Bread_And_Butterfly



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    “Oh! I- I was looking at the Taumoeba on the reverse microscope. Observing how they move, counting the population.”

    “This tell Grace what, question?”

    I shrugged.

    “Not that much. Population is something I’m only trying to figure out for the sake of marking a… sample size; it’s a bit more difficult, since when I did work in the wet lab, it was mostly on bacteria, and we can’t exactly… count CFU for these guys. Once I have that, we can try looking at modifying them properly. I think the first step would be to mark sort of an… an MIC of nitrogen (...)” I sighed, pressing my glasses back upon my nose. “I’m gonna start on some more useful things in a second, but classical microbiology is sometimes just… fun.”

    A beat.

    “Grace use a lot of words and Rocky understand about half of them.”

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    Ryland Grace is a scentist, and so experiments he must do—they have to figure out how to breed nitrogen-resistant Taumoeba, after all.

    It's a shame the lab was arranged by someone with not a lot of experience in the wet lab.

    It's also a shame if he'll never get to talk to Eridian scientists about their sience.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    On the way to the 40-Eridani system, Grace and Rocky suddenly wake up on the roof of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 50 days before the launch of the Hail Mary.

    Rocky looks... a little different.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    Tom Ryder bought a pair of gold short shorts and wants to hit the club scene with his boyfriend, Ryland Grace. Tom spots Simon on the edge of the dancefloor and, wanting to make Ryland so jealous he gets mean (don't worry, Tom's very into it), starts dancing with him. A quick conversation later and the three of them go back to the penthouse for the best night of Tom's life.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    “I just mean that I can be useful to you. To the Taskforce. Even—even with all that other stuff, ‘cause I do know what I’m doing, right? I swear, I’m not expendable.” He rubs harshly at his forehead and decides that’s enough eye contact for one day. He didn’t really mean to say half of that stuff out loud. It’s time for bed.

    There’s a small sigh that comes from somewhere above him. He feels something warm squeeze his shoulder. “No, Doctor Grace, you are not expendable.”

    “Oh, okay.” He immediately forgets about his decision to forgo eye contact and smiles up at her. Woah, the lights are bright in here. “I haven’t eaten all day.”

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    What if Ryland Grace wanted to be a part of the Petrova Taskforce from the beginning? Is he going to let his insecurities get in the way? Yes. He is.

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    Batman keeps a list of disgraced scientists who might consider supervillainy a viable career option. Ryland Grace has much better things to do than deal with an overly suspicious bat.

     

    Inspired by a post from @thewanderingcat!

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    02 Jul 2026