16484/Mutant Town Melodies

Mutant Town Melodies
Date of Scene:	04 December 2023
Location:	West Bushwick (Mutant Town)
Synopsis:	a buncha randos gather up at Mootant Town Milkshakes to gab and be weirdos!
Cast of Characters:	Rogue, Emma Frost, Singularity, Longshot, Eddie Brock, Cassie Sandsmark

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Rogue has posed:
Obviously its a hectic time in the city, what with the approaching Holidays and all that jazz. As it were, Rogue was given a list of things she needed to pick up for a variety of Christmas, New Years related activities around Xaviers School. She had a list, and she's been checking it probably fifty times since she left the house up in Westchester. A number of things on the list had to be acquired specifically from here in Mutant Town, and one of them was a series of gift cards from Mootant Town Milkshakes. The famous place was popular amongst the Xaviers School student-body, and the gift cards were essential stocking stuffers!

Rogue had her car parked outside the Milkshake storefront, a forest green Dodge Charger of classic muscle car variety. The trunk of the car was loaded up with other gifts, new decorations, and more that she'd picked up from other stores locally run and operated by Mutants. Have to support one another, right?

Dressed in a black leather jacket, with a dark green scarf around her neck, and a long dark green skirt that goes down to asymmetrically hang lower on her right side than her left, with a pair of black leather boots going up to her knees, the Belle looks well dressed, for holiday shopping.

She steps out of her car, and glances down at her cell phone, her two-toned hair of brown and white locks billowing around behind her in the cold December winds rushing down the street.

"Who drinks Milkshakes in the winter?" She asks no one in particular as she makes for the store's front doors.

Emma Frost has posed:
Why is Emma here? Why is Emma joining in for something so banal as milkshakes? Much less going to such an establishment based solely around a mascot and a pun? Well, those are stories not meant for such ears. For all your imagination, you have to just knowt hat Emma Frost is here with Rogue, for reasons that are best left unfathomed.

Emma's wearing a large mink coat that covers her and a hat made out of the same fur. "I suppose there's some sort of market for them. The children, at least."

And no matter what, they were here so that made them part of the problem. "Will you be doing anything with your.. Father this year?" She would inquire to Rogue. Emma avoided her own family like the plague (which in fairness they were) and tended to vanish for the week around that time to an even more irritable state than usual.

"And congratulations again on your coming nuptials. You two fit one another very well." Keeping the conversation casual. No huge anti-mutant threats coming. No Sentinels. This weather meant even the racists wouldbe staying indoors or going shopping. THis was the month when Emma's businesses made the mostm oney.

Singularity has posed:
It would not be anyone's fault if someone were to mistake the young woman floating across the sky as a Christmas decoration. After all, she appears to be made from the very fabric of the cosmos. And despite the chill, she is bare, the starfield keeping her modest as she looks around. She has only recently returned from another 'reset' and is getting herself reacquainted with the world again.

Emma will know her presence. As she described it once, touching the girl's mind is much like trying to unwind a mobius strip made of sugar.

But it is also Emma that catches her attention and she brightens, her white eyes glowing brightly as she expresses joy as she flies down to where Rogue and Emma are. "Friend!" she announces happily.

But she doesn't go to hug Emma, she has at least learned to wait for permission for hugs. Instead, her attention moves to Rogue. "Hello! Singularity! Friend?" Rapid fire questions indeed.

Longshot has posed:
Seated within the warmth of the Milkshake shop, an irony if ever there was one, the blonde haired ... mutant? celebrity? what is he? ... sits sipping at a milkshake in the corner, casually watching the comings and goings from the shop. His eyes seem to take in the various spectacle of those festooned in the holiday spirit, not quite fully understanding, but recognizing it to be a trend, at least. And one which matches the decor of the various shops he has seen around.

Very interesting...

Eddie Brock has posed:
Its a silent night and all through the house not a symbiote was stirring not even a...

<<Venom>> FOOD!

