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While ShiZhen was a little worried that she didn't see Jake at dinner, she enjoyed Lyra's company, and was glad that she was becoming friends with her roommate.  But after such an event-filled day, ShiZhen was exhausted, and before she knew it, she had changed into her pajamas and was dozing off in bed. That is, until someone more-or-less barged into their room and woke her up, dragging her and Lyra out into the cold night for some strange campus ritual.  ShiZhen had wanted to object a few times, but Lyra seemed to be going along with it, so ShiZhen did too. It wasn't until Lyra announced that she was awake did ShiZhen realize that this whole thing might have been a mistake.

[color=a187be]"S-some upperclassmen dragged us out of bed for a 'Midnight Run',[/color] ShiZhen explained, incredulous that Lyra had made it out this far before actually waking up. [color=a187be]"I think it's like a ghost thing? We're supposed to go towards the..."[/color] ShiZhen had forgotten, and without realizing it, had sort of just kept walking along the twisting path deeper into the forest towards a massive oak tree.