#Planet marighettis

[searsage]

He knows she's angry…her heartrate rapid within her fragile chest as his human struggles to resist the urge to contest his ideals, perhaps becuase she knows in many ways he's right..?

In truth, this journey ended with her, and even if he had died on Marighettis, selfishly the architect fully expected her to continue on despite his absence.

Not for the sake of his kind, but to put an end to the bacteria waiting dorment to ravage yet another world, to ensure the lives lost to its hunger were not sacrificed in vain.

For her sister, for every unfortunate creature trapped on 4546B, for her own peace of mind..and perhaps maybe for his own as well..

It was a burden Al-an himself was not strong enough to shoulder on his own.. not without her.

His expectations did not come without their incredulities..

Flaws his human would not hesitate to point out.

"That's so hypocritical of you, Al-an, if you were in my shoes you would not hesitate to do the same!"

"Our appendages are not compatible enough to utilize such unnecessary garments.."

"IF YOU WERE ME! DAMN IT!!"

"If our situations were reversed I would not risk your life by putting my own in peril.."

"What..?! I..I never intended to-"

"I know, but there will never be a situtation when I will not put your fragility over my vessel, it is best I am not forced to make such sacrifices." Al-an admitted softly, it was a truth they both knew was for the best.

"…I don't want you to hurt yourself for me, I don't care what the situtation is." Robin bites out thickly, her grip on his leg tightening.

"That is not a choice within your control Robin…" Al-an states bluntly, burying his face into her damp hair, it smells intimately like his human, a scent her architect has grown shamelessly fond of.

"It's in neither of ours! But that doesn't mean I'm going to stand around and let you to sign your death warrent the moment something goes out of plan! I know you need me…but.." Robin begins twisting around to face him before her words strangles her, reluctant to give voice to the words he so desperately wants to hear.

"But what Robin…?" Al-an inquires intently, melancholy emotions dancing through the intricate runes in his vessel.

"…" Her answer does not come quickly, instead Robin faltered, her lips tightening as she worried angast her silent burden, there is a moment in which he registers many emotions flittering across his distressed human's face, aprehension and fear dominant amongst them..

The impulse to comfort her is insatiable, and Al-an easily falls prey to dotting on his human, it comes as second nature…

But as her architect presses his face against the damp skin of her temple affectionately, Robin's hand raises from the water to gently catch his jaw..

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hehe look at this cutie! Them so POOFY i can imagin Ryley and Al-an fighting over its attention like cat simps (me) lol (Robin is a lizard , snake aww bald mole rat kind of gal). Amazing interpretation, their faces are in fact flat just like this! ´Г` ❤

bruh i'm Bad at going from what the words paint in my mind to what my hand paints onto the canvas but it is what it is !

from @searsage 's series that I caught up on wheeze - I must draw stuff before they fade... sorry for the in coming art spam <:)

read it here

[ma1ukai]

"Ryley could see the pouting researcher was at her wits end, the bored researcher had been reduced to gleaning amusement from patting the alien's rear, watching the green biolight erupt under her palm then measuring how long it took to dwindle out when she pulled her hand away.

What was kinda of more amusing was the fact that everytime she swatted the precursor's ass Al-an responded subconsciously by issuing a soft quiet clicking noise, despite having no real qualms regarding the researcher's restless exploration of his vessel.."

- Dust (sugoi). “Chapter 11: A Shift in Circumstance.” Planet: Marighettis 047. A Splash Across a Pale Sky https://archiveofourown.org/works/37964023

I absolutely love this fanfic, so I did some art of it! Highly recommend checking it out! Its kinda been my hyperfixation for the last month.

@searsage is the author!

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Chapters: 20/22 Fandom: Subnautica (Video Game), Subnautica: Below Zero - Fandom Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: AL-AN/Robin Ayou, AL-AN & Robin Ayou, AL-AN & Ryley Robinson Characters: Robin Ayou, AL-AN (Subnautica), Ryley Robinson, Architects | Precursors (Subnautica) Additional Tags: Romance, Drama & Romance, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Alien Cultural Differences, Awkward Flirting, Fluff and Humor, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Infection, Action/Adventure, Space Exploration, Al-an is a angsty flashlight, Ryley is ..vary confused, Robin needs a drink, Someone looses some digits..., Ryley is a walking cockblock and doesn't know it., Al-an isn't amused., Drones have it out for Ryley, Ryley is kinda of whipped, Robin gets thrown..for the second time, Panic Attacks, Al-an riles himself up and need to take a time out, Other alien species - Freeform, Parasite/host egg laying, Leviathan class lifeforms, Dubious Bargains Series: Part 3 of A Splash Across a Pale Sky Summary:

After Al-an's failed attempt to initiate warp drive, and rejection of consciouses's aid at Robin's behest the team is forced to set their sights on a distant planet Al-an claims to be the homeworld of a fickle alien species they once called allies.

