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  1. Public Bookmark 60

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    “He’s always with the Council,” Viktor groused, his accent slurring as he took another drink. “He hardy visits the lab anymore – it’s like he’s forgotten our work entirely!"
    Sevika huffed, swirling her own drink with a loathing grimace. “At least he hasn’t adopted a teenage serial killer. I swear, Silco’s gonna let that kid blow up us all one of these days. And he’ll probably take her out for ice cream after.”

    (Viktor and Sevika get drunk and rant about Jayce and Silco)

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    04 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 34

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    Fuck. He was pathetic. Working for redemption.

    He didn’t even really believe any of Eden’s bullshit in the first place, but here he was! Begging for any hint that he was more than a monster– a Butcher– from the hands of a complete stranger (that he hadn’t even met yet!) and a couple of unusually kind and sentient rocks.

    On top of it all, he kept having these breakdowns over the most basic things. All Adrian had asked was why Simon wasn’t eating properly!

    Because I don’t deserve your kindness! Because I can’t imagine a peaceful life! Because I want to live without owing more than I could possibly pay!

    Because I’m a Butcher!

    A sinner.

     
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    Simon is found by Adrian and a team of Eridians who help him survive his Blood Ocean ordeal and enlist him to help build a biodome for Grace. The burn is so slow.

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    29 Aug 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    28 Aug 2026

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    “Hold still, lovely alien,” the Eridian croons, snapping a claw closed around the hem of my cardigan. “♫♬♩ will be so gentle, yes.”

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    28 Aug 2026

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    In Eridian culture, forcing someone into a state of sleep is one of the worst crimes someone can commit.

    Rocky discovers what happened to Grace.

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    27 Aug 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 93

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    Footsteps and shuffling outside the door break Grace out of the uneasy doze he’d fallen into after being shoved into the cell. If he’d known he was going to be detained, he never would have steered the Hail Mary toward the mysterious cobbled-together-looking station hanging in loose orbit above the tiny dark planet.

    Blinking to bring himself to full alertness, he stares dully forward as bodies approach. He knows by now that he can't understand these people. What's the point in saying anything?

    “Hey,” a voice says, low and rough. It’s a new voice, different from the ones who chased him down and threw him in a cell. Grace ignores it. So they're mimicking him now? Great.

    The new person clears their throat, then coughs like it was painful. He hears them muttering something, and a more familiar voice – one of the guards – growls back. Grace listens with everything he has, tuning all the xenolinguistic skills he's learned working with Rocky into the problem, and he still can't tell what the heck they're saying.

    “Hey,” the new voice says again. “Ai, uh...ai herdjer talkin' oldstyle.”

    “...What?” Grace tumbles to his feet and stumbles forward. “What did you say?”

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    21 Aug 2026

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    11 Aug 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 64

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    Simon paused briefly, considering what the fuck was even his life right now.
    He had gotten home from the bar only a couple hours ago- it was like, what, three in the morning right now? And he was looking for saltine crackers for a drunk stranger who had broken into his apartment. All because his stupid pet lizard liked him!
    What the fuck was his life.

    - Grace breaks into Simon's apartment one night when he's drunk. Simon intends to call the cops, but his bearded dragon, Ellie, seems to like him. So maybe this drunk stranger isn't actually so bad?
    Honestly, he's kinda cute.

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    06 Aug 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 7

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    After arriving on Erid, Simon is finding himself caught off guard by the smallest things.

     

    Or, Simon takes an untimed shower for the first time!

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    02 Aug 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 30

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    Simon may have lost most of his humanity to the blood, but he wasn't going to lie down and wait for his demise.

    He would fix things, he would redeem himself of his sins and, most importantly: He would be on his best behaviour until possibly-a-COI-scientist Ryland Grace and his totally-not-another-murderous-alien Rocky help him get out of AT-5.

    Don't mind his lack of legs and excess of scales and fins, that's a problem for another day. Also don't mind the fangs peeking out of his face and his claws. He's 100% safe to board the Hail Mary, trust. :)

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    01 Aug 2026

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    The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.

    There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.

    Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?

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    26 Jul 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 24

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    Grace struggles on the trip back to Erid. Some help from his best friend helps to put him back on track.

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    “Rocky, what on Earth are you doing in—” I stop in my tracks. Or, more accurately, I trip, stumble, and then stop in my tracks. Letting out a stream of half-curses, I turn around to glare at the thing that's definitely bruised the front of my calf.

    That's when I see Rocky.

    He's… in a suit. Not his ball, but — oh my God — an actual clear, xenonite suit!

    It's comprised of a lot of small, triangular xenonite panels held together by some kind of… glue? It’s clearly different to what he used for his ball, since it’s completely flexible and way more form-fitting. I can't even begin to imagine how long it took for Rocky to assemble all of those little panels. They're more like shards, actually, reflecting the light of the ship in little spots all over the room, similar to a disco ball.

