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[isabellacastrc]

character information

name: Isabella Castro

faceclaim: Cierra Ramirez

gender & pronouns: Cis Woman & She/Her

sexuality: Pansexual

age: 27

birthday: July 10, 1997

place of birth: Kismet Harbor, OR

occupation: Clinical Mental Health Counselor

neighborhood: Cresthill Meadows

time since arriving in kismet harbor: Her whole life

aesthetics: Multiple purses, Tons of notebooks, Expensive perfume

pets: Yellow Lab named Honey

town activities: Open Mic, Bowling League

appearance:

faceclaim:  Cierra Ramirez

height:  5'1"

build:  Petite

eyes:  Brown

hair:  Brown

piercings:  Septum, Multiple in ears, Belly button

tattoos:  Stars behind ears

personality:

traits:  Straightforward, Blunt, Helpful, Compassionate

labels / tropes:  HBIC

mental health:  Pretty well

physical health:  Healthy

likes:  Trying new ice cream flavors, Shopping, Ordering takeout, Smell of a campfire

dislikes:  People who can’t admit they’re wrong, Styrofoam rubbing against each other, Itchy blankets

fears:  Spiders, Moldy food

hobbies:  Getting massages, Sleeping

skills:  Ambidextrious

pet peeves:  People who lie, People who can’t drive

biography:  Isabella was born and raised in Kismet and she loved that their family seemed so close with one another. She was a big volleyball star in school ajd she was cheered on by so many different people. While playing Volleyball was fun for her, she knew that it wasn’t going to be her forever.  She was enjoying her life in school and she was ready to go on and pursue her passion in psychology but as soon as she graduated high school, he took off and she felt abandoned. She loved her parents and she knew that they loved her but then they decided to pack up and they took off to New Mexico. Isabella felt like she had to hold her family close and she was constantly checking up on everyone as much as she could while she took her classes and became a licensed mental health counselor.  While looking after the wellbeing of others, she forgot how it was to look after the well being of herself. She stopped taking care of herself and threw herself into her work because she wanted to make sure that her patients were okay while not thinking about herself for a second. Once her best friend/brother came back in 2023, she tried her hardest to go back to her normal life but it definitely seemed easier than said. She had some dark thoughts that followed her but her patients were always her main concern and she didn’t want her brother worrying about her.  

[samxbradford]

Blue-green eyes were glued to the stranger and Sam's attention was easily derailing, slipping through his fingers like sand. Each minute a little more, before he forced himself to snap back into this reality. He blinked, had almost anticipated for the dark-haired woman to say something else to him in response, but there was nothing but silence that sat between them. Silence that seemed final, when she moved past him, approached the counter and caused him to follow her with his gaze as an automated, nonverbal response. And yet, he missed her last sentence by a beat. Quiet lingered for a second too long, before he realized. "Oh, uh--" He cleared his throat, looked at the woman another time while confusion lingered on. "I'll have what she's having." Whatever happened to his preference for pistachio, not even he was sure. @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella found herself giggling a bit when the man came up to the counter and ended up ordering exactly what she had ordered and she smiled. "Listen, I don't think you are going to regret that one bit. I think the apple pie ice cream here is the most amazing thing ever, plus who doesn't love it in a good 'ol waffle cone." She mentioned to him and then as the started to prepare the order that the two of them had just put in, she moved over to the register so that she could pay for them while they were waiting. "I guess I should ask your name and introduce myself. I'm Isabella." @samxbradford

[isabellacastrc]

Closed: @eddiexcastro

Isabella was dressed in her halloween costume of Britney Spears in her Hit Me Baby One More Time outfit. She was out to the bar with her brother and she was looking at her phone while she waited for the bartender to pay attention to them. She was read to get out there and mingle with some more people because she needed to make some more friends and not worry about being such a stickler. She looked over at her brother, Eddie and shot him a smile before then clearing her throat and the bartender came over. "I'm going to get a scotch on the rocks and whatever this one would like." She nudged Eddie and waited.

[owenxbentley]

He knew he had snapped at her for something she did not do. He was the one that ran into her not looking where he was going. He just was worried about Gabby so he wasn't thinking. He let out a breath thinking of someone doing what he did to Gabby. Owen looked around till he saw her waiting for food. He had put Gabby back in her stroller. He walked up to her "Sorry..... I am still new to this dad thing and I dont like her upset like that..." he wasn't the type to say sorry. @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella shot him a small nod when he came over and apologized. "It's okay and thank you for apologizing. I understand what it's like to be looking out for your little one. I mean, mine has fur and walks on four legs but I am just as overprotextive and would do the same thing probably. I'm hoping it gets easier for you each day as you go through it all."

