14967/Getting Jiggy With It

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Getting Jiggy With It
Date of Scene: 21 April 2023
Location: Club Evolution, Mutant Town
Synopsis: Lessons in Chivalry from Gambit and Juggernaut??
Cast of Characters: Juggernaut, Shadow Lass, Gambit




Juggernaut has posed:
"Mutant Town" is no different then any other part of New York City so far as the needs of its people goes. Sure is primarily mutant, some metas and other minorities but they like to unwind and party as well. Dives, bars, diners and even some less then legal places of entertainment can all be found here just as anywhere else ..and that includes Club Evolution - the aptly named venue of choice open to..well..anyone! Leave your troubles behind and hopefully your Purifiers and Sentinels with them.

For a certain Citizen Cain Marko - such troubles are not his to be bothered with..ranging from either beneath his notice or simply none of his business. Somewhat. He -has- taken some interest in Mutant Town of late. Some run ins with familiar faces having pinged his consciousnes abit..causing him to let a few rumors 'slip' that 'The Juggernaut is in town and Mutant Town is where he likes to hang' at places like the Bar With No Name to keep any would be criminals or trouble makers from causing issues here and giving the folk here abit of a break. Nothing he'd -share- with anyone but even Juggernaut has some empathy from time to time. Right now? He makes his way down the streets, lumbering at a 'compressed' seven and a half feet in height and maybe half that in shoulder width. His monstrous physique pressing closer towards the entrance to the club with dark shades hiding his eyes and a stern look on his face. He doesn't exactly look like he's coming to 'party' but he's at least a visible figure nearing the line to enter the club..even in comparison to the mutant bouncers there.
Shadow Lass has posed:
Tasmia was really in her first.. well 'mission' isn't right, but close. Really she is to find out what she can about Earth, and her inhabitants. The Club Evolution is not the proper place to wander around, but this was the position she had chosen.

Right now her first impression is very unlike earth - what with the mutants, and other people with things to set them apart from the 'normal' people. What it does, makes her relax.

"This isn't so bad.." If only she knew how wrong she was. Taking her place in the queue, she waited for her turn to be let in.
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau is not a frequent patron of either Mutant Town or CE. In fact in all the years he's lived in the city, he can count on a single hand the number of times he's set foot in the club. Still, he was here tonight and turned as Cain made his enterence. To be fair, when you are the Juggernaught you pretty much "Make an enterence" no matter what you do. He'd been thinking of making it an early night but at seeing the massive mountain of human carnage he nods to the bartender. "C'n yah get me one more Coors.."
Juggernaut has posed:
Indeed.. Cain cuts a prominent sight. A boulder rolling up stream among a cluster of pebbles. The ground itself seems -just- shy of shaking under his steps, as if his own restraint is what was keeping the place from falling apart just at his idle wanderings.

The mutant boncers see him coming and eye each other..looking immediately nervous. His reputation seems to be preceeding him though the truth is that ..not everyone knows he's the freakin' Juggernaut. Just a few connect 'Huge Red Haired Guy' with 'The Juggernaut' after all. There's a big leap to make there to something so specific buuuuut..he's got a reputation all the same and there seems to be no intention on halting his approach and entry into the club as he bypasses the queue.

A few who don't know any better begin to make noises of discontent but they are quickly silenced by the bouncers glances and look of worry in their eyes. Cain, for his part, keeps moving and begins to enter the club like a semi truck trying to move through a garage entrance too small for it. In doing so he passes by Tasmia and like the tidal pull of some sort of celestial object, the wake of his passage gives her a chance to slip into the club past the line with a few other lucky club goers as the bouncers work to manage the ire of the rest of the line.

As for Remy? The colossal brute doesn't see him or note him just yet... Instead simply pausing to look over the clubs activities and take in the sights and sounds by the entrance.
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau is perfectlly happy to be ignored by the massive man, for now at least. Yes he hand Juggy have been on opposete sides of the battlefield, many times. Likely they would be again. But this was neither the time nor the place to cause trouble, and besides, even Supervillians need a beer now and then, right? If he started something now, he'd be as bad as that time Batman kicked a guy in the back of the head when he was tring to eat Ice Cream.
Shadow Lass has posed:
Hey, Juggernaut gives Tasmia a perfect chance to slip in. She normally is a pretty straight and narrow kinda gal, but she will get better information from inside the Club than standing in line waiting for her number (so to speak) to come up. As she slips inside, she salutes Juggernaut for his part in getting her through the bouncers.

"I would give you a drink, but I'm not certain if I have legal currency?"

Of course she notices Remy, and nods.
Juggernaut has posed:
"Hrn?"

Cain's response to being spoken to by Tasmia is a sort of surprised bestial grunt that is comparable to a snorting oxen and probably some appropriate space based beast of burden that Tasmia would be familiar with. He eyes her with all the indifference of a sequioa looking at a garden flower...and then he shrugs lightly and reaches up to remove his shades to reveal his sharp ice blue and somewhat stern eyes.

"No skin off my back, babe. You just got lucky I guess."

He tucks his glasses into his jacket and then purses his lips as he considers the rest of her statement.

