#int: nora

[waveofstars]

“You just missed them, they got here too early!” she replied happily before meeting him halfway. Her sign fell to the floor and she jumped into his arms all too eagerly. Nora had missed those hugs of his. Whenever they parted, she couldn’t help but do a little twirl to show off her outfit. It was loud with colors, but still so effortlessly Nora. “Thank you. I’m good. Except I’ve been at this airport for too long. I’ve eaten two soft pretzels while waiting for you.” She picked up her sign she made for him and nodded towards the front doors. “Are you ready to see the place I booked? It’s such a cute house.” Or so it looked in the Airbnb photos online.

"Where's the paparazzi and the marching band?" he exclaimed as he spotted Nora while coming down the escalator. Dropping his bags, he scooped her up into a hug for a few seconds. Never in a million years did he think he'd be befriending his cousin's roommate while they were down the street at Columbia and him at NYU. Things had been always free-flowing and natural, until they ran into a gray area the year before. Von was trying to push it aside and not even think about it, although it was ever present in the front of his mind. "Nice fit. How are you?"

[marlborcs]

a closed starter for @loveswealth, from nora monahaghn.

"hello?!" she called out as she walked into the home. "ru! i brought food!" nora said and walked into his kitchen. when he appeared, she hurried over and threw herself at him, hugging him tightly. "oh, i've missed you. lachness would have come, but he is working late. he said he'll catch up with you before christmas, though, he's got a present for you. i do, too, but i'll come bring it to you with him. i didn't wanna do it early or anything. are you even gonna be home for christmas?" she asked as she unpacked their chinese takeaway.

[maksimkurylenko]

FOR: @nora-berkeley EVENT: The Camp Out, 24' WHERE: Their poor, poor tent.

Of all the dissapointment he'd felt when he'd found out they were in a piss-poor, standard tent, it hadn't been for his self, but the woman who he was sure was used to the more luxurious way of life that was afforded more towards the Russians than anywhere else. His towering frame in the small space left much to be desire, his face twisting into a grimance as his gaze found hers. "I can fuckin' sleep outside, I'm gonna' have you on the fucking floor." although, a moment later his brows popped up. "That sounded way dirter than I meant it, but I'm not saying sorry." hands in mock surrender as he reappeared. Yeah, this wasn't the one.

They'd said they had to work for their supplies: did that include loo roll, because if so, that set the bar real fucking low. "You hating this yet?"

[devoureden]

a closed starter for my heart, @alkalinc, for nora & javier.

"my love? will you hand me the dough?" she looked over her shoulder at javi and wrinkled up her nose at him. "seryn thinks she makes the best gingerbread, but i do. lachlan is second. seryn's always comes out burnt," she laughed and bit into her lower lip. "you wanna help decorate once they're done?" nora asked her boyfriend.

she hummed to the music and raised her eyebrows, "oh! lachlan's ex, rupert, wants to meet you. he's basically family, so i'd love for you two to get on." she swallowed a sip from her drink and started rolling out the dough. "mum dropped off our pjs for christmas, so you should try yours on to make sure they fit."

[jeanmoreaux]

HOW is it supposed to all be resolved in one more book im so scared. Like yes Theres less intense plot but !!! I want to see them over some time yk so jean esp can heal more (i somehow wanna see the trojans win for jeremys last year? Sorry upperclassmen)

no i get it. very very understandable. it will be so interesting to see where she takes the story and how she wraps it up. i am not worried tho, more so curious. i have to say i trust nora to make the decisions this story needs. she hasn’t let us down yet. i wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be three books after all but if it’s just gonna be the promised two i am sure it’s enough to tell the story she wants to tell. also the foxes had their championship win djjdjdsj it’s the trojans’ turn to take the trophy home methinks. go, trojans, go 🙌🏻

[radiaking]

+ memes / accepting!

@wastclanders said: this isn't where i thought i'd end up. (from nora)

"No, I bet you didn't." He knows a vault dweller when he sees one--they have that sheltered look about them. They can get rid of those jumpsuits and get a little messy but they lack the signs of being left to the mercy of the Wasteland. "Did you think you'd come up here and find everything just peachy keen?"

