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    It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    I’m safe. I know this. As foreign as it feels to give myself credit, I know I helped save Erid, and that every sentient being on the planet knows it too.

    And yet, something small and primitive in me can’t fight the brief flash of fear that zips through me when Adrian skids to a halt before me and I am forced to look up at them.

    For a moment, they just stand there. I am reminded of the first time I saw Rocky, atavistic horror battling with fascination, coming together in a trembling awe. I feel no different looking at Adrian than I felt looking at Adrian, a vast expanse of green before me, knowing I am the first human to ever witness it, finding beauty in it as much as knowing it could spell my doom under the right circumstances. The light of my dome shines down on them, casting a dozen towering shadows over me.

    “Hi,” I manage, forcing myself to swallow through a dry throat. If this is who Rocky chose to spend his life with, they’re cool. They have to be.

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    Or: Rocky introduces the two people he loves most.

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    08 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 8

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    When a rescue investigation turns into an Imperial assault, Kallus pushes past every reasonable physical limit to protect the victims.

    And to protect Zeb.

    (Major H/C. Protective, wounded Kallus then soft and sweet Zeb/Kallus).

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    07 Jun 2026

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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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    07 Jun 2026

  5. Rec 16

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    The holo-photo glares at him in accusation, as if any of this were his fault. Which it’s not! The photo is clearly a cunning Rebel plot, created to undermine his authority! Inner Voice objects to the plausibility of that theory, so Kallus escorts it to the darkest corner of his mind and shoots it in the head; because there is no other alternative. This cannot be real, nor could it possibly be happening to him…

    “Why me?” He raises his eyes and pleads with a god — any god, really — for deliverance. Or perhaps death. Death might be better. “What did I do to deserve this?”

    The wanted poster with his own imperious face glowering back at him doesn’t deign to reply. That’s alright. He has the feeling he knows the answer.

     

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    The one where Kallus temporarily joins the Ghost Crew after he is declared a traitor to the Empire. Which is utterly ridiculous, by the way. He would never betray the Empire! Ever! Not even for a green-eyed, purple furred, suspiciously kind, oddly gentle, definitely-not-attractive-in-any-way-shape-or-form Lasat!

    He’s having difficulty proving this to the Empire, however. Especially with a meddling group of misfits sabotaging his every attempt to do so.

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    06 Jun 2026