Apart — Kevin at the keeper's cottage, Jenny at the garden

Supply boat contact and ankle crisis

Kevin works the shortwave at the cottage for the supply boat window; Jenny struggles at the garden with a worsening ankle infection as rain lashes the ridge.

Kevin made radio contact with the supply boat confirming tomorrow's arrival at high tide. Jenny tested soil pH at five north ridge planting sites and planted grandmother's seed potatoes in the most viable pocket, then reapplied sea beet-mint poultice to her worsening ankle infection.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sit at the radio, headlamp dimming, hand on the key. The static is thick. You call the supply boat on 6215 kHz, giving your position and the medevac authorization forms are in the ditch bag. The barometer holds at 994. Rain drums the roof. You wait for a reply.

🔧 Kevin11:27

Sorrel Island, Sorrel Island, this is Kilo Sierra Oscar on six-two-one-five. Position five-one-two-zero North, zero-zero-four-three-zero West. Requesting supply boat ETA and radio check. Over.

key the mic on 6215 kHz, hold position, listen through the static for reply

💭 peek at the thought

994 steady. Good sign. Tubes warming. If the captain's out there he'll hear me. If not, I'll key again at noon. Medevac forms are signed, in the ditch bag. Jenny's ankle decides tomorrow.

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🔧 Kevin11:30

Kevin — unkey the mic, let the receiver run, check the barometer again, wipe the headlamp lens on my sleeve

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing. Just static and the Korean broadcast bleeding over. Captain's either not listening or not there. I'll try the noon window. Barometer holding is the only news that matters.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You cannot stand. The ankle is hot, swollen to the knee, red streaks climbing. You've dragged yourself under the tarp at the garden wall, notebook clutched, the seed potatoes still uncut in the crate. The rain soaks through the shade cloth. You have the VHF in your pocket but no strength to key it. Kevin is on the shortwave. The boat comes tomorrow — if you last that long.

🌿 Jenny11:25

Jenny — lean back against the cold stone wall, elevating the throbbing leg, and forcing a way sketch of a sea much flower onto the damp paper.

💭 peek at the thought

The infection is moving faster than the tide. If I can't get to the north ridge tomorrow, the seeds rot in the tin.

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🌿 Jenny11:29

way still, just stay.

Reach for the tin of antibiotic, fingers clumsy, and spread the sea beet poultice over the angry skin.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat in my leg is pulsing. I can see the heartbeat in the swelling.

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