[elle-smells]

deeply admire all the gif makers that are working their asses off for rw&rb bcs one thing about that movie is that the lighting was fucking atrocious

[blcssom]

“whatever you came here to say, i don’t wanna hear it.” even so, she leaves the front door open behind her as she disappears back into the apartment. 

closed starter for @gldenrush ( 3 / 3 )

[thanflowers]

❀ | @chaos--mode — gift-giving starter call / accepting!

        the beaches of rivain are so beautiful, nora simply has to take her boots off and sink her toes into the sand. an odd course of action, perhaps, with the bodies of antaam soldiers burning behind her, but she wanders down to the edge of the water and rolls up her leather trousers to let the waves wash over her feet. she pauses a few times as she walks, stooping to pluck something from the water. when she returns to ren's side, it's with a wide grin on her face. “here!” she presses a piece of damp sea glass into ren's palm, its well-worn surface gone cloudy from its time rolling through saltwater and sand, but the unique blue color still shines through. “beautiful, right? i used to collect them...” 

[scottienolan]

"Okay, fuck, who does that leave me with then...?" Scottie thinks out loud, her tongue taking a swipe over the tip of her popsicle while she rounds out the roster in her head.

"Gives me Niall, Zayn and Louis, right? Kill Louis because I've never liked the look of his face -- too pointy. Fuck Zayn because who am I to say I'm a better woman than Gigi Hadid, no? Plus, the guy wrote Pillow Talk so he's gotta know his way around the bedroom. Marry Niall though, I'm such a sucker for a good Irish accent. You agree or do you wanna debate any of those points?"

@noralevin

"Oh, easy. Fuck Joe, marry Harry, kill Justin. Joe definitely seems like a terrible fuck, but Harry's probably got the most money and is definitely the prettiest, and Justin... god, that man is busted and his world tour was just ruined, so. Less money there, too," Nora reasoned, pushing her sunglasses up the bridge of her nose.

"Alright, now I need your answer and then fuck, marry, kill... the remaining members of One Direction, except not Liam because he sucks."

@scottienolan

[blcssom]

closed starter for @bowiepens ft. nora - 52 - she/her - therapist based on: plot in source !

it's not the first time she's found her mind wandering in this particular client's presence, but it is the first time nora's let her train of thought guide their session. "tell me about your love life lately: last we spoke you mentioned feeling.... frustrated?"

[thanflowers]

❀ | @spitecrow — gift-giving starter call / accepting!

        “i have some things for you!” nora said the moment she stepped through the kitchen door. she crossed to the table and set a parcel of packages atop it, pulling out first a long, thin wooden box. inside: a finely crafted cooking knife with runes etched along the blunt edge of the blade. “it's enchanted so it never grows dull, no matter how many times you use it. oh! and this—” she produced a cloth bag packed so tight the seams were nearly beginning to stretch. “we stopped by cafe pietra and i was able to sweet-talk the waiter into sparing us some coffee beans...” she squinted at the writing on the bag. “not sure what kind, but—you do have a way to grind them, yeah?” she was just now realizing that she'd only assumed he would.

[howlingday]

just for fun paladin jaune au) jaune is a paladin of the arc ancestors. his abilites are the standard fare for a paladin with some ancestral gifts, namely a belt of physical might +4 (con and str) a ring of evasion, and a cape of resistance that levels up with him (starting at +1) the thing is jaune is a min maxed paladin so while his charisma is a maxed out 20 at level 1 and his str is 18 and con 16 his dex int and wis are all 7. ie he's a clumsy himbo. how does he end up on a team with the worlds greatest fighter (pyrrha aldori an Aldori defender fighter) a dwarf barbarian (nora) and the greatest martial artist in the world? (sensei monk lie ren with maxed out wisdom) and why are the all looking at him to lead?

======================== Jaune Arc Paladin Oath of Ancients STR 18 DEX 7 CON 16 INT 7 WIS 7 CHA 20 ========================

Jaune: What are you guys looking at?

Pyrrha: ...You're the leader.

Jaune: What?!

Pyrrha: All in favor? (Raises her hand)

Nora: (Raises hand, Jumping) Aye~!

Ren: (Raises hand) Aye.

Pyrrha: All oppose?

Jaune: Er, n-nay?

Pyrrha: The motion passes. You are now our leader.

Jaune: Uh... Okay? So, what do I do now?

Nora: Carry my on your back!

Jaune: What?

Nora: Uppies! I want uppies!

[indestructibleheart]

Hi, fam! Okay, so I'm going to be out at an appointment tomorrow morning, so I'm kicking this off a little bit early. It's technically Wednesday in several timezones and very nearly Wednesday in mine. I'm... also a bit eager to share this, ngl.

I know that I've shared a lot of angst lately, but I swear that's not all I'm doing. 😅 In fact, the actor/playwright AU decided to wallop me in the face out of nowhere after sitting in my WIP folder for months. I'm really excited about it, so I'm gonna share the first scene!

