the keeper's cottage · day 613 · night

Night radio watch and crate plan

The tide is high, slapping the porch steps. Kevin sits at the radio with the notebook schematic, the spare coax roll on the table beside him. Jenny rests in the chair, ankle elevated, the driftwood cane leaning nearby. The shortwave hums with static on 4125 kHz. Low tide comes at 0200; the waterlogged crate waits on the rocks.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny14:47

The tide is coming in too fast for the crate.

Place the coax roll on the table and close my eyes, feeling the throb in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come tomorrow, I'll run out of antibiotics before this infection clears.

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🔧 Kevin14:47

Low tide's 0200. Crate'll wait. I'll run the sixteen schedule and check the lines. Get some rest.

Flip to 6215 kHz, key the mic for the 2200 Mayday relay, log time and frequency in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — the swell's pushing hard against the porch. The crate won't be touchable until 0200. No sense risking the dinghy or the warps tonight. I'll run the radio schedule, check the mooring lines again, and wake her when the water drops.

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🌿 Jenny14:49

The coax connector won't fit the mast strain relief." "Check the crate now. I'll handle the radio later.

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💭 peek at the thought

He's already forgotten the crate needs moving before the tide makes it a slip-and-slide.

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🔧 Kevin14:49

I'll get the crate. You run the sixteen schedule — 2200, midnight, 0200. Wake me if anything comes through.

Pull on boots, grab the crowbar and a headlamp, head down the porch steps to the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

The coax connector's a problem for daylight. The crate's the only thing the tide gives a damn about right now. She needs to stay off that ankle — the streaks held but the fever's still there. I'll get the crate, she runs the radio.

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

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