"HI, REN!" That was the only warning Ren had as he walked into the common room after a tedious day of classes. That was when Nora jumped on him and knocked him over.
Ren looked up at Nora and asked, "What are you doing Nora?"
"Ohnothing! I'm just having THE. BEST. DAY. EVER! OF. ALL. TIME!" Nora said quickly.
Ren looked around him as Nora sat on his chest babbling uncontrollably. And that's when he spotted the Red Bull cans. "Nora! What the hell is that?" Ren asked quietly.
Somehow, Nora was able to hear what Ren said and responded "Oh, that? Just over 50 ounces of Red Bull! I drank it and it is awesome and I love it and this shit is greeaaaattt! Did you know? I can taste colors! Smell sounds! Hear smells! I can feel the unfeelable!" Nora continued to babble as Ren pushed her off of him and went to his room to Google "how to deal with a Red Bull high" and did not come up with good enough answers. The only thing he found was to let the person tire themselves out. When he got back into the common room, Nora had disappeared.
That's when he heard Weiss yell, "Ren? Could you get your girlfriend out of my room?"
As Ren ran over to to Weiss and Ruby's room, he could hear Nora saying, "I can taste my shoes!"
Weiss responded, "What the hell Nora?"
"I think I grew tastebuds on my feet!" Nora announced proudly.
"Ren!" Weiss said as he arrived at the door to room A. "Please get your girlfriend out of here!"
"Umm...first of all, I don't think we're a couple. Second of all, she does what she wants and I cannot control her." As Ren was talking, Nora skipped out of the room and into Blake and Yang's room.
Ren could hear Nora say, "So guess what! I can taste the color green!"
Ren ran over to Blake and Yang's room. Blake was making a strange face, as if she was almost scared. Yang just laughed and asked, "What are you on, Nora? Can I have some?"
"Well, it's Red Bull and I'm afraid I drank all six cans, so you can't have any!" Nora shouted quickly.
"Holy shit, Nora! You know that's terrible for your health, right?" Yang asked, incredulously, but Nora didn't hear, because she had already run out of room 205.
"Oh, crap…I just can't get a break!" Ren said as he ran after Nora.
"Heeeeeeelllllooooooo!" Nora said, running into a classroom, then running out the other door. A winded Ren followed after her, apologizing profusely for Nora's behavior.
Jaune looked up, halfway through an exam and thought, 'What the hell was that?'
Pyrrha looked up as she heard a familiar voice in the stadium. She was in the middle of soccer practice when she saw a red-head running around the track at full speed, screaming nonsense. 'What the hell?' Pyrrha thought to herself.
"Hey, Nikos!" Reese yelled over to Pyrrha.
"What's up?" Pyrrha responded as she ran over to the girl. They were taking a water break and were able to chat.
"Isn't that your roommate?" Reese asked.
"Ummm…" Pyrrha had to look very closely before she figured out enough details that would help her identify the person running around the track. "Yeah, I think so…" Pyrrha responded. "Oh dear god what happened?"
"I don't know. Are we gonna have to deal with that later tonight?" The turquoise-haired girl asked. "Honestly, as much as I love how enthusiastic and entertaining your roommate is, that girl's crazy."
"I sincerely hope not…" Pyrrha said sounding tired. "And yes, she really is crazy…" Pyrrha watched as Nora ran off from the track andout of the stadium in what looked like the direction of the dorms. "In her own strange and sadistic way."
"What did you think about question number 3, the one about the Punnett squares?" Ruby asked. Ruby was walking with her cousin Penny Polendina, one of the nicest girls she ever knew. When Ruby found out that the two of them were going to be attending the same school together, she was ecstatic. It was even better knowing that they had a class together, which the two girls were walking back to Ruby's room from.
They were approaching room 205 as Penny started to say, "Well-" and was cut off by a loud crash from inside Ruby's dorm. "What was that?" Penny asked.
"Ummm...I don't know...but it didn't sound good…" Ruby responded as they rushed into the dorm. "What's going on?!" Ruby asked as she got into her dorm. Looking in the room, Ruby saw that the couch had been flipped over, and Nora was standing over top of it in a pose that resembled a knight that had just conquered a vicious beast.
"Hi, Ruby! Hey! Hi! How you doin'? Nice day out! DID YOU HEAR THAT SMELL?" Nora asked. When nobody responded, Nora kept talking, "No? Okay!"
Ruby finally asked "Uhh….Nora? Are you okay?" Penny just watched the chaos unfold from the side of the room. Her cousin seemed to have enough to handle without having to worry about her stepping in to make things much worse.
"I just drank aLOOOOOOOOOOOOTT of Red Bull, and I-" Nora said quickly. "Are you sure you can't hear that?"
