14709/Just Another Night in Mutant Town

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Just Another Night in Mutant Town
Date of Scene: 16 February 2023
Location: Fred's Diner - Mutant Town
Synopsis: Nikki meets Remy and maybe helps him solve a problem to help with...nefarious plans
Cast of Characters: Nikki Hawkins, Gambit




Nikki Hawkins has posed:
It's a usual busy night at Fred's Diner. There's a few empty seats but the night crowd has officially gathered for greasy food and decent music. Nikki sits at the corner of the long bar, bouncing to the tune of 'Fat Bottom Girls' playing currently on the juke box. Working on a plate of fries covered in cheese while typing code into a nice looking tech device with her right hand. She's accompanied by a tiny robot who rolls around and randomly makes beep and boop noises. (Think R2D2 noise-wise)
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau for his part is just begining his day. Theives and alley cats. He glances at the woman behind the counter who gives him the Universal "Sit anywhere" wave, and takes the stool at the counter next to the young woman on the end of the bar. After ordering (Coffee with honey, bacon, scrambled eggs, bacon, white toast and a side of bacon on the side) He takes out a large notebook, leafing through it and studying apparently his own notes. It's written in french, but it has a few drawings...some look like achitecture, others like Arcane symbols.
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Squishy - the robot companion to Nikki - makes a few more boops and beeps while rolling back and forth some. "Not now, Squishy. Nikki's gotta work. Tim's gonna want these in a few days and Nikki's gotta make them perfect." She offers back to the robot as if she could actually understand what the robot is saying. When Remy sits next to her and makes his order she blinks, looking over at the man and then blinks again while picking up another cheese-smothered fry to munch on. "S'allot of food for one person."
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau grins a little bit, offering the younger woman one of those smiles specifically designed to make the heart of the female of the species quicken. "Got a really fas' metabolism. Eat close ta 6,000 calories an' nevah gain a pound. Course also do allot of..physical activity."
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki is so socially awkward that she has Special Powers(tm) against the Remy Smoulder(tm). So when any other girl's heart would melt, Nikki just sort of tilts her head and shrugs her shoulders. "He's a funny man..." She comments, likely remarking about Remy to Remy in the only way she knows how without knowing his name. "Nikki is Nikki. The robot is Squishy. She's working on robotic stuff for her friend Tim Drake." Offering this much before motioning. "But she finds the best shiny stuff in mutant town."
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau grins slightly, not at all put off it seems by the fact the girl didn't turn into a pile of goo and/or her odd manor of speaking. "Yah c'n call me Remy, chere. Is a pleasure ta make yah acquaintance." He nods slightly to 'Squishy,' seeing as how they were introduced and chuckles. "Dis Tim like a boyfriend?"
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki blinks at that last question. "Boyfriend? Tim is a boy. And a friend. So he is Nikki's boy friend..." The concept of 'boyfriend' in the romantic sort goes way over the girl's head. Even though she's in her mid 20's. "Remy talks kinda funny. Not like anyone else here. Is Remy not from here?"
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau gets that wicked grin again and says "Je suis desole ma cherie. Je ne voulais pas te confondre." He grins a bit more and adds, "Ah'm from Nawlins chere. Learn ta speak Frech foh Ah evah learn ta speak English. People say Ah got an accent, which jus' silly. It's y'all dat got de funny accent, non?"
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki blinks. "Nikki thinks everyone speaks kinda funny, but people say Nikki is the one who speaks weird. People have accents all over..." She shrugs then before eating a few more fries and gets a refill on her soda. Remy's food is likely arriving now. "What did Remy just say? That was French, yes?"
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau grins a bit, "Remy say, 'Ah'm sorry mah dear. Ah didn' mean to confuse yah.' Which an obvious lie, since Ah say it in French non?" he asks as he drizzles hotsauce over his eggs before even tasting them. "An' Ah t'ink it's unique, not dat Funny. Where Ah from it actually pretty common ta refer ta yahself when speaking. Ah barely noticed."
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki shrugs it off once again. "Nikki's always spoken like this, but she doesn't know why. She's trying to maybe see if she can fix it a little..." Squishy makes a few more noises and Nikki glances over to him. Him? It? "Quiet, Squishy. We'll go home soon." Then she looks back over to Remy and glances past to the piece of paper he was working on a bit ago. "What's Remy working on? Can Nikki help? Nikki's good at puzzles."
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau hesitates at first but then shrugs. Hell, what could it hurt. And it sounds so far fetched who would believe it. "Trying ta figure out de best way ta break inta an office building dat 'as some of de most state of de art technological security as well as magical defenses Ah've evah seen in mah life. Which makes no sense since in mah experience one of dose t'ings will always short de ot'er out. Like balancing a balloon on de tip of a pin."
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki takes the sheet and begins to look it over, only to then set it above her tablet and opens a new screen. She begins inputting numbers, codes, and programming - doing this at what may seem quite the alarming speed. "What's going to get Remy is the magical stuff. You can't compute your way out of it... but..." She does a bit more here and there before showing Remy the electronic pad. Somewhere beneath all the technical security measures was a code and inside the code is a pattern. "Bet if you matched the pattern with the symbols you'd find a way to break into this place." She then smirks. "Could write that up on a piece of paper for you if you want. You can't have Nikki's tablet."
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau tilts his head, and while it's clear he doesn't know how to /do/ what she just did, it's also clear that he followed it enought to understand /what/ she did. Analogious to someone who has never driven a car understanding /how/ a car is driven. "Ah'd appreciate dat chere... provided dare is no way it c'n be tied back ta yah some'ow. Wolfram & 'Art de type of boys dat play foh keeps..
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki shakes her head. "It's all in the programming. If one can program, one can figure out the patterns. In the end, that's all programming is. Taking patterns and putting them in a way that makes what you want to do done." She offers this and then reaches - without asking - for the pad of paper and Remy's writing utensil. Instead of writing the code, she maps it out in a way that Remy could still follow it, but honestly... no one would know WHO deciphered it. "This ones for free. Next time it might just cost ya, Mister Remy." Says the habitually focused and therefore a bit more well-spoken Nikki. (it's in her bio, it's a thing)
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smirks a bit, "Ah'm willing ta accept dat offer." He says as he gestures for the waitress to box up his order. "Ah need ta get dis back ta mah place. T'ink yah just saved me two weeks work. T'anks chere." The the waitress he adds, "need mah check, and de ladies too."}
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki blinks and then looks at her tablet, erasing all the work she just did so it's off into digital graveyards. Her own work pulled back up, but she glances to the waitress. "A box for Nikki too please! Gotta get home...there's a tournament in a few hours that Nikki needs to get ready for." She wiggles out of her seat then, downing the rest of her soda.
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau grins slightly, tilting his head as he hands over a Visa card with the name "Scott summers" emblazoned on it. "Tornement?" He asks curiously as the woman takes the card to swipe, "Some sort of Martial art's t'ing?" He asks curiously as he picks up his food.
Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki notes the name on the card but she's not about to say anything. When he asks about the tournament, she actually blushes a little. "Ah.. no. Nikki plays online games and does tournaments for them. It's how she makes her living. She's really good at it...tonight's on the game Smite." She offers this much while taking up the box that holds the rest of her cheese fries. "It was nice to meet Mister Remy. Maybe Nikki will run into him again someday soon?"
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau nods his agreement, holding the door for her as they leave the diner. He watches her from a distance until she gets in a bus/taxi/Uber whatever. Then he get's on his bike, mind returning to Acrane runes and how to make the technology he just had explained to him not blow himself up.