The SST AlterNet
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Toku-high: AlterNet Class
Writing prompt You were lonely, so lonely. So, you started having conversations in your head with a made up bartender, who always eases your troubles. One day while looking to drown yourself in alcohol, you happen upon a bar, and the very same bartender. “Ah! I was wondering when you’d come in person.”
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Writing prompt Your job description: 1) Sit in an empty room with a red button for 8 hours a day. 2) NEVER press the red button, no matter what happens. 3) Do not talk to anyone about the job. After many uneventful years, your phone rings and a stern, slightly panicked voice says: „Press the button. NOW!!“
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Writing prompt You are suddenly put in charge of managing the state of humanity. You are transported to a hidden facility and you are placed in front of the doomsday clock. A man looks at you and says: "The fate of humanity is in your hands."
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Writing prompt A person has to create their own spell to attain the rank of an S-ranked mage in the Order of Mages. People are surprised when you cast a simple fireball.
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Writing prompt When the coming-of-age ritual reveals you have a forbidden magical power, instead of fleeing to become a tragic and/or heroic outlaw, you decide to turn yourself in and rationally talk things through with the authorities.
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Writing prompt Humans claim the red forest got cursed a thousand years ago, in truth, it's the only place that didn't get cursed.
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Writing prompt You've always been a sleepwalker, but waking up in a balaclava and finding a duffle bag full of bloody cash takes the biscuit.
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Writing prompt Today marks the one year anniversary of "The Call." When every man, woman, and child heard an otherworldly voice in their head say, "..."
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Writing prompt "WHO HATH SUMMONED ME, THE GREAT BEE-" "Can I have a cookie?" The little girl looked at the hulking demon innocently. "...all right. You can have one."
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Writing prompt You teach a mundane subject (eg math, English) at one of those overly specialized fantasy schools (eg magic, ninjas, spies)
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Writing prompt You just discovered your 14-year-old daughter's Moon Princess locket that allows her to transform into one of the world's greatest heroes. It also is a communications device and you are about to give the Moon Goddess a piece of your mind for letting 14-year-olds defend the world against evil.
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Writing prompt You live in "Trope-ville", where the populace has to deal with every book/movie genre trope imaginable, every day.
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Writing prompt A little girl runs up to you and says, " a fairy bit me, so I ate them", yeah that's going to make your job difficult.
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Writing prompt You're a mugger, you've been tailing a hooded figure, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Suddenly the figure stops and turns around to face you, and they sprint full pelt straight at you.
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Writing prompt You possess a magical bag that holds all of the items you will need for that day. Today, your bag feels particularly heavy, so you dump it out, revealing a katana, a microwave, and a bouquet of flowers.
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Writing prompt You are in hell and to get out you have to erase your name from the book of death. Everyone thought it was impossible but little did they know you are no ordinary human.
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Writing prompt The world of Superheroes is one of both chaos and order, so much so that the heroes themselves have made a tier list of super villains to their threat level. On C tier we have the plague, killing millions with his toxins. and in A tier we have a man wearing a t Rex costume.
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Writing prompt You were cursed to be dragged to hell by an evil witch. Problem is you were actually a good person. Fortunately Hell has protocols in place when these things happen.
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Writing prompt In a world of superheroes, a strange figure has emerged. All that's known is that he appears at the scene of important conflicts with nothing but a smile on his face as she nonchalantly kills heroes and villains alike before vanishing. For whatever reason, he has been trailing you for weeks now.
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Writing prompt You are a god. Immortal. All-powerful. Why in the world does this bright-haired teenager think he can kill you with the help of his friends and some weird sword? Frankly, you're a little concerned.
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Writing prompt You wake up early in the morning to find "Reaper" leaning against your bed, and for the first time you feel that he is no different from an ordinary teenager.
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Writing prompt Child of the wealthiest 1%, you have fallen in with criminals and outcasts of society. After coming to understand your new family, you use your education, connections and a little violence to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Your mother named you Robin, but you stand for the Hood.
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Writing prompt In a society where magic power determines status, you, for personal reasons, hide your true power. Even as a new student at the academy, you managed to keep your power well hidden. That is, until a certain event forces you to reveal your true might.
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Writing prompt A bunch of the wizards' college students are arguing about which magical focus is superior. Staffs, wands, orbs, books, nobody agrees on anything. Then the newest student offers a rather unusual alternative.