Eddie has a thicker biker jacket on for the winter weather, zipped all the way up. He was on his way back after a dead end investigation about someone's house that got synched up to music that, when played backwards, summoned the ghosts of Christmas Past. Spoiler: It only summoned a headache and an angry sonic-averse symbiote who is now extra cranky.

He parks his bike, a 2000s Triumph, while thinking if he is extra good this year to get a Ducati. Eddie takes a look around. Mootant Milkshakes. Sure anything with cho...

<<Venom>> FOOD!
<<Eddie>> You are worse than a Snicker's commercial today.
<<Venom>> WE ARE HANGRY. WE DON'T LIKE US WHEN WE ARE HANGRY.

Wrong color, unless Venom goes green. Eddie enters the shop and immediately looks around for the candy. Oh look, extra dark chocolate candy bar to go with a chocolate shake topped with chocolate shavings drowned in chocolate sauce. Yes please.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is right up there to the doors, when she pauses with one dark green gloved hand upon the door's handle, and her eyes briefly taking in the interior of the place before she hesitates at the door. Singularity's arrival is prone to draw one's attention, when she arrives like that anyway! She had been about to respond to Emma, but that sudden arrival cut her response off. Rogue's eyes look Singularity over once, before she offers her a faint smile. "Definitely a friend. Don't have time, or room, for more enemies." She fires back in her naturally husky-hued voice, laced with that deep Mississippi Magnolia accent.

Rogue pulls the door open, and motions for Emma and Singularity to step on inside. She notes Longshot at a table just within the place, and offers him a pleasant smile too, as her hands move up to adjust her scarf around her neck.

"Ya'll get whatever ya want, I'm buyin'." she announces to Emma, and now Emma's friend too, a second before Eddie strides in to the store behind her. His arrival garners a look from the Southern Belle, as she's one to check out a guy in a motorcycle jacket. Don't blame her, it's how she's drawn!

Loosening up her scarf, Rogue strides on her black leather boots over to the gift cards by the register. She pulls her phone up, and begins selecting a variety of them based on the orders provided to her by Xaviers School's headmistress...

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would glance over at Singularity, eyes widening a bit. "Ah, hello Singularity. Anna, this is.." Well, someone so unique that really giving her any other descriptor or elaboration seemed impossible. The fact that Singularity had since grasped the concept of 'ask before hug' was met with a bright smile from Emma. "Thank you, darling. It has been some time. I hope that you've been well?"

She would gesture at the other mutant with her. "Singularity, this is Anna-Marie. She's a friend of mine." At the comment from Roguet hat she was buying, Emma would look amused.

"I understand the conceit, but you're aware I can simply buy the chain.." But, Rogue would no doubt as alays be insistent. Then she goes to pick up the.. Sense of Eddie and his Passneger sliding by. Not directly being abel to read their minds, but able to pickup the telepathic signs of 'chatter'. Emma would head on in to the milk shack. "And you're wlecome to join us." Entering in to see Longshot. A story she still hadn't heard..

Longshot has posed:
Spotting Rogue's entrance - who could not? - Longshot returns the smile and inclines his head. For a moment, it looks like he might have been contemplating making a swift move towards the exit, but seeing that Rogue is simply here to make some purchases, he lingers in his booth, finishing off the milkshake in peace.

Singularity has posed:
With Emma making introductions, the little personal universe considers. "Hi Anna-Marie!" she greets brightly, another wave to the southern bombshell. "Study captalism!" This to Emma, her attention to a prior conversation. "Do not eat. Drink. Simply exist. No need. Clothes. Or room."

"But." she considers. "Want to try. Different things. And need money." the young woman gestures around her and points to Eddie's order. "Like that! Need money." And then she turns back to Emma.

"Need job. No skills. People say weird. No... ID?"

