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[Games] Re: Marie's Event Congrats - Sign Ups :)
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UN: CosimaCH
LN: Roth
MN: Laurent
SO1: Gideon Emil (27)
SO2: Sylvia Christiane (27) Sylvia was born in Cannes, France, to Didier Benoit Laurent and Elizabeth Beatrice Caroline Twistelton Laurent. Her father was a wealthy French businessman and a devout Catholic. Her mother converted to marry him, distancing herself from her British aristocratic family. Sylvia was a surprise late-in-life baby; her parents had three grown sons. She was especially close to her older brother, Jean-Baptiste, who suffered from a rare disorder called Angelman Syndrome. He remained at the family home, where he was cared for by nurses, and Sylvia spent hours singing and playing the piano for her brother, who loved music. She enjoyed watching movies in their home theater and often acted them out in detail for her au pairs. She was a confident and outgoing child, but she often felt she did not quite fit in with the most of her family. As a young teenager, Sylvia was sent to a boarding school in the British countryside. Her voice and music teachers recognized and encouraged her talent for performing. At 17, instead of going on to university like her parents expected, she decided to become an actress. Her parents, already upset that Sylvia had refused to be confirmed into the church, cut her off completely. Heartbroken at their rejection and at being forbidden to see her brother, Sylvia moved to Paris, rented a small apartment with an inheritance from her grandmother, and began performing in a cabaret. Gideon was born to a nineteen year old college student, Tzipporah Augusta Roth, and her ex-boyfriend, Lucas Joseph Caletti. Lucas enlisted in the Marines when Gideon was four years old, and he kept in contact with his son through phone calls and an occasional letter. Gideon grew up accompanying his mother to her job as a bookeeper and her night classes at college. When he was 8, his mother earned her master's degree in accounting and began working as an auditor for the government. She encouraged him to focus on his academics, and as a result, Gideon was a bright and focused but lonely child. He had a secret passion for writing stories and for art, especially photography, but he knew his mother would find such pursuits frivolous.His mother married one of her coworkers when Gideon was 14. Two years later, he received news that his father, whom he had met only occasionally, was killed in action in Iraq. Since Lucas had never remarried or had other children, Gideon received his government benefits. His mother and stepfather expected him to use the money for college, but instead, Gideon decided to travel through Europe after graduating high school. He made his way through Ireland, England, Spain, and finally to Paris. He spent most of his money on visits to all the great museums.Sylvia and Gideon met in the Louvre, where she was passing a rainy afternoon before her evening performance. Gideon had been there three days in a row, slowly absorbing his favorite pieces. She was struck by how quiet and serious he was. She started talking to him and invited him to her cabaret that night. It took a single show for him to fall in love with her sophistication, talent, and vivacity. After a month, Sylvia invited him to move into her apartment. He took a job as a clerk at a small hotel, which gave him time to pursue his photography and his writing. Sylvia began getting small parts in various films, and she decided to convert to Judaism. They had a small wedding in a government office on the sixth anniversary of the day they met, and they took a short honeymoon trip to London, where Sylvia met her mother's family for the first time.Three years later, Sylvia has finished filming what will be her breakthrough role as Hamlet, and Gideon has written the first book of an exciting adventure series for young adults. He signs a publishing deal with a New York company, and they decide to move to America to pursue their careers.
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