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On the day of their best friend's first launch to space—they're so nervous it's making them nauseous—the museum statue opens its eyes and looks straight at Hal. And then they die, and come back, and nobody but Gabbro remembers what happens? Well. Someone has to figure out what's going on, and Hal is very much not an astronaut, but with Calcite stuck forgetting and Gabbro having lost their ship, it appears Hal will have to actually go to space, this time.
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On the day of their first solo launch, hatchling forgets to say goodbye, takes off and doesn't come back. Everyone left behind has to deal with the fallout.
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The company's techs notice something weird about one of the SecUnits. Murderbot does not enjoy the sudden attention.
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SecUnit and its humans are on their way back to Preservation when they pass through a system that is much, much quieter than expected. Checking if there is anyone alive on the station does not go well, and now they have to figure out what had made all the humans disappear and survive until rescue.
It's just a few days, and they can be very careful. What's the worst that can happen, right?
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After a mission's gone wrong, Murderbot and ART receive an ultimatum.
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every word is a word made for saying goodbye by anodymalion
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)
14 Apr 2024
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"Huh, Gabbro? What's wrong?" Riebeck asks, and Chert says with vindictive glee, "That's what I said!"
"Is it really so hard to believe that I'd call my two best friends just to see how they're doing?" Gabbro asks.
"Yes," they both say in unison.
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So Gabbro’s always gotten a giggle or two out of a twisted situation. So Shale’s getting more morbid by the hour. So they’re both more than a little sick in the head by now.
All this to say—you can’t really blame them for making the joke, can you?
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A story about loneliness, and laughing not to cry, and whether Time Buddies can just be buddies too.
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24 Jun 2026
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Time buddies! Great Gabbro
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"There's something down there," you say, as afternoon light catches something metallic in the subterranean caves, something unknown flashes like the sun on the scales of the silver fish that swim in the river outside the crater.
"Gabbro says that before Slate made the big rockets, they used the geysers to help launch the first ships. We were too little to remember. Lots of the first ships didn't make it. The water came up and just blew them apart."
"Gabbro says a lot of things. Gabbro says there are trees that move around when you're not looking at them."
"Gabbro's going to be a real astronaut soon," Hal says, and you can feel their forehead wrinkle in doubt. Gabbro is the best at stories, but they're also the best at tricks and pranks, so it's a tough call which of you is more right.
You both fall into thoughtful silence, and if you squint against the dark and the deep you can kind of identify the silver something as a fuel canister, or maybe a tin of salted fish. But that might just as well be regular old garbage from when the grown ups stay up too late and drink too much, and not the remains of a broken rocket that couldn't make it into space.
It's a thought worth thinking about, though.
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22 Jun 2026
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Cute Hal & Hatchling! With an ouch ending, beautifully written
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Every few loops, Syenite visits Gabbro to tell them about what they've found during their exploration of the solar system. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but Gabbro will always listen.
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- Part 1 of and you are the universe
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In the midst of a stroll away from the village on Timber Hearth, Solanum encounters someone she didn't expect to. Conversations, fluff, and the start of a very special friendship ensue.
Or, a bonding episode between Gabbro and Solanum that spiraled out of control into a character study.