Vingt-Cinq † not this hogwash again

[ex_seventh238]

[Phone - Public ;; backdated to Saturday because I got lazy]

[The feed opens with a faint sigh.]

Undead - zombies again, though something may be said for the fact that they are more resilient this time. [nope not skipping a beat as she jumps directly into the heart of the problem.] Facts known so far:

One. Every body is already dead without exception, this fact is irreversible. The flesh decays and the conscience rots away, but instincts seem to remain sharp.
Two. They feed on flesh, as expected, so don't get bitten. Better yet, avoid contact of any form to decrease odds of contamination.
Three. Sacraments and holy arts of any sort are ineffective. Destroying the brain alone will not stop the body, though decapitation and amputation can slow them down. They burn easily enough however, so eliminating the entire body remains ideal.
Four. The current situation is comparable to a plague. Transmission seems possible even without direct contact, some sort of virus is likely involved. It begins with high fever and vomiting, the victim will experience organ failure before dying. The time span seems to range from 30 minutes to an hour on a drone, it may be longer on an actual person. If there are any medical experts and biological researchers in town who are willing to take the risks, looking into this may yield a product that can help the infected during earlier stages - or prevent it from happening to others. I cannot vouch for the current state of the city hospital, but something can no doubt be arranged if there is interest. The alternative would be to wait until all this blows over; it shouldn't last for more than week at most, like all other unusual occurrences that ever tend to happen here.

Citizens are advised to stay inside and get together with someone apt at combat. The Church will be open for shelter as it has been during last year; none of these creatures will be able to breach the perimeter. Please reply if you require escort. I can't heal this, but I may be able to slow down the process of infection directly after contraction. Don't get too softhearted however; saving ever last person you may know would be impossible.

[She knows all this because she spent the entirety of last night keeping watch and taking notes of the drones in the streets during their infection/experimenting on the mangled corpses after. For once she 'lucked out', having ran into the first guy who had it despite not knowing that he's the original carrier. Hey, at least it tipped her off earlier--!

And if this sounds cranky, it's because that's exactly how Ciel feels. Before the feed cuts off however, it catches one line that it shouldn't have:]

Start another pot, Seven. This little coffee won't last me at all.

[Click.]

[Action - Around town ;; throughout Zombiefield Act II]

[Whenever she's not at the Church, Ciel'll be taking what extra time she has to patrol. Definitely gonna hop down and check in if she comes across someone she knows, will also interfere if she catches sight of anyone in trouble. But otherwise, don't be too surprised to see her in habit jumping roofs, lampposts, and wire poles like usual, even if it's full blown daylights out. ...Oh yeah, there's beating up zombies too, you may catch her effortlessly trashing a drone space zombie or several while wearing a scary expression. ...She really wasn't in the mood for this today, okay!!]

((OOC: Plotting was done here, the general thread for mingling/specific in-person interactions at the Church will be set up shortly can be found here at the catch-all log, o/))

Comments

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[adropofjupiter]

Don't make me come over there and cast a sleep spell on you. I will do it if you don't get a couples hours soon.

[ex_seventh238]

I'm awake, don't run unnecessary risks. [look she doesn't need caffeine in her system it does jack shit, it's for her mood alright!!]

[Phone]

[tsukihime]

Are you the police now? Or maybe you sound more like some military commander.

[ex_seventh238]

Neither. That was a public service announcement.

[NOT TODAY ARC]

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[hontobakabaka]

Are you going to be out there hunting the.... I don't want to say zombies but I can't think of a better word.

[ex_seventh238]

Whenever I have time. My focus will be to safeguard the Church, but I'll patrol if things calm down. 'Zombie' is a crude term, but it should be the one everyone understands the easiest.

Phone

[theverymodel]

Hospital primitive but will have to suffice. Attempting to study contagion and find cure.

[ex_seventh238]

Asking around might help, it's entirely possible that someone would be in possession of more advanced technology. Regaining equipment and a whole laboratory even aren't unheard of here. I was able to gauge an affected drone's vitals to note the process, but not much beyond that. How much have you found out so far, sir?

action;

[encored]

[WHAT A SCARY FACE CIEL how unattractive

don't mind him just quietly observing as she mows a zombie down. can she tell how sorely amused he is, even with his attempts at maintaining a p-p-p-pokerface...]

