WritingPrompts

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[WP] It was supposed to be a routine software upgrade, but now roombas are tracing pentagrams and summoning minor demons all across the country. You work in tech support.	3757
[WP] Galactic wars are always won by whoever finds the other first – there is simply no way to retaliate fast enough to a carpet bombing from a high orbit. Other civilizations are absolutely terrified of Terrans who are cocky enough to broadcast their presence loud and clear.	1559
[WP] "This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and what I have for you today is an ancient looking box that was sent to me by Pandora from Greece."	1279
[WP] After 200,000 years, the alien generation ship arrived to our solar system. She has the fire power to vaporize a few planets, but the handful of survivors only ask for some hot soup and a few other surprisingly reasonable demands.	399
[WP] Since birth, you have been raised to become a circus performer and you became exceptionally good at it. But the crowds give you the jitters, so with few marketable skills besides your athletic abilities, you applied to become a demon hunter.	345
[WP] You are a mage slayer for the Royal Society. The year is 1841 and your job is to protect scientists from the magician rebellion who opposes the advancement of science.	270
[WP] The alien visitor is threatening to nuke your capital from orbit unless you load his ship with ten thousand liters of maple syrup, the most prized substance in the galaxy. As the negotiator for Australia, you are not sure how to deal with this one.	182
[WP] You can force everyone in a 20m bubble to speak the full truth. But full truth is too harsh, so you rarely use your power except involuntarily in your sleep, which is why you sometimes wake up to fighting couples after dozing off on the plane. Today is not your typical day.	173
[WP] Your daughter is playing with a piece of chalk she found in your study, the place where you keep souvenirs from your many travels. You watch her draw a door, take a step forward, then dissapear! Before you can react, she reappears and explain "Come, Daddy! I found a shortcut to the beach!"	165
[WP] You have no fear. Physiologically, you simply can't experience it. After some success as a rock climber, you discovered your true calling as a demon hunter.	104

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