#simply yapping

simon, after the adrenaline wears off: oh god oh no i hugged him i TOUCHED him i need to throw myself into dirt and bury myself i need a small space to- what the fuck is he doing in the mental health node

grace, after putting on a video of mars: I found your mountain the one you said you liked and the lake in the crater? we can go there when we get back if you want i think i’m turbo dead legally on earth sooooo

simon, staring blankly ahead: i would give you my seed

grace:

grace: wh at

simon: the- the seed. the highest honor when someone dies. i would give up my place in a burial chamber so you could have a seed planted where you rest

grace: HUH

Simon, unable to shut up: can we tell rocky to mix the soil our bodies become i want to be one with you

grace: hey so is planning funerals like planning a wedding

simon: no (very obviously lying)

grace:

grace: i mean

grace: sure?? we can be dirt together

simon: :)

grace: oh my god you can smile

simon: I HAVE SMILED BEFORE

grace: WH- NOT AT ME

simon: YOU JUST WEREN’T LOOKING WHEN I WAS

grace: do you smile at me when i’m not looking a lot

simon: >:(

grace mentions he is lonely once but would feel bad asking even a long-lived eridian to go to earth and ask if maybe someone wanted to be there for him when he passed or smth

and the thrum is like that’s not enough time we need a human here stat and somehow find a way to reach through fucking dimensions for him and grab simon like

“you said you’d be upset if we just snatched someone from earth so we snatched this one out of some goop”

and grace is like “im sorry you what out of what”

“we cannot return him”

“okay yeah i. okay. sure. SURE”

“saviour grace is not pleased”

“i am. a little. confused. on how you opened. a… wormhole? portal?”

“we were experimenting with light”

“is this a potato chip situation did you even MEAN to do this”

“yes. lie”

ava: we’re just trying to figure out what the issue is with introducing him to the others. he’s fine on his own, but the second we try letting him socialize he gets aggressive and starts attacking the walls

grace: well uh

grace: obvious issue

ava: ?

grace: that’s not a mermaid

ava: ???

grace: that’s a siren. which. is kind of known for eating mermaids. you’ve basically been putting a fish buffet in front of a shark and then taking it away. it’s not really that odd he’s getting angry

ava: e x c u s e me

grace: hey, don’t shoot the messenger! i’m just. 100% sure the mermaids don’t have fins like that. ever.

grace: so can i leave now that was all you needed right

ava: no

grace: why

ava: (pointing behind him at the glass, which simon is pressing his forehead to and staring at grace)

grace: oh so he can be social

ava: he has not done that in seven months

grace: so this is a crane husband situation

ava: something like that. make sure not to put your hand in the water. let him come to you.

grace: what happens if i-

ava: we aren’t getting you a new hand

grace: cool cool cool am i allowed to

grace: not do this

ava: i could have eva ask you

ilyukhina, trying to get simon used to talking: soooo what do you think about rocky?

simon, no hesitation: loud

ilyukhina: what about grace?

simon, thinking for a minute: …snack

ilyukhina, suddenly regretting teaching simon slang: so. maybe we use a different word. that won’t make him think you still want to eat him

simon: pretty?

simon, full on ripping part of the wall off of Mary because he needed to fix something in there and the wall wouldn’t unscrew fast enough:

grace, thinking to himself: i should probably leave he’s still feeling bad

simon: CAN YOU MOVE FASTER THERE ARE LIVE WIRES YOU’RE GOING TO GET HURT

grace, who was not expecting to get yelled at:

grace, internally: this is not the time to tell him i just learned something about myself. i need to. be in the lab for several hours.

simon, in his personal space longer than usual: ?

grace: i’m so so normal

simon, hugging him for longer than usual: ??

grace: s o normal

simon, resting his face on grace’s shoulder: ???

the old boss @ eva every time grace and rocky basically stole a mission boat with carl to investigate lone siren sightings

rocky, after watching simon eat shit after tripping while drunk: simon full of grace

simon, craddling the communion wine bottle: god i wish

grace, who came over to help him up: what