16938/Meet Up In Mutant Town

Meet Up In Mutant Town
Date of Scene:	16 January 2024
Location:	Sailor Pub and Bar
Synopsis:	Apartment hunting in Mutant Town turns into lunch with friends for Kitty, as she meets up with Sam and Isabel, and runs across Remy.
Cast of Characters:	Kitty Pryde, Samuel Guthrie, Isabel Kane, Remy LeBeau

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Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde had been texting with various people before. She'd mentioned heading over to Mutant Town, though hadn't mentioned exactly why. Anyone who had replied back who might have been in the area and mentioned it, Kitty would reply that she's going to go for a drink and some food at the Sailor Pub.

And that's where she can be found. She wore a long coat that is currently hanging on a coat hook. Her gloves are on the seat beside her, as is a purse. She's got her dark brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, as she often does. The waitress is just bringing her some water with lemon and a cup of hot chocolate while Kitty looks over the menu.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie had gotten off work a bit ago, and was meeting up with Izzy. He asked her if she wanted to go meet another one of his friends who happened to be there. So after a change of clothes he meets Izzy near the pub, and as they get there he holds the door open for her.

Isabel Kane has posed:
Isabel's all too happy to meet more of Sam's friends and agrees to meet with him after work. Changing into her civvies before she heads out, she'll meet up with Sam to head into the pub. Smiling in thanks as he holds the door open, she'll slip past and into the pub proper. Once he joins her, she'll tuck an arm into his and let him lead the way!

She's casual in hiphugger jeans, a thermal shirt under a hoodies with the SHIELD logo, and a pair of worn-in cowboy boots. Her hair is likewise up in a ponytail, and there's a pair of interesting-looking sunglasses perched on her head.

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Remy meanders into the bar after everyone else. It's not even sure he got the invite, or if the rakish Cajun just happened to be in Mutant Town, and happened to stumble into this very bar at this very time in a display of pure coincidence.

     He's wearing what is likely 'work' clothes, consisting of a pair of black jeans, a black turtleneck sweater, lace up boots that seem to have soft leather soles, and of course a pair of gloves. Over that he has that overcoat he seemingly always wears to stave off the cold of the winter, billowing out behind him as he moves.

     He slips to the bar, slapping a bill onto the table, "T'ree fingers of whiskey, easy on de ice, mon ami. Don' need no watered down merde tonight."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde hmms as she looks over the menu. She glances up, spotting Sam and Isabel arrive. "Hey guys," she calls over to them, giving a little wave to help them spot her over at the booth she got.

Kitty takes a sip of her hot chocolate, holding the mug in both hands to enjoy the warmth of it. And then she spots the familiar face of the Cajun come in. "Remy!" she calls over to get his attention, giving him a little wave of a hand, and then a nod of her head towards the empty space at the booth. She scoots over, sliding her gloves and purse over, then moving herself so there's room at the end of the padded seat.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie walks over towards Kitty and says "Hey Kitty, how ya doing?" He has an arm around Izzy's waist. He looks over and nods to Remy as well. "This is Izzy Kane, this is Kitty Pryde and Remy." He does not give Remy's last name, no need to make his record that easy to find. He lets Izzy slide in before he does. "Think you and Kitty met briefly at the Christmas party?" He says/asks to Izzy.

Isabel Kane has posed:
"Hey Kitty, Remy." Izzy offers up a quick smile before sliding into the booth ahead of Sam. Chuckling, she lifts a small shrug, "I think we saw one another, maybe said hi, but I don't think we got formally introduced before the party started to break up. So it's good to meet ya now!"

Extending a hand out to Kitty, then Remy, "Real nice to meet ya both." She grins at Sam, "Sorry I been scarce these last weeks. Been a huge uptick in monster attacks, disasters, an'.. kaiju. Ain't the 'Zilla, but something similar."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde shakes Isabel's hand. "Yes, nice to get a chance to meet you somewhere a little less hectic," she says with a smile. After letting Isabel's hand go, Kitty makes a soft sound at the mention of kaiju and Godzilla. Even if the lack of the latter.

"I hope it's not a sign for what 2024 is going to be like," Kitty offers of those. "Could use a quiet year for a change, you know?" she says in a hopeful voice. But probably not believing that's actually likely to happen.

