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  1. Public Bookmark 21

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    When Time Go Fishing goes horribly wrong and Grace gets injured, Rocky desperately tries to rescue his best friend, risking his life just for him. But even with everything he has, he's too late.

    Ryland Grace died on a mission he never volunteered for.

    Luckily, the universe gives him another chance at life. He wakes up on Earth again, just before Stratt comes into his classroom.

    He accepts her offer.

    His one goal?

    Do not let them force you into the ship.

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    22 Jul 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 30

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    "Accounting for time dilation and various features of our course to Erid, we have– what, four Earth years to kill? Thirty-five Eridian years, give or take? Time's not even real anymore.”

    “Kill?” Rocky presses abruptly, incredulity obvious in the chords of the question. “Four years to kill?”

    ─ ·✶· ─

    Like any good scientist, he's tried to be systematic about it, and divided things up by a set of variables. If his students had been here they'd've started up a chorus of groans, protesting emphatically. The thought warms him a little.

    Metric one: Time.
    Control variable: Nutrition.
    Independent variable: Available entertainment. 
    Dependent variable: Mental health.

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    22 Jul 2026

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  3. Public Bookmark 7

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    A cry pierced the air. Grace felt his body jerk. That— that was Rocky's voice…
    Was there a siren droning on somewhere? Some sort of alarm? Rocky shrieked, high and distressed, and—
    "Ryland," someone was saying, urgent, the sound thrumming so deep inside that it seemed to sit in his spinal fluid. "Ryland!"
    He jolted upright and was moving before his eyes opened. Cool air buffeted his face. Wet sand sprayed under his running feet.
    He couldn't think. He could barely see, just a confused blur of brightness and color. The echo of a droning alarm faded. Nothing was more important than flinging his half-awake limbs towards that scream.

    Or: Grace isn't done processing his and Rocky's shared near-death experience above planet Adrian.

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    19 Jul 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    Ryland is straight. He loves women. He had crushes when he was younger and wanted a relationship. One had failed but he still wanted to be loved.

    Grace makes some discoveries about himself.

    title from Point of View by Leith Ross

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    17 Jul 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    Ryland Grace's parents died four and seven months, respectively, before he learned the world was ending.

    Eva Stratt regrets her words.

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    17 Jul 2026

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  6. Public Bookmark 35

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    The story explores an alternate version of the Hail Mary Mission preparation in which Stratt does not keep Grace sedated. Forced to remain conscious through the medical procedures meant to prepare his body for three years in coma, Grace has to cooperate under fear, pain, and coercion. The story focuses on the psychological and ethical tension between violation and care, survival and consent, and the team’s attempt to keep him functional without pretending that cooperation means agreement.

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    17 Jul 2026

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  7. Public Bookmark 6

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    Aloud I ask: “What is wrong, question?”

    That gets him to stop for a moment. He seems surprised that I noticed anything was off, as if I don’t notice every little thing about him. “Oh, uh—nothing,” he says. He shifts his weight from one leg to another. “I just gotta… you know.”

    I don’t know, actually. But I know Grace well enough to recognize any one of his numerous anatomical tells.

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    14 Jul 2026

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  8. Public Bookmark 9

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    As it turns out, there's no shortage of fun things the human body can throw at you when you're forced to subsist on space goop and coma slurry.

    And of course, Rocky doesn't know about things like scurvy, pellagra, beriberi, megaloblastic anemia...

    Heck, I didn't even know about that last one until Armando told me why I can't really feel my toes anymore.

    I guess this'll be an educational experience for everyone.

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    On the journey to Erid, Grace and Rocky devise a ration schedule. It goes well, until it doesn't.

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    14 Jul 2026

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  9. Public Bookmark 4

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    “You are my solution.”

    Stratt’s voice echoed like a death knell. Everything else fell away, replaced by a static hum, like white noise on a broken television. Her snowy owl daemon stared at them, his gaze grim and unrelenting. The entire world seemed to fall away until the only things left were those two golden eyes. And those four simple words. Yet they hung over his head like the blade of a guillotine. They followed him like a corporeal presence, stalking him up onto the desk, through the office doorway, and out into the open air. 

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    14 Jul 2026

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  10. Public Bookmark *

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    This is real, I think. I don’t know how, or why, or frankly even what. But it’s real. It has to be.

