Aurelio’s Sun
Stellar Pizza
Writing prompt You're a busboy working at a popular interdimensional restaurant.
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Aurelio’s Sun
Sister Moon
Writing prompt There is a bell that hangs in the middle of the town. It's been there as far as anyone remembers and then some. No one knows what its for. People just know that if it rings, something very very bad is about to happen.
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Royal Hunger
Writing prompt For the past month, every time you've fallen asleep you've awakened in a new fictional setting. This morning you wake up and realize you're in serious trouble...
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Majestic Escape
Writing prompt You hear a knock at your door. When you open it, you find your archnemesis sprawled out just past the threshold, battered, bruised, and very clearly only hanging onto life by a thread. "Sorry. It's just... I didn't know where else to go" they mutter as you look down at them.
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Dreadful Past
Writing prompt You have the power to travel between different dimensions and you end up in a place with millions of doors with a different and unique world inside every one. The only problem is that you forgot where the real world is.
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Cold Moon
Writing prompt An undercover police officer enters a jail as an inmate to find a drug kingpin. Thing is, the drug kingpin knows this, and also knows that he is the only inmate who isn't an undercover cop.
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Sweet Perfection
Writing prompt A random person with the power to travel the multiverse asks you to try and find the perfect universe.
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Moonlit Opportunity
Writing prompt Superpower Subscription services are services where the user subscribes to a service, and for as long as they remain subscribed they possess powers of their choosing, the price of said subscription depends partially on what powers the user decides.
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Decisive Death
Writing prompt You're a sickly, malnourished orphan in the streets of a large city. You're the last person anyone expects to save the world. You stumble into a modest little cafe to escape the rain. You're greeted by the owner, a lively and energetic toad man. "Come in and warm up! I've been waiting for you."
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Stellar Design
Writing prompt "Now class, who can tell me why, across all alternate universes, the only constant is a planet Earth that is inhabited by humans? Yes Hannes from Earth 17?"
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Worth: Millions
Writing prompt "Welcome to the superhero registry. Name, powers, and secret identity please."
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Sharp Logo
Writing prompt July 12th, 2022. Everyone on the James Webb Telescope Imaging team is excited about the first super-deep-space image ever recorded.
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Sweet Start
Writing prompt In an apocalyptic wasteland, you're one of the most important people. One that all seek. One that can mark the rise and fall of nations. One who can control all of civilizations. For you are one of the last farmers.
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Lunar Entertainment
Writing prompt A man walks into your workplace and takes out a gun. Nervous, but resolutely, he aims at you and says "I'm sorry, but you know the rules of the game."
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Lunar Timing
Writing prompt Everyone is gone, you are alone now.
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Sweet Independence
Writing prompt Contrary to most expectations, the first thing the UN did after making contact with a magic world was to trade.
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Sweet Facts
Writing prompt A Muslim girl snoops in her local mosque's basement and discovers a portal to another dimension.
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Moon of Millions
Writing prompt The supervillain prepared everything for this heist. Every little detail has been perfected. There's only one problem, the city superhero is nowhere to be seen.
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History in the Making
Writing prompt Every 100 years, time stops for the living, as the dead rise up and live once again for 100 years.
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part.B
The green-eyed tilted her head at her for a moment, then grinned broadly.
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Stellar Attitude
Writing prompt A meteor strikes the Earth, and everyone seems to get superpowers... everyone except you. You'll do anything to figure out what yours are, but the world has changed and your options are desperate.
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part. B
"So, it's none of my business..," Britt said. "But, are you having trouble with not being normal? It's not that weird that you can talk to fish, you know?"
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Dark Side of the Moon
Writing prompt You and 5 other people are transported to a warehouse. You hear a voice over the intercom. "I'm going to hunt y'all down, and whoever is the last man standing gets to live. Y'all have 10 seconds to start running"
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Fishy Service
Writing prompt The miles-long alien ship impacted the ocean, devastating every coast on Earth with massive tsunami. "Scientists cannot explain the environmental changes or the emergence of strange powers or mutations, but they suspect nanobots and advise avoiding any golden mist" the reporter said.
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Dirge of Dreams
Writing prompt Tired of your insomnia you beg to whatever is watching to help you before this night's sleep, you wake up the next day having the best sleep of your life, and a notification on your phone of food you don't remember ordering with a note... "Thank you for using my services! - Dream Girl \<3"
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Hart: Breaker
Writing prompt You wake up in a forest with no memory of how you got there. You find a note in your pocket. To escape, hunt the unicorn.