"No legal currency... You mean you came in here witn no cash?"
Shadow Lass has posed:
Shady grins for a moment, "So it would seem." Then immediately she sobers. "I didn't expect to fit in such a place. If I'm not mistaken, Earth still has a currency particular to the planet. And I am pretty sure I haven't got any."

Come to think of it, that might have been a fuckup on her part.

"Still, I should be allowed to watch? Yes?" Juggernaut was *huge*. Though he didn't look to be the average height and width. Strange.
Gambit has posed:
Oh come on, you can't expect a Cajun to hear an opening like that and /not/ walk through it, can you. "Well t'ing is chere, yah walk inta a club like dis, lookin' de way yah do? Yah c'n pretty much expect some guy gonna buy yah drinks for yah anyway." He says with a smirk. His eyes turn then to Cain, meeting those of the much larger man calmly and giving him a simple nod.
Juggernaut has posed:
"So you're not from around here. Literally." breathes Cain with a mildly annoyed sound but..he's probably annoyed at most things, especially these days. Nothing personal.

"Second alien I've met in as many months. I guess three if you count the kryptonian..." His voice trails off at that point as he draws nearer to the bar. He ponders the situation and then..seems to decide he's in a moderately social mood after all and he reaches into his jacket to begin to retrieve his wallet. "So ..whaddya wanna try then..?" he begins ... only to pause as Remy speaks up with Cain's actions proving the cajun right.

His jaw sets into a very displeased tight lipped frown. No nod is returned and instead he begins to look mildly exasperated.

"Whaddya want boy? You hear to try and give me a bad time just cause I had to put my hands on the skunk haired belle?"

His wallet comes out, nevertheless and he looks away from Remy and down to Tasmia expectantly, despite the slight shift in his mood.
Shadow Lass has posed:
"Skunk haired belle?" Tasmia blinks. What is a skunk? Should she be affronted? "You are talking about me?" Her gaze flips over the two men. And if she isn't mistaken, she has /two/ offers of drinks. (Even if the BIGGER man doesn't seem to be happy about it!)
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau glances over at Tasmia, "Non, 'E talkin' 'bout mah ex. Which ta be fair, dare been times Ah've wanted ta do de same, so c'n 'ardly blame de man on /dat/ score." He smirks a bit glancing back to Cain and adding, "Still de day Rogie needs moi ta figh' 'er battles for 'er, de world gonna 'ave allot bigger problems den yah." He shrugs casually, "But honestly? Not lookin' ta give yah a bad time as yah say. Jus' worried yah migh' accidentally step on de poor fille." he glances over to Tasmia and adds in an aside voice, "Be like if yah stepped on a piece of gum. He not even know yah were on 'is shoe foh a week."
Juggernaut has posed:
The red haired behemoth continues to frown as he listens to Remy. He glances aside to Tasmia as he continues on and then finally snorts, nostrils flaring, and eyes rolling lightly as Remy finishes.

"It's a miracle I can even understand half of what yer sayin', cajun. Rogue aint got no battles to fight with me unless she wants to pick one. Was just business. She got in the way and you know the score with that. I warned er. But I figured it wouldn't be long before onna you goons came looking for me and now here you are. Just enjoyin' the club eh? Riiiight.."

He gestures idly to Tasmia now and notes towards her and explains, "I got history with his...." he pauses as if trying to find the right word and then says, "..Friends. They loaf around in my old house. Long story. Nothing you gotta worry about."
Shadow Lass has posed:
Ouch! Remy doesn't know but he has stepped on a point of pride for Shady. "I have my own protection, you know. I am Talkok VIII's Shadow Champion." Her voice takes on a prickly note. "Perhaps we should carry on to the alcohol."

Before she loses her temper!

"Something oaty?" Almost every single species has had something beerlike in their past. "My name is Tasmia - Shady if you want to be informal. So you guys have a past?" Something to do with a woman named Rogue. And by the description she had a white streak in her hair.
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau shakes his head slightly, amused. "Yah know Cain, foh someone of yah size yah got a real persecution complex." ... The man can pronounce "persecution" but not "there", ... "Ah not even speek ta Rogue in two weeks, if you an' she tussle? It couldn' 'ave even been bad enough dat it made de mission briefings..." Not that Remy ever reads those anyway, but it's the principal of the thing. At Tasmina's retort he just offers a charming smile, "Mah apologies chere, mean' no disrespect. Ah am afraid dat Ah 'asve been cursed, quite seriously wit' an upbringing dat requires me ta show politeness an' curtasy ta ladies. It is a fatal flaw, Ah know, but Ah feel Ah must be a gentleman even ta someone like yahself, who is more den capeable of seein' ta 'er own well being. Foh yah see offending yah on dis poin' scare me far less den de idea dat some how, some way, word got back down all de way ta Nawlins dat Ah did not. And den dear swee' Mrs. Pottswort' a woman who Ah love and respect like a mamma, will be forced ta ride four buses, take t'ree taxies, an' an Uber just ta fin' poo' Remy an' proce4ed ta beat de Cajun off mah bare ass wit' a wooden spoon.
Juggernaut has posed:
The giants eyes just hood slightly at Remy's explanation and he seems to weigh the words carefully. In truth - it was just business - if he put Rogue in the infirmary or not ...and he did it seems .. it was just business after all. But he also didn't want to severely hurt her as the two had reached some prior mutual respect prior to their last encounter and Cain, though boorish and brutish, has some scruples from time to time. This uncertainity dances in his eyes and then he shrugs it all off and rumbles, "Sure, sure, cajun. Fine. I"ll take yer word for it.."

