13443/Coffee and conversation

Coffee and conversation
Date of Scene:	05 June 2021
Location:	Teacher's Lounge, Second Floor, Xavier's School
Synopsis:	The X-men met, the dog is pet, and now the end of this story is set.
Cast of Characters:	Gambit, Phoenix, Cyclops

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Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau is usually happy to spend his downtime down at the boat house. Since he has the entire place to himself, he can enjoy the privacy and quiet. But this morning, disaster had struck in the form of his coffee machine catching fire. So for now he is in the teacher's lounge, sipping from a coffee cup, a small stack of French homework from the handful of students thaking summer classes sitting ignored as he scrolls through his laptop. Perhaps most unsusual though is his "companion" A medium sized dog sit's with it head on Remy's lap as he scratches it's ear. the dog only has one eye, but also has a tail nearly twice as long as the rest of him, softly swaying back and forth.

Phoenix has posed:
On some days, Jean is pretty scarce outside of her office. On other days, she's out and about fairly frequently. Yesterday had been one of those scarce days. Today, it seems she's to be seen. She walks into the lounge and nods to those that are here.. that happens to be Remy at this point. And a dog, apparently. She blinks at the dog, taking a bit of pause at seeing one where she wasn't expecting to, but then continues on toward the counter to make herself some tea. Because, of course, there's no rule against dogs for teachers. Students can even have them, if they have prior authorization.

"Remy," she says once she's gotten the hot water started. She moves to get out sugar and milk and sets both on the counter. And a tea mug. And a bag of prepackaged black tea.

Cyclops has posed:
Scott Summers is here, there and everywhere on a good day. On a bad day he's usually down in the garage working on his car or his bike, staying out of everyones way. At this moment in time, he's sort of pulling the same card as Jean. While the school isn't really his forte, he often makes himself known, chats with the staff and the students to make sure everyone is doing well. So - while not on Jean's heels - he does come in shortly after her, pausing as he spots Remy and the canine. "Cute dog." He offers, while also smiling at Remy and then motions. "You gonna grade that stack of papers, Remy?" This and a smirk before he walks over to Jean, placing a hand on her upper back.

"You feeling alright, Jean? Is there anything I can do for you?" Asking this softly, as a friend, or some such.

Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smirks a little bit as the pair walk in. "Jeanie, yah lookin' as ravishin' as evah." Typical Remy in that he'd say an 80 year old woman who just rolled out of bed in a house coat was ravishing, of course. He then nods to Scott adding "Fearless." at the comments directed to his pet however he grins a bit. "Dis is Jack, Yah c'n pet 'im if yah like. He friendly, but be warned dat yah end up wit' a friend foh life." A One-eyed Jack. Remy can be on the predictable side at times.

Phoenix has posed:
Jean Grey glances over her shoulder toward the door the moment Scott starts inside. She has a warm smile for him, and then turns back to her tea. "Scott. Remy. Would you two care for a cup of tea?" She glances toward the belaptopped X-man, and then back to what she's doing. Distracted, for a moment, by Scott's approach and his hand on her upper back, she nods to the soft question. "I'm alright." There's a slight emphasis on 'alright'. And she really does seem to be exactly that. "Nothing I can think of, no, but thank you."

Jean smiles over at the Cajun. "One-eyed Jack, hm? I like it, Remy." Either she pulled the thought from what she can 'hear' in the general surface thoughts, or she surmised it herself. Given how Jean tends to /not/ listen as much as possible, and what she knows of Remy, she probably surmised that name. Title? Title and name?

Cyclops has posed:
Scott Summers shifts to give Jean a gentle side hug and then gives a nod of his head. "I could use a cup of tea...and is likely better than coffee..." He says this with a chuckle before shuffling over towards the table where dog and Cajun sit. Kneeling down, he gives scritches to One-Eyed Jack, seeming content with doing such for a moment. "Just make sure he doesn't make a mess inside the school, and if he does, you clean it up." This before he stands up and takes a seat at the table across from Remy, silent in the moment.

Gambit has posed:
From the sudden source of new attention, Jack lifts his head and turns to Scott to give the other man better access to scratch. "Oh he could about dat... But Ah wouldn' leave any loose shoes layin' about wit' 'im around." He says with a smirk as the dog swings his massive tail back and forth with the force of a bull whip. He grins at Jean, assuming honestly that she just surmised the name from experience. "What c'n Ah say, when yah got a t'eme yah commit ta it. Riana trying ta get some painting done at de Dojo an' not wan' 'im tracking trough de paint... again." He says this second in almost an accusitory tone towards the mutt, who is now trying to get to Scott's face for a lick. He eyes the small stack of papers balefully and smirks. "Ah get ta dem, why not leave de kids in suspense a lil longer, non?" He gestures to his laptop screen. "Debatin' a show ta take 'er to dis weekend. Barrin' any alien invasions, Sentinel outbreaks, Sabertoot' coming ta visit or crazy mutant baby Doppleganger of ourselves invadin' de mansion..

Phoenix has posed:
That gentle side hug is leaned into for a moment, then straightens as the hugger moves off toward the dog. Jean retrieves another cup and tea bag and gets both ready. One tea bag per cup. She glances over her shoulder at the two guys, expression warm and, perhaps not so surprisingly, content. She chuckles at the shenanigans concerning the dog. "I can't blame her. Unless she /wants/ paw prints as part of the theme, of course."

