#anush won’t be able to get him right away

[margareturtle]

I am 100 % sure that in TWP we will get a scene where Ty has to defect from the scholomance on his own side mission and Anush is with him and Ty tells Anush “it’s ok you can stay/go back, you don’t have to take this risk” bc Ty has abandonment issues !! And he doesn’t expect a friend to stick around. But then Anush has a confused reaction to this bc “of course I’m coming, I’m not letting you face this alone” and then Ty is confused bc this whole time he didn’t want to assume that him and Anush were really friends as they could just be schoolmates/coworkers out of necessity— so Ty doesn’t expect Anush to want to follow him outside scholomance stuff especially bc Ty has never had a real friend outside of his family and even Kit as soon as he stopped living with the Blackthorn’s he stopped talking to Ty so Ty doesn’t expect Anush to want to support him and so Ty asks “why would you want to come with me?” And Anush answers “because we’re friends Ty, and I’m not going to leave you.”

[tinyfirecollectorthings]

Chapter 26

They were all gathered in the living room of the Carstairs' house. Dru was sitting on the edge talking with Jaime, Anush was playing with Iglesia in the center of the room and he was writing in his notebook the symbols that he thought he remembered seeing in the basement of the jail, Kit had gone to get some food for them since Jem, Tessa and Mina had to go to London to see an important matter. They were actually waiting for Alicia and Benjamin to arrive from their interrogation with the Inquisitor. As Magnus promised as soon as he got up he had called the silent brothers to investigate the seals (Ty had seen this with his own eyes in an attempt to uncover more clues) and unsurprisingly the Shadowhunters and Downworlders were being interrogated one for one in Los Angeles by Inquisitor Diego Rosales. Anush had been the first to speak to the Inquisitor while Benjamin and Alicia had apparently decided to wait to be among the last, although of course Ty knew that his statement and that of the others gathered in the room would be the last, but the Inquisitor He had insisted that they stay there in Devon, his exact words and spoken by Jaime's cell phone call were "Don't move from there no matter what" because apparently he wanted to keep the matter as private as possible.

Ty didn't mind having to wait, he actually felt safer that way, he was giving her time to accommodate his ideas.

"The food's here," Kit said as she entered the living room with six boxes of pizzas and two soft drinks.

It was a strange sight, everyone except for Kit was wearing the hunter's uniform, while the latter was dressed in blue jeans and a blue shirt with the letters "TMI". The sight of it reminded Ty of when they were at the Los Angeles Institute three years ago.

-This cat is very pretty -said Anush approaching the table -but it's very bad. He has scratched me three times already.

"It's his way of greeting," Kit said calmly. "Look," he approached Iglesia and he scratched her hand slightly, Kit didn't even flinch at the scratch. "Do you see?" It is not personal.

Anush smiled in fascination at Kit, and even though a little of Ty's stomach clenched, he thought it wasn't weird for people to look at Kit like that, after all he was brilliant.

"What are we supposed to tell my brother when he comes?" Jaime mentioned with his mouth full

-I told the Inquisitor what had happened-Anush spoke-I told him how the revolt was and in the end he just asked me why we were there, I told him that Christopher Herondale had invited us. Sorry about that-he added, apologizing to Kit.

"Don't worry," Kit replied with a shrug. "You know the saying" If something goes wrong, blame a Herondale "

Anush seemed to blush with embarrassment.

-It's just that I thought you were the only one who wouldn't be questioned too much.

"First Magnus and now this. Does that mean that everyone sees me as a sign of trouble?" Kit asked and he looked genuinely confused.

"People tend to make a judgment of our behavior based on the family we belong to," he added calmly right away. "In this case, the Herondales have always been known to do what they want."

Jaime almost spit the drink out of him due to laughter and Kit scold him for something to soil the carpet

"You didn't have to answer," Livvy told him in a low voice. "Kit wasn't asking seriously, and if he had done it a" No "would have been enough.

