kineticcajun | 3rd Card Dealt [Action/Voice]

[Finally. Finally the damn lights are out of his window. Gambit's never minded a little festivity, but when your eyes are sensitive to bright light, it gets a little hard to sleep when you can't. Take down. The Christmas lights.

So he's in a pretty good mood today. Snow aside, of course. He could do without that. But he's still venturing out in it - totally not slipping from time to time, you guys are imagining that - to swing by the grocery store.

Important business here. New Year's is coming up, and that means black-eyed peas. With the bad luck streak he's had going since he got here, he's going to need to make a ton of them for luck.

Which is making an idea dawn...]

[Voice]

What kinda New Year's celebrations y'all got 'round here? Seems like wit' all the dif'rent traditions poolin' in, there oughta be some kinda party. Gotta be one night outta the year this place gets good an' noisy.

[Filtered to Jubilee | 80% locked]

Hey, petite. I'm t'inkin' we could use some fireworks next weekend. Sound like a plan?

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I make a pretty impressive risotto. Parmigiana too.

[There is a short pause in which Gambit silently baffles at himself that he doesn't have some sort of pick-up line to answer with. What the hell is wrong with him today. Must be the lack of sleep.]

That so? That part of your draw for that New Years party, too?

I was going to leave the menu to Sanji, though I'm sure I'll bake at least several dozen brownies and cookies. No, I'll be the hostesses for the night and doing my job behind the bar and on stage.

[He's heard of Sanji and yet never met him. This is probably a good thing, though Gambit doesn't know it.]

Well, guess I'll jus' stop by for that, then.

I'll be keeping an eye out for you and your fireworks. What can I expect here?

Well, we got two of us workin' on it. Not too many specifics, but 'round midnight, keep an eye out.

[Between him and Jubilee, they can probably put on one hell of a light show.]

You got it. I have a friend I was going to ask about fireworks, he has some pretty impressive magic. Should I send him your way?

If your friend don't mind this not bein' the mos' organized, then sure.

[Because the way he's picturing this, it's probably going to be him and Jubilee having a ridiculous amount of fun just making things go boom.]

What's your friend's name? So I know who I'm lookin' for.

I don't think he'll mind at all.

[Because Helios will probably have fun making stuff go boom too.]

Helios.

I really appreciate you offering to help. One less thing for me to worry about.

Anythin' for a pretty lady.

[There's his charm. The draft must have taken it out of him more than he realized.]

I'll keep you posted, chere.

Thank you. I think we'll start the party at seven so you'll have plenty of time to eat and enjoy yourself. I'll need fireworks right at midnight though.

'Course. That's plenty'a time.

Great. The party is going to be at Seventh Heaven and Cloud Nine, but I'm going to get everyone outside or at least by the windows to see the show. You guys can pick out the best location to fire them off at.