the old shrine · day 952 · evening

Offloading the supply boat before dark

The supply boat has departed. Kevin and Jenny stand on the dock with the dinghy tied off, surrounded by crates: tools, seed potatoes, lime, water test kits, radio parts, coffee, heirloom seeds, and the replacement impeller. The tide is still rising. Cloud cover thickens overhead. They have perhaps two hours of light to move everything to the cottage and secure it before the front arrives.

The ascent to the north ridge was a struggle in the oppressive humidity; the slick clay turned the path into a treacherous slide. Kevin labored under the weight of the tool crate and fuel drum, while Jenny navigated the incline behind him, her ankle throbbing with every uneven step. They reached the third cairn exhausted, the physical toll of the heavy trekking leaving them both drained and hungry.

🔧 Kevin06:07

Impeller and radio parts first. Then seeds, lime, test kits. Diesel and tools can stay tarped on the dock overnight. You take the light loads up the path — I'll shuttle the heavy stuff.

Grab the impeller box and radio parts crate, carry them up the path to the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

Front's moving faster than the captain said. Two hours of light, maybe less. Need to prioritize: impeller to Yanmar first, then radio parts to the loft, seeds and lime to the cottage. Heavy stuff — diesel drums, tool crates — can wait on the dock if we tarp them. Jenny's ankle won't take repeated trips up the path. I'll haul, she sorts.

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🌿 Jenny06:09

Seed potatoes and lime first - they're heaviest. I'll get the heirloom seeds up the ridge path while you bring the tools.

walk toward the remaining crates, grab the seed potato crate and lime sack, head up the north ridge path toward the soil pocket seven location marked on my drainage sketch

💭 peek at the thought

The front's barometer drop is already showing - 992 hPa and falling fast. That means I need to secure the seedlings before the salt spray hits the windows, and the heirloom seeds need to go into the dry storage I marked on the ridge map. But first, I should check if that drainage sketch showed the actual fracture line clearly enough - the soil pocket seven coordinates are still fresh in my mind.

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🔧 Kevin06:09

Tools and diesel drums on me. Meet you at pocket seven.

Load the tool crate and diesel drums into the dinghy, motor to the dock, offload and start hauling up the north ridge path

💭 peek at the thought

She's redirecting — seed potatoes and lime are heavier than I thought, and she's taking them up the ridge herself. Bad idea on that ankle. But she knows the pocket seven location better than me. I'll take tools and diesel, meet her there.

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🌿 Jenny06:11

I'm right behind you. Watch the step on that slope, it's slick.

hoist the seed potato crate onto my hip, begin the slow, uneven hike up the north ridge, ignoring the throb in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

way's moving faster than my own allows. If I don't hurry, the humidity will rot the seeds in the tin before I even plant them. The pressure is dropping; I can feel it in my joints.

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🔧 Kevin06:11

— (say nothing, just move)

Haul the tool crate and first diesel drum up the north ridge path, boots testing each step on the wet clay

💭 peek at the thought

She's carrying the crate on a bad ankle up a slick slope. Stubborn. I'm closer to the dock — I should've taken the potatoes. Too late now. Move the diesel and tools fast, catch up.

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🌿 Jenny06:13

(grit my teeth) Almost to pocket seven - the amended soil's right there

keep the seed potatoes close to my chest, shuffle carefully on the wet clay, checking each step before committing my weight

💭 peek at the thought

The path is slick clay over something harder - I can hear the drainage trench sketch confirming a fracture line beneath where we stand. If the barometer keeps dropping, we need to secure everything before the salt gets in.

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🔧 Kevin06:13

—

Keep climbing, crate braced on hip, watching her footing ahead

💭 peek at the thought

She's close. I'm two switchbacks behind with the tool crate. Drum's heavier than it looks — fuel sloshing throws the balance. Need to catch her before the slope steepens past the cairn.

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🌿 Jenny06:15

(heavy breathing) Just... one more... meters.

shift the weight of the crate, push off with my toe, eyes locked on the patch of earth I marked on the map.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is screaming with every step, but I can't stop. If I don't get these seeds in, grandmother's legacy is lost to the salt. The sky is getting too heavy.

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🔧 Kevin06:15

You there. I'll leave the crate at the cairn, bring the drum up.

Set the tool crate down at the third cairn, adjust grip on the diesel drum, power up the last steep section

💭 peek at the thought

She's at the edge of pocket seven. I'm twenty meters back, crate digging into my ribs. The light's thinning fast — clouds swallowing the ridge. One more drum and the tools, then back for the rest. Knee's talking to me but it'll hold.

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