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About Nora

Name: Elenora Mousepaw
Nickname: Nora
Age: 22
Sex: Female

Appearance: At a glance, Nora appears fully human. She has fair skin, silvery hair, and eyes of an indeterminate dark color, framed by . However, her facial features are faintly pointed, rodent-like, and her cheeks sport a lovely spray of silvery whiskers. Furthermore, her shaggy hairstyle only partially covers her mouse ears; her long pink tail hovers just inches above the floor. Overall, she gives off the impression of a small grey field mouse: quick, lively, and intelligent.

Perhaps to make up for her generally monochromatic appearance, Nora tends to wear lots of bright colors. She is prone to knitting colorful caps, socks, and scarves for herself, which she wears no matter the weather. She also regularly wears an assortment of woven and beaded jewelry.

Personality: Nora is a quirky ball of energy. She's talkative, friendly, and full of good spirit. She is often in the middle of several projects at once and counts 'knitting while doing pretty much everything else at once' as one of her talents. Although she may seem flighty, Nora is highly intelligent and creative, as well as possessing a hard head for business.

History: All twenty-two of Nora's years have been spent living in Gaia, first with her parents (in Barton) and later in the upper level of her small arts & crafts shop on the outskirts of Durem. Opening the shop was a concession to her parents, who wanted her to "do something" with her crafts. Apparently, even in Gaia, it's not quite respectable to live with one's parents and do freelance knitting after the age of eighteen.

In any case, Nora started The Mouse's Nest about three years ago. It's not a large shop, but it's successful enough for her to get by, and Nora realized she rather enjoys running a shop.

The House and Shop

The Mouse's Nest is a small two-storied cottage around the notheastern edge of Durem. The first floor is the shop, filled with shelves and stacked containers of yarn, special fabrics, thread, buttons, beads, ribbon, sequins, sewing supplies, knitting needles and crochet hooks, and pretty much anything else of that nature one could want. The main counter is set in front of the (non-working, due to fire hazard) fireplace, next to which is Nora's favorite arm-chair. When not dealing with customers, the shopkeep can usually be found relaxing there, her latest project across her lap and spread about on the floor. The general atmosphere is that of a home-y (and very cluttered) living room.

The back of the building opens into a small scruffy yard that produces mostly dandelions, violets, and over-grown grass. There is a larger entrance for a deliveries, as well as an enclosed flight of stairs which leads to Nora's apartment on the second floor.

Nora's apartment largely resembles the shop, in terms of art supplies and general clutter. There are two small bedrooms, a single bathroom, living room and eat-in kitchen. Colorful posters and tapestries cover the walls; a collection of small rag rugs overlap in various pathways over the hardwood floor. In short, Nora resides in state of comfortable chaos.

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Credits and Links

* The characters of Nora and Uttara are (c) Kimie Kitty
* The Jivvin Center is (c) Moofuls, XBear, Wegs, and Thalion
* All art is (c) its respective artist, as noted

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