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And if Katara’s slightly terrified of speaking her own language, a language that is still spoken by at least a few thousand people, then what must Aang feel? He’s the only one in the world that speaks -
She doesn’t even know what it’s called.
Somehow, she’d never even thought to ask.
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Where There's Hope by gray-streaks (starksgrace) for perseannabeth
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
09 Jun 2015
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Life is never easy when you're a single mother and when you're Sally Jackson, motherhood and life get especially complicated, but sometimes, you aren't quite as alone as you appear to be.
“As far as I know it’s never been done with a child of the Big Three before - of me, Zeus, or Hades. It might not even work.”
[Sorry guys. I just found like 60k of this in my Google Docs from NaNo 2015.... yeah, I'm not sure what happened either. Hang on.]
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Blessed be the fruit by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 May 2026
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“Grace! Why you no say plants are on Hail Mary, question?!”
The question puts me on my back foot. Literally. I jog up to the door after my morning run to find Rocky waiting for me on my side of the house, suited up and ticked off. I rock back on my heel.
“Huh?”
“What you mean ‘huh’, is simple question! Why no mention plants on Hail Mary when almost die of no vitamins?!”
“No bud, I heard you the first time,” I scoff, shaking my head ruefully. He gets under my feet, tapping at my thighs with his claws to annoy me while I toe off my running shoes.
“Hey, quit— quit it! You’ve gotta be confused, the only plant matter on the Hail Mary was the food in my meals, and that’s years gone.”
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Aka, Grace gets a bittersweet surprise several years after he settles into his life on Erid.
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- Part 3 of Ave Maria
Bookmarked by gray-streaks (starksgrace)
04 Jun 2026
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Deliver us from evil by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 May 2026
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My pride stings a little at being so underestimated by a species that couldn’t even outrun a particularly determined turtle if their life depended on it. Look, I’m no Sha’Carri Richardson, but I’m pretty proud of my seven-minute mile. I worked hard for it. I haven’t been able to handle myself like this since I was... well, since I left Earth.
“Y’know what? Let’s settle this once and for all. I could use an endurance test anyway. Good for my cardio.”
Dr. Bones perks up. “You’ll do a demonstration?”
“Absolutely. Give me two rest days and a warmup, then I’ll show you what the average human athlete can do.”
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AKA, Grace doesn't consider himself much of an athlete, but he's no slouch either. And he's got the physical prowess of his whole species to represent!
The xenobiology team, on the other hand, is horrified to learn what a 'persistence hunter' is.
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- Part 2 of Ave Maria
Bookmarked by gray-streaks (starksgrace)
04 Jun 2026
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The Wire Mother by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 May 2026
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I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.
Right up until Rocky asks another question.
“When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”
Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”
Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.
“Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”
I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.
“When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”
I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.
“Grace. When last time, question.”
I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.
“Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”
I can taste grass.
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AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.
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- Part 1 of Ave Maria
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Bookmarked by gray-streaks (starksgrace)
04 Jun 2026
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What Remains of Dr. Ryland Grace by aligningplanets for ramsay_baggins
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
29 Apr 2026
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The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.
There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.
Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?
Bookmarked by gray-streaks (starksgrace)
03 Jun 2026
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wanderers in a vast and unknowable universe by sarahmonious
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
20 Apr 2026
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He catches a glimpse of himself in the small mirror across the room.
It’s as if he’s been frozen in time. Nothing about him has changed since he last touched the surface of his home planet.
But of course, that’s not true. Everything has changed.
He doesn’t understand. He doesn’t know what this means. He’s a man of science. There are rules, immutable laws of the universe, no matter where in the universe one is. Entropy, decay, deterioration. Everything in the universe experiences it.
Everything except him, it seems.
Or: While on Erid, Ryland Grace makes a startling realization: he seems to have stopped aging.
Bookmarked by gray-streaks (starksgrace)
03 Jun 2026