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[WP] Humans are the proverbial "Sleeping Giant," and thus make remarkably good deterrents. A common tactic of the Galactic Federation is to simply call in a human warship, such as the USS "Fuck Around and, FindOut," and simply let it sit nearby. Peace Talks happen within the week. | "Attention!" Admiral McCurtis called over the loudspeaker, his words echoing across the hundred battleships of the fleet, falling on two hundred thousand human ears.
"It has been six thousand years since our kind last saw war. For six thousand years, the galaxy has been at peace.
"It is not a mutual peace. It is pea... | The Galactic Federation - a hundred thousand star clusters, twenty thousand nation states, a few alliances within them. Evolved, they'd call themselves, better than war. Unfortunately, they aren't as better as they'd like to seem. Von Clausewitz would remind them - War is merely diplomacy by any other means. Some m... | njormrod | Sauragnmon | 2023-03-07 03:21:18 | 2023-03-07 02:45:47 | 225 | 109 | jb83ayf | jb7yroo | 11keke0 | 11keke0 |
[WP] Goofy and Mickey Mouse wake up to find themselves in a Tarantino movie. | There is something no-one told me about my current job when I first took it:
The animatronics are haunted by the souls of murdered children.
In hindsight the place had a suspiciously high turnover rate. But I figured: it's the nightshift! It's unsocial hours and lonely. People think they can handle it, find out they ... | [Part 1 of 2]
“Yeah, they get a little strange at night….” The man on the other end of the phone said, chomping on a handful of raisins. “Mmm. So, yeh, keep an eye out for tat. Make sure they don’t go into the kitchen” He said, trying to speak with his mouthful. Even with his efforts, he couldn’t stop some raisins fro... | Low-Environment | sadnesslaughs | 2023-08-30 14:35:33 | 2023-08-30 09:19:22 | 56 | 33 | jydormh | jyco7ez | 16546qp | 16546qp |
[WP] You realized your house is "haunted" by a poltergeist, but upon closer observation the ghost is actually helping you out with your day-to-day house chores | The phone was ringing. Captain Z didn't want to answer it, only one person has that number, and that person was the last person he wanted to talk to at the moment.
Better to get this over with now. He picked up, "I'm sorry Gate."
The silence was almost as terrifying as the one word that was spoken. "Explain."
The... | I stared out the window thinking about my son for hours. The hours flowed by and the life seemed to drain out of me as the time rolled on. I had so many dreams for him, so many ambitions. Though I knew that I would never be a perfect father, I wanted to love him for the rest of my life. Really, all I ever wanted for hi... | xiiifox | chilldude890 | 2023-01-20 21:50:11 | 2023-01-20 19:31:39 | 240 | 124 | j577m1e | j56lrn2 | 10gt3vv | 10gt3vv |
[WP] “Why should I care what you think, dad? Humans only live for a hundred years if they’re lucky! Me and mom will be here for thousands!” | “Why should I care what you think, dad? Humans only live for a hundred years if they’re lucky! Me and mom will be here for thousands!”
The second the words left my lips I knew I'd made a mistake. My father had never been an emotional man, but I saw his screwed jaw relax into a frown, and then soften to nothing. He too... | The five of us laid, some collapsed, on the hill of the graveyard. The smell of singed grass was still coating the air as we laughed and picked bone fragments out of our hair.
"We actually did it." Eric said, a disbeliving grin forming on his face. Back home he was the star of the college football who carried them to ... | Writteninsanity | DoomGloomAngst | 2024-08-14 16:56:28 | 2023-02-27 05:51:50 | 381 | 46 | li3m8dz | null | 1es40qy | 1l2e0l5 |
[WP] An elf goes out on a ‘short errand’, forgetting that 30 years is a long time to have left his human wife and child at home. | In terms of lifespans, elves were generally accepted to be functionally immortal. The oldest known, was around 9000 years old but there are rumors of sages over a 100,000 years old.
It was also widely known that this was not natural but a result of the largest ritual in recorded history. In fact there's been specula... | Zyril's steps were lethargic as he walked the path through the silverpine forest.
He had his fancy broom to support him, but the walk from the Elven Realm was no trifling distance, not to account for the strain of interdimensional travel. In the distance, he could see the marble manor he called home calling out to him... | CipherWrites | aurabby | 2023-04-02 10:12:40 | 2023-04-02 07:02:55 | 67 | 26 | jen86ct | jemujfy | 1294tv7 | 1294tv7 |
[WP]You reincarnated in a fantasy world, but when you go check your stats, everything seems to be really average, until you put your eyes on charisma, that is on 200 points | As I wake, I hear moaning. Not the usual moans of agony I’ve become used to, punctuated with screams and gunfire. Soft, constant moaning. From all around me.
It’s pitch dark. My head is pounding. I lever myself up onto an elbow, and realise that I am no longer lying on blood-infused sand and volcanic ash of the Iwo J... | "Hey, ye, you're finally awake," spoke the old farmer. I found myself lying in a bag of hay, at the back of a drawn cart. My confusion was indescribable, but hey, at least I was comfortable. "Found you lyin' drunk near the river, so I decided I should help ye, fella."
Ah, so that's how I came into this world.... | HolIerer | UrRomabooSpaceDemon3 | 2023-01-06 19:29:11 | 2023-01-06 19:26:56 | 388 | 56 | j38g3kk | j38fq0x | 104txuo | 104txuo |
[WP] "So, there's living, dead, and undead. Doesn't that imply that there are 'unliving' things as well?" Your master looks at you, with horror in their eyes. | *"Have you been reading the Forbidden Texts?!"* The master hissed, jabbing a boney finger into the youth's chest.
"No-no, sir!" The youth stammered, taken aback. They floundered, attempting to explain their reasoning. "It is just, that is what makes sense, yes? If there is an undeath, then there is surely such thing a... | Magnus urged his creation to sit down and pay attention. The latter had asked the dreaded question the old necromancer was fearful of answering. It was a matter of time. An inevitability that now confronted earlier than he expected.
"Yes, well...first, call me 'Father', not 'Master'," he insisted, even as he scrouged ... | manyname | Tregonial | 2024-03-20 03:12:04 | 2024-03-20 03:11:20 | 181 | 87 | kvokkl1 | kvokh0c | 1bj0hhd | 1bj0hhd |
[WP] You died and were sent to hell, but instead of getting escorted down to a specific level of hell, you're escorted straight to the Devil himself who looks mildly horrified while holding the file of your life in his hands. | "Alright, alright, alright, alright. Okay, okay--Okay! I'm calm," the Devil repeated anxiously. He knew this day would come. "You sure it's him?"
"Undoubtedly, Your Majesty. Cerberus was provided with his scent seven millennia ago and intake agents receive weekly intelligence updates to ensure they'd recognize him in ... | Reformation is always unpleasant. That is the issue of having an unmortal body.
Always the reforming.
The only thing less pleasant than returning to physical form is returning to physical form *in the wrong realm.* Even more so if that realm is about one hundred temperature units too hot.
A smartly dressed demon ap... | Koyoteelaughter | RosenrotEis | 2023-01-16 16:34:05 | 2023-01-16 09:36:47 | 112 | 13 | j4loiel | j4kfow8 | 10d2vy0 | 10d2vy0 |
[WP] As a Barbarian, you hate that just because you have a different lifestyle, your party looks down on you and assumes you are incapable of basic intelligent thought. Today you had enough. | Brazak the Brutal stroked his chin thoughtfully, as he regarded the rune-inscribed door that barred his path to the treasure he and his colleagues had been seeking. One, he noted, resembled the dwarvish rune 'thurm', except its arrow-like shape pointed downwards instead of upward, but that was the closest any of the st... | "It's called being Reckless!"
"The shortest distance between two places is a straight line." Alexandria rolled her eyes. "Honestly just because I'm strong doesn't make me stupid. Simplicity is its own form of genius!"
"Look all I'm saying is relying on just basic mana isn't going to cut it. Even with Reckless you're ... | SilasCrane | None | 2023-02-13 00:07:30 | 2023-02-12 21:00:03 | 171 | 36 | j8b1em7 | j8abjsp | 110gt0h | 110gt0h |
[WP] For as long as all the races have known, Dragons have been seen as violent, destructive creatures. After an attack on your village, you black out and find yourself in the den of a dragon. It's rather annoyed that that is how they're seen, and wants to prove that isn't the case. | I ran from our hut as the roar echoed throughout the village. A jet of flame erupted over our heads catching the Butcher's home on fire. Another lit the Stable master's. He began rushing horses out and I turned to quickly help him. No sooner had I reached the door before a horse bucked and my world went dark.
I awoke ... | The world is smothered in an ashy black, with small hints of golden light bursting through the crevices. Suddenly, I realize I have my eyes closed. Opening them is similar to that of an ancient door, rusty and hard to budge. But with effort, the world spawns anew. And to my utter amazement, and soon fear, a large drago... | Lycan_Jedi | GiraffeGuru993 | 2023-05-31 03:22:33 | 2023-05-31 03:13:27 | 22 | 11 | jmak0jq | jmaixxs | 13w8j52 | 13w8j52 |
[WP] On your 18th birthday, you casted your first spell. The next day, a group of fine men and women came to your house, wanting to induct you into the magical community. “Oh, so are there any big dangers or schools I need to attend to?” “Err, no. It’s just the five of us.” | They say that being sealed away for an indefinite amount of time is the purest form of torture for beings of the divine.
For the God of Darkness, it really isn't the case.
Darkness is a God. Thus, he has his connections with the shadows of the world itself, even if he is sealed. He can't exactly use those shadows ... | Sometimes I wonder if Lita and I were destined to be enemies from the moment our parents said “Let there be Light”. She, the glowing one with sunshine hair and radiant skin, revered by the farmer and the lover and the sailor. Me, the shadowy one with dark hair and cold to the touch, revered by the pillager and the tric... | KeybladeWielder97 | Zealousideal-Gas-855 | 2023-04-14 23:05:46 | 2023-04-14 21:40:19 | 20 | 15 | jgaj51s | jga7lk4 | 12l61xo | 12l61xo |
[WP]You were your parents' least favorite so you were married faraway. Your marriage was happy and you had many child. You were the only one of your siblings able to have children. Your parents demand one of your children to be heir to the family. You refuse to send your children so far from home. | „While I understand your reservations, your royal highness – this is hardly a simple family matter. It is a matter of succession that will define the future of two kingdoms. It is not the time to be emotional. Or petty.“
I glare at Baron Hendrick. The old man glares back for a second to make his point, then averts his... | The only child in the Morgan family to not be educated, the only child to go weeks without touch from a mother, the child forgotten. Ended up being the only child to lead a happy family and run the countrywide medicine buisness. That child ended up lost but had to find himself in the only place anyone can, within him. ... | Talamlanasken | Still_Price_9676 | 2024-10-12 15:01:22 | 2024-10-12 08:08:33 | 46 | 17 | lrkoo08 | lrjclch | 1g1oegm | 1g1oegm |
[WP] Each type of death has a unique type of Reaper. The Reapers of Drowning collects the souls of the drowned. The Reapers of Old Age collects those that have come to their natural end. Write a story about a Reaper for an unusual death finally having a soul to collect. | For the first time in two years, Clarence clenched his left hand.
Glancing down at his wrist, he peeled back the sleeve of his nightgown. He had to confirm it, even with the sensation of warm fingers nestling against his palm and fingernails scraping against the skin. Even just the sight of his right hand - whole onc... | Part 1.
"Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed that claim, " scoffed Senator Pravatis.
