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Miguel Alvarez (prisoner97a413) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-06-06 11:26:00

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arrival, complete, day 2, miguel alvarez, rose tyler

Day Two
Who: Miguel Alvarez and Rose Tyler
What: Miguel wakes up at Mirage and meets Rose.
When: 10:45 AM
Where: Out in the gardens
Status: Complete
Rating: PG for Language

Back in solitary.

Miguel didn't know how much worse his life could get at this moment as he collapsed on the hard cot attached to one of the walls. It was the same room he had spent most of his time at Oz inside of and the familiarity of those four walls were closing in on him, making the convict feel like throwing up. In fact, he could feel the bile rising in his throat and turned to the toilet where he dry heaved for a few minutes. Christ, he couldn't believe he was back in here again, trapped once more in the metal cell. "Fucking moron", Miguel swore at himself. "El burro sabe mas que tu". How could he have been so stupid to lose his temper at the parole meeting and actually attack one of the parole board members?

"I'm never going to see the outside of this place", he sighed as he laid back down on the bed. For a long while Miguel let that sad fact sink into his brain before he drifted off, still fully clothed on the prison bed. The criminal never felt the planet call out to him nor did he feel it pull him from his cell and dump him into the gardens of the dude ranch. There he slept for about a half and hour until the hard ground and bright sunlight finally forced Miguel awake. It seemed like a beautiful dream to Alvarez when he opened his eyes and saw the beautiful lush garden, the rustic buildings and the far off mountains. Not exactly a place Miguel would ever dream himself to but he was thankful for any respite from his cold prison cell. After about a ten minutes of simply staring at his surroundings, it dawned upon Miguel that this was no dream.

"No dream is this real", he spoke out loud, staring up at the sky in wonderment. How long had it been since he had seen the sky? Probably since his escape last year. His suspicious were confirmed when Miguel tripped up on a tree root and hit the ground face first. It hurt but the pain simply caused him to laugh. This was real! He could feel the grass beneath his body and Miguel kissed the ground with joy. "I'm free", he laughed, climbing to his feet before crying out, "I'm free!"

That was when Miguel realized he wasn’t alone.

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nomoreshopgirl
2008-06-06 08:43 pm UTC (link)

"Extraño?" she asked, frowning slightly in confusion. "Sorry, I don't speak any Spanish. I have a cousin that does, though. Not that that does me any good now, but- yeah." Okay. She was shutting up now.

"No, it wasn't so terribly strange. We were heading for another planet, actually, when we showed up here instead." She lifted a shoulder in a shrug, then stepped back, turning toward the main lobby. "Come on, love. We'll find your room and then see about some food." She smiled a bit as she glanced over to him. "Yeah, I can see how it's a bit like a scifi novel. But then...All that scifi stuff is like nothing to me- not with everything the Doctor's shown me."

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prisoner97a413
2008-06-06 08:52 pm UTC (link)

"It means strange", Miguel replied. "Sorry, I learned Spanish first and English second. I kinda just talk in both sometimes." He followed Rose as she turned toward the main lobby, smiling appreciatively. Being shown around by a cute blond, even if she might have a screw loose, was a nice change for Miguel. As they entered the lobby Miguel spotted the main desk but what really caught his eye was the blinking light coming from one of the key slots behind the desk. "How do you know which room is yours? I mean, does that blinking light have anything to do with it?"

Miguel moved in closer to investigate and reached over the desk to grab the key. "C127", he read out loud. Since this was the only key that Miguel could see he had to wonder if it was his. "Hey Rose, do you know where C127 is?"

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nomoreshopgirl
2008-06-06 08:57 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, you don't have to apologize," she said, waving a hand. She watched as he picked a key out. "Back this way, I think." She turned again, waiting for him to walk with her as she started toward the lodging units. "One-twenty-seven means it'll be on the first floor. C is which unit you're in." She turned down another corridor. "It seems like a pretty nice place, though. Nobody seems really unhappy, so far as I can tell."

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prisoner97a413
2008-06-06 09:08 pm UTC (link)

It was a little like follow the leader. Rose lead and Miguel followed but he didn't mind in the least. If anything, he got to check her out a few times but mostly she seemed really nice. Reaching the lodging units, Miguel whistled as he took in the beautiful backdrop of the fields and lake behind the unit. "I can't imagine anyone being unhappy here. There are a lot worse places to wake up to then a resort", Miguel chuckled as he moved forward in the buildings and headed down the corridor with Rose.

The pair had no trouble finding Miguel's room and within seconds he had the door open to reveal a rather ordinary bland room. Or it was ordinary at first. It seemed like the room blinked for a moment before shifting. A brief shred of fear went through Miguel when he thought for a second it was going to turn into a prison cell but he relaxed as it changed into another ordinary room. A little bit bigger than the last one but with rich brown walls and lots of windows.

"Holy shit", he breathed as he stepped into the room. "This is where I'm sleeping? Nice". The convict did a quick inspection of the room and noticed that like Rose had said, everything he could possibly need was there. "This is amazing".

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	nomoreshopgirl 2008-06-07 07:43 am UTC (link)
	"It seems to change with whatever you want or need," she said, poking her head into the room after it shifted. "Ours looks like the inside of the TARDIS. It's not a bad replica." She smiled a bit at his awe. "Yeah, it's yours. I'd imagine if you wanted something-- anything-- it would show up pretty quickly, too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

prisoner97a413
2008-06-07 04:02 pm UTC (link)

A room that could change to suit your needs and a girl who claimed to travel through space and time. If someone had told Miguel that he would have encountered either, he would have told them they were nuts. But here he was, right in the middle of a strange but clearly powerful world. "This is really amazing", Miguel repeated, still having trouble getting his head around it all.

"It's like someone blessed us, you know?" Miguel added with a smile but thanks to his natural cynicism, that smile didn't last long. "Or there could be a nasty surprise in store for us yet". Few things in life were free but Miguel pushed that negative thought out of his mind. "Screw it, might as well enjoy while it lasts, right?" he said with another smile at Rose.

"So what about that food we were talking about?"

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nomoreshopgirl
2008-06-07 09:14 pm UTC (link)

"That's what we're worried about," Rose admitted. "It seems so strange that we'd get pulled here and just given anything and everything we could want." Well. Except the freedom to leave, which she knew the Doctor wanted. She returned his smile. "Yeah. Yeah, we should."

Rose stepped back into the hallway. "Depends on what you want. I've only had the chips, but oh my god, they are to die for."

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prisoner97a413
2008-06-08 10:15 am UTC (link)

Miguel left the room with a twinge of reluctance but the criminal remaindered himself that one, he could return later and two, he didn't want to be stuck in any one room for a long period of time. "Chips?" Miguel asked as he locked the door behind him. "Like potato chips...oh wait, that's what you guys call fries in Britain, right?" he said, cluing in. "I think I had enough fries to last me a life time at--" Miguel broke off.

He almost said Oz, which would have been really stupid of the criminal if Rose knew what Oz stood for. It was slang on the streets for the Oswald State Correctional Facility and Miguel didn't want people to know he had been in prison. Talk about getting off on the wrong foot and he knew how they'd look at him after they knew truth.

Realizing that he was probably carrying the awkward pause on for too long, Miguel continued talking. "Yeah, I'm more in the mood for something more filling than fries." The pair headed out of Unit C and made their way to main building where the restaurant was located. Miguel let out a low whistle as they entered. "Wow, I'm definitely under-dressed for this place", he said, glancing down at his dark loose jeans and sleeveless t-shirt.

"Hope they don't have a dress code. So, where do you want to sit?"

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