Eddie Brock has posed:
Eddie exchanges a flirty glance with Rogue before going about his chocolate business which includes a minor feature with milkshake involved. Hard for the tall guy, who would fit well in a bar situation drinking whiskey with a marine named Frank, to ignore someone like Rogue. Classic Southern Belle charm right there. Or Emma. Nothing says money and class like that coat. Or Longshot because? wait, is that just three fingers on his hand. The 'perk-up whaa?' hits its height at Singularity.

<<Venom>> EDDIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BLUE ONE TASTES LIKE?
<<Eddie>> Going to go with 'Not going to find out' flavor.
<<Venom>> LAME.

The chocolate sauce is most of his 'self serve custom shake' at this point. It?s going to be gross as all hell at this point. Still he rings it up, pays, and slurps it down.

Rogue has posed:
Whilst picking up a selection of the colorfully decorated gift cards for the holidays, Rogue just grins at what she hears from the others. "You go around lookin' like that," she says to Singularity, "I'm sure you'll draw all manner'a attention that will help you learn how things work around here." She just grabs a whole handful of cards, then offers them to the cashier to ring up. "Emma, if you're gonna teach her anything, teach her how ta punch a dude in the nose. I'm guessin' she has about an hour before one gives her a reason to." She idly tosses the suggestion to the White Queen.

Rogue places an order for a strawberry shake for herself then, and gives her phone another glance. She does look up aonce more though toward Longshot, who she peers at for a moment, but seems to struggle to place his handsome face to a time or situation where she would recall him.

Her eyes look then toward Eddie, and she smirks softly at him. "Nice bike out there." She offers to the biker-man who seems quite lost in the selection on offering here.

There were a few locals seated at various tables, some of them eyeing Emma and Singularity, but this is Mutant Town afterall, and people are used to unusual things happening here.

"Don't buy the place, just cause you're tryin' to out shine my hospitality, Sugah." Rogue then says with a smirk toward the White Queen.

Cassie Sandsmark has posed:
Well, fortunately, one doesn't need a lot of excuses to be INSIDE a milkshake shop! And thus, Cassie comes in. Presumably to buy a milkshake!

Being that it is a colder time of year, she is in proper warmer seasonal attire. Doesn't matter if she can technically survive in space, no one likes a chill, OK? In this case, that's a zipped brown hoodie jacket with Wonder (tm) branding (visit our website for more Wonder merch!), a skirt worn over dark leggings with a yellow star pattern, sneakers, and big headphones that might sort of do double-duty as ear-warmers. She's quite engrossed in the latter, which one might assume are playing some COOL TUNEZ.

Thus in her own little world, seemingly oblivious to all the colorful inhabitants of both the neighborhood in general and this shop in specific, she ambles toward the counter while turning her eyes up to the menus. "Yeah, gimme, hmm... oh you're out of Mutant Mocha Marvel? OK then how about the Nuclear Nutella Nirvana? Great. Yeah, large." It seems like she could probably go through the whole process without taking much note of her lively surroundings...

Until she turns around to lean beside the counter after stepping out of the way for the next customer, whereupon she spots Rogue, and points. "Hey! Its Mighty Woman! Sup? Save any trains recently?"

Emma Frost has posed:
The little universe is an unusual addition, even by the standards of Mutanttown. "I think that such things can be overcome." On the whole 'ID' thing. "I'm sure that you can find some group that would be more than willing to help establish things. Emma would be friendly but also not be directly offering. Singularity was a dear but the sapient cosmos was an incredibly over-earnest golden retriever that was difficult for someone as deeply cynical and embittered as Emma Grace Frost was to be able to keep up with for an extended amount of time.

"And how have you been doing here in the city?" She speaks to the blonde man in the mullet. Had they ever actually gotten his /name/ from whatever font of chaos that he had come from? All Emma knew was that it had drawn Spiral in dancing, and Spiral was one of many beings that Emma was automatically paranoid of.

