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[Gambit has been a frequent visitor of the Battle Dome lately. Not that he wasn't shy about visiting it before, but ever since the moon fell, he's been working out the excess irritation through copious amounts of explosions. Early today, he goes through his usual training of increasing difficulty in the Battle Dome, working his way up from a warmup into an all-out survival match worthy of the Danger Room the X-Men had back home. Despite the chains of explosions, he still emerges from it all without a scratch.

After cooling down by just wandering idly around the Battle Dome for a while, it's back out into the snow. And Remy hates snow. For one, bad memories (babysitting Wolverine and Sabertooth both in a snowstorm is not a fun experience); but also, he's just not built for snow. Thank god for this nice warm coat.

After a brief trip into the grocery store, he's heading back to his apartment to make some gumbo. Nevermind all this winter weather noise, it's time for something hot and spicy to warm up with.

Community Building 1, hope you don't mind the delicious gumbo scent wafting around the ground floor.

Eventually, after checking to see if the snow has stopped - and seeing that it hasn't - he'll turn to the journals.]

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Still snowin', huh.

Is it always this cold this early 'round here? Or is this jus' a sign we're in for a real rough winter?

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[....Talking cat. He read about this sort of thing in the Guide, but this is the first he's actually witnessed it firsthand. And so he just stares blankly for a beat or two.]

...No problem.

[...what else do you say to a cat thanking you for food.]

[...Rogue. Why do you do these things to him. Such joy over some coffee. It's such a slip from the usual guarded attitude they keep up around one another that he ends up forcing back a smile of his own. Can't be doing that. He doubts either one of them would much know what to do about it.]

Such a pretty smile, chere. [He means it. He really does. Which is why he is not making eye contact as he says it.]

...They oughta keep more of dat coffee around.

Still pretty low, homme. [And yet he doesn't sound too bothered.] You sure you didn't hang out with those Brotherhood fools in your spare time? I t'ink they mighta rubbed off on you.

[Yes, well, he wasn't being all that serious about it anyway.]

I hope not. It's hard enough getting Toad's gunk out of my fur.

Somethin' tells me I don't wanna know that story.

I...think it was pretty cold around this time too last year.

[Her eyes cut to him sharply at the compliment. There's less than a fraction of a second of hesitation - why isn't he looking at her? - before she resumes a normal, guarded expression. She drops her gaze and looks for a third bag of the coffee. Yes, she is taking it all back with her.]

Seems like they should do a lotta things they don't do 'round here.

[Like a certain OTHER person she could name.]

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[Once she finishes bathing, she will settle on her haunches, studying Remy with that steady cat stare.]

I do not remember you from when I was here before. I am Foot.

Nobody wants to know that story.

Guess it's better to jus' get ready for more of it, then.

'preciate it, mademoiselle.

[The search for the third bag of coffee finally drags that smile out of him. It really shouldn't be so amusing, but hey.

From his vantage point a little higher up, he can see another bag further in the back on a higher shelf. And so he just fishes it out and holds it out without any comment about lending a hand.]

Guess you got me there. It's def'nitely a trend in this place.

[Another one who left and came back. That's really not encouraging. Even cats aren't safe?]

Name's Remy. [First feeding, now introducing self to strays. Hm.] Jus' got here a couple months ago.

Why don't that surprise me?

[Her own search is less than fruitful, so she blinks up at him for a moment with a look of curious appreciation, reaches out to take the bag, and then hesitates.]

Ya ain't gonna charge it, right?

[The last time she took something from you, she almost lost a hand. More to the point, if you waste this coffee she will kill you dead. 8|]

[He can tell from that hesitation and the wary look that she's thinking of the card incident. And so, he shakes his head.]

Non. Not on orders from Magneto this time.

[The grin grows just a bit wider. He knows she'd probably rip his arm off and beat him with it if he did charge the coffee, but he still can't resist poking about it.]

Unless you wanna see all the beans poppin'... but that ain't on your list today, is it?

[Snatching that bag right out of your hand right now before you get the chance, thanks.] This ain't popcorn.

[Three. She shuffles them in her other arm awkwardly. Should have brought a bag. Maybe she will just have to stuff her pockets?

And she's... tempted, just now, to ask about Magneto. How did he end up with Magneto anyway? The memories are there if she wants to try to roll through and extract them, but...

And she hates asking about people's pasts. It's just too... involved.

...but maybe a round about shot could do the trick.] "Acolyte." S'funny, I nevah took you for a true believer.

[...real round about, Rogue.]

[Gambit's smile fades a bit at the second part, but he waves a hand dismissively. The past is never something he ever feels like going into much, and joining up with Magneto was one big chain reaction that he doesn't feel like getting into ever, let alone right now. There were far too many things weighing into it and none of them are anything Rogue needs to be dragged into.

But he can still answer in his own roundabout way.]

Prob'ly wasn't the best name for us. Colossus was no "believer" either... least out of all of us, I t'ink.

[The joke is honestly pretty half-hearted, but he still adds,] "Employee" mighta been a better word, but it sure don't have the same ring to it.

Because it's Toad. [Now stop being... amicable and stuff. Kurt is allowed to do that, but you can't do it back.]

[Hey Remy, guess who loves snow?]

[On his way out of the grocery, he might spy Ororo out and about as well. Which might be a surprise, as since the last experiment, she's been making efforts to keep from making contact with certain people... Gambit included.]

[But the snow was just so lovely today! She couldn't hide forever, and what's the harm in a walk? She's dressed in a coat, obviously for show because it doesn't look all that thick enough to keep her suitably warm.]

[A moment's pause as she weighs his response, but well, she's certainly not going to follow up on it. All the same, she didn't like not understanding. He was a rat. She knew that. But part of her knew that Remy had some good in him - he'd done what she hadn't even been able to do with his father, after all. She knew why she'd joined up with Mystique, that first time. She hadn't felt like she had any choice. But Gambit was someone who made his own choices...

She shakes her head.] Nah, it don't have the same flair for the dramatic ol' Magneto would demand. 'Least Ororo's cape is tasteful, but what else says 'I'm here ta blow up a schoolbus' like a red cape and hat, I don't know.

[Storm, you are crazy to be out in this weather in such a light coat. Seriously.

Gambit keeps on his way, giving her a small nod in greeting. And then he slips a little in the snow, but you didn't see that. Look, he's recovered from it already! There was absolutely no loss of traction. Pure work of the imagination.

He may still be recovering from post-experiment awkward himself, but talking will probably draw attention away from said work of the imagination.]

Ain't you cold like that?

["I'm here to blow up a schoolbus." He can't help but laugh over that one. ~~Especially funny considering that Gambit himself is a bus destroyer.~~ Grinning despite himself, he shakes his head.]

Well... I guess that's part of always tryin' to get people to sit up and take notice. Coulda lived wit'out all the drama, though.

[It may have been his choice to go there in the first place, but, well. It's always drama hour when you live with Sabertooth and Pyro.]

[And lose out on an opportunity to freak out Kurt by acting more friendly? Never!]

You gotta point there.

[Maybe he can maneuver this into Gambit coughing up some information. Motives. Backstory. Or something.]

I can't believe you actually work on the same side as him.

Not quite the same side, mon ami. Those fools weren't quite up to snuff as far as ol' Magneto was concerned.

[How's that for useful information?]

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