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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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 JAGGER REID - 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....
