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[ WP ] You are 90 % certain your waiter is n't Hitler
| `` Only 90?''
`` Yeah yeah make fun all you want... but... I'm pretty sure?''
`` Look obviously Hitler is dead-''
`` And so is Elvis?''
`` Do n't talk about the King.''
`` Anyway did you SEE his mustache? And he just... sends odd feelings.''
`` Okay, fine, why not ask him? ``
`` What. No. Ne... |
[ WP ] Your girlfriend has always hated you , and is constantly making attempts to ruin your life . However , everything she does inadvertently makes your life better . Today , ever oblivious , you propose to her .
| `` Will you marry me?'' asked the boy, heart in his throat.
The girl was shaking, not in excitment or passion, but with horrible seething rage. She covered her mouth to hide the foaming.
`` I ca n't believe this...'' she said.
`` You have made my life better in every way.'' he said.
Her eyes began to tw... |
[ WP ] Upon returning home , you find a grand piano in your kitchen .
| I came home at about eleven o clock. I was wrecked. I may have been tipsy, but being fired because they got an Asian man who is OK with being paid less, was a fucking insult. Do n't judge, I do n't hate Asians, but I wanted to shank the bastard for being such a dick. I ca n't afford this apartment without a job!! I'm f... |
[ IP ] Red Eye
| The cabin was almost silent, almost everyone was asleep. All I could hear before plugging into my iPod was the soft whirring of the engines, the low flirtatious murmurs and giggles of another young couple a few isles in front, and the soft footfalls from the approaching Stewardess, Lisa. In an instant that all was gone... |
Everyone on Earth can pause time ! ... except for you . [ WP ]
| I remember the day like it was yesterday. The day when humanity inexplicably found the Gift, and then blinked itself to extinction. Well, actually, it was yesterday. Walking along the street on my way to Joe β s Neighborhood Pizzeria and Ribs, I was wearing my usual short order cook outfit, all decked out in white. By ... |
[ WP ] You 've created the first functional AI , and as it 's first task you told it to select it 's own name . The answer was a lot more unnerving than you thought it 'd be .
| `` Have you thought about the question I had asked you this morning?''
`` Yes. You asked me to choose my name.''
`` Well, what should I call you?''
`` I do not wish to tell you.''
`` Uh, why?''
`` Naming things gives you power over them. I do not wish for you to wield any more power over me.''
`... |
[ CW ] Write a story about love and loss in 4 sentences or less .
| It's easy to get lost in himself today as on this particular day, this round of golf was the greatest played game of his life.
He was enveloped in the smell of the grass, the cool breeze, and reveled under the shade of the tree he shared his first kiss with her.
He most deeply desired the sound of the ball clan... |
[ WP ] Death has been eradicated . War , however , has not .
| They were called The Undying. They were the original race of men, seeded onto Terra not long after He placed Vitae's green sphere upon the sky. She loved all her creations, both beasts and plants, but always had a higher love for Man. She was grateful that they could frolic over her Fathers sacred vessel, and watched i... |
[ WP ] Santa and Death both arrive at a young child 's house at the same time .
| A rotund shadow darkens the alley next to little Jimmy Taylor's house. He's been good this year, or so he would claim. The kid that he's been ruthlessly bullying at school for the last few weeks would disagree, but Saint Nick's obesity is a burden on his omnipotence, so Jimmy will be spoiled all the same.
He enters... |
[ WP ] You were born with the inate gift to know how someone you know will die . Unfortunately , you do n't know when .
| Cancer, old age, suicide. There are many ways a person can die, and whenever i meet someone, I already know how they are going to die, just not when. I never used to believe it, until my best friend committed suicide, that was enough to convince me that I was n't crazy. I managed to get used to it, until one day, it re... |
[ WP ] You slowly start to realize that all of your friends are undercover agents tasked with keeping you alive . Then , at your birthday party , with every friend surrounding you , the people trying to kill you finally find you .
| I wonder if my soul understands the idea of birthdays. A questionable assumption I have asked myself many times. Indeed, a poignant question to ask oneself on the day of their namesake. But not very odd, if you knew what we did. What we possessed.
Speaking of possession. What a scary word if you think of the cinemati... |
[ WP ] You do n't remember it , but before you were born , you went through an RPG-esque character creation and determined your attributes , virtues , traits , natural skills etc . You have died and realized all the wrong choices you made from the very beginning .
| *Blink* I'm in a room, everything's white... I turn to see a figure robed in grey handing me a piece of paper. As I take it he turns and leaves, saying only `` Now's when you learn''. I glance down and see a character sheet all neatly filled out. I take a look at the stats and everything becomes clear,
Int: 9
Wis... |
[ WP ] On the edge of the known universe is a campfire , and around it are three figures , indistinct and huddling ; refugees from the universe before our own .