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Writing prompt As a king, your first responsibility is to make sure your kingdom is safe and secure. Your second responsibility is to keep your people well-fed, educated, and happy. And your third responsibility is to give once a month a rare collectible or a trinket to the demon that lives below your castle.
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Writing prompt "For decades I have honed my skills in the frozen wastes of the north! I have led uncountable legions of warriors to conquest and glory and yet you singlehandedly stand in my way? How?" "Oh you know, I just did a few hours of grinding here and there."
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Writing prompt Your universe has been rebooted 7 times and you're the only one who remembers what it was like.
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Writing prompt You and some friends are exploring the insides of an abandoned mall that's been closed for ten years now. Your friend looked into an old fountain that people used to throw pennies into and asks "What's that?" Another friend says - "The fountain of youth".
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Writing prompt A girl makes a deal with a fairy, in exchange for her firstborn child. Later, when she gives birth to identical twins, she honours the deal by giving the first away.
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Writing prompt All Is Usual - Write a story with the phrase "All is usual," Being repeated many times in the story.
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Writing prompt "While renovating your new home, you find a mysterious stone room behind a wall in your basement. Further digging reveals access to a network of tunnels."
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Writing prompt You're immune to the virus that's infecting everyone, meaning you're the key to create a vaccine. The thing is, you hate humanity and don't really wanna save it.
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Writing prompt At the center of the multiverse lies the Nexus Café, where travelers of every shape and size from dimensions beyond count share their findings, catch up with their alternate selves, or just grab a cup of out-of-this-world coffee.
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Writing prompt You are in the middle of being attacked when suddenly, a hero appears in front of you to your aid. Dread fills your body as you realize the "hero" is much more dangerous than the attackers.
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Writing prompt As you navigate through zombie infested alleyways, you run into a long haired man who is oddly wearing a 3 piece formal suit. As you're about to question him, he takes out 5 undead with quick ease. You decide to follow him.
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Writing prompt In this alternative universe the ninja never disappeared and still exist in the modern day but they have adapted to a modern culture where they act as private investigators, corporate spies, and saboteurs and have much more corporate culture.
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Writing prompt You are an owner of a small convenience store sitting in your office when a confused cashier walks in holding some kind of round metal pieces "some old man is trying to pay with these"
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Writing prompt The news of your best friend's death hit you like a truck. Right as you're thinking life will never get better, you wake up to their ghost standing right beside your bed! Now you're being haunted by your best friend, and it's probably the best thing that's ever happened to you!
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Writing prompt You sell everything to anyone who can pay the price. Hero, God, or Demon matter it did not. Until one day someone asks you for death.
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Writing prompt You've been working at the company for 45 years that you love working at, because it was always your dream job. Even death can't stop you from working!
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Writing prompt One day, two universes - one of magic, and one of science - suddenly fused. Tell a story about this brand new universe, of gods fighting alongside spacefleets, mages among mechs, and dragon riders among fighter jets.
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Writing prompt It was a dark and stormy night. Except it wasn't dark, and there was no storm.
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Writing prompt You are watching your favourite show when the character you like is about to be attacked. ‘Watch out!’ you shout, and unlike the last few times, the character dodges, and starts looking around for who gave the warning…
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Writing prompt You are an Alchemist making a potion for a client. You often request obscure ingredients just so you can "provide" them at an inflated price. Your most recent client keeps providing you with these off the wall and obscure requests and you are starting to worry.
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Writing prompt The magical and mundane have come together, living in harmony. What the magicians, especially the alchemists, did not expect, was to find themselves with a much bigger and more complex challenge than uniting both worlds. Surviving mass production.
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Writing prompt In order to save a loved one's life, a Paladin made a deal with the Dark Gods to be their Champion in exchange. What he didn't expect to happen is that they tell him that he could do whatever the fuck he wanted to, so long as he actively champions their Side and doesn't go back to his old Faith.
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Writing prompt You’ve been waiting at Terminal C3 for a while now, but still no monorail. C3 had always been known as an “abnormal line”, reasons which nobody really knows. Suddenly, another passenger comes and waits beside you.
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Writing prompt The megacorp thought their AI project would make controlling the minds of people with implants easier; instead, the AI sided with those people against the megacorp.
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