Remy LeBeau (Gambit) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kineticcajun) wrote2012-05-06 12:18 am
kineticcajun) wrote2012-05-06 12:18 am
7th Card Dealt [Action/Voice]
[Just as the afternoon is winding down today, Gambit is waking up. In the middle of the woods. With the damned journal right next to him. Only as far as he can tell, it's the middle of the night, which is weird, because he can't hear any crickets or anything. But it's pitch dark out, in any case.
Which is also weird, because he should be able to see just fine in the dark, but that's another matter entirely.
He spends a while feeling around in the dark, trying to figure out a sense of direction (moss grows on the north side of trees, right?) before he ultimately figures, screw it, the enclosure is only so big, walking far enough in one direction will eventually lead him somewhere. The sooner he can find his way back to his apartment, the better. Everything hurts, up to and including his pride, but being stuck with nothing but a bunch of lunatic scientists for a couple weeks did little for his comfort levels in this place.
A couple hours and several bumps into trees later, he admits defeat. Whatever direction he's walking in (south...?), he's not getting anywhere except into more tree trunks. He's lost. And the fact that he can't see a damned thing is creeping up into a growing sense of panic. But now isn't the time to freak out. He can ride through this. He's been through worse.
But just this once, he's going to have to eat his big LeBeau Sense of Pride. Out comes the journal.]
[Voice]
Alright, alright. Y'all didn't move the village in the las' couple weeks, did you? Don't seem like it's where I left it.
Which is also weird, because he should be able to see just fine in the dark, but that's another matter entirely.
He spends a while feeling around in the dark, trying to figure out a sense of direction (moss grows on the north side of trees, right?) before he ultimately figures, screw it, the enclosure is only so big, walking far enough in one direction will eventually lead him somewhere. The sooner he can find his way back to his apartment, the better. Everything hurts, up to and including his pride, but being stuck with nothing but a bunch of lunatic scientists for a couple weeks did little for his comfort levels in this place.
A couple hours and several bumps into trees later, he admits defeat. Whatever direction he's walking in (south...?), he's not getting anywhere except into more tree trunks. He's lost. And the fact that he can't see a damned thing is creeping up into a growing sense of panic. But now isn't the time to freak out. He can ride through this. He's been through worse.
But just this once, he's going to have to eat his big LeBeau Sense of Pride. Out comes the journal.]
[Voice]
Alright, alright. Y'all didn't move the village in the las' couple weeks, did you? Don't seem like it's where I left it.
[Action]
Oui. Pretty much. A li'l bit bruised, but I'll live.
[He can't remember much about the experimentation, though, and that just freaks him out. So he's trying not to think about it.]
[Action]
[Action]
Ain't gettin' any visits from any vampires. [They ain't even real. He wants to argue it, but it's pointless here and he knows it.
Just. Trying to walk towards Obi-Wan's voice here. And very nearly tripping over a rock.]
[Action]
"Perhaps it's best if I guide you back."
[Action]
[Action]
"Don't worry. We can find you a cane of some sort in the village. For now, simply walk ahead of me slowly and I'll keep you from hitting anything."
[It would be easier to keep a hand on his shoulder and lead him, but you're talking to the Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn, and the former Master of Anakin Skywalker.
Trust me. He knows a need for independence when he sees one.]
[Action]
[It's bound to be gone by the morning, right. It'll get better. Nothing's permanent here.
But he still slowly starts walking ahead, one hand held out to try to feel the way in case of any low-hanging branches.]
[Action]
[Yeah, you're totally gonna have a cane dropped off overnight while you sleep.]
[Action]
Jus' gotta get back in the village first, that's all.
[Action]
"Quite. Oh, and you may wish to take a step to the left before you continue, there's a protruding root in your path."
[And so, Obi-Wan begins directing Gambit patiently through the darkening forest back toward the village.]