[ She clinks her glass against his, then takes a drink. Smoke pours from her mouth when she's done, along with the legs that reach out and claw at the air. The webs that comprise her crown sway as she moves her head; woven into one of them is a small, gossamer Wheel of Fortune symbol. She leans against the bar and looks at him, though it's perhaps a bit hard to tell with the way her eyes shine black. ]

Now, I know I ain't met you before. They just drag you in? Thorne or Solvunn? [ She happens to live where most new Summoned in Cadens wind up passing through, so it's pretty easy to keep track of who the Cities snatch up.

Despite her indistinct gaze, there's a very clear feeling that she's sizing him up. Julie is incredibly observant when she chooses to be, and after so long in Abraxas, she has gotten quite good at clocking details to figure out what kind of worlds the others come from. Immediately identifiable costume, check. North American accent. Someone she's probably on fairly equal footing with, in terms of culture. ] Hope an old fashioned Halloween party helps with the homesick.

[ From the nape of her neck, a tiny kikimora peers out under her curtain of pink hair. It waves its front legs in a way that it probably thinks is menacing and hisses. ]