Then Emma goes to pick up the internal chatter from Venom, and she goes to speak to the two quite calmly telepathically. <<You wouldn't want to try, darlings. You'd choke on her>> Making an attempt to hide whom exactly the telepathic message was from, but hopefully making her point over to the Lethal Protector Duo.

Longshot has posed:
As the hero to normal person quotient begins to shift, Longshot seems to grow a bit more uneasy. His eyes flicker to those that are present, and having finished off his milkshake, he decides that perhaps it is time for him to make for the exits. The last time he checked, some folks were still very eager to track him down, and he is not sure if it's to thank him or pin him to a wall like a colorful moth.

And of course, as LUCK would have it, it is just as he is making that progress towards the door that one of them turns her attention towards him.

"Uh. Fine. Lovely city. Thank you."

His pace towards the door accelerates.

Singularity has posed:
When Rogue makes her comment, Singularity perks up considerably, to the point where her bare feet are no longer on the floor. "Can defend!" she exclaims happily. "Very durable! Can fire. Gamma. Graviton. EMP. Laser. Oh and!" the young woman looks the most excited about the next part. "Can make gravity well! Like mini-black hole. Explosion. Then reset. Reset is sad." comes her admission. "But can show!"

Because she's eager to show off to someone. And Rogue is just the person for that before she nods to Emma. "Ask GIRL." she decides on the idea of getting an ID and other stuff, before she notices the blonde at the counter placing orders and she flits in that direction. "Which is best?" she asks, unaware that Cassie may not be able to hear her at all. She is made aware of Longshot -- his dimensional energy is way different, and she waves to him. "Leaving?" she asks him, before her attention swivels to Eddie. There is also something peculiar about him, but she can't place what it is. She shakes it off in order to get her shake finally.

Eddie Brock has posed:
The blame for the Mutant Mocha Marvel comes with a bit of shade towards Eddy, who has more mocha sauce in his milkshake then there is milkshake. The rebel reporter slurps it unapologetically. Its that or brains tonight and he will take the many many Mocha over Silence of the Lambs.

"Good eye," Eddie replies to Rogue with the sort of smile that comes off as a grin unintentionally. "2002 Triumph Bonneville. Got it as close to the classic 60s look while it rides like a beaut," the big guy says. Always happy to talk about his toys. "Got one yourself?"

Eddie is having a nice conversation with a hot lady. Why not a second. In your head.

<<Venom>> SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE. WE LOVE A CHALLENGE.
<<Eddie>> No, we love chocolate, like a sort of inverted doggo that dies for the stuff instead of dies.
<<Venom>> WE CAN LOVE BOTH. WE HAVE A BIG HEART AND BIGGER STOMACH.
<<Eddie>> Right, well anyway the little walkie talkie mode needs some inside voice if we have a guest. Thanks... lady... for looking out for your friend.
<<Venom>> THANKING SOMEONE FOR INVADING YOUR MIND? DON'T BE SUCH A -CENSORED- EDDIE.

"A mini black hole?" Eddie asks, catching part of Singularity's resume. Looks like Emma's mental warning was right up there. Ever try to eat a black hole? Nevermind.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is paying for all of the orders, and the gift cards, via the Mootant Town Milkshake app on her phone. Yep, even they have a freaking app, and its icon is a little cow with HUGE eyes, and a big M on its nose.

She looks up from her phone when she hears Mighty Woman spoken, and for a split second she worries its someone she busted while doing that public hero gig. But after a second of staring at Cassie, Rogue slowly grins toward the blonde with the headphones. She shakes her head from right to left. "Not anymore. I got fired from that." She admits. "Cancelled even. There were trending arguments about it for like a day, until everyone moved on to screamin' about somethin' else at each other." She states all of this in a saucy kind of way, indicating she still has feelings about it all.

When her drink arrives, Rogue smiles to the employee behind the counter who'd brought it to her, then nodded to Cassie again. "How goes Wonderin'?" She asks the other. "Ya'll acceptin' new Amazons? I think I got what it takes..."

