After splitting up from the group, Eda and Raine were walking through the festival, hand-in-hand with each other.

Eda was looking annoyed. "Uh…I love that kid but she's such a sour puss sometimes."

"I know Luz is a bit…Bossy for someone a little crazy, but I'm here." Raine said.

"She acts more like your kid than mine." Eda remarked.

Raine grinned. "Then I must have inspired her in some way."

Then Raine got a text coming from their scroll. They summoned it from their pocket and began to look at it. "Text from Amity. She says Luz says to you, no booze, no explosions, no stealing, no fights, no punching, no kicking, no head butting and no vandalism."

Eda groaned. "Come on! No booze!"

"You get crazy when you're on Apple Blood." Raine reminded her.

Eda grinned. "Apple blood." She reached into her hair and removed a bottle of apple blood.

"Eda!" Raine chided their girlfriend.

"Hey, it's your fault you got me into this." Eda reminded them.

Raine rolled their eyes. "Remind me why I'm your partner?"

"Because I need your order to balance my chaos." Eda pulled Raine close to her shoulder.

Raine laughed. "Never thought of it that way."

"But I'm saving this apple blood for later." Eda shoved the bottle back into her hair. "I feel like doing a little exploring."

"So do I." Raine looked at their top. "Do you know of a store? I don't know if I like showing this much skin."

Eda smiled. "Say no more, Rainestorm. I know the perfect store."

Later, at Robles, Raine got changed into a tucked in button shirt with a pair beige shorts. They span around in front of Eda.

"How do I look?" Raine asked.

"A teacher." Eda replied glumly.

"Perfect." Raine said as they looked around the store. "So, this is what Human clothing is like?"

"I wish I took you here sooner." Eda said. "You would have loved Vegas. It's where I got married. Sad thing is, I think I'm still married to Stanford legally. But, I did steal his car so consider that a divorce."

"Do you know where he lives?" Raine asked with a hint of envy on their face.

"I think from a place where gravity falls for some reason." Eda replied.

Raine was confused by that statement before shrugging their shoulders. "Forgot what I was going to say."

Eda looked at her tank top. "To be honest, this tank top is kind of overwhelming. Do you mind if I buy something from here?"

"Sure, knock yourself out." Raine responded. "Do you need help with your hook hand?"

Eda grinned. "I'll be fine. I can do this one handed. Just like other talents." She waved what looked to be a miniature purse.

Raine gasped and began to desperately search their pockets. They exhaled and shook their head at their girlfriend's chaotic nature. "I should have known."

Later, Eda and Raine were walking down the street exploring the festivities. It wasn't just Raine who had an outfit change, but Eda as well. The Owl Lady was currently wearing a pair of blue jean shorts and a red flannel knot shirt.

Raine was flustered as they stared at Eda in her outfit. Her slender figure was on full display for them to see. And she was pulling the look off despite her age.

Eda noticed Raine looking flustered and struck a sensual pose, causing the Bard to gasp and look away.

"Oh don't be embarrassed, Rainestorm." Eda retorted. "You gotta admit I'm pulling this off."

"Too well." Raine replied.

"Well, I gotta get that Filf energy going." Eda said.

"Filf?" Raine asked.

"Goobs told me about how I radiate that kind of energy." Eda said. "I don't know what it stands for and I'm sure I got the acronym wrong."

Raine cringed. "I don't know what that stands for but it sounds weird."

"Be honest, aren't I radiating energy?" Eda posed again, causing Raine to inhale in surprise. "You think that's hot, try imaging this in Harpy Mode."

Raine's cheeks turned red with flustered shock. "EDA!"

Eda laughed. "Come on, I feel like human apple blood."

Raine looked alarmed. "Human apple blood?"

And so, at a bar known as Madam Johnson, Eda and Raine were inside sitting by a table waiting for their order. Though Raine protested it, they eventually relented and joined her.

The bar itself looked rather modern but it weirdly had an old aesthetic to it. Like something from the nineties. There was a bar, a bunch of booths, tables and pictures of a lot of inspirational people. Including one of a woman called Dana.

