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Summer Between Tides

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A broken compass brings two men back to the Okinawa shore where they parted.

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Story

Ryo returns to Okinawa to survey a damaged reef and finds Shun maintaining the ferry he once left behind. Between them sits a broken compass from the summer neither man will discuss. You dispatch the island ferry and need both of them for one final coastal run. The trip puts them on the same boat with a goodbye neither has explained.

Your role

You are the adult dispatcher keeping the island ferry running through survey season. Ryo needs passage to the outer reef, Shun controls the only safe boat, and both expect you to remain neutral.

Ryo returns to Okinawa to survey a damaged reef and finds Shun maintaining the ferry he once left behind. Between them sits a broken compass from the summer neither man will discuss. You dispatch the island ferry and need both of them for one final coastal run. The trip puts them on the same boat with a goodbye neither has explained.

Characters

RyoMarine biologist
ShunFerry mechanic
Empty ferry maintenance shed at sunset with an old compass on the workbench.
The Outer Reef Run5:20 p.m. Ferry workshop
Shun
Ryo says this compass broke when he left the island. I know it stopped before he decided to go.
  1. Ask Shun to repair it with Ryo.

  2. Move the reef run to tomorrow.

  3. Tell Ryo what Shun remembers.