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Shopping Spree - Halogen Mall, Central
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The shopping mall at this time was upbeat, the casual chatter of storegoers as they walked through it's halls looking for what they need or want. This shopping mall had three areas, the central area was designed in a sort of circular fashion, a drop in the middle usually littered with large signs and decorations hanging, while the east and west side mirrored each other, each side with a different set of stores.

Amidst the crowd were some disguised members of Team Arclight, although no one would guess it. There were a lot of people in the mall after all, and just by changing out of uniform they managed to blend into the crowd, though they moved with purpose, a particular man donning a blue jacket around his shoulders seemed to be calmly following them.

All this happening unbeknownst to Ruby and her motley crew.

For now, they can enjoy shopping at their leisure. After the food court would be the fashion district, they went around looking for whatever they pleased. Whilst in a clothing store for Pokemon, the lights in the entire mall went out momentarily, but as soon as they were back in a flash, they went to pay for their purchases.

[i]"Alright, that comes to one hundred million six hundred and fifty eight thousand three hundred and... Hey wait..."[/i], the female cashier was visibly confused. The numbers on the cashier were scrambling.

[i]"What? Oh it was fine just a moment ago...",[/i] she said with exasperation. Moments later the mall was abuzz with angry yelling, both outraged customers, cautious onlookers, and poor store attendants. It seems this wasn't happening in just this store. What exactly was happening...

As they walked out to examine the mess that was going on, the store's shutters began to snap and lock everyone in, it was a security lockdown, expecting every shutter to go down and lock them into a small part of the store, the shutters suddenly stopped. Whatever security was supposed to go off, seemed to have been shut down by whoever was responsible for this mess. With everyone standing still, any major movements were now obvious.

In the corner of their eye they spotted a blue coat dip around a corner into a staff area. Whoever that was seemed to know what they were doing. They can either wait here and wait out the crisis, or go and explore for all they care.

[i]"Ah, please, can you all stay in the store? The entire mall's on lockdown, so for your safety please stay inside. I'm told this should be over soon",[/i] well it was up to them. There was no physical barrier to stop them from going, however because most of the mall was cut off they couldn't exactly go and shop.