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@norashaw

Nora Shaw: Scientist Independent OC. Will RP with anyone. FC: Myrna Loy

28 posts

Day at the Races

“Biochemist, or inorganic?” he asked, a little absently as he noted down her comments about dogs and personalities. He was going to have to keep that in mind.

“I’m going to guess you’re not a fan of animal testing, then,” he said, looking over at her, then noticing what she was doing. “Ah. Lunch break is over, I take it.”

"Inorganic. I wanted to do biochemistry, but too many labs at the time were interested in...well," Nora shrugged, letting the silence speak for a minute before deciding she should finish her sentence, "most of the jobs went against my morals. I found inorganic to be a lots easier. Friendlier people."

She grinned, "Not a fan of animal testing, not at all. The things they do to chimps, bunnies, mice." she shuddered, "it just ain't right." She looked at her lunch, mostly packed away now. "I've still got a few minutes. I just didn't feel right eating in front of company. I won't hardly notice. I get so wrapped up in my work that it'll be nine tonight before I realize I haven't properly eaten."

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Day at the Races

“Hey, you get a cranky Pomeranian after you, you might wish the owner’d got it registered,” he said without cracking a smile. “It’s always the little yappy ones that fool you. Going to have to seriously think about a harness. I’ll ask the shelter for advice to start with.”

He nodded, entering the information as quickly as she gave it to him, concentrating as intently as if he was back in a mission briefing, then looked over at her. “Lab? I’m gonna guess you don’t have the kind of job that’d let you take a pet to work either.”

Nora looked at her forgotten lunch, and packed most of it back up. "Asta was one of those yappy dogs. A good dog, tell ya the truth, but a yappy one none the less when he really got something in 'em. The shelter should be able to give you plenty of advice. All dogs are kinda unique. They're like people, with their own personalities."

She shook her head, smiling, "Any sort of pet in the lab and we'd have plenty of problems with that. Not with just the animal mind you, but with people too. PETA and all the animal welfare groups. Swear we'd be testing on them, but we don't. Least, the lab I work at, we don't do that." There was a pause before she added, "I'm a chemist."

#day at the races

Day at the Races

Owen nodded, changed to another app, and typed notes in as quickly as she made suggestions. “Dog bed, a leash, and… registration? You have to do registrations, right, and shots?”

He looked out over the park, focusing on the pet owners. Maybe not a leash. “A harness,” he said aloud. “Better for the dog, easier on the neck?” He glanced at her quickly.

“Never even owned a plant, let alone a pet,” he admitted, “so thanks for the advice. You said your family had a dog. You don’t have one, yourself?”

Nora watched him, "Most cities have you register a dog, yes. License and registration, as if they were guns," she shook her head as if she found the idea to be ludicrous. "The shelter usually has all that information. And definitely shots."

She looked past Owen's shoulder, getting a view of the rest of the park before shrugging, "That's a difficult question there. Some dogs might prefer a leash. The thing is, a well trained dog won't strain against the leash, they should actually walk next to you, since you're alpha dog, so to speak. Some dogs, the poorly socialized ones, like harnesses though."

She grinned as he mentioned never owning a plant, "Not any more, no. Used to have a little Jack Russell terrier growing up. Went by the name of Asta. I spend so much of my time alone, or at the lab, I'd feel guilty leaving the poor creature alone most of the time. So no, I don't even have a plant myself. Just me and my chemicals."

#owencv #day at the races

Day at the Races

“A shelter dog,” he said decisively, even though he hadn’t thought much about it until now, “maybe a dog that nobody else wanted. I don’t need a pedigree and I don’t care what it looks like.”

He pulled his smartphone out. “Gotta be a shelter somewhere in the area, right? And a pet store. Gonna need a bed, stuff like that. Dog food. Chew toy?”

"They have shelters for pedigree dogs too, but if you're not carin' about looks and such, a shelter dog will do ya just fine. There's lot of shelters in the area. They'll be able to pair ya up with a good dog."

Nora had all but forgotten her lunch now as she watched Owen pull out his smartphone, "It might be the time of the year, you adopt a dog and they'll give ya a bed and a couple a cans to get started. Definitely gonna need food, and a bed if you don't want it lyin' on your furniture. Chew toy, maybe a few others. Depends on the age of the dog I think. If you end up with an older dog, they won't be so rambunctious as if you got a puppy. A vet too. Case the dog gets sick, but if you take proper care of it, just annual check ups."

#owencv #day at the races

Day at the Races

Owen considered for a moment as the apologetic student tugged the dog away.

“I’m gonna say the dog,” he said at last. “He had the advantage anyway— plus, two extra legs have to count for something, don’t they?”

Watching them continue to retreat, he added, “Maybe I should get a dog. You had one as a kid, you said— they’re good company, aren’t they?”

Nora sat back into the bench, giving a small wave to the dog as the pair went away.

"Four legs over two legs? I'd certainly say so." She nodded as she picked up her apple, finished the last few bites and tossed the core into her paper bag.

"Most dogs are good company. If you've never had one before, best to get an older dog. They've usually been trained to behave, not cause so much trouble. Unless you're lookin' for a challenge. In which case, a puppy's a pretty good one. A challenge I mean. Almost like kids, havin' to raise 'em up right."

#owencv #day at the races

Huh.

That experiment certainly could have gone better.

Now on to phase 2, which is almost always clean up.

Myrna Loy

Nora gave a slow nod, “Not all of ‘em are friendly? I figured that’s what would happen, if they were found out there. I can understand not being patient. It’s why I went into chemistry. Though it doesn’t happen as fast as I like sometimes. So you’re keepin’ your ears out for the space noise? Any records on how often this noise occurs?”