He gestures at the bartender to grab some beer for himself and Tasmia and then says towards her, "Careful with the cajun. RUmor is that he can charm the skin off a rattlesnaek if you give 'im the chance.."

He then adds quickly, "We don't got no personal past. He runs with a crew that..works with my step-brother. We don't ...see eye to eye."
Shadow Lass has posed:
"So, the woman here.. demand.. protection?" Shady stares at Remy for a bit. "It is a little bit different where I come from. Women often are protected, but so are men. Both sexes are needed. I happen to possess the abilities to use, so I am obligated to protect.."

At that time, Juggernaut says the quip about not seeing eye to eye. To which Shady guffaws. "I don't think you see eye to eye with most people." Of course she means his size, not his temperament - which is always true!
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau nods again to Cain as if in agreement to his comment about taking him at his word, adding "Ah know what family troubles be like better den most, non." He then grins and adds to Tasmina "Less demand, more expect non? An' some get downright offended when yah ry, it make de whole t'ing one gian' confusing mess, but dat also what make it interesting non?" He grins at Juggernaught adding "Snake was done wit' it anyway..."
Juggernaut has posed:
Cain gives Remy another bullish grunt before lifting his drink up when it arrives. He studies it for a second as if reconsidering if it's worth even bothering. He can't really get drunk.

"You're just confusing her. She aint from here, remember?" he notes to Remy, "Alien. Different values, yeah?"

He sets the drink down after a long pull and then attempts to simplify by saying, "LOtta women can protect themselves just fine but it's..uh..respectful and cordial around these parts to extend courtesy to 'em. It also probably stems from the fact that on -average- they tend to be smaller then the men and so there's a past culture of 'protectin' the weaker sex' so ta speak. Most folk don't have powers or what have you anyway. The folk in here? This is the minority. Mutants. Yeah? Got it?"
Shadow Lass has posed:
"Ah.." That explains some of it. Shady nods. "And as the gender which seems to be smaller, and therefore weaker.." Oh, but she winces on the inside. "..no wonder they then would expect protection - or else the species would have petered out before now." Though it doesn't explain women who are stronger, or are these mutants. "Do you like them then?"
Gambit has posed:
Remy LeBeau smirks a little bit, "Oh Ah love women, almos' as much as---" As what is unkowns as his cellphone rings and his brow furrows at the display. "Duty calls it seems.." He says as he drops a $50 bill on the bar, "Have a few on me." he says grabbing his coat quickly and heading for the door.
Juggernaut has posed:
With narrowed eyes, Cain watches as Remy leaves and then he frowns and looks down at Tasmia. Great: Gender roles and feminism as taught by Juggernaut. Not exactly a conversation he wants to have. He takes another pull of his drink, grumpily now, but then shrugs..rolling his mountainous shoulders.

"Look it aint hard. Lotta men like a lotta women and vice versa and cause of how..I dunno..society developed there's a culture o'the strong protectin' the weak but it can get deeper then that so just don't worry about it. THe reality is that everybody is supposed to respect and protect each other and folk know that and usually try and act on that. That don't mean people don't like being spoiled or treated highly from time to time."

Ironic considering Cain sees himself as above all of that and does what he wants, when eh wants, regardless of what others want. Or so he tells himself.

"Got it?"
Shadow Lass has posed:
Shady says goodbye to Remy, then turns her attention to Juggernaut. "Of course respect is the basis! That is why we are all expected to do what we can - whether selling groceries, or having battles. I can attest that I can't sell groceries to save my soul." Not that she's tried!

"But you are bigger than most - should you not be part of the crowd that takes care of others? Protection, I mean."
Juggernaut has posed:
"There's other stuff out there that gets done besides protection, babe. I do my part."

Heck, he's done bodyguard and muscle work before. So that counts.

"Aint everybody out here trying to be a hero or an officer of the law. Some of us got other things we're into that make the world go 'round."

Cain pauses and then finally says, "I got some experience with off world sorta stuff. More then that even. Listen, it aint much different then what you already have seen, yeah? Try and look at it like that."
Shadow Lass has posed:
Shady thinks about that, growing very serious. "I don't think I am of the law." At least she doesn't think so. But in the same token, she doesn't think she's a villain.. "Perhaps two handsfuls of good, and one handful of look the other way?"

But a hero? She had had this thrust upon her. To be a Shadow Champion means to be heroic - even when you don't want to. She learned quite quickly that her role was to save her planet - her and Grev.

'I have not found a way home. Either I am needed here, or else I.." What? She had left her home planet? Had the 'hero' been passed on when she had arrived here? What? if she wasn't the Shadow Champion, what was she? "Well, there must be a reason."