《Mystery Contests & Writing Prompts》Contest #18 | Spooky September | CLOSED
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A Virtual Invasion
An invasion from another dimension is shut down by an Empire's traitor and the world has a scant few decades to build the strength to resist a multidimensional Empire. How will the world fair when no one even knows its doom is one barred gate away? Fortunately, the traitor has a plan. Maybe with a bit of luck and planning, he can build a force to defend the world without anyone realizing it. Author's Thoughts: What is litRPG (From wikipedia) - LitRPG, short for Literary Role Playing Game, is a literary genre combining the conventions of MMORPGs with science-fiction fantasy novels.[1] LitRPG is a literary genre where games or game-like challenges form an essential part of the story. A LitRPG work simultaneously narrates the story of characters inside and outside of the game-world. At least some of the characters in a LitRPG novel therefore understand that they are playing a game: they are 'meta-aware'. So, while Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is a fantasy novel, a book about people creating avatars and interacting in a Lord of the Rings MMORPG would be a LitRPG novel.Why do I read them? You know, I am not too sure. I love MMOs. I played them, quit them, joined up and repeated the cycle. They are fun! They are a massive waste of time but so are most games. Do I want to read about someone else playing them? Sort of?The advent of VR and the possibility of VR someday becoming so immersive that you can't tell them from reality sets the imagination on fire. What if this could be life? But most stories fall short. At the end of the day the protagonist hangs up his VR helmet and goes to have dinner with his mom and dad or other family and it becomes meaningless. It's like the story that ends because the main character woke up and nothing you read matters.There have been some books that explore the concept of the intersection of reality and total immersion VR. Enders Game is a classic. There were a few others that escape me but they exist, however, the cross between the game and reality is weak.So what if the game was real? The technology needed for total immersion VR is so advanced that by the time we reach that goal technology should have naturally evolved to include several items. You must have direct neural input. You simply can't have a total immersion (all senses and perfect presence) experience without this basic prerequisite. If you have direct neural access, you can probably do neat things like feed knowledge and skills directly to that person. You can undoubtedly do many horrible things as well. Muscles are controlled by the brain. If you control the brain why would you let the body just sit there and rot? A person that sits unmoving for 24 hours a day will have their body whither away just like a coma patient. However, if you control the brain you could control the muscles. On a basic level, this would be isometric impulses, working muscle group against muscle group to avoid atrophy. Taken to its logical conclusion you would be able to gain muscle mass and program muscle memory. The flip side is that you could remote control their body... but let's not go there. So what would people do if it were real? Well, they would probably limit and regulate it since the drawbacks are very obvious. Even if you look at the basic aspects of this you can see some negative possibilities. Look at the Sword Art Online anime. Personally, I think they missed the boat by putting a bomb in the VR helmet. Do you really need a bomb when you have direct access to the brain?So what kind of events would you need to have a situation where the obvious drawbacks haven't been explored? Maybe a society where the advancement of technology has so far outstripped the explorations of its applications that ignorance was truly bliss? Okay, so I had to put in an alien invasion to kickstart the premise, but that was just one of the possibilities.
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FORCED (KTHXJJK)
Where Taehyung and Jungkook were once close but business tore them apart leading them to become enemies today. Their companies were at risk so the both set of parents made an alliance with each other to have them married, thinking they were still best friends. They both agreed after an argument to protect their companies and families.How will they survive around each other?Will they be able to keep the act of being in love in front of the world and parents?Would things in their lives change forever?Includes:SMUTOffensive LanguageMale PregnancyTop Tae!Bottom Kook!
8 139 - In Serial27 Chapters
Tribe of fang
A man born into the wrong world forgotten and kicked to the side by his family was given a second chance to live his life the right way, the way he always dreamed...Right? With his new found family and the new and exciting encounters with this world. Though it may be a little off... This is the story of Fang and his wonderful adventures in his new found world. ~ I have a random way of writing some of it may change as the chapters go on but all try my best to make it interesting and go back and edit for a final version. I hope you guys like it. Feel free to leave me suggestions in comments of the chapters. Though I also plan to write this story for a pretty long ass time so you guys are stuck with my writing style until get better. :P
8 152 - In Serial14 Chapters
Demon Prince Familiar
A saint is executed for helping a demon and in his soul form remembers his previous life on earth where he was fan of light novels and when god asks for his fives whises as reward for his saintly deeds he aims to live a fantasy style life of light novels.guys this is my first try on writing novel so I am sorry in advance if make some mistakes.Warning: May contain mature contents in futures. Of what kind though I am not entirely sure.
8 225 - In Serial29 Chapters
Talk Juicy To Me
When Oliver Thomas calls his best friend to tell him about the best lay of his life, he doesn't expect a girl to answer it. Much less the girl who was the best lay of his life. "Hel-" "Holy shit. Where the hell were you dude? I've been trying to call you since morning." "I-" "It doesn't bloody matter. Caleb, I, Oliver Thomas had the best fucking lay of my life last night." "Oliver?" "Uhh-" "I'm glad you think I was good." "Shit."_____________________________________________HIGHEST RANKING #2 in Short Story #1 in Call #2 in the Dialogue Series • This story comes packed with a lot of innuendos, sarcastic girl remarks and a protagonists who seems absolutely delectable and probably tops the chart alongside Channing Tatum*you have been warned
8 136 - In Serial34 Chapters
Locked In (Jayda & Pooh Shiesty Story)
When Chicago and Memphis Link Up....This is what you get🖤
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