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  1. Public Bookmark 24

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    I still don’t really talk about Contact Thrum. But I want you to hear this from me, in my words, not from some crib sheet written by a security guard.

    Maybe it’s hard to say out loud, but I can write it down. I reckon I owe you that.

    Grace landed on Erid terrified of being treated as a specimen for experimentation – as a thing - and the Eridians worked tirelessly to ensure his safety and demonstrate it, too. Now, almost two years on, that dazed and outgrown paranoia is proven right.

    (This fic is part of a series but will stand alone.)

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    17 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 16

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    ‘What is two plus two?’

    The music was playing again. Lifting my head was like lifting the whole sky. Eventually I managed to look around to try to find whatever alarm clock the sound was coming from.

    There was a large glass hamster ball next to my bed. Inside was a stack of rocks. Weird. What the heck was that? Then it moved and I about pissed myself. It was like a mini spider rock golem and it was singing at me.

    “Aaaaaahhhfffriggedawygedawaygetaway get aawy ged away!” I tried to escape the monster but my limbs wouldn’t function so I only succeeded in rolling off the bed. “Oooowwwww,” I wheezed into the ground.

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    During the journey to Erid, Grace goes back into a coma to survive the trip. Unbeknownst to him, his assigned coma drug cocktail still includes the amnesia drug.

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    15 Sep 2026

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    Rocky has its work cut out for it, keeping its leaky space blob alive on the trip home. Grace has a long road of recovery to hobble down if he ever wants to leave his ghosts in the past. Follow both as they struggle to cope with their PTSD and a myriad of health issues together as they fight for their happy ending. 👎👎👎

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    15 Sep 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    “The science team cracked the third-letter vitamin!”

    The Eridians make a break-through.

    Grace makes a home.

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    15 Sep 2026

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    Sharing really sucks, but deep down, Grace knows he’s not the priority. And he shouldn’t be, either. Adrian was there first, waited for Rocky longer than Grace even knew him for. They’re his mate. A mate is always more important than a friend, and that’s fine.

    It doesn’t make Grace feel better. He gives up on his physical therapy, deciding instead to crawl back into bed. His muscles hurt anyways. The heart is a muscle too, he supposes.

    He feels worse with each second, and he allows himself to sob over a pain he’s not sure he understands.

    On Erid, there's no greater honour than to be song-bearer.

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    15 Sep 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 10

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    Trauma bonding and the threat of solitude are tested by increasingly severe health issues and worsening temperaments. As it turns out, Grace and Rocky will do a lot to keep each other.
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    Everything has its limits. These days I am constantly reminded of it--terminal velocity, terminal temperature, terminal illness--no matter what you change, it will only ever inch towards a predetermined value. I feel like I have crammed so much stress and angst into my brain over the past ten-thousand life threatening emergencies that it has groaned and whined like a rust-bucket trash compactor towards a point of stress that could literally break my sanity once and for all.

    I don’t know if my stress ever got this bad on Earth. Probably not; It seems to be the negative side effect of evading certain death, what I get for abusing the monkey’s paw. One more chance at life for another helping of crippling anxiety. Now that I’m three miraculous-survivals deep and somehow traveling to an alien planet, you can guess how well I’ve been sleeping.

    Hint: Not great.

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    15 Sep 2026

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    The coma slurry meant for Ryland Grace was laced with Stratt's memory drug. After their long journey to Erid, it is also the only remaining source of the nutrients his body needs to survive.

    Ryland Grace wakes up and doesn't remember anything. Again.

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    13 Sep 2026

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    Grace and Rocky’s unlikely friendship saved the day. They found the cure to save the stars. Their mission is done. Now, Grace thinks, they'll have to say goodbye.

    But Rocky has seen the signs: regardless of what Grace thinks, Earth is not safe. It's a hard decision to make- but he will keep Grace from harm.

    Even if it has to be against Grace's will.

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    13 Sep 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 72

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    I come to an uncomfortable conclusion. It settles like a weight in my stomach and rests there with a nauseating intensity.

    They are doing this on purpose.

    And that uncomfortable conclusion leads to another uncomfortable conclusion: the sampling isn't for my sake either. None of it is. They are testing me. They see an alien, and are treating it like a lab rat.

    Well.

    Fudge.

