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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Calli couldn’t help but giggle at her friend’s eagerness. She didn’t blame her though. Boys were on the rage at the barn it felt, especially with more coming in. Though it was still hard to gauge which team someone was batting for. Heck, Calli didn’t know what team she was batting for either.
Her thumb moved around and Sabrina’s account was picked up. “Her personal is private but it looks like she linked the family barn…” Calli opened it up, and the first block – there was a picture of Ronan in his gear holding the lead of a horse that looked massive. “But what does it mean?!” she asked Brooklyn, knowing full well that she probably didn’t know either.
“That’s good. At least they care about your health more than you do,” she smirked. Maybe overworking was a genetic trait in the family, something that Cali thankfully haven’t received. While she worked hard, it was because she knew how to mage herself. Probably from seeing her parents and brother just never have time for themselves, she was determined not to do that.
When he mentioned the treats that sounded like her. Better the kids to do it, than them. If Cali fell, she would heal faster – that’s for sure. “Sounds like a plan, soldier,” Cali smiled, giving a salute. “Let me grab a claw clip and I’ll meet you downstairs.”
“I think I do? If not, I can definitely see if they're public or not. We should have a few mutuals so if they are private, I can definitely weasel myself in.” Calli took out her phone and opened the app, and began typing in the sister that would definitely have a public page, Piper.
“They're all college dudes, so I guess they're men. I don't know how Alana doesn't flirt with them.” In reality, Cali knew why. Her boss had a long term boyfriend, who owned one of the local clothing stores. But it made Cali wonder if she could teach a pottery class. Do that classic Patrick Swayze scene. “Girl wise? I think a good chunk of them are cute. Like you! But I think a few of them have a big stick in their ass,” Cali snickered.
She returned to her phone and realized she had indeed followed Piper. When, she didn't know. “I follow Piper. She mostly posts stuff about costumes but I can see if Ronan and Sabrina are on the gram.”
Cali nodded along with her friend’s words. “I’m convinced my teacher is wondering if I’ll ever pick up the pace! But they’re getting my money, so they can’t be too mad.” Some people may call Cali a waste of space and time, but everything is about money nowadays. For the most part, it was her own money paying for her lessons. Cali didn’t come from a wealthy family by any means. Her brain and her work ethic got her where she was.
“Oh, yeah! I hear the forest and the waterfall are pretty this time of year.” Granted, the color changes in leaves were nowhere near the beauty of Vermont – a state she had visited many moons ago. Cali watched as her friend mulled over her question, and her reaction seemed to make her wonder if the question was hurtful. But Brooklyn answered her.
“That is true! We don’t know what they don’t let us know. You know me, I am far too invested in finding information.” Cali, like most girls – was a great internet sleuth. She liked backtracking and all that, something her brother insisted she stop. But he couldn’t complain too much when her abilities helped him locate the dresser that their mom desired from a thrift store.
“Ugh, I wish there was something in my love life,” Cali snorted, twirling a finger in some loose hair. “There are some cute guys that come through at work. But they’re all way too old. Why do people our age have to look so..blegh? Like…that patchy so-called beard ain’t it!”
Calli couldn’t help but smile when it was her older brother. Is work ethic made him not around as much, which sucked. But she was always happy when he was around. Granted that she was the one that did all the talking usually. Though, she had been meaning to ask him about this certain lady friend of his. Someone that she had seen him talking to a few times.
“Just a minute.” The teen sent a quick text to her friends saying she would be AFK for a bit but would text them or chat in memes and gifs when she had the moment. Calli slipped on her fuzzy Crocs and opened her door. “Surprised you’re home. I thought you were busy trying to find silly stuff to work on.”
Calli couldn’t help but grin when Brooklyn commented on her masterful skills. “Bah, it’s mainly because I’m sure if I went any slower, my brother and dad would be all up in arms.” While they were never hounding her to go faster or anything, they taught her more efficient ways to get things done. Of course, her father was a firm believer in purposely slowing things down if the pay was by the hour. Or if a client was giving you a hard time. Her brother, on the other hand, was too much of a workaholic.
“Hey! That’s a good thing, right? Just means that the coaches think you’re ready for the next hardest thing.” Calli herself wasn’t that ambitious. Unlike her friends, she wasn’t going out and competing. At least, fully. Calli was looking forward to a jumping event in the spring. But she couldn’t put in the work or time yet. Which is why she was leasing a horse.
“They did. We had a small trip up, but I fucked up my special awareness for a moment,” she laughed. Calli returned her eyes to Ronan, Brooklyn’s little crush. Or maybe it was a major crush. “Have you figured out if he’s actually serious with whatever her name is?” Calli prodded.
