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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We had started a thread, prior to the person leaving and I'd like to continue, or even restart it if possible.
With his sister being deaf, he would know sign language, and also has an affinity for motorcycles, previous person had him opening a custom motorcycle shop in town, and that'd be cool if someone wants to keep it!
Previous person used Jorge Del Rio as a face claim, but it could be changed, completely up to the person!
Emilie smiled and winked. ""If you're creative, there's plenty of ways to do things that others don't think about" she couldn't help but smirk afterwards. Sure sometimes blocking off a bathing stall area, and taking a quick shower, albeit with cold water, was something she had done before, she was sure that people at Seven Oaks generally didn't. "If it's one thing my brother taught me, it's safety gear is a must, and cannot be skimped on" she said with a smile. She nodded when he asked about the chocolate before moving forward in the line and making sure that she didn't run into the person in front of her.
"I don't think I could be rushed to doing anything, or even feeling rushed. I'd have reached out if it would have caused any issues. " she shrugged a little, it wasn't a big thing for her to have to reach out via text to people. She loved the ability that texting gave her, she could easily reach out to people, without waiting for their response and just get it across, meanwhile phone calls she always struggled with. Sometimes she'd just avoid calls so that people would text her, as most times they'd forget that she can't hear them. "I couldn't imagine having to work multiple different shifts in a row. Afternoon shifts to morning shifts are bad enough, but I feel like you know that pain more than me" she said with a laugh. She looked away for a second to move up in line again before returning her attention to him. "Uh, well my parents just learned the basics, and anything needed that I regularly used, otherwise they would finger spell anything they didn't know the sign for. My brother on the other hand, went completely overboard and learned everything possible, and we also made up our own little signs at times to get around our parents knowing what they meant. It's really easy to use sign language to communicate across a room, or in code, whereas talking will always give someone away" she said with a smile.
She nodded at the popcorn and the gummy bears. "Can I also get a water?" she said simply, hoping that he'd do the ordering as sometimes it gets overwhelming when it comes to ordering if they asked more questions and she sometimes tended to get lost in the conversation.
Emilie smiled as she signed that she'd get her water. She awaited her return, and looked around the comfy cabin before taking a simple drink upon her bringing in the glass.
As she spread out the maps and started highlighting them and marking them she smiled and nodded. "Seems simple enough now that you showed me the maps. she signed simply. It must have been from the spring. She must have thought something that wasn't a path, was, and ended up here on the campgrounds.
"Seems simple enough, I should be able to get back with these" She signed with a smile. "If I just follow the trail back to the Cottontail Loop, I'll end up back at the barn shortly, or I could go the Meadow loop back to the Cottontail loop, seems simple enough" she said pointing them out as she signed where she was talking about.
Emilie only kept her eyes on his lips, and was purposefully avoiding eye contact as she wasn't sure how she would be able to handle him looking at her. She knew that eventually she would have to deal with these kinds of things from when she left last time, but she honestly wasn't prepared, not sure how you could fully prepare for things like that either. She nodded when he said that it was a mess. That was one way to explain it for sure. She almost wished that she could hear so she didn't have to look at him at all. She was nervously playing with the ends of her shirt before he started talking again.
She bit her lip when she realized that it wasn't going to just be fixed. She didn't expect it to, but she also didn't expect him to be so mad at her still. She figured that at least explaining would help, but she wasn't sure how she expected it to just be fine. "I understand, I hope that you're happy now? That maybe eventually, we can be friends?" she asked quietly. She hoped that he wouldn't hold it against her forever.
Emilie smiled and shook her head. "No I ended up doing it after grabbing a shower at the barn. I just got out of work, otherwise I wouldn't have brought the bike, I'm sure it messed up my hair in the helmet, and fitting a safe riding outfit over this outfit isn't the easiest thing." she said with a laugh. She bit her lip and thought a bit. "Hmmm not sure I could choose just one. Maltesers and JellyBabies are some of my favorites, but not sure any chocolate would be bad" she said as she looked over at him and smiled.
"I'm not sure" she said while wrinkling her nose. "I made it on time! So I didn't need to let you know that we'd have to move it later, but if need be, I'll text and let you know what's going on if need be." she said with a smile. She was sure that he'd understand, but at the same time, she wasn't going to spend all day and night at the barn because someone else didn't want to work today. She nodded and smiled "I at least have a mid-day shift tomorrow, so no early morning for me. Hopefully someone doesn't call in and they attempt to get me in early."