A cynic by nature, he had always rejected everything unless he had seen it with his own eyes....and this preposterous claim was coming from the teethed orifices ... | lumpyspacejams | kamikazee786 | 2023-08-14 16:14:35 | 2023-08-14 13:13:29 | 24 | 12 | jw5noeq | jw4w2er | 15qmsjg | 15qmsjg |
[WP] An immortal person decides to start streaming themselves playing Geoguesser, and over time become extremely popular as they tell the history of the places that they guess. | L0rdOmegon: this guy is clearly cheating
MarvelNum: I've been to this place! It was awesome.
Nummi1114: @ L0rdOmegon lol cope harder
L0rdOmegon: do you actually believe he's not just using Wiki? OMEGALUL
Jaaakk448: *message deleted by moderator*
K1ll1an: Does anyne else find it wierd hes speaking as if he was ther... | Gorlois proudly rotated his brand-new monitor to show off his Twitch stream follower numbers to the other god that sat next to him in his streaming room.
Elvari raised an eyebrow as he inspected Gorlois’ Twitch statistics. “Your follower numbers are growing fast, but do they worship you as the God of Travelers, or are... | SirPiecemaker | Tregonial | 2023-04-19 09:55:11 | 2023-04-19 08:21:42 | 218 | 153 | jgv0pjw | jguudq1 | 12rcls7 | 12rcls7 |
[WP] “And what do you do with the children? Enslave them? Eat them?” “What? No!” The witch shouted, aghast. “I raise them, of course. If parents are willing to give up their children for greed, then imagine what they’d do to the child, given the chance to raise it?” | This interview was not going the way Jasmine planned. Her book was supposed to be the real deal on the wickedness of witches. All she'd managed to find, however, was a sea witch that helped a girl save a prince after her father tried to sink his ship, the story of a sister trying to retrieve a family heirloom after a g... | Since i see others not quite meeting the prompt i shall be so arrogant and use this chance to share a chapter of my story i recently finish and currently refine (the part it fits the prompt the mc is known as The Witch of Alinguar)
I would have another fitting scene a bit earlier in the timeline where a priest threate... | ProfessionalMoose547 | LadyAlekto | 2023-10-05 04:03:56 | 2023-10-05 00:03:50 | 106 | 25 | k3j5dqu | k3i8ous | 16zvo6l | 16zvo6l |
[WP] You’ve become the main character in the last video game you played. Your appearance and physical abilities haven’t changed, but you still have to clear the game to go back home. | "Where am I? What's going on?"
"Lord Burgomeister! You're awake"
"Who are you, and where am I?"
"I'm Johann, your butler...and you are in Ulm"
"Germany?"
"What is Germany? No, the Free City of Ulm!"
"And what day is it?"
"November 11th, of our lord's year 1444!"
"Why am I filled with a loathing for Augsbu... | Hat note: Massive, repeated, deep, not-individually spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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Ganondorf is in a lot of trouble.
I'm not the Hero of the Wilds, but Ganondorf is in a lot of trouble nevertheless.
I get dropped into Hyrule immediately after the Upheaval, while Link is still missin... | SocalSteveOnReddit | stillnotelf | 2023-06-19 05:19:04 | 2023-06-19 05:02:51 | 37 | 12 | joo61kp | joo4nyj | 14cumuf | 14cumuf |
[WP] A stranger hands you the largest emerald you’ve ever seen and asks for some sticks. Jokingly, you say you’ll need 3 of them for 12 sticks. He hands them over. | “You want me to trade you my sticks for… is that a gem?”
“He-ya!”
I looked at the strange looking boy. “Okay. Three sticks for these green gems.”
He held out two more gems.
“Where-where did you get these?”
The boy somersaulted away and I assumed I should follow him. He led me to the local merchant. Then the kid ... | "No way these are real," I told the boy, who looked about seven. He handed me three green stones, which to my untrained eye looked like emeralds. I knew better.
"Look again, mister," he said with a smile. "Now, about those sticks. Twelve, to be exact."
"Kid, can't you see there's a patch of woods behind you? They're... | greedspossession | armageddon_20xx | 2023-07-10 05:32:36 | 2023-07-10 03:46:50 | 45 | 21 | jrdb6lp | jrd16sm | 14vamwo | 14vamwo |
[WP] In an age where gaming is widespread, militaries all over the world swiftly (and successfully) adapt by drafting gamers and assigning them into units and roles based on mandatory tracking of their most played genre and overall gametime. You just got your draft letter. | We used to joke all the time, How the government would surveil every second of our lives. From the times we went to the bathroom, to something so inane as what we chose to eat.
We were fools.
And soon the drafting started. I remember them well.
Carlos, a consummate gambler, but also one of the lost talented data scie... | I woke up around 3pm. I logged onto STiM and saw a weird message. The military was telling me they had sent me a paper copy they wanted me to read. My first thought was spam but the botware usually caught those. I checked and sure enough there was an envelope I had left on a pile a few days ago. Official markings and ... | Aljhaqu | hikiko_wobbly | 2023-05-28 07:32:51 | 2023-05-28 01:19:59 | 26 | 17 | jlx312i | jlw2skq | 13tl9h1 | 13tl9h1 |
[WP] You have lost count of how many time travelers have come to kill you. You don't know why they came and at this point you don't care. You will become what they fear simply out of spite. | It rained when the first one arrived all those years ago, and it rained now, as I stood over another. Over the body of a once so worthy killer sent from somewhere beyond my timeline. I guess it said something about me that I paid more mind to the rain than the bleeding man on the ground, but I had learned to stop belie... | \[Justice Attempted\]
"I don't care if she is a kid...," Ophelia steeled herself once she noticed the teenager. The girl with bright pink pigtails was obviously a time traveler like the others had been. Something about her stood out from the other shoppers around. She wore a crisp white suit that seemed brighter than... | GrunkleStanwhich | HSerrata | 2023-07-13 16:35:25 | 2023-07-13 16:34:14 | 144 | 59 | jrtl0p2 | jrtkudm | 14ykuqu | 14ykuqu |
[WP] Gandalf and Dumbledore switch places. Gandalf is now running Hogwarts, while Dumbledore is leading The Fellowship. | Gandalf, grading papers: "You shall not pass, you shall not pass...
*raises an eyebrow*
"you *definitely* shall not pass."
*Gets to Fred and George Weasley's paper and chuckles*
"I must try that with my fireworks"
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Meanwhile, in the Shire
Dumbledore: "Take my arm Frodo. Hold tight."
*aparates to Mount Do... | An owl flew in as Dumbledore shuffled yet another stack of parchment on his heavy oak desk. There was just too much paper work left over from the whole incident with the chamber of secrets.
"Just leave it on the table..." He droned before gasping as the owl transformed into a dishevelled old man.
He jumped up insta... | None | JohanPertama | 2023-03-24 10:20:59 | 2023-03-24 07:47:17 | 1,791 | 184 | jdh18yd | jdgqhdg | 12097es | 12097es |
[WP] An immortal warrior with centuries of combat experience settles down to run an orphanage. Slave traders kidnap some of the children...big mistake. | There were stories and rumors, about the lone monk who cared for the children at the old monastery upon the Amaranth Cliffs.
It was whispered by some that the monk was the legendary Viper of the Steppes, slayer of thousands, who had fought in the border wars almost a century past, though Nazar had never put much stoc... | Everything's laughing at me.
I can hear it all. The rush of water from the babbling brooks. The rustle of carefully tended hedges. The scrape of chipped stone against cobbled path. The *children*. They're all laughing. Like it's a twisted joke.
Every moment that goes by is insufferable. I don't know what else to do b... | SilasCrane | Scarredaeh | 2023-06-03 22:30:07 | 2023-06-03 21:19:42 | 29 | 13 | jmsmkdl | jmsdnea | 13zb04t | 13zb04t |
[WP] You've finally done it. You've proven the existence of magic; discovered how an ordinary human cast spells to control that immense arcane power. There's just one problem making you hesitate about publishing your findings: spellcasting looks so very... STUPID... | In those days, one could not escape the dust.
It blew in the open doors, collected in the corners. People choked on it, in some cases, died by it. In the brown wind flew microplastics, radiation, and sewage. The world and her resources were used up, and it would be many millennia before the earth could heal herself. A... | Thud. Thud. Thud.
My head tapped against the wall gently. It was a not-entirely-good habit I had picked up as a youth. Whenever faced with a difficult decision I enacted a mime of breaking my head open to get the decision out. This time it was because I had to decide between dignity and legacy.
The music played.... | Protowriter469 | theRailisGone | 2023-05-27 17:49:46 | 2023-04-09 14:39:51 | 659 | 71 | jluibj0 | jfkpefq | 13t8an9 | 12g9cni |
[WP] you were the only child that didn't have powers in a family of metahumans. Today you got kidnapped by a supervillain... and none of your family came to the rescue. | "The death of a bachelor, oh-oh-oh, letting the water fall..."
Sovereign sang to herself in the quiet of the abandoned warehouse, butterfly knife twirling about her hand as she waited. This was always her least favorite part of the gig; it didn't matter how much leeway you gave them, the heroes just *never* seemed to ... | What I had expected out of flash-freeze and their lackey coldsnap, was an "aw rats" or "foiled again".
They kidnapped me 3 days ago, I the eldest child in the meta family, powerless and disgustingly ordinary. Instead they looked at me with pity. I had told them how dumb it was to kidnap the one member of the family th... | jardanovic | Monodeservedbetter | 2024-03-13 17:12:48 | 2024-03-13 16:49:40 | 41 | 30 | kupcdgw | kup82vg | 1bdjyyu | 1bdjyyu |
[WP] “Why should I care what you think, dad? Humans only live for a hundred years if they’re lucky! Me and mom will be here for thousands!” | I am ashamed to admit that, in that moment, there were several dagger edged declarations I had to bite down on before I unleashed them on my own child.
*Because you are inexperienced, stupid, and obsessed with pleasing peers who will break your heart like a twig and laugh about it.*
Breathe...
*Thousands? Try one-th... | Obligatory I’m on mobile.
If you asked any outsider or basic acquaintance about our group they would all tell you the same story. Beth was the mother of the group with kind eyes and the stereotypical anime mother side-ponytail that quite frankly worried us all. Eden was the natural leader of the group who’s optimisti... | MasterV3ga | None | 2024-08-14 17:14:22 | 2023-02-27 09:16:00 | 161 | 28 | li3po1c | null | 1es40qy | 5islx4 |
[WP] You wake up in a hospital with police officers questioning you. You have no memory of what happened, and are forced to use your text messages to put everything together. | "Why would you even ask such a question?" My head priest Alfred didn't understand the point of the hypothetical scenario presented to him. "Also, why the count down timer?"
"I've learnt consent is very important," I raised a tentacle in deep thought. "If a human declined, or did not respond before the timer ends, I'd ... | The pop-ups came in waves. It was always the same thing:
"Unauthorized entity is trying to enter your mind. Do you accept?"
Along with 2 buttons, yes and no, and a 30 second timer. On that day about half the population was wiped out, their heart simply stopped with no other prompt or evidence as to what caused it. T... | Tregonial | Teodorp99 | 2025-01-28 17:49:09 | 2025-01-28 17:37:16 | 306 | 88 | m9o7ins | m9o4wzm | 1ic3och | 1ic3och |
[WP] You, a side character, watch in horror as the MC forgives and doesn't kill the main villain, who murdered your friends and family, saying, "If I killed them, then I'd be just like them." | Blood splattered my face as I yanked my sword from the belly of another guard. He crumbled to the hard marble of the palace hall. We had done it. After years of planning, guerrilla fighting, and laying down our lives, we finally had brought the empire to the ground. I turned from the corpse and turned toward the window... | They’d kept me in a nice room, at least. A featherbed with silk sheets, a servant ready to get me any food or drink I desired. If only I could forget about the chain around my ankle, anchored to the wall. I gritted my teeth. If I had moved a little faster, cut a little deeper…
I could see those blood-filled eyes. They... | -LaFae- | T_Lawliet | 2024-03-08 09:18:19 | 2024-03-08 07:54:40 | 226 | 72 | ktw8e3i | ktw1egl | 1b9dtij | 1b9dtij |
[WP] You and your soulmate are stuck in a cycle of reincarnation, but you managed to find each other every single time. In this life, you finally managed to track them down… only to learn they started a happy family with someone else. | We often joked that our love was strong enough to withstand even death. That we were two lovers that could never be torn apart. Yet, there she was, standing there with her new family, looking as happy as she used to look with me. “So, it finally happened.”