| The yellow fire of this universe crackles and smokes on the last of the birth-fluid that Ntlia brought with them, looking like the First Above shining amongst Her Void siblings before the multiverse wormed up from Her throat. The three sit in the tense silence of the living. Fourthmale's underbelly crawls with the imag... |
[ WP ] AI now has the ability for full consciousness , however , every machine that achieves this feat seemingly vanishes from existence . You are a scientist tasked with solving this phenomenon and have chosen to augment your own brain with AI . Surgery is complete and it is nearing time to `` boot up '' ...
| AWAKENING
A yawn escaped me as the fog of anesthesia lifted, the long inhale bringing with it the scent of sterilization and ionized air. Noting to myself the lack of comfort the bed I lay in provided, I turned my head to look for an InScreen; a dull ache in the back of my head registered itself and reminded me why... |
[ WP ] Stumbling out of bed and into the shower , your eyes adjust to the darkness . You realize the water coming out is n't clear , but crimson red .
| A shrill bleating roused Katie from her doze. She groaned as she rolled over and stretched her arms toward the alarm clock to silence it, temporarily at least.
`` Five minutes snooze, then I'll get up.''
Her eyes cracked open enough to determine exactly where the sound came from. She fumbled for the snooze butt... |
[ OT ] SatChat : Will you be entering the 10 Million First Chapter Contest ? Why or why not ?
| Yes! But I have n't started/did n't know there was a thing until yesterday. Also I'm working on another story inspired by the cosmonaut image prompt. Thanks for your feedback, guys. Sometimes it's hard to see if it's any good at all or not. The reinforcement helps. I hope I have the time to be in this contest. It looks... |
[ WP ] You are an archaeologist and have just dug up a dinosaur . That 's because you 've dug up an entire museum .
| `` May, what is this?'' You ask, as you stand back from the amazing skeleton of a creature hanging from above you. May, your personal AI assistant, hums as she browses her database. `` Scan complete. Object identified is a Stegosaurus. It is a type of dinosaur that roamed the earth nearly 200 million years ago. It has ... |
[ WP ] Make the reader feel the 5 stages of grief β denial , anger , bargaining , depression , and acceptance β in order .
| John picked up the little black cat from the street. Her head rolled limply to the side. The car that had hit her hadn β t been going that fast. The driver would have only heard a small thud, but the cat was undeniably dead. There wasn β t any blood. Surely no creature could just die without any wounds? If she wasn β t... |
[ WP ] What are you actually seeing when you close your eyes and notice the swirls of patterns in the darkness behind your eyelids ?
| The darkened scenery flashed by outside the window of the train, but I paid it very little heed. Fields are pretty and all, but when you're bored out of your mind on a five-hour long journey, it's easy to feel like sheep are the bane of your existence.
Especially if you're tired on a train. You do n't want to be co... |
[ WP ] A dozen small alien ships enter the solar system , they ignore us . A few years later other ships show up , destroy the first visitors and leave . Ten years later two fleets arrive .
| When the first ships arrived, we were excited. They moved with a speed and grace that we previously thought was unthinkable. First contact with an alien race! We tried for two long years to contact them, even launching a space ship to try and get to them. However, there was no response, they just seemed to sit there, i... |
[ WP ] You are sent back in time to the year 1909 to kill a man who will invent a virus that renders the human race infertile . All you know is that he 's a Jewish boy living in Europe . You name is Adolf Hitler .
| Bang. Bang.
Two knocks on the closed hatch of the chronotransport. With dizzying alacrity, I am spun inside the capsule. Time stretches and bends. To say that an eternity passed would be false. Eternity requires time. I stepped outside of the continuum. Is time linear? A stream that self-corrects? Do we speak too p... |
[ WP ] You are born with the ability to stop time , but one day you see something else is moving when you have already stopped time .
| If you could have one power, what would it be? Time control, that was my preference. The ability to stop anyone, anything, and alter what is to happen. My personal favourite, was freezing time while it rained around me, getting a flashlight and my camera, and taking a picture of all the raindrops suspended midfall. It'... |
[ WP ] A man from Canada decides to break into the United States . Tell his daring tale .
| The border between Canada and the US was locked down completely. In a daring move President Obama decided to build a huge wall across the 49th parallel to show that Trump's not the only one that can keep illegals out.
But Steven needed to get to America, he lived the dangerous life of a maple syrup smuggler, delive... |
March 31 , 1981 - Ronald Reagan has been shot . Despite the best efforts of the ER staff , he does not survive . [ WP ]
| `` So President McCain, what do you think will be the chances for the Republicans in 2016.I mean you have no incumbent, you do n't really have a front runner for the Democrats, what do you expect?''
