Heather Storm | 23 | Eventing Rider | Bronze Buckaroo "Eclipse" and The Lovely Marisol "Etria" | Mentions: (Ind.) Avery, Meridith & Greyson, Open.

"Thank you." Heather said kindly to Avery's compliment of her horses, she watched the woman walk off to greet the other two riders that have arrived. Heather would have just gotten her mare hitched to the same side of trailer but with some space between the two equines as she had just hung up Etria's half eaten haynet up for the mare to snack on. She went to her truck to open up her passenger side door to grab her pale beige hat to keep the sun out of her eyes. "Ok, now that I got the both of you out of the trailer. I guess I could try to lead you both in the stables? No, that's a stupid idea since I can't control both horses at once if something goes wrong." The brunette lightly shook her head while muttering to herself, placing her hands on her hips as she tries to think of something while watching her two equines eat their half finished late dinner.

The young woman sharply turned on her heels to make her way over to the trailer side door of where her stored tack is, taking the keys out of her front left pocket before unlocking it then she opens the door before taking a step inside the kinda small space, double checking to see if she has brought everything that she needed from home that certainly didn't get left behind. Eclipse would be munching on his hay before turning his head with his ears perked as he had just watched his rider go inside the kinda small space to do something which the stallion let out a soft snort from his black muzzle. Etria would also be looking but the dapple grey soon resumed back to eating, shifting her weight as she cocks her left back leg a bit to relax as the mare was getting kinda use to their new surroundings.

The brunette let out a nervous sigh while she'd rechecked her things for the tenth time? The young woman lightly shook her head before stepping back out of the trailer, turning her attention to her two equines. The young woman started to get pulled into her thoughts, trying to figure out on how to bring both of her horses into the barn to basically get them stalled without it becoming a disaster.

Heather let out a sigh before walking over to her stallion first, taking his rug off carefully while the mischievous equine would be nuzzling her right thigh a bit as if searching the small woman for treats. "Eclipse, knock it off will you." The woman said this, playfully scolding her stud before messing up his forelock a bit then walks around his hindquarters to the other side of him, doing the same thing like she did to the other side of the black rug before taking it off to reveal his seal brown coat. "There, that probably feels a whole lot better huh?" She softly said to the said which gets a snort in return for a reply, lightly shaking her head before walking back around his hindquarters as she carefully folds Eclipse's rug back up neatly as she disappears into the trailer tack compartment.

Halfway across the stable yard, Merry was caught up short when another woman called to her. Turning she followed the sound of the voice until her eyes gazed upon the black haired female as she approached.
Hearing her say another name with hers, she looked over and saw that another person was standing close by attending to his horses in their trailer. It was also a bit off-putting to hear her full name used, she just wasn't used to it as everyone who knew her just called her by her nickname.

"Hi, yes I'm Merry." She replied when her name was asked. She was a bit confused by the second set of questions.
"I'm pretty positive that I included that information in my application." Merry responded a bit worried that she'd failed to do something that significant.

"Actually, I never received my stall and tack room assignments in the Welcome Packet. Could you please tell me where my horses are supposed to go? I really would like to unload them as it's been a long drive." Merry asked. She was a bit worried by this simple mix-up but was doing her best to take calming breaths and remember everything was fine. Her horses meant the world to her and she wanted them to be as safe as possible.

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Heather Storm | 23 | Eventing Rider | Bronze Buckaroo "Eclipse" and The Lovely Marisol "Etria" | Mentions: (Ind.) Avery, Meridith & Greyson, Open.

The young woman finished up on what she was doing, feeling quite tired but that didn't really seem to stop her in the slightest. Heather walked over to Eclipse, deciding to lead him into the barn first while exchanging a firm but kinda soft pat on his neck before leading him off into the stables. Taking note that the seal brown stud was already getting amped up, causing the said stud to prance a bit at her side while being lead by the short woman. Without much warning, the stallion suddenly lunged at another stud with his ears back, teeth showing with his mouth wide open as a high pitch squeal came out of the seal brown which caught the brunette by surprise but quickly yanked on the lead to correct her stud while pulling his head away so he doesn't make contact with the other equine with every ounce of strength she could quickly gather up, quickly leading him to his stall. She'd felt quite embarassed by Eclipse's sudden action as he was sometimes mellowed out around another studs but he just wasn't having it today.

