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[WP] The . . . creature . . . has been following you for weeks now, but nobody else can see it. It just sits there, staring, grinning. Then one day you look across the coffee shop and see a young woman with another one right behind her. Your eyes meet . . .

Submitted by ImmortalJadeEye t3_z4y09n on November 26, 2022 at 4:30 AM

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[WP] One day, you’re just chilling in your room listening to music through your headphones. A song in a language you don’t understand comes on, however you still try to mumble along. Suddenly, with a burst of flames, a demon appears in your room saying, “Who dare summon me in the tongue of old!?”

Submitted by WoollerMan2003 t3_z8bumf on November 30, 2022 at 12:44 AM

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[WP] A popular girl bullies a nerdy boy to hide her feelings but eventually decides to corner him. She tells him how she really feels and asks him out. The two of them end up together.

Submitted by Wansaeng t3_z7foxi on November 29, 2022 at 1:44 AM

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[WP] "The courts realised our arguments were sound. Humans are known to destroy animal habitats and drive animals to extinction! Mr Bear's use of force was reasonable upon finding Goldilocks in his home, he can now go home to his family. We have found justice today." You are the fairytale lawyer.

Submitted by ZeeMantheHeMan t3_z8ozcy on November 30, 2022 at 11:20 AM

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[WP] You've always had trouble with garlic heavy foods but your parents chalked it up to allergy. You have trouble breathing in churches, they claim it's because of the mould. As your canine teeth start growing and become pointier your parents finally decide it's time to have the talk.

Submitted by Shadrak_Meduson t3_ywt12j on November 16, 2022 at 1:15 PM

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[WP] All your life you've been raised to be a proper witch-hunter, but after a visit to the hospital you find out that your mother was a witch.

Submitted by Tired_Autistic t3_z96xc4 on November 30, 2022 at 11:22 PM

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[WP] You're a super hero from a distant future. In order to save the world, you are sent back to a time where heroes amd villains didn't exist, making you the first super hero in history.

Submitted by Erokhar t3_yyj4w2 on November 18, 2022 at 12:39 PM

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[WP] You've spent years on your thesis paper. Today you sit down, hand it to your professor and smirk. "The science of magic?" he asks, looking at you incredulously. In response, you summon a fireball in your hand.

Submitted by TerrWolf t3_z75ifq on November 28, 2022 at 7:17 PM

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[PM] Give me a case file about a mysterious death and I'll write a murder mystery out of it (Please only serious stuff, nothing like "Minnie mouse was found dead in the house" etc.)

Submitted by Ox_of_Dox t3_z18xvu on November 21, 2022 at 8:14 PM

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[SP] You are a Greek God/Goddess who has become a teacher in modern day senior school.

Submitted by LaraStardust t3_z8pd1y on November 30, 2022 at 11:41 AM

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[WP]"No man shall ever love you!" "Oh my God, thank you!"

Submitted by teruteru-fan-sam t3_z87958 on November 29, 2022 at 9:47 PM

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[WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths.

Submitted by Shadrak_Meduson t3_z4elnt on November 25, 2022 at 2:24 PM

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[WP] “Do you remember me?” they say. Oh no! It's the protagonist from the story you abandoned! They're back for revenge.

Submitted by Box_Man_In_A_Box t3_z6bepk on November 27, 2022 at 8:18 PM

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[WP]your brother is a hero, your sister is a villain and you're a mercenary. this makes for some interesting family reunion

Submitted by No_Perception9882 t3_z0vngz on November 21, 2022 at 10:31 AM

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[WP] You are a low-rank hero in the hero association, one day during an attack on the city the villain's are winning, all the heroes are down and you are the last one standing against an army of villain's. You use every tactic available in your arsenal to hold them off until people can get far away.

Submitted by TieAffectionate3673 t3_z1jizv on November 22, 2022 at 3:48 AM

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[WP] Humanity has finally reached the stars and found out why no one had contacted us. The universe is in a sad state. As such, Doctors without Borders, Red Cross, and many othe charities go intergalactic.

Submitted by JustLookingForMayhem t3_z6ke0k on November 28, 2022 at 2:34 AM

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[WP] You have the ability to see people's kill count on their head. One day you meet a decorated war hero with 0 kills and his wife with 200.

Submitted by shadow-_-king t3_yus0ag on November 14, 2022 at 7:29 AM

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[WP] Two men sit next to each other on a red-eye flight out of Small Town back to Big City on Christmas Eve. Turns out they've both just been dumped by their fiancées of 5+ years, and are the unwitting antagonists of two different Hallmark original movies.

Submitted by Scondoro t3_z7hrad on November 29, 2022 at 3:15 AM

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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're a 20 year old college student studying to be a doctor. A couple times a week, you talk with your family and friends on skype, because your college is on a different coast. One day, a few minutes before your call, all the power in the city goes out, and you hear your door creak open......

Submitted by Ok-Part-2000 t3_z7xs20 on November 29, 2022 at 3:54 PM

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[WP] Every time you cooked over a campfire, you would throw some food into the fire as an offering to the gods. One evening, just as you're about to perform your little campfire ritual, you hear a voice behind you say "You know, I would very much prefer my food un-burnt."

Submitted by DragoTheFloof t3_z6uz37 on November 28, 2022 at 12:12 PM

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[WP] The Villain finished his monologue. Civilians standing around waited for the Hero to begin the fight, "Well, what are waiting for? Demolish the bad guy!" The Hero responded, "Hang on, he's made a couple of good points. We should hear him out."

Submitted by WrongEinstein t3_z87vjr on November 29, 2022 at 10:11 PM

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[WP]After crashing on a planet that seems to keep you immortal by bringing you back to life at your crash site each time you die. You finally escape and grow old and die only to wake back up at the crash site

Submitted by Scootersmugskirt t3_z3marh on November 24, 2022 at 3:08 PM

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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] A valiant knight, you arrive at the tower ready to face any monster to save your kidnapped princess. However a silver dragon suddenly appears and demands you release the dragon princess from your tower. You are both very confused.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z3nt9p on November 24, 2022 at 4:09 PM

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