Later that evening, his best friend Carter came over to his place, unannounced. "Yo, what's up Marcus!" He yelled across the room, waking up Rigil and Betel. "Shit! WHY CAN'T YOU SHUT YOUR LOUD ASS MOUTH SOMETIMES DUMBFUCK?! NOW THE FUCKING KIDS ARE AWAKE!! UGH!!! Loud ass mouth...." Marcus sighed and went to comfort the crying kids. Carter, who just realized that his friend said kids, ran to see of what he said was true. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Whose kids are those...?" Carter asked, concerned. "Hi, I'm Rigil! and this is my brother, Betelgeuse!" Orionus Alpha mentioned. "You could just call me Betel..." Orionus Alpha whispered then nodded off. "And of course, I'm Orion.." The father of the two smiled warmly, right before the doorbell rang again. "Helloooooooo~? Is Papa Orion in here~? Papa?" More little voices asked behind the door. "Orion.. How many kids do you have...?" Marcus questioned. "Uhm... I have 7 main kids... other than that... I lost count..." Orion answered sheepishly. Carter opened the door to let in the 5 new children and they also hugged their papa and brothers. "Bellatrix, Saiph, Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka are their names. Saiph is the youngest of the 7, while Betel and Bellatrix (twins) are the oldest. The nicknames I gave them are Bella, Mint, Sai, Nitak, and Nilam. Nitak and Nilan are twins, and Bella's the only fem-boy child I have. Mint is the only tom-boy, and Sai has no gender. Betel is trans, and so is Rigil (fml->masc). Marcus wrote everything down, so he won't forget. "Sai is 10, and uses They, them pronouns. Nitak and Nilam, 12, uses masculine pronouns, just like Bella (15), Rigil (13), and betel (15). And Mint (14) uses any pronouns. Carter passed out from too much information, but Marcus understood it all. "Thank you for the info, I really needed it." He said while closing his book.