Meanwhile Ryley struggles to fit in with a enigmatic resercher and her apathic alien companion, all the while trying to figure out just what it is they are keeping from him..

The crew soon finds its best to come clean and wear their ambitions on their sleeves, trust their fellow crewmates. It may very well save their lives.

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"We are not abducting humans Al!" Robin stated exasperatedly. She recalled all too well the painful result of weight miscalculation when she first boarded his space vessel on 4546B.

Al-an decidedly does not reply, choosing to hiss his disappointment as he begins sorting through miscellaneous equipment.

"If he doesn't want to stay you can talk to him if you want, Im not sure he'd listen but if not we just need to respect that." Robin sobered, she didn't like the idea of him leaving but she wasn't going to stop him.

"Oh! Hey Al-an, do you know what this is..?"

Robin called perking up as she picked up the odd canister she and Ryley had discovered and set aside for assessment due to the obnoxious amount of precursor locks sealing the weird black stone away.

"Bring it here." Al-an answers however he seemed somewhat distracted by a crate of odd stringy orbs.

"What are those..?"

"If i am correct these beads are weaved from siliva of a creature found only on Yltrus, vary rare and hard to obtain, but it's fuel production value almost rivals that of wheat."

"What huh? If it's spit then why is it in webbed balls was the creature arachnid in biology?"

"No, it is harvested wet and viscus and manually blown dry with hot air and radiation exposure, it is considered as a delicacy to some races native to the planet."

"Oh god that sounds gross..so are we going to taste it?" Robin asks with hopeful intrigue, but the side eye her architect gives her says 'No' in so many languages she doesn't even need him to vocalize his disapproval.

But he does anyways.

"Digesting Yvern silvia will dissolve and liquify your organs within an hour Robin. These balls are fed to lesser fauna and left to ferment within them, a painful process that ends when their stomach is extracted only after the silvia has eaten though its acidic barriers and poisoned the body enough the degradation has begin and prepared only once it's been nullified."

"Ouch, that sounds..painful."

"I am certain it is, particularly for lifeforms biologically unsuited for such a meal, however it is known to produce a silicone like material, Ryley should be able to fabricate what he needs with it."

Al-an tosses the orb her way and Robin catches it easily, closely examining the gorgous ball of spit, it was like someone spun a soft ball of thread out of pearls and webbing, it also had a weird warm spicy scent like burnt rock.

Robin doesn't hesitate to scen it with her PDA but doing so only instigates the poor device to beg for a data terminal to transfer new foreign information.

"What's it like there..? On Yltrus?"

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AL-AN?! AL-AN! Come on wake up!"

Robin desperately tried to rouse him and d yet her architect was unresponsive the lights along his vessel smited, and yet insinctually Robin recognised her companion wasn't dead…

Had exhustion finally won out?!

A screech has the resercher cutting her eyes towards the dark wooda around her, adrenalin deafening her ears as she set to work grabbing his leg and dragging it from the water, moving his vessel was not a romately plausible option.

When the precursor was actively resting his vessel became deadweight far too heavy for a human to possibly lift..

Al-an had once insisted that in such a situtation he fully expected her to abandon him there and find shelter, a suggestion the panicked researcher found utterly obscene!

Again she tries to yank him from the shore only manages to lift his back leg before her muscles scream in pained exhaustion.

Around her the forest was alive, more alive then she had ever heard the dead world…

Chittering and hisses, the impossibly load rustle of grass, things were still alive out there and yet Robin doubted they belonged to the gentle world her architect had helped create.

It wouldn't be long before they found her, but how could he just expect her to leave him like this?!

Time had little grip on precursor's but she had seen their mortality laid bare, and there was no way in hell she was leaving Al-an to die out here!

Suddenly a chilling cry rose above the forest, drowning out the Symphony of life.

Then and there Robin decided.

