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the stretch of my skin by nambi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
05 Jul 2026
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I never noticed. There are no mirrors in my house; there are no mirrors anywhere on Erid, at least not in the sense that we understand them. There’s reflective surfaces, but not intentionally so. My attention has been tugged this way and that, always something new to discover, or else something new to research in the endless encyclopedia I was left with. I had no reason to look at my own body beyond what was necessary to keep it clean.
But now I’m sitting here, and it stares me in the face. Emphasized by my position, my stomach rises up and over my waistband, forming a soft mass that spills slightly over my sides.
“Oh,” I say out loud. I run a hand over this new pudge that probably isn’t new at all, startling slightly at the texture of it. Soft. Yielding. Slightly cold from the water evaporating on it. I touch my body like it isn’t my own, because for a long, long time, it wasn’t. I touch it the way Rocky touched me once he finally had the option to, committing everything to memory, matching it to what he already knew.
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Or: In the two years that he spent on Erid, Grace has changed in just about every way imaginable. But one way in particular feels more significant than the rest.
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05 Jul 2026
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Rocky darted out of the way. The door shut with a decisive whirr-click.
The endless glug-thud-squelch of Ryland Grace's body seemed very loud in the small room. He made a noise that sounded like, "Huh?"
"Grace and Adrian talk now," Rocky commanded. They pointed one arm at them. "Talk until both normal."
"What?" Adrian said, baffled.
Rocky clattered several claws against the ground, a discord of pique. "You are both annoying! Always polite, polite, polite. Bland. Empty."In which Adrian and Grace haven't really been getting along, and Rocky takes matters into his own claws.
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30 Jun 2026
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The human, experienced by mostcheery
Fandom Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Jun 2026
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Rocky has some thoughts about the strange, alien habits of his human friend, Grace.
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Stellar Parallax by Iris_Of_The_Eye
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast), Malevolent Threshold (Podcast)
05 May 2026
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John and Arthur both adore their dinners with Faroe, a chance to get to know the young women they're lucky to call their daughter. But John isn't truly present, not really. Faroe doesn't know him, she can't speak to him directly, he can't engage in what she's saying.
This time she showed them an experiment she learned at uni. And since it only requires a hand and two eyes, John could for once participate.
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25 Jun 2026
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Sometimes I'd forget
Rocky has been stranded, alone and light years away from home for 46 years. For a long time it seemed like nothing would ever change. But a new arrival in Tau Ceti system is about to alter the course of history; For Rocky, for Erid, and for another world far, far away.
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Beta read by chez_levi! Thank you for your notes, and curse you for your implications about metaphors