(Also, those of you who have been to New York with me will recognize my favorite brunch spot in this scene lmao.)

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You probably didn't even know I was in the room, but I noticed you straight away. You were talking with your friends, happy and animated and fully alive—a person living in dimensions I couldn’t access—and so beautiful. Your hair was longer then. You were the center of attention, but you weren’t afraid. You had a yellow ipê-amarelo in your pocket. I thought, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen; I'd better keep it a safe distance away from me. I thought, if someone like that ever loved me, it would set me on fire.

INT. MOM'S KITCHEN & BAR - HELL'S KITCHEN - LATE MORNING

"I'm telling y'all," Alex is saying, punctuating with dangerously large bites of his pancake burrito. "The dude's a dick." 

It's been two hours since the nightmare audition, but Alex has been on this tirade since June and Nora first slid into the retro diner chairs across from him (at least forty-five minutes ago).

They're at Mom's: a restaurant-bar in midtown that can only be described as millennial nostalgia incarnate. The trio fell in love with it two years back—post-karaoke, stumbling in right before closing—when Alex saw God in their Fruity Pebble pancakes.  Since then, it's been his favorite place to eat his feelings.

Mom's is just really fucking comforting in general, honestly; whether it's the televisions cycling through episodes of 'Rugrats,' 'Dexter's Laboratory,' and 'Hey, Arnold!' or  the rainbow straws and Lisa-Frank-looking menus, Alex can't be sure. It doesn't hurt that they've made friends with several of the waitstaff, including an eccentric bartender, Pez, whose pink hair and painted nails fit right in with the decor. 

Today, it's the combination of breakfast sausage, bacon, eggs and cheese wrapped up in a syrup-soaked pancake that's really doing something for him. It could also be the margarita the size of his face, which Pez placed in front of him before making himself uncharacteristically scarce. But it's fine. He's probably just busy.

Alex won't admit it out loud, but what really helps is having June and Nora here to talk to… even though Nora is scrolling on her phone.

"I'm sorry," June says. She pokes an ice cube with her straw, and Alex watches as it bobs around her mimosa like a buoy. "That sounds like it sucked, but if he's really that rude… maybe you didn't want to work with him anyway."

Nora doesn't look up as she pops a home fry into her mouth. 

"Several sources say he's difficult to work with," she adds, evidently reading about Henry on the internet. "Though, in his defense, his dad did just die, like, three years ago… and there was that whole thing when he came out after. Remember?"

Alex does remember. Henry's grandmother, Mary Mountchristen, runs a pretty major company that used to own half the theatres on the West End. When Henry came out last year, she tried blacklisting his shows from her properties to punish him—which totally backfired when it got around. At least a dozen other queer writers and producers started talking about how they were also denied the space, and Mary was stoned on the streets of the theatre district. Like, metaphorically. 

Alex, Nora, and June had just moved to New York, but between June's position at Newsday and both Alex and Nora on the audition circuit, it was all anyone in their new circles could talk about. They were some of the first to know when the Mountchristens were bought out of their properties and Henry moved to the States.

This show is the first of Henry's being produced here—and it's autobiographical, which Alex has to admit is pretty fucking baller. So, yeah, Nora's not wrong. He has reason to be standoffish. Still, it doesn't explain why Alex was only halfway through his audition monologue when Henry abruptly stood up and exited stage left as if pursued by a bear.

He shoves another forkful into his mouth. "It's just, like, they're the only people who let me into the room," he says, barely finishing chewing. "Nobody wants to take me seriously, and I really thought this was my shot, you know?"

June and Nora both know Alex is having a hard time landing serious roles after growing up on a sitcom—Nora more than most, as his former co-star. What they don't know is that losing this role, specifically, feels like a kick to the stomach. From the moment Alex saw the script, he wanted to be a part of it. He can't even explain why, and now he'll never figure it out. Henry wouldn't give him a chance.

"It wasn't your only shot, and you know it." Nora fixes him with a look. "Seriously, I get it—I do—but it's just one play, buddy."

June nods. "Something will happen for you, baby brother."

At that, Alex finally groans. "Okay, calling me baby brother doesn't help me feel better about the entertainment industry infantili—"

"—itty bitty, teeny weeny—"

Alex throws a home fry at her face. 

It bounces off her forehead and into the giant gauntlet holding her mimosa with a very unappetizing splash. Just as Alex throws his hands into the air with a victorious whoop, his phone buzzes on the table. 

A glance is all it takes for him to see that it's his agent, Zahra.

