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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Izzy had helped bring in the last of the horses at Helping Hooves. It had seemed that there was an overscheduling issue for the afternoon and as final exams were quickly approaching - Izzy volunteered to clock out early. She had a pile of studying to do, though she always appreciated the hours.
The woman headed into the feed room, writing down her hours for the day before heading off towards her car. She wondered who would be home, or if it was early enough for her to be home alone. She had already ridden Queenie before classes, so there was no need for her to stop at Blue Acres on her way home. With her music blasting from the car radio, she headed home. The long drive seemed to drag on, Izzy being careful as she weaved her car through the traffic.
She parked her car on the driveway, allowing room for a second car beside her in case one of her parents needed to park beside her. The brunette got out, locked her car door and headed towards the front door. She stopped shortly after, seeing her mother run out of the door and ran screaming after a rabbit. The younger woman raised her eyebrow, wondering what on Earth had been going on. She glanced over to the rabbit, who seemed to now be running for it's life towards the neighbor's yard. "Hi, well that's not what I was expecting when I came home this early." She gave the other woman a soft smile. "Oh, yeah. The center was overstaffed for this afternoon so I offered to come home early to study for exams." She quickly turned around, unlocked the car and picked up her backpack before locking it again. Izzy returned the hug, though let go shortly after.
"So...are we allowed to talk about why you were angrily chasing a rabbit towards the fence? And how was your day today?" She was still utterly confused as she gently swung the backpack straps over her shoulders and headed towards the house.
It didn't take a hard nudge to get the sooty palamino mare to walk on. The mare seemed to be eager to get going. Izzy couldn't help but roll her eyes - Queenie reminded the young rider of herself. She made sure her stirrups were on the ball of her foot, pressing down to practice her position. It was something that proved to be very different between English and Western riding.
She began squeezing the mare's sides with her sides and asking the mare for contact, watching as Queenie began to lower her head and use her top line muscles in her neck. As she made sure her weight was even in her saddle, she turned her head as she heard the arena door open - looked like their solo ride was about to be ruined. "Good morning, oh no worries. Go ahead and lunge. Just let me know which end you'd like and we can stay out of your way." She turned to see if she recognized the horse or the rider, though she didn't know either of them. "Trying to get a horse in before school?" She didn't know him from University either though not many people were taking Interior Design at Hickstead University, so her knowledge of fellow students was slim.
Izzy had found herself awake for class much earlier than she had anticipated, which was why she currently found herself at the barn. Blue Acres seemed to be much quieter at this time of the day. Izzy was used to going to ride Queenie after her Uni classes were done, but she had work after class.
The sooty palomino mare hadn't yet been turned out and was still munching away at her grain. "Sorry, Q. I promise you can go outside with the mares after I'm done riding." As if the mare understood her, she let out a snort. Izzy laughed softly and entered the stall - taking off the winter stall blanket and folded it on the stall rack. She clipped the purple nylon halter to the mare's face and led her to an empty cross tie stall.
Within twenty minutes, the mare was tacked up - decked out in her show jumping gear, wanting to switch it up after the lesson the day before with Miss Cassandra. Izzy slid her feet into her tall boots and put the bridle on, doing up the cheek strap and noseband. Izzy checked the arena and made sure it was empty, leading the mare inside after making her presence known. She tightened the girth, rolled down the stirrups and used the mounting block to get on the mare, nudging her forward once she was safely in the saddle.
occupation • University Student (interior design) and part time stable hand at Helping Hooves.
gender • female
sexuality • bisexual
the appearance
face claim• Dafne Keen
identifying features• she has olive skin which tends to tan even more in the summer due to her working outside and riding. Izzy has golden brown eyes which tend to be a dark brown depending on the light. Her mahogany brown hair is usually just above shoulder length which she usually keeps down unless she is riding or working at the barn. Izzy usually is seen wearing loose fitting clothing or equestrian gear, her fashion sense tending to lean towards more tomboyish.
the personality
likes • horses, her uncle, silver jewelery, energy drinks, design and being creative.
dislikes • tight spaces, puppets, getting up early, hail storms and heights.
strengths • adapting to new situations and being creative.
weaknesses • being stubborn and surviving on energy drinks.
dreams • making her family proud and running her own interior design business.
fears • her biological father finding her.
overall personality • Izzy is stubborn as a mule - never keeping her opinion to herself (which is ironic due to her dream profession). This tends to have making friends a little more difficult, but the few she has are close. She is a night owl, often doing her homework/assignments until late in the night as that is when she is the most productive. When it comes to her uncle, she is a bit protective - which didn't bode well for Ora when she first arrived. She is as horse crazy as a lot of other people in Hickstead, usually having her mare come first.
overall history • Izzy didn't have a great start to life. Her mother gave birth to her while in prison - also as a premature baby. Her Grandparents immediately took custody of her until she was a year old, which was when Agustin (her uncle) took over from them. Life with her uncle was nice and simple. She grew up thinking that her uncle was her father. Her school life wasn't easy, except for Art class. That's where she found the most friends and was able to let her creativity flow.
It was in her pre kindergarten teacher where her uncle found the love of his life. At first, Izzy was hesitant about her old pre-school teacher entering her life. She didn't want anyone to ruin the relationship between the two of them. The two of them had a conversation about it though, which lead to Izzy accepting her into their lives - knowing that Ora wanted nothing more than to keep her uncle happy. The two butt heads from time to time, but they tend to get along for the most part. It made her feel better that Auggie waited to get married - making sure all involved were comfortable with the new situation.
Izzy began to ride as soon as she was able to, happy to find yet another niche for her to thrive in. She quickly began to compete in both English and Western events, riding school horses at Blue Acres until one day she got a horse of her own. Queenie was bought and is ridden in hunters and Western pleasure events.
As soon as she was old enough, she began working part time at Helping Hooves Equine Center, wanting to help kids that were suffering. When it came to University, she quickly decided on interior design - knowing she wanted to continue with her love for all things Art and creativity.
the role player
alias • Gabi
age • older than you think
other characters • if you really want a list... DM me .
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