[color=bea6f5][b][h3][center]Mia Zhong[/center][/h3][/b][/color]
[color=bea6f5][b]Time:[/b][/color] 5:20pm -> 5:30pm
[color=bea6f5][b]Location:[/b][/color] Campus Commons
[color=bea6f5][b]Interacting:[/b][/color] Anyone who wants to help

First days were always a little wild. There was, simply, so much to learn after an entire summer away. The did you hear [i]this[/i] and did you hear [i]that[/i] which had been ricocheting through the school all day both drove her crazy and made her feel more alive. 

She was back.

Tugging her bag more securely over one shoulder, Mia exited the girls bathroom where she had been touching up her makeup and strode briskly down the empty hall. She was late. The cheerleaders’ first group meeting of the school year had ended almost an hour ago, but she’d stayed behind to mark through a few moves and the time had just disappeared.

Nova Infinitum’s cheerleading line was compromised. Each year was always a scramble to get a little patriotic demonstration together, because this welcome thing was always on the first day, yet they never missed it. While meeting over the summer was encouraged, those who returned home for the summer like her couldn't. Today's meeting was the first time they were all together, and they had scrambled to fix the formation with two members graduated and gone. A little wardrobe crisis had presented itself too: Iz had grown quite a bit over the summer and didn't fit into her old uniform anymore. They'd found a spare skirt for her but the shirt was a hopeless cause. Good thing the student council had extra welcome week shirts, and the student overseeing the distribution willing to donate the spares to a good cause. 

In other words, they were rolling up and knotting the bright orange shirts to use as their tops this year. It had meant extra work with her makeup to ensure she didn't look hideous--most Chinese had trouble pulling off the color--but it was done. Now all she had to do was actually get there before the speeches were over. 

Mia pulled out her phone, skimming over the “where are you” texts that she hadn't bothered to respond to. 5:22. With a sigh, she steeled her stomach and cast her intangibility over herself and belongings. She plummeted through the floor, undoing her intangibility once she was through, and landed in a crouch on the first floor. Faster than using the stairs.

There was a yelp from behind her. Turning, she flashed a wide grin at the shocked newbie, then jogged out the door onto the commons towards the gathered group.

Why was... Mia's grin faded. Phoenix stood up at the podium, but he wasn't talking and the students weren't paying attention. There was an out of place ringing, well audible even with the low buzz of students talking and someone's loud laughter.

[color=bea6f5]"What the..."[/color]

Some other students seemed to be catching the amusement too, hiding giggles behind their hands.

Mia cast a look at the students around her. Blinked once. Twice. Then she raised her voice. [color=bea6f5]"...Well, looks like it's a treasure hunt. [i]Someone[/i] please find where that's coming from."[/color] With that, she took a guess and started off in the direction of one of the alarms.