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  1. Public Bookmark 88

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    “I dunno if you could fix this problem, buddy,” I say.

    Rocky twists his carapace in a way I know means he thinks I’ve just said something stupid; it’s the Eridian equivalent of rolling his eyes. It’s an action I see a lot.

    “How you know if I can fix or not if you not tell me problem, question?”

    I chew on the inside of my cheek. He’s incredibly stubborn, I’ll give him that. For some reason, my cheeks burn with embarrassment.

    “I want a hug."

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    Ryland Grace comes to terms with the fact that he'll never be hugged again. Rocky is determined to fix this.

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    10 Jul 2026

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    The arrival at Erid is a momentous occasion. Rocky is excited and thrilled. Ryland is overwhelmed. But the reunion is happy, beautiful, amazing.

    Or that's what it should have been. Except Rocky gets hurt, Ryland is left to try and communicate with an alien planet, and everyone is scrambling to figure out how to do this. To Grace, this is incredible but also bittersweet - he got Rocky home safely with the taumoeba, now he just gets... to starve. To Erid, this is insane - how did Rocky show up in an alien spaceship with a child???

    ...

    Ryland Grace is stuck trying to speak Eridian, immediately makes himself sound like a child, and Rocky's world and family scramble to help this strange pebble. Misunderstandings galore, alongside hurt/comfort and angst and fluff.

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    07 Jul 2026

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    In hindsight, this whole fiasco could have been avoided if I had run for the water the moment the lights went out. They wouldn’t have been able to reach me there. No way I could have known that at the time, but the thought kept surfacing again and again as I laid in the dark with nothing to do but sweat and think.

    It started about a half hour after class ended for the day.

     

    TLDR: Grace gets kidnapped.

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    06 Jul 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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    04 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    Rocky and Adrian planned to see Ryland Grace safely settled on Earth and then go home. Instead, they’re staying to build a sixteen‑node interstellar communications relay and an ocean‑floor dome so Eridians can live on Earth.

    Rocky loves the new challenges. Adrian sees “one more project” turning into “never going home,” while their offspring Kiri, hatched in space and growing up on Earth, already sounds more human than Eridian.

    Meanwhile, Grace is deeply involved at the International Astrophage Coalition headquarters in Geneva, married, with a baby on the way. Everything’s perfect—except his insane schedule, which is going to give him a heart attack if he doesn’t slow down.

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    04 Jul 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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    04 Jul 2026

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    Grace is supposed to save Earth, but the Hail Mary has crashed on Erid. The Eridians are not dying. They do not need him. But one of them, Rocky, chooses him anyway.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    When Rocky wakes up after Adrian, he's relieved they're both alive, but immediately knows that something is off with Grace. He's having trouble breathing, sleeping a lot, and spiking fevers. As much as Grace wants to blame it on lung irritation from the ammonia in Rocky's atmosphere, Rocky knows he's downplaying it, and it's not going to work.
    However, before he can actually do anything about it, the ship's power goes out. Taumoeba have gotten into the fuel and eaten all the astrophage, leaving them with no choice but to steal from the beetles.
    Which are on the outside of the ship.
    Which means two EVAs and a lot of lab work for Grace, all while his condition declines from what's quickly turning into a serious health problem. All Rocky can do is make sure he has what he needs and try to take care of him as best he can from afar, hoping they can get to safety before Grace's health is too fragile to recover.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    Ryland Grace was, at long last, adapting on Erid—even thriving—until he wasn’t. There came a tipping point when it became clear to the Eridians that it was time to send him back home to Earth.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    “Name is ♪♫♬♪♪♫. They analyze eridians, and their behaviours. How they live, what they like. They want to do this with Grace, too, like the doctors, but differently. Talk to Grace the Person, not the Human”

    “An anthropologist,” I realize. “I think that’s what you mean." Apparently, he likes my word, because he doesn't push further.

    chat, it was not an anthropologist

     

    or; One would think that not being in a life threatening situation would be enough to start taking life a little more easy. Landing on Erid was supposed to be his happy ending. It's not as simple as that.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    (n) evenness of mind, especially under stress.

    Eva Stratt relives Project Hail Mary eight times.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    A little over thirteen years after the Hail Mary launch, Eva Stratt is released from prison to assist the world’s bickering space agencies after a junior NASA technician spots an unidentified object near the orbit of Neptune. It appears to be on a direct collision course with Earth, and is moving so quickly it does not appear to be affected by any local gravitational forces, not even that of Sol. Oh, and one more thing—it seems to be slowing down.

    OR

    Captain Dr. Ryland Grace pilots the Hail Mary home long before (and long, long after) its mission is supposed to be complete. In their desperate venture beyond their solar system, humanity may have just accidentally unlocked a new chapter in interstellar physics.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Ryland Grace was supposed to spend the rest of his life on Erid, teaching science to a class full of mini-Rockys. Instead, I’m standing in a middle school hallway in San Francisco. This has to be a lucid dream... or a hallucination... or my brain is finally leaking out of my ears. The third option. It has to be the third option.

    Because if this is real... why is Abby drinking coffee in my classroom again?

    I don't know if I will have any romantic relationships so that that as you will.

    Trigger Warning: this work will have scene where main characters have panic attacks and ptsd symptoms.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Grace thought choosing Rocky over home was the easiest decision he ever made.

    Coming back to Earth is harder.

    As old memories resurface and the people around them begin to question the bond that kept them alive, Grace and Rocky find themselves fighting for something neither of them has ever had before: a future.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    Astrophage, Ilyukhina thought, was not going to be the death of them all.

    But rather, one Ryland Grace and his new pet alien-rock friend.

    -----oO*Oo-----

    Olesya Ilyukhina and Commander Yáo Li-Jie survive their voyage into space. This changes everything.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

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    25 Jun 2026

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    What if Loki was able to warn his past self, so he did not lose control during his regency and was able to act as he normally would? What if he had been able to remain calm and in control of himself, and the situation?

    "How?" Loki demanded.

    "Betrayal," his future self stated simply, rage clear in every syllable. "But you must control your reaction and come to see me, or you will repeat my mistakes and we will miss an opportunity to take control and alter things in our favor."

    It would have changed everything.

     

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    13 May 2026

  18. Rec *

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    For everyone who ever wished for a different happy ending.

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    08 Mar 2026

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  19. Rec *

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    Faced with an eternity without his brother, Loki strikes a bargain to change the past. Post TDW.

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    06 Feb 2026

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