"Hear what?" Ruby asked.
"Hear the smell of fresh grass! There it is again!" Nora yelled.
"Are you going to be okay, Nora? You don't look too good…" Ruby said, noting as Nora started turning pale.
"Of course I am! I feel fi-" Nora didn't finish as she face-planted in front of Ruby. As she fell, her face slammed against the corner of the table, leaving her with a pretty nasty gash on her head, close to where her hairline was. Once she hit the table, Nora's body twisted and she landed unconscious on her back, a weird grin on her face, and blood dripping out of the wound that she had just received.
"Oh my gosh!" Ruby yelled.
"Come on! We have to take her to the health center!" Penny said, picking Nora up as if she were as light as a feather.
At the health center, the staff explained that they were going to have to call an ambulance to take Nora to the emergency room, because they didn't have any doctors in the building at the moment. Even if they did, they couldn't do stitches in that facility, as Nora had a pretty sizeable cut in her forehead that required them.
After the stitches, Ren was permitted to see Nora. He explained all of her expeditions and adventures. Pyrrha and Yang added in some things that Ren missed. Nora said slowly, "What happened between when I was at Pyrrha's practice and when I passed out?"
As Nora asked that, Blake walked in and slapped Nora, without saying anything. Blake then walked out and went to the waiting room.
"Ohhhhh….yeaaaaahhhhh….that was it!" Nora said, realization dawning on her face.
"What?" Ren, Pyrrha, Yang, Ruby, and Penny asked.
"Oh, NOTHING!" Nora said. "Nap time!" Nora then fell asleep and left everyone wordless.
Yang went out to the waiting room and asked, "What happened in there?"
"She stole my whole drawer of underwear!" Blake explained.
The next day, Nora woke up after crashing hard. "Mmmmmmhphmmmm...whaddya want….?" Nora asked.
"Are you okay, Nora?" Ren asked slowly.
"Oh yeah! I'm super fucking peachy!" Nora said sarcastically. "Do I look fine? Get me some water."
Ren laughed, shook his head, and handed Nora a bottle of water. "So how do you feel?" he asked.
"My mouth feels as if I have been walking through the Sahara Desert for a week, and then whenever I saw a small pond, I would run towards it only for it to disappear the moment that I got to it. Damn mirages! Let me drink some of your non existent beauty that is known as water!" Nora rambled on.
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about you doing this ever again."
"What'd you want, a medal for stayin' here with me? Sure, you're a good friend, thanks! Now can you get me some food? Scratch that, I'm gettin out of here soon, I'll get some myself."
Sigh "Alright Nora. I'll be waiting for you at the room."
The angry redhead had dismissed Ren from her room. He said he'd wait for her back at their dorm, but of course, he waited for her there, hearing the yelling that emitted from the room after the doctor entered.
"Well, Ms. Valkyrie, I hope you learned your lesson from all this."
"Nah, naaah, I tootally didn't! I think I'll go drink some more red bull when I get outta here! Speakin of which, can I leave now?"
"... Yes, Ms. Valkyrie, you can."
"Greeaaaat. If you'll excuse me then."
The coated man trudged out into the hallway, leaving Nora to get dressed and leave. At least the pounding in her head had lessened slightly by the time he had left. Coming around the corner in front of the elevator, however, was Ren.
"Thought you were gonna wait for me at the dorm."
"I figured you would probably appreciate me sticking around and waiting for you."
"... It's not like I told you to stay….. But thanks, I guess."
"You're welcome, Nora."
Even if this was a very different side to Nora than normal, Ren had still waited for her, dealt with her anger, and held her hand as they walked together.
"J-jeez! It's too embarrassing for you to hold my hand like this."
"I always do, though."
"W-well yeah, but…. W-whatever! Let's just go home!"
"Alright Nora, let's go."
AN: Sylver: So that was a thing...now, I know that isn't exactly what happens when you drink Red Bull, but we had a funny conversation at "potato hour" (past midnight (and sanity)) where we talked about "what if you could taste smells?" and such….Gavin-esque questions.
Noble: To be fair, you can partially blame Commander for having that steak that he drowned in Ghost Pepper spices.
PhoenixCmdr: For the record it wasn't drowned in ghost peppers it was marinated in ghost peppers and wasabi paste. Even though I couldn't taste anything for a week it was glorious! #NOREGRETS!
Lymle: You'd think this chapter was shake n' bake, cause I helped!
Peace: I'm sorry, who let you out of your cage?
Lymle: Wait, I was supposed to be in a cage?
Noble: Jesus, this was a very strange chapter. Yet at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised by Nora pulling a stunt like this.
Peace: It's just her general character. I wouldn't expect less.
Noble: True, but that's something that we already know. Plus this is just too funny to pass up.
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