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After getting gas, Scott realized that he could use some extra cash for the road. As he turned off of Canal Street, he wondered if he could get a job to bartend for a night. However, he decided against asking. While he wasn’t an expert on Mardi Gras, he had a feeling that it was a boon for the bartenders of the city. As it was, he scratched that off as a list of plans.

As he looked left and right, he saw the sign for a pool hall.

“Shamrock,” he said as he slowed the motorcycle to a stop. After turning off his bike, he stood up from it and removed his helmet. He looked at the door for a few moments.

“I really shouldn’t be doing this,” he said to himself. Really, his power – his lesser known power, that is – made playing pool a breeze for him. A such, it was unfair for him to hustle some people out of their money. However, the money was needed. Sighing, Scott hung his helmet on the bike before he walked into the bar.

As soon as he walked in, he waved the smell of cigar smoke from his face. He then walked up to the billiards table that had the most people around it. As he did so, he took a look around his surroundings, taking everything in from potential weapons to possible escape routes. Was he paranoid? Perhaps. But he knew all too well what could happen to him should he ever get caught flatfooted.

Once he approached the table, he smiled slightly. "Gentlemen, could I bother you for a friendly wager?"

[JIN DANIELS]

Strolling into the pool hall, Jin glances across the shady looking room ful of men with high testoterone and scantily clad women.
Tugging on his sleeves he makes his way over to the pool table, where it looks to him that a man dressed in a leater jacket and jeans and seemed to be wearing the most peculiar shaded glass that was tinted red. "Hey fella's care to let another gentleman play" he asks with a smirk as he observes the men watching him thinking he would be an easy win.

As they agreed to let him play, he was told by a man standing nearby about the wager that was put into place, "Hmm seems like i'm going home with a few extra bills in hand then" he told the man cockily before waiting his turn.

Grinning at the man who had handed him the snooker cue, he shaped the tip before he leaned over the table concentrating his shot, he struck the cue ball with inpeccable presicion which caused a chain reaction of events that lead for most of the balls to be pocketed earning him high points. Smirking to the men as they groaned in annoyance, he set himself up again but not before grabbing a drink from the table as some woman had apparently bought him a drink. Shrugging as the bartender told him this he drank the drink happily as it was refreshing to drink as he hadn't drank any alchol in some time since he had gotten to new Orleans.

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Fiona crossed her legs again as another giggle poured out from her intoxicated lips. She had lost count of how much she had drank, but she didn't particularly care anymore. Everything just felt so good. And warm. But she couldn't tell if that was because of her powers or not. Eh, whatever. Leaning harder into the man she was seated besides, she tapped on the bar in front of them. "Hey there, handsome, you wouldn't mind buyin' little ol' me somethin' to drink, would you?" Fiona said, her voice slurring together considerably. The man said something cheeky to his friends beside him in french, and Fiona really couldn't bother to try and decode the fast spoken foreign language. But he did buy her a drink, before smacking her on the back, making Fiona's stomach lurch. Huh, maybe she shouldn't have another drink. Or at least not one without finding some entertainment. Sanding up with a wobble, the blonde snatched her beer up and tried to waddle her way over to the nearest Billard table. "Hey boys!" Fiona exclaimed as she pushed her way to the edge of the billard table. She wasn't particularly looking to play it, but how hard could it be? "And ladies~" Fiona said with a lazy smirk as one of the very pretty waitresses walked by. Clutching the edge of the Billard table to not tip over as one of the rowdy men beside her smacked her from behind, Fiona gave a nervous laugh. Firstly, she had no idea how this flirting thing was supposed to go. Second, she felt like she might have possibly per chance may have had one to many beers. And puking all over the Billard table was not going to be attractive. Unless they were into that sort of thing. God, she hoped they weren't into that sort of thing.

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Scott Summers grabbed a cue from wall before he grabbed the chalk off of the edge of the pool table. As he did so, he could hear the words of a man asking to get into the game. Scott merely shrugged before nodding. It really didn’t matter to him who he played. During this, a waitress walked by him.

“Anything I can get for you, monsieur?” she asked.

“I’ll take a Guiness,” Scott said.

“Coming right up.”

“Thank you.”

Craig watched as the waitress made her way over to the bar. He then looked back at the table, seeing the newcomer off to a good start. As smiled faintly as he leaned back against the wall, waiting patiently for his turn at the table.