The waitress comes over to start taking orders, for drinks and for food if people are ready for that yet.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will order a beer, and and burger plate. He lets Izzy make her make her own order. He will pay for it, but lets her choose her own things. "Yea Izzy gets paid for dealing that type of stuff, we need to figure out how to do that." HE jokes.

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Blinking as he hears his name called across the bar, Remy turns his black and red eyes towards the voice. The startled look shifts into a smile as he is handed the tumbler of amber liquid, "Well I'll be, chere. What you doin' in dis part of de city? Bit far from Westchester ain't ya, petite?"

     Then there is Sam, and someone he doesn't know. He glances from Kitty to Sam and Isabel and nods. "Je suis tres heureux de te rencontrer aussi, cherie," he says with a bow of his head before looking to Sam, "And you, You all grown up, mon ami. When de last time I see you?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
After a little more consideration, Kitty gets an order of wings with honey bbq sauce, and some fries, with some celery and carrots and ranch dressing for dipping. She passes the waitress back her menu and then turns her focus back to her friends.

"Hey Remy," she says warmly. "Well, I still don't have a place in the city. I was debating if I should get one or not. Was out looking at a few places for rent. Though at this point I suppose I'm more window shopping than anything," she says, giving a little sigh and a shrug her shoulders.

She has on a turtleneck and a pair of jeans, and dark boots. Her necklace is hanging visible, the little Cross of David dangling from it with the Tree of Life in the middle.

Isabel Kane has posed:
"Agreed. Parties are terrible places to meet people for the first time. Too many distractions, ya get pulled in too many directions," Izzy flashes a grin towards Kitty before giving a nod. "Let's hope. It'd be nice to have some more time off this year." She glances to Sam with a smile.

When it comes time for her order, she'll get the same as Sam but without pickles or onions on the burger.

Turning a smile towards Remy, she chuckles, "Sorry, I'm afraid my high school French isn't up to translating that. But I *think* I got the gist of it? Pleased to meet me, too?" It's framed as a question to make sure she's not off track on the guess.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "Ah am considering redoing the place, Ah used to stay, so Ah got a place, Ah am more comfortable with around here." He turns to Remy "Been a while, and Ah am out here a lot, but then again Ah work down the street." He says.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde gives Isabel a really warm smile. "Indeed. But I'm glad to get the chance to meet you again and get to know you better," Kitty tells the other woman. "Anyone who can put up with Sam has the patience of an angel and is worth getting to know, I figure," Kitty adds with a little merry twinkle in her eyes that accompanies a teasing grin towards Sam Guthrie.

Picking back up the hot chocolate cup, Kitty cradles it. "I've been commuting mostly. And days like today with that weather, part of the reason I wouldn't mind having somewhere nearer at hand even if I'm still up there a lot. Warren doesn't mind me staying with him, but I figure I should have my own place too."

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Grabbing his glass the Cajun makes his way over toward the table to take the offered seat. Casually he flops into the seat, using his arm to force the coat to drape over the back, "Oui, cherie," he says with a nod to Isabel with a wink. "Dat be the gist of it."

     He looks between the other three, content for the moment to sip at his whiskey and listen. Sometimes when you listen you pick up on things. Like Kitty stays with Uncle Moneybags. "Yeah?" he looks to Sam, now curious, "What is is you do, mon ami?"

Isabel Kane has posed:
Isabel returns the smile to Kitty and gives a nod, "So am I. Slowly but surely, I'm getting around to meeting all of Sam's friends. Preference towards the ones that don't pelt me with snowballs." She chuckles softly and lifts a shrug, "But I do want to meet them all eventually."

"I keep a place in the city, though really, at this point I keep thinking maybe somewhere just outside the city might be the better investment. The commute is a little longer, but it might be worth it for the decrease in cost. Apartments in this city are insane." Izzy gives a grimace, then shakes her head, "If you can afford it, better to a buy a condo or house, the monthly costs tend to be lower."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "Doug." to explain the snowballs, and then looks to Remy, and waits till the other man is taking a sip of his drink "Oh me? I work for the New York Police Department." He is smirking a bit expecting this might just get a bit more reaction than most things from the smooth criminal type. Mr Remy LeBeau.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
"That would be Roberto probably," Kitty says with a quiet chuckle as Isabel mentions Sam's friends pelting her with snowballs. "Or... ah... ok it's really too big of a list to go through, now that I think about it," she adds with a genial laugh.

