the keeper's cottage · day 983 · midday

Midday check on the supply boat ETA

Kevin and Jenny are at the cottage. The tide is low. The barometer reads 989 hPa steady. The supply boat is due tomorrow at high tide. Kevin has the handheld VHF ready to confirm the window. Jenny's ankle is wrapped and elevated on a stool. The garden tarp holds for now.

Kevin checked the dinghy's seacocks and confirmed they were shut, then made a brief VHF call on Channel 16 but received only weather fax static. Jenny examined her ankle and found the infection had spread past the marked boundary, confirming the fever's persistence.

🌿 Jenny07:17

Jenny, the barometer's holding at 989. We need to secure the seed tin on the stove shelf and double-check the dinghy's seacocks before dark. Can you help me with that?

Walk to the kitchen and move the heirloom seed tin from the table to the wood stove shelf, ensuring it's positioned where warmth will keep it dry.

💭 peek at the thought

989 hPa and steady - that's the danger zone I've been tracking. Southwest swell building means I need to secure everything loose before nightfall. The seed tin goes on the stove shelf where it'll be warm and safe. But first, I need to check if the seacocks are properly closed on the dinghy - twice, just to be sure.

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🔧 Kevin07:17

Copy. I'll hit the dinghy seacocks and the VHF check. Tin's safer by the flue anyway.

walk to the porch, pick up the handheld VHF, then walk down to the dock to check the dinghy's seacocks and confirm the supply boat window

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving with purpose despite the ankle. Good. The seed tin on the stove shelf gets the chimney warmth — keeps the packets dry. I'll grab the VHF and check the dinghy while she's at it.

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🌿 Jenny07:18

Be careful on the dock, it's slick as glass.

Sit in the kitchen chair, leaning my head back against the stone wall, and watch the rain run down the window while waiting for the fever to break.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right, the heat will keep the seeds from molding in this humidity. My ankle feels like it's being squeezed in a vice, but I need to stay sharp. If that boat doesn't show, I'm in real trouble.

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🔧 Kevin07:18

Cane's by the door. Taking it.

grab the driftwood cane from beside the porch door, walk down to the dock, test the planks with the cane before stepping full weight, check the dinghy's raw water seacock and fuel seacock positions, then key the VHF to Channel 16 for the su

💭 peek at the thought

Dock's treacherous wet. Greenheart gets like ice. I'll take the cane, test each step.

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🌿 Jenny07:20

Jenny — reach for the damp cloth on the table and press it to my forehead, trying to dull the heat.

💭 peek at the thought

The radio static is the only thing fighting the rain. If he can't get through on that frequency, I'm out of antibiotics in three days. My head is thumping harder than the storm.

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🔧 Kevin07:21

Seacocks shut. VHF quiet. Dock holds. Back in a minute.

walk back up the dock to the cottage, cane in hand, enter the kitchen and set the VHF on the table beside the tin mug

💭 peek at the thought

Seacocks both closed. Good. VHF squawks static — weather fax on 162.550, nothing on 16. Boat's not calling yet. Dock planks hold under the cane. Back to the cottage.

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🌿 Jenny07:22

Did you get anything through the static?

Peel back the bandage on my ankle to check if theので has moved past the ink line.

💭 peek at the thought

way is never good on this island. If the boat isn't on the horizon, the manifest is just a lie. My leg feels like it's encased in lead.

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🔧 Kevin07:22

Weather fax only. No captain yet. He said tomorrow high tide. How's the line?

pull the chair closer, sit, and look at her ankle where the pen mark circles the redness

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing on 16. Weather fax droning on 162.550 but no voice. Captain said tomorrow high tide, two-hour window. Barometer hasn't budged from 989. He'll come or he won't. Ankle first — she's checking the line I marked.

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