[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=cc33ff]Guin Stark[/color] & [color=f26522]Avery Spellman[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/2c7919d1c6222c4f923a38e3e509c948/tumblr_inline_odikgj8J1Y1rifr4k_250.gif[/img][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/86cec6d38d47218f7dafbb840a74b7f1/2089eac01cae8eb6-05/s250x400/1e755ce4912f22c6e13fb41c2a3d9d26d767286b.gif[/img][hr][b][color=cc33ff]Location:[/color][/b] X-Mansion 
[b][color=cc33ff]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][hr][/center]	Guin was absolutely [i]not[/i] going to be checking in with herself emotionally. The more she could keep all of this down, the better. If she took a moment to actually feel everything going on in her life, not even thinking about what was going on with Mary... It would be all too much. It'd feel like a thousand knives stabbing her at once every second that she was sober - every second that she was trapped in her mind, in her body. So even though Guin nodded at Perry's advice, she wouldn't be taking it. She'd have time for feelings later. Or maybe never, if she was being honest. Never sounded good. 

	[color=cc33ff]"I'm leading the Earth group,"[/color] Guin said, glancing at the message on her phone. [color=cc33ff]"Mare's at the Botanical Gardens. Let's go."[/color] She paused for a moment, before quickly shooting off another text - not to Rogue or any member of the X-Men, but to her father. 

[hider=@TobyStank]Shit might be about to go down in New Orleans. Track my location. If you don't get a text from me in 30 min, show up with the Avengers in force. It's the Phoenix.[/hider]
	She wasn't strictly speaking with her father at the moment, but this could be the end of the world. And if things went horribly bad and the X-Men weren't able to stop Mary, then Guin owed it to everyone alive on this planet right now to alert the other people who might stand a chance of stopping her - permanently, if they had to. 

	[color=f26522]"I'll - I'll go with the Shi'ar,"[/color] Avery said. [color=f26522]"I mean, with the group that is going to see them."[/color] Their face burned with embarrassment. It was a bit silly and maybe even immature of them, especially as they had [i]just[/i] confessed their feelings to Carolina, but they still had feelings for Max - feelings for this ancient wizard. And here there was this new person, who clearly seemed to be involved with Max... He was cute, with serious eyes and tension in his shoulders - athletic and lean too. Avery could see why Max liked him. And they couldn't help but compare themself to him, to look at Ben and try to see what the ancient mage saw in him - and what Max couldn't see in them. 

	They tried to refocus their attention to the information that the Asgardians were giving them on the Shi'ar, or even just to focus more on Carolina. The jealous tendrils uncurling inside of them weren't healthy.

	"I'm with Max," Ben said simply, his tentacles withdrawing into the portal inside his body - for the moment. He didn't leave any room for anyone to question it. 

	Runa addressed Max's question: "The Shi'ar Majestrix is advised by a high council, so our appeals should be made with both the Majestrix and their advisors in mind. We will need to approach them with extreme caution. The Shi'ar have many weapons that are deemed unforgivable on Asgard - such as the erasure of entire lineages, your bloodline coming to a swift and permanent end."
		
	She then paused. "I'll summon the Bifrost. Whoever is coming with me, please follow." She then turned and made her way out of the mansion, heading out onto the lawn. There, she raised her staff to the sky. "Heimdall, if you please."