A glance is sent toward Longshot, as Emma and Singularity ask about him, but she does not. If the dude wants to make a break for it, she has no reason not to allow it. Her eyes dart back to Emma, and she moves over to stand near her and Sing, whispering quietly to them both. "Who is he? He looks familiar."

She sweeps past them then, and past Eddie too, as she moves to get some napkins out of the dispensor and a big ol' honkin' straw from the selection in the silver cannisters. She smirks at him, and shakes her head causing her white bangs to wave gently against the sides of her face. "Nah, I got the Charger outside. I think if I had a bike, I'd just end up crashin' it. But, I still like'em all the same." She states while jabbing the straw in to her strawberry shake to take a initial opening sip from its deliciously delightful contents.

Emma Frost has posed:
The dynamic duo seem to be cooperating even as Emma steps back while watching Longshot head on out. A frown on her face that would quickly pass. "Why thank you, Anna. Your largesse is appreciated." She would note drolly while returning her attention over to Venom and Eddie. The two seemed to be behaving for now.. And well, woe befall any that would try to do anything untoward with the moving pocket dimension. They weren't locked in a corner reality with her. They were locked in /her/ corner reality.

"And Wonder Girl, is it?" Emma would note to Cassie. "Charmed, the Amazons do a great deal to help the world." Presuming they could go a week without aliens invading the starport. "And.. There are plenty of places you could look for a job, Singularity. Hoewver, exploring to find some is a good way to make.. Friends and discover things." Yes, let the sentient universe realize she can make new friends that way and let Emma have a wide, wide berth!

Singularity has posed:
"Oh." Singularity seems to get the hint. She offers a brief smile before she's stepping back. "Nice to meet." comes her quiet response before she gives a wave to the group. "Elsewhere." Because that's what Emma told her to do.

A portal forms around her and she just *blips* out of the shop, taking her milkshake with her when she goes. Because she's not going to leave that behind.

Cassie Sandsmark has posed:
It turns out Cassie can hear just fine! Maybe it's those super senses Diana is helping her train. Or maybe she just turned down the music before ordering. It's kind of rude otherwise! Still, being able to hear isn't exactly the same as paying attention, and she's clearly not been following along with everything until Singularity calls her out specifically. "Which flavor? Oh, I like the Mutant Mint Chip but they always run out. Everyone likes mint chocolate chip, y'know?"

She answers the obvious first, then blinks. Twice. Star girl.

"Wait... waitwaitwait, backup a second. Black hole what now?" Did she just wander into some villainy? It's the kind of thing that happens to her all too often, unfortunately. Here she was really hoping for a punching-free outing! She looks around. But the others don't seem worried.

Rapid fire, her attention swings back to Rogue. "What? No way!" Immediately, Cassie is outraged upon the other woman's behalf. Outraged! "Wait... can they even- I didn't realize that was like a job job. Though I guess mine's kinda the same... Wow. Imagine if I got canned from the embassy and the whole wonder-thing. I'd have to be some off-brand version." Scary!

While waiting on her beverage, Cassie's impulse had instinctively been to fill empty bit of space with her usual vice: taking her phone out of her pocket. She's saved from bored scrolling by the conversation, but the fact that Rogue mentions some kind of online spat about the whole thing has her curious enough to bring the screen up and and quickly search. Tap tap tap. "So what, you're looking for a different brand? You could TOTALLY make it as an Amazon. Like your vibe is pretty much halfway there already. Dunno oow is it you've never met Di as it is, but I could prob set you two up..."

Emma gets a thumbs up with her non-phone hand. "That's the name, don't wear it out, or we'll sue for trademark infringement!" That's a corporate mogul joke, or something.

Longshot has posed:
And as LUCK would have it, the arrival of Cassie provides just enough of a distraction to those who were inquiring about him for Longshot to make his escape!

He continues to the door and slips outside, casting a beaming smile towards the hero whose entrance made it all possible.

Thank you, Star Girl!

