Part 40 Masterpost

I wonder if Rocky had heard mention of a dead older brother a handful of times and knew not to really bring it up, but then dude gets a phone call like a week after The Claire Incident thats just Ryland losing his shit.

Oh Rocky knows *all* about Courtland.

Ryland and Colt were eighteen when they 'buried' Courtland, and Ryland, this time, was the one who stayed strong and trudged on with life while Colt broke down and came horribly close to losing himself to his grief. So Courtland's loss is still very new when Ryland meets Rocky, and one night the grief finally catches up and Ryland just loses it.

Rocky sits with him while Ryland breaks down. He holds him when it becomes just a little too hard to breathe. He listens as Ryland tells him about his oldest brother, the good and the bad. And when Ryland has finally calmed enough to try and apologize for dumping that all on Rocky, Rocky pulls him into a hug and doesn't let go until Ryland stops trying to apologize.

Adrian knows as much about Courtland as Simon and Jody do, which is to say not a lot, but they know enough to know it's a wound that never quite healed right.

And when Rocky finds out Courtland is alive (bc Ryland absolutely called Rocky the same night he found out, and he was a sobbing blubbering mess the whole time) it's uh. Well.

On this weekly episode of 3 idiots in a tin can-

Me?? Posting a drawing?? More likely then you think- as I have gained the power of new crackship!!!!

rescuing our brother from his workplace!*

(Note, put your brightness up for this, made this a bit too dark on accident)

Part 39 Masterpost

For human, grossly underqualified (For canine, grossly overqualified) by Me

"Something else?" Adrian turns their body in curiosity. They consider the reality of meeting another lifeform, of making first contact with an alien species. For what has to be the 1,000th time, Adrian thinks of their mate. ♪♫♪♫ would love to be here, clamoring for the opportunity to connect with intelligent life. They felt their vents flare with the weight of their grief. "Yes, something else," their coworker, ♪♪♪, turns to their radio and twists a few knobs and adjustments until a strange voice spills out into the open air. "Hǝllo¿ Ԁlǝɐsǝ¿ ∀ʌǝ dlǝɐsǝ I ƃoʇ ʇɥǝ qox' ʎon dɹoɯᴉsǝp' ʎon dɹoɯᴉsǝp ᴉp qǝ ɟɹǝǝ˙ I pᴉp ǝʌǝɹʎʇɥᴉuƃ ʎon ɐsʞǝp˙ Ԁlǝɐsǝ' qɹᴉuƃ ɯǝ nd˙" it cried out desperately, and despite the fact Adrian couldn't quite understand what it was saying, their fear and desperation transcended language and species. "Oh," Adrian finds themself becoming very, very still. Or After waiting for the return of their mate for so many years, Adrian stumbles upon something strange. A rouge moon of blood a rather pathetic creature beneath its waves

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Grace is equally terrified. There shouldn't be anyone else. Another human, untrained and unwilling, in this equation could ruin the mission.

Rocky is loud and unfamiliar to Simon. Grace has grabbed a makeshift weapon. He's scared and backed into a corner, ready to start swinging if need be. But then the NannyBot sedates him. He tries to fight it but can't. Confused and scared as he falls flat on his face.

Rocky wonders why Grace seems even more upset afterward. He can't see the way the blood drained from his face.

Part 38 Masterpost

Developed narcolepsy after one too many creative ways Eden and/or the COI forced him to stay awake for days on end with work.

Does not know it’s narcolepsy at all. Doesn’t know what that is. Thinks he’s just always bone dead tired all the time because that’s just what life is.

Can fall into REM sleep in under 15 minutes. He’s still a very light sleeper tho so he is acute to waking up fast. He can take up to 10 little power naps a day.

He can fall asleep doing things. He could be doing some mindless action over and over and then he leaning a little too hard to the left and has to snap himself awake.

If his mind is not being actively engaged at all times, he’s falling asleep. It helps to talk mostly, but doing any activity that requires stimulation is usually enough.

Letting out a sudden scream helps a lot.

Can 100% sleep with his eyes open sitting up straight.

Triggers are usually being warm. Not hot, but just body temp warm. A nice 77f (25c) and he’s fighting to keep his head above water. Another is just any droning motion. Repetitive and same, over and over, he’s out like a light.

For the most part, the only thing keeping him awake on the sub was the constant looming death threatening him. And he did still end up getting pulled to sleep by driving the sub around lmao.

He can’t function at all if he stays up past 10pm. 12 hours of no sleep is too much for him. His filter is gone. He’s just saying nonsense and bumping around.

“My head feels all” weird motion with his hands around his face “muddy. Like mud is in there. My body feels like mud. My mouth tastes like bones.”

Good luck giving him instructions.

Has passed out just fully on the ground before. Probably several times but it always gets foggy and he can’t remember much.

In some other universe where coffee or caffeine would be available to him, it doesn’t work. Gives him heart palpitations and the slightest bit of energy, but he is still so fucking tired.

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Grace is baffled by how much he sleeps and figured it was maybe a PTSD or depression thing considering his background. He only figured something else was up when he saw in real time Simon passing out doing something mindlessly boring.

He freaked out the first time Simon passed out. He worried about if he was eating or drinking enough, if he was sick with something, but Simon would come out completely fine. Armando couldn’t find anything on him. Simon would take a nap and be somewhat better when he woke up again.

“Are you always this tired??” A shrug “yeah pretty much. I thought it was normal.” Cue a heavily concerned Grace asking too many questions.

He has gotten really good at spotting when Simon needs to wake up. Talking still really helps which is great because Grace is a yapper first and foremost.

The first time he found out Simon would scream to wake himself up he just about had a heart attack. Just a loud sudden shout out of nowhere as Simon jerks back up.