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[Color=silver][b]Location:[/b][/color] Happy Harbor Mall
[Color=silver][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] [@Prints Avoid] Felix and [@DreamingFlowers] Daphne
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Sporting a baseball backpack for his newly purchased gear, Viktor exited the sporting goods store alongside Felix. Once again, Viktor winced at how out in the open he was with so many people around. Being on the ground level for too long was something he would not be able to stand. He stopped in place, scanning the faces of people in the ever-moving crowd.

The movement of his eyes was inhumanly rapid as he studied the lost, the complacent, the excited mall occupants. It was captivating

[Color=silver]"Felix, go on ahead. I need some [I]air[/I]."[/color] Viktor made an excuse he had heard from one of those reality television shows he had watched while in the lounge of the HQ.  He found the expression silly, but like Zach's backward speech, it seemed to work and allowed Viktor to go off on his own to the second level of the mall. 

The new vantage was comforting. With a closed down clothing store behind him, he leaned on the metal railing to overlook a good portion of the mall. [Color=silver][I]People watching…[/I][/color] He still found the term inadequate. From interaction to interaction, Viktor observed. Some were mysterious, while others held a hint of humor. All in all, they all held a unique vibe. 

However, something particular caught his eye. Like a hunter stalking their prey or an agent tailing their target, a man gave off the appearance of stalking none other than Daphne. Of course, she was oblivious, holding many bags with that lost look on her face. She appeared to have an objective, but a known destination was absent to her. It only made it easier for her stalker to follow. The prey was slow and distracted…

But she was also a member of his team. Choosing subtlety as his method of intimidation, Viktor took his own route to Daphne, circling around to intercept her from her front. With his hands tucked in his pockets, he strolled over to Daphne, his eyes looking past her to the man following her. To Daphne, it would appear as if Viktor was unaware of her and to the stalker, it would appear he had Viktor's full attention. He removed one of the two aluminum baseball bats from his backpack, holding it in one hand while resting it on his shoulder. One swing would do. It was all a matter of the intended end state. All in all, it was simple. Easy.

Viktor halted in front of Daphne before his eyes looked down to her wary ones.

[Color=silver]"Daph, can you hold this... I want to see if it's too big for the smaller members of our team."[/color] As he handed her the aluminum bat, his eyes shifted back to her stalker who had moved back quite a bit. Viktor stared long enough for the man to deduce Viktor yet again had eyes on him, and with that came a swift retreat. [Color=silver]"Come, we can walk and talk."[/color] He nodded his head in the direction she had already been walking in. 

Should he have told her about the stalker? Perhaps, but he mysteriously decided against it. Why?