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[WP]You're a software engineer who is a communications geek. You learned Morse code. One day, on a whim, you blink "console" with your eyelids. A translucent overlay over everything appears, highlighting items of interest. A realtime programming loop prompt blinks eagerly

Submitted by livebeta t3_119n7g6 on February 23, 2023 at 3:30 AM

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[SP] You watch in silence as the last spaceship leaves Earth.

Submitted by djseifer t3_116ye1v on February 20, 2023 at 5:11 AM

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[SP] A Christian Experiences the Greco-Roman Underworld.

Submitted by Nuada-Argetlam t3_116ulv0 on February 20, 2023 at 1:50 AM

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[SP] A mortal man whose close to death decides to visit his immortal mother one last time.

Submitted by Background_Fan1056 t3_11duzw1 on February 28, 2023 at 2:57 AM

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[WP] "I'm tired of chess, everyone always challenges me and I always win in the end" Death moans. "I want to mix things up a bit this time" he says, indicating your shelves of Warhammer 40k miniatures.

Submitted by Visual_Philosopher74 t3_11aj77x on February 24, 2023 at 5:10 AM

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[WP] your assistant at work has been replaced by a skin walker or something similar. That being said it's a better assistant.

Submitted by Black1495 t3_11e51f7 on February 28, 2023 at 12:38 PM

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[PM] need a prompt to get started on a love story

Submitted by j_ays t3_11dvwq1 on February 28, 2023 at 3:42 AM

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[WP] In a world where having eye contact with your soulmate for the first time results in an electric spark and explosion of glowing colors in both of your chests. You are kidnapped by a serial killer, when you wake up and make eye contact with him/her you become horrified when your chest sparks.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11bixfe on February 25, 2023 at 11:33 AM

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[PM] Give me some no-context prompts.

Submitted by ineedabettertitle t3_11d04cg on February 27, 2023 at 2:20 AM

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[WP] You’re an exorcist — well, sort of. For one, you exorcise angels.

Submitted by MagicTech547 t3_11c0zxl on February 26, 2023 at 12:51 AM

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[WP] It's december, and you've decided to write a letter to santa. However, in a hideously simple mistake, you misspelt santa. Now, sitting in your room with a present labelled "from satan", you open it to be confronted with....

Submitted by Ravenclawguy t3_111g41i on February 13, 2023 at 6:26 PM

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[WP] As a demon, you can't believe that you must concede defeat and offer a return on a person's soul. You tried to find every way to meet the transaction terms but could not. And it sounded like such easy thing too! "A soul in exchange for help with Comcast Customer Support"

Submitted by trying2Bsocial t3_10qzokl on February 1, 2023 at 4:59 PM

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[WP] You and your spouse like to play "Assassin", where you pretend to kill each other in different ways the other person isn't expecting. You just got a package in the mail, with a card that says "Bomb. You are dead."

Submitted by reallygoodbee t3_11crqqz on February 26, 2023 at 8:30 PM

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[WP] Your mother is a witch, she tends to curse people with horrible curses for the pettiest of reasons. You, her adult child must fix these before people get hurt.

Submitted by Micheal-Afton t3_10qx1ov on February 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM

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[WP] "You misunderstand. I don't fight to the death because I'm brave, I fight to the death because I'm too much of a coward to face the consequences of defeat."

Submitted by CaryJanJunior t3_11dixvt on February 27, 2023 at 6:28 PM

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[WP]You're a villain that decided to temporarily become the hero parent and thus kidnapped them, but after living with the hero and being happy, the young hero says" i know that you are not my parent, you didn't abuse me like them, and i am happy to experience love instead of despair from them"

Submitted by zWol42 t3_11bxulz on February 25, 2023 at 10:34 PM

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[WP] Chaos Magic is the simplest form of magic to understand, but the hardest to learn. All one has to do is perform a unique ritual for each spell, whilst believing with absolutely certainty that it will work. The more complicated the ritual, the more powerful the spell.

Submitted by George_WL_ t3_112xmni on February 15, 2023 at 1:09 PM

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[WP] You are a speech therapist and vocal coach for supervillains

Submitted by archtech88 t3_11ad5lw on February 24, 2023 at 12:10 AM

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[WP] Soulmates are real! Unfortunately, you don't find out who they are until after you die and it's almost never someone you knew in life.

Submitted by hisnameisbruno t3_11dcq05 on February 27, 2023 at 2:09 PM

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[WP] It's a beautiful wedding in a D&D world; the couple at the altar, exchanging their vows, the spell of Ceremony being cast to marry the lovers. As the priests asks for any objections to the wedding spell, a single word is yelled loud and clear. "COUNTERSPELL!"

Submitted by BurnedBadger t3_1197fto on February 22, 2023 at 6:38 PM

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[WP] You're a hive mind made of uncountable clone soldiers, literally born and raised for war. You've died millions of times and killed tens of millions in return. Now, you have a new problem: you have a crush on someone, who doesn't understand what you are. And there's only one of them.

Submitted by JacobJamesTrowbridge t3_119jahg on February 23, 2023 at 12:39 AM

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[WP] Humanity, the parasites of the universe were banished to a remote galaxy, and had all knowledge of the intergalactic Federation removed. Against all odds they returned.

Submitted by SexySocks7 t3_11d4663 on February 27, 2023 at 5:51 AM

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[WP] A shapeshifter often takes the form of the King to get free drinks in the local Inn. One day a group of knights quickly approch him "Thank God we found you, we thought something terrible had happened!"

Submitted by D_Price t3_11au1nn on February 24, 2023 at 3:28 PM

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[WP] Once you die, there is no set place that you go forever, not hell forever not heaven forever, first you go through hell where every bad thing you ever wished upon someone else will happen to you. Once you pass that you find peace. You, a toxic Call Of Duty player, just died.

Submitted by Fuzzy_Cobbler_7764 t3_116vkob on February 20, 2023 at 2:39 AM

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[WP] Your 3 wishes were to live forever, to always have what you need, and to free the genie. The genie and you then enjoy life for a long time, until he goes his own way. Billions of years later, the genie comes back to see how you're doing, and offers you another 3 wishes, just for old time's sake

Submitted by chacham2 t3_1190e6p on February 22, 2023 at 2:16 PM

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