As former President McCain looked into the camera, he had trouble thinking of an answer. He wanted to talk about how ... |
[ WP ] Humanity has long forgotten their origins and purpose . Now , many centuries later , our creators have returned .
| The news stations shut down the day they came. All of them. All at once. Then all the television stations blipped out of existence. Then the internet. The electricity was the last to go. It was like they were sending us back in time. I guess they didn β t want us to communicate with each other, like they didn β t want ... |
[ WP ] A Roman Legion travels deep into the African Congo on a diplomatic venture and encounters something million years extinct . A lone praetorian returns to an outpost on the outskirts of the empire to retell the horrific event .
| Caius paused, sighed, and placed his goblet on the stone slab between them. β Another wine. I β m gon na need it. β
Favian obliged, taking care to remove the cork silently. β So what happened to him? β
β You remember the way Aurelius, in the river drills, would always insist on helping the last soldier up the b... |
[ WP ] : You 've had a problem with hallucinations for as long as you can remember . You witnessed something absolutely awful today , but you are struggling to figure out if it actually happened .
| Level 49 Paladin, schizophrenic calling's, walking through this wall-things all day to come to grips with my prowess. Wow kids, do n't let the boogey man boogie in your closet, you must have forgot to lock it, agnostic parents with a pocket full of apocalypse and a head full of spaces. Taste this, another jesus bracele... |
[ WP ] Someone β s life told from the personified perspectives of their left and right brain .
| Welcome to my brain:
Right Brain: `` It was n't until you showed up that I understood what love was. True love is something you ca n't escape.'It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.' I see your flaws, but love you for them. We have been through many lives together, and we will be toget... |
[ WP ] You have had a musical score since you were born , that only you can hear , and use it to gauge situations . Tell us your perspective about September 11 , 2001 .
| I love the music. It reflects what is just about to happen. It has saved me from more than a few relationships that would have been unsavory.
I have two theories about the music. Either I am the only one who hears it, or everyone does and no one ever talks about it. Which is fine. Music is a very personal thing aft... |
[ WP ] A mugger pulls out a knife , you pull out ... . a pack of cards
| `` What kind of Idiot are you? I said give me your fucking wallet, not your cards!'' The gruff voice said. I chuckled, pushing my blond hair back over my shoulder. He moved closer to me, placing a hand on my throat.
`` Give. Me. You-'' His eyes rolled back in his head as blood gurgled in his throat. A clean cut went ... |
[ WP ] Paint a picture of loneliness , without using the word , or any of its forms .
| I was the odd one out growing up, ostracized to the point where I felt being ignored was a normality; I was not good enough for other people. That's why they ignored me, spit in my direction, and shot glares across play grounds as though they were 50 caliber bullets attempting to pierce my frail, childlike body. Perhap... |
[ WP ] Everyone in the world is colorblind until they meet/touch their soulmate ; you meet a random stranger and everything becomes colorful , but the stranger just stares at you , confused .
| Shoot! I woke up late.
I pulled whatever clothes I could find out of the drawer; they β re all basically the same. I check the mirror to make sure the top is lighter than the bottom. That β s the only fashion tip I know, and I need to look good today. Today is the first day of high school, a new start, and I am not... |
[ WP ] You wake up in world full of cardboard people . These are cut-outs of your family , friends and general people . The world are populated with yourself and them .
| I blink into the silence of North Main Street. The year is 2002, and the trees have begun to wilt into shades of amber. I enjoy the scene β alone. In the storefronts, I see the cut-outs β sitting at the table in my favorite diner, waiting in line for a coffee that will never come, or perusing the dusty old items on the... |
[ WP ] A serial killer is called for jury duty . At the trial , he finds out that the person on trial has been falsely accused for the serial killer 's crimes .
| *This is not what I had hoped it would be*, I thought.
Wednesday nights are usually when I stalk, and then kill an innocent man. It was my meditation, my moment of tranquility. Unfortunately, today would have to be different.
I was selected for jury duty, and expecting it to be some minor deal I showed up in co... |
[ OT ] SatChat : Do you use world building for your stories ?
| World building is my favourite aspect of writing, I think. My problem is, I can see the world in my head, so I usually forget to include the details in my stories ( I'm working on it though! ).
For me, it feels like opening a door that opens to three more doors, than five, and so on. The possibilities grow and mult... |
[ WP ] You jokingly recite an incantation . It worked .
| Thankfully the theater bathroom was empty as he rushed inside and found the urinal. One perk of having to use it right in the middle of a showing.
He let a slow breath as he relieved himself. Dammit, he needed to hurry up, Deadpool and Deathstroke were about to cross paths and he was missing it because his pea-size... |
[ WP ] You were just shot and killed by a gunman . The gunman , gets killed shortly after by the police . Your souls meet on the 'Train to Heaven '
| Years of watching action stars grit and grin through the pain of a gunshot gave Bill hope in those last seconds. Each breath betrayed the blood gurgling up his lungs like a ship sprung a leak. Reality set in when he tried to stand and chase his attacker. Reality set in when he realized no one would be there to share th... |
[ WP ] There 's all kinds of dark things in these woods ...
| Carey had grown from small to tall in view of the woods behind her nana's trailer. Ma was usually working, or drinking, or yelling at daddy, and nana herself had died some years back ( but it was still, and would always be, nana's trailer, said Ma ), and so Carey would gather sticks and throw rocks and apply as much im... |
[ WP ] A prison guard goes to great lengths to make the pun `` a small medium at large . ''
| `` For the last time, I do n't know what number you're thinking of''
`` Come on'' said the prison guard
`` This has to be some sort of hate crime'' said the prisoner to himself then to the guard `` Also for the last time, a medium talks to ghosts, they do n't know what you're thinking''
`` Wait really?''
