Of all the females Reese had slept with up until tonight, none of them ever had enigmatic bubbly personality to them as Nora did, character traits that the skater was drawn to but for unknown reasons; given the ginger haired woman a nod, she would turn her attention back to the still waiting bartender.

“Usual, Zeke.” 

And cue the gentleman preparing the drinks, the musician turning towards Nora once more as they waited with a calming half smile across her face. Boy she was in a good mood tonight but couldn’t quite figure out why at the moment. 

“This ya’ first time?”

The turquoise would not elaborate further, leaving a mystery behind for her date to figure out if she meant with the proposed question; truth be told, Reese didn’t care which possible question she answered and was simply trying to improve her small talk capabilities. 

With Ren always being attached to her hip, on top of Nora’s usual personality, her whole world was Ren, surviving Anima, getting good enough to get into Beacon, and her bubbly self. Suffice to say, there was a lot of normal things Nora didn’t participate in.

“Honestly? This is my first time with a lot of things.”

Hearing the question, Louvel simply shrugged not sure since he came to deduce it was due to the possible strategies or maybe even the fighting techniques of the military.  However seeing the rest of the movie unfolded from the military buying the heroes time to set up the Grimm Eradicator, whilst the military started to lure Grimmzilla to the water. The Wolf faunus watched in total anticipation and on the edge of his seat,  he watched as he rapidly ate his popcorn as well chugging his drink down as well. Every little moment just was nailbiting. From Grimmzilla entering the  water and finally activating the Grimm Eradicator which caused the massive Grimm to roar loudly in pain.

Everyone in the movie theater cheered as Louvel simply smiled and everyone was joyous and  everything. Although one things for sure is Grimmzilla was defeated as the celebration was shown alongside a marriage between the Wolf Faunus and the human character. With a blush appearing on Louvels face.

“That was amazing!!” He said with a grand smile on his face until the post-credits scene which revealed another Grimmzilla!!! “EEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!?!??!!” The Wolf Faunus said 

The whole movie was quite exciting to say the least. Nora found it extremely difficult to keep quiet the whole time the buildup of the Grimm Eradicator was happening, her nails digging into her seat at some point when it almost seemed very neck and neck for Grimmzilla and the protagonists.

Nora looked at the two characters on screen. The wolf faunus and his love interest, getting married.

“Hey. They look kinda like-”

She looked to Louvel, a blush crossing her face as well upon realizing how much of a coincidence that entire romantic subplot had. The flustered attitude settled with Nora for a bit until the post-credits screen of Grimmzilla came out and everyone began to exit the theater. 

Laura couldn’t help but smile at Nora’s enthusiasm. “It’s actually kinda funny. See, my mom taught me how to grind Dust and make my own ammo. So, I was working with Wind and Fire Dust, trying to make some new rounds for my partner.” She played with one of her green sidelocks sheepishly. “Guess I got the mix wrong, because I kinda blew some stuff up and launched myself out of the lab.”

Nora snickered a bit at the story, completely relating to getting into that level of trouble. She was rocking in her seat, thinking of all the crazy trouble she got into with Dust and chemistry itself.

  “It was heavy. I kinda did for quite some time, though that was when I used to run with a caravan and had a big enough truck to fit it all in.”

  ‘Twas a long story, that one, though he’d spare her from it since she was one of those hyperactive types and would grow bored from the details easily. Or she might not and get hooked on the tale, but who could say for certain? Not he, though she probably would voice her opinion. That aside, he should probably focus on getting them there and making sure that he didn’t lead them in the wrong direction.

  “A nightmare indeed, though it’s not the worst way to go that I’ve seen. I’ve seen them run over people by possessing cars, they’ve possessed human and Faunus remains and attempted to kill those in mourning, and so many more ways. Getting shot by your own gun is just one of the many bad ends those little bastards can deliver. But back to taking them out quick, I’ve got plenty of weapons and such to cover that and, if you want to, I could make an upgrade to it or an attachment to get the job done.”

