By Riley Gutiérrez McDermid The social media company now has an ever-more-serious scenario to contemplate. The ongoing game of footsie between billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and social media platform Twitter reached a new stage April 22, as Musk began major steps towards buying the company. The business pages have been full of various back-and-forth lobs and volleys between the two over the last three weeks. It all began when Musk announced that he had acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the company’s largest shareholder at the time. That title has since been reclaimed by the Vangua…