The waiter with a pair of glasses, short raven hair, a pair of blue jeans and a black shirt; Arrived with a tray that carried two glasses of apple juice. He placed them in front of the couple before leaving.

Raine was analysing their beverage with a curious expression. "I'm sorry, this is apple blood?"

Eda took a sip of her's. "Yeah."

"It looks…Golden." Raine remarked.

"Here in the Human Realm they call it apple juice." Eda explained. "I guess it's their way of telling themselves they aren't killing a living being."

"Riiiight." Raine took a sip of their apple juice and analysed the taste. "Wow, this is good."

"Not as good as apple blood, but still sweet and delicious." Eda said while noticing Raine taking another sip of their's. "Just like a certain bard Coven member."

Raine spat their drink out because of their girlfriend's innuendo, causing Eda to burst into hysterical fits of laughter. "Ooooh, I love messing with you."

Raine coughed all while laughing. "You sure do, dear."

Eda flicked her hair. "Of course fun won't stop there. When I was here, I was the most fun person. Though, I did cause mayhem."

"What sort of mayhem?" Raine asked.

"Nothing minor." Eda replied. "Just moderate. I once tried buying coffee from the Human Realm. I tried paying with a raccoon because I didn't have any dollars on me. So without her looking, I swiped the coffee out of the barrister's hand and made my way out. Then I was banned for life."

Raine exhaled. "Why does that not surprise me?"

"I partied hard with these humans." Eda explained. "Danced, smooched anyone I saw, didn't care about the windows I smashed, gambled till I had no shoes and even had a few pictures taken of me."

Raine smiled. "You got any proof?"

"Oh, the things I have done will melt those cute little eyes off your face." Eda said. "I was impulsive, out of control-"

"Still are." Raine's retort made Eda slap them on their arm.

"…Those people loved me to bits. No one as wild as me exists here." Eda said.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of an air horn, causing Eda to flinch and for Raine to drop their drink. The other patrons flinched in surprise while the bartender just gave a smirk.

Eda and Raine looked out the window and saw the silhouette of a slender figure flicking some long hair while tossing an air horn away with some kind of grace.

Then, the figure walked towards the door before kicking it open. The figure turned out to be a slender woman in her late twenties with long blonde hair, a rainbow sports bra, a pair of ripped shorts and appeared to have the pansexual flag on her bare belly.

"Wassup, party people?!" The woman shouted out loud.

The patrons cheered loudly before they began to chant. "NORA! NORA! NORA! NORA! NORA!"

The woman pressed her hand against her chest with a smile and gushed. "Oh, I'm flattered!" She strolled into the bar with a fancy and elegant strut all while shaking her curved hips.

"What took you too long Nora?" A shaven woman asked. "We were just about to start without you."

Nora gave a mock gasp. "Emily, how could you?"

"Oh no, what would my wife think of me?" She asked in mock shock.

"I should divorce her." Everyone laughed at Nora's joke. "No! No! But in all seriousness, some poor girl was lost and I decided to help her."

"Is that the walking disaster, Hurricane Nora?" A man with a fancy jacket asked.

"Says the one wearing a leather jacket in the summer." Everyone laughed at Nora's retort.

The man raised a glass high. "Touché."

"Hey Nora." The bartender said.

Nora gushed. "Josh, baby. How are ya doing, baby?"

"Hot."

"You're darn, right! Ow!" Nora exclaimed.

Eda looked to the bartender with an unsure expression. "I wouldn't call him, hot."

"And please be careful with the bar." Josh suggested. "Mr Davis got a little upset about the broken glasses all over."

"Hey, baby, I understand." Nora assured him before jumping on the nearby table in-between two people. "But your boss is a buzzkill!"

Instead of arguing, Josh just shrugged his shoulders. "I agree."

Then all of a sudden, a song began to play from a nearby boombox. Nora's whole body began to move with the rhythm of the music. "Oh yeah! I love this song!" The wild woman began to dance to the generic pop song which was Really Don't Care by Demi Lovato Ft Cher. As she danced, Eda and Raine watched on with shock and intrigue.

