There were more people to pick out of the crowd, more orders to give. It was all about setting them up so that refusal made them look bad, both to themselves and to others. Social pressure.
That does sound quite effective.
By the time I’d sent two more groups, some of the others were coming back to be directed to the next few injured. I gave them their orders.
Reduce, reuse, recycle!
Just… not the Bonesaw way. :p
Which only raised the greater problem. How were we supposed to handle these people who were hurt and waiting their turn? They were scared and restless.
Handling things after a disaster like this isn’t easy, and for this area, a lot of that burden has fallen on Skitter.
I would probably not know what to do in the slightest.
That unease bled over into their friends, families and maybe their neighbors, who were scared for themselves and the people they cared about. Already, they were gathering around the ambulances, pleading for help from too small a group of people, who had their hands full saving others’ lives.
Maybe calling in extra help from Coil might work? Even with how much Taylor has already relied on him and how we’ve been talking about there possibly being a limit to how much he’ll accept, this ought to be a special case. In this case she actually needs the help far more than in for example the rat incident.
Some were simply asking the paramedics for advice while keeping a respectful distance, others were demanding assistance because they felt their loved ones were more important than whoever was getting care or attention at that moment.
Of course.
The paramedics couldn’t answer everyone.
They need to be able to focus. Maybe distracting the crowd somehow could help?
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