Laurie Marcel

Laurie Marcel is a charming and confident young trans man from Cape Breton Island. He drives a red 1964 Impala and plays guitar. He is close friends with John, Sylvia and Marie, all of whom he attends Barrington Municipal High School with.

EARLY LIFE
Laurie was born to an Irish/Acadian family in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island. His mother passed away when he was still just a kid, since then he's always had difficulty dealing with death and loss. His father worked in the steel plant before he was let go and was forced to move south for work elsewhere. At age 11, Laurie and his family moved to Shag Harbour where he met and befriended John MacNeal. He soon became friends with Sylvia and Marie later on.

He began working for Alistair MacNeal on his boat with fishing and lobster catching at the age of 14. He also began busking in street corners in Barrington. At 16 he bought his first car, a red 1964 Impala. Laurie doesn't spend a lot of time at home due to his father's view on him being transgender and his dislike for his step-mother.

THE UFO INCIDENT
In early October of 1967, Laurie and his friends assisted Alistair in the search and rescue efforts after a supposed air plane crash. To his dismay, nothing and no one was found until the next day when he accidently ran over a crash survivor with his car.

PERSONALITY
Laurie possesses a suave charm and deep compassion. Where as John is an agent of chaos and Marie an agent of order, Laurie is an agent of balance. He's laid back, down to earth and adventurous but also rational, sincere, serious and skeptical at times.

TRIVIA

 * Laurie speaks with a Cape Breton accent.
 * Laurie is transgender, having been assigned female at birth.
 * Laurie is of Acadian and Irish heritage and as such is partially fluent in French and Irish Gaelic.
 * The meaning behind Laurie's name comes from the Latin word Laurentum ("the place of the laurel leaves").
 * His surname Marcel is a French name that originates from Latin meaning "little warrior", "hammer", "belonging to Mars".