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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Nice to meet you, Remy.

The many wonders of this place. Seems like it's the people without anything special that are in the minority now. Then again, there's filial magic for everyone.

[The strangest part is how much this resembles Magneto's plan to make humans into the minority. The world(s?) works in mysterious ways.]

Keeps t'ings interestin', at least. Kinda evens the playin' field a bit.

Doesn't seem to matter too much, though.

[There is an absolute absence of the usual fighting between powers and normals, at least.]

Not really, no. Outside of whatever the Malnosso may throw at us, it's very peaceful here. Surprising, but not really.

Guess we all got bigger t'ings on our minds, non?

Besides, no point to fight among ourselves when we're all pretty well comfortable.

[There's a small pause.]

Mind if I ask you a small question?

'Course I don't mind. [Although whether or not you will get a straight answer out of him is still in the cards.] Ask away.

Your accent... are you from Louisiana?

[She can probably hear the smile widening. You can take the Cajun out of Louisiana...]

Sure am. N'awlins, actually. Not from around there, are you, chere?

And afraid not. Up north, Davenport, Massachusetts. [As for why she sounds slightly Italian? Well, just blame her mother for that.] Been to New Orleans a few times though, around Mardi Gras if I can make it.

Bes' time to visit, non? Really brings the town alive. [Don't mind him, he loves his home town.]

Bet you're prob'ly more used to this kinda weather, though.

It really does. And the food, oh man, there's good food there.

I am, but I'm still more of a spring and summer kind of girl.

Sure is. Bes' food you'll ever find, you ask me.

[Tante Mattie will spoil you for any other kind of food.]

I can argue a few places that might have equal or better food, but it's some special.

Equal, maybe, but better? We're gonna haveta disagree on that, chere.

I'm required to stand up for fine Italian cuisine. Mother's side and all. But there's also something about seafood in Japan.

Ah. Fair 'nough. You gotta point wit' both of those.

[Still not as good as homemade jambalaya, but he'll grant they're both pretty damn good.]

However, I'll also admit a good bowl of jambalaya can give most things a run for its money.

If you got the right cook. [Grin.] Then again, maybe that's why I ain't ever had anythin' that beat it. Might hafta give Italian another try.

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?

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