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Re: Year Game
DH: Maximilien Auguste Mercier
Straight brown hair, green eyes
AccountantDW: Alexia Lucienne Larue Mercier
Wavy brown hair, green eyes
BiologistLocation: Lyon, France--
Year 1Alexia receives a pay raise at her job once she finishes her PhD.Max [26] and Alexia [26]--
Year 2Max and Alexia adopt a cat. They name her Axelle.Max [27] and Alexia [27]: Axelle the cat [1]--
Year 3Max and Alexia adopt a Bichon Frise. They name him Gauthier.Max [28] and Alexia [28]: Axelle the cat [2], Gauthier the dog [1]--
Year 4Max and Alexia welcome a baby boy! Zacharie Matthieu has straight brown hair and green eyes.Max [29] and Alexia [29]: Zacharie [nb], Axelle the cat [3], Gauthier the dog [2]--
Year 5The Merciers travel to Bordeaux for a family reunion with Max's extended family.Max [30] and Alexia [30]: Zacharie [1], Axelle the cat [4], Gauthier the dog [3]--
Year 6Alexia is promoted at work, and now supervises some of the interns.Max [31] and Alexia [31]: Zacharie [2], Axelle the cat [5], Gauthier the dog [4]--
Year 7Alexia gets a job offer at the headquarters of her company. The only issue is that it's in Connecticut, in the US. Max is supportive of whichever decision she makes, and ultimately, the Merciers end up moving to Connecticut. Thankfully, since they'd made the decision to speak both French and English to Zacharie at home, he doesn't have too much trouble integrating into an American preschool. Unfortunately, they have to leave Axelle and Gauthier behind with Max's parents.Max [32] and Alexia [32]: Zacharie [3]--
Year 8Instead of continuing as an accountant, Max gets a job as an accounting professor at a local university.Max [33] and Alexia [33]: Zacharie [4]--
Year 9The Merciers welcome another baby boy! Sebastien Romain has straight blond hair and green eyes. Zacharie is overjoyed to have a baby brother, though not as overjoyed that he has to go to school and can't spend all day with baby Bastien.Max [34] and Alexia [34]: Zacharie [5], Bastien [nb]--
Year 10Max is promoted to Associate Professor quite quickly.Max [35] and Alexia [35]: Zacharie [6], Bastien [1]--
Year 11The Merciers host a French-speaking Swiss exchange student for the school year. Elodie Virginia Carnavale is 17 years old and immediately adores her "little brothers".Max [36] and Alexia [36]: Zacharie [7], Bastien [2]--
Year 12As part of a new company initiative, Alexia now only works half days on Fridays, while still receiving the same pay.Max [37] and Alexia [37]: Zacharie [8], Bastien [3]--
Year 13The Mercier welcome a baby girl! Elise Gabrielle has wavy brown hair and green eyes. Zacharie initially did not like the idea of a girl, but he came around, and is now very protective of his baby sister.Max [38] and Alexia [38]: Zacharie [9], Bastien [4], Elise [nb]--
Year 14Max and Alexia weren't planning on getting another pet, at least until the kids were all in school, but when a young cat begins hanging around their porch, Alexia can't help herself. She takes her to the vet to make sure her shots are all up to date, then brings her home as a surprise. The kids name her Rosie.Max [39] and Alexia [39]: Zacharie [10], Bastien [5], Elise [1], Rosie the cat [2]--
Year 15The Merciers pack up and fly to France for two weeks to visit family and to attend Max's family reunion. Zacharie somewhat remembers living there, but Bastien and Elise were both born in the US, and this is their first trip to France. Max and Alexia are sure to take them to do touristy things, like visit the Eiffel Tower and go to Disneyland Paris, but they also visit their friends in Lyon and family in Bordeaux.Max [40] and Alexia [40]: Zacharie [11], Bastien [6], Elise [2], Rosie the cat [3]--
Year 16When one of the girls who goes to Bastien's school is unexpectedly orphaned, the Merciers take her in and adopt her. Hannah Jade Yancy is eight years old. She's a born performer on figure skates, but very shy when not on the ice. She doesn't talk much when at home yet. Max and Alexia are taking her to a child psychologist once a week and are hoping that might help, because they aren't currently sure whether she was always like this or if she's more affected than she'd previously let on by her parents' deaths.Max [41] and Alexia [41]: Zacharie [12], Hannah Jade [8], Bastien [7], Elise [3], Rosie the cat [4]--
Year 17The psychologist suggests a therapy dog, so suddenly they have a very well-trained, well-behaved golden doodle named Pearl living with them. Elise asks for skating lessons rather than the dance lessons she'd been taking so she can be "just like big sissy Hanny!"Max [42] and Alexia [42]: Zacharie [13], Hannah Jade [9], Bastien [8], Elise [4], Rosie the cat [5], Pearl the dog [3]--
Year 18As if two pets weren't enough, Rosie has kittens! They give away three of the four, but keep the youngest one, naming her Cosette.Max [43] and Alexia [43]: Zacharie [14], Hannah Jade [10], Bastien [9], Elise [5], Rosie the cat [6], Pearl the dog [4], Cosette the cat [nb]--
Year 19Alexia gets a job in California. Though they feel a bit bad about moving Zacharie during high school, the Merciers move out to Palo Alto. To their great surprise, Hannah Jade adapts the most quickly, immediately finding a second family at the rink. Elise has decided she doesn't have to be just like Hannah Jade, and decides to try gymnastics instead. Zacharie, whose friends now call him Zach, joined the surfing club at school. Bastien is a bit more hesitant, but does make one good friend, a neighbor of theirs.Max [44] and Alexia [44]: Zach [15], Hannah Jade [11], Bastien [10], Elise [6], Rosie the cat [7], Pearl the dog [5], Cosette the cat [1]--
Year 20Zach gets his drivers license and takes a job at the snack bar at Hannah Jade's rink. This greatly reduces Max and Alexia's stress, as now Zach can drive Hannah Jade to the rink after school, and she can stop complaining about needing to practice on crowded public sessions. ("Mom, Dad, I'm doing *triples*! It's hard to do when people who don't know how to skate are falling all over the place!") (She qualifies for the National Championships, so they suppose she was probably right.)Max [45] and Alexia [45]: Zach [16], Hannah Jade [12], Bastien [11], Elise [7], Rosie the cat [8], Pearl the dog [6], Cosette the cat [2]--Year 30Zach is a biomedical engineer, having graduated from UC Berkeley. He lives with his fiancee, Stella Phoebe Nye, in Riverside, California. When Hannah Jade was 18, she moved to Colorado Springs for a new coaching perspective. She made the Olympics two years later, so it must have worked. She met her boyfriend, Travis Glenn Morin, there, though they both trained in Colorado Springs. She's currently going to school part-time while continuing to train, majoring in Communication. Bastien is completing his degree in biochemistry at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Max and Alexia were hesitant about sending either Hannah Jade or Bastien out to Colorado, but when they realized they would be together they didn't feel as bad. Elise has secured a gymnastics scholarship at Sacramento State University, where she plans to major in Finance.DH: Dr. Maximilien Auguste Mercier "Max" [55]
DW: Dr. Alexia Lucienne Larue Mercier [55]DS: Zacharie Matthieu Mercier "Zach" [26]
-Dfiancee: Stella Phoebe Nye [25]DD: Hannah Jade Yancy Mercier [22]
-Dbf: Travis Glenn Morin [24]DS: Sebastien Romain Mercier "Bastien" [21]
DD: Elise Gabrielle Mercier [17]Lilypie - Personal pictureLilypie <a href=Angel and Memorial tickers" />
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