Ty nodded, sometimes forgetting that he had to consider the situation before speaking.

-By the way Dru- Anush mentioned interrupting the discussion -How did you get that bottle of blood? The one Jaime applied to us so that we would wake up from the spell

"Kit gave it to me," his sister answered right away.

Kit blinked in surprise for a moment before acting naturally and shrugging.

-I thought you could be of help if something bad happened.

"And where did you get it?" Jaime asked, his eyes looked directly at Kit.

Ty thought Jaime was looking for the right moment to blame Kit for anything.

"In the shadow market," Kit answered without hesitation but Ty could see that there was some tension in his shoulders. "And before you ask, no, I won't tell you who gave it to me." My source is confidential and unlike my father he did not give away.

The mention of Johnny Rook somehow managed to silence the room, everyone ate without saying a word until Alicia's heels echoed through the hallways.

"By the angel, I'm starving," she said taking a slice of pizza and sitting on the couch as if it were her house.

Benjamin who always seemed to have more manners than her greeted them and sat next to Anush to eat.

"Are the interrogations over?" Jaime asked, looking at Alicia. "Is my brother on the way?"

"They are not finished yet," Alicia answered, "the Inquisitor wants to question each one personally, so there were about twenty people missing."

-But Alicia threatened one of the centurions that if they didn't let her come here she would burn the whole place

"I wouldn't be able to do it really" Alicia added "By the way Kit, a vampire approached me and gave me this," she said, taking out a sealed letter, "it has your name written on it, but I don't mention anything."

Kit took the letter and stared at it for a long moment.

-What are you waiting to open it-Jaime said -Don't you have open letters?

-Why do I need to open letters if I have my dagger? Kit answered immediately as he opened the envelope and read the letter

Ty noticed that with each line that Kit's eyes advanced, his hands tightened on the paper. After a moment he got up to the fireplace and took out his stele with which he must have applied the fire rune because after a moment the letter burned to ashes.

-I'm sorry, it was a letter from the shadow market, I have to go there immediately.

"Nothing can be more important if the Inquisitor comes," Jaime said. "You will have to cancel the affairs of the market."

"I'll be here before your brother comes," Kit mentioned as he took a backpack off the ground. "And if not, Ali and Ben will cover me, right guys?"

They both attended.

Jaime seemed ready to claim, but Dru held his arm and they exchanged glances. Ty supposed they were hiding something. In the end Jaime seemed to give in.

-If my brother comes and you are not here, I will tell him to invade the shadow market.

Kit nodded and walked to the exit; Ty took the notebook from him where he was jotting down and handed it to Dru without explanation as he caught up with Kit in the doorway.

"Is the market true?" Ty asked, standing next to him.

-It is, Hypatia Vex wants to see me at the London market, apparently she has information about the green maiden.

Ty was almost certain that Kit was lying because his expression when reading the letter had been too careful, so he asked directly.

-You lie because you fear that Jaime will listen to us, or you just don't want to tell the truth.

Kit looked at him in surprise and seemed to hesitate for a few moments before finally speaking.

- I lie because in situations like this, it is the only thing that I find comforting.

He wanted to ask her more about that, but then a portal opened almost right in front of them and Kit looked him straight in the eye.

-Just promise me that whatever happens in the market, you will let me speak.

It was Ty's moment to hesitate.

"But what if I have something very important to say?"

- Don't say it unless it's life or death.

-Well-accept dissatisfied

And then they both walked through the portal

***

Kit couldn't help but look nervously at Ty, he was worried that the noises from the market would bother him too much, but he was more worried about what Hypatia might say to him, the letter he had received said:

"If you want us to continue being friends, come to the market as soon as possible and let's meet at the old store, I want to talk to you about your family"

And Kit worried that for Hypatia "Family" was more than just her father, he worried that the family was the Carstairs or Jace. So for the first time in three years he wished that family would be about his father.

"Here it is," he said to Ty, pointing to an old building that was actually off-limits to the market but was occupied by the owners as an office.

