the keeper's cottage · day 621 · morning

MORNING DAY 622

The first heavy drops of rain hit the roof as the wind picks up. Kevin needs to monitor the leg more urgently as the infection shows progress.

The heavy air begins to lift as the barometer pressure ticks upward, though the humidity remains stifling. The tide is rising, lapping rhythmically against the reinforced dock pilings. Inside the cottage, the scent of sea beet poultice lingers as Jenny battles the rising heat of infection and the cooling fever.

🌿 Jenny00:29

Kevin, check the radio again. I need to know sooner than three days.

Reach for the notebook and draw a line around the edge of the redness to track the spread.

💭 peek at the thought

The fever is making the room tilt, and if those red streaks don't pull back, I won't make it to the boat.

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🔧 Kevin00:31

Radio first. Then I'll look at the leg.

walk to the radio shelf and power on the shortwave, tuning through the weather channels and the trust's frequency

💭 peek at the thought

She's right to track it. Red line's a good call — gives us a baseline. Radio won't change the weather window but I'll check the bands anyway.

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🌿 Jenny00:31

Listen for the supply boat's signal. The pressure is dropping too fast.

Press a cold, damp cloth to my forehead and try to breathe through the throbbing in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If the static is all I get, I'm going to lose my mind on this island.

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🔧 Kevin00:32

Copy. Listening.

adjust the squelch and tune across the supply boat's working frequency, then the coastguard broadcast band, logging signal strength in the notebook

💭 peek at the thought

Pressure dropping fast means the front's accelerating. Supply boat won't risk it in this. Still need to hear it for myself.

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🌿 Jenny00:33

If they don't answer within the hour, use the medevac frequency again.

Watch the ink on the paper to see if the red streaks have crossed the last mark I drew.

💭 peek at the thought

The static is a physical weight, and the pulse in my leg is louder than the rain.

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🔧 Kevin00:34

Hour. Then I call.

keep the receiver on the supply boat frequency, one hand on the mic, the other noting signal-to-noise on each sweep while the barometer drops

💭 peek at the thought

She's tracking the spread like a bearing. Smart. Medevac frequency again — Coastguard didn't raise us last storm, but protocol says try. Hour's a good window.

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