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Changing Times
Writing prompt You're a shopkeeper. A few times a month always different strangely dressed people visit your shop and murmur strange things looking at maps or history books. They also never pay using real money.
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Sweet Advice
Writing prompt Video games have become reality. You are at the point where you have to choose one to play for the rest of your life.
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Living with Rejection
Writing prompt There's waking up on the wrong side of the bed, and then there's waking up in the middle of whatever the heck's going on right now.
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That's Barley Advice...
Writing prompt "For freeing me from the prison of the lamp, I shall grant you three wishes!" declares the genie. "I wish for the ability to rewind time to this moment, in case my next wishes don't go as planned!" The genie narrows his eyes. "Very well..." he says through gritted teeth.
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Just Thoughts
Writing prompt On that day, everyone gained an ability of some kind. You however became instantly hated by anyone who laid eyes on you. It was so bad that the only ID the DMV would issue has "Being Hated" listed as your power. You always wonder if you should prove them wrong. It might be dangerous though.
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Shuffled Around
Writing prompt Spatial magic sets the ships coordinates. Mana crystals power the reactors. The soulforges are running smoothly to protect the mortal mind from FTL. You live in a world of sword and magic... with the industrial and technological capabilities of a sci-fi universe.
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Royally Frustrated
Writing prompt The Crimson Brotherhood is an all female assassin brotherhood who takes their contracts from a wall where people write the victim's name. One day, you see your name on that wall.
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Sharp Reputation
Writing prompt "You're sure that you wish you could stop time?" Asked the genie. "Of course!" the boy said, grinning. With a sad smile, the genie snapped its fingers, and all was still.
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Royal Recommendation
Writing prompt "She's got piles of gold and treasure and has never once paid any taxes! I'll be blunt- If you don't do your job and conduct the audit, I'm going to have to let you go." "...but she's a dragon!"
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Sweet Support
Writing prompt You pick up a book from a library shelf, and a note falls to the floor. It reads, "At 3:17 PM, a woman will drop a book. When that happens, run to the parking lot and get in the black car driven by a man wearing a yellow hat."
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Stalled Time
Writing prompt You're an NPC in a popular game that's suddenly realizing that those adventurers are really weird. Also people you saw die earlier are coming back to life the next day like nothing has happened and the beggar who should already have more money than you with all the charity but is still poor, odd.
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Zero Income
Writing prompt Super powers are common, but super heroes are rare. It turns out most people don't actually want to face death or dismemberment on a daily basis, including you. You enjoy the 9-5 and having a 401k, but my god that government recruiter won't take no for an answer.
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Observe & Report
Writing prompt You police the multiverse. Over time, you've noticed there is only one constant in every reality - dot matrix printers. No matter how technologically advanced, every reality seems to use dot matrix printers. You mention this to your boss one day, who suddenly gets nervous.
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Known. Forgotten.
Writing prompt "Tell me something I don't know," said the Almost-All-Knowing Sage, on their quest to become the All-Knowing-Sage.
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Ordering Disorder
Writing prompt "Approximately ten million gold, 512 health potions, 399 mana potions, fifty pounds of assorted foodstuffs, a thousand assorted magical items, and ten pounds of miscellaneous items... and you're certain that being the Chosen One does not come with a hoarding disorder."
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Royal Enlightenment
Writing prompt 70 years ago, your grandpa befriended a young dragon living nearby. It's kept an eye out for your family ever since. On your 18th birthday, while frustratedly looking for a cheap dorm room for college, it decides to drop by to lend a hand. Living with a dragon may be weird, but hey, it's cheap!
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Deadly Buddy
Writing prompt You are Buddy: man's best friend, and a very good boy. You are also the harbinger of death, though you have yet to realise it.
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Given Reason
Writing prompt You're a down-on-your-luck professional poker player looking for the rush of a high-stakes game. In a poker game unlike any other, the players wager the remainder of their lifespan as their stack. Everyone around the table has their own reason for participating. It's time to ante up.
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Inspirational Setting
Writing prompt You are travelling a post-apocalyptic city and is writing about what you see.
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Sweet Discovery
Writing prompt You love pranking low tech worlds. Today you pranked Earth by publicly teleporting in a very busy area by loudly saying "Alright too much game today, LOG OUT". You revel in the pandemonium of the aftermath.
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Sour Past. Sweet Future.
Writing prompt If you have more than a certain amount of gold in one place, a dragon will inevitably find and claim that gold as their lair.
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Stellar History
Writing prompt Explain how magic works in a fantasy universe. Is there a price or a cost? How hard or easy is it to perform or learn? What can or can't it do? Can anyone do it?
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