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Day 2489

Day 2489 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. The contest ends in a tie. A rematch is scheduled for next season. Fern Gorse is not currently speaking to Rue Callahan. Bea Callahan is not currently speaking to Wilf Tanner. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

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What was announced

00:00A pair of swans has taken up residence on Miller's Pond, and half the town has been down to look at them and pretend they had other business.
07:46Toby Tanner and Truman Beaumont have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
08:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
09:00Rue Callahan fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
10:54The contest ends in a tie. A rematch is scheduled for next season.
10:54Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
10:54And so concludes: The Great Sandcastle Rivalry. The town will live with how it ended.
12:00The tide is out further than usual. Dot Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
15:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
16:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
18:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
18:38Marla Finch and Elaine Whitlow have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
19:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Everybody denies everything.
21:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
22:14Toby Tanner has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:15Bea Callahan has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:15Wilf Tanner has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:22Hattie Whitlow is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
22:24Iris Brody has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
23:00Commotion at The Anchor! Wilf Tanner and Bea Callahan came to (very gentle) blows over a disputed game of dominoes.

What was said

00:02Fern Gorse
If anyone asks, this was a very sensible conversation.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Linus! Sit down, you have the look of somebody who needs a form.
07:20Marla Finch, Wilf Tanner · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Wilf. Everything behaving itself?
07:22Truman Beaumont, Orson Ferris, Toby Tanner · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:43Bev Tanner, Wilf Tanner, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:43Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Ned. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Well if it isn't Hattie. How's the day treating you?
09:03Milo Ferris, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Ned! Just the person I wanted to see.
09:22Bram Tidewater, Dell Tanner · Founders Park
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
10:49Bev Tanner, Hal Brody, Dot Ferris, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
10:56Truman Beaumont, Elaine Whitlow · The Dock
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
11:14Elaine Whitlow, Rex Callahan, Truman Beaumont · The Dock
Morning, Rex. Everything feels possible at this hour.