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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 23, 2019 15:13:41 GMT -5
Eveline pressed her back into the nearest wall with a thump and looked over everyone warily. She took in one woman's stance - ready to attack - and picked up on it in seconds. It was, for Eveline, impossible to miss. But that hadn't stopped her from moving out of the way and trying not to engage. "Hum?" she asked, almost trying not make too much noise but still answering.
"We ..." she said after what felt like hours to get her words positioned after one another. "Wanted to know what was going on." Her eyes flicked from one, to another, and then Eveline stood straighter.
"What is going on?"
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(And because it's so short, it's time to bring in another idiot.
I can't help name dropping. X') I know I did a form for Percival as well, but now I guess I have to do one for Aliissa since she didn't get dusted.)
Had potholes just ... turned up? Tom wasn't sure, but as he drove, even his careful speed wasn't enough to avoid them. And the cars. The cars which still had the empty sense within them. There were those two. He'd already, like Eveline, tried his contacts. Marcus wasn't answering. Neither was Clarinet. Percival had, after a while, but what use was that?
Tom chewed at his lip and banged at the steering wheel a bit. He was trying not to cry. This was wrong. All wrong! Something like this wasn't meant to happen! What use were those damn superheroes if they couldn't stop something like this?
He turned into another street, trying to avoid the highway. If he got caught in that, he'd never get out. He hardly knew where he was driving, other than the fact that he needed answers. Percival was too far to get them - off in California somewhere - and Aliissa was somewhere in Washington D.C. They were dealing with their own privet hells right now. If it was as bad as here than they had their hands full.
He tried to think of Percival. What he must have felt like as half of his class disappeared into dust. And Aliissa? Who even knew with her. But they'd just lost half of their contacts at least. Maybe more. Armando, Marcus, Clarinet, Clara, Drake, Felicia. None of them were picking up. And the friends out side of that? Tom didn't even know. What he did know was that there was him, Eveline, Percival, and Aliissa left. And that wasn't a good mix. They were the broken halves of the group. The ones that didn't get along. Well ... they all better get their act together because now was not the time. Maybe if Aliissa and Percival were smart they'd be heading for whoever was around to help in that area. Didn't Tony Stark have something in Malibu? Tom didn't know. Tom couldn't find enough room in his head to care right now.
He pulled off the road and across a grassy edge of park to avoid a car which was on fire. He tried to check for people on the way past, but the car was empty.
He continued on his course and swung his car onto what he hoped was the final street he'd have to worry about running into anyone. He'd gotten it into his head to head for the Avengers too. But he was a bit less passive than Eveline. He was going to yell in their faces.
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 23, 2019 16:44:53 GMT -5
(I’ll maybe respond tomorrow XD)
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 23, 2019 19:27:14 GMT -5
(Cool, cool!  ) |
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 24, 2019 9:09:10 GMT -5
(So, because there's so much going on... is this what's happening? Steve and Viktor are greeting Diana, and John and Eveline are being greeted by Alyona and Natasha? And Carol is now being found by all of them as well?)
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 24, 2019 9:16:07 GMT -5
John:
John looked from the young girl in the hall to Eveline, nodding his head slowly in agreement with her words. "We are not here to harm anyone," he added, his voice even, his eyes moving between the people. "We are simply here for answers. A lot has gone on in just a few days... and we've all lost people." He could tell from their faces, from their eyes, from the rough appearances of them, that they had been at the heart of the battle. That they knew more loss than any of them. "We want to know what's going on... and, maybe, if there's anything we can do to help." The last bit, he knew, was speaking for himself. He didn't know Eveline and he know if she actually wanted to help or if she just wanted to know what was going on. But he couldn't just sit around. He needed to do something to help. Helping... was just in his nature. His eyes then travelled to another person who'd entered the scene, and he tilted his head at her demanding question: Where's Fury? John didn't know what in the world a Fury was.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 24, 2019 14:53:17 GMT -5
(As far as I got, that sounds about right.)