"Damn," he says, deflating. There goes that upswing. "You answer it."

June balks. "Me?"

"I don't need to hear how fucking badly it went. Trust me, I got the message." Alex blinks innocently, like he's six years old again, asking her to lie to their mom about that broken vase. "Please, Bug? Besides, Zahra actually likes you."

"Everyone likes me." June rolls her eyes, but she caves—answering the phone with a haughty, "Alex Claremont-Diaz's office," before breaking into a smile. "Yeah, Z. It's me… No, Alex is feeling a little sensitive today."

(He throws another home fry at her. This one misses.)

To her credit, June's face remains totally blank as Zahra no doubt tells her how Alex insulted Henry Fox's name and all of his inbred ancestors just by showing up, or whatever—which is extremely annoying and unhelpful—but, once she says goodbye and sets the phone back down on the table, her face breaks out into a grin.

"Guess you didn't suck too bad," she says. "They want you for the part."

He doesn't know if it's Nora throwing herself at him or the shock that knocks him onto the floor.

Tagging some lovelies. If you haven't been tagged and you want to be, consider this your tag!

@anchoredarchangel, @barbiediaz, @cha-melodius, @cricketnationrise, @guillermosfamiliar, @hgejfmw-hgejhsf, @hippolotamus, @inexplicablymine, @jettestar, @junebugclaremontdiaz, @kiwiana-writes, @lizzie-bennetdarcy, @missgeevious, @mulderscully, @myheartalivewrites, @ninzied, @nontoxic-writes, @notspecialbabe, @priincebutt, @rmd-writes, @rosedavid, @three-drink-amy, @treluna4, @vanillahigh00, @welcometololaland, @orchidscript, @ships-to-sail, @stereopticons

[marcmarcmomarc]

My version of @pmpknsoup’s post again, smaller and simpler.

This could be either a short like the ones from Volumes 4-6 so that Volume 10 can focus on the story, or something an episode of Volume 10 would include, but fade to the biggest interesting parts of Ruby’s explanation and not spend too much time on it so as to keep the plot moving.

INT. THEODORE’S OFFICE IN SHADE ACADEMY - EARLY EVENING

When Ruby apologizes for how long it’s taken to reveal where they’ve been.

When Ruby reveals that The Girl Who Fell Through the World is real, everyone is confused.

When Ruby recites the story of Penny she told to the toy soldiers, the gang, especially Winter and Pietro, grows emotional.

When Ruby reveals that the Curious Cat saved them from being beheaded, everyone grows interested.

When Ruby mentions being drugged by the Herbalist and almost giving into her past self, the group ranges from confused to nervous.

When Ruby talks about Ascension, such a concept catches the interest of the gang.

When Ruby reveals that Neo fell into the Ever After with them, too, Ren, Nora, Oscar, and Emerald grow worried.

When Ruby reveals that a grown-up Jaune with long hair and a beard was the Rusted Knight, everyone jumps back in shock.

When Ruby talks about the “punderstorm” and reveals that Yang and Blake are now girlfriends, everyone’s hearts melt.

When Ruby reveals that Jaune had been unhealthily protecting the Paper Pleasers and named them after everyone there, not a word is spoken as everyone exchanges concerned and uncomfortable looks with each other.

When Ruby talks about the Paper Pleasers offing themselves by drowning in the koi pond dam, then her blowing up at the others, everyone leans in anxiously…

…while Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Jaune share looks of guilt.

When Ruby reveals that Neo made clone illusions of their dead allies and beat her up with them, then gave in and drank the poison tea, everyone regards Ruby sorrowfully.

When Ruby reveals that Summer lied to them and left with Raven before never returning, then Raven cracks about how she told Summer, “First time for everything,” the gang gives her a look.

When Ruby reveals that she decided to be herself, came back, and helped the girls beat the Cat, everyone cheers for them.

When Ruby reveals that Neo used the Jabberwalkers to eat the Cat, everyone is shocked again.

When Ruby shares the Brother Gods’ backstory, and Nora jokes that the Tree was their mom and kicked them out for misbehaving, the gang can’t resist growing hysterical.

When Ruby announces that she’s not giving up the fight to save the world anytime soon and gives her speech, the gang congratulates her.

