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    "Many stages in Eridian reproductive process. Rocky Adrian laying cycles finally sync up recently. So, Rocky Adrian think finally time for eggs. Adrian lay five eggs, very good. Only, strange thing happen. Rocky only lay one egg."

    “Oh,” I say. “That’s unusual, right?”

    "Very," Rocky hums.

    My throat tightens. "Does that mean there's something wrong? Are you sick?"

    Rocky makes a gesture I usually interpret as "not exactly". "Not sick," he says. "But doctors still worry. When Eridian start to make fewer eggs, this usually means laying period of life is over soon. Rocky very young for this. Rocky supposed to be in ideal time of life for laying. Rocky younger than Adrian, even." He shifts on three of his feet. Already, my mind is racing ahead, wondering -- "Doctors told Rocky to ask Grace, is this radiation side effect, question?"

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    19 May 2026

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    It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.

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    17 May 2026

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    Living on a spaceship with an alien that exclusively speaks in song can really recontextualize karaoke for a guy.

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    15 May 2026

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    In loco parentis (Latin): "in the place of a parent." A legal term denoting the responsibility of an institution or individual for a child in the absence of the child's parent or guardian. In education, this responsibility is shared between the school and the teacher.

    Some teachers take it to heart more than others.

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    12 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 60

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    351 years after the launch of the Hail Mary, an alien spaceship landed in Redwood National Park.

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    08 May 2026

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    'Why born sick?'

    Parent touches the circle on their arm. They do that a lot when they're sad.

    'Parent and mate not supposed to have clutch. Tried many times, but cells didn't fix selves. Finally, Parent fix. Was enough for little while, but was not enough.'

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    08 May 2026

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    Rocky visits Grace's life support quarters with some exciting news, some time into his recovery on Erid---the biodome habitat has finally been completed.

    It takes a step through the airlock and sinks down into rough sand and pebbles. I chirp and hop down after it. Grace has not seen the biodome yet, but neither have I, and in my enthusiasm I dart slightly ahead.

    Grace inhales so sharply that I turn to hear him better in a panic. “Grace? Grace, what is wrong? You are hurt?”

    My assumption is quickly corrected when, without warning, it bolts.

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    06 May 2026

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    “Sleep. I watch,” he warbles from his post at the door. The first thing he’s said to me in hours. We haven’t talked about anything yet, aside from his pushing to prove I wasn’t hiding more contraband. I scowl at him.

    “Don’t want to.” I feel like one of my kids with the level of petulance that seeps into my voice. I miss my kids. I miss having a place. I have a place here, I need to accept it’s just… Different. Still, I’m not gonna listen to Rocky right now.

    Rocky grumbles at me. “Scientists say Grace hasn’t slept in 32.6 hours.” Jeez, has it really been that long? I don’t think I’ve had an all-nighter that bad since college. “Cognitive impairment begins after only 24. Bad decisions, dangerous thoughts like you mention. Why you are sick.”

    “You left me.” I didn’t mean to say that. Too late.

    or Grace is having a hard time adjusting to life on Erid, and it only gets worse when Rocky disappears. They work it out.

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    06 May 2026

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    Having all of human entertainment on board means that Grace finally has the time to try some of the video games that his kids kept recommending to him. He could use something cozy.

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    I was playing Stardew Valley and noticed what the rock crabs look like. Oh dear.

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    02 May 2026

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    When Stratt opens her eyes to the achingly, depressingly familiar Hail Mary crew coma bag, when she becomes aware of tubes and medical equipment and robotic arms, she should be confused, or angry, or terrified. Instead, the only thought she can manage is yes, this seems fair.

    Stratt wakes up on the Hail Mary in Ilyukhina's spot.

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    02 May 2026

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    “Think of it in this way: suppose I make two statements. Statement one: “After I die, I shall be reborn as a baby… but I shall forget my former life.” Statement two: “After I die… a baby will be born.” Now, I believe that those two statements are saying exactly the same thing.”

    —Alan Watts



    Grace and Rocky watch a movie.


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    02 May 2026

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    Soulmate AU where destiny is weirder than expected.

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    02 May 2026

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    With Aperture’s financial situation spiraling out of control, Cave Johnson goes on the test track to demonstrate the portal device himself as a do-it-yourself PR stunt to win over investors and give Aperture the upper hand over Black Mesa. Caroline assists by monitoring his progress through the test chambers. But is everything as it seems?

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    26 Apr 2026

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    The last time he felt soil, real soil, there was a knee in his back.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Adrian, Grace, and Rocky go on a hike!

    Partially inspired by the Arthur C Clarke story of the same name.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Sometimes, when Rocky is sleeping, Grace can’t help but wonder what would have happened if Rocky hadn’t been here. It’s not a fun reality to ponder. While part of him gives a weak assurance that he would have figured something out, he knows that isn’t true. Because Rocky is his reason to figure something out.

    Then his mind flips the script. What if Grace had never shown up? Rocky would have been out here, alone. A single Eridian on a big ship, with no one to watch him sleep.

    And just when he’s about to sooth his mind with the fact that neither of those things came to pass, a new scenario sprouts unbidden from his mind. What if someone else arrives after Rocky and him leave?

    What if they get here, and they’re all alone.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Alien crossover fic. Human visitors to Erid accidentally picked up the xenomorph on the way. When the human ship stops sending transmissions, Grace and the Eridians go to investigate, unaware of the nightmare they're stepping into.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Why you so surprised, question?” Rocky asks. “How long do humans live, question?"

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    26 Apr 2026

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    “Grace safe now,” Rocky repeated. “Grace safe with Rocky.”

    Of course he was safe here -- or as safe as an untrained astronaut could be on a jury-rigged ship rocketing through deep space on a mission he only half understood with his alien best friend, anyway. But there had been a time…

    He wasn’t ready to say it out loud. Not yet. Maybe not ever. But part of him was sure he’d experienced… something. Something worse than being held down, sedated, and then forced into a suicide mission. Something really bad. Something unspeakable.

    (Grace has nightmares. He starts to piece together what happened to him before he left academia.)

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    26 Apr 2026

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    Unit Communication Log:
    SecUnit Two: Atmospheric conditions optimal.
    SecUnit One: ...
    SecUnit One: Indeed.

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    18 Sep 2025

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