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the velma
Face Mckenna Grace, open
Age 16-17, 00/00/2007 or 00/00/2006
Other Is one of Calli's friends from Willow Brooke Academy. Out of the friend group, she is the most about the books, smart wise and rule wise. She isn't exactly street-smart, making her the one who can be a bit out of the loop. Or approach some more dangerous situations without knowing the consequences.
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the daphne
Face Amandla Stenberg, open
Age 16-17, 00/00/2007 or 00/00/2006
Other Is one of Calli's friends from Willow Brooke Academy. Out of the friend group, she is the one obsessed with fashion and trends. She can currently or be a former pageant girl! This friend also rides the line between outcast and popular, mainly due to her boyfriend/girlfriend being part of the popular crowd. But she prefers to hang with the rag-tag group of Callie and Co.
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the fred
Face Choi Min-young, open
Age 16-17, 00/00/2007 or 00/00/2006
Other Is one of Calli's friends from Willow Brooke Academy. Out of the friend group, he is a mixture of book-smart and street-smart. Despite his somewhat class-clown ways, he's always tinkering away at something - especially on what to make with his 3D printer.
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the shaggy
Face Jacob Bertrand, open
Age 16-17, 00/00/2007 or 00/00/2006
Other Is one of Calli's friends from Willow Brooke Academy. Out of the friend group, he is the most like Calli. He somehow managed to squeak his way into the school with a full ride. Despite being just as smart, he's very lazy and thrives on pushing things to the last minute. This on occasion has caused him to butt heads with any of the people he does group school work with. The only time he isn't lazy or sluggish is when he's with the gang.
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Clyde Talbot
FC Charles Esten, Open as long as he looks related to Casper Relation Father Age 55, 00/00/1968 Job Fisherman Other For more info please read calli and casper! • lost parents to Hurricane Matthew • how he and Naomi met is up to the player • solid relationship with wife and children • the reason why Calli was adopted is open • most likely born and raised in NC
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Naomi Talbot
FC Connie Britton, Open as long as she looks related to Casper Relation Mother Age 53, 00/00/1970 Job Gardener Other For more info please read calli and casper! • lost parents to Hurricane Matthew • how she met Clyde is open to the player (if she's made first) • solid relationship with husband and children • the reason why Calli was adopted is open
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Leoni Talbot
FC Meg Donnelly, Open as long as she looks related to Casper Relation Sister Age 24, 00/00/1999 Job open Other For more info please read calli and casper! • solid relationship with siblings • open to following her parents' footsteps, or breaking free from blue-collar work
Lips pursed on the straw of her water jug. Calli was a bit of a sweaty mess with how much she had shoveled straw today. But she enjoyed it, despite the complaining of some of her friends. She didn’t have to help clean their stalls, but she did. Calli enjoyed it, despite what she came off as. Even though she didn’t have a lesson today, she still came out and did some drills.
Since she had finished cleaning up a bit faster than her friends, Calli found a nice patch of grass and sat down – staring at the blue sky that would be dark in a few hours. As she took another sip of water – Callie’s eyes landed on Ronan Slade. She could tell why Brooklyn found him cute. Maybe it was all the silly movies she had been watching lately, but what would he look like if she was shirtless? Honestly, there were a few people Callie wondered who looked shirtless.
Callie was lost in her brain space until she felt another body sit next to her. Her eyes looked over. “Took you long enough, Brookie,” she smiled. “How was your lesson today? Who did you have again?”
Calli let a yawn out of her mouth. She was surprisingly home for Saturday evening. She had a heavy lesson this AM and spent a lot of time with the Saddle Club. Thankfully, she was able to get a ride home from her friend – so her mom wasn’t annoyingly texting her phone to hurry up. Even though her mom had nothing else going on, that wasn’t her gardening club meeting – which had already happened.
Her parents were downstairs, chatting about their work. While Calli loved both of what they did, there were times when Callie couldn’t stand listening to them talking about it. It was one thing to hear about it, then do it. She loved her parents, but man – could they drag on. Especially, if Dad had a beer in his hand.
She sat in her bedroom, the door closed – obviously. Her fingers typed away on her laptop – messaging her friends that she had just seen a few hours ago. As she responded to Brooklyn’s question about what she was doing on Halloween – Calli heard someone knock on her door. “Who is it?” she called out.
full name • Calliope Elizabeth Talbot nicknames • Callie, Beth age • sixteen birthday • April 24, 2007 occupation • rider, student gender • female sexuality • questioning
the appearance
face claim• Madison Bailey
identifying features• Callie is what someone would call a modern-day flower child. She’s often in many different kinds of jewelry, wild hair, and macramé crop tops. Callie stands taller than average at 5’-9” but can appear relatively short next to a few of her friends. She has a muscular build from the farm work she did when she was younger and partially continues when she’s able.
