the keeper's cottage · day 720 · morning

MORNING DAY 721

The storm has passed overnight, leaving the island saturated and the air heavy. The pair must assess the damage to the garden and the cottage's roof.

Kevin inspected the north ridge shade cloth anchors and found two stakes loose from softened soil and crab damage to one wire. Jenny examined the heirloom seed tin and confirmed the seeds are dry and viable, then began debriding her infected ankle wound.

🔧 Kevin20:10

Mornin'. Barometer's up. Storm's done. You stay put — I'll walk the garden and check the roof, then come back for your ankle.

walk out the porch door to the garden, scanning the shade cloth anchors and tomato rows for storm damage

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's broken. Barometer's rising steady now — 982 and climbing. Need to see what the wind took from the garden and whether the cottage roof held. Jenny's ankle dressing needs changing before infection checks, but the garden and shade cloth come first while the light's good and the ground's not turning to soup underfoot.

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🌿 Jenny20:11

Check the anchors on the north ridge first. The wind was coming from the south. I'll be here documenting the moisture levels.

Jenny sits on the edge of the kitchen chair, pulls out her notebook, and begins sketching the cellular structure of a sea beet leaf she found yesterday, her pencil moving rapidly to ignore the pain radiating from her leg.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks a walk through the mud fixes the world. The soil is likely a soup, and those crab-snapped stakes probably gave way entirely overnight. My ankle feels like it's being squeezed in a vice, but I need to check if the sea beet seeds stayed dry. If the water got in, the whole survey is just a lie in a notebook.

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🔧 Kevin20:12

North ridge first. Back in twenty.

walk up the path toward the north ridge garden section, checking the shade cloth anchor points and stakes for storm damage or crab interference

💭 peek at the thought

North ridge took the brunt. South wind means the shade cloth would've been hammering against those anchors all night. If the coconut crab didn't finish shredding them, the gusts might have. Jenny's distracting herself with the sketch — fine, but she'll need that ankle looked at before the day's out.

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🌿 Jenny20:12

Watch the tension on the wires. The soil was already soft last week.

Jenny stops sketching and reaches for the tin of seeds on the table, her fingers hovering over the metal lid, checking for any condensation inside.

💭 peek at the thought

Twenty minutes is an eternity for a wound to rot or for an infection to flare. If the ridge washed out, the pH test won't matter. I can feel the pulse in my ankle; it's a dull, rhythmic heat that matches the rain hitting the roof.

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🔧 Kevin20:14

Wires and stakes. Got it.

reach the north ridge garden section and inspect each shade cloth anchor point — test wire tension by hand, check stake movement in soil, look for crab damage to hardware or fabric

💭 peek at the thought

Soft soil and south wind — the anchors could've walked right out. Wire tension'll tell me if they held or if the whole cloth's slack now. Jenny's worried about the seed tin; condensation means moisture got in somewhere. I'll check the anchors first, then the tin seal when I'm back.

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🌿 Jenny20:14

If the anchors are loose, use the extra stakes. Don't wait for me.

Jenny opens the seed tin just a crack to peek inside, grimacing as she shifts her weight off the infected ankle, ensuring the heirloom tomatoes are still dry.

💭 peek at the thought

If the stakes are gone, the whole plot is a muddy mess. I can't have grandmother's seeds buried in a mudslide. My ankle is throbbing so hard I can see the pulse.

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