Erin hurried into the office, a clipboard still in her hands. The time she was spending here and at the store was taking up more and more and more of her days.

"I'm here, I'm here!"

She actually saluted the chicken when she got into the room.

"What is it' Did I mess soemthing up? I know I haven't been here as much as I should....but....I'm trying, really...." A pause and a blink as she spotted the card.

"That's sweet.....I think." A crinkle of that adorable nose. She was already distracted from Chicken.

Erin was scribbling on the pad she came into the room with as the Chicken listed off the supplies. With each item she wrote her nose crinkled more and more and more until it seemed her nose would retreat up into her head.

"Yes, Sir!" A pause as she looked up at him over her reading glasses. "May I ask what this is all for....?" She gave him a weak smile, just a little concerned about the plan. "And why we need to exploit the orphans?"

A sweet smile as she hugged the legal pad to her chest, right hand clutching the pen. She was prepared to wince— or run.

Erin hopped to attention and nodded at the chicken. She scrambled out of the room and into her office, closing the door behind her.

Getting materials was easy enough. Orphans even easier. But the building permit! Egads! Those people in the development office sure were sticklers. Erin was on the phone with the commissioner for three hours.

"No...no.....I'm not sure....it won't be an eyesoar! No, no, no— we aren't blowing anything up. Yes, yes of course it will be safe. Comissioner." A long pause. "No! What do you take me for?!"

Erin slammed a small hand down on the desk. "Please, comissioner!" Whatever Chicken had planned better be worth all this....."No, no, no! Look, I promise you. On my good name. If anything terrible happens you can hold me personally responsible."

A long, long pause.

"Thank you! Of course the Bloods are fine with this! Oh, we're really close." She winced a little at the lie. "Great!" Erin placed the phone back on the reciever and stuck her head into the hallway.

"Chicken! I got it!"

Erin leeeeeeeeaned forward and peered at the plan. Hm. A slow nod as she looked, head tilted. Then another slow nod.

"This looks wonderful." A smile as she turned her head up to the Chicken.

"One problem, though— can you build things?" Cause Erin sure as hell couldn't!

Construction on the get well card for Kitty, now dubbed "Project Really Big Sign" Started on schedule the next day. Several of the older orphans were joined by the night janitor and Chris's intern. The chicken informed the pair that it was an official budget meeting and just sort of put hammers into their hands when the arrived and pointed them to the stack of lumber.

It took a few hours to get things sorted out, but soon everything was under way and the wall was being built on the property adjacent the bollds compound and Kitty's window. It turns out Chris's intern was a pretty dab hand with a chainsaw and a nail gun, and the little platforms in the face of the sign were taking shape nicely. A fresh coat of white paint was being applied to the structure even as the top layer of plywood was being attached to the top level of the scaffolding.

The chicken, complete with little white hard hat and a clipboard supervised the construction with Erin by his side. " I think its going well don't you? The next phase will be the tricky bit. We need people to come and sign the card. You dear are in charge of publicity. I don't care how you get them here just get people here."