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[CW] Write a murder mystery, but you have to include a turtle with a monocle somewhere in the story.

Submitted by Ox_of_Dox t3_z38e9f on November 24, 2022 at 2:54 AM

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[WP] As a mall santa you hear both sweet and heartbreaking wishes. But this one is different.

Submitted by nozendk t3_z34exy on November 23, 2022 at 11:46 PM

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[WP] Your children have been born, and their throne awaits. But a seer warns of a deadly fate. You must give up your children, and separate. Bide your time, lie and wait.

Submitted by Ten-Winged-Phoenix t3_z2ym5s on November 23, 2022 at 7:48 PM

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[PM] Give me a genre and a plot twist, I'll de-twist it

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z3931e on November 24, 2022 at 3:28 AM

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[PM] Could I get a first sentence prompt?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z2xrpx on November 23, 2022 at 7:14 PM

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[WP] Nobody saw it coming. Olive Garden's Endless Pasta Bowl and Unlimited Breadsticks were taken as a joke. But the year is 2085 and the landscape is nothing but pasta, sauce, and breadsticks as far as the eye can see. You are one of the few surviving humans.

Submitted by FennecWF t3_z1spoe on November 22, 2022 at 12:46 PM

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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] When you learned your mother was a goddess, things finally seemed to fall into place. The other demigods laughed at you, the only child born to the goddess of the hearth, Hestia. But your power was so much more than they could dream of.

Submitted by not_quite_graceful t3_z1j31i on November 22, 2022 at 3:26 AM

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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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[WP] The humans don’t trust the AI, so they make it more human. Turns out, this turned the AI from innocent to genocidal.

Submitted by crfnalti t3_z1knbn on November 22, 2022 at 4:47 AM

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[PM] Give the name of a ghost and the cause of death. I’ll do my best to write a backstory for them.

Submitted by TheMaskedGeode t3_z27ff3 on November 22, 2022 at 10:36 PM

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[WP] In the spirit of Westworld, an anime theme park has just opened, allowing guests to live out their fantasies. Surely, nothing can go wrong. Can it?

Submitted by Optimus_Pyrrha t3_z1xmd7 on November 22, 2022 at 4:16 PM

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[WP] Scientists have long been aware of the Hero's Journey repeating itself throughout history, as if someone were guiding world events. Today, they've finally discovered who, and why.

Submitted by TellTaleTank t3_yzfygx on November 19, 2022 at 4:36 PM

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[WP] Tea is a beverage full of contradictions, of possibilities. It’s a liquid made from solids, it can be served both hot and cold, it can both awaken and relax. If a portal through realities did exist, is it really so surprising that it would be tea?

Submitted by Jealous-West-1421 t3_z053k2 on November 20, 2022 at 2:11 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’re… firing me?” Satan looked on in confusion. “Actually, we’re liquidating your whole sector. Every last demon.” God replied.

Submitted by Totally_Not_Thanos t3_z0ld14 on November 21, 2022 at 1:17 AM

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[PM] The Old West

Submitted by Robysto7 t3_yzrhtw on November 20, 2022 at 1:17 AM

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[SP] A supervillain is madly in love with their archnemesy's sidekick and decides to confess during one of their many battles. The hero isn't too happy with the situation.

Submitted by Exciting_Law_6198 t3_yzjy7o on November 19, 2022 at 7:29 PM

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[WP] The immortal snail, but the snail is a member of the opposite sex. You spend centuries evading and trapping them, but one day, after trapping them successfully once again, you decide you want to have a chat.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z0cqnx on November 20, 2022 at 7:23 PM

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[WP] You’ve always been abnormally strong, fast, and perceptive. One day, a new kid shows up at school. As you pass each other in the hall, he stops you. The question he asks leaves you confused: “You’re a god as well?”

Submitted by Careless_Anywhere_23 t3_yz44u5 on November 19, 2022 at 5:07 AM

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[WP] A member of the alien race of jellyfish-like beings pointed a menacing-looking gun at you and made some weird noises. You didn't understand, and it shot you with... with rubbing alcohol?

Submitted by PraetorSolaris t3_yyvsdq on November 18, 2022 at 9:58 PM

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[WP] Robin Hood and his merry men finally succeed in overthrowing King John. They find actually governing the Kingdom to be much harder than they bargained for.

Submitted by AccessTheMainframe t3_yzgyfq on November 19, 2022 at 5:19 PM

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[WP] In Hell there are Seven Demon Lords, each was once a mortal who died by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. You are Lord Sloth, who was an immortal man who became too lazy to keep on living. For eons everyone struggled to understand how that was even possible.

Submitted by KonradosHut t3_yz33s4 on November 19, 2022 at 4:06 AM

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[WP] On your 16th birthday, everyone is granted a spirit guide from their past, be that a fallen mentor, former pet, or even something such as a bug you once squished. You wake up to find the spirit of your old pet rock, who had fallen and broken years ago, but whose pieces you've always kept.

Submitted by _moldie_ t3_yjanfh on November 1, 2022 at 2:49 PM

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[WP] You were born with literal components of figurative idioms - a silver tongue, a heart of gold, nerves of steel, an iron stomach, green thumbs and so on. You're on the search to find the source of your affliction and the reason why it happened.

Submitted by tssmn t3_yz1p2u on November 19, 2022 at 2:47 AM

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