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In the distant future, science has found a way to change your personality. However, to add a personality trait, one must drink a special essence that can only be produced by taking the trait away from other person. Personality Banks open, mostly filled with negative traits, that nobody ever takes. After years, comes the first person, gun in their hand, to give away a positive trait, and demands that all negative traits are handed over.

What are some chronic illnesses that can only occur in a fantasy setting?

Prompt List: Ways to Meet

A list of ways for your characters to meet!

Get stuck in an elevator

Meet in a chatroom

A is part of the team that rescues B and others from bad guys/organization

A buys B as a slave

A is a pirate and B is the leprechaun guarding the gold

By coincidence, A and B go to the same roof at the same time to contemplate suicide

A is B’s court appointed lawyer

A is the captain of the ship that rescued B who was stranded on a deserted island.

Two strangers arrive at the same hotel late at night and there is only one room available. It’s the only hotel in town so they agree to share. (Bonus if there is only one bed and no couch)

Flying alone and sitting next to each other on the plane

A is in a rush and spills coffee on B

A is asked/forced to show B around the workplace/ school

A gets hurt at the amusement park/ restaurant/ movie theater/ zoo/ whatever where B works and B is the one to patch them up.

A goes on the Ferris wheel alone even though heights scare them (part of a dare) and freaks out. B, who works there, is the one to comfort them and coax them off the ride.

Traffic has been stopped dead for hours and people are getting out of their cars to stretch and complain. A and B’s cars are next to each other and they start chatting.

Forced to work together for a school or work project

Reaching for the same book at the library/bookstore (bonus if it’s on a really odd topic like how to commit murder or theories about bigfoot or how to speak to dogs or just anything unusual)

The supervillain sighs in frustration as he looks at the group of superheroes. “Alright raise your hands if you are adults?” he said. None of them did it. “This battle is canceled and tell your mayor we need to talk! today!” he said angrily.

not to be dramatic, but life really is about choosing love despite

As punishment, the gods make you the ward of the newest among them. They have the mental maturity of a twelve year old, the strength of five hundred men, and the knowledge collective knowledge of three thousand years of human history. Write about the chaos that ensues.

Your church-going, God-worshipping sister adopted a small child and you’re excited to see them. But when you do, the child is a menace. They’re throwing things everywhere, setting furniture on fire with seemingly nothing, chanting in Latin to summon demons, but the weirdest thing is that your sister doesn’t seem to mind.

“You kill people like it’s going out of style.”

The story is as always; heroes and villains, good vs evil. And there, between the black and white there’s you, the grey.

You are the information broker known as Delphi, neutral to both parties and able to assist either. You are known for having all the info, which can only be acquired with the right price. Some secrets cost just money, but the most valuable ones can only be paid with another secret of equal or higher value.

One day, in the middle of a great conflict, the hero meets with you, and asks you the key question. You warn them of the high price, because you are not sure if their secrets will pay it. The hero just grins, leans in and whispers.

You instinctively know that the secret they just told you is of even greater importance than the info they wanted. Shocked to the core, you numbly tell them what they came to know, and they grin, full of mischief and say:

“We’ll be seeing a lot of each other, from now on, Delphi.”

Write a love story between a very optimistic, happy-go-lucky funeral director and a depressed, negative wedding planner