All I need is just one opening, Scott said to himself as he looked at the table. He practically saw every possible move that the man in the leather jacket could come up with. It was rather interesting to him. Maybe that was why he liked trigonometry and, by extension, math in general.

Once the waitress came back with his drink, he nodded as he took hold of the bottle and twisted off the cap. As he took a sip of his beer, he noticed a woman who may have been… Nope, she was totally over the limit as far as alcohol went. Much to his surprise, a man reached down and gave a slap on her butt as she made her way over. He furrowed up his eyebrows as he tilted his head. He then turned his attention back to the table.

[JIN DANIELS]

Just as his turn was over, he spotted from the corner of his eye a woman come stumbling over to the table, he almost laughed as it was clear she was drunk by the way she clutched the edge of the table to adjust herself and make sure she didn't fall as well as the slurred greetings she had said to everyone.
Moving back from the table Jin turned to the bartender ordering a nice cold beer, as the bartender handed the beer over to him, he gulped down the contents of the bottle as if he were a thirsty man in a desert.

Turning his attentions back to the table Jin watched as the other men attempted to get high scores, as each one of them failed Jin couldn't help but smirk in amusement. heading back to the table with his beer in hand he overheard the woman who was obviously intoxicated request to play, he heard one of the men agree allowing her which was obvious they had done it just to amuse themselves as they thought the woman would fail spectacularly. As he stood by the pool table he stood by the woman before saying "Hey are you even able to play, cause it looks to me like your seeing thriple at the moment" in a quiet tone that didnt quite cover the amusement in his voice.
Jin then watched as bets were renewed and new bets were made, and it seemed that most people were betting on him to win which of course was definetly an ego boost that didn't fail to make him smirk.

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Standing there for a while watching the different games go on was pretty fun for a while. There was a ton of bright colors, an exciting energy from everyone surrounding the table, and Fiona didn't have to think to hard. It was pool, knock as many balls into the corner holes and you won, simple enough. Well, apparently it was 'simple' enough that Fiona got the bright idea to play. Slinking towards one of the guys who had been playing- he was moderately good at the game- Fiona leaned up and tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. "Hey Mister, you wouldn' mind lettin' me play, would ya?" She said, curling a bit of her hair in an attempt to be coy. Or whatever her drunken mind considered to be coy. The man chuckled before handing her the pool cue, saying something along the lines of "knock yerself out". Strutting over to the end of the table, liquid confidence coursing through her veins, Fiona was actually feeling pretty good right now.Just as she was lining up however, One of the more experienced= or lucky- players leaned down to her level. "Hey are you even able to play, cause it looks to me like your seeing triple at the moment" Booping his nose quickly out of self indulgence, Fiona turned to him. Putting her hand on her hip she responded in a mock accusatory tone, "Ssssssweetie, I-" She moved her hand to rest on her collarbone for emphasis. "am the queeeeeen of pool- trust me. And anyways, I'm not complaining about seeing three of you." Turning back to line back up, Fiona pulled back, lined up, and...failed miserably. Her face grew even hotter than it already was as laughter surrounded her, and Fiona bit on her lip. Well... next times the charm? When it came to be her turn again, Fiona was hesitant to play, but the cheering of the muscle heads around her quickly convinced her to at least try. Although the betting against her was...a bit daunting. Sighing she pulled back, prayed that her vision would line up slightly- and did surprisingly well? Fiona looked on in surprise as the party goers around her erupted, some 'oohing' and a lot of the losers booing. Starting with a slight giggle, she eventually burst into hearty laughter. It died down to just a slightly contained smirk as she looked at a couple of the upset beef heads opposing her - who probably lost alot of money- and twirled the pool cue around. "Whelp- Guess it's just beginners luck, right guys?" Or dumb luck. Sitting out for a few more turns, Fiona opted to just watch the game from now on.

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There was a miss. That was all Scott needed. As he approached the table, he looked down on it. He saw every possible shot that he had. A bit to his guilt, there was a small feeling giddiness that welled up inside of him. For the sake of avoiding pettiness, Scott went for the simplest one. He leaned forward before he lined up the cue. He then pulled it back before striking the tip of it against the cue ball. The ball was struck at the right place.

Confidently, Scott stood straight up as the white sphere on a roll. It then struck the green solid at an angle, causing that ball to roll into a corner pocket. As Scott moved around the corner, he eyed the girl that was drunk and saw that she was holding her own at the other table. Internally, he wondered if she was as drunk as she was letting on.