She was going to have to bury him…

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Al-an remained silent, one claw pressed against the terminal's glowing interface, the other hovering precariously in front of the precursor's throax, scarlet and orange echoed off his vessel, an agressive display rippling into the ship's veins.

"Whatever they want it can't be good hell those bastards tried to blow us out of the sky! Are they collectors? Maybe they're pissed we pillaged their crap." Ryley suggested warily, if so, it would make sense for the ship to engage them aggressively, seeing as the ruins were left unguarded the trio had simply loaded up all the stolen resources they needed without so much as paying a dime.

But this logical deduction was quickly dismissed by the trio when their navigator finally spoke up.

"This ravenger vessel is not of precursor or Elisskat origins…" There was an odd sense of hostility laced within the precursor's voice, one that Robin nor Ryley had heard before.

"Nor is it broadcasting its alliance which is concerning, it may be a nomadic scavanger, regardless of their origins they should not be here, their presence here leads me to suspect-."

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Ryley chewed his lip, testing the metallic tang of his own dried blood.

"And that creature on the ship that the drones were guarding..? That was a architect wasn't it..?"

"…Yes it was."

"Shit…I thought Al-an was the last one…"

"I know, look Ryley…I'm going to try to explain all of this tommorow, everything to the best of my ability, you deserve to know, but not tonight, there's a lot to take in and I have a lot to focus on. Okay?" Robin explained stiffly, while the resercher didn't sound like she was a fan of the idea, even she seemed to realize they couldn't keep leading him through space blind.

"Sure tommorow we can do that, In the mean time think we should focus on recuperating, and getting ready to start on the reactor..how long will Al-an's decontamination last..?" Ryley asked tilting his head towards the hallway.

"Five to six hours, there can't be any chance of the bacteria speading on board, while the strain was divergent I tested a sample with the compound and it seemed much weaker then the strain once present on 4546B, decontaming him shouldn't be an issue, still even if we are immune we can't risk tracking the bacteria to another place where it may take root, the results would be catastrophic." Robin sighed, her voice filled with resolve despite her clear displeasure.

"You dont need to tell me that, although I dont think Al-an is taking his confinement too well…"

"What..?"

"Just watched him give one of those work desks a back massage that would not only end in a lawsuit but also first degree murder.."

"…He seemed pretty shaken, I'll talk to him when he gets out, for now I have to wrap things up here."

"Is there anything I can do to help..?" It was a clear dismissal but as exhausted as the hermit felt, physically and emotionally Ryley didn't feel right just abandoning Robin to her own deviances.

Robin had been through hell in the last few days, and it was clear to both Ryley and her protective companion just how vulnerable the resercher had been, even now that she was cured, Ryley still felt the need to hover about..

He was used to supporting his team and it was gus first instinct even if he felt out of place half the time.

Was he coddleling her…? No he was simply being supportive, coddling was such a unpleasant term for worry..

Still much to the hermit's quiet dismay Robin briskly shook her head.

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"Dream…"

"They won't come for us.."

"What have we done..?"

"H-hello..?"

"We are not necessary.."

"Initiate containment."

"Is someone there..?"

"…we are..afraid."

"It is gone.."

"It's silent."

"H-hello..?" Ryley spoke warily, his eyes flittering over the pulsating tank, easily recalling what occured last time he touched the tank, not only did he nearly fry his brain but also pissed the Al-an off.

Not something he was keen on doing especially after witnessing the precursor easily kick a creature's upper body from its lower half.

"Greetings survivor.."

Robin had said it echoed Al-an's thoughts, but the faint almost indescribable rambling did not seem like the architect he had come to know, or one entity at all.

What Ryley was certain of was that, whatever this thing was, it was watching him with the familiar intensity of Robin's companion.

"The anomaly.."

"Intriguing…"The words scattered around his head, as if overhearing a distence conversation on the street except these felt…like thoughts.

"Focus..they call to us"

"We are..needed?"

"Condiut, required, come to us survivor…" The voices suddenly ordered, a demand Ryley's body complied to wether he wanted to or not..

Suddenly Ryley leaned forward, ignorent to his body's sparking panic, as if under a spell he could not fight, Ryley reached out a shaking hand and hovered it over the glass's pulsating surface, so close he could feel the electrical field radiating from it.

