snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to sample a star by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
15 May 2026
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“If you could bottle up a star, which one would you choose?” Grace suddenly blurted out.
He grimaced. Thankfully for him, Simon was as awkward as him when it came to talking, and the only thing he got was a raised eyebrow.
“That’s a stupid question."
“Indulge me on that one, please."
“I don’t know…" Simon shrugged, "As long as it's a star, I'd get it before it disappeared. I have no preferences."
Or: Simon misses the stars, the one from his own universe. Even if they're here, on the Hail Mary, it doesn't feel the same somehow. They look too far away to fully grasp in his hands. Hearing this, Grace tries to gift him something in an attempt to cheer him up.
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- Part 1 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to paint the eyes by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 May 2026
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Books talked about beautiful colours. Blue, Purple, Green, Orange, Yellow, White…
Unfortunately, they didn't exist at the bottom of the blood ocean.
He knew of only three colours. Yellow, grey, and red.
Or: Simon's world was a bleak, dark world, literally so. That is, until Ryland Grace comes, with his pink, and his green, and his blue and his everything.
In short: just a small story in colours.
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- Part 2 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to fill an aid kit by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
03 Jun 2026
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Grace screamed when he carelessly put his hands in his pockets and it came out bloody, liquid seeping under his nails.
"What is happening?! Where does this blood comes from?!" he shrieked in a high-pitched voice.
Or: Grace has a soulmate. The question is: why are they sending him more and more gruesome things? He doesn't need blood?! And why did a piece of torn cloth appear in the Mary all of the sudden!! Was this a cry of help or a warning his soulmate was about to kill him? Hello, mixed signals here???
Orrr: an AU in which sometimes, soulmates' things mysteriously find themselves in each others' hands.
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- Part 3 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to fish in a tank by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
20 May 2026
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“I don’t even know what I'm looking at,” Grace finally blurted out after a long, stretched-out, silent minute.
“Rocky sees shape,” the Eridian unhelpfully supplied. “Small. Aquarium."
But! An aquarium supposedly held fish inside! Or sea creatures! That wasn't anything Grace had ever seen.
It looked like a monster.
Probably was, considering how they… acquired that thing.
Grace shuddered at the reminder.
Or: Grace and Rocky have a new resident aboard the Hail Mary. It's not human, and it's not happy to be contained inside a box.
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- Part 4 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to hear the devil's voice by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
16 May 2026
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It suddenly dawned on him that the voice, wherever it sounded, wasn't that of a woman's.
"You're not Ava..." Simon whispered.
"No, that name doesn't feel right," the voice answered immediately. Clearer and closer to him, as if it was said just beside him.
He jerked to the side and scrambled out of his chair and dashed to towards where the button was, mashing it with the side of his fist. The photo didn't take long, but what he saw was still a dark vastness. A tunnel stretching ahead. Nothing else.
"No, I'm not that either, thank god," the voice said in a light tone
Or: Simon hears a voice while in the SM-13, trapped inside the blood ocean. The speaker is still broken, and there is a man's voice speaking to him. What the hell is going on?
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- Part 5 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to befriend a fox by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
22 May 2026
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Grace spots it instantly as his ship passes by.
It is a small red planet, barely bigger than his current ship. Perfectly round if not for the huge yellow tree that sprouts out of the small reddish soil. It floats inside the galaxy. There's a humanoid silhouette resting against it.
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- Part 6 of snippets of a gruelling life in space
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to escape death by starto_rest
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 Jun 2026
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The damage had been done.
They didn't even have a gun anymore.
Grace had to use Ilyukhina's knife.
Or: Zombie Apocalypse AU, Grace has to survive and makes a few interesting discoveries along the way...
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- Part 7 of snippets of a gruelling life in space