15 Bookmarks by penhaligon
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“It’s called Decompression Sickness,” the weathered instructor had said. “But most people just call it the Bends. It can ruin your entire life, so it’s not worth the quick ascension.”
Hartman hadn’t even been planning on using a diving license. But the research into the Lake, and Zane’s passion for it, made him seek out lessons. He stood in a humid, indoor pool, in a gaggle of other random learners, all donning wetsuits.
“To make sure you all really get why, I’m going to break down each way the sickness can affect you, so you never let your ego get ahead of you when you dive.”Hartman was stretched.
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13 Nov 2023
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The Investigation Sector lies dark and abandoned. Save for a monster, an alien and-
click. click. click.
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19 Jul 2022
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Jesse and Polaris, on five steps of their journey.
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07 Jul 2021
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You feel you understand humans better than your Other. You take careful pride in that.
You know the Director is aching. You sense her Guidance ache with her.
You’ve glimpsed the fear in the Brother.
(You understand loneliness, as Ash did. You will not fail again.)Perhaps you can reach him. Perhaps he can reach her.
The good graces of the Director are something you dearly wish for.Series
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07 Jul 2021
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Because this fandom doesn't have enough "Luke goes back in time to fix things because Lorelei and stuff" fics, right?
Luke fon Fabre dies on Eldrant, and that isn't quite the way Lorelei wanted it to go. If Lorelei had a concept of disaster, it would have applied it just then. Better try again. After all, Lorelei exists at all points in time, and both the past and the future, history and the Score, are memories to it.
So, Luke fon Fabre dies on Eldrant, and then he wakes up again–
And again–
And again–
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18 Aug 2019
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“I need a hand, Elisabet.”
Elisabet finds a moment to rest during the early days of the Zero Dawn project.
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16 Mar 2019
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Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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- Part 1 of that which fate binds together
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18 Sep 2018
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Cyanogenic Shadows by the_case_for_space (thallata)
Fandoms: The Expanse Series - James S. A. Corey, The Expanse (TV)
09 Mar 2017
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Holden's brain is the perfect radio for the static coming out of the protomolecule. He can't tell the signal from the noise sometimes, but what he's really worried about is what it means that he can tune to it at all.
Contains spoilers from *all* the books through Babylon's Ashes
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13 Aug 2018
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It was technically a service, an intricate collection of applications and neural networks. But she, GAIA – she represents so much more than that. She thinks for herself, she feels. She's alive. The network of machines that constitutes her consciousness doesn't feel so different than the neurons of a brain. It felt wrong to refer to the complex, thoughtful entity as a mere thing, need for detachment be damned.
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Examination of how GAIA's personality develops, and Elisabet Sobeck's role in that journey.
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- Part 1 of That One Fic Where Elisabet Lives
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25 Jun 2018
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In the aftermath of the battle at Meridian, Aloy has to find a new way to think about the Nora. A missing scene.
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19 Feb 2018
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Planet Earth is dead, and Elisabet and the Alphas hold a wake for the end of the world. She's never been able to hold her drink. GAIA fusses.
Out of the dozen human beings at this facility, isn't it funny that the only one Elizabet feels completely comfortable talking to is an artificial intelligence?
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28 Jul 2017
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[SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE GAME]
[POSSIBLE REFERENCES TO THE FROZEN WILDS DLC FROM CHAPTER 26 AND ONWARD]-
The woman is standing near the console, the same height as Aloy. Same color red hair, but shorter. Her face is different in that it looks older, with more pronounced smile lines. She looks tired. Worn. It's Elisabet in a way Aloy has never seen her before, without the holo's filter of blue light layered over her image. Real and tangible.
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Aloy helps restore GAIA. In return, GAIA decides to bring back Elisabet, and that's where things get messy.
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1/8/2018: Back from HIATUS. <3
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- Part 2 of That One Fic Where Elisabet Lives
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22 Jun 2017
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Old Friend by MadiYasha (RokettoMusashi)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
11 Apr 2017
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"Legend says that an ancient voice resonates inside it. Can you hear it yet... hero?"
A retelling of memory 17 & the drawing of the master sword.
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21 Apr 2017
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Attempting to find a cure for a critically ill Luke, Han travels to a backwater planet in the armpit of the galaxy, piloting an aging freighter discarded by the Alliance because it was unsafe to fly. With time running out for Luke, Han figures things couldn't get much worse.
He's been known to be wrong before.
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25 Jan 2016
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The story of Korra's recovery, starting from the night after her fight with The Red Lotus. This is a detailed account of the things she went through, how it affected her and those who love her. With the added twist of her saying yes when Asami asks to go with her to the Southern Water Tribe to heal.
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06 Aug 2015