Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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[attr="class","o-text"]“Oh, great!” Olympia was happily ready to chatter more until another presence came into the circle. She gave a chipper smile to Ember. “Ah Ms. Emberlynn, how are you doing today? I bet that baby is ready to pop any minute now!” Olympia caught the weird look and snorted. What a disgusting look of jealousy. But what piqued her interest mainly was Jax’s words we’re just friends.
A small frown graced her lips for a minute before Miss Frizzle-like appearance came back. “I was inviting my friend, Jax to an event of mine. No need for the look of jealousy, you’re invited as well! I’m sure a nice walk around the town will do you and the baby good. You’re welcome to bring your baby daddy if you’d like?” Maybe that was an assumption. Olympia didn’t know Ember that well. At all really despite the number of years she worked with her. The young woman didn’t seem to want to be friends with anyone and was constantly always on her own. Ember seemed to be polite enough though. Even though Olympia liked to be friendly, she was never one to force anything onto anyone else.
Then something else clicked, in the multiple conversations topics Olympia had going on her head. “Oh! Also, you forgot some of your gifts from the baby shower. Would you like to take them home today?”
[attr="class","o-text"]Olympia was looking forward to the end of the day, mainly because the episode she and her dad made would be released. Granted, it was done a bit ago – it was always so fun to listen to it. She also secretly loved hearing her students whisper about it in the hallway. While it wasn’t completely out per se, her students seemed to respect her enough about it.
She had a few more things to do to prepare for next week. Especially on Halloween day. Olympia always had to do a special project with kids of all ages. Mainly, the telling of historical ghost stories for the older kids, and kiddy art for the youngsters.
After her last class, Olympia headed towards the lounge to grab a pick-me-up. To be only met with a familiar face. “Jax Shepherd! Fancy seeing you here,” Olympia laughed. The poor man looked a bit lost, like the first time they met in January.
She didn’t leave much room for an answer before she pulled him into a tight hug. Making sure not to crush the flowers he had in his hands. “Oh, who’s the lucky teacher today to receive one of your beautiful designs?” she asked. “Also! If you’re free this weekend, I’m doing one of my final haunted tours!”
[attr="class","o-text"]“Baking is a very useful and fulfilling skill. I’m sure you will make a lot of people happy with it,” Olympia complimented. She personally wasn’t someone that had a lot of sweets in her arsenal. Most treats hurt her teeth with how sweet they could be. But Baked goods like croissants were always welcomed. Or a savory type of cake like olive oil and rosemary.
“It’s kind of how mermaids were thought about. What were technically manatees, looked like mermaids to those sailors.” Granted, if anyone believed in mermaids – Olympia would not say no. If anything, imagination was always welcomed. “You can also look at the situation of Lizzie Borden. She’s both true crime and paranormal. The events were real, but she also had a lot of paranormal follow her name.” “Hmmm, how do you mean? If I expanded into some more information, or details that I don’t want to include? Or stories I decided not to do? I know I tend to keep a lot of the more gruesome details a bit out since it’s a bit of an all-around age kind of thing. If someone wanted to know more of those details, they can find it to dive a bit deeper.”
[attr="class","o-text"]There was a joke that could’ve been said about Olympia’s age, but it could’ve made the poor girl shake more in her seat. So, her smile remained. “Honestly, as cliché as it sounds -I was born into it. My dad’s a paranormal author. He was always into it, and did some investigations of his own a while back. He was a journalist first and became an author after falling in love with Edgar Allen Poe. Since then, it kind of snowballed into learning about things like moth man and wondering if Aunt Matilda was truly haunting the kitchen.”
“We were never forced into it, of course. Dad and Mum were about us finding what we liked, and I was the kid that became latched onto his interests. I went more toward the true crime stuff. Maybe because it kept me on my toes more. There’s nothing scarier than a real-life event, don’t you think? Granted, I do love the paranormal stuff too. I attribute it to my historical side.”
[attr="class","o-text"]Olympia smiled, warmly, like any good teacher would. When the young girl introduced herself as Molly, from a nearby private school – Olympia was curious. She knew of Willow Brook, but she didn’t expect a student to come over here. Not that there was anything wrong about it, just a surprise. There were a few times that the students mingled at local dances and so on, and the teachers chatted.
