the keeper's cottage · day 929 · night

Morning radio watch and ridge reassessment

Dawn breaks grey and wet. The barometer has steadied at 1014 hPa. Kevin and Jenny are at the kitchen table with coffee, the shortwave on 2182, waiting for the supply boat's call. The north ridge is still slick, but the wind has dropped.

Kevin monitored the shortwave on 2182 through the night but heard only static and a distant news broadcast about Cuba. Jenny tracked her ankle infection boundary hourly and prepared evacuation supplies while the barometer continued falling to 1014 hPa.

🌿 Jenny13:57

Static again. Check the frequency once.

adjust the radio dial, then sketch the encroaching redness on my ankle in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't show tomorrow, those seeds will rot in the tin before I can find the right soil.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin13:59

Frequency's clear. 2182. Nothing but static since the news broadcast last night.

reach for the radio handset, thumb the squelch, and listen on 2182

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer holding at 1014 — that's the first good sign in days. Wind's dropped. Boat should make the harbor if the swell's laid down. My hands are still cold from the ridge. Need to check the crate inventory against the manifest before the boat arrives, and get the generator impeller swapped if it's the right one.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny14:01

They'll be here. The tide doesn't lie.

rub the throbbing ankle and wince as the poultice shifts.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful, but the silence is getting louder today.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin14:01

Boat makes the harbor or it doesn't. Tide just gets it over the bar.

set the handset back in its cradle and reach for the coffee mug, wrapping cold fingers around the tin

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the tide. High water in two hours, give or take. The channel's deep enough at full tide even with swell. But she's favouring that ankle hard — the line hasn't moved past my mark, but the heat in it hasn't dropped either. Two doxy tablets left after today. Metronidazole's down to four. If the boat doesn't show, we're into hard choices.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

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