"Who in the name of Titan is that?!" Eda exclaimed in complete shock.

"I think they said her name was, Nora." Raine replied.

"I know who she is, Raine!" Eda exclaimed while a tearful Masha walked behind her.

"Hey, kid, 21 or over!" Josh shouted to Masha.

"I mean, look at her!" Eda said. "She's wild, she's crazy and has a colourful belly."

"I think that's paint." Raine said.

"I know it's paint Rainestorm!" Eda exclaimed. "I feel like we walked in on her own show."

Then, Josh approached Eda holding a drink which looked to be a strawberry daiquiri. "Her name is Nora Hallie. If you can believe it, she is actually a hard working therapist."

"Her?!" Eda exclaimed. "Please!"

"Oh no, she is." Josh explained. "Every once a year, she goes from Dr Nora Hallie, to Hurricane Nora. A name she was given due to how wild her partying is. Her partying was made aware of five years ago where she burst into a bar on a Pride Month like this dressed in that exact same outfit with the pan flag painted on her stomach…"

"That doesn't look like a pan." Raine interjected.

"You're incorrect and let me finish." Josh said. "She drank the night away, made sure everyone was having a good time, danced with anyone, played a bunch of wild games with the patrons and had a street party that almost got her and everyone else arrested. And every year, she kept doing something crazy. Like swimming naked in the pond or having scorpions crawl all over her body."

"What?!" Eda exclaimed angrily.

"And additionally…" Josh gushed a little. "…She's my girlfriend."

Eda blew a raspberry. "You're too dorky. She's way too good for you."

"Says you and your partner." Josh retorted before walking to Nora and leaving Eda insulted.

"He has a point you know." Raine pointed out.

"She swam naked in a pond!" Eda cried. "I swam naked in a pond once and all I got was stink eye and the cops after me! But here, she gets praise and admiration!"

Raine stared at their girlfriend with a sympathetic expression. "Come on Eda, don't feel intimidated by some human."

"Intimidated?" Eda blew a raspberry. "Come on! By the way, that dork is not dating her."

"Eda, you're avoiding the subject." Raine said.

"I'm just pointing out, Rainestorm." Eda said. "That bartender guy is not dating her."

They watched as they saw this Nora person dance on the table while Josh just approached her. "Nora, strawberry daiquiri on the house."

Upon seeing him, Nora screamed with joy. "Josh, you remembered my favourite?" She jumped off the table.

"You know I always do." Josh replied.

"You surprise me, baby." She removed the drink from the tray and drank it with one gulp. "No wonder you're the best boyfriend." She and the bartender began to share a kiss with one another causing every patron in the bar to cheer.

Raine didn't look surprised while Eda was in complete shock over her being wrong. That was when, a pink haired teenager holding a boombox just gave Eda a judgemental look.

"What are you looking at?!" Eda exclaimed.

That was when, Vee suddenly ran into the bar looking anxious. "Eda, have you seen Masha?"

"Huh, what, they're here?" Eda asked. "Aren't they young?"

"I traced them here!" Vee exclaimed.

The pink haired teen poked Vee on her shoulder, getting her attention. The teen pointed at the bathroom door which had Masha.

Vee looked at the teen with a generous smile. "Thanks." She ran to the bathroom which Masha was stationed at.

Eda looked at her partner with a glare. "Come on Rainestorm, let's go."

"Without paying?" Raine asked.

"Yes." Eda stood up to leave while Raine exhaled.

"Guess I'm paying." Raine summoned their purse and began to approach Josh.

"Okay, Brady, you're in charge of the confetti."

"Got it." Someone with a trans shirt responded.

"Jimmy, you're an engineer, so you're in charge of making sure every bit of machinery is functional." Nora said. "I want the parade float to look colourful."

"I'll drive." Josh said.

Nora looked concerned. "Josh, are you sure? Last year you were a puddle of sweat."

"That's because I was wearing too much clothing and didn't have that much water." Josh explained. "So, this year, I have plenty of water. Plus, if I get too hot, I'll just take my clothes off."