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    In which a group of Eridian scientists decide that research on human biology goes a lot faster when you add in a dash of unethical experimentation.

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    11 Sep 2026

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    Four years after arriving on Erid, Ryland Grace has built a life. He teaches pebbles, swims in his ocean, arguers with Rocky, and lets Adrian carry him when Erid's gravity gets too heavy. He feels like he is finally home.

    But not everyone on Erid sees him as a person. Some see a miracle. Some see a curiosity. Some see a treasure being kept behind sound dead walls.

    And someone inside Grace's dome has decided Erid deserves more than glimpses.

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    10 Sep 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 66

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    Eva Stratt goes to prison in the aftermath of the launch.

    Ryland Grace follows her there.

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    10 Sep 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 15

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    Fourteen years ago, Ryland Grace was sent on a one-way suicide mission.
    Now, he is finally coming home.
    He is determined to spend the rest of his life with her this time.

    ​But returning to Earth isn't what he expected.

    He needs to find her first.
    Before others do.

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    09 Sep 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 38

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    I know that Rocky should be getting tired soon; he has been refusing to sleep in order to keep watch over me, and I know it’s only a matter of time until his body gives out on him, which is when I can make my move. I’ll need to decide whether to shoot myself or overdose before he falls asleep.
    Tldr: Grace is very sick and tries to kill himself to get it over with
    im taking a longer than expected break on this one. but will be back soon

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    09 Sep 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 17

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    Grace was so relieved when Rocky suggested he consume taumoeba to keep himself from starving on their journey to Erid. However, when Grace attempts to ingest the little aliens, all hell breaks loose in his digestive system. Rocky and Grace deal with the fallout and rally to keep Grace from certain death by starvation. Oh, and there's this weird tension growing between them...

    Rated Teen for graphic discussion of illness and medical procedures.

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    08 Sep 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 44

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    “Dr. Grace.”

    “Stratt.”

    “Why do you call me that?”

    “What? Stratt?”

    “Just Stratt. Not Director Stratt. Not Ms. Stratt. Not…”

    “...Madam Administrator Stratt?”

    “I hope not.”

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    08 Sep 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 28

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    After years and years, Grace is coming home.

    And home is waiting for him with its arms wide open.

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    05 Sep 2026

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    Ryland Grace wakes up in space... and he's not alone.

    All three members of the Hail Mary wake up en route to the Tau Ceti system. One of them doesn't know who he is. All the answers they need are here for them to find, deep in interstellar space. They just don't know it yet.

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    06 Sep 2026

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    “Grace. What are you testing, question?”

    Rocky. I can’t put this all on the guy right now. He should be happy. We are going to Erid. We are going to save his planet.

    “CBC. A complete blood count.” I answer, hoping he doesn’t ask me why.

    “Purpose, question?”

    Rocky, please. I’m trying to spare you right now.

     

     

    Basically, Grace gets exposed to a dangerous amount of radiation during an EVA and doesn't want to tell Rocky bc of what happened to Rocky's crew <3

     

    THIS IS A REWORKED VERSION OF "TEMPEST" - after some comments, I wanted to keep the soul of the story, but make it more scientifically plausible. While there are still probably some inaccuracies, I still hope this isn't as messy as before.

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    05 Sep 2026

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    “Grace,” she says gently. “You should really play it.”

    I don’t take my eyes off the light. “Are…are we sure it’s real?” I whisper.

    She barks out her boisterous laugh. “I am absolutely the wrong person to ask,” she says.

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    When Grace goes back for Rocky, all he finds is a dead and silent ship. Being the only one left to bring Taumoeba to Erid, he decides to brave the long trip alone. He's not the same man when he arrives at Erid, but an unexpected friendship might bring him back to sanity.

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    02 Sep 2026

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    His arm twists painfully behind him as he’s dragged along towards the large box, which now sits open before him. He recognizes distantly that it’s made of the soundproofing material Eridians use to make private rooms. An Eridian wouldn’t be able to see the inside.

    He realizes it's just the right size for him.

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    The Eridians have done their best to treat Ryland Grace well since he saved their planet. At least, most of them. A few years after his arrival, he is abducted by a group more interested in his biology than his wellbeing. Rocky and the others scramble to find him, before it's too late.

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    02 Sep 2026

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