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Jean holds a card up to Rochelle, and taps the printed number. “This is a ten,” she explains to the toddler. Rochelle nods, her little fingers gripping the card, pulling it closer to her face.

“Ten,” Rochelle repeats, glancing up to Jean. Across the table, Ivy rolls her eyes. “Ten!” Rochelle shouts excitedly, throwing the card on the table as she’s seen her Tia Jean do before. “Face!” Rochelle continues holding up a palm in victory, another act she’s seen from Jean.

“Yeah, yeah” Ivy sighs with a shake of her head. She slides the pile of candy over the table. “I can’t believe you’re teaching like a literal baby to gamble.”

Jean presses her hands gently to Rochelle’s ears. “It’s not gambling. It’s number recognition,” She counters with a lift of her chin. “Only with cards and earnings,”

Ivy scoffs, gathering the cards, shuffling them in a swift motion of her hands, her eyes trailing over to the kiddie pool where MC splashed around. “Kids a fish,” she remarks, “since we been out here he hasn’t gotten out.”

Jean leans back. “Well you know who is father is, and what his father is,” she says, standing up. Rochelle clings to her, her own gaze settled on the sea only mere feet away.

“Papa there?” Rochelle asks suddenly, pointing to the crashing waves. Both Jean and Ivy pause. A small chill carries over the sea, and Jean holds Rochelle tighter. Jean and Ivy’s eyes meet, and Ivy stands up, calling MC over

rochelle comes out to marcie and trent when she’s 13

trent is Overly supportive - he’s there for her but also is over compensating and feels like he has to go All Out for her to compensate for his youth

she tells him to cool it - knows he’s got the spirit

he does join and volunteer for a parents group that helps mentor lgbtq+ kids in boston, and marcie does too - trent also liases between this church and the organization to provide resources for youth and parents

he walks in the boston pride parade wearing a lesbian flag t-shirt with rochelle when she’s 16 and she is Embarrassed but happy

mc is also supportive and comes out as bi when he’s 18

remember when i decided marcie would Always wear a yellow beret? this is not so much the case, esp at camp tbh. she definitely has an array of berets but they’re fall/winter hats mostly, and they’re probably all pretty good quality.

it’s more likely she’s Always wearing some kind of over-ear headphones (metallic-y gold beats anyone?) connected to her phone to have music playing whenever she wants

has a pretty extensive vinyl collection. loves going to record shops to find gems and new tunes. also buys current artists’ vinyls. eventually when she and trent move in together she probably gets a pretty intense shelving unit to organize and store them all so it’s both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

her record player is probably from urban outfitters or indigo/chapters and is likely dusty rose

i associate gold/mustard yellow, maroon, dusty rose, silvery-grey, and mint with marcie

she doesn’t super like the colour blue so you won’t find a lot of it in her wardrobe decor. this changes when she moves in with trent because he does like blue

her favourite movies are 90s romantic comedies, aesthetic indie films, and Musicals.

speaks with a french canadian accent that does thin out as she gets older and english becomes her primary language, especially with her kids and students

trent takes french lessons as a surprise and she’s so flattered and offended at his accent

their kids are bilingual

marcie is That PTA mom in that she will fight other mothers/parents for her kids and to make sure the school is doing everything possible for the students’ benefits

this is touchy because she is the music teacher at a prestigious private school in boston and her kids attend the school

she is a relatively tough teacher. pushes her students to really excel and try their best. she’s very particular about music theory, and spends a lot of time on composition with her older classes.

very involved in the music extracurriculars. she’s the musical director for the marching band, conductor and band leader for the pit band for school shows/musicals, conductor / leader for the senior orchestra, and supervised flute and string quartets, and jazz band

her kids are also involved in many of these. MC is on the snare line in marching band, plays bass in the pit band, and upright bass in orchestra. Rochelle plays trumpet in the pit band, orchestra, and jazz band. marcie is v proud and Extra tough on them

probably makes an archery range in the backyard of her and trent’s house to practice

they don’t start a family until they’ve been married about five years

this is for personal and financial reasons

they want to travel, build their careers, and marcie is also a person who likes attention. it’s weird but she doesn’t want a baby to take away attention from her and her achievements. she doesn’t want to be “reduced” to only a mother

trent is Psyched to be a dad

pregnancy is Terrible for marcie. she complains the whole time. craves tomatoes All The Time but they make her sick. she’s hormonal and cranky. pregnancy as a whole doesn’t agree with her. her prophecies become more common and yet the content is more scattered and incomprehensible as she nears her due dates. trent scribbles down what he can when he can to see if it’s relevant to them at all but her prophecies are rarely about her personally

mathieu-claude (MC) is born early in the morning in November and marcie and trent are the only ones outside the doctors in the delivery room. they call their parents and then friends a few hours after his birth so they can have some private time together before the families and friends Descend upon them

poppy Loves being a grandma. she helps with childcare as much as she can. marie-soleil comes down to visit and help out as much as she can.

MC’s godparents are Addy and Kai

rochelles godparents are Reed and Gloria

marcies second pregnancy is much the same as her first. i don’t think they were planning on a second kid but this surprise pregnancy was a nice surprise and both marcie and trent are excited to be parents again even if they’re a little sleep deprived with a lil two year old waddling around

rochelle-joséphine never goes by RJ, and prefers being called Jo once she can make that decision. marcie and trent call her rochelle, or Rojo, which leads to Jean calling her Red

marcie takes a maternity leave after the birth of both her kids. trent, who is running his own company by the time rochelle is born, takes a half year paternity leave with rochelle, while he only got a few weeks with MC

both kids are enrolled in swimming, gymnastics, boxing, self defence, and music lessons from a young age. they are very busy and Very Competitive

marcie is That Mom at parent-teacher interviews. she wants to know her kids are getting the best care/tools to succeed. trent just wants to know they’re being challenged, and that they’re being good people

they go and spend at least a week at camp in the summer together, and eventually if CHB accepts legacies, MC and Jo go for the whole summer to learn basic demigod skills

rochelle becomes v close friends with ronnie corleone-mason (stella & jake), bo armstrong (gloria), ellie kaeo (kai and addy), and to marcies chagrin, looks up to elvira porter (march & jean)

MC is pretty quiet, and is definitely closer to trent. he turns to him with questions/concerns. he finds his mom a bit intense. he loves her but doesn’t know how to communicate with her.

MC worked her tail off to create a presentation for her school board to show them that her school MUST have Osmo! It worked, of course! And now, after a staff meeting all about Osmo, MC's entire elementary school staff is hungry for more - including the principal! In fact, the principal at her school decided to dedicate the entirety of the school's weekly blog post to Osmo and it landed in the local newspaper. You go, MC! Thanks for doing so much to spread Osmo-mania!

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