poly_chromatic | video: (forward dated to day 1 of grab bag weekend)

[Julie doesn't know it's going to be a crazy weekend. She was hoping for more time to settle in before shit got weird so today, she's on her device with an important question. One that's going to be interrupted half-way through. For now, she's holding up a prescription inhaler.]

Hey, again. So...I'm wondering where I can go to get this filled? I've been using it a lot for the past few days because of stress and a lot of running an---

[But then the feed cuts out here in a whine of static and snow before--]

"Warm Bodies BMW Scene" (Watch on YouTube)

[And then it's back to a very confused and very amused looking Julie.]

Wow.

[A laugh and she may look a little wistful. She misses that zombie.]

Anyway...my inhaler. It's almost empty and I need a refill so who---

[The City's not done with her, though. It cuts out again and--]

"Warm Bodies clip: M Saves R and Julie From Boneys" (Watch on YouTube)

[This time, Julie looks less impressed and instead of continuing her request, she just shuts the feed off abruptly.]

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What's your life like? [She wants to not talk about R or Boneys or any of that for a minute.]

Lived mostly behind microscopes and telescopes. [ she laughs, realizing how unexciting that must sound to most people. ] Hi, my name is Katie, and I'm an astronomy nerd.

Nothing wrong with that. Hello, Katie. I'm Julie and...I live in the zombie apocalypse.

Zombies. Are you sure they aren't just... sick with something difficult to identify and merely exhibiting zombie-like symptoms?

That'd make sense and give answers, but they're zombies. They have no pulse. They don't bleed, sleep, dream. None of that. They don't feel pain. The only thing that takes them down is a shot to the head.

No one's found a cure back home. Or an answer as to why they exist.

The dead can't be reanimated. I mean-- Well, someone can be brought back after a certain amount of time, provided there's enough brain activity to stimulate and justify inducing artificial respiration and micro-cellular activity, but full on reanimation is just science fiction.