Careful, now.

[ex_seventh238]

[she'll put on makeup for him if he asks.


but not today.

IF SHE CAN TELL HIS AMUSEMENT she will choose to ignore it for her own sake. She doesn't really feel like humoring anything much today.]

Should you really be out taking idle walks today, Charles?

[Not even turning around to address him as she mechanically flings a Black Key with deathly accuracy at another space zombie drone coming from the side. The pierced thing instantly bursts into flames. Not much patience with her right now, nope...]

[Action - Around town ;; throughout Zombiefield Act II]

[captainofthe10th]

[ Garviel is actually driving a flipping TANK around mayfield, complete with scaled up versions of his already absurdly large guns. Between the heavy bolters in the turret, the twin linked godhammer laser cannons on the left and right side, and the almost unneeded storm bolter that is pintle mounted above the driver's hatch, he is putting more death downrange than, well... pretty much anything. He's clearing streets at a time, occasionally taking someone up the front of the assault ramp of the Land Raider as he drives on. Garviel is visible from the top hatch, upper body poking out as he directly mans the pintle-mounted bolter, a long snaking attachment of some sort visible from the hatch of the tank planting into the spot in his armor where his backpack normally would be. He gives her a wave that might normally be considered cheery, but under the circumstances seems more a formal hail. ]

[ex_seventh238]

[She was going to double-take at ALL THIS HEAVY ARTILLERY it looks so big and clunky even if it has cool guns, and that takes a beat before she recognizes the man on top of it.

...

Oh dear.

Giving a small wave in return, she'll attempt to close in by lampposts and wire poles, gonna stay in the airs....]

Garviel?

[unsure if he can even hear her, with all these metallic layers around him u_u]

[phone]

[returntospring]

Um... do you need any help at the Church, Ciel-san? I don't know if I can do much to defend the building, but I can help take care of anyone who wants to find shelter there.

[ex_seventh238]

--Matou-san!

[a medal to sakura for being the first one today to break her out of her grouch, even if she might not be aware at all... u_u;]

--Ah, I'm okay. Your offer is appreciated, but you musn't risk yourself! How are you holding up? Are you with Rider, or Tohsaka-san?

phone

[likescats]

[Of course it's zombies. Death sighs, yes he can do that.]

WE SEEM TO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THESE ...OUTBREAKS.

[ex_seventh238]

...Mister Door.

[something of a faint sigh of relief as she says this. Referring to him by his human name at least gives a semblance of normalcy back to the day, and for that she definitely won't complain.]

Mm, the last one happened September of last year. [a small sigh.] Unless you're counting November, too...? [with the... cannibals... ;;]

[ phone ]

[imoutos]

U-um.. Ciel onee-chan..

[ she's noticably a little hesitant in speaking, but she's trying her best!! hang in there, Nadeko!! ]</small. Does that mean it will be okay as long as I stay inside..?

[ex_seventh238]

Nadeko-chan! [mixed pot here with relief and worry at hearing her voice, ;;] ...Ah, that... But you're by yourself, right? And how are you feeling, physically? [Not sick or anything please... ]

Act II

[hisnameisthecaptain]

[Someone eithe rdidn't hear or did not heed her warning.

Because he's covered in pieces of them and has been causing a lot of collateral damage to tear the things apart. She'd catch him easily enough on her patrols.

One thing he has going for him is his strength.]

[ex_seventh238]

[...

Captain why

Is he fighting anything right now? She'll assist if so, otherwise she'll come down and call him out. If he's immune is one thing, but if he's not, well that's another... ;;]

Phone

[sunnydwithagun]

I don't know if it can cure this, but the dew from my solar tree has very powerful healing effects. I've been collecting them since it came to me and I'd like to offer that as well as my gun, if it'll help.

