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Year 0:
SO1: John "Jack" Raymond Larkin
SO2: Úna Margaret Crispina Lehany
Jack was an only child and grew up in a single parent household with his mother, although his grandparents only lived two doors down the row of houses they lived on. Úna is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland but moved to England to study. She comes from a large family, she's is the middle of three sisters and one golden child brother. The two first met at a traffic light party on campus which they were both dragged to by friends. Úna was in the third year of her degree whilst Jack was in his first. After much persuasion by Jack, Úna finally relented to the idea of dating a fresher.
Jack read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at university and went on to do a masters in International Relations. A politician in the making he has rather fanciful ideas, although he wouldn't admit it to you, of becoming Prime Minister one day. After two miserable years grinding along in a PR company Jack finally made it to parliament; he is currently working as a political aide to a backbencher MP for the opposition. His days consist of researching, reading reports, reading poll results, reading legislation and then writing reports about the legislation for other political aides to read and then write reports about etc. It's pretty dry and slow work but hey, he's on the ladder!
Úna is a junior doctor going into her third year of practice for the NHS. She's working hard on her ambition to become a consultant (only 5 more years... at minimum :/)! The hours are long and hard, sometimes her and Jack are so busy they're like two ships passing in the night. It's physically and emotionally taxing but it's also incredibly rewarding. Moreover, Úna now has an endless supply of stories to tell at dinner parties, they range from heartwarming to vomit inducing, so something for everyone!
Jack looks: Wavy black hair, grey eyes
Úna looks: Wavy red hair, green eyes
House: Victorian townhouse (second floor only)
Location: Hammersmith, London
***
Year 1: Random
Scandal! Jack's boss, Eric P. Paternoster, MP for Newton Morbury on Lyme, has become embroiled in a political scandal involving an au pair, a diamond necklace, a feather duster and tax payers money! You can read all the sordid details plastered across the front pages of today's tabloids. The party's enforcer has been charging about the office all day frothing at the mouth. Mr Paternoster's "mutually agreed upon" resignation is expected later today.
Jack has two options: go down with this ship, effectively stalling his career trajectory right on the starting line, or bail out and smuggle his way onto another steamer. What luck! A fellow political aide has let Jack know of a position available working under his MP. And this member is no boring backbencher, he is part of the the Shadow Cabinet! Jack is now a junior aide to the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. It's a step down in title and pay but it's a step up in workload...but think of all those juicy networking opportunities.
Úna is still working tirelessly towards her goals. She comes home exhausted and sometimes occasionally with various stains and bodily functions on her clothes. But she's finally getting to use some of the stories from her supply at these fancy dinners and garden parties Jack's new work is taking them.
***
Year 2: Career - Start new career
The party for the opposition has imploded in on itself. There are demands that the party leader step down and people are resigning from the Shadow Cabinet left right and centre. Jack's minister is one of the resigners. Jack writes up a letter of resignation for his boss, and that's it, just a backbencher now; Jack's position has become redundant and there doesn't to appear to be any opportunities to hop onto another MPs team. Either way, he's beginning to feel disillusioned with the political life style and hardly getting to see Úna. Jack meets with an old uni friend who now works for a popular broadsheet newspaper. He encourages Jack to write a piece about his role as a Political Aide, an insiders look into parliament, and submit it to his editor.
Jack writes a witty piece under the pseudonym of "Dogsbody" about his time in parliament. It's received enormously well by the editor and Jack is offered a column in the paper's Sunday supplements. Jack is now a Columnist and works from home writing a semi-fictional column about a downtrodden aide working in the House of Commons.
Úna loves being able to see Jack more now.
***
Year 3: Career - Promotion
Úna has started her specialist training with hopes of becoming a consultant. It was a tough call but she has chosen Oncology. Though she still doesn't know what field within Oncology to go down yet.
***
Year 4: Career - Start a new career
It's election year and after two years working in journalism Jack decided to return to politics by standing for his local constituency. He fought a tough battle and he won the race. Jack is now a Member of Parliament and his party is in the majority. He's a rookie MP so he doesn't have any big responsibilities or red suitcase or anything but he's dedicated to being the best representative of his constituency he can. He will be continuing his column.
***
Year 5: Child - Twins
After over a decade together Jack and Úna have decided to try for a baby. This couple doesn't do anything by halves and they've welcomed twin girls. They first daughter Olive has wavy auburn hair and bright blue eyes. Her younger sister, by 6 minutes, Tess has wavy red hair and hazel eyes.