After putting Eclipse up in his stall, she slips out then shutting the stall door before locking it. The brunette checked her stud one last time as he starts to settle then she walks down the aisle to exit out of the barn to fetch her other equine, Etria.

Heather approached her dapple grey mare before gently patting her neck, untying her lead from the trailer before leading the mare into the stables to put her up since Etria's stall in the east stall which she seemed relieved to know that both of horses are not far from each other. Once the brunette has reached the mare's stall, she leads Etria inside before taking her halter off then slips out of her stall, closing the stall door while locking it then she goes over to the other barn to check up on Eclipse. Once she has entered the barn, she sees that he has settled in nicely before the stud's large head gently bump against her chest when he came into contact which earned a soft oof from the woman then she'd rolled her eyes at him before gently messaging the seal brown stallion's ears then she takes off his halter while grabbing his lead off the stall door.

The short woman took a step back before walking off to try to find the tackroom to put their halters away, realizing that she needs to get her things, try to find her cabin while figuring out on how to introduce herself to her roommate and get both her stuff and both of her equine's stuff settled in as the woman let's out a soft groan of displeasure. "Okay, everything is gonna be fine even though I did run a little late getting here but it's fine. Hopefully I can find my room on time while getting my things together and put away before then..." Heather softly grumbled to herself, lightly shaking her head as she kept walking.

After 15 minutes or more, Heather had managed to find the tackroom after putting both of her two horse's tacks away in her locker before heading back out to her vehicle to grab her luggage from the back seat. Taking her car keys out of her front left pant pocket before pushing the button to unlock her Jeep Gladiator then she opens the back door to the back seat, she grabs one duffle bag, slinging it onto her left shoulder before grabbing the other duffle bag as she does the same with her right shoulder. She reached back in again to grab her suitcase, carefully pulling it out of her car before setting it back down onto the gravel then shuts the car door before locking her car back up.

Heather lets out a sigh, putting her car keys back into her pocket before picking her suitcase back up to carry it then she makes her way to finding dorm as the brunette walks over to the big house, already having the room number memorized since she had to read it over maybe over ten times to make sure that she didn't forget.

Heather Storm | 23 | Eventing Rider | Bronze Buckaroo "Eclipse" and The Lovely Marisol "Etria" | Location: Big House, assigned room | Mentions: Open.

The young woman would enter the house, looking around as it seemed quite cozy but having that very homey touch to it. She relooks at the paper after setting down her suitcase down next to her while her duffle bag is comfortably on her right shoulder. "Okay um, lets see...Room 2 is on the second floor or was it the third floor..?" The ombre brunette quietly said to herself while re-looking over the paper she got from the stable's welcome pamplet. She would re-read the paper in her hands that contain the information she needs. Once she understands of where her room is after reading it for the 5th time, she goes up the stairs to the floor where room 2 is after re-grabbing her suitcase.

She goes over to the room, double checking the number on the paper before letting out a sigh, clearing her throat before going inside room 2 as she looks around once the young woman has stepped inside. The room itself gave a very cozy feeling, very welcoming in fact. The ombre brunette walked over to a bed on the right before setting both her suitcase and duffle bag down on the mattress. She opened the duffle bag up first, starting to unpack as she takes out some stuff before putting them in their own spot until she took out a picture frame that held an old picture inside it. Heather stared at it for a moment, it was a picture of her 14 year old self with her first horse, Rashka, a Grullo Roan Tobiano Appendix Quarter Horse Gelding dashing around a barrel at a competition that was held in Los Vegas. She gently ran her two fingers across the gelding's face, having a sad look in her eyes from the memory before placing the picture frame down on the night stand then she grabs two more pictures that were also framed. One picture is of her and Eclipse jumping over some obstacles at a advanced level Show Jumping Competition while the other picture is of her and Etria performing a canter pirouette at an advanced level Dressage Competition.

The young woman carefully hanged those two pictures up on the wall next to her bed before she continues to unpack her things, planning on changing into her riding clothes later to give both of her horses some exercise to stretch their legs from the long drive here.