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System Purge

Orbital Decay

Pressure Drop

Caviation

Hull Breach

Containment Leak

Lockdown

Collision Course

Crossed Signals

Flat Spin

Loss of Command

Station Keeping

Cooling Cycle

Sonar Contact

Periscope Depth

Hover Control

Hostile Contact. First Echo

Hostile contact. Return Signal

Green status

Stand by

Blunt Impact

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TRIAL AND ERROR by UON on AO3

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T&E is one of my fave Bloody Mary fan projects out there.

I found it difficult to keep up with the events when I was consuming so much other media. I made myself this lil self indulgent timeline (really it's more like a silly plot list and some sentences string together) to help me keep track of my fave scenes 👀

Then, I shared it on a fan discord and it received lots of positive attention (That's why it has a bit of a weird format!). Uon even saw it!

I'm working on posting all my summaries. More incoming!

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"Trigger Warnings: creepy situations, slight violence, strong language, panic attacks" (Straight from Ch 10 Summary Notes)

This one gonna have a Quickie and a Play by Play summary

Ch 10 Timeline Quickie ||Ch 10, Flat Spin:

It is the cultural conference day and || everyone is nervous. There's a sus white Eridian that makes inappropriate comments at Grace/Simon. Grace is assaulted by the white Eridian. Thankfully, Simon and a blue Eridian intervene. Once home, Grace loses his fuckin’ shit.

Overview: Grace lashes out at Simon. Simon refuses to leave Grace in such a ugly state so they get physical (fight). Of course, Grace cannot overpower Simon so he attacks Simon verbally: part of it is panicky apologies and part of it is spiteful panic.

But ultimately, he apologizes to Simon in a really manic way. Then, mood swings and makes Simon so uncomfortable Simon leaves (Grace makes some really good points during this fight though. He calls out Simon's toxic masculinity which kind of has created an unhealthy power dynamic around their sex life).

Still it's way too much, way too quick, and delivered in the worst way possible, at the worst time possible.||

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Ch 10 Play by Play

Part 1 : || Lights, Rocky is a nosy bitch asking about mating. Simon seems to think he owes Grace sex for the lamps, but Grace is completely oblivious to it.

Rubber band, Grace is a really charismatic tour guide (his internal dialogue reveals that he is actually very focused on making this work for Simon's sake). 

A marble colored eridian makes some really concerning comments about Grace's relationship with Rocky, saying it's good he didn't do anything improper with Rocky because it would fuck up his family. YK?  Like it would ruin Rocky’s relationship with Adrian and Rocky's reputation if Grace had interspecies sex with Rock… I agree with Grace, Eww (Sorry Grocky! Grocky not welcome in this context)! Temptations (Is Rocky a HUNK by Eridian standards?) (Short ass Rocky--A hunk?!) (Idk, maybe Adrian goes for ugly guys)?!

Honestly, it's quite depraved. There's also this other problem: The white Eridian keeps using his height advantage to kind of tower over Grace… It's just really uncomfortable.

||Simon intervenes and it looks like the situation is about to deescalate until the Eridian speaks again (This bitch doing this on purpose!). This time, it suggests filming pornographic material of Grace and Simon. This really rattles Simon. Grace has to make him chill out. Later 👀 (Damn, Simon that PDA is not what you think it's Abt, baby!)

During the tour, Simon finally allows Grace into the greenhouse.

We get the first ever Simon POV!||

Ch 10, Play by play- Part 2 ||While Simon speaks to the Eridian audience, Grace separates and is accosted and assaulted by the white perv Eridian During the assault, the Eridian proposes changing Grace's body to allow him to procreate with Simon. Yikes!

