Bill 58 (page 21)
Added 2021-09-04 12:15:45 +0000 UTCShip them as friends ship them as love interests, do whatever you like! Just one rule, be nice and no fighting! But you can ask any questions you have about the two below!
Comments
The celestial scholar used to be a pretty peaceful bunch. They lived with infernals learning about them and their magic. When people began getting addicted to hexes the government started banning magic until the scholars were the only one with the privilege to study. The government also offered high positions to scholars who would “protect” the magic. The scholars became more of a religion when this happened because instead of studying it with infernals they worshipped the first magic beings (almost seeing current infernals as polluting ancient rituals with current use). For the most part it’s like a church turned cult with its members. They give them support, money, and power. Etty is definitely looked at carefully because she knows spells, preforming with an infernal is not a huge deal because the infernal isn’t actually conjuring, just controlling the spell for a light show. The fear would mostly be Etty teaching infernals the spells (like what she’s doing with Thomas). She’s not unknown to them, but since she was a child when she left they’re not exactly out to get her.
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-06 03:06:27 +0000 UTCI would like to hear more in detail, exactly what it is the celestial scholars do. I mean, we know that they learn the infernals' magic spells, but how does this give them power in the society? And how does it work as a cult thing? What do they demand of their members? Why would people like Etty need to stay under their radar? How could she harm them/what secrets would she know?
Bobla Blubb
2021-09-06 02:55:59 +0000 UTCShe doesn’t know that much, she really only does a light spell that she sings for song to do his act. She knows a little bit about what magic is and does through that too. But she and Thomas are learning together now 😊
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 21:23:02 +0000 UTCThis would have her knowing an awful lot in the equivalent of 4th grade. Now… if she was around 14 and someone in the cult was trying to force her to marry at that age, that would be a good reason for her dad to run and for her to be very anti-marriage.
Linnea Dodson
2021-09-04 21:12:01 +0000 UTCI am completely fascinated by this story!
Kat Holtz
2021-09-04 20:17:02 +0000 UTCSome scholars do preform and she does keep herself very under the radar. She’s had a couple of run ins but managed to talk her way out
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 13:55:20 +0000 UTCNice!
Marta
2021-09-04 13:43:00 +0000 UTCWhy don’t the scholars shut her down? They have to know what she’s doing. Repressive secret groups don’t tend to share spotlight nicely with the ones they got away
BlueBaggins
2021-09-04 13:35:14 +0000 UTCDELIGHTFUL
Ash S.
2021-09-04 13:26:03 +0000 UTCAbsolutely it will 👀
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 13:23:24 +0000 UTCThat’s about what I figured. 😔 Is that something that’s going to come up in the main story? 👀
Ash S.
2021-09-04 13:22:59 +0000 UTCThey definitely don’t hate each other, they’re just the two in a friend group that wouldn’t know what to say to one another if left alone 😅 Songs opinion of Thomas would definitely change if he knew but I don’t think initially it would be for the better. Thomas has built every facet of his life around “passing” for human. Song may be insulted by that.
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 13:16:29 +0000 UTCMaybe like 5 years at this point?
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 13:14:28 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU FOR ETTY BACKGROUND, I LOVE MY GIRL
Ash S.
2021-09-04 12:50:13 +0000 UTCI LOVE THE WAY THEY BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER. Thomas and Song may never reach the point of “friendship”, but do they respect/grudgingly like each other a bit now? Would Song’s opinion of him change if he knew about being part-infernal?
Ash S.
2021-09-04 12:48:42 +0000 UTCOoh, interesting!
rippingoffmyface
2021-09-04 12:43:13 +0000 UTCHow long have they been "working" together now?
Marta
2021-09-04 12:42:57 +0000 UTCAh… then that’s not going to work… Thomas doesn’t know what a good snack is… BECAUSE ETTY, MANSA AND SONG ARE WHOLE DAMN MEALS!!! (😂😁☺️…😬… I’ll myself out…)
JillianVolts
2021-09-04 12:39:39 +0000 UTCI wouldn’t say she was really posing as one as much as just using what she had learned to preform, people just assume she’s still a scholar in those situations and she doesn’t argue because she’s getting paid!
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 12:33:55 +0000 UTCThey are so..... Lovely 😻
AleenaBite
2021-09-04 12:32:18 +0000 UTCOoooh i don't remember reading about this part of the story before thats so interesting!! Was she posing as a scholar in the party where mansa saw what song can do for the first time?
Michelle Garcia
2021-09-04 12:32:03 +0000 UTCIf he brings snacks… /maybe/
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 12:27:31 +0000 UTCShe was born into the celestials, but her father was starting to realize what it was when she was a baby. He tried to escape with the family but Etty’s mother wouldn’t leave so he ran and took ten year old Etty with him. Her mother is probably remarried and has other children now. After they ran the only place her father could afford to live was Devils Market, which is how Etty met Song! Etty knows all the practices and teachings of Celestial scholars, but she doesn’t consider herself to be one (unless she’s trying to scam tourists by reading their fortunes!)
Whiteley Foster
2021-09-04 12:26:27 +0000 UTCAt this point, 8ish years after ‘The Courtesan’, would Thomas be allowed to visit Song’s pillow fort? Or still no Thomas allowed?
JillianVolts
2021-09-04 12:24:38 +0000 UTCWait I'm dumb is she a celestial scholar? I thought she had snuck in 🤔
Michelle Garcia
2021-09-04 12:21:51 +0000 UTCOoo! We getting a little political intrigue? Also, I am down for more platonic hetero relationships out in the world.
Athena
2021-09-04 12:21:40 +0000 UTCDoes be nice and no fighting apply to them too? 🤔 I love their relationship
Pears
2021-09-04 12:21:15 +0000 UTCoh, that's a really interesting conversation they are having 👀
sick_pineapple
2021-09-04 12:17:43 +0000 UTC
