GAE Grand Re-Opening

[only_son]

Nearly nine months it's been that they've been working on the Green Arrow Estates, and even standing in the middle of the completed clutch of luxury cottages, Clark can't quite believe that it's finally finished

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[ffyddlon]

Gwen's been looking for a place to live, actually, and after hearing about the new places opening up, she expressed an interest and now she has a beautiful new cottage to live in that doesn't even seem like the island, really. It's gorgeous and now she thinks maybe she should have Ianto and Charlie over to pay them back for all they've done.

For now, she's mingling, she's always loved a good party and parties on the island (even the tame ones) always turn out to be good fun.

[spirited_hero]

[ffyddlon]

Gwen doesn't know him on much more than sight like she knows a good many people on the island but a friendly greeting like that isn't something she's going to turn down.

"Hi, I'm Gwen," she offers, beaming back at him. "Are you one of my new neighbors?"

[spirited_hero]

[halfscarlet]

Despite having been a part of the building process over the months (which mainly meant helping out with some gardening and little chores and spending time watching a bunch of shirtless, sweaty men build), Billy is still a little stunned at the finished product. Everyone looks about as amazing as anything Clark freaking Kent could come up with, but that's not even the half of it.

It's like he's getting his very first apartment.

There's a place Billy can actually call his home now, and he's happily spent the day moving his few things from his small compound room to the tree house. They hardly fill up one room, and he has to think about putting up some bookshelves eventually, but for now he lets everything sit in a small pile on his bed and goes out to join the party.

[quileutejacob]

"Pretty sweet setup, you know," Jacob said, admiring the handiwork. He'd helped a little but not nearly as much as Clark, who'd headed the whole thing up. Billy living in a treehouse doesn't seem as weird as it might and Jacob figured that meant he really, really started considering the island home.

"I thought about it myself but I like being around the Homestead in case Shari needs something."

[halfscarlet]

"It's awesome," Billy says, still trying to wrap his mind around it all. The months and months of watching Clark, Jacob and the others had finally resulted in something he could only describe as awesome. No other words came to mind. "I'm just glad to be out of the compound."

[quileutejacob]

"I bet," Jacob said, shaking his head a little. He'd never lived in the Compound, had found Shari and Belle and the Homestead pretty quickly, but it just seemed a little too sterile to call home for very long.

"Besides, if you ever go back home, you can tell everyone you know that you lived in a treehouse. How sweet is that?"

[notaparker]

Okay, self, whatever you do, don't refer to the place as "super." Although it kind of is, actually. Clark's done a really good job on this place, and it's kind of nice, among all the disasters of the last little while, to see someone build something up instead of tearing things down.

Because you know what, they might not be quite as out of this world, but I like treehouses better than underwater cities. I mean, the only experience of underwater cities I have involve me getting severely injured and a death toll that still preys on me, so that has heavily swayed my opinion, but still.

"I have got to get me a place here," I say. Is that done? Are people allowed to move? I mean, they're hardly going to stop me, right, if I just shift my furniture?

[whoneedsadream]

Anatoly had to give Clark every possible credit, the place looked amazing. Looking out at the exquisitely built cottages, it was hard to believe that only a relative short time ago there had only been rough ground and the remnants of a few buildings.

He had stepped back for a moment to give Lex a private moment with Clark to congratulate him on everything. He needed to extend his own congratulations but for now, he surveyed the crowd with a drink in hand.

[only_son]

As much as it's a relief to have this project done, Clark can't help but start looking forward to the next. Staying busy has proved to be the key to maintaining his sanity on the island, and giving back to the community in what ways he can helps temper that part of him used to saving the day. He's glad the GAE is done, but his break is bound to be a short one.

Cup of juice in hand, he wanders around the party and tries to speak to everyone who shows up, even if it's only to say hello and welcome. That's what good hosts do, his mother would tell him, and far be it from him to be a bad one.

[notaparker]

"Hey! Hey," I say, making a beeline for Clark, because I have looked around, treated one of the apparently unoccupied cottages as an open home and determined that I want in. "Clark. Mr Kent. Do you have, like, a waiting list? A sign-up sheet? I can get references if you need references."

[only_son]

Clark watches Jessica from over his cup and just lets the onslaught of words wash over him. It's a little eerie sometimes how much she reminds him of Lois, as if there's more energy in her than such a little body can handle.

"I don't think I'll need references, although I might make you sign something swearing you'll never go wandering around Rapture alone again," he finally replies, and cocks a knowing eyebrow.

[notaparker]

I flash him a slightly sickly, slightly embarrassed smile. Embarrassment isn't the worst thing Rapture has made me feel, so right now, this represents doing better with the experience.

I'll dwell on it some more, later, I have no doubt.

"Believe me, that's an experience neither I nor my lung wishes to repeat," I say, absently rubbing the heel of my hand against the spot just under my armpit where the tube to reinflate my lung went. "That's a mistake I won't be making again."

Which hopefully nicely implies I won't go down there without actually saying it. I certainly don't intend to -- there's nothing left down there but death and danger, and I'm not that kind of thrill-seeker -- but if something that should come up, I'm not going to shy away from it.