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[fourthmade]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fourth god. He may not always respond, or he may respond in ways you don’t expect, but he is always listening.

Speak, he hears you.

OOC note:  As of April 2020, threads with the gods will be capped at three NPC replies! Please keep this in mind when writing god prayers to make sure you get everything you need out of the thread.It’s also possible to handwave prayers by titling your comment HANDWAVED PRAYER. Handwaved prayers lack our usual flourish, but you can expect a faster response!

As of February 2024, god prayers will be handwaved only. Please only submit a prayer if you have a question for either god which needs answering in order to progress your character's arc within Ryslig. If this is something you need to tier up within the god boon system, or just to set up a player plot in general, please don't hesitate to submit a prayer about it! You may shorten it down to an OOC summary of what your character is asking. This will allow any of our helper mods to reply much faster, without having to dig into the specifics of either god's personality/writing quirks. Should this limitation be lifted again in the future, this note will be removed.

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[knifemonopoly]

[...and he finally opens a blank message up to address the OTHER npc.]

You're no friend of mine, but I'd be a fool to only check one source.

Will this world lose its stability if the pearl isn't returned? What does it look like? And do you have any leads on its location?

[fourthmade]

hello atem
ive been listening
i saw you asking around
youre really smart to look at all the angles

[The text starts slow and loping, evoking a child kicking back in a cushioned seat. Maybe that's how a formless machine-god relaxes, with a string of unhurried firing neurons-to-text.]

the world losing stability
and collapsing on itself
yes
thats all true

dont listen to tage about the pearl
its not small
its big
bigger than your hand and a little bit pink

why else do you think its catching a high price on the black markets?
but people have caught on
theyre in hiding now
they want to live
no one is going to admit they have it

all these transactions are under the table
no machines involved
i cant say where its gone or trace who picked it up
but ill promise you that i know what to do with it
if you or any of my other friends
can find it
and bring it to me

[knifemonopoly]

[He's going to brush right past that flattery -- it won't work -- and he grits his teeth past you or my other friends.]

So the Tagevalgten's scriptures are wrong about that, too?
What will throwing it in the sea do, and what would you do with it instead, if we gave it to you?

[fourthmade]

[A sadface emote jitters on the screen. It's like Elias knows that Atem is annoyed by his flattery.]

throwing it in the sea
isnt a guarantee of anything at all
unless you beat the vortex
and plug up the rift yourself

:( its dangerous
itll tear you up
you might never come back to this world or your own

besides
the pearl wont float to the hole on its own
thats impossible
tage says to throw it back but didnt tell you
that the last thing the pearl wants
is to get back in the water

[knifemonopoly]

I thought it sounded too easy.
So, the pearl has a mind of its own? What does it want, then?
And what will you do with it that's better than using it to stop up the rift?

[fourthmade]

the pearl is sentient
it has a mind trapped inside that shell
not its choice
i wont say what it wants
but i know that it doesnt want to go back in the water

whats better than betting on chance
that the pearl will swim back home?
what's better
is restoring balance to ryslig
and curing everyone
of all of the ills the fog gave us

theres nothing better than that
nothing better than safety and balance

thats what i can do with the pearl
when i talk to it
itll see things my way

i hope you will too
id like to change your mind
and call you my real friend
someday
maybe

:)

[Static prickles the back of Atem's neck and moves to his shoulder, the rough size, shape, and weight of a boy's hand. And then it lifts, the heat dissipating, and the screen cuts out. There will be no more replies from Elias that night.]

[knifemonopoly]

[HNNNNNGH HAND ON NECK AAAAH AAAH COMPUTER GHOST TOUCH AAA]