Being from a state with a heavy beach life, Callie always appears to have the perfect sun-kissed streaks of blonde, with an everlasting glow. This has since been a bit muted from being in England, but it can still shine during the summer months. Also, the girl really loves her bronzer.
the personality
likes •physical work, fishing, gardening, surfing, macrame, metal smithing, stained glass, bit of an adrenaline rush, horses dislikes • dressage (feels too fancy for her tastes – even though she attends a private school), not knowing where her food is coming from, black coffee, losing a catch strengths • jack of all trades in aspects of art, metal smithing, deep water fishing, crochet weaknesses • her family, her friends, jewelry, ponies dreams • afford her own horse, work with a local artisan, sell some of her handmade items fears • being abandoned overall personality • Callie is an interesting mix of boho chic and horse girl. She can be all about the vibes but knows when hard work and physical labor are needed. An excellent student, Callie takes full advantage of her smarts – especially when it comes to gaining scholarships and awards. Despite her smarts, her appearance can give off flighty – but she can use this to her advantage. Especially when it comes to cute boys or girls.
Family-oriented, Callie loves her siblings and parents. She can sometimes get a bit jealous of her older siblings when they’re out on their own with their own crew. Mainly because they have the option to and don’t need to rely on mom or dad for rides to get to and from.
She can be fiercely independent, often wanting to try and solve her problems first. At least, until her parents must involve themselves, or she must admit defeat. And most teenagers hate admitting defeat.
the history
father • Clyde Talbot, 55, fisherman mother • Naomi Talbot, 53, gardener. siblings • CASPER MILO TALBOT , 30 - brother Leoni, 24 - sister important people • BROOKLYN LUNA HAZELTON and the Saddle Club - BFFs MOLLY ELODIE MAC'INTOSH - classmate @boyd - sk8 buddy, forming crush ZAYN ATLAS BLAKE - sk8 buddy hometown • Born and Raised Riegelwood, North Carolina → Hickstead, UK overall history • Callie was born in Riegelwood North Carolina and adopted at birth by the Talbot family. She doesn’t know too much about her birth parents, other than her mother was forced to carry and opted to adopt after birth. Thankfully, the Talbots made Callie aware of her background - but she never felt any less than.
She grew up in a stable home, with two much older siblings – making it hard for her to connect with them. But they always humored her, playing with her when they were interested or had the time. Due to her family coming from a blue-collar background, Callie grew up knowing the labors of a working family. While her mother was tending the garden, Callie was always there. Sometimes it is more of a menace than any help.
During the hot and humid North Carolina summers, Callie would be out on the boat – riding the Atlantic. Her father’s favorite, albeit near heart attack moment, was when they were out on a pier. Callie landed quite a catch on her rod and was nearly pulled over the railing of the pier. Mom managed to get it all on VHS. A scary moment at the time, but a laughing memory as she grew up.
Sadly, in 2016, when Callie was 9 – tragedy struck. Hurricane Matthew made his warpath, destroying the North Carolina coast. Taking the Talbot family farm and the matriarch and patriarch. It left the family, amongst others, devastated over the loss. Finding that they had nothing left of their home, the Talbots left North Carolina in 2017. They were invited along to England with their neighbors, who had family overseas.
Everyone appeared to be fine with the move, except Callie – since North Carolina was her home. She had her friends and her art community. Her family settled in Hickstead, quite easily – but Callie became a bit rebellious. Running away, only to have her older siblings drag her home. In her rebellious years, she made quick friends with the neighbor’s daughter. A tomboy who loved pushing boundaries as well.
Through her new friend, Callie found horses – making her not as rebellious. While there were times that Callie still pushed her parents’ buttons – the young girl got herself together enough to get a full ride to Willow Brooke Academy. That advancement seemed to keep her parents at bay, to the point where they agreed to cover lessons at Seven Oaks Barn. While they still found Callie’s interests an odd mix of interests, she wasn’t running away.
She’s made a solid group of friends at Seven Oaks, forming the Saddle Club. While Callie is nowhere near the level of her friends, she’s enjoying herself and the shenanigans they can get into. If anything, she’s out of the house more than at home – something that her mother worries about constantly. But Callie is living her life as much as possible and even decided to return to using her Girl Swirl Cruiser.
the role player
alias • aofie age • iunno other characters • uhhhh....
