[video] SHIT, ZOMBIES

[littlecousin]

[Nita is sopping wet, and, unusually for her, breathing heavily. She pushed herself hard getting back to the city from the barrier so she could warn people.]

Okay, I don't want to freak anyone out-- [she herself is clearly freaked out, or at least unsettled] --but all those corpses floating around in the water? They're moving now, and they're not friendly.

[She stands up to emphasize that the outfit she's wearing has been ripped to (somehow miraculously Comics Code-acceptable) shreds. Sorry, Favrielle.]

They're not all that good in the water, but they're fast and strong and they bite really hard. And they keep going even after they've had their heads torn off. [...She overreacted, okay.]

It looks like the barrier is keeping them out, but stay out of the water.

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[imaginate]

[Hi Nita meet Innocent Panicking Civilian.] They bit you? Are you okay?

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[littlecousin]

Kyle!

[Just tell her you're Green Lantern already.]

I'm fine. I'm bulletproof, especially underwater.

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[imaginate]

Oh, good. [Beat.] They can't get through the barrier... can they?

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[alpha_squad_leader]

[It might be a little difficult to see him under all those blankets but Vic is there somewhere.]

There are zombies now too? Can this get any worse?

[He groans, the blanket pile shifting a little.]

Are you alright, Nita?

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[littlecousin]

[Vic, baby. You look miserable.]

I'm fine, I'm fine. Namor and I have basically the same powers. If it wouldn't bug him, it won't hurt me.

[She assumes Vic paid more attention to the capabilities of the other mutants on Utopia than Santo did.]

Are you okay?

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[alpha_squad_leader]

[He is very miserable right now.]

Alright. I just tend to worry when it's zombies and magic stuff. Magic stuff always makes things more of a headache.

[He did. He's the guy that actually read all the X-men files.]

I'm just freezing.

[zerotoawesome]

There are zombies now? Can this get any better!?

[littlecousin]

Dude, it won't be cool if they get through the barrier. Those things are tough.

[zerotoawesome]

Yeah, actually I'm kind of hoping they're tough. I was starting to think that things were going to be quiet and peaceful all the time.

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[wholenewstory]

[Cass's eyes are wide and worried as they roam over her.] Did they - hurt you?

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[littlecousin]

No, I'm tough. They'd be able to kill a normal human, though.

[Nita's body language is slightly "wrong." She's spent a lot of time among humans, but she's only half-human herself, and was raised by a non-human culture.]

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[wholenewstory]

[Cass tilts her head slightly, intrigued.]

Good that you're - not normal, then.

Still. Should be careful.

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[tactile_telekinesis]

[Because obviously he's more freaked that a friend might be hurt than the whole zombie thing.]

They bit you? Are you okay? Aw man, please tell me you're okay, zombie bites are bad news.

[In case you...didn't know or anything.]

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[littlecousin]

It's cool. They didn't break the skin. No joke about how hard they bite, though. A human would have problems.

[Fortunately, they can't get through the barrier so everything should be fine!]

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[tactile_telekinesis]

Holy crap, glad you're okay though, and not bitten cause that would really suck.

[He frowns though.]

Where the hell did they come from though? Cause uh...I remember people mentioning bodies on the floor but never mentioned them moving. There's always something weird to this place.

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[andaway]

Nita? Are you hurt?

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[littlecousin]

I'm okay. Gotta bite harder than that to get through my skin.

[Sub-Mariner bravado aside...]

...They could break a human's bones with their bite, easy.

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[andaway]

So we won't let them bite a human. Have you counted them, an approximate number? How fast can they move?

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[survival_isnt_living]

[Nita, have a deeply concerned neighbor. He hasn't looked this serious... probably as long as he's been here.]

Did you figure out what can keep them down?

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[littlecousin]

If you rip 'em into small enough pieces, they'd probably stay down.

[Sometimes the Atlantean upbringing shows.]

I dunno. Fire, maybe?

[She hates fire. This is stupid.]

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[survival_isnt_living]

[An eyebrow goes up--but once he mentally substitutes 'rip' with 'cut,' he smiles slightly.

Alerans can be bloodthirsty too.]

Fire does keep most things down. What about intelligence, did they seem to have any sense of goals?

[That thoughtful glint in his eye? Fear it.]

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[sophos]

You were attacked by one? Are you okay?

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[littlecousin]

Oh, Annabeth, hey. Yeah, I'm fine.

[Nita doesn't have the air of someone putting on a false front. She really is fine, if down a dress.]

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[crotcharrow]

Because that's just what we need.

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[littlecousin]

Oh yeah, I totally wanted to be swarmed by animate corpses. I can cross that off my to-do list.