Dear Diary,

Zayda and I have been living together in a small apartment for the last six months. The apartment is in the Culpepper Apartments building within the Spice Market. It isn’t as luxurious as the Arts Quarter where I used to live with my dad, but it has a balcony that is perfect for BBQs and painting. I loved the Medina Studios Apartments, but it really needed a balcony so I could paint in the fresh air.

Our apartment in the Spice Market has another bonus too! Yuki and Clementine live right next door! They visit just about every day and it’s great to have so many friends close by. I love it!

Dear Diary,

Dad and I moved into Medina Studios Apartments in San Myshuno’s Arts Quarter over the weekend. Dad is renting a three bedroom apartment and he surprised me by converting one of the bedrooms into my own little art studio. Both my studio and my new bedroom overlook a small market place and I love looking out the windows to watching the people come and go.

All of that stuff is really cool, but I haven’t even mentioned the best part yet! Medina Studios is also where Yuki and her mother live! In fact, they’re on the same floor!

Dear Diary,

Yuki Yoshida and her mom moved to an apartment in the San Myshuno art district recently. They had to move into the city because her mom got promoted in her political career. She says the new place is really nice and much bigger than she thought it would be, but there’s a ghost who roams around at night and it really freaks her out!

Dear Diary,

Today I played at the park with my friends Zayda, Yuki, Clementine, and Quince. Clem and Quin are my cousins, but they are my friends too! 

We all play pirate a lot at the playground, but I like playing aliens at the spaceship playground more. One time I met a cool girl named Eloise there. She has the best alien costume ever. It looks very real. The spaceship is too far to walk to though, so I don’t get to go there very much.

Dear Diary,

I started my first day at school and guess what? My cousin Clementine was there! She looked a bit different than I remember…her eyes were stormy looking. Clem’s brother Quince is supposed to be going to this school too, but he was sick the very first day. It wasn’t his very first day though because he’s two years older than us.

I also met a new friend named Yuki Yoshida from my class. She wears some crazy clothes and I think she’s really cool. Clem isn’t sure if she likes her yet, but Clem likes boring clothes so I’m not surprised.