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  1. Public Bookmark 81

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    He had a seizure. Grace had a seizure.

    He didn't know he had those. When was the last time he had one? He can't remember. He can't even remember hitting the floor.

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    09 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    Turns out gender is complicated.
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    Ryland Grace's long hair is getting in the way but he is reluctant to cut it.

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    01 Sep 2026

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    A series of short fics exploring Grace and Rocky's friendship, among other things. (Each chapter is its own story; I just wanted to have them all in one place.)

    Chapter 1: Rocky thinks humans are equally disgusting and cute. Somehow, through it all, Grace reminds him of home.
    Chapter 2: Rocky can pick Grace up easily, and Rocky thinks it is very funny. Rocky and Grace tease each other.
    Chapter 3: Eridians bring Grace their babies for him to see, and Grace learns about Eridian culture/religion. Grace is also bad at taking compliments.
    Chapter 4: Rocky makes Grace celebration jewelry. Later, Grace gets a similar gift from Adrian.
    Chapter 5: Grace and Rocky tease each other, and Rocky is introduced to the idea of throwing things at your friends. He decides that humans are odd, but maybe aren't all that bad.
    Chapter 6: Grace tries to convince Rocky to swim, but Eridians don’t typically like deep water because they are heavy and will sink/drown. Grace learns about some Eridian mythology.
    Chapter 7: Grace talks about the lack of support teachers have on Earth. Rocky is confused by this.

    [This has a limit, so new chapters will have their description at the beginning of the chapter instead]

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    22 Aug 2026

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    The adventures of Ryland's deteriorating mental and physical health on the way to Erid, and beyond.
    Computa, give this guy panic attacks.

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    22 Aug 2026

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    “Um, hello.” Rocky lifts a hand slowly. The rock spider chitters and attempts to lift one back. But it’s tangled in wire, and the force that the alien uses to tug it free sends his body reeling backwards and thumping against the side of the tunnel. Rocky tries to keep a straight face.

    “I’ll call you Grace,” he says. “Clearly you have plenty of it.”

    ...

    Rocky wakes up in the Tau Ceti system, with his commander and science specialist dead. How's he supposed to save Earth?

    Befriend the alien scientist he runs into, of course.

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    22 Aug 2026

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    Awareness drifts back to him in fragments. One of the first things he identifies is that he hurts—his arms and legs ache something fierce, his brain throbbing in his skull. His whole body is sore, as though he’d just finished running a marathon. Which…which he wouldn’t know, actually. He’s only ever managed a 5k at best—there’d been a walkathon fundraiser at Grover Cleveland Middle, years ago. He’s not much of a runner, more of a biker, and not by choice.

    His eyes flutter open, then, almost of their own accord. Everything’s blurry and far-away, as though he’s squinting through a tunnel to see it. His glasses are gone. He’s horizontal, sprawled out with his legs twisted awkwardly underneath him, lying on what feels like the floor. It’s cold and hard and presses uncomfortably against the side of his face. Something lukewarm and wet has pooled against his cheek, gathered around the corner of his mouth.

    What…?

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    20 Aug 2026

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    “So, I was thinking about why I’ve been throwing up. I think some of it is the actual, physical properties of the taumoeba, but I honestly think half the battle is the taste. See, humans use smell and taste to tell us if food is going to make us sick, like it’s moldy or smells weird, that sends a signal for disgust to our brains to stop us from eating it, and that triggers nausea.”

    “I feel this way about all human food,” I say, and Grace rolls its eyes.

    “Sure. But I think my brain is being overprotective about the taumoeba. It’s the same reason why human kids get picky or people throw up during pregnancy, even when the food they’re eating is perfectly edible. My brain is signalling to me that I shouldn’t want it in my body, mostly because -- well, I don’t. It smells like mildew and algae and has the texture of chia seed pudding that was forgotten at the back of a fridge. But that’s making me nauseous when I even think about putting it in my mouth, which makes me more likely to throw up.”

    “But how would you eat without using your mouth?” I ask.

    Grace grins at me. “That, my friend, is exactly the question I’ve been asking myself. And I think the answer might be something called a nasogastric tube."

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    17 Aug 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 87

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    14 Aug 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 35

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    Olesya grinned happily, her fingers still around Robert’s wrist. “We have new big brother!”

    “Hello?” Robert finally spoke, he was oddly enough only mildly confused and more surprised.

     
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    Bob gets adopted and now he’s Grace and Ilyukhina’s older brother, they talk feelings and Grace and Stratt nearly get killed

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    14 Aug 2026

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    Five times Stratt’s Team finds out that Ryland Grace has many more talents that extend outside of science and one time they found something he’s really bad at.

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    14 Aug 2026

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    Izuku Midoriya is good at hiding his secrets. Shouta Aizawa is better at uncovering them.

     

    ...or the series where Aldera is revealed to be a shit school, Izuku deals with his trauma, and Aizawa goes on a warpath to protect his Problem Child.

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    11 Aug 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 40

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    A documentary crew reaches out to some of the people whose lives were touched by Ryland Grace

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    30 Jul 2026

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    Grace turns 122…

    …and he's pretty sure he shouldn't be alive.

    No matter how much Rocky insists on the effectiveness of Eridian vitamins.

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    30 Jul 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 7

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    A nightmare forces Grace to reveal his most shameful secret to Rocky.

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    27 Jul 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 21

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    Rocky has given me a piece of jewellery, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

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    26 Jul 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 40

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    I turn my wavering attention to the Taumoeba farms, running through the motions to make sure each of them is functioning properly. It's a routine process, and I've done it enough times by now that I could do this in my sleep. Before long, I've finished doing all the checks, and I'm left again with nothing to occupy my mind with except thoughts of the myriad ways I could die on the trip to Erid interspersed with visions of my brains splattering across the walls of the storage room.

    Huh. A bit gruesome, but nothing that hasn't come to mind before.

    (or, Grace struggles with suicidal ideation on the journey to Erid. Rocky's the bestest friend though and tries to help <3)

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    26 Jul 2026

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    Rocky thinks, for a moment, and then says, "Need word. Mate but friend."

    I blink. Surely that's just, "Friend?"

    "No, know friend. Need friend but more. Friend meaning-intensifier deepest-affection-indicator legal-obligation-indicator."

    Fun fact: Rocky's language (Not the only one Eridians have! But they don't have quite as many as Earth, presumably because they live so much longer. Or maybe because their memories are so good, I don't know, I'm not a linguist) loves declension. It's a real pity Ilyukhina isn't here, she would definitely be picking it all up quicker than I am.

    "Uh," I say. "Partner, I guess? But that's not exclusively platonic, and you aren't usually… married? Eridians marry friends?"

    "Some friends," Rocky says, as if the distinction should be obvious. "Best friends. Most best friends. Rocky marry Grace, question?"

    [rocky attempts to propose, and trips over some landmines buried in grace's psyche]

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    26 Jul 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 28

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    Valentine’s Day is a human holiday involving saints, capitalism, and emotional pressure.

    Rocky does not see the problem.
    Rocky sees a solution.

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    15 Jul 2026

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    For Grace, touch is comfort.

    For Rocky, it’s proof of life.

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    07 Jul 2026

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    The story of sharkfiinn’s character Prism and their adoptive mom Grace ^^

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    02 Jul 2026

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