Knox: Boom! I'm back baby!

King: For how long?

Knox: Shut up! This is my world!

King: Technically, it's still mine.

Knox: Not the point. Let's go!

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Nora was bouncing in her chair, anxious for what was to come, "Let's do this!"

The screen opened to show Nora conga dancing down the familiar track.

Nora chuckled a little at the sight, getting ready for her turn.

"Alright! Nora. The explosive class designed for area denial and destruction. You'd think that would make her one of the try-hard classes, but most Nora mains I see are pretty chill."

Nora had a toothy grin across her face.

"That said, there are no shortage of stereotypes. Let's talk about them."

The first hat to appear on Nora's head showed an old Norse helmet with interweaving etchings, [Viking Steel].

"Mine!" Yang shouted.

"Viking Steel hats are often seen on more aggressive builds for Nora. They'll jump in and try to bomb you, but the skill level is all over the place, so it's hit or miss if they kill you."

Yang snickered at the inherent pun in there. "Nice~"

"That's about it. Expect for them to jump around and rush you whenever possible."

Yang nodded with a grin, "I can get behind that one."

The next hat showed Nora with her hair significantly longer and tied into an interwoven braid. At the base, a short maul symbol hung with the tie at the base of her back, [Odinsdotter] (by PrankK1ng).

Nora's hand shot up, "MINE!"

"Two words. Hammer time. The daughters of Odin (yes, it literally means Odin's daughter) are some of the most aggressive people in the game, but unlike the Viking Steel Nora's they exclusively use their melee weapon, usually a hammer."

Nora laughed, happy with her option.

"This usually gets them killed because their awareness is… less than ideal, but it's usually pretty common that she will get her revenge."

Nora didn't really seem to care about the downside, just happy with her stereotype.

Hat's swapped again to show Nora wearing a helmet seemingly made of leather and light blue ice, [Tundra-dere].

Weiss waved her hand slightly, "I picked this one."

"Oh goodie! Tundra-dere Noras are an interesting bunch. You know that bratty girl you knew in school who came across like a total bitch, but it turned out that she DID have a soft side for you even though she'll never say it out loud? That's this hat."

Weiss blinked in surprise.

Yang, Nora, and Ruby were all laughing at how accurate it was.

Time to swap hats again. This one showed Nora with her hair slicked back flat with what almost resembled cat ears on either side of her head, [Deadly Queen].

Jaune tapped his chair a bit before speaking, "I actually picked this one."

Nora huffed, still feeling betrayed about Jaune picking a crown for Ruby, but not for the actual 'Queen of the Castle.'

This time, the scene showed things from the perspective of a Nora running around a map inspired by the docks in Vale. She was getting into a fight with a Weiss dressed in a grey-blue coat and the Snow Crown, who was being forced to retreat from the explosives Nora utilized. As the Weiss approached a doorway to escape, the scene froze and warped to a clear change from gameplay to an animation.

The Nora swung around before posing with arms wrapped around her in a way one could almost call iconic paired with the hair with one wrapped at her lower torso while the other reached up to the opposite shoulder. As she spoke, they couldn't understand a word she was saying, captions at the bottom being the only way to tell what she was saying. [It's already too late for you. Killer Queen has already touched the doorway.]

The game returned to show the Weiss run through the door which Nora had laced with sticky bombs, which detonated as soon as Weiss ran through.

Yang chuckled a bit, "I feel like we're missing from context, but that was pretty cool."

Knox's voice returned, "JoJo. Sticky traps everywhere! And it's like… you can't even get mad at her either. I mean, people will still call her a sticky spammer, but that's not the point. She's mastered hiding her bombs in doorways and she always seems to know when you're running through for her to detonate."

Jaune didn't feel too bad about that one. It was rather nice to get a stereotype of someone that was more competent than the other options he picked.

The hats swapped again to show Nora with a plush sloth on her head, [Secret Signal].

Nora gasped, "Oh my gosh! I didn't see that one! I want to change mine!"

Yang just smirked, "Sorry Nora. That's what you get for not looking through everything."

"That's not fair!" But Nora had to accept that her choice had already been made and appeared.

Ren did smile to himself a bit, "I picked this one."

Nora jumped over and wrapped him in a tight hug, "Aw! You remembered!"

"Nora!" Ren pleaded, "I can't breathe!"

"Oh!" Nora let him go to fall back in his chair. "Sorry."

"This is the most chill player you will ever find. She's just here to have fun and enjoy the game. That's it."

Ren smiled and nodded approvingly.

Time for a new hat! This one showed Nora with a pink work-out headband over her forehead, [Training Gear].

Sun tapped his chair before raising his hand, "Right here! But I painted it gold."

"Training Gear is the usual Work Out set. They probably have the full set with the tank top and the training pants. Conversely, they could have painted it to fit into another set, often being blue, red, or purple. If it's gold, it's a Sun main."

Sun had to laugh at that one.

The hats swapped to show Nora with a plate-metal helmet with three spires rising up from the forehead, [Hammer Knight].

Neptune spoke up first, "Mine."

Coco nodded, "Same here."

"Hammer Knights are team players, but in a bit of a try-hard-y kind of way. If you're fucking up, you WILL be hearing about it. But they usually do their job well and expect you to the do the same. They'd be better off in Competitive servers, but they usually play in casual."

Coco shrugged, "Not great."

Neptune sighed, "Not terrible, but yeah… Definitely not great."

The next hat to appear had Nora wearing a blast shield over her face designed for bomb defusal and demolitions, [Blast It All].

Velvet found herself snickering. It sounds so posh~

Blake waved her hand a bit, "I picked this one."

"War Pig, and a big one."

Blake sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Noras that where this think they can do anything and knock out anyone with three clean hits. But, more often than not, they get killed very quickly, either by entering a Ruby's sightline or trying to break Jaune's shield and getting backstabbed while she isn't paying attention."

Blake sighed.

Coco and Neptune looked toward one another and nodded. At least theirs wasn't that bad.

The hats swapped again to show Nora with a solid metal helmet with a pair of steel wings molded onto either side of her head, [Thunderer].

Ruby's hand shot up, "Mine!"

Nora gawked a bit, "That is pretty cool…"

"Thunderer Noras are a sort of Hybrid Nora Knight. For those that don't know, these are the Nora's that favor their hammer over their grenades. A Hybrid version will switch between whichever is necessary and this is THE Hybrid hat for Nora Knights."

Ruby didn't feel too bad with that one.

"Let's see… time for one more…"

The hats changed to show Nora with a spiked helmet complete with a facemask over her lower face, [Raider].

Yang snickered, "What for it…"

The edgy music started to blare.

"Knew it."

"That's the last one for now. Remember, if you didn't find your favorite hat then remember that there's the wrap up at the end. Either way, let's get going. Pyrrha is the next one, so look forward to that."

Pyrrha sighed and mentally prepared herself for what was to come.