Eddie Brock has posed:
There is that grin on Eddie's need-to-shave-sometime-this-week face. "The feeling you might crash it is half of the fun. Double that when two people are on the bike," he says. There is the anti-hero line in the sand about 'lets not eat good peoples brains' but behind that line is a wiiiiiddddeee berth of other danger shenanigans. Like figuring out of they will get a brain freeze if they get all that PEA goodness out of the milkshake all at once or investing in a startup called Yolo Yogurt, Yologurt.

Brain freeze challenge is a go. So much chocolate. It is like taking the chocolate shell syrup and inhaling it through a milkshake straw. Got to keep that strong tough exterior up. You are tall. You are pure muscle. Look at that biker jacket. Rebel vibes yell high. And... nope. "Yup, still get a brainfreeze," he gruffs, proudly passing his last record by woofing down more than half of it at once before it happened.

Rogue has posed:
A grin is cast back to Eddie at his response. "But a bike in this weather? You're gonna freeze solid an' just tip over on that thing, then break inta a thousand little pieces." She quips back at him as her straw is given a few twists inside the plastic dome cover atop the cartoon cow adorned cup.

When Singularity makes for a dramatic exit, Rogue shows a frown before shaking her head. "She seemed fun. Anyone with that kinda powerset should be goin' straight to the Justice League for job applications, I'd say too..."

Speaking of, she looks back to Cassie who garners a smirk from the Belle. After indulging in another sip of her shake, which brings a mouthful of real strawberries up with the ice cream, Rogue takes a second before smirking again. "I figure you got some kinda job insurance that I didn't have. Workin' for a giant shoe company is likely different for a ... island'a warrior women datin' back to like... freakin' Gladiator times..."

She steps over toward Cassie to peer over her shoulder at the phone, seeing some of the memes about Mighty Woman coming up, involving throwing Captain Marvel off the San Fran bridge. This gets Rogue to frown something fierce, as she exchanges glances with Cassie. "You can setup a meetin'?" She asks. "With Diana?"

Her drink is set on a table beside her right hip, and she brandishes her phone. "Time t'text the Headmistress, let her know I'm puttin' in my resignation..." She does indeed text SOMEthing, and a little 'bwoop' sound follows her sending it.

"I even took a whole ass Wonder Woman poster in a poster tube to the damn Savage Lands this past summah... after gettin' told all ya'll had a Amazon contingent posted there. When I showed up, I got told Wonder Woman had already left. My disappointment levels were like... legendary. Course, then we were fightin' hordes'a dinosaurs, and I forgot about it pretty quick, but still..."

Her shake is gathered up again, and another sip is taken from it. "Okay, Emma, I take it back. Buy this place for me..." She says, after her tongue demands it of her.

Her eyes glance toward the front of the store, wondering where that pretty guy ran off to...

Emma Frost has posed:
As Singularity suddenly leaves, Emma sighs. She didn't mean to put it that way.. The quick slump in her body posture is enough fo a sign that she regrets the implication and will try and make it up later. But it quickly vanishes. She has a reptation to maintain while out and about after all. She would go to shrug her shoulders as Cassie would get distracted and Emma would turn over to her and smirk. "Well, in that case you'll have to pay for liscencing. I'm afraid that the terms they use will be quite high, however. I do hope that you can afford them.."

Longshot making his escape means that he's been lucky, punk. And then her glance is over at Eddie. All right, no issue there. So Emma goes to let out a soft sigh and moves to take a suck of her own milkshake. "You should ask Janet to make you one sometime, Anna. She has some rather.. Interesting combinations i think you'd enjoy." And as Anna would go on about her own things.. "ANna, it had Amazons are on.. Whatever those kangaroos are called riding into battle against thsoe dinosaurs. You're not giving the circumstances proper credit." That and how far swamp got up /everything/ when they were down there which was reason enough to never want to go down there ever, ever again.