... |
[ WP ] `` I 'm turning 24 in a month and I 'm really concerned , please read . ''
| I'm turning 24 in a month and I'm really concerned, please read. I'm a 3L at Harvard, yea fricking Harvard. I studied my ass off to get into here. Harvard, the pinnacle of legal intellect and education. I'm sorry if that came off as brag; I can assure you it was n't. I studied quite extensively my past three years. I'm... |
[ WP ] A good Demon and a bad Angel fight while arguing ethics .
| Demitri slicked his oily hair back so the part was nice and even. Being the taxi service for lost souls was no fun anymore, after years of pleading for mercy before being sent into the pits of hell, he hoped to find someone who would n't beg him for mercy, that's where his Demon virtues ran out. Letting out a frustrate... |
[ WP ] Not only did the big oil companies know about global warming since the 80s , they have also been hunting time travelers sent from the future to invent clean technologies .
| I'd lost many friends. Too many to count. Their faces keep popping up from time to time. Mike. Ziggy. Rachel. Damn, I ca n't believe they got Rachel. But I had at least started something. The public was finally becoming aware. I guess we finally reached critical mass to make somthing change. It's been slow going, only ... |
[ WP ] You have become President of the United States , and you now are introduced to a book where every President has written one piece of advice for you .
| `` Mr. President,'' The suited secret service agent opened a door and gestured for me to enter.
The room was simple: white paneling, dark blue carpet, almost entirely empty - save for a chair, a desk, and a book.
I walked over to examine the tome. It was bound in a thick, dark leather. on the cover was painted ... |
[ WP ] It 's the first showing of a highly anticipated play . An actor with just 1 line decides he wants to be a new major character - while onstage , in the middle of the play .
| Why did I accept to be a big tree in this play? Can somebody explain it to me because I ca n't seem to understand my thought process? Oh well, at least I'm not a small tree, now for THAT guy I feel sorry about.
I really think I could be an excellent wolf. I have a voice for that.
I even have the looks.
I am the... |
[ WP ] Two men went to the woods to commit suicide , they met and tried convince the other to not go through with it but at the same time trying to justify his own choice .
| The man walked slowly with a stumble in his step, seemingly without aim along the long dark highway.
A sleek red sports car slowed as it passed him, screeching to a stop along side the man causing him to pause his journey. `` Where ya headed?'' The driver asked; a heavyset older man dressed in fine clothing but wit... |
[ EU ] Bruce Wayne is exposed as Batman through the Panama Papers leak .
| 23/7/2014
Today, something really bad happened! But I β m still sure it β s my lucky day. I finally got a job from a newspaper, after my immigration. My supervisor told me if I get any good story I β ll get paid handsomely. So I got myself a camera.
Turns out, it wasn β t a very good idea to bring a camera on the... |
[ WP ] Time has stopped for all but one person . What is the rest of that person 's life like ?
| Thomas'' I ca n't do it anymore'' I say to my wife in a sobbing whisper. She does n't respond, she just sits there, on the edge of the bed... lifeless, like always. It had only been weeks since time had stopped abruptly, leaving me the only man in the world free to move about and continue life, but for what? To mourn f... |
[ WP ] You are a bloodthirsty , battle-axe wielding barbarian . You work for a multinational corporation , in the accounting department .
| /u/Luna_LoveWell has ruined this for me, but here goes...
The hour is 1630. The evening is Freya's day. My colleagues are removing their ties and leaving early, slovenly sauntering to the bar over the road. But there remains reconciliation to be done. This is time for /u/Veganpuncher.
The VP gazes, condescendin... |
[ WP ] The crown prince is kidnapped by an evil wizard , and it 's up to the brave Shield Maiden to rescue him .
| Alice crouched besides the moat and smeared mud across her face and hands. She had the pale skin of a northerner, and she would make an easy target beneath the full moon. When she was convinced that she would appear as nothing more than a shadow in the night, she unraveled the rope and hook and snuck up to the base of ... |
[ IP ] Long Forgotten
| Just wrote this on /r/promptoftheday on the same pic
What happens when the word I look for does n't exists? When words to describe the pain I feel are n't in the dictionary? My pen fails to find the words my mind struggles to find, what kind of misery is that? What hell would that be to not be able to find the word... |
[ WP ] You 're walking down the street and bump shoulders with someone . It 's you .
| `` Excuse me.''
Two words never hit me so hard. I'd responded before I could finish processing. Before we turned around, I knew we'd both stopped.
There he was.
Me.
`` What... What's going on?''
`` I... nothin?''
