Martha Marriott/Relationships

== Blackbell Family ==
=== Becky Blackbell ===
Martha has a strong, almost motherly relationship with Becky, as she has served the girl for most of her life. Martha genuinely cares for Becky and wants the best for her mistress. Aware of Becky's behavior of acting older than she appears, Martha pushed for Becky to make friends, admonishing her when she acted mean toward her peers and told her to be more understanding. Although Becky does not often obey her, Martha always tries to mentor the girl by instilling in her rules of good behavior, such as not being a homewrecker, not lying on the floor, or breaking into someone else's home.
When Becky becomes friends with Anya, she tries to push Becky toward doing things to build up their friendship. She shows disappointment in Becky's crush on Anya's father Loid and her attempts to steal him away from his wife Yor, often reminding Becky not to be a homewrecker in her thoughts. Martha tries to make up for Becky's behavior by presenting the Forgers with a gift when they come over unannounced for the first time and later keeps Becky from chatting with Loid too much in future visits.
=== Becky's Father ===
Martha is a servant to Mr. Blackbell. Years of servitude under the Blackbells has made Martha quite familiar with their patriarch, as she once advised Becky to not decline Anya's gesture of friendship with her gift so as to not sully the Blackbell name, certain that the girl's father would say the same. While she may be his servant, the man appears to be prone to acting immaturely when it comes to Becky, so Martha is not afraid to act against him when he begins acting unreasonably, keeping him grounded and reminding him to act appropriately as the CEO of Blackbell Industries. Sometimes the energy and military impulses of her boss encourage her to calm him physically in order to stop his reckless escapades.
== Eden Academy ==
=== Anya Forger ===
Knowing Anya through her young madam, Martha is grateful to Anya for being Becky's first friend. While initially concerned when Anya showed Becky the large stack of cash she brought to their shopping trip, she found that Anya genuinely saw and valued Becky as a friend and was happy that Becky had finally found a friend. At the end of their trip, when Anya buys matching keychains for her and Becky, Martha supports Anya's gesture and pushes Becky to accept it.
Martha seldom sees Anya and all their contacts are most often limited to picking up and returning Anya home for her outings with Becky, at one point even delivering her home from school. Nevertheless, Martha sympathizes with her enough and cares about the girl's safety. During the Eden bus hijacking crisis, when Anya is held hostage by one of the hijackers, Martha quickly leaps into action to rescue her, immobilizing the terrorist with her taser and catching Anya.
=== Henry Henderson ===
Martha and Henry share a long and intimate history together. Both were students of the Cecile Hall at Eden Academy. Martha transferred into Eden via scholarship as an eighth-year, while Henry was an eleventh-year student at the time. The two first met when Henry applauded her ballet performance, and they later became acquainted when Martha began hanging out with him during his morning tea parties. During his final year, Martha once came to his aid to fend off a couple of students who held a grudge against Henry, and Henry ended up punching one of his attackers to protect her. This incident helped Henry realize his goal to become a teacher. Just before his graduation, Martha asked if he had a partner in mind for his graduation party. By then, Martha was infatuated with Henry and was therefore devastated by his absence after he left. However, two and a half years later, the two would reunite as Henry rejoined Eden as a teacher.
Martha and Henry's reunion started off well, with the two happily resuming their tea parties and catching each other up on their lives since they last spoke. Their relationship took another turning point as the war loomed over their heads. Martha lost her dream to pursue ballet after her desired ballet company disbanded due to many members being killed in an air raid. Fearing that the people she cared for, including Henry, would also be lost, Martha decided to protect them by volunteering for the Woman's Defense Auxiliary. Henry was furious upon learning about this and tried to convince her to reconsider. With neither party willing to back down on their ideals, the two bitterly parted ways and did not speak with each other.
Shortly before her graduation party, Martha overheard that Henry's family had been pushing marriage prospects on him so he could get a wife before he was inevitably deployed. Martha was shocked to hear this and cried to herself as she wondered what to do, not wanting to graduate with how things were. Knowing that Henry would not always be at Eden, Martha decided to confess her feelings for him at her graduation party. At the party, Martha invited Henry to a dance, during which they properly resolved things between them, with Henry apologizing to her. Martha attempted to confess before their dance ended, but her confession was drowned out by the siren for an air raid.
Not much is known after that point, but the two appeared to have split up during the war and eventually reunited, with Martha ending up serving the Blackbell family while Henry established himself as a housemaster of Eden. They would reunite once again during the Eden Academy bus hijacking by the Red Circus. When Henry offers himself to the terrorists in exchange for getting the dorm tutor to a hospital, Martha gets confused by his actions and worries about him. They meet again at when Martha escorts Becky to her end-of-class gala, and Henry asks for her help in the event as they are short on volunteers. Saying it is "just like him," Martha agrees to join him. Later, during the dance portion of the party, Henry invites Martha to dance together for old time's sake, and she accepts. The two are seen dancing alongside the students while appearing to enjoy themselves.
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