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Catching a Caught Cat by Random_Reviewer
Fandoms: 诡秘之主 - 爱潜水的乌贼 | Lord of the Mysteries - Cuttlefish that Loves Diving
12 Jun 2026
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"I pray for your protection, I pray for your aid…” Klein felt himself choke up, just a little, at the overwhelming desperation he was feeling in that moment. And at the little sliver of Klein’s childhood that had missed praying publicly to the Goddess, which Zhou had needed to hide away to keep Benson, Melissa, and himself safe while on the run from 0-08 and Ince Zangwill.
“I ask that even though I cannot make a ritual altar for you, I pray you hear me out regardless. I have nowhere else to turn, and with no allies I can contact I will likely die or worse at the hands of MI9 within the next few days. Please…” His voice, even with the Clown Potion helping him keep the worst of his emotions locked behind his perfect mask, still cracked minutely. He coughed. “Help my allies find me..."
“Praise the Lady,” he intoned after a moment of silence, his fingers instinctively tapping out the Crimson Moon on his chest.
---Atypical Cat Catching fic where MI9 captures Klein at the end of Volume 3 and Klein begs the Goddess to save him when all else fails. Then the Goddess does a little too good of a job trying to keep "Her" cat in "Her" clutches.
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Per Aspera Repetere Patriam by Random_Reviewer
Fandoms: 盾の勇者の成り上がり | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero (Anime)
20 May 2026
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"Through Adversity To Return (to) Home"
In a world slightly to the left, the war against Siltvelt went slightly worse than canon. More people died on both sides, and even if the results were ultimately the same, the Three Heroes Church swore in the aftermath that someday the Shield Demon would pay. So the Church plotted and schemed, and upon the summoning of the Four Cardinal Heroes, they acted. It was found through journals of previous Heroes that curses could only be applied to a Hero if it did no direct damage, and if it could not be used to control the Hero. Thus, a holy curse was concocted to keep wounds on application fresh for as long as it was active. And after encouraging the King to do as he saw fit for a corporal punishment that ended with a least a little blood being shed, the Church sat back and watched their carefully crafted plan come to fruition...
This is a collection of moments from that offshoot, compiled together closely enough to almost resemble a story. Events will stay fairly close to canon, but it's the little things that can, at times, make all the difference. Very Naofumi-centric.
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A Turn For The Better by Random_Reviewer
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
19 Feb 2026
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On a night hunt gone horribly wrong, Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren are certain they will die trying to complete it. However, right before the worst can happen, a stranger wearing Wei Changze's face appears with a dizi and a host of corpses from the Burial Mounds. This changes everything.
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A collection of one shots based in a world where the Yiling Patriarch is returned on the eve of his parents' death to the Burial Mounds after the events of the First Siege.
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And Dreams You'd Thought You'd Lost Along The Way by Random_Reviewer
Fandoms: Mystery Skulls Animated
30 Oct 2025
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Lance Kingsmen is a simple man who has been through some hard times, but gaining custody over his nephew brought with it some of the best and worst of times and he wouldn't have it any other way.
A limited 3rd-person reflection on one of those worst times paired with one of the best: a love letter to an uncle character who certainly gets some love but I think deserves even more.
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Fly Away With Me (I Feel Free) by Random_Reviewer for alphashley14
Fandoms: Mystery Skulls Animated, Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated (Cartoon 2010)
28 Sep 2025
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Spinning off from Chapter 33 of alphashley14's amazing fic: "One of Us"; In a "Bad Ending" what if scenario, Professor Pericles connects the dots that the angry ghost that ruined his plans was singing a song from the same group that "Ricky's" been singing the songs of for the last 2 days, which matches up timing-wise with some of the odd behaviors he's been previously brushing off. So, while he doesn't know who is currently in Ricky's body, he is fairly confident that whoever it is is associated with the Mystery Skulls in some way. Thus, Professor Pericles ramps his previous controlling behavior up to eleven and imprisons Arthur for a week before Lewis is finally able to break him out.
Chapter 1 is the imprisonment and Rescue; Chapter 2 is the fluff post rescue!
