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Grace and Rocky, giving a tour of the Hail Mary to fascinated Eridian scientists and diplomats.
Pointing at things and explaining what they are and how the ship works, lots of awed and appreciative noises are made.
Until one of the visiting Eridians points out a specific item. “And that?”
It’s a strange, circular thing, a xenonite disk mounted upright on some sort of pivot so it can spin freely, but around the edges it has… spokes? Pegs? Sticking out of it, that hit against a stiff flap that would slow down the spinning.
It is also separated into sections decorated with crude etchings of a human and an Eridian.
“Ah,” Grace says.
“That,” Rocky says.
“That’s. Um.” Grace seems somewhat embarrassed. “That’s the sacrifice wheel.”
The Eridian visitors clearly do not know what to make of that. “We think we misunderstood Savior Grace’s word,” they say, apparently hoping this is a vocabulary mix-up. “Explain (question, polite)?”
“Didn’t misunderstand,” says Rocky, sounding very sheepish. “That is sacrifice wheel.”
“So. While we were on our way to Erid, we might have gotten… anxious about each other’s well-being,” Grace says, which everyone is already very aware is a wild understatement. “And, well, you heard what happened at Tau Ceti, and after. There were a lot of unexpected dangers for the whole trip that required a lot of, at least, attempted self-sacrifice to solve. We ended up almost dying for each other several times. And we had an argument about what we’d do if another crisis like that came up. And we couldn't agree.”
“Grace argued that Grace already was unlikely to survive long-term on Erid, so he should be the one to do any potential deadly but necessary maneuvers to make sure I was able to bring taumoeba back,” Rocky says.
“Which made sense.”
“Did not make sense! Grace already sacrificed so much for me and for Erid, wouldn’t be fair to make you do it again—“ Rocky cuts himself off with a huff. They have obviously had this conversation before. “So sacrifice wheel was compromise.”
“Yeah,” Grace says. He spins it to demonstrate; it whirls around in a blur and a rattle of the flap hitting the pegs, then eventually slows down, and stops—pointing at the segment depicting a very bad but very clear image of an Eridian. “Rocky made the wheel, I spin the wheel, and whoever it lands on, that’s who gets to sacrifice themself to save the other and the other person does not get to argue. This way, we wouldn’t waste time debating who does the self-sacrifice and who survives, it’s just a plain fifty-fifty chance. Or, eighteen-eighteen chance in base six. But the point is it could be either of us and we would have to accept the outcome.”
Rocky started fidgeting while Grace was explaining. When Grace finishes, proud of the equitable solution they came up with to allow them to die for each other fairly, Rocky says, “Now that we are back and we don’t need sacrifice wheel anymore… I have confession to make. About the wheel.”
“What about the wheel?”
Rocky doesn’t answer. Grace frowns, first confused, then suspicious, and spins the wheel again.
It lands on Rocky again.
He spins the wheel again, and again, and again, and it lands on Rocky every single time.
“Rocky!”
“I weighted the wheel,” Rocky admits.
“Rocky the whole point was that it was equal, that was why we even made it—“
“Never was necessary so doesn’t matter anymore!”
“But you WOULD have!”
“And you never noticed because you were hungry and cranky and distracted and so would have done bad job on heroic self-sacrifice anyway!”
“I would not! I would have done fine!”
(The Eridian scientists and diplomats are still here watching this btw. Slowly dawning on them that 1) these two are extremely not normal about each other 2) if Erid ever does another space mission they NEED to send a therapist aboard because this is what happens when they don’t)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Rocky, Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Adrian & Ryland Grace & Rocky
Characters: Ryland Grace, Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
Additional Tags: Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends, Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary), He/Him Pronouns for Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful, Canon - Book & Movie Combination, Alien Cultural Differences, Daily Life on Erid (Project Hail Mary), Fluff, Injury, Minor Violence, Post-Canon, Alien Planet, Humans Are Space Orcs, Eridian Children Are Called “Pebbles” (Project Hail Mary), Eridians Love Ryland Grace, Teacher Ryland Grace, Blood and Violence, Tags Are Fun, Humor
Summary:
“Grace, question?”
I perk up at the sound of Rocky’s voice. It’s not uncommon after almost two years into our trip to Erid to ask random questions about me, or humans, or really earth in general. Especially after an hour or two on his computer.
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Grace finds a shirt tucked away, somehow having escaped his thievery of his crewmates' clothing.
At first he's only pleasantly surprised, alright! A new thing to wear! The muscle memory kicks in before he realizes, and Grace brings the shirt in for a quick sniff-test. He feels his heart stop for a moment.
Where grace was worried about a smell, there is instead a scent. A soft scent, layered with detergent and perfume or maybe cologne and something else indistinguishable but oh so very present that can only come from being worn by the same person so many times.
The shirt smells like another person.
It's almost embarrassing how quickly Grace shoves the shirt into his face and inhales deeply, but he couldn't be bothered to worry about that. The last time he encountered an unfamiliar smell still haunts him down to his bones, but this? The smell of a well-loved shirt, the smell of another human being? He only acknowledges the tears pouring from him as a means to not get them on the fabric and wash out the scent.
There's too many emotions at once. Comfort and grief and loneliness and satisfaction and the awful pre-emptive fear over when the scent will inevitably fade. Grace can only cling tightly to the shirt and breathe in.
Of course Rocky has questions when he notices how long Grace has been curled up with a shirt stuffed to his face. Grace isn't much help explaining, either, muttering about a reminder of crewmates, muffled from the cloth covering his mouth. The underlying message is there, though, and Rocky gives him some space.
Rocky had scent explained to him, but the concept still trips him up on occasion, especially when it can't easily correlate to taste. Why is this shirt different from the rest? Why has it gained residence in Grace's bed?
Grace simply explains it's a comfort, and Rocky leaves it at that. Rocky can appreciate anything that brings comfort to Grace. He watches Grace reach for the shirt while he sleeps. Hears the contented sigh after he breathes in.
At some point, the shirt no longer stays in Grace's bed. Rocky doesn't question it, just allows Grace to hug him in the ball for as long as he needs.
it’s kinda funny bc the videos of grace hanging out w rocky is the happiest eva stratt had ever seen him. like imagine guilts been haunting you and the laws been hunting you and for decades you have no idea if it’s been all for nothing and then….. first clip you see is the scientist and a sentient rock going “this is me and my BOI ✌️”
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my bf just graduated law school, and his gift is art!!!!!! :D
this is a scene from chapter 3 of living just to die, @cedardivine's eva-goes-on-the-hail-mary fic! it's funny and emotional and very, very worth your time if you like strattland. ♡
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