It's done. It's really truly finally done... except for that one corner and rechecking the light levels and whatever, it's close enough to done.
It, of course, is the renovation and expansion of the Delicate Flowers brothel into the Delicate Flowers brothel and adults-only nightclub. If you haven't heard, well, the large yet tasteful poster Lilly'
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"Delicate... flowers?" Clark isn't sure he wants to know.
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"That's the name of my club, yeah. You haven't heard of it before? I'm a little hurt."
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Lilly tilts her head.
"I'm Lilly, by the way. DeadNeptuneCaliforniaEarth2005. What's your name, and what's with the not liking clubs?"
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"Clark. Kent. Smallville, Kansas, 2006." Earth need not be mentioned, because it's Kansas. Where else would it be? "And I'm underage. Not allowed."
Plus, the three months he spent when he was sixteen as a kryptonite infected club kid kind of cured him of the whole experience.
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Luckily, Milliways is really good training for keeping a poker face when being introduced to a young, hot Superman. Otherwise, Lilly would not have been able to resist an Abs of Steel joke as an excuse to poke his stomach and things would have gone rapidly downhill.
"Nice to meet you, Clark."
Clark KENT.
"I'm technically underage myself, although I get to waive that because of being dead. As long as you're over 18, you can come to Delicate Flowers, though. And if you flirt with the right people, you can probably get served."
CLARK KENT.
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As for the flirting part, Clark just gets a little wide eyed. "Uh, yeah, I don't really drink anyway, so that's not much a problem. But, you know. Maybe I'll, uh, stop by anyway. If I'm here, of course."
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Lilly's smile is encouraging. Not in a scary way!
"Especially if you're new. Parties are a great way to meet people around here."
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She really is, too. It so rarely occurs to Lilly that people might not want to come to parties.
"And hey, if they've been here a while, maybe they could vouch for how awesome my parties are."
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"Chloe's been coming here for a while. I'll ask her. Do you know her, Chloe Sullivan?"
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Lilly nods enthusiastically.
"I haven't seen her in like, forever, but we talked when Meg Giry and I were starting our Milliways newspaper. I think our total lack of excellent journalistic standards kinda disappointed her, though."
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She laughs.
"I believe it. I mean, it's totally not a normal paper, but then... this is not exactly a place where normal news happens, you know?"
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Lilly leans in a little.
"I have to admit, I'm not really all that attached to facts. Sometimes they're so boring, you know?"
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