Ten Forward, Open

[callmegambit]

Personal Log, stardate 44195.79851598155...

After recording his log, Remy looked around the expanse of Ten Forward, smiling, as his hands almost automatically drew out a new deck of cards, opened them, and then started shuffling them. But not normally.

Remy was fond of games. He liked games especially if they were skill games, ones requiring an expenditure of effort, not just to win the game, but to show you had some skill in some area. He had played many such back home, from roofrunning to thievery, and he had never backed down from them. He liked them, and what each one brought to his mind new ideas and new variations of old skills and abilities.

Coming up with new ways to shuffle cards was one such thing, and as he watched the room, he began using one new technique after another. Side shuffle, flip the tip, run the line, and more were added to a normal shuffle, then made more complex by card being flipped in the air, and caught, sometimes slowly, and sometimes faster. He wasn't being flashy about it, or trying to catch attention, he was just working on being busy.

For the moment.

(ooc: The thread with Elizabeth has entered into nsfw territory.)

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[magneticxman]

Lorna was wandering when she saw Gambit shuffling his cards. She wandered over, grateful to see a familiar face that didn't bring up terrible memories. She'd always had an attraction to him, which she realize he now knew. Leave it to her to tell a guy she'd been fantasizing about that she was doing it in a moment of stress.

She strode over and sat across from him, grabbing a card out of his stack. "Settling in okay?"

[callmegambit]

"Hello, Lorna. I've been doing finestkind."

Remy grinned as he saw her, placing the cards on the table and nodding to her. "Always grabbing the Joker, eh?" He knew which card she had, because he always knew, he always had that much knowledge of what he was doing with cards.

"How're you doing?"

[magneticxman]

Lorna gave Remy a wry smile and handed the card back. "Seems like. Doesn't matter here. None of my old jokers are around to bother me." In a way it was easier. There was no chance she'd bump into Alex here. If only she could stop wishing to see him around every corner.

[callmegambit]

Remy dealt her a card without looking and flipped it face up. It was the King of Diamonds.

"I can't heal your heart, beauty, but I can be one who helps you deal. A friend, maybe, with benefits." His eyes carried the smirk, even as his mouth did.

[magneticxman]

Lorna eyed him and the card in front of her. "It never goes well. Someone always gets attached." She gently pushed the card back. "But once. . . Well it's hard to get to attached after one night together." She spoke carefully, mulling things over as she went. Maybe that would help her. She hoped so.

[callmegambit]

"If that's what you want, Lorna. Don't want you to do what you don't feel right about." He smiled softly, hating to see her hurting like this.

[magneticxman]

"Then make it feel good," Lorna replied. "I want that right now. You, I mean. I want you because we are friends and because you're a good person. Also a sexy person." She spoke softly, but her expression was intense.

[callmegambit]

"It'd be my pleasure, Lorna, if that's what you want. " He met her intense expression, with his own. But he also wondered about whether she was suddenly ready, for real.

"Come on and let's go talk." He rose and extended her his hand.

[magneticxman]

She took his hand and stood, sighing softly. "I guess all I really want is to feel good and make someone else feel good, if I'm being honest."

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Elizabeth blushed when she saw Remy. He had shown her quite a time a few days ago. Today she was baby free and might have time to chit chat before tearing his clothes off. She took a moment to remember his name, then walked over, her hips swinging a little. "I hope you're not bored, Remy."

[callmegambit]

Remy smirked when he saw her, and waved a hand. She brought back good memories of a very nice welcome. "Never bored with a beauty like you around, chere'." He waved a hand toward the chair opposite him. "How're you enduring our strange new world?"

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Elizabeth took the indicated seat, crossing her legs so that her dark pencil skirt slid up her hips. "I'm doing fine. My father is here and he has Anne for a little while. Are you playing all by yourself? That would be such a shame." She smiled at him, hoping it looked confident and seductive. Flirting was fun!

[callmegambit]

he eyed her legs and smirked. "Nice legs, Elizabeth."

He noticed these things, you know. He canted his head to the side. "Remy plays by himself most of the time. Unless you'd like to lend a hand?"

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

"I find it hard to believe you don't have plenty of friends to play with," Elizabeth said with a laugh. "But I would be willing to play if you want to play with me. I had fun last time."

[callmegambit]

"Sometimes, I do, but not that many." He almost said He wasn't Logan, but that sounded mean. Instead, he lifted her hand to kiss her fingers, teasing kisses along each one.

"Perhaps we can try it and see what we like, yes?"

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

His kisses made Elizabeth squirm in her seat, her mouth opening to let out soft moans of pleasure. "I think you know what I like already, but I'd love to explore more."

[callmegambit]

Remy smirked wider as he saw her reactions. "Well, there's always more to learn, beauty." He winked at her. "My place or yours?" He was always up for a little fun, and she had already proven herself interesting and curious-making.

[whereishe]

"You look like your having fun."

Yuna had been seated at the bar when she saw Remy begin his tricks. She couldn't say she wasn't interested in the way his hands glided the cards so she stood with her drink in hand and walked over. She had a smile and compared to the last they met she was almost glowing. Her emotions were easily read and this one would definitely be happiness.

"Mind if I join you for a short bit?"

[callmegambit]

"Yuna!" He rose and gently patted her shoulder, then nodded, waving her to the chair across from him. "S'good to see you. I should hope you would. What've you been up to?"

His smile was warm as he favored her with it. Remy liked people, and here, he had met a lot of people who were better than the average Joe. And Yuna was one of the best, in his opinion.

he shuffled away the cards, and grinned at her. "You look happy."

[whereishe]

"Yes!" She sat placing her drink on the table while watching his hands set to work. It was hypnotic and very distracting.

"I've been getting things together to put on a concert."

[callmegambit]

"Yeah? Good." He grinned at her. "Going to sing during it?" He wanted to know, so he could be there to cheer her on.

[whereishe]

"Yup!"

She took a sip of her drink which after a strange mishap at the bar was just beer. It had enough of a taste to wash away the weird taste of her last drink. Experimenting wasn't always a good idea when you didn't know what things were called and you were on a spaceship.

Yuna smiled. "What have you been up too?"

[callmegambit]

Remy chuckled and nodded to her. "Mostly exercising, talking to the people who work and who runs shops here. Thinking about getting a job here." He wasn't sure, but he needed something to tide away time.

[whereishe]

"You can get jobs here?" She blinked setting her drink down. She hadn't really thought about getting a job here and she wondered what there would be.

"What sort of job?"

[callmegambit]

"Yes you can." He grinned at her. "I'm thinking about maybe working in a shop, or figuring out if they need people with very fast reflexes here." Remy had heard such skills might be something people needed.