Alexis
Raizel was extremely nervous when she tried her best to appear "Normal" By modern human standard. She had asked Evan to help her cope with going out without having to wear her mask. The girl earned her saving from the school for some time now. Its enough to afford some new clothes from the mall or some second hand store. The only person she can think of going out with to an urban area would be the cat boy himself.
Rebekah
Evan was here in the mall, presumably with Raizel who'd asked for him to come with. He had his hood up, not overly familiar with malls either. He did not have much reason to visit in his past. But it seemed to him he at least fared a bit better than Raizel.

He'd occasionally send a weird look at Raizel every once in a while. "Took your mask off for once, huh?" He hums. "What changed your mind?"
He takes a second to look around. At the rows of shops inside the mall. "Didn't expect you to be the kind to want to shop for clothes, either."
"Not that there's anything wrong with that, I guess."
Alexis
"H-Hrmm.." Raizel respond with a nervous shrug as she tightens the pullstring of her grey hoodie. All was left to see was a little dark hole where her eye can see through. "W-Was told that th-thieves wear masks in public stores? I-I don't want people looking at me weird." She followed along with her gaze falling onto the tile floor. "Well..." Raizel begins, rubbing the back of her neck. "I-I can't always... Be afraid... Just... Stepping up I-I guess?" Looking at Rai she had a nice face with a smear of freckles across it. Her ember eyes is what stood out like a tiger eye gem.
Rebekah
Evan squints at her with another weird look as she retreats into the small confines of her hoodie.

"Full face masks would be suspicious in public, yes." He confirms. "But it'll take a lot more if you want people to not send weird looks at you."
"Hell, people send weird looks at *Me*."

He lets out a tired sigh, but he pulls his own hood back. "You look normal, so get out of your hoodie already."
Alexis
"Hm!?" She hide the hole on her hoodie behind her hands. "F-Fine! Okay!" And then she removed her hoodie to reveal the most normal face ever. "I don't get why people would look at you weird?" When a group of giggling prep girls passes by, Rai begins to shrink as she sort of hides behind him. "I thought you look adorable?" Rai shrugs at that with a confused look. Her expression was easy to read when she appeared baffled. When they arrived at the clothing store, Rai paused at the entrance and her mouth turned into an uncertain squiggle. "Smells weird in here.." It was the new factory clothe smell.
Rebekah
"Don't know why either." Evan says as he places his hands in his pockets. "I'm just saying... It's a bit more complicated than that, I guess."

He doesn't really know how to take the compliment. He furrows his brows a bit. "That's a weird opinion you have, then." He mutters, before looking ahead and changing the subject.

"Good weird or bad weird?" He asks. 
"Look, I don't really know much about buying clothes either. I guess I should ask what kind of thing you're looking for?"
Alexis
"Donno kinda weird, just alien weird," Rai said, now taking a step inside the store. "Eh... Casual clothes, nothing fancy like the girls that we passed earlier." The chicks they had encountered wore short skirts, cute jackets and jewelry that was made at a factory. "I'm not too familiar with a lot of the stuff in here but its what makes it an adventure I guess?" It didn't take her that long when her attention was drawn towards the men's clothes.
Rebekah
"Alien weird sounds bad." He comments as an aside.

"Sure," He says, "Casual clothes. Like..." He looks down at himself. He really, really hasn't picked out clothes in any serious respect in the past. "Hoodies and pants, I guess."

He quietly lets her do her own thing for the most part, absent of any advice to offer. Though he does look at the men's clothes she's looking at.
He shrugs. "If you can't decide, they let you try them on first, I think."
Alexis
"Yeah! That!" And she was quick to decide on grabbing blue plaid shirt, a hoodie, couple T-shirts, jeans, socks and boots. "Really? I never heard of that one before." Off on the side there was a group of college punks talking to each others in a group. One would nod towards Rai's direction before giving the other a snarky remark. She was completely oblivious to them with her back turned. "Do you want anything else?" Without her masked on, her voice didn't echo eerily... It sounded normal.
Rebekah
"That's what I heard, at least. Guess you could ask one of the employees here, if you really want. Good practice if you try not to stutter." He says, flatly.

