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UNLOCKING ELEANOR "NORY" MADDOX ꗃ

₊ ☆ ﾟ INCOMING TEXT: omg hv u met ELEANOR “NORY” MADDOX of the NARIZA BOIS yet ? they’re one of the crew’s street racers n actually go by HEAVEN. the twenty five y/o is typically seen hanging arnd nariza auto. allegedly they’re frm new orleans, la n hv been w/ the crew for THREE YEARS. wtvr. just watch out for them, k ? ttyl !

OVERVIEW ꗃ AESTHETICS.

a pair of headphones rattling from the volume. the wall between you & yourself. abundant arrogance. an eat before your are eaten mentality. shaking hands as you hold the wheel. t he lingering smell of rose petals. holes down the length of your tights. the resounding buzz of busted car speakers. all the loyalty of a junkyard dog, biting the hand that feeds.

OVERVIEW ꗃ STATISTICS.

full name: eleanor leighton maddox. / nickname(s): nory [preferred]. / alias: heaven. / birthdate: october 19, 1982 ( 25). / birthplace: new orleans, louisiana. / zodiac signs: libra sun, scorpio moon, virgo rising. / gender + pronouns: cis woman + she&her. / orientation: bisexual. faceclaim: mikey madison. / height: 5ft, 3in. / hair color: black (box - dyed frequently). / hair style: straight down her back, almost never styled. / eye color: brown. / tattoos + piercings: yes, see pinterest. / scars: plenty, but a noticeable one across her sternum & in her hairline from her worst car accident. education level: high school graduate. / occupation: fully committed to street racing (& a part time nuisance around nariza auto). / crew: nariza boys - joined 3 yrs ago. / residence: apartment near nariza auto. positive traits: decisive, loyal, tenacious. / negative traits: crestfallen, impetuous, pugnacious. / sociability: moderate to low (tends to stick with her crew). / emotional stability: low. / character study: buffy (buffy the vampire slayer), satine (moulin rouge), somehow jules + maddy (euphoria), cassie (promising young woman), sailor mars (sailor moon), summer (500 days of summer), natalie (yellowjackets), kat (10 things i hate about you), jenny (gossip girl), jj (outerbanks).

HEADCANONS ꗃ ( CLIPPED ) INTERVIEW.

tell the story behind your alias.

❝ think it started as some kinda shitty pick up line. someone breezin' by, askin' when a little slice of heaven walked in. ❞ nory scoffs, though it's not like she hasn't committed it to memory. ❝ then they see my necklace and they're like, ah shit, that works. here i am. ❞ in a way that's almost instinctual, her hand raises to press against the cross that's dangling from her necklace. she may not be devout any longer, but she was here. & after her accident— that's a miracle within itself. ❝ should've heard the shit they said when i got of the hospital. like it was heaven's second - comin'. ❞

have you found a ‘family' within your crew? (if not, would you ever consider swapping?)

❝ i mean— yeah. they're the closest thing i've got to it. ❞ the answer is followed by a long pause, brow arching to ask the question before she can voice it. ❝ —is this gettin' back to them ? ❞ another pause, just as she's waved on to proceed with the answer. ❝ i came up on the crew right after i got to miami. and i was fuckin' lost, i mean– dad had just died & i had no one. like– who would've thought ? little stop light race turned into like, a whole thing. ❞

HEADCANONS ꗃ BEGINNINGS.

enter - eleanor maddox.

the loyal daughter of a new orleans mechanic ; so loyal that she followed him like a shadow around the questionable - at - best auto shop. no questions asked, they would fix whatever car rolled into their bays.

the passion for cars began with an innocent & lingering curiosity about what her dad did each day. asking the other mechanics questions helped bring her out of her shell, but it presented a problem: people would often quip on how cute it was that she followed her father's footsteps, but nory knew she didn't want to be cute about this— she wanted to be the best. so she committed to it ! visiting the shop after school everyday, she kept a small journal to make note of the common issues & their quick fixes. the first time she heard this isn't how you're supposed to do it, but it works, her eyes may have formed into hearts.

summer rolls around & one of the younger mechanics at her dad's shop wheels in a 1992 mustang. people gripe at him, asking if he's really going to 'botch that beauty', but he just grins— and 13 year old nory is enamored by the thought. she keeps up with her understudy work, learning all the correct ways to fix a car. but she also kept a watchful eye on this side project, fascinated by the way he bent all elements of the car into something more.

begin - for the love of cars.

