Remy Etienne leBeau | "Gambit" (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
athiefalways) wrote2018-04-08 12:32 am
athiefalways) wrote2018-04-08 12:32 am
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[Well this is going to potentially be real awkward. They need to talk, but sending a 'we need to talk' message? Not always received well.]
Hey Remy.
Something real strange happened.
Did anything happen to you too?
Hey Remy.
Something real strange happened.
Did anything happen to you too?
Stranger than this place in general? Can't say so.
You alright?
You alright?
I think the fox sent me back home? Let me live more of my life before bringing me back.
Aside from being back here? Yeah, actually.
I just need to make sure this is real.
[Too many experiences with the Shadow King and Mojo have given her a healthy sense of concern on this matter.]
Aside from being back here? Yeah, actually.
I just need to make sure this is real.
[Too many experiences with the Shadow King and Mojo have given her a healthy sense of concern on this matter.]
You need a hand with that?
[ He could tell when the answer was yes, but he was still going to ask. ]
[ He could tell when the answer was yes, but he was still going to ask. ]
If you're willing to lend it.
You haven't picked up any new memories then?
[There's a bit of hope, but she's been preparing herself for the more likely scenario ever since she returned.]
You haven't picked up any new memories then?
[There's a bit of hope, but she's been preparing herself for the more likely scenario ever since she returned.]
I offered, didn't ?
None I found laying around, no.
Sorry to disappoint?
None I found laying around, no.
Sorry to disappoint?
A disappointment's the last thing you are Remy.
And I appreciate it.
Cat cafe?
And I appreciate it.
Cat cafe?
Now that isn't always true, but it's nice of you to say it.
Sure. Be there in 30.
Sure. Be there in 30.
Know I believe it. No one's perfect.
See you then.
[She'd offer him a pick up, but she's not sure if that'd go over well or not.]
See you then.
[She'd offer him a pick up, but she's not sure if that'd go over well or not.]
With bells on
(Ooc: would you like me to write up a prompt on my catch all for them?)
(Ooc: would you like me to write up a prompt on my catch all for them?)
Ha. You'd find a way to still sneak up on me, I'm certain.
[But she'll save any further conversation for in person.]
[But she'll save any further conversation for in person.]
[ While Betsy has done her absolute best to just ignore everything, it's starting to reach a point where even her talent for burring shit deep within her isn't working anymore. It's not helped by other things that are going on and making a mess of the shit that's already fucked in her head. Although one thing it has at least made clear is the fact that Gambit does actually deserve to know the truth about Warren. Not just about Warren, but also about the child.
So tonight while she's traversing through Exile, she finally sucks it up and tentatively slips into his mind. Whether or not he's awake doesn't really register to her. It's a moment of do it now or keep hiding it. ]
Do you still want to know the truth about Evan?
So tonight while she's traversing through Exile, she finally sucks it up and tentatively slips into his mind. Whether or not he's awake doesn't really register to her. It's a moment of do it now or keep hiding it. ]
Do you still want to know the truth about Evan?
[ He is asleep, so she can be treated to a strange mindscape that is a collection of places in Willow, partnered with sweeping mountain scenes full of walking, very similar to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. It takes him a minute to realize what's going on, and then another to register what she'd impressed on him. ]
Course I do, he's a student, and he's a good kid.
Course I do, he's a student, and he's a good kid.
[ Well, this isn't entirely unexpected of his dreams. For a moment she thinks about just severing the connection. But she doesn't. She does pause to take care of a creature that's come up to her before she continues. ]
I told you we found Clan Akkaba. That the Horsemen had resurfaced with a resurrected Apocalypse. What I didn't mention was that he was a young boy. Evan's age.
I told you we found Clan Akkaba. That the Horsemen had resurfaced with a resurrected Apocalypse. What I didn't mention was that he was a young boy. Evan's age.
[ She's seen a lot worse in his head, and out of it. This is totally harmless. But, since he's here and lucid now, he's going to have a seat on that boulder. ]
Does seem like you left that part out.
Does seem like you left that part out.
We fought over what to do with that information. Warren, Logan, and Fantomex thought we should go through with it. Deadpool seemed uncertain. I was dead set against it.
In the end the child was killed.
[ while she wants to place the blame all on Fantomex she knows she can't. Not entirely. If she had been more focused on him she could have actually prevented it. If she had tried harder. ]
In the end the child was killed.
[ while she wants to place the blame all on Fantomex she knows she can't. Not entirely. If she had been more focused on him she could have actually prevented it. If she had tried harder. ]
You killed the child Apocalypse?
[ He pauses for a moment before crossing his arms. ]
Okay, I got a feelin' I got an idea, but what's dis got ta do with Evan?