"Hypatia wants to see you here?" Ty asked, looking closely at the building. "It seems something strange.

Kit immediately shrugged without thinking about Ty's words.

"Not really, there is an old building exactly like this in Los Angeles" he said before looking at it "Look, maybe it would be better if you go back to Devon."

Ty frowned and his gray eyes stared at him in confusion as his hands began to move quickly to his side.

-Do you want me to go?

Kit could not know what his response would have been because at that precise moment a vampire approached them.

"Hypatia is waiting for you inside," the vampire said laconically as he entered the building and without saying anything about him being accompanied.

Ty was the first to follow the vampire and Kit was forced to enter as well.

The building looked completely abandoned, as if no one had used it in several decades, there were traces of strange fluids in various parts of the place and when they went up the stairs they seemed to let out wailing instead of creaking. Dru would have loved this place.

In the end they ended up being led to a completely empty room, with no windows or any other exit other than the door, and the vampire who was their guide gave them a signal to enter, but neither he nor Ty advanced when noticing that he did not enter.

"And Hypatia?" Kit asked suspiciously.

"I'm afraid she won't be present," said a voice behind them.

The next thing they felt was that something was hitting their back with too much force and they were thrown into the room.

-But luckily, I, Barnabas Hale, am here.

"I don't see the luck in this," Kit said sarcastically as she looked at Barnabas and stood up as she drew her dagger. She out of the corner of her eye she saw that Ty was okay.

Somehow Barnabas looked much worse than the last one they had seen when he had been set up in Los Angeles.

"It's lucky for me," said Barnabas. "At last I'll be able to settle accounts with the two of you."

"Does Hypatia know about this?" She told him angrily, "That you used her name to set me up."

"Oh, she knows and much more than I would like," Barnabas said from the door, "she agrees to all of this." Although of course I did not expect you to come with company, but I suppose that is only a double prize.

-Ha Hypatia doesn't like Shadowhunters but I doubt she wants to get into such big trouble if something happens to us.

-Because you keep talking as if you weren't one of them- Barnabas growled with contempt- You have their marks all over your body, as if you expect the black of them to consume you, but still you speak as if you don't belong with them. But you do it. All neflim are the same, they wear black hoping that no one will see them, but we see them and we know that they are the true demons. And now that finally there are more people who see what is reality they have to pay, we will make them pay. Do you know why Hypatia agrees with what happens to you? Because weeks ago they found the dead body of a fairy in the market.

"That's not completely strange and I don't understand how it is related to me," Kit exclaimed.

-You do not know? You killed him. At first it was thought that it could be someone from the market, but when the wolves, vampires and warlocks were discarded and only the fairies remained. When asking, it turned out that someone had been seen with the fairy moments before, a boy with blond and tanned hair who hid his face from him.

-There are many people like that-Ty spoke in defense of him -They can't accuse someone just because he's blond and tan

-And how many of them have runes on their bodies? Or a blade with herons? -Med Barnabas looking at the dagger he was brandishing

"It's a dagger," Kit told him, "and now you'll see how it works," and he threw it towards Barnabas but the weapon seemed to hit a wall and fell at her feet.

-I thought they were smart enough to know that the reason I hadn't killed them yet was because there was a barrier between us. It is from Hypatia, everything that enters her no longer leaves her unless she removes it.

"I didn't kill anyone," Kit exclaimed, clenching her jaw.

-Well, someone did and your cousin has an excellent alibi because he he he was talking to Hypatia, but you have nothing.

-And how are we going to pay? -Asked Ty-They must have something planned if Hypatia decided to put up a barrier because she knew you were too reckless not to kill us before our time.

-We are going to kill them and we will vote their bodies in some place where everyone can see them, you will serve to declare war -said Barnabas looking directly at Ty-They killed underground children, it is only fair that we kill you where other children can see them.

"We're not kids," Ty said, there was a tone of determination in his voice that made Kit remember Julian. "And they can't declare a war with only the market for support, they wouldn't win."

