Name: Norma Fauste
Nickname: Fauste
Age: 17
Birthday: October 30th
Sign: Scorpio
Gemstone: Opal
Blood Type: B
Fav. Food: Pringles (esp. sour cream and onion)
Hated Food: Bananas
School: St Magdalena's Seminary
Hobbies: Tae Kwon Do – Norma first started Tae Kwon Do at the age of 10 when her mother enrolled her in the hopes of giving the girl an outlet for all her pent-up aggression. It worked for awhile, but eventually backfired when the girl unleashed her new skills on a boy that had been teasing her at school. Her mother pulled her from the classes after that incident, but now that she's been shipped off to St. Magdelena's, Norma works odd jobs to pay for her Tae Kwon Do classes in Destiny City without her mother's knowledge. She attends as much as possible and has actually taken on teaching the lower belts in exchange for paying less in class fees. She has since become a second degree black-belt.
Violin/Fiddle – Norma inherited her grandfather's violin when she was quite young, before her parents divorced. The old man was quite fond of playing Irish folk music, and his granddaughter took his preferences as her own as she grew in age and skill. She can play in both styles, though, violin or fiddle. Folk music just happens to bring back happy memories for Norma. She plays regularly to keep her skills sharp, and even plays for events and parties to make extra cash outside of school.
Virtues: Hard Working – Norma hates being assigned chores, but if she agrees to do something, then it will damn well get done! This particularly applies when helping out a friend. She will go all out, all cylinders firing until the job is finished, often leaving anyone working with her in the dust.
Assertive – Always straightforward and to the point, Norma isn't a hard person to understand. She will never let anyone walk over her, and when she wants something, she won't balk at making it happen. This works out well for any of her friends as she can be easily convinced to turn her impressive willpower towards helping them out of any bind.
Intelligent – Norma has never done particularly well in school due to lack of interest, but it doesn't take book smarts to be intelligent. She grasps new concepts quickly if they catch her attention, and is generally able to put this new information into practice or into a plan with minimal effort.
Flaws: Explosive Temper – Norma's natural assertiveness can turn to outright aggression in the blink of an eye. This flaw is the primary reason that she was shipped off to St. Magdelena's in the first place by her mother, and it has lost her more than a few friends over the years. It doesn't take much to set Norma off, but like anyone else, she has her good days and her bad ones. It tends to be easier to set her off if she is tired, hungry, or in pain. Unfortunately, when she flips, Norma doesn't just shout at you, she has a habit of lashing out physically as well. Her tolerance threshold has increased over the years, but it's still much lower than the average person's.
Irresponsible – Heavily influenced by her hair-trigger temper, Norma will often act without thinking. Her anger can make her lash out at people that she really shouldn't, such as friends and teachers. She doesn't do well with planning ahead, and often rushes head-first into battle without stopping to consider her own safety or collateral damage. She's a smart girl, so she
knows better, but she has the unfortunate habit of throwing caution to the wind in the heat of battle or an argument.
Callous – Norma is not the most thoughtful person when it comes to what she says or does around others, even her friends. It's not that she doesn't care, so much as that she's not very observant of how others might be feeling. Most of the time she doesn't care about this particular flaw, but she does regret it when she winds up hurting one of her few friends with her careless words.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Large and gray, lending her a much more innocent look than she really deserves. When she's on the verge of exploding, they narrow ominously.
Hair: Dark brown, nearly black in color, and falls to just below her shoulder blades. She has side-swept bangs and a white streak toward the front of her hair that she has convinced her teachers is natural, but is actually the result of religiously applied peroxide. She thinks it makes her look bad-a**.
Face: Face is heart-shaped with a slightly square chin. Her nose is small and pert, and her pale skin is covered in beauty marks.
Build: At 5'9", Norma is quite tall for a girl, and possess the lean build of a fighter thanks to years spent practicing Tae Kwon Do. Her 'womanly attributes' are modest, but would probably be more impressive if she weren't so lean thanks to the amount of exercise she gets. While not heavily muscled, Norma's muscles are more defined than the average woman's.
Wardrobe: Norma has a fairly expansive taste when it comes to clothing. How she likes to dress varies widely from day to day, depending on how she's feeling. The one constant, though, is that she prefers darker colors, particularly grays and blacks with just a splash of another brighter color. Some days she's a hoody and jeans girl, and the next it might be a skirt and tailored vest.