The waitress returns with drink and food. The pub fare is decent as such things go, why Kitty picked the place. She thanks the woman and dips a carrot stick in some ranch to nibble before picking up her first wing. "Sam went through the Academy and got a job here, we're so proud of him, taking care of people like that," Kitty tells Remy before shining a smile at the Kentuckian.

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Mid-drink of his whiskey, Remy chokes as Sam reveals his new profession. The Cajun starts to cough and wheeze as the burning liquid ends up going down the wrong pipe as those black and red eyes fall onto the Guthrie boy. Pounding on his chest, Remy's spastic fit subsides and he manages a wheezy if now squeaky. "...good for you..."

     He coughs a bit more, eyes shifting from Sam to Kitty...and then over towards the door as if the Cajun was contemplating a hasty retreat.

Isabel Kane has posed:
Laughing as Kitty and Sam name different people, Izzy glances sidelong to Sam before smiling at Kitty, "I haven't met Roberto yet. Sounds like I should wait until after all the snow is melted." Then the food arrives and she's happily digging into her burger, washing it down with swallows of the beer.

Flicking glances from Sam to Remy, she hides her chuckle behind the burger. Watching Remy as he finds out Sam's occupation, Izzy murmurs aside to Sam, "I do believe he's thinking about running... take pity on the man, let him know you're off-duty."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smirks a bit offering Remy a napkin and says "Ah work mostly with the special unit force, dealing with super villains, aliens and odd stuff. Only do foot patrol now and again." He smirks a bit and says "And no worries, aint seen anything matching your description on the warrents recently"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Thankfully Kitty doesn't have her mug at her lips and drinking from it when she spots Remy's reaction. But she did have it near, and taking a sip after making sure she won't laugh does a great job helping somewhat hide her grin. Her eyes twinkle at his reaction to Sam's occupation, a quick little glance given to Remy with a teasing expression in it.

"Snowball fights were pretty common when we were all in school together," Kitty tells Isabel. Not going into how they likely differed, with snowmen coming to life controlled by Jean, or Bobby dumping avalanches on people.

"Oh, Remy's turned over a new leaf," she says. "He's reformed. Right Remy?"

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Remy takes the napkin and starts to dab at the whiskey that ended up on his clothes. He gives Sam one of those 'I bet you're proud of yourself' looks of good humored annoyance. "Dere shouldn' be. I ain' done anythin' in New York in..." He stops talking, shifting his ruby-red eyes over to Kitty and clicking his tongue against his teeth before rolling it across the upper ones.

     "Right, right...what she say. New leaf. Dat's it. Reformed. Just, you know, what happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans?" Which might work, if there wasn't certain video all over the internet of him blasting his way around Bourbon street. But that was weeks ago!

Isabel Kane has posed:
"Oh, I gave as good as I got. Just wished I coulda changed outta my party clothes before they ambushed us," Izzy chuckles and flashes a grin towards Kitty before taking a sip from her beer. She looks between Sam and Remy before chuckling into her beer bottle again.

She looks to Remy and grins, "I'm a field agent, but we tend to stick to things that threaten the safety of the country and or world. So unless you plan on joinin' the world domination crew..."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie grins a bit more and says "And Berto, will try to turn on the charm a bit before he throws snowballs at you. He sees a gorgeous lady his first instinct of impress her, will outweigh his torment his friend instinct ever time.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty breaks one of her chicken wings and then gets the meat off the resulting isolated bone before setting it aside. Slowly building up a little pile of them on the spare plate, each cleaned of meat and tasty sauce. To Isabel, she then says, "Not unless the world domination was being settled at a poker table."

She gives Remy a small smile and then breaks out into warm laughter at Sam's description of Roberto. "That's pretty accurate, yes," Kitty agrees. "All in all, a good group though," she shares with the others.

