How does this timing aboard the Obra Dinn make sense?

Solution 1:

I believe at least several hours pass between the events of The Bargain Part 3, and The Escape, Part 1.

I speculate that the following flow of events occurs.:

- The Doom, Part 8 occurs.
- The storm dies down, and the Kraken leaves.
- The Captain probably throws two of the shells overboard.
- The wreckage is cleared off the deck.
- The living casualties are taken to cabins for treatment, and the dead casualties are prepared for burial at sea.
- The Escape plan is hatched.
- The Bargain, Part 4: The last surviving Mermaid is freed through the efforts of the Third Mate and the two stewards, costing the former his life, and locking the door.
- The Bargain, Part 5: The Surgeon, having been told by Moss about what happened, sets up the corpse chain through his monkey.
- Someone tells the Captain that the Third Mate is dead in the Lazarette, and he heads down with the last Midshipman to see for himself.
- Those in on the Escape plan start moving for the boat while the Captain is in the hold.
- The Escape, Part 1: The Bosun wakes up in the Officer's Mess, is told what happened at the end of The Doom, and dies of his wounds. The Captain and the Midshipman start heading back to the upper deck, after failing to get into the Lazarette.

If, in The Escape, Part 1, the captain is coming back up from checking on the results after all the events of The Bargain, rather than coming up after the Bargain, Part 3, there's enough time for the setup for The Escape, Part 2.