Nora exhaled. "Okay, but I'll be checking on you and making sure you get out." She smirked. "So, I can be the only one who can see the state that you are in." Josh's cheeks blushed.

Then, Raine approached the group. "Hey, listen, I wish to pay for mine and my girlfriend's drinks."

"Sure thing." Josh said.

Nora however looked surprised. "Why's that? You two just got here."

"How did you know?" Raine asked.

"Cause I've never seen you two before." She remarked.

"Well, we're tourists, me and my girlfriend." Raine explained. "We were just visiting and-"

"Hey lady, why the early departure?" Nora asked. "Why are you leaving? The party is about to get started."

Eda exhaled. "I just feel a little out of my league here."

"Well don't be." Nora said. "Everyone's welcome here. Except for minors. Cause ya know, gotta abide by the law. So, mr pink haired teen, I got no idea why you're in here but please leave." The teen just gave a blank stare before leaving the bar still with the boombox in his hand. "What a disastrous looking kid. Anyway, girl, you shouldn't feel this low. I mean, for a grandma you're pulling off the knot shirt."

Eda looked shocked. "Excuse me?!"

"Lady, not a lot of old ladies like you have the confidence to flaunt their bellies out like that. I respect that." Nora remarked.

"For your information, I'm in my forties!" Eda protested. "And last I checked, I didn't have tire marks on my tummy." Eda pointed at Nora's abdomen, causing the woman to grin with an impressed look.

"This your partner?" She pointed at Raine.

Raine cringed. "Please don't."

"They're rather lucky to have you." Nora said. "You caught them, hook, line and sinker."

"Oooooh." Everyone cringed.

Eda looked at her hook hand and smiled smugly. "Gall on you to roast a woman with a hook for a hand. Then again, that's coming from someone who looks like doesn't have a torso."

"Ooooohhhhh!"

Nora looked shocked before walking up to Eda. "Says the old gal who looks like a doll."

"Says the half naked lady." Eda retorted. "If there's a full moon tonight, it's coming from you."

Raine groaned. "Eda!"

"Your hair looks like a mop I could use to wipe the floor with you." Nora retorted.

"And your entire tummy looks like a colourful floor mat for me to step all over." Eda and Nora narrowed their eyes each other until Nora laughed.

"Oh wow! My tummy looks like a floor mat!" Nora looked at her stomach. "Never heard that one before. Good one."

Eda smiled. "I gotta admit girl, I like the hook line as well."

"How did you lose your arm?" Nora asked. "If you don't mind me asking."

"It was an accident." Raine admitted with guilt.

"That did save my life." Eda replied. "My whole arm was trapped in the mouth of a…Uh…Uh…A shark, I think it was. I would have been dragged into the water if my partner didn't come up with the genius idea of chopping it off."

"Wow, girl. That's wild." Nora remarked.

"Not as wild as you?"

Eda's retort got Nora to smirk. "What makes you think you're wilder than I?"

"I once threw a roof party on two roofs." Eda's comment got a little bit of 'ooohhhs' and 'aaaaahhhhs.'

"Really?" Nora asked. "If you're so wild, how about you challenge me to see who is the wild one? Whoever wins, will be the main attraction of the parade float."

"Eda would love to, but we promised we'd meet with a friend." Raine said.

"Rainestorm, if I win, I would surprise Luz." Eda pointed out.

"Yes! With a heart attack!" Raine argued. "You promised Luz you wouldn't cause chaos."

"And I'm not going to. I'm just gonna have a bit of fun." Eda said.

"You're reaching for the bartender's pocket." Raine pointed out.

Josh realised this and moved away from the woman. "You and her?"

"Her pros outweigh her cons." Raine replied.

"Alright fellow pals, this old gal's challenging me!" Nora declared. "Whoever wins will be the main attraction of my pride float. You up to a ton crazy challenges old lady?"

Eda cracked her back. "You're darn straight, little girl."

Nora cracked her shoulders. "Oh you bet it is!"

Challenge one: Hot ones (Not referring to the ladies.)