Once the water's done, Jean pours it into the cups over the tea, then waits. Once it's properly steeped, she disposes of the bags and doctors the cups up. One with milk and sugar. The other with honey and lemon. She takes up both cups and walks over to Scott, offering the cup with honey and lemon in it. "Anything interesting to report? Has Henry come up with anything on poor Lucy?" Lucy would be Lucy McCallister, who happens to be an alumni who is currently being held unconscious.

Cyclops has posed:
Scott Summers enjoys the affections of the dog for the moment that it all lasts before he's sitting across from Remy. "S'long as the students aren't held in suspense for *too* long. Then you're just torturing them, and that's not nice." The man offers with a smirk before he turns his head a bit to regard Jean, taking the cup from her. "Thanks Jean." Setting the cup down, wanting it to cool off just a bit before he tries drinking from it.

"I haven't had a chance to track Beast down yet. I'll have to go see him in his office maybe, or I'll pay a visit to the infirmary myself and see how she's doing at least." Answering as if Jean was asking him. For all he knows, she could have been asking Remy. It's hard to tell sometimes. He finally picks up the cup and takes a slow sip of the tea. "Mmn, perfect as always, Jeanie. Thank you."

Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau vaguely recalls something his father once told him about when a woman prepares a man coffee, but just keeps it to a bit of a smirk and sips his own, smirking slightly. "Ah 'aven' 'eard anyt'ing eit'er." He admits with a bit of a serious face. "Course Henri coul' 'ave told me all about it, but Ah'd 'ave gotten los' about 'alf a sentence in, non?" he asks, smirking as Jack tries to bury his hand under Scott's no-longer-petting-the-dog hand.

Phoenix has posed:
Jean Grey raises a brow at Remy and that keeping a thought to himself. But she doesn't say anything. Nor does she say anything regarding suspence turning to torture. Instead, she sips her tea, all quiet-like. "You're welcome." And that's all she says, for the moment. Other than another, "You're welcome." Of course the tea is perfect. It was hard to tell who she was asking about Hank and Lucy. She'd probably left it non specific so both of them would answer.

For Hank, and getting lost half a sentence in, Jean chuckles. "That does happen sometimes with Hank, doesn't it?" She smiles and shakes her head. "Well, you boys have fun. I'll be in my office if either of you needs anything. Just shout." Mentally, of course. She always means mentally. She does keep an 'ear' about for mental shouts.

Jean turns and drifts from the room, heading back to do her own work. And reports, papers, et cetera.

Cyclops has posed:
"I'll come check on you in a bit, Jean." Scott offers as the woman leaves the room. He then notices his hand being nosed at by a certain canine wanting continued pets, and thusly he obliges. Head turning in Remy's direction for the moment, he then tilts his head some. "So, things been going alright with your students, and otherwise in general?"

Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smiles a bit, "don' work yahself too 'ard Jeanie, be a shame if we couldn' see dat pretty face around cause yah passed out from exhaustion in yah office.." He allows a pregnant pause and adds "Again." He waits for Jean to leave before adding in a conspiritorial tone, "If Ah wasn' seeing someone.." He pauses, "If Ah wasn' seeing someone who is a master martial artist..." another pause, "If Ah wasn't seeing someone who was a master martial artist willin' ta rip off mah arms an' beat me wit' de wet ends.." He smirks slightly shaking his head. "Dese are mostly jus' remedial students. Ones dat fell a bit be'ind foh de end of de year. Dey mostly coming along.. Well Ah t'ink Felicity 'ere just staying in de class cause she got a crush on me. But de rest are comin' along.

Cyclops has posed:
There's a sort of pause given as Scott lets Remy go on and on, building up how he's seeing someone but if he *wasnt* seeing one, he's likely go for Jean. It's always sort of hard to see Scott's actual expressions because of the glasses he wears, their ruby shine hiding his eyes which would give a lot more away. He lifts his tea to take another drink. "Except you are seeing someone who is a master at martial arts and would rip your arms off to beat you with the wet ends." The words are calm and he takes another drink of his tea just after. "She's a hell of a woman...but she's been through a bit..." This much and then he tilts his head as Remy remarks about his students. "I'm surprised people are taking French over the summer...not like it's a necessary class or anything." He smirks then.

Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smirks just a little, "Well dare is dat." He says amused taking a sip of his coffee and shrugging nonchalantly. He does however let the other man divert the topic and says, "Not foh 'ere, non certainly. But allot of collages wan' a second language, an' even dose dat don' woul' appreciate seein' it on a transcript. Aftah all, not all of dem kids gonna be X-Men, non?" he says amused as he goes to pour himself another cup of coffee.

Cyclops has posed:
Scott Summers nods his head. "Ah, that makes sense, yeah." Offering this much before he takes a slow breath to let out then. A few more scritches offered to Jack and then he finishes off his tea in a couple drinks. Standing, he'll walk to the sink to rinse the cup out and sets it aside. "I suppose there's nothing more going on then. Which all in all is a good thing. I've got a few tasks and such to settle down in the Base... but if you need anything, we'll be here until we're not." We being he and Jean likely.

Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smirks slightly, barly hiding it behind his coffee cup, "If Ah need yah, Ah'm sure Ah c'n find one of yah, non?" He asks in a voice positivly dripping with innocence. He then finishes his second cup quickly, stacks away the papers (still ungraded) and says, "Come on Jack, wanna go foh a run?"