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Commander_Night_17 t1_j5k2iev wrote

Reply to [WP] For ages the dragons & humans coexisted. Humanity waged war amongst themselves & built sprawling empires. Eventually the dragons tired of it & unleashed their furry. Humanities conquests came to a halt & became enslaved by the dragons to build grandiose castles befitting their new masters. by [deleted]

It all changed when the dragons attacked.

Humanity was always, a strange species in the cosmos of the world. Not too strong, too smart or too powerful

The Dragons and humans first encountered each other so many centuries ago, The dragons were large, powerful, and with their lairs, nearly impossible to defeat.

To make up for that however, humanity had more hands to fight, and even more to replace them.

Slowly but surely, both sides reached a level of attrition, grinding each other down for meagre gains in land, only to lose it in the next battle.

It was clear to both the leaders of the human nation, and the several Imaneks of the dragons that if the war continued, both sides would be utterly destroyed.

A truce was called, and both sides debated on matters of repatriation and land.

Both agreed to a peace deal, the two nations now unified, dragons sharing the wealth of knowledge, the humans, hands that once dealt war, now dealing in economy.

Peace

Coexistenance

But this did not last long

At least, in dragon terms

Dragons do not enjoy having their prides being stripped away as it was during the conflict, and while genrations of humans passed, caring less and less, becoming complacent, defeat was fresh in the memory of the dragons.

And as a famous dragon once said

"We all seek eternity, but with eternity comes the need for... entertainment."

The dragons could have easily destoried the now complacent and struggling humantiy by Shapeshfiting, spending a few years mimicking as a human, climbing the ladders of society, till at last, from seats of power, they could turn the human forces against each other.

But that wouldn't have been, entertaining...

So they came up with a more devilish plan.

Half-dragons.

This was much thrilling for most of the dragons, and fairly enough, the humans who wished to partake, though unaware of the dragons true plans.

It would take several millenia to bring forth a large army of dragons, but only a decade to bring about a overwhelming swarm of half-breeds, humanities quick time to grow and mature used against them.

The humans who were wooed to partake in relations with the dragons were called by their kind, "furries", ostracised for their choices in partners.

The furries swore that they shall revenge, and indded they did

The typical infighting of the human nations boring them, the dragons let out the half-breeds.

They were the best of both worlds, not large like the dragons to be easily trapped and have poor healing with said size, easier to arm, had fire and abilty to fly.

Their dazzling beauty was another, enticing more men and women to join what was now called the way of the furry.

With a bat of a dragons eyelid, the so called 'kingdoms of man" crumbled, the many wars providing enterainment for 2 millenia.

The lowly humans now reduced to what dragons saw them as, petty slaves, the dragons made them work on great castles, symbols of power.

The furries were elevated to statuses of eunuchs, the half breeds now used as guards.

I am Lovatos, half dragon of the royal line of Navirandra, I know what has happend to both of my people.

I miss the times of peace, I was lucky to have experinced them

Head my warning elves, you may be allied with the dragons like the humans once were but be wary.

Be wary of their need for entertainment.

Be wary of the Furries among you

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Cw86459 t1_j5k0grw wrote

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] An epidemic that causes brain tumors sweeps the globe. And, while the rich and powerful can afford surgery, the poor are left to... apparently let this new organ that controls Magic to fully develop? by Dracon_Pyrothayan

For some reason this prompt made me think of some family in which they have 1 child, so they sell their house, use all their savings, their grandparents also give all their savings and house in order to save their grandchild and then this happens :(

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Kittybats t1_j5jwl0v wrote

Reply to comment by MechisX in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr

Well, the "outside of time and space" kinda sounds like "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" from the Hitchhiker's Guide series, but it's not really a series on its own.

There's "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon," by Spider Robinson, but the tone of CCS is way different, and no 13 corners. That sounds like something from Richard Kadrey's "Sandman Slim" series.

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Forevershort2021 t1_j5jvzaj wrote

Reply to [WP] you found a sword so sharp it can split an atom in half! One problem though you’re know responsible for a sword so sharp it can cut an atom in half. by box-gremlin69

“Oh my god, it can do that?!” I asked in shock. The smith nodded. My jaw dropped and I didn’t know whether to give the sword back or to hold it close. I was holding a fucking nuke.

“Are you ok, Sean-sama?” Satsuki the smith asked. I gave her a glare. “I said ‘so sharp it can split anything but can only be used by me’. I told her. She rubbed her neck before nodding. “Hai! I did! It’s so sharp it can split atoms and only you can use it!” She giggled. I can’t tell if it was a joke or she thought I was happy.

Suddenly my Geiger counter started to spike. I looked up, groaning. Fuuuuuuuuuu-

(Rewrote this several times)

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Kittybats t1_j5jviy1 wrote

Reply to comment by Writteninsanity in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr

This is really good! I loved the little world building details--the scarred bar top, the phone "ringing off the hook" (clever!) in the detective's pocket--and the characterization was top-notch; just a thumbnail sketch but also so much more.

It made me say the 4 words that mean the story is a good story...

"and then what happened?"

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Aljhaqu t1_j5ju00q wrote

Reply to [WP]"It was wrong of me to defeat and banish you from our world, my evil nemesis. Please come back so we can resume our glorious battles of yore," the striking woman says. Rolling your eyes from behind the counter, you sigh: "Corporate doesn't pay me enough for this." by Bencil_McPrush

...I need you; as you are my other half, the reason why I get up from bed...

The same hollow dialogue, the same empty girl. Another day I have to deal with this... I click the register, to count the money. The day is nearly ending, and we have to count the bills before transferring the money to the safe and then to the bank. It easy and simple... doesn’t requires extensive formation such as a degree in any professional career.

Perfect for an outcast like me.

...Your schemes to maintain your power in our reality were legendary, why would you leave them for this small existence?...

Again with this verse. Last week you used the same line in order to verbally butter me up to your demands.

It was such a good place my old reality. Rise up, check the field, the people tending them. Go to the mines, make sure the prisoners were still alive... The basics of the “evil” overlord. While I abhor this term, I can reason the reason why said description. It is quite inhumane, but a necessity.

The world needed balance. Too much evil can turn the world in a hellish plane, with “Angels” raining death in order to clean the slate, and start anew.

Too much good... Goodness, you don’t want to know what happens when there was too much good...

...People counted on you for many things, now I see...

Ok, this line is new... I just bother to raise a hand to ask the “heroine”...

What happened? I just ask.

And she coyly looks the other way...

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Aphrel86 t1_j5jfyfe wrote

Reply to comment by fightingblind in [WP] Reincarnation has been scientifically confirmed, and world governments carry over crime and punishment for your next life by TenWholeBees

ouf thats morbid. The fact that the prisoner doesnt even remember anything makes it so much darker somehow. Maybe because a punishment for a crime the prisoner doesnt remember is so meaningless. So it becomes not justice nor even vengeance, just meaningless cruelty without reason :D

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TheGurw t1_j5jco92 wrote

Reply to comment by Firenter in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr

That.... That's either a very long time ago or very recent.

But you didn't mention an extremely extremely big arc, so I'm gonna go with "a few years ago".

>!If you don't remember the MC dying, you're quite a ways back, my friend!<

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ThrowdoBaggins t1_j5j9z1d wrote

Reply to comment by Manger-Babies in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr

Sure, but that’s a) consistent with how flimsy eyewitness testimony is even under the best of conditions, and b) not how cross examination works in the court room?

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