StarsAboveSkyBelow



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    It was a long way to Xadia. A really, really long way. A month's travel if they were lucky. If they weren’t lucky....well, it could take twice that, or even longer.
    It would take a miracle to get the egg to the Dragon Queen before war broke out. But what else could they do?

    (AU in which the Xadian continent is much larger, the kids and their egg will be travelling together for a long, long time, and canon lays dying in a ditch along the way)

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    25 Jun 2026

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    ...Siffrin knew that just because they couldn't see the stars didn't mean they weren't there. Whether hidden by the sun or man-made light, or on full display in the blackened sky, the stars were always with him, always watching from above.

    The thought used to comfort Siffrin. Now it only strengthened the ache in their gut that flared every time they thought of what they'd lost.

    Siffrin eyes burned with tears. He bit his lip, hard, hoping to distract from the pressure building in his head.

    Isabeau, of course, noticed first. "Hey, Sif, you alright?"

    "Oh, yeah," Siffrin said, hastily wiping his face. "Doing great!"

    Isabeau raised an eyebrow. "Okay. You sure?"

    Siffrin shook his head. "It's nothing. Just…" He smiled, sadly. "Just… stars."

    Siffrin is fine. He has a family that loves him and plenty of adventures ahead. He's fine.

    But he still wants to remember.

    And he can read his language now. And he has an ache in his soul that won't go away.

    So what if every memory leaves him choking on his own blood? So what if the Universe doesn't want him to remember?

    He has to at least try.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    An alien vessel approaches Erid requesting to land. The transmission uses the strangely flattened Eridian voice of a crew member long presumed dead.

    Erid denies the request. The vessel lands anyway.

    (AKA: Rocky and Grace save their stars. It doesn’t stop them from becoming Erid’s most enduring horror story.)

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    08 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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    08 Jun 2026