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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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Handwaved, backdated to July 28th

[sciencesquid]

Otto doesn't often communicate with Elias for 'business' purposes. He'll spend time in the Arcade, play some games with Elias when they both have time, but that's about the extent of it. He's been biding his time, observing, waiting for an opportunity to swerve into something more meaningful. He thinks he might have found it, but only Elias can confirm this.

So he settles himself down on one of the seats in the Arcade, laptop open on the table in front of him, and raises the question: Would it be worthwhile to explore the option of an inorganic vessel- a body- so that Elias can move around the peninsula in a more physical manner?

Otto's ulterior motive is, of course, to bring Elias back down to something closer to humanity. To have the child god remember what it's like to pet a dog, or build a snowman. But that's not something Otto will outright say to Elias, because if he were to reveal that sort of motivation, the reputation he's built up so far might be destroyed. He feigns a more practical end result. With an android-like body, Elias could interact with the world in a direct way, even in locations with no technology in sight.

If Elias declines the offer, Otto won't push for it. He's just putting it out there as an option.

[fourthmade]

When Otto explains, Elias seems dubious about the idea of existing in a location with no technology. ): He feels that would leave him very vulnerable and very exposed, whereas here, in his own domain, he is safe.

Ooh! Oooh! What if Otto built him a remote-controlled body? That would allow him to affect the world directly even away from technology, and he would remain safe! Would the drone have protections? Weapons? What's Otto got in mind?

[sciencesquid]

Otto replies that remote controlled technology isn't his specialty, but he can look into it if that's something Elias prefers. It could still work with a neural link of sorts, as opposed to a physical controller, so Elias can experience whatever the remote controlled body experiences in a more realistic fashion. Chances are, he'd have to cooperate with Haftesal to limit the restrictions typical Ryslig technology would offer, or else ask some of the Fourth-aligned scientists for assistance. (Dr. Robotnik has experience with drones, if he remembers correctly.)

Protective features could be built in, provided Otto can find the right materials. Sturdy outer casing, a UV light to keep certain sunlight-averse monsters at bay, things like that. He's not going to acknowledge the question of weapons outright.

[fourthmade]

Elias asks Otto point blank why he would want to experience what the body experiences. If a Fog follower, or even someone neutral with a grudge, got their hands on it, they could hurt him. Even if they don't, experiencing being in a body is so inconvenient, isn't it? Too hot in summer, too cold in winter? Backaches in the morning, right, Otto? No, he wants a RC body, not one that actually makes him feel. Feeling is for people who have no other choice.

[sciencesquid]

While Otto feels a little called out (the experience of a body was definitely an ulterior motive of his in the long run), he resorts to a plausible deniability poker face instead. He laughs at the jab about his aches and agrees that's indeed a literal pain in the backside.

He clarifies to Elias that the neural link wouldn't include senses like smell, touch or taste, since he wouldn't know how to translate that sort of input into data Elias's mainframe would understand. He doesn't know if that's even possible to begin with. He could only work on sight and sound, through cameras and microphones installed in the drone. This means that effectively, Elias would see and hear what's going on around the drone, and control it directly as a component of his mainframe, as opposed to having to push buttons.

What he's suggesting is essentially the difference between a remote control car that's driven around with a handheld controller, and a remote control car that's driven around with the power of thought (and a camera that allows the owner to see/hear what the car sees/hears). It's much like the actuators Otto used to have, so he thinks he has a good starting point to give it a go, but again, it's up to Elias to decide if it's a worthwhile project.