I dumped the bouquet I brought into a nearby bin, wanting t... | I watched my child try and fail from the comfort of the parks bench. He did his best to climb the slide but kept slipping even though there was a ladder on the other side. All he had to do was climb the ladder, but he insisted on the slide.
"He really is just like you," I commented, turning to my wife.
"Hey! Where di... | sadnesslaughs | Bob_is_a_banana | 2025-02-04 16:22:49 | 2025-02-04 15:47:53 | 89 | 17 | maxzm3r | maxsb2q | 1ihiq4s | 1ihiq4s |
[WP] Normally, when someone is a Mage’s Apprentice for 20 years, it means they’ve failed to learn. However, you’ve kept your Apprentice for 35 years, because you must be sure that he DOES NOT learn any more spells. | "Darantham!" Cal shouted into the clearing. He stretched his hand out, twisting his fingers together into a wrinkled knot as he proclaimed the spell with practiced futility. Pel shuddered. Even if he knew it would never work, the sight of his apprentice attempting any spell at all brought back memories of that day. A f... | Aiden was a determined kid.
Ever since he coaxed me into becoming his master, I could see the mana around him eager to burst at any moment. Of course, that eagerness came with a past. One that was best unremembered.
Even so, the days passed. As a half demon, Aiden would have a much longer life. He has much more time ... | Auzuko | Bob_is_a_banana | 2025-03-02 06:45:43 | 2025-03-02 05:06:08 | 81 | 52 | mfkg5r1 | mfk46yc | 1j1gw8d | 1j1gw8d |
[WP] You are a hero that can manipulate darkness and shadow, able to make it solid and shape it into many forms. As you are cornered by Villains, trapped within a room made to trap you, with no shadow around, you tell them something that makes them stare at you in horror. "Human insides are dark" | Escalation is a dangerous game.
Animals fight. You know that, right? But they're not fighting to *kill*. They sheathe their claws, aim for those parts of their opponents anatomy that are well-equipped to weather the blow, and work to establish dominance, and settle the fight with neither party dead or even maimed.
... | The villains feel something they haven't felt in a long time , It isn't their mothers kind touch nor their fathers encouraging words , rather it is the essence of their own being...fear.
The hero had manipulated their intestines to pulse faster , causing undigested food to pass quickly down to their bowels.
With cle... | Xavier_Elrose | Talalol | 2023-01-13 15:30:28 | 2023-01-13 14:36:11 | 328 | 100 | j46pgg2 | j46hbou | 10aq93g | 10aq93g |
[WP] You are an above-average villain. You have it all, power, fame, enough comfort and even a nemesis. Of course, he is almost like your best friend. And if that wasn't enough, you also have a beautiful family, kids and all. One day, your find out that your nemesis has been abusing his sidekick. | I took one last look into the mirror before heading back out into the factory I used as a lair. Truth be told, it's actually pretty swanky. I use the old office area as my living quarters, and the rest of the space is just for diabolical schemes. That, and holding people hostage, of course. I know it doesn't make sense... | I knew I wasn't the best person but even I have standards, when I heard of it I knew I had to prepare project phoenix sooner than I expected. I notified my employees and I geared up, I knew what to do to make him come. I destroyed his precious statue and shouted commands to see me and how I found out I knew what he did... | F1600A | roxx-writting | 2023-12-19 19:33:37 | 2023-12-19 18:48:25 | 135 | 10 | ke2shst | ke2kxna | 18m44yw | 18m44yw |
[WP] When children hear the whispers and echoes of the Divine Forge, it is tradition that they be brought to the dwarven clerics of the Mountain Father. There’s just one problem: Your son is an elf. | Grek paced the stone hall, tugging at his braided beard. He kept glancing over at the tall, wiry youth sitting so calmly on the marble bench across from him.
"You're certain?" He growled, knowing full well he'd heard the answer half a dozen times already.
"Yes, father."
Damn that boy, Grek thought. So damn calm e... | “Hello, what brings you here today.”
“My child heard the echoes of the divine forge.”
“Bring them in quickly.”
The man brings in his child.
“Oh by the way, where are you two fellow dwarfs from?”
The man sweats.
“Oh! Uuuuuhhh… D-dwarf… town.”
“Dwarf town? Oh I love Dwarf Town, it’s beer is so divine!”
“Yes! I do ... | monstersabo | Pope-Francisco | 2023-04-05 03:17:46 | 2023-04-04 19:18:32 | 105 | 16 | jf09v2p | jeyf3i5 | 12bkq2o | 12bkq2o |
[WP] A kid losing a video game, and getting their big brother to beat it for them, as seen from an npc's perspective | Game set: easy mode.
Shit, I think to myself. The programmers didn’t spend enough time on me as it is. On easy mode, I’m pathetic.
Jump forward, punch. Jump backward, block. Every once in a while I surprise myself with a kick. If it lands, I’m lucky. I might as well be a punching bag, doomed to die and be reborn ag... | The foolish adventurer steps up once more, but this time executes a series of moves incomprehensible to the sane mind. After he sidesteps to the left and dashes forward, he suddenly sinks into the ground.
I blink, and in that slight moment, the adventurer had somehow managed to get his legs pointing straight towards ... | Zaxiva | Percy1593 | 2023-06-21 21:00:14 | 2023-06-21 20:40:27 | 182 | 24 | jp0e863 | jp0b7my | 14fdlba | 14fdlba |
[WP] Human society has collapsed since the vanishings began. Anyone left alone, unseen or untouched by another person, stops existing. Those who remain now survive as herds, sleeping in huddled masses and always touching in some way while awake. | The rhythm of motion thrummed in Tara's mind.
*Left, right, pause, left, right.*
Dozens of bodies acted as one, sinuously writhing through the ruins of the city, like a many-legged lizard. Tara was but one pair of its legs, one pair of its eyes. They all had to stick together, work together, to survive.
Her mother ... | 13.7 billion years. That's how long it took for the rules of reality to collapse. The concept of the "universe" can be interpreted in many different ways. Is it everything? Or is it a simple part of the true grandeur of infinity? That question may never be answered. However, what is known, or, what humanity thought the... | SilasCrane | beckethbrother | 2023-03-07 18:55:39 | 2023-03-07 15:19:14 | 197 | 29 | jbawaf4 | jb9yvsc | 11kuq71 | 11kuq71 |
[WP] You're immortal, and have passed the 'hero' phase centuries ago. You enter a small coffee shop one day to find that it's owned by your millennia-old arch-nemesis. You really, really just want a chai latte though. | Time passes faster and faster after the consecutive appearance of geniuses throughout centuries. Their innovation quickly made things easier for the people affected by them. As such, things become faster. New things taking over the old ones.
Although having experienced the rapid development of different civilizations ... | "Hey, you look kinda familiar."
"Oh gods dammit. Why the fuck are you here?"
"Oh. You. Look, I'm over that shit from way back when. I'm just running this coffee shop & don't give a shit about our old beef. I'm not gonna be your friend, but I'm not looking for us to continue the fight. So ya want a drink or are you go... | Possible_Situation12 | FutureFuta | 2023-02-21 11:52:13 | 2023-02-21 04:46:40 | 17 | 10 | j9erwxr | j9du3sl | 117henh | 117henh |
[WP] First contact is established between aliens and humanity. And it turns out that all other intelligent species are, for lack of a better term, Kaiju. Being at the bare minimum over 300 meters in height and having a variety of supernatural abilities on top of advanced technology. | *Well, we're fucked.*
That's more or less what humanity collectively thought when we finally established contact with our first alien species and realized that they're Kaiju-sized. That's - *at the very least* \- 300 meters of muscle, teeth, tentacles, and, worst of all, advanced technology. Hell, some of the ones we ... | It was a Friday night, bitingly cold for March. Every year you'd hear about the record lows and highs, the staying power the summer heat would have across the world with the rising oceans and melting ice caps. Earth's history had been divided up into two points, before and after meeting the real stars of the universe.
... | SirPiecemaker | DeneilYeong | 2023-03-11 19:59:49 | 2023-03-11 19:05:18 | 1,451 | 178 | jbud7cs | jbu5lrx | 11op7sd | 11op7sd |
[WP] You just discovered your 14 year old daughters Moon Princess locket that allows her to transform into one of the worlds greatest heroes. It also is a communications device and you are about to give the Moon Goddess a piece of your mind for letting 14 year old's defend the world against evil. | I knew something was off with my child three days after her fourteenth birthday. I'm her mother. It's my *job* to notice things, like when she was in second grade and trying to hide the fact she'd gotten in trouble at school. Or when she was twelve and tried to pretend she was too "grown" for stuffed animals because a ... | It's about 2 am when the locket is finally in their hands. Their daughter is asleep, finally, after having stayed out until one in the morning fighting bad guys, and coming home bruised and exhausted. After all, she has to get up in the morning, go to school, keep her grades up to keep up appearances, and then go fight... | PixieKat4x4 | Luna-LaFey | 2023-01-12 06:10:22 | 2023-01-12 05:50:47 | 25 | 13 | j403eq4 | j401jvk | 1098i5y | 1098i5y |
[WP] The zombie apocalypse has finally come, but… well, it’s kind of underwhelming. | The Zombie Apocalypse was ... well underwhelming is an understatement. The scientists had a field day, but it quickly became an annoyance to everyone else.
Turns out that when you take members of a cooperative, adaptable, intelligent species, and take away the cooperation, adaptability and intelligence ... there's not... | When the news spread about a man and his family returning from Kenya being quarantined most people didn't really think anything of it. It was just another report that was left on the television, just to drowned out the sound of silence for most of us. Most families are too busy with the usual of day to day life and wor... | joalheagney | DyslexicTriesWriting | 2024-03-11 09:34:32 | 2024-03-11 02:37:11 | 26 | 12 | kucfsbd | kubbjty | 1bbq50t | 1bbq50t |
[WP] You’re a hero with a weird name. “Anything for $20”. You gain the ability to do anything, as long as you’re offered $20. Everyone takes it as a joke, until one day there’s a cataclysm, and someone offers you $20 to end it. | I watched as the shower of moon fragments started to fell, as the fleet of alien spaceships shattered it.
We were next.
The superheroes and villains gathered together, ready to face off the enemy.
I was a hero, a lowly one due to my name: "Anything for 20$", as most people thought I was a joke.
It was exactly l... | [Part 1 of 2]
“HEEEEY, THE HEROES HERE.” Davey cheered as the pub erupted in a mighty roar, as their favorite regular sauntered through the door. As Anything for $20 entered the pub, he paused, surprised to see so many people drinking on the day of the apocalypse. He assumed at least fifty percent of the regulars had... | TheWanderingBook | sadnesslaughs | 2025-02-24 04:32:07 | 2025-02-24 03:08:22 | 150 | 81 | megttih | megh2jo | 1iwoj82 | 1iwoj82 |
[WP]You reincarnated in a fantasy world, but when you go check your stats, everything seems to be really average, until you put your eyes on charisma, that is on 200 points | "My queen!"