Emilie bit her lip again at the nervousness of asking for the closed caption device, and nodded at his question. "All places are supposed to have some accommodation of some sort, normally I just watch movies at home with subtitles, but if I went to the movies with family, they always grabbed it for me" she said with a shrug. She took the device when the woman handed it to her, and with a simple thanks, she quickly turned it on, to verify that the batteries were working, before turning it back off and putting it into her bag for the time being. She wouldn't need it until the movie started, and she didn't want to drop it between now and then. She moved towards the counter for candy and looked towards all the snack.
"Do you want anything?" she asked before it was their turn to order at the counter, that way she wouldn't have to try to juggle reading two people's lips at the same time.
Emilie smiled when he said that she looked amazing. "Not looking too bad yourself" she said with a laugh before nodding to the popcorn and a drink. "As long as we can get candy as well, this is one of the only places I normally allow myself a little bit of candy." she said with a smile. It had always been a tradition when they went to the movies for her to get some candy, simply because it kept her a little more at ease if she was able to snack on something other than popcorn.
She sighed when he mentioned work. "One of the stable hands called off, and they added a fifth horse to my riding docket today, as well as stalls to muck from them calling off. Let's just say I'm glad that todays work day is over" she said while looking up at the sign to see what was playing, there were a few that she knew were older, but had never seen, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to see a new movie.
"That sounds good!" she said before they made their way to the counter. As he chose the movie, she looked at the person handling the cash register and bit her lip. "Um any chance you guys have a closed captioning device?" she said simply. She normally hated asking, and she hadn't been to a movie here yet, but back in London when Blake would take her, or they'd do a family night out, they'd generally ask for her.
Emilie nodded when it was simple advice, and would seem easy, she seemed to be struggling with it this time around. Previously at Blue Acres she didn't struggle as much as she did at Seven Oaks, but she was sure that eventually it would be better. I hope it happens sooner than later
She smiled and nodded when she said that it was a lot of work, it seemed like it, she couldn't imagine running and owning something like this, and she hoped that one day in the future to just be doing more of what she loved, spending time with the horses and training if it ever got to that point. I'd love some water if you have some ready, if not don't feel pressured, a map would be amazing, does it mark all of the trails around here? Or just more of the area around the campground? she asked just in case it had more.
If she had a map to the trails it'd help her immensely and would be greatly appreciated, but she wasn't entirely sure what all was available from this woman who was nothing but extremely helpful thus far.
Emilie smiled and nodded. "It's a good change for sure, I always hated the big buildings and feeling surrounded. It's so much more peaceful in smaller cities and towns." she said simply. She couldn't help but keep her eyes on him in worry that she'd miss something again.
"Glad I'm not the only one, it's hard to get into a routine again after a while, but I'll get there. It'll take me about a week or two, but as soon as I get my bearing, we will be all set and good for a while. But by then, I'm sure some horses will change out, and thus I'll be confused on those ones, it's like a never ending cycle." she said with a laugh. "Cupid seems to be the most behaved, but I'm quite partial to Sky, she's beautiful" she said with a smile.
She always enjoyed the more colorful paints, than the normal bay's and chestnuts, but of course, horses only come in so many colors. "Sometimes I believe that we think that animals are less intelligent than they really are. They always do something to surprise us" she said smiling. She couldn't help but smile and nod as he said that he worked summer camps. She had truly enjoyed the one she went to, and it was probably because the horse didn't rely on her voice to communicate with her, and thus it seemed like she just got along better with animals than humans. They didn't expect much from her, and thus she felt more comfortable around them.
When he seemed surprised about the motorcycles she laughed. "My brother he has always owned them, and thus got me into riding, first as backpack, then I wanted one of my own. Of course he always hated that idea. Took him a while to allow me to ride alone, and now there's nothing like it. I'm actually planning on buying a new bike soon, hopefully I get one that I like, and won't struggle to touch the ground with at stops." she said with a laugh. It was always a struggle of hers at time, especially with bikes that were designed to be ridden by men.
Emilie had gotten an invitation to join Tobias at the theater today and she had gladly agreed. She was nervous at this point now. She wasn't sure entirely how this would all go, but she was hoping that it'd go smoothly.
She has spent some time at the barn this morning, but since it was summer, and too warm to ride the horses for too long, she just mucked out some stalls and ended up heading back home to shower and prepare for the movies.
She had gone through her outfits for around an hour or so, but ended up on selecting a cute little black dress, but then because of the weather she had wanted to ride her bike, so she put her motorcycle protection pants on, as well as her jacket and helmet. She had her saddlebags on her bike to put some of her stuff in, and she was thankful that she had lockable ones.