    The sight is enough to bring tears to my eyes. I doubt it was intentional, but it's really beautiful.

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    26 Jul 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 41

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    Slowly, clumsily, Grace’s hand traveled from its place in Simon’s hair down to his unmarred cheek. His fingers breezed over his skin, tracing little lines and shapes. They drifted down, ghosting over his jaw and brushing against his stubble. With a touch so gentle and delicate Simon found it impossible to turn away, Grace slowly, carefully, guided his head closer to his.

    Their faces were close. Very close. Like a brush had powdered across his cheeks, Grace’s face was dusted red, a shade too dark to just be from intoxication. Simon’s own face was beginning to burn, from the tops of his ears to the apples of his cheeks. Grace stared up at him, his sky blue eyes swirling with clouds, distant and calculating, as they fluttered across Simon’s face. They came to a rest at his lips, then flickered back up to Simon’s eyes, then back down again.

    “C’n—“ Grace worked his mouth, as if gathering his words. “Can I kiss you?”

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    26 Jul 2026

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    Grace is put on cleaning duty and gets a mysterious fourth bag of vodka for his troubles.

    Rocky begrudgingly takes on the role of Designated Driver slash Space Blob Supervisor, and receives a different kind of gift in return.


    “Grace. What are you doing?”

    Grace's mouth, still smushed against my xenonite, curves upward: Contentment, happiness, satisfaction. Interesting, that it should be prone to smiling when made stupid by ethanol, but not so much when it gets stupid because of a lack of sleep.

    “‘s called a kiss, buddy. I‘m givin’ you. A kiss. ‘cause you're my best friend annnnd I like you. And y’nno what, you're actually pretty nice. When you’re not goin’ outta your way to be mean to me, that is.”

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    26 Jul 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 38

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    “Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum–” Latin, it was Latin. Grace wasn’t religious, never really was, but he recognized the words for what they were: a Latin prayer.

    Ok, that’s one step closer to figuring out how to communicate with this stranger. Sure, Grace wasn’t fluent in Latin, but he knew the very basics. Grace stood there, watching the man, and trying to rack his brain for any phrases that could help in this situation (no, how to order a drink would not help, but thank you, brain).

    Then, it came to him– he remembered having to deal with a transfer student a while ago, one who knew English, but Latin was their main way of communicating. “Salve, tutus es [Hello, you are safe]."

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    OR! Small oneshot where Simon's first words are a Latin prayer, so Grace goes on to think Simon only speaks Latin...except, he's not entirely right.

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    25 Jul 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 25

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    When Simon wakes on a strange new ship, he finds that his voice wont work. He meets an even stranger man, with an alien best friend. Over time, things change, and Simon gets a new chance at life.

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    25 Jul 2026

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    Simon wakes up. He hadn't thought he would wake up after his lungs were filled with blood. And yet, here he is, in a pitch-black room, wounds tended to, listening to the most beautiful song he's ever heard.
    He's in a world where the stars are alive, and he's been rescued from his blood-soaked iron coffin by a strange, clever little rock-spider alien trying to save the stars. Of course he'll help. Too bad neither of them are biologists...
    But the new human ship approaching them might have someone aboard who is... if they don't turn Simon into a lab rat first, anyway.

    [BloodyMary where Simon gets wormholed to PHM 'verse but it's before the Hail Mary arrives, so he's saved by Rocky and spends a while on the Blip-A]

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    22 Jul 2026

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    You ever see a fly endlessly bumping against a window so you open the window to let it out instead of just getting the swatter like usual. And it's all just on a whim?

    So, anyway, Simon somehow finds himself floating in space after screaming at a giant eye in an endless red void.

    Grace and Rocky are on the way to Erid when they come across an iron submarine with a dead eel monster hanging off the end.

    Simon gets to heal, Grace gets to interact with another human again, and Rocky gets to watch the incredibly awkward courtship rituals of these two disasters (affectionate).

    (AKA, it's my turn to play with the BloodyMary boys! :D )

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    21 Jul 2026

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    Ryland Grace wakes up, goes to work, feels the rain on his face, teaches his students, cries over the galaxy, and dreams about a rock.

    Wait.

    What's that last one all about?

    There is a feeling in the back of his head like he's forgetting something. Is he forgetting something?

    Is he forgetting something again?

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    09 Jul 2026

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    Time is a fickle thing.

    One day you are young, playing in the rain with a smile etched onto your face. The next day you are old, graduating college and stressing about bills and student loans.

    Then in the next, you are young again, too young and too scared as you are told that you are going to be sent on a suicide mission to save your planet- and in the next heartbeat you are old again, walking with a cane and greying around the edges.

    Then, inexplicably, you are so so so very young again.

    And isn't that a shock for Ryland Grace to wake up to.

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    09 Jul 2026

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