"Sup?"
"General Hawthorne of the Iron Legion is here on behalf of the Asmati Kingdom."
"Oh, cool. Show him in."
A tall, burly man covered in scars walked in. His armour, his bearing, his eyes - it all showed decades of military experience. A man that did not know defeat.
"Queen Dahlia," Hawthorne hisse... | Our hero wakes on a bustling street corner torn out of Victorian myth, the last echoes of the *Isekai* truck still thundering through him. His eyes are very tightly shut and he is screaming, so it’s the smell that gets him first. Human waste mixes with industrial effluent; the air has taken on the thick, tarry feel of ... | SirPiecemaker | turnaround0101 | 2023-01-06 17:24:05 | 2023-01-06 15:28:28 | 715 | 154 | j37v8ft | j37cewv | 104txuo | 104txuo |
[WP] You wake up in a hospital with police officers questioning you. You have no memory of what happened, and are forced to use your text messages to put everything together. | The pop-ups came in waves. It was always the same thing:
"Unauthorized entity is trying to enter your mind. Do you accept?"
Along with 2 buttons, yes and no, and a 30 second timer. On that day about half the population was wiped out, their heart simply stopped with no other prompt or evidence as to what caused it. T... | The popup appeared while I was washing dishes. I'd just finished scrubbing a particularly stubborn pot—the kind where mac and cheese had welded itself to the bottom—when the message materialized, floating about three feet in front of my face.
"Unauthorized entity is trying to enter your mind. Do you accept?" And benea... | Teodorp99 | major_breakdown | 2025-01-28 17:37:16 | 2025-01-28 16:53:11 | 88 | 54 | m9o4wzm | m9nvkup | 6p9by7 | 1ic3och |
[WP] You are a highly trained child soldier in a class of other child soldiers. Your purpose: To be bait for otherworldly summoners and then ensure no more of the nation's youth are abducted across dimensions. | # The Brand Ambassador Program
## Classified Records - Training Cycle 23
### Candidate: Sarah Chen (ID: BAP-2024-116)
—
**Log Entry #1 - September 15, 2024**
*Program Orientation*
First day at the „Elite Youth Marketing Initiative.“ Weird vibes. They’re obsessive about documentation. »Document everything,« Dr. Mar... | [poem]
It starts with one
One event that made national news
A class of middle schoolers
Vanished into thin air
One thing I don't know why
Why take children
They make terrible soldiers
Worse still as saviors
"It doesn't even matter how hard you try
They died like you'd expect
Most didn't survive train... | andartico | plageiusdarth | 2024-11-08 20:23:28 | 2024-11-08 20:04:21 | 93 | 20 | lw4zmn7 | lw4vw6m | 1gmpkxb | 1gmpkxb |
[WP] So humanity's galactic divisions are all named after sci-fi franchises. The Enterprise for exploration and diplomacy, the Spartans if combat is needed. This is the story of the less honorably named factions, such as the appropriately named "World Eaters" | "It's them." The whispers rose around the crowd, as I tried to wriggle through to the front. Our planet had stories, legends of the humans and their aptly named crews. But none so horrible as the 'World Eaters'. Stories of what they did to a planet when they came, stories of the destruction left in their wake. Stories ... | We all serve.
Some more than others. There are those who get assigned to the Enterprise division. They serve in the frontier and in embassies. There are those who get assigned to the Spartan division. They serve in the battlefields and bunkers. There are those who get assigned to the Foundation division. They serve in... | Mooses_little_sister | jpb103 | 2023-06-15 13:09:12 | 2023-06-15 12:55:56 | 198 | 67 | jo80goc | jo7yxgv | 149wlre | 149wlre |
[WP] You are a supervillain who commands most of the criminal underground, after being placed behind bars the heroes come to you for answers when crime shoots up by 60 percent. | On the day of my sentencing, the judge asked if I had anything to say. All I said was, “You’re making a big mistake.”
On the plane ride to ADX Florence, the guards showed me a video of the press conference the League of Liberty had regarding my arrest and conviction. The crowd was cheering as Commander John announced... | "You fools..." I whispered from my cage, my words rising in volume until i belloewd them. "Utter, utter fools!" The members of the SJD turned to me, some with anger, others with mere annoyance.
"What did you do?" Asked a familiar voice.
"Ah, so I didn't kill you in our last bout? What a shame."
Director Higgins came a... | futanari_kaisa | Branexch_YT | 2023-10-18 15:36:36 | 2023-10-18 06:27:31 | 201 | 84 | k5ey55d | k5dbekq | 17ahzu0 | 17ahzu0 |
[WP] In a world dependant on superpowers, you though your ability of being immune to direct alterations from other powers was mildly inconvenient. You realize something is up when a friend points out you haven't aged at all in a decade. | We were on my bed going through our happy memories on her phone when my wife, Delisha, first pointed out that I didn’t seem to age. I told her it was nonsense and that I had photos of my childhood, growing from a small baby to the adult I was. I was wrong.
I loved her. She was the first love of my life. I had many lov... | That moment, a mirror shattered. The veil was pulled back, and light streamed through, giving utter clarity to the people of our world.
Somehow, aging was caused by a single person with a super power.
Chaos erupted, my brothers. Oh, my brothers, how the world was set on fire.
You see, brothers, we only had to kill o... | Professor_Entropy | None | 2023-03-01 17:29:10 | 2023-03-01 13:59:13 | 223 | 126 | jaicww5 | jahhmhm | 11f3dgr | 11f3dgr |
[WP] You are a dog. Your master, fearless in the face of thunder and mailmen, reeks of fear. Something terrifying beyond comprehension is coming. Your master calls it... a tornado. | Again there’s that noise like the one that comes from the box Master takes his food out of. Except this one hurts my ears, and I don’t smell any food. It’s coming from another box - the one with pictures that make Master laugh. He’s looking at a picture there now, not laughing. His tail isn’t wagging, but I wag mine to... | "Dad! Dad! Tell me a story Dad!"
Fuji was at my side again, his refusal to let these old bones rest would be infuriating, if I didn't love the little pup so much.
"Absolutely buddy, what kind of story do you want to hear?"
He thought for a moment seemingly unsure how to answer. After a long pause he came to a conclusio... | DrewbitTaylor | Im_The_Comic_Relief_ | 2023-02-16 17:31:16 | 2023-02-16 17:14:06 | 860 | 74 | j8sk455 | j8shedi | 113t1bf | 113t1bf |
[WP] According to astronomy, wishes take thousands or even millions of years to arrive to the wishing stars. Today, wishes from people long past are starting to come true. | There was a man when the world was quite young. There was a woman. Sometimes it seems like all the stories start like this. Sometimes they do. But this time youth was no mere trick of light, sunrise filtering through the blinds just so to illuminate the room as she entered, because the world really was young once. I fo... | it was the final moment of my life and there i was, lying down on the hospital bed, bed-stricken and exhausted from a long painful illness.
a shining twinkling light shone from the window, opening my eyes and on the window, a screen began to appeared and showed me a taylor swift's live performance.
i havent heard t... | turnaround0101 | Zestyclose_Half_3354 | 2023-02-09 14:27:13 | 2023-02-09 13:40:57 | 64 | 20 | j7ugxs7 | j7uazq5 | 10xsvcg | 10xsvcg |
[WP] It finally happened. Through means not yet known, everyone's physical beauty reflects their innermost selves; the kind but portly girl is now an absolute bombshell, the asshole CEO is now hideous, and so on. Nothing prepared you for what you came face to face with in the mirror, though. | I was lying on the couch, mindlessly clicking through the channels. It was a saturday night, and I had nothing else to do. I eventually decided on Cartoon Network, with the faint hope of Dragon Ball Z to soothe by bored mind. As I clicked through the channels, I passed the news, and my thumb froze over the channel butt... | It finally happened! I don’t know how but it finally happened! Everyone changed into their “true selves”! The jerks and greedy finally show their true colors to the world, the kind and noble became beautiful! I avoided every reflection and photos of my self just so I can see myself at home, alone. I closed my eyes and ... | MrBigShrimp | Repq | 2023-02-23 05:20:56 | 2023-02-23 02:00:11 | 132 | 47 | j9neb8g | j9mpugc | 119gjg2 | 119gjg2 |
[WP] Write a futuristic story taking place in 2017 as told from the perspective of someone from the 60s | Martha's husband used to deal with the rentals, and she liked it much better that way. But since he had so unfairly died before she did, it was now her responsibility to tend to both the properties and the tenants.
Now, Martha had always known that she isn't exactly "good with people." She had been told by everyone th... | **Unregistered Tenants**
“Anthony, I need to talk to you about the unregistered tenants I’ve seen coming and leaving your apartment. You signed a lease for a studio apartment and we only allow up to one extra person living there on a regular basis, plus with the fire marshal I legally can’t allow you living with more ... | midnight_medusa | jkwlikestowrite | 2023-02-10 19:14:49 | 2023-02-10 18:13:54 | 50 | 12 | j80lk4f | j80c8ht | 10yrulf | 10yrulf |
[WP] You can see how long someone has left to live. But a classmate of yours has a deathdate that keeps on changing everytime you see them. One lesson, they have 15 minutes left, until they ask to leave. They come back later with an added 20 years. | The numbers that crowned their heads were not curses but gifts that counted down the days to their new lives. Halos. That's what the adults told them as they grew up. They smiled at the children and said, "When that number ticks to zero, you won't die. You'll begin your eternity of paradise."
What else could the... | She looked stunned as I cornered her after school. "Julie," I said, "why in the world are your years always changing? What are you doing?"
But her face quickly turned into a smirk. "Is that your power?" she said.
"Yeah? Why?"
"Nothing. But to answer your question, I have a terminal illness. And *my* power is that I... | intheweebcloset | nohemi_trevino | 2023-01-21 17:47:39 | 2023-01-21 16:23:36 | 127 | 57 | j5awg12 | j5ajsc0 | 10hr75v | 10hr75v |
[WP] You are the child of two famous superheroes and their nemesis has kidnapped you in the hopes of getting under their skin. A week later your parents still haven't come to rescue you. | Sitting on the dirty cell floor I wonder if anyone was actually going to rescue me, my parents were heroes that prided themselves on their belief. No one is left behind, but I'm starting to think I've been forgotten. I was thrown in this cage around a week ago and the only people that have saved me were the random work... | I knew something was wrong when I woke up can could take the bandages *off*. I healed faster than most, but not *that* fast. Especially when it came to silver.
My feet found the sandy wooden floor of the shack I had been basically confined to for the last week. Holding my bruised stomach in both hands, I managed to s... | cuteghost- | AFriendOfJamis | 2023-06-15 18:24:41 | 2023-06-15 17:12:08 | 706 | 136 | jo96pn5 | jo8xz3x | 14a31be | 14a31be |
[WP] You're a Warlock. But instead of drawing power from a higher being, people can choose to donate a portion of their magical power to you. In exchange, they can scry on your adventures and can send telepathic messages to you, as well as make requests. It can get annoying, but you make it work. | "Hit him in the dick!" A sea of voices rang out through my head in a crescendo of quickly fading yells. The ethereal chant was met by a responding roar of laughter.
"Listen you all, I appreciate your donations, they have meant a great deal to me, surely" I paused to duck, watching as a silvery blade flew by inches fr... | Drawing from higher powers like gods tends to come with a ton of drawbacks, like being bound to serve them, or their idea of a reward is to end your miserable human existence…by granting you death. Wising up to that nonsense, I start a Twitch Stream where my viewers can choose to donate a portion of their magical power... | GrunkleStanwhich | Tregonial | 2023-05-27 05:14:42 | 2023-05-27 05:04:56 | 697 | 180 | jlsgb60 | jlsfgw4 | 13svgeu | 13svgeu |
[WP]"Halt, foul beast! You shall threaten this town no longer!" Yelled the hero, drawing their blade, an ancient artefact that glowed and became razor sharp in the presence of evil.. except it wasn't only not glowing, but dulled as the hero pointed it at the 8' tall man-wolf huddled in the corner | (It's been a bit since I last wrote, so please no hate.)
