Post by Shelby on Oct 22, 2016 17:45:47 GMT
BASICS
Name/Nicknames ||
Scarlett Willow Oak (Maiden name Rhodes). She is other wise known as Nurse Oak by the students that visit her, as well as by the other professors and teachers that come by her office. By her kids she is known as 'Mom' of course, and by her husband she has known as honey, filly, and other pet names that he tends to call her when not using her name. It's sweet and Scarlett enjoys it, though her nickname 'Scar' from her parents is held dear to her heart.
Age/Birthday ||
37 years old with her birthday on September 17th.
Reputation ||
Scarlett is known around the school, both Academy and College, as the nurse who spends most of her time lecturing the students about their sexual behavior, STDs, and bodily changes. She's also known for handing out condoms to students and sending them home with the proper care so that they will always be protected since she knows that the students have sex while at a boarding school away from their parents. It may be a little unorthodox, but the students tend to appreciate it. She's even come to learn many students on a first name basis! She's also known around the campuses by her nonjudgmental attitude and the large dog, Theodore (Theo), that she keeps along with her when she's working. What can she say; she's a hit among the students and she's happy for it.
Job ||
Scarlett works as a nurse that caters to both the college and high school students.
SCHOOL/SOCIAL INFORMATION
School and Class ||
Both Metric Academy and Metric College, ranging from all classes and ages, never turning anyone down if they're in need of a checkup or of any medical advice. Though, in some cases, she does have to refer the students to the doctor, she tries her best to give the best care to the students when she can based on her knowledge and job ability.
Subject/Age Group||
Any age group and no subject since she's a nurse and not a teacher. She does, however, visit the science high school classes every once in a while to talk to the students about their health and their maturing bodies and hormones. She also, once a semester, has an optional class for all students, free, to talk about sex and everything that goes along with it.
Friend(s) ||
TBA
Enemies/Rivals ||
Could she really have any enemies when she's only there to help the students? Of course, she figures that there are some students who don't take a particular liking to her due to her outwardness with sex and passing out condoms, but she believes that it's in the best interest in the students. It's not like she forces condoms on anyone anyway; the students are happy to refuse, and if they're uncomfortable talking about their body and sex with her then she won't push it. So there is no one that Scarlett finds herself an enemy with or rival with.
Sexuality ||
Heterosexual.
Relationship Status ||
Married.
APPEARANCE
Height/Body Type ||
Scarlett has a lean, lithe body type and shape, but she embraces it standing at 5'7". Despite how she may look, she is anything far from weak due to her having lived on a farm her entire life that's built up her strength.
Hair color ||
A reddish brown sort of color, sometimes looking more brown, other times looking more reddish. She keeps it long, nearly waist length, but keeps it usually in a braid that goes down her back. She likes to keep it only half braided to leave the other unbraided parts hanging, mimicking that, almost, of a horse's tail. It's thick and a little unruly at times, curly at the top and wavy at the bottom.
Eye color ||
Brown
Clothing style ||
Most days you'll see Scarlett wearing her nursing scrubs, changing from different colors every day. But when she's home and relaxing or working in the yard with the horses and playing with Theodore, she's usually wearing jeans, a t-shirt or button down shirt, and a pair of cowboy boots. What can she say; she's still a country girl at heart. You just won't see her wearing any of the cowboy hats unless she's stolen one from her husband as a teasing joke; she doesn't like to mess her hair up much.
Ethnicity ||
White
Playby ||
Carey Mulligan
PERSONALITY
Likes ||
Being a nurse, her kids, her husband, living on a farm, horses, dogs, cats, riding, being around her students, helping others, cheesy romance movies, the human body, sex,
Dislikes ||
Disgruntled parents who complain about what she does, anti-vacciners, seeing stray animals without a home, when her kids don't listen to her, headaches (she suffers from migraines), arguing, being sick.
Positive traits ||
Busy, Lovable, Loving, Familial, Confident, Maternal, Insightful, Protective, Open minded
Negative Traits ||
Busy, Decisive, Protective, Stubborn, Meddlesome, Serious when it comes to health to a point where she can be a little overbearing
Hobbies ||
Scarlett loves to ride horses and spend time with her kids and husband. Though it's not really a hobby, she considers taking care of all the animals they have a hobby since her husband is the one who cares for the animals, namely the horses, more than she.
