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[ 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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[ Because Medusa is in a generous mood— because she has no choice but to be in a generous and forgiving mood, given her situation— she won't try to argue that it's not paranoia when backed by legitimate experience. ]

If I did not have some level of trust in you, I would not have told you anything.

[ And it's a wiser move on her part to let them all discover some of what she knows about them for themselves. There'll be no real satisfaction in those I told you sos when they come. ]

To some extent, this conversation is an act of faith on both our parts.

[ He considers that for a moment, before she's afforded a brief smirk. ]

Guess so.

[ Tony could've easily shut down this conversation right at the start, and there had been a moment or two where he was tempted. But curiosity will probably be one of his (many) downfalls, and his brief time here so far has already thoroughly tested what he considers his modus operandi. ]

Those aren't usually my style, so you're one of the few and privileged.

Believe me, I know.

[ Because she knows all about the little boys club that calls themselves "The Illuminati", and what it says about every member's ability to trust. Including her dear husband's. ]

I am not given to it myself. But we are all put at a disadvantage simply by being here, and closing that gap takes priority above all else.

You won't normally hear me vouching for teamwork and collaboration and all that, but you're not wrong. I've been thinking along these lines myself.

[ So, yeah, he might be egomaniacal, and sure, he might assume he can handle most things on his own just fine. But this isn't a situation he'd ever predicted in his wildest imaginings of the future, and if there's anyone who spends an undue amount of time pondering the shape of the future, it's Tony Stark.

He needs to take what resources he can get. It's why he has half a mind to try and wrangle the Avengers, even if it'll be like herding cats. ]

Lucky for you - and me - the Ingress seems real fond of people from our assortment of universes. Assholes like Loki aside.

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I am sure there's some reason for its preference, but I'm more concerned with taking advantage of it than discovering why.

[ Unless discovering why helps them take advantage of it. But that's for the science nerds to figure out. ]

If Loki is the worst of it, then we should consider ourselves fortunate.

Are you kidding? The "why" is the most interesting part.

[ Science nerds. True. ]

But I'll agree to disagree, because 1.) I don't wanna know, 2.) seriously, I really don't, and 3.) that guy's at the very top of my shitlist right now.

I don't suppose Thor is here to make the problem simply go away.

[ That's what she'd do with Loki. Nothing anyone could do to him would be greater punishment than what his own family would do. ]

See, you say that, but if Thor had the ability to simply make the problem go away, I don't think we'd have had a problem to begin with.

No, I suppose not.

[ One can hardly ask a man to do away with his own brother. ]

Contain the problem, then.