Barnabas let out a shrill curl

-Have you not heard? All the shadow world hates them.

"The fairies would be on our side, Kieran Kingson would support us," Ty mentioned, his gray eyes seemed to be made of metal, "The Seelie Queen must support us."

-The fairies on your side, huh? -Said Barnabas looking at him, and there was something in Barnabas's gaze that made Kit feel chills-I guess they don't know yet, they think they are so smart and they don't know the most said rumor and best kept

-And what is it? -He asked him

Barnabas denied

-I've already lost too much time with you and my schedule requests me elsewhere, but don't worry, we'll see each other faster than you think and it will be for the last time.

And without looking at them he left, leaving them trapped in that room.

***

-Are you going to tell me why you let them go or are you also going to lie about that? -Said Jaime with a hard voice

Dru had left the living room where the others were with the excuse of putting Ty's notebook in her place but Jaime had followed her and now she was claiming him.

-I don't know what you're talking about-she told him as she tried to keep walking

Jaime held her hand.

-You know what Dru was talking about, you lied about the bottle-she wanted to complain but Jaime denied-No, don't lie because I know you did it and a few moments ago you looked at me so that I will let your brother and Kit go to the shadow market. Why ?

"How do you really know that the bottle is a lie?" She said in return.

Dru didn't know why exactly but she didn't want to tell them that Ash was involved, she didn't want anyone to know. Kit's eyes had looked at her questioningly briefly when she had awarded him the bottle of hers but she hadn't given it away. Not yet. So ... how was it possible for Jaime to find out?

-Because -said Jaime looking directly into her eyes -when you lie as much as I can you can smell the lies for miles, and yours sucked too much.

-I asked you to let my brother and Kit go because he trusted them -Dru spoke calmly and sincerely- and if they need to do something she trusts that it is important, even if I don't know why they really left.

Jaime nodded without asking more, it was clear that he understood the family's loyalty.

-And how did you actually get that bottle?

-I stole it from him in feera-she mentioned knowing that Jaime would know who she was referring to and from the way her eyes shone she was right-but nothing more. She actually wasn't sure if it would really work.

-Dru, you are my friend, please don't lie to me.

"I'm not doing it," she replied. "And anyway, why are you so obsessed with what Kit does?"

-Excuse me -Alice spoke appearing down the hall -I don't want to ruin her moment of tension or anything but the Inquisitor has just arrived and wants to talk to a Blackthorn. I guess he actually wants to talk to your brother but since he's with Kit you'll have to distract him now.

-Tell him that we are going right away-Jaime said to Alicia who left immediately-It would be better if you keep the Tiberius notebook, if my brother sees it he will want to read it and from the way you hold it I assume it would be inconvenient.

And then Jaime also left, maybe what he had just told him was advice, but there was something in Jaime's eyes that told him that he knew he was lying, but that he was tired of trying to get the truth out of him.

Dru leaned against the wall and sighed. Why was she trying so hard for Ash to lie to his friends?

She didn't know, but if she closed her eyes the only thing she could see was the grass green color.

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[a-weird-blog-in-general]

In the Heights God Au

Yep. I went and did this, and it’s long. And it’s a bit of a mess. And long. This is going to be Part 1 of hopefully one 2, to avoid making this post too long. And of course, you are all free to take your own creative liberties with this; what I’ve chipped in is only what I’d like to see, nothing more.

Overall this may seem like a jumbled mess and I'm sorry for that.

The way I have it, each character is going to have their God based on an already existing deity/myth, and they all vary in origin and cultural influence. Cause I wanted to do more than just Greek mythology. They all reside in varying places in the world too.

Usnavi => God of Stories and Storytelling

Based on Anansi the Storytelling spider of the Caribbean

Resides on an a relatively small, floating island (it's his island), all pretty and stuff, and it's spider central (but like cute spiders not those big hairy ones Usnavi would probably freak if he saw one of those)

The spiders provide the stories Usnavi collects; if there's one he really likes he'll go out and get the story himself.