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Looking from Sam to Isabel he finally looks to Kitty with a look of betrayal, "Pourquoi m'as tu fait ca?, petite? Did I do somethin' to piss you off recently?" The accusation is said with humor, but the Cajun continues to eye both Sam and Isabel with an air of suspicion. To use a saying a certain Southern belle might use...he looks like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. He lifts up his drink and takes a sip with a little shake of his head.

Isabel Kane has posed:
"Good to know, not that I expect it'll be much problem. I'm pretty devoted to Sam here, after all," Izzy flashes a grin and bumps her shoulder to his lightly. She can't help but laugh at Remy's expresion and grins at him, "If it makes ya feel better, I'm mostly at SHIELD because of my astronomy degree and my familiarity with certain alien species." Isabel lifts a shrug and smiles, "I can act with authority when I need to, but I don't see any pressing need here."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "Actually would like to get your help with something sometime. Ah think ya might be able to show me a few things." He says to Remy. Then to Izzy he smiles and says "Well, thats good to hear, cause pretty sure Ah plan on keeping you around too." He looks over to Kitty "So where you working these days?

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde grins back at Remy as she continues to slowly make her way through her buffalo wings. She replies to Sam, "I'm working at Stark Industries. Pepper Potts sought me out after she became acquainted with some of my work, and made me an offer," Kitty responds. Her eyes meet his for just a moment, perhaps giving him the sense there's a story there that she's not going into deeply in the moment.

Another bone joins the small pile before Kitty switches over to eating a few fries before they get cold. "Ooo, Astronomy. You know when I got back to the states from school in England, I debated long about whether to start working, or go find an astrophysics program," Kitty tells Isabel. "Decided to work in the end."

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     Clucking his tongue against his teeth as he regards Sam. "Yeah? What dat might be, mon ami? You need Remy to teach you how to shuffle de cards, or what?" Speaking of cards, at the mention of them suddenly there is a Queen of Diamonds now being deftly passed between the fingers of his left hand. "Cause I can show you a few t'ings, but sometimes dere ain't no substitute for raw talent." He winks to Sam, before flicking the card to it embeds into one of Kitty's remaining wings.

     He looks to her, "You seem to be doin' well for yourself. I hear you speakin' but all I am seeing is dollar signs."

Isabel Kane has posed:
Smiling at Sam, she flits him a wink before looking back to Kitty with a grin, "It's a fun field! I only just finished my B.Sc. last year. Had a lot of.. issues.. come up, had to defer for awhile. But now that's done, I'm thinking of going back in for the Masters program. I have a real interest in Planetary Science and Astrobiology." She glances between Kitty and Remy, then tucks in to finish off her burger, moving on to chomp on her fries.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie says, "Well, Ah was thinking more one of your other specialties." He tells Remy about then his phone rings and he looks over "Um guys need to take this excuse me a moment?" He asks leans in kissing Izzy's cheek before stepping away for his call."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde picks the card from her food with a mock glare at Remy. "Well, I'm doing ok, but I am finding a lot of things to put it towards," she replies to him. Probably supporting a lot of charities, knowing her.

She finishes up the last chicken wings, then tears open the package on a folded wet wipe that came with them, wiping her fingers clean. "Speaking of, I should get going to the next place I wanted to look at," she says. "Really nice meeting you again Isabel. Keep this big lug safe, would you," she says, Kitty giving Sam's arm a little punch before she sets out money for her meal.

Remy LeBeau has posed:
     "Well, good on ya den," Remy says to Kitty with a slight dip of his head. He glances towards Sam's direction as he leaves before letting his eyes settle on Isabel. "You let your beau know dat he needs somethin', he can find me at 'home'. Same wit' you, Kitty. So far dey ain' kicked me out yet, anyway. We see how long dat last, non?"

Isabel Kane has posed:
Isabel smiles at Kitty and gives a nod, "You got it. He's my top prioity." She passes a fond glance towards Sam before looking back to Remy with a nod, "Not a problem. Maybe I'll see you around the school sometime. I hear they keep the wildcards and reprobates out back?" She offers a teasing grin before pushing up from her seat and giving him a nod, "Meantime, I should check on a few things myself before I grab Sam and head off. It was great meeting you, Remy."