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

Afternoon radio check and garden watch

Kevin is at the cottage testing the shortwave radio on Tom's frequency; Jenny is in the garden at pocket seven monitoring the newly planted seeds and the groundwater diversion.

Kevin successfully remade the PL-259 connector on the shortwave coax with proper solder and heat-shrink, then walked the feed line from mast step to shrine insulator verifying continuity at each joint. Jenny attempted to plant grandmother's seeds in pocket seven but the unstable soil and groundwater seepage made planting difficult; she managed to mark the seepage route with GPS stakes and documented the copper spillway hose outlets, though the irrigation system test showed uneven flow.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sit at the radio with the new PL-259 connector soldered and heat-shrunk, the feed line verified from mast step to shrine insulator. You key the mic on Tom's frequency, listening for a reply through the lowered static. The barometer on the wall reads 979 hPa and falling.

🔧 Kevin01:52

Brest Fax, this is Sorrel Island. Radio check on eight-two-nine-four. Over.

key the mic, hold it steady, wait for the carrier to drop

💭 peek at the thought

Static's clean enough to hear a pin drop. If he's listening, he'll hear this. If he's not... same as always.

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🔧 Kevin01:57

Kevin — set the mic back in its clip, switch to receive scan across the marine bands

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing. Just the hiss. He's either not there, not listening, or not answering. Same three options as every time.

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🔧 Kevin02:00

Kevin — note the forecast in the radio log, then walk out to the porch to check the sky westward

💭 peek at the thought

French coastal forecast coming through clear on 1696. Westerly force 4-5, veering northwest 6 later. Rain fronts pushing through by midnight. Barometer agrees — 979 and still falling. We've got tonight and maybe tomorrow morning before it proper kicks off. Supply boat said high tide tomorrow, two-hour window. That's the window.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You stand beside pocket seven's fresh-planted rows, the copper spillway hose outlet running clear behind you. The red-waxed GPS stakes trace the seepage line to the shrine. You check the soil moisture at each seed depth, notebook ready, ankle braced on the driftwood cane.

🌿 Jenny01:51

Jenny — measure soil moisture at each seed depth, record pH readings in notebook

💭 peek at the thought

The soil's holding at 6.2—exactly where Elena's line died out. Grandmother's seeds should split in hours, not weeks. That fracture line under the shrine... if the tide pushes faster than the diversion can handle, I'll be planting in mud and losing everything.

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🌿 Jenny01:55

Jenny — check GPS stakes along seepage route to shrine, verify copper spillway hose integrity, prepare emergency irrigation system

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still dropping—979 and falling fast. Kevin's not back from the cottage, and the radio's been silent since he left. That fracture line under the shrine is still active, and if the tide rises...

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🌿 Jenny01:59

Jenny — walk the seepage route to shrine, check GPS stakes and copper hose outlets, test irrigation system readiness

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still falling, and I can hear the tide building against the pilings. That fracture line under the shrine is widening with every wave. I need to verify the seepage diversion is holding before it's too late.

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