[001] Take me to your Cinnabon

[beetleboyblue]

[video clicks on to show a friendly-looking teenager smiling at the camera]

...I have to say, when I signed on for this thing, I kind of expected to see some kind of soulless ship cabin that I'd have to put posters all over or something. Not, you know. My bedroom. Not that I'm complaining or anything! I like having my bedroom, and not having to share a bathroom with Milagro, and...

I'm pretty sure no one needs to know any of this. Sorry.

I'm Jaime Reyes—I'm going to be a warden here. Anyone know what's for dinner tonight?

[video clicks off, then immediately clicks on again, though Jaime is not looking at the camera]

What?  No.  Of course I didn't ask about Cinnabon.

...

Because there is no Cinnabon here.  This isn't a vacation.

...

Sometimes, we have to go places without Cinnabon.  It's one of the sacrifices we make for the greater good.

...

Look, this is not a discussion.  There will be cinnamon rolls if God wills it, okay?

...

It's not fatalistic, it's realistic, and--

[video clicks off again]

Comments

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

Huh. [And now he's checking things out outside his room. Why, yes. It is seriously sketchy.] ...Wow. You said it's not usually like this, right?

[batmanschmatman]

That I did.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

...Good to know. Because I'm pretty sure I didn't sign up to be an extra in Ghost Ship.

[batmanschmatman]

Ghost Ship?

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

It's a horror movie? Old rotting ship full of ghosts, where pretty much everyone dies. And I'd be that geeky guy--you know, the one that usually gets offed first.

[batmanschmatman]

Let's not go that far.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

Just saying, I've seen enough movies to know how these things usually go. I'd like to not be on the chopping block, though, so I'm hoping for a kids' ghost movie. The kind that have happy endings, with everyone making it out of the haunted house okay.

...I watch a lot of movies, and my little sister is eight.