estoria | ♖4th Castle: Search & Rescue!

Who: Nora

heartboop & EVERYONE, especially those who are blonde!
When: Feb 18/August 12 and onwards!
Where: All over Cerealia
What: Nora is searching for her teammates, namely Jaune (because she knows Pyrrha can take care of herself), and she is mistaking anything yellow for him! Of course, she'll rescue anyone in need along the way!
Rating/Warning: None!

When the flood rushed through, it caught everyone by surprise. By chance, Nora had returned from an early shift at work when there was a rumble and then everything just became wet and crazy! Eventually she made it outside, but found it just as dangerous. Debris was floating everywhere, along with a car. So Nora did what she does best: improvise. She used Magnhild to knock off the top of the car, turned it upside down, and used it to float along the river that formed throughout Cerealia. For steering, she used a baseball bat for now.

"JAUNE! Where are you?!" Nora called out every in every direction, and from time to time she spotted someone with blonde hair and went over to rescue them, thinking it was their leader, only to find it was just a stranger. This pattern continued for some time. Either she found someone with blonde hair or heard someone scream with a high pitch. While she was glad to help anyone she could, Nora was beginning to worry. She worried so much that she managed to rescue a broom! It was an honest mistake anyone could make!

Now Nora and her new steering tool, the rescued broom, continue their search for those in need!

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[ blonde? nope. high-pitched screaming? negative. but that broom probably had an owner, so it stands to reason that he might be lurking nearby, wondering why in the hell someone would go out of their way to steal a broom in circumstances like these. it becomes clear enough when he hears yelling nearby, and follows it to find a girl floating around in... god, is that the top of a car? and there's his broom in her hands. and in the water. the thoroughly-unclean flood water.

oh, well. that broom had a good life...

fortunately he's on higher ground and thus out of immediate danger. he doesn't need to be rescued. however, this girl's in a precarious position, on her own in a flooded city, and she's clearly not giving up on finding whoever the fuck this Jaune person is. so he'll call to her from his position on (relatively) dry land: ]

That's a nice makeshift boat, but if something's going around ripping cars in half I think we have a worse problem on our hands than a missing kid.

[ The voice is unfamiliar to her, but at least Nora has the proper response to look up to where it came from instead of all around her. His words, however, are the confusing part. Placing a hand on her hip, Nora looks to him in slight confusion. ]

I don't think many people got the same idea as me to make this, so I'm pretty safe. [ She nudges her head at him. ] Do you need some help getting across the river? [ Because this is exactly what this is now. A river. ] And have you seen any tall, blonde guys around here? Kinda thin with scraggly hair? Almost looks like a broom?

[ There is definitely a point at the broom she found earlier, as if it serves as a picture. ]

You did that?

[ there's a vague arm gesture at her car-raft, and his tone is a little incredulous. ]

How?

[ he'll be happy (for some definition of the word, anyway) to answer the rest of her questions, but not until he finds out how she managed to cut a car in half. sorry, but that just ain't normal, even by this place's standards. ]

Well, I got some help with Magnhild, but these cars aren't so different from the ones back home. I guess that's how cars are supposed to be, right? Light, but able to carry people in it.

[ As she talks, Nora looks at her car-rafta bit more closely. ]

Or on, it. [ stomp stomp ] But yeah, these aren't really that thick. They aren't tanks. I think they would keep those in a super secret place. [ She hums in thought. ] I wonder if we could rent one...

[ he tilts his head in confusion, not exactly following her train of thought. what in the hell are tanks? a question for another (drier) day, perhaps. ]

...Right. Anyway, I haven't seen anyone who looks like a broom. I hope he can swim.

[ and why does that name she was calling sound familiar? ...oh yeah, someone was trying to get him laid over the network awhile back. and now he's missing. man, this kid sure can't catch a break, can he? ]

[ Not many people can, save Ren. She really misses him. ]

Yeah, I hope so, too. Well, what about you? Do you need some help? [ She looks about to see anyone else around. ] I don't know when other people will think about rescuing others stuck in this mess. The people in charge don't really seem like they'd be much help to us.

[ he pauses for a moment. he doesn't really need help, no. but still, with someone missing in the midst of this flood, can he really just blow her off and go about the rest of his day? he may be an asocial ass, but he's not heartless. so he waves her over to the "shore"—jumping it would probably not go over well, after all. ]

You're right, they don't. I can help you look.

[ Nora excitedly give a fist pump into the air when he decides to join in her search efforts. ]

Woohoo! You're the first passenger aboard S.S. Valkyrie! [ So she begins to come closer by rowing as best as she could with her baseball bat oar. She manoeuvres it well enough, making sure to be in a spot where they could push off easily. ] It was starting to get lonely, too.

[ And soon she'll have someone to talk their ear off to. ]

[ hoo boy... part of him already regrets this decision. but it's not like he's never worked with a bubbly extrovert who isn't afraid of him before, and it's for a good cause. so he hops into the car, lightly as he can to avoid it capsizing under them. ]

You named it?

Yep! Just now. Pretty nice, huh?

[ Once he's on board, Nora places her bat onto something sturdy then pushes off as gently as she can. Last time she pushed too hard and spun in a circle for a while. ]

It's my first ever vessel here, so it should get a decent name. [ They'rea decent way from the shore, so she begins to guide them on the path she was going to take earlier. ] Speaking of names, I'm Nora.

[ how does he keep ending up in the company of these bubbly young girls? it's a mystery. and this one seems to have sliced a car in half without really even breaking a sweat. that's... a new one. ]

Levi.

[ speaking of her "vessel," though... ]

...So how exactly did you slice a car clean in half?

Not slice. More like hit it really, really hard until it breaks off the top!

[ She points to some parts that are pretty jagged, but there is obvious proof that she tried to make it a bit safer to be around. ]

So be careful! I don't have any first aid kits for any cuts, and I don't know how much Aura you've got to heal yourself.

[ oh, right. of course. she had to hack at it a bit before it split in half. silly him, what does he know? ]

"Aura?"

Yeah, Aura! The energy from your soul!

You do have a soul, right? [ Anything is possible in this world. ]

[ well, he did lose it briefly on his first day, but let's not talk about that. ]

Pretty sure I can't heal myself with it.

Then you'll just have to be careful!

[ She adds after a moment of silence. ]

And don't vomit on the boat!

I'm not gonna vomit on the damn boat.

[ this is clearly the start of a beautiful relationship. ]

♖4th Castle: Search & Rescue!

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