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[WP] You died and awoke in the afterlife. It's quite nice actually. The people and atmosphere are a lot nicer than you are used to and there is no stress or pressure. When you ask what good deed got you into heaven you are informed that this is hell, followed by a visit from a very concerned demon.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_zvvclr on December 26, 2022 at 7:57 PM

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[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte.

Submitted by WarturtleWitch t3_yhfw9r on October 30, 2022 at 2:39 PM

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[WP] You have the ability to see people’s kill count on their head. You tell no one, managed to stay away from shady people and live a peaceful life. One day, your 5 years old kid’s number is not 0...

Submitted by guitarist2505 t3_y9p9e6 on October 21, 2022 at 9:41 AM

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[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing.

Submitted by veriverd t3_z7un1j on November 29, 2022 at 1:50 PM

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[WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators.

Submitted by Spozieracz t3_11dbx10 on February 27, 2023 at 1:31 PM

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[WP] You are kidnapped by the villain regularly, but you’re starting to look forward to it. You know they won’t hurt you, and are simply being dramatic. It also doesn’t help that you are the only person they ever kidnap. This time, the hero doesn’t bother trying to save you.

Submitted by SkyGriff10 t3_112morh on February 15, 2023 at 2:02 AM

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[WP] In hell, people can choose what happens to them. They can choose literally ANYTHING. Naturally, many people try to exploit this by going for luxuries and pampering, but the devil ALWAYS has ways to torture those fools...

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_124moht on March 28, 2023 at 12:06 PM

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[WP] All your life, mythological beings have tried to pick you up. Childhood? Forced adoption. Teenagehood/Adulthood? Marriage. For example, selkies purposefully left their skins where you'd find them; banshees serenade you outside every night. Now at 30, you've learned why you attract them all...

Submitted by MidgardWyrm t3_ydwy8h on October 26, 2022 at 12:31 PM

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[WP]No one know how the zombie virus began, but humanity is on the ropes. A powerful stranger cuts through the horde one night and reaches your compound's wall with a deal. Vampires are starving. Help feed them in exchange for protection from the other undead menace.

Submitted by cesly1987 t3_yep2bf on October 27, 2022 at 11:06 AM

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[WP] The person you're dating comes to dinner to meet your family. But the instant you step in the door, your grandmother goes deathly pale, and shouts the name of a creature from her country's folklore.

Submitted by Affectionate_Bit_722 t3_10o196n on January 29, 2023 at 6:46 AM

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[WP] Gandalf and Dumbledore switch places. Gandalf is now running Hogwarts, while Dumbledore is leading The Fellowship.

Submitted by yax51 t3_12097es on March 24, 2023 at 4:36 AM

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[WP] The ritual calls for 100 sacrifices, but after reading it carefully you realize that it never specified they had to be human. Deciding to be the smartass that you are, you got a petri dish full of bacteria and sacrificed them instead.

Submitted by Prompt_Dude t3_z2bgb2 on November 23, 2022 at 1:26 AM

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[WP] "One drip of this poison is enough to kill a whale." The scientist points towards a table, but the beaker isn't there. Instead a silly coffee cup shaped like a beaker sits. You lower the not coffee cup from your mouth. Tastes like lemon-lime.

Submitted by DistillerCMac t3_11e4oe5 on February 28, 2023 at 12:19 PM

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[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once.

Submitted by Informal_Ad_6157 t3_z76hqs on November 28, 2022 at 7:53 PM

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[WP] You are a budget mage. While most of your colleagues use costly ingredients, rituals that take weeks to prepare and use a new spell for every problem, you only know a few spells, use common household ingredients and prepare rituals within minutes. They unjustly deride your work as shoddy.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_125ryvp on March 29, 2023 at 3:47 PM

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[WP] You are a werewolf trying your best to live peacefully among humans, but your SO has just proposed to you with a ring of pure silver. You genuinely love and want to marry them, but you also have to somehow get out of accepting this ring.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_11g7otj on March 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM

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[WP] The world ended 20 years ago, you haven't found a living soul since then. Through some ingenuity, you call voicemails for the last 20 years to keep you company. "Hi, this is Cindy..." "Hi you reached Bob" "You know what to do at the beep" until one day "Hello...hello? Oh my God hello!"

Submitted by killznhealz t3_zrrez1 on December 21, 2022 at 3:46 PM

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[WP] In this world healers, while respected, are often looked down upon due to their limited offensive capabilities. One day your party is completely wiped out, and the world finds out just how dangerous knowledge of human anatomy can be.

Submitted by Useless_homosapien t3_10a7zca on January 12, 2023 at 7:17 PM

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[WP] You are secretly a powerful villain who mainly uses their powers to play pranks on heroes, your son who's only been a villain for a year has just been killed by a team of teen heroes, Everyone isn't too concerned about what you'll do except for your nemesis who fully knows what your capable of

Submitted by britishgamer215 t3_10gt3vv on January 20, 2023 at 10:01 AM

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[WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_zz9t2r on December 30, 2022 at 7:55 PM

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[PM] Give me an apocalypse scenario and I will write you a short story about people from that situation.

Submitted by Lamborgani96 t3_10jkmhq on January 23, 2023 at 7:10 PM

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[WP] All adults can make a pilgrimage once a year to a genie and attempt to make a wish. However, the genie will only grant the wish if it's never be asked for before in all history. Most people never get their wish. On your 18th birthday you make the trip and are surprised to get your wish.

Submitted by shadowkyros t3_10jo4v8 on January 23, 2023 at 9:31 PM

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[WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper.

Submitted by ArseneArsenic t3_10h9z1v on January 20, 2023 at 10:06 PM

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[WP] "The new species call themselves 'humans', and while their intelligence is on the low end when it comes to interstellar civilisations, their pure mathematical knowledge is far superior to the entire galactic community's."

Submitted by Mabi19_ t3_yyu49e on November 18, 2022 at 8:44 PM

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[WP] A vampire has worked at the local 7-11 for the past 5 decades. No one has the heart to call the vampire out or slay them. A little because they're such a good employee, mostly because they think they're doing such a good job hiding the vampirism when they're really not.

Submitted by Avalon_88 t3_xzix9a on October 9, 2022 at 11:04 AM

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