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Grace sighed and rubbed his eyes in exhaustion, lowering his gaze away from the papers on the table in front of him.
They were filled with equations, questions, theories, some of which were scribbled over after he had deemed them non plausible.
What was even the point honestly? He was starting to question his own reasonings for even trying to solve this mystery.
The mystery in question ? How the heck they had come across another human floating around in space, in a submarine of all things, seemingly having been spat out by a wormhole which already in itself made zero sense, even when considering the theory of relativity.
He bit the end of the pen in his hand, deep in thought.
And this was just a small part of the puzzle. What also bugged him was what the rescued individual had told him about his own universe.
About that specific event that had been named The quiet rapture. He swore it had to have some sort of correlation to the astrophage problem currently happening in his own universe. But how ?
He felt like a hundred different voices were all talking and theorizing inside his head at once. It was maddening !
" Oh screw this. I can't do this right now... I can't think. " Grace said as he dropped the pen on the stack of papers and sighed, grabbing his own dusty blonde hair with both hands, his head still lowered in defeat.
Anyways, it didn't even matter. They had rescued this other human, and that's the most important part. Why even bother trying to figure out how he could possibly come from a different universe and have survived the travel through a wormhole and also apparently been near drowning in an ocean of blood on a moon and also he came from a totally different society of surviving humans and apparently a cult and AND - yeah NO that's TOTALLY NOT WORTH FIGURING OUT !
" Ugghhh " Grace groaned loudly and decided to just leave the work for now. He felt like his brain was gonna melt.
He stood up fast which caused him to hit his knees on the table, rattling it so several things fell over and a cup and some pens even fell off and landed on the floor.
Great. That TOTALLY doesn't add to the annoyance.
He stood there, hands clenched into fists, holding his breath with an exaggerated expression, his cheeks puffed out like a child trying not to cry or have a tantrum. His face was almost turning red.
" Going to leak again, question ? " Came a voice from the other end of the laboratory. It was calm, amused and almost mocking in tone but with a warmness behind it that implied care for him.
Grace jumped slightly, exhaling through his nose before turning around to look at where the voice came from, his eyes looking somewhat defeated.
Oh, and on the topic of finding unexpected things in space !
He had encountered an alien... And not just any alien life, but a sentient species almost identical to humans.
He was really starting to believe that the panspermia theory might just be correct. This at least could very well be proof of that. Now wormholes? That's a whole other can of...worms. Ha.
And this individual here was named Rocky. Or well, at least that is the English name Grace had given him after realizing he couldn't pronounce his Eridian name. Him and Grace had met by chance during their respective missions and had formed a pretty deep bond over the months. Eventually, Rocky had decided to join Grace on his ship, The Hail Mary, as the technology was superior to his own despite Mary being only about a quarter of the size of his ship.
Grace hadn't minded at all. He enjoyed the company A LOT. It had actually saved his mental health pretty significantly. Sure, getting along on a rather small area like that took some getting used to, but now, it was actually enjoyable to have someone to talk with. Even if him and Rocky had arguments every now and then, they always got back on good terms rather quickly.
Rocky had charm, he couldn't deny that. His craftsmanship and intelligence was impressive, even to a scientist. Even the man's brashness was endearing. Grace could never seem to stay angry at him. Something about the slight smile on his lips whenever he was being cocky was so annoying yet so... alluring.
Rocky was tall and well toned, his skin a bit more tan than Grace's. His eyes were slightly narrow, always having a half lidded look and the color was very unusual. A dusty brick red/orange color with a darker ring around the iris. His hair was a dark gray with strands of a paler gray color, particularly in the front. The sides and back was shorter with the top part slightly longer and flipped to one side, locks of it partially covering one side of his forehead and upper face, sometimes one eye.
His arms and legs had scarification like markings once carved in, now healed. They had been dyed with what he had explained to be some kind of natural dye from his home planet. The markings looked like geometric shapes. Lines, circles, all with their own meaning.
Grace found them very intriguing. He had even considered getting some of his own once returning to Eridani, which Rocky had encouraged.
