Eudio: Cuddlr

[gotbottle]

Rachel Conway (30) Reporter and author, true crime and forensic science nerd, surfer, swimmer, lover of old music and poetry, drinking buddy, champion cuddler, loyal friend. I give great shoulder rubs. I like long walks on the beach, strong drinks, smart people, and a good story.

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[mindmeld]

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[ Science. Music. Poetry. All signs of a... well, not necessarily a rational mind, but a cultured one. ]

[gotbottle]

Thank you.

May I ask what kind of scientist you are?

[mindmeld]

I am required to be knowledgeable in many fields, including astrophysics, stellar cartography, phonology, and if you consider ethics to be science, interspecies ethics. Programming is my specialty, however.

[gotbottle]

I think ethics could be a science, yeah. It's the study of behavior and values, especially around the ideas of right and wrong, from what I understand. It's still concerned with establishing standards, categorizing them, seeing what impact they have. And examining them to see if they're still relevant or fit. We do similar things in other sciences.

What requires you to to have such a wide range of skills? Why do you favor programming over the other fields you've studied?

[mindmeld]

[ He just might be a little fascinated, now. ]

You are correct. It does require the use of close examination and establishment of standards. Many do not see it as such.

I am first officer on a star ship, and as such, I oversee the various departments and scientists in the science branch on the ship and am required to report both to my captain and our governing body about the findings we come across. Also required to formulate hypotheses and provide answers, often under extreme duress. Programming is not a favored subject, but my skills were most needed there.

[gotbottle]

[ So is she--this is far from the usual kind of conversation she's had on this app. In a good way. ]

I don't know if it's the same where you're from, but I think--where I'm from--people who aren't involved in science as a profession or calling feel like it's this very rigid sterile thing that only happens in a lab. It's something they studied in school and once they're done with school that's it, it's over. They aren't able to make the connection that the same sets of skills, the same idea of inquiry and standards, carries over into so many more things. And they don't see real-world applications of the things they did study in school.

That makes sense. I assume the purpose of your travels is exploration? Or research? The ship as a whole would need people with a wide range of knowledge and expertises, and of course the person supervising those people and their work must himself be both able to call on extensive knowledge and training, and willing to take up important work not covered by others.

A star ship, though. We've only just made a few small moves in that direction. We've put men on the moon, we've put a space station in orbit, we've sent probes out into the solar system and beyond.

[mindmeld]

That is not to different from my world, though it is a less-common concept, and people do accept that science happens in the field and that such skills gained from the study of sciences like astrophysics apply to many different fields. As an instructor, I endeavored to make that understood, though most of my students were studying such topics as I taught with that mindset.

Meeting people who have such analytic skills is always a pleasure. Do you employ these skills for your writing?

What year was it in your home, if you do not mind me asking? It sounds like a familiar description of Earth some 200 or so years before my time.

[gotbottle]

Well, that certainly makes it easier. When you say you were an instructor, I take it you don't just mean supervising your crew on your ship? You taught at an educational institution as well?

Thank you. I do use it in my writing. I'm an investigative reporter and I've just written my first book, back home. It might not seem that a writer would use analytical skills in their work but I do: when I gather facts about a story or a case I want to write about, I do need to figure out which facts are important and which are not. Analytical thinking also does play a part in the creative process, in deciding how to structure and tell the story based on the information you have.

When I was last home, it was December of 2017. I say "just" but it's been nearly fifty years since we first landed on the moon. In my time we had sent unmanned probes beyond the solar system, and to Mars and Jupiter for extended exploration.

May I ask what year it was in your home? And where you hail from, if not Earth?

apologies for the lateness of this reply! ;;

[mindmeld]

Correct. I taught advanced phonology to Starfleet cadets during their years at the academy. It is the equivalent to university study, I gather.

Your grasp of logical approaches to writing is exemplary. While I am unacquainted with many authors in my world, the descriptions of their writing process often lacks any logic or analysis, and some might benefit from a more studied approach such as one you hold.

It is the year 2259. I was born on Vulcan, which has been destroyed in my world.

NO WORRIES seriously i am never fussed about late replies ok let's just tag

[gotbottle]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

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I assume Vulcan was a planet, as you said you were born "on" it? My deepest condolences on your loss. On your people's loss.

[mindmeld]

Correct, it was my home planet. Your sympathies are appreciated.

[gotbottle]

I'm sad to hear of the loss you and your people have encountered. I hope that you all have been able to reunite and rebuild somehow.

If this isn't too jarring a change of subject: do you drink coffee or tea?

[mindmeld]

Your sympathies are appreciated. My people have found a new planet upon which to settle and are attempting to recreate what they can.

I imbibe both, though tea is my preference. Are you by chance suggesting a coffee date?

[gotbottle]

I'm glad to hear that.

I am. If you would be interested in arranging some in-person conversation sometime. I would be.

[mindmeld]

I would be amenable to that. You are an interesting conversationalist.

What is your schedule like?

[gotbottle]

Very open. I haven't taken a job and I have few other commitments currently.

And what about your schedule?

[mindmeld]

I am currently employed at the library and am considering a second position, but neither cut drastically into my time. I am used to schedule management and require less sleep than humans.

That being said, I am most often free early mornings, late evenings, and weekends.

[gotbottle]

I'm not much of a morning person. How about Tuesday, in the evening?

What part of the city is convenient for you? I'll come meet you.

[thatsortofman]

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[gotbottle]

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[earthlike]

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What does a person have to do to get one of your famous shoulder rubs?

[gotbottle]

Just ask. Though I do accept donations of coffee or cheeseburgers.

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[earthlike]

Then I suppose I'll ask: Would you like to have coffee (and maybe cheeseburgers) with me sometime?

[gotbottle]

Sure! When? My schedule is pretty open these days.

[earthlike]

Tomorrow? I have my first day of work at the local history museum. We could meet when that's over.

[gotbottle]

I'd love to. I know a good place downtown, it shouldn't be too far away.

[earthlike]

Sounds great! I'm looking forward to it.

[cosmik]

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how old do u like ur music

[gotbottle]

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1960s. Sometimes 1940s. Sometimes classical.

[cosmik]

so not this

[hasitsthorns]

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What do you write about?

[gotbottle]

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Crimes, mostly. I've been a reporter covering them and now I am working on some books about them. I might branch off into other things someday.

Do you compose music as well as play?

[hasitsthorns]

Sounds exciting!
I don't think I could ever write a book...

Music though, definitely.
I mostly just play covers nowadays, actually, but I have and can compose. I'd have to brush off the rust.

[gotbottle]

I'm sure you could easily. Assuming you ever wanted to go back into composing, that is.


Do you regularly play somewhere in the city?

[hasitsthorns]

I DJ for Pandemonium. Play music on slow nights there.
Sometimes I pick up gigs at other places but nothing steady just yet.

[gotbottle]

I haven't been to Pandemonium in an age. I used to love going there. I'll have to come check out your set.

[hasitsthorns]

Please do!
It's a great place.
Why'd you stop going?
Just out of curiosity.

[gotbottle]

It's totally a great place. I loved it.

I used to have a lot more free time for going out but I took a full-time job a couple of months ago.

[hasitsthorns]

Oh yeah? What do you do now?

[gotbottle]

I work at the Bank of Eudio, I'm the assistant to one of their head bankers, Mr. Han.

[hasitsthorns]

Huh.
How's banking?
I was never very good with numbers, myself

[gotbottle]

Me either, to be honest. Thankfully all the numbers and money matters get left to Mr. Han. I just make sure he has the support he needs to do those things well.