Episode
Day 5617
Day 5617 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered. Dot Ferris has got good enough at sketching the shoreline to be quietly smug about it. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Shortcut runs into trouble. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
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03:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
06:53Dot Ferris has got good enough at sketching the shoreline to be quietly smug about it.
07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
07:31Wren Gorse and Edie Gorse have got into the habit of each other.
07:51Posy Gorse has kept at keeping a notebook about the pond long enough that the town expects it now.
08:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
08:41Bev Tanner has kept at sketching the shoreline long enough that the town expects it now.
09:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
10:00The tide is out further than usual. Linus Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind.
10:26Truman Beaumont claims to have found a faster way across town.
11:00Somebody has repainted their front door overnight. Opinions are being gathered.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
17:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
18:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
18:11Mabel Tidewater has an answer, of a sort, and has decided it will do.
18:19Truman Beaumont and Flo Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
22:09Bram Tidewater offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:14The Anchor's piano is being played by Wren Gorse, who cannot play piano.
22:26Jonah Ferris is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:03Mabel Tidewater, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
People keep telling me this place has not changed. I would not know.
People keep telling me this place has not changed. I would not know.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Well if it isn't Opal. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Opal. How's the day treating you?
07:04Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
07:18Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Well if it isn't Cass. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Cass. How's the day treating you?
07:20Hattie Whitlow, Flo Ferris, Ned Ferris, Milo Ferris, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
07:21Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Alma. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Alma. How's the day treating you?
07:25Marla Finch, Bea Callahan · Sunrise Café
Bea, sit down before you fall down. Tea?
Bea, sit down before you fall down. Tea?
07:33Edie Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
Posy, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Posy, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:18Bev Tanner, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:36Marla Finch, Flo Ferris, Bea Callahan, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
09:03Elaine Whitlow, Opal Ferris · Seahaven General
Hi Opal — busy day at Seahaven General?
Hi Opal — busy day at Seahaven General?