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Post by Tals on Jun 24, 2019 17:58:36 GMT -5
Sounds bout right lul)
Viktor
His look was sharp, eyes shifting over Diana's features. When Thanos stated he was going to wipe half the population he truly meant it. Just because of the way he was raised and the life he lived, his own gaze didn't sharpen, but his nails did dull. Although, his teeth were naturally sharp, he relaxed his face in a form to reveal that he was still cautious, but did not become a threat to her. His eyes shifted, almost reliving the memory as he dared to recall the snapping fingers. His jaw tightened, now looking straight into Diana's eyes. Body now straightening back out, the older man decided to speak in an explanation as best as he possibly could, for the sake of the woman he was now watching crumble in her own grief. He would need to delicately state this, not wanting another sobbing fit like Alyona had done when Viktor had to pull her from her brother's ashes.
"There was a powerful being named Thanos," Viktor's voice was now lightened, a lot more open and friendly than when he had first greeted her. His hands relaxed, taking a careful step forward as his explanation went on, "He collected a set of stones called the Infinity Stones, in which once collecting them, snapped his fingers and wiped half the population throughout the universe. We've tried stopping him but he was too powerful even for us." There was pain in the end, the hardened mutant managing to hold himself together. It was odd, coming from a person who was always so mean and violent. But, his cognac gaze was now soft and body nearly towering over Diana as he had approached her. He was serious, the flicker of emotion in his gaze revealing that he was telling the truth. "Those we lost vanished in a pile of ash." Viktor's sensitive hearing pricked, alert of the distant voices on the other side of the compound. He hoped that little Alyona could hold it in if she had to explain.
Natasha and Alyona
Alyona was the first to respond then, her gaze now shifting between John and Eveline; well, at least she was going to respond until Carol showed up. She was the one emitting the powerful energy. That was possibly why she was able to sense her from far away like she had with Thanos. Natasha looked to the younger Russian, as if silently questioning she could make a response. Mint hues now turned to the trio before the two of them, her chin raising slightly and trying to harden her gaze as best she could. Everyone lost someone- it wasn't just the Avengers. It would be selfish to cry here and now in front of the group- they had to keep a level head.
"Thanos came," she responded to the trio, her voice leveling as best as it could. Her lips pressed to a thin line, swallowing harshly and keeping her eyes shifting between them. "A being in the universe who was desperate to collect 5 stones. Those stones are called the Infinity stones, and once within his reach, he snapped his fingers. His goal was to wipe half the population of the universe in order to restore balance, and that's what he did. Anyone who isn't responding, is turned to ash," she held out her arms and hands, revealing the ashy-grey substance. Her eyes flickered to Carol then, saying softly, "And that's why you most likely can't find Nick Fury." Her mint hues turned to Eveline and John then, her gaze soft and a sad look revealing in that glassy gaze of hers.
"We tried to stop him- all of us were there in Wakanda but he managed to get the upper hand and do what he did. We're working on a way to find him again, but its hard with only half the team," Her voice quivered, softening and nearly losing its value within half of her sentence before she deeply inhaled and scrunched her nose. She had to remain strong. Looking then, she placed her hands on her thighs and the tiny agent stood there.
"Thanos is a powerful being from outer space. We'd need a form of technology to identify his energy spikes. We've lost contact with Tony Stark, and who we have at the base is who we have left that we know of," Natasha stated seriously to John's inquires of possibly helping. "Any way to help find him would be a good opportunity." Even she had been silently grieving by herself. However, her own exterior revealed she would find other ways to express it and find its use than sit and cry. Although, with the way her own arms and some of her sides revealed, she had been holding Alyona after Viktor managed to haul her away from the scene. Everyone lost someone- they knew that. There was no sense in denying such a thing. Maybe having extra helpers would be good for them, and help get everyone they loved back.
But Thanos had disappeared- they had no way in saying if they could actually get them back any time soon. It might take months, and god-forbid, years. They would need to pull together to make things work this time. However, her own gaze shifted to the outside behind Carol and found a car on their way. The assassin glanced to Alyona, discovering her look that was beginning to harden. Looks like they had to explain things more than once.
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 25, 2019 22:08:04 GMT -5
Captain Marvel:
Carol listened intently to every word the young woman said to explain. Yes, her guess that someone had done this was correct. And that it had affected everyone in the universe. And had been done by something much more powerful than Kree technology- Infinity Stones. She'd learned a fair bit about them on her cosmic travels, even encountered a few, but that someone would use them for something like this? She should've known some jerk would try something drastic with them eventually.
All of that made sense. All of that, Carol could swallow. It wasn't too late to find this Thanos and reverse what he'd done, right? He couldn't be that strong, could he?
It was what the woman said about Fury that brought all these optimistic hopes to a halt.
