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| − | '''Complement that crow.''' | + | * Do you like crows? Or field biology? She watches dumpsters and window ledges for hours. She picks up weird crap, sometimes literal crap? |
| | + | * Do you like things that make noise and fall apart? She likes crafting those. |
| | + | * She knows enough to take care of someone in a sickbed to give their family some time off. Are you dying? |
| | + | * She volunteers at [[Second Stories]], a fictionalized outpost of the [http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/2ndstories/ Ruth Ellis Center's Second Stories Drop In] |
| | + | * Are you a bad influence? She takes care of [[Maria_Hunter-Alvarado|her niece]] who is 17 going on 18. |
| | + | * Do you have opinions? |
| | + | * Are you looking to botch? So is Alma! Let's experiment. Let's make our brains fizz. |
| | + | * Do you like failure? Let's try a thing and fail so that we have to try something else instead. |
| | + | * Did you know that everything is connected, and we should build safety nets. |
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| − | == General Demeanor ==
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| − | Alma is a nerd who has pushed through some of the social ignorance due to growing out of it, but still had a tendency to be awkward when it comes to interactions that aren't focus on Topics of Interest or Doing Specific Things--particularly with new people.
| + | I enjoy casual conversation and mundane activities. And ostensibly casual conversation has the potential to change characters. I don't expect your character in another sphere to discuss sphere stuff. "Did you +bbread the article about the thus and so?" My character has a muddled and non-linear thinking style at times. If you need me not to pose that so much, let me know. I don't mind adult themes and RP, but I don't feel like RPing male gaze and some -isms. If that is IC I'd prefer to FtB, and we can establish tenor and what happens with an OOC conversation. |
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| − | If she didn't wear her hair in a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomboyishPonytail ponytail] it would get caught in the zipper of her vest of many pockets or fly in her face. "ptwww fppt plah", she says, as it gets in her mouth.
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| − | == Hanging out ==
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| − | You might see her...
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| − | * running or biking. all weather.
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| − | * picking up trash or meditating in a graveyard. or playground.
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| − | * playing with a crow
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| − | * dancing
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| − | * chilling in parks, having lunch with crow
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| − | * banding nestlings
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| − | * using mist nets to catch birbs to band and measure
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| − | * picking up weird crap, sometimes literal crap?
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| − | * spilling things from puzzle boxes while hanging out in park (doesn't want to get crap all over the coffee shop table)
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| − | == Working ==
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| − | She's currently doing field work that involves studying animal behavior. She watches dumpsters and window ledges for hours. During the spring she will be banding nestlings. Wherever there are corvids, she is likely there, taking notes on their behavior. Sometimes you might see her playing games with a crow.
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| − | Once the proof of concept for the remote sensor works, she'll be expanding her data gathering to depopulated neighborhoods.
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| − | === Offer to help with field work ===
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| − | Alma has posted flyers around the Wayne State University campus. Some are faded out from the sun and rippled due to weather.
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| − | '''How does a changing city soundscape affect corvid populations?'''
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| − | Are you interested in birds and behavioral ecology? sensor networks? drones? audio processing? machine learning? You do not need to be an expert in all of these fields!
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| − | I’m seeking student collaborators for '''multi-disciplinary''' field work to do population studies of corvids in Detroit.
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| − | '''Help make knowledge and research universally accessible'''
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| − | While doing this work not only will you make exciting discoveries you will also advance the cause of open science and free culture. Existing professional-grade tools are outside of the price range of researchers. Data and research are hidden behind pay-walls. But by following the principles of open science, software freedom, and open source hardware we can make research that is accessible to all.
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| − | (In collaboration tla tla yadda yadda supported by foobar grants)
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| − | == Teaching and Nerdsplaining ==
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| − | She loves to encourage people to learn about behavioral ecology and particularly crow behavior, so if you ask her what she is doing, she may stop to explain and ask if you'd like to help. If she is busy but you appear very interested in the subject, she will give you her contact information (office hours, school email address, school cell number). She is too busy for Detroit Biodiversity Network student group but will encourage you to seek them out.
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| − | (If you know more about the topic than the player, she would love for you to nerdsplain to her. She doesn't have a background in behavioral ecology. She only has a lay person's knowledge about corvids. She is actually curious about how an economically depressed and depopulating city would affect bird behavior. She's only found a few books that might cover it. ''Ed.'')
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| − | == Brainstorming ==
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| − | Doesn't everyone want to collaborate? That's how knowledge progresses! Want to try this thing? This shows you how the circle of time works:
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| − | I add this mentos to water. Next I smash the the glass and hammer the mentos with a rock. Now I pour the soda over it. Next I scoop all of this in to this hero cup. If you do this don't forget to have a napkin handy or wet newspaper handy. Now we wait for the mud to [http://starkravingsane.org/rpg/alma/tao-te-ching-15.txt settle]. Youtube is optional. ([http://www.wussu.com/laotzu/index.htm comparative] study).
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| − | == Caretaking ==
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| − | If you need help with family care, she will help. She isn't a medical expert, but she knows enough to take care of someone in a sickbed to give their family some time off. (in other words, if your character needs someone to babysit or take care of a sick family member, give her a call. but, you should be an acquaintance or be some few degrees of separation from one.)
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| − | She recently got guardianship for her niece, who loves math and writing and recently boys. She is 16 going on 17. If you are in high school maybe you know her.
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| − | == Volunteering ==
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| − | * LGBQT+ elders volunteer group, part of a fictionalized version of [https://twitter.com/wsu_jigsaw J.I.G.S.A.W.] at Wayne State. They have an office in the Student Center and meet every Wednesday.
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| − | * Support for people at a fictionalized outpost of the [http://www.ruthelliscenter.org Ruth Ellis Center]
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| − | * Pamphletting for "Know Your Rights" information
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| − | (To be honest, she is trying to do too much; but hasn't completely learned that yet.)
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I enjoy casual conversation and mundane activities. And ostensibly casual conversation has the potential to change characters. I don't expect your character in another sphere to discuss sphere stuff. "Did you +bbread the article about the thus and so?" My character has a muddled and non-linear thinking style at times. If you need me not to pose that so much, let me know. I don't mind adult themes and RP, but I don't feel like RPing male gaze and some -isms. If that is IC I'd prefer to FtB, and we can establish tenor and what happens with an OOC conversation.
