Swamped

You wonder if the noise is even real. Long said you had a lot of excess ether or something like that, plus you've been pulled out of time. The wizard seemed to react to it too, but Mantis looked younger by a good forty years at least. So the wizard's probably not in his own time either.

You could ask if anybody else heard it, but if you were going to do that now, you'd draw a lot of attention to yourself. Best to pull away and maybe see about breaking up that fight...

"Don't know where you got that purple get-up, but it's absolutely perfect," someone says as you turn around. "The color of shame! What could better symbolize Mackenzie's younger, more idealistic self being disgusted with who he's become?"

You have no idea who this is, but they seem to think you're part of the show.

"You weren't like this when we were younger," someone on the stage says sadly.

"Oh, dear, look at me gushing. Nearly stepped on your cue! Get out there and knock 'em dead!"

It's probably safest to go along with this. Not like you can ruin the show much more than it's already been ruined.

You step out onto the stage, and improvise a line.