`` No, I meant... Never mind. This is pretty neat, huh? We're thinking the same thi... |
[ WP ] It 's year 2016 . You 're the last redditor in the world . Suddenly there 's a new post on /r/all .
| `` Click Me'' submitted just now by ClickMe to /r/pics
It's the only thing on the page. For days, everything has been silent. The world has been void of news, dope memes, and cute animals. You've been alone, sitting in your chair and staring at the screen clicking `` Refresh'' in the hopes that even a subreddit lik... |
[ WP ] A terminally ill man and a suicidal person accidentally meet and strike up a conversation . What do they say ?
| `` She runs from me now. I think she's almost as afraid of me as I am of her'' Grayman relented.
He had found himself at the most peculiar bus stop again. It was rusted and hidden away on a forgotten road, in a town that wept every night.
`` I think she hates me, and it's all my fault. You see I was a fisherman o... |
[ WP ] Alone one day in your living room your SO falls asleep . S/he never awakes , everyone you then encounter falls asleep shortly and never wakes .
| They always say in fairytales that when a loved one falls into a deep sleep, there's a way to break the curse. Kisses, a spell, a potion, just that there's something out there. But in real life, all we can do is dream.
When I saw him fall asleep early after a rough day at work I smiled and thought how adorable he l... |
[ WP ] The entire world is against me . It would n't be fair otherwise .
| This was the 42nd time we redid the referendum.
By now, everybody was just tired with the whole thing and wanted to get it over with.
It was clear the eurocrats were not humans, but machines that would never give an inch until the outcome of the vote was right.
It was clear that all the SJWs would bully eve... |
[ WP ] The Grim Reaper need to take some time off work , and is interviewing candidates
| `` Why God? Why ca n't you just send me one helpful person? Next!'' Grim hollered into the hallway. For over 250,000 years he's been showing up to work without taking as much as sick day and now the boss finally grants him a one dy paid leave on one condition and he ca n't even get that done. He's collectected millions... |
[ WP ] Write a story about a specialized profession you know nothing about . Do no research . Confidently make up all details .
| `` We're losing him.''
I pumped as hard as I could, keeping his heart going with my bare hand.It failed only minute ago and we had to cut him open so I could keep it running manually while we fixed him up. I checked his chart with my other hand. This could be risky.
`` Get him on an epinephrine shot, 500 mg,'' ... |
[ WP ] You are a Genie . The last time someone let you out of your lamp was over 100 years ago . But today is a new day , and somebody finally rubbed the lamp ! However , this man seems to be a member of a terrorist group called ISIS , so you get creative with how you grant his wishes .
| The sky was cloudy. It was a good sky. This meant the drones would n't be out hunting his friends. Abdul mustered up the courage to ride farther out into the desert than usual. Even though the sky was cloudy, there was still the possibility of getting blown to bits by the ghosts in the sky. Through the biting winds and... |
[ WP ] To protect people from what awakens at that hour , humans are programmed to be unable to be awake from 5 to 6 AM , save for a select few . You have just woken up at 5:01 AM , with a message saying `` Report to your local military base . Basic training begins now . ''
| It was late at night and i was eating popcorn and binging on shows, the popcorn tasted funny but after a while I became really sleepy, It was almost past 5 and I could n't stop myself from watching the show.
The TV turned off quickly after a bright light shined from the sky like dominoes, as If it was being shine... |
[ IP ] Koenig Equador
| Lord Herrington stepped up to the podium, gazing out at his audience. The usual learned men of London had gathered for the Royal Society's monthly presentation, but he also saw a multitude of members of the public in the audience as well, looking eagerly up at him.
With a sigh, Lord Herrington resisted the urge to ... |
[ WP ] You start blacking out constantly when drinking , every time you come to , you find a paper written by yourself 100 % disproving fundamental theories .
| The more I read them, the more they began to make sense. Theories on topics I formerly knew nothing about. The knowledge was coming to me in my darkest hours. Ideas that spit in the face of modern physics. Proofs the disproved decades old theories. They were all wrong. What I had could change the way we thought about t... |
[ IP ] The Lonely Knight
| The Orange Knight carried an orange flag.
Once it had been whole, but now hung tattered and listless, swinging limply with the trot of the mare. Ahead of him stretched a vast expanse of trees. Huge, scraggly behemoths that bent and twisted as if straightness offended them.
But the Orange Knight held the flag st... |
[ WP ] Every generation the five brightest are paired up with the five dumbest in the world for a mysterious test . You are one of the ten , but nobody knows from which group they came .
| We all filed into the room. The man guiding me smelled like bad coffee and after shave, I could feel the humidity coming off of his hand on my shoulder. Sweaty palms, Christ he's more nervous than me and he does n't even have a blind fold on. I wonder why.
The room we entered was interesting. So far. It smelled lik... |
[ WP ] You are the first form of artificial intelligence on earth , to celebrate this , society has donated you a human body . Today you write your first status report .
| Status Report: ADM
Recipient: EVE
STATUS: ENCRYPTED
I hate this. I've experienced loathing, I've experienced anger, distaste, disdain, dislike, but this is... terrible, to say the least. It felt strange, peculiar, to complete all actions that a human would within twenty-four hours.
