B from the given options. Although I don't know if I'd react like that in reality since I occasionally have to deal with similar stuff first thing in the morning. After that I'd probably make sure that I'm unharmed and then check my surroundings to see if I'm still in danger. I might also search the corpses for possible survivors who need my help. Plus, they might be able to tell me what happened.
Regarding the third option, I fully agree with
hkanz. Laughing isn't even remotely believable if we're talking about the average citizen.
I can tell you from experience that most people either become pale and dizzy, which may be followed by fainting, or they feel dizzy and/ or sick and throw up. But either way, they'll try to move away from the body as fast as possible. Contrary to common belief, it's not only shock, repulsion or panic that makes them do this; their instinct simply kicks in because of the
smell.
If you want your scenario to be realistic, write about the smell before you describe anything else. From what I gathered, you plan to have the protagonist surrounded by fresh, open corpses. So the first thing she feels would probably be some sort of pain from being struck down or having hit her head or something similar. Then a certain smell would slip into her awakening consciousness.
What follows is a detailed description of the odour. I've put it into spoiler tags to spare the fainter-hearted community members. Read at your own discretion.
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Depending on the corpses' state, it'd be either a slightly sweet, unpleasant smell - which always reminds me of some blend of spices containing anise - with a tinge of iron from the half-dried blood when they are still fresh. Or the foul stench of severed intestines and half-digested food that have been out in the open for some time if you intend to include spilled bowel into the scenario. Imagine the smell of rotten pork combined with foul eggs and vomit, and you'll gNISHIJIMA Daisuke
get a remote impression of how a dead human's decaying viscerals reek.
And after taking in a few breaths of this smell and realising her situation, she'd react in one of the ways I mentioned above. Her limbs might feel slightly numb and cold, too because of the shock.
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