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Scar's terrible no good wizardly road trip to Mt. Doom by Random_Reviewer
Fandom Hermitcraft SMP, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
15 Jul 2022
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MCYT Oneshot Collection by Random_Reviewer
Fandom 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Jul 2022
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A series of oneshots set within Minecraft YouTube. Currently only centered around Etho and Bdubs, I might expand outwards later we'll see.
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Grace is a school teacher that keeps having strange dreams about a man from space. Simon is a devout brother of Eden who keeps having dreams about a man who claims to be from Earth.
As both of their lives get more dangerous, and they become more important to each other, how will their meetings change them? Can they both find the will to keep going? And is the barrier between dreams and reality as strong as they think?
Bookmarked by Random_Reviewer
27 Jul 2026
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The Distance Between Skies by JM1911A1
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 Jul 2026
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<WHAT ARE THESE?>
<WHAT ARE WHAT?>
<THE DISGUSTING SKELETON CREATURES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT CLEARLY ALIVE AND MOVING GIANT FANGED SEA MONSTER?>
<WELL THE FUCKED UP SKELETON IS MY JOB>
<WHAT KIND OF JOB INVOLVES A GIANT BLOB-FISH-EEL-SKELETON?>
<THE KIND YOU DONT GET A FUCKING SAY IN>Ryland Grace has already saved humanity once.
Simon has spent most of his life trying to survive what was left of it.Separated by improbable distance, impossible timelines, and a computer terminal that should never have been able to connect them, two men who know far too much about sacrifice find themselves sharing research, terrible jokes, increasingly personal conversations, and a problem neither universe should still be alive to have.
Because somewhere between a dying reality, a blood ocean, and a mission three hundred years in the making, something is trying very hard to close the distance between worlds.
Unfortunately for the universe, both Ryland Grace and Simon have always had a problem with sacrifices...
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- Part 1 of The Distance Between Skies AU
Bookmarked by Random_Reviewer
26 Jul 2026
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A Little Hope Out of Nothing by mariadperiad20
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
15 Jul 2026
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Simon averted his gaze, staring somewhere between Grace’s knees and the dirt beneath his shoes.
It was funny, in a sort of way, that they wore the same shoes. Who would give the scientist and the experiment the same clothes? It seemed like a waste. Although, maybe for the Eridians, it made more sense that way, so they had to make less… blueprints, or something.
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In which Grace is trying, and Simon is also trying, and they're both not doing a very good job.Series
- Part 1 of Sailing Through Storms
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25 Jul 2026
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The Nature of Redemption by lucadence
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
26 Jul 2026
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Fuck. He was pathetic. Working for redemption.
He didn’t even really believe any of Eden’s bullshit in the first place, but here he was! Begging for any hint that he was more than a monster– a Butcher– from the hands of a complete stranger (that he hadn’t even met yet!) and a couple of unusually kind and sentient rocks.
On top of it all, he kept having these breakdowns over the most basic things. All Adrian had asked was why Simon wasn’t eating properly!
Because I don’t deserve your kindness! Because I can’t imagine a peaceful life! Because I want to live without owing more than I could possibly pay!
Because I’m a Butcher!
A sinner.
ORSimon is found by Adrian and a team of Eridians who help him survive his Blood Ocean ordeal and enlist him to help build a biodome for Grace. The burn is so slow.
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23 Jul 2026
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Enter the Grove, My Son of Eden by airheadextreme
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
11 Jul 2026
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This was a slippery slope. Slipperier than growing too comfortable on Erid and in the house with Grace. Slipperier than falling into the wrong crowd on Eden and ending up in prison. Slipperier than the blood as it poured in through the gashes of the submarine.
But he just didn’t care.
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Simon wakes up in an unknown place with the scars of his previous life etched onto his skin. As he struggles to pull himself into focus, and listen to the angel living here who's spouting off information, he realizes that the C.O.I. and Eden can no longer reach him. For some reason... that stings. As Simon attempts to get used to his new appearance from his time in the submarine and figure out how to uphold Eden's legacy, Simon realizes that he may have a bigger problem to deal with. The pain from his injuries is manageable, it's the newfound knot in his stomach that's confusing. While Grace is focused on how Simon even ended up on Erid in the first place, Simon spends his time focused on a much brighter, more bubbly individual...
Aka: Simon POV! YEAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Bookmarked by Random_Reviewer
23 Jul 2026