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• Death in the Business of Whaling by willowwyrd

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  11 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Eva Stratt
  • Steve Hatch (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Character Study
  • Tags Contain Spoilers
  • Platonic Relationships
  • Platonic BloodyMary
  • Time Travel
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • POV Third Person
  • POV Alternating
  • mild supernatural elements
  • Forced Proximity
  • Angst
  • Blood and Gore
  • Eden is a Death Cult (Iron Lung)
  • C.O.I. | Consolidation of Iron (Iron Lung)
  • Filament Station (Iron Lung)
  • Flashbacks
  • Trust Issues
  • Radiation Sickness
  • Injury Recovery
  • Author has put way too much thought into this
  • Tonal whiplash between POVs
  • Cosmic Horror
  • Eden (Iron Lung)
  • Hallucinations
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Author is trying her best to remember the Hail Mary's interior please forgive inaccuracies
  • Cosmic horror meets cosmic hope
  • no AI
  • Fuck AI
  • Slow Build
  • Author is not a scientist but does keep several wikipedia tabs open as she writes
  • Canon - Book & Movie Combination
  • Canon - Game & Movie Combination

  Summary

  "Bad. Stupid, very stupid." Grace can still hear Rocky's automated laptop-voice through the closed airlock door. "If Grace body poisoned by 'foreign contaminant', Grace die, contaminate spread and Rocky die—"

  There's more blood smudged on the floors, the walls, leading up, up...Oh. There's a handprint. A handprint of blood. There's no way that could have happened without Grace realizing.

  Rocky's still rambling on in the background: "—Adrian die, Stars-Erid-Earth die, all die because Grace is stupid."

  Grace can hardly believe the conclusion he's about to draw. "I think someone's on the ship."

  "Repeat words. I was narrating Grace-Rocky future."

  "Rock, someone's on the ship."

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