Grumpy_Old_Snake

Profile icon of a smiling dragon; the expression borders on gently teasing or exasperated.



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  1. Rec 19

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    Since being sent to space, I’ve done a lot of human firsts: first human interstellar traveler, first human to visit an exoplanet, first human contact with an intelligent alien species, first human to eat a different alien species...

    I think I might also be the first human to tell my best friend that I wished he and his whole species were dead because I can’t have cake anymore.

    I’m a lot less proud of that one.

    I think I’m a bad friend.

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    From a prompt by astriiformes: "Thinking about the first time Grace & Rocky inevitably get into a big argument on the journey to Erid."

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    02 Jul 2026

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    A long time before the founding of Amnesty Lodge, two desperate people from a dying world are sent into exile. They don’t know why they’re here, or how to survive, or how to let go of their considerable baggage from back home. But one of them does know the future. So that’s a start.

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    So, Barclay, why didn’t you tell us about you and the Mothman?

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    30 May 2026

  4. Rec 4

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    Indrid - After being hit over the head with a shovel and dragged through the woods by a bike chain - leaves Kepler like a man about to die. He has been seen by a human, even if Aubrey says she has handled it, he is not willing to risk it. More than that, he flew back to his RV and was almost certainly spotted on the way.

    He cannot handle another Point Pleasant.

    He leaves Kepler Southward on US-220 to US-250, from there he gets on I-81 South to Tennesee. Right before Exit 175 towards Natural Bridge, his gas light turns on. He stops for gas. He is, perhaps, not the most normal customer.

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    30 May 2026

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    "Grace, question?” Rocky says from his tunnel.

    “Yeah?” I peek my head up, wiping nonexistent dust off my pants. The storage compartment was almost completely sterile, but I needed something to do with my hands.

    All okay, question?” There’s a slight quiver in the notes of his voice that I’ve come to recognize as hesitance.

    “Of course, buddy.” I laugh disbelievingly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

    Ryland finds Yao’s gun and he is perfectly normal about it, thank you very much. He’s only been stuck in the same environment eating the same meals everyday for a year now. He’s fine.

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    19 May 2026