[ Astrid's been quiet since her arrival, and with all the extra strangeness going on since then... Olivia's a little worried about her. She's decided to go check on her - at the very least, it seems she should introduce herself to this version of Astrid, maybe offer her a little company...
She's just crossed over into the Earth Sector when the bodies start dropping from the barrier. The wet thump of a body against stone catches her attention instantly; she turns, startled, and without thinking starts to move toward the body even as the kedan on the street shout in alarm, some crowding closer to look while others back away. At first she can't see it clearly through the crowd, but even then, it's obvious something is wrong, as if the kedan's reaction alone doesn't indicate that. There's something about the color of the skin, off even for the kedan, and...
Zombie, is the first thought, when Olivia actually gets a clear look at it. She's seen the post on the network, heard murmurs among the kedan, and maybe the barrier was supposed to keep them back... but that is very definitely a waterlogged corpse, and as Olivia watches, it starts to push itself upright.
The reaction among the kedan crowded around is instantaneous - they run, stumbling over each other, but clearing out in fairly short order... which leaves Olivia standing alone just a few yards from it. She freezes, her eyes locked on the corpse as it tries to sort out limbs somewhat damaged from the fall, breath caught in her throat. She backs away one slow step, two, like it's a wild animal, because some part of her knows if it chases her, she doesn't have a chance. Her free hand moves instinctively for a gun that's not there, and she lets out a soft breath that's almost a laugh as she remembers.
closed → Raylan
She's just crossed over into the Earth Sector when the bodies start dropping from the barrier. The wet thump of a body against stone catches her attention instantly; she turns, startled, and without thinking starts to move toward the body even as the kedan on the street shout in alarm, some crowding closer to look while others back away. At first she can't see it clearly through the crowd, but even then, it's obvious something is wrong, as if the kedan's reaction alone doesn't indicate that. There's something about the color of the skin, off even for the kedan, and...
Zombie, is the first thought, when Olivia actually gets a clear look at it. She's seen the post on the network, heard murmurs among the kedan, and maybe the barrier was supposed to keep them back... but that is very definitely a waterlogged corpse, and as Olivia watches, it starts to push itself upright.
The reaction among the kedan crowded around is instantaneous - they run, stumbling over each other, but clearing out in fairly short order... which leaves Olivia standing alone just a few yards from it. She freezes, her eyes locked on the corpse as it tries to sort out limbs somewhat damaged from the fall, breath caught in her throat. She backs away one slow step, two, like it's a wild animal, because some part of her knows if it chases her, she doesn't have a chance. Her free hand moves instinctively for a gun that's not there, and she lets out a soft breath that's almost a laugh as she remembers.
Of course. Just her luck. ]