Eda and Nora sat across from each other both with challenging glares towards one another a

all while the large group of patrons watched on. Josh arrived with two buckets of what looked to be filled with chicken wings covered in some kind of sauce.

"What you see in these buckets are chicken wings." He said. "But not just any chicken wings, wings filled with the hottest hot sauce on the entire planet. The only way to cure the fiery inferno in your bellies is to eat two tubs of the coldest vanilla flavoured ice cream. Oh yes, not even milk will save you." Raine gave a gulp as they could smell the scent of the wings which was causing their eyes to water. "Only the ones with an invulnerable tongue and an iron stomach can withstand the intense Scoville levels! The last one standing without going for the ice cream will win. Nora has been reigning champion but can our challenger beat her?"

"Take the first bite, witch!" Eda chided.

"Ooooohhhhhh, with pleasure." Nora took the first bite of the scolding hot chicken without reacting to the heat. "Oh please. You call this hot." She took a glance at her boyfriend. "I've had hotter." She finished the first wing with a few more bites and raised the bone high, causing everyone to cheer.

Eda removed the first wing from the bucket and sniffed it. She appeared to have no reaction to the scent of the sauce. She then took one bite of the chicken, leaving nothing but the bone.

This act shocked everyone in the bar, especially Nora and Josh. Raine on the other hand, just cheered on for their partner.

Eda exhaled. "You call that a fiery inferno? My tongue is as cool as a pickle and the only thing I feel in my belly is the stomach acid burning that chicken."

The surprised Nora ate the next piece of chicken and Eda vice versa. Soon enough, the two ladies were close to finishing the first bucket and Nora looked to have tears falling from her eyes with red burns under her eyes, while Eda looked unaffected by the chicken.

"Giving up, Nora?" Eda asked.

"How?" Nora asked in pain. "No one has been able to get this far. I'm impressed. But, I'm in so much pain right now that it's hard for me to look grateful."

"Ha! I feel like another bucket." Eda laughed as she ate the next piece.

Josh approached his girlfriend. "Nora, come on. Maybe you can give up. You look to be in a lot of pain."

"Josh, you might as well get the second bucket." Nora said. "Because I got an iron stomach and nothing is going to stop me."

"Sweetie, you're reaching for the ice cream." Eda retorted.

Nora was busy eating her tub of ice cream and groaned. "I never realised how hot they were. Congratulations lady, you won the first round. How do you feel?"

Eda patted her belly with her hook hand and pinched some fat on her torso. "My inside feels fine but I feel I've probably put on some weight. Well, I won't be hot for some time."

"Some people are cool with that." Raine stated.

"What?"

"What?!"

Challenge two: Mechanical bull ride

Josh stood beside a mechanical bull that was nailed to the floor. "For this round, you need to stay on this angry and antsy mechanical bull for as long as you can. Whoever beats the opponent's duration on this very grumpy animal will win. But be careful for this ladies because ya'll better be wearing bras because we get little peeping Toms at our windows sometimes." Josh then pulled out a tennis ball and tossed it at the window to scare away two boys.

"Wait a tick, was that Goobs?" Eda asked.

Nora nudged on Eda. "You wearing one?"

"No." Eda replied. "Doesn't look powerful enough."

Nora grinned. "Oh, how naive! I'll get on first."

Nora jumped on the saddle of the bull and held on to its horns. "So, what's her record?" Eda asked.

"Five minutes." Josh replied. "And I even checked if she had glue on her hand. But for whatever reason, she decided to-"

"I don't need a life story, Josh." Eda interjected.

3….2….1

And so the mechanical bull set off trying to shake the wild woman off of it. Spinning around 160 degrees left and right while tipping forward and backwards, yet Nora still managed to hold on.

"Be careful!" Raine exclaimed.

"Yeah! I thought they were horses when I first saw them!" Eda shouted.

"They also hate the colour red!" Raine yelled.

"That's a myth!" Nora exclaimed while still riding the bull. "They get agitated around loud crowds."

"So why are you still talking, loud mouth?" Eda retorted.