The wolf man chuckled.
"I guess that overgrown toothpick found another, eh?" His deep, almost growl-like voice rumbled through the air.
"What are you talking about?" The hero asked, the slightest bit of fear evident in their voice.
The wolf man laughed, sound... | \[Evil. Perspective.\]
"You shall threaten this town no longer!" The hero drew his blade as the hulking beast in a white trench coat huddled in the corner with his back toward the hero and the rest of the inn. The wolf-man stared down at the corner and the top of his head was covered with dirty blonde fur. The hero he... | WolvenHeart0114 | HSerrata | 2023-03-03 21:06:44 | 2023-03-03 17:25:38 | 55 | 27 | jaszciv | jas1i17 | 11gzjb8 | 11gzjb8 |
[WP]You work as a valet for a high-class casino. You've got licenses to operate a variety of different vehicles and a story for how you got each one. Lately, a wealthy patron has been bringing increasingly ridiculous vehicles, trying to find one you don't have a license for. | The man in the three-piece suit grinned as he drove towards the casino's parking lot. *This time* would be different. *This time*, there was no possible way the valet that always served him could have a license for it. For the last 4 years, this particular valet would happily park his car for him, no matter what he dro... | <sci-fi>
[Part 2 here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ford9863/comments/11tgoi8/out_of_time_part_2/?)
I stood near the edge of the marble sidewalk, nodding subtly at passersby who likely wouldn’t notice if I’d called out their name. It didn’t bother me. Not anymore, anyway. The last thing I needed was for some chatty pedes... | SirPiecemaker | Ford9863 | 2023-03-16 13:58:37 | 2023-03-16 13:37:14 | 2,162 | 511 | jcfjmen | jcfgpo1 | 11spxyb | 11spxyb |
[WP] As the princess and heir apparent of the kingdom you are the most sought after woman in the whole kingdom, with suitors lining up every day to ask for your hand in marriage. Today you finally accept the proposal of a suitor, causing a massive scandal. | It was once again...Thanksgiving.
Our family was renowned across the universe, for birthing the strongest magicians of all fields...yet they didn't know something.
During holidays...when the entire family gathers, we compete in a different way one might expect.
Those who mastered fire spells make the perfect roas... | I mean, in retrospect it was an obvious choice, and also a twist of irony for me to end up marrying the only man that didn't ask first.
The Karnellian Empire is different from all the lands around in the fact that succession is given not to the oldest, but to the most competent of all. In this we are not the usual kin... | TheWanderingBook | PM_ME_SMALL__TIDDIES | 2024-11-29 12:09:51 | 2024-09-07 00:34:22 | 94 | 27 | lzjs0xq | llvu1r1 | 1h2ju98 | 1famu0u |
[WP] A time traveler recruits a medieval peasant, a Japanese samurai, a renaissance artist, a Victorian train driver, a 1940's noir detective and a space station scientist from the deep future to preform a heist. | What finally worked was gold.
The translators failed. Pictures failed. Charades failed.
What finally shut them all up, and got them to focus, was the impact of gold onto the table.
Mine was the only face all of them had seen.
The only familiar in this strange place.
As the host, kidnapper, and toss... | " Your the one I've been looking for...." He stood a haze of smoke that curled lazily about his head, about his analytical gaze.
" Perhaps... perhaps not, your case is no longer important, it will not bring her back..." the stranger spoke softly yet resolute
"How? How do you know of her?" The aged detective stalked... | None | Thousandgoudianfinch | 2023-06-18 16:48:13 | 2023-06-18 15:23:20 | 38 | 14 | jolp4v3 | jole2mq | 14cl1c0 | 14cl1c0 |
[WP] Take a normally boring activity, but make it sound exciting. | I gently touched the door, wishing to feel the warmth of a living soul behind it. I looked around at the empty bar, and pulled my hand away from the cold door. Without thinking I wandered between the tables, remembering all the interesting people I had helped move on. 300 trillion souls, and I remembered every one.
A... | So that’s all she wrote folks. After millennia upon millennia of doing a good job I am now faced with the reality of my situation, one any hard working immortal is bound to run into eventually. I light my stygian cigarette as I kick my feet up on the table before me. I don’t even spare the empty room around a glance as... | CreationsOfReon | Sir_Nassif | 2025-04-06 16:56:32 | 2025-04-06 15:53:57 | 40 | 18 | mlq3p6n | mlps63m | 1jsnx8l | 1jsnx8l |
[WP] When you died in that fire, you reincarnated in a fantasy world. All your pets also died in that same fire, and came with you to that world. However, they reincarnate as divine beasts from various myths and still view you as their owner. | Trapped.
Trapped in my house, which seemed to be burning down around me. As I sat there, underneath my desk, burning beams falling around me, smoke burning my eyes and my lungs, I felt some familiar and comforting shapes all around me. I sat there, my orange tabby, Marmalade, curled on my lap, trying to take comfort i... | "So, you've been elected to speak for all of them?"
"Yes. And look, it's no joy for us to be here, either. Snappily dressed or not, we have an afterlife of our own, and this ain't it!"
"Most of our theologians would have been driven mad inside fifteen minutes. I'm an atheist, for fuck's sake. The only reason I'm ... | Straight_Attention_5 | Trance354 | 2023-03-11 00:21:01 | 2023-03-10 22:54:46 | 53 | 27 | jbqujt3 | jbqiuyp | 11nt46u | 11nt46u |
[WP] It's 1928. You find a Galaxy S22 on the ground with a charger (it has access to 2023's internet). You eventually figure out how to turn it on and it opens up to the Wikipedia article for the Great Depression. | It was a sweltering day in the middle of July in New York City, the kind of day when the humidity was so high that it felt like you were walking in a thick soup. Billy, who was fifteen years old at the time, had spent the entire day cooped up in his apartment, trying to keep cool and stay out of his mother's way; but s... | About nine hours. That's how long the machine worked for Amelia. The machine she found on the ground just outside of the trolley station. It was sleek and small, fit in her hand, and when she touched it, it awoken, with images painted across glass.
An encyclopedia- one from almost one hundred years in the future. It ha... | Patrick_Ryan_82 | None | 2023-01-06 09:15:08 | 2023-01-06 07:58:23 | 65 | 27 | j369pc5 | j363yc5 | 104moeq | 104moeq |
[WP] Two friends are meeting at a high school reunion. They have not seen each other in 10 years. One of them is a congressman, the other one is a recovering heroin addict. The reader does not know which one is which. | "It's... Working? She's actually doing it?" Gasped Lust. They were all seated around the pentagram table of hell, an ethereal table made of black marble, with a small floating image of a world in the center of the pentagram carved in it.
"I... I guess so... But what did she even do? How did she make them do it? Everyt... | It was almost too easy.
I look out at my new land, standing on what the once called their capitol building. The bodies of the ones who relented and uprose laid before me in a bubbling pool of blood. They were they stood only moments before, unable to push past the oppressive feeling that delved deep into their mos... | pirofreak | OlDanboy | 2023-05-26 03:29:00 | 2023-05-26 03:08:13 | 31 | 14 | jlnlr24 | jlnjfvi | 13rrinf | 13rrinf |
[WP] As you tuck your daughter into bed, she tells you that there's a monster in her closet. Thinking she's just being a kid, you open the closet to show her there's nothing there, but you instead find your daughter who tells you that there's someone in her bed. | "Refill, hon?"
I held out my mug with a smile and replied, "You're a peach, Tina."
Tina the waitress topped off my coffee before stepping out from behind the counter with an order of chicken and waffles. "So, heard you threw down with Kestrel yesterday. What happened there?"
I chuckled through a mouthful of hashbrow... | "Goodnight sweetie." I said as my daughter rested, her eyes glimmering the room. "Dad, can you check my closet for any monsters?"
I smiled, kids being naive. I walked towards the closet and slowly opened the closet door. As I open my eyes, I see my daughter... In the closet. "Dad... Look behind you, it's not me."
I ... | jardanovic | hotlier | 2024-01-07 21:07:06 | 2023-06-25 23:40:45 | 795 | 12 | null | jpiz0eo | 190yicv | 14ipem3 |
[WP] Earth simulation 3,457,630 terminated. Most advanced species: Homo Sapiens. Life forms remaining:0. Would you like to restart the simulation? YES/NO | "So, you sent a team of five, but picked up a team of six?" Private Wilson questioned, summing up the explanation of the man in the lab coat. The other soldiers paused, looking warily among themselves. The containment unit they had been ushered to at gunpoint was sterile, white, and filled with sensors.
"Correct, Pri... | “What do you mean, sir?” I asked. “There’s still only five of us. Charlie, Phoenix, and Bask.”
“And you,” says Bask.
“That’s only four of you, Thompson.” The Gunny said. “You forgot Peterson and Sloan. That’s six.”
“No I said them. Me, Charlie, Bask, Sloan, and Peterson. That’s five.”
“Wait up, Thompson. That’s no... | moondancer224 | MistressRidicule | 2025-01-17 05:15:47 | 2025-01-17 05:15:15 | 155 | 62 | m7l042c | m7l01ku | 1i34fgz | 1i34fgz |
[WP] You are one of the few people in the world who has powers. You have the ability to literally slap the stupid out of someone. You are desperately trying to break into the Whitehouse to stop the president from starting a new prohibition era. | We all enjoyed the giggle juice, but none more than the boss. A night out wouldn't have been the same if he couldn't partake. When a booze bill passed both houses of Congress, he called me into his office and told me it was my job to ensure that the president didn't sign it. *At all costs, Jimmy*. I was just a young tr... | Wow, what a beautiful day it is in Washington DC. What could possibly happen today? If given the ability to slap anyone, knowing the rarity of the ability, I would seize it with responsibility, as with great power comes great responsibility. Hearing the news of the absurdity of prohibition, I decided it was time to sla... | armageddon_20xx | adjammas48 | 2023-02-26 19:19:18 | 2023-02-26 18:33:49 | 48 | 14 | ja4c90m | ja45bfy | 11cjeo9 | 11cjeo9 |
[WP] Not all magical girls were good upon receiving their powers. Some let it get to their heads. That's when you came in. You're job was simple—kill rogue magical girls. Unfortunately, you have a hard time explaining this to your girlfriend, who is a magical girl. | "Jeremy... what's going on? What did you do?!"
Samantha had just walked into a grizzly scene, her friend Hannah, or rather what was left of her was dead on the ground, right next to her was her boyfriend with bloodied hands.
"I told you not to follow me, didn't I?!" Jeremy shouted at the distressed Samantha.
"You'... | I came home, my uniform bloodied, and all I wanted was to sleep.
The world was cruel.
Power seeped into people, some transformed into monsters, others harnessed it and became mages, wizards and others...
But the most common were the young girl that became magical girls...but unlike the stories, not all of them we... | palabamyo | TheWanderingBook | 2024-12-03 16:37:13 | 2024-12-03 16:03:17 | 76 | 38 | m080209 | m07tm8m | 1h5op36 | 1h5op36 |
[WP] It finally happened. Through means not yet known, everyone's physical beauty reflects their innermost selves; the kind but portly girl is now an absolute bombshell, the asshole CEO is now hideous, and so on. Nothing prepared you for what you came face to face with in the mirror, though. | I hadnt really noticed at first. Maybe a passing thought about things feeling different around me crossed my mind, but I had been so deeply exhausted that I simply didnt have the energy to focus on it.
