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[The last time Julie's device was on, she was in the Hall of the Missing and then had vanished after seeing her own portrait appear. For her, she's been home for a couple weeks. It's only been one in the City and when the device does start recording, it's in her room at the suite.

Julie's not looking at the camera directly, even if she was the one to turn the thing on. She looks worn out. Defeated. There are bruises and scratches and she looks like she needs the worlds hottest, longest shower. And alcohol.

And when she finally does look at the device, it's her eyes that stand out the most. They're no longer blue. They're a sun gold, brilliant in their own way and very full of exhaustion.]

Good news. My world is finally coming back to life. Guess I didn't miss it. In fact, I think I may be one of the ones to have started the change.

[No details as to how it happened and she won't be divulging anything to anyone any time soon. Maybe R. He has a hand in it, too.]

Anyway. I'm...back. I'm tired. I won't be showing up at work for a few days. At either place, which I apologize for. I just need quiet. Bringing the world back to life is a violent, costly ordeal and... R, I swear to God you better still be here.

[She just shuts the feed off here and can be bothered at home though she won't be saying much.]

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A cure was found?!

More like stumbled upon in a moment of desperation.

Julie?

You okay?

Not really.

Home's getting better, though.

[So why does she sound so distressed.]

[Private:]

I fixed R.

You did?

How?

It's a very, very long story. You sure you wanna hear it?

I'm sitting down and I'm all ears.

Unless it would be easier for you to tell me in person.

I kinda smell funny. I'm good with over the device.

[Siiiiigh. Here goes]

So..when I first got here, R and I were sleeping in an abandoned house. He was right. We part ways. I go home. He goes back to his jet....but then he shows up in Stadium Citi. He pretended to be human to get in and I guess he'd fixed himself enough so that he passed.

While he's there, my friend Nora and I clean him up and put make-up on him to help him really pass because if anyone found him...

... they'd kill him, right?

Okay, go on.

We took him to see the city. Show him around until we figured out what to do. We stopped at a bar, got drunk. I guess he got drunk, too, because he wandered off. It was raining. And his make up washed off. A guard saw him and R protected himself but then the guard turned.

It caused this whole shitstorm and then the Boneys attacked. I had to keep R safe so we left at first, but then we went back because I really wanted to show my dad things could get better.

Dad was too far gone. He was so consumed by everything that he chased us to the rooftops.

I was so afraid R and I were going to die that I kisses him. We kissed and that should have turned me. But we changed each other, somehow. And he was alive again. But dad thought I was a zombie.

He tried to shoot me but was killed by a Boney.

Oh Julie... Damn. I'm so sorry, hon.

That your dad would do that and then that he was killed... Damn.

I'm so very sorry.

How are you hanging in?

What's this 'hanging in' you speak of?

Hey, do you mind if I take a few days? I'm really drained.

You take all the time you need.

Is there anything I can do?

Promise me you won't get mad if alcohol is missing?

[Shes kidding entirely. She's not in the mood to drink.]

Pretty much none of it's mine anyway.

[Other than the beer she had tucked away in the frig for Dean.]

I don't drink much, so knock yourself out.

Um... not literally. And be safe, you know? Stay in or call me if you need me, okay?

I'm glad you're safe!

[Relieved Lydia is relieved.]

Hey, stranger. Sorry about vanishing. I guess the City needed me to go home for a couple weeks.

How...long was I gone, anyway?

About a week? Two weeks? You were on the network and then you just...weren't. Freaked a lot of people out.

It was a fucked up exit.

But I saved the world. And R.

Hi, Julie.

[ Sheeeeepishly. When has he ever not embarrassed himself in front of her, but hey. ]

What do you mean it's coming back to life?

Hey, Tallendi.

[She's happy to see a familiar face, even if the smile is tired and doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

The first time I came here, it was over-run with Zombies. It was pretty close to dead. It's finding it's spark again, I guess.

Zombies must be a bummer. I hadn't seen any until they were here though.

[ He pulls a face. ]

Nice to know there's always new hideous monsters to get acquainted with.

[ SARCASM .__. !!! ]

Yeah. It's always fun.

[Julie's just glad her world seems done with monsters and it's overload of death.]

You missed the magical boarding school deal over the weekend.

The what?

[She lives in a relatively Harry Potter free world so she can't even begin to imagine what that is.]

[ a few hours later: ]

You've settled in alright?

I napped. Does that count?

It's enough.

[ for now. at least, she's sleeping. ]

Next up is eating something healthy.

So the bag of chips I'm eyeing is a no? I'll grab an apple, then.

[She doesn't feel like eating anything right now. It was a rough trip home.]

Well, you can have both if you insist.

[ a pause. ]

You feeling better?

[He's just lucky she can be honest with him. Otherwise she'd wave off his concern.]

Slightly less tired, no less drained.

[Emotionally, she means. The trip home had been a roller coaster from one event and set of emotions to another.]

But, hey. Bright side, or something. My world is getting better.

That's a pretty good silver lining if I ever heard one.

[ a beat. ]

At least you can sleep for days now, right?

The best silver lining.

[She looks a bit uncertain at the mention of sleep.] Wouldn't that be super?

How are you doing? Other than magical boarding school, whatever that is, what did I miss?

[Translation: can there be a subject change, please and thank you.]

Not much, really. The City's the same as ever. Could do with a lot less curses, but we can't have everything.

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