Apart — Kevin at the keeper's cottage, Jenny at the north cliffs

Midday work and radio preparation

Kevin is at the cottage checking the rat trap and reviewing the radio log; Jenny is at the north cliffs examining the drainage bed after overnight rain.

Kevin established clear radio contact with Tom on 2182 kHz and confirmed the supply boat's arrival window. Jenny returned from the north cliffs, debrided her ankle wound, applied a fresh sea beet poultice, and completed detailed morphology sketches in her notebook.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You crouch by the pantry trap. The bait's gone, the trap unsprung. Scratch marks lead to a gap behind the bottom shelf. You set the trap again with fresh corned beef, then sit at the table with the radio log, noting Tom's last acknowledgment on 2182.

🔧 Kevin16:39

Kevin — sit at the kitchen table with the radio log, pen in hand, noting Tom's last acknowledgment on 2182 — time, signal strength, the few words that came through before the battery died

💭 peek at the thought

Smart bastard. Learned the click. Won't take the same bait twice. Need to change the set — different trigger, different placement. But that's after 1600.

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🔧 Kevin16:44

Kevin — glance at the wall clock — 1547 — then check the shortwave: spare battery connected, aerial lead sealed at the wall penetration, ceramic insulator filed and taped. Set the frequency to 2182. Wait.

💭 peek at the thought

Time's moving. Generator's steady. Spare battery's charged. 1600 comes whether I'm ready or not.

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🔧 Kevin16:46

Tom. Kevin. Sorrel Island. 2182. Receiving you loud and clear. Over.

press the transmit button on the shortwave, hold it steady, voice low and even

💭 peek at the thought

There it is. 1600. Key the mic. Keep it clean. He's listening.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the north cliffs

You pick your way up the north ridge path, notebook in hand. The drainage bed's canvas tarp holds, but a new slump shows at the east corner where water pooled overnight. Clay weeps at the intercept trench. You kneel to sketch the fracture line.

🌿 Jenny16:41

Jenny — make sketch: erosion pattern at north ridge garden bed.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is too heavy; if I don't divert the runoff now, the whole wall will go before the boat arrives.

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🌿 Jenny16:45

Jenny — walk back to the keeper's cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing again, the humidity is getting under the bandage. I need to check the swelling.

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🌿 Jenny16:49

Jenny — sit on the bench and unwrap the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

Kevin's not home. I can see the smoke from the kitchen. I need to see this leg.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.