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To the two of them, it was a thoroughly ordinary day, just helping
{their mentor / his girlfriend}
{check the health / keep track}
of the local
{forest / little league soccer team}.But when a moment of interstellar synchronicity strikes them like a bolt out of the blue, stranding them on a planet that’s
{too big / too small}
with a moon that’s
{too small / too big}
in a body with
{too many / too few}
fingers and
{too few / too many}
eyes, they find themselves desperate to uncover what happened and, more importantly, how to fix it.This is the story of a
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“Gabbro!” the Hatchling cried. Gabbro turned at their name, flute lowered. The Hatchling dashed across the sand and grabbed the astronaut by the shoulders. “I’m stuck in a time loop with Chert. You have to do something.”
“Oh, good luck with that, bud.” They raised their flute.
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You don't know what it is—a detailed hallucination, a trick of the mind, or one last gift from the Eye of the universe in recognition of your years of steadfast dedication to finding the answer. Infinite life condensed into a moment: twenty-two minutes to save the universe. In the end, you led yourself and everyone you loved to their final resting place. A universe contained within the space of an atom, an explosion as bright as a supernova.
And then you woke up.
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In which Feldspar reflects, adjusts to life back on Timber Hearth, steps up to the plate, and makes peace with everything that is, and was, and will be.
This is a story about family, mending bonds, and learning to live in the moment.
Post-Time Loop, 'Everyone Lives' AU.
A Sequel to 'MECO' and 'Refraction', and side story to 'Ratio'.
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- Part 7 of Postcards
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Unlimited Possibilities, Unlimited Frequency by robotsnv8s
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game), Pacific Drive (Video Game)
02 Jul 2025
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The universe has met its natural end.
There is only one more thing left to be done.
The Eye is observed and the ensuing storm brings a new universe into existence.
14.3 billion years later, an anomalous object stirs to life from a long period of dormancy.
And there's only one person close enough to get there before catastrophe.
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In which our Traveler desperately tries to fix everything that's falling apart, and is forced to accept the futility of fighting the inevitable.
This is a story about love, growing up, and saying goodbye.
A Time Buddies fic (eventually). The flip-side to Refraction.
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- Part 9 of Postcards
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What Outer Wilds Ventures is Trying to Hide From You! by KC_R
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)
27 May 2025
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The area was “unsafe” according to Feldspar, “off-limits” according to Chert, “fragile” according to Riebeck, and “really boring” according to Gabbro. No one they talked to gave a consistent reasoning, and they always seemed eager to shoo them away and go back inside.
Whatever they were trying to hide (and Tephra was certain they were hiding something) must be important.
Or
Tephra and Galena notice the travelers doing something weird, and are determined to get to the bottom of it.
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Ground control would call down their astronauts for big occasions, and today was Hatchling Day. A day to celebrate all the amazing hatchlings and the potential they had in the future. Riebeck was more than happy to come back home from space and join in the festivities.
Everything was going just fine until the main event of the egg hunt went missing.
Now, where could that huge golden egg gone?
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Trois portraits au fond d'une tombe — autant de promesses que tu ne pourras jamais tenir.
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- Part 3 of Les rêveries de l'Observateur solitaire
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Life goes on and now the village has tadpoles to care for, and today, caring for them includes catching them some live fish to chase!
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- Part 4 of traveller dupe AU
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I'm not being fair, it'd be better if I sat down and took a deep breath before...
"No, it's over for you, Gabbro. Because you can't bother getting up and doing anything at all. Because you're just sitting here on your little island doing nothing while I go through all the most painful experiences you could ever imagine all by myself."
... I say something really stupid.
"Because I have two mass extinctions on my mind day and night, while you're just sitting here twiddling your thumbs."
Yikes.
Gabbro takes what you said in, you can tell. It was eerily silent then, cyclones whistling and thunder roaring, sure, but it still felt like it was dead quiet.
"Hey, you want some sap wine by any chance. I've got some down there somewhere..." they suggest after a while.
"I hate sap wine." You say in a sort of deadpan voice.
"Okay, but I don't, so, do you mind?" They stretch their hand out.
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Fragments of universes that may or may not have existed.
Or: a collection of drabbles and ficlets for #outerwildsinktober. Mostly canon compliant.
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the horrors of basic biology by Sgr A-Star (tippertot)
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)
18 Jul 2024
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“I know a scary story you can tell them.”
“Oh? Yes?” Solanum replies.
Hal keeps their head lowered to hide what you think may be a mischievous smile. “Tell them what you told us about where Nomai ‘hatchlings’ come from.”
Campfire Fest 2024 day five, prompts: Solanum, Horror (?)
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This is a what-if story based on Learning to Catch at the End of Everything.
Our fandom doesn't have enough pure fluff. I'm trying not to think about the fact that I had to dive over a decade into a possible future to make it happen.
If you caused this, you know who you are.
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- Part 4 of Orbiting the End
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In the aftermath of the loops, the hatchling makes the choice to evacuate everyone away from the solar system. Naturally, this has its consequences on the mentality of everyone involved.
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Or: DLC angstfic.
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Hatch invites their friends to join in the festivities of a very special annual Hearthian winter holiday: Explosion Day!
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Known by no one except Gabbro, the Hatchling did it. They saved their small pocket of the universe. The supernova had been stopped. Yet… there was one or two more secrets to unravel…
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An explorer's log. Updates after each play session. I'll change this to something better once it's done lolol
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A Loop where you rest.
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SPOILERS FOR OUTER WILDS:
After a tiny anglerfish falls from the sky the Hatchling(Shale) wants to care for it, much to the displeasure of Feldspar.
This is basically an: Everything is fine AU, so no sun exploding or time loop!
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS AN UNFINISHED WORK THAT WILL LIKELY NOT BE CONTINUED.