WritingPrompts

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[WP] An intelligent alien species is making their first observations of Earth. They are descended from plant-based life. The first transmission they watch is a pro-vegan rally.	20
[WP] The alarm sounds. You disrobe and put on your war paint as you prepare to ward off yet another intruder. As the last surviving population of humanity's first advanced civilization, you are tasked with fiercely guarding your secrets from the barbarians. Just another day on North Sentinel Island.	19
[WP] Earth can no longer support human life. The starships are gone and your society is the last one left on the planet. Describe the final days until you starve.	19
[WP] "But, why are they so focused on building inefficient machines to travel the stars? Can't they just astral protect into the cosmos? No, you see, humans have a hindering trait called logic."	16
[WP] An early civilization carelessly explored the galaxy, contaminating lifeless worlds with their germs. Given a few billion years of chance and trees, intelligent humanoids are the typical end result. Hence why so many aliens look like us. You are on a quest to find the original humanoids.	15
[WP] Every 7,000 years, Earth's poles shift and send humanity back to the Stone Age. You are an alien observer who feels pity on the humans. After all, they've been going from the Stone Age to the Space Age and back again for almost 300,000 years. It's happening again, and you decide to help them.	13
[WP] You have successfully reversed entropy. The once mixed coffee now sits in front of you with the sugar and cream floating precariously atop the now black coffee. However, you look around in horror and see that this entropy reversal has affected more than just your coffee and it's getting worse.	12
[WP] While digging for a fence post in your backyard, you come across a time capsule. The inscription reads, "Buried: October 9th, 2077." The current year is 2018.	11
[WP] After a stroke, your brain develops a second personality, completely separate from "you." Unfortunately, it has control over your body and you watch helplessly as it destroys your life.	9
[WP] Thanks to your bumbling great-grandson's choice to literally bump into you and his invention of a time machine, he is now fading from existence. You only have a few hours with him to figure out how to set the timeline right again.	8

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