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Duck's not jealous of the GAE. For one thing, he's been building huts here for five years now; he knows his craft, even if the majority of his skills aren't meant to produce something fancy. And for another, he's fifty, too old and wise for jealousy.
But not, as it turns out, too old and wise to sneak.
Shunning the path, Duck passes into the remodeled Green Arrow Estates from the beach, guiltily shucking sand from his boots as he goes. The architecture here isn't something he'd burden the building crew with as a general rule, but it is pretty stunning, and he spends a good minute or so just remembering how to close his mouth.
He makes a quick circuit of the huts, tucking away inspirations and ideas as they come to him - couldn't hurt to have the crew include a starter garden with every hut - and is just about to leave the way he came when he hears a voice from above.
"Have you come to rob us?" asks its owner, a painfully thin girl with large eyes and a smile he's never sure is real or not. She's peering at him from the ledge of her tree house, blond hair tumbling down over a smile that's just wicked enough to worry him.
"Uh, no," Duck calls up, rubbing a hand over his neck. "Cassie, right? I was just checking it out."
"That's a very nice word for spying," Cassie observes. "Now I must report you to the authorities."
"That's really not gonna be nece - " Duck starts, but pauses when she ducks down, reaching for something.
"Alan says I should drop a bomb on you," she announces when she's upright. Duck takes an involuntary step back, but the smile on her face has changed, more mischief now than mayhem. "I don't have any balloons of course, but he says I could fill a condom with water, isn't he clever? But I've thought of something better." She holds out her hand. Duck is just curious enough to remain where he is. "You'll want to close your eyes."
"Close - " But it's too late, and Duck closes his eyes up tight, hands half-raised to fight off the enormous cloud of glitter she's just dropped down on him.
"Tarred and feathered!" Cassie crows, beaming at someone behind Duck. "Good morning!" she calls. "I've caught a spy."
[ooc: top levels will get a tag from Duck and Cassie each, at least initially~]
But not, as it turns out, too old and wise to sneak.
Shunning the path, Duck passes into the remodeled Green Arrow Estates from the beach, guiltily shucking sand from his boots as he goes. The architecture here isn't something he'd burden the building crew with as a general rule, but it is pretty stunning, and he spends a good minute or so just remembering how to close his mouth.
He makes a quick circuit of the huts, tucking away inspirations and ideas as they come to him - couldn't hurt to have the crew include a starter garden with every hut - and is just about to leave the way he came when he hears a voice from above.
"Have you come to rob us?" asks its owner, a painfully thin girl with large eyes and a smile he's never sure is real or not. She's peering at him from the ledge of her tree house, blond hair tumbling down over a smile that's just wicked enough to worry him.
"Uh, no," Duck calls up, rubbing a hand over his neck. "Cassie, right? I was just checking it out."
"That's a very nice word for spying," Cassie observes. "Now I must report you to the authorities."
"That's really not gonna be nece - " Duck starts, but pauses when she ducks down, reaching for something.
"Alan says I should drop a bomb on you," she announces when she's upright. Duck takes an involuntary step back, but the smile on her face has changed, more mischief now than mayhem. "I don't have any balloons of course, but he says I could fill a condom with water, isn't he clever? But I've thought of something better." She holds out her hand. Duck is just curious enough to remain where he is. "You'll want to close your eyes."
"Close - " But it's too late, and Duck closes his eyes up tight, hands half-raised to fight off the enormous cloud of glitter she's just dropped down on him.
"Tarred and feathered!" Cassie crows, beaming at someone behind Duck. "Good morning!" she calls. "I've caught a spy."
[ooc: top levels will get a tag from Duck and Cassie each, at least initially~]