[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]

Uh--yeah. Well, I was born in America, but my family's from Mexico.

[OOC: No worries! Go Spanish bro fist!]

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Do you speak Spanish at all?

[pause]

Forgive me for not introducing myself. Dr Miguel Caesares.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

[laugh] Yeah. Definitely. Even if we weren't bilingual at home, I would have learned to make sure my cousins weren't making fun of me behind my back. Mom's side doesn't speak English at all, and there are a bunch of bratty cousins.

Nice to meet you, Doctor.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

That is a very good reason to know any language. Would you mind if I switched? I... haven't had cause to speak Spanish in quite a while.

Very nice to meet you too.

On another note, cinnamon rolls sound quite delicious.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

[In Spanish, which... the mun doesn't know more than a few phrases of.]

I don't mind at all. Where are you from?

Heh--yeah, they are. I'm hoping they have them for breakfast sometime. Or I might have a mutiny.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

[this mun knows numbers in spanish. with the help of google.]

I am originally from Argentina, but I have lived in Catalonia for a long while.

I'm fairly sure the staff take requests, and I can't imagine it won't be popular.

[here's hoping spanish does double negatives.]

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

[We are a pair. :) And double negatives rock.]

Yeah? Do you miss it?

[He laughs.] I guess I'll have to see who's in charge for breakfast.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I do miss both places, yes.

A gentleman by the name of Iroh, if you are making specific requests.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

Thanks--I'll try to remember so I can make a request, when I'm feeling the need for a morning sugar rush.

So are you a warden here, or an inmate?

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

Warden. And yourself?

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

A warden--though I'm starting to see that I might be on the young side.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I've always thought I'm on the old side. I do not think it truly matters.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

[grin] It's just a number, right?

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

As all old men do say. It is just a number.

[beetleboyblue.livejournal.com]

[laugh] Young men say it, too. Usually when they're trying to do something they're not allowed to yet.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

They do, they do. Nobody really wants to be the age they are, I think.