Carol hadn't considered the possibility on her way to Earth. Hadn't let herself believe it. Surely he hadn't vanished along with so many others. How would he have contacted her on the pager if he was gone?
Gone.
The harsh reality of the thought settled in her stomach like a heavy stone. Made her breath hitch in her throat. And though she fought to maintain her composure, follow the stingingly familiar command of control your emotions, control them, don't let them cloud your judgement, they aid only the enemy still stuck in her head after all these years, her gaze still grew distant and hollow as the thoughts echoed in her mind:
No. Not him too. Not him. He was my friend. He didn't deserve this.
I could've helped him.
I didn't.
But I will.
That last thought gave her a bit of clarity. Thanos was still alive out there, reveling in his victory, practically waiting for her to swoop down and burn him to a husk to prove that he hadn't gotten away with it. Him and his skewed judgement and delusions of 'balance.' How could he think that? How could he assume that the universe was overpopulated without stopping to consider the fact that maybe there were some civilizations out there, like the Skrulls, who'd been just barely clinging to the life he'd stripped away? Carol would show him 'balance.' A balance of power between the good and the insanely evil in this universe, not all of it in the hands of someone like him. She wouldn't stop until she did, no matter how hard it was.
Sure, it would be hard to find Thanos. And she wasn't the greatest with technology. Even though she had spent a few years living with the Kree, she'd basically just borrowed their advanced tech, not made it herself. But she could fly through space, on her own, at lightspeed, with nothing but a suit and photon blasts and limited oxygen, and that certainly didn't count for nothing on a search party. So, when they did locate Thanos, she could get to him ASAP.
And, who else was it they said they needed to find? Tony Stark? She could do that too.
So, Carol swallowed, focused once again on the people in front of her, and suggested, "I may be able to help with that."
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 25, 2019 22:16:27 GMT -5
(Speaking of which, how do we think the Avengers located Tony in Endgame? Did Rocket have a way to track the Benetar and/or did the messages Tony sent to Pepper have origin coordinates or something? They never really explained that ._.)
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 26, 2019 11:44:44 GMT -5
(Thanks guys xD I’ll have to reply with Steve at some point!)
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#f0a9e4
Name Colour
Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 26, 2019 11:47:35 GMT -5
(And Maple, both honestly sound like they could be possibilities. I wonder if it also could have been as simple as them telling Captain Marvel that Tony was up there and her just searching the galaxy xD)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 26, 2019 17:38:52 GMT -5
(Well, that would've taken a... very long time XD The universe is kind of big)
(Then again, he and Nebula were stranded up there for 3 weeks)
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#f0a9e4
Name Colour
Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 27, 2019 14:56:56 GMT -5
(Think of how powerful she is, though XD It could take a longgggg time... but what if she just... happened upon him? He could have been the first or third thing she stumbled upon XDDD)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 27, 2019 20:09:40 GMT -5
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#f0a9e4
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Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jun 29, 2019 11:59:34 GMT -5
(I know I keep saying this, but I have to reply XD I just haven’t found the time  ) |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 29, 2019 22:21:16 GMT -5
(Same here. Working on that now!)
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Post by Tals on Jun 29, 2019 22:44:10 GMT -5
Take y’alls time ))
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 30, 2019 1:06:25 GMT -5
Eveline's eyes were almost as emotionless as Carol's. She didn't even look at the other woman. But she said much the same thing. "I might be able to help."
There wasn't a lot of conviction in her voice and from the sound of it she expected to have her idea shot down. But she looked at Alyona and Natasha and didn't seem to mind this too much.
"Will finding Thanos fix what we've lost?" she asked, her voice growing suddenly hard. If it would not ... well ... then she wished to grieve without seeking hopeless revenge.
Her attention, however, was caught as she looked out the window at a rather familiar looking car.
Ah.
Of course it would be him. She hadn't even been aware he was in the area.
She wasn't pleased. Her expression soured a bit and she glanced away as the car pulled up. She noticed the expressions on the two who had given introductions.
"I shall explain to him," she said patiently, but not without a bit of trepidation. "Though it is doubtful he will hear it from me."
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The door of the car slammed as Tom got out and stepped carefully along to the door. Considering the amount of vehicals already here, he got the feeling he wasn't the first to have this idea. Hopefully that was a good thing.