"Me? No. You're here to pick out clothes for yourself, so don't ask me." He says. "This is just like that one time we went to a cafe." He hums.

He silently notes the punk party people. Best not to poke their nose into other's business if they can help it. But his paranoia does push him to try and move somewhere else away from them. "Done yet?" He asks.
Alexis
"Almost!" And it look at him strangely as she pats him down with a thoughtful look to get his size. Then turns around to go quickly grab a T-shirt before walking away before he could say anything. The blond snorted at Evan when he gets a pat down and left there standing alone. Then he turn to his companion saying something while the other agreed to something. Whatever it is, it felt very sketchy. Rai would wonder into the woman clothing isle curiously.
Rebekah
There is a brief look of surprise when she pats him down. He was going to speak out, but she doesn't really leave him much chance to if she was going to be that quick about it.

He furrows his brows as he watches her dash to the aisle down, as he gets an inkling of what's going on. He takes a second to spare a peek of concern back at the party of punks, before he follows after Raizel. 

He might have scolded her in any other circumstance, but he holds back for now given his paranoia with the other group.

"Rai," He calls out to her when he reaches her again. "What was that all about?"
Alexis
"Oh, I just took your measurements?" Rai turns to look at him with an innocent smile. A nice sunny smile. "Something wrong with that?" This girl is unaware of the other sketchy males chilling at the jacket and coat section in the men's clothing area.
Rebekah
Evan furrows his brows at her. "People don't usually do that," He says, "Makes me wonder what you're even up to."
He eyes the sketchy people on the side of his peripheral vision. "So have you even picked out something you'll even actually wear?"

"This place bugs me. Kind of want to leave as soon as you're done." He sighs as he rubs his forehead a little.
Alexis
"They... Don't?" Rai tilts her head with a confused look. "Yeah? Of course I will? I'm just going to do a bit of exploring and leave before I run into someone I know from school." Then her mouth goes back with a squiggle nervous line. When she venture into the isle glancing at the unusual female clothes, this is when she begins to wonder what is wrong with Evan. "Hey... I-I was wondering... Is something wrong?" And then she discovers something weird which distracts her for a second. "The freak is this?" She holds up what looks like a lacey floral thong. "What is the purpose of it?" There was a weird look.
Rebekah
"Not out of nowhere, no." He says. "Sure, okay. That's what I expected." But he does raise his brow a bit. "What's wrong with running into someone you know from school?"

He stares at her for a few seconds, unsure how to phrase it. "I don't know. I don't... Trust the people here."

The tone of the conversation is railroaded at the moment she asks. "Clothes, obviously." He says, dryly. "Put that back. You'll get it when you're older."
Alexis
She stares at him with a very confused look. "Okay... Uh.." The conversation was bouncing around in three different places. Talking was still a thing for her to get use to, especially staying on one topic. "Alright th-then.." And she puts it back. " So... You don't trust the people here? L-Like who?" She clearly forgets his other question about her issue with other kids seeing her from school. And as she waits for his reply, she did find something that did bring back a memory of her hand-made dress. It got ruined when a bear clawed her up one point in her life. A simple long sleeved dress with a bow wrap around its waist. Its affordable, so she's going to get it. Then she looks around trying to see if someone is stalking them as she begins moving towards the till.
Rebekah
"Who? I don't know if who is the right question." He says. "Just... Some of the people here are giving me the wrong vibes."

