"Those do seem like some serious challenges to work with. I hope we can manage to collaborate anyway, if contact is made; they seem like the organization most aligned with us in mission, though I expect there will be a great deal of interest in collaboration with Lunabella as well."

"If you can at least somewhat adopt the attitude that they have authority over the prime Earth then you can probably manage, Lunabella loves working with them and I think that's why."

"I imagine that'd be quite workable."

"That's convenient."

"Would now be a good time to inquire as to your preferences regarding food and lodging? Our cafeterias are open 24/7 and accommodate a wide variety of dietary restrictions, and the quarters for visiting foreign dignitaries are open to you if you'd like."

"Both of those sound good."

Rob hands her a lanyard containing a card with the Amazon logo.

"This is a key card for guests. It's the one we use for the Roman ambassador, so it'll have access to the sections of the base open to the general public, plus your quarters and the conference rooms where you might meet with the Finance Ministry people about selling your magical services, or the full Cabinet if multiversal contact looks to be on the table."

She hands over a folded up piece of paper.

"And here's a map of the public sections of the base, if you'll permit a brief detour before I show you to your room I'd also like to get you a smartphone so we can send documents and arrange meetings electronically."

"Do you have a plan for if the Roman ambassador also wants to be here for some reason? And I can take a smartphone, but there are circumstances under which I'd want to leave it here."

"There are four sets of dignitary's quarters, in case the full alliance wants to meet with a potential new member. If the other three factions wanna show up, we'll give them the other three cards as they arrive. And you're absolutely not required to bring the smartphone around with you, we just wanna give you an option for electronic communications here other than the PC in your room."

"Sounds good. It's just when you said it's the keycard you use for the Roman ambassador I wondered."

"Nah, it's not reserved for her, just that she's most frequently the first to show up so she's who we'd usually bring it out for."

Rob leads on through the hallways. As they descend underground, some faux windows and skylights appear, displaying virtual verdant surroundings with a simulated solar cycle.

Imrijka follows.

Rob stops at a room, enters and briefly converses with someone inside, and emerges with a smartphone for Imrijka.

Is it the kind with an apple symbol on it, or no?

Nope!

She's pretty sure that her kid who has a smartphone has one with an apple.

"Is there a resource you'd recommend on learning to use this model of phone?"

"Oh, yeah, we've got a little pamphlet for ghosts and monsters who have returned after centuries on using our computing tech."

She pokes her head in the room again and emerges with the pamphlet.

"That's good. I've used a computer but this doesn't have a keyboard and I hear they put different O.S.es on these, except maybe sometimes it's the same thing they use for a computer just with layers on top, or something."

"Nah, it's different. And there's a touch screen virtual keyboard."

She continues leading the way to the ambassadors' quarters.

She continues following.

They arrive at the ambassadors' quarters!

"Yours is the first on the right, cafeteria is at the end of the hall."

"Thanks."

What are they like?

The door opens onto a living room containing a couch facing a coffee table and TV with some game consoles, a bookshelf stocked with mortal bestsellers and ancient Greek and Latin texts and accompanied by two comfy chairs and a lamp, and a small dining table with placemats.

There are four rooms adjacent to this one. One is a small kitchen with appliances, non-perishable ingredients, and a fridge and freezer (currently empty). Another is a laundry room with a washing machine, dryer, and a bronze statue of a man in a maid outfit. The last two are bedrooms, each containing a king-size bed surrounded by a purple curtain, a large desk equipped with a personal computer, wide variety of peripherals, notebooks, and writing implements, a walk-in closet (empty), and a bathroom with a shower and large bathtub.

Presumably there are also toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps, et cetera, as it'd be silly to skip those.

The bathroom is fully stocked with everything one would expect a bathroom to have!