Kaz doesn’t think the part about him having been with the Tidemakers when it started is important, or at least not relevant enough to share right now, so he skips to the chase. “I saw bodies climbing out of the harbor as the waves were pushed back. They didn’t look like they should be up and about walking, if you get my meaning.” The fish-bellied flesh, gray and slimy, makes him shudder inside with past memories that he pushes through. “I don’t know what they can actually do aside from rise from the dead. The only one I know who can do that is Nina, and I’m going out on a limb to say that she isn’t doing this.” He knows she could raise an army, but there’s no reason she would right now. She’s been focused on pie all day.
Which begs the question of who would, really. Things like this don’t just happen by themselves.
“I told Jesper to barricade this entrance as best he can to buy us some time, both in figuring this out and getting people away from ground zero.” Kaz looks over at Jesper then. He knows this is a needle in a haystack question but he still asks it. “Was there anyone you noticed conspicuously missing from the festival? Or conspicuously present that normally isn’t?” One or the other might be a place to start in figuring out who is causing this, and from there how to stop it for good.
Nina comes running up then, her face pale and looking ill like she can sense something wrong within her bones. Wylan’s not far behind. “What’s going on?”
“Walking dead,” Kaz explains by way of shorthand, then pointing a finger at Jesper, “Do not make a show reference.” He looks back at Nina. “Can you stop it?”
“I don’t even know what started it, Kaz. As far as I know, I can control them when I make them rise, or when I call on a ghost. I can try, but…” In the distance she can see the figures wobbling towards them and shudders. Licking her lips she raises her hands and concentrates. Some of them stagger but don’t stop and she shakes her head. “No. They’re not listening to me. Whatever magic is causing this, they’re listening to that. We’ll have to stop them another way. While you do that, I'm going to focus on calming the crowds and convincing them to exit. Now.”
“When in doubt, a good shot to the head never hurt.” Kaz glances over at Jesper and Wylan. “Let’s try some long-range tactics to see if we can thin the herd at least.”
Wylan looks terrified but he’s quick to act, having already an explosive in hand. Glancing over at Jesper he suggests, “I can’t throw for shit, carry this for me?” With Jesper’s abilities the grenade could go far, and that certainly splatters some of the bodies to the ground. They don’t get up. “Looks like violence is the answer. For now.”
“It’s Ketterdam,” Kaz replies, his eyes on the distant horizon and his cane ready. “Of course that’s the answer.”
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Which begs the question of who would, really. Things like this don’t just happen by themselves.
“I told Jesper to barricade this entrance as best he can to buy us some time, both in figuring this out and getting people away from ground zero.” Kaz looks over at Jesper then. He knows this is a needle in a haystack question but he still asks it. “Was there anyone you noticed conspicuously missing from the festival? Or conspicuously present that normally isn’t?” One or the other might be a place to start in figuring out who is causing this, and from there how to stop it for good.
Nina comes running up then, her face pale and looking ill like she can sense something wrong within her bones. Wylan’s not far behind. “What’s going on?”
“Walking dead,” Kaz explains by way of shorthand, then pointing a finger at Jesper, “Do not make a show reference.” He looks back at Nina. “Can you stop it?”
“I don’t even know what started it, Kaz. As far as I know, I can control them when I make them rise, or when I call on a ghost. I can try, but…” In the distance she can see the figures wobbling towards them and shudders. Licking her lips she raises her hands and concentrates. Some of them stagger but don’t stop and she shakes her head. “No. They’re not listening to me. Whatever magic is causing this, they’re listening to that. We’ll have to stop them another way. While you do that, I'm going to focus on calming the crowds and convincing them to exit. Now.”
“When in doubt, a good shot to the head never hurt.” Kaz glances over at Jesper and Wylan. “Let’s try some long-range tactics to see if we can thin the herd at least.”
Wylan looks terrified but he’s quick to act, having already an explosive in hand. Glancing over at Jesper he suggests, “I can’t throw for shit, carry this for me?” With Jesper’s abilities the grenade could go far, and that certainly splatters some of the bodies to the ground. They don’t get up. “Looks like violence is the answer. For now.”
“It’s Ketterdam,” Kaz replies, his eyes on the distant horizon and his cane ready. “Of course that’s the answer.”