49th Ressurection

[sanctus_dei]

[Oh, a zombie plague? Thanks, Mayfield! Theo here is a very, very talented nercomancer, and has been dying (no pun intended) for a chance like this. Mayfield isn't a very conducive place to exercise his gifts, and now it's provide for him tons of undead he can have complete control over.

On Sunday and Monday, Theo will be just messing around with the zombies. Making them do stupid stuff, seeing how far he can exercise his control over them, how much energy it takes, what he can do. Never let it be said that Theo was anything but a careful, thorough spellcaster. He takes it very seriously, and it pays.

He'll even be setting up a game with them. You will find him sitting at the high school baseball field, having the zombies playing a rousing game while he sits in the stands, controlling the spells, laughing and having a grand old time. His crows are with him, cawing cheers with him.]

C'mon! Just cuz you're dead doesn't mean you can't pitch better than that. What, afraid your arm might fall off? Put some elbow grease into it!

[Did I mention he's been drinking too? Though that might be obvious at this point.]

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[By Tuesday and Wednesday though, Theo will be... degenerating. Slipping away. Simply put, the boy is crazy. Power and magic tends to quickly go to his head, and he goes overboard. That's how he got himself killed back home in the first place.

He'll be getting more sadistic with his toying, doing violent things with the infected people. Turning them on each other or people in the streets, running them off of buildings or into cars, using them as weapons against anyone who tries to stop him. He's crazy and dangerous. Coming after him at this point means you run the risk of being injured or killed. He's in his element here and is going to have as much fun as he can while it lasts!]

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[As far as his not!family, as long as they stay inside, they're in the safest house in town. Theo warded the hell out of that house over a year ago against an attack just like this, and nothing undead that Theo doesn't want there won't be making it past the yard without being incinerated by the spell. Theo will return on occasion, though. He needs spell components, and the main one for control of the undead is human ashes. The smoke and the smell from the yard of 337 Brady Lane is a disturbing sign that something is up, if anyone cares to investigate.]

Comments

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[She lands and sits next to him. She's never seen football before, much less zombie football.]

That doesn't answer my question, ze.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

I needed somethin' to do with all these things crawling around. They keep away form me and I get entertainment. [He takes a drink from his flask, then hands it to her.]

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey, booze! Totally taking a swig from it.]

Okay... so what are they doing?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Sports. Zombies gotta keep in shape.

[While his hands are free, he'll take some of the ashes into his hands and start mumbling some reinforcements to his spell.]

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

...zombies don't need to keep in shape. Though I suppose they look like they're having fun.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Shit yeah. Who wouldn't be? I figure I gotta make 'em do something constructive for now.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

I don't understand this game they're playing. Explain it?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Baseball? Pitcher throws the ball, batter's gotta hit it and run to the bases. They throw it around to try and call them before they cross home plate and score a point. That's the short version.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Huh. And that's supposed to be fun?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Normally? No. Funnily enough it takes the undead to liven it up.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[groan] Bad pun, ze...

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[He snickers. This man has almost zero sense of humor so this should be marked in the record book.]

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[Duly noted.]

I guess I'll hang out with you for a while and watch them.

...though it'd be more interesting if you weren't controlling both teams.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

If I knew someone else who could do this, then I'd invite them to try.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

I only know the very, very basics. Not my thing and I suck at slave-type magic anyways.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

This is a breeze for me, so long as I have enough components on hand.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Psh. Your magic is so Hermetic in nature. Granted, when all the pieces are there, it's amazing, but still clunky.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

It takes a lot of fucking work, but it's worth it.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. Remember, I'm from a place where humans aren't even supposed to be able to use magic, much less be able to rival youkai. I totally get the whole hard work thing.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Then how did you manage it? Magic where I'm from seems to only be for those who can afford to study it. My broke ass had to work like mad just to get the basics down.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

I had a teacher that didn't care about my well-being and I had a certain level of vengeance driving me. And then I just wanted to be better than Reimu. Nothing's impossible, ze. You just gotta do it.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Who's Reimu?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Best friend. But don't tell her I said that if she ever ends up here.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

I'll keep it in mind.