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The tank blazed again colourful light washing over the resercher and Ryley, an odd noise like muffled radiowaves filled the ship's intercoms, a warning, something or someone was speaking but not in a language they understood…

"What's wrong with it..?" Ryley asked warily, the hermit's tight steadying grip was all that stopped the resercher from getting thrown to the floor amidst the violent yet invisible tug of war taking place.

Again the ship powers up, it's engine humming to life as it began to rise in preparation of departure, only to make a odd wheeze as just seconds later the power adruptly shut off again, the ship dropping ungracefully against the mossy ground once again, jostling both reseacher and hermit inside.

The tank blazed again, an anxiuous crimson rippling over its surface as the consciouses inside whiped around in erratic yet determined unison, only to blaze again as the ship again attempted to depart on its own accord only to fail seconds short of take off for the fifth time.

Robin's eyes widen as realisation dawned on her, the consciouses were aborting the take of sequences, canceling out a command directing the ship to leave.

A command only Al-an could have sent…

Something was wrong very wrong.

[searsage]

Chapters: 10/15 Fandom: Subnautica (Video Game), Subnautica: Below Zero - Fandom Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Al-An/Robin Ayou, Al-An & Robin Ayou, Al-an & Ryley Robinson Characters: Robin Ayou, Al-An (Subnautica), Ryley Robinson, Architects | Precursors (Subnautica) Additional Tags: Romance, Drama & Romance, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Alien Cultural Differences, Awkward Flirting, Fluff and Humor, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Infection, Action/Adventure, Space Exploration, Al-an is a angsty flashlight, Ryley is ..vary confused, Robin needs a drink, Someone looses some digits..., New Planet, Ryley is a walking cockblock and doesn't know it., Al-an isn't amused., Drones have it out for Ryley, Ryley is kinda of whipped, Robin gets thrown..for the second time, Panic Attacks, Al-an riles himself up and need to take a time out Series: Part 3 of A Splash Across a Pale Sky Summary:

After Al-an's failed attempt to initiate warp drive, and rejection of consciouses's aid at Robin's behest the team is forced to set their sights on a distant planet Al-an claims to be the homeworld of a fickle alien species they once called allies.

Meanwhile Ryley struggles to fit in with a enigmatic resercher and her apathic alien companion, all the while trying to figure out just what it is they are keeping from him..

The crew soon finds its best to come clean and wear their ambitions on their sleeves, trust their fellow crewmates. It may very well save their lives.

[searsage]

Chapters: 14/17 Fandom: Subnautica (Video Game), Subnautica: Below Zero - Fandom Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Al-An/Robin Ayou, Al-An & Robin Ayou, Al-An & Ryley Robinson Characters: Robin Ayou, Al-An (Subnautica), Ryley Robinson, Architects | Precursors (Subnautica) Additional Tags: Romance, Drama & Romance, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Alien Cultural Differences, Awkward Flirting, Fluff and Humor, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Infection, Action/Adventure, Space Exploration, Al-an is a angsty flashlight, Ryley is ..vary confused, Robin needs a drink, Someone looses some digits..., Ryley is a walking cockblock and doesn't know it., Al-an isn't amused., Drones have it out for Ryley, Ryley is kinda of whipped, Robin gets thrown..for the second time, Panic Attacks, Al-an riles himself up and need to take a time out, Other alien species - Freeform Series: Part 3 of A Splash Across a Pale Sky Summary:

After Al-an's failed attempt to initiate warp drive, and rejection of consciouses's aid at Robin's behest the team is forced to set their sights on a distant planet Al-an claims to be the homeworld of a fickle alien species they once called allies.

Meanwhile Ryley struggles to fit in with a enigmatic resercher and her apathic alien companion, all the while trying to figure out just what it is they are keeping from him..

The crew soon finds its best to come clean and wear their ambitions on their sleeves, trust their fellow crewmates. It may very well save their lives.

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⭐️ for the directors cut ask game

While Marighettis is near perfect to my intent there was alot of stuff that needed altering, mainly alot of the animosity was culled from Ryley and Al-an's relationship dynamic and while the two still bud heads (especially in the later chaps) its no where near as bad as it orginally was.

As for the planet, I had little time to emphasizie the fact that the planet scenery itself was HEAVILY based off Tibet!

And as for the Elisskat species they were essentially 'split' into two seperate races with conflicting natures.

Raahs was supposed to be rampent and attack Ryley but for context sake this was changed into another.

