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Day 5952

Day 5952 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. The contest ends in a tie. A rematch is scheduled for next season. Dot Ferris and Kip Doyle have stopped leaving their friendship to chance. And so concludes: The Great Chess Rivalry. The town will live with how it ended. 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

03:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
07:00Dot Ferris and Kip Doyle have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
08:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
08:28Jonah Ferris has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
09:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
09:15One small Seahaven question is settled, and Ned Ferris is already eyeing another.
12:00Ned Ferris has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
14:05The contest ends in a tie. A rematch is scheduled for next season.
14:05Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
14:05And so concludes: The Great Chess Rivalry. The town will live with how it ended.
14:54Iris Brody is not brilliant at keeping a notebook about the pond, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
15:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
17:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
19:00The tide is out further than usual. Marla Finch has gone to look at what it left behind.
19:22Posy Gorse and Hattie Whitlow 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.
21:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
22:02Gil Ferris has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:15Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Cole Whitlow onto the water. Cole Whitlow has not noticed.
22:17Silas Tidewater is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:19Edie Gorse has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:21Alma Callahan has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:22Linus Tidewater is explaining boats to anyone who will listen down at The Anchor.

What was said

06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Well if it isn't Kip. How's the day treating you?
07:02Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
Mabel. Sit, if you like. I am not going to make you talk.
07:03Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Gus's House
Well if it isn't Alma. How's the day treating you?
07:17Lark Ferris, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Iris. How's the day treating you?
07:22Edie Gorse, Ewan Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Ewan. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:23Cole Whitlow, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
There you are, Nell. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:39Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Morning, Cass. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:42Elaine Whitlow, Bea Callahan, Iris Brody, Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
07:55Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
Posy! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:15Edie Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:22Lark Ferris, Ewan Callahan, Iris Brody, Abel Callahan, Bea Callahan · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
08:48Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.