Eveline had already been here. He could tell. He sighed. Best to get this over with. It wasn't as if anything else could go wrong, right? Right?
He was already waiting for the whole basket of shoes to drop, but they still hadn't. Which meant he was still waiting.
The door was open, which he wasn't surprised about. He could bet that there had been a whole crowd of people. Maybe. He didn't know. He walked in and followed much the same directions that Eveline and John had.
"Hey," he said, coming to a rough standstill at the end of the hall. "Going to invite us in or we going to stay and talk out here? I'm assuming we're trying to fix things, yeah?"
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Post by Tals on Jun 30, 2019 1:43:27 GMT -5
There was a look that Alyona had possessed which was similar to Eveline. She seemed to have tapped into that emotion as well, listening silently as they were offered the help. Giving a soft swallow, she nodded. "Finding Thanos and Tony is going to be the start," she confirmed then to Carol. Her minty hues softened, soon hardening at the sound of Tom. Her hands turned into fists, not liking the sound of his voice within the moment. Natasha was watching the tiny Russian, wondering what she'd do. Her eyes closed, jaw jaunted and she inhaled sharply. Now reassessing her own attitude, she put her messy hair up and out of her face the best she could while long, uneven strands hung to frame her face.
"We're discussing the details of the event," her accent informed Tom a bit harshly. Her arms folded over her chest and she stared him on. She was small, but she took on her bear of a brother. Tom would be nothing. "These fellows were kind enough to offer help after the predicament. Would you like to hear what happened and join them on the inside or would you rather stand on those sides of the doors and whine at us when we've tried our best." It was harsh, a biting reality Natasha heard Borya give to his sister during those final moments on the battle field. The elder russian spared the small one a glance, as if wondering silently this was the personality she was going to take on in order to act tough. Maybe it was a facade, something Alyona was picking up with the others to show she was going to be just as strong and determined.
Natasha then looked to Carol. "Tony Stark was last seen going into outer space on a spaceship from one of Thanos' "children". For all we know he's still up there or he's turned into dust. We have really no way of contacting him," Natasha explained to her, now serious as the little one beside her. "The least we can ask for help is finding a way there or begin to presume he's dead. Until then, we're going to need the rest of the help on finding Thanos." It was a tough situation but one they would do. Natasha was taking business, and now Alyona. Alyona's furrow of the brow was like Borya's Natasha had noted. Although they spited each other for their differences, they seemed to have quite the similarities.
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 30, 2019 10:40:22 GMT -5
(So, does anyone want to maybe bring in Pepper to tell them all he's alive, or should we just work something else out without her?)
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Post by Tals on Jun 30, 2019 11:55:44 GMT -5
Pepper doesnt know he’s alive until the last moment)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 30, 2019 21:31:55 GMT -5
(So, she wasn't getting the messages then? Okay)
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Post by Tals on Jun 30, 2019 21:33:05 GMT -5
She was aware he was missing.
In his message log he did say, “Pepper if they find this...” etc etc. that means she didn’t know he was alive)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jun 30, 2019 21:34:30 GMT -5
(That makes sense 👍)
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jul 1, 2019 16:06:21 GMT -5
Captain Marvel:
Carol nodded after the woman spoke to show she'd taken in the information. Fetching Stark from space would be easy enough, it was finding him that would be the problem. Though she could just fly around in circles until she spotted him, that would take months, maybe even years, especially if he'd made it far. By then, it would be too late. Besides, Carol didn't want to waste any time she could be spending searching for Thanos as well. So, it would be wisest not to head out until she at least had an idea of where he was.
"I don't know exactly where Stark is," Carol explained, "and I might not be much help locating him, but once he is, I can get there and bring him back quickest. Same goes for Thanos. Believe me, I want to see him dead as quickly as possible just as much as you do."
I guess this means I'll be working with them from now on, Carol realized. At least until Thanos is dead and we find a way to bring everyone back. In that case, she'd better introduce herself after sort of barging in like that. "I'm Carol, by the way," she said, offering her hand for the woman who'd spoken to her to shake. "Carol Danvers."
