Fliers appeared on wall after wall on street after street in Gehenna, telling people about the new jobs that were being offered and the new homes that would result in it. There was even a town meeting on the subject, where Mister Lion himself came to speak of what was going to occur. Gehenna was too crowded. It was the fault of no one, but decades of people living there and having families like anywhere else. Thus, the solution on the matter was to take an abandoned facility and create a second town to house everyone who Gehenna could not support. They would gut it, using everything they could find as material along with what was provided. They need people to aid in working on the project in addition to the humans that already were. Thus, Alois offered the crowd the chance of a lifetime.
It was a structure of steel and concrete in the middle of a forest. Many people in Gehenna had never been to a forest before. This place was all they knew. Faun who had never walked on forest dirt among trees existed here. It was a sad thought, but it was a reality. Now, they had the chance to see it for themselves.
Many walked away knowing that they wouldn't be interested, either because it wasn't practical for them, they would have to leave their current job behind, or perhaps simply because Gehenna was their home, among many other possibilities. There were those who went home to mull it over and think about it before signing up, but there were others still who put their name down before leaving the church.
There were many names on that page by the time the day was done and a few more were to come. They did the same thing at Phantom House, and almost all of the residents there signed up in hopes of finding a place of their own to live. Even Wink, the captain of Scarlet Order's Prudentia signed up. When it was time for the buses to come, that place would be almost empty save for a few. Mothers who were pregnant or recently gave birth and needed to take care of young children had to stay behind for the time being.
HELLSING was pleased with the results that the blonde Phantomhive brought and continued to praise him. Alois was proud of that. He wanted to keep going, but his job for the moment was done. He would be needed again in the very near future to help rally the troops when the day to start heading off to the construction site came, but for now, he was to wait.
Despite this, he appeared to be walking on air and everyone noticed. He smiled often and there was a little more bounce in his step. His husband noticed as well and while Alois stood looking over some of the documents laying about the table, the Watchdog came up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist.
"Hello, lovely." giggled the menace at the gesture, allowing himself to be pulled close with his back against his beau's chest.
"Hello." Ciel answered, taking a moment to kiss Alois' cheek. "How are things?"
"They're looking really good!" the blonde excitedly answered. "We have a ton of people in Gehenna signed up, then most in Phantom House, and then there's some who are said to be coming in from other countries. We do not have a people problem."
"Wow, you're really good at this." observed the Watchdog, resting his chin on his husband's shoulder and looking down at the papers as well. "I can't wait."
"Me neither, but… There might be a few times when I have to go down there for a week or so." Alois put his hands on the other's before turning his head and nuzzling the side of his husband's. "I don't know if I can handle being away from my pooh bear that often." he whined.
"That's work, I'm afraid." answered the bluenette back. "If it comes to that, I'll call you every day."
"Yeah, but what will I do about hugs and kisses?"
"Now that, I'm afraid I can't help you with, if you're not here."
"See?"
"Well, you must endure for the greater good." Ciel said. "If you can do that, you'll have my undivided attention when you get back."
"I love how seriously you're taking this..." grinned the menace, who knew this already but was playing with his spouse.
"Oh, I would never take something such as this lightly." the Watchdog replied. "After all, I need attention, as well. I also feel compelled to give you my focus in turn."
"Such a good dog, you are… Knowing you, you would probably make an excuse to come to the site as well."
"This is your mission, so I will be doing my best not to interfere." Pausing, Ciel gave his spouse another kiss. "No matter how much I want to."
"You would interfere with the project?"
"Well, in the sense that I would be getting in the way by being a distraction. Much like I'm doing now, actually."
"So this was all planned?"
"No, I just like hugs, if I'm honest." the Watchdog informed. "Also, you look really good. Did you do something different?"
"Nah, not really." answered Alois, unable to contain the large smile that graced his face. "Thanks, though."
"You look great." Ciel said, placing another kiss on his husband's cheek. "I'm sure you'll look even more handsome while out in the field and leading everybody."
"Kiss ass..."
"Didn't know you were into that."
"Oh, piss off." the blonde instructed, gently patting the other's arm for him to let go. "Get back to doing your own work, why don't you? Or is me being here every day distracting to you."
"A bit, yeah, but I can manage." Letting go of his spouse, he opted to stand beside him, instead. "I guess I'll go back to my boring, businessman job and let you have all of the fun."
"You do that, love." Alois playfully answered back in response to the other's faux-lamentation. As Ciel turned to walk away, he offered him a gentle pat on the rear, causing them both to laugh.
A/N: Short, but it's one of those where I really don't know what I'm doing until a couple paragraphs in. I still don't know. I'm figuring out what I want to do next.
Who knows, who knows... Maybe I'll do more about this city...
Eh, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
Let's see... There was something else I wanted to talk about... Ugh... This is annoying... I always do this...
Also, we've been out of Character Shet questions for a while. If you've got them, no matter how silly, feel free to send them~
Until the next chapter, my duckies~!
