welcome aboard, ELEONORA “NORA” VITALE, STUDENT #59. we are excited to set sail with you ! has anyone told you that you look like CHRISSY COSTANZA? according to our records, you hail from NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, prefer SHE/HER, are a CIS WOMAN, and are here to study MUSIC THERAPY. we also see you received a spot on the ss university because of your ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP — we won’t tell anyone. during your first few weeks here, other students said you were + ALLOCENTRIC, + VIVACIOUS, but also - EXPLOSIVE. it sounds like you spend most of your time at the ARCADE. upon checking your luggage, we noticed you packed A JOURNAL FULL OF HANDWRITTEN SONG LYRICS. hopefully your roommates don’t steal it!
basics:
NAME: Nora Penelope Vitale
NICKNAME(S): Nora, Penny ( by James & family )
BIRTHDATE: August 23rd, 1997
AGE: 24
ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo
BIRTHPLACE: Englewood, NJ
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis Woman & She/Her
OCCUPATION: Chasing Ghosts frontwoman & SS University Music Therapy Major
fun facts:
nora penelope vitale was born in englewood, new jersey to your everyday ‘average’ italian ( they’re very proud of that part ) family ! when she’s not on the ship, she still lives at home with her parents, grandparents, and little brother, and she doesn’t care if you judge her for it ! family means everything to her !
she’s the oldest of two – having a little brother named nate who means the absolute world to her ! legit, she would die for that boy !
her bestest friend in the entire world is @jamesffs, having known him all her life !
nora actually grew up as quite the tomboy ! she has an undeniable love for skateboarding and video games, but don’t let that fool you, she’s also incredibly girly at times !
she’s a massive music junkie ! it’s definitely her favorite pastime ! there’s rarely a minute that goes by where she doesn’t have some kind of music playing - whether it’s out loud or through headphones !
she’s actually got a very beautiful singing voice ( which led to quite a bit of fame, but we’ll get to that later ! ), though she didn’t believe people at first when they would tell her that !
when she was sixteen, she and two of her best friends got together and filmed a cover video for one of their favorites songs and decided to take a risk and post it to her youtube channel ! sure, it was a long stretch to post on a personal channel, but she was willing to experiment and see what people thought about it !
much to her surprise, the cover ended up going viral, and after a number of people suggesting they do it regularly, the trio decided to form an official band, naming themselves ‘chasing ghosts’ !
instead of posting their covers to her personal channel, nora created a youtube channel strictly for their band, and they began to post a cover a week to their channel ! as of today, their band’s youtube channel has just over 1m subscribers !
chasing ghosts turned out to be quite the hit around new jersey and often did sold out local gigs in and around the state !
later on in their career, chasing ghosts also had the honor of being the opening act for a number of well known bands, but the opportunity that nora will forever brag about the most is having the chance to open up for her favorite band ever; panic! at the disco !
chasing ghosts even had the chance to be a part of the 2017 warped tour lineup, which is something that nora will never forget !
chasing ghosts has released a couple of albums, but they were all produced independently, as they’ve never been signed to a proper record label !
nora’s other passion ? food. after all, how can someone who’s family is always cooking not be obsessed with food, right ? her favorite ? pasta, of course !
nora’s not the best cook in the world, but her nonna is doing her best to teach her everything she knows, and she’s definitely getting better !
bit of a random fact, but if she was going to be in that ‘cinnamon roll’ meme, she’d be the ‘looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you’ one ! nora’s super duper sweet and adorable, but is very blunt and outspoken ! don’t cross her unless you’re prepared to handle the aftermath of her wrath !
nora’s very much a people person ! she puts the ones she cares about above herself and will go above and beyond to make sure that her friends and family are taken care of and happy !
she’s also a massive empath ! other people’s emotions affect her greatly, even when she doesn’t want them to !
a little over a year ago, nora was granted an academic scholarship to ss university and is now in her second semester ! she put her love for music and her desire for helping others together and is now working towards a music therapy major !
tldr :
nora was born in new jersey and lives there with her family when she’s not on the ship. she’s a very proud italian who loves video games, food, singing, family & helping people. she’s james’ lifelong bff. she’s a tomboy most of the time, but she also has a bit of a girly side now and again. she has an incredibly popular youtube channel for her band, chasing ghosts, that she formed with two of her best friends when she was sixteen. chasing ghosts has performed a number of local gigs around new jersey. years after being created, chasing ghosts had the chance to open up for multiple big name bands; panic! at the disco being the most exciting for young nora. they even got to be a part of the 2017 warped tour line up. chasing ghosts has released quite a number of albums, but all of them were independently produced due to the fact that they weren’t signed to a label. she’s slowly learning how to cook and will willingly feed anyone who’s open to trying her dishes. she’s basically the embodiment of the 'looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you' meme. she’s a total empath and goes out of her way to make sure the people she cares about are taken care of. she’s attending ss university on scholarship and is working towards a music therapy major.