[ex_seventh238]

--Django. [The boy sounds good, small blessings.] ...That may be worth a try and I appreciate your offer, but don't overestimate the dew's abilities. We really don't know enough about this virus yet. [she takes note of his offer for help, but first--] How are you feeling now? [there was a few days back too, wasn't there... this is a bit quick in terms of progression of 'catatrophes', so to speak, hmm...]

Action

[strawberryredgrave]

(Check out who seems to be enjoying mowing down every damn zombie who gets in his way? This guy, right here. And he's much more sober than the last time you saw him!

He's also shooting a lot of bullets from those guns. They're Mayfield's stuff, but more interesting is how he's also combating them with physical blows, using some wacky Marvel Vs Capcom style hand-to-hand combos on these things as they pretty much go flying when he hits them. Someone's happy to have his demon blood again~)

[ex_seventh238]

[...

haaahaha yep she remembers this guy and doesn't smell any alcohol today! (may have to do with the fact that rotting zombie smell is around more to drown it out but details.)

Don't mind her throwing half a dozen Keys in his direction then!! ...They sail over him of course, but each finds purchase in a zombie further away, and after impact, they all

spontaneously burst into fire.

Crafting spells on these is so convenient. If he looks back and up, he might recognize a blue-haired woman donned in a nun's habit, idly standing on top of the nearest phone wire pole.

'Sup? o/]

Action - I'm so sorry, I had to...

[selematpagi]

[ Oh look. Blue hair. Priest garbs. That seems enough of a connection for her!

Lots of zombies too. Lots of zombies getting their butts kicked.

So of course Yukko's going to try to talk to this woman. She slides up a few feet away from the scene, and her mouth is ajar but she can't force herself to say anything... She's just... going to wait until Ciel's finishes utterly destroying this crowd of zombies.

Gosh, this woman is really scary. Yukko looks on, shuffling in place like a dork. Her expression has gone past the point of nervous tension. Now it's in "is she going to kill me too I'm so scared" territory, where she groans in surprise everytime Ciel sends a Key out to rock some poor zombie's face off. ]

K-Konban wa!

ajkshkjh please don't apologize though I'm canonblind to Nichijou or IS THIS LIKE 4TH WALLING HAHA..

[ex_seventh238]

[Ciel is discernibly 400% more cranky than normal (and believe it her usual self is pretty cheerful and bubbly) so no THIS IS JUST A REALLY BAD TIME FOR ANY NEW FACE TO TRIP UP ON HER... She was kind of too annoyed to be caught in a worse zombie apocalypse than last year, which is why in sort of taking it out on the really pathetic drone undead, she's apparently failed to notice right away that...

Some normal person is... actually watching...

But yeah just gonna.

Stop and stare at Yukko once she realizes that

someone who looks like a completely normal high school (or middle school? around that range...) girl was.

Apparently watching her.

And just greeted her in the most normal way possible.

...

Girl you're either insane or got balls like nobody your age's business....

And nope the subtle killing intent (aimed at them pesky zombies! Which are all burning up now given that she's nailed a Cremation Seal into every single last one of them. What a light show in the middle of the day, whelp) just dissipates immediately. One startled blink later and if it wasn't for her still holding onto three Keys and has a few splotches of blood on her sleeve, she wouldn't look threatening at all!!]

M-miss?!

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[kinship]

[He's listening to all of this with interest - not that he's planning on fighting any zombies himself, that's what Abel is for - but it was fascinating to see how blasé this town could make people sometimes.]

You seem very well informed on zombies, Miss Ciel.

[ex_seventh238]

--Cain!

[hearing him seems to break her out of her monotonous announcement, though it's more like her usual tone and emotions are coming back to a previously flat voice.] You can say that, yes, I was also here last year when it happened. Are you okay?

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[condescent]

It really is quite cliche, isn't it? [says the person whose entire existence revolves around dealing with the undead]

Now when you say holy arts, do you just mean exorcisms and the like, or are they completely immune to any spiritual-based attacks whatsoever?

[ex_seventh238]

Overly so, especially when this is a repeat of last year. [hey at least you get actual people, not hurr durr braaainz undead...]

It depends on how you would define 'spiritual'. If it can affect objects physically, like a beam capable of piercing through concrete walls, it'll have the same effect on these. Is that what you're asking?