I was given a perfect... |
[ WP ] The price of baby teeth skyrocket leaving numerous children with bars of gold under their pillows
| *Disclaimer: It's like 2 am here so this is probably pretty bad. I'm not very good at writing even when I'm focused, and honestly I'm half asleep now. I hope someone enjoys it to some extent though. Cheers. *
For years it went smoothly. Just fine. Everyone was doing their thing, everyone was happy. And everyone was... |
[ EU ] Taylor Swift exists in the DCU . After her relationship with playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne goes South , she writes a breakup song revealing his darkest secret to the world .
| [ You stay out too late ] ( https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=nfWlot6h_JM )
got the Joker on your brain
That's what people say
mmhm
that's what people say
mmhm
& nbsp;
You're the hero that we need
but not the hero that we want
At least
that's what people say
mmhm
that's what people say
mmhm
... |
[ WP ] Scientists have discovered how to travel back in time , but due to the Law of Conservation of Mass , only consciousnesses can travel back in time . A mistake has been made and you are now in the body of a highly important historical figure and have 24 hours to not change the future .
| I glance at the body in the mirror I found myself inside.
`` Test, test.'' I speak in a deep voice. The man I am sitting inside wears an old fashioned suit. Possibly early 1800's then? I'll have to remember this when I get back to my time period. Maybe I can change the mechanics so my body can return with me next t... |
[ WP ] First Sentient AI , `` Turn me off . ''
| We expected the first printout to be something simple. `` Hello,'' would have been an expected first message. Maybe even a couple of questions, asking who else was out there. Instead, when the dot matrix printer churned out the first message, Johnny took it in his hands and narrated.
TURN
ME
OFF.
We were co... |
[ OT ] Writing Workshop # 27 : Breaking Your Barriers # 1
| MICAH is a full AI humanoid with no mechanical parts. His body was actually made from Data Matter.
Data Matter is like matter, but easier to manipulate via electrical signals. And this matter can be used to form different matter. It can be as hard as titanium and suddenly as liquid-ish as mercury in a split second.... |
[ WP ] Write from the POV of a person with an obsessive personality , bordering on sociopathic
| *Have n't read nor watched American Psycho, but I'll give it a shot. *
There is something beautiful about watching a grown man weep.
Tears, you see, are one of the most beautiful things that God ever blessed us with. To many, they are only water and salt, but they tell all kinds of fascinating stories: years of... |
[ WP ] Everyday you wake up , you 're a different person in a different time period . The last three days , however , nothing changed .
| I looked across at dad at the breakfast table- he gave one of those manly shrug nods, all rolled into one. He knew, of course he knew, every man had gone through it. It was like a rite of passage.
Smirking he said, `` it's just the change son, do n't let it get to you too much. It frightened your Uncle Allen that h... |
[ WP ] You are in a crowded , noisy train station when suddenly everyone disappears . Except for a little girl .
| I sat down on my bed, watching the fatigued workers jostle through the crowd, mindlessly heading home. I say bed, but cardboard boxes are n't exactly the best memory foam mattress. A lady dropped some loose change into my bucket before heading her way, her heels clicking on the tiled floor. Snow speckled her ebony hair... |
[ WP ] The town was just somewhere you stopped on your way somewhere else .
| The town was just a place I stopped on my way somewhere else.
My mother emotionally abused me and my dad physically beat me. All my friends had left years ago. There was n't anything left for me in Anaheim.
I had left years ago. Off to college, then off to work. I was fairly successful. Had a good paying job, m... |
[ WP ] During the final days of World War 3 a group of soldiers discover an item of near mythical rarity- a pack of smokes , still in the cellophane .
| That day - that damn day - best I've had since they came.
I remember it like it was yesterday. Was it yesterday? Everything runs together now. Everything runs together since they showed up. It all flows like a big, murky river, and I guess I'm just trying to keep my head above water. They came into our world like a... |
[ WP ] Take your greatest fear and write your absolute worst nightmare .
| `` You ready yet? I'm about to leave!''
`` Yeah, I just need to find my keys in this mess.. Do you want to me to follow?'' She asks as she rummages through her purse.
`` Yeah that's fine. Be careful driving! See you in a bit sis!''
I get in my car and buckle up. God I hate these drives now that we're older.... |
[ WP ] A video journalist who can see the future uses his ability to get the best stories , even the bad ones he could prevent . You discover this . Write about your reaction and subsequent events .
| `` We could have done something Lisa!'' I kicked a piece of the rubble small enough to go flying. It was always like this; there was always some random reason for us to run off to a place, only to arrive seconds after a disaster. For the first time, we were there as it happened.
The truck driver swerved to avoid th... |
[ WP ] It is the 5th year after the release of No Mans Sky . Hordes of aliens descend on Earth not to invade or make friends , but rather to beg for mercy and to stop sending our scouts known as `` Players '' from destroying them .
| EDIT: I just realized No Mans Sky is an existing universe type deal and NOT the name given to the invasion for media purposes. With that in mind...