BACKGROUND/FAMILY
Family ||
Husband - Cody Oak - Therapeutic Riding Instructor/Owner || A loving and caring man who can, sometimes, get on Scarlett's nerves, she loves him from the bottom of her heart. Cody works as a Therapeutic Riding Instructor on the center that they own right in their back yard, a dream that had been his since he attended college and decided that doing into therapy work was what he wanted to do with his life. It's a strange career choice, no doubt, be he feels fulfilled with what he does, and the fact that it's all right in his expansive backyard where he can always wait on the seven horses they have as well as the horses the he and the family boards for people who need to leave for a little bit. He's a caring man that love his job and his family, that loves helping those in need, and is happy to see the faces of joy on each of his patient's face.
He loves to joke around with his family and spend time with them. When he can he spends alone time with his wife and other times he likes to spend alone time with each of his sons so that they can have his undivided attention. He knows that at times he can be so wrapped up in his work that he often comes back to the house late, well past dinner, a lot of the time right when his sons are going to bed, and does all he can to make that time up. He doesn't want to miss his family's life, though running a business and taking care of the seven horses that they own along with any horses that they may be boarding at the time, it's a lot of work. Luckily his oldest and middle son are able to help around the stables, so it helps, as do the staff and interns that he has working along side him. It's a lot of work, but he wouldn't trade it, or his family, for the world.
Oldest Son - Gabriel Oak - 11 || Scarlett and Cody's oldest son, he's got the personality of his father by his side; caring, headstrong, and always wanting to do the right thing. He plays the role of being the big brother to the best extent by making sure that his rambunctious little brothers don't get into as much trouble as they could, but he also has fun with them. He listen to his parents fairly well, though with all kids there are times when he can be cranky and difficult, namely when he's upset about something and feels as if the world is completely unfair and that his parents don't understand him. Just like his parents, though, he has a love for animals, and when not doing homework he'll often be found outside either with the horses they own or riding on his father's horse and running through the barrels in the arena. He's already been a part of a few rodeos, never having come in first place in the barrel racing portion, but Scarlett thinks that he has the making of a real cowboy in him. Just so long that he never wants to take up bull riding or bronco bucking, she'll be fine with him running in the arena with a horse, happy as can be and throwing his hat in the air.
Middle Son - Derek Oak - 6 || A rambunctious little boy who's always chasing Theodore around and trying to ride on his back, Scarlett often refers to her middle child as a pig; he can be dirty a times, he can put some food away despite his small size, and when he doesn't want to be bothered he can wail like nothing she's ever heard before. He can be a little more big headed than his older brother, though the admiring gaze he always sends to Gabriel is never missed from either of his parents. He tries to keep up with his older brother and tries to get his little brother to follow him around even if he can't. Even if Derek isn't as interested in animals as the rest of the family are, he's still got a special spot in his heart for them. While he would be happy trying to ride Theodore, he doesn't have a care to ride the horses, often calling them too big and their breath smelly. He does try to help when they have to muck the stalls, carrying his own little shovel and wheel barrel that, while hardly holds anything, is a great help. He just wants to prove that he's a strong 'big boy' and even eats all his vegetables in order to prove that. Scarlett certainly doesn't complain about that.
Youngest Son - Daniel Oak - 2 || Daniel had certainly been an unexpected surprise to the family. Scarlett and Cody hadn't been planning on having any more kids, happy with the two they had, and even decided that it would be a good idea if Cody got a vasectomy. Unfortunately, due to them not particularly listening to the doctor about how it might take a little over a month before the vasectomy completely cleared away everything that they wanted carryed away, they got it on, and a month later she found out she was pregnant. Even if the event had been an embarrassment to her career as a nurse since, though she wasn't a doctor, she knew enough that they would have to be careful in the first month after he had his procedure, she is still happy with their little two year old nonetheless. He spends a lot of time with his father due to him always being at home, basically, when working, but because of the intensive attention Cody has to put in work they hire a babysitter to watch out for him during the day.
