+ Panic? No One's Panicking. +

[gryphonlore]

[ The Gryphon, today, is flying in circles around the mansion, swooping down low, looking down with a keen eye before rising up again, doing more circling, and finally landing on the roof. ]

It cannot find them. Not those.

[ He paces, a paw rubbing his forehead, monocle falling from his eye so that it's hanging by a chain. ]

When It does, what we are, what we exist to be could cease and I personally do not care for it!

[ That ends on a screech, mostly. The Gryphon is agitated and pacing, muttering to himself. ]

Four of six is bad enough but It won’t stop until--

[ The Gryphon stares at the camera now, too close and just out of focus. ]

Find Time. You must do this. Guard your Minds. Keep yellow and green. I am not sure what It will be or do. We should not find out.

[ A sound akin to frustration escapes the Gryphon’s beak as his wings flap. ]

It will not stop, but you must fight or...

[ He doesn’t know. Only that it will be Not Good. ]

...It will only take a Snap.

Comments

[not here]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket screaming obscenities in the distance.]

[also not here]

[captain_marvel]

[just this]

Totally here

[captain_america]

[ The event warnings usually don't make a lot of sense and so Steve generally takes them with a grain of salt and braces himself for something to happen in the days following one. This one however...

There is no mistaking this one. ]

Are you talking about the stones? Are they here?

[gryphonlore]

Here?

Here?

[ He's shrieking a bit. ]

Red, orange, blue, purple.

[captain_america]

[ Yeah, that's unhelpful. ]

Here,in Wonderland?

[gryphonlore]

It has them.

All but two which I suggest you find.

[captain_america]

Who is It?

Any idea where the two can be? I will be happy to find them, but if you can tell me anything I would appreciate it.

[gryphonlore]

It, but I don't know where or who or how or...

[ There might be a squawk of frustration from him. ]

We never know it all. I can only look high. The rest of you must look low.

[captain_america]

[ Steve nods. ]

Okay, I'll look down here. I'll spread the word. If you find anything or hear anything that might point us in the right direction will you let me know?

threadjacking action, sorry;

[holyshihtzu]

[ Juliet is listening in on Steve's conversation as much as she is attempting to have her own. Still, she turns to look at him, the look on her face a thousand miles from the affectionate softness he is usually the recipient of. ]

What are the yellow and green, Steve?

Re: threadjacking action, sorry;

[captain_america]

The Infinity stones if I’m guessing correctly. The mind stone is yellow, the time stone is green.

[holyshihtzu]

Find Time. Guard your Mind. That checks out. [ She huffs. ] Whatever 'It' is apparently already has all of them but those two, so we have to find them once the event starts.

[ At least there are people here to know what to look for, right? At least, if they don't lose their memories during the event, too.

She drops her voice, moving closer to him. ]

You don't think Wonderland will actually bring him here, do you?

[captain_america]

I don't know. It brought us here. But if its just an event? [ Her guess is as good as his. Though he's not sure what he would do if Thanos showed up. ]

also 100% here just by being in the same room as steve probably

[holyshihtzu]

No. No. Not now, not right after they came back.

[gryphonlore]

I am no more in charge of this than you.

[holyshihtzu]

[ Juliet crosses her arms. Her eyes are narrow, her voice even and direct as she stares into the camera. ]

Is that so? Because none of you are willing to take any of the responsibility while we take all of the consequences. Saying you're not the one in charge isn't going to cut it, not anymore.

[gryphonlore]

[ The Gryphon stares at her, actually pausing in his frantic movements. ]

Am I not attempting to warn you all? Am I not looking to help? If this is the way my assistance shall be accepted, then I suppose I'll be on my way.

[ Except he won't. He'll still look. ]

[holyshihtzu]

These aren't warnings, they're puzzles. It just happens that this one is one I actually know the answer to.

[ Her voice is still calm enough even if she is staring him down, and she's interested to see if he will actually be on his way at any point or if she might be able to get something out of him. ]

If you're not in charge, then who is? If you really want to help us, you can tell us how to stop this before it even starts.

[gryphonlore]

If I knew who was 'in charge' as you call it, I wouldn't be spending my days here, trying to give warning and having my meager knowledge questioned.

[holyshihtzu]

[ Sometimes Juliet wonders if she's around this Godforsaken place in a thousand years if she'll be on the network rambling nonsense warnings to bewildered hostages. ]

Then tell me how you know what you do know. All of you are able to see things we can't. How is it possible for you to do that?

oh whoops it's a threadjack

[oneagainstall]

This mean you've got a single solitary fuckin' clue what the hell this guy's squawking about?

[Is he going to talk to the Gryphon directly? HELL, no. But Juliet seems to be in the know so here he is. ]

[holyshihtzu]

[ She stares at him for a moment, her mouth in a straight line. He probably hasn't seen her this serious in... Well, ever. Even when Shawn disappeared, she was broken-hearted, lost, and upset.

Right now? She's just pissed. ]

The event is from Steve's world. It's something he just came back from dealing with, and it really didn't end well.

[oneagainstall]

[He's never seen her this way and he'd be lying if he wasn't a little impressed. Maybe she's much more capable than he gave her credit for.]

Fan-fuckin'-tastic. How bad are we talking here? What scale?

[holyshihtzu]

[ Juliet is more than capable of a lot of things, but it all hides in a tiny, smiling package. Knowing what they're up against, it's hard to smile through it this time. ]

Half the universe, Gren. Literally snapped out of existence.

[oneagainstall]

[That sounds far too close to the power the Adversary holds for comfort. If someone hadn't already identified the threat, he'd half believe they were going to be laid siege to. This doesn't settle easy with him, not one bit. ]

Fuck. We've got one helluva fight ahead of us, then. Try not to die.