He met Vanessa by chance one day, had a conversation and hit it off and he fell so hard for her; he’s made it his mission to seek Vanessa out and see her again.

He weaves the web to catch Vanessa when the wind blows by, but she always slips through => he tries to fashion better webs; it never works out.

His little island tends to orbit where Sonny lives so he can be close and watch over little god Sonny.

Creative liberty => Usnavi could totally have multiple arms if you wanted that in a design; I think that’d be really cool

Vanessa => Goddess of Wind and Flight

Vanessa lives in the clouds and sky, that being her domain, so she can fly and be free.

She would be based off the Aztec wind god Quetzalcoatl => light and beautiful dress, but strong and bright colors and she's adorned with gorgeous feathers.

She flies across the sky, carrying the winds with her where she goes => She can just fly on her own

She likes Usnavi, and thinks it kind of funny that they keep playing this game of “Catch the Wind,” but once she starts falling for Usnavi oh boy => She blames Carla for it (you’ll see why)

Sonny => God of the Sun

He resides in an open tower made of clay with plenty of openings for him to fly out wherever he wants

Based off the Incan god of the sun Nuit with plenty of Inca cultural influence in dress manner =>  I love the idea of Sonny having physical wings here

Bright and energetic, a protector of the people, but hot-headed (get it?)

He kinda really very much loves the moon and wants to meet her and see her and have a conversation with her => Can't really have time to do any of that because the moon and the sun can't be in the sky at the same time; he tries anyway => Sonny chases Nina across the sky the moment the sun is supposed to rise to catch at least a glimpse of Nina before she disappears for the day

He'll never actually catch her, though

Nina => Goddess of the Moon and the Minds

Most definitely based off the Greek god Athena => Much Greek influence in design

Resides in a Greek style pantheon, which happens to be in a mountain

Sonny chases her to catch her, but she ends up falling in love Benny who does catch her

She wants to have some freedom from the confines that Kevin has placed upon her

Pretty solid relationship with Lincoln even though Kevin disagrees; Lincoln can always cheer her up somehow and does indirectly help Nina and Benny hook up (You’ll see)

Benny => The Mortal who Caught the Moon

He's a mortal who falls in love with the Moon, but he can never see her because she's too far away and he can't stay awake long enough to draw her attention

So he sings to the moon until he can no longer stay awake (Lincoln provides the slightest drop of inspiration, leaving the rest to Benny) => Nina hears it and looks for the source and she does find it => She leaves a note

Every night they leave each other gifts and notes and they slowly fall in love => one of those gifts is knowledge, specifically the knowledge of how to catch a god => using the other gifts he crafts a makeshift net, everything held together by a single string made of his love (Carla and Lincoln help with that, you'll see how later) => He catches Nina with the net, pulling her down as gently as possible cause that's a god you've got Benny a pure divine angelic being you better be careful and they're adorable together and they kiss, sealing a bond between them

Lincoln => God of Death

Resides at a shrine located in a graveyard => Graves of the Nameless; people/mortals come to pay their respects to Lincoln and the dead unknown => He takes the unknown deaths/souls under his wing because he can relate to their loneliness

He is the closest to the mortals and practically in constant contact with them

Inspiration from San/Santa Muerte with a strong cultural influence => contributes to his musicality and isolation

He provides the inspiration for music and art

He creates death as something that is not to be feared, but something to be celebrated => Makes that happen by connecting music and liveliness of cultures to the celebration of death

Kevin’s not the biggest fan of that ideology, and they disagree on the aspect of death and how it should be addressed

Abuela Claudia => Goddess of Heaven and Sky, Lord of Constellations, Mother of the Gods

Inspired by the first Mesopotamian god AnuShe lives everywhere; you ask for her guidance she will just appear

She likes being with the mortals, and often disguises herself as a mortal to check up on the world => bless those doing good and punish those who are not