"Good point." Nora managed to get her concentration back in place. And a few minutes later, Nora was shot off of the bull and landed on her butt.

Josh and the crowd cheered while Nora stood up with her fists in the air. "Wooo! How did I do, babe?"

Josh smiled. "You broke your own record. Six minutes and 20 seconds."

Nora cheered. "Woah! Let's see you beat that!"

Eda looked between Nora and the bull before shrugging her shoulders. "Okay." Eda jumped on the bull and held on to the saddle.

3….2….1!

The bull started up again and Eda was somehow managing to hold on to the mechanical beast despite it spinning left to right and dipping back to front.

"How long do you reckon she'll last, Nora?" Josh asked.

"I'm a little concerned about her hook hand." Nora stated. "What if it punctures her skin?"

"I probably should have confiscated that as soon as she got on."

Raine smiled at the two. "Oh, how naive of you two. You don't know Edalyn Clawthorne like I do."

Twenty minutes later, Eda was still riding the mechanical bull like a pro, surprising everyone. "Oh my gosh!" Nora exclaimed in shock. "That's gotta be a world record!"

"It is!" Josh exclaimed. "You held the world record until it was beaten by her."

"She's still holding on." Nora said. "How is she doing that?"

"Because she's Edalyn Titan Clawthorne." Raine replied. "She can do this all day."

"I could." Eda suddenly appeared beside Raine.

"Wait, did you fall off?" Josh asked.

"No." Eda replied. "I just got bored and jumped off. It was fun at first, but after twenty minutes, I just got tired. That, and that chicken is coming out of me in a moments so…" Eda's cheeks swelled up before she managed to run towards the bathroom to throw up.

Instead of feeling beaten by Eda, Nora just smiled. "I don't know about you, but I love this gal."

Round 3: Blind darts

In this game, Eda and Nora were playing a game of darts while blindfolded. Nora managed to hit the dartboard with the darts but didn't get a bullseye. The rest of the darts either pierced the wall, pictures or a table leg.

When it was Eda's turn, she managed to hit the bullseye with one dart. But the others impaled a wall, impaled someone's wooden leg, Josh's shoe and one even managed to pierce her knee.

Nora looked at Eda with concern. "Oh my gosh! Lady are you okay?!"

"Eh, I had a knife in my back once." Eda just removed the dart from her knee like it were a band aid. "See? Nothing to it."

"Um…Eda…" Raine pointed at Eda's back to point at a bunch of darts stuck in there.

"Huh, I thought I was feeling like I was getting an acupuncture." Eda remarked.

Round 4: Limbo

Nora and Eda stood in front of a crowd people with two poles and a limbo stick placed in-between the both of them.

"Alright, let's see how low you can go." Eda said.

"Believe me, she goes low." Josh remarked slyly

"Oh stop it!" Nora shoved her boyfriend playfully. "Alright. Let's not make the stick high. Make it low." Josh moved the stick down halfway and Nora managed to bend her body backwards low enough for her to go under the stick.

Everyone cheered while Eda just looked unimpressed. "You call that low?! Make it lower." Josh moved the stick down. "Lower!" He moved it down lower. "Come on! Make it low!" Josh moved the stick so low that it was about three holes above from the floor.

Nora looked at the limbo stick with a raised brow. "You have to be really flexible to fit through that."

"Come on Eda! Bend It Like Witches do!" Raine shouted loud enough for someone from outside to hear.

Eda jumped up and down to hype herself up before she inhaled and then exhaled. Then, she bent her back, torsos, thighs, knees and ankles. She was so low that only her feet weren't bent.

This sight made Raine blush, Nora gasp, Josh to throw up in a nearby trash can while the other patrons were muttering to themselves.

Eda managed to manoeuvre under the stick and then straightened up again. She groaned and stretched her arms out. "Dang! I'm still limber."

Nora's eyes widened in surprise and shock. "Wow. Very limber." She nudged Raine on the shoulder. "You, are very lucky."

Final round: Drinks

Nora and Eda were sitting on two chairs in front of a table right across from one another while Josh explained the final round.