[ He pauses for a moment before crossing his arms. ]
Okay, I got a feelin' I got an idea, but what's dis got ta do with Evan?
I tried to stop it, but Warren lost control and I had to turn my attention away. Fantomex did the deed while we were distracted.
[ And everyone absolutely hated him for it. There's some silence as she dodges what she's fighting. ]
In order to prove that he was right, that the child was already too far gone to be saved, he created Evan. Used the DNA from the child we killed to clone him and raise him in the World with perfect parents. To prove that a child raised to be good would be good. Thus proving a child raised to be evil, would have been evil.
[ And everyone absolutely hated him for it. There's some silence as she dodges what she's fighting. ]
In order to prove that he was right, that the child was already too far gone to be saved, he created Evan. Used the DNA from the child we killed to clone him and raise him in the World with perfect parents. To prove that a child raised to be good would be good. Thus proving a child raised to be evil, would have been evil.
Mon deiu, dat's one way get around an ethics committee.
[ A be now Remy's pragmatism is warring with his moral compass. On the one hand, the idea of killing a child, any child, but especially a mutant child, made his stomach roil, even if that child was the reincarnation of a man who had caused untold suffering across multiple versions of their world. On the other, he's had the pleasure of teaching Evan, and he is one of the nicest and most polite boys he's met in years.]
I see how dat's tough to process.
[ A be now Remy's pragmatism is warring with his moral compass. On the one hand, the idea of killing a child, any child, but especially a mutant child, made his stomach roil, even if that child was the reincarnation of a man who had caused untold suffering across multiple versions of their world. On the other, he's had the pleasure of teaching Evan, and he is one of the nicest and most polite boys he's met in years.]
I see how dat's tough to process.
[ There's a long stretch of silence. Whether she's fighting or just not sure what else to say is left to his imagination. ]
I hated him for doing that. We all did. What did we expect from someone with a brain made to hunt us? Yet...
[ Yet, she couldn't bring herself to fully hate him no matter how hard she tried. Nor could she fully ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, she could have stopped it. If she'd just been focused on the child and less focused on Warren, maybe... ]
That's how it happened. How Warren ascended. Turns out the bloody monster put a failsafe in Warren when he created Archangel all those years ago. If there was no Apocalypse to carry out his goals, the failsafe would activate in Warren. It was sorted until the Shadow King arrived. Evidently making me suffer wasn't enough for him this time. He unleashed Archangel fully and I couldn't cage him again.
[ Sorted was an exaggeration but they were managing, they were making it work slowly, figuring out ways to keep that persona of Warren's contained. Until the Shadow King realized he could both cause chaos and finally get his revenge on her by destroying everything she loved. ]
I hated him for doing that. We all did. What did we expect from someone with a brain made to hunt us? Yet...
[ Yet, she couldn't bring herself to fully hate him no matter how hard she tried. Nor could she fully ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, she could have stopped it. If she'd just been focused on the child and less focused on Warren, maybe... ]
That's how it happened. How Warren ascended. Turns out the bloody monster put a failsafe in Warren when he created Archangel all those years ago. If there was no Apocalypse to carry out his goals, the failsafe would activate in Warren. It was sorted until the Shadow King arrived. Evidently making me suffer wasn't enough for him this time. He unleashed Archangel fully and I couldn't cage him again.
[ Sorted was an exaggeration but they were managing, they were making it work slowly, figuring out ways to keep that persona of Warren's contained. Until the Shadow King realized he could both cause chaos and finally get his revenge on her by destroying everything she loved. ]
Don't know if I could come out of it not hatin' him, either, cher.
[ Even if he knew it needed to happen, he wouldn't really be able to stomach the idea of it, he was fairly certain. Stranger things had happened, but it seemed pretty unlikely. ]
'Course it was the Shadow King.
[ He breathed a sigh. ]
An' Warren had ta be stopped.
[ Even if he knew it needed to happen, he wouldn't really be able to stomach the idea of it, he was fairly certain. Stranger things had happened, but it seemed pretty unlikely. ]
'Course it was the Shadow King.
[ He breathed a sigh. ]
An' Warren had ta be stopped.
[ And yet her feelings for Fantomex were...well, complicated to say the least. ]
Demon's made a bloody career out of showing up when one of us is at their most vulnerable.
[ Be it her, the professor, Storm, or others, he feeds on people at their weakest. ]
Not soon enough. Tabula Rasa was Archangel. Me.
Demon's made a bloody career out of showing up when one of us is at their most vulnerable.
[ Be it her, the professor, Storm, or others, he feeds on people at their weakest. ]
Not soon enough. Tabula Rasa was Archangel. Me.
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