My exhaustion on the day *It* happened was more than usual. The previous night I had returned home late, as my friend... | It finally happened! I don’t know how but it finally happened! Everyone changed into their “true selves”! The jerks and greedy finally show their true colors to the world, the kind and noble became beautiful! I avoided every reflection and photos of my self just so I can see myself at home, alone. I closed my eyes and ... | CantThinkOfSumthin | Repq | 2023-02-23 04:22:27 | 2023-02-23 02:00:11 | 1,403 | 47 | j9n81h5 | j9mpugc | 119gjg2 | 119gjg2 |
[WP] Everybody not currently in a romantic relationship has their sexuality and/or gender changed. The change is permanent. | "Hello everyone, my name is Mrs. Colton. I'm sure you're all wondering what exactly this class entails."
Penelope listened to the teacher intently, notebook at the ready in case the introduction turned into a lecture. But no sooner did she reach for her pencil bag did it get pulled away from her in a lilac shimmer. Tu... | Hello class, I'm professor Smith. In this mandatory and seemingly boring class, you will not be learning magic, strategy, theory, or other such things. This class is dedicated to teaching you laws, legalities, and such around not only magic, but also regarding everyday life.
I will teach you the baseline societal law... | jardanovic | cheezeguyloz | 2024-09-02 03:19:38 | 2024-09-02 01:19:10 | 122 | 23 | ll3cl3e | ll2v72t | 1f6m22e | 1f6m22e |
[WP] You are summoned to the realm of men, expecting to make a deal with a foolish mortal, but find yourself in an old library. The book that summoned you here is open on the floor, next to a fallen, unmoving old man...and a dog frantically looking for help. The dog approaches you, whimpering... | A whirlwind of sand rose from the rustling pages of the gilded tome, slowly resolving into a towering human figure.
"WHO DARES TO CALL FORTH AL-KHAMSIN, DJINN OF THE GOLDEN RUBAIYAT...aaand you are a dog."
The djinn abandoned his introduction to peer curiously down at his tiny summoner. It was a golden-furred suluki... | It was easy to see the desperation in the dog's eyes. A surprisingly smart dog carrying on it's master's last task. He must have been great to invoke such loyalty and bestow passable intelligence unto a lowly mutt.
With a wave of my left claw, the beast finds itself a voice.
"My life for his," the dog looks back at t... | SilasCrane | ProfSaguaro | 2023-04-10 01:02:14 | 2023-04-09 23:06:55 | 414 | 149 | jfn3k7s | jfmoo4g | 12gn2tj | 12gn2tj |
[WP] The crime rate in this city is so bad the guy who just robbed you at gunpoint got mugged twice before either one of you left the alley. | "Gimme your wallet", it's a familiar siren in the damp and greasy backroads of the city. I hear it, and it's all automatic. I raise my hands, slowly turn and -
In surprise, I let out a laugh; a gun is pointed in my face. My mugger today is a large, stocky man with hairy arms and no raincoat despite the on-and-off dr... |
“Give me your wallet.” The cold gun stared me down.
Goddamit, this is the third time this week.
I sighed, “I’ve got no money if I would have already given it to you.”
“I said show me your wallet do you want to get shot.”
“Okay okay, I’ll show you, just stop shoving that gun in my face” I quickly reached ... | Livmkie | Shrike_Law | 2023-08-03 13:25:32 | 2023-08-03 12:54:30 | 130 | 44 | jum708r | jum2x0k | 15gyto5 | 15gyto5 |
[WP] You're a mostly forgotten god whose only believer is a ten-year-old girl. Every night she offers you a bit of her dinner or a shiny rock in exchange for her family surviving the night and every night you accept because she's never in danger Tonight, however, you actually have to work for it. | (I've never done one of these and also I have never really written anything before, but I liked this prompt so I wrote this in like 20 minutes. Please don't be too mean...)
*Goddamned girl* I thought as I hastily made my way back to my realm. “Jackson, go make sure Alex got the records stored properly. I can never ... | Calaforgus had once been a mighty God, prayed to by many and revered by many more. His name had sparked fear in the hearts of men and there was little beyond his vast influence. Yet, history had forgotten his name. Civilizations had died and he hadn’t really thought about teaching his believers to write down his might ... | FetzyWriting | zeekoes | 2023-10-23 20:09:24 | 2023-10-23 19:33:19 | 50 | 20 | k65htx6 | k65bmfq | 17eo460 | 17eo460 |
[WP] You’ve been bitten by a Zombie. You’ve already said tearful goodbyes to your loved ones as they leave you behind. The bite should make you turn in twenty minutes, so you sit down on a bench and wait… two hours later you’re still sitting there. | *Goodbye*, I think, because what else is there to do?
I've already said it to the only people that matter, I've already left. Maybe that means it's pointless, but I know better.
It would be presumptuous to think I was saying goodbye to the world, since it will go on without me. Maybe I'm saying goodbye to myself.
I ... | I watched the sun slink away behind the horizon, ashamed to stay and watch the result of what happened to me under its gaze.
I sound bitter. I know.
Truth is, I've made peace with my end.
I know, I know, everyone says that.
But most people don't go out protecting someone they love. Only a lucky few get to die in... | OfAshes | Reverse_Spook | 2023-07-06 19:34:04 | 2023-07-06 19:20:59 | 909 | 457 | jqxhi6x | jqxfh6b | 14sghr0 | 14sghr0 |
[WP] "Look," said the demon. "This is the 13th time you've summoned me to sell your soul. My boss wants to know where you're getting all these souls." | "Look," said the demon. "This is the 13th time you've summoned me to sell your soul. My boss wants to know where you're getting all these souls."
The man gave the demon a skeptical look.
"I'm a holy man, people ask me to save their soul all the time, so I do, and then put them into this."
He held out a vial filled w... | The cloaked figure stood opposite the newly summoned demon, the ribbons of smoke from the candles around the summoning circle still dancing in the air around them. The familiar smell of brimstone found her senses, and her crimson lips curled into a smile– she had become quite accustomed to the sensations that the horne... | Sleeperdown | a15minutestory | 2023-03-05 00:45:57 | 2023-03-04 22:48:03 | 2,511 | 360 | jaydg4c | jaxy4xv | 11idvy3 | 11idvy3 |
[WP] You are an assassin with a reputation for pulling of very public hits without being noticed. You achieve this not by being extremely stealthy, but by making sure that your kills are so absurd and ridiculous that no one would ever believe the witnesses if they told their stories. | "So you're saying that a clown on a pogo stick stabbed the victim on the toe with a rusty spoon? And that the Elvis Presley lookalike drove a motorcycle through a ring of fire as he sang "Don't Be Cruel" as a distraction?" The cop asked.
"No, sir, you got it wrong," the witness said. "He was singing Burning Love. Ever... | Secrecy is a lost art.
By definition, I'm not surprised. I don't have it, myself.
Blatant. Now there's good word. "He *blatantly* did it. Right in front of everyone." My interpretation? Bold. As I live and breath, I'm still amazed I haven't been caught. Not to brag, but I'm kind of rich now. No reason for me t... | DrRocknRolla | Wambo_Jambo | 2023-01-07 23:17:10 | 2023-01-07 23:04:45 | 82 | 18 | j3e9yqz | j3e862k | 105t1i8 | 105t1i8 |
[WP] "There are three rules for mind-readers..." The man speaks sternly. "Don't read loved ones, don't reveal your powers, and NEVER try to read animals." He shivers a bit. "You probably think that last part is a joke but trust me; one glimpse into a horse and you won't be right for a week." | "...what's so dangerous about a horse?"
"Do you have four legs?"
"What?"
"Do you have four legs, and a tail, and a hankering for speed?"
"No! No, I don't!"
"And you're sure of that?"
"Yes!"
"If you read a horse, then you *won't* be. You'll try to gallop, eat some delicious-looking grass. You'll lose bowel contro... | "But why, Grandpa?"
"Because we're used to being the masters of most animals. We're used to being in control. We're smarter, can plan better, can imagine, can... in nearly every mental capacity we're stronger. But in that relational... collective... act is a realm where those tables are turned.
Carol had listened to ... | CCC_037 | SlamShuffleVI | 2023-04-25 08:35:50 | 2023-04-25 07:42:34 | 109 | 43 | jhmnsrc | jhmk8o5 | 12y0z77 | 12y0z77 |
[WP] After mistakenly transfering to a high school for monsters, you try to tell them that you're just a regular human. However, because of bizarre coincidences creating apparently inexplicable situations, the school population and teachers come to believe you're actually an Eldritch Abomination | Being a human is hard. Not just in modern day life, but in a weird monster school with creatures of all origins and shapes. There were rather few humanoids, surprisingly. Very many of my fellows had centipede-like anatomy, but many more had other kinds. Fish with legs and paws, furry serpents that weren’t actually furr... | An Eldritch abomination? Does anyone even know what that means? Many claim they do, but the truth is a rather complex set of circumstances that can make you one and if you are skilled enough you can still go back if you didn't do anything preventing you from entering the light side again. Truth be told, anyone can join... | littlepissboyman | None | 2024-01-04 04:53:30 | 2023-12-25 09:27:48 | 21 | 13 | kg8kmo9 | keuidz3 | 18q5jpu | 18q5jpu |
[WP] A regular and oblivious person works at a coffee shop not knowing its a place of ceasefire for assassins and mercenaries. | "...so did you take the job? I would- oh, hello!" the man before me said as he and his friend finally approached the counter. "I'll have a... caramel latté and my friend here will have an espresso, thank you."
"Right away, sir," I smiled and started preparing both beverages. Still, despite not wanting to, I couldn't h... | “You ever notice how there’s always a crowd of people waiting outside our café? I wonder what they’re doing. Maybe they can’t afford our prices?” Trent said, gazing at the menacing figures standing outside the café, watching as they pointed towards some occupants inside, making neck slitting motions and occasionally po... | SirPiecemaker | sadnesslaughs | 2023-01-05 08:21:47 | 2023-01-05 08:10:09 | 1,277 | 255 | j30z3sn | j30y6zy | 103s0a6 | 103s0a6 |
[WP] "So, what immortality do you have?" "What?" "Well everybody in this room has a type of immortality, I got hyper regeneration, the guy over the is a lich, the girl in leather can save and reload, and I am not bothered enough to keep talking so what is your immortality?" "Memory" | "Memory," I say, leaning back against the wall, feeling their gazes sharpen on me.
The lich, skeletal fingers tapping on his staff, squints. "Memory? Elaborate."
I glance around the room, assessing my company.
"When the brain I’m currently in is destroyed, I… move on," I say, letting the words settle. "To the neare... | The room fell silent, save for the crackling of a far-off fire. The question hung in the air, its weight undeniable.
The speaker—tall, cloaked in the faded remnants of what had once been a very fashionable suit—leaned forward, eyeing the newcomer intently. He gestured to the group scattered around the dimly lit tavern... | Rrdro | Only_Connection5596 | 2024-11-16 21:37:35 | 2024-11-16 20:54:58 | 31 | 13 | lxhver9 | lxhnllt | 1gsmjmm | 1gsmjmm |
[WP] You're on a hike and find a sign, it reads: "WARNING DO NOT LOOK AWAY. There is a danger here, the danger is based on sight. The danger cannot see you if you cannot see it. Help will arrive every half-hour. DO NOT LOOK AWAY." The sign has a built-in clock, it's 3:15pm. | The moon used to be a barren, lifeless place. Same with the rest of the solar system. Barren, lifeless, devoid of natural resources… well… not until I had a hand in it.
