The mall was pretty much the only place outside his apartment he Jack could hang out at for any extended period of time -- indoors, and with plenty of different stores, and best of all it was air conditioned. Except these days he couldn't even enjoy the cool air, having to effectively cancel it out by wearing it hoodie from home to cover up his shock of white hair. He wasn't the strangest-looking person in the city by any means, but it was enough to make him stand out, and with the civilians worked up as they were, that wasn't exactly a good thing.
Still, he'd go stir-crazy if he just locked himself in his apartment, so he'd ventured out to the mall to wander around despite the general air of hostility that had fallen over the area recently. The crowds were thick and for the most part he'd been slipping along the edges to avoid getting caught up in anything, but he was curious by nature and when it sounded like there was a bit of a scuffle going on in the middle of one mass of people, he couldn't help but sidle on through to take a peek.
It turned out to be less of a scuffle, however, and more "a bunch of angry natives pushing a lady around". And keeping at it pretty insistently, even as she was trying to just leave. Well, that didn't seem very fair, did it?
Starting a fight with regular humans didn't seem very fair, but luckily for them he preferred mischief to throwing punches. When one of the men involved leant in just far enough that his balance was unsteady, Jack quickly ducked into the fray to "accidentally" bump into him, knocking him over into the man next to him, similarly unstable. The overall effect was hilariously similar to dominos.
And it was enough to cause a bit of confusion for a few moments and simultaneously open a hole in the crowd, through which Jack reached to catch the woman's hand and tug her out. "Time to go!"
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Still, he'd go stir-crazy if he just locked himself in his apartment, so he'd ventured out to the mall to wander around despite the general air of hostility that had fallen over the area recently. The crowds were thick and for the most part he'd been slipping along the edges to avoid getting caught up in anything, but he was curious by nature and when it sounded like there was a bit of a scuffle going on in the middle of one mass of people, he couldn't help but sidle on through to take a peek.
It turned out to be less of a scuffle, however, and more "a bunch of angry natives pushing a lady around". And keeping at it pretty insistently, even as she was trying to just leave. Well, that didn't seem very fair, did it?
Starting a fight with regular humans didn't seem very fair, but luckily for them he preferred mischief to throwing punches. When one of the men involved leant in just far enough that his balance was unsteady, Jack quickly ducked into the fray to "accidentally" bump into him, knocking him over into the man next to him, similarly unstable. The overall effect was hilariously similar to dominos.
And it was enough to cause a bit of confusion for a few moments and simultaneously open a hole in the crowd, through which Jack reached to catch the woman's hand and tug her out. "Time to go!"