Former Strangetown: Curious, Gen 1

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(see Olive, Jenny, and Circe background first)

This was my main family/plotline.

Jenny Curious visits the Singles, and gives birth to her ex-husband’s child.

Soon afterward, Circe and Jenny get married, to Lola and Chloe’s delight, Ophelia’s utter apathy, and Jill’s frustration. But Jenny and Circe are too busy trying to raise two babies--Jenny’s AND Pascal’s--to pay much attention to Jill’s anger.

Jill and Ophelia often take out their frustrations on each other.

Tycho is excited to start school, but Pascal seems oddly spacey during her birthday party, for some reason.

Pascal was right to be suspicious of his brothers, because he finds proof that Vidcund was communicating with some group called the “Dudes in Black”. He was reporting the status of Tycho, asking when the best age she’d be for their experiments. All so they could fund some pointless science project of his!

Pascal confronts Vidcund and drives him out of town, and Lazlo agrees to help pursue him. Pascal briefly calls Jenny to claim they have accepted a physics job across the continent, and are never seen in Strangetown again.

Tycho becomes the third moody kid in the household, escalating the emotional chaos in the house to a nearly unbearable amount. They are unable to cope with the stress, and a social worker comes to take away Jenny’s toddler for neglect!

Jenny is about to give Tycho up for adoption as well, but Circe convinces her they can make it if they just buckle down. They establish a routine for the household, no matter how much Jill objects to doing chores. Even begrudged Ophelia is assigned tasks, despite her insistence she is just a roommate. On the flip side, the kids are given loving encouragement to pursuit their passions, which helps them build their self-confidence.

Years go by, and things feel more and more under control. Despite their rocky pasts, the Curious family starts to feel things have finally fallen into place!