Loaded for Bear was (unsurprisingly) rather famous around Beacon. Not only was it the most convenient dust store for students, it also had a bear. A bear. Having a pet bear tends to make one stick out a bit. As a result, Mia was rather well known around Beacon. Even if some only knew her as the "Bear woman". To the point where even Anastasia, despite not having been at Beacon for particularly long, was aware of her existence. And her bear, of course.
Normally, Anastasia very rarely needed to purchase dust - she didn't really have much use for it. She didn't really have any need to purchase any more for a few months at least. But hearing about Mia and her bear had given her an idea. An idea to execute when she wasn't meant to be working and providing security for Beacon of course, because she was a good employee. Well, that's what she would say if anyone asked, anyway. In truth, she had spent a few minutes trying to actually do her job before getting bored and wandering off to find something interesting to do.
And in this case, that something interesting was visiting Loaded for Bear. Nothing wrong with doing some dust shopping a few months early, right? She wanted to play with the bear, of course. But things could be more interesting still!
She was close enough to the store now. She could see the bear, even! She had, ahem, 'discreetly followed' (Anastasia was not a fan of the term stalking. Too many negative connotations, her stalking was perfectly innocent and harmless!) Mia around the Academy for a bit, so she had a good image to build an illusion off of. Slipping into cover nearby, she swapped her illusion out to an exact copy of Mia's appearance, and approached the bear. She was quite good at copying voices as well. Not perfect, of course, but hopefully well enough to fool a bear!
"Hello... Umm.... Hello, bear!" She said, standing a meter or so away from the bear. She had forgotten the bear's name. She had heard the name before, right? Pancake or something? No, that didn't sound right...