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    The engineer takes my hand. His skin runs hot. Very hot. He doesn't let go at what I would gauge as a socially-acceptable handshake time interval. Are we just holding hands in the middle of the lab-workshop space? Guess we are.

    "I'm Rocky," he finally introduces himself. He has a hint of an accent, something lilting, melodic. I can't really place it.

    "Rocky," I repeat, slowly. "Like the movies?"

    "No," Rocky deadpans, giving me a look like I'm stupid. "Like the rocks."

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    24 Sep 2026

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    I'd wave my hand, reveal the stars
    WyvernQuill
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    The engineer takes my hand. His skin runs hot. Very hot. He doesn't let go at what I would gauge as a socially-acceptable handshake time interval. Are we just holding hands in the middle of the lab-workshop space? Guess we are.

    "I'm Rocky," he finally introduces himself. He has a hint of an accent, something lilting, melodic. I can't really place it.

    "Rocky," I repeat, slowly. "Like the movies?"

    "No," Rocky deadpans, giving me a look like I'm stupid. "Like the rocks."

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    Ryland Grace wakes up, goes to work, feels the rain on his face, teaches his students, cries over the galaxy, and dreams about a rock.

    Wait.

    What's that last one all about?

    There is a feeling in the back of his head like he's forgetting something. Is he forgetting something?

    Is he forgetting something again?

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    17 Sep 2026

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    someday you will find me
    ForestDivinity
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    Ryland Grace wakes up, goes to work, feels the rain on his face, teaches his students, cries over the galaxy, and dreams about a rock.

    Wait.

    What's that last one all about?

    There is a feeling in the back of his head like he's forgetting something. Is he forgetting something?

    Is he forgetting something again?

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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

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    25 Aug 2026

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    Discordant
    EvieNyx
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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

  4. Public Bookmark 36

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    “I think you’re dangerously close to rendering our experiment null and void, Fareed."

    “Oh— oh, your experiment, plural, is it now, babe?”

    “Don’t be ridiculous, beloved. I meant ours, as in, all three of us.”

    “Hey, doc, bet you’re really glad you had this idea now, huh?”

    “Daniel, I am going to have to ask you to leave.”

    “Wait, me? The hell did I do!”

    “You are disrupting the process. Also, he is trying to impress you.”

    “That is true,” Armand says, peering up at him with those big orange eyes. “To the latter, not the former. I do not find you disruptive at all.”

     

    Or: Fareed does research on Daniel and Armand's bond; Armand is very excited to be his own experiment subject; Daniel has no respect for the scientific method. Jasper is also there, with his own fledgling in tow.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    I am not here!
    hummingbeeoOo
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    “I think you’re dangerously close to rendering our experiment null and void, Fareed."

    “Oh— oh, your experiment, plural, is it now, babe?”

    “Don’t be ridiculous, beloved. I meant ours, as in, all three of us.”

    “Hey, doc, bet you’re really glad you had this idea now, huh?”

    “Daniel, I am going to have to ask you to leave.”

    “Wait, me? The hell did I do!”

    “You are disrupting the process. Also, he is trying to impress you.”

    “That is true,” Armand says, peering up at him with those big orange eyes. “To the latter, not the former. I do not find you disruptive at all.”

     

    Or: Fareed does research on Daniel and Armand's bond; Armand is very excited to be his own experiment subject; Daniel has no respect for the scientific method. Jasper is also there, with his own fledgling in tow.

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    “Oh, Maestro,” she sighed sadly, “I could never reject you. But if I am to love you, I must know you completely. That includes your face.”

    His head felt light, and his heart began to race. “What can I do to change your mind?”

    “Nothing. I must see you, and I must prove to you that you can be loved as you are.”
     

     

    A fix-it for the 1990 miniseries unmasking scene, in which Christine asks to see Erik's face out of love instead of pity.

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    12 Apr 2026

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    what i would best like to see
    queeenciri
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    “Oh, Maestro,” she sighed sadly, “I could never reject you. But if I am to love you, I must know you completely. That includes your face.”

    His head felt light, and his heart began to race. “What can I do to change your mind?”

    “Nothing. I must see you, and I must prove to you that you can be loved as you are.”

     

    A fix-it for the 1990 miniseries unmasking scene, in which Christine asks to see Erik's face out of love instead of pity.