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Amara/ James Female/ Male Both 22 years old Amara has long blonde hair with deep blue eyes, average height and build. In her blue eyes, she has small orange specks (freckles on the eyes). James is a little on the taller side, but not by much, with dusty brown hair and hazel eyes. ~~~ Amara's Horses~ Thunder- Fresian stallion, pitch black, average height Angel- Mustang mare, Bay with a white sock about 2 inches tall on her back left leg, standing at 15.3 hands Beau- Arabian gelding, Pure white, average height ~~~ James horse~ Lighting- Appoloosa x Fresian mix, White with black spots all over with a fresian body and height. |
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yara ivanov "i have a weird definition of family; it’s not the same as everyone else’s.” . age: 22 gender: female ethnicity: russian nationality: russian . birthday: june 19th zodiac sign: gemini sexuality: straight appearance: standing 5' 3" tall, this tan-skinned woman has a self-indulgent feel about her. her medium-length, thick, brown and wavy hair is usually un-styled, but while training it's usually kept in a low ponytail. she has a narrow face, a small nose, and medium lips. her expressive dark blue eyes are big and she has plucked eyebrows. yara has average sized arms, a wiry torso with medium muscle tone, and rather strong legs. . ivanov has piercings in two places- a stud in her right nose, and pierced ears. she often wears new, unique clothes that are mostly neutral-coloured and semi-revealing. while doing stable work she's in her jeans and a t-shirt, and usually seen wearing a personalised pair of leather gloves. personality: looks can be deceiving when it comes yara ivanov, but the biggest two things to know are that she's surprising and freethinking. yara can also be wise, cheerful and innovative, but these are in a way balance by being aggressive as well.
her surprising nature is what yara is known around the barn for, this is what she's most well-liked for. people regularly count on this and her practical thinking in times of need.
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even though she is a nice person, yara also has rotten moods and days too. her morbid nature and irrational nature don't make for the greatest company and could ruin plenty of evenings.
though happily her freethinking nature shines brighter on most days, but even just the slightest thing can tick her off and it'll all be ruined likes: - horses - animals - trail rides - music dislikes: - disrespectful people - people that tell her how to act, what to do - many people in a room at once - people with no common sense strengths: - humble - quiet - flexible - confident weaknesses: - too critical of herself - kind of introverted - being too honest love language: - insulting phobias: n/a . crush: open significant other: N/A . her horse: ivanov has owned her horse, valentine ever since she was 16 years old, making val around 5-6 years old. val being a quarter horse, he is a perfect match to yara's discipline, jumping. c - luda stock on da |
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aleksander (aleks) ivanov "she was prolly thinking bout me. I was prolly thinking bout cheese." . age: 23 gender: male ethnicity: russian nationality: russian . birthday: june 9th zodiac sign: gemini sexuality: straight appearance: at 6' 4" tall, this tan-skinned man has a shifty feel about him.
aleks' medium-length, fluffy, light brown hair is very messy.
he has a triangular face, a broad nose, and full lips. his piercing blue eyes are round and he has well-groomed eyebrows.
ivanov has slanted shoulders, strong arms and torso, a well-defined waist, round hips, and strong legs. aleksanders ears are pierced and an identification tattoo across his entire stomach, that is a picture of his horse.
aleks often wears plain clothes that are mostly earth-coloured, though his jumping uniform is black and white. personality: there's more than meets the eye in the case of aleksander, but above else know that he's respectful and spontaneous. he's also responsive, exciting and loyal, but they're in shorter supply, especially considering they're mixed with being extreme as well.
his respect is what he's most most-liked for. friends usually count on this and his flexibility when they're feeling down.
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nobody's perfect of course and aleks has a share of darker sides to deal with too. his extreme nature and deviousness tend to get in the way and beyond what people are willing to deal with.
