Lol,yes, the way he has to bite his tongue because he’s talking to a business executive who would not be amused at his bashing of their products.
So the hellfire gala issue came out, brief summary if you haven’t read it (I haven’t either, just summarizing from mostly CBR) gambit was only shown in the background. He did have a new hellfire outfit, but it was ugly and they should have stuck with last years. So the ‘big thing’ that happened, Orchis attacks ends up killing most of the voting candidates, Jean, iceman, juggernaut who we already know will be back. And Orchis strong arms Xavier into mentally forcing ‘everyone’ through to gates to mars and says they can’t come back to earth. Plot twist at the end, Xavier can’t sense them anymore, so thinks ever who went through the gates are dead. Though, probably not, it also shows that mother righteous chick capturing the second Krakoa and putting in one of her magic bubbles. Yes, there is a second island, it’s been around for a while, I forget why it popped up, but no one lives there, everyone’s on the first island.
So running theory is she has everyone in her bubble, for reasons.. something, something dominion, probably. But also plot twist, not everyone went through the gates, some people ‘resisted’ the psychic command, including gambit, surprisingly enough, and many others who is known to be in the upcoming books. A group of the ‘resistors’ is teleported anyway by Lourdes, remember her? Maybe? Who gets shot while teleporting and she dies dramatically in Emma’s arms after they escape. Because of course Emma is there. Gambit is with the teleporting group, but in the background.
Rogue had left the gala early to help the avengers, so she and the avengers weren’t there when Orchis crashed the party, but she somehow finds Xavier at end to rescue him from Orchis. He wants to be left on now empty Krakoa, to dramatic mourn the dead (who are actually in a bubble) this is probably what destiny wanted manifold for? To get everyone back? Though she doesn’t try to use manifold at the gala and willingly walks into the gates, so she’s waiting for a more dramatic monument to try and save everyone? Lots of moments optimized for drama… I don’t know why the text shrank? [\spoiler]
