[Hoshino Tamaki]

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How long has she felt those eyes drilling holes into the back of her skull for? About five, ten minutes so far? She must be a rather fascinating sight to behold, her draconic traits only further accentuated by her relatively demure look. Will she bite if prodded? Will she lash out if spoken to? She must look rather menacing with that resting bitch face she has, but surely people have better things to do than gawk at some half-mutant in the streets right?[break][break]

"Hey there," A voice clearly directed towards her cut through the din of her own thoughts, her gaze flicked around to meet that of a stranger's. "You look lost. Need someone to walk you around these streets?"[break][break]

Patience is exercised as she allows this man to speak his piece, a rather blank look drawn across her face as she merely takes a long sip of her bubble tea.[break][break]

"No, I think I'm fine." Paired with a polite smile, she dips her head before attempting to turn around and leave. Oh, but perhaps, she had given him an answer far too open to interpretation, inviting him to keep pace with her even as she tries to move away.[break][break]

"No, really! I could show you places that I think you'd really li-"[break][break]

"No, thank you." Curt, she can't afford to budge on the matter lest her rare day off be marred and swallowed by the pestering of unwanted company.[break][break]

"Hear me out!"[break][break]

Boldness fuels him as he grabs hold of her free hand, tugging her around to look him once more in the eyes. Heaven knows how many may be witnesses to this scene, but whoever remains watching this scene unfold seem rather hesitant to step in. Her eyes narrow at how he oversteps, attention drawn thin as a wire as she carefully picks out her next few words -[break][break]

"I'd appreciate it if you let go."

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[mochi]

Mochi was just happily going about her day, not on patrol for the time being - as evidenced by the big floppy sunhat on her blonde head, cropped denim jacket over a long sundress and the sandals on her feet. She had bags over one arm, filled with all sorts of things, and a stick of dango in her other hand that she was happily munching on. At least until there was a strange hiccup in the crowd around her, a shift of mass uncertainty and hesitation. The kind of way people acted before some kind of scene broke out.

Going up on her tip toes, Mochi caught the tail end of what sounded like an increasingly heated 'conversation' and spotted a lady with dragon-y looking features being tugged on by some guy.

Scowling, the blonde seemingly sank into the ground - melting herself down into shadow-on-the-ground form and scurrying over to quite literally insert herself between the two. Rising back up and reforming suddenly, positioned so that she would be more in the guy's face than in the girl's, she had her dango stick pointed vaguely at the man in away that a parent or a teacher might chastize a child. In a completely unamused tone, she declared:

"Knock it off."

It wasn't the biggest threat in the world or anything, and Mochi herself certainly didn't look threatening at a glance, and it was entirely up to the guy if he wanted to take her seriously or not. Keeping her attention on the guy though, Mochi also asked a quick question directed at the dragon-like lady behind her. "You know this guy or anything? He's harrassing you, right?"

Mochi didn't want to just jump to conclusions or anything, and definitely not risk potentially beating up a guy who didn't deserve it if it came to that, but it certainly seemed like a harassment in the works.

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The sudden appearance is more than enough to shock the man, his hands quick to let go as he lets out a yelp. And she'll snatch this freedom up posthaste, gingerly rubbing her wrist as if it had even hurt in the slightest.[break][break]

"No, we literally met just a few seconds ago."[break][break]

A rather unfortunate meeting, if she has anything to say about it. But perhaps, her luck is just beginning to turn around with this unknown saviour.[break][break]

"No, wait! I just wanted to tal-"[break][break]

"So you would follow me for 10 minutes straight." There can be no room left for this man to argue, no grounds for him to stand upon if she wishes for him to go away. "Trust me, I could sense you staring the whole way."

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Mochi settle down a bit when the man immediately backed off, flicking the dango stick in her hand around to pop the last piece of dango on it into her mouth. She still had a frown on her face, but she let the woman she had intervened on behalf of speak for herself. It helped her get a better picture of the situation too, nodding along with what she was hearing. Popping the stick back out of her mouth, but not pointing it at anybody this time, Mochi chimed in.

"So why were you following her? It'd be one thing to just be wanting to like, build up to talking to her, but getting grabby and not buzzing off when you're told to isn't just wanting to chat." Even though she was asking a question with the first part, the second part and the way her eyes narrowed a bit made it pretty clear she didn't think this guy had any innocent intentions at all. It was just a matter of if he was a normal and ultimately harmless creep or the kind of creep that needed watched long term so they wouldn't do anything bad to anybody else. Or to this lady later - stalkers could be persistent like that. Regardless of what his answer was, Mochi was going to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't try anything funny. Turning her head just a bit to glance at the woman while keeping the man in view, she asked: "He didn't mess your wrist up, did he?"

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He may maintain his silence under the pressure of questioning, but his body language surely betrays his very thoughts. His eyes flick to her horns and her tail, earning him a scoff from Tamaki as she tucks her tail out of sight.[break][break]

"Dragon lover or something?"[break][break]

"You're not a tiefling?!"[break][break]

And so the mystery unravels, disbelief written all over his face as he begins to splutter and choke. And she'll sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose as she suppresses the irritated flicking of her very own tail.[break][break]

"Please, just... move along." Her voice is raised just that bit for the gawking crowd to hear, their eyes quickly turned away when they realise they've been called out. And the other woman's concerns are swept away with a brief flick of her wrist, a simple gesture to show the lack of pain.[break][break]

"No, it's fine. Takes a lot more to mess it up."

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[mochi]

Mochi caught the way the guy looked at the woman's mutations, and while she didn't voice any of it she was wondering what particular brand of creep he was. Not for long though, the 'not a tiefling' question making the blonde blink with a blank look on her face... and then scrunching her face up in distaste when what was going on clicked in her head.

"You heard her." Mochi reiterated firmly, and if the guy scurried off on his own she wasn't going to chase him. He hadn't technically done anything 'wrong', just... really creepy and probably would have tried something if it was a more private space. She took a moment to squint at him, trying to remember what he looked like just in case she ran into him again in the future. Glancing at the flick of the wrist and giving a nod, Mochi lightened up a bit. "Great!"

If the guy had left or not, Mochi was going to look contemplative for a moment. She knew from past experiences that mutations could get you treated in all kinds of different ways, and had heard about bullying and things from Kaz's past too, but this particular brand of treatment was something she didn't know precisely how to navigate. "You run into that kind of thing a lot? You don't seem very surprised or anything."

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"No." Comes a straightforward answer, a frown tugging at her lips. "It's just... easier to not put too much weight into thinking about it."[break][break]

Her tail tucks away with a brief sniff, her gaze turned away as she tries to avoid looking at the remaining crowd.[break][break]

"How about you? Don't you just... try to go along with the flow at times? Never know what weird things people can think of, y'know?"

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