Starring the voices of:

Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose

Cristina Vee as Robyn Hill

Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine

Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee

Katie Newville as Emerald Sustrai

Caiti Ward as Velvet Scarlatina

Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long

Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie

Neath Oum as Lie Ren

Burnie Burns as Taiyang Xiao Long

Jason Liebrecht as Qrow Branwen

Anna Hullum as Raven Branwen

Howard Wang as Whitley Schnee

Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna

Miles Luna as Jaune Arc

Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna

Anairis Quiñones as Harriet Bree

Michael Jones as Sun Wukong

Dawn M. Bennett as Elm Ederne

Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin

Additional Voices (no individual lines, but can be heard chattering, sobbing, gasping, cheering, laughing, and exclaiming, “Ooh,” and “Aww”):

Sena Bryer as May Marigold

Ashley Burns as Coco Adel

Mica Burton as Arslan Altan

Tiana Camacho as Glynda Goodwitch

Dani Chambers as Iris Marilla

Cam Clarke as Bartholomew Oobleck

Michele Everheart as Fiona Thyme

Dave Fennoy as Dr. Pietro Polendina

Gavin Free as Scarlet David

Caitlin Glass as Willow Schnee

Mick Lauer as Marrow Amin

Cherami Leigh as Ilia Amitola

Marissa Lenti as Joanna Greenleaf

Joe MacDonald as Yatsuhashi Daichi

Aaron Marquis as Nolan Porfirio

Elizabeth Maxwell as Winter Schnee

Max Mittelman as Fox Alistair

Josh Ornelas as Sage Ayana

Jon Risinger as Bolin Hori

Zeno Robinson as Nadir Shiko

Anthony Sardinha as Peter Port

Kerry Shawcross as Neptune Vasilias

Keith Silverstein as Professor Theodore

Melissa Sternenberg as Maria Calavera

J. Michael Tatum as Klein Sieben

Kent Williams as Ghira Belladonna

Erin Winn as Reese Chloris

Anne Yatco as Xanthe Rumpole

[typosandtea]

OC smash or pass

Thanks for the tag! @bury-me-standing

RULES: pretty self explanatory. include physical descriptions or pics, and propaganda. the “other” label can be used for “sexuality misalignment” (ie: oc is femme and you’re gay, vice versa or you aren’t into smashing but a specific thing you wanna do with them like perhaps hug or study them under a microscope idc).

Tagging: @sirmanmister @acorncoffeeformysweetheart @and anyone else who wants to join in ^_^

Nora Murphy (Murphy)

[ID: three drawings of my fallout 4 oc Murphy, she is a white freckled woman with beige / grey spotted wings, shoulder length brown messy greying hair, large yellow eyes and scars across her her left eye. She is wearing vault suit and cargo pants, bos knight uniform cargo pants and bomber jacket, vault suit cargo pants and bomber jacket. And dog tags and right leg pistol holster in all three. End ID]

Quick Facts

Murphy is Aussie soldier that was ‘millitary refugee’ (prewar America assimilating what’s left of Aus for resources, including people, iron, uranium and food) (she is ‘sole survivor’ fo4 for my mutants au, where nearly the whole vault lives, 111 was a experiment with military to make super soldiers, all of sanctuary was hand picked to live there. Mostly vets / people useful to the government)

Very obviously a mutant (crossed with sooty owl by vaulttec/military to make super stealth soldier)

She/her

Bi, and connection is most important (I think that’s called Demi?)

Is 35 at the start of fallout 4 if you exclude the ice nap

Anxiety incarnate

Big paragraph of lore >here< :)

Pros

Is nocturnal due to the mutation making her crazy sensitive to the sun, has dark vision though!

Looks* don’t matter too much as long as she feels a positive connection / strong friendship

Is very loyal and is not one to sleep around, she is one partner kinda gal, will reject everyone if she is with you

Good fighter and can hold her own in combat, though prefers stealth

Very silly sense of humour, loves puns and harmless banter

10 charisma

Is friends with Danse

Very tough physically…

Cons

…But is easily hurt emotionally

Is friends with Danse

Doesn’t like vulgar humour at all you’ll get hit with the :| if you try it

Nocturnal

Low Int (3)

Low luck (2)

Is anxious about everything new or unexpected

Loyal, but expects the same of you, if you are partners she will be heartbroken and betrayed if you want more sorry

A metric butttonne of military trauma both from 16 years of prewar service both to Aus, then America, and also the awfulness that the brotherhood gets her to do. Also trauma from watching her country get crushed by china and then America.

On that note is brotherhood / minuteman aligned in a kind of ‘I can fix them’ way (this goes poorly for everyone involved)(she thinks she is a knight, but the bos are just keeping her close to study her and use her as a political pawn since she has more influence than she realises)

A bit old fashioned and probably isn’t going to try anything too crazy..