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The Power and Thrill of Naming: Gusto

Here it comes.  

Go for the gusto.  Back to the Power and Thrill of Naming Things of old.  Brains, braying, and a baker's dozen of random prompts.

1.)  Rebel spaceship names
  • Brash Darter
  • Sword of Truth
  • Razor's Wit
  • Last Jump
  • Bauble Beyond Grasp

2.) Types of dark dwarf golems
  • Adamantium invoker
  • Obsidian smasher
  • Quicksilver infiltrator
  • Ingot defender
  • Charcoal firebomb

3.)  Opening lines of cosmic horror novel
  • "The sun burned out in less than three minutes."
  • "The ones that finally showed themselves screamed with no mouths."
  • "It's confirmed.  All twenty-seven pocket universes we've surveyed are dead realities."
  • "Isle-of-the-Chattering-Beyond stirred itself, stretching appendages that blotted out the nearby galaxies."
  • "Dr. Anderson's mind dissolved into buzzing static as the world-virus took over another planet."

4.)  Character flaws of a demi-god protagonist
  • Insecure: only uses his powers when no one else is around
  • Amnesia: forgets her identity at random intervals
  • Cursed: pantheon of gods are out to get him
  • Pacifist: won't use her powers for conflict
  • Eccentric: he treats the whole of reality as a chance for practical jokes

5.)  Spells of a xenomancer
  • Call of the Void
  • Twisted Taxonomy
  • Wall of Pseudo-thorns
  • Maws of the Frozen Moons
  • Unearthly Plague

6.)  Sub-types of Martians in War of the Worlds sequel
  • Scryer: diminutive form able to telepathically read human thoughts
  • Fusiform: aerodynamic form with flying capabilities
  • Inline: technological form than can connect to machines using neural cords
  • Apejack: shapeshifting form able to pass as physically human
  • Wyremind: leadership form that can control other sub-types

7.)  Antagonist lairs for paranormal thrillers
  • Abandoned concentration camp
  • Rusted cargo ship beached on a desolate island
  • Half-built skyscraper
  • Sunken graveyard
  • Secret Soviet-era bunker

8.)  Vital item fought over in post-apocalyptic video game
  • Insulin (everyone is diabetic due to a biotech disaster)
  • Bullets (every shot counts!)
  • Miracle grain (only reliable crop that can survive the radioactive wasteland)
  • Batteries (only way to light up the dark and keep the monstrosities away)
  • Flash Drives (contain security codes to allow access to secure bunkers)

9.)  Sidekicks for reluctant superheroes
  • Buzz-boy, with the ability to synthesize caffeine directly into his bloodstream
  • The Amazing Forking Timeline, with the ability to detect when another's actions will result in failure
  • Gigasword, with the ability to summon a magic sword bigger than she can lift
  • Lenselancer, with the ability to magnify her vision up to 100x
  • The Living Castle, with the ability to become invulnerable but unable to move 

10.)  Artifacts in a cabinet of curiosities for a wandering cosmic adventurer
  • Winston Churchill's prison journal from an alternate timeline where the Allies lost WWII
  • Surgically removed appendix of an elder god
  • A jar with three pieces of candy in it, labeled "DON'T EAT, PARAGNOMIC"
  • A cube made out of a single, massive diamond
  • Gloves with the carved heads of unidentified humanoids on each finger

11.)  Bizarre, newly discovered dinosaurs
  • Fluviceratops: a semi-aquatic ceratopsian
  • Macropachycephalosaurus: a massive pachycephalosaurid rivaling the size of the largest hadrosaurs
  • Lanceavenator: a spinosaurid with a long, bony projection from its chin used for spearing prey
  • Currenscastellum: a bipedal ankylosaurid 
  • Amblypygidosaurus: a sauropod with an extremely short tail

12.)  New countries in 2100
  • Nipponmaris (moon colony) 
  • The Floating Republic of California
  • New Svalbard
  • South Madagascar
  • United Nambostwana

13.)  Appetizers created via nuclear technology
  • Beryllium-split sundae
  • Fusion garlic boneless wings
  • Relativistic nachos and salsa
  • Fission steak bites, al pastor
  • Island-of-stability loaded fries

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