"I don't know. It's probably fine, this shop is... In public space. Just buy what you need quick." He murmurs, as he starts to follow her. He eyes the choice of clothes she picked out, but holds off on any comments.
Alexis
She nods and goes to pay for her stuff before bagging it into her backpack. As she glances the area with a nervous look, wondering if Evan notice something that she isn't aware of. When the go walk out towards the entrance, there was the same gang of college kids hanging out at the right side. They seem to just be chilling but one of them was scoping her out, not paying attention to the skinny kid following her.
Rebekah
"Hrm." It has been a few months since he's arrived in NC... And incidentally, a few months since he's last found himself in a situation like this.
The safety and security is certainly nice, but has it made him rusty?

"Hey," He says in a low voice, "Just follow me."
He quickly ducks to the left and starts to walk at a brisk pace. "Lets mind our own business, yeah?"
"If we had any plans... Lets save it for another day. Back to the Cradle for now."
Alexis
She takes his hand into hers as they make a brisk walk together, still oblivious on what is going on. What was making him on edge? She was nervous all the time which made her vulnerable in social surroundings. Her instincts are much sharper alone in the woods with better awareness of other creatures. When they disappeared around the corner, it did get a few of the punks now shadowing them. "Do you want me to maul someone?" She asked, her tone a bit quieter and sounding serious. Without her mask, one eye is closed while the other is squinting. The usual expression, except one thing, her mouth is in a straight line. The ember eye seem to slide over to glance at something in the crowd without moving her head, then it turned to his direction.
Rebekah
"Only if we can write it off as self defense," He looks at her. "You're not in the forests anymore... Let me tell you a fact, we have rules. Just like Newton's Cradle." His eyes look around briefly.

"You know about Newton's Cradle a bit already. If you break rules, you could be kicked out."
"If it helps me explain, you could picture society as one oversized Cradle which follows you everywhere." He ponders for a few seconds. "It can be comfortable sometimes, but..."

He doesn't continue the sentence, and simply refocuses his efforts to be quick and brisk in his walk back home.
Alexis
She lets out a sigh of disappointment when he tells that this entire community is flagged with rules. "Alright." And continue to speed walk with Evan. "Sh-should we talk to a s-security guard or call s-someone from C-Cradel? I-It would be wiser... To al-alert them... I-in case s-something happens..."
Rebekah
Evan ponders the idea for a split second.
"Probably." He says. "Do you know how to call someone from Cradle, then?" He asks as he looks behind him over to her, and past her.
Alexis
"Y-yes? I-I have some t-teachers on my list..." She takes out her cellphone to show it to him. "I-I'll make a call and let th-them know... They w-would send someone to get us." And she would definitely call for help that they're being stalked by some people. They're going to meet up near the entrance where a mall cop is patrolling the opening of a store. Evan would take notice that they are indeed being followed. The creepy shadowers were trying to use the crowd to blend in while they followed them. They stopped as soon as they stayed near the mall cop. Both Rai and Evan would be picked up by an employee from Newton Cradel and will be questioned. At least they would be safe at school for now. Back at the dorm area, this would be the moment when Rai would finally turn to him. "Y-You know... That was a good call you did..." She was wearing her tribal mask again which hid her features. "Here, thanks for coming with me today, Evan. It was really nice of you." There was something inside the bag...
Rebekah
"Sure," He says. "I'm used to it. I wouldn't be here otherwise." He rubs his head. Not how he expected the day to turn out. But at least they were both in one piece.

He furrows his brows a bit, but accepts it. He opens it up, and examines the contents.
He squints his eyes at her when he sees the shirts. "With your money." He reminds her, but he hesitates for a few second. "Well... Thanks, I guess. I do appreciate it."
"Do I take the bag with me, or...?"
Alexis
Rai's glowing eyes turn into an upside down crescent moons when she gave a chuckle. "Oh g-gosh, I-I could always get more.., I was s-saving up my allowance." She couldn't help but smile behind her mask. "Keep the bag, I got you shirts because I thought of you and appreciated your company." Rai's head bop against his with a friendly affection, making sure to be careful of her small antlers to not poke him. "Thank you, Evy." And with that she disappears into her own room to go pass out on her bed. Going out in public and not having her mask on was so exhausting!