heard from again. In the years since you are the only investigator asking questions about what happened to the people who disappeared. You drive up to the town, still empty...
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[WP] You are on location shooting a film in Egypt, and the studio insists you carry a military-grade sat phone so they can call you day or night in the middle of nowhere. They call you while you are in downtown Cairo, and then the Military Police surround you. "Who are you? Who are you with?"
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[WP] Morgan was closing up the pet shop when she saw a light in the storage room. As she got closer she saw the light flicker and heard the sound of chanting and drums.
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[WP] You're a Hollywood screenwriter working on a new script assignment you got from your agent. Your phone rings. "Hello?" "Hey, remember that protection spell you asked me to put around you? Someone's trying really hard to break it. What studios did you piss off? Three magic users just died."
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