‘New Year’s Day 1998’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by New Year’s Eve 1997 and followed by New Year’s Eve, Side B.
Sam finishes work gardening, intending to move in to her new flat. Zach and Harshul discuss the ‘cute guy’ that rang Zach while taking the train to Bibi Hamida Street Station, but find their flat has a firetruck outside.
Miss Hibaaq tells Zach and Harshul that their boiler exploded, wrecking their flat. Zach laments that his pulp collection was turned to pulp. Harshul decides to move back in with his family, but there isn’t space for Zach there, so Harshul directs him to a ‘shady’ friend Emira at Nyahs Shisha. Someone enters the establishment, but no one lets Zach in.
Zach mentions Harshul’s name, and a cat emerges, turning into Emira, the info broker. They agree to help him find a place to stay for free.
Directed to Nithiya’s building, Zach accepts a shared room from her. Sam is his new roommate.
Neither Sam nor Zach can escape their rent agreement without forfeiting a year’s rent. Sam accuses Zach of taking advantage of the poor sex workers described on the business cards he lost. Zach explains that he is a sexline operator. Zhen calls back.
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Emira
Emira the info broker (they/them) is a cat, friend of Zach by way of a mutual friend Harshul and information...
Gods
Dawlat Al-Harir is a theocracy that acknowledges ten gods, to varying degrees. Each god aligns with a particular animal, and...
Habibi's
Habibi’s Diner is a breakfast and lunch diner in Salwa where Sam and Zach met each other, and later where...
Miss Hibaaq
Owned the building Harshul and Zach lived in before their boiler exploded. She warned them to get it fixed, but...
New Year's Eve 1997
‘New Year’s Eve 1997’ is the first chapter of the comic, followed by New Year’s Day 1998.
New Year's Eve, Side B
‘New Year’s Eve, Side B’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by New Year’s Day 1998 and followed by...
Nithiya
Nithiya owns the second-floor flat Sam and Zach live in, as well as the room she lets Sam renovate and...
Nyah's Shisha
Emira frequents this cat-themed establishment in Salwa, as does a mysterious individual with a leather jacket, probably Saesha.
Saesha
Saesha is Nithiya’s girlfriend, often visiting Nithiya’s building. She is a skilled handyman, capable of installing prayer speakers and signs,...
Zach
Zach Kartal (he/him) rooms with Sam. Friends with Harshul, and both of them work for Cid taking sex-line phone calls....