DD: Olive Muirín Lehany Larkin
DD: Tess Caoimhe Lehany Larkin
***
Year 6: Random event - family vacation
The Lehany Larkin family is going on holiday. But who wants to take two one year olds on a long haul flight or any flight for that matter? No one does, that's who, no one. So instead they've decide to holiday closer to home. They packed up the car and driven down to Cornwall for a week. Plus holidaying within the country looks good for Jack's political profile.
***
Year 7: Child
Olive and Tess are only two years old but Jack and Úna have welcomed their third daughter Ada. Three under three yikes! Ada has straight auburn hair and hazel eyes.
DD: Ada Róisín Lehany Larkin
***
Year 8: Family event - Move
With 5 Lehany Larkins things are getting kind of cramped in the Victorian townhouse apartment. Úna and Jack pack up the kids and moved to.. another Victorian townhouse. This time they own the whole thing, all three stories. The twins have their own room and there's even separate studies for both Jack and Úna.
***
Year 9: Child event - adoption
As part of select committee on child abandonment and poverty, Jack has been working has been working with a charity Hope and Homes for Children, a charity that reforms orphanages in eastern Europe. After visiting an orphanage in Romania, Jack felt, as he and Úna have the means and the space, compelled to personally help one of the children. After a somewhat lengthy process they brought home a little one year old girl with curly brown hair and shockingly blue eyes. Both her parents are unknown but she was named Ionela by the people at orphanage. Despite her only being a one year old, Jack and Úna have decided to keep Ionela as her first name (though more commonly referred to as Nell) and instead give her an Irish middle name to match her new sisters.
DD: Ionela "Nell" Méabh Lehany Larkin
***
Year 10: Child event
DD: Frances Áine Lehany Larkin
Jack and Úna have had another daughter, she has straight black hair and violet eyes. In a house full of girls Jack is feeling thoroughly outnumbered but he's thankful his girls are growing up in such a busy and bustling household unlike he did. However, this'll be the last child for the Lehany Larkins.
DP: John "Jack" Raymond Larkin, MP
DP: Dr Úna Margaret Crispina Lehany
DD/DD: Olive Muirín Lehany Larkin / Tess Caoimhe Lehany Larkin
DD: Ada Róisín Lehany Larkin
DD: Ionela "Nell" Méabh Lehany Larkin
DD: Frances Áine Lehany Larkin
SO1: John "Jack" Raymond Larkin
SO2: Úna Margaret Crispina Lehany
Jack was an only child and grew up in a single parent household with his mother, although his grandparents only lived two doors down the row of houses they lived on. Úna is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland but moved to England to study. She comes from a large family, she's is the middle of three sisters and one golden child brother. The two first met at a traffic light party on campus which they were both dragged to by friends. Úna was in the third year of her degree whilst Jack was in his first. After much persuasion by Jack, Úna finally relented to the idea of dating a fresher.
Jack read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at university and went on to do a masters in International Relations. A politician in the making he has rather fanciful ideas, although he wouldn't admit it to you, of becoming Prime Minister one day. After two miserable years grinding along in a PR company Jack finally made it to parliament; he is currently working as a political aide to a backbencher MP for the opposition. His days consist of researching, reading reports, reading poll results, reading legislation and then writing reports about the legislation for other political aides to read and then write reports about etc. It's pretty dry and slow work but hey, he's on the ladder!
Úna is a junior doctor going into her third year of practice for the NHS. She's working hard on her ambition to become a consultant (only 5 more years... at minimum :/)! The hours are long and hard, sometimes her and Jack are so busy they're like two ships passing in the night. It's physically and emotionally taxing but it's also incredibly rewarding. Moreover, Úna now has an endless supply of stories to tell at dinner parties, they range from heartwarming to vomit inducing, so something for everyone!
Jack looks: Wavy black hair, grey eyes
Úna looks: Wavy red hair, green eyes
House: Victorian townhouse (second floor only)
Location: Hammersmith, London
***
Year 1: Random
Scandal! Jack's boss, Eric P. Paternoster, MP for Newton Morbury on Lyme, has become embroiled in a political scandal involving an au pair, a diamond necklace, a feather duster and tax payers money! You can read all the sordid details plastered across the front pages of today's tabloids. The party's enforcer has been charging about the office all day frothing at the mouth. Mr Paternoster's "mutually agreed upon" resignation is expected later today.
Jack has two options: go down with this ship, effectively stalling his career trajectory right on the starting line, or bail out and smuggle his way onto another steamer. What luck! A fellow political aide has let Jack know of a position available working under his MP. And this member is no boring backbencher, he is part of the the Shadow Cabinet! Jack is now a junior aide to the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. It's a step down in title and pay but it's a step up in workload...but think of all those juicy networking opportunities.
