+ It's All About Balance +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Mansion + Grounds
When: May 11-14
Rating: Will likely have violence and death; use content warnings at your discretion.
Summary: Someone or something is looking for Infinity Stones in Wonderland.
The Story:

This will be your main log for fighting aliens, reacting to the Snap, and any fall out. The top level for days 1 & 2 are up now, and the top levels for the Snap and the aftermath will go up late on the 12th. Hopefully, the reason for this will make sense once they’re posted!

Feel free to refer to the plotting post for more details!

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[bloodmagics]

Hawke sometimes thinks that Wonderland isn't so bad. That the events it throws at them are a small price to pay for certain things. And then Wonderland decides to do something like this and take away any good will he might have felt. He's tired, exhausted physically, mentally and magically and just wants to sleep.

But he pushes on, a few too many close calls leading him to try and find somewhere to hunker down for a few minutes.

At Juliet's warning, he throws himself to the side instinctively and only hears the gunfire, followed by the Outrider going down.

"Thanks for that," a heavy breath as he pulls himself back up. "There's too many to keep track of them all."

[holyshihtzu]

"Don't worry about it."

Juliet comes towards him, extending her hand to offer to help him up. This is the worst she's ever seen, in Wonderland or otherwise, so she's doing her best to not dwell on how in over their heads they are.

"I don't know how we're going to stop them. I feel like every time I kill one, two more are right behind it."

[bloodmagics]

Taking her hand, Hawke pulls himself up and takes a moment to brace himself against the wall. With another person around, they can both catch their breath for a moment and he's going to take full advantage.

"Maybe we're not meant to," as much as he hates to say it. "Maybe we're just meant to endure."

[holyshihtzu]

Juliet takes a minute to relax, too. Not fully, because her eyes are always roving around waiting for the next ambush, but it's enough to catch her breath.

"We won't endure. We'll die," she says flatly, turning her gaze back to him. Her usually unbridled optimistic self hasn't been present for the last few days. "All of this is a ploy to keep us distracted long enough for that to happen."

[bloodmagics]

"Maybe. Maybe not," is all he has to say for several moments. He knows the similarities to his own world are surface level, at best, but when presented with something like, latching onto the closest thing to home can probably be excused.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to downplay this event. If you can't flee from the horde, you die. But if we were actually meant to find these things, surely there'd be some sort of sign."

[holyshihtzu]

Juliet is generally the last person to lose her optimism, but knowing what Steve went through back home has sucked her dry of any hope. She looks at Hawke with a downtrodden look, almost like she's ashamed of giving up.

"Have you seen a sign? Because I haven't." And if anyone knows what to look for, it would be Steve or Nat. And both of them seem at as much of a loss as everyone else. "I'm not sure we're supposed to find the stones, anyway."