[Two days being trapped inside a ship. Two days of increasing cold and a rapidly decreasing supply of food. They hadn't quite reached dire straits, but boredom, chilled limbs, and gnawing hunger were all beginning to take their toll on the trio trapped in the belly of the Britannia. If the storm was going to go on for very much longer, they'd need
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Trapped???? On board the Britannia?! BE THERE DIRECTLY.
---Jack
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We're alright, but it'll be good to see another face. Is the snow still coming down?
--Jilly
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It's on its way out, now. I'll dig my way over. It's the drifts that are bothersome: in some places, the wind has near cleared the way down to the sand. In others? Drifts up to a man's neck. Is everyone well? Food? Water?
--Jack
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We're fine for water. We've been melting snow. We didn't have food for multiple days, though. No one's going to starve, [at least not if rescue was on the way] but I wouldn't say no to a meal. A warm one.
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Love,
Jack
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--Jilly
[eager as she is to get someplace warm, she knows Jack and she doesn't want him hurt for rushing]
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"'Allo? Jilly-love? Kennedy? Hornsomeoneorother? You still alive?"
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