Spaced Out
is an original fictional story written by gelefant.
The story is about Jermaine hanging out with his space alien friend Galaxa.
Tropes
- Area 51: Galaxa and Jermaine visit Area 51 and the nearby Extraterrestrial Highway many months after their spaceship ride.
- Brain Critical Mass: Grayans developed Psychic Powers as a result of their Super-Intelligence.
- City Planet: The Grayans' home planet Sinkolor is enveloped in skyscrapers and sprawling cities, with little in the way of plant life.
- Deadpan Snarker: Galaxa is described as having a knack for dishing out biting sarcasm.
- The Empath: Grayans can read the emotions of others.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: About halfway through the story, Jermaine gets these after a night of dealing with negative flashbacks and unwanted memories.
- Flying Saucer: Galaxa's spaceship is a silver flying saucer.
- The Greys: Galaxa and the rest of her species, the Grayans, are grey humanoid aliens with large heads.
- Higher-Tech Species: Grayans have developed a fair amount of technology far more advanced than what humans have created.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: At the end, Jermaine asks Galaxa to wipe the last twenty-five years from his mind. She refuses on the grounds that she'd be erasing good memories along with the bad ones.
- Long-Lived: Grayans are described as such.
- Nice Girl: Galaxa cares about and gets along well with everybody and enjoys helping those in need.
- The Noseless: Grayans lack external noses.
- The Pollyanna: Galaxa always tries to look on the bright side.
- Psychic Powers: As mentioned above, Grayans developed these as a result of their high intelligence.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": Galaxa says "No, no, no, no. No." in response to Jermaine asking her to erase the last twenty-five years from his mind.
- Shiny-Looking Spaceships: Galaxa's spaceship is bright, pristine, and shiny, evidenced by it glistening in sunlight.
- Stargazing Scene: After taking a ride in her spaceship, Galaxa and Jermaine sit on top of her spaceship and stargaze later that night.
- Super-Intelligence: Grayans are described as the most intelligent beings in five galaxies.
- Telepathic Spacemen: Grayans can read minds.
- Telepathy: As mentioned directly above, Grayans can read minds. Galaxa does this at the end to see Jermaine's memories.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Galaxa wears her hair like this, and she's not very feminine.
- Weakened by the Light: The large black eyes every Grayan has are extremely sensitive to bright lights.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Galaxa is a teenager described as such and doles out good advice to others.
- The Xenophile: When Galaxa and Jermaine visit Area 51 and the Extraterrestrial Highway, everyone is excited to meet an actual alien and see her spaceship.
