[ At this point, it's really much more about distraction than anything else. Julie has become, over the years, someone who is extremely talented at focusing entirely on one thing. When all of your energy is spent trying to keep yourself alive, you stop thinking about all of the emotional trauma that came with those efforts.
The only thing she had was this party, already in the works for weeks and weeks. It was as good as anything else to just sink into, to wrap her mind around and block out all the rest.
Julie also doesn't inherently distrust the Horizon the same way most others seem to. All of the worst effects had still been present in the real world -- the Horizon largely seemed to just be confused, routing them into wrong places. And she doesn't think that she would feel any better outside of it. If anything, she would feel much lonelier. She would rather be here, where she might run a risk of getting here, but knows she'll be fine once she does make it.
Either way, she does seem happy, if only because she's currently on several different drugs that she has custom designed to be all mood elevation with no other side effects. She hugs Ciri back with a wide smile. ]
Just peachy keen. [ She glances around -- while the spook and creep factor is high, there is a distinctive lack of death in her decorations and effects. Very much alive spiders are clearly the dominant theme, and most of the rest is predicated on being unsettling more than reminiscent of what many of them experienced recently. The illusory legs that poke out of her lips stretch eerily while she speaks. ] I mean, we gotta keep it normal. The more we let shit get to us, the worse it'll be each time.
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The only thing she had was this party, already in the works for weeks and weeks. It was as good as anything else to just sink into, to wrap her mind around and block out all the rest.
Julie also doesn't inherently distrust the Horizon the same way most others seem to. All of the worst effects had still been present in the real world -- the Horizon largely seemed to just be confused, routing them into wrong places. And she doesn't think that she would feel any better outside of it. If anything, she would feel much lonelier. She would rather be here, where she might run a risk of getting here, but knows she'll be fine once she does make it.
Either way, she does seem happy, if only because she's currently on several different drugs that she has custom designed to be all mood elevation with no other side effects. She hugs Ciri back with a wide smile. ]
Just peachy keen. [ She glances around -- while the spook and creep factor is high, there is a distinctive lack of death in her decorations and effects. Very much alive spiders are clearly the dominant theme, and most of the rest is predicated on being unsettling more than reminiscent of what many of them experienced recently. The illusory legs that poke out of her lips stretch eerily while she speaks. ] I mean, we gotta keep it normal. The more we let shit get to us, the worse it'll be each time.