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

Approaching Storm Front

Kevin is at the keeper's cottage, and Jenny is at the garden.

The atmospheric pressure is dropping rapidly as the overcast skies thicken, signaling an approaching storm. Kevin checks the integrity of the south piling sister brace while Jenny focuses on securing the heirloom seeds and garden against the coming winds.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You move the dry tools inside and check the radio one last time before the update.

🔧 Kevin07:30

Kevin — walk into the cottage kitchen, gather the metal file and wire brush from the workbench, set them on the table near the radio, pick up the shortwave handset and test the squelch, scan the weather frequency for the mainland forecast

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still falling. 984 and dropping. Jenny's at the garden but the rain's getting heavier. Should check the radio before the squall hits properly — last thing we need is the aerial giving out mid-transmission. The supply boat's due in two days but with this pressure trend, she might not make the crossing.

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🔧 Kevin07:34

Kevin — hang up the handset, step out onto the porch, pull the heavy canvas tarp tighter over the generator shed and batten it with timber strips, walk down the path to the dock carrying the coil of new half-inch rope

💭 peek at the thought

Radio's holding. Weather fax came through faint but readable — low deepening south of the mainland, front pushing northeast. They're calling Force 8 by evening, possibly 9 overnight. Supply boat skipper didn't check in on the scheduled window. Could mean nothing. Could mean he's already hove to. Need to get the dinghy warps doubled and the storm anchor set proper before the tide turns.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You double-check the anchors on the heirloom seedlings, hoping the soil holds firm.

🌿 Jenny07:33

Stay down, just stay down.

Kneel and pack the earth around the base of the sea beet seedlings with my fingers.

💭 peek at the thought

If the wind shifts north, the salt will scour the topsoil before these roots even take hold.

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🌿 Jenny07:37

damn it.

Wipe the mud from my hands onto my

💭 peek at the thought

My own is screaming at the weight, and the bar is still dropping.

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