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ᖇOᑕKY@rockinthestars.bsky.social · 4d ago

There’s a flare of jealousy over space portals and Grace is tempted to ask if maybe Rocky could bring someone back with him. But he bites his tongue, food will do just fine. “How did you even learn to cook?”

“Space portal!” He robbed a grocery store most assured. When a rock alien walks in and takes a bunch of food and then walks out and disappears. No one stops you. How safe is meat going through space portals. No idea. Grace is Guinea pig (again).

ᖇOᑕKY@rockinthestars.bsky.social · 4d ago

"TacoSSSSS?!" His voice did a funny high-pitched thing "HOW?!" "WHERE?!" "Coma sludge?"

“Rocky making tacos!” He chirped happily and held up the spatula.

ᖇOᑕKY@rockinthestars.bsky.social · 4d ago

Food doesn't know what time it is. And Grace is wandering through, sniffling like a hungry dog. "What is that... delicious smell?" Salivating already

Actually yes. He’s making tacos. Not breakfast tacos. Just straight up tacos. He still doesn’t understand the concept of breakfast lunch and dinner. Food is food.

ᖇOᑕKY@rockinthestars.bsky.social · 5d ago

Surf's up, baby! What's for breakfast? Has Rocky picked up some nice human food during one of his secret visits to Earth?

Cooking @spacemuscles.bsky.social breakfast. He fixed the thermocoupler for the wave maker. He’s in a good mood.

“Gaslighting, gatekeep, girlboss.”

“Okay, Dad.”

Is not safe for Grace.

“Why am I so shouty recently?”

So is hallucinating and climbing onto the roof!

Is very dangerous.

SPACE PORTALS?! There’s space portals and you didn’t tell me?!

Listen. If Grace wants to brave going through space portals. He can.

Imagine if Grace saw some of Rocky’s new friends. They’re all scary.

Well duh, she’s a hallucination isn’t she? Rocky can’t see her. (Which is a shame, she’s real pretty)

Rocky has not seen the other human yet. So… possibly. No roof for Grace.

But at least he KNOWS he’s hallucinating, right? And has already said no roof!

The ocean has only been off for a day and @spacemuscles.bsky.social is hallucinating. Not great.

Rosalind Barlowe@blindwitch.bsky.social · last wk.

“Good! Good. That’s good. Because Rocky was furious.” Ryland clapped his hands, his laugh a little too high. But this was fine. He was just having a moment. Probably from his atrocious sleep schedule. So he’d play along. That was fine, too. “Erid. You are on 40 Eridani A b.” -

More blinking from Rosalind. "I don't want to go on the roof?" This one was really weird, but in an adorable kind of way. "I would like to know where I am. Please?" She's calm. She's completely calm. This was all part of her grand plan. Yep.

Rosalind Barlowe@blindwitch.bsky.social · last wk.

Right. Well. Yes. That is exactly what his imaginary friend would say. How to explain the sudden appearance on an alien world. Maybe Rocky was right and he really couldn’t be left on his own. “We’re not going onto the roof. Just so you know.” He’d promised Rocky.

Rosalind also blinked as she stared in his general direction. "My apologies. I guess I arrived in the wrong location. Again." She cleared her throat and tried not to look too threatening. "I come in peace from another universe. Hi. . . ."

Rosalind Barlowe@blindwitch.bsky.social · last wk.

There’s a long pause, and then a high pitched scream. Ryland tried to cuddle himself before pulling himself together “What?” Blink Blink blink “I’m hallucinating now, well that’s just great!” He’d not seen another human since… in a long time!

"I see nothing except you, or rather, your energy." 🤭

You know what’s better than being seductive? Science. How about that? How about #ScienceSunday, huh?

It’s #SeductiveSunday Look at those big storage tanks Sexy, right?

He glanced over, a bit of guilt nibbling at him. But he pushed it away. It had been a long few weeks. And when alcohol got brought up, well, he had a bit of a pity party. “Just my head. And maybe my pride.” A long sigh. “Do you need to sleep?”

“Grace is not mountain goat, Grace is human. Almost fall many times, Rocky save.” He was just being a bit fussy because he definetly needed to sleep again. “Grace no hurt, question?” Tap tap.

"I am a good climber, I'm like a mountain goat." Actually, that tickle his memory. He's probably said that last night, just like that time in college when he'd climbed up onto a ledge and then fallen off. "At least there was only you to witness my misdemeanours."

“Climbed.” Rocky always worried about Grace. Last night was his absolute peak of worry. (But their fishing trip on Adrien was still the top.) “Grace was earth term… Waisted.” Someone take away his laptop.

"I don't remember..." Slow have wave "Any of that." Now he's rubbing his face "How did I even get onto the roof?" Was he chasing the stars?

“Grace ran around house yelling ‘Am king of the world’. Rocky watch make sure Grace no fall off of roof.” No wonder he’s so broody. “Cried… a lot. Rocky stay.”

So long as everything is quiet. Grace has a bit of a headache today. And he smells of last night's vodka. "Do you know... what I did last night?" It's all a blur. All of it.

He’s being broody and protective again of @spacemuscles.bsky.social He may not have a ‘mouth’ but he will bite whoever approaches too quickly.

Don’t say it… Say it? Don’t say it…. “biiiiiiiiiGGGGG stretch!”

Biiiiiiiiig stretch for the rock.

ᖇOᑕKY@rockinthestars.bsky.social · 2w ago

“How did you fall?”

“Wasn’t swimming. Fell. Drowned.”

“Hey, wait! Nobody is drowning me!”

"Peach pie." "That's what I want."