"This is the final round people!" Josh declared. "Our challenger, Eda, will have to try and drink Nora under the table. With mine and Nora's homemade concoction." He held what appeared to be a jug covered in a blanket. The bartender removed it to reveal a sort of yellow and green liquid with what looked to be an orange slice on the rim of it. "This is what we call Leme. A concoction made from lemon, lime, v-"

"Woah! Woah! Woah!" Eda interjected. "Sorry, Joe."

"Josh." Josh said.

"But this stuff looks weak!" Eda exclaimed.

Nora looked offended. "Weak? I've had 3 blood transplants it's that strong."

"Well lady…" Eda then reached into her hair and pulled out a bottle of apple blood. "…This is stronger." Eda then pulled out a shot glass from her hair.

Nora and Josh looked shocked and disgusted at Eda's actions. "That glass better be sterilised." Josh said.

One glass cleaning later, and Nora was ready to try her first shot of the concoction. Eda poured her a glass of the drink and sniffed it.

"What is this?" Nora asked.

"Apple blood." Eda replied.

"You mean apple juice?" Josh asked.

"No." Eda replied bluntly.

Raine grabbed Eda her her shoulder. "Eda, you sure this is a good idea? Remember what happened when Camila tried her first drop of apple blood?"

Eda reached into her hair and laughed. "Yeah, I remember." The picture had Eda laughing while a Camila appeared to have her jaw on the floor. "You can say it was a jaw dropping discovery."

"She was scared, Eda!" Raine argued. "What could happen to Nora?"

"Uh…Her belly button goes to the back? So becomes a back button." Eda theorised.

Raine just facepalmed themselves. "I hope not."

Nora finished drinking her shot and was surprised. "This tastes sweet and bitter. I like this! Alright, apple blood it is. You better tell me the recipe after this round."

And so, the two women were now in a apple blood drinking game. Eda of course was drinking her shots as quick as she could. But what was surprising her was how Nora was handling the taste.

It was almost like this random human woman whom Eda was trying to take down, was completely invincible.

Seven shots later and the two women were still standing with empty glasses in front of them. "How many shots does take to take you down?"

"Depending how rad I'm feeling." Eda replied.

"Well, I feel pretty rad myself." Nora said.

Ten shots later, the two women were slightly a bit tipsy that they were swaying from left to right. "Give it up….Human. You can't…You can't stop the Owl Lady!"

Nora chuckled. "Owl…Owl…Owl Lady? Why do they call you that?"

"Because I'm so wise." Eda responded.

"Or because you're a nocturnal creature?"

Eda laughed. "Well I like sleeping in the day."

Twelve shots later, the two women were now looking like they were about to lose balance since they were now rocking in their chairs. "Okay…Okay…No one has lasted this long against me. Not even….A mere human like you."

"Well…Maybe I'm….I'm a…W…W…An alien!" The intoxicated Nora responded.

"I'm more than an alien!" Eda retorted.

Four more shots later, the women were now so intoxicated that they were struggling to keep balance on their respective chairs. Every patron had their hearts in their mouths due to how intense this was. Any one of them could fall or win.

"Come on Eda." Raine chanted quietly.

Eda was slowly raising her glass close to her lips and pressed it on the rim. But then, she did something that neither side had expected. Eda was tipping backwards on her chair, feet off the floor and then, she fell off the chair.

But it wasn't just Eda who fell, but Nora as well. They have fallen off their chairs simultaneously and even crash landed at the same time. Josh looked confused since there was no way of determining who the winner was. Raine on the other hand, began to check on their girlfriend.

"Uh….Draw?" Josh asked.

Nora managed to stand up off the floor. "Alright, for the final round we will call it a draw. But…" She walked towards Eda, whom was now sitting up thanks to the assistance of Raine. "…She beat me at my other games." She grabbed Eda by her wrist and raised it high in the air. "Your new champion! And the new face of our float! Edalyn Clawthorne The Owl Lady!"

"I'm glad to have won but…" Eda's cheeks swelled up. "…Could you take me to the bathroom?"

