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The many deities of the multiverse consider the insular gods of Earth their Lovecraftian abominations. The one rule these gods all agree with and stick to is to never gain the Earth gods' interests or ires. One god has broken this rule by abducting an Earthling to be their hero. Panic ensues.

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To escape limbo and finally face judgement in death, a soul must pay a coin to cross the river. You are the worker of a charity that raises funds for those who cannot pay.

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Your deity spouse has been fretting over the future. You're just waiting for the right time to tell them you're immortal.

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As the favourite mortal of the goddess of love and fertility, she is quite "fond" of you. Now she is taking the relationship to the next level.

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Taking notes in an awkward position, an archaeologist copies a symbol onto her skin. She didn't realize that it was a symbol of fertility, or that its magic was very, very real...

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The fairytale changes a lot when RedRidingHood is a goth Slut, Grandma her Milf Friend, The WoodsWoman a horny tomboy and the big bad Wolf a cute friendly wolfboy with a big dick.

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The gods wander, leaving devastation in their wake, they cannot truly be imprisoned, but to them a thousand years is but a moment, so trying to imprison them technically works on our timescale, because it takes them 1000 years to notice they cannot move.

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The whole world watched in a stunned awe as Jesus Christ returned to Earth. How the light shone around him as he touched down, how he slipped, how he smashed his head on the curb, and how he just laid there barely moving

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Amazons are appearing in the modern age, invading dating apps and abducting the people that answer. Nobody has reported anything to the authorities.

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Santa lives in the north pole with his elves. Krampus lives in the south pole with… well no one knows. You’ve set out to document exactly what goes on there

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“for the last time I don’t want to sleep with you!” You tell Aphrodite.

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After dying a shy (virgin) girl agrees to a so-called 'deity's' bargain to be reborn in a fantasy world. That bit was 100% legitimate; said deity being a sex goddess trying to tip the balance between sex and prudes in her world was conveniently not mentioned

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I think where everybody went wrong, was when they thought we didn’t love each other. My sweet child the moon and I have been dancing for one another for eons, I breath the air he exhales. What a silly notions people make up, now my love why and how did you get here?

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You've been raising a god from birth, and they're starting to enter their teenage years

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Fertility gods are a pain - or perhaps a pleasure, depending - to deal with. Eldritch ones even more so

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Your date looked skeptical. "Yeah, a leprechaun. The myths are mostly bullshit, we're all women. They don't call it the "pot of gold" for no reason, the harder you make me cum, the more money you'll wake up with tomorrow. The rainbow thing is a bit embarrassing though."

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The goddess of fertility used to punish sinners by sitting on them with her fat juicy ass. She can’t seem to understand why this in the 21st century seem to want her punishment!?

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A fairy tale involving a beautiful cum-guzzling princess, who unapologetically loves cum! But there’s LOTS of whispering about her among all the fair maidens in the royal court. Some can’t believe it, and disapprove — but others admire the princess, and who are even a little jealous!

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"Welcome to the 2024 Paris Fairy Tale Olympics! We've got some real tough contenders this year. America is coming in strong with multiple monsters, third sons and youngest daughters, but Zimbabwe is rumored to have an athlete who's both the 7th son of a 7th son and the 13th child!"

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“Ain’t no f-ing way.” Conquest said. “There’s no way you’re the new horsemen of war.” She repeated to the preppy pastel Femboy stood in front of her Death and Famine.

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The benevolent king leads a joyful kingdom, yet every so often, his wistful gaze turns towards the forest. Nobody would believe him, but there, he, as a prince, had met with a godess. A godess who told him "a smile could build a kingdom" that made him who he was today and captivated his heart.

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A goddess slowly withering away due to no one being aware of her existence turns to the Internet to regain her divinity.

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A small town’s patron god is the god of beauty. Whever he stops by to accept his yearly offering, he always stops by the bar to flirt with the stubborn barkeep.

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A group of adventures start to experience side effects while transporting an idol of an ancient fertility goddess...

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The main character is a devotee to the god Dionysus and desperately wants to be noticed by him through works and sacrifices. What would get the god of wine and pleasure to notice such a lowly human?

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Finding a four leaf clover represents good fortunes. So then finding a heart shaped clover meant good fortune in sex, right?

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Your photographer friend begs you to pose for the Tarot set they're taking pictures for. You arrive that you'll be appearing on "The Lovers" card, nude with another person.

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He had a tendency to view women as nothing more than things to breed. After impregnating several, the goddess of fertility decides to turn the tables…and turns him into the most fertile and breedable woman out there…

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