May Prompt Response: Mike Cannon
Title: What's Going to Happen Tomorrow
Prompt Number/Prompt: 018. Future
Character/Fandom: Mike Cannon, Las Vegas.
Word Count: 432
Rating: PG for a bad word or two.
Warning(s): None
Summary: Someone asks Mike what he thinks the future holds for him.
The future? Hmm...I'm not sure what the future holds to tell you the truth. Hell, I mean my life right now is certainly not what I planned it to be. All of my life I wanted nothing more than to be an engineer. I even got two jobs the summer after I graduated high school, so I could afford to go to M.I.T. in the fall and pursue my dream. I think that my hands still have soap residue on them from working at the car wash and I can only dream of the day when I'm able to go to McDonald's without thinking about the poor souls working back in the kitchen. Although, come to think of it, the assistant manager was fine enough to make up for the long hours and low pay. What was her name again?
Huh? Oh, you're right. I guess that I should get back to the topic at hand. So, anyway, like I said before, the plan after I graduated from M.I.T. was to end up as an engineer somewhere, making a decent paycheck and living your average life in modern America. So, how did I end up in Vegas? Well, I guess you could say that it was pure accident. Originally, the plan had just been to take a brief vacation here, not to spend the next few years of my life living and working in Sin City. However, when I found out that I could make a lot more as a valet than I ever could as an engineer, the choice was easy.
You know, that's probably the one thing I've learned from living in Vegas for so long: you never know what the future's going to bring. Every decision you make has a consequence; leading you to either hit the jackpot or lose it all. Thanks to our security cameras, I've personally seen both happen to hundreds of people on a daily basis. I guess you could also say that my own life experience has also taught me that fact. I mean, in the past 10 years, I've gone from M.I.T. graduate planning on becoming an engineer to parking people's cars for them to where I am today: working as a higher up in the security and surveillance department of a major Las Vegas casino.
So, what do I see the future holding for me? Well, I'd eventually like to head up the department...and I expect that I will when Mr. D. retires and Danny takes over his spot, like we all know that he will. But I'm keeping my options open.
Prompt Number/Prompt: 018. Future
Character/Fandom: Mike Cannon, Las Vegas.
Word Count: 432
Rating: PG for a bad word or two.
Warning(s): None
Summary: Someone asks Mike what he thinks the future holds for him.
The future? Hmm...I'm not sure what the future holds to tell you the truth. Hell, I mean my life right now is certainly not what I planned it to be. All of my life I wanted nothing more than to be an engineer. I even got two jobs the summer after I graduated high school, so I could afford to go to M.I.T. in the fall and pursue my dream. I think that my hands still have soap residue on them from working at the car wash and I can only dream of the day when I'm able to go to McDonald's without thinking about the poor souls working back in the kitchen. Although, come to think of it, the assistant manager was fine enough to make up for the long hours and low pay. What was her name again?
Huh? Oh, you're right. I guess that I should get back to the topic at hand. So, anyway, like I said before, the plan after I graduated from M.I.T. was to end up as an engineer somewhere, making a decent paycheck and living your average life in modern America. So, how did I end up in Vegas? Well, I guess you could say that it was pure accident. Originally, the plan had just been to take a brief vacation here, not to spend the next few years of my life living and working in Sin City. However, when I found out that I could make a lot more as a valet than I ever could as an engineer, the choice was easy.
You know, that's probably the one thing I've learned from living in Vegas for so long: you never know what the future's going to bring. Every decision you make has a consequence; leading you to either hit the jackpot or lose it all. Thanks to our security cameras, I've personally seen both happen to hundreds of people on a daily basis. I guess you could also say that my own life experience has also taught me that fact. I mean, in the past 10 years, I've gone from M.I.T. graduate planning on becoming an engineer to parking people's cars for them to where I am today: working as a higher up in the security and surveillance department of a major Las Vegas casino.
So, what do I see the future holding for me? Well, I'd eventually like to head up the department...and I expect that I will when Mr. D. retires and Danny takes over his spot, like we all know that he will. But I'm keeping my options open.