He's an adventurous little guy who, learning to walk, is always trying to get into something, especially when he's around the animals. He's always pulling at Theodore's hair, as well as Tarry's (their cat) tail. Luckily they're tolerant animals, as well as the horses whose noses he tries to stick his hands up when he's near them.
Dog - Theodore - Therapy Dog - 3 || Certifying Theo to be a therapy dog was the only way the schools would allow her to let the dog stay in the nurses/doctor's waiting area while Scarlett is at work, and she's loved him being there. He could always be home while she was away, following around Cody while he works, but after noticing how Theo is around all people, she knew that his value in life was to calm others. And that's what he does in the nurse's station; he sits in the waiting room, never allowed to go back into the rooms where the students are taken to be examined and talked to, and he's over all a good presence. It's almost as if he can sense when someone is down, and as long as they don't flinch away from him afraid he'll happily sidle up to the students and rest his head on their knees and allows them to pet him. He'll also give the students a few kisses here and there, always has a wagging tail, and tries his best to cheer those around him up. In a way, he's become a staple, now, in the building from the year he's been coming to work with Scarlett. He'll always welcome a newcomer in the door, and if the receptionist isn't at the desk at the time and no one comes to the sound of the bell, he'll bark until someone pays attention.
Nevertheless, he's an obedient, loving dog who's also big. He's tall enough to open and close the door to the building and often does so to leave and come back when he wants to take care of his business or get some fresh air, but most times he's inside the building, either sleeping on the large dog bed designated at the back by a couple of chairs or sitting by students. He'll happily take his salary payment of treats after every "hard" day of work.
Backstory ||
Scarlett grew up in a family of five, two brothers two sisters, with her being the oldest out of the bunch. With her being the oldest she always tried to take charge and, more often than not, she was found roughhousing with her brothers in order to get them to listen to her. What could she say, she wanted to be the boss of them, even to this day when they were bigger than her. She was still the older sister, the one who was supposed to be listened to above the rest. But despite that, she loves her brothers and her sisters, as well as her mother and father. Growing up in a large family had been hard--not to mention with the Leonbergers her parents faithfully raised which is where Scarlett found her love for the breed--but she worked through it, and loved the fact that, despite it all, she didn't have to do all the chores herself. Of course, just like most kids when she was young Scarlett tried her best to get out of any chores that she could get out of, often getting her brothers and sisters to do her chores for her by threatening them with something though knowing deep down that she'd never do the things she said she would to them. As long as they believed her, she was happy with it.
Her and her family lived in a small town in Tennessee on a farm that housed chickens, horses, and cows, giving Scarlett her country roots and her love for animals. Her father and mother were in the farming and animal industry, and with that came the knowledge that, at some point, they would want at least one of the kids to take over the business when it was time for them to retire. They all looked to Scarlett, expecting that the first born would be the one to take it over, but she declined, much to the despair of her parents who asked her why and asked her what else she was going to do with her life after college. She told them simply that she was going to be a nurse. She knew at a young age that she wanted to help people, that she wanted to help with the health of others, and her parents weren't as disappointed to hear that as she expected they would. They were only disappointed in the fact that she wanted to be a nurse instead of a doctor. Where was the money in being a nurse?
It wasn't about the money to Scarlett. Not when she went to school to get her degrees, and it certainly hadn't been so after the fact. Being a nurse, in her mind, was just as important as being a doctor. Sure, she wasn't going to make as much money and she'd be doing more work, but it was the work that she wanted to do. She wanted to get personal with patients, to hear about their life and take care of them while they were sick. Sure, a doctor could do that, but they never got as personal with a patient, which was why Scarlett wanted to be a nurse instead. Nurses experienced different things than doctors, and while they were given less respect than doctors, she didn't mind. She could take the heat. Of course, her family questioned why she didn't want to be a vet or vet technician if that was the case. She loved working with animals and loved being with them, but she always shook her head at the idea. She loved animals yeah, but there was just something about working with people that she got more, that she understood more. Besides, she didn't think she could handle seeing anyone cutting into an animal, even if she was just a vet technician. She was fine when looking at the human body being cut into to have surgery on, but as far as animals? No way. She knew it needed to happen sometimes, but she didn't have the heart to see it on a little or big animal.
