|| video | @ciscodelamancha | feb 10 ||

[franciscoramon]

[ The video starts off shaky, clearly taken using the front-facing camera on a phone being wielded by a deeply intoxicated Cisco Ramon. He is pink-cheeked and bright-eyed and giggling so much he has difficulty speaking. ]

Heyooo Quarantine! Sup! Guess what?! It's my birthday today! That means I'm twenty fuckin' five, which means I'm totally old, and wise, and stuff. So I thought it'd be fun if y'all sent me, like, questions! For advice! You know, like Dear Abby, only instead it's Dear Cisco. I've been around a whole quarter of a century now so you best believe I've got plenty of knowledge I can drop on ya like that!

[ He lifts the hand not holding the phone, clearly meaning to snap, but realizes belatedly he's still holding a glass. He turns away from the screen, muttering a quick Babe, babe hold this for me- before handing off the drink to someone outside the shot. Then he looks at the camera once more and snaps, not loudly enough to be heard and late enough that it is unintentionally very comical. ]

It's cool if you send them anonymous or not, anything goes. Lemme help you make some good-ass choices in your life! Or if you're not feeling the advice game you could just like do some shout outs and holler at your loved ones.

Comments

[tanker]

he does have a lot on his shoulders
and he used to share it, he did, but he recently got betrayed by his best friend

[ Just thinking about it hurts like hell.

Oh, what's the point in even pretending he's not talking about himself?? ]

i did say i'm sorry
surprisingly, that worked

i feel like it's stupid to even consider *not* giving this relationship a chance since we're here, now, and i've got a lot less responsibilities
and yet i keep on thinking about back home and how dare i be happy here while everything is falling apart there

[ Pause.

Oh, John. ]

wait i'm sorry, it's your birthday, you shouldn't have to deal with a stranger rambling at you

[franciscoramon]

shit
thats' rough man
betrayal's the worst
totally beeen there, done that
got the world's shittiest t-shirt

you should give it a chance here for sure
maybe that's why you're here
like destiny only not because destiny's stupid
but this is your chnace to be with her

and it doesn't do anybody back home any good worrying about them
you're stuck ehre, right?
at least for a while
and when they send you back, if you want to go back
it'll be right to when you left
so you shouldn't waste time worrying about your world
that's as pointess as wasting time worrying about gravity
ain't nothing you can do to change it so why be miserable

naw man it's cool
that was the whole point of the post
to help people!
its what i wantedd!

[tanker]

high five, man. betrayal sucks hard.

[ Honestly, if John could get drunk, he would be, just to get over how badly it hurt. Sadly, it's not even an option. No wonder he's a stick in the mud. ]

I'd have been brought here just to date a girl?
I mean, not that she's just any girl, she's - a lot more than that
but I can't be that selfish, I need to do something else, too. Help out, in whatever way I can

But... yeah. Maybe I should give it a chance
I really want to
although i've forgotten how to date but i can still try


thanks, really
hope your birthday's been good

[franciscoramon]

dpn't get me started
i'm happy drunk right now i don't wanna be sad drunk

ok not date a girl specifically
but to do the stuff you couldn't bakc home
to give you a break
sounds like you've earned one
and you can help people while you're here, too

hell i'm staying here half cuz i can help people more here than at home
and half cuz my boyfriends' here and dead back home
so it's a win-win for me
hooray to a new home

dating's easy
just think of fun stuff you want to do together
and then do it
dating win!

you're welcome!
i hope your not birthday's been good too!!!

[tanker]

No I don’t want to make you sad, either

I keep on feeling guilty about getting a break, like I don’t deserve one while my friends are not getting one themselves
I’m supposed to lead

But also I *want* to go for it, and I can, here
I’m going to ask her out and take her somewhere

That’s definitely a win win for you
I’m sorry back home is no good

[franciscoramon]

no point in feeling guilty for stuff that wasn't your decision & you cant change
and those people would want you to be happy right?
you r friends back home?
so if you think about it you owe it to them to make the most of the opportunity

hell yeah!
what are you thinking, fancy place with candles?
cute little hole in the wall with great food?
picnic??? picnics are so good my first date ehre was a picnic by the river

it's not that back home was NO good
here is just... more
and i can be useful here, and help, and make this place better
not just by giving dumb drunk advice either
real stuff that matters

[tanker]

i think they'd want me to be happy, yeah

[ Marcos would definitely push for it. And if John allows himself to think of Sonia, well... she's the one that talked about 'here and now'. ]

neither of us are very fancy
we've been on the run and squatting in a disused building for a while so anything with matching cutlery will do, really
but I might ask her what she'd rather do. She might prefer something outdoorsy
or somewhere she can bring her dog

yeah? not saying dumb advice doesn't matter, but what kind of stuff do you do?

[franciscoramon]

asking is a good idea
especially if youre not sure what she'd like best yet
and if you stillw ant some surprise
just bring a little gift with you for her

i design tech for the cops and firefighters and guard and stuff
to keep them safe and help them fight off monsters
and i'm helping get those power stations working again
even though that's mostly tony
and helping people learn to use tech and start new lives here

[tanker]

a gift, uh
she's not used to having anything that's *hers*, so that's a good idea

oh i plan on going out and fighting monsters, myself
although i don't think i need much tech help
i've been managing until now without it
and i don't mean that in an arrogant way, i mean i genuinely can't be hurt

[franciscoramon]

invulnerability?
that's a sweet ass power dude
i mean thats a really really good one to have

you wanna be carefl tho
everything's got a limit
and there's monsters out there that could disable your powers
i've seen ones that can sap away magic
you never know
never hurts to have a redundancy
thats some straight up engineer wisdom for ya

[tanker]

yeah, it's very useful
i can't complain about being bulletproof, it's helped me out a lot

i'm also military trained so even without my powers i can take care of myself
but you've got more experience than me here, and i would never turn away anything that could be helpful anyway
and i love a solid plan b

[ is that a fact and a joke??? nobody can tell. ]

[franciscoramon]

oh damn so you're like a double badass
thats good
you can dtop by my workshop any time and we can talk plan b's
just as k around with the guard everybody knows where im at
probably early tomorrow's not a good bet
i think i might be headed for a hangover
any other time tho