Heroes of Silvatica City

"Thief?" Cha asked as she got up, too annoyed at Mia to really speak to her but curious about this round green thing she had. "Is that it?" Amber asked no one in particular, also staring at the alien being. It didn't look like a serial thief, it just looked really... Cute.

Cha looked at the little creature and scowled. Some of her stuff had gone missing recently, it must have been this little twerp that stole it. "C'mon, Mia, we gotta hand him over," she growled.

They all looked suspiciously at the blob before marching off to Principle S's office. Cha made sure to walk behind Mia - her friend was nice but dim, and might try to make a run for it so that her cute blob could escape.

Principal S was in its office doing some admin work, and looked pretty stressed. When the teens all came in, it perked up slightly, especially when it saw its daughter, the light of its life and its pride and joy. "Oh, good afternoon all of you," it greeted them, mostly looking at Lola so it didn't notice Mia.

Squishy was always amused when its daughter couldn't help calling it the wrong thing for the environment they were in - but it made it swoon too. It cleared its throat before standing and coming to look at the blob creature. This was Amber's first time being up close to the principal and she hadn't realised from a distance just how tall it was. She couldn't help backing away a bit as it walked around to inspect the blob. "It seems really on edge," said Squishy, staring intensely down at the blob. "Mia, you might be squeezing it too tight."

Squishy kept studying it, waiting to see if it tried anything. The blob maintained an intense stare right back at Squishy, until it opened its mouth and revealed rows and rows of sharp teeth. Ew! Squishy scowled and went back to its desk to press a few keys on the computer. "Keep hold of it, Mia," it instructed. "It's dangerous and needs to be contained."

The blob bared its teeth again a little, but then looked up at Mia with huge, shiny eyes. Did she see fear in them? "It'll be safe," Cha tried to reassure Mia, but also still standing between her and the door in case she did anything stupid. She knew her friend better than anyone... Squishy had summoned SHADE and they were on their way now.

God damn it! Cha snarled as she leapt through the window after Mia, but the muscly girl was fast and had already sprinted off somewhere when Cha landed. Cha was disappointed that she hadn't predicted her friend would go for the window, but she underestimated the cute factor of the blob. Squishy closed its eyes, put its hands together, and took a deep breath to calm itself. Those windows... Were really expensive. And bullet/bulldozer proof. Mia was stronger than both - and she would also have to pay for that.

Squishy smiled down at its daughter. "Be careful, apple," it said. Apple was one of its loving nicknames for her, because she was the apple of its eye. As much as it didn't want her to get hurt, it knew she was tough enough to handle this, especially since it had CCTV all over the building so could keep its eye on it. Cha wasn't as fast as Mia by a long shot, but she was fit and she was pissed, which meant she could sprint fast enough to keep sight of her. "Mia!" she barked "Get back here!" Amber blinked a few times and then just nodded a DJ. "She seems... Nice though," she surmised. DJ didn't know about Amber's knack for reading people yet. "Should we go after them?"

Amber looked down at her watch and sighed. "Then... Is there anything else to do around here?" She should have been home a while ago but like hell did she want to. Sakura shrugged and shook her head. She didn't really want to get involved, as her parents had always been weary of aliens which made her afraid of the ones she didn't know. The others seemed to have this handled anyway. "The quad, huh?" Cha grunted under her breath as she ran. Mia had twice the stride length of Cha but Cha had other means to catch up to her. She reached out in front of her and projected a rope of shadow out ahead, using it to pull herself quickly through the air towards Mia. The two of them rushed by a very confused Jin, who had to hold on tight to a bunch of pamphlets to stop them whooshing away. "Hey!"

"Then... Can you show me around more?" Amber asked. It wasn't like she was particularly enjoying her time here, she was getting tired physically and mentally from keeping up this persona, but she didn't want to go back to her house. Hungry already? Sakura rolled her eyes and smiled. Where were they going to eat? "Oh!" Jin said, satisfied with that response as she hopped around, picking up all the scattered leaflets. Litter wasn't good for the environment so she made sure to pick up every piece as she skipped around the building.

Amber thought carefully about what to say in response to that, and how to say it. "... No," she said plainly, trying not to show any deeper emotions behind that. Oh, unless he was hinting at something. "But if you gotta go then go." So Milo was inviting himself over to her place? Sakura stopped walking and gave Milo a raised-eyebrow smile. If he was hungry, his own mother's cooking was nice enough. Besides, they'd already been given homework to do and Sakura liked to get a head start because she wasn't very good academically. Jin skidded to a halt and jumped right back around the corner. Oh no, of all people to bump into she had to bump into him! This was so cringe... But she had to pick up all the leaflets, including the one that was right by his feet and that mangy cat... Mia was almost in the clear, but then she felt her movements slowing, as if she was trying to run through thick tar. In fact, that's how it looked. Mia was surrounded by a thick layer of darkness that was slowing her down. Only one person could do that.

A friend...? Amber casually tucked her hair behind her ear, revealing more of her face than normal, and looked around. "S-so, there a music room?" Sakura giggled silently and gave Milo a hug. "I'll probably need help so can I text you?" she signed to him. Well, the guy had picked it up for her so Jin didn't need to go over to get it from him now. Jin wasn't normally so shy but she'd made a moron out of herself earlier and didn't want to face that just yet. Quietly she went back around the corner, letting him read the cooking leaflet he'd picked up? Cha drifted up out of the black fog and glared at Mia. "Whaddaya mean 'no fair'?! You're runnin' around with a dangerous creature," she snapped. The green blob in Mia's arms chirped and wriggled further into her embrace.