ShadowyFuture



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    People have a image of Dr. Ryland Grace. A bit of an oddball, hard working, loves a punny shirt, and is still very much a teacher for all that he's head scientist. Sometimes, however, he does something that is outside expectations. Even the ones he has of himself.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    9,493
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    179
    Kudos:
    892
    Bookmarks:
    245
    Hits:
    5,521

    05 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    humans are...scary. Very scary.

    Adrian realizes this while chaperoning for a class field trip.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,905
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    62
    Kudos:
    1,373
    Bookmarks:
    194
    Hits:
    5,010

    05 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    One thing that Rocky has learned about humans is that they like to look at pictures.

    Maybe. Or maybe it is just a particular habit of his Grace, who seems to pass more and more time sitting in the projection room and looking at his rolling images of Earth.

    Rocky likes Earth. Especially the beach. That’s Grace’s favorite place, too.

    But the pictures don’t change. Not more than they did the first time Grace showed him, with the waves crashing up onto the sand and the leaves of the trees rustling in the wind.

    ~~~

    Rocky's perspective of Grace's depression on the journey to Erid.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,823
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    119
    Kudos:
    1,115
    Bookmarks:
    216
    Hits:
    4,456

    04 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    When you look at Dr. Grace, you'll notice a few things.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    0
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    68
    Kudos:
    661
    Bookmarks:
    247
    Hits:
    1,842

    04 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    One Grace-sleep is not so long.

    It is not “night,” but Grace calls it night, and so Rocky does too. One human night. One third of one human day. One three-hundred-thousandth of Rocky’s life so far.

    This is what Rocky tells himself. He folds up on his xenonite shelf above Grace’s sleeping area, and he listens, and he fiddles with his clock, and he tells himself that it is not so long.

    ~~~

    Rocky has lived through the deaths of many of his friends. He does not want to lose Grace.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,524
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    130
    Kudos:
    1,096
    Bookmarks:
    268
    Hits:
    4,381

    04 Jun 2026