She made her way there, and parked before removing her jacket and tying it around her waist and then shimmying her pants down. She made sure that nothing moved out of place, before folding them neatly, and putting them into her bag. She grabbed her jacket from around her waist prior to folding it around her arm and holding it in front of her. She wasn't sure if it would be cold inside the theater, as sometimes they turned up the air conditioning a lot, so she opted instead to keep it with her.
She smiled at him as she noticed that he had waited for her and moved up to him. "Hello" she said simply.
Emilie pat Cupid's neck as he went into a trot and she followed alongside Chris before shaking her head no when he asked if she learned to ride around here. "I uh actually learned back home in London. I moved here to get away from the city" she said simply. She hated the busy city life and the constant buildings surrounding her. She much preferred the quieter smaller cities, and country life. She very much enjoyed riding along the country roads, whether on horseback or her motorcycle.
Emilie laughed and nodded "If it wasn't for the name plates on the stalls I wouldn't be able to find some of the horses that I was supposed to exercise. I'm still learning everything though so it'll happen eventually that I won't need them" she said with a smile.
She couldn't help but laugh at Duchess basically acknowledging her name. "Every horse has a personality, her's is just more prominent" she said with another small laugh. "I uh learned at a summer camp one year, and then came back home and begged my parents to let me ride. Eventually they gave in and let me ride, and since then, it's either been horses or motorcycles" she said with a smile. Of course she wasn't saying that it was a summer camp for deaf kids, but it was still a summer camp.
Emilie smiled as she had her horse following his slightly off to the side. She had missed this while she was gone. She absolutely loved being on horseback and it helped her forget about everything for a bit.
She caught the end of his sentence this time and nodded "A few years..... well really since I was a teenager, so more than a few" she said with a laugh.
She leaned down and pat the horse's neck that she was riding before looking back at Chris. "Oh uh this is Cupid, he's just a horse on my list to exercise." she said simply before moving to the other side of his horse. She nudged her heels into Cupid to get him to start into trot and started to move in a few different patterns before looking back over at the other rider in the ring.
Emilie smiled when she said that it was easy to get her back to where she was coming from and sighed. Oh thank god. I was hoping that it was an easy ride, and of course I get lost she signed simply.
I enjoy spending time with the animals. The people on the other hand can be a little bit of a pain she signed with some hesitation. Sure people were always a pain in some way, but at least she was able to read lips. She was sure that others would struggle even more when dealing with hearing people if they couldn't handle reading lips.
She looked around a bit before returning her attention back to the woman in front of her. You have a nice place here, I'm Emilie by the way
Emilie leaned down and pat the geldings neck before whispering to him that it was ok. She was probably more nervous that he was, but she hoped that it would make her feel more confident. She wasn't normally this nervous, but she was sure with everyone starting to prank her, that she was almost expecting the worst.
"Ah so we're both new here then!" she said with a smile after catching what he said barely. She almost wondered when he would move far enough away that she would lose what he was saying, and now she was starting to worry about that.
As he moved his horse down the quarter line, she tried staying in line, but started to fall a little bit behind and missed anything that he was saying and she started doing some simple ground work before looking back towards the other rider in order to see what he was doing.
Emilie shook her head when he said that he was sorry that it even happened to her. "I don't think I regret helping the horses... I just regret the aftermath more. My parents freaking out wasn't in my to do list. I truly am afraid that they'll try it again. They're not wanting me to be independent again after that." she said simply before looking down at his hands as he took them away.
She looked back up as soon as she asked the question. She was hoping that he wasn't, and that her explanation was good, but she was almost afraid that he would be mad still. When he said that he didn't know what he was she nodded. "I'm sorry. By the time I healed enough to use my phone in their eyes, I didn't know what to say." she said quietly. What do you say after disappearing for about 6 months? Oh Hi! How have you been? and acting like nothing is wrong? Even then her family was up her ass the entire time and she couldn't do anything alone.
Emilie smiled and nodded when he said that she wouldn't be in the way. "That's a long time between riding" she said simply while settling herself onto the saddle. She kept her eyes trained on him as he moved around the horse, hoping not to miss anything.
"I uh recently started here. I took some personal time away from Hickstead and came back to work here instead of at my old work." she said simply with a shrug. She wasn't sure who all knew what, and she wasn't about to make it worse for herself now.
She smiled as he moved into his saddle, before moving her horse slightly to the side and glancing down at her hands when he asked if she wanted to attempt some jumps. "Uh if you're wanting to jump go ahead, I'll just do some flatwork and maybe some jumps towards the end. It's been a while since I jumped" she said simply.