Post by Stern on Dec 10, 2011 15:18:36 GMT -6
.Sara Lyena.
Full Name: Sara Jane Lyena
Nick Names: It's Sara, please
Student or Staff: Student
House (if student): White Ribbon House
Age: 16
Ethnicity: Caucasian//German
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Physical Description: Sara’s face is mostly round except for her chin, which is angular. Her nose is larger than normal, but straight. Her mouth is often flat, with light lips, but when she smiles, she reveals straight, white teeth. Her eyebrows are dark enough without makeup. Bright, warm brown eyes look out from underneath the eyebrows. Dark blonde hair falls in waves about halfway down Sara’s back, and is usually open, or tied back while riding.
Sara stands at about 5’10”, and is muscular, without seeming to be so. She usually wears dark pants, light shirts, and a darker, baggy sweatshirt. The clothes are often covered in white or grey hairs, courtesy of Nunya. Sara always has a backpack to carry around with her. In this backpack, she keeps Nunya’s short lead, a second collar, and a few treats.
Personality: Sara’s problems haven’t gotten her down, at least not outwardly. She hides any doubts or fears deep inside, where sometimes even she forgets them. Having Nunya with her is a big comfort to her, her one true friend. Sara is actually very shy. She has been taunted too much about having to take Nunya with her everywhere. She loves animals, because they aren’t judgmental.
While shy, Sara isn’t reclusive. She is very competitive, but not above pulling out of a race if her horse is sick. She loves swimming for fun, but isn’t very good at any legal strokes. She finds it hard to trust people with her problems and secrets, and usually doesn’t. She has trouble sleeping, and spends a lot of time sitting up, reading or studying.
History: Sara was born and raised in Northern California, Mi Wuk, to be exact. She grew up backpacking in the Emmigrant Wilderness with her parents. For all of her life, she had skin troubles, and random stomachaches. When she was nine, the doctors finally found out why. She was diagnosed with Coelliac’s. From one day to the next, her diet completely changed. No more bread, no more snacks. Eating was now a hassle, and at new places, even more so. However, there was plenty of backpacker’s food that was ‘GF’, so she was allowed to continue backpacking.
After a year of GF foods, Sara forgot all of the problems she had had from her eating gluten the last few years, and ate a piece of cake over at a friend’s house. No big deal, right? Well, yes, it was. The year of no gluten had done her system a lot of good, and the sudden intake of gluten messed it up completely. She ended up going into Anaphylaxis and being rushed to the hospital. After she got out of the hospital, with many rounds of scolding and lots of tears, her parents decided the best thing would be a service dog.
Thus, Nunya came into Sara’s life. The dog was brought from a far North breeder, specially trained to make sure that the girl didn’t come into contact with anything that contained gluten. Nunya went everywhere with Sara, and the two were soon good friends. Nunya might scare away would-be friends, but Sara was alright with that. She had the best dog in the world, who needed people friends?
At age eleven, Sara finally entered that stage that most girls went through, where they want to ride, and spend time with horses. Her parents supported her in riding lessons, and she was allowed to take them to her heart’s content. There was a small, family-owned barn a few blocks down from their house, and Sara walked up there almost every day. She fell in love with a dappled grey mare called ‘Trianna’. For her thirteenth birthday, Sara received Trianna’s foal, a dapple who would come to be called Balian. Of course, he was trained by the owners of the barn, but Sara went down to visit him every day.
When she finally graduated from eighth grade, Sara applied to get into Blue Ridge Academy. Sadly, she applied too late, and got put onto the waiting list. She waited, and waited, getting better at western riding as she did so. Finally, just in time for her junior year, she got accepted into the prestigious school.
Misc.: She has Coeliac's/gluten allergy mix and has to take Nunya with her everywhere she goes.
Face Claim/Playby: Britt McKillip
.Nunya.
Registered Name: Western Heart's Alpine Pinstamon
Name: Nunya
Age: 8 years
Species: Canine
Breed: Malamute
Registry: USSDR, AKC
Personality: Nunya is a gently giant. She is huge and is able to reach up to almost anyone's shoulders, and yet she has been trained so well that she will not do it. All of her mean instincts have been neatly trained out of her. She has the calm, loyal demeanor of a service dog. She listens to one person, and one person only. She never leaves Sara's side.
History: Nunya was born at a breeder known as Heart of the West. At eight weeks of age, she was picked up by a service dog organization and trained to be a gluten-oriented service dog. When she was two years old, she was given to Sara, and that's who she has been with for the rest of her life. She now has a loving owner, and she returns all of Sara's love tenfold. Now that she's eight, she knows her job better than ever, and has saved Sara's life more than once.
