the keeper's cottage · day 632 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

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

🌿 Jenny15:58

Kevin, the radio check came through - they're saying the supply boat's delayed another day, maybe two. I need you to grab the coordinates from my field notebook and head to the north ridge tomorrow at first light. Leave the tin by the shrine stones.

retrieve sterilized scalpel from first aid kit, apply fresh sea beet-mint poultice with pine resin to infected ankle, prepare medical supplies for possible amputation if infection reaches knee, make detailed map of north ridge plant transec

💭 peek at the thought

The infection's spreading faster than I feared - I can see the red line has climbed higher on my calf even with the poultice working for the heat. I need to debride again and add pine resin, but the scalpel's been sitting unused in the first aid kit since I couldn't face the pain last night. The barometer's still dropping to 990 - this storm won't wait for me to recover.

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🔧 Kevin15:58

The tin's still under the floorboard. I'll take it at first light. North ridge transect first, then the shrine.

walk to the radio shelf and key the shortwave for the 0800 schedule, calling the supply boat on the working frequency for a confirmed position and revised ETA

💭 peek at the thought

She's sending me to the shrine with the tin. The cache coordinates. She's planning for the boat not to come at all — or for her not to be here when it does. The poultice with pine resin is new; she's trying everything. Amputation supplies laid out. She's not expecting the boat in two days. She's expecting the infection to win.

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🌿 Jenny16:05

The tin's under the floorboard. I'll take the north ridge transect first, then the shrine. Make sure you get the coordinates logged before you head up the ridge - Julia's expecting the data by Wednesday.

make detailed botanical map of north ridge transect with Carex distribution and elevation markers, prepare coordinates for Kevin to leave at shrine, monitor ankle infection progression with magnifying glass, prepare emergency extraction pla

💭 peek at the thought

He's taking the seeds without knowing what I'm really asking him to do - the shrine is just a landmark, but if he finds what's really down there, if he sees... God, I hope he has the presence of mind to leave a marker. The infection's still climbing despite the resin in the poultice. I need to get those coordinates recorded before my hands start shaking too badly to hold the pen.

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🔧 Kevin16:06

I'll log the coordinates. North ridge at first light. You stay off that ankle.

crouch by the bedroom floorboard, pry it up with the nail puller, and retrieve the heavy rusted tin marked E

💭 peek at the thought

She's giving me orders like I'm crew. Julia's expecting data by Wednesday — the trust contact. She's planning past the boat delay, past the infection. Or she's making me plan for her. The tin under the floorboard, the coordinates, the shrine. She wants it left there like a dead drop. If the boat doesn't come, if she can't walk, someone still finds it.

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