Úna is still working tirelessly towards her goals. She comes home exhausted and sometimes occasionally with various stains and bodily functions on her clothes. But she's finally getting to use some of the stories from her supply at these fancy dinners and garden parties Jack's new work is taking them.
***
Year 2: Career - Start new career
The party for the opposition has imploded in on itself. There are demands that the party leader step down and people are resigning from the Shadow Cabinet left right and centre. Jack's minister is one of the resigners. Jack writes up a letter of resignation for his boss, and that's it, just a backbencher now; Jack's position has become redundant and there doesn't to appear to be any opportunities to hop onto another MPs team. Either way, he's beginning to feel disillusioned with the political life style and hardly getting to see Úna. Jack meets with an old uni friend who now works for a popular broadsheet newspaper. He encourages Jack to write a piece about his role as a Political Aide, an insiders look into parliament, and submit it to his editor.
Jack writes a witty piece under the pseudonym of "Dogsbody" about his time in parliament. It's received enormously well by the editor and Jack is offered a column in the paper's Sunday supplements. Jack is now a Columnist and works from home writing a semi-fictional column about a downtrodden aide working in the House of Commons.
Úna loves being able to see Jack more now.
***
Year 3: Career - Promotion
Úna has started her specialist training with hopes of becoming a consultant. It was a tough call but she has chosen Oncology. Though she still doesn't know what field within Oncology to go down yet.
***
Year 4: Career - Start a new career
It's election year and after two years working in journalism Jack decided to return to politics by standing for his local constituency. He fought a tough battle and he won the race. Jack is now a Member of Parliament and his party is in the majority. He's a rookie MP so he doesn't have any big responsibilities or red suitcase or anything but he's dedicated to being the best representative of his constituency he can. He will be continuing his column.
***
Year 5: Child - Twins
After over a decade together Jack and Úna have decided to try for a baby. This couple doesn't do anything by halves and they've welcomed twin girls. They first daughter Olive has wavy auburn hair and bright blue eyes. Her younger sister, by 6 minutes, Tess has wavy red hair and hazel eyes.
DD: Olive Muirín Lehany Larkin
DD: Tess Caoimhe Lehany Larkin
***
Year 6: Random event - family vacation
The Lehany Larkin family is going on holiday. But who wants to take two one year olds on a long haul flight or any flight for that matter? No one does, that's who, no one. So instead they've decide to holiday closer to home. They packed up the car and driven down to Cornwall for a week. Plus holidaying within the country looks good for Jack's political profile.
***
Year 7: Child
Olive and Tess are only two years old but Jack and Úna have welcomed their third daughter Ada. Three under three yikes! Ada has straight auburn hair and hazel eyes.
DD: Ada Róisín Lehany Larkin
***
Year 8: Family event - Move
With 5 Lehany Larkins things are getting kind of cramped in the Victorian townhouse apartment. Úna and Jack pack up the kids and moved to.. another Victorian townhouse. This time they own the whole thing, all three stories. The twins have their own room and there's even separate studies for both Jack and Úna.
***
Year 9: Child event - adoption
As part of select committee on child abandonment and poverty, Jack has been working has been working with a charity Hope and Homes for Children, a charity that reforms orphanages in eastern Europe. After visiting an orphanage in Romania, Jack felt, as he and Úna have the means and the space, compelled to personally help one of the children. After a somewhat lengthy process they brought home a little one year old girl with curly brown hair and shockingly blue eyes. Both her parents are unknown but she was named Ionela by the people at orphanage. Despite her only being a one year old, Jack and Úna have decided to keep Ionela as her first name (though more commonly referred to as Nell) and instead give her an Irish middle name to match her new sisters.
DD: Ionela "Nell" Méabh Lehany Larkin
***
Year 10: Child event
DD: Frances Áine Lehany Larkin
Jack and Úna have had another daughter, she has straight black hair and violet eyes. In a house full of girls Jack is feeling thoroughly outnumbered but he's thankful his girls are growing up in such a busy and bustling household unlike he did. However, this'll be the last child for the Lehany Larkins.
DP: John "Jack" Raymond Larkin, MP
DP: Dr Úna Margaret Crispina Lehany
DD/DD: Olive Muirín Lehany Larkin / Tess Caoimhe Lehany Larkin
DD: Ada Róisín Lehany Larkin
DD: Ionela "Nell" Méabh Lehany Larkin
DD: Frances Áine Lehany Larkin
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