Location The Lone Windowsill

[Albireo]

What the owner calls “the lone windowsill” or sometimes just “the windowsill” is a tiny one-room apartment on the second floor of a house overlooking Surya Plaza on Zintia Peak. Next to the front door stands the stone statue of an eagle with wings halfway outstretched, a common sight around the City of Stars. The proud animal image is supposed to protect the residents from harm and malevolent spirits. The entire front of the house is carved and painted with star and night sky patterns that shimmer in vivid colors at both day and night. The roof is dome-shaped and made of skyglass. After ascending a narrow staircase, one opens a simple door leading into the apartment itself. It consists of a living room and a tiny kitchen. Soft red mats cover the floor and keep it warm in cold seasons. In the living room, the furniture is simple and entirely made of wood: a bunk, desk and chair and two chests resting towards the back wall, one for clothes, one for books, papers and writing supplies. Everything is neat and clean, although not overly so. There might be specks of dust in the corners and the bed sheets might be tangled, yet all these are little signs that the apartment is being lived in by a tangible person. The apartment only has a single window that overlooks Surya Plaza and is responsible for its nickname. It is usually decorated by a vase with some flower matching the current season. In Spring it’s pink Bulboru, in Summer little blue Jasao, in Fall a tuft of Bromegrass and in Winter two or three naked branches from the Kariino Tree. This is Albireo's PC residence from Spring 512 AV onward.