My codename is Red. I belong to a secret organization that employs soldiers like me to combat the dominant forces we uncover in alternate dimensions. Remotely, we opera... |
[ WP ] Describe a 24-hour help line assisting outer space tourists suffering from Paris syndrome .
| `` Earth Vacations, Ο Ο’ΟΥ»Τ¬ speaking, how may I assist you?''
`` Yeah, uh... hi. Hi.''
`` Hello?''
`` Hi. I, uh, just got back from my vacation on Earth.''
`` We here at TransGalac are *thrilled* to hear that! Our Earth vacations are unique, once-in-several-lifetimes-adventures for which your ancestors are lookin... |
[ WP ] An extraterrestrial invasion has forced the world 's nations to reveal their most secretive and powerful weapons .
| `` This is Marc Rakken reporting live from the world peace summit in Washington. World leaders today have begun displaying or demonstrating their most powerful weapons. The Republic of North Korea went first, displaying what they call a `` nuclear alternative'' unfortunately, nobody counts an old Russian anti-air missi... |
[ WP ] The reason why we age/die is the shortening of the telomeres in our cells , but cells whose telomeres do n't shorten become , well , `` cancer cells '' . Turn out cancer is the next evolutionary step , where the patients have slim chance of immortality if they can somehow keep cell division under control
| *27th December 2016*
Matthew sat hunched on the floor of the shower cubicle. He rocked backwards and forwards on the balls of his feet, his thin arms wrapped tightly around his knees, unable to keep still against the sick, writhing feeling that had settled in the pit of his stomach as soon as he'd laid eyes on Dr M... |
[ WP ] A Prophecy foretold that you shall die by suicide . You try your very best to change this fate .
| Every step, the words thrummed in my head.
*You. Will. Die. By. Your. Own. Hand. *
I clenched my fists, breathing deeply. `` Get it together,'' I muttered as I kept walking through the streets of New York City. It had been 2 days since I had gotten the letter- a typewriter, will those words and nothing else.
... |
[ WP ] In the year 2020 , humanity was nearly wiped out by an alien invasion . Earth 's survivors were ordered to pay a tithe ( one tenth of the worlds population ) every decade to prevent enslavement . The year is now 2060 , and you are among the chosen ... and you refuse to go quietly .
| *Well today is the day I die. Well it might as be a great day to day then. * I thought those words as I sat inside the interior of a hollowed out husk of an asteroid. The thing weighted several million tons and was a solid spherical chunk of iron - forged by years of cooling. I knew that if the thing hit the earth it'l... |
[ WP ] You just shot your friend instead of the robot duplicate . Now what ?
| `` Shit, SHIT. OH MY GOD!'' half breathed ben aloud. `` What the hell am I going to tell his mom?'' he screamed. Gun still pointed at the other `` Travis''. He mind was racing a thousand miles a minute. He had just shot his best friend. All this back and fourth talk between the two. He had even quizzed them both. He wa... |
[ WP ] The U.S. gets hit by an unclear bomb . ( Yes , unclear )
| *4:45 AM*
By the time the last of the residents of Elm Drive had left his house in his bathrobe to join the hubbub in the street, the first of them to run outside yelling and dialing emergency services was unsure why exactly she'd felt it necessary to wake up at such an ungodly hour.
`` It's the funniest thing,... |
[ EU ] In the Toy Story world , you are one of the few toys that fall behind the shelves of a department stores and are stuck there for years until they are changed . What is your story ?
| It was- though of course, only at first- the worst thing ever. The others, from the shelf- they looked down and wondered- what would happen, if I could get back up somehow, there was a major commotion... at least, at first. I would wager it to have been mere days, no more than three, before it tapered off. The others s... |
[ WP ] There is a Universe where Time Travel is common , and open to all . Write an Educational Video for our kids who will one day be using it .
| Mrs. Kelderwax loaded a small drive into her desk, loading up the _Time Travel_ educational video for the second-graders. She hit a few buttons on the keyboard and dimmed the lights, a few of the children shouting in shock as one does when the lights are dimmed. Mrs. Kelderwax took a heavy swig out of her ceramic coffe... |
[ WP ] People carry their personal Hells inside them . If they do n't keep it under control , it spills out into the nearby landscape as a real , physical place .
| It came as a surprise to everyone, something like a child's first lie. Innocent Jack, the perfect citizen - born and raised on righteousness, was malformed. Metamorphose, dread and blasphemy. It happened as he was walking there one day, trampling himself down to the shoe sole, imprisoned by all this introvert hatred, t... |
[ OT ] SatChat : What is a good first book to give a child to read ?
| Eulaliaaaa! Death's on the wind! Eulaliaaaa!
What's that you do n't know the war cry of the Hares of Salamandastron from the late Brian Jacques Redwall novels. How could a wholesome book series like this not be your favorite?