fortunately his spontaneity helps prevent most of these grievances. likes: - horses - dogs - gloomy weather - thunder - trail rides - music dislikes: - disrespectful people - being cold - being left alone - people with no common sense strengths: - humble - brave - idealistic weaknesses: - trying new things - meeting new people - trying new foods love language: - touch phobias: n/a . crush: open significant other: n/a . his horse: aleks has owned his horse ever since he was 19 years old, making his horse, basil around 4 years old. basil is a quarter horse, as well as alek's sisters horse, valentine. c - luda stock on da |
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Amara~ Amara gave a small sigh as she glanced around. The sun was almost at peak, and she smiled. Patting Angel's neck, she turned the mare back in the direction of the barn. "My new horse should be here soon" she said to herself. While she loved Angel and Beau, and loved doing western and trails with them, she wanted something else as well. This something else was dressage and show jumping. While she knew Beau could jump, since he loved to anytime he was turned loose in the arena, she needed to be trained. That, and her new horse was going to be wonderful for dressage, having the pedegree for it. Amara had Angel pick up into a canter as she made her way through the river bed and around the bushes that made a nice path back. *Hopefully we get there before he show's up* she thought as she saw the barn starting to come into view. She slowed Angel down before she dismounted before the barn, placing her mare into the cross ties. "Good girl" she said, patting the mustang on the neck. She started to untack the mare as she spotted a truck with a rather large trailer pulling up. "Perfect" she said as she put Angel into her stall. *I will have to give her a bath later* she thought. While it hadnt been too warm while they were out, Amara always bathed her horses after rides unless it was too cold to do so. Amara walked out to the trailer as a man started to unload her pitch black stallion, and a large smile formed over her face. He was a lot better looking in person than in the pictures she saw, and she was more than excited to try him out. "He might need a day to settle, but here you go" he said handing Amara his lead line and paperwork. "Thank you" she said as she walked him into the barn and to the cross ties. He seemed rather calm for a stallion, but that's what she had hoped for. It would be much easier for her to work with. The man walked into the tack room part of the trailer and came out with a pitch black leather bridle, Saddle and a black saddle-pad that had red deatils, along with the stallion's name ingraved in gold, Thunder. "I know it wasnt part of the deal, but his former owner wanted you to keep his tack." Amara took the tack and hung it on the saddle rack near the cross ties. "Let them know I appreciate it" she said before she turned back to the stallion and started to brush him as the man left. Amara was still new to this barn, having heard about their training program for jumping and dressage, she wanted to get her horses in before she bought Thunder, wanting her gelding and mare to be settled. ~~~ James~ James was still at the apartment he and Amara shared, not liking that they moved their horses recently, but understood why Amara wanted to. He got up and dressed before he made his way out to the barn and saw his sister with her new horse. "Looks like I missed the arrival" he said as he looked the stallion over. He looked nice enough for Amara to win some competitions if she managed to get herself trained on him. "He just got here, and he's so mellow. I love it" he heard her reply. James gave a simple nod. "I would suggest taking him to the covered arena and ride him before he get's too settled in case you two dont work" he said. He had to do that a few times before he got his mixed gelding. He walked to Lightning's stall before he brought the gelding out and brushed him. "I will ride with you in case he decides to pull some stunt." He saw Amara roll her eyes. "Thank you mr over protective" he heard Amara reply before he chuckled. "Someone has to watch out for you" he said before he tacked up Lighting, watching Amara tack up her stallion before they walked to the arena. He wondered if the trainer would want to get started right away with them, or wait until the stallion was settled. |
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yara ivanov while yara used her stirrups to mount valentine to start their training, she heard unfamiliar voices and car doors closing. newcomers? she thought as she put her hair up and looked over at the barn, seeing two unfamiliar faces and horses she didn't recognise. being the owner of the barn, she should have known if she and her brother aleksander would be expecting new boarders, perhaps he knew without telling yara. "it is what it is, right boy" yara asked val, before clicking her tongue to make val start walking and whatnot. approaching the first rolltop, yara prepared herself for the jump. happily, valentine was rather good at his job, so yara wouldn't have to worry about her falling off of her horse and possibly hurting herself. . after about ten minutes, yara and val finished their morning training. hopping off of val and letting him roam around the training ring, the woman picked up her phone and called her brother, aleksander. as he picked up her phone, she said almost immediately "вы одобрили новых людей, не сказав?" [translates to did you approve of newcomers without telling?] and aleks responded with a simple "yes." after getting her answer, yara hung up and whistled for valentine, a couple of seconds after the fact she heard hoof prints running towards her. grabbing val's lead, yara grabbed her coat before opening up the gate