*Here is the mention of a fight in a workshop and I wonder if this is related to the mention that Simon broke Grace's ribs at some point in this story…

Simon takes Grace home and Grace is pretty out of it. Once home, Grace lashes out at Simon: He tells Simon he doesn’t like being with him. Grace tries to leave; Simon stops him. Grace bites him really hard. Grace is flips out, kissing and licking Simon only to further freak out by his own actions. Yeah, no, Grace is not doing well. Simon decides to insult Grace here bc, ofc :( (Maybe he doesn't mean to, but Grace is NOT “finally being  honest” here)

Grace returns to trying to get Simon to leave. Bad Timing! Simon calls Grace by his first name, Ryland.  Why would he do that? Could it be an attempt at a sweet gesture? But, ATST, come on, the name comes into play while Simon insinuates Grace couldn't beat him in a fight (Grace totes couldn't, but it's not nice to say so!) (Especially, not NOW)?!

Grace thinks Simon is retaliating for the medbay time. He has a bit of a breakdown apologizing for not knowing what to do with Simon then. Simon stands over Grace unsure what to do.

Grace lashes out AGAIN saying it must feel empowering to prevent him from leaving! He calls out their concerning power dynamic.|| 

|| How Simon’s toxic masculinity BS has their sex life unbalanced (yeah, the couch thing was hot but…)

Simon leaves soon after. Grace doesn't even know when bc he was rambling so hard. It was at some point after he called out the power dynamic thing.||

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Ch 9 Timeline ||Ch 9, Crossed signals

True Lies. They eat soup and (sexy) moan about it. Simon must like sweets. They talk about low resources and Eden’s cutthroat nature. Simon vaguely explains that his arm got stuck. They continue True Lies. Weird “they are married” comment. Grace puts on lingerie> Grace gets sucked over the lingerie. Praise heavy sex session> Grace gets a BJ and Simon swallows (Simon even teases Grace with his throat)> Simon comes while sucking Grace> I really really don't like the ending here bc despite Simon checking in, he also makes a vaguely insulting comment which leads to Grace ends up feeling dirty after the ordeal

*Yeah crossed signals for fucking sure||

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Ch 8 Timeline ||Ch 8, Collision Course:

"Good luck with [your] Reading"… AUTHOR, WTF ARE YOU PLOTTING?

Why DOES he eat like that? Why does you have that scar on your wrist (Did you try to kill yourself?)> Grace is such a subby bitch, he gets turned on when Simon tries to intimidate him for touching on those sensitive topics. Totally hooked on Simon's cock. He also allows an exasperated Simon to Dom him, humiliate him, boss him. Simon throat fucks Grace, he mixed praise and degradation > Good girl> After some withholding Simon jerks Grace off> This is probably the most extreme thing they do together, mostly bc Simon pushes on Grace’s humiliation thing. To his credit, Simon does  provide after care for Grace ( after Grace unknowingly subdrops) in his own way.

They discuss Simon not knowing how to cuddle and permits> Bye 

Rocky is a nosy bitch, Rocky dislikes Simon.

Simon works by the Greenhouse, looking hot> Rocky makes home smart> Simon catches Grace after saying goodbye to Rocky> making soup > TV offer

So did the author write that bc that was SUPER HOT?! idk ||

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Ch 7 Timeline || Ch7, Lockdown:

Grace likes Simon's hair smell, Morning frottage, Simon likes to hide when he comes- Cute! Simon bites Grace.

Where did Grace's undies go? (Does this ever get addressed again? I don't think so. They just kind of disappear and Grace assumes Simon probably washed them).

Coffee/Coercion scare, Simon feels unsafe in the dome, medical bay resentment. Grace tells Simon Abt being forced on PHM, and the resulting memory issues (This is an attempt to reassure Simon that he didn't purposely negate Simon his prosthetic arm until they slept together).

Simon remains afraid of the blood in the hall.

Grace cleans it and they pick a date for the culture conference.

Rock visit, Grace and Simon watch Scrubs.

When prompted, Simon essentially explains he has somewhat of a fawning mechanism. At least the one time when he apologized (I mean, he says he still enjoyed it but honestly…)

Grace promises he won't take advantage of Simon. ||