She takes the souls of the dead and places them as stars in the sky

Also takes time to feed the birds

She foretell events that will occur, but she cannot influence the event in such a way that completely changes the course of fate

The Rosarios => Divine Arcana

Camila => The Empress

Kevin => The Emperor

Camila focuses on health and bounty, values and ethics => Kevin focuses on authority and control => Both serve as judges over the worldInspiration from the tarot arcana of the same name, along with traditional Catholic influences/imagery

Reside in a mountain which inside has the most palace (like a "King Under the Mountain" type of place) and in the center, there's this beautiful grotto and garden with an opening in the ceiling to the sky => that's where Nina is

Kevin built it there to keep Nina close and happy but Nina wants to be freeKevin has so much responsibility it can get overwhelming

Pete => The Boy who Calmed the Sun

Takes inspiration from the demigod Maui => Feel free to take creative liberties in design

Pete's a demigod (in some circles, this can be a bad thing) who receives a from a strange woman (guess who => it's Abuela Claudia helping out fate) asking him to seek out the sun => So Pete goes to find Sonny

Here's why:

Sonny is NOT happy that Nina and Benny are a thing => He's basically lost his only possible chance to have Nina notice him and boy is he salty

So out of anger, he refuses to obey any natural laws and literally starts heating up the whole earth => that's how mortals explain how the earth got deserts

So someone's got to talk some sense into Sonny but he won't let anyone near himHe gets help from Vanessa to be able to find Sonny quickly => Most Gods want to help Pete because no one is benefitting from Sonny’s heatwave

He does find Sonny, but Sonny isn't gonna deal with anyone so he books it => Pete finds a conveniently placed cord, uses it to catch Sonny and ties him down=> So Sonny’s floating in the sky with his hands bound to his sides and he is not happy => He desperately tries to use his powers against Pete in some way but because of Pete’s demigod blood he’s not really affected by any of it

The whole thing that happens is based on the Maui myth about slowing the sun, just without attacking the sun to the point of weakness

They do start to get along on the way back to Sonny’s home => Pete becomes the therapist friend who helps Sonny vent and talks all the anger out

They get back to Sonny’s tower and Nina’s there => she worked around a few rules to be able to talk to the sun => Sonny so desperately wants to be mad at her but he can’t => they talk it out, actually get to know each other, make amends, etc. => Pete you did a good => mortals and Gods are like “whoa damn man you just snagged an angry God out of the sky like whoa”

Carla => Goddess of Love and Matchmaking

Inspired by the Chinese god Yue Lao, who ties the red string of fate around those destined to be together; or people she thinks should be together => fate works the way it does => Normally does the tying after checking with Abuela Claudia on fate’s say in the matter; sometimes she gets an answer, sometimes she doesn’t => Only she can see the stringReally into knitting and crochet => thanks @boopliette !

Whenever two souls end up together, people normally blame Carla => they did for the whole Benny and Nina thing; she’ll never admit that she did tie them together

The two souls she ties together are supposedly soulmates => mortals don’t always follow what she’s made and that’s okay => sometimes people can be a little stupid

Likes being in the thick of humanity with Daniela, mostly cause it’s her job to watch over the soulmates she ties

Daniela => Goddess of Beauty and Femininity

Inspiration from the Egyptian goddess Bastet, Goddess of Felines, women, and beauty

She and Carla go hand in hand => Carla hooks up the people, Daniela plays out the game of life with the two

Daniela sometimes fools mortals and orchestrates the drama that entangles them

Protective of women, but she does it in a subtle way => Blesses them with beauty, gives them confidence, and tries to steer them away from poor choices

Also into cats

She prefers to stay around humanity for the drama; she likes having something to talk about

As I’ve stated before, creative liberties are open! Please, you have all the right to dabble into this with your own ideas and stuff. I’d love that. And hey, if you ever want to talk about this, I’m open for conversation. Part 2 will hopefully come with more of the world stuff; how humanity is, and other little things about being a god/divine.