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[insert quote about Ohana meaning family here or something]

The FAMILY Meme

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! "

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Wales!

....but maybe after also canon on the deck. I just realized that Roisin has the same face as Ophelia did ;w;

I feel like I might have known that and then forgotten ;;

before or after bb? i ask in part because i already forget if she had bb before or after the thomases swooped her up.

I possibly also knew and forgot this thing ;w;

Smol research tells me after bb /o/ Probably Roisin saw frazzled momma taking care of wee one at some get together for smol beans and their adult counterparts and decided to fuss

She knows young single parents up and down. She had been one, after all, although happily--if briefly--with a partner to start her off (and who had occasionally remembered to send along a support check). She's raised one, much as she had hoped he would have avoided the extra strain of it all (and she's glad, at least, he's been so entirely quick at responsibility).

And she's looking at one right now, clearly on the edge of her wits despite being surrounded by a score of parents all doing just fine at balancing grown-up chatting while keeping an eye on the scrambling children enjoying themselves in the park.

Touch had usually helped with Cadogan. With a stranger, she's inclined to try talking instead. "Which wee one's yours, then, dear?"

There's nerves in her smile as she turns to the older woman, processing her question and nodding after a moment.

"The dark haired one over there," she says, nodding at the small boy playing quietly in the sandbox. He's still little-- obviously less than a year old-- but clearly bright-eyed and curious as he pokes at the sand with his toys.

The nerves are familiar. The strain is known. It keeps Roisin's smile soft and easy as she glances away toward the sandbox for a moment.

"What a right smart babanod." which doesn't mean her attention won't be lingering more on the mother than the child. "You must be well proud. Happy and healthy and all."

Her expression wavers only briefly. It's fairly hidden by the bob of her nod.

"--He is. Very happy and-- quite healthy."

For all there had been fears he wouldn't be.

"That's where you hold on."

It's spoken gently; not quite the way she speaks to her granddaughter, but not unlike the way she speaks to her son.

"When the rest is too much, aye, you look to that."

She can't help the slight frown, biting her lip in embarrassment.

"--is it-- that obvious?"

That she doesn't know what she's doing.

Her cluck is very soft, smile as calm and easy as before.

"No, hen. Nothing like that. Not to anyone who doesn't remember what to look for."

"But-- you do?"

And she doesn't seem to judge her for it. That's kind of nice.

"Not so old yet as to have forgotten how it felt, cariad."

Particularly after this recent refresher Arienne had put them through.

"Or how much it helps not t' feel so alone."

Her smile trembles again, but though it's smaller when its stabilizes, it's much more genuine.

"Thank you."

It's certainly a better smile. It pulls Roisin's briefly brighter before her attention swings properly back around--first to Arienne, still obviously contented to swing her heart out; then to the dark-haired boy in the sandbox.

"You take a brief rest, hen. There's nothing to trouble him just now, and he'll be glad of it when his mum's taken time for herself."

"You're certain it's all right?"

She's been in constant vigilance mode since he was born, after all. It's hard to turn that off.

"It's all right." She remembers it had taken a while to understand, when she had first been urged to take a deep breath. "You're not leaving him. He can still see you just here, aye, and you aren't wandering off where he can't get at you if he needs you."

She nods toward the sandbox, where another toddler has just settled himself down to play.

"And that's Helen Davies' grandson just set with him. Bet your last shilling she's got hawk eyes on both of them, bless her heart."

She has to stare a little while longer at her son and his new playmate, before managing, with effort, to wrench her gaze away from the boy.

"A-all-- right, then."

She's clearly going to have to teach her to relax properly.

"There's a love."

Roisin's eyes are trained quietly on the sandbox. Her granddaughter is old enough, after all, to take good care of herself for a few moments. She waits a few heartbeats before nodding toward the sandbox again.

"See? There he is."

Little steps help.

Glancing back at the sandbox comes a little too quickly for any proper relaxation to have happened. Nodding comes with a bit of a loosening of her shoulders.

"--Yeah. He's-- okay."

Saying it out loud helps.

It's a start. It's where taking back a piece of her own life can begin.

It's certainly got Roisin bobbing her head contentedly. "This park's a good one to come to, this time of day. Lots of grans tutting about to help keep an eye."

Which means taking a breath for herself could become a habit for this young mother.

"Really?"

It's good to hear. It's got her glance briefly flickering towards Roisin's before it returns to Arik. Her hum is entirely thoughtful.

"'ll keep that in mind.

It's a step in the right direction, and it's so lovely to be able to help pass on to the younger generations.

"And a good lot to start looking for other helpers, hm?" This, she remembers, had been a revelation. "When things get busy."

"--Oh." She can't help the pleased blink of surprise, "They're-- okay with that sort of thing?"

"Aye, of course." Her attention has to flit back to her granddaughter again, watching progress from the swing over toward the climbing structure, but her words stay uninterrupted. "Most people around here with young ones ask us to take turns at watching the little ones."

A brief glance can be spared for the young woman beside her before returning to the children.

"We like to take care of our own here. Blood or otherwise."

She can't help the smile, even though it hurts.

It's so much like home-- or at least the home she knew before everything shattered.

"That's-- nice."

It's nice to be considered someone's own.

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