[connorxbowen]

Connor watched as she set the dog down and nodded his head. "Yeah, I would be surprised if people were bringing their unfriendly dogs here on a regular basis. You might get the bad egg but, not often." His shoulders lifted with a shrug, "I think I'd be more worried if you're out hiking or just walking around the neighborhood and find an off-leash dog there." He told her, "I mean, you're right, you just never know with other people's dogs but you might end up making your pup more of a negative target by picking her up, too." Connor smiled, "Tucker's got lots of friends here, enough that he often forgets about me until it's time to leave." @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

She heard what the other one was saying and she realized that he could be right about that. She didn't want her dog to not want to meet new dogs and at least feel them out. If Isabella continued to pick Honey up every time that there was a new dog around, then that could cause the dog to have bad habits of always being scared, plus she wasn't going to be as small as she is now forever. Eventually it would get to a point where she would struggle to pick the dog up. "That's awesome, I'm glad that everyone who brings their dogs here ensure that they're friendly and able to be around others." She mentioned, shooting a smile at the gentleman.

[valxdelgado]

"They always do," Valentina didn't have any pets of her own but she knew how true the sentiment was just working with animals in general. The puppy and kitten stage never lasted quite long enough, especially kittens. Continuing to love on the young Labrador, Valentina listened to Isabella talk about her. "It sounds like she's perfectly healthy." She grinned, "Which is great, of course," she stood up, reaching for Honey's file, "It seems she's grown out of the last preventative weight and we will have to bump her up to the next one," she told Isabella, "And you were wanting to spay, correct?" @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

"Awesome. That makes me happy to hear. I just want her to be super healthy and happy! She loves to run but loves to eat just as much so I'm glad that we can balance it out." Isabella replied to the vet and then she nodded, "That's totally fine and yes, I've given some thought about not spaying her so that I could have little puppies of her around but then I know that sometimes people do tend to go overboard with it and whatnot so I think I am going to spay her!"

[isabellacastrc]

[owenxbentley]

He looked over at her for a moment. He was getting annoyed. He didn't need her talking. "Yes, now be quiet. It wont help her if you keep yapping "he knew it was a bit rude, but Gabby needed the quiet beside him speaking. "Come on, Gabby girl," he said as he slowly moved her back and forth so she could stop crying, and it started to work. She started to relax a bit more. @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Slowly nodding, Isabella wasn't sure how else she should respond to the father who seemed to have the situation under control so she just went about her business and walked up to the taco truck that she had been waiting in line for and decided to order herself a meal and then after paying the worker, stepped to the side and continued to go about her day.

[owenxbentley]

Owen had been trying to do better, go out, and do more normal things. He normally was just so into work and it got to his head so he could be rather rude towards others. But with Lucy and now Gabby he had been trying to be better. Even now, he knew he had walked in, part of him and was annoyed at her. But his mind went right to Gabby. "Shh baby girl, shh," he bounded her and looked at Isabella. She was still screaming pretty well, so he bounced her and smiled at her. "See, daddy is here. You are okay. I am sorry I ran into her." his eyes went up towards Isabella. His accent did tend to get thicker when he was upset. @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella looked at the man who was trying to calm down their child and she shook her head, "No need for you to apologize. It's just what kids tend to do when they're young. Plus you seem to be handling it the best that you can so you shouldn't have to apologize for that." Isabella explained to the other.

[owenxbentley]

Trying to give Lucy some time out with her friends, he had Gabby today and was walking around The Village. Gabby was just about four months old and was starting to sleep better after a rough first couple of months. But she had slept well the night before and gave Owen and Lucy time to prepare for the day before she was up. "Gabby, what sounds good to you?" he said, reading off the trucks as he pushed her pram by. He knew she didn't know what he was saying and couldn't eat real food yet.

He smiled at her for a moment as he was looking at his daughter. He didn't look up in time to see someone who had gotten in line at at a food truck, and he bumped into them. It was not hard at all. It won't hurt them, but it shook Gabby up and scared her, so she was scared to scream. "Gabby baby I am sorry," he said as he moved to pick her up. Wanting to care for her before he even spoke to the person he had ran into her. "It's okay...you are okay," he said, bouncing her.

Open to anyone x cap at 3

[isabellacastrc]

If there was something that Isabella loved, it was tacos. She heard that the really good food truck was back around the corner and she was going to have to jump on that opportunity as soon as possible. She was in line and she was waiting for her turn to order but then she felt someone bump into her and she jumped a bit but then she heard the child screaming which caused her to turn around and she smiled softly at the two behind her. "Exactly. It's completely okay! Nobody was hurt, everything is fine here." She mentioned to him and his daughter as she shot them a big smile.

[valxdelgado]

Being a veterinarian was something that Val had always wanted to be. She couldn’t recount the number of times she had snuck a sick bird into the house or was rescuing a momma cat and her babies from the outdoors. Her father had always been a trooper with her as a kid and now she got to do the one thing she loved, help animals. Sure, the job wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows. In fact, the veterinary field was dwindling and in need of more veterinarians as the years went on. However, what kept her doing the job were days like this when she got to see her favorite patients. “Honey,” Val opened up the door, grinning as she spotted the six month old Labrador. “God, she’s huge!” She was shaking her head before kneeling to the ground to greet the dog. “How is she doing?” @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella laughed when Val came in and she nodded. "Oh I know, trust me. I don't even want to think about it because she's growing so much faster than I want her too. Like there are some days where I feel like she's so much bigger when I wake up from the night before." Isabella explained to her. "She's been really good. She made some new friends at the park the other day and she's just happy. I don't think there are any complications going on. She enjoys her food very much and I don't have to worry about there being any left behind." Bella smirked as she looked down at Honey who was now obsessed with the vet since it was someone different.