They were only supposed to witness the precursors death. But i didn't like how dark it was getting (and my sibling yelled at me so)

All in all, im happy with the current direction of the fic, i just wish i had more time to detail nonsensical stuff like dean koonts does to paint his world lol.

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"I don't hate him!"

Ryley reaffirms testily, only to fumble to explain himself seconds later.

"But i still blame him..they destroyed my life Robin, they striped me of everyone and anything that held any weight to my existence. I had future!"

"And you could still have one, maybe within the outer colonies, just…not on earth, its too dangerous." It's clear how much the man before her hates this truth, did he expect to be able to return after he foolish informed Alterra of his anomalous condition?

"I used to be someone to people, i had people i loved Robin…their gone and i can't just forget that, its reminder haunts me very day, I want to go home but…my body its all wrong and i-i.." She can see his seams unravelling as he heaves for a breath through tight lips.

"I don't want to be alone…"

"Listen, you don't have to help us just…stay with us on the ship, we'll handle our own situation you don't need to get involved with any of this Ryley.."

" …You make it sound like you guys need a house pet, if im not helping what would i be other than dead weight..?"

"First, we'd make terrible pets, and second we don't care if you dont get involved in this, nine times out of ten you'll find something busy yourself with, im going to be real with you, I'd feel much better with you here then out there..Just…Think about it okay…? Also about Jean paul..he'd never have done that..maybe it was a denweaver or one of the new drones".

"…I know, It could have been anything, I just wasn't thinking.."

"Mom instincts will be mom instincts, but don't think ill risk my arm again the next time you want to take a swing at a space fawn…"

"I think i may have fractured my knuckle.."

"And who's to blame for that?"

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"Al-an do you know what these are?" Robin asked, pointing towards the splatter of the black crystals.

"Much like what you've come to recognize as ion cubes, these synthetic crystals are essential means of energy."

"Iike ion cubes..?"

"Yes and no, while ion cubes are a more..stable diffusion of producing harmless yet efficient energy, what these crystals produce is unstable raw negative byproduct, further more this energy is absorbed from the surrounding environment and even detrimental to non synthetic ecosystems."

"Yikes, so they are like energy magnets?"

"It is much more complex then simple magnetic absorption, the Elisskat's homeworld had an environment able to withstand such violent means of energy extraction, however even then they were unable to maintain proper balance of their reckless creation, which lead to disastrous consequences…"

"You said they traded the ion cube technology with the precusors In the past, did they stabilize it somehow, before you guys saved them..?"

"No, we took their knowledge and improved, formulated safer means of making a high capacity energy source, we could not risk the reckless results of their negligence occurring on another planet, even this is a less hazardous prototype then that in which they produced.."

"…what happened to their planet?"

"The nuclear implosion was enough to nearly destroy not only their home planet, but neutralize several more vulnerable neighboring dwarf planets stripping them of life.."

"And you don't think this was one of the catalysts for why anyone wanted them dead..?"

"It was not, no species directly afflicted by the result of this accident survived to support the culling…"

"Holy shit.."

"A-are you sure saving these guys was the best idea..Al?"

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"Y-you did WHAT?! Robin what…what about the plan…we we-" Ryley gasp frankly stunned, his narrow eyes wide with horror.

"Show it to me…" Al-an demanded, despite his even voice the crimson bleeding from his vessel was kind of a dead give away, a blatant warning that it likely would not be the best idea to hurmor his demand.

"L-later.. We need to get out of here..and fast, Ill explain when we get back to the ship.."

"No." Her architect outright growls, the crimson flaring violently as he moved to block her path.

"Show me the point of entry."

"I'm keeping my end of the bargain Al-an, and I won't allow you to hurt them!" Robin snapped defiantly meeting her architect's furious leer.

"You are a fool to trust them!" Al-an hisses, the crimson blanching into a pale neutral hue, still he blocked her path wih his larger vessel, unwilling to relent until she complied to his demand.

Something that was not about to fucking happen…

"Guys…w-we should finish this conversation back on the ship…we have what we need.." Ryley tried desperatly to defuse the situation by wedging himself inbetween them, but his reckless effort only resulted in her growling architect easily shoving the hermit away from them..

She wasn't being fair to either of them, Robin knew this but..she did what she had to, it was the best for everyone, and hopefully they will come to understand that too…

But for now Al-an needed to be placated before her precursor become irrational.

"Look i know your angry, trust me, it looks bad but.."