You know, I don’t really have any room to talk, Scott thought to himself as he returned his attention to the table he was working. I’m hustling tonight as well. It wasn’t something he was proud of, but he needed the money in case he hit the road again.

Who knows? Maybe I’ll stay in The Big Easy.

After he lined up another shot, he struck the cue again, this time, lined up a straight shot, sending a ball into the side pocket. “Not that this isn’t fun, though,” he said to himself in a low whisper.

[JIN DANIELS]

As the woman booped his nose, he rose an eyebrow at her in question. Before he could tell her not to ever do that again she spoke. "Ssssssweetie, I- am the queeeeeen of pool- trust me. And anyways, I'm not complaining about seeing three of you." as the words left her mouth in a slur he couldn't help but smirk before chuckling a deep chuckle that seemed to reverbrate through his whole body. "Okay oh queen dont let me stop you then, and I wouldn't mind seeing three of you either but alas i haven't drunk nearly enough for that to happen." He replied back with a cocky grin bowing mockingly as he did so before he walked over to the wall on which he layed back on.

Watching as the man with the red tinted glasses prepared for his turn by shaping the cue tip, Jin turned around walking over to the bar before ordering his favourite a cold bottle of Heineken beer.

Waiting for the bartender to arrive with his drink he started to ponder on he reason he came to New Orleans.
As the thoughts whirled through his mind he was brought back to earth by a tap on the shoulder by the bartender he had been waiting on, "Here is your drink sir" the bartender said politely before handing him the bottle of beer.

"Thanks" was all that Jin said as he got up off the stool and walked over back to the pool table where he overheard the men talk about how the man who was playing was completely killing it with his apparently mad skill.

Popping the beer cap off the bottle, he gulped most of the contents down before releasing a gasp of breathe *Oh yeah just what I needed* he thought to himself as he watched the man play with some interest.

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As the games went on, Fiona could feel herself become more and more hyped, although she herself did not want to play again. Not only did she usually have pretty bad luck in games of chance, save fore some lucky blessings, but she also felt like she should try and win a little extra cash for herself. Yeah sure, the X-men were given "pay" for working on the team, not to mention the free housing and food, but there was something a bit off about using her superhero money to pay for a ton of booze. She felt icky, like she should be using the money to buy something else... like superhero masks or armor or... something a vigilante uses. Regardless, as she put her bets in on the guy she had flirted with before, or on 'Shades', some fellow who had to have a masters degree in geometry or something for how uncannily good he was playing. Eventually however, a pressure told her that the god-knows-how-many amount of beer she had consumed had finally made it through her body. Slinking away to go to the washroom, Fiona was about to enter the women's restroom when some one grabbed her wrist- hard. Spinning around, Fiona clenched her teeth as she was met face to face with two of the brutes who had been at the pool table before. And from the looks on their faces, they were definitely not pleased.  The one not grasping her wrist said something in french that sounded alot rougher than any of the french she had heard come out of Remy, and while her intoxicated mind had no business translating, it did recognize it as threatening. Scrunching up her face, Fiona looked toward the one holding her wrist as he elaborated. "My friend here lost a lot of money here thanks to your lucky shot before- money he could have used. We want some back." He said through a thick french accent. Fiona scowled up at the man as she smelt the stench of liquor cloud her nose, although she couldn't tell if it was her or the men trying to harass her for money she didn't even make. In one fell swoop, she yanked her wrist from the man, gathering the strength she had accumulated through training to out power the man at least double her size. "Well, maybe your friend, should have thought before doubting the queen of pool." Fiona cockily said, swaying a bit as she moved her finger about. Right before -in a brilliant showcase of the talent the prestigious X-Men had to offer- spiting in their faces. Right as their initial shock passed over, the one who had apparently lost the money lunged for her. Mix the blondes deep intoxication with the ability to control energy, with a hint of getting attacked, and you get one big man being thrown across the room in a push of yellow kinetic energy. Starring at the man she had just flung across the room in shock as the room fell silent, Fiona muttered a small 'oops.' before her better self kicked in. "Oh god I'm so sorry! I-" stumbling over to the man to the best of her ability, with the room spinning, Fiona could vaguely hear someone exclaim 'mutant'. Next thing she knew, she was tossed out of the bar, door slamming shut behind her.