[connorxbowen]

Connor was shocked to see the Labrador be picked up, “He is,” he nodded his head, “I’d be surprised if you found any dog that came here that wasn’t friendly,” Connor smiled at the other woman, “we’ve personally never had any issues here. I know people don’t always love dog parks, but Tucker is a big fan of all the other people around here, even if he’s not too interested in other dogs most of the time.” @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

"Oh okay." She responded to the other as she set honey down once she heard that the other's dog was friendly as well. "That's good to know that there's so many friendly dogs here. I've brought her here a couple of times before and we were alone so I never had to worry and you never know with other people's pets." She responded with a slight smile on her face. "I just want Honey to make some friends here so I've been trying to bring her here more often."

[samxbradford]

The last night still lingered deep in his bones and the craving for something saccharine, something cold, grew more and more unbearable. Dark circles sat beneath his eyes and Sam found his focus shifting and wavering and moving from one thing to the next. The atmosphere, the lights. The smell and the white noise of strangers' chatter, through which a woman's voice cut. Sharp like a razor's edge and it claimed his attention within a single instant. Confusion sparked and he missed half of what she'd said. "Home," he spoke almost soundlessly, before he realized. "Oh. Oh, uh ... Pistachio." @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella used her index finger and tapped it against her chin as she heard the response that the other had given her. Pistachio was always a good flavor but it wasn't one that she was necessarily in the mood for. She was battling between the Grasshopper and the Apple Pie that they had for her to choose from. She sighed to herself and then it was her turn to order out of nowhere. She walked up to the counter and decided to go for it. "Yes, can I get a waffle cone with two scoops of the apple pie please?" She requested before looking back at the gentleman who had helped her even though he was in a trance, "And whatever this customer would like."

[courtneyxblake]

Who: @isabellacastrc and Courtney

Where: Kismet Harbor dog park

When: October 2024

"Hey you," Courtney said with a smile as she along with Seymour her dog, had approached Isabella and her own dog. "Seymour was looking forward to his okay date," she said with a chuckle and looked down at her dog who was sniffing Honey while his tag was wagging a mile a minute. "How are ya?" She asked as she bent down to ubclip the leash from her dog's collar.

[isabellacastrc]

Isabella had Honey in her arms as she walked into the dog park and once they were in the secure part, she decided to let her yellow lab down and off the leash. She wanted her to have a good connection with all of the other dogs in town. She looked over as she saw Courtney and she couldn't help but smile wide, "Well Seymour is in luck because there aren't too many dogs here so he's going to have lots of play time with honey." Bella mentioned to Courtney as she laughed. "I'm good, how are you doing?"

[lancexbrowne]

Lance had planned on waking up early to head to the gym before he had to go to work but the teacher did not have any time for that and so decided to go after. Sometimes he enjoyed working out after work, burning away the stress of the day. He had finished and was thinking about grabbing some food and was heading out when someone hit him with the door, lucky Lance was not hurt. "It's okay it was by accident and you did not hurt me at all," he answered smiling at her. "Thankfully I was in a good position," @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

"Okay good, because I feel like I should have been paying more attention to what I was doing and I'm very sorry that I was not." Isabella explained to the other as she did feel really bad about it. "Yeah, that's good that you were in a good position so that you didn't get hurt." She mentioned to him before laughing lightly. "You all done with your workout for the day?"

[tylerxday]

He was trying to get out and about and away from things. Away from people and just the feelings he had. When he was at work he was fine he still loved his job a lot. But once he got off work, it was like the switch went off, and his mood would tank. So today, he thought of walking around the trails to clear his head. The wearing was getting cooler each day, and he had jeans on and a hoody to keep himself warm. He let out a sigh as he looked at the view. He heard his name and turned to see who it was. "Yeah sure..." he wasn't in the mood for this for sure. Tyler normally was a happy and kind person but today he wasn't feeling that. "Hello Isabella.." he nodded hello towards her. @isabellacastrc

[isabellacastrc]

She smiled when she heard the other speak and she could just tell from the tone in his voice that he wasn't feeling the best but she wasn't going to play therapist for him because one, she wasn't working and two, it wasn't her spot. She was meant to just be his friend it seemed and she wanted to be there for him as a friend. "What's going on? Just getting some walking in?" She asked as she moved closer to him and then slid her phone in her back pocket that she had been holding on to.

[isabellacastrc]

Closed for: @tylerxday

Isabella loved that it was beginning to cool down for the Autumn seasons because that meant that she could go on The Hiking Trails without worrying about sweating out the water that she was taking in. She was in her boots with her hair up while wearing a light sweatshirt and a pair of pants. She decided to take a break as she had been going for quite some time now and she noticed a familiar figure and she smiled wide, shouting to them, "Tyler?" She hoped she wasn't coming off weird since they didn't truly know one another but they had talked enough. "Gorgeous day with the sun, isn't it?"