Prompt 1: The story starts when your protagonist meets someone from the internet. Another character is a fortune-teller who needs someone to replace him/her.
If Professor Malcolm Tanner had to name one thing that he truly hated, one object that fueled his scorn more than anything else; it would be the internet. This wasn't because Malcolm was a technophobe, and he had absolutely no problem with the free exchange of ideas. Malcolm Tanner hated the internet because he was an English teacher. The horrid grammar and repeated spelling mistakes found on Facebook gave Malcolm pause to wonder if his efforts at teaching had made any difference at all. The issue that Malcolm found far more disturbing was the fact that Malcolm's students had access to millions of written works at the fingertips, his students that held less stringent ethical standards could produce a quality English assignment simply by using google, copy and then paste. This was what Malcom truly despised, how could he teach his students to be passionate about writing if they resort to letting the internet do their work for them? As a result, Malcolm avoided the internet as much as he possibly could, using it only to enter grades and answer email. This was how Malcolm preferred to use the internet and his teaching duties were the only reason that he even went online....until tonight.
This was as far as I got on this particular prompt. I will redouble my efforts on the next one
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