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Scott was on a roll as he cleared the table. It was practically clockwork to him. As the eight ball was on its way, Scott was already standing up, leaning his cue against the table as the sphere fell into the pocket.

“I believe that’s 200 bucks for me,” Scott said quietly. The man who he was playing against gave him a look as the others started to murmur around him. The man then rolled his eyes as he reached into his pocket and fetched his wallet. After he took out the money, Scott walked up to him and took the bills before he pocketed them. As he did so, there was a commotion. Scott moved turned his head and looked past at the woman, who was being harassed.

“…” The mutant adjusted his glasses as he watched from a distance. He was about to intervene at one point. That was, until her harasser was blown across the room. The room went quiet, with the people around Scott murmuring amongst themselves. Scott, however, only reacted with a dejected sigh.

This isn’t going to end well.

And it didn’t. As talks of the woman being a mutant, and then she was roughly tossed out. At that, the man with the red glasses closed his eyes and took in a breath.

Well, so much for a peaceful time, Scott thought to himself as he walked up to the group.

“That wasn’t very nice,” he said as he stopped in front of them.

“What’s it to you, ***hole?” one of them said. “You’re seriously going to fight all of us over a mutie?”

Scott went quiet as he felt his blood boiled. He then spoke again, this time in a grim tone. “…Yes.”

CRACK!!!

That was the only thing that could be heard as the man went stumbling backward before he fell down on his back. Scott shook his fist out as he grimaced. As one of the man went to check on the guy who was just punched out, another tried to attack Scott. Emphasis on tried, because as the punch was thrown, Scott caught it and turned, flipping the man onto his back. He then brought his right foot up and dropped it flush onto his face.

“I believe that woman is owed some money as well as an apology,” Scott called out. He then looked around him, seeing that some people were about to converge. “And I have no problem collecting the hard way.”

[JIN DANIELS]

*Sigh* "There goes my extra cash," Jin said as he watched the man demolish the game. Leaning against the wall nursing yet another beer, he shook his head in disbelief and disappointment as he was now sure he wasn't going to win the pool game. *And I was gonna use the money to get new clothes* he whined mentally.
Kicking off the wall, he headed towards the bar in order to get himself another beer as the one he was drinking was now empty but as he was walking over he overheard a conversation as the man with red tinted glasses was conversing with another man who had thrown out the woman in a rather violent way. *Okay that was uncalled for* he thought as he walked closer towards the men but did so quietly, he also kept his distance in order to assess the situation in case it got out of hand.

Seeing the man who had completely demolished the pool game and wore stylish red tinted glass throw a wicked right hook at one of the men in front of him, he couldn't contain the grin the crept across his features. "Huh, who knew he had it in him" he muttered as he stepped forward before flipping over a man who had ran at the leather jacket wearing guy. "Yeah looks like I'm gonna step in fella's and it ain't gonna be a good thing for ya at all. Cause I'm going to give it to ya straight and I'm gonna say this only once with all the humility I can possibly summon; My name is Jin Daniels and I am the greatest fighter ever period. You won't beat me so save yourself the pain and humiliation and save me the time and the chance of me breaking my hand off your face and just walk away."

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Stumbling until she fell over, Fiona cursed as she landed on her hands and knees- right onto the cold concrete. Fiona felt emotions well in her chest and before she knew it she was crying. She didn't even know why. Tears continued to stream out of the blonde as she sat there on the sidewalk- her already intense emotions amplifying into an even rawer form. 'God I'm such a mess- why do I always mess things up? I'm such a nuisance, but the others x-men still tolerate me. Oh, the other X-Men are all so nice- they're such nice friends~ friends that I don't deserve... but they hang out with me- so I can't be all that bad-' The blonde stumbled back up as she heard ruckus erupt from the inside of the bar- Her self restraint and reasoning diluted, she figured it would be okay for her to just waltz right back in. Rushing in, she was startled by the bar fight. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Stop it! Stop it! Arrêtez! Arrêtez!" she said, trying to run into the middle of the fray. God how she wished the others were here. Running over to the guy she had flirted with before, she wrapped her arms around him from behind in a poor attempt at trying to stop him. Remembering her powers however, her arms lit up in a yellow energy glow. Knowing now that the energy gave off heat, she made sure to work fast. Using the extended energy, she tried to restrain the guy from fighting. Noticing Shades seemed to be on the same side as her, she called out to him. "You too buddy! Both of you need to calm down! All of you need to calm down!" She said, voice a bit more shrill than usual.