Nora thought for a moment about the horrible condition some people who fought geists must have been in. Mourning a fallen comrade only for them to add insult to injury by coming back up and attacking them... essentially killing them all over again.

“Psh, naaaah! I’ve fought tons of Grimm, and some basically looked like zombies. The gun thing’s still more embarrassing in my opinion. Then again, my gun is a grenade launcher...”

Plus, with the weapon being Dust powered, there’s not much the aura-less Grimm could do with it other than maybe bonk her on the head with it. Maybe this guy had a point?

What was the blush for? Had she thought he meant… Ahhh. She’d taken his mention of Blake and Yang as her and Ren.  She didn’t seem mad though, just embarrassed. It looked rather nice on her, he noted. 

“You show more restraint than most Huntress’s. Your leader has taught you well. Tell him that for me the next time you see him would you? I think he could use the compliment.”

Ash steeped his fingers for a moment, stretching them out, before letting go and rising.  He saw why Chrys had called her the soul of JRN, and RNGR before that, and JNPR even further back. 

“Fortunately for you, we’ve got the pertinent details on their operations and the resulting chaos hotloaded into our TACPADs. Never hurts to have the intel on your foes at your fingertips. I’m sending them over to your scroll now.”

He lifted his wrist and tapped away at the large blocky shape strapped to it; a Scroll, if someone had fed it a diet of armor plating, glassteel, and mated it with an oldschool Portable Intelligence Processor. 

With a flick of his finger he sent over four dozen files relating to the group.  “Sapien Sunrise. They’ve been around for ages, but mostly as a meeting and discussion group, until just recently. The profiles of the applicable members are included, as is their charter.”

“I’d be lying if I said Jaune couldn’t use the boost.”

Nora accepted the intel on her scroll, flicking through the files already bored when getting bogged down into the nitty gritty details. All of this seemed to be correct, and even if Nora fell asleep in the class when it came to Huntsmen reading intelligence reports, she’d seen Ren do it enough to know by proxy that this guy wasn’t lying and just using her strength.

This Sapien Sunrise group sounded like bad news. It seemed they were one of many hate-groups that were taking advantage of the Fall of Beacon and the disrepair of the CCT towers. It was despicable, but the ability to help these Mantle guys set things right gave Nora a large smirk.

It wasn’t long until the two of them found themselves at the bar, Reese doing a slightly out of character motion and pulling out a stool for Nora to sit on; once releasing the ginger’s hand, the turquoise would take seat on the bar stool beside her date. 

“Ay! Zeke!” 

Reese would call out to the bartender, who would turn at the sound of her voice but merely nod to symbolize his attention had been garnered. 

“What are ya’ havin’, Sparkles?”

Luckily for Nora’s case, the musician had already (and not surprisingly) established a nickname for her, having taken note of her semblance from afar way back in the Vytal Festival days; turquoise pupils glancing over to meet those of Nora’s aqua. After all, if Nora was going to commit to exploring her sexuality to the fullest, a couple of drinks would likely help loosen her up and give her the confidence to go all in. 

That wasn’t to say of course, that Reese would want to rush the other into anything if she wasn’t up to task with going at the pace Reese was familiar with; she’d still do her best to make sure the hammer wielder’s first time with a girl be as special as someone like Reese Chloris could manage. 

Nora hadn’t been treated to all of these things before. With how, admittedly abrasive, she could be the only one who had been like this before with her was Ren. And even then, it was more in a familial sense than a romantic one. Still, it was sweet of Reese.

Nora sat down on the stool, turning it left and right for fun for a couple of seconds before getting comfortable and idly kicking her legs.

“Sparkles?!”

Nora was surprised and, at first, not sure what to take of the nickname. Although, Nora strangely adapted to it quickly.

For the first time ever Louvel simply had a genuine smile on his face. This smile was nothing short of ordinary. The last time he was ever this happy was when he met his team and passed his first test. Now this had to be a moment for Louvel he would never forget.

