Swamped

Specifically, the masked person looks to be confronting Sunflower and Black. But Black makes a motion of holding something up.

You can't actually see anything in his hands. But you do see the translucent image of the masked person reaching for their mask. It looks as though it's tightening?

And then, suddenly, the illusion leaves. It's the same sensation you had in the warehouse. As though it's moving through time somehow.

Right now, though, you're less concerned about what that means and more concerned with what these illusions actually are. What they did to the masked person just now... it looked like an attack, honestly. And the fact that you could see Sunflower makes you worry that he may have been a victim as well.

You think that what you're dealing with is uncontrolled time magic. It's freezing people it comes into contact with... and the illusion resembles the visions you had when you tried experimenting with time ether several hours ago. Perhaps it's playing out events that would have happened if not for its interference.

But you're not sure what to do about it. You're fairly sure it was your own time magic that unleashed this thing. You don't think you can safely handle the ether. Perhaps another wizard who wasn't displaced in time might, but you don't know of any around here...

...Except yourself.

Your younger self isn't aware of his powers yet, but he still has them. But merely waking him up would obviously disrupt the timeline, let alone explaining things to him. And without your experience, would he even be capable of controlling the ether that well?

Wait. You do know of another wizard. The woman at the warehouse used a spell. On the other hand, she'd hardly be cooperative... but if you could convince her, the timeline might be preserved. Assuming she's even where you left her - she might well have fallen victim for all you know.

Well. As far as you can tell, those are your choices. And whichever one you go with, you're going to need to think very carefully about how to approach them.