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Act II · The Agenda


The Adventure

An evening in five acts · Saturday · Harbor City

✦ Dress code: shoes you can move in. Everything else is handled. ✦

  1. I

    6:00 PM

    The Briefing

    Lighthouse Coffee, Pier 4

    We fuel up. I explain nothing. You develop suspicions.

  2. II

    6:45 PM

    The Ascent

    Harbor Climbing Hall

    Forty feet of wall between you and bragging rights. I'll be the one cheering too loudly.

  3. III

    8:00 PM

    The Recovery

    Little Fern, Old Quarter

    Warm plates, cold drinks, and a full debrief of who climbed better. (You. It's you.)

  4. IV

    9:45 PM

    The Detour

    Undisclosed

    A five-minute walk to a thing I'm not writing down, because some things should stay off the record.

  5. V

    10:30 PM

    The Closing Argument

    Seawall, north end

    The city from the best bench in it. This is where I say the quiet part.


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