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#f0a9e4
Name Colour
Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jul 3, 2019 8:04:58 GMT -5
John:
John was silent for the longest time, his eyes moving about the people in the room. So many people he didn't know, but all with the same problem. They were all missing people and they were all confused and hurt and in pain. But the reasoning for all of this...? A space-man named Thanos? Who was that sick to do such a thing--? John chuckled bitterly to himself. He'd met many mutants who were sick enough to do that sort of thing... or at least to want to do that sort of thing. The only difference between them and Thanos was that no one else had ever succeeded. The bad guys never won. But now... if Thanos defeated the Avengers, earth's mightiest heroes, what did that say? It meant that this--this man was powerful. And it was the reason his brother was gone.
John let out a breath, and then let his eyes skipped suddenly to the newcomer at the end of the hall. John should have noticed him coming. Should have heard him from miles away, but he was so distracted that he couldn't even concentrate on his powers. But... his powers. He wasn't useless, even in a room with these Avengers, people who had gifts that had seen outer space. John was a sort of tracker, wasn't he? He was Thunderbird. He wasn't sure how his powers worked in space, but it was worth it to give it a shot, eh? He let his attention turn to Carol. "Pardon me, Carol Danvers," he said, "I think I might be able to help you in that arena." He looked at the hand she had outstretched to one of the other woman, and he didn't waver. "The name's John Proudstar."
Cap:
In a room of this many people who had known loss, Steve didn't feel so alone, but he did feel the desperation and the need to do something. They all wanted things to go back to normal and they all wanted Thanos dead. And it's all my fault that he isn't dead, Steve thought. Why hadn't he been able to defeat Thanos? He was a super soldier. A soldier. And once he'd lost his best friend. And again, in war, it had happened again. But now... this time he'd lost not only his best friend, but more friends as well. And the stakes had extended all over the world. He let his eyes move between Carol, John, Eveline, Diana, and then Tom. All of these people, albeit strangers, wanted to help. But Natasha and Alyona were right. They needed to find Tony first. If there was any chance he was still alive, he was one person they could save. One casualty that they could avoid. And if Carol could help them do that, if she could travel in space, then do it. "Do it," he muttered under his breath. "Do what you can to bring our soldiers home."
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jul 5, 2019 1:54:19 GMT -5
There would have been day where Tom would have made a point of staying on the other side of the door. But that would have been on a good day, with people he knew, trusted, and who probably wouldn't hurt him if he tried. These were not those people. This was really, really not a good day.
He frowned, looked down for a second, then continued, walking down the hall in time to see Eveline open her mouth ... and then close it again. But she hadn't been looking at him. She had been paying attention to Carol and the problem of a missing Iron Man. But then John had stepped forward, shaking Carol's hand, and Eveline had once again backed off. Tom knew what had been going through her mind. That she should just back off from helping even though she had been about to say much the same thing as John.
Tom cast a sideways, rather stiff glance at her. He couldn't help the snappish thought of coward from crossing his mind. But he pushed it away. On the drive here he had been all about having to put things like this aside. He wasn't going to be the one to bring it back.
"Tom Larkin," he said easily. "This is Eveline Fir. We know each other, if you couldn't feel the palpable tension in the air." His smile was fractured and grim when it might once have been cocky. Eveline still cast him a look, though it had no bite to it. "Since you already seem to have the search in space covered for the most part - but if you need more help with that I'm sure we can provide. If not, I assume there are still things that need to be done while that happens."
He knew that him taking the initiative like that annoyed Eveline, but he also knew that she probably hadn't said more than three words for most of the day. She'd warm up, her curiosity getting the best of her, but they didn't have time to wait.
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Post by Maplestone360 on Jul 8, 2019 8:52:21 GMT -5
Captain Marvel:
John Proudstar. The name didn't ring a bell. Which made sense, given that Carol hadn't been to Earth in 23 years. Still, it would be good to know how he would be able to find Tony Stark within the vast depths of space, so she turned to him with an inquiring look and asked, "What is it that you can do?" He'd only just arrived here minutes ago, so the only one who could probably accurately answer that question was himself. And once John did whatever he could do to help find Stark, and he was brought home safely, maybe Stark could be an extra help in finding Thanos. Since he had been out in space searching for Thanos, Stark might be able to tell them where he'd gone. Or at least provide a few tips. Anything would be helpful at this point.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jul 8, 2019 14:24:31 GMT -5
(How are all of you doing?)
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#f0a9e4
Name Colour
Captain Americat
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile." - Teen Wolf
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Post by Captain Americat on Jul 11, 2019 11:55:36 GMT -5
(Busy and tired but saw Spider-Man yesterday so also very woooo! XD How about you? XD)
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