The Medical Scribe

Name: Daniel
Age: Quarter-life crisis
Persona: Medical Scribe (The person in ER that writes everything down/Dr.'s Wingman)
Quirks: Heavy sleep-talker

As a fellow heavy-sleeper, Daniel has slept through natural disasters (ie: earthquakes) as well as shrieking fire alarms.

His awesome girlfriend of years simply describes him to be "somebody who definitely thinks before he talks." One friend characterizes him as "confused and trusting."
(Due to the PG-13 status of this blog, I can't quote the rest of this statement...)

From my observations, Mr. Daniel's "Persona" is polite, calm, and intuitive of people and his surroundings. His profession requires thick-skin and a strong stomach (for those who've been inside the ER, you see some pretty wicked sh*t...)

On to the good stuff! Here are some logs of Daniel's slumbering tête-à-tête.

GF: Daniel, wake upppp
[raining outside]
Daniel: I can't brush my teeth with snow.

GF: Daniel wake up... we have to go...
Daniel: The runners all have to start at the same line and wear the same uniform.

GF: [hitting him] Daniel.. GET UPPP!
Daniel: ... zacket away!!
GF: ... WHAT?? [laughs]
Daniel: THE ZOOM BUG!

[alarm goes off]
Daniel: Does that sound like renal colic to you??
GF: WHAT?? [laughs]
Daniel: [laughs] iono...

GF: Daniel... wake UPPP
Daniel: I want to be numerous like you!!

There's a pattern! Perhaps Daniel's sleep-talking is triggered by sounds, which disrupts his transition from one sleeping stage to the other.

His GF explains this phenomenon occurs when Daniel's REALLY tired [Fatigue and stress are some main causes of sleep-talking]

GF: "like the 'runners all have to wear same blahblah..' is when he was TKD (Taekwondo) competition team captain. The 'zacket away..' i think he was cursing at me in his private language cause i was like GET UPPPPPPPP!! 'Renal colic...' was after a 10hr shift at the ER.."

So, Daniel's sleeptalking is potentially triggered by sounds... I wonder what triggers mine? I always seem to start the conversation...