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Scott didn’t expect the young man from earlier to come to his side. There was a small part of him that wanted to smile, glad that he wasn’t the only one who found the earlier actions disgraceful. However, now wasn’t the time for that as one of the men went after him. Scott waited before brought his right foot up and jammed it into his stomach. The would-be attacker doubled over, letting out groaned. Scott then stepped forward and smashed his left knee into his face. As that guy went down, Scott was suddenly grabbed from behind.

Scott tried to shake him on, but he was too strong. Keeping a cool head, Scott brought his right foot up before he slammed his heel down on the foot of his captor. As soon as he felt the hold loosen, he quickly turned around grabbed a handful of his attackers’ shirt with his left hand. He then brought his hand up and sent punch after punch into his face. He was at punch number three when he heard the voice of the young woman again.

Scott stopped in mid-swing before he looked at her. After some seconds, he nodded before he dropped down on the man on the ground. He then reached down into the man’s jacket and pulled out his wallet.

“I consider this restitution,” Scott said. He then tossed the wallet towards the woman. After it landed on its feet, he looked at the rest of the would-be attackers.

“We’re going to take our leave now. If any of you so much as move wrong…” He trailed off. He then slowly made his way over to the counter as he reached for his own wallet. After pulling it out, he pulled out a 20 and dropped it on the counter. After that, he looked towards the other two.

“After you,” he said.

[JIN DANIELS]

Waiting patiently for the group of men to make their first move, Jin stood beside the unique glasses wearing man before side stepping a rather impatient guy before grabbing the would-be attacker by the back of his shirt dragging him back and punching him straight in the face. *Ha serves you right ***hole* Jin thought as he bobbed and weaved through the wave of men. Seeing movement from the conrner of his eye, he moved out of the way of a punch that was directed at his temple, before counterattacking as he knee'd the assailant right in the down under. *Gotta hurt* he thought once more with a grin, "heh this is getting my blood pumping" he mumbled as he took down every man that ran at him.

Once he was finished, he noticed the man was having some trouble with his group of wanna be thugs, just as he was about to help he was bound by a pair of arms wrapped around him in an attempt to hold him back, as he was about to rip the person who dared touch him anew one he recognised the voice of the woman who he'd flirted with earlier on before he noticed a rather bright light emitting from her arms. "Okay that's a new one" he said in amazement and confusion.

As he was about to question her on what she was doing and why she lit up like a glow stick, she spoke first adresssing everyone who was fighting.

"You too buddy! Both of you need to calm down! All of you need to calm down!".

Hearing those words he watched as the men who were currently fighting came to a halt as they regarded her words as they looked in her direction as well as Jin's.

"Um you can let go now, that is if you want to I ain't fussed" Jin said with his usual cocky grin as he waggled his eyebrows suggestively. as he waited for her response which would no doubt be amusing he wondered what that light had been, and wondered if she was some sort of experiment or maybe she could have been a mutant he sometimes heard about on the telly. Whatever she was he didn't really care as it wasn't his business.

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"Alright... alright." Fiona cautiously said as everyone began to calm down - even if the atmosphere was tenser than a parent teacher interview. She wasn't really used to people listening to her, but she supposed she learned a thing or two from listening to Rogue's orders. The man she was holding onto her turned slightly to respond to her, his flirtation causing the blonde to quickly let go of him in embarrassment. She did crack a grin however, pushing his shoulder lightly. Her tone quickly turned serious as the rooms tense atmosphere surrounded her, "You... and you-" she pointed to the man wearing shades, "Follow me." Noticing how forceful she sounded, Fiona curled in slightly, "Y-Ya know. If you want to. I just want to talk. Heh-" giving a nervous chuckle, Fiona turned to leave the bar she had technically been kicked out of. As the cool night air hit her face, Fiona gave a deep sigh. Her vision was still swimming from the alcohol she had been drinking all night, and her face still felt warm, but she was praying that her training would help her endurance somewhat. "So... I- I want to say thanks for defending me. I- I mean really," her voice slurring slightly, Fiona shook her head, only to reel back from her vision blurring slightly," thanks. So... so I'll answer any questions you have - I'm sure you're got some after the light show in there." Fiona said before swirling a bit of energy around her hand to light them up briefly.

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