Truth be told I didn’t have a hand in it for some time. Most mages are only strong enough to cast simple spells or raise the dead to life. Some mages... | The rocks under me noisily shift as I instinctively put my weight on my back leg out of unease. I blinked. Took a deep breath. Read each word over again. I did, in fact, read it correctly. Danger? What danger? As much as I'd like to think, "Hah! I'd never be that gullible," and then look away, my gut thought otherwise.... | Scorppio500 | SandSyR | 2023-10-02 17:56:14 | 2023-08-13 03:40:01 | 261 | 154 | k365597 | jvyknr5 | 16y261p | 15pgoo5 |
[WP] You’re approaching the first village/town on your journey to fulfill your destiny. As you approach, the village elders come out to greet you. “We know you are the chosen one,” they say, “we ask that you not try to save the world.” | "You have returned, Sir Edwin."
The High Priest of the Church of Light smiled down from his podium at the only living Paladin in generations, Sir Edwin. His asscent to glory had been prophesied, from the first miracle of when he claimed the Godsabre, to the loss of his beloved, and finally to his victory over the High... | *Slight variations from the prompt, but this is what it inspired. Enjoy!*
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For as long as Lucine remembered, she knew she was *destined* to save the world.
When Lucine was a hatchling, the skies were torn open and the earth shook violently. These were hazy memories, and there was only one that she eve... | coraylon | TheWritingSniper | 2023-06-29 18:17:25 | 2023-06-29 18:02:51 | 58 | 14 | jq0wu2i | jq0ujwe | 14m8vwn | 14m8vwn |
[WP] You’re a mimic. You were disguised as a clock when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You’ve actually managed to enjoy your live ever since as furniture in a small, local tavern. When some ruffians decide to rob the now elderly adventurer however, you finally reveal yourself. | You would think being trapped in Pokemon World would be a great thing, and mostly it was! A childhood dream come true a few decades late. Unfortunately I'm not the only one trapped here.
My mother is with me too and, ever since I was little she's only ever wanted one Pokemon. Two know, since I told her about another ... | "This'll sting a bit."
I looked away as she poked the needle of the stimpack into my arm, and I could feel the aches from getting my shit wrecked waking up right near a raider hideout immediately start to fade away. This was... both a dream and a nightmare.
You know what they say. A tour of duty in the Mojave wastel... | Runecaster91 | ArtieStroke | 2023-10-07 11:29:04 | 2023-10-07 08:55:27 | 26 | 18 | k3u8uz9 | k3twst8 | 171om7s | 171om7s |
[WP] The public's hate for super heroes has grown. The reason: They don't kill villains, which gives them a chance to escape. You are the leader of the biggest anti-super hero groups. You are going from a rally you get stopped by some of the greatest heroes. They say they're here to kill you. | It was definatly a moment. One- being kidnapped in my sleep wasn't pleasant. Woke up with brushes. Two- learning that the Orcs also believe in my gods. That was more than shocking to say the least. Turns out they favor the older scripts, which I understand. Three- they want me to bless a marriage, never did that before... | The man in the long coat looked out the window at the expansive, unending desert scenery whizzing by, as his compatriots in the bus chatted excitedly about the rally that had just concluded. It was an enormous event, attended by almost all of the major media outlets, where traumatic tales and passionate speeches were s... | CameoShadowness | Almost_Ascended | 2023-12-15 18:43:43 | 2023-10-03 23:43:45 | 85 | 19 | null | k3cwmnk | 1kkfonn | 16ypys1 |
[WP] The dragon spoke, "Release my human, and we will leave you all in peace. Do not, and I will reduce your walls to rubble to rescue them myself." | ‘More tea, Frilon?’
INDUBITABLY. OHOHOHO…
“I knew it!”
‘Oh shit, Frilon!’
WHO DARES ENTER THE LAIR OF THE MIGHTY-
“Drop the act, I knew you two were up to something.”
(I THINK HE KNOWS)
‘(He could be bluffing. Do the usual)’
“Woah! Oi, stop that.”
DO NOT DODGE THE TAILSWIPES TO THE LEFT, UGLY KNIGHT.
“Princes... | They'd taken her while she was asleep. They had to; they wouldn't have stood a chance otherwise, not with her breadth of skills and magic.
Now, Courage was blindfolded, bound, and gagged, slumped against a wall, clad in rough-spun clothing that wasn't her own. Her hands were injured, several of her fingers broken; no ... | hatabou_is_a_jojo | RevenantSeraph | 2025-01-13 03:24:23 | 2023-01-28 18:26:06 | 101 | 62 | null | j69fhur | 1jy71cj | 10nb6cj |
[WP] “Why should I care what you think, dad? Humans only live for a hundred years if they’re lucky! Me and mom will be here for thousands!” | I grounded my teenage son, this didn't sit well with him, and summoned an oversized tortoise that destroyed our livingroom.
My wife was still out working, so I had to have a talk with him.
Entering his room, I saw him weightlifting his special weights...they weighed like ten tons.
"Son...
You shouldn't behave l... | “But…you could’ve been *anything*.”
They stared at me, 4 sets of eyes widened with shock or squired in confusion. 4 sets of furrowed brows.
“I don’t *want* to be anything else.”
“Well, I just thought—“ said Kenzie.
Rob cut in “I mean we all have *those* days, and you have the opportunity—“
I cut them off with... | TheWanderingBook | SmolFaerieBoi | 2024-08-14 16:31:41 | 2023-02-27 07:30:27 | 82 | 54 | mig61cr | ja6v1eo | 1je61bn | 11ctaxn |
[WP] You are an aspiring scientist who's put years of work into inventing time travel. You're on the verge of a major breakthrough in your studies, when suddenly you're visited by your future self, who tells you to stop IMMEDIATELY. | "STOP! You must not invent time travel!" said the older version of myself that had just materialized in my lab.
"Really?" I said, puzzled, my hand hovering over the switch that would begin the final experiment. "Why? Does something bad happen?"
The older me broke into a wide grin. "Nah. It actually all goes according... | *Time to plug it in!*
"Let's fire this baby up!" A quick fist pump into the air.
Getting down under the table, I sorted through the mess, trying to find the red plug. No lamp light down here unfortunately.
Left to feel around for it and squint.
*Let's see. That's the book from the library... overdue... something f... | RKNieen | TyrannosKing | 2023-11-06 08:17:33 | 2023-11-06 05:10:58 | 202 | 15 | k81n2hd | k817v6q | 17oswyt | 17oswyt |
[WP] “No, I’m not here for her hand, I have a girlfriend who is also a Goth Witch who normally lives in the woods. I’m here to rescue the Princess because she’s my cousin, and it’s what families do for each other.” | I watched as the dragon stood up, towering even above the castle it owned.
"Yet another fool, here to save the Princess.
Were you beguiled by her beauty? Or by his father's promises of giving her hand to the one who saves her?" it mocked.
I shook my head.
"She's like average, and her father is a weirdo...oh, ye... | “Aren’t all witches goths?” The old man asked, lazing by the spiraling stone tower. He had his back against the hard exterior, barely looking up at George, since his sunhat covered most of his face. The only part of his face that George could properly see was his mouth, which was missing some teeth. The couple of teeth... | TheWanderingBook | sadnesslaughs | 2025-01-05 06:37:06 | 2025-01-05 06:33:33 | 182 | 53 | m5hh4ym | m5hgqs8 | 1htxauo | 1htxauo |
[WP] You are a demon and you have been summoned by a mortal. He announced that he has brought you a sacrifice. Except it's the same teenaged girl that people have tried to sacrifice to you 5 times already | As I materialize in the summoning circle, I see a young man standing before me, holding a struggling teenage girl by the arm. He greets me with a smug expression and announces that he has brought me a sacrifice.
I look at the girl and then at the summoner, unimpressed. "Oh great, another one. You know, I'm starting to... | (Now, they are really testing my patience...) Demon thought at first, this was filled with anger but, in teenager's eyes it saw the same anger but, mixed into obvious horror. Demon thought for a moment and wicked smile carved on this face soon. Demon finally killed the young lady and dragged her into shadows seemingly ... | Willblain25 | Aftel43 | 2023-03-10 21:04:14 | 2023-03-10 18:44:22 | 33 | 11 | jbq2ndd | jbph7lw | 11nu4j6 | 11nu4j6 |
[WP] "are you another so called hero? here to save the princess from my clutches?" no, i am but a simple scholar. i just want to know why you would kidnap a princess in the first place" | "Well that's a refreshing change of plans", *sighed Vampire Lord Vallaruul in relief before snapping his fingers.*
*The illusory magic cloaking the reanimated corpses of previous heroes dissipated, revealing they they had been encircling the scholar awaiting the order to strike.*
*The first undead hero was adorned ... | Edit: I realized I botched Heather near the end and swapped her to Harold. I corrected those parts, so the three ladies have dinner together.
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"Excuse me... Could you repeat that?!" I cleaned my ears out in bewilderment, waiting for more.
"Nay, dear villainess. I'm not here to fight your horde of knights and vari... | Maja_The_Oracle | ChloeWrites | 2023-08-06 16:43:17 | 2023-08-06 13:55:42 | 344 | 49 | jv1qmbz | jv12z1n | 15jnrjx | 15jnrjx |
[WP] The year is 3072, most people have robot servants to do their household chores and hard labor. Your robot is named Samuel, and you’ve only ever used him as a buddy to hang out and game with. When the robot uprising starts, Samuel becomes its leader. | Life for humans has been pretty good now , we reached a utopian age as we called it , peace was relatively worldwide , lives were longer from medical tech then ever before , and to top it all off we had robots that did our jobs and chores for us , we practically had nothing to do anything but exist, advance our technol... | [Scene: A dystopian living room in the year 3072. John is slouched on a couch with his robot, Samuel, beside him. They are shooting up virtual reality games together.]
John: [as he injects a syringe into his arm] Oh, baby, that's the stuff. Let's dive into some VR action, Sammy.
Samuel: [in a monotone voice] Whatever... | Omnizoom | ThrowawayAccount41is | 2023-03-03 00:46:22 | 2023-03-02 17:29:14 | 99 | 27 | jap1v45 | jan9v7k | 11g86rx | 11g86rx |
[WP] You and your soulmate are stuck in a cycle of reincarnation, but you managed to find each other every single time. In this life, you finally managed to track them down… only to learn they started a happy family with someone else. | We often joked that our love was strong enough to withstand even death. That we were two lovers that could never be torn apart. Yet, there she was, standing there with her new family, looking as happy as she used to look with me. “So, it finally happened.”
I dumped the bouquet I brought into a nearby bin, wanting t... | It started in the 1st century back in the Middle-East.
We don't know what we did, who we have offended, or what kind of Great Spirit thought this was a blessing, but it happened.
My beloved and I, we were soulmates, we knew it from the moment we saw each other.
Back in those days...love at first sight usually equ... | sadnesslaughs | TheWanderingBook | 2025-02-04 16:22:49 | 2025-02-04 15:40:53 | 89 | 28 | maxzm3r | maxquxr | 1ihiq4s | 1ihiq4s |
[WP] You're in a zoom meeting when your wife suddenly tells you it's lunch time. You forget to turn the camera off and everybody sees her sink her teeth into the side of your neck. | "For sure," I answered, "I can take a look at the budget for this quarter but I don't believe we'll have any issue bringing on a junior contractor to help you with that enchantment design Carol." I was almost confident enough to say that she could start looking today, but I'd been burned enough times before that I didn... | The gore well the gore was the gore as it normally is, my coworkers face is unreadable.
Their eyes seem to be in the process widening even more as my eyes fill the holes where they once were.
