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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1379050" data-attributes="member: 16739">Dexter KaufmanDexter KaufmanHeight: 5'10"Weight: 165 LbsHair: BlackEyes: BrownGeneral appearance: Dresses carelessly in whatever's most comfortable.  Medium-short hair constantly out of control.  Otherwise unremarkable.Dexter was born and raised in the wilds of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.  His roots are Jewish, but his family didn't practice.  Dexter took an interest in technology early, frequently tinkering with electronic gadgets around the house and returning more than one apparently dead device to service.  He naturally entered college with the intention of gaining a computer science degree and moving someplace a little more interesting.  But while attending the University of Wisconsin Stout in Menominie, he fell in with some friends who were interested in new age paganism.  This, combined with his own interest in his heritage led him to an eclectic study of mystic traditions from around the world.  In the process he discovered a penchant for languages he had never suspected, and became an accomplished researcher.  Though just an undergrad he wound up as a research assistant to a tenured anthropology professor and spent the summer before his last year in Israel, studying ancient Torah commentaries.Dexter ended up graduating with a double major in computer science and anthropology.  All the time spent in front of a computer was having an adverse effect on Dexter's physique, so he took up Aikido to keep from turning into a complete couch potato.  After graduation he returned home, unsure where to go with his studies next.  One day he was contacted by his cousin Myron (a private detective) in connection with some work Myron was doing for the government.  To make a long story short, the two of them managed to break up a ring of antiquities smugglers who had been stealing artifacts from throughout the middle east.  Dexter's contribution was mostly research and internet investigation, but he was completely hooked by the thrill of the investigation.  He has worked with Myron on a couple of cases since then.  About six months ago, Myron called and left a cryptic message on Dexter's answering machine.  He said he was into a heavy case in Los Angeles, and would be out of contact for a while.  Maybe a long while.  He didn't leave any details and Dexter has been unable to reach him since.Dexter travelled to LA to try to track down Myron.  So far he has been unsuccessful, but he has taken a job doing research and computer systems security for a detective agency.  This lets him do the things he enjoys, and stay in the LA area to keep looking for his cousin.NOTE: I wrote this up before I saw Shalimar's post!  But the fact that Dexter is a beginner Aikido student could be an easy way for them to connect.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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