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  1. Public Bookmark 74

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    “Hey, bud,” I say softly. “I’m here, okay? I just want to help you.”

    Rocky’s vents rattle like a sigh. “I know.”

    “So what is it that you’re so upset to leave behind?”

    There’s another long, silent moment, stretching until I start to worry that I’ve finally done it: found the first-ever cultural or personal barrier between us that we can’t cross together. I’m long past the point of being able to pretend that Rocky doesn’t mean the world to me – more than the world, actually, literally. I don’t need to have all my memories back to know that the moment we were reunited after I turned back for him was the happiest I’ve ever been. So I just can’t stand the thought that he’s hurting in some part of himself I can’t reach. 

    Then Rocky says, “Am upset to leave bodies of crew,” and my heart stops.

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    Or: Grace and Rocky stumble together through an interplanetary anthropological exploration of funerals, grief, and meaning, trying to find a way to say goodbye to Rocky's crew.

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    03 Aug 2026

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    The lives of the crew of the Long Shot are statistically ridiculous. They've travelled over sixteen light-years to answer a three-decade-old distress call from a dying planet. They expected to find any number of things upon arrival at 40 Eridani, but being greeted by a human voice certainly wasn't on the list.

    Dr Ryland Grace says they're welcome. He says the problem has already been solved, and everything's fine, and so, in fact, is Earth. But all they know about Ryland Grace is that he left on a suicide mission ten years before they launched. And they're not so sure they should be taking a dead man at face value.

    OR: The Eridians have learned to safely host a human, despite every barrier of language and instinct. Now they just need to do it with seven more. At least, this time, they have Grace's help, right?

    (This fic is part of a series but will stand alone.)

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    26 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 63

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    “Rocky’s been away from home a very long time. And he’s never exactly told me he’s homesick. He’s never exactly talked about how much it hurts him to be apart from Adrian for so long. When he’s happy, everything is Erid, Adrian, Erid, Adrian. And when he’s not… he closes in on himself. When that happens, I don’t push. I give him space.”

    The Hail Mary is getting closer to Erid all the time, and the future is uncertain. Grace will eventually run out of coma slurry. Rocky doesn’t know if Adrian will still be waiting. And neither one of them knows if they will ever truly find a home. It’s a leap in the darkness. A Hail Mary. And all you can do is trust.

    Sequel to Sing Name, and we're gonna get to Erid. You don't have to have read Sing Name to read this, but some parts will make more sense if you have.

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    23 Jul 2026

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    It’s gonna be a long trip.

    When I finally found Rocky, stranded in the middle of nowhere, I thought I was going to die. I thought I was going to slowly starve to death. But when I banged on the Blip-A’s hull and suddenly heard Rocky's voice through the radio, it was the best moment of my life.

    But, you know…. I am still, actually, going to starve to death. I hate it when reality sets in.

     

    On the long trip to Erid, Rocky and Grace discover music together. But for Grace, the road gets harder and harder.

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    08 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 34

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    It is the Winter season in Kalimdor, and Garona urges Thrall to choose an heir and find himself a mate. Thrall is less than certain about this endeavour, and seeks advice from one of his dearest and closest friends, Jaina Proudmoore.
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    Unity is a long running story that covers a period of about four years, just after the ending of the Bonus Orc Campaign from WarCraft III: the Frozen Throne.
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    I am a terrible, lazy person. There are SO MANY characters in this thing. Also, I'm finally posting this to AO3, in optimistic hope that I'll actually finish it. As seen on LiveJournal.

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    01 Jul 2026