[The voice is a familiar one, albeit in a rather alarming context, which is the main thing that has Shizuo abruptly shifting directions and making a concerned beeline for the source--which turns out to be somewhere in the clothing section, and...swarmed by multiple infected, ah. --Wait, is that seriously her, though? No, the topknot's pretty unmistakable--her snowball stealth antics have taught Shizuo well, by now--but Shizuo's voice is still caught somewhere between dubious and confused as he shouts over the infected horde.]
Maya?! The hell are you wearing over there? What are you...no, okay, move out of the way--out of the way, damn you--
[The latter half is, of course, angrily addressed to the infected themselves as Shizuo promptly begins wading through them and towards Maya, rather as if he were pushing through a street full of pedestrians as opposed to a mob of cannibalistic people. The utterly assured confidence is probably helped by the full-sized stop sign he's currently carrying, though--and now using, as the infected turn on him and attempt to grapple at his fleshy human person, jabbing at some of them with one end and outright whacking at the more insistent ones with the other. --Gentle whacks, mind you. Or at least, as gentle as you can get, when you're Heiwajima Shizuo and you're wielding a stop sign as hard as diamonds; several bodies still go flying, and have quite the hard time standing back up once they hit the ground (or clothing racks) at various distances off.
After a few long strides he manages to reach the eye of the infected storm, so to speak, and he unceremoniously grabs the nearest infected trying to bowl Maya over by the shoulder, straight up tossing the man away like a sack of potatoes before the guy has a chance to so much as snap at him. Another infected does manage to get in an attempt at a bite, which is promptly met with a punch to the face. And then it's Maya's turn, thankfully much less violently, in the form of Shizuo taking her by the arm and trying to tug her out of the infected swarm with him...but she slides, unexpectedly, which nearly has Shizuo tripping in turn.]
rip maya's 90s armor, we knew ye well
Maya?! The hell are you wearing over there? What are you...no, okay, move out of the way--out of the way, damn you--
[The latter half is, of course, angrily addressed to the infected themselves as Shizuo promptly begins wading through them and towards Maya, rather as if he were pushing through a street full of pedestrians as opposed to a mob of cannibalistic people. The utterly assured confidence is probably helped by the full-sized stop sign he's currently carrying, though--and now using, as the infected turn on him and attempt to grapple at his fleshy human person, jabbing at some of them with one end and outright whacking at the more insistent ones with the other. --Gentle whacks, mind you. Or at least, as gentle as you can get, when you're Heiwajima Shizuo and you're wielding a stop sign as hard as diamonds; several bodies still go flying, and have quite the hard time standing back up once they hit the ground (or clothing racks) at various distances off.
After a few long strides he manages to reach the eye of the infected storm, so to speak, and he unceremoniously grabs the nearest infected trying to bowl Maya over by the shoulder, straight up tossing the man away like a sack of potatoes before the guy has a chance to so much as snap at him. Another infected does manage to get in an attempt at a bite, which is promptly met with a punch to the face. And then it's Maya's turn, thankfully much less violently, in the form of Shizuo taking her by the arm and trying to tug her out of the infected swarm with him...but she slides, unexpectedly, which nearly has Shizuo tripping in turn.]
What the--are those skates?!