Seeing Grimmzilla destroy everything in his path roaring out loud and doing everything a Grimm usually does was just interesting to him. If there was something similar to that thing in the movies… buuut. It may all just but a fake. 

Each scene from the military failing to defeat the large monster, to Faunus and Human scientist coming up with an idea on how to defeat Grimmzilla through a bioweapon called the Grimm Eradicator, and the Wolf faunus confessing his love to one of the characters. All so good for him to see.

Observing the military failing to defeat Grimmzilla the first go around brought so many questions to Nora. Not only did this film bring up some real life problems like military occupations and so on, but also some trope questions. Nora leaned into Louvel to whisper a question.

“How come in these movies, the military is either garbage or evil? How come they can never be good and competent, or garbage and evil?”

“Nora…no you can’t just— Ruby can’t..Nora the actual way for her to do that would take years to do. We don’t have years in the first place, and I’m also pretty sure Ruby doesn’t want to be bedridden birthing children for the rest of her life with unknown men or donors, we don’t even know if she’s straight or bisexual” Blake facepalmed and proceeded to rub her temples out of the sheer stupidity of this plan. It was something she should have expected from Nora but didn’t think she’s actually start to write notes down and just looked at her dumbfoundly as she did so.

“Well if you could do something most of the time people usually do. Or worse, you could have done something but pessimistic views tell you that you can’t…and that you’re worthless and only bring trouble…” She said, a bit quieter now, her ears lowering and flattening against her head. “And cause… major harm to people you love… and care about…..without explanation…”

Joking about Ruby and her hypothetical preferences and orientation aside, the bright smile from Nora’s face slowly faded. Memories of the short time she had in her old home village began to pop up. For a while... even Ren wouldn’t say anything when the other children poured salt into the wound of her homelessness. Her life felt so worthless back then. She was close to going into a dark place before Ren saved her.

Steele eyed Nora cautiously, finishing off his glass as she talked. With the clear, icy liquid gone, he took one last ragged breath, his mind coming up with a question on the spot. He snapped his fingers, and gave a nod, indicating as such. “Alright, you’re on. I haven’t seen another classmate since I woke up at Beacon. How long did it take you guys to get here at Mistral?” He asked, indicating the group that Nora showed up in town with.

“It took months.” 

Nothing but dread could be heard from Nora’s tone when it came to her travelling between Beacon and Mistral. She knew the walk was going to be long, and in all honesty Ruby was the one who was most surprised by the length of time it would take, but it didn’t stop Nora from hating it. Nora, still feeling the hit from the spiciness, put a napkin on her tongue to try and soothe herself. This made her sound a little ridiculous as she spoke.

send “towel” for my muse’s reaction to seeing yours in nothing but a towel

Nora hopped into the shower while staying with her friends,realizing she left her sac outside in the room. She hoped noone was there, because without her clean clothes, she hadnothing to put on after this. She went ahead and turned offthe shower, scouring for some of her things before finallyconfirming she’d have to leave the bathroom. She wrappeda towel around her and apparently was quiet enough to whereTaiyang didn’t realize the bathroom was occupied, since he wentahead and walked right in.

Most people would think this awkward, but given what had happenedbefore when she bathed, she simply laughed it off for yet anotherstory she could bother his daughter’s with. A jokingly flirty tonetaking over Nora’s voice.

send "towel" for my muse's reaction to seeing yours in nothing but a towel

Nora confidently walked out of the shower, grabbing a toothbrushand putting some toothpaste on it, lining it up and brushing her teethwhile she waited for her body to dry, the towel loosely wrapped aroundher body. She walked out to ask Ren a question, but was met by Jaune.

“’aune! Wow, I di’n’t ‘ow you were the’e. Nee’ ‘he ‘hower? I’m done,haha.”

“I wouldn’t think a member of a combined arms team that includes a huntress and her lover would consider human-supremacists “good guys”. I certainly don’t.”

Ash casually squatted down, heels to the ground with his arms resting on his knees; his usual casual conversation position, when not immediately in need of standing. 