Rocky's vision was not great, and Grace had tried letting him borrow a spare pair of glasses that he had found, packed away in one of his bags of clothes and belongings. They had to have some positive effect as Rocky kept them on most of the time. It was pretty common for his species to have bad vision. Most Eridians do. Instead, they rely on their excellent hearing and an incredible sense of touch to gather information. And by incredible hearing, he means HE CAN LITERALLY ECHOLOCATE.
Grace had learned this pretty soon after they met, because Rocky would always somehow know what he was doing despite being in different rooms. It was pretty freaky, but now he didn't really think much about it anymore. It was every-day stuff. It's not like there was much privacy on a small ship like that anyway.
On the note of privacy though, because of Rocky's poor vision, he had a habit of getting very close to someone when interacting. Like, REALLY close. And sometimes even touch as well. He claimed it helped him understand better, and learn.
Grace had sorta just accepted that with his friend, personal bubbles were non existent. He didn't really mind, to be honest.
He looked at Rocky who sat on a chair backwards by the opposite wall of the lab, watching him intently with those half lidded eyes.
He hadn't even noticed him join him in the room. How long had he been sitting there watching him ?
" No, I'm not! I'm just…frustrated. My brain feels mushy. " Grace mumbled the last part mostly to himself, though he knew Rocky heard it. He always did.
" That's no good. Can't have that. Don't want to clean up your brain mush from the floor, statement. " Rocky said, chuckling a little after he spoke. His head tipped to one side slowly, his eyes still on Grace.
Rocky's speech pattern was slightly different than Grace's. After all, he had only been speaking English for a couple months, so no wonder it wasn't perfect yet. But still, it was very much understandable and very impressive. Eridians learned quickly.
Yeah yeah very funny " Grace said, sighing and crossing his arms over his chest as he walked away from the table and the work he left behind. " What's Simon up to ? " He asked, walking towards his friend.
Simon. The man they had rescued a couple months prior.Strange individual. Quiet and reserved but also short tempered and yet clearly with some unresolved trauma that was slowly being unpacked through conversations with the two of them. He had mellowed out a LOT since they found him. He had finally realized that he had, infact, been rescued and that this was not some sort of eternal nightmare or illusion.
He was also not very socialized. He had explained what kind of world and life he had come from, and it made a lot of sense. A dog-eat-dog world where one best keep to themselves to survive. He had slowly opened up to Grace and Rocky after they kept reassuring him that here, he really was an individual, and that it was okay to do what he wanted and not do what he didn't want. It had seemed like a completely alien concept to him.
Grace was glad Simon was starting to actually be comfortable and relax. He could tell he needed it.
" Simon is by the corridor window, stargazing. " Rocky said, nodding his head in the direction he was referring to.
Simon often did that. He could sit there for hours, captivated by the millions of stars outside. They calmed him and helped him relax whenever his old trauma and anxiety started to flare up.
Grace nodded and said nothing, a small smile forming on his lips. He thought for a while, tapping a couple fingers on the arm they rested on as they were still crossed over his chest.
" I think...I'll go take a shower. It's been a while since I took a proper one and not just a wash.. " He said, leaning his head back to look up at the ceiling and stretch his back. His arms unfolded and reached up together in a full stretch as he hummed in satisfaction when his back crackled and loosened whatever tension had built up after hours of sitting down. The stretch caused his t-shirt to lift up slightly, revealing his lower belly and slight happy trail along with the top of the v-cut from his hips.
Rocky's gaze fixed on the new point of interest, head tilting ever so slightly to the side, that slight smile still on his lips.
" Need help with the shower, question ? "
He purred, eyes flicking back up to meet Grace's blues that were now big in surprise after hearing the question.
Grace's face felt hot again, but not from frustration this time. He took a second to replay the question in his head before he could stutter out a response.
" Uh wh- I- you- I mean I know how to shower I - "
The tiny smile grew into a smirk on Rocky's lips as he stood up and began moving the chair back to its original place.
" I am aware of that. Offer still stands, statement. " He said as he walked out of the lab, heading towards the cockpit to check on the ships current trajectory.
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