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“Ooh I like chemistry, I’m just not very good at it.” Jane grinned. “I don’t have a set record or occurrence with the noise, but it does show up occasionally with weird anomalies, like the one I found a while back. I do have it written down somewhere so I can make the connection when the time comes.”

"Chemistry is a bit like cooking, or baking. Though I can put chemicals together, but ask me to make a meatloaf and it's disaster in the making. That's the thing about science though, all written records of everything. Keep copious notes and that way in the far off future, people who come after you know what to look for too. You can drop by my lab if you'd like. I'll show you a bit a' what I do, if you'd like."

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

Nora looked both confused and curious for a moment before she grinned, “Don’t tell me you found aliens out there among us. If’n you did, I hope they’re friendly. Or was it just random space noise? I hear space doesn’t really have sound, but at the same time, humans sure have sent a lot of stuff up there. Not all of it’s come down, from what I know of.”

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“I guess you could call them aliens, but not all of them are friendly.” Jane answered. “Space definitely has a noise, you just have to listen really closely. I’m not all that patient, so I haven’t heard it more than once, but it’s there.”

Nora gave a slow nod, "Not all of 'em are friendly? I figured that's what would happen, if they were found out there. I can understand not being patient. It's why I went into chemistry. Though it doesn't happen as fast as I like sometimes. So you're keepin' your ears out for the space noise? Any records on how often this noise occurs?"

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

“Oooh, astrophysics. The math for that always got a little away from me. Pathways to other dimensions? There are such things as that? How’d you go about finding those?” Jane had obviously peeked Nora’s interest.

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“I’ve always had the inkling that there was more out there than us. Something happened about a year ago that confirmed it. I’ve been searching ever since.” Jane replied, not wanting to give too much away.

Nora looked both confused and curious for a moment before she grinned, "Don't tell me you found aliens out there among us. If'n you did, I hope they're friendly. Or was it just random space noise? I hear space doesn't really have sound, but at the same time, humans sure have sent a lot of stuff up there. Not all of it's come down, from what I know of."

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

Day at the Races

She had a good, strong grasp. Automatically, he noted the absence of weapon-made calluses.

—and as soon as she called out encouragement to the dog, it immediately changed course, wagging happily, tongue flapping, and scooting to a stop at Nora’s feet, wiggling with happiness.

“Sorry, sorry!” the kid yelled, running after his pet.

Owen just smiled, being careful to keep his hand away from the narrow-blade knife in his inner jacket pocket. “No problem,” he said, nodding pleasantly, the way a normal person would.

“Looks like you’ve got a new buddy,” he said to Ms Shaw.

The woman laughed as the dog came bounding up to her. She leaned back over again rubbing it's head, it's body. She seemed quite comfortable with dogs.

"No worry, no worry!" Nora told the college student. "I had a dog growin' up. I know what they can be like." She looked down at the dog, "You were winnin' boy! You were winnin'! I had good money ridin' on you!" Nora grinned and winked at the college student.

She sat back up and looked at Owen, "Does this mean the game's forfeit? Who wins in this case?"

#owencv #day at the races

“Cell phone parts as an energy source? Were you usin’ just the batteries?” Nora grinned, but had one brow raised, “More ‘n likely the the parts were incompatible. Bad solder usually means the whole shebang won’t work. What kind of research do you do, if you don’t mind me askin’?”

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“Batteries and other components.” Jane replied. “I’m an astrophysicist, but lately I’ve been researching pathways to other dimensions. That sort of thing.” She shrugged, chuckling softly.

"Oooh, astrophysics. The math for that always got a little away from me. Pathways to other dimensions? There are such things as that? How'd you go about finding those?" Jane had obviously peeked Nora's interest.

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

“You gots yourself a lab? Do you run experiments too? How’d you go about settin’ yours on fire? Can’t say I’ve ever really done that before. Came close once.”

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“I guess you could call them experiments. A lot of them are like projects to go along with my research.” She smiled. “One of the projects I was running needed a sustainable energy source. Since it was just a prototype, I didn’t too much so I had wired some cell phone parts together. Either they were incompatible or I need how to solder properly.” She chuckled.

"Cell phone parts as an energy source? Were you usin' just the batteries?" Nora grinned, but had one brow raised, "More 'n likely the the parts were incompatible. Bad solder usually means the whole shebang won't work. What kind of research do you do, if you don't mind me askin'?"

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

“Tryin’ to keep my lab from exploding,” she chuckled, “I promise, that don’t really happen. They’ve got bike polo out by the park now, so I thought I’d go watch a match or two, before I gotta put my nose to the grindstone again.”

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“Ooh, I know that feeling all too well. I set my lab on fire once.” She grinned. “It happens sometimes. I’m in my lab more often than I’m in my apartment.”

"You gots yourself a lab? Do you run experiments too? How'd you go about settin' yours on fire? Can't say I've ever really done that before. Came close once."

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

themusicalhypocrite started following you

"Hiya there! What can I do ya for?"

#themusicalhypocrite

“Well, ya ever need need a chemist, or someone to go for ice cream, you just be sure to give me a holler.”

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“I’ll be sure to keep that in mind! Are you up to anything interesting today?”

"Tryin' to keep my lab from exploding," she chuckled, "I promise, that don't really happen. They've got bike polo out by the park now, so I thought I'd go watch a match or two, before I gotta put my nose to the grindstone again."

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

janefoster-galaxyexplorer started following you

“Hiya there doll face. Name’s Nora Shaw, how can I help ya?”

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“Hi, Nora. I’m Jane Foster, it’s a pleasure to meet you! I don’t think I need help today, but thanks.” She grinned.

"Well, ya ever need need a chemist, or someone to go for ice cream, you just be sure to give me a holler."

#janefostergalaxyexplorer

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