    A shaky smile grows on my face. “Hello earth.” I whisper hoarsely
    “I’m home”

    But before I can even begin to bask in that concept alone, a horrifying thought strikes me. Home. Erid. Rocky.
    “Oh God-“ The soaring hope that built in my chest crashes down. The emotional swing leaves me feeling unsteady on my feet, I grasp harder at the windowsill, this time to keep my balance.

    Rocky.
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    Or: Grace wakes up Back in San Francisco the day the Petrova Samples splash down, and will do anything it takes to get back to Rocky.

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    13 Jul 2026

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  11. Public Bookmark 48

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    After six years together aboard the Hail Mary, Grace thought he knew every version of Rocky. Then they arrived on Erid.

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    Grace finally understood the age gap between himself and Rocky. His newly resurrected libido understood it even faster.

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    13 Jul 2026

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  12. Public Bookmark 11

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    He and Rocky have just finished a knock-down, blow-out fight – the kind of argument where both parties storm off in a huff and refuse to answer when the other calls until they cool off – when the mangled man washes up on the biodome beach, and Grace will never forgive himself for that.

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    13 Jul 2026

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  13. Public Bookmark 3

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    Dr. Grace finds himself trapped in the pilot seat during flight training before Time Go Fishing with a full bladder.

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    13 Jul 2026

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  14. Public Bookmark 25

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    The burning sensation in my lungs is worse now, spreading up into my sinuses and all the way down into my lungs. My breaths are speeding up, coming shallower, and there’s more resistance. It feels like my lungs are being squeezed, like I have to fight against them to get the air in. I double over, bracing my arms on a table. I taste something metallic as a steady stream of thin mucus makes its way up my throat into my mouth. I swallow it down but I’m gasping for air, panting like I just ran a marathon.

    Or,

    Grace has an asthma attack.

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    11 Jul 2026

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  15. Public Bookmark 87

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    A series of unfortunate events written for various (random and out of order) June of Doom prompts!

    Chap 1: Grace gets caught in a minor lab explosion while working on the task force
    Chap 2: Rocky hates how much humans move in their sleep until the day his favorite human suddenly isn't
    Chap 3: During one of the many vitamin shake taste-tests on Erid, Grace experiences some...adverse effect
    Chap 4: While rushing towards a meeting Carl, Stratt, and Grace get in a near-fatal car accident
    Chap 5: Rocky discovers just how bad Grace's memory is
    Chap 6: Grace reactivates an old knee injury during an EVA

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    11 Jul 2026

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  16. Public Bookmark 12

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    When a vivid nightmare forces Grace to confront the fact that the fate of humanity rests solely upon his shoulders, his mind spirals as the weight of that burden sends him into a panic attack.

    Thankfully he has Rocky by his side to help.

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    10 Jul 2026

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  17. Public Bookmark 15

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    [Audio Length: 24:39]

    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.

    Podfic of Coma by MagicalStardust.

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    10 Jul 2026

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  18. Public Bookmark 51

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    The last part, he whispers like a prayer ripped from his throat, “it leveled the building.”
    “Leveled” - it’s a term I don’t recognize in this context, but I know the power of astrophage. The explosion would have been catastrophic. I can’t stop myself from warbling out a few nonsensical notes – shock at the news, sadness for the loss of those people, trepidation for what must come next, heartbreak for Grace. How well did he know them? How well did they know him?
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    Rocky has some thoughts about Grace. They painstakingly talk through those feelings.
    My own take on Grace’s last day on Earth.

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    Comments:
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    10 Jul 2026

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  19. Public Bookmark 9

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    The truth about Grace's one way trip comes out in a slightly messier way

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    10 Jul 2026

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  20. Public Bookmark 16

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    Grace cries a lot. I, as his best friend and the only sensible entity on this ship, have made a list to start investigating his idiosyncrasies.
    We have been heading for Erid together for a few months. So far, Grace has cried over:
    - His breakfast burrito
    - A photo of a monkey he saw on the portable thinking machine
    - Me (I was sitting next to him. We were not talking. I think I got an extra leaky one)

    Or: Grace cries. A lot. Rocky, the sensible Eridian he is, starts taking notes.

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    Chapters:
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    Comments:
    17
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    196
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    10 Jul 2026

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