Mal Haas

Description
Mal is a late-twenties night stocker at Dekkamart and thus a well paid slave to corporate interests. Mal dresses androgynously in an expensive 'preppy' style, always covering as much skin as possible. Even their hair, while well kept, is styled to cover their face for the most part. Anyone who associates with Mal will find them willing to go with the flow for the most part. As long as no-one starts giving orders, that is.

Backstory
Mal was born in Van Zandt in the months following the Blackout and their parents fled the town not longer after, hoping to escape the weirdness that ensued. Unfortunately, the weirdness followed them in the form of Mal's predilection for pyrotecnics. Small fires occured in Mal's vicinity throughout their childhood and, while initially explained away (how could a two-year-old start a brushfire?), they were later sourced to Mal. When the method of ignition became uncertain, Mal's paranoid parents made several leaps in logic and assumed Mal to be possessed. The resulting interventions robbed Mal of much of their youth and Mal doesn't remember much prior to the age of twelve.

In their late teen years and into adulthood, Mal took jobs as frequently as possible to escape their unsupportive homelife. Eventually they earned a full-time position at Dekkamart and through competence was moved around the Gulf South, as different stores needed help. Six years of Dekkamart employment later, Mal found themself transferred to Van Zandt and nearly drowning in boredom.

Notes + Rumors
Mal's firey disposition hasn't been diminished, despite their parents' efforts. One might wonder who Mal is talking to when the room is otherwise empty. And wearing glasses at night? Who does that?