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[accidentalqueen]

[ Medusa's long been used to addressing large crowds of people. How to keep her face perfectly unreadable is a matter of habit, now, even as her hair swirls and shifts over her shoulders and around her face. She doesn't want to be doing this, but there's no point in beating around the bush with subtlety either. She'll have to make her requests. ]

Fellow guests of the Moira, my name is Medusa. I am Queen of the Inhumans and New Attilan. I speak to you today to ask you for your help. It has been some time since I last found myself on this ship, but I do not know how long. It seems some of those I considered friends previously have departed. If any of those I knew still remain, if anyone can tell me how many months I have lost, and what I have missed, I would be glad to hear from you now.

[ This part's a little trickier. ]

In addition, if there are any who have heard of the Inhumans, or those we consider our allies— The Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men— I would like to speak with you. To speak with any who have even heard of them. It does not matter if we knew each other before. I imagine that many of you may not have heard of of the Inhumans, even though we know of you. This is... [ Only a moment's hesitation, her hair billowing out in thought— and then she refocuses, and continues. ] A complicated situation to explain. So I leave it to you to decide whether or not to come forward. If you do not, know that I will not seek you out. I have no desire to impose meaning and familiarity onto strangers. I will respect your privacy as I would want my own to be respected.

[ And this one, this one final long shot in the dark: ]

If you are an Inhuman, of any tribe or city— know that you can always come to me for aid. The time for petty and superficial differences has passed. We are one people, and as one people I will defend you and stand for you as I would any citizen of mine.

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[accidentalqueen]

Do you come from a world where there is only a few of them? Somewhere in the vicinity of ten?

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[pickingup]

Yes. I wasn't aware that that was such a small number.

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[accidentalqueen]

The exact number fluctuates. Many people serve for a time and later choose to leave the team. The membership of the core team usually changes according to events and whatever personal schisms may be going on at a given time. If I began to give you a list, we could easily reach 30 names before I had to give it serious thought.

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[pickingup]

That many, huh? I think a good number of people here are from the same world that I am, but I haven't met anyone else who's mentioned being from a place with so many Avengers. Where did they all come from? What made them necessary?

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[accidentalqueen]

You are from a world with only Avengers, I assume. I hope that this means that you face fewer obstacles and enemies than we are accustomed to. I make this metaphor as respectfully as possible— it is supply and demand. There must be as many people willing to respond to threads as there are threats. Not all of them are Avengers, but most will cross paths with them, and possibly join them from time to time.