She thought that her calling was to be an RN working at a hospital, to take care of patients on the flat mattress beds with the thin blue sheets, but after spending a semester interning at a local hospital, she realized that it wasn't her calling. At all. Not when she had doctor's and the head nurse yelling at her, telling her that she needed to keep moving and not stay on one patient too long. The air was too hectic for her, too... Scarlett didn't know. It disappointed her when she walked out of the hospital on the last day, wondering what she would do with her life. It wasn't until she spoke with her adviser that she was brought back on a path that could lead her in the right direction. He talked to her about being a nurse for a school, to work with kids and help those in need when need be and send them home when they were sick. It was a simple job, one that wasn't paid as well as a hospital nurse, but after getting in the field... She loved it, and she didn't know why, but that was what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. Be a school nurse.
Of course, no everything in life goes as planned. She still stayed as a school nurse but she got an opportunity to work at a prestigious boarding school for both college and high school students as a nurse there. It had been... Hard, a tough decision, but she knew that this was where she had to go if she wanted to prosper. It would be a change from her small town, southern life, but she worked through her trepidation and eventually she found her way out in California. It was odd being all alone with no one other than her dog at the time, a Leonberger who went by the name of Kasey, a male, who Scarlett leaned on for support in her new life before he died a few years later. But it was in California where she met Cody, her soon to be husband who she hadn't known at the time when she first met him.
They met at Scarlett's vet office where the vet worked on both domestic and farm animals. Scarlett was there to bring Kasey in for a routine check up, and Cody was there to bring in one of his horses for a check up. They first glanced at each other when Scarlett stepped in, holding lightly onto a leash that connected to a large dog that caught Cody's attention instantly. As Scarlett waited she sat in one of the waiting chairs after checking in and sitting only a few chairs from Cody. She turned and looked to him with a raised brow. "Check up?" She asked, to which he nodded his head.
"Horse," he answered, and then looked down at the dog. "Check up?"
Laughing, Scarlett nodded her head. "Dog. Though he could be considered a horse; he's about as big as one, or like a miniature horse anyway." It was funny to think that after a few laughs and more conversations, they stuck together after that. They got married, and bought a house on a plot of large land that, at the time, had been expensive to upkeep. It had been hard. With Cody just beginning his business and having to take care of all the horses (only four at the time) there were times when the two of them wondered whether or not they were going to be able to keep the house and land. But they did, and they thrived. The ranch house and land they lived on was only thirty minutes away from the school, and upon getting the word out and heard about the services that Cody provided an influx of people, both adult and children, came for his helped. And not only that, but the community helped out as well, and the two loved it. They had kids, kept doing their thing, and with a few more horses, another dog, and a cat coming along the way, they were one big happy family, even if Scarlett joked about being stuck around testosterone and feeling out numbered with the males around her.
OOC NOTES
Theodore is a two year old Leonberger, loyal to his family, and friendly to all around. He's the son of Scarlett's mother and father's two Leonbergers, one of which was a champion show dog. Though Theo is a beautiful dog, he's too big to qualify for any dog shows. Oh well. Scarlett loves him being the dog that he is, no matter how goofy he can seem.
The family has seven horses all together, all of which are quarter horses. Five are used to the therapeutic sessions as they're the most tempered, those horses being Babe, Cheif, Jake, Skippy, and Star. The other two horses are for Scarlett and Cody, as well as the kids, which are Butterscotch (otherwise known as Scotch) and Roamer. They're used for barrel racing and leisure riding.
They also have a cat, a stray tabby that wandered onto their land, beaten and in bad shape. She lost an eye after they brought her to the vet to take care of her problems, and after finding out that she had been abandoned by owners that they were never able to find, they decided to take the little cat in and name her Tarry. She lives both indoors and out, just like Theo, and takes care of the mice population when she's outside.