Well, my character is now, in fact, a teenage exocolonist.
Also her best childhood friend died in an electrical accident, her teacher was eaten by a monster, her mother starved to death and her father died of an alien respiratory disease. Also the boy she befriended while grieving over the first death appears to be suicidally depressed now. And the colony has been taken over by a military junta.
Uhh... this looked like a cozy game when I started.