and leading herself and val out. she decided she would put her horse in the pasture and then lay near a tree to read a book. the pasture was across from the barn, meaning yara would be able to get a good look at the new people's faces. since she was sick, she had to stay in her room until she was feeling better which was why she might not have seen the new borders yet. walking almost in front of the new faces, yara smiled and said "good day" with a faint-ish russian accent. it was more of a british saying but yara decided people in the U.S could use it too. . opening the gate to the pasture, yara let go of valentines lead and ordered him to go into the field, him obeying her and doing as she said. closing and locking the gate behind her, yara took one good look at the man standing beside the female across the way and then walked off towards a tree near where val was. ivanov had always taken a liking towards that specific tree, maybe it was because it was an apple tree but who knew. since yara had already been at the tree she was at many times, she already had a book waiting for her. . aleksander ivanov aleks was still in his room by the time his sister was probably outside working on her training with her horse. basil, his horse was probably in his stable slot enjoying the quietness that surrounded the barn as it did almost every morning. aleks was eating his morning breakfast bar and getting dressed while listening to music when he got a call on his phone, reading the screen it was just a spam caller so he ignored it. when he finished getting his riding clothes on he realised he had already finished his breakfast bar, sighing and deciding just to wait until lunch to eat again. it was around 10.25 in the morning so everyone who was being trained were probably already here. aleks knew he was late to his job, so he tried to hurry up and get his shoes on before he headed out to the barn area to see his trainee. it didnt take long for his sister to call and ask about the new faces in the boarding facility, so when she did call he answered. after he answered yara's one question, he heard yara hang up the phone and arrived inside the barn where his horse was. . after getting his horse all groomed for the day, he got him tacked up because aleks decided he wanted to go on a trail ride after he was done training. he could ask his sister to tag along too, along with the gal he was training and maybe they could all get to know each other more, and yara could get to know the newcomers as she probably hasn't already. realising it was saturday and there was no training, he hopped onto his horse basil after closing the barn door and making his way to the front of the barn, where his trainee and her brother were. "good morning, would you two like to come on a trail ride this morning? i might ask my sister if she wants to tag along too, im not sure if you've met her but she's in the pasture." aleks said, making his presence known to his trainee and her sibling. |
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Amara & James Amara waved a hello to the person who was leaving the arena before James looked at Amara. "You ready" he asked, though his eyes followed the other female for a moment before he saw Amara nod. She was excited to ride her new horse, and her face showed it. In the distance she heard someone walking up before she saw a male this time. "Morning" she replied. "I would love to, but I went on one with my mare this morning, and my new stallion just got here. Havent had a chance to try him out yet" she said motioning to Thunder who flicked his tail, looking almost unamused with standing there, though he didnt fight it. James tightened his grip on his gelding as the Fresian Appy mix pulled a bit on his reins. "I am assuming your sister just got done in the arena" he said. "If so, ut wasnt much of meeting." He glanced at Amara who rolled her eyes with a smirk, knowing exactly what James meant, and why he spoke that way. *Great, he is liking someone* she thought before she felt Thunder dock one of his hooves. *Interesting* she thought as she looked at the stallion. James looked at Amara before he spoke again. "Better mount up before he falls asleep. He looks bored." He stepped back before Amara nodded. She placed her hands in his mane, feeling weird not having a saddle horn to grab onto. She swumn onto the stallion's back and adjusted herself in the saddle. "It feels so much smaller than it looks" she said as she chuckled. She saw James walk around, watching as the stallion stayed where he was, waiting for a command. "Well, so far seems like you didnt waste your money, but we wont know until he moves around." James mounted up on his gelding before he looked at Aleks. He wondered if he was going to give Amara a quick lesson right then with dressage, movements, and working with her new horse. With James on his horse, he followed Amara into the arena, Thunder seeming to walk smoothly with Amara on his back. *He is looking good. If his training is done like they told Amara, then with Aleks as her coach, she should be able to win some competitions buy next year* he thought as he watched the two. Amara smiled as she felt the stallion moving below her. His fluid movements were much different than the way her mustang moved, different than her Arabian. Even without training herself, she felt her stallion waiting for commands to do whatever she asked. After a moment of just walking, he felt her tighten the reins which she did when she wanted Beau or Angel to canter, and her horses knew what to do, but Thunder stopped, picking up his front hooves in a half rear before he backed up. "Easy boy, easy" Amara said as she felt Thunder stiffen up. She wasnt sure what she did to cause him to rear, and the stallion tossed his head a bit with his ears pinned. James looked at Amara. "What did you do" he asked as he watched, worried the stallion might throw his sister already. He didnt like the way the stallion seemed to flip a switch just from being mellow to rearing, even if it wasnt as viscious as a if Angel reared and bucked. James was ready to hop off if Amara had gotten thrown, but she sat in her seat, even though the saddle was much smaller than what she was used to, and with no saddle horn, James knew she only had his mane to hold onto. |
