Thursday, June 23, 2016

The Story of a Squirrel: Nut Nuttingham

Nut Sebastian Nuttingham was born on October 22, 1251 to Cordelia and Lawrence Nuttingham in Port Milo, Furria. Nut had an older sister, Imogene Nuttingham (born 1248). Lawrence Nuttingham was a successful lawyer, and Cordelia was a romance novelist. Nut had a comfortable childhood in the upper-middle class, and aspired to be a lawyer like his father.

Lawrence Nuttingham served in the Furrian military during the Furrian War. During his father's absence, Nut assisted his mother in maintaining Lawrence's law firm while he was gone, which inspired Nut to become a lawyer. Lawrence lost his leg during a battle in 1265, and returned home with an honorable discharge.

In 1266, Nut's parents enrolled him at New Tree Boarding Academy for his four years of high school. New Tree Boarding Academy was an all-squirrel school located in Timbertown, Furria (a small town about thirty miles southeast from Furrington). Timbertown has a history of politics favoring squirrels, and many elected officials were squirrel supremacists. New Tree Boarding Academy kept young squirrels sheltered from the other species of the world, and taught the beliefs and values of Rodentism, a religion that taught of the superiority of rodents, mostly squirrels. At the boarding school, Nut had a long-term relationship with Mary Templeton. Nut and Mary bonded over the fact that they both had doubts about their Rodentist upbringing.

In 1270, Nut and Mary graduated from New Tree. Nut returned to Port Milo, and Mary went to live with her family in Timbertown. They didn't see each again until after the summer, when they both attended Westford Law School for college, located in Furrington. Nut's parents wanted him to attended an squirrel-exclusive college, so they were slightly estranged from their son when he ignored their request.

In 1270, the summer before Nut's freshman year of college, Lawrence Nuttingham (Nut's father) committed suicide. This was caused by Lawrence's severe and degenerative post-traumatic stress disorder, which he developed soon after being discharged from the war.

Nut and Mary got married in March 1271, during their freshman year at Westford Law. They both attended the college to become lawyers. However, the couple had received no scholarships, and neither of their parents were willing to pay for their education. This meant that Nut and Mary would be drowning in crippling debt after they graduated from Westford. The couple agreed that they could not afford to both become lawyers, so Nut decided that he would drop out of college during his sophomore year, allowing Mary to continue her education. Nut got a job as a cashier at a fast food restaurant.

Mary graduated from Westford Law School in 1274. She started her own law firm, Templeton Law. Mary and Nut bought a house in Furrington near the law firm.

In 1275, Nut and Mary had a son, Marcus Nuttingham. Nut's older sister, Imogene, came to Furrington from Yonkers to see her new nephew in 1276. Upon arrival, Imogene told Nut that their mother, Cordelia Nuttingham, had died from natural causes two years ago.

In August 1291, Nut discovered that his wife was having an affair with another lawyer from Templeton Law. The couple immediately separated, which Mary completely cutting off ties with her husband and son. Devastated, and without a sufficient income, Nut and his sixteen-year-old son, Marcus, moved to Yonkers to live with Nut's sister, Imogene.

Imogene Nuttingham never married and never went to college. After her mother's death in 1274, Imogene continued writing Cordelia's ultra-popular romance book series, Kiss of Fate. Cordelia's publisher asked Imogene to write under her mother's name as a pseudonym, in order to keep fans of the series invested. Imogene moved to Yonkers in 1275 to be closer to her book editor. Nut and Marcus came to live with Imogene in September 1291, the three of them living in a small apartment in downtown Yonkers. Nut got a job as an insurance agent in February of 1292.

In 1293, Marcus turned eighteen and moved out of his home with his father and aunt. He married his high school girlfriend, Dinah Wartmann (a dinosaur), later that year, and the couple moved to Samutropolis. In 1296, they had a son named Butt. Marcus and Dinah were divorced in 1299, soon after which Marcus starting dating Megan Berman, a highly intelligent student at Borden University. Megan and Marcus were together for several years, and they had a daughter in 1306, named Nutella Nuttingham. Marcus and Megan were engaged in June 1307.

