EchoShimmer



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    All WIP's currently on indefinite hiatus, sorry.

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    The day Ryland Grace proves the Carl Hypothesis and discovers how to breed Astrophage, a probe is spotted in the outer regions of the solar system. When it's recovered, the words TO SOLVE ASTROPHAGE PROBLEM are found written on the outside, and below that is written in slightly smaller text, Deliver to Ryland Grace.

    Grace, unfortunately, has no idea what's going on.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    u/rosberg1067 [MOD] · 32y
    NASA will make a joint announcement later tonight (source)
    apnews.com/article/nasa-announces-research-finding-state-press
    Any ideas? According to the article, it's a "finding discovered and confirmed in tandem with Roscosmos, CNSA, and 12 other space organizations." Says it's "relevant to both science enthusiasts and the general population."

    u/TheEconom1st  · 32y
    They're increasing taxes for NASA use. Typical.

    u/luvrgirl10  · 32y
    girl do you know how taxes work

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    04 Jul 2026

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    Several years after choosing to live the rest of his life out with Rocky and Adrian, Ryland Grace's body is quietly failing under the brutal 2.12G gravity of Erid. Desperate to bridge the physical divide before Grace's time runs out, Rocky and Adrian misinterpret an old digital file of Avatar as a historical fact and secretly engineer life-like flesh and blood human "vessels" for themselves, but the sensory overload of piloting a human body changes everything Rocky understands about humans.

    And how he sees Grace.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    It’s weird. To be taken care of. To have someone watching over you. To be cherished just for the sake of it.

    Why would someone do that? When my purpose is already accomplished, and I don’t matter anymore, why would someone look after me? Why would someone hold me dear? Why would he hold me dear?

    ”I don’t deserve it” I can’t help but think.

    ”I don’t deserve him”

    On days like this, I’m thankful that Eridians — that Rocky — seem to be able to hear everything about me but my thoughts.
    On these days, the only privacy I can find for myself is in the depths of my mind. That’s not a kind place to be. Never has been.

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    Grace struggles with an unexpected severe starvation during their trip to Erid and Rocky helps him. Or tries to.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    A Rocky POV of Project Hail Mary, but add in a sprinkle of originally named astrophages, petrova lines, language barriers, trauma recovery, and extra, extra worldbuilding. Includes pre- and post-canon!

    La traduccion al espanol by MichiHolmes! Gracias!

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    One day, his strumming was not answered.

    The silence that answered his one verse of song was horrible and grating. Incomplete. Empty. A sick, horrible fear built up inside him.

    (He was going to die out here. Alone.)

    ***

    "Iz huhg," Grace sniffled out, sucking back in moisture from his noze, too. There was moisture and water and everything all over the place. "Huhg meens grayt, grayt, grayt affekshun."

    "Oh," he said tentatively. Another hewmin thing! He shuffled closest to the wall Grace was huhging and leaned in. "Oh. Am I doing correctly, hmm?"

    "Yis," Grace sighed out, calming down. He still leaked, though.

    Oh, well. Leaky hewmins were his favorite, after all.

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