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    It’s been nearly 27 years since Eva Stratt forced Ryland Grace to board the Hail Mary and sent him off to his death for the greater good of mankind. Meanwhile, Eva and the Project Hail Mary team have been fighting a losing battle against the cooling sun—and their own demons—trying to make sure there were still people to be saved by the time the crew could send a solution home. Right on schedule, the beetles are returning to Earth, hopefully with the answer to saving the world. But Eva has something else to worry about; there’s every possibility Ryland Grace’s last words would be coming home, and all the time in the world couldn’t make her ready to face the consequences of her actions, or what will happen when her colleagues find out what she did to their friend.
    It was time to find out if it was worth it for her to sacrifice Grace, and her soul, to save humanity. And to find out if she was ready to face him after all these years…

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    04 May 2026

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    Popular tales in Eridian folklore include a long, lanky creature that cracks the carapaces of those who enter the ocean.
    So when Erid’s saviour returns in a small, foreign spaceship, missing 23 crewmates, and presenting a creature with an uncanny resemblance to their cautionary tales, Erid is, understandably, horrified.

    Yet at some point, somehow, the creature had found its way into the hearts of Eridians, and the grotesque alien from the unknown of space became a beloved teacher of their most vulnerable.

    Or: Erid learns to love Grace.

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    15 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    Grace doesn't have a very good estimation of himself. He has no idea how much people genuinely like him, especially (most) of the people involved in this project. Ikukhina meets him, finds him adorable, and immediately decides to adopt him. Yáo is the only one who can even somewhat contain her but finds himself also somehow adopting Grace in the process.

    Then Grace wakes up with amnesia.

    What happens when Grace remembers he was sent against his will? What happens when he still meets Rocky first, they still have to go to Erid, and now the three of them have to duke it out for custody/best friend rights of Grace?

     

    Updates every other day and has a heavy focus on the initial trio friendship before Rocky shows up, so it'll be a while before we meet our favorite alien spider rock

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Middle school teacher Ryland Grace moves to Los Angeles for the summer to spend his break with his stuntman twin brother Colt. While visiting a set for one of the movies Colt's working on, Ryland unfortunately catches the attention of famous movie star Tom Ryder, who believes that they are destined to be together.

    And, even more unfortunately, he finds himself slowly being drawn in by his attention before he realizes that Tom Ryder's feelings for him may border an unhealthy obsession.

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 79

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    Moving day. 

    The day I leave the confined comforts of the Hail Mary into the ridiculously toxic-to-humans atmosphere of Erid. What could possibly go wrong?

    Rocky is ecstatic. 

    And I’m…well, let’s just go with understandably petrified

    Or, the backstory for why Rocky gets annoyed when Grace doesn't shut the door at the end of the movie.

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    15 Jun 2026