at sixteen, her mother's well - loved 1991 honda civic si fell into her hands. more than anything in the world, nory wanted to take the car apart & reassemble it, piece by piece— but that earned a swift NO from her father & other workers at the shop. ( "daily cars should be left alone, especially when they belong to a 16 year old." –or whatever they said. ) she listened ... for the most part. all the inner workings of the honda were left alone, but they couldn't stop her from customizing the interior. it began with a set of seat covers, then it was the shifter, then her interior handles. it moved onto things like an upgraded stereo system & custom headlights. her mother was baffled by the amount of time she wanted to spend in that 'old hunk of metal'— though it was expressed with a certain air of fondness. she had watched nory grow up in the backseat, after all. per her mothers instances, the car was fully stocked: small pouches and bins for everything to find a home, and a small survival kit ( per her mother’s insistence - ‘if you’re going to spend all that time in there, you have to be prepared’ ).

the longer she sat behind the wheel, the more interested she became in making the car better. still met with firm no's on toying with the honda, she began saving up her money. a part time job at the auto shop & another at a cafe in the city. it took some time, but at 19 years old, nory finally purchased a 1999 subaru impreza from one of the men at the shop.

this car was her dream come true. entirely hers too, so no one could stop her now. her father liked to pretend it was a hassle, but he never denied staying late in the shop to help her with the car. it was undoubtedly nory's most prized possession.

end - a study in loss.

SECTION TWS: CAR ACCIDENTS, PARENTAL DEATH, AND GRIEF

soon after they declared the project car finished, tragedy struck. in 2002, her parents set off on what was meant to be a week long trip in celebration of their anniversary. true to himself, her dad had pitched a romantic roadtrip & nominated nory to fill in for him at work. just two days into her drive, nory's phone lit up with an unknown number. the north carolina police department came through the other line, informing her that her parents had been in an accident. a 13 car pile-up on the interstate.

one call — & nory's life changed forever. after the loss of her parents, coming back to her childhood home felt suffocating. there were too many loose ends to tie-up, too many closets to go through, to many things to get rid of— so she removed herself from the equation. sold everything (including her honda), packed her favorite memories into the subaru, & got the hell out of dodge.

HEADCANONS ꗃ MISCELLANEOUS.

restart - arriving in miami & finding a family.

nory ventured along to gulf for several weeks, looking for a promising job and somewhere that could feel like home. pent up emotions came with the avoidance of her grief & the only outlet she had was driving. traffic light races, to be exact. cocky challengers spotting a well modded car & wounded egos when they realized they had been bested. racing was fun, she felt the excitement in her veins, a spark she thought that she had lost. she heard whispers of a booming car scene in miami, so that's exactly where she set her sights.

it was exactly as people described it; a lively city with an underground car world to compete with the best. she managed to score a job within a small auto shop, always leaving an ear out for talk of car meets. she attended all of them, standing proudly with her subaru. it left an impression, but no one ever followed up on her racing abilities.

when news broke of the nariza bois splitting off from their original crew, a lot of people turned their noses up at them– but nory saw an opportunity. ( they'd have to want to get their numbers up, right? ) and it worked ! she managed to land herself a place as a racer after winning an unofficial race against one of the bois. the auto shop was a bonus to her, full of creativity & a hum of excitement.

pause - FEB 2006.

SECTION TWS: CAR ACCIDENTS, ANXIETY

her may 2006 car accident - the scariest moment of nory's life. it left her subaru wrapped around the support beam of one of the bridges. a race that her crew members urged her to skip out on because the opponent was known to drive dirty— but almost entirely the result of her own far too cocky driving & oil spill just off of the stack. in the words of astonished emts, it was a miracle that she came out in one piece. nory considers the statement to be questionable at best. since she started, she's lived & breathed racing– now her hands won't stop shaking when she gets behind the wheel.

miscellaneous.

notable mention that she tried EVERYTHING possible to recover the subaru after the crash </3 that was her favorite vehicle & last project she got to do with her dad … the car all but broke in two so there was really no recovering it :'( so then she found the porsche, also near the point of no return, and poured a lot of time into it while she was still too nervous to be behind the wheel again

she is BACK IN ACTION w racing now!!! but it is noticeably less frequent & her driving is less assertive. i think the first time she drifted after the accident she drove to a parking lot and cried FAJOSDIFJA but she's warming up to it … probably practicing w one the the bois <3

always butting her way in beneath a car's hood at nariza auto. the mechanics either love her or hate her & i doubt there's much in between.

drove absolutely insane before her accident, but has very notably calmed down since recovering. might be causing her to lose a handful of times which is shocking for her prev winning streak </3

likes to fight. it might be her love language somehow. if she's arguing with u then u know that she cares 4 real

comes with a very very very poorly masked nola accent

has a theory that she is #cursed when it comes to driving (given her parents & her own accident) but is so addicted to the adrenaline that it brings that she is willing to ignore it

btw it so shows that nory was raised in an auto shop full of middle aged men FAJSDOIF

EXTRAS ꗃ WANTED.

connection ideas tag + pinterest section.

connection ideas page.

existing connections page - i loveeee piecing together dynamics based on their relationship w/ other character so pls let me know if u see opportunity here