Two young adults escape an impending global thermonuclear war by travelling in time.
A young man, Duncan Moran, learns that a nuclear war is coming in 2020. He was researching a way to provide guidance for interstellar travel based on the Alcubierre Theorem. In his research he stumbled upon the means to look forward in time. (To get useful data while travelling in a ship moving faster than light this became a necessity. When he realizes he is getting data from the future he refines his research to develop a useful image. What he saw was the city he was living in lying in nuclear ashes.
Once he receives his warning his efforts geared toward physical time travel. Despite his young age of 20, he holds a postgraduate research position at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. UNM is better known for its medical center, but as New Mexico is known as the Energy State, it should not be surprising that it covers other disciplines like geology, metallurgy, astronomy and engineering. He has also built his own businesses. One of these is a think tank. It is there where he builds his time machine.
His research becomes so obsessive that his mother - who teaches at the Medical Center, decides to set him upon blind dates. Surprisingly, the young man proves to be reasonably attractive - a former high school football star (though he has a limp on his left side) - and is well mannered. He makes a promise not to talk shop for his first date - and mostly keeps it. It shows that he has to keep biting his tongue.
The character - Duncan Moran
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I am looking for a writer with good skills, and not expecting to be heavily sidetracked by RL stuff like school. If you don't honestly have the time, do not apply. Also, please don't just reply with "interested". PM me with your ideas for a character. Also, let me know your preferences - PM or Forum, etc. This is, in part, a romance. But I do not want that to be at the expense of a plot.
The Plot and Setting will be determined by both characters. (IE when and where they will travel to. So have some thoughts in mind.)
Duncan's mother will look for a healthy girl, roughly Duncan's age. She knows he isn't usually into blondes, but intelligence will override that. A major in medicine will also be worth points in her book. Weak willed won't do. The girl needs to be strong willed, but sensible. She knows that eventually someone is going to have to "mother" her son and take over making sure he eats right. She will also be looking for a girl attractive enough to fluster her son. LOL, get the picture about his Mom?
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It had been the 9th blind date his mother had arranged. The first 3 were disasters. He showed up, was not up to being his usual charming self and his dates had walked out on him. He had completely forgotten 3 of the dates. He intentionally scheduled other events to avoid 2 others. So his mother pulled out all the stops. She cracked open her retirement account and splurged for a Physics seminar, bringing in the premiere minds in the field speaking, including Hawking and Paterski. It was a little amusing to consider that she was using two eminent physicists … as bait. The final kicker was sending Duncan the invitation with a Plus One. Then she began the frantic search for the future mother of her grandchildren.
And she found a prospect. She made the arrangements. It was a “blind” date. Or rather Duncan was the one who was blind. His date had every bit of fact crammed into her and pictures - not just the recent ones, but some of his high school pictures from his yearbook - and the facebook data the cheerleaders kept on him that he never saw. He didn’t DO social media. One rumor was that he was gay, but that was probably started by a cheerleader he had ignored.
He had been quite social in high school. High school band ‘rock star,’ football star. His mother wasn’t sure why he had become so anti social. The withdrawal from the public eye started about 3 years ago. He had suddenly turned down 2 research grants for no reason. He had become secretive. Now his father worked at Sandia Labs, which did weapon systems research for the military. Duncan himself consulted with the military. It was possible that he had been pulled into some difficult research. Tensions had been rising for years with the new Cold War.
Duncan’s mother told his date not to give up easy. Duncan could be stubborn, but he would come around. The first date was almost a total flop. He left the seminar early claiming boredom after speaking to both of the physicists briefly. His questions had been about tachyon condensation and Einstein-Rosen bridges. Their responses may as well have been in some alien language. Duncan seemed to understand it, but was bitterly disappointed, though silent in his annoyance. He seemed to have hoped for a different response.
He practically ignored his date as he departed the seminar. It wasn’t until he got to his car that he realized she was still there. A simple “why don’t you tell me about it” got his attention as he stared in shock for two full minutes. Then he shook his head and started to tell her she wouldn’t understand. Duncan’s mother had warned of this and explained that there had been a time what Duncan would never have said that to anyone. He would have tried to explain things in terms a layman would understand. That had been his greatest gift. And so his date took the advice and suggested he give it his best shot - over dinner. She dared him and smiled refusing to budge and told him she was still hungry. That was when his stomach growled. He finally smiled. And the expression he had as he finally noticed her gave every indication that rumors that he was gay were completely in error.
She never understood a thing he tried to explain merely nodding as if she was following anything he said, but thanked him for trying. Then she warned that if he didn’t call she would sic his mother on him. That got a laugh.
He called.
It was 2 dates later when he stopped almost an hour into completely mystifying physics discussions and asked her what she was studying. It had finally dawned on him that he hadn’t chased this girl off. And if her major wasn’t physics or math. Her response shocked him. She didn’t have a clue about anything he’d said for days. All that nodding had been the girl equivalent to a husband reading the morning paper and giving his wife the Yes Dear treatment.
It was the 7th date during which he seemed to be a changed man. He was actually grinning. All he said that he had had a good day at the lab. (He works in a Restricted Area. Most of his research is Classified.)
Date 9. He had been so excited about some sort of breakthrough he had literally picked her up off the ground and kissed her solidly. Then he had stopped suddenly, looking pained, his expression haunted.
After that, he didn’t call for three days. She had to show up at his Lab and demand to see him.
