Wadling

A drawing of a red tailed hawk attempting to fly away as the borrower Arrietty hangs from a thin rope tied to his leg.



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    After losing his place in the scientific community, Ryland Grace accepts a temporary position maintaining Delos’s lifelike hosts.
    Simon is only supposed to be another damaged machine brought in for repair.
    Instead, he wakes, believing he ist dead and convinced Ryland is an angel - and Ryland finds it increasingly difficult to remember that the man beneath his hands is not supposed to be real.

    Continuation of my one-shot.

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  2. Public Bookmark 35

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    Simon wakes up in a strange dark place, delirious with pain and surrounded by monsters moving in the shadows. He thinks he's fighting for his life... and an Eridian medic is badly injured. Despite Grace's protests, Simon is deemed "dangerous" and banned from the surface of Erid for the duration of the judicial process.

    This is how the Hail Mary becomes a jail cell parked at the top of a space elevator.

    Grace feels awful about his part in all this. As Simon's advocate, he's asked to provide evidence that "The Man From Mars" isn't actually a threat. But how do you get a testimony from a man speaking a completely unknown dialect? No problem, Grace has experience with language barriers... Except Simon won't even say Grace's name, let alone interact with "the madman" voluntarily. Which might have something to do with the 'pinning and sedating' thing...

    Yeah, now that he thinks about it, maybe Rocky's idea to help Simon "make friends on Erid" isn't so crazy.

    [Archive of the TMFM Translation Game questions, responses, and related fics/art from my Tumblr.]

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    27 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 28

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    He points at himself again. I inhale unsteadily.
    "♫♪♩♫♩♩♫♪♬."
    [Rocky,] the computer says in a nondescript monotone. My breath escapes in a rush.
    He points at me. "♩♩♩."
    [Grace.]
    My hands tremble. I bark out a "yes!" Rocky warbles and does jazz hands; I do them back with tears in my eyes.

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    Rocky and Grace need to learn how to communicate. Wikipedia saves the day.

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    Exactly what it says on the tin - this is essentially my own take on "Saving Grace" and other Rocky POV fanfics, with a concerted effort on my part to make it Andy Weir-esque in tone and writing style.

    I don't have any grand plans with this series, and I doubt I'll end up writing the whole book - however, I am putting effort into keeping the chapters I do write as internally consistent as possible. The other main goal of this exercise is exploring Rocky's character as I understand him and giving myself space to flesh out and explore my own ideas about Eridiankind in general.

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    17 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    Ryland Grace really is an Angel, capital "A" and everything!! He promises!!! Why won't this guy he saved believe him?

    Simon has seen his fair share of people driven insane by the void. Grace is harmless, nice even, but some of the shit he does some days gives Simon a heart attack

    AU from @stumblecrumbs on tumblr

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    15 Sep 2026