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Whether you come as a lover or an executioner, I am ready to receive you.
—Augustín Gómez Arcos (translation William Rodarmor), The Carnivorous LambLadybug saves Tangerine. In return, Tangerine wants to kill Ladybug.
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14 Sep 2026
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The Case of the Goldfish Biscuits by ctozier
Fandoms: Bullet Train (2022), マリアビートル - 伊坂幸太郎 | Bullet Train - Isaka Kotaro
02 Apr 2024
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“Yeah, whatever, mate,” Tangerine sighed, looking skyward for guidance only to receive a massive fuck you as the fluorescent lights burned holes into his retinas, temporarily spotting his vision.
He listened as Lemon let out a low sigh, the sound of it grading against Tangerine’s nerves as he realized that they were wasting time.
Any second now, Ladybug would be rummaging through luggage, searching for the briefcase—snatching it and inevitably restarting this whole mind fuck of a day. It didn’t matter if Tangerine managed to avoid getting shot to death; he'd end up with his arms chopped off once they reached Kyoto if the case and the White Death’s son weren’t intact. Then, instead of being treated to the peaceful release of death, he’d end up here again, sitting in front of Lemon with two packets of fucking biscuits clutched in his hands as he’d no doubt try to fight off the trauma of dying and coming back to life like he was fucking Jesus Christ himself.
It was complete and utter bullshit.
Or: Tangerine gets stuck in a time loop.
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11 Sep 2026
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The Greatest Act of Optimism by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still.
A child, I realize with a start.
That’s a child!
“Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.
“Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students.
Used.
The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”
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How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongsSeries
- Part 1 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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Message in a Beetle by ConalltheLibrarian
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
27 Jun 2026
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It’s been nearly 27 years since Eva Stratt forced Ryland Grace to board the Hail Mary and sent him off to his death for the greater good of mankind. Meanwhile, Eva and the Project Hail Mary team have been fighting a losing battle against the cooling sun—and their own demons—trying to make sure there were still people to be saved by the time the crew could send a solution home. Right on schedule, the beetles are returning to Earth, hopefully with the answer to saving the world. But Eva has something else to worry about; there’s every possibility Ryland Grace’s last words would be coming home, and all the time in the world couldn’t make her ready to face the consequences of her actions, or what will happen when her colleagues find out what she did to their friend.
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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
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