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Stede and Ed run away together at the end of episode nine. It turns out to be harder than they thought to get up and leave the past behind, and the happy ending they get is very different to the one they thought they were sailing to. Stede finds he doesn't want to leave his past behind, and Ed finds that he can't outrun his.
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15 Nov 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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- Part 1 of Starry Eyes and Counting Down to Zero
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22 Oct 2022
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"'M cold," Ed murmured, trying to curl into a tighter ball. He groaned, and then coughed a couple of times. "Hurts. Everything hurts."
Stede couldn't breathe for a moment. "...Jesus Mary and Joseph!" he gasped out. "Ed!" He shot to his feet. "I'm gonna... stay right there, Ed!" He fled to the cabin door and burst out onto the deck, where most of his crew was now sleeping in the moonlight. "Roach!" he shouted. "He's worse, Ed's worse! Where are you, Roach, wake up!"
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Or, Ed contracts malaria.
Bookmarked by AliceAddams13
05 Sep 2022