Several people want the island hooked up to the postal system. Steel compromises by carrying mail to various places in the Earthbus. A few of the shaper population start building bluestream framework, levitation-stream in roads and stairwells mostly, on a volunteer basis.

Interest quickly picks up. After a week and a half, there are at least 300 people on the island. Another apartment tower is requested. A soccer field. A blank wall several stories tall to serve as public art space. A two-story farm to be expanded later. Some clever individual is an ecologist and presents him with guidelines for a coral reef that is likely to attract colorful fish.