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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[callmegambit]

Remy nodded. "Always did. But I was also very good at getting out of it again." He winked at her.

"When i was a kid,I got into so many kinds of trouble it shocked people, but I was also the one who ended the trouble. And people knew it."

[whereishe]

"I knew someone who always caused us trouble and I suppose we did always find a way out again." Yuna smiled thinking of the times that Tidus or Rikku has pulled her into trouble. Rikku more so though she and Paine usually got them out of it again.

"You know, I miss it a little."

[callmegambit]

Remy grinned at her. "Yeah? That's normal, I think. But we lived and go on, and we find new ways to get into trouble." He winked at her.

"Some trouble is more fun than others."

[whereishe]

Yuna giggled softly. "That's true." Her eyes looked wistful at the thought.

"Whenever Rikku and Brother agreed we usually ended up in trouble." They were siblings that didn't often get along.

[callmegambit]

Remy laughed at that. He recalled days with Belle and Henri and fun that seemed to never end, until it did. "But sometimes it's nice to not be in trouble too."

So that they wont expect it when you get into trouble.

[whereishe]

"That's true." Yuna laughed softly. "What's your favorite memory then? Of getting into trouble?"

Her tone was light and curious as she leaned forward in her seat listening.

[callmegambit]

Remy chuckled, remembering one day that would never fade from memory. "Prolly be the time me and Henri were out wandering the quarter and we ran into the chocolate baguette store, this really upscale place. Now, Henri's pop, he was a crazy man, but he had rules, and the rules definitely prohibited robbing a shop in our part of town. But me and Henri, we had a knowing of the sweet tooth of Mama Mattie. And this shop owner had gotten in he favorite kind, but they were holding out, raising the price. So we made sure to make a mess on the way in and the way out, took her favorite kind and bamboozled, with no evidence of our identities left behind."

Remy chuckled.

"But that was just the start. That shop owner turned out to be a voodoo chief, and we spent the next few months attacking an counterattacking him through the city. Until we managed to get what he couldn't and stop him, once and for all. But that, as they say, is another story."

[whereishe]

"Sounds like it was a good time." She couldn't stop the wide smile that spread across her lips. That sounded like her Rikku and Paine though they hadn't run into anything involving voodoo.

Yuna sat back in her chair bringing her drink in her lap as she crossed her legs. "What's voodoo?" She was the curious type so of course should he mention a story, she was going to ask about it.

[callmegambit]

"It is several things. For some, it is a religion. For others, it is a form of magic. And still for others, it is a game played for fun." Remy nodded. "S'been many things for many people."

He shrugged. "It's different to each person."

[whereishe]

Yuna'a head tilted curiously to the side. "That doesn't really tell me what it is." Though she supposed he was being coy on purpose.

If it was magic then that might be interesting but if it was a religion Yuna's interest plummets. She didn't have good memories of religious groups.

[callmegambit]

"It's magic to me. It's a kind of magic involving spirits and ancestors and beings called the Loa. But I don't know a lot about it." Remy shrugged. "I've never taken the time to learn more."

He had not wanted to learn more as a kid, and now, he rarely had the time.

[whereishe]

"Sounds similar to my magic." Yuna sighs softly looking down at her drink. "Maybe you can learn more here?"

One thing that Yuna had while she's been here was time and finding ways to fill it proved to be difficult at times.

[callmegambit]

"Maybe. If I want, I might." He had never really cared enough to, also.

"Research can be fun with friends." He waggled his eyebrows at her.

[whereishe]

"If that's an invitation then I'd be happy to." Yuna laughed softy. She loved to discover be it in books or in adventures.

She took a sip of her drink almost finishing it and setting it to the side.

[callmegambit]

Remy grinned at her and poked her lightly. "Then we can do it together, maybe in a few days?"

He grinned at her and nodded. "How have your adventures been going?"

[whereishe]

"Yeah." She paused with a nervous grin trying to figure out what to say. "Adventures? I suppose well. I've learned about a lot of new things. Recently."

Her cheeks blushed faint, the hue covered by her wide smile.

[callmegambit]

"Good. Nothing wrong with that. Finding your own way and learning things means you are enjoying life." Remy nodded.

Her blush made him grin. "Those kinds of things, eh? Good for you."

[whereishe]

She felt her cheeks burn a little brighter even while she tried to stop them. "Not like that... I mean.. like that but.." Yuna put her head in her hands as she tried to figure out what she had wanted to say.

This shouldn't be so embarrassing but there was something about Remy that made it hard for her to keep her cool.

[callmegambit]

Remy chuckled, then reached out to grip her shoulder gently and squeeze. "It's okay. Good on you. You deserve a good life and lots of fun." He nodded, approving.

[whereishe]

She looked up, her two toned eyes meeting his with a smile. Her cheeks aren't so red but she was still a little flustered.

"Thanks. I'm not really used to it." which was obvious by her reaction.

[callmegambit]

Eyes met eyes, and he grinned. She was definitely getting better at this. "But you are seemingly getting better about that." He nodded to her.

"Good."

[whereishe]

"I guess so. It's still really strange. I'm sort of used to just doing what I wanted but.. I don't know. I hadn't really expected to be around this long." She sighed letting her head rest in the palm of her hand. She wasn't the type to over think things but being on this ship had given her to much time to think lately.

[callmegambit]

Remy smiled at her and nodded. "No sure I like being around this long either. But for now, I'm stuck, and you're stuck, and we have to try to make the best of it, I'll wager."

He had been having his own adventures.

[whereishe]

She smiled. "I guess so. What have you been up too?" She took a sip from her drink watching him as he spoke. She was sure he was having fun of his own, he didn't seem the sort to sit around and be idol.

Yuna sat back in her seat finishing her drink and setting it to the side.

[callmegambit]

Sparring in the holodeck with a friend, teaching dragon poker and Fizban Proper to some crewpeople, as well as Cajun Spin, and other games that this time apparently doesn't know." He chuckled. "Greeting a few old friends who showed up, and mostly staying out of trouble, for now."