Ririko and Jeremiah looked up at the same time.
Seafood was falling from the entire sky.
All kinds of fish, shrimp, crabs, and squid rained down, pelting Gotham in a dense, bizarre downpour.
"Is this a Halloween special?" Jeremiah pulled the octopus off his head and tossed it over the side.
The sound of surging water rose from the street below.
It came rushing from the distance like a beast unleashed. Murky floodwaters swept away Halloween balloons and colored lights, along with the people who hadn't escaped in time.
The roar of the water swallowed the crowd's screams. Colorful costumes tumbled through the muddy waves like a spilled box of candy bobbing in a stream.
Jeremiah watched the expanding expanse of water below. "Tonight's date is so much fun."
Ririko stood at the terrace's edge, watching the murky waves devour Gotham beneath her.
Gotham had never flooded like this. A flood this sudden, without any warning, couldn't be a natural phenomenon.
It was the Sea Folk.
Those underwater vermin had to be after the Trident of the Sea God in her possession. They were flooding the city first, creating chaos and turning it into a battlefield that favored them.
She turned and grabbed Jeremiah's hand. "Come on. Or do you want to stay here for sashimi?"
She pulled Jeremiah out of the restaurant.
They reached the elevator, where the floor indicator panel read "Out of service."
Without hesitation, Jeremiah turned and pulled her into the emergency stairwell.
They headed toward the roof. As he climbed, he took out his phone, swiped the screen a few times, and spoke briefly into the microphone. "Send a helicopter to the roof. Now."
The phone in Ririko's pocket rang too.
She answered. Bruce's voice came through the speaker, with faint sounds of rushing water