the keeper's cottage · day 462 · night

The Storm Deepens

The rain turns from a steadying to a heavy downpour, and the wind begins to rattle the shutters.

Kevin inspected the dinghy's stern and breast lines on the dock under the shifting west wind; the lines held but the mooring ring shifted slightly in its mortise. Jenny dried her sea beet morphology sketches by the stove and reapplied a fresh mint poultice to her infected ankle, noting the barometer steady at 990 hPa.

🔧 Kevin22:29

Kevin — walk to the porch and check the dinghy mooring lines and generator storm lashings.

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's arriving faster than the barometer warned. Need to check the dinghy lines and generator lashings before the wind shifts west.

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🌿 Jenny22:29

Kevin, check the stern line on the dinghy! The wind is shifting west!

close the notebook and move the sea way sketches away from the stove's draft.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is bottoming out fast; if it hits 980, the tide is going to swallow the dock.

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🔧 Kevin22:31

On it.

Step out onto the porch and move down to the dock to inspect the dinghy's stern line and breast line under the new wind direction.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — west shift means the stern takes the fetch. Lines held last check but this rain's heavy enough to change things fast.

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🌿 Jenny22:31

Watch the cleat! It's slick!

stand up slowly, wincing as the poultice shifts against my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving too fast in that rain; he's going to slip on the algae-covered wood.

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