Challenge #02526-F336: Every Good Boy Deserves Fondness
Hard to explain: basically this post. – Anon Guest
[AN: I see the Terry Pratchett quote in that post. GNU.]
“So. You know about werewolves, right? Terrible curse, full moon, murder and devastation and all that shit?”
“I… think so. Um. Why are you leading me into your basement?” Gria grew increasingly alarmed as Thom lead her downstairs. “Why is your basement door made out of metal?” And from there to inside, “Why are there chains on the wall?”
“Babe… I’m a werewolf, okay? Aaanndd… every full moon I turn into like four hundred pounds of bloodthirsty destruction.” Thom did not get the reaction he expected to this confession.
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Challenge #02404-F214: The Nature of the Beast
Humans have DETERMINATION in spades, monsters have magic… what about werewolves? What happens when a human contracts lycanthropy? Are they the key to turning DETERMINATION into magic, or vice versa? – RecklessPrudence
[AN: Welp. Definitely not earning anything from this year’s anthology]
Legends tell of a Monster with a Human SOUL. By the light of the full moon, the Human body transforms into that of a Monster, but there are terrible differences… this new Monster has no magic, and still harbours hatred and violence in their all-too-Human heart. All Monsterkind must be wary of these creatures… and of course they must be wary of causing them, too.
If a Monster bites a Human, and the Human survives the encounter, that Human is at risk of becoming… a werewolf. Perhaps this change is because Dog Monsters most often make the mistake of using bite attacks. Nobody has done documented research on the matter because werewolves are universally dangerous. Monster SOULs need love, hope, and compassion to exist.
Human SOULs can exist without any of those. Therefore the Monster that is a werewolf is the most monstrous Monster in all of existence. Any existing traits in a Human SOUL are amplified when that Human is in their Monster form. Though their SOULs cannot be absorbed by a Monster in this state, they can use Monster SOULs to perform magnified deeds. It is imperative that no Monster ever uses a bite attack against a Human…
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Challenge #02355-F165: A Peculiar Friendship
It had waited 3 hours for her. It had planned it’s attack for days on end. It knew exactly how to take her down, and it would have already done it, if not for one question.
“Are you scared too?” – Anon Guest
Ze who hesitates is lost, – Ancient wisdom.
Unfortunately for Grethagh, terror of the darkness, it was remembered too late. This was its first hunt, and taking its time to enjoy it had seemed like a rational choice. Now? Not so much. Because a question had to be answered. Because the rule book said nothing about telling the truth. Because nobody was ever supposed to survive a monster attack… Grethagh, terror of the darkness had said, “Uh. A little? I mean. I’m nervous about this. It’s my first night.”
Nicole said, “Oh, man, that is an entire mood. Like. First day on the job? I got off at the wrong station, but I don’t have enough to get to the right station. And then I figure, hey, it’s only five blocks, I can walk that. It’s dark, I’ve lost my phone service because of the clouds or something, and I’m pretty sure I took a wrong turn and then… here we are.”
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Challenge #02323-F133: And Then They Kiss
You cannot tell me that there wasn’t at least a SMALL group of humans who took one look at the Karmorp'se and got super happy! There are people who LOVE horror movie monsters! I bet SOMEONE was excited! – Anon Guest
[AN: This prompt references this thing for those of you who don’t want to do an archive trawl]
Humans have an astonishing number of sayings about their own mating habits. Just one is: Love is many things, none of them logical. Many Humans will acknowledge that love is, indeed, strange. At least when it’s coming from Humans.
The discovery of the Karmorp'se lead to three general reactions. The primary one being disgust since the species model represented a mangled Human zombie. Secondary were the jokers and comedians who immediately formed a thousand and one semi-polite and outright impolite forms of alleged humour based entirely around the Karmorp'se’s appearance. Then, the third and most unlikely group of Human reactions surfaced. Those who, despite everything, still wanted to mate with them.
The more Galactic saying about Humankind is very true. If there exists a cogniscent body model, there is a Human somewhere that will wonder about the mating potential. They can, have, and will apply their genitalia to anyone. There is no such thing as a non-Human that is not attractive to some Human, somewhere. It was… amazingly shocking to everyone except the Humans.
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Challenge #01868-E044: The Stepford House — Steemit
It was almost a cliché, really. Lost traveller, wicked storm. Can’t stay out in this mess. Would it be too much trouble? And then, inevitably, it was.
The family seemed perfectly normal. Which instantly raised his hackles. Absolutely nobody, anywhere, was perfectly normal. They were affluent, but the entire family had the time to enjoy themselves at whatever they wanted. They could have whatever they wanted. They could do whatever they wanted.
And then the Doctor asked the Question. “Are you all happy?” And the answer was in the father’s eyes.
They lied when he said, “Of course we’re happy. We have everything we need.”
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Challenge #01723-D262: Family is…?
I did not give that spider superhuman intelligence – @recklessprudence
Klaus looked at the spider. She was wearing a crinoline made out of her own silk. He turned back to Lord Falderil. “Really?”
“Absolutely not,” insisted Lord Falderil. His lab had every known piece of intelligence-augmenting equipment known to Spark-kind and a few more that he had evidently made himself. “She was already intelligent. I’ve been augmenting myself so that I can keep up.”
The giant spider, named Spinnerette, delicately put down her teacup. “I understand how this is confusing, Herr Baron,” she said. Her voice was not smooth, but rather like shaped buzzing. Her mandibles were not made for human speech. And yet, she spoke the lingua franca admirably well. “I was sent to this reality from another one where insects rule. Papa found me and raised me as his own. And when he realised I was intelligent, he began my education.”