"I think we're all in the same boat, Jack. I mean, unless someone here actually does know where we are?"
Jack smiled at the comment but said nothing as more people joined them and a scream was heard. Instead, Jack stilled himself and kept in the background, quiet as a ghost as he watched them move around. Like chickens with their heads cut off, a cynical voice said silently. Instead of running to help or search for more, Jack contented himself with going over the precious information these souls had provided to him.
They all received an envelope from that old man. Jack tilted his head curiously. An old man rounding up a bunch of strangers and bringing them to one place. In a way, it reminded Jack of himself and how he tricked people into boarding the Antonia Graza. Another soul collector like Jack? He frowned. He didn't need competition.
Chas and John moved away, as did Alice, Rain and Ash, all in opposite directions it seemed but Rain and Ash came back first with the screaming girl, who looked far more calmer now. Even if she did sink to the floor. Jack rolled his eyes, he certainly wasn't going to babysit her.
His eyes moved back to Rain and Ash, his lips flickered into a grin as he saw Rain mouth something at Ash but Jack had finally decided to speak up. "I'm Jack", he told Nancy out of courtesy before glancing at Rain and Ash. "And I think we should check this place out more, like downstairs", he added with a pointed look at the staircase near by.