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A character with newly-acquired superpowers moves away from their tiny hometown to put their crime-fighting skills to better use. Turns out, the biggest challenge is fitting into city life.
Write a story using this unusual character/scenario combination.
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“Are you dumb?”
Kelly blinks blankly at the older woman in line behind her. Stammers trying to think of a clever retort.
“Are you dumb?” The lady repeats stepping forward.
Kelly is anxious. She’s never been in a bodega before. In Ohio, they had to make their own sandwiches and no one had heard of a bacon egg and cheese.
She looks to cook for help. “Look,” he says in a thick Brooklyn accent,...
[Oasis Outpost, Central Wasteland]
{Dustin’s point of view}
Electricity cracked overhead as his father groaned in the front seat. Dustin started to wake, his vision a blurred mess. Shaking his head he could make out two or three figure’s outside the car in the darkness. Both his parents unresponsive as he felt a tinge of pain across his right leg and right arm.
The electricity above let a b...
I’ve had superpowers since I was born. Well, I think I did. I found out about seven years ago, when I was five. I used to live in a farmhouse with my family. I just started floating one night and eventually learnt how to control it. It started getting harder when I found out my other powers. I almost got caught using super speed, and accidentally burnt the house down when I was ten, killing everyo...
The tall brick buildings towered over her as she made her way to the city center where Adrian would live and fight crime for the foreseeable future. This place couldn’t be further from her upbringing, but with new-found super human powers comes greater responsibility and with it, risk.
She knew she had to act like she knew what she was doing, but inside her guts churned like a wooden wheel. Th...
“Oops! sorry!”
“Watch it, freak!”
“I’m not a freak, bitch.”
“What was that?” The pale girl barks, “Do you know who I am?”
“Hm, don’t care.”
“You little—!”
Too slow, Lola’s running away now. You’d think being a secret superhero, you wouldn’t have petty fights with strangers, but..this is New York.
And if she happens to see that girl who just yelled at her getting robbed? She better beg fo...
I used to think that I would love to move away from my hometown. Once I got the ability of telekinesis, I knew it was time to move on. I had just finished college and was looking for my next adventure in life. So why not the big city? Well, here’s why not.
It is terrible. Traffic is horrible everyday. And I’m not talking about vehicle traffic. It’s foot traffic, too. Some people are so rude. You ...
It’s finally happening!
After months of training and preparation, I’m finally moving out to the big city. I saved as much money as I could and Ma and Pa gave me the money they had been saving for me to go to college.
“You won’t be needing to go to school anymore, I reckon.” Pa said, with a heavy sigh.
He always could sigh with the best of them.
“No one’s askin ya to be a hero though, son. I...
Come morning, Devon’s eyes ached and stung from the second sleepless day he’d had. The city was unforgiving, almost as much as he was. His head throbbed and pleaded for some shut eye but there was no time to be sorrowful about his loss of his precious naps; there were more important things.
Growing up in the country was easy compared to the life he’d now lived. Early morning rising, fed the cows ...
A whole $12 for a coffee! God, I hate this place.
I fumbled around in my pocket in search of the credit card that should be there. As much as I wanted to reject the ridiculousness of it all and boycott the coffee, I knew I needed it. Last night had been a tough one. I had been up all night doing my best to put my powers to use. Months ago, back when I first discovered my powers, I had vowed to d...
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