10th Card Dealt [Action]

[kineticcajun]

[Gambit is back from his mission... finally. And he's definitely looking worse for the wear. With one Severely Black Eye, it's probably at least fairly clear that he did something to irritate the Malnosso while he was gone, although the rest of the effects aren't immediately obvious. Until he opens his mouth, of course. And then he's painfully, stereotypically British.

Which is precisely why he's trying not to run his mouth like he usually does.

There are, however, a few points of importance. He may have slipped off with fairly little notice to the mission, but he does mean to let the people who really matter know that he's back. Which is all of four people, but he's still making the effort.

First it's a trip to the Item Shop. He's outside of his usual Not Until After 3 policy, but he's finding it hard to care. After that, it's off to the Battle Dome clinic... which is oddly bereft of Adele, so he decides he'll track down Obi-Wan (wherever he might be) instead, since that should be just as efficient. He does leave a Joker card on Adele's desk, though, before slipping back out. It's just as good a signal that he's alive and well as seeing her, he's sure. And last but not least, Lupin.

And then it's back home to collapse in bed and sleep. Or at least that was the plan until the fierce craving for tea finally overwhelms him and he ends up at Seventh Heaven instead.

Thanks, Malnosso.]

Comments

[kineticcajun]

No tofu. I can make do only using vegetables. [Although, to be fair, he could probably season the tofu so that it wouldn't be quite so... tofu-ish. It does soak up flavor if you cook it right. But he didn't particularly feel like testing if he could cook tofu all that well.]

As for the catering, I can certainly help. When is this party, by the way? [Because he doubted if he would be invited to Thanksgiving with the X-Men again, but if that door was open again, he wanted to make sure he would space his time properly.]

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin would never wish the horror of tofu on Gambit...]

Great! I had a feeling that you'd help! [Because he did, truly. They were a few scoundrels who were surrounded by law-abiding citizens. It was only right that they stick together.] I'm planning it for the the fifth of November, so we have a few weeks to prepare.

[The date was also his birthday, and only a week short of his Lucetiversary. Time had flown by at an exhausting speed.]

It's also after Halloween, [and when he was eligible for getting his Penalty removed,] so we can avoid the mess that everyone says is coming. How bad is it, really?

[kineticcajun]

[He gave a nod in answer. A few weeks was more than enough. Thanksgiving contributions only took a couple hours last year, not including taking over the turkey from Rogue. And besides, this was way earlier. He'd have more than enough time.

At the mention of Halloween, though, his expression darkened again. Wasn't that a fun time. Okay, it had been kind of fun once he had stopped caring and made a game out of it, but in a very twisted way.]

Last year, a meteor crashed into the village. Nobody survived. I would like to think that this year won't be quite so dramatic, but I can't say that I would put anything past the bloody Malnosso.

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin frowned at that. He had heard it before, but the knowledge only left him wondering about what kind of psychological damage that the Malnosso would inflict this year.]

...I missed that one by two weeks. Apparently one of my partners tried to cut it down.

[kineticcajun]

[All else aside, that memory did make Gambit give a lopsided grin.]

I think I remember that. I tried to blow it up. It did not seem to want to budge. Shame, that.

[redjacketthief]

[The thought of Ishikawa Goemon XIII cutting down the moon with his mighty Zantetsuken would never bore him. It was typical of the ronin because the moon itself was a challenge that he needed to surpass.

Lupin mirrored that smile in fond memory of his friend.]

Hopefully we don't need to try blowing moons up this year. You think that they'll be kind enough to give us a night of debauchery instead?

[kineticcajun]

My, that would be a treat, wouldn't it? [He would love a chance for just a plain old Halloween night Earth-style to happen, but he really doubted it would. If the Malnosso had a chance to mess around, they would take it. With a frown, his tone took a decided turn for bitterly sarcastic.]

I'm almost certain they'll opt for a trick instead, though.

[redjacketthief]

Of course they will. They're who they are.

[He shrugged. It was a thought, and one that he wanted to place a little hope in.

The elevator dinged when they reached the third floor and the door slid open, immediately stopping any flow of conversation that Lupin had.]

We're at the other end, Fujiko and I. Room 11.

...excuse the mess. We're still getting everything settled.