Sep 23, 2020 (Duncan turns 21 in two days)
A young man, Duncan Moran, learns that a nuclear war is coming in 2020. He was researching a way to provide guidance for interstellar travel based on the Alcubierre Theorem. In his research he stumbled upon the means to look forward in time. (To get useful data while travelling in a ship moving faster than light this became a necessity. When he realizes he is getting data from the future he refines his research to develop a useful image. What he saw was the city he was living in lying in nuclear ashes.
Once he receives his warning his efforts geared toward physical time travel. Despite his young age of 20, he holds a postgraduate research position at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. UNM is better known for its medical center, but as New Mexico is known as the Energy State, it should not be surprising that it covers other disciplines like geology, metallurgy, astronomy and engineering. He has also built his own businesses. One of these is a think tank. It is there where he builds his time machine.
His research becomes so obsessive that his mother - who teaches at the Medical Center, decides to set him upon blind dates. Surprisingly, the young man proves to be reasonably attractive - a former high school football star (though he has a limp on his left side) - and is well mannered. He makes a promise not to talk shop for his first date - and mostly keeps it. It shows that he has to keep biting his tongue.
The character - Duncan Moran
drive.google.com/open?id=1ZjB_HuC_pVT…
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I am looking for a writer with good skills, and not expecting to be heavily sidetracked by RL stuff like school. If you don't honestly have the time, do not apply. Also, please don't just reply with "interested". PM me with your ideas for a character. Also, let me know your preferences - PM or Forum, etc. This is, in part, a romance. But I do not want that to be at the expense of a plot.
The Plot and Setting will be determined by both characters. (IE when and where they will travel to. So have some thoughts in mind.)
Duncan's mother will look for a healthy girl, roughly Duncan's age. She knows he isn't usually into blondes, but intelligence will override that. A major in medicine will also be worth points in her book. Weak willed won't do. The girl needs to be strong willed, but sensible. She knows that eventually someone is going to have to "mother" her son and take over making sure he eats right. She will also be looking for a girl attractive enough to fluster her son. LOL, get the picture about his Mom?
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It had been the 9th blind date his mother had arranged. The first 3 were disasters. He showed up, was not up to being his usual charming self and his dates had walked out on him. He had completely forgotten 3 of the dates. He intentionally scheduled other events to avoid 2 others. So his mother pulled out all the stops. She cracked open her retirement account and splurged for a Physics seminar, bringing in the premiere minds in the field speaking, including Hawking and Paterski. It was a little amusing to consider that she was using two eminent physicists … as bait. The final kicker was sending Duncan the invitation with a Plus One. Then she began the frantic search for the future mother of her grandchildren.
And she found a prospect. She made the arrangements. It was a “blind” date. Or rather Duncan was the one who was blind. His date had every bit of fact crammed into her and pictures - not just the recent ones, but some of his high school pictures from his yearbook - and the facebook data the cheerleaders kept on him that he never saw. He didn’t DO social media. One rumor was that he was gay, but that was probably started by a cheerleader he had ignored.
He had been quite social in high school. High school band ‘rock star,’ football star. His mother wasn’t sure why he had become so anti social. The withdrawal from the public eye started about 3 years ago. He had suddenly turned down 2 research grants for no reason. He had become secretive. Now his father worked at Sandia Labs, which did weapon systems research for the military. Duncan himself consulted with the military. It was possible that he had been pulled into some difficult research. Tensions had been rising for years with the new Cold War.
Duncan’s mother told his date not to give up easy. Duncan could be stubborn, but he would come around. The first date was almost a total flop. He left the seminar early claiming boredom after speaking to both of the physicists briefly. His questions had been about tachyon condensation and Einstein-Rosen bridges. Their responses may as well have been in some alien language. Duncan seemed to understand it, but was bitterly disappointed, though silent in his annoyance. He seemed to have hoped for a different response.
He practically ignored his date as he departed the seminar. It wasn’t until he got to his car that he realized she was still there. A simple “why don’t you tell me about it” got his attention as he stared in shock for two full minutes. Then he shook his head and started to tell her she wouldn’t understand. Duncan’s mother had warned of this and explained that there had been a time what Duncan would never have said that to anyone. He would have tried to explain things in terms a layman would understand. That had been his greatest gift. And so his date took the advice and suggested he give it his best shot - over dinner. She dared him and smiled refusing to budge and told him she was still hungry. That was when his stomach growled. He finally smiled. And the expression he had as he finally noticed her gave every indication that rumors that he was gay were completely in error.
She never understood a thing he tried to explain merely nodding as if she was following anything he said, but thanked him for trying. Then she warned that if he didn’t call she would sic his mother on him. That got a laugh.
He called.
It was 2 dates later when he stopped almost an hour into completely mystifying physics discussions and asked her what she was studying. It had finally dawned on him that he hadn’t chased this girl off. And if her major wasn’t physics or math. Her response shocked him. She didn’t have a clue about anything he’d said for days. All that nodding had been the girl equivalent to a husband reading the morning paper and giving his wife the Yes Dear treatment.
It was the 7th date during which he seemed to be a changed man. He was actually grinning. All he said that he had had a good day at the lab. (He works in a Restricted Area. Most of his research is Classified.)
Date 9. He had been so excited about some sort of breakthrough he had literally picked her up off the ground and kissed her solidly. Then he had stopped suddenly, looking pained, his expression haunted.
After that, he didn’t call for three days. She had to show up at his Lab and demand to see him.
Sep 23, 2020 (Duncan turns 21 in two days)