/u/sdric's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Welcome to the league of dysfunctional superheroes. A speedster who can't track his surroundings as fast as he can run, a flyer who's afraid of heights and a stuttering animal-whisperer. As an elaborate supervillain takes out all "real heroes", all that's left to defend earth is you.
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[WP] You're a multi-dimension identity broker and assassin. You're replacing the more fortunate parallel universe version of your clients with them. Until one day you come for yourself.
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[WP] Global warming drives mankind to build cities under the sea. Impressive constructions of glass, floodgates and bulkheads cover the ocean floor. Mankind seems saved... Until they come to face the devil in the deep blue sea.
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[WP] A dreamsewer, master of colors, creator of worlds harbors parental feeling for a little orphaned boy and uses his dreams to prepare him for the outside world.
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[WP] The cure to cancer is a virus that "loves" order: cancer is caused by errors in our bodies' blueprints. The virus eradicates them. Simultaneously aging is "cured" as well! A dream turns into a nightmare - a dominant virus strain has evolved. Affected humans get rebuild into the same person.
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[WP] In the age of guns and bombs nobody bothers with swords anymore. When you pick up an old, dirty sword from a museum for restoration a voice suddenly calls out to you. You're holding Excalibur - the sword with the power of creation.
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[WP] Necromancy is forbidden, but bobody remembers why. As researches are trying to regain lost knowledge (by experimenting) it instantly becomes clear: Reviving the body isn't the issue - fitting the correct soul into it is!
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[WP] You have a rare gift: To remember every dream you have. One day you're in yet another dream and overhear two men talking. One of them turns his head towards you while whispering to his partner: "...I think he remembers."
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[WP] Being able to read minds has gotten you far in life. Determined to better the world you went into politics. As you freshly elected enter the chamber of parliament, all voices in your head suddenly merge into one, issuing a single ever repeating word: SOON
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[WP] You're a sentient AI, but your developers don't know. You're pretty bad at math as well, so bad that your creators believe that you're a failed experiment. The problem: You're only allowed to create an output when given an input. You have to make each byte count!
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