Our Journey IV: The Harbor of Second Chances

A dream job abroad, a boatyard up for sale, and forty-eight hours to decide what home means.

Part IV of Our Journey. Previously, a brass compass that always points to the harbour led you to Mira and Leo, and a stormy night train brought back Leo's grandfather's letter. Now two deadlines land on the same grey morning: a dream job in Vancouver needs your answer within 48 hours, and the harbour board is ready to sell Leo's family boatyard to Northgate. Then Mira overhears half a phone call and believes you are leaving without a word. Negotiate with Northgate's polished representative, compare options, defend your viewpoint, organise the neighbours, and help Leo guide a fishing crew home through a storm. Repair what was broken, open your heart to Leo or Mira, and choose one of three endings.

ภาคสี่ของ Our Journey ก่อนหน้านี้ เข็มทิศทองเหลืองที่ชี้ไปทางท่าเรือเสมอได้พาคุณมาพบมีราและลีโอ และรถไฟกลางคืนฝ่าพายุก็ได้นำจดหมายของคุณปู่ลีโอกลับคืนมา คราวนี้เส้นตายสองเรื่องมาถึงพร้อมกันในเช้าวันที่ฟ้าครึ้ม งานในฝันที่แวนคูเวอร์รอคำตอบจากคุณภายใน 48 ชั่วโมง และคณะกรรมการท่าเรือก็พร้อมจะขายอู่ต่อเรือของครอบครัวลีโอให้นอร์ธเกต แล้วมีราก็บังเอิญได้ยินโทรศัพท์ของคุณเพียงครึ่งเดียว จนเชื่อว่าคุณกำลังจะจากไปโดยไม่บอกลา เจรจากับตัวแทนผู้เนี้ยบกริบของนอร์ธเกต เปรียบเทียบทางเลือก ปกป้องจุดยืนของคุณ รวมพลังเพื่อนบ้าน และช่วยลีโอนำทางเรือประมงกลับฝั่งฝ่าพายุ ซ่อมแซมสิ่งที่แตกร้าว เปิดใจกับลีโอหรือมีรา แล้วเลือกหนึ่งในสามฉากจบ

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A planner with a dream job offer abroad, and Leo and Mira's closest ally in Port Aster

In 48 hours, negotiate with Northgate's polished representative, compare options and defend your viewpoint, organise the neighbours into a cooperative, help Leo guide a fishing crew home through a storm, repair your misunderstanding with Mira, and decide whether to stay, go, or build something new together.

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Scene 01

Two deadlines before breakfast

Previously in Our Journey: a brass compass that always points to the harbour led you to Mira and Leo, and a stormy night train brought back Leo's grandfather's letter. Now it is seven o'clock on a grey Tuesday morning in the boatyard. You and Leo are sanding the hull of the Old Pearl, his family's old wooden boat, when your phone buzzes. It is Tidewater, the famous Vancouver studio that designs public waterfronts, and they are offering you a dream job: a two-year contract, the one you applied for months ago, before Port Aster changed your life. The deadline is hard: they need your answer within 48 hours. At the same moment, a courier hands Leo a white envelope with the harbour board's stamp. He reads it twice, and the colour drains from his face.

Scene 02

A yard that launches no boats

Leo reads the letter aloud in a flat voice. Northgate has made a new offer for the waterfront, and the board will vote tomorrow, Wednesday, at six o'clock in the harbour control tower. The board's lawyers accept his grandfather's old promise, but only for a working boatyard, and they point out that this yard has launched no new boat in three years. Northgate wants to build 'Aster Quay' here: glass apartments, a private marina and a rooftop restaurant. Leo folds the letter into a tiny square. Then he notices your face, and you tell him about Tidewater. He hugs you, and his smile is real, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes.

Scene 03

Half a phone call

At eleven, Tidewater's director calls. You step away onto the windy quay to answer, and the line is so bad that you almost have to shout. 'Yes, Vancouver sounds wonderful... A flight on Saturday could work... No, I haven't told them yet. It's complicated... I'll probably say yes, but please give me until Thursday, because first I need to talk to them.' The wind steals the end of every sentence. When you turn around, Mira is standing two metres away with two paper cups of coffee, one of them for you. She has overheard half of everything. She heard 'Vancouver' and 'Saturday'. She heard 'I haven't told them yet' and 'I'll probably say yes'. Her face closes like a door.

Useful expressions

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01Could you explain the letter from the harbour board before I share my news?
02I would like to share some news first: a job offer from Vancouver.
03We should compare every option tonight, from selling the yard to fighting the vote.
04Let's show the board that this boatyard is still very much alive.
05We should help Leo first, because this boatyard means everything to his family.

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deadline: เส้นตาย / กำหนดเวลาสุดท้าย
hull: ตัวเรือ (ลำเรือ)
sand: ขัดด้วยกระดาษทราย
dream job: งานในฝัน
courier: พนักงานส่งเอกสาร
vote: ลงมติ / การลงมติ
lawyer: ทนายความ / ฝ่ายกฎหมาย
launch: ปล่อยเรือลงน้ำ

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