[ There is a flicker of something across Julie's face that indicates actual annoyance -- she rarely tells people what happened on her world because it's so upsetting, but it gives her jimmies a true rustle when other people are insistent that their world is so bad, much worse than hers. She has gone through multiple apocalypses now, comes from a world that is now nothing more than the death throes of humanity. But a world without fireworks, well, just give her a moment to her clutch her pearls, why don't you. How can virtual extermination ever compare to life without Christmas?

Give her a fucking break.

Lying back in her pillows, Julie reaches into her top and produces both a joint and a lighter from somewhere in the vicinity of her right boob. She lights up and takes a long drag before responding. ]

I'm sure they'd like us to believe it's just a big ol' coincidence. Or maybe it's just some shit about buildin' character through strife. Who fuckin' knows?