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Edward and Stede go Christmas shopping. They have a lovely day. Then everything gets a bit much.
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04 Jan 2023
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pliocene by UnfortunatelyObsessed for Emi_theSassiestSousa, nerdykai128
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
30 May 2022
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“Well you’ve gone and fucked it up now, mate.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Fuckin' beg then, man, it's just ocean for miles.” Ed motions out to the waves, where there is no sign of any sort of ship, their small dinghy pulled far up on the sand. “I told you when the clouds look like seagulls you take fuckin' cover. Goddamn ocean mutinied me.”
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14 Dec 2022
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Ed is an engineer aboard the Revenge, an interplanetary research vessel on a multi-year mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. An accident requires that Ed awaken from cryostasis over six months early, and finds his only companion to be Stede, the ship's onboard AI. They develop an unconventional friendship, but is it possible to have more?
This is classic mutual pining with a sci-fi twist, inspired by all of my favorite stories about the nature of personhood.
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“You–” Ed was struggling to parse what Stede was saying. “You’re playing your version of this song for me, right now? Like, in real time?”“Yes, Edward, that’s correct,” said Stede softly.
Ed’s brain momentarily seized up. He supposed it made sense that Stede was capable of learning a set of rules to do something like arrange and play a piece of music. There was something unnerving about this song, though. It felt, well–it felt organic . Reactive. Almost collaborative in a way. Ed was lost in the push and pull of it, until the last notes softly petered out.
“So, what did you think?” asked Stede. It sounded nervous again. Why the hell would someone program an anxiety response into a bot?
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14 Dec 2022
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I don’t know who will find this, if anybody. Who would even understand it, as Captain Bonnet is long gone?
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The crew of the Revenge find a message in a marmalade jar.
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08 Dec 2022
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“Mmm…five more minutes?”
“Tell you what,” Stede says with a conspiratorial whisper, and Ed’s never been more grateful in his life than in this moment, with this man in his arms that’s worth more than all the finery in the world. “I’ll give you ten.”
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