Apartment 59362

= Apartment 59362 = Apartment 59362 is a flat on the fifty sixth floor of an unidentified Apartment block in the City. It is where Nova grew up with Andromeda and Alya before it was burnt down in 2724. When the city was destroyed in August 2724 the household, which consisted of Nova, Leo, Alya, Ophelia, Micaiah, Octavius and Emilia, moved to a deserted house in the country, which was formerly the home of a friend of Micaiah's. Elodie Morshower, Nova's sister, also lived there for a few months before her death a couple of years earlier.

"Since I was a little girl I've fantasised about history - giant castles, princesses and daring knights. Emperors and Rulers and Pharaohs. Our house is far from a castle. It is instead Apartment 59362, a little set of rooms of many on the fifty-sixth floor of a scraper in the midst of the City. I will describe my room for you.

''When you enter through the doorway there is a single poster bed in the furthest right corner which our cat, Cosmos, is taking up. Next to that is a desk which holds my scrapbook and diary - my most precious possessions. I know I'm very old fashioned to still be writing in pen. Andy doesn't understand why I don't just use the Hologram, as it's much simpler.''

''In the left corner stands my precious grand piano - plain white, just like the walls of my room. On the wall hovers a Hologram Television screening the latest breaking news and events straight from New York City... Decorating my walls are posters of my favourite bands - such as Revisited of Nova and Trailor of Mermaids, who have just released a new album! I cannot imagine living in such a world as those did 700 years ago, being just introduced to technology. Now technology is our lives. Without it, I can't imagine where we'd be." Nova describing her room, Chapter One, the Boy on the Balcony.''