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[insert quote about Ohana meaning family here or something]
How does it work? Simple! Choose a relationship (or roll for one, if it suits your fancy), and then RNG for a situation! That, or just go straight for whatever situation appeals to you. These are all fairly vague: just something to start you off! Parent-Child 1. Rock-a-Bye How do you get a fussy child to sleep? Read them a story, sing them a lullaby, or just let them stay up until they exhaust themselves? Whatever the choice, it is time for bed. 2. For The First Time You've never met this person in your life, but it turns out they're one of the two reasons you exist. Maybe they walked out when you were young. Maybe they never knew you were born. Whatever the reason, it is now time to meet them. 3. Past Midnight That curfew was set for a reason. Now it's two AM, and your kid is just now dragging in. Maybe they're drunk. Or got into a fight. Or just had way too much fun snogging their new love interest. It's time for them to face the music. 4. New Home It's the first day of your new life together, as parent and child. Whether it's through adoption, a basket on the front steps, or a wish come true, both of you are going to have to learn to take your steps together. 5. Holiday It could be Christmas, Easter, or just a birthday, but it is time to celebrate! Get together for some good old-fashioned family fun. 6.Take To Work Day What your parents do for a living is the quickest thing that can turn a kid from boring to the coolest on the block. So whatever the job, from accountant to zookeeper, go to work! 7. You're Not My Real Dad Being a step-parent (or step-child, for that matter) can be tough. Problem is, you're stuck with each other. So whether you're yelling or just having an awkward conversation, it is time to work things out. 8. Unexpected Guardian So you're not the parenting type. Too bad. Situation calls for someone to step up to the plate and look out for this kid, and you're the only one near base. Have fun with that. Siblings 1. Protective Big Sibling Okay, look. No one gets to mess with your sibling but you. Your little brother or sister is in trouble; let them know you're going to be the one to take care of it. 2. Ruining The Night So your sibling has a hot date. You know what that calls for? Making their lives a living hell. 3. Newcomer Who is this new kid in your house? Your family has adopted, and now you have to call this stranger family. Welcome them into the house, or let them know how much they aren't wanted. 4. Blood Brothers So maybe you aren't really related to this person. That doesn't matter. You're going to change that, right now. In this moment, you will become family. Nothing can break this bond. 5. Middle of the Night It's the middle of the night. Your car is broken down, or you're drunk, or you need bailed out, or you just got beat up, or someone just broke up with you. Whatever just happened, it's time to call your sibling and hope they can bail you out. 6. Sibling Rivalry Nobody understands what jerks siblings can be! Always in your stuff, messing up your relationships, getting in your way -- it's time for an all out brawl, whether that means yelling, pranking, or fists flying. 7. Long-Lost Maybe you've heard of this person. Or maybe they are entirely new to you. However, you've gotten the information that you're more than strangers: you're family. Welcome to each other's lives. 8. All Alone Once your family was whole. Or maybe it never truly was. Whatever the case, the world is a big, dangerous place, and you've only got one person left to rely on: your sibling. Uncle/Aunt-Niece/Nephew 1. Sent Away There's something bad going on at home, and you've been sent away to "safety." Problem is, how safe is this relative really? Are they the kooky, cool kind of Aunt, or are they a crazed Uncle after your fortune? Time to find out. 2. Taking You In Something's happened to your niece/nephew's parents, and it's time to step up and do your family duty. They've got nowhere else to go, after all. 3. The One We Don't Talk About So maybe the family is a little bit...ashamed of you. You're a bit mad, or you've done something they just don't like. Yet you want to be part of your niece/nephew's life, and whatever their parents say, you'll find a way. 4. Grand Adventure Maybe you came out of nowhere, or maybe you've just been keeping secrets. But you aren't an ordinary aunt/uncle, and it's time to take your niece or nephew on a very wild ride. 5. Like A Parent To Me Sure, you have parents, but this person is who your parents should be like -- or maybe who you feel should be your parent in the first place. Let them know how you feel about them. 6. Don't Tell Mom Aunts and Uncles have special qualities. Like, sometimes, being a bit more lenient than Mom and Dad might be. So you have a, er, sensitive problem? It's time to run to them. In A Relationship 1. New Baby On The Way The panicking is already over, but there are still preparations to be made. Maybe you need to set up the nursery, or you've got the best idea for your soon-to-be child's name. 2. Romeo & Juliet You love this person. Perhaps more than life itself. But it is time to break the bad news: your family will never approve. 3. I Think I Might Be Pregnant Somehow, you are pregnant. And you think you know who the father is...time to break the news. 4. While You Were Away You've been gone years, only to come back and find your beloved has a child...with your eyes. Other Of course, you are free to make up your own scenario, or do a relationship not done here! " |
Alex Price | Incryptid
The latest book has a very helpful family tree.
I rolled a 6 on sibling. :-\ Let's go with something less bad. for this one.
As in "Hey, brother of mine, I beat you to the altar because I have little self control also I blew up a giant snake god?" kind of awkward. She waits at the edge of the driveway, awaiting that obvious sign of a vehicle coming down the way to the compound.
Sounds good, have a bonus Shelby.
The evening had started out normal enough. Alex had come home a little earlier than Shelby, since she had to feed the tigers.
"Is it on already?" she asked. "Just about to be," he responded.
"I made popcorn!" said Sarah, meaning... Shelby and Alex would still have to make their own, given the gratuitous ketchup and curry powder that had been added to the big bowl she and Grandma Angela were sharing. The mysteries of the Cuckoo tastebud.
A little rustling in the kitchen later, and everyone (including the entire splinter colony of mice) was settled down in the living room for that week's Dance or Die, ready to send in their votes via cell phone for Valerie Pryor.
Alex still found it kind of difficult to watch her do the Argentine tango, as per usual. This week's was particularly... ew-that's-my-sister-y.
And then... what happened... happened.
"We're going to need to start packing," Alex noted, strangely calm. Shock. That was it. Shock.
A Survivalist Compound Outside of Portland, Oregon, Now.
"And you're sure there's no way we can pull off the elopement thing?" Shelby was asking Alex as they pulled in. "I like my body without bullet holes," he responded, thoughts of being hunted through the Outback by his future father-in-law dancing through his head.
"Well. At least it was your sister, not you, who killed a giant snake on live national television."
"I'm kind of not sure your family will care which member of my family did that, come to think of it. Guilt by blood-relation."
"Think of it this way," said Shelby, cheerily. "The Covenant might wipe us all out before any family feuds start."
The mice cheered in a way that suggested this conversation was becoming a future religious recitation.