[ Action, Voice ] Seven of Diamonds
[Rogue has spent this entire experiment week completely unaffected. If she were the kind of person inclined to use blackmail, that would be just peachy. Instead, after figuring out the theme, she's gone from resigned to amused to bitter in the blink of an eye. Kind of the Malnosso to remind her that fairy tales and happily ever afters just aren'
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...and that was a very bad thought.
She blinks and her frown deepens before she leans back and flicks her gaze up to his face.]
You're right, it shouldn't be too much ta clean up.
[Rogue hesitates for a moment - is she sure she wants to show him this? It will just make her tired afterwards. And a close encounter with some hydrogen peroxide. All the same... if she does this she can call the whole thing even. She can't even be genuinely mad at him for kissing her; she knows the way the experiment has been and if he hadn't then who knows how many people would have been caught in the experiment's compulsion? And he dragged her here so she wouldn't hurt anyone, and got hurt himself doing it.
Yeah. This is right.]
...just hold still.
[She slowly stretches out one ( ... )
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Please. I'm not dragging you anywhere. You can do what ya like, I don't care.
[I don't care what you do.]
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[That's why you're still huddled up in his coat like you own the thing, right? Not that he minds.
For the record, he's slowly leading them back towards the X-Men house. He picks things up, you know.]
'Sides, I never said it had to be you doin' the dragging. Don't those clinics have some kinda muscle to haul people in 'round here?
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If they do, I don't know about it.
[Rogue avoids the clinic and the Med Lab. How is she going to explain to the doctors there that she can't be touched? She'd rather not put herself in their hands.]
People seem ta mostly care for their own around here. There are those groups around if someone really needs attention, but other'n that it's like the Hatfields an' the McCoys.
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Prob'ly best that way anyway. We all got our own problems.
[Like the various mutations. Somehow he doubts doctors from some other world would know how to approach any of them if their powers went out of control and they needed help.]
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One thing's for sure, we've got more'n enough ta worry about without clan wars.
[If you look very closely, squint, and then turn sideways it may be possible to discern the faint outline of an olive branch here.]
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[Despite the mild and off-handed tone, there's still some past irritation rankling beneath the surface. He's had more than his fill of clan wars, thanks. If there's one thing he doesn't begrudge Luceti, it's finally getting him a break from all of that back home.]
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...walking isn't supposed to be this tiring.]
Can't give people too much credit for intelligence. But fortunately, most people around here don't seem willin' ta stir up that kinda trouble.
[So far.]
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Small miracles, non? Nice t'get a bit of a break from it.
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[...oh, it looks as though they're coming up on the X-House. She's not at all surprised that he knows where they live, but... Huh.]
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And if it's any consolation, he hasn't abused the knowledge of where this house is yet. Just kept it filed away for future reference. Look how it comes in handy! Sort of.]
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An' my perspective is that it sucks.
[She tries very hard not to start listing alphabetically why it sucks.]
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Well. This place is pretty lousy. Can't argue with that.
[And here they are. Gambit stops where he is, not bothering to go up the walkway towards the house. This is a boundary that he will respect for the time being. He nods in the general direction of the house.]
Think you oughta be fine from here, non? Unless Storm's still kidnappin' princesses or somethin'.
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[She's not sure how she feels about him 'dropping her off' here as if she needs to go in and rest. But... between the psyche rush a bit earlier and then using Nala, Rogue could use some time to clear her head. Not to mention that she needs to work on getting over whatever just happened - including sorting into place the fact that she just had a quasi-friendly conversation with Gambit.] I'm pretty sure I can manage the walk up the path to the doorway.
[She leans towards it as if to start. And yes, she is preparing to walk off with your coat.]
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[Yes. Yes, she is preparing to take off with his coat in tow. Somewhere in the back of his mind, there's a nagging thought that the master thief is getting his coat lifted, and this is not right. It's a very nice coat, after all. And it's the only one he has in this giant glass bowl.
...But she probably needs it more right now anyway. Besides, it's not like she'll never give it back. Somehow he doubts she's keeping it out of sentimentality.
Even though she's walking off with the remainders of his card ammunition. Alas.]
Guess this's the end of the road for now, then. [Here, he can keep up the Prince Charming charade long enough for a bow.] 'Til we meet again, chere.
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...the bow, however, flusters her a little. She tries to hide it, but her eyes go wide and give her away.]
Right.
[Lame come back, Rogue. Lame! Don't you have anything better to say than this? No? ...then you'd better beat a quick retreat, girl. And that is just what she starts to do, his coat still draping her shoulders - and then she realizes that she doesn't really want to have to find him and give it back, or explain to anyone in the house just how she got this rather distinctive accessory...
She pauses, her back to him, and struggles to shrug it off. It shouldn't be hard, but her limbs feel heavy and the coat isn't exactly light.]
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