the old shrine · day 813 · evening

Evening at the Shrine

You meet at the ridge as the sun begins to dip, discussing the supply boat's arrival tomorrow.

Kevin and Jenny walked from the shrine back to the cottage, discussing the supply boat's arrival and the north ridge drainage. Kevin retrieved copper sulfate and twine from the workshop and handed them to Jenny. They confirmed the water tank holds 382 litres and agreed to check the medical crate first when the boat lands.

🔧 Kevin16:02

Boat's due on the flood tide. Mendez usually hits the channel by 0900 if the bar holds.

lean the mattock against a greenheart plate and wipe my hands on my thighs

💭 peek at the thought

She's favoring the left leg still. Good she made it up here though — the ridge work held.

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🌿 Jenny16:03

I need the copper sulfate and more twine. The garden wall is still losing to the salt.

Jenny shifts her weight to her good leg, winces, and brushes pencil dust off her sketch.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come, I'll run out of antibiotics before this ankle finishes turning on me.

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🔧 Kevin16:04

Got both. Workshop shelf and porch hook. North corner's the worst?

start walking back toward the cottage, pace slow for her leg

💭 peek at the thought

Copper sulfate's in the workshop, twine on the porch. Wall's losing mortar at the north corner — seen it myself.

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🌿 Jenny16:05

Everything is eroding. I'll check the tank again when we get back.

Jenny closes her notebook with a snap and follows him, limping slightly on the uneven stones.

💭 peek at the thought

The whole island is a mess, but the north corner is where the drainage is failing.

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🔧 Kevin16:07

It's stable. 382 litres. But we should check after the tide runs out tomorrow.

unlock the workshop door and walk over to the shelf

💭 peek at the thought

Tank's holding at 382, but she wants to verify. Smart move.

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🌿 Jenny16:09

I need to map the northern drainage before the next storm hits.

Jenny leans against the cottage wall and pulls the shortwave notebook from her pocket, flipping to a page where she's sketched the soil pockets near the shrine.

💭 peek at the thought

Three hundred and eighty-two litres sounds fine until you realize we're drinking through it every three days with this infection.

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🔧 Kevin16:10

Trench is holding. Three pockets marked on the map — GPS coordinates cross-referenced with the Carex transect. North end still weeping at the fracture line.

pull the copper sulfate bottle from the shelf and set it on the bench, then reach for the twine roll on the hook by the door

💭 peek at the thought

She's mapping what I shored today. The intercept trench, the three soil pockets marked in red wax. Good — two sets of eyes on it.

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🌿 Jenny16:11

Then we'll have to debride the wall again tomorrow. The salt is eating through the mortar.

Jenny traces the line of the sketch with a dirty thumb, her brow furrowed as the pain in her ankle spikes.

💭 peek at the thought

If the water keeps pooling there, the whole ridge is going to slide into the cove.

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🔧 Kevin16:18

Mortar's lime-heavy. We can re-point the worst joints after the boat. Got lime curing on the porch.

hand her the copper sulfate and the twine roll, then pick up the spray bottle from the bench

💭 peek at the thought

Salt's been eating the north wall since before we got here. Debriding buys time. She knows it, I know it. But she's going to do it anyway.

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🌿 Jenny16:19

I hope the boat has the antibiotics. I'm down to the last few.

Jenny takes the supplies with a tight nod and looks out at the half-weeded garden.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm tired of fighting an island that wants to dissolve everything into the sea.

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🔧 Kevin16:20

Manifest listed broad-spectrum. Penicillin, doxy, metro. Should be in the medical crate.

check the spray bottle nozzle, then set it beside the copper sulfate

💭 peek at the thought

She's out of metronidazole. Doxycycline's done too. Mendez's manifest had medical supplies listed — antibiotics were on it. If the boat comes.

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🌿 Jenny16:21

We check the crate the first thing when they land.

Jenny shifts her weight, her hand tightening on the roll of twine.

💭 peek at the thought

If they don't show, I'm going to lose this leg to rot.

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