#noa au

[crownedinmarigolds]

Would Toreador Noa be happy? Would she feel like she could distance herself from her family a bit and develop a separate identity? Or would the loss of necromancy be devastating to her?

Oooo! You're so right in asking because a lot of Noa's story is her identity within the family. She grows into her own person later in her journey, but I do think the RIPPING AWAY of herself from the Giovanni name/powerset would definitely be scary. Of course she could learn necromancy the hard-way even as a Tore, but would it be the same? It's also interesting to wonder: Would the family keep Noa around if her Embrace was ripped away by someone else, and in regards to a Toreador, feels like a sudden impulsive decision? We also semi-headcanon Toreador as apathetic and clinging to the facade of humanity through arts and using of humans because there's something within them that makes them feel cut off from the world. Like, I personally imagine Toreador being ACCUTELY aware of their loss of connection to humans and it making their bloodline depressed. Of course this is just my personal headcanon and to each their own so don't take this as gospel! I imagine them as artists and patrons because the arts are so integral to humanity. So Noa - already experiencing a depression through being ripped from her family in this way - would definitely start off an unhappy Toreador. She does like to embroider and can play the violin and etc, but she never pursued PEOPLE or the high arts before. Her life was always "family, the pursuit of the prevention of death," etc so we'd definitely be seeing her being pushed to find herself outside of the identity of necromancer. She'd definitely need help, so hopefully whatever Toreador laid claim on her sticks around long enough to get her a social circle, or sweet bestie Nyth is allowed to be with her in this AU to also help her. I don't think she'd know what to do with herself, she's just not a people-person and a lot of the Toreador powerset involves living within people groups! So interesting to try and piece together what she'd be like! I think after a long time, Noa might be a good "leadership" Toreador. An Isaac Abrams type maybe! A guide to the younger people, and she'd collect the fledglings under her wing to give them guidance on navigating the unlife, a real PATRON. She wouldn't really be an artist style Tore. She'd be the guide and the watchful eye and the careful hand I think. Noa would be a business Toreador who probably thrills the idea of being your helper. I don't think she'd sire but she'd definitely be the first to accept a lost soul into her flock to help them. WOW my brain went off on this. How cool! I've never thought of her as a Toreador before, thank you for asking me!!

[crownedinmarigolds]

Completely the opposite of actual Noa but what if she was a Setite?

AH so we've actually imagined Noa as a Setite before! So the Followers of Set (this is how Noa and Nyth originally met Harrakhty Hamdi in our canon timeline) actually assisted Nyth, Noa, and one of her surviving Uncles with crossing the border from Mexico to the United States after the attack on Noa's family compound! So in this alternate situation, I imagine the Setites betraying the Giovanni and kidnapping Noa for themselves rather than letting them pass through as originally agreed. Maybe after they find out her skill in rituals and magic. We DO have Noa currently having been Embraced at her party, but we also waffle on whether or not it should have happened until she gets to America! In this version of events, we'll say there was no time to Embrace her before she had to escape, leaving her just a little ghoul-thang. Perhaps the Setites felt like they could betray the Giovanni after the attack while they were weak and distracted, perhaps something else was going on in their heads, who knows.... who would miss one little girl? @thesixthplaneteer thinks Nyth would've escaped right into the hands of the Sabbat who had been chasing them while Noa remains captured. It's not a fun or glamourous life for Noa as a Setite, I imagine it's definitely a "being trafficked at the border" situation. I think with her clear affinity for Necromancy, she would be treated well enough and brought around the Setite Sorcerers, though kept at an arm's length for a while due to her being an outsider and perhaps not accepting of Set and his word. I imagine her just as stoic and poised as she would have been in her canon timeline, but a lot more willing to be ruthless and doing her own dirty work. I kind of also imagine her being a bit more willing to use feminine wiles to get her way, but not in a exciting and passionate way but in a resigned "whatever" way. Not fun or cool I know. Anyone who knows how to read her would understand she's miserable but she's trapped in the hands of the cult, and she may eventually "open her heart" to Set but anyone with half a brain could see she doesn't mean it. Just saying what someone wants her to say so she can have access to the means she needs. She'd have her Setite resources to use for her studies and magicks, but at this point it feels like a sunk-cost fallacy. :3 Sorry I imagine it very sad and lonely and bleak for her, even if she's surrounded by dancers and pretty lights and money and etc. :3 Below is old art where we conceptualized her as a stripper when she was forcibly turned into a Setiteeee agh.