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aleksander ivanov as aleks waited for the girl's response, he looked behind at the pasture as he heard his sister's horse whine. "alright, let me know if you're ever up to though" aleks smiled, then looked over at the male as he began to speak. "yeah, if the girl in the arena looks like the girl in the pasture, that's yara." the man nodded, before looking down at his horse's mane. he'd also decided he would put basil in with val, and then watch the girl and her brother and help them if they needed. after waiting a bit and after the two had entered the area, aleks ordered basil to turn around and walk towards the pasture, upon approaching it, aleksander called out yara's name. watching as yara didn't move her eyes from her book, he yelled for her once more. "do you mind if basil joins you and valentine? i figured i should maybe help the new girl and her brother if needed" aleks added. "no it's fine, let him in" yara responded just shortly after he had asked, still not looking up from her book. aleksander found it cool that basil and valentine shared the same sire, just not the same dam. they had similar bloodlines, though valentine's lines were better just a bit, as he had more well-known horses in it. . after aleks had let basil in with val and yara he walked across the way to the arena and leaned onto the gate to guide the girl if needed. he assumed she was his new trainee and a pretty one at that. aleks felt some type of energy when the girls brother mentioned yara, but he just shook it off as he didn't care in the first place. after ivanov stood silently, he nodded in respect as it seemed the girl knew her way with horses, figuring she wouldn't be too hard to help train. aleks was glad she and her brother had joined yara and him at the facility, they would have more new friends to interact with, happily because the people who had been boarding there for multiple years had gotten kinda boring. . as the girl nearly got bucked off of the stallion's back, aleks felt his anxiety raise just a bit. he wasn't in the mood to see someone get bucked, and he didn't feel like playing Mr. superman either. "easy boy" aleks whispered as he gave the stallion and the girl one last look . yara ivanov yara was kind of a fast reader, so she read the pages of her books quite fast. she heard the girl in front of the barn start talking again, and just a couple of seconds beforehand she heard her brother's voice. finally, that сука [bitch] is awake she scoffed, before turning her head to her horse to find him grazing in the grass, quiet and peaceful as can be. no matter what yara would always love her horse, especially because she's owned him since he was born, as his dam was yara's dad's horse. the book yara was reading was quite interesting, it was about a girl who was trying to find her long-lost sibling after they were split at birth by their parents. it peaked yara's interest a lot, and she liked it. . as her brother approached the gate to the pasture she ignored him when he called for her. what's he want now? she thought, genuinely interested in what he wanted. unsure if she should respond, yara heard aleks call for her again. aleks asked if basil could join her and val, obviously, she didn't mind. "no it's fine, let him in" she said, keeping her eyes on her book. aleks opened the gate and hopped off of basil, allowing him to walk himself into the pasture to go up to val. hearing val neigh in happiness as he saw his brother from another mother, yara looked up and over as the two horses, almost similar in colour played and ran around like they were just wee babies. "i love my boy so much" yara smiled happily as she kept her eyes on valentine. he truly as the best horse, his stall had many of his awards hung up on the wall. with yara's plans, valentine was likely to be put up for stud this spring, which was just in a couple of weeks. |
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Amara & James Amara finally felt Thunder's hooves touch the ground and she jumped out of the saddle, landing on her feet. It was easy to see she was confused by what just happened, and wasnt sure what she did wrong. Amara looked back at her stallion who once more now looked mellow as he did before she was in the saddle. "What on earth was that about" she said as she looked to James who was dismounting his gelding. James sighed. "I dont know, but I dont like it. He was just fine before you were in the saddle. Did you do anything other than tighten the reins" he asked as he watched Amara run her hands over his legs. "Do they feel warm or anything" he asked, and he watched as Amara shook her head. "No. I dont even see any cracks or anything in his hooves either" she replied before she stood up. Amara sighed. "Did I maybe do something wrong" she asked her brother before she turned to Aleks. "Have you seen anything like this" she asked, meaning how he was mellow, then rearing before being mellow once again. It was something that was odd to her. Sure, she knew some horses were like that when they werent trained right, and she had that issue with her mustang when she first got the mare. James stroked his geldings neck before he looked at Amara. "I watched a few shows of dressage before you bought him, and I did see someone who had their horse do something like what he did. I wonder