Mundane Situations with Extraordinary Complications Writing Prompts

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You recently moved to the countryside. Your child was playing in the woods, and came back with a large green egg you thought was plastic, so you agreed they could keep it if no one claimed it. Your kid said it was a gift. You thought nothing of it. Then the egg hatched.

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Your best friend is known for two things being flat-chested and always wearing the same hoodie, but now that you think about it the fact that the design says 'Hoodie of holding" makes you a bit suspicious...

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My new partner at work is the worst! They won't enter buildings without invitation, says they've got a sunlight allergy so I have to work night shifts, and if you drop anything they sit there and count it impulsively. It's the worst!

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After enough break ins and bar fights a bartender has learned that it is actually a lot cheaper to just get mimics to be his tables than to replace them constantly. They also make for one hell of a security

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In a world where the consequences of murdering someone is them coming back the next day completely fine, you accidentally shot your best friend with a gun. The next day, you and your friend have an awkward conversation in an elevator.

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You gave the last of your food to a poorly disguised mimic, but now it wont leave you alone. It's even turning itself into various items to help you.

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Vampires are real and have lived publicly in society for decades, but they're still played by humans in movies because real vampires don't show up on camera. A director who prides himself on authenticity has a vampire on set to make sure the actors are portraying vampires correctly.

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You have just been hired as the janitor at an academy of magic. This is of course the most prestigious role in the entire academy. As you are required to have extensive knowledge on everything magical in order to handle any contaminants, mutants, demons, etc.

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You're an ageless being that has been alive for millennia, however your eternal youth has never been a secret. You're known around the world for it. You're not rich, a ruler, hunted by the government, or special in any other way. You're just a worldly curiosity, a minor celebrity at best.

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You are an "immortal creature", you've lived for centuries. You're not like the stories, and you've had time to read them all. You're more like a tortoise, slow and steady. You've had plenty of hobbies, degrees, and jobs. Currently you're working in the museum archives.

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You are the only human employee at a company staffed by a multitude of alien species. Your colleagues seem to be having a difficult time properly understanding who, or what, your guide dog is.

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"Dad, I made a new friend and I met her dad! He wants to invite you for dinner!" You choked on your coffee. Your son making a new friend on his first day of school is great. Realizing that said friend is the daughter of the Mafia don who now wants to meet with you is downright terrifying.

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You are a succubus who snuck into a random man’s house and started fucking him. You only planned to drain some energy and leave…until his mom walked in…and was overjoyed that her son finally had a girlfriend. Now your stuck pretending to be his lover because his mom is really nice.

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An immortal keeps a list of all his descendants, dropping in and visiting them whenever possible.

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Turns out every lender has been rejecting you because your kid has an unpaid tab at some little girls' lemonade stand. Your kid's status as a "big mean stupid head" is really hurting your credit. You need to fix this. But how?

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"For my final wish, I wish porn wasn't so unrealistic." "Granted! Reality is now far more like porn!"

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The next generation of world leaders have their own hobbies for stress relief as they all log-in to their favourite mmo. It just so happens that they've ended up in the same guild in the same game but have no clue as to each other's real identity.

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Your partner has seduced a submissive and decided to surprise you with a threesome. The real surprise though, is that the girl you find neatly bound and on her knees... is your boss.

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When in human form touching a dragon's tail is incredibly sexual, much like sticking your hands down someone's pants in public and nearly as pleasurable. Despite your public setting, your dragon GF doesn't have the heart to tell you all this when you ask to feel her tail.

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Having a harem. Expectation: Constant sex with a group of beautiful woman who adore you. Reality: Group smash bros sessions, trying to organize dinner with everyone, a really big bed, and constant sex with a group of woman who all love you.

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Your vampire roommate just came back from the mall. Since she can't use a mirror, she was hoping you could help her out, and tell her how all the underwear she just bought looks on her.

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Her gender ambiguous name and a careless administrator landed her in the boy's dorm. She couldn't have been happier... and neither could they!

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The shy, bookish heir to the throne is nothing like their hedonistic father, but they’re forced to step into his shoes when he passes away. While the actual ruling of the kingdom is going fine, they have no idea how to deal with the advances of the late king’s harem.

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Their new butt plug had an interesting feature: Proximity Vibration. The more people using the same toy in close proximity, the more intense the vibration. Well, it's not like there'll be that many fellow perverts in their daily routine, right? Right?!

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As you’re about to go to bed for the night, Duo, the Duolingo owl, suddenly slams your bedroom door open. “You forgot your French lessons two days in a row. You know what happens now.”

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When it first happened the tentacles were considered disgusting. Nowadays they're just a part of life. It wouldn't be all that surprising to feel a tentacle slide down your pants, or watch someone hop into a patch of them to get off, or watch a professor perform a lecture between moans

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The magic The gathering club was confused when the cheerleaders turned up. The head cheerleader sighed, "Technically, you guys count as a sports club. And *technically*, that 'tournament' you won counts as a championship. So... I guess you get to bang us this weekend..."

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You, a werewolf, are forced to work the night shift. You really can’t afford to lose this job, so you go to work, determined not to maul anybody and hopefully keep your identity a secret.

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After inheriting his uncles mansion, a college Student reallises, that the maids are used to do sexual Services. Believing his uncle took advantage of them, he swears to treat them with utmost respect. Meanwhile the Maids grow frustrated from being denied to fullfill theyre favourite duty.

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It wasn't an uncommon wedding gift in their culture, but it still threw the groom off a little to see his bestman's 18 year old tomboy sister on the gift table bound and gagged. She was going to his maid/concubine. However his new wife loved the idea of the young woman being theirs.

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