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[acuteabove]

WHAT in person
WHERE Tidy Living Apartments
WHEN Day 132

[A very unusual-looking cutie is standing in the foyer of the Tidy Living apartments today. You definitely haven't seen them before. They are repeatedly pressing the elevator button, then jumping when it opens]

But I don't get it... I know the ding means get in, but who's opening and closing the doors...? Is someone here raising and lowering it? Ahh, and when I went upstairs, it was completely incomprehensible...

[Help them out?]

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[acuteabove]

[steps in as well, nervously]

[morethanyou]

You'll have to push the button.

[acuteabove]

[pushes the button]

Ding...

[morethanyou]

So, Dia, did you just arrive?

[acuteabove]

Yes, just now.

[morethanyou]

From somewhere pretty different, it sounds like.

[acuteabove]

Yes, entirely. I've nearly seen more people since arriving here than... are alive, probably?

[morethanyou]

Wow. What kind of population are you talking?

[acuteabove]

...Thirty?

[morethanyou]

Ohhhh, I see. This must all be a big shock.

[acuteabove]

I mean, there were more on the— [seems to catch themselves] Well, it was thirty for almost forever. So it's very strange.

[morethanyou]

More, where?

[acuteabove]

More Lunarians for sure.

[morethanyou]

Oh, you have a populated moon! But it sounds like that's a complicated situation?

[acuteabove]

I... don't know if we could call it populated, exactly... um... maybe? They're... spirits?

[morethanyou]

Can you elaborate a little...?

[gently, though, trying to make it clear she doesn't have to]

[acuteabove]

I don't know if I know enough to elaborate a little. They're ageless spirits who stay on the moon and come down to break us. When we fight them, they turn into smoke and just get sent back there.

[morethanyou]

That... qualifies as an elaboration!

[acuteabove]

Ah, I know that's a little odd, sorry. They've been a part of our lives for thousands of years now...

[morethanyou]

You're thousands of years old?

[acuteabove]

Not me personally, but our eldest is nearly 4000! That's Yellow Diamond.

[morethanyou]

Interesting! But here I am interrogating you when I should be showing you around, first.

[acuteabove]

Oh, that's all right. But I would love to be shown around.

[morethanyou]

[stepping out into Dia's apartment finally]

Well, for a start, this is the space that's been assigned for your personal use.

[acuteabove]

[Looks around blankly] The bed looks comfortable!