if he thought that's what you wanted" he said before he rubbed the back of his head. He glanced at Aleks. "Since you are her trainer, maybe you can check him out and make sure he isnt going to do anything stupid" he said before he hopped back onto Lightning's back. Amara liked the idea that Aleks tries to ride Thunder, gratful her brother had the idea. "James might be right. I was told he was fully trained, he's won a few shows even, so, maybe I just did soemthing." She watched Aleks, wondering if he would agree to help her out like that. She glanced to James before she spoke. "If I do get a lesson already, you're more than welcome to leave" she said, knowing James might get bored just watching. James shrugged. "We will see" he replied before he had Lightning back up. The gelding had walked closer to Thunder, sniffing the stallion. Thunder had flicked his tail, smacking Lightning on the face and causing the gelding to toss his head up. "Come on. Let's get you moving before you get too antsy" he said to his gelding before he moved the horse to walk to the other side of the arena, walking and trotting to stretch and warm up the gelding's legs for a few small jumps that were set up. Amara watched her brother before she pat Thunder's neck, the stallion with his head low, relaxed. His ears were listening, flicking slightly at the noises around him, but not seeming bothered by them at all. A soft sigh escaped the stallion before Amara felt him nuzzle her arm a bit, almost as though he was asking her what was next for them. |
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aleksander ivanov aleks automatically started to think about why the horse might have reared like that. he certainly didn't wanna see anyone get reared off of a horse today so he decided he would do almost anything to make sure that didn’t happen. I mean, it was possible but either way the horse seemed calm now so there was more of a possibility it wouldn’t happen. it seems his tack is on right, so that’s out of the question. aleks thought, trying to connect the dots. looking over at james as he began to talk, i don’t like it either. aleks agreed with james, but he was sure he said it in his mind instead of his head. staying silent to let the two siblings discuss things before he said anything, aleks heard as yara was calling valentine and basil over but didn’t even bother to look and see what she was doing now and he was fine with that. “i don’t think you did anything wrong. your movements seemed fine.” aleks finally put his opinion into the mix, even though she wasn’t talking to him. “i’ve seen this happen before, though sometimes there are many different explanations to it. sometimes tack isn’t on right, the horse isn’t properly trained, and so on.” the man added amara looked over at him. i mean it isn’t rare for a horse to do that so, it wasn’t something really to be worried about, like the stallion wasn’t sick or anything, but it was still unusual. nodding as james told amara about the dressage shows he watched before amara had even got the horse, he was genuinely surprised that james knew that much about horse behaviour as most people that boarded here were mainly kids and teenagers, maybe through the age range 8-15 and they only owned horses for the fun of it or they were new to owning horses, so it was rare to see someone know a lot about the animal other than yara and him. “yeah i’ll check him out” aleks said as he hopped the fence that made the arena, the arena. he gave amara one last look before starting to talk to thunder while checking him to make sure he was okay. his attention was caught by james who was taking his horse to the other side of the arena, but quickly was returned to amara and thunder. “well, he looks okay i think you might have just made a small mistake without realising? and yes, we can do a training session today.” he nodded, giving amara a quick smile and then looked over at the fence, where yara stood silently laughing. yara ivanov yara heard commotion over in the arena so she decided she’d read only a couple more pages, or maybe finish the rest of the chapter she was on, and then she’d go join her brother in the arena. standing up to scan the pasture for valentine and basil, she saw them all the way on the other side of the pastureside. no way did she want to walk all the way over there and back just to say hi to them, so ivanov picked up two apples and then took a large sigh before yelling their names. “valentine, basil, would you like an apple?” and the two were on their way to her very quickly. as valentine approached her first, she gave him an apple first, then of course basil. “go play, boys” yara smiled as she gave the both of them one last pat on the head before making her way to the arena. as she approached the arena she saw aleks with the girl, and the man she’d taken a good look at was making his way back to aleks and, what it seemed like, his sister. as aleks began to tell the girl what might have happened, his sentence made yara laugh just a tad bit. “or maybe the stallion just wasn’t used to whatever she might have done.” she smiled, before moving her attention back to james. i mean, he was quite good looking and his hair matched his eyes quite a bit. all yara really had to do was get to know him and maybe they’d eventually have some chemistry and whatnot, then so on. either way her and him would most likely be friends, or maybe just two souls that know and associate with one another every once in a while. hopping the fence to join the three, yara finally introduced herself. “i am yara, aleksander’s sister, my horse is the darker one in the pasture and his name is valentine.” she smiled, looking at amara and then over at aleksander as he couldn’t seem to stop looking at amara and her horse. |
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