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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 19

Dec 20, 2022

How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 19

Just after the coordinates have been called down for the first jump into Quantum Space on the second day of LSS Starbright’s voyage to...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 18

Strange Space Adventures

Dec 17, 2022

STRANGE SPACE ADVENTURES

How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 18

“Good morning!” Merlani slides into one of the free seats at the table in the middle of Starbright’s mess where the rest of their...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 17

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Dec 15, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 17

The starship LSS Starbright’s main dining area is, as usual, practically deserted during the ship’s designated night period. Most of her...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 16

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Dec 13, 2022

STRANGE SPACE ADVENTURES

How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 3: The Meddling of Navigators | Chapter 16

A month or so before the end of their second year as a student at the Sol Central Space Service Academy, Merlani finds themself not on...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 15

Katie Silverwings

Dec 10, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 15

A week of sitting and listening to people talking about what they’ve done and having to tell their side of things over and over again...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 14

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Dec 8, 2022

STRANGE SPACE ADVENTURES

How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 14

As it turns out, Mercury is one of the oldest horses on the ranch: a bay and white painted gelding who is both hard to fluster and easily...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 13

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Dec 6, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 13

In all their wonderings about what living on Earth would be like, Merlani had never considered there would be an occasion where instead...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 12

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Dec 3, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 12

Merlani has been laying on this couch in the darkness with their eyes closed for long enough that they’ve almost forgotten how it was...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 11

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Dec 1, 2022

STRANGE SPACE ADVENTURES

How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 11

Brief Content Note: This chapter contains depictions of adult alcohol use and an instance of non-graphic violence in a self-defense...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 10

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Nov 29, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 2: The Pirate Queen and the Fugitive | Chapter 10

Brief Content Note: This chapter contains depictions of adult alcohol use. On the Friday afternoon before the two weeks of the Academy’s...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 9

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Nov 26, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 9

“There you are, O-zone!” calls Cadet Lewis as Merlani, Entile Ilmi, and da Silva pass the stand-by break room in the Nav/Quan building on...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 8

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Nov 24, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 8

Several hours later, Merlani steps out of the docking ring access corridor and into the central atrium of the Luna Orbital Space Station...

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Nov 22, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 7

On a rather nice morning several days later, Merlani is sitting in the Nav/Quan department’s central meeting room with the rest of their...

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Nov 19, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 6

Another late night in the mess hall nearly a month into the term, and Merlani is once again sitting in their usual spot. This time,...

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Nov 17, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 5

“Really, though, you didn’t have to terminate the sim early again, Waves,” says the almost pouting voice of Cadet Lewis over Merlani’s...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 4

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Nov 15, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 4

The next Monday, Merlani returns to their flat from their afternoon crystallography class the next Monday to pick up their gym bag and...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 3

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Nov 12, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 3

When the team’s practice is over and Merlani has finished changing back into their cadet uniform, they’re somewhat startled to see the...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 2

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Nov 10, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 2

On the final day of their first week of classes, Merlani finds themself holding back an awkward sort of frustration as they attempt to...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 1

Katie Silverwings

Nov 8, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Chapter 1

Three days into the first term of their second year at the Academy, the young Florivan known as Ocean Merlani sits alone at a booth in...

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Prologue

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Nov 5, 2022

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How Ocean Merlani Stole their Navigator | Part 1: The People We Call Home | Prologue

Two Florivans stand in a small office in the Nav/Quan wing of the Sol Central Academy’s Houston Primary Campus. It’s a cozy sort of...

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