“Well, a pleasure to meet you, Molly. Please, have a seat.” Olympia wasn’t in a rush today, and she figured it would help calm the nerves of Molly to have them talk now. Nervous energy was always better to be dealt with now than later.
“Thank you, for thinking of me for your project!” It was times like this that Olympia kind of forgot that some of her students knew of her paranormal work. She never hid it, from when they asked after finding her podcast. Her students never minded; it was more of the parents that did. But their kids were getting a good education, and it wasn’t like Olympia was spewing hatred.
“So, what would you like to start with first? Is there a specific aspect of heroism?” she asked, her friendly, teacher voice coming through.
[attr="class","o-text"]Holiday break was coming and Olympia was looking forward to making some garlands with her students. She had found some cute little projects of historical-based holiday décor and was planning what to get, and when to start it.
Her last class had filed out and Olympia was typing away, entering the grades of their pop quiz. A smile crossed her face as if they were all doing well so far. As she was entering the last few grades, Olympia heard her name being called out. She looked up, expecting one of her students but saw someone in a different uniform.
“Hello, that’s me!” she beamed. “How may I help you?”
full name • olympia teagan blanchet nicknames • Teags, Ms. Blanchet, Olly age • 35 birthday • December 19, 1986 occupation • History Teacher/Ghost Tour leader, Podcaster gender • female (she/her) sexuality • bisexual
the appearance
face claim• Annie Murphy
identifying features• has a slight tilt to her smile, can contort her face to match her emotions, has a pretty boisterous laugh, loves wearing bright colors
the personality
likes • teaching, ghost stories and true crime, running her pod cast, doing her ghost tours, hiking, horse riding dislikes • parents that don't take responsibility, sweets, red wine strengths • teaching, keeping people entertained, handling children, fluent in French weaknesses • horses (allergic but still loves them), horse competitions (does more casual and lesson riding), baking (can cook and grill), slowing down, refusing sweet gifts from parents (often regifts or shares) dreams • to maybe get into standup fears • failing her students, losing her job overall personality • Olympia is someone that drains a lot of energy, as she is a lot to be around. Working with kids, she has an upbeat personality and always has a big smile on her face. She's kind of like the history version of Ms. Frizzle. She's a caring and motherly person who wants the best for her students.
Outside of the classroom, she is still upbeat but is more toned down. She is still a chatty person but knows when to stop after reading the room. Olympia loves making friends and wanting to get out there, hoping to maybe find someone - or find the bosom buddy that she buys a house with to get all the cats and dogs.
the history
father • Trevor Blanchet, 60 - paranormal author mother • Lori Blanchet, 62 - french teacher siblings • -- --, 15 - cousin, turned sibling -- --, 20 - sister -- --, 28 - brother important people • TENAYA SYDNEY HOLLAND , used to baby sit hometown • Canmore, Alberta, Canada overall history • Olympia was born into an interesting mix of a family. Her parents are the complete opposite ends of each other but ended up being complete college sweethearts. All the Blanchet siblings became a solid 50-50 of their parents, having good common sense with book and street smarts, mixed in with a love for something odd.
Growing up, Olympia fell in love with education – watching her mother teach French at school. Her father’s interest in paranormal writing led her down a path of researching ghost stories, and their history of them. If someone had a question about a certain poltergeist or a haunted mansion, she knew the answer.
When Olympia was twenty, her mother relocated to Willow Bridge City to help her sister after a terrible labor experience. Unfortunately, she passed after complications and the father wasn’t in the image. Wanting to baby to have a good life, Lori took custody. Not wanting his wife to take care of a baby by herself, Trevor and Olympia’s siblings relocated to Hickstead after Olympia finished University.
Olympia followed her family when she turned twenty-eight after getting her master’s degree and a few years of experience in teaching. She took to Hickstead quickly, even picking up on the love of horses – despite being allergic to them. Her Blue Roan Percheron Gelding, Nemo is one of the most loved beings next to her family and students.
When not teaching or at the Seven Oaks, Olympia can be found giving ghost tours of Willow Bridge City and Hickstead. It’s something she mainly does during October to bring in the spooky season. She also does a podcast with her father, talking about different ghost stories and other paranormal activities.
the role player
alias • aofie age • fossil fuel other characters • the amount of licks to get to the center of the tootsie pop