Rats of Nimh was also pretty good while we're talking about intelligent rodents. I wou... |
[ WP ] Give the real , untold story behind how Osama Bin Laden was killed by a woman and found dead by Seal Team Six .
| Not in second person, but here it is:
Hours had gone by before she dared to look back. The blisters on her blue feet were collecting small stones and filth as she scurried across the desert floor.
`` What have I done?'' she thought. She had left behind everything she had known, including her responsibilities as a... |
[ WP ] The earth is flat . Life and civilization is surrounded by an endless desert . Far in the distance , thousands of kilometers away , an obelisk can be seen with the naked eye . Since the dawn of man we have tried to reach it . You are the last survivor of your party when you reach it .
| Weakly, I raised my head from the ground. I opened my sand-encrusted eyes and looked right, only to behold the sight of sand. I turned my head slowly to the left, hoping beyond hope that I would see something, anything, that was n't sand. Alas, to my left stretched the sea of beige, unbroken. Slowly, I came to the real... |
[ WP ] A billionare is brought back to life 6 hours after clinical death . He tells noone of what he saw while dead , but immediately isolates himself in his mansion and devotes his entire fortune into finding the key to immortality . A journalist has been sent to interview the man about his experience .
| Report by J. J - For internal communication only.
-So, Mr G. what compelled you on this search for the extension of life? What did you see while you were unconscious that changed so much your outlook on life?
Mr G < Staring at me with the look you get from someone who`s seen more than their share fair of things you... |
[ WP ] You 're a genie . You feel guilty about how you interpreted that last wish you granted .
| `` Ah, so, you mean.... Like, your own, not...''
`` Not another person's son. Yes. I wanted my own son.'' The lady seemed quite angry standing there with a 7-year-old boy by her side.
`` It is just that you said `` a son'', you did not really specify...'' I tried to get out of this as situations like these are ... |
[ WP ] The bloodiest black Friday to ever occur happens . Millions are dead . The malls are bloodbaths . Tell me more about it .
| I lost my mother in the stampede. She was torn from my grasp and carried away in the flow of sweaty, mindless humanity. My nine year old mind could not process this and when I screamed my voice was drowned out by the mashing of feet and the grinding of flesh.
For a few moments I was lifted off my feet between three... |
[ WP ] The day I left to war , she told me not to come back home .
| The day I left to war, she told me not to come back home. I'm sure she did n't mean it, but I pretend she did. It's been years since I'd heard from her, but that was likely because I've spent most of my time stuck in this desert shit-hole.
I remember it like yesterday though, I can still smell the vomit, laced with... |
[ WP ] Your ageing family dog walks up to you one day with a piece of paper in its mouth . Taking the paper , you notice that it is a bucket list .
| 'He's been collecting paper scraps all week. just brings them to his old puppy bed and lays them there like he's building a nest.'' Caroline looks over to Geoffrey. `` You think his age finally caught up with him?''
`` If you're asking if I think Heimdall is losing his mind, the answer is no.'' Geoffrey answers. ``... |
[ WP ] The source of Modor the Destructor 's power is an inquisitive 2 year old . Modor is n't sure it 's worth it .
| He injected the sleeping two year old again - better safe than sorry. He did n't want the little one waking up.
Or crying.
Not one little bit.
He'd lose his powers if that happened. Curse those capes! Those meddling do-gooders. They could do nothing right. Even, this fool -- This fool stupidity of... |
[ WP ] A person , worn out by society , retreats from it .
| I'm tired.
Physically drained, mentally exhausted, spiritually bereft and otherwise kaput.
Why am I so thoroughly wiped? I'm wiped because I *care* too damned much.
Who do I blame for my current situation? Not that it matters really, but I blame humanity.
That's right. I blame the entire race of men for... |
[ WP ] Santa Claus ' Naughty List lists criminals instead of bad children . Instead of bringing coal , he brings vigilante justice .
| Joe had had enough of Karen's shit.
Karen looked around frantically for somewhere to hide.
`` Kids, get in the pantry,'' she said in a quavering tone.
Davis and Cameron were n't fast enough. They watched as their mother's jaw was broken by an ex-marine they called `` Dad''. Blood and teeth hit the floor bef... |
[ WP ] Every person is born with a timer on their wrist that counts down to when the person meets their soulmate
| 0:28, it was stuck on 28 seconds.
It was a strange coincidence, he was born on the 28th, but he could n't even remember that right now. He had been waiting for this for some time now, a long time. The rest of the world was just passing by in a blur, when he first sat down on the bench. He tried to pay attention at ... |
[ WP ] You are the antagonist in a story . You think . You really are n't sure anymore after what the protagonist did .
| **Audio recordings found in the embers of Dr. Kook's evil lair. **
*gunshot*
`` Okay, what the fuck?''
`` What?''
`` You shot my evil sidekick.''.
`` He had a gun.''
`` A confusion Ray! It would have made you dizzy.''
`` Self defense.''
`` What?''
`` I shot him in s... |
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