The prompt thread

[Joshua Bernstein]

A thread to share prompts for thread beginnings or for plots!

-Character inadvertently comes into contact with something they're allergic to
-Tried to vacuum, but the bag was too full and it exploded all over the room Character was trying to clean
-At the coffee shop when a water pipe breaks
-Or the coffee machine explodes
-Character receives the wrong paper back from their teacher
-GROUP POWER TRAINING. Either the trainer or students are new and the trainer gets the students' powers wrong and tries to train them on the wrong power

[Dennis Pautler]

-late night shift commiserating

[Colton Bryan]

-shifting and a animal control officer takes you to a pound, possibly even leaving them there for a night.

[Joshua Bernstein]

-Older student trying to convince more gullible peers that the library is haunted, possibly with the help of powers of illusion or sound manipulation or telekinesis or something like that. GHOST HUNT ENSUES

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

^reading dryope's idea and imaging the ghost hunt going on whilst Terrence is in the library and everyone scares the crap out of each other~ xD

[Stefan Spencer]

- make a giant slip n slide in the hallways of the dorm
- blind dates get mixed up
- sleepwalking student
- a student sets all the clocks in half of the classrooms either ahead or behind a half and the other half the opposite
- a fire drill (planned or unplanned)
- a student makes pot filled brownies, they get confiscated and accidentally end up in the staff lounge

[Levi Green]

Since I'm a huge fan of random generators, here's a list of 50 random events you can find outside, edited from this list.

1. A bird poops on someone’s head
2. Cats chasing each other dart past
3. “Please watch this backpack for me, just for a minute.”
4. Birds of prey circling overhead
5. Someone tries to scam the characters in the thread
6. Beggar asks for a donation
7. Children pester the characters
8. Stumble onto amorous teens
9. Child looking for pet dog
10. Street vendor (food, drink, trinkets, etc.)
11. Drunken fist fight
12. Stumble on lover’s quarrel
13. “Recognized” by a drunk
14. Street performer(s)
15. Protestors
16. Kids playing game (hide ‘n seek)
17. Mother looking for child
18. An minor car accident causes a gridlock
19. Roof tile falls, barely missing party
20. Approached by prostitute(s)
21. Injured bird lies helpless
22. Customer angry with shopkeeper
23. Character is stung by a bee
24. A very friendly cat appears
25. Parent scolding child on the sidewalk
26. Find a penny
27. Street preacher accosts the characters
28. Two religious processions meet head-on
29. Find a twenty
30. Suddenly, rain
31. Someone steps in gum
32. Someone steps in poop
33. Someone stomps in nearby puddle–splash!
34. Unconscious stranger on side of road
35. Old ring is sticking out of the dirt
36. One person has an intense itch
37. Someone famous passes by on the other side of the street
38. Two hooded people whisper on street corner
39. A strong, young, healthy beggar asks for coin
40. A politician on a box of soap during a speech makes eye contact with a PC
41. Political activists on parade beckon the PCs to join
42. A small bird egg drops out of a nest from above and land intact nearby
43. A visitor stops to ask for directions to an interesting place
44. A vendor bends over to vomit and people point and laugh
45. A garbage bin rattles; inside is a tied sack of kittens
46. A depressed bard asks sing-song, rhetorical questions of the PCs
47. A woman with too much fashion going on breaks her shoe and stumbles into a PC
48. A man gets down on one knee and proposes, drawing a crowd and knotting traffic
49. A person passed out from too much drink, looted, with writing on forehead
50. Free samples!

[Jacob Tapper]

Aug 13, 2014 0:08:04 GMT -5 Stefan Spencer said:

- a student makes pot filled brownies, they get confiscated and accidentally end up in the staff lounge

Oh my God, yes Who will do this with me tbh

[Stefan Spencer]

I might be interested...but I have to play a little catch up from Holiday MIA-ness before I start new threads.

[Josie Raines]

Dec 17, 2015 12:30:44 GMT -5 Jacob Tapper said:

Aug 13, 2014 0:08:04 GMT -5 Stefan Spencer said:

- a student makes pot filled brownies, they get confiscated and accidentally end up in the staff lounge

Oh my God, yes Who will do this with me tbh

If this actually happens I'll put Josie in, should be a laugh and a half

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Dec 30, 2015 19:07:35 GMT -5 Josie Raines said:

Dec 17, 2015 12:30:44 GMT -5 Jacob Tapper said:

Oh my God, yes Who will do this with me tbh

If this actually happens I'll put Josie in, should be a laugh and a half

I am also interested in this thread.

[Marnie Sullivan]

Aw yiss let's do it

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Jan 13, 2016 13:13:51 GMT -5 Marnie Sullivan said:

Aw yiss let's do it

Would you be willing to start it for the rest of us?

[Marnie Sullivan]

If I start, the explanation of how the brownies ended up in the staff room won't be in the intro because Josie wouldn't eat any if she knew what was in them. If that's not an issue then sure!

[Dr. Sean Neville]

Jan 13, 2016 13:38:33 GMT -5 Marnie Sullivan said:

If I start, the explanation of how the brownies ended up in the staff room won't be in the intro because Josie wouldn't eat any if she knew what was in them. If that's not an issue then sure!

That's fine. We can always figure out how they ended up there in the middle of the thread.