http://nomelancholy.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2012-09-16 04:03 pm
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El Burrito Loco, Sunday Evening

Yes, it had taken them months to get around to a trip out for dinner that had been proposed back when they'd first arrived in Fandom, but Ulrik and Sholeh were finally making it happen.

Their restaurant of choice? El Burrito Loco.

"I hope you're okay with spicy food," Ulrik said, after picking up one of the menus, "as it apparently features quite heavily on the menu."

[ooc: for the definitely-not-a-date dinner partner, but open for all your mexican food needs. I'D TOTALLY FORGOTTEN WE HAD A MEXICAN PLACE, NGL.]
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[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure!" Sholeh said, scanning the menu eagerly. "But I look forward to finding out! Because Mexica is another landsca--err, umm, country?"

That was the proper word for it, right?

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ulrik nodded. "It's still a Spanish territory where I'm from, but here up-time it's been independent for a while now."

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Does that ever get weird for you?" Sholeh asked, propping her chin in her hand, every admonishment to keep her elbows off the table flying out of her head. "Seeing so many things you know, but differently? Or is it so far beyond you that learning that Mexica one day gets its independence just doesn't seem worth caring about?"

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The problem with English not being his first (or second, or even third) language was that Ulrik didn't quite catch that 'Mexica' wasn't quite the right word. It didn't help that beyond what was printed in the few up-time atlases he'd seen, in his own world it was still 'New Spain'.

"It is a little odd," Ulrik had to admit. "Especially considering the circumstances of my own world, which is an oddity to begin with."

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It was wrong though. Everyone knew the proper name is 'Mexioc.'

"I think you've mentioned something about that?" Sholeh said, giving up on the menu entirely. She didn't understand what most of the foods listed even were; trying to remember what she'd eaten at the welcome picnic was very impossible.
"Because people came from far away and changed everything, right?"

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not just geographically, but through time as well," Ulrik said for a nod. "You know how the year is 2012 here, yes?"

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Sholeh nodded. It meant nothing to her, the same way the year the Tryad claimed would mean nothing to anyone here. "And it is September, correct? The ninth month of the year."

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ulrik nodded. "Back in my home, it is only 1636. Nearly four-hundred years before this one. But that is not the only difference," he held up a hand. "Four years ago, a town full of Americans arrived. For them, only moments before they had been in the year 2000."

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Ten years ago for us, but still four hundred and some-odd years in the future for you," Sholeh said with a nod. "But...a whole village?! How does that happen?"

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Nobody really knows," Ulrik admitted. "Just- one minute they were where they belonged, and then next, buildings and all, they were half a world and a few hundred years away."

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Those poor people," Sholeh said. "To unexpectedly have to leave their families and friends and whole world behind. They must have had a beastly time getting adjusted to the new world they found themselves in. Have they figured out how to get home yet?"

[Hitting post helps, self]

[identity profile] nomelancholy.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"As far as anyone's been able to figure out, the trip was one-way," Ulrik informed her. "After all, they altered the world's history just by arriving, so even if they returned to their original time, it wouldn't truly be their home."

[identity profile] 3girls-1core.livejournal.com 2012-09-17 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I hadn't even thought of that," Sholeh said. "How dreadful. I--"

She was interrupted by their waitress's arrival. Did they want drinks and appetizers? Sholeh ordered a soda, but then was stumped by the idea of an appetizer.

"Have you thought about what you want?" she asked Ulrik. "Do jalapeno poppers sound like things that would be good?"
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