She seemed interested, that was a good start.

“They’re a rather unprofessional group, and word is they’re linked to a couple of rather…unfortunate incidents that involve faunus in Atlas. They heard what happened to Adam and tried to take advantage of it by causing some havoc among the innocent…luckily my fireteam and another were there to put a stop to that but they fled. Right into the old ice-bunker I currently need help prying them out of.”

They were smart, he had to give them that.

“I’m as excited about taking out an entire bunker with just  a swing of my hammer as the next gal with these awesome gains, but I’d like to see some detailed reports first. Not that I don’t trust you, though. You seem great. But my leader? Jaune? Would flip out if I blindly smashed the place up. In fact, he doesn’t like my blind smashing if it’s ordered sometimes.”

That last part sounded more like a slight joke than anything serious about Jaune’s leadership personality. She then got a little flushed about the mention of how Ash viewed Nora’s group. Sure, her and Ren were close, but their not-quite-defined relationship still felt surreal from time to time when they freely gave one another a form of physical affection.

“A-Anyway, I’ll totally do it when I see the reports. You’ll have my full cooperation!”

When you’re hanging out at a club with Reese Chloris, there are some small things you can get away with… such as underage drinking. 

So far, however, Nora’s confidence was present enough to warrant Reese to be impressed seeing as how ninety-nine percent of girls fumble under pressure when it came to taking the musician out on a date; not the hammer wielder though, she was in that elite one percent. 

“Somethin’ hard-hittin’ and long-lastin’, kinda like spendin’ the night with me.”

A casual yet confident wink would be let off towards the ginger woman, as Reese had come to grasp her sexuality several years ago in the first years of her adolescence; Nora, however, was the questioning type; Reese had experienced one or two in the past, so she had a fairly decent idea of what to look out for when it came to curious girls. 

Luckily for her date, Reese was in an extra good mood tonight, casually taking Nora’s hand in her own and beginning towards the bar. 

Nora was nothing else if not confident. Even when she was nervous, she forced confidence through incessant babbling and going through headfirst into challenges and anything else that would normally intimidate a person.

She began hoping it wasn’t obvious to Reese that Nora was still... exploring herself. Her reason for even getting into dating was embarrassing in the first place, and now she also had to experiment with the concept of women being a choice for her. The closest reference she ever had for love was... well... Ren.

Nora gripped back onto Reese’s hand, wanting to reciprocate the slight affection in her own way. This was a date after all, right? Wouldn’t be a date without a little romance.

Realizing that his scroll was on he quickly took it out and turned it off as he looked at Nora with a gentle smile as he watched the previews and everything. Taking the moment to grab a bucket of popcorn from the huge bag of  concessions with maybe a chocolate bar that was in it as well. 

“Oh. That movie seems interesting” He whispered seeing the words of: Ninjas Of Love- Retribution as the last preview ended  and thus the movie began. 

OST: Grimmzilla

Seeing the words Grimmzilla appear on the large silver screen showed up with the Shinba’s eyes widening with glee. Ready to watch a movie with a Faunus as a lead actor.  It was all sorts of greatness as he watched.

The actors who were assortments of a ram, fox, wolf, bat, and an ibex faunus altogether made Louvels entire night finally seeing his own kind… on the big screen. As they discussed the natural events happening between humankind and faunus kind including the Grimm.

One thing is for certain Louvels smile never had ever been this wide before, just because he has never been this happy before.

“We uh... probably shouldn’t watch that one together. At least, maybe not until the third or fourth date.”

Who knew Nora Valkyrie was capable of making a dirty joke? After all, Ninjas of Love had quite the reputation of being very openly lewd. She heard from Jaune when he was teasing it that apparently a lot of critics were surprised such a series even had its debut on the big screen as is.

All of Nora’s speaking would now be in whispers. Granted, they’d be very excited whispers, but Nora didn’t want to get kicked out of another theater. Especially since Vale didn’t know her face like Mistral did.