Cassie Sandsmark has posed:
Likewise the blink-out from the stargirl draws a lightly wider-eyed 'huh' from Cassie. "Wish I could say that was super weird, but..." Nope. Par for the course in her line of work.

Turning back to Rogue, she shrugs and gives a kind of helpless grin. "Mostly, I think Di just has to put up with me cuz we're related." Ah, the true force of heroism: nepotism! "Though when I play my music too loud, she threatens to transfer me to the Justice League of Antarctica." Is that a real thing?

Of course, the sheer degree of celebrity that her mentor commands is often lost on Cassie, closely as they work together. This is despite starting out as a Wonder Woman superfan herself: how quickly they forget! "I don't see why it'd be hard... you could just come by the Embassy some time, or like, come by the Arts Center. Its got Amazon training programs, cultural exchange... My mom's on the board of directors there too, so like, I got the hookup if you need it!" It really is a family racket the Sandsmarks have going!

To Emma: "Wait what? Who am I licensing them from? I'm like, a brand ambassador!" That would explain the hoodie.

Eventually the girl behind the counter has her shake, and turns it over. She grabs it with a grin, though she's careful as she lifts it for a sip, while watching Eddie with his. "Gotta take it slow. Even I'm not immune to brainfreeze, and I can fly around in space."

Eddie Brock has posed:
Riding a bike in this weather? IN THIS ECONOMY?! Yes. "The jacket keeps the cold out," Eddie lets Rogue know. Not entirely true. The symbiote that has the durability of elder god spawntimes keeps the cold out. Good thing it isn't heat.

The tall antihero downs the rest of his milkshake. Truer words have never been spoken. Now he must go do something gritty to balance out the equilibrium of things. Like tax evasion. Watch out!

Milkshake cup crushed and he throws it on the ground like a degen... no he doesn't, he throws it in the trashcan right next to him as he goes to throw it down. The universe is helping him with some good guy energy.

Rogue gets one of those brief head nods like 'later' and although The Lethal Protector duo and Emma didn't have a verbal conversation, she gets one too.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue shoots a smirk over at Emma. "I'm kiddin', I don't wanna own a Milkshake store. I just wanna eat everything on their menu..." She says with her green eyes going to said menu behind the counter, eyelids widening open for a moment as if to suggest to the menu that 'she's coming for it.'

But soon her eyes drift back to Cassie, who gets a grin. "I'll admit, I've been avoidin' the city since I got fired from that Mighty Woman gig. Afraid'a people in the city bein' all 'Rah, throw bricks at her!'" She adds with a heavy sigh causing her shoulders to rise and fall inside of her black leather jacket. "But yeah, I should come by that Arts Center some time, it sounds like a fun place. I'd enjoy the combat stuff quite a bit..."

Eddie making his leave, draws Rogue's attention, and with her lips wrapped around the straw, a smile showing through it, and her hand waving at him, she offers him a coy goodbye!

After he's gone, she grins toward Cassie and Emma. "Biker dudes are the best." She says with a wistful tone to her words and expression. She pats her pocket then, and regards Emma. "Got the gift cards. Ya ready to hit the road?' She asks her companion on this shopping trip. Her eyes go back to Cassie then. "You wanna hang out some time? I'll text ya, maybe find some more trouble t'get inta?" They did save a train from being robbed once upon a time!

Cassie Sandsmark has posed:
Cassie has a counter-argument ready for Rogue's apparent agoraphobia: "You're like, brick-proof though, right? So fuck 'em. You should totally come by. We've got swords and spears and battle-kangaroos." Totally normal things to offer lessons in.

Since Rogue makes a point of doing that little back and forth look, Cassie follows her eyeline to the departing fellow. Now, one might expect that she'd offer some kind of zoomer disagreement with Rogue's preference. But no, she has a surprise up her sleeve here: she gives a solemn nod. "I really like his jacket."

It's a THING she has, OK?! It's canon.

...

Wait. ROGUE'S WEARING ONE TOO.