ForThoseWhoWait

A tired-looking cartoon human with short hair drawn digitally in messy sky-blue ink



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  1. Rec *

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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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    01 Jul 2026

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    “Grace. What are you testing, question?”

    Rocky. I can’t put this all on the guy right now. He should be happy. We are going to Erid. We are going to save his planet.

    “CBC. A complete blood count.” I answer, hoping he doesn’t ask me why.

    “Purpose, question?”

    Rocky, please. I’m trying to spare you right now.

     

     

    Basically, Grace gets exposed to a dangerous amount of radiation during an EVA and doesn't want to tell Rocky bc of what happened to Rocky's crew <3

     

    THIS IS A REWORKED VERSION OF "TEMPEST" - after some comments, I wanted to keep the soul of the story, but make it more scientifically plausible. While there are still probably some inaccuracies, I still hope this isn't as messy as before.

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    30 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    Grace is crabby and picks a fight with Rocky, who doesn't realize that something is very wrong until he asks him to watch him sleep and wakes up to an overly emotional, sleepy, disoriented Grace. Turns out, Mary is broken, leading to toxic atmospheric changes on Grace's side of the ship. Rocky fixes. 

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    23 Jun 2026

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    It's not cold like that time Ryland went camping in the Rockies. That had been fun. Finding a cold spot in your spaceship 13-light years away from home? Not fun.
    Which is especially bad because apparently he's the only one who can feel it.

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    22 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 21

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    On the way to Erid, Rocky decides it's time for Grace to learn Eridian. Too bad neither of them have any background in linguistics.

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    Turns out an alien language isn't anything at all like human language. Who'd've thunk it.

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    21 Jun 2026