FOURTH WALL - Joint Post

[kineticcajun]

JOINT POST for Gambit and Noa! Make a note in the subject line who you're wanting and I'll answer ♥



GAMBIT: Will be lurking around Good Spirits both nights, keeping an eye on who comes and goes. There will probably be much card shuffling.

NOA: Will be busy running around town the entire time and getting into everyone's business. Anyone, anywhere, any time, she'll be there and will be fascinated by all.

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[kineticcajun]

[Drink is a good idea. With a small smile, he lifts his glass as well and gives her a nod before drinking down some of the bourbon.

This really is bizarre, having someone who seems to know all of his secrets. Of course, if anyone can find them out, it's Rogue, but he's still a little curious if this was all a zap or just years of experience. From the way she's acting, he's leaning towards the latter.]

Guess I got a talent for bein' a thorn in your side no matter what the timeline, huh?

[He's joking, really, but he still knows he's a pain in the ass. Somehow he doubts his older self avoids ruffling her feathers.]

[kineticcajun]

[Nevermind the French lessons, there are more important things at hand here.]

Nothin' to rewind it? [Dieu, please don't tell him he's going to be an inch tall for the rest of his life.] Maybe you jus' need a minute to t'ink of it?

[glovesoff]

[She leans back and tucks a strand of hair behind an ear in an unknowingly familiar gesture and smirks.] Ya have your moments.

[And then Rogue takes a sip of her whiskey. Her message delivered, the ball's in his court.

...although she will admit, to herself, that she's curious about this version of his younger self... and whatever version of her own younger self there is as well.]

[livesinatree]

I guess I could take a bash at it? [SO UNSURE.] Um... just a second.

[She'll just... point her hands a Gambit and give this a try.]

What was done, now undo... return you to the form that's true? [... Now to see if it actually works or if it messes him up even more.]

[kineticcajun]

[It's complicated. It always is. But still, the familiarity of some of her gestures pulls a low laugh out of him, even as he wonders if Rogue will grow into this sort of confidence. It fits her. It fits her really well.]

I'll take that as a "yes."

[His tone may be bordering on flirty, but the charm isn't quite turned up to maximum.]

But I promise I make up for it.

[kineticcajun]

[THE SPELL, IT DOES NOTHING]

...Maybe we oughta let you recharge a bit first.

[livesinatree]

[FUCK.

Also she doesn't know what recharge means.]

Are you sure? I'm positive I can get it right if I try again. [No, she can't.]

[kineticcajun]

[He's hesitant to let her try again and risk becoming only a centimeter tall, but... sigh.]

Okay. One more try, then I t'ink waitin' a few minutes is prob'ly for the best.

[livesinatree]

[Hey, with how her magic sometimes goes he may not even end up being the same species. IT'S LIKE A ROULETTE OF HORROR.]

Alright, just give me a moment. [She points her hands, recites again, and... looks away because oh gosh what if she screws up again?]

[glovesoff]

[A low, amused sound. Having been the recipient of the full-on flirtatious charm of the man that he grows up to be, she's familiar with all the degrees and - heh, he must still be feeling her out.]

Ya have your moments.

[She repeats herself with warm amusement, perfectly comfortable leaving him to guess.]

[kineticcajun]

[Something. Feels very weird. It's familiar, and something tells him it's been years since he last--

oh hell the card he's standing on is charging without him trying.

That, and his hair is frizzing out really badly.

WHAT KIND OF FAIRY ARE YOU oh god time to get off this card, he can't stop the charge. And he's carting you up on the way, Crysta, and running with you because it would take too long to explain.

Don't mind the kaboom behind them of that card going up.]

[kineticcajun]

[Now you've got him curious.]

Speakin' from experience, chere?

[Future self, he salutes you if that's the case.]

[glovesoff]

[A quick upwards quirk of her lips.]

It ain't polite ta kiss an' tell.

[And the two of them have done so much more than kiss. A small smile and Rogue takes another sip of her drink.]

[livesinatree]

[Crysta doesn't understand why Gambit is suddenly running away or what he picked her up - A HUMAN PICKED HER UP OH GOODNESS - and she really doesn't understand this and BOOM OH GOD WHAT IS THAT BOOM WHAT IS IT WHY DID IT HAPPEN WHAT IS GOING ON???

Sorry, Gambit, Crysta's just going to fly out of your grasp to try and get a better look at what just happened. Of course, almost just as quickly she flies right back.]

What happened? Can all humans do that?

[kineticcajun]

[Yep. That's a salute alright. How he's supposed to get past not so much her mutation as her aversion to letting anyone try to get past the mutation, he has no clue, but there's an odd sense of triumph that it can be done.]

An' what if I'm technically the same person? Don't count in that case, does it?

[He's teasing more than anything, but damn if he isn't curious.]

[kineticcajun]

[It's probably a good thing she did fly away, because now his gloves are itching and merde the palms are catching fire.

Tearing these off and stomping them out now.

Yeah, this is familiar.]

Non. That's somethin' only I do, far as I've found.

[glovesoff]

[Heh, he looks so impressed with himself, it's almost cute.]

In that case, Ah think you should go first.

[Eyebrows up, and another sip of whiskey.] Ya obviously knew me - what about it?

[kineticcajun]

[It's more encouragement than it should be. Really.

He takes another swig of bourbon, chuckling despite himself.]

Ain't much to tell. [And the security cameras in Magneto's joint would probably have more to say about the only non-experiment-related kiss he's ever gotten, but that's beyond the point.] The you I know ain't too keen on lettin' me much closer'n this.

[Not that he doesn't push that barrier all the time, but still.]

[glovesoff]

[Ah - now that's. Interesting. She could ask if the other her flirts back, but. She's not sure how much of an advantage she wants to give this particular younger version of the man that won her heart. Because it took a good long time, and a lot of it when he was chasing her for some damn fool idiot reason of his own, for her to win his. And if it's still about the challenge for him, then... well... it's probably best the two of them figure it out their own way.

Instead her gaze flickers to their proximity - easy, comfortable space, not the sort that her younger self would enforce.]

If she's lettin' you this close, ya must've done somethin' right.

[livesinatree]

[Oh dear, this isn't very good.]

So...it's like a magic that only you can do. [... And she made it mess up, didn't she? ;;]

[kineticcajun]

[No worries, just overflowing with kinetic energy again. It's happened before. At least he's in miniature this time.]

Somethin' like that. It's a part of who I am. Prob'ly more science than magic, though.

[do fairies even know what science is]

[livesinatree]

...'Science'? [THERE'S YOUR ANSWER, GAMBIT.]

[kineticcajun]

[She would know best, wouldn't she? Aside from younger!Rogue, who he suspects would probably prefer knocking him out to confirming out loud if he's doing things right by her. Especially considering all the stupid things he's done in the past.

The smile that twitches onto his face may be a small one, but it's genuine as well. He hasn't quite realized that second part just yet.]

Maybe. [And we'll see how long it takes him to mess that up. Not that he intends to.] Not sure what it was, but I'll try to keep it goin'.

[kineticcajun]

[YEP, SURE IS]

Nevermind, petite.

[glovesoff]

Good. [She'll raise her glass in toast again.] Good luck.

[She can say that and mean it. She wants these younger versions to be happy. And she knows that when things were going right, she was never happier than when she was with Remy. And happy is the hardest thing to be, after all.]