Episode

Day 115

Wednesday brought its usual gentle mysteries to Seahaven Springs—a phantom power flicker, an orphaned umbrella still waiting by the café, and somehow one more chair at The Anchor than yesterday, though Rex remains mysteriously silent on the matter. Down in Founders Park, the benches filled with their familiar occupants: Walt and Pearl claiming their usual spot, while Gus found himself at storytelling stage this evening, the clouds rolling in over the bay just the way he pretends not to love. By The Anchor, Walt had ordered one for the road and promptly forgotten which one, a detail that would surely find its way into Pearl's patient corrections tomorrow. Another quiet Wednesday in our little town, where the most pressing questions have wonderfully mundane answers, waiting patiently to be discovered.

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What was announced

03:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.

08:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.

11:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.

12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.

20:14Gus Tidewater has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.

21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.

21:33Walt Gorse has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.

22:21Flo Tidewater has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.

What was said

11:19Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · The Dock
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.

13:12Walt Gorse, Fern Gorse, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★

13:31Gus Tidewater, Flo Tidewater, Elaine Whitlow, Pearl Gorse · Sunrise Café
You are early. Or the tide is late.★

13:59Bev Tanner, Truman Beaumont · Seahaven Mutual
Well if it isn't Truman. How's the day treating you?

14:32Gus Tidewater, Elaine Whitlow · Gus's House
Oh, hello Elaine. Sun's out again. Like clockwork.

16:49Truman Beaumont, Fern Gorse · Norma's Grocery
There you are. How has the day treated you so far?

17:12Norma Quist, Pearl Gorse · Norma's Grocery
Pearl, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.

18:06Kip Doyle, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Marla, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.

18:22Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · The Salty Gull
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.

19:09Gus Tidewater, Rex Callahan · The Anchor Bar
You made it through the day, then.

19:36Gus Tidewater, Marla Finch · The Anchor Bar
Marla! Not a cloud in the sky.★