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  1. Summary

    Get up. Get up.

    Etoiles has known defeat. And though he has done his best to never let it win the war in his heart, he suffers through hardship just the same as any other mortal does.

    A collection of works that follows Etoiles through his past, his time on the Island, and the future he could have had.

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    People die — everyone except one, in fact — yet they all still survive, waking up to a home they’d left forgotten. This is the first time this will happen to them, and right now they don’t yet know that it is not the last. For now, they focus on what is before them, dealing with it however they can.

    A series exploring 3rd Life and the different manners it impacted its various players.

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  1. Public Bookmark 77

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    Two days after their first contact—and more importantly, their first words—Grace sets up his thinking machine to speak.

    Rocky does not need the assistance of a machine for Grace’s language. It is ugly and harsh to listen to, but it’s relatively simple to learn. That, and, well—Rocky was alone for a very, very long time before he met Grace. He maybe hangs on to each word a little more than strictly necessary. Grace only needs to tell him each word once for Rocky to know it forever.

    Grace, though…

    Well, he’s lucky Rocky is patient. Let’s leave it at that.

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 86

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    Getting settled on a new planet has all kinds of ups and downs, Ryland Grace knows this. Eridian's are very different, not to mention simply their method of speech.

    Grace may have forgotten to mention that some forms of sound, sudden and sharp, are painful to humans. It never came up, and after nearly a year on Erid, it had sort of slipped his mind. Not to mention, being on a space craft for nearly five years must have brought an issue like this to light, but it seems that he and Rocky had just gotten lucky.

    The alternative, the pain of new sounds is discovered the hard way, with a bit too much blood as a result.

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    18 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 37

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    Rocky has its work cut out for it, keeping its leaky space blob alive on the trip home. Grace has a long road of recovery to hobble down if he ever wants to leave his ghosts in the past. Follow both as they struggle to cope with their PTSD and a myriad of health issues together as they fight for their happy ending. 👎👎👎

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    18 Jun 2026

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    +VI [157] Eridian years after Grace and Rocky arrive on Erid, the light from Sol returns to full strength.

    It's time to establish a relationship between the planets, requiring an interstellar journey. Eridians traveling to Earth, safely, utilizing both human and Eridian science and technology.

    The only problem?

    Earth does not know that Ryland Grace is still alive. Or that they've been living as an Eridian for years, with a family, loved by the entire planet.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Grace lives a long and happy life on Erid with his cluster-members Rocky and Adrian, until he passes at the age of 95. He wakes up to find himself back in his San Francisco apartment and has to face navigating the most difficult part of his life in a language he hasn't spoken in 60 years.

    OR; After finding himself in the past, Ryland Grace has to try his best to keep his head down and figure out what he wants to do with his second try at solving the Astrophage problem and returning to his family. He struggles with language barriers, culture shock, and worst of all: he never really recovered all of his memories from his first time on earth.

    [Previously titled: "We'll Meet Again (Don't know where, Don't know when)"]

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    15 Jun 2026