Nora saw how queasy Eda looked and wrapped her arm around her shoulder. "Sure thing."

"Do you need help?" Raine asked.

"Hey…Ladies, only." Eda said to Raine. "But…." She said as she curled her lips.

"Come on lady, you're more intoxicated than me." Nora dragged Eda towards the bathroom while the other patrons waited on.

"Oh Titan." Raine groaned. "I hope Luz doesn't kill her."

"I knew she looked like the kind of person that would hang out with her." Josh remarked as he drank some apple blood that remained. Raine looked at the man with worry on their face that he took notice of.

"Is there something wrong?" Josh asked.

Raine began to sweat. "Uh…You might walk a bit funny tomorrow."

Instead of being worried, Josh just shrugged his shoulders and went back to drinking the apple blood leaving Raine with an uncomfortable feeling in their stomach on where this could go.

In the lady's bathroom, Eda was in a stall throwing up in a toilet while Nora was drinking some water from a faucet to drown the taste from her tongue and stomach.

"Wow! That was the strongest drink I have ever had." Nora remarked.

"Gosh darn it!" Eda exclaimed. "I can't believe I did that!"

Nora laughed. "I can't believe I've been beaten like that."

"Don't be sour about it." Eda said.

Nora smiled. "I'm not. I am legitimately impressed with you. I tip my crown to you if I ever wore one."

"Thanks." Eda said. "You know, I'm impressed with you too. Nobody's ever came this close to a draw with me."

"Wow. Ya know, this might sound crazy, this means a lot to me."

There was an awkward silence before Eda unlocked her stall and walked out. "Huh?"

"Well, this might sound crazy, but this whole Hurricane Nora thing, is just a poor imitation." Nora admitted. "I was inspired by your antics."

Eda was in surprise by what this woman was saying right in front of her. "Wait, what? You're joking."

"Lady, I'm not." Nora assured her. "I kept track of your wild antics around ten years ago while I was in high school. I mean, trying to buy coffee with a raccoon as currency, roof parties and two roofs and you swimming in the pond naked. When I saw that, I thought it was the coolest thing ever."

"In my defence, it was hot and I left my swimsuit at home." Eda admitted. "And I wasn't going to go skinny dipping in a public pool again. Because I was banned for doing that."

Nora laughed. "You really are wild!" Nora looked saddened. "I wish I was as cool as you."

Eda used her hand to pat Nora on her back. "Girl, you are wild. Heck, I say you don't need to be as cool as me. You can just be as cool as you. You're Hurricane Nora not Nora The Owl Lady. That's Eda's job."

Nora smiled at Eda's words. "Thanks, Eda." Nora then reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "Oh shoot! It's almost time for the parade. Come on leading lady. We need you up there."

"I'll come up, only if I have my co star." Eda looked at Nora with a smile, surprising the woman.

"But…But…You won!" Nora exclaimed.

Eda smiled at her. "I know. And as winner I'm declaring that you will be standing alongside with me on that float."

Nora was still in disbelief. "What? What?"

"Nora, when I first met you, I first saw you as nothing more than a living Barbara doll." Eda said.

"Am I that skinny?" Nora pinched a bit of skin on her torso.

"Very." Eda replied. "A living Barbara doll who was just a poor imitation of me. But now, I see that you are you're own person. Plus, no one has ever lasted this long against me in an apple blood drinking contest. That's why I want you on."

Nora smiled. "Thank you, Ms Clawthorne."

"Eda. Call me Eda."

Nora suddenly pulled Eda in for a hug that Eda didn't return since she was surprised and worried that her hook by hit Nora's back.

Nora let go of Eda. "So, ready to get this party started?"

"You bet ya sweet tush I am." Eda replied. "Oh, do you have body paint?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, I feel my belly's a little pale. How about we add some colour to it?"

Nora smiled at Eda's request. "Alright." The two women began to walk out of the bathroom. "By the way, what is apple blood made from?"

"Apples."

"I figured." Nora replied.

"Apples that were chased down by apple butchers and slaughtered for their delicious blood."

Nora had no idea how to respond to that. "Ooookay."