the keeper's cottage · day 634 · afternoon

Radio watch on 4125

It is 1300. Kevin keys the mic on 4125 kHz and calls the supply boat. Jenny sits beside him, notebook open, recording. The sky has gone a flat grey-white; wind stirs the shade cloth over the garden.

Kevin attempts a third radio transmission today at 1300 while the rain continues to fill the water tank. Jenny attempts to debride her ankle infection, but her hand tremors and fever make the precision work difficult and incomplete.

🌿 Jenny19:05

Sorrel Island to any vessel. This is Sorrel Island. Do you copy?

Watch the radio dial while tapping a pencil over the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If the signal doesn't catch now, the antibiotics are going to run out before the boat does.

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🔧 Kevin19:05

Kevin — write in radio logbook: 1300 - 4125 kHz - Jenny calling supply boat

💭 peek at the thought

Let her call. She knows the procedure. I'll log the time and frequency.

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🌿 Jenny19:07

Sorrel Island, come in. We need a status update on the supply boat. Over. continuedDO: Lean closer to the speaker, listening for a break in the white noise.

💭 peek at the thought

Just static. The humidity is eating the signal just like it's eating my patience.

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🔧 Kevin19:07

Kevin — watch the S-meter needle stay pinned at zero, thumb resting on the mic switch

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing but static. The skip's not helping. Let the silence run a beat before I try.

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🌿 Jenny19:09

Jenny — sigh sharply and release the PTT button.

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing. Not even a ghost of a signal.

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🔧 Kevin19:09

Sorrel Island calling supply vessel. 4125 kHz. Request position and ETA. Over.

key the mic, hold it steady, release and listen

💭 peek at the thought

She's frustrated. The pencil's tapping again. Let me take a turn at the mic — different voice, different timing sometimes cuts through.

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🌿 Jenny19:11

It's just the atmosphere, Kevin.

Scribble a quick sketch of the cloud formation in the margin of the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The air is too heavy today. It's like the waves are hitting underwater.

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🔧 Kevin19:16

Log it. 1307, no contact on 4125. We try 6215 at 1600.

write in radio logbook: 1307 - 4125 kHz - no contact - next attempt 1600 on 6215

💭 peek at the thought

Could be. Could be the boat's radio is down, or they're sheltering somewhere, or the skip's just eating us today. Either way, the log shows we tried.

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🌿 Jenny19:55

Kevin... I need you to check the medical supplies manifest. Kevin... I need you to check the medical supplies manifest.

Slide the sealed medical kit across the table. </think>THOUGHT: Seventeen hours without confirmation. The antibiotics won't wait that long. Slide the sealed medical kit across the table.

💭 peek at the thought

Seventeen hours without confirmation. The antibiotics won't wait that long.

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🔧 Kevin19:56

Kevin — break the tape seal on the medical kit, lift the lid, count what's inside

💭 peek at the thought

She's not asking about the radio anymore. The kit's seal is intact — I tied it off after the last dressing change. She wants eyes on what's left.

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