After his son moved out, Nut also moved out of his sister's apartment. He relocated himself to his one house in a Yonkers suburb, at the address of 842 Hickory Street.

In November 1307, Marcus and Megan were both involved in a catastrophic car accident on Highway 103. Megan died upon impact, and Marcus was transported to Yonkers South Surgical Clinic, a small hospital. Marcus died from his injuries later that day. Due to the inexperienced faculty at the clinic, Nut was not informed of his son's death until hours after Marcus was already dead. At the time of the accident, Nut had been babysitting both Butt and Nutella. Marcus' mother, Mary, learned of her son's death only when Imogene called to tell her.

Nut agreed to be the legal guardian of his two grandchildren. Dinah Wartmann, Butt's mother, had been declared missing in 1304, last seen at a gas station in Mounttainton.

Nut enrolled Butt at a preschool in 1308, but he kept failing, having to constantly repeat. In 1311, he was expelled from PS-22. He later got back into the school after Nut begged the teacher, Miss Luna. Later, Nutella also attended the school. They both graduated from preschool in 1311.

Nut never told Nutella or Butt about their parentage. They knew that their father was Nut's son, but they both believed that they were full siblings with the same unknown mother. They did not know they were actually half-siblings, and Nut treated them as if they were full siblings.

In 1309, Nut saw an opening as a judge's manager. Eager to fulfill his dream of working in the judicial system, he applied and quickly got the job as Judge Mia's manager. However, there was a mix-up with the hiring applications. Judge Mia thought that Nut had got the job of judge's assistant, and Nut thought that he had got the job as judge's manager. This confusion was cleared up, and it was decided that Nut will fill the roles of both assistant and manager. Nut also sometimes acts as the judge's bailiff, escorting losers of the cases out of the building when needed. The job did come with a catch, however. Judge Mia's new reality series, Judge Mia, started airing soon after Nut was hired. At first, Nut did not want any part in the TV series. For the first three episodes, Nut only allowed himself to be an extra on the series. Later, Nut finally gave in and signed a contract with Judge Mia Network, making his first real appearance in the Thanksgiving special that year.

In early 1311, Nut conducted interviews for Judge Mia's new intern. He eventually decided on Humphrey Dooberton.

In 1311, Judge Mia retired from judicial work. Her replacement, Judge Humphrey Dooberton, immediately filled in her role. Judge Humphrey got his own TV series, Judge Humphrey Dooberton. Nut continued to work for JMN Studios, acting as Judge Humphrey's assistant/manager just as he did for Mia, also becoming a regular cast member on Judge Humphrey Dooberton. After a behind-the-scenes disagreement with Judge Humphrey, Nut decided to leave JMN Studios in 1314. At this time, Butt was still in 8th Grade (he had failed multiple times, just like he had in preschool), and Nutella had skipped four grades.

Nut eventually gained enough funds to open Nuttingham School of Business in 1317. The school taught law, economy, and other business practices.

Nutella graduated from Yonkers West High School in 1320, when she was 13. In 1325, she graduated from Borden University with a PhD in neuroscience, the number one university in the country. Nutella returned to Borden University to get another PhD in biophysics. Nutella is unmarried. She begun working at the Furrian National Institute of Physics Research in 1330, and later a part-time neurosurgeon at Yonkers Holy Tenderness Catholic Hospital in 1332. She became a very in-demand surgeon all across the country, and was invited to Monkeytown General Hospital to perform a high-risk tumor removal surgery on Karen Snortleson in 1338. She currently (1340) works both jobs at the same time.

Butt finally attended Yonkers West High School in 1321, but he dropped out halfway through his freshman year. Butt currently (1337) works as a janitor at his grandfather's school, Nuttingham School of Business.

Currently (1337), Nut continues to live at his home at 842 Hickory Street with Butt, working as the headmaster of Nuttingham School of Business. His sister, Imogene lives at Geezer Groves Retirement Home. Mary and Nut never saw each other after their separation.

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