/u/skztr's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The only difference between "our" universe and the one the refugees are coming from is that the other universe has the technology to travel between universes.
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[WP] Your parents always told you "put your mind to it, work hard, and you can achieve anything". After many years of lazily ignoring the platitude, you discover that they were actually trying to tell you about your superpower
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[WP] You're unemployed, and spend most of your time playing video games, browsing the internet, and generally lurking online. You estimate it had been going on for about three weeks before you noticed you were in a time loop.
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[WP] You just witnessed your best friend get murdered by time travellers. You get the impression that they were the good guys.
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[WP] After you die, you get to change a single moment of your life, with full knowledge of previous changes and outcomes. You have suddenly become aware of this, partway through what you estimate to be the 20th iteration.
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[WP] The note read: "I have arranged for time to repeat for me, that is, for you, once every seven days until we manage to prevent the catastrophe of 2047. No point in explaining the details, you'll find out soon enough. Six days to prevent it, one day to investigate the aftermath." but: It's 2022.
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[WP] At first, your FitBit was just telling you to walk around a little. As time went on, the requests got more-intense. At this point, you're questioning its motives.
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[WP] It is realised that Instantaneous Communication is possible, according to physics, but impossible in a practical sense, due to an infinite number of researchers across an infinite universe, simultaneously trying to send their first test message.
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[WP] After the invention of dynamite, all nations agree to a total ban on the use of weapons in war. War is still fought, but strictly by hand-to-hand combat. It is 2018, and a war criminal's atrocities are being listed at trial.
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