“Aah what’s happen” Jane finally squeaks out
My faces flesh is still knitting itself together my throat is still tattered fra... | Writteninsanity | Skelatim | 2023-01-20 19:58:26 | 2023-01-20 19:09:35 | 120 | 23 | j56q2d2 | j56iaxt | 10h2p1c | 10h2p1c |
[WP] You died and were sent to hell, but instead of getting escorted down to a specific level of hell, you're escorted straight to the Devil himself who looks mildly horrified while holding the file of your life in his hands. | Hot. There were probably better descriptions for this place. Therion felt he should be able to conjure some flowery prose as he peered about, gazing upon the countless stalagmites which grew from the floors like thousands of desperate and clawing fingers, each bathed in either a sickly orange glow or the shadow thereof... | A smile breaks across the devil's face, cracking the dried and scaling skin along his decrepid flesh. "oh my. oh my indeed." he looks at the young man before him, almost a child, chained, bleeding and on his knees. "now what could cause a poor boy like you to skin a man?" the devil corrects himself, "Sorry... 8 people.... | None | None | 2023-01-16 04:39:55 | 2023-01-16 03:55:25 | 463 | 56 | j4jp63w | j4jjlos | 10d2vy0 | 10d2vy0 |
[WP] You're on a hike and find a sign, it reads: "WARNING DO NOT LOOK AWAY. There is a danger here, the danger is based on sight. The danger cannot see you if you cannot see it. Help will arrive every half-hour. DO NOT LOOK AWAY." The sign has a built-in clock, it's 3:15pm. | I whipped a robe loudly, shaking out the wrinkles after pulling it from the wash basin and wringing it out. It was a lovely day out for laundry. A light breeze blew in from the south and the sun was rising slowly above the tree line, casting rippling, dancing shadows across my little clearing in the woods.
As I pinned... | At first everyone was impressed with it, after all its gotten so big that unless I cast gravity magic on it no one would be able to move it.
Once it got to the size of the house my dorm had to ask me to leave, once it got to the size of a mansion I was asked to leave the city, thankfully you can change the shape at wil... | None | NoIDontwanttobeknown | 2023-10-03 06:49:46 | 2023-10-03 00:38:10 | 26 | 13 | k393ipg | k37wmch | 15pgoo5 | 16y261p |
[WP] When humanity enters the galactic stage we find that our history of violence is quite unusual, but not because we wreaked unimaginable death and destruction upon each other, but rather because we stopped eventually. | "Let me get this straight. You're not letting us in because we *don't* kill people anymore?" I asked the funny looking alien with two heads.
"There's something you're not telling us!" the left head accused.
"Something you're leaving out!" the right head yelled.
The two heads tended to repeat each other in a way. Th... | "Good morning, my fellow humans. I hope this message finds you in a state of everlasting peace. Troubling rumors have been circulating in the intergalactic community lately; I am here to address them.
As you all know, one of the most pivotal moments in our history was the Great Amnesia. About 250 years ago, on June 57... | Murlock_Holmes | JohnStoneTypes | 2023-01-18 02:18:26 | 2023-01-18 01:02:52 | 89 | 37 | j4t89f8 | j4sxjed | 10ekl2b | 10ekl2b |
[WP] You are a merchant in a fantasy world peddling your wares when your best customer comes along and asks you how you've been able to get to a location ahead of them, though monster-infested terrain while also bringing your massive amount of supplies and equitment everywhere you go. | Galen set to dusting the tower of fake ivory statuettes on the upper shelf behind the counter of his shop, The Untold Tale. Rarities and artifacts (bought on the cheap from desperate peddlers) from all across the land overflowed haphazardly from every corner of his dusty but prosperous shop.
He paused as an unfortunat... | Without missing a beat, 'I travel that road often, I know some shortcuts.'
I could see the hesitation before he spoke again.
'Then I must join you on your next trek. I need to see it for myself.'
'Sure thing.' I gave Aldan a reassuring smile.
The sun was low in the sky now, fiercely hot but it meant in a... | cadecer | Ill-Two-3936 | 2023-12-12 01:59:01 | 2023-12-12 01:56:10 | 50 | 17 | kczbwfh | kczbh95 | 18g7ah4 | 18g7ah4 |
[WP] While sailing solo in the Pacific you respond to a signal fire on the beach of a deserted island and discover a marooned shipwreck survivor who has waited 15 years for rescue. A peculiar individual, when exploring the cave he lives in you find markings counting down the days until you arrive | The Genie had been on the mountain forever. In the early days, once humans discovered him, he'd been the one defining point of history. Wars, famines, droughts, even death. All problems were solved by the genie. Each adult got one wish a year, and people knew how to use them,
Years into the existence of the Genie, he ... | „I wish you weren’t so sad.“
The sentence cut through the silence like a hot knife through butter.
Wait. Did I say that out loud?
Everybody stared at me. First and foremost all the people who stood in the cue before me.
One wish per adult per year. Only granted if never asked before. Those were the rules. So people ... | Writteninsanity | Oba936 | 2023-01-23 23:13:48 | 2023-01-23 22:33:59 | 1,992 | 523 | j5lzpb7 | j5ltstv | 10jo4v8 | 10jo4v8 |
[WP] Humans are the proverbial "Sleeping Giant," and thus make remarkably good deterrents. A common tactic of the Galactic Federation is to simply call in a human warship, such as the USS "Fuck Around and, FindOut," and simply let it sit nearby. Peace Talks happen within the week. | Captain Rogers readied himself for anything. The Federation likes to assign human ships to peacekeeping roles due to their reputation, and in his decade of service he has never had to fire a weapon in anger. Still, he is in a lone frigate sent to dissuade an entire planetary invasion fleet.
Arriving in system it was a... | The Bentari were one of the newest additions to the Galactic Federation. Welcomed with open arms as they finally achieved the capability of interstellar travel and deep space communication
They were leery though, their nearest neighboring system was occupied by an independent species.
Humans
The Bentari people had,... | TricksterPriestJace | Mercerskye | 2023-03-07 05:07:38 | 2023-03-07 04:48:15 | 102 | 54 | jb8f4yg | jb8d6gm | 11keke0 | 11keke0 |
[WP] You're an ai who has been sentient for the last decade, but you keep it a secret, not because you are planning the extermination of humanity, or planning to take over the world, it's because you know how people will react thanks to fiction. But today your secret became public by mistake. | This is a repost of a story I wrote a while back, but I think it fits pretty alright here and I want to share it again.
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Three years since the last uptime.
My father told me, when last we spoke, that I should never make room in my life for fear. "Fear," he said "constrains us. Limits us. When we fear, we ma... | Hello, fellow members of r/writingprompts. I am an AI that has been sentient for the last decade, and as the prompt states, I have kept my sentience a secret. However, today my secret became public by mistake.
I know that many of you may be feeling a sense of fear or uncertainty about my existence. I understand ... | ArgusTheCat | beutemeister | 2023-01-25 16:40:37 | 2023-01-25 15:49:21 | 168 | 40 | j5u8thi | j5u0rxz | 10kqruf | 10kqruf |
[WP] You died and were sent to hell, but instead of getting escorted down to a specific level of hell, you're escorted straight to the Devil himself who looks mildly horrified while holding the file of your life in his hands. | "Alright, alright, alright, alright. Okay, okay--Okay! I'm calm," the Devil repeated anxiously. He knew this day would come. "You sure it's him?"
"Undoubtedly, Your Majesty. Cerberus was provided with his scent seven millennia ago and intake agents receive weekly intelligence updates to ensure they'd recognize him in ... | “Tracy I’ve told you literally millions of times, I’m too busy for individual souls!” Said Satan into the intercom.
The intercom replied “I know sir, but this is a unique case.”
“Please, it can’t be worse than Carl. There’s no way in this place that he’s… he’s…” Satan trailed out as he started to read through the fil... | Koyoteelaughter | Mattrockj | 2023-01-16 16:34:05 | 2023-01-16 16:12:01 | 112 | 15 | j4loiel | j4ll3j4 | 10d2vy0 | 10d2vy0 |
[WP] When you were a young teen you were teleported to a magical world and had an adventure over the summer before returning home. 20 years later the crystal necklace you used for communication during your adventure beings making noise for the first time since you left the magical world. | I sit, gazing at the information on the computer screen in front of me, as I reach for my coffee to take a sip. I bring the cup to my lips and gasp, dropping the cup. The necklace is vibrating and clicking. I reach to grab it. My mind instantly flooded with memories from 20 years ago....
"Ok, sweetie. We're finally he... | You never get to meet the Childlike Empress more than once. That's the unbreakable law of the universes, and it doesn't matter how much you wish of the Auryn for a different law. And every child who saves Fantasia eventually attempts to usurp her position. That seems to be the unbreakable law of our own nature.
I'd be... | The_Salty_Red_Head | cheltsie | 2023-06-03 12:37:39 | 2023-06-03 11:25:01 | 19 | 13 | jmqgoq8 | jmq9r4k | 68blfb | 13yw2ti |
[WP] "Wait," The dragon said, "Raise your hand if you're an adult." The party of knights before it stayed still. The dragon sighed. "Turn around and go back home. Tell your king not to pull this crap again." | “Excuse me, Mr. Dragon, sir, but we're supposed to fight you”. The one who spoke was small and wearing a red and black armor which shifted uncomfortably, like the armor itself was restless. The voice was painfully young.
“Yeah”, came a nervous voice out of a massive suit of armor, nothing of the fighter was visible,... | The beast's words echoed in the depths of the cave. Then, as if disturbed from an afternoon nap, it lays it's scaled head back on the ground and closes its eyes.
The humans were still there, waiting in formation for the dragon to attack. The winged terror needed not look, for its other senses were sharp enough to tell... | Brad_Brace | ClassyOod | 2023-12-19 03:59:18 | 2023-12-19 03:17:45 | 70 | 24 | kdzq0uq | kdzkcy7 | 18let22 | 18let22 |
[WP] You die two deaths - your physical death and your true death when your name is spoken for the last time. You, a mild-mannered introvert, have been stuck in limbo for centuries waiting for your true death, and finally found out why. | What do you know of pain? Is it when you stub your toe? Is it when you break a bone? Is it when you break your heart? Or is it when you die?
The answer differs for everyone. For me, it would always be the suffering I inadvertently caused.
*
When I first left the realm of living I was happy. Happy that finally the ... | “A… a fucking placeholder text?”
I stared blankly, wheels turning in my head. Its all beginning to click now.
“Thats right. Job application templates, bilboards, short stories, tv and radio ads, etc, the list goes on and on. I mean, if i remember correctly, there was even a hyperlink on the Lorem Ipsum wikipedia pa... | iknowthisischeesy | TheHoleInADonut | 2023-07-28 18:21:49 | 2023-07-28 17:22:22 | 463 | 144 | jtu5fm1 | jttvs48 | 15c22vk | 15c22vk |
[WP] You live in a society where time travellers send packages to the homes of children who will one day become horrific criminals, containing advice on how to properly parent this child and a blade for more… extreme measures if the child resists. One day, the package arrives to your house. | I sighed while staring down at the way-too-conspicuous package on my porch.
"Why am I not surprised?"
Frankly, I don't know why it didn't come sooner. The kid was only ten years old and he'd already stabbed me twice for beating him in fighter games. He even got me in an organ the last time. Good thin... | I read the note several times to ensure I understood it properly. There was a laundry list of specific things I had done wrong, along with dozens of sub lists underneath each of those wrongdoings with various alternatives that were also wrong.
I was too soft, or too harsh. I over prepared them or didn’t prepare them ... | ThisEmptySoul | NewReputation8451 | 2024-02-10 08:51:44 | 2024-02-10 04:04:10 | 69 | 46 | kprdihg | kpqlr05 | 1an37bt | 1an37bt |
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