Late Night Studying (Stella/Calliope)

Stella sat with a lamp on in the corner of the library. She had tried to stay out of the way from anyone else as she felt a little out of place here in the library. Truthfully Stella wasn't stupid, but she also wasn't gifted in what many may call "the finer arts." As Stella sat and read she was trying to understand her casting a little better. However, she would give in to the mild frustration of it all as she would allow her forehead to fall landing on the book as she sighed drastically.

After sulking for a minute or two she would slide the book she had about gebet to the side, and pull from a stack that she had gathered. The book appeared to be a book about the history of the quincy. In her mother's efforts of allowing Stella to make her own decisions she didn't really teach her much about the history of the quincy or anything of that sort.

Stella would jump slightly as she was absorbed in her self depreciation about not knowing a ton. She was lost when it came to alot of quincy history and that made her feel like she was a terrible person for not even knowing her peoples background. As she looked up to the taller woman she would nod at being done with that book she would look at all the different books that were laying on the desk as she would rub the back of her head a little sheepishly. The library isn't usually Stella's domain and she did feel a little bad if she had taken too many books.

"U...uh yeah. I'm trying to study up on the history of the quincy. My mom didn't really reach about much more than using my powers... Something about wanting me to find my own conclusions and what not."

Stella would look back over the books. It was a ton of information, but she guessed that comes with the territory of such an old set of people. She wasn't sure if there was anything else she needed to know, but just as that came into her mind she realized that she didn't know the history of the vandenreich itself. There was so much stuff she just didn't know. She also realized she didn't introduce herself as she would add on at the end.

"My names Stella, by the way. I didn't mean to come off rude."

Her cheeks would flush as she didn't really know there were alot of rude people in the reich. Stella would listen to the woman, and slightly get lost in her words. Seems like she would be a good fit for a teacher if Stella had to put a finger on what she would do in an alternate dimension. However she would seriously contemplate why she wanted to learn about the history of her people. Well for one she figured it would be good to get a better understanding of things that are know or atlesst heard about from other quincy.

"Well, I want to learn what I am I guess. Learn what our people are about. My momma isn't close with her family, and she took my father's name. So I don't really have anyone I can call about this. Mother, like I said wanted me to learn in my own way. She said something about not being fond of the older ways of teaching like she got."

Stella would open up about why she wants to learn about her heritage. She wondered if the woman in front of her would be willing to share some of her interpretation with her. Stella found it easier to pay attention when someone else would vocally explain something to her.

"Would you happen to know alot about the Older stories of the quincy people?"

Obviously this woman was way above Stella's intelligence. She listened to her speak and she was a little confused, but what she was saying did make sense. If she wanted to learn about the quincy history maybe she should start with the creation myth? Now that she think about it she never even really had a belief in that way. The hollows and what not had always existed to her and she knew the Soul Society was a real place. She would then look up to her and nod.

"That makes sense. I'll probably start with the creation stuff as I never really learned about it. I wanna know everything I've missed so I may try to see what quincy schools are teaching history wise and go from there.'

Stella would problem solve as she wasn't entirely sure where her family even came from. Her mother had really never said anything about them and Stella was much closer to her father's family than her mother's.

"May I ask a favor of you?"

Stella would nod acknowledging the woman was busy. Stella didn't mind how long this would take the woman, or if she decided not to do it. It was something a bit greedy of the red head and something her mother would potentially answer. However Stella is aware that her mother isn't a fan of talking about her past before she met Stella's father. As she would think she would then make the request.

"If you have the time, could you see if you could find what quincy family I am technically a part of? I don't want to be taken into them, but I would like to meet my grandparents."


Stella would ask as she would avert her eyes. Scared she put to much work